The Express.
London, England, 1852-11-02 00:00:00

Tim POLICE COURTS.

MANSION-HOUSE.
Mr. Lambe, a director, and Mr. Layree, the secretary of
the Plate-Glass Insurance Company waited upon the Lord
Mayor for the purpose of representing to his lordship that
persons wen in the habit of discharging air-guns at plate-
glass windows at night. It was supposed by those who bad
examined the bullet holes made in the glass that the direr
ticr.s must have been nude from the tops of omnibuses as
they pawed along, and the police are surprised that the loss
of life has not been the consequence. There were three
eases on Saturday evening in Cheapside, one of which was
a repetition of a former attack.
The Lord Mayor, having made inquiries amongst the
police, was informed by the inspectors that they entertained
I no doubt as to the use of air guns upon the occasion.
Mr. Lambe said the company had come to the determina-
tion to state the facts to the Lord Mayor before they paid
the demand made upon them for the large expenses.
The Lord Mayor said he was prepared to act if any person
guilty of such atrocious conduct should be brought before
hinr, and that the press would no doubt rouse the feelings
of the public upon the occasion.
The holes made in the plate glass were suck u a pistol
bullet would make in timber. No bullet or missile of an
kind was found in any of the shops, the windows of which
were penetrated.
Mr. Mustards W. Branch, the medical man who was
brought up a few days ago charged with having uttered a
forged cheque to the proprietor of the Flower lot public-
houses in Bishopsgate-street, was discharged from custody.
Mr. Mulleins, of the firm of Bush and Mullein, solidi- I
tors to the committee of bankers far protection from for-
gery and fraud, attended, and stated that the inquiry into
the circumstances convinced the firm at whose instance the
defrndant had been apprehended that ho had presented the
cheque for payment without having had the slightest sus-
picion that it was not genuine.
The Lord Mayor said it gave him sincere pleasure to de-
clare that there was not the slightest imputation upon the
character of Mr. Branch, and no doubt the statement of his ;
innoosseo would be publicly made. 1

GUILDHALL.
Rake Ilemkrson lfigerisols, • bill broker, of 3, Loth.
bury, surrendered in diacharge of his bail, to answer the ad-
journed charge of stealing • promissory note for 35111., the
property of Mr. Jno. Milner, a woolstepler, of Rochdale.
Whin the depositions taken on Friday bad been read,
the prosecutor, erowszamined by Mr. Ballantine, said—
Whew the defendant handed me the 3501. bill on the 16th
of Jaly, be said he would give me a note in preference to an
endorsement, and he accordingly gave me a guarantee
signed "Robertson end Company ;" but oa the 17th of July
I returned it to him, because it did not agree with the
cheque or promiseory note. Ile tore it sip in my presence.
He wrote the guarantee produced, and gave it to me.
The guarantee in question was then read, and purported
to give the prosecntors all the rights as if the defendant had
ladonsd the bill. A memorandum, signed by defendant,
was attached, acknowledging the receipt of a bill fur 109/.,
dated July 9th, for 4 months.
Mr. balkanize said if he had been present on the
first basting of this case, be would have objected to the
whole of the evidence with regard to the promissory
note, as it was entirely of a secondary nature, and no
notice had been served upon the defendant to produce the
note.

Parry said that would have been done bad be heen I
aware that the note was still in the defendant's possession ;
but he undentut It was negotiated and then in the hands
of respectable selishen. He, however cootended that as
the °harp was is. Kfelonimal abstracting a paper that
MI ea Nam Washy into the Vs bands, a notice
M meade, yeast meared.
Mr. lidirstfas esithie abbot had soled mistekingly, and
!Idled say mbeise male bat be was anxious the pro-
-riesheehl be to the weal form.
.5.,„, mid hat esaferstood the defendant wu now
Meg seed
di wan
hthee gemelea bill in his
it far the ofape dame OWI
rrthat a he
W. Armes mid he are wee similar to
ease deem of friesy, ad that a mire vies eseseed of
eteehieg welsh, items act aessmer7 te paim the watch
Meta the amestesee te elillitalll the dome, and he,
thesehes, am seeks to meat his rag has the pre-
set meta the dream of the blll whet the fehadant was
eerie whh setelles.
Promcstor's arasicansisietisa4 rMtaas I.—l have bad
many bill transude= with the I em not aware
of any charge against me for steelleg a MU; bet when:l
wee in defendant's office, a Mr. Tamer Ilimeatimed ***barge
me with steeling a bill if I persisted is seeks Relserteen.
I have never kept out of the way to avoid nay ussealtap
against me. The defendant's solicitor advise se Se pe
beck my 1001. bill from Robertson, but he did sot to
get it forme.
Roger Rack said, in lily last I was living at 4, New
Henk-buildingt, and en or about the 22nd I saw the de-
fendant running ham 3 or 4, Lathery. He ran road
Lothbury corner sad tared Me as Alton ale shop le
Colemen-street. I saw the pereseater on the same day.
He looked quite bewildered. I ailed him what was the
matter, and he told me that a maim had ran away with
a WI. bill. U his kg ins be might have done it
in rennin& for he sea usey quick.
Sir R. W. Ceram mid ea the he eamaieistka Hills, the
defendant's clash, wee pet in the wimeerbea, but be de-
terred taking his abbess at that doe, sad be now wished
him to be called
Mr. Hills having
Mr. Parry Nar= sad then charged Hills with
'Meg and abet*gg the isfealeat to await a felony.
Sir R. W. Cards' said he home that step would be
abeaodid that was his meets for not taking Rills's evidence
em Friday. for if the ewe be good against Robertson it
mut also apply to Silk, who held the prosecutor while the
Wombat me his pap.
MOB wee they sewed tato msdy, sad that part of the
@video alathat to his estielation is the transaction was
retake' ea oath wait him.
Xr. ever =premed his sarleYe such
semen" preseefieg. slit Ya letreethas Waded the two
delleedsme and sa their beheM be egged err • postpone.

Coidoa amid la odd boot but sea abject in
potarallas lads bigotry. It woo a ray onions um, sad it
weft& lotfatiaa to :curd it.
. .

irspOsetion 7ras then made to increase the bail, which I
was Owe* applied by Mr. Bellmam, who said it would
be eerie a stet opus
_the gehmdent, who heri already sur-
reedited as the Word newanot at hall, sad would do so
gas.
Sir R. W. Canis* esid,"considsebs all the cireumstances,
1 sadaka Orllle net*, he did sot think be
am bibs ble lie get imeessOn modem
onevent et
The amount entail was then deed, tie Mr. Mobsellece, in
two smoties of 1111. each end his owe resegmboner ; and,
for Mr. nil*st la two sureties of seek sod Ids own re-
WA
Isr.gallselentian then applied for the reoreption of a
number of bills sad other .sonnies toad span itoborteou,
which were at presentY the glikuoe emeady, mid, he
stated, were bilks he bid receded Ar dimnandag purpose,
and the owners was ~plying to Me ter them. If they I
were detained it witubt- plies lb. Meheete's in a very
awkward position, se it word calrely step his borne.
A is
la our seeendol Ws application, and .
szzr Ws it that two et the for (Mi.
be
81z W. thirdiem add ha was sorry any party should, be
1•111111111.1.1111111 e bat he wad make no order at present
&sett Ogee gerairsera
The primer woe regraded for a week.
Jobs now was charged with being concerned, with
Wooer is 'melody, in committing a burglary on the pre-
mises of Mean. Whittaker, of Ave Maria-lane, and steal.
Mg plate mid money to the value of several hundred pounds.
Mr. W. Comber Hooper Hood one of the partners in the I
Arm, said the prisoner had been in their employ for the lam
fourteen or fifteen years, and a very high opinion of ha ;
honesty was entertained. On Sunday evening, about ten
o'clock, the prisoner went to prosecutor's house in
Glaa-
cester-terrace and informed him that the premises in Ave
Maria-lane had been broken open and a quantity of pro-
perty taken away. He returned with the prisoner, who
told him that be was passing through the lane on his way to
church, end finding the door open be was induced to go in
and examine the premises, when be discovered the plan in
the utmost confusion. The plate chest was remedied, and
every drawer in which inerieywas kept was pillaged of VS? WU/
amounts, from Hot. up to M. in gold and miser, taken from
each of them. There were about SO drawn. end desks that I
had been forced, and bills were strewn about in
every direction. Prosecutor mat for the police, and
on a clam examination of the place he found :hat
before any attempt was made upon the iron safe'
kis own private drawer had been forced open,
sad the key of the safe taken from a concealed drown, of
which not more then two or three proms in the establish-
mat could have been aware. The key was replaced sfter