The Express.
London, England, 1864-03-12 00:00:00

Bow-STILKET.

Giles Edwards iind— Ste--I.Drai; were brought up on
remand, charged with a cloth. the property of Mr.
Blurtou, of High Holborn, woollen draper, by whom
Edwards bad been employed as sanietent.
Drake had purchased two lengths of sloth from Edwards,
who had only entered one length as being sold. The two
were afterwards pledged, mid the duplicates found upon
Drake.

-Icnail named Gilpin. who mid be was a woollen draper's
assistant out of employment, said he had been for the last
year in the habit of pledging goods for Drake. When the
sum obtained by pledging the goods amounted to 5/. he got
21. from Drake, and when 4914 he usually received 24., sod
for smaller amount le. He had seen the primmer' together
at a public-house.
In croimexaminatiou by Mr. L Lewis, the witness said
that for the last twelve months he had bee, out of employ,
sod had no other mows of living than what be earned from
Drake. Was all the while under the impression that it was
a perfectly honest transaction.
Mr. Weaken for Drake, suggested that the witness ought
'to be placed in the dock with the premiers, as having
pledged the property knowing it to be stoles.
The magistrate did not think there were grounds for such
a charge.
The two lengths of cloth were produced by the pawn-
brokers and identified by the prosecutor.
The prisoners were committed for trial.
SOUTH WARK.
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George Biaostk s tio;iclootor one of Mr. Wood's omni-
buses, No. 6,759, attended before Mr. Bureham to pr.:recut*
• sumosoos obatioed by him on Saturday last agmost Alder.
map Wilma. for »fussing to pay him the sum of one one,
justly doe to him as the rerogodee of his fare for riding m
tlis.eekl carriage. . .

Whoa the case wee called on the chief clerk informed his
worship that the alderman bed eckeowledged the error by
sending the penny. with 2.5. the mists d the summons, and
Zie. for the complainant's low of time.

The 000dustor Armtek protested against the worthy
alderman's conduct His time waa worth ss. a day, aad be
had lost ocerly two days by his obstinacy. The alderman
how very well when he got oat of hie omnibus that his fare
was 3d., baying gone beyond Cornball.
The clerk tdd the defendant that the alderman had paid
into court all the law entitled him to.

The oonductor thought it WIIS very hard that he should
only be allowed three shillitigs for his lose of time. The
alderman was vindictive against him, for he had actually
obtained two sommoneme for him to attend Guildhall
police-court to-day to answer complaints made by him for
loitering.
James Oriffithe, • pater in the employ of the London.
Brightoo, and Booth Comet Railway Company. was placed
at the bar before Mr. Borehole, charged with sealing • pith.
of itewlioen sheets, the property of the oompaDy.
Deem. Reardon. the &silvery (orgasan at the Brick-
layers' Arms station, said that the prisoner was em-
played with others about the warehouses. On the pro-
chum afternoon he directed him to secure some hampers
of linen prior to their being sent by train to Brighton.
I Witness had occasion to leave the place foe • short
time, and on him return he looked at the hamper and was
satisfied that some of the property had been abstracted.
Perceiving something bulky under the prisoner's frock he
challenged him with having some of the property weaseled
there, but the prisoner denied that. However, on • con-
stable being sent for, he picclooed from under his frock the
linen sheets produced, worth lOs.
In answer to the charge the prisoner said that he was
sorry for what had occurred, but there were others as bad
as hi was. ODe of his fellowhervants told him to help
himself,andactoally staid before hint while he took out the
'theta.
_ . _

Oue of the isispectors iolornted hie worship that the
premier had been some years in the company's employ,
and hitherto bore a very good character. Such robberies,
however, were so frequent that the company felt bound to
prossonte
Mr. Burghs= sentenced him to three ingethoe bard
labour._

CAorka FiteA, another labourer in the same employ, was
charged with Keehn a &Ms chair from the warehouse.
The chair, a very old owe, bad bass w► rata &Yin
about uselainied, and t►e primmer took it away, believing
it to be worthless.

The isepeetor raid the chair was sot worth mach, bat
the prieower had go right to take aeithies out withowt as
order. _ _

-lir-. Burnham, believing that the primmer took the chair
under an Idea that it was of ao wawa discharged Lira, bet
at the mate time cautioned him sot to Mite antiwar for the
fatal, liaises he bad Lave to de so.