The Express.
London, England, 1862-04-16 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

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John Stedman, who Lambed him& es a milkman out
of Imbues, but who is known to the polioe as the com.
tarof notations skittloeharpers, was charged before Mr.
with being in the pommel= al a saver watch. value
U., which bad been stolen from the person of Mr. Charles
Purnell, a tailor, of 2, Creecent-avenue, Caledonian-road,
and by forcibly administerhagchloredorm to him ut the pablio
streets.

Th;oomplainant stated—On the night of the 6th inst., at
about a quarter to ten. I was paring from ArgylLsquare
into Liverpool-street, Kines.orsee, • Only lighted part,
when I was :net by two min, who asked me the wejth the
Greet Northern Railway Aides. I wee sober. ffel I
was directing them I rat sousdiag strike me underneath
the nose, and for about half a minute I felt lost and that
my MIMI ware
Mr. Pinker—Wire yea renagesd inesseille
gaud
Wither—Tee. Whenl resevered in I found my
chain bed been AS my end keys gone.
The mem who had aesa zee hoot oleo gone. lam
usable to Oath whether the primmer is one fle the men who
amanita roe or not. The watch produced is my property.
Mr. Frederick Ohlan, pawnbroker, of 151, Csionian-
road, said—On the morning of the Ttli inst., about ten
o'clock, the prisoner brought me the watch Produced, and
offered it in pledge for 15a. I knew the watch, having re-
paired it only the week before. I had received information
that the watch had been stolen, and I detained the prisoner
sad gave him into custody.
l'aioa.westable Jamie Lome, 542 N, said he took the
prisoner into custody at the pawntookee• The prisoner
said be had received it from Yr. Beane' to pawn, and that
was all he knew about it. He had, sines the prisoner had
been in custody, sea Mr. Beans, who dialed any keow.
ledge of the watch, or of having sent the prisoner to the
pawnbroker's. On the way to the policootation the pri-
sms: offered to go back and point out the man who gave
him the watch.
The prisoner in defence rid—l am innocent of the rob.
Dory. I offered to go to Mr. Scathe to produce the party ;
by that I mean Mr. Scenes, who gave me the watch.
Mr. Barker fully committed the prisoner to the sessions
for trial.
The primer said, under Out peculiar circumstances of the
owe he hoped the magistrate would accept of bail.
Mr. Barker mid he could es* noshing peculiar is the case,
and refused the application.
LAM=II.

Henry Granoilk, • prang mueeirespeetable
who reflood his addling- tr to gime any accountMaraimnsa
wee charged with bag amessined with sutler person, not
in custody, in tweaking into the premises of Mrs Ebenezer
llondney, • treasons Testa./ at No. 1, William-street,
Walworth-road.
The prosecutor said that on that morning between the
hours of three and four o'clock he was awoke by • noise
near his bedroom, which appeared to him to be the opening
and closing of • door, and on getting up and looking from
the window be saw a man seated on a chair in his back yard.
He instantly gave an alarm and saw two men, the man who
sat in the chair and another, run out of the back door.
Mr. Elliott—Can Sou speak to the prisoner as being one
of the men?
Witness—No, your worship • but there are witneeses
present who can swear to his being one of the men who came
out of my back door.
Police oonstable James Mann, 439 P, deposed that he
wu on duty in the Walworth-road on that morning, and
immediately after hearing the cry of " Police," he saw the
prisoner and another man ran out of the beck door of the
last witness'epremises. He followed them as fast as be could,
and the prisoner was stopped by pollee-constable 27 P, but
his conipamoo got away. On being searched at the dation-
house four street-door keys, two knives, s purse, and • box
of silent matches were found on him. On subsequently ex-
amining the premises of the prosecutor, he (witness) found
that an entrance to the premises had been effected by
forcing a back door, and to the holies by forcing • shutter.
The prisoner, who declined offering any defence, was re-
manded to a future day.
Charles Thicket, • surly-looking cab-driver, was charged
with misconduct, and cawing a crowd of penons to assemble
in front of the house of Mr. Pock, solicitor, of Basinghall-
street and Camberwell-green.
From the evidence of Mr. Pock and several of his friends,
it appeared that on the evening before he engaged the pri-
soner in Queen-street, Chatfield*, to drive him to his resi-
dence in Camberwell-green, and gave him three shillings,
which was more than is fare. He grumbled for de addi-
tional sixpence for driving fast, and his conduct having
caused a large crowd to assemble, he was ultimately given
into custody.
He was convicted in a penalty of 12a. or 12 days' im-
prisonment.
SOUTHWARK.
William Aleed,l4, errand boy, and Alfred Taffell,3s,
porter, in the employ of Messrs. White and Fairchild,
wholesale tea dealers and grocers, High-street, Southwark,
were charged before Mr. Beecham with stealing
gold and jewellery worth more than 1001., the property
of Mr. Joseph White, one of the firm, and Swan Aked, the
mother of the first prisoner, was charged with receiving the
same well knowing them to be stolen. .
Mr. W. Edwis stated the use for the prosecution. :I
Mr. Joseph White was then examined, and said he was
in partnership with Mr. Fairchild. He generally lived in
town at their establishment 63, High-street, Southwark.
The male prisoners were in his employ at the latter place.
Witness's family were staying at Brighton, and it was his
custom to go there every Saturday afternoon by the five
express tram. On proceeding to has apartments to dress he
found that the room had been entered, and he mimed from •
drawer • gold royal arch masonic emblem, which cost him
171., three diamond stud., one of which could be screwed
tato a pin or brooch, and likewise fitted the emblem.
Hs valued them at about a hundred pounds. He
mimed besides • five-guinea piece. The keys of those
doors were generally left on • shelf over the door, and the
lad was sometimes employed to clean the windows. How-
ever, he hardly knew who to lay his suspicion to as he was
in • hurry to proceed to Brighton. When he got to the
railway station be saw Inspector Richards, to whom he
'skald hie loss, sad having given a description of the pro-
perty, departed on his icier:say. Ho now identified three
diamond studs as his property. One of them he could use
sa the jewel in the royal tub emblem or • ring. He also
identified the five-guinea piece produced.
Mr. Burc.ham asked when he last saw them all safe in his
room!—Witness replied—About a week ago.
Mr. Edgar, foreman to Messrs. White and Fairchild at
63, High-street, said that on Saturday afternoon Mr.
White told him of his loss, and after he departed for
Brighton, witness saked the prisoner Tuffell whether
be had seen anything of • gold five•guinea piece. He de-
clared that he had not, when witness asked him if he had
seen the boy. Tuffell replied that he had not, but ten
minutes afterwards, while witness was in the counting-
house with Inspector Richards, Tuffell came in, and said he
had a atatemeot to make. He saidtbat on Friday theled bad
shown him a large gold coin and requested him to sell it for
him. He consented, aid sold it to Mr. Spielmann, in Lom-
bard-street, for 51. 2s. Witness asked him where the
money was, when be said he had 11. about him and 4!. at
home. About six o'clock the lad came in, and he at first
denied all knowledge of the coin, but afterwards be ac-
knowledged stealing it. He also said he had taken the
studs, and they were at home.
Mr. Thomas Richards, inspector of the Brighton and
South Coast Railway police, said he saw Mr. White at the
Loudon-bridge Terminus on Saturday afternoon, when be
acquainted ham with his loss, and requested him to inves-
tigate the affair. He did so, and was present at the inter-
view with the male penmen and last witness, He after-
wards accompanied the boy to his mother's house, and
asked her if she had any diamond studs. She
said at first she had not, but afterwards brought
two from the beck kitchen. Witness told her
that it was no use her denying having the other, as he must
have that. She said she bad not got it. It bad been thrown
in the fire and got burnt. He told her he did not believe
that, when she said she would go and get it. Ale followed
her to a pawnbroker's is the neighbourhood, where he saw
her pus some silver to the shaman, and receive the centre
ditmond stud, which fitted the =monk jewel.
Mr. Beecham asked if the latter bad been found?
Inspector Richards replied in the negative, but he should
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