The Express.
London, England, 1864-10-17 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

BOW -STREET.

Henry Witham' Spencer , fetter-carrier, wee pissed M the
.hr charpd„with healing two letttue, the property of the

Letter-carrier No. 23 said be had been in the Post-office
27 years. The pr oox winkled in the sorting of letters
wevioas to his lairing the office to deliver the letters. On
Friday *racing he was sagged in dividing the batten Into
different dams. After las had Wand he took up his own
packet of letters for delivery in Lower Themsseireet.
He then saw him" tryisg" the letters, sad having seleeted
one be saw him play it between the folds of a French news-
paper. He (wutman) immediately reported what be bad
men to his superior officer, and then loft the office to do-
liver his letters.

Walter Some, the constable attethed to the Post-offlax,
said be stopped she prisoner as he was leaving the gate of
the building. He took him to Gardmr's private room
under the Milos. He had • bag of letters with him.
Mr. Chars, one of the laspecton of letterosnitne at the
Omani Poet-office, said he was present in Mr. Gardner's
room when the prisoner wan brought in by 9112110. He took
possession of the prisoner's letter bee, and found • Preach
newspaper amongst the bundle of letters, within the folds
of which he disamered two letters. Om was addreamd fe
" Valentine Wright, 95, Flees-strest, City of London," and
the other Hews. Waterton and Son, Sistildmkne. Ha asked
him how the letters came into the newspaper, and he
mid be knew nothing about them. The two lettere are not
in the primases delivery. They belong to the dames which
the prisoner, pswrioas to his leaving the Post-office, was
"
it Tee k)risoner, who denied all knowledge of the letters
being within the newspaper. was fully committed for trial.
/Francis Joseph Cooke, cashier's clerk at Mw. Dent's,
watchmaker, of Clocksporatreet, was charged with obtain-
ing jewellay to the value of 2001. by means of • forged
order, from llama Hobert and William Jones, goldsmiths,
48, Bernarimitaiset.
It appeared that this firm were in the habit of supplying
Messrs. Drat with goods, and on the 13th September
prisoner called and handed in • note, being an order for •
cam of rings, value 2001., which he took away with him.
The as was produced and identified, ea alio was some
of the rings. . .

The manager to Mesas. Dent identified the order as being
it prisoner's handwriting, and said he absconded on the 13th
September, the day on which he was to have returned after
three days' holiday. He had no authority whatever to ob-
tain goods in the name of the firm.
Soperintendeot Rogers, of Reigate, proved taking pri-
soner into custody in that town, and on marching him
found some of the rings. He had a. box at an hotel, which,
on being searched, contained the case of rings, two gold
watches and one silver one, some gold chains, &c., and W.
in gold, Ac.
On being taken into custody, be attributed his conduct
to a woman who was living at Chelsea as Mrs. Cooks, and
whose address he gave. This woman wee also placed in the
dock, but there being no evideace that the knew the
perty was stolen, the was disdained ; Gooks was
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
A young lady applied to Mr. Yardley (who site at this
wort during the temporary absence of one of the regular
magistrates) for his advice. The applicsot said she had
seen an advertisement in one of the morning papers for •
governess, application to be made to the Employment Moe
for Ladies. 96, Regent-atmet. She paid a fee of be. to a man
in the office, sad received an address in Paris, where she
was to write to. She did write, and a few day. ago she
received her letter back through the dead letter-office of the
General Post-office, the address given to her being evidently
a fictitious one. She complained to the man at the Em-
ployment Office, and she received another address in New-
ington-causevniy, which addina also proved to be Bedtime.
She went a third time to the Employment Office, and then said
she thooght the whole business was an imposition. The man
then replied that Madams St. Claw (the hay principal) would
give references to names to prove her respectability and
the man gave her three more adrenal', two of which were
fictitious, and the third of to value. While waiting at the
office she saw a number of young women who, like herself,
bad been duped out of their money. She wished to get her
money back, and to give publicity to the affair.
Mr. Yardly said he did not approve of police-courts being
made the subject of ex parts complaints, and be most refer
the applicant to the county court.