The Express.
London, England, 1855-05-29 00:00:00

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THE POLICE COURT&

GUILDHALL.
Thermas Phillips and Molise Smith were re-examined
em a *barge of obtaining 38 sheep, value 671 ,_ the property
of Mr. Seats, • farmer, of Chriatchurch, Manta; and 10
Utast, value 781., the property of Mr. Weldo, of Ent
Chiekliogton, Sussex, by means of false checks.
Mr. Parry appeared to orosecute in Mr. Weldon's ease,
and Mr. Chamberlaia in Mr. Sears's ; Mr. Niehaus= de-
fended Smith, and Mr. Harry attended on behalf of Phillips.
Mr. Parry said Mr. Chamberlain had made out such •
dross ease against the risoners that they suet sent fee
trial elsewhere. and hew would therefore ;octopubse opening
his cue until the next otaimination, as the ease, as it then
steed, must be remanded.
• remand was this granted.
Mr. Phillip, a highly respectable ealesman, of Newnan-
aed Mr. Charles Dod, the solicitor to the London
Seartg tier the Protection of Trade, exposed the system'
whilei the prisoner' and their associates had been carryieg
em for sew time past, and which consisted of advertising
for osesigements in all the rewinds' paper. Their ope-
rations untended to Ireland and Holland, but la the former
place they neglected to pay for their advartiaments, and
the editor of the different papers ironed • caution to
formers is consequence, which materially interfered with
the operation of the g LAang.
MBETH.
• dealer is building materials, residing at 22,
New-street, Lambeth, was placed at the bar, on uses,,
New-street,
charge• of receiving valuable property, the produce of
several tobbedes.
Mr. Solomon attended on behalf of the prisoner.
Pons the nausea% of Sergeant Quipster, it appeared
that bad.. traced in the pits sees the roessaion of six est
of seven 61. Bank of England notes, which formed • portion
of a robbery emanated in December, 1853, be, on &nu-
dely:Mat, went to his holm and told him he had traced to
hie possession some Bank 'notes that had been stoles, and
whirl be bad paid to • Mr. Bailey • dust time ego, in a
sem of 1991, for four houses he had purchased. The prisoner
denied all knowledge of the notes having been stolen, but
Hartung him before, witness commenced searching his
drawers. The prisoner obeerslrg this, first offered him
(Qsiasear), and thitconstable, Green,wlLisccompanied him,
101. each to say nothing about the matter. Trey
cashl
bits they could not dal k of compromising their character,,i
or foregolog their duty, upon which the prisoner ultimately
of to give them 1001. is mosey, end the lease of a
hoses each, to say nothing of the matte-. They secured
the prisoner and marched the hence, and found in it • vast
quantity of property, which had evidently totnad portions
of gamin robberies. Amongst the property were three
Mint watches, • gold chain, 'levee gold rings, some of them
set with emeralds, ; six gold shirt studs, five handsome
besot pies, two hair bracelets. gold snaps, two silver pencil
iseese,several gold brooches ; 13 sheets, some of them marked
K. ;" and • number of towels, similarly marked;
Milawkra, mistime shawls, table covers, pieces of silk bond-
konlOolo, reaspats lank cloth, and the leases of file
bernmet all psrehsaed since the robberies, • portion of toe
prase, el which had been traced to the prisoner, had been
marsival. '
Zdsse-mmetable Gress, 126 P. who otortoPosird Quin*
sem sorreirmtstod • great portion of his c alimony.
"fir. lierrierma Chips. a gentleman winding at N.,. 2. Gros-
venor park North, St. Mary's. Newington, identified the
Bask of England notes produced as among a Inge gasp,
Sty of valuable property stolen from his !lows on the Ilth
of December. 1852. One of the rills found at the pri
loner's house was identified as belonging to Mn. Geis'

rdeMM.
Wes Louisa Sheery, of No. 1, South"treor, Lnrintore-
rood, We!worth, identified various articles of property as
humus, been stolen from her brother's house on the 26th of
December, 1864.
Sergeant Gleinnear here ob d that this was all the
@widows* be was provided with et lament, and requested
a remand.
The prisoner VIM fully committed to take his trial in the
este,of robbery et Mr. Sheery'e, the evidence reeoectiag it
beiog complete, and was remanded on the other, to rise the
Acme en opportunity of produeiog fun's? 'ideate.
Yr. but
applied that his client might be admitted to
bail, but Kr. Elliott refused sriarislianee.

On Saturday, 170 invalids from the Crimes, who
&embarked from the Golden Fleece sod the City of
Igneveice, arrived at Chatham, under the medical charge of
De Diadem, 61k Regiment.
MORTALITY AMONG SONG•BIRDS.—Tbe mortality
antorpt the sosg-birds that frequent this part of the ermatry
has been much greater durieg the pest winter than ary
other which can be remembered. The woods of Frenkland
sad K.o•l`, messily at this period of the year resonant • ito
Ire Muria of oar feathered songeters, may be traversed
from beginsiog tweed without hearing the note of • thrueh
—is,faitt, we are aimed dhet within Shoe woods not a
thresh can be found. Thera is alma% a similar scarcity of 1
lA.:ivied, in Ow neighbourhood. It will be hog srpfore
thirdimisertrti in the numbers 'of these hems, Its birds is
made so, and for this yewat hist the woods is the vicialty
of ear shy have alma lost sae el their greatest shams.