The Express.
London, England, 1862-08-12 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS,

THE POLICE COURTS.

MANSION-HOUSE

A midille.o4eill man, who gave the 'opposed fictitious
name of 171,,5, les West, of Wernigate, York, was brought up
on muted, charged with stealing a diamond no;, value
81., from the shop of Mr. Cockayne, 154, Fenchurch-street,
, jeweller.
Mr. Warmed, solicitor to the Society for the Prosecution
of Shoplifters, &c., was instructed to prosecute ; Mr. Lewis,
jue., defended the prisoner.
The facts of the cue were given upon the last examina-
tion. The prisoner went into the shop of the prosecutor
' and asked to see a pearl ring which was among some others
in • tray in the window. He wss shown the ring by the
assistant (Alfred Collins), and Le asked for a
card, which was given to him. He that said
he wanted the ring for his sister, and he would
go and bring her at noon. The witness Collins,
however, happened to look at the nags in the tray,
and from one compartment he noised a diamond ring, worth
W., and found in its place a common paste ring very similar
to the one he missed. He said nothing to the prisoner, bat
left the tray on the counter and went to the door to send
for an officer, and on his return the spurious ring was gone
and the mining ring was lying loose on the tray. An omoer
took the prisoner to the station, when he was searetisel,
sod all the money found upon him was 3jd. The spurious
ring was not found. The prisoner, who said he had not
touched the ring, was remanded that inquiries might
itmade, and to uoertain whether the descrip-
which he bad given of himself was
cornet, and yesterday, when he was brought up, • letter
was handed to the sitting magistrate, which had been re-
ceived by the poliosat Ludes. from the police authorities at
York. It stated that there was so such name as the prisoner
gave known at Waruigatee the only No. 10 beieg empty,
and bad bees so for some tome—and that no hatter was ever
known to be established there—it being the resort of, the
word classes of thieves in that town

The prisoner was committed for trial upon that charge,
sad he was then further charged with having stolen •
diamond ritg, worth 171- 175., from the shop of Mr.
Burton, of Church-street, Hackney, under precisely similar
circumstances, and the loss was not discovered until the
'text morning, when the window was drewed, when it
was discovered that • fine stone diamond ring was miring
from the tray, and in its plans was found a common pare
ring, almost valuator, but exactly similar to the one whisk
was missed. The prisoner was positively identified by Mrs.
Burton as the man who west into the shop and asked to
look at an opal ring which was in the tray, and which was
the only ring that was not marked. Mr. Burton was out,
and she did not know the exact price, and the prisoner said
he would all the next day. He was the only perm to
whom that tray of rings was shown that day.
A police constable who was on duty sear the shop like-
wise swore to having sees the prisoner in Church-street
with • man and • woman, and also that he saw him go into
the shop and come out. He took particular notice of the
prisoner, as he thought his manner was rather suspicious,
but he did not see anything wrong.
Another witness also swore to the prisoner as the man
who looked at the ring—in fact there could be no mistaking
him, as he was so much pitted with the small pox as to draw
attention.

The prisoner, who stoutly denied being the man, was com-
mitted for trial upon that charge a/ao ; and Monger, a de-
tective, said there was another clear 'came against the pri-
soner, but the witnesses not being present, be applied for a
remand, which was granted.

Virtor Bargie was charged with entering the premises of
Dr. Ellis., 63, Sloane-street, on Sunday morning. He had
been previously cooricted of burglary.
l'ohee-constable 209 B said that at a little before three
o'clock on Sunday morning he had reason to believe that
some one bad gone over a wall. He accordingly searched
the buildings iu the neighbourhood until he found the pri-
soner lying behind the door of Dr. Elliss's surgery. He had
endeavoured to conceal himself under a quantity of clothing,
but witness dragged him out and conveyed him to the
station, where a knife and some matches were found upon
him.

--Inspector Butler—l visited the prisoner in his cell yes.
terday, at two o'clock, having suspected him of committing
a robbery in Cadogen-terrace on Friday morning last. I
searched him, and found a pair of socks upon him.
Charlotte Short—l am servant to Mr. Charles Reeks, 6,
Cadogaa-terrace. I identify the socks produced as my
master'.. They were stokes, with other things, from our
house.
Mr. Darnels—Primmer is raiosadod fora week.

TEE CASE OP SYSTEMATIC P 01503130.

Yesterday Constance Wilson, alias Catherine
Taylor, ....gain brought pp at Lambeth Poliee-coart for
farther examination in relates to the charge of having
named the death by poison of Yrs. Somata in October, 1856.

Mr. Chipper&ld, as on the former ocomions, attended for
the prosecution ; and Mr. Neale for the defence.

The deposition of Mrs. Niche having been read over to
that lady. she suggested several amendments, which were
accordingly made, and in reply to Mr. Norton she said that
at the time of her mother's death she did not suspect the
Kisoner, but that after the alleged robbery, which witness
believed at the tune to be fictitious, she hrd her suspi-
cions like her uncle, Mr. Barnes, who had always expressed
his suspicious against the prisoner.
In reply to lir. Chipperfield, Mrs. Niche said that on the
Friday before her mother's death the prisoner went out of
the house, and was absent at least two hours. She did sot
say what she was going out for. In the course of the
Thursday or Friday witness did not see her mother empty
the slops. Her mother 000ld not have done so, as she was
too ill to get out of bed. She saw the prisoner empty them
on the Thursday, for her mother was too ill to more.
Mr. Chipperfield— Now it has been said in this court that
either you or the prisoner told Dr. Whidbonroe that your
mother had lent a large sum of money to a man she met in
an omnibus, somewhere near the Angel, at Islington, and to
whom she was to be married. Was it you that made that
statement to the doctor?

Witnees—No, air ; nor anything to tf at effect. Nor did
I say to Inm that my mother had been poisoned, or any-
thing about poisoning ; and if Dr. Whidbourne has heard
anything of that kind it was not from me. The prisoner
took possession of my mother's keys and all other things
belonging to her. My mother wss accustomed to keep her
receipts on a file, And her money in a cash-box. I cannot
say how soon after her death I looked for the cash-box, but
when it was found there was no money in it. On the day
after the death, namely, the Saturday, the keys, together
with my mother's purse containing one shilling, were
brought downstairs to me into the front kitchen by some
person that Ido not remember. The cash-box was generally
kept in one of the drawers of a chest of drawers which stood
in the kitchen.

In crone-examination the witness said she remembered
the apartments the prisoner had occupied on the lint door.
They bad been occupied by a lady and gentleman named
Haddon before they were let to the prisoner, and she had
no recollection of a robbery having been committed there
before the prisoner came. It was Dot true that there were
duplicate keys of the rooms of the bones 27, hut there were
two keys to each of the rooms of the house No. 13, one for
each lodger and one for themselves. She did not remember
the prisoner complaining of her having lost something from
I her room, and that the police were called in on that coca-
' Mon. She had never heard her mother talk of getting mar-
, ried again, but she had heard the prisoner and her mother
joking together about marriage ; and when she spoke to her
mother about it she said, If there would be any good to
you both (meaning her Meter and herself) then it might
be." There wee Do particular person mentioned. At the
time of this conversation her mother spoke in • joking
tone. She never knew on any occasion of the prisoner hay-
ing borrowed any money from her mother. The prisoner
paid her rest regularly. The ten pomade demanded of me
on the promissory note was paid in two paymeota, the last
about a fortnight after my mother's death, out of money I
had borrowed from my uncle. In reply to Mr. Norton, the
witness said that the promissory note was entirely in her
mother's handwriting. With respect to the prisoner going
out on the Friday, she had not mentioned it on her former
examination because she had not been asked about it ; but
she was sure it was on the Friday the prisoner went out be-
cause on that day she (witness) was settling with her mother,
and she could not recollect who it was who brought her
down the keys to the frost kitchen.
The depositions of Mies Sarah Sonnies were here read
over to that witness, who, in farther examination by Mr.
Chipperfield, said that she bad written to her uncle, Mr.
Barnes, about this prosecution, immediately after she had
reads report in the newspapen of the vitro! case.
Mr. Norton inquired the meaning of the " vitriol mime'
Mr. Chippertield replied that it was • ease in which the pri-
soner had been tried at the Central Criminal Court, for admi-
nistering vitriol or sulphuric acid to a Mrs. Fanell, and on that
charge she had been acquitted. The fact had been elicited
in the course d the cross-examination of the witness, and
it was therefore admissible on the present deposition.
Mr. Norton—Certainly.

Examination resumed-IWitnees only saw one bottle of
medicine. On the Wednesday evening after the witness
had gone up with the prisoner, the latter cams down stain
again alone in about a quarter of an hour, and brought with
leer a. pork-pie, which she mid had been sent to her
from the oonatry. On the Friday preceding her mother's
death the prisoner many times told her that her mother
was very much better, but her mother said, in the prisoner's
hearing, that she did not feel at all better. She did not
my anything to Dr. Vilidbouree about her mother haring
heat 80f. to &woe man she met, nor did she my anything
to him about her mother haring taken poison.
She never saw anything in the manner of bee mother to indi-
cate that she wished to destroy herself. On the contrary,
on the Thursday her mother told her to mend her petticoat,
in order that it might be ready for her use when she got
hotter._

The &mealtime were thee signed by the two witnesses,
who were respectively bound over to appear and give evi.
degas against the prisoner cat the charge of wilful murder,
at the sessioes of the Coated Criminal Court to be holden
on Monday, tied September next.
Mr. Miele complained of the absence of medical
evi-
deaeer withontwAiehthire was so cue for committal.

Mr. Olapperesid mid the medical oviduct* would be rap.
plied at the nest extuniestioo, for which purpose he asked
for a further reused.
Mr. Norton rested the application, and intimated that
at the dose of the awe he should certainly commit the
prisoner far trial.