The Express.
London, England, 1864-11-04 00:00:00

SOUTHWARK.

Michael Coati•, if;-slliOst Wore, and TAonas
ruffianly looking young fellows, were brought before Mr.
Woolrych, cbaued with committing • savage attack on Mr.
Thomas !diode Varley, aged 76, and atea4•g from him •
watch aad 'gold Albert chain, uadse the following &cum.
stainer.

The prosecutor, an infirm old gentleman, residing in the
M►nor•road, Lewisham, said that on Saturday evening, the
15th ult., be was in London transacting a WI. Wainer,
and about 8 o'clock was parsing through Southwark-square,
Uuiou•street, on his way to the Looduo.bridge Railway
Terminus, and when in the darkest part several men rushed
suddenly upon him. One of them seized him by the
throat from behind, pulling him backwards, and
nearly throttling him. lie was so tightly grasped that,
although he could see people pass a short dis-
tance from him, he bad no power to call out or
give the least alarm. While in that state oils of the men
snatched his watch and chain, and as soon as they were torn
from him, he was throws down with such violence as to
nearly stun him. The ruffians then made off. A few
minutes afterwards, as he was trying to get up, a gentleman
cama up and asked him what was the matter. Ile told hint
he wished he had bees a few minutes sooner u moat likely
he would have saved him being garotted and robbed ; the
gentleman assisted him up,mid accompanied him to the polio,.
station, where he gave informauoa of the outrage and rub-
bery. with &description of the watch and chain. Ile was after-
wards oouveyed home, and had since been suffering illness
from the violence he received,

qtr. Woolrpch eked him if be was able to identify either
of the ruthsas who attacked him.

He replied in the negative, as the attack was so sudden
and the spot almost in total darkness. lie, however, iden-
tified the watch produced as the one he was robbed of that
night. He knew it by the maker's name and number, which
he described to the police.
Hobert Bricklear detective officer of the Id division,
said he received udormation of the robbery on the night of
the 15th ultimo, and on Tuesday evening Let he was milled
into the shop of Mr. Thompson, pawnbroker, Trinitymtreet,
Borough, where he saw the prisoner Gore offering to pledge
the watch produced. The showier. examined it, and boding
that it exactly /mowers(' the description of that stolen from
the prosecutor, be detained Gore and asked him where he got
it from, as it wee stolen from an old gentleman a fortnight
ago. Gore replied that a young men who lodged with him
gave it him to pledge. Witness told him he must go with
him to the station.house, and as soon as they got out of the
pawnbroker's. Gore pointed out Lincott, who was standing
opposite, and said, • That is the man 1 received the watch
from." Witness took him also into cuotody,when the latter
prisoner said he had purchased the watch from Michael
Cceblin • week ago. As soon as they were secured wit-
ness went in search of the latter, and apprehended him in
the Mint, when he denied all knowledge of the watch or the
robbery.
An assistant to Mr. Thompson, pawnbroker, Trinity-
street, produced the watch, which be said Gore offered in
pledge to him on the previous evening. On examination
he found that it answered the diricription of one stolen on
the night of the 15th ultimo. He accordingly detained
Gore while he communicated with the police.
The prisoner denied all knowledge of the robbery, and
Cechlin said he bought the watch of • stranger • week ago,
and sold it to Lincott. . . . .

Brickleer asked for a remand, as be thought he should be
able to produce evidence to show that on the night of the
robbery the prisoners were seen to run out of Southwark-
square towards tile Idiot.
Mr. Woolrych accordingly remanded the prisoners until
Wednesday next, when he should commit them for trial.