The Express.
London, England, 1855-03-08 00:00:00

THE POLICE COU.RTS.

MANSION-HOUSE.
ChartsaChristian Mother was brought before Alderman
Hooter, in the custody of Daniel Forrester, the officer,

upon a charge of ezteisive embezzlement.
Mr. Base, from the (Aces of Messrs. Bush and Mullens,
attended for the prosecution, and stated that the prisoner,
having been sent by his employer to collect the amount of
certain bills on Monday last, disappeared on that du, after
having received the several sums, but was on Tuesday
taken into custody at Dover, where be was about to steam
for France, with almost all the pr;perty exchanged for
French and Belgian .conies ik 114 possession.
Alderman Hunter asked whether, In so important a
I ease, the .'r•iisoner was represented by counsel, or other legal
authority?
The prisoner—l am not. I have no person to defend me.
Mr. George Gibson Nicholls, partner in the firm of Gib-
son, Nicholls, and Nicholl-, of King William-street, nota-
ries, said the prisoner was a clerk in the house till he
absconded, on the sth instant. It was his city to receive
the moneys upon bills entrusted to him to present fur pay-
ment. The various bills produced are accepted, payable at
certain bankers; and, according to an understanding be-
tween banking-houses, many of the bills were paid at the
Union Bask of London. It was part of his duty to present
them at the Union Bank for payment, and to account to
me, or some authorised clerk in my absence, for the money
on the same day. It would be his duty to enter the parti-
, ciders in a book, called the "City walk book," which I
have here. There is an entry in that honk of the bills being
given out, but there is no entry of the money being re-
ceived. The writing of the bills is in the prisoner's hand-
writing. He absconded on the same day, and never re-
turned from his walk; and I took steps for hie apprehen-
sion. The bills are deposited overnight in the bill-case, and
each clerk takes out the bills that relate to his walk in the
morning for presentation. Those produced formed part of
the securities the prisoner would have to take out, aril are
for following sums:-361. be., 271.75., 611. 7e. 9d.,
9271. 5e , 251. lls. Bd., 591. 18,. bd. 451., end 1191. Ba.,
amounting together to the sum of 1,3621. 2s. 10d.
4:derman Hunter wished to know the whole amount of

the property embezzled.
Mr Ball—lt amounts to between 3,0001. and 4,0001. As
the embezzlement has been so recent we are not in poems-
Mon of all the particulari.
Alderman Hunter—Have the English monies been ex-
changed for foreign in many instances?
Daniel Forrester—l apprehend the English notes Dave
been all exchanged fur foreign notes and gold.
Alderman Hunter—Prisoner, have you any question to
put to the witness who has been just examined?
The Prisoner—l have nothing to say further than that
it coos undenteod that perhaps the matter might be com-
promised.
Alderman Hunter—We know nothing of compromises
here. It is better for you, prisoner, to be cautious as to
what you say. You have stated that you have no legal
advirer here. I would advise you not to say anything till
you ere properly advised.
Mr. Charles Robinson cashier at the Union Bank of
London, in ninon-et:eat, said—On the sth of this month
the prisoner brought to me at the banking house eight
bias of exchange, amounting together to the sum of
1,3021.25. 10d., and presented them for payment. We have
entries of all of them in our books, which we can produce at
the oectfeary time. I gave him a Bank of England note for
1,0091., No. 28,639, dated 14th August, 1854, and one for
3001.,N0.03390, dated llthlJanuar7, and 21. 2s. 10d. in cash.
The note produced lox 1,0001. is that which I gave to the

prisoner.
Mr. Frederick Pearson, clerk in the issue department
of the Bank of England, said—On the bar fastest I gave
Ichange for the 1,0001. no• e produced. The prisoner is the
person who brought the note. I gave him six 3001. notes
and one 2001. note as change for that and another 1,0001. note
which he brought with him at the same time. The six notes
for 3001. each were numbered 1,999 and 2,000, and from
14,101 to 4,104. all dated January 11, and the 2001. note
is numbered 4,377, and dated 10th January.
The whole of the money received by the prisoner for the
bills presented amounted, according to the present witness,
to 3,2701, with which, and with other aecvrities, deducting,
1 of course, the rate of exchange, he was just upon the point
lof neap ng to the continent, when the band of public jostles
;axed the whole of the plunder out of his carpet-bag, and
consigned him to the custody of the gaoler.
The prisoner was remanded for some days, and will be
committed for trial upon the production of witnesses as to
some necessary formalities to be undergone for the protec-
tion of the property upon the delivery of the verdict at the
Central Criminal Court.
The Lord Mayor requested that the press would acknow-
ledge the receipt of 6s. from a working carman, as a fine on
him for the lose of a tea chest, containing articles intended
for the troops in the Crimea.
CLERKENWELL.
William Quinlan, a clerk, and Richard Haulborit resid-
ing at 1, Marlborough-court, Carnaby-street, were charged,
the former for stealing some silver plate, and the latter with
aiding and advising the robbery, and disposing of the
property.
Mr. William Red stone, of 20, Doughty-street, Meeklen-
burgh-square, said a gravy spoon was stolen from my hewn,
and subsequently other silver articles. My suspicion fell on
Quinlan, who is my brother-in-law. On Saturday my wife
received a lett( r, in which he penitently admitted that he
had been induced to steal the plate by a man whom he was
in the habit of meeting in a coffeehouse. When next be
ceded 1 gave him into custody.
Mr. Conic—How is the other prisoner connected with the
robbery ?
Sergeant Tinimee—_ _
to Mr. Hurlstone.
Mr. Carrie—That is not evidence against him; was any
one present ?
Sergeant Smith—l heard what was said when Mr. Hurl-
atoms had asked him about the plate. He said, " What is the
man at Potter's Coffeehouse ?" The prisoner replied, " His
name is Richard Houlbore," and I admitted to him that I
took the gravy spoon, and I also told him that there was
more plate in the same place. He said, "If you can get it
I will dispose of it." We went to Doughty-street on Mon.
day week, and I brought the plate out, aid we walked a
little way, when Houlbern took it from me. We then went
to the neighbourhood of the Seven-dials, where he told one
to remain. Ina quarter of an hour he came back, end
gave me 21.7 r., saying that was the produce of the robbery.
I gave him back a sovereign as his share, and we waked
into Drury-lane, where he bought a pair of Blucher boots,
Houlborn—That is all a made-up story of Quinlan's. I
am a respectable master tradesman, and hold a good situa-
tion at the Lyceum Theatre, where property amounting to
thousands is always under my hands; and is it then to be
supposed that I would incite to robbery like this ? It will
do me a serious injury.
Mr. Carrie—As I said before, there is no evidence against'
you, and I will &whinge you, and remand the other
prisoner.
Mr. Hailstone—As our only object is to remove Quinlan
from amongst some bad associates with whom he has be.
some connected, I shall communicate with his father, who
le at present in the country, and see If we cannot manage to
send him out of the country.
The prisoner, who said nothing in answer to the charge,
was removed.
A short time since a man named Otrford, applied to Mr.
Tyrwhitt for relief, stating that his wife had died through
want of means to provide her with the usual medical atten-
dance consequent on her being confined. He further
stated that he had applied at the Clerkenwell workhouse,
and that a person named Bennett, who acted as relieving
officer, had told him, amongst other harsh expreseious, that
as s poor man he had no right to have children for others
to keep. The report of the eases in the morning papers
caused much excitement in the parish, and several meetings
were held, which eventually compelled the guardians of the
poor to institute an inquiry into the above, and several other
charges, previously made against Bennett. The result of
the investigation was considered so unsatisfactory, that the
parishioners petititioned the Poor-law Commissioners who
directed one of their inspectors to make another inquiry.
Unable to meet this, Bennett had resigned his situation, but
it is understood, with a strong recommendation to a better
and more lucrative berth. The general feeling, however,
is that his resignation will not" burke" the inquiry ordered
by the commissioners.

an admirioF made by Clainbui

LANCASTER AND CARLISLE RAILWAY.—The half-
yearly meeting of the ehareholden of this railway was held
yesterday, at Liverpool; B. W. lime% Esq., the chairman,
presided. The accounts showed that the receipts for the
past half-year amounted to 167,2411. 17s. Id., and the di•-
bursementa to 87,8991. 18s. 3d., leaving a balance of
89,3411. 18s. 104., out of which the directors recommended
a dividend to be paid at the rats of 71 per cent. per annum,
which, with the proportion payable to the Lancaster and
Preston Companies, and the interest on loans, would re-
quire 88,1381. Os. 7d., leaving • further sum carried to the
renewal fund of 3,001., and a balance to neat amount of
2051. 181. 3d. Tree Chairman having briefly moved the
adoption of the report, Mr. Henry Garnett, of Wyreside,
after some criticism on the management of the line, moved
an amendment that the dividend be 8 per cent. Mr.
Nssmyth, of Patricroft Foundry, seconded it, and an ex-
ceedingly warm and lengthened discussion ensued, after
which the amendment was withdrawn, and the original re-
solution adopted.

ONTARIO, SINCOE, AND HURON RAILWAY, CANADA.
—Traffic for week ending Feb. 10, 1866, 6281. 13e. 9d. ; cor-
responding week, 1864, AWL Os. Id. Number of smiles open,
1866, 94; 1864, 68. Decrease, /865, 811.8 s. 4d. The decrease
this week is in consequence of the state of the weather pre-
venting freight owning forward; the quantity in the country
greatly exceeds that of last year.
MARIA ANTONIA RAlLWAY.—Ttsffie for the week
coding Feb. 22,1866, 2211. 186 S, 1881.