The Express.
London, England, 1855-10-12 00:00:00

of POLICE °OMIT&

MANSION-Rausz.

Thomas Watford ,r 1;,;;; have been many
Yuri livillif ors the beefing system, mad have been fre-
quently teed to prisms from the City as well as the
Metropolitaa polies Anna, were brought before Sir Peter
Laurie by Fan am Weer of the Mesdicity Society.
Fryer sill IM dafamisate wen iscorrigible beggars.
The matt had a Wight/ Land, whisk he sad hie wife tuned
to most pooemble mewast. The hand was bandaged up,
and the WM'S WY &Iwo, s ready to strip it for passing
1 amdl pielmmed that teak to perfection, by odd-
-I=6ethidiellgured Haab, whim:, by the lagesioss pressure
of the 'Meanie Weise of a livid hue, and startled the
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stream with tbe Mee of •re ler mortifiestiou. She was
elegant, tee, wpm yes safe of her mate, and wished
those who disregarded het a "the heutiset bad lea
the maid lay her Maim so.'
Sir Peeve Laurie—Did you see OMR hewing t
Fryer—l did, ia the most prude; way. When I west
up to them the woman discharged • volley of abase at me.
They are ea well known at all the polies *Moss as the officers
themselves. They an as clever at blowing up people as
they are at solitaing for charity.
Mts. Watford, a stroag, kale, bat particularly filthy
woman, said—" Oh, fie ; we never said • word to anybody.
Now, Fryer, you know we didn't." (A laugh.)
Fryer—When I brought them into the Mammon-house
Mrs. Watford asked a ponces who was just ordered to the
House of Correction by the bench what alderman was sit-
ting. The reply wee," Sir Peter Laurie." " Oh, bad luck
to Sir Peter Lunn." says Mrs. Watford. (Laughter.)
Mrs. Watford—Never. Your worship, it was quite the
other way. When the woman I spoke to, when I asked
bar who was • sitting, said " Mr Peter Laurie, and sweet
bad luck to him"—" Oh," says I to her, "don't say no
such • thing. Good luck to Sir Peter Laurie, I say, and
God bless him." (Great laughter.)
Sir Peter Laurie—Well, what you said shall neither in-
crease nor diminish your punishment. Let me see your
husband's hand.
Watford began awkwardly to enrol the bandage, but the
wife took hold of his arm, and is an instant whipped off the
re', sad then turned about the distorted fingers into a variety
of podding', so that the magistrate might on that her hue-
band had some real claim to public sympathy. This proceed.
lag_catised irresistible worriment.
Fryer—The last time I apprehended the pair, the woman
said to a gentlemes, "Give my poor man a few coppers."
The gendarmes said he bad no coppers. " Well sten," said
she, "just poke your hand into your pocket and pull out a
little fourpesay." (Laughter.) 15pon that occasion they
were sent, I think, for three months.
Sir Peter Laurie—Now we have almost cleared the City
streets of beggars, and certaialy we must not allow an exhi-
bition of this sort.' I hope you will both take my word for
It, that you will be watched constantly, and if yon are
Weight before me again your punishment shall be heavy.
I new shall mad you roc mesa days to the Home of C 01714-
dos.
Mn. Watford—Don't send him, and good lack to you.
I'd rather go for three months, than have the key turned
sport him.
Sir Peter Laois—You mud both go, and I hope we shall

serer see your hoes again.
Jonathon Bush Cox, a journeyman baker, was charged
with embezzling the mosey of his employer, Mr. Charles
Cornish, baker, of 86, Feaekarab•strmt.
An urgent appeal was made by the prosecutor that Sir
P. Laurie would dial summarily with the case, although
this wee the third dream the prisoner bad committed. lie
had been4efra•Oed to the extant of 261.

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Joh* Thad* /Mill was breve* up for farther examine-
don beams Merman Hunter, relative to the charge of
embesellag SOL belonging to Mr. ez•Sheriff Croll, his
master.
The evident* on the former occasion was to the effect
that the resew wee occasionally employed as a messenger
and aasYf oink in Mr. Croll's office in Coleman-street.
and an week last he was sent in the direction of
Tottembem to deliverd ten shares in the Winchester Water-
works to ILim Harris and bliss 13u.orabone, and to receive
from them a dips& of 61. per share, with which he de-
camped. His ressipt was pat in evident* to show that the
bed been paid to him ; but as he was not, strictly
ammo* being engaged for that occasion only, a
quaden area es to whether the charge was one of em-
besalement, or only a breach of mast.
Kim Harris said—l live at Tottenham. On the 29th
of September last the prisoner brought me a letter
from Mr. Cron, requesting me to sign the deed
of settlement end swept the enclosed scrip for shares in
the Winchester Water Works, and to pay him 61. upon
each of the ten shares. I paid the prisoner 25L, and Miss
Strombeine paid him another 251. on Mr. Croll's amorist
The prisoner wrote the memorandum on the letter acknow-
ledging the reosipt of the money in my presence. I paid
him in two 101. sots, and one 61. note.
Edward Funnel, a detective officer, raid—On Wednes-
day, the 3rd inst., I took the prisoner into custody in Cole-
man-stmt. I told his he was charged with absconding
with 601. I asked his what be had done with the money,
and he then save up 271. 16s. lid. I afterwards searched
his lodgtoge, at 140, Princes-road, Kennington, and there
found a new dressing-case, end a new pair of patent leather
boots. From inquiries I have dna made, I have ascer-
tained that be has squandered the rest of the money away.
Alderman Rueter said the prisoner appesred to have
been employed in the capacity of clerk to Mr. Croll, and he
should therefore commit him foe trial on the charge of