The Express.
London, England, 1862-01-31 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

MANSION-HOUR&
A respectable-leek* young man, 21 year of egg, road
George Henry Moet, was brought before the Loud Mayer
sad Sir Robert Carden, sitting In petty sissies, ci=
with having stolen at various times a maim d
bags, the property of Messrs. Rompfl, his employers.
Augustus Ramie stated that the prisoner bad been
in his service for upwards of four years as • warehouseman.
For some time past loather bags had bees mimed from
stock, and in July last two were mimed at one time, and
the prisouer was asked if be knew anything about them.
He said he did not, sad the emamentos was that sempicion
fell upon another young man in the warehouse, and be was
discharged. Rags still, however, kept dimieMg from the
stock in • very mysterious maarier,ead although ee prisoner
was suspected, they were not able to bring the offence home
to him until Wednesday moraieg,whea one of the yowag moo
had occeakie to clear some goods from a &half Mai had
not been disturbed for eight or abbe months, and behind
the goods he found a quantity_nf pieces diaper whisk had
been used for the wpm of fillusgont theMpt Upon beteg
informed of this Mr. 'tempi made a further seen* sad
found a quantity of bag papers emosaled behind different
good' in the warehouse, and a large quantity op the shim-
my. He then commanicated to the police, sad en the
young man who had discovered the papers to watt the
prisoner, and as goon as he (Mr. Rompti) weal to dieser,
the primmer went up stairs and stuffed all the paper up the
chimney. This led him to suppose that the prisoner knew
something about the bags that were missing, and semstable
was sent for who took him into custody. Mr. Itompff had
since beau to several pawnbrokers' where be saw a num-
ber of bags which ho identified as his property.
Molyneux, detective, said he was called to Mr. Romprs
office to take the prisoner into custody. He told him be
was a police officer, and that he need not answer any ques-
tions unless he chose. He then told him that be was sus-
pected of having stolen a number of bags belonging to his
employee'. and he said, "Yes, I'm guilty." He then &eked
him what he bad done with the begs, and he said he had
pledged some in A Ideragate -street, some in the Stand, and at
Clung-cross, and, in fact, in all parts of London. He went
Ito the prisoner's reddence, 337, Albany•road, and foiled
there a quantity of articles, such as collars and cuffs; braes-
lets, brooches, pine, buttons, purses, and a box of &mimes,
all of which Mr. Rompff identified as his property.
Mr. Harrison, pawnbroker, of
identified AldersgaMetreet, pro-
duced two morocco bogs, which were pledged at his shop,
and which M. Rompif as his property. Mr.
Harrison said, however, that he could not say whether they
were pledged by the prisoner.
The prisoner when asked if be wished to ask the last
witness any questions, replied that it was he who pledged
the bags.
Mayne= applied for a remand, but
Mr. Itornpff said be thought the evidence was quite con-
clusive enough against the prisoner, and he would rather
the case were disposed of at once, for although he was Qom.
pelted to prosecute the prisoner as s safeguard spinet the
other young men in his employ following in the prisoner's
step', still he wished to recommend him to mercy, as he
had a wife and child dependent upon him. He mid the
prisoner had been is his service since he was a Ind.
It being beyond the power of the Lord Mayor to deal with
the case alooe, Sir It. W. Cards, was sent for, when the
prosecutor added that the prisneergot 'serried much against !
his will, as he did not think his name would allow him to
do so. He, however, to keep him from temptation, raised
his salary, but still he seemed to have been living beyond
his means.

TM Lard Mayor, after consulting Sir R. W. Carden, said
it man a very serious charge, and told the prisoner that
bed YDM been fur the recommendation of Mr. Rompff,
be should have indicted a heavier punishment. He then
eseteeeed him to four months' hard labour.

BOW-STREET.
A boy named John Joyner was brought up on remand,
charged with stealing a money order from the office of the
Tablet newspaper.
On the morning of the 15th inst. the prisoner entered
the Tab', t office and bought a copy of the paper, leaving
the shop with it so hastily that he omitted to take his
' change (2d.), having given a 6.1. in payment for the paper.
Subsequently the prisoner awl another boy twice presented
a money-order, purporting to bo signed on behalf of Messrs.
Kesitiog and Co., proprietors of the Trifle!, at the money-
order office in the Strand, where it was made payable.
Payment was refused, the order not being properly signed,
but no suspicion was entertained, as orders were or
though not usually, signed by other persons
than Mr. Keating, the managing proprietor. Subse-
quently the prisoner and his companion were over.
heard by a compositor named Howell talking the
matter over in a ooffee-shop. Howell took the
order from them, and delivered it to Mc. Keating at the
Taidet adios. It was Alli order for lf. 64., which had been
enclosed in a letter to Mr. Keating by a country subscriber.
It was supposed that the prisoner took it from a counter in
the peblishing Aloe during the 'nonmilitary absence of the
clerk. On Thursday evening. the 16th instant, be called
for the 2.1. be had left on the counter, and was then given in
custody.
He was committed for trial.

Sarah fintith, who dw.Tibed henelf as an artificial
florist, bet who has bees several times coevicted,was chirp&
before Mr. D'Eptosert with stashes slight yards of °Aim
print frees the rasp of Mr. James Shorter, hosodraper, 01
7, lbegos•belidiess, Lower-road, blinks.
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