The Express.
London, England, 1863-02-21 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

MANSION-HOCSE.

William Seellgrom, ifaiaiiimaasTportar, was charged
with steeling the saw of 131. odd belonging to his employer,
and also with feloniously forging a receipt for that amount
under the following circumstance* :
It appeared the corn of 131. 10e. Bd. was given to the pri-
soner by Ms employers, for the purpose of paying it into the
treasury office of the Customs, to release some goods for
them, and be afterwards brought back • receipt upon •
printed form, purporting to come from the treasury office.
It was afterwards ascertained that the mousy had not been
paid at all, and that the initials which were on the receipt
were not those deny of the clerks connected with the Cus-
toms. The primmer gave himself up on Saturday, and told
the ()Soar that he had stolen some money and had been
drunk ever since.. . _

The prisoner, when told that the charge against him was
for forging the receipt as well's stealing the money, did
Dot seem to understand it, and said that he had not forged
anyone's name ; he had merely written some letters which
first came into his herd. . . . .

Yr. Goodman, the Mud clerk, explained to him that that
is law wam equally ea bed an forging ►ny person'm name.
Committed for trial
0 ITILDHAL L.

George Aims& waschargetiwiTli stealing • prose
taking money train Miss Newman while in St. Sepulchres
Church.
. . .

hriSsNewreas said she was leaving the church on Sunday
evening last with the rest of the coogregation, when she
sodden!), found the prisoner's head in her preket. She ac.
elated him of it, sod he withdrew it and walked away. She
then found her purse was gone aed followed him, but upon
charging him with having her purse, he denied it, and she
then told bim that if he had not got it be had pared it to
some else. The puree was afterwerds picked up near the
entrance of the church, so that the prisoner must have
dropped it almost immediately he obtained it.
The prisoner denied the charge in toto, acid said he bad
messily come from Birmingham, sad had only been in Lon-
dos tee days.
The officer said he had made every inquiry, and had sot
beep able to ascertain anything of the prieoasls aotecedeeta.
He bad been aeon by several officers while under remand,
but was not known.

Aldermen Challis said if the prisoner had been known he
would have committed him for trial._

The priamer waa thee committed to prison for six
weeks.

Tarid Rooney was charged with having unlawfully in
his poereition a gold brooch, value 18a.

Kinks, a detective of iCer said he found the prisoner
at the shop of Mr. Russell, a pawnbroker, in Fors
'treat, where be had been inquiring the value of • small
gold brooch. He asked the prisoner where he got it, and
be maid that he earns out of Camberwell Workhouse with
his wife and children that morning, and as be was walking
through Camberwell, his little boy, whom he was
carrying on his back, called his attention to the brooch
lying on the pavement. He picked it up, and took it to
a silversmiths in Camberwell, who offered him tie. for it,
and showed him • lot of new brooches like it, which he
was selling at 7a. each, so be brought it into the City to
ascertain the value. He bad not attempted to sell it.,
The prisoner repeated the story be told the *Moor, and
said be should be very glad to ipso up the brooch to the
owner or any one else, and bays no further bother about it.

Alderman Challis said d the owner were found the pri-
soner would, perhaps, be rewarded. He then diacbarged
him, and ordered the °Moor to detain the brunch for •
mouth and advertiee it, and if no owner were found in that
time the prisoner might have it.