The Express.
London, England, 1855-07-05 00:00:00

GUILDHALL.

Jan Pearson, 18 years of age. was charged with stealieg
• quantity of silver plate, value 2801., and J,eeph Crawford,
in the employ of Mr. Hammond, auctioneer, Chancery lane,
was charged with receiving the same, knowing it to have
been stolen.
The prisoner Pearson, we understood, was a Sunday
school teacher at a chapel in the Citv.road, and when appre-
hended bad In his pommies • petition (very scantily
signed) in favour of (dosing public houses on Sundays.
Mr. James Jury said he was an auetiosecr and surveyor,
at 19, Coleman-street. The prisoner had beanie hie employ
about 18 months, but left about March last. Between

September and March witnen bad a chest of plate deposited
with him, which he kept in a strong room. About tan days
ego witness aniseed the plate from the chest. lie last saw
it safe about ten months ago. On examining the chest he
found the hasp of the lock had bean ferosd.
Maury Webb, a detective officer, said, from information
pseeived from Mr. Jury, he took the prisoner Pianos
Ys custody, and on taking him to the proseenftr's office,
aid slowing Dim the chest, he said he knew he had done
wrong, end that be had taken the plate and sold it to the
prisoner Crawford. Witness proceeded to Hammond's,
and saw Crawford, who said he had not bought any plate
of Pearson, but that his wife had. Crawford added that
Pearson cam* to him and asked him to buy the plate,
stating it belonged to an old lady in distress. He advanced
Pearson some money on the plate, and when he afterwards
sold it, be gave him the balance. He also said he had had
&beat 71. or Si. for his trouble in disposing of it. Witness,
after taking Crawford into custody, went to Mr. Satclifft,
a refiner, in Long-acne,_ and ascertained that considerably
more money was given for the plate then appeared by the
receipts in Crawford's possession to have been paid over by
the latter to Pearson.
The prisoners were then remanded.
THAMES. _

WiMOO Heresy, a respectable looking man, aged 39,
and described as a warehouseman, of No. 3, Albert-terrace,
Bow, was charged with causing the death of Frederick
Charles Edwards, and endangering the lives of Sarah
Howard sail others, by burning bias Are is the public
streets.
Oserge Howard, a bonast-shape maker, of Plaistow,
Lower West Ham, Estes, stated that he was driving,' horse
and cart in the high road near Bow church, on Tuesday
night, about half-past nine o'clock, and he obsernd mural
excursion vans, containing children, approaching him.
When he was within • short distance of the first van, a blue
light wu fired and dashed against his horse's fate. The
animal became gain unmanageable, and started off at a
furious pace, knocking down the little boy in the road and
killing him. The horse broke from the shafts, and was
stopped half a mile from the spot where it took fright.
The prisoner admitted that he ignited the blue fire. Wit-
ness's wife and boy were in his cart, and their lives were
endangered. The cart came in contact with another vehicle,
and they were nearly thrown out.
Mr. Philpot, the prisoner's solicitor, said that no one
deplored the unfortunate accident more than Mr. Harvey,
who was a highly respectable man, and connected with a
school belonging to • chapel in Bow. On Tuesday she
children were taken to the Forest in excursion vans, end on
their return to Bow, Mr. Harvey, for the purpose of
amusing sad pleasing them oa the termination of the holi-
day, ignited about a thimbleful of blue fire on the top of a
saucepan lid. The brilliancy of the light frightened the
horse in Mr. Howard's cart and led to the melancholy eatu-
trophe, which Mr. Harvey moat deeply regretted ; indeed,
no one weld be more sorry than he was. 11r. Harvey had
taken nothing at all to drink in the shape of intoxicating
drink, for he was a teetotaller. Defendant had only com-
mitted a slight indiscretion by setting fin to a blue light,
not letting off fireworks, to please the schoolchildren.
Mr. Yardley had no doubt the prisoner was very sorry, but
that was no satisfaction for the poor mother who bad loot
her child, and whose grief in the witness box matt have
excited great commiseration. This cans must be the sub-
ject of further investigation, and he could assure the prisoner
be had a good deal to answer for. He (Mr. Yardley) could
Detainee that defendant had committed • slight indiscre-
ties, for there could not be a mere dangerous folly than
letting off fireworks in the public streets.
The prisoner was then remanded on bail.