The Express.
London, England, 1855-03-30 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING

theme Hart "—it Wrath eat kis asses was set Miss—"safely eraliskisii well kiss eseywhere le Tat seek
san their mord; end if they will lip Sad he alma the
treeramed ths lave ben, they wit abide ike NNW
seams We eggertirmity el essaidelag w albs-
dm sell at liminglllll4. hat we less seadsime—these
fres fie sashimi sours whom the eels
ad sea best a ' priced' eataisgee tast had
C sad
base wad,. as ; essay el the pistols that per-
=he wattling el the sail semsesed NOM of
mid thews, MAN mak deed a di* et the
setwilmt diet his: /lane ITuisaW has seedily ethileed
Mises Is.. aaqy knit dealer WLeatha, had day Mee
vadeelis pedMNme of Ike simian wheel SIMS sew et-
tweed to this. wire slid ; and it is Fishable fiat
same se es ihisath et an esapettgatiafithaa-
selves m fileadelee,
• &a, at Zillitileytgillatesseer their errs if they WS
theme again fler sale. As we have weasel, end repeatedly,
sr reeks split the old shin' of Mr. Moose Han,
we wars this sew ageless kin modes artiste; his
est-load el Maids should be sand to travel
Wesel the gesiesse, sad balk; he will thee
yaw el died et Ile we igslsmt u he has been moiled
id the CAM We is determised to :eases these truss
time, watching this slowly." In the November number
*lee appeared a firths aside reflecting on Hart. The
mews of the malimasses bed bees aloe tightly spoken of,
GM ea actin MI lees sessmemi by *es against, Mr.
Seth be that guatiesea *Mks ha was la error regarding
them, made ea ashen sad paid the lists. As to Hart's
▪ bejaelesd. -To make eat drustification certain
times called, who pees& that s Mr. Hart bed bad
seise et Harwich, Paella, sad Lei in the yeas 1848-47,
sad thetas these essemine Nubia *terse sold represented
le he peistei by suds EMS' ware not the productions
talks pieties nereesedeL A sekeeisastsr, in particular,
spoke eta Mr. Halt sesta to him at Norwich, is a dashing
=with a *se ad, sating ha sou the son of
who ha get seas " gents " on hand—that he
wee breed to dispute et than, u his father, who was going
to buy his a commisisa in the army, would disinherit him
otherwise. Printed eatologues were also put in of different
sales by one Hart, wbereis the same pictures, or what were
supposed to be the awe, were at different tweee described
u the works of different artists. Hart, the plaintiff, sew
not called. The jury, finding for the plaintiff, gave 401.

MARCH 30, 1855.

matey what we all a red Turkish scrip, which he said had
been pat late his buds fee sale by a triad of his. He gave
me She awl No. 1111. mid I sold la the market at 31 11.16
per east. to sal Oa, sad it rubel 3161. 17s. 6d.
I paid the phew in too as ea my baubles, the one
hit VW., sod the ether ha 166 i. lb. Id.. dedsellig 11.65.
for esimissies. Than abuses were NUMMI to sae by
lay hasten as paid. I saw VU pauses oboe aro er three
times. Is REM to ask the piss of Tula gulp. Ido
wet know the of lbs same el Bush inhered to
of OM City Ufae% ed6-111b monlog,
at 9 o'r. I stet as Lesisimbimee. Chaphani.
I mid le Ids. Baker. Ima as 'Wu; I meat pen. He
said, Very well, I won't attempt to mope. I lima eqM. The
amp easYpik yea will beabar4agteaßnm a Tared* Mad sr
sedp ass 1.1 W., end also ea W. the Lieepeety ef
rub* employee& The add, "Yea. I Lew; II
shell plead gnilly to the " He then told me he had
a cheque far In lb. Id., the property of his preset em-
ployers, is bit possessios, and he asked to be allowed to give
up that to thsm. bat I told him he must go before a magis-
trate beam swab" of the kind Gould be done. I then
took Ma to Ileuline Ratio' house, and upon marching
him Mai Is hr pocket the cheque alluded to.
laspester Milebell Wormed thr R. W. Carden that the
cheque jut Isoseismal hadMo reference at all to the charges
p against the
were pressurised ba
it. t the prewat employers of the
rimmer jes_mat Melaka
Sir IL W. Oulu bads, reosived a satisfactory Menu-
anos apes the Mewl directed that the cheque should be
given up faimedistely to the claimants.
Knight said, he answer to a question from Sir R. W.
Carden, that he had been looking for the prisoner dace
the 14th November.

Mr. Barkworth said the ease of embezelement against
the prisoner involved some dividend warrants, and was very
complicated. He, therefore, intended, with the permission
of the alderman, to waive the prosecution upon the second
charge, the case already completed being to all appearance
conclusive.
Sir R. W. Carden offered no objection to the proposition,
and then said it was his painful duty to commit the prisoner
for the offence of stealing the Turkish scrip.
The prisoner upon being asked in the usual terms whe-
ther he wished to say anything before his removal from the
bar, said, " I wish to say nothing, sir." He wu then com-
mitted fer
It wu stated in the justice room that the prisoner had
been not long ago a member of the Stock Exchange, and
that he bad been engaged in many vary extensive trans-
actions.

BOW-STREET.
Frederick Jame Fletcher, a repeatable-looking youth of
about 16, was placed at tha bar before Mr. Hell, charged
with being eoueented In the uttering of a forged cheque
for 8L 10a.

---onBatiarday *cuing last, between 6 and 7 o'clock, the
prisoner entered the shop of Mr. Veaey, oil and oolourmen,
Rencerford-street, Strand, and presided a letter, stating
that he was to wait for an answer. The letter was opened '
and read by Mrs. Vasey, and, us it purported to come from
Mr. Roberts, of 17, Spring gardens, a customer, she bad no
hesitation in °emptying with the request which it contained
—namely, " to cash the enclosed cheque "—especially as it
was endorsed apparently by the signature of Mr. Roberts
himself. The cheque was drawn by " Charles Winstanley,"
upon Drummond and Co., for 81. 10s. Cash to this amount
was handed to the prisoner by Mrs. Vasey's direction, and
the youth left the shop. On Monday morning, however,l
on the cheque being presented at the bank, a message was
seat round to Mrs. Veesy to the effect that no each person
had ever had an account there, and the cheque was a forgery,
executed upon a form which had not been in use at the
establishment for more thus thirty years. Wben this cir-
cumstance was mentioned at the shop, it transpired by a
singular coincidence, that a lad in Mrs. Vass 's employ re-
membered the prisoner as a schoolfellow, and he was able
to inform his mistress where the prisoner was to be found.
Accordingly, a police officer, acting upon the lad's informa-
tion, proceeded to the shop of Messrs. Llewellyn and Shisil,
wooffendrapen, of 2, Old Bond-street, where the prisoner
was employed, and took him into custody upon the present
charge. The prisoner told the officer that he was pro-
ceeding homewards on Saturday evening, when a man,
like a groom, accompanied by a yoneg gentleman,
stopped him near the Admiralty, and asked hiss to run to
Yam's with a letter, and wait for an answer, adding that
he should be rewarded for his trouble ; and that, on comply-
ing with this request, and returning with some money, the
same man gave him a shilling. The boy repeated this
statement to the magistrate, who was induced to believe it
in consequence of the excellent character which the prisoner
received from one ot his employers, who attended, and stated
that be had constantly sent him to hie bankers' with cash,
and had the slightest reason to doubt his honesty.
It was stated that several cues precisely similar had been
lately recorded in the police reports, and there was evidently
a gang of swindlers preying upon the public by the same
means. Indeed Mears. Drummond stated that they had
had a great many cheques of • similar description presented
at their bank.

MriHallWaid it was a pity that tradespeople, however
dispoeed to oblige a customer, did not act more cautiously
than to cub a cheque brought by a strange lad in this way,
although Mrs. Vasty, acting in the unavoidable absence of
her husband, might be more readily excused, perhaps. He
really believed that the boy had been duped, and remem-
bered a similar case, some years back, which came before
himself.

The boy was diteharged upon his amployer's undertaklog
to produce bin, if requircd, hereafter.
Charlu Meredith, a .licansed victualler-of Birmingham,
wu charged with violently assaultiog Polies Constable
Balsas, F 104, who wu so ly injured that it was
band necessary to take him to King's Cog. Hospital. and
le was unable to attend. _ _ _ -

4;:liiTlinoniinietitis defendant till Monday mat, but
eonaented to take bail if he could procure it—himself in 601.,
and two sureties of 301. each.

)UG}H•STREET.

Pint. Carroll Kelly was finally examined charged with
defrauding • great number of tmespeople, do., by
assuming the name and rank of various gentlemen in the
arc
y.
William Webb said he was a waiter at the Guards' Club,
Pall-mall. On Sunday evening, the 18th inst., the prisoner
rime to the club and inquired for Mr. Stewart. He told
prisoner Mr. Stewart was not within. The prisoner then
said he was Sir Charles Pigott, of the Soots Fusiliers, and
he wanted the steward of the club to esah • cheque for
him. He toek the prisoner into the coffee-room, and the pri-
mer wrote a cheque for 161., which he took te Mr. Hain-
biota', the steward, who gave him 15!. in mousy, which
sum he banded to the prisoner, and the prisoner left the
slab directly.
Mr. Hamtdeton proved that he gave the money to the last
witness in exchange for the cheque.
Samuel Jame, clerk to Mr. A. Lawrie, No. 1, Charles-
stsee-, Sr. James* army agent, said that the cheque was
down on Mr. Lawrie, but Sir C. Pigott had no account
with the house.

Whicher, one of the detectives, said he took the prisoner
into custody at 91, Norton-street. The prisoner had only
half-a-sovereign is his posesmioc. There was a quantity
of valuable property in the prisoner's lodgings which had
been obtained by fraudulent pretences.
The primate was fully committed on this case.
There were a gnat many other cases, and among them
ens for obtaining a watch and jewellery from Mr. Deist:our,
of Chatham, bat it was thought eaaseessely to take any
nun than the above.