The Express.
London, England, 1863-09-16 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

MANBION•HOUBL

John Phillip', a—you--4;;;, i yams of age, described ae
a waits/41MA brought up ou remaud, charged with uttering
a oouotnrfeit half-crown.

TM peiaoner was in the service of Him Clarks who keeps
the Alexandria Luncheon Her, in Berkiagediambyard, as
waiter, and the mode which he adopted to get rid of counter-
feit cow was somewhat novel as well as ingenious. He had
been is the service of the prceecutrix for the specie of about
a month, during which time she bad repeatedly found bad
half-crowns and skiliinga in her till, which somewhat
puzzled as well as surprised her. During lasi week she found
so lees then four bad half-&owns in the till, and on
Saturday messing the foetid a bad chilling, and feeling
confident in her own mind that she did not take
the bed money herself, she begat then to suspect
the prisoner, and est about trying to discover by what means
he could gain access to the till, and, after some examination,
she found it could be got at from the hack. She spoke of
the bed mosey before tiler/mopes but said nothing to him
about it, and having mentioned the circumstance to a gee.
-Semen who frequented the house, his advised her to employ
a detective, and while that was being chicaned, a gentleman
named Chambers entered to take hie lance, and having been
served by the prisoner, gave him hall-serown is payment,
which tie prisoner appirently handed to MN Clarke, who
upon looking at it discovered that it was a bad one, and mei-
timed the fast to Mr. Chambers, who took it back and
looked at it and found it was so. but at the some time said it
was not the same which he had gives to the prisoner, se,
;having beard something about the bad money, he bad
taken particular notice of the coin which was given. The
prison was amused of than Zig the coin, but he declared
be was innocent. A oaaataW was sent for, who seerobed
him, and found ss. in goad mossy os him. The scullery
liras searched, and is a basis °Detaining some mad, an Imita-
tion sovereign was hood, after which the prisoner confessed
that be had changed the half-crown, and, putting his hand
over ow of the rafters, took down a good half-crown, which
he headed to Mr. Chambers, who identified it as the one he
had given him.
The prisoner was ememitted for triaL
• BON-STREET.

Edwin Hill. • &as am:1;0;W ;Moor, residing at 45,
Adam-Meet West, Portassa-square, appeared before Yr. Own& eharpd wilts nalawfully having in his possemion •
paid and diamead locket, rains 201.
Theiocket is of an oval form, and has au cm aids a aces
set is diamonds, the spasm between which are tilled with
lapis Itunk and on the other four oval rings in gold, the
bins enamel ground forming also mother erns&
Mies Levy, of 17, Broad-court, said the prisoner brought
the loan to her and asked her to porches@ it. He said it
rostakeed 76 mean and 3 large diamonds. She said abe
should pot like to buy it without she knew who be was and
whether all was correct or not, and asked him to go with her
to the pawnbroker's to ascertain its vale& Ou ptting
there -the pawnbroker said it was • diamond took* but
be did not rare about telling the worth of it. A constable
happesdag to be in the next compartment to that in which
the isqusry was made listened to the COCVSZNIiiOO, and
emstaaßy he took Hill to the station-house. He seemed
very mach rosfumd when be was questioned as to how
be beams prammad of it, and he said it belonged to
his wife, and that it bad been given to her before merrier&
Hr. tank—He pee an addrees when be was at the eta-
' tics—wee it • correct cm?

ifeTeiLifes, gour wonhip. He also says he is
ea
is the Custom. He had varied his stsissient
as to bow be busies pressed of the locket, busses at
the statiot be rid he picked itip about two mouths ago
under the ookeissitie of her Majesty'.. Theatre.
Pollee-cointable, 166 F, meld, frau inquiries he had made,
he toned that be acted as a boa-keeper at her Majesty's
Theatre. When be Bret queetlued him about the locket
he said it belonged to hie idle, mid on going to his residues
io Adam-street. Mrs. Hills/so said the locket had beugives
to her by &gentleman previous to her marriage. When he
returned to the station from making his inquiffies Hill said
he (mild the locket at the place mentioned.
Mr. Corrie-11thig a box-keeper in her !lusty's Meath',
it is possible be might have picked it up i
Impulse West-Quite so. I have 130111 to two peruse
this ream& sad they bath tell me the locket is worth WI.
Mr. Carrie—Hu any inquiry been made about the pro-
perty at the theatre! The loss of such an article might
have ben mentioned at the time.
Impactor Wed.— We have inquired there, bat they know
sot hbg about it.
Het rrie—Theire is nothing to true it by. There is no
mark of soy description, and the interior is quite empty.
lempeeter West—There is nothing, your worship. The
Firmer told me he picked it up about three or four mouth.

Cowie (tell)—The circumstances under which
you became powered of this locket most be strictly in-
quired into. As you pre your right address, and can be
easily found, I shall admit you to bail upon your entering
into your owls recqpizances in the sum of 501. to appear
here on Saturday week.

WO D'• an unflairbed reportitstmday of the re-exami-
adios of the purees who is stated to have peened by the
names of Grow Tenser, Hartley Morris, Captain
Major Janes Clotoman, Mr. Livington. Mr. Hamilton,
Mr. Alexander, Lords Henley, Onley, Illy, Macdonald,
and Charinalk, and Captain Charles Stanley.
Mr. Peter observed, after our report left, that he bad
two charges of baud, with which he was at that moment
prepared with ',ideate against the prisoaer. In am of
them, whisk was very recent, he had represented himself
as a harm.

Attar some conversation it was determined that the depo-
sitions in the advowsoe came—upon which prisoner was Dow
committed for trial- should be prepared and read over on
Tuesday next, at which time fresh charges against the
primar via be proceeded with.

THAMES.
Eithsteth legal*, an elderly woman, was brought before
Mr. Woolryeb, charged with committing • violent and dan-
gerous asmalt oa Mr. Wm. Btrndgwick, • master butcher,
ca on Wainer is Grundy-street, Poplar.
Zi cionsplathant, who woo to • stare of great suffering,
mid he lived in • low neighbourhood, where quarrels were
frequent, and there was • low beerahop next door to him.
Os Monday night the prisoner was opposite his shop,
holding an altercation with some boys, whom the accused of
throwing peses-podding is her face. He begged tlzzlojo
sway and not make • noise. The primmer immediately
pee utterance to foal barrage, and applied some beastly
epithets to him. Hs took no notice, and she struck him •
tremendous blow os the eye with • street door key, which
knoithed him backwards and stunned him. His eye wee
fearfully eat, and had been bleeding nearly all night. He
w afraid the sight wee affected. He said or did nothing
to •gPrOVOILO the woman.
Jamie Ponsford, • police-constable, 280 K., said the pri-
soner was • very bad woman—the oldest wither,' in
Poplar.
The prisoner mid the complainant threw pease-padding
in her fare, which he solemnly denied.
It. Woolrych mid the prisoner had committed • savage
and unprovoked assault on the complainant. He sentenced
the prisoner to two months' imprisonment, and bard /shoran

STRANGE CABX OF SVICIDII...4CIFIy on Monday
morning the inhabitants of Penzance were sbztled by the
intelligence that Miss Beringer, sister of Mr. Beringer,
jeweller, Market-place, had committed suicide. Mr. and
Miss Beringer an natives of Germany, and bad travelled
as far as the United States of America before they visited
Penzance. They have resided at the latter place several
yean ; Mr. Bemire carrying on a respectable business
as • Jeweller, and kis ester assisting in the shop and
otharwiee. Mr. Beriopr has alsoa share in • similar
business at lb death, where Mrs. Beringer mostly resides,
Mr. Beringer usually spending his Sundays at Redruth,
and returning on Monday morning. Mr. Beringer left
Penzance by the 9 a.m. train on Sunday morning
last as usual, leaving his sister and the servant in
charge of the establishment. It appears that the ser-
vant left the house about eleven o'clock to go to church,
and onzetnralng about 2 o'clock p.m. found the door locked,
and could not gain admittance. Thinkiog Miss Beringer
might be taking • walk, the servant went home to her
mother's, and returned to Mr. Beringer's about four. The
door was still locked, and the bedroom window open and the
Wad down. Shit thought this rather strange, but west to
her mother's again till six. Things remained as they were,
and orbs did Dot rotors again till put ten o'clock, *hem she
called the *bastion of the police to the circumstances.
After consultation, it was deemed advisable to get through
the open window and investigate the affair. Sergemet
Wallis entered the hones, and oil ereorefibe down Maim
found Nes Catherine Beringer lying in the pro
sage of the first floor quite dead. On farther
examination it was discovered that there was as b-
oned wound in the bead of each arm, of about an lack in
length ; and on
found, with bleall:7"agis it, andi amaksilma-11°-.--1481.7a
pint of blood. No cal was found is the to. itsri. the de-
coennel, nor did it appear that any one had been ea the mi-
stier slow the servant loft in the 'Damian. Xr. Harvey,
summon, wee no the pot as soon as pueblo, and found that
death had taken place Nome time previously ; and from pre.
seat emu there is no doubt but that deceased had
ouma aelf-distnistiaa.—Watern Morning 11ew&