The Express.
London, England, 1855-09-27 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURT&

MANSIONMOUSE.
Samuel Britton was brought before the Lord Mayor,
'barged apse suspieloo of hulas bees °aspersed in a
robbery, whisk weieeraraltted several months ago on the
premises el Muss. Berms, Blumberg, and Co., of Can-
nes duet west, importers and Jewell's.
Buns, of No. 1, Virgialavrow Gibraltar•walk,
Sborediteb, cheadlor's shop keeper, said—Os the 9th of
November last, I was in the Black Dag public-how, in
Church-strut, Bethnal-grwan, and I saw the prisoner
thaw. There were other perms then at the time. He
asked se if I would boy • watch, and he showed me the
entail produced by die °facer. I told him I would boy
the wateh if he would let me take it to • pawnbroker to
aseertals the value of it. U. said I might do so, and I
seoordiagly took the watch with the intention of going to
• pewsbroker's shop to know what it was worth, but was
appuhended by Sergeant Jacks= for having it in my
POSSIMiIa. Sergeant Jackson asked me from whom I got
it, and I told him, and gave it into hie omission. I was
afterwards taken to the statimg-houe. and from therm to
the Mansion-house, where I leadirweat erscainatione, sad

was at last after three weeks' detention discharged from
custody, kook* been allowed to go oat in the lest week of
miimprisoanteat on bail.
The Lord Mayor—Are you sure that the prisoner is the
poises who offered to *ell the watch to you ?
Witeess—l eat quite sure of it.
The Lad Mayor—Did you ase any other articles in his
pomades at the time ?
WiteeM4 saw two as three rings in hie posesesion at the
time. Onset them had a state in it. Another was a plain
tin, but I dH not teeth them.
The primmer—Hy lord, I should like to a» the watch
this nutria 'earth to him for sale. As for the rings be
speaks of, I have se recollection of having any rings in my
possessioa at the drool saw him, but I might hart had acme
which I bought in Hatton-gird».
The Lord Mayor directed that the watch should be shown
to the prisoner, bat that the number of it should not be
inhibited.
The prisoner—The watch I showed to him was quite
different from that just produced.
The Lad Mayor—addreasinn himself to lespector Mit-
chell, who has been for some time investigating the circum-
stances of the serious robbery at the establishment of Meseta.
Berths and Blumberg—asked whether that officer had any-
thing to state upon the subject at that moment ?
Mr. Mitchell said he bad been engaged, with others,
in looking after the prisoner since the time of the informs
tioa of the robbery, but without success till yesterday Mora-
lag, at ass o'clock. It would be asaosary, the i-spector
added, for the ends of justice, that a remind should take
place for a few days.
Mr. John L. Walpole, burr to the hose, of Berens and
Blumberg, said—lt is part of my business to panda»
watches tot the firm. It is ear practise to eater the num-
bers of maims perobassi by as in • book when taken into
the Meth. nafi OM** them Item the book when they are
sold. I hire ezeraised this watch, and to the best of my
belief it bes been in our stock. The number is in our book,
and from the book it appears that it has not beat sold. It
is one of these which we missed from the stock immediately
after the robbery of the premises alluded to. We have a
list of all the wages which were sales at the time The
watch is a article. I believe this watch to be a
potties oldie
The prisseer—This is not the watch I handed to the wh-
ams who against me at all. I had a peony
far the urNsh I put into his possession at all. I gave hits a
meth smsdy to learn the value of it for me. I meant that
be @Melt paws it, and that I should sell him the ticket.
That's the whole of it.
The Lord Mayor said the statement made by the prisoner
proved that the witness who had bass in the first instance
apprehended, had sated facts to the officer upon being
taken into custody, and bore oat to a great extent the state-
ment made by him on that examination.
The prisoner was then remanded.
SONIVOI Franklin, who was some days ago charged with
having robbed Mr. Ward, corn factor, in the subscription
room of the Corn Exchange of bank-notes to the amount of
46L, was brought up for final examination, and committed
for trial.
LAMBETH.

Robert Hodson Parrott, formerly a surgoss is tolerable
preach*, who had bets in custody for the last week on the
twofold charge of obtainhig mousy by false pretences and
illegally ruakiug a post snorters szanination of the body of
George Hoary Freshwater, was brought up for final *semi-
callous.
Mr. Elliott was of opinion that the evidence to support the
first charge was ineufficient ; but he s►ould send the prisoner
to take his trial for unlawfully procuring the removal of the
body of the deceased for anatomical purposes.
The prisoner, who appeared mush improved by his iinpri-
soniaent, was accordingly committed.,