The Express.
London, England, 1862-09-23 00:00:00

THE CAME OF ME. SOUP 1.

Very soon after the grand jury bad commenced their
duties two bills were preferred before them by Mr. Pollard,
the assistant solicitor to the treasury, against Mr. RoupeU,
the one charging him with feloniously forging and uttering
a certain deed of gift, and the other with the same offence
in relation to a will.
The only witnesses who were examined were Mr. Barnett,
the short-bend writer, who took notes of the proceedings
upon the trial at Guildford, and Mr. Tongue, the associate,
who produced the instruments that were alleged to be
forged, mai who bad impounded them by order of Mr.
Baton Martin, the judge who presided at the trial.
The greed jury immediately found both to be true bills,
and they very shortly afterwards formally returned them
as such to the court.
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Just as the court was about to adjourn the prisoner well
brought to the wed, in the custody of Mr. Keene, the
Governor of Horsemoogerlane prison, and be was ordered
to be placed in the dock.
Mr. Kemp, the deputy clerk of arraigns, then read the in-
dictment, which charged the prisoner with haviog on the
tad of September, 18i6. feloniously forged sod uttered a
will purporting to be the last will and testament of one
Radom] Palmer /impel!. with intent to defraud, and he then
asked the prisoner whether he pleaded guilty or not guilty
to the charge
ma prisoner, in a calm, firm tone, replied, "I decline to
plead.
Mr. Kemp then read the second indictment, which
charged the prisoner with forgery, and uttering a deed pur-
porting to be a deed couveyiug certain lands and beredita-
remits at Kingston from Richard Palmer Roupell to himself,
he wall knowing the same deed to be forged. Upon the
same question being put to him whether be pleaded guilty
or not guilty, be again replied, " I decline to plead."
' The Recorder then, under the powers granted to the court
111 the act of parliament of the 7th and Bth George the
Fourth, directed a plea of not guilty to be mitered, and Mr.
Roupell was removed from the bar.
Mr. Orridge, who is one of the counsel retained to con-
duct the prosecution, then applied to his lordship to fix
Wednesday for the trial. He said that the prosecution
would be conducted by the Attorney-General, and this
would be the most convenient day f. r him to atteod.
The Recorder directed that the ease should be on the list
on Wednesday.
The prisoner exhibited the same calm sod cool demeanour
be evinced at. the trial at Guildford. the course that was
adopted by him, of refusing to plead, seemed to take every
lone by surprise, and it is difficult to see what result can be
anticipated by the prisoner from the course that he has
pursued.
It is said that Mr. J. Simon, of the northern circuit, has
been retained for the defence.

JoiepA Budlilt, 23, a geoteel-looking young man, pleaded
guilty to three iudictments charging him with embezzling
venous sums of moony, the property of Edward William
Peak and others, his masters.
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Mr. Sleigh, who was instructed to prosecute the prisoner.
applied that the judgment of the court might be postponed
to the next Kee" He said that the total amount pri•
sonar appeared to have embezzled was about 9001., and
the acts of dishonesty appeared to have extended over a
period of nine months. The ground upon which he made
the application was, that ► person whose name he should
at present forbear to mention had given the prisoner a
good character while in his service, and it had since been
asoertaioed that while he was in the employment of this
person, the prisoner had embezzled money to the amount
of 300/. The prosecutor was anxious to make some further
inquiries, ani he therefore desired that the prisoner should
not be sentenced till next session.
The Recorder granted the ►pplication.

THE POLICE COURTS.

lIANSION-HOUSE.

After the ommilusion of the ordinary baleen of the
court yesterday, Major Snell, secretary to Mews. Roths-
child, waited upoe Mr. Alderman lhikin, who was sitting
for the Lord Mayor, and said he attended on behalf of
Meows. Rothschild, and other bankers and merchants, to
all the attention of the police through the court to the
difficulty which they and the public in general experience in
crowdog the road from the Bank to the Royal Exchange.
The number of omnibuses, cabs, and other vehicles was
so great and they were so close together that the danger is
crossing was very great. He said he was requested by
Mean. Rothschild to draw attention to an arrangement
which was mach by the police at the most crowded tho-
roughfares at the west end, where policemen were placed
for the purpose of giving facility to foot amassers in

crossing the roads, and Messrs. Rothschild begged to suggest
that some similar arrangement should be made iu the city.
Mr. Alderman Dalin mid, that any representation coons'
from Messrs. R..thschildi would receive every attention. tie
behoved the police were ithoedy iustructsd to give every
assistance to pedestrians, and he believed they did so t,
some extent, otherwise the obstruction would be much more
serious than it is at present ; but the iucressiog commerce
of the city niade, as might be supposed, an loci ease in the
traffic through the streets.
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Inspector Shelford, who wee present, said there were
already four aid sometimes six officers placed upon the spot
mentioned fur the special pm pose of regulating the traffic. '
Mr. Alderman Deka° asked if they were instructed to as•
sist pedestrians *cross the road.
Inspector Shelford said there were certain crossings on
which the drivers ought not to atop their vehicles, and the
police took care to keep those crossings clear ; but the
traffic was so great that if double the number bf men were
placed there, it could not be kept any different.
Mr. Alderman Dokin laid there were great hopes that when
the Thames emhankmeut was fieished, the new street would
lessen the traffic in the streets which were at present over-
crowded. At the same time he told Major Snell that be
could assure Messrs. Rothschild that all that could be dons
to lessen the evil should be done, and that their suggestions,
which it appeared had already been peaty anticipated by
the police authorities, should be acted upon as far as pos-
sible.
GUILDHALL

Kaufmann Kaufmann, • sliVper manufacturer, of 90,
Cannon-street-road. St. George a in4lie-East, and Jacob
Goodman, a 10410 g-house keeper, of 141, in the same
street, were charged before Alderman Lawrence as follows,
Mr. Lewis, jau., appeared for Goodman, and Mr. Woot-
ton., jun., fur Kaufmann.
Mr. Robert Smith, • whip and walking-stick manufac-
hirer, said he carried oh business at N 9. 1, Beech-street,
Barbican. On the 3rd of September, be saw his premises
secured for the night, and on the following day he found
they had been entered during the nigh', and property to the
value of about 1501. carried off. lie did not fasten any of
the intermediate doors in his warehouse, because he was in
the habit of leaving • ferocious dog loose when he lucked up
the premises for the night.
Sergeant Huggett, Sergeant Green, and a detective officer
named Smere deposed that from information they re-
ceived, and by direction of Mr. Hamilton, the chief of the
City Detective department, they went to the Cannon-street-
road in St. George's-in-the-Fast, where they saw the pri-
soners in conversation, and eventually watched them into
Goodmau's house. The servant came out soon afterwards,
and leaving the door open, witnesses entered. They first
saw Goodman, who came up-stairs, followed by his wife,
and on telling him they were iu search of stolen goods the
wife implored Goodman to tell all he knew, sad asked him
what the man upstairs had brought in. They went up to
the back room on the first floor, the door of which
Goodman unlocked, and on entering the room, witnesses
discovered Kaufmann, and beneath a bed in the
same room they found a box containing 517 riding whips,
which they brought away with then.. Kaufmann said he
knew nothing of them, and Goodman said Kaufmann
brought them into the house about half an before,
having previously asked him if he could sell them for hi=
Mr. Smith identified the 517 silver-mounted riding whips
produced as his property.
Mr. Wootner, jun., urged in the prisoner Kaufmann's de-
fence that the prisoner Goodman locked him io the room for
some purpose of his own until the officers arrived, and that
he (Kaufmann) knew nothing of the goods beicg there, and
mentioned as a fact in corroboration, that none of the rden
property was found at his house.
Mr. Lewis, for Goodman, submitted that his client was
innocett, and called the servant to prove that Kriufmann
brought the stolen property to his house shortly before the
arrival of the officers ; and pot forward • respectable trades-
man, who deposed that about& fortnight previous Kaufmann
offered; to sell him the property produced, sod upon his
declining to purchase, Goodman offered to find Kaufmann a
customer. That witness also said he bad known the priso-
ners for many years, during which period they had always
borne the best of characters.
Alderman Lawrence said Mr. Wootner wanted him to
believe his client and dismiss Kaufmann, and Mr. Lewis

asked him to credit his client and to dismiss Goodman, but
he was not inclined to do either, inasmuch u the witnesses
for Goodman had strengthened the case against both pri-
soners, and he therefore committed them for trial.
BOW-STREET.

C. Martin, • Frenchman, was charged with obtaining
by false pretences, from Mr. Abraham Hams, of Drury-
lane, foreign merchant, a bill of exchange for 1971. Ss.
It appeared that defendant called on Mr. Harris, in com-
pany with a Spanish gentleman, whose name was mentioned,
and offered to sell to Mr. Harris certain dock warrants fur
brandies and claret, to the value of 1811. or 108/. Some
doubt arose as to the exact amount, from the circumstance
that the prisoner spoke English imperfectly, and the prose-
cutor was deaf. Mr. Harris delivered into the bands of the
Spanish gentleman • bill of exchange for the above-men-
tioned amount, and steps were taken to negotiate the bill.
A suspicion of fraud arose, and defendant was given in
custody.
The defendant made • long statement. partly in French
and partly in broken Engli.,h, to the effect that he bad acted
throughout with hone fides, and that the bill had Dever been
in his possession, but had remained all the time in the pos-
session of the Spanish gentleman, whom he regarded u the
agent of Mr. Harris. At defendant's request, the eau was
adjourned for the attendance of his solicitor, Mr. Bramwell.
After several adjournments, Mr. Bramwell, of South-
ampton.buildings, attended, and made • statement of the
facts.
Mr. CorrM said that if the dock warrants could be pro-
duced there was an eud to the charge.
A gentleman whose name was not stated produced the
warrants, and offered explanations which were satisfactory
to the magistrate and to the prosecutor.
Mr. Corrie laid it seemed to him that if the bill of ex-
change was given up to the prosecutor, all parties would be
satiated, and the matter might be at an end. It did not
appear to him that the prisoner had used any false pre-
tence. . . . .

The inagutrate • suggestion was adopted. The bill of
exchange was given up to the prosecutor, who tore it up into
minute fragments, sod the prisoner was discharged.
As he was leaving the prisms?. dock. the City constable
who bed brought him to Bow.street, again apprehended him
upon another charge, on which it was understood he would
be brought before one of the City police-court..