The Express.
London, England, 1864-01-07 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

(THIS DAY.)

BOWSTREET.
ENTCTSITE PILFERING RI A PORTER.

T ••ma. Knotrtoc porter to Messrs. J. S. Pyke and Sons,
tea..ro manufacturers, Dorringtoo-street, Coldbath.equare,
std E woman who lives with him as his wife,
were brought up on remand charged with stealing a coosi-
..erahla quantity of 6reiroos, cooking and other utensils,
anirea, forks, Lc.. the property of Knowlee'slate employer,
Ir. Norris, ironmonger and engineer, Great Ruseell.street,
I.,:w.mabury.
Mr. Sayer. from the office of Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great
i:u.....-11-strect, appeared for Knowles ; and Mr. Lewis, aen.
(Lewis and Lewis, Ely.plaoe), for Smith.
Mr. Isaac Bums, foreman to Mr. Norris, deposed that
tEr male prisoner was in Mr. Norris's employment as porter
for about two years, and was discharged on the ?Sib No-
,-inner. The various articles produced were the property
cf Mr. Norris, and bad not bees sold.

n-rgeaot HOlmes, of the TcliZiOn, deposed that from
boost:on received he had for some time been watching
lb.- prisoner Knowles. and bad several times seen him go to
I.:. East-street, Linh's Cooduitstreet, where he was living
io the mine of Smith, with the female prisoner. On
the night of Wednesday December 30, he went there and
toll the female prisoner that he was a police officer, and had
one with reference to property stolen from Mr. Norris's,
and pledged with various pawnbrokers. She asked what
p.enbroker, and what goods. He mentioned the pawn-
brokers' names, lac.. and said the goods were fire-irons, pots
and pans, knives and forks, and differeot things. She said
Kt.sles brought them there, sod sent her to pledge them.
Witness took her in custody and removed her to the station.
house. Afterwards witness met inspector West with the
male prisoner io custody, and asked if the inspector had told
him the charge. The inspector said he bad. The prisoner
observed that he had not understood it. Witness then told
Lim the charge, and stated that he had apprehended the
'roman lie lived with in East-street. lie said he did not
I.ve there, sod did not know the woman.
•ergesat Franklin, of the E division, deposed that be
Holmes, soil while the latter detained the
woman to custody he searched the place. and found a quan-
t.tv of goods, now produced, and worth about 2f. He also
-.ud duplicates of other goods I. pledge to about the same
v now produced by the pawnbroker. Subsequently he
the lodgings of the male prisoner's wife, where he
f ~111 duplicates of other property, also worth about 2/.
',lector West stated that be went to the shop of the
rnsoier's present employers, and took him in custody. He
st tam denied all knowledge of the property and of the
""nun, hut afterwards said that she ought not to have been
•n, ss he sent herb pledge the things, and she did not
•.r,* they were stoles.

eral pawnbrokers produced the property to which the
d.o:l,•stes referred. which Mr. Barnes identified.
ws♦ stated that Smith is a married woman.

•
Mr. Lewis urged that as Smith was living with Knowles,
A , iry would bold that she was actin: under his direction
•' ,Le were his wife. Also that there was nothing to
th►t the goods were stolen.
NIT. savers urged the previous goal chsracter of the p5i-
...," r who had served in the Crimean war. and
ft the army with the rack of sergeant. lie could not
.:-cr the robberies, but hoped the magistrate would dad
a.iti c:ise summarily.
Mr. Hall said it was a very serious missend must go to ►
--Periar..ourt. With regard to Mr. Lewis's observations be

Punt out that any ar gement besed on the relations of

' newer must be ',inch-modified by the fact that he had
^ l• and she a husband, both living. He should cons-
' them both for trial

• • was stated that there was another charge against the
•ner for stealing urn handle' from his present employers,
" • however, were not disposed to prosecute.
. • •••• discovery of tits robberies arose is a curious manner.
• i.risoner had been sspected of complicity in a recent
•,,iary at Messrs. Slack's in the Strand, where be bad been

“rmally employed. to the course investigations re-
.•e to that matter the officers discovered the pledging of
N:,,rrii's property by the woman Smith.
''.•y were both committed for trial.

CLERKENWELL

OrRIOOB CHAIGZ or MOST AGAINST • 'MAMMAL—

Thomas warehouseman,Waller,i aarry 'cm business as •
coal dealer and greengrooer, at No. 14, Brook-street,
Holborn, was charged before Mr. D'Eyncourt, with being in
the pompano's of • quantity of coal sacks that had been
stolen from Clerkenwell. and Robert George, a hammerman,
sod William Thompson, a labourer, both residing in
Charles-street, Drury-lane, with stealing two half hundred
weights from • wolves in Hatton-garden.
Inspector Brannan, of the F division, said that from in-
formation be received he, in company with other officers,
watched the shop of Walker, as he had been told that
Walker was in the habit of reoeiving stolen property. He
saw Thompson and George go into Walker's chop, each of
them) being sin the possession of fa half-hundred weight.
They were in the shop for • short time, and when they
came out they were taken into custody; and when
asked how they became possessed of the weights,
they said they had stolen them from a coal van
in Hatton-garden. They were then taken to the police
station, and afterwards he (the witness) went with a trades-
man to the shop of Walker and asked him about the weights.
He said that two young chaps had left two weights, sod
that he intended to put them into the street on the fol.
lowing morning. He then asked Walker if he had recently
purchased any sacks which bad been stolen, and he replied
in the negative, saying that all the sacks he had he bad had
in his possession for about two years. Two tradesmen of
the neighbourhood then looked over the sacks that
were in Walker's shop and picked out several of them
that belonged to them, and which had been stolen from
their vans in the month of November last. The initials
of the names of the owners of the sacks, which had been
sewn in them, had been picked out ; but as tie initials had
been put in with tanned string, the marks were still visible ;
the inspector also found a tarpaulin in Walker's pos-
session which he said he bad had by him for some time ;
but a witness said he had not the slightest doubt that it
bad been stolen from his van a short time since.
Witnesses were called who identified the sacks, and were
cross-examined by a solicitor who attended for Walker. They
admitted that at the different coal wharfs it was not unusual
in the hurry of business for sacks to get mixed, and for one
tradesman to get another tradesman's sacks in his possession.
It was very unusual, I. fact they had n known of •
case in which sacks which have got into a tradesman's pos-
session by mistake had the letters of the owners' names
picked out.
The solicitor for Walker contended that no jury would
convict and that his client had come into the possession of
the sacks accidentally.
The prisoners George and Thompson pleaded guilty, and
hoped that the magistrate would deal mercifully with them
as it was their find offence.

Mr. D'Eyncourt said that he should discharge Walker,
who had been in prison fur a weak, but he bad better be
careful what he was about. Walker would have to give up
the stolen sacks that were found in his possession. The
other prisoners would be sent to the Houle of Correction
for six calendar months, with hard labour.

WORSHIP-STREET.
BEATLNG AGAIN.

Dania' Lloyd, 40, by trade a shoemaker, and living in
Ebenezer-street, Horton. was charged with sneakier bis
wife, Elizabeth Lloyd, whose face bore numerous marks of
ill-usage.
A police-constable of the t division skid—Shortly after I
o'clock this morning I heard screams proceeding from the
prisoner's house, and having gained entruice found com-
plainant in bed, and her husband, with a poker in his hand,
standing at the foot, using most horrible language and
threatening her. She gave him into custody. He was sober.
Wife—l was in bed when he came home, and because I
had nothing but some cold fish for his supper, be struck at
me with a poker. I avoided the direction of the blow, and
it fell on my right wrist.

Magistr►te-What are these marb on your face'
Wife—This (pointing to a large scar) is where he stabbed
me not long since..

Magistrals—And that (a bruise)•
Wife—Oh, that he did soon afterwards. They were all
caused by his violence at different times. I only wish him
to keep away from me.

Mofistrate—lhd you ever bring him here before"
W—Oh, yes, air, and 18 months ago he was imprisoned
for six mouths for cutting ray head open.
Moristrate—When did you last charge him?
Wife—l had a summons against him five weeks ago, but
he did not attend to it ; he never does.
Haynes, one of the warrant officers, mentioned that he
had served numerous warrants and summonses upon the
man ; but the truth was, that the wife invariably begged
him off or forbore to appear.
Mr. Cooke told the fellow that it was clear be had
taken advantage of his wife's weakness to repeat with ins.
purity assaults upon her—that her face bore manifest marks
of what she hail been subjected to, and that as assaults of
this character were very frequently before the magistrates
at this court, be should send him for four months imprison-
ment to the House of Correction.
Prisoner merely replied—She excites me to it.

BRITISH AND AMERICAN EXCHANGE BANK-
I.XU CORPORATION (LIMITED).-(THIS DAY.)

The first ordinary general meeting of this com-
pany was held at one o'clock. at the head office, No. 1, Bank-
buildings, Lothbary, Mr. HARRY GEORGE GORDON in the

The CHLIRYAN said that as that wee the first ordinary
meetiog he would congratulate the shareholders on woolen
in excellent premises, and at the same time express a hope
that the concern would prove a prosperous one. The only
reason for coeveniug a meeting then was the necessity of
complying with the articles of association. Several of the
directors now retired, and the vacancies must be tilled
up. He coticluded by moving the re-election of the retiring
directors.

A `SHAREHOLDER thought the Dumber of directors should
be increased from awe to fifteen, the number authorised by
the constitution. and moved that Mr. Harvey Lewis, M.P.,
and Mr. Stock be elected.

Another SHADIROLDER proposed the names of two Liver-
pool gentlemen—Hr. Durham and Mr. Hunter.
The Crialituan thought it better that the question should
be postponed till the meeting on the tith of February, ob-
serving that the board did not wish the number to be
limited to eleven, and would propose additions which would
no doubt be satisfactory to the company.
The SOLICITOR observed that it was not competent to the
meeting to increase the number of directors ou that occa-
sion, no notice having been given for that purpose.
Mr. HARVEY LEM I, M.P., said be had been asked by
several shareholders to become a director ; sad be thought
it was competent to the meeting to proceed to an election.
He then moved the adjournmeet of the meeting, to allow
time for consideration.

The amendment having beeo seconded by Mr. STOCK,
The Souciron observed that the effect of carrying the
amendment would be to leave the company without as
executive.

Mr. H. Lem. MP., uid he pelt bound to press hie
amendment, adding that several legal gentlemen had given
opinions in support of his vier of the matter.
After some remarks from Mr. Helrrat,
. .

The SOLICITOR ernreased his strong conviction that it wu
not competent to the meeting to transact any other Wai-
mea than the re-election of existing directors. The notice
of the meeting expressly stated that no business would be
done. The re-election of directors was in accordance with
the articles of association.

The CHAIRMAN said, acting on the (minims of his legal
*timer, he must decline to put the amendment. Ile hoped
Mr. Lewis himself would consent to the matter standing
over till the 6th of February, especially as the board had
been taken by surprise. Tbe Chairman thee proposed his
own name separately for re-election, whereupon
Mr. HARVEY Lrain said he should demand a poll, for the
purpose of tenting the matter. He thought the shareholders
had great reason to complain that whereas the notice stated
that no business was to be transacted. it was in fact pro•
posed to transact the moat important business, namely the
re-election of the whole board.

Mr. RENNIL a director, said the board would not them-
salve.. 611 up the vacancies for the present. Ik, for one,
bad oo objection to Mr. Harvey Lewis, but some of the
other names were unknown to ►im.