The Express.
London, England, 1855-08-21 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

George Norris, 37, coach- builder, was indicted for tittering
a forged bill of eachaage for 181., with intent to defraud.
Mr. Ryland prosecuted.
The prisoner, a very respectable looking man, had for-
merly bees in business in Water-lane, Dalwicb, and having
some money owing to him from • person named Dune, be
took a bill, which was dul taken up, and was the only
transaction of that nature he had with Dent. In September
of last year, be took the bill in question bearing Dante
aeiseptanos to a person named Ford, to get it discounted,
and by him the prisoner was reoonusended to a Mr. Jones.
Upon the bill arriving at maturity and being dishonoured,
Mr. Jones pot it into the hands of his sea, • solicitor, she,
upon suing Mr. Dont, discovered the bill to be a forgery.
It was then found that the prisoner, who had been in great
pecuniary dielculties,:was keeping out of the way, and was
not until recently apprehended.
The jury found him Guilty.
He was then indicted for stealing from Messrs. Corby°,
coach builders, two broughams, valued at 1001.
In this instance the prisoner had, upon the 2nd of
February last year, gone to the prosecutors, with whom he
bad previously transacted some business, and hired
a brougham for 12 months, paying a deposit upon taking it
away, and upon the 17th he obtained another upon the same
terms. The payments for hiring were to be made quarterly.
These the prosecutors had to sue prisoner for sad the pro-
secutors shortly afterwards found that both broughams had
been sold by the prisoner very soon after obtained from
them, one being token to the Pantechnicon by the prisoner
the same day he obtained it, receiving an advance of 101.,
and finally it was sold to Messrs. Allen, of Long acre, for
40 guineas, prisoner asking 45. The other brougham the
prisoner sent to the Southwark Repository, and finally
sold it to a job-muter named Hillyer, from whom the
prosecutors, by action, recovered its value.
The prisoner in his defence set up that the brougham had
been sold to him.

Upon this charge he was oonvietod, and the eentenee wee
postponed.

NEW COURT.
MOIR RIM= 017111 IT. PP.

Henry Pascoe, 21, labourer, and Williaas Russell, 26,
labelrer, were indicted for stealing 180 sheets of the Times
newspaper, the property of William Henry Smith and
another, the women of Pascoe.
Sr. Blaigh prosecuted; and Sr. Payne and Sr. Mew
defended.

Tho peomenton are the well-known trews-agents, and
Paean was one of their drivers. Upon the 6th of lest
mouth, at about 6 in the morning, as a Mr. Follett, a
bsokeeller, at Wandsworth, was paseingf down Earl-street,
Blackfri•rs, he saw one of Messrs. Smith's carts, driven by
Pascoe, pull •p suddenly, and Austell run up to it. Pascoe
got doers, and opened the back of the can, when Russell
took some papers and walked off, Pascoe remounting sad
driving on. This fact Mr. Follett communicated to Mean.
Smith, sad they est two officers to watch. The neat mon-
is( the 0/11011711 saw Russell, after waiting about for some
time at the same place, go up to the cart and take some
papers exactly as described by Mr. Follett. The prisoners
were theft taken into custody, Russell upon the spot, and
Paseo' at his master's. At Pascoe's lodgings was found •
key that would open any of Mears. Smith's carts. It was
also shown that the proseeuton are the only persons who
receive the Tinos up to seven o'clock in the morning.
The is found both seining Guilty.
Mr. Sleigh said that for the last twelve months Mears.
Smith had been thus robbed to a great extent.
Mr. Cheney considered the case • most aggravated one,
and maenad Pascoe to twelve, and Russell to sin menthe'
imprisonment.