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

THE POLICE COURT&

MANSION•HOU SE.

Retry Donald*** was brought up for final examination,
upon the charge of haring robbed his employer, Mr. Stauffer,
of Old Jewry Chamben, watch manufacturer.
Mr. Humphreys appeared for the prosecution; Mr.
Waning, for the prisoner.
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The following is the additional evidence :
Mr. Arthur Augustus Reach, of 46, Upper Buseell.etreet,
Bedford-street, Beciford•square, underwriter, said—Os
Saturday, the 28th of July, I celled at Mr. Staulier's with a
watch for repair. The watch produced by Webb, tbe officer,
is the same witch. I had one for um while it was to be
wader repair.
Louis Pistitpferre said—l am in the service of Mr.
Stauffer, and recollect the prisoner being in the warehouse
ea Saturday, the 28th of July. He said be wanted two
watcher, which were in a glass case on my table, and were in
oar stools, and be said be wain bring them back on Setar
day evening. He brought one back on Saturday evening,
but not the other. The watch produced by Webb is that
which be did not return.

Wontnaw—Did he say what he
wasted thaw for ?

Witness—He told ate that he wanted them to show to
his friends.

Webb, the detective °lnter, said—On the lit of August I
was sent for by Mr. Stauffer, and on that night I went to
the prisoner'. house, No. 1, Albion Cottages, Albion.thad,
Stoke Newington, in company with Mr. Claude, who is is
Mr. Stauffer's employment. We were waiting outside for
some time, and heard someone Inside playing on the piano-
forte and two persona singing. We waited till we sew
three or four persons leave the house, and then we went in.
The prisoner was in the front parlour. There had been a
petty them. I told the prisoner I was an officer, and that
I would rather see him by himself, and he wished • lady
who was there to retire. I then told him I had instruct.
time from Mr. Stauffer to take him int, custody on sm•
picion of stealing two gold watches, one of which belonged
to Mr. Rabat, and had been left to be repaired,
and the other was • new one. The prisoner
said Mr. Ratach's watch was left by him in the
middle room of the warehouse. Mr. Claude replied,
" It isnot there ; we searched the middle room, and can't
and it." The prisoner said, " I can find it, and if you take
me there I will find it." I refused, from what Mr. Claude
said, to take him there. He said the other watch wee at
the Customhouse, where he had left it with a young man.
I asked him the name of the person, and what part of the
Customhouse he was in, bat he refused to tell sas. He
several dates asked me to take him to the warehouse. I
took him to the station-house, and brought bun before the
Lord Mayor the next day. After his examination at the
Mansion-house on Thursday, I went to the warehouse of Mr.
Stauffer, who handed to me this parcel with • paper wrap-
per. It was sealed with an unbroken seal, and addressed,
" Mr. H. Donaldson, at Mears. Stauffer and Sous', 15, Old
Jewry Chambers. Cheapside," and it has the poet mark,
"August 2, 11156, Chiteloilloo." I opened it, and found
in it • paper box with the two gold watches produced,
together with • email piece of paper containing the I
words Them watches, I an sorry to say, will ant nit
m
s. However, I will see you soon." Oa Saturday
morning, the 4th of August, I took the parcel to Nougats
with Mr. Stauffer. Saw the prisoner in the governor i
presence. Showed him the parcel, and told him it cam .t:
him =Thursday. through the post-office. He read toe
direction, sad I opened the parcel and took out Mr. Ratacb'e
watch and the piece of paper. He said, it was all right,
that that we Mr. Itatectes watch, and that the other was'
the watch he bad taken Ifool the warehouse. I then ease
away. I have same papers which I found upon bin.
Mr. Humphreys—The papers relate to a different tran-
saction.

Ceose---- *metaled by Yr. Weather—l saw his wife is the
house. I believe he his berm 'Berried Are weeks. He
pressed sae to Whim go to the counties-house to ese the
watebes. _ _ _

Mr. Julius Staaffer, watch manufacturer, of No. 12, Old
Jewry Chambers, said—The prisoner was in my service on
the 211th July hit. He had no authority whatever, without
my directions or Mr. Claude's, to take any watches out of
the warehouse. I went to Switzerland lately. In cone.-
queues of something which occurred before I went there,
about three or four days, I said to hint—" On no amen*
will I have a watch taken out of the eonating-house Ifons
of your friends wants a watch, let him come and select it
here. This arose from two gold watches missing out of
nine. I addreemil myself to him and to other parties.
There wets some watches on his desk, and I missed two, and
told him; and ha brought them, and said he had wanted them
to show them to a friend, and then I gave the prohibition.
Crom-examined—He elm* to me es a lad, nine or ten
plan age.
Mr. Humphrept—l abstain from asking any question is
ne-ezainiaatica ea that point, M mercy to the prisoner.
Mr. Weather said the sue was one of great important*
to the primmer aid the public, and requiring an undivided
enemies, which it was difficult for a mzgistrate, who was
=to bequest interreptione, to give. Heiken con-
that the whole of the prisoner's conduct from no
time the watches were ant mined to his apprehentio• by
the oilier was eempatible with the most perfect innocence ;
that s watches had been taken by him for the purpose of
beige *Whited foe approval to friends of hie own ; and that
Mown= ought to ha made far the flighty behaviour of
pew fellow who had bat just taken upon himself the cheroo-
tarsi duties et • himbend. He argued that the entire evi.
dimes wee pregnant with undeniable proof that whatever
might be said against the act of the prisoner as far ae dis-
obedience to orders was attributable to him, there was so
halation. intent at all to be iaferred from the sours* he had
stb,Pfed-
The Lord Mayer (to the preseestor)—lled you any pat-
hfinder. reason for giving the caution which von did give to
the primer before yen west to Switzerland?
Mr. Stauffer replied that he had the wet omelet' ye
resew for spates is the maser deetribed to the young
AIM r I

Mr. Hamphrips said he had a letter which Mr. Btasfr.r
had received frosa the prisoner spot the subject of other
misting watches, sad if Mr. Weather wished, upon the pert
of his client, that It should be read, the favour should not
be withheld.

The Lord Mayor—Did Mr. &suffer allow those in his env
ploymeat to take out welshes to show to their friends, with
a view to selling them.
Mr. Btauffir—l allowed them to take watches to friends,
but they were sot permitted to do so without Mr. Claude's or
my permission, tad they were bound to make regular entries,
and to bring back the watches.
The L .rd Mayor—l am satiated that the ease ought to go
before a jury, and I accordingly mask the prisoner ; but I
am willing to take good bail for the prisoner's a:pea:once to
i take his trial at the Central Criminal Court.
Mary 4rus Stoiatoos was charged with having attempted
to commit suicide, by throwing herself over London-bridge.
A policeman, who was on duty *a Loodoc- bridge, at a
quarter-past four o'clock on the morcing of the 14th inst.,
heard loud cries of " A boat," and upon looking over the
bridge saw the wretched woman fl >sting down the river.
A labourer In Billingsgate saw her climb over the balustrade
and fling herself into the Thames, and he called to some
boatmen, who with much difficulty saved her life, when
she was floating uoder some bargee. Bk. was immediately
afterwards conveyed to Bartholomew Hospital, where she
was under treatment till • short time before she was brought
before the Lord Mayor.
The primmer said that trouble, caused by the cruel neglect
of her husband, reduced kir touch; a state of mind us made
life insupportable. She the. gave a melancholy history of
the neglect of her hashaati, sag old that he not only fro-
fluently struck her, bat be us end her the means of supply-
ing herself with the seams steemearies of life.
The Lord Mayor Manta that she should be lodged in the
infirmary of the prison, and that the parish officers should
take measures to compel her husband to maintain her.

A man named NalAwne wan placed at the bar before the
Lord Mayor, on a charge arising out of Sunday trading in
Hounaditah.
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Policeman 656 said that at about half•put 11 o'clock
on Sunday morn*, while the peaceable inhabitants were
at church, be was on duty in Rounsditch, and saw de-
fendant standing on the pavement with a basket of
pears, which bs was offering for sale. Witnem wanted
him •ff, and proceeded along his but. On his return be
found him still standing on the spot, and as he was un-
willing to move, he took him into custody.
This calm statement of facts the prisoner thought was
not quite fair to himself, although it might tell very wall
for the diner. The truth was, that he bad gone into the
market to buy a basket of pure, and was proceeding
homewards with his load when he met his wife. He
stopped for a moment to give her some money, and
placed his basket on the pavement, but had no in-
tention of offering hie pears for sale. The policeman
pounced upon him without a word of caution, tore a new
out nearly to pines, pulled his neckerchief and shirt into
shreds, and stuck his long nails with such force into his
neck that blood Sowed freely from the wounds. Some of
the blood went on to the officer's bands, and he coolly wiped
it off with a pocket handkerchief before arriving at the
station. With this summary punishment for a light offence
the policeman was not satisfied, for when primmer was dis-
abled he knocked We down and kicked him. Prisoner
bled like a pig. Hundreds ;of people collected and cried
shame apes the pansies, who was very drunk. (Laughter.)
The poliumm said the prisoner certainly did bleed, but
it was not hie bends that inflicted the wounds. Some person
in the crowd threw a stone at him (the officer), but it was a
, bad aim, and the prironer received it on his neck.
Prisoner denied this most emphatically, and celled two
witnesses to show the cruel nature of the attack mado upon
him by the policeman.
The Lord Mayor, who was somewhat perplexed by the
conflicting evidence, informed the prisoner that it was his
duty to be obedient to the police in such oases, and than
discharged him.
WORSHIP-STREET.
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Jane Pamphillion, the widow of a compositor, whose
forlorn and despairing aspect excited general commisera-
tion, was brought up from St. Bartholomew's Hospital,
charged with s determined attempt at self destruction.
Police-constable Floyd, A 449, stated that between six
and seven o'clock on the evening of Wednesday last, he was
baldly summoned to a publiekorne at the corner of Bath-
street, City-road, where he found the prisoner surrounded
by several persons, one of whom handed him a piece of
paper, labelled with the word " poison," and told him that
she had jut swallowed the content.. The prisoner, who was
seated upon a bench in frost of the bar, rocking herself to
fro, in evident agony, and exclaiming at intervals, " 0, my
husband "—my poor husband!" faintly confirmed the state-
ment. The application of powerful remedies neutralised
the poison, which was found to be whits precipitate. Grief
at the lom of her husband had cowed the sad attempt.
The magistrate said that she was 'manifestly not in a fit
state of mind to be entrusted at present with her liberty,
so he should remand her for a week to the House of Deten-
tion, where be trusted the ministrations of the chaplain
would have the effect ottranquillisiog her excited feelings.