The Express.
London, England, 1863-10-17 00:00:00

THB POLICE COURTS.

MANSION-MOUSL

Mks Dobbin aod/TiiildethsilkdeiTaibed as peestitides,
were brought bathe the Lord Mayor charged with stealing
a purse containing 13 sovereigns, a bill of exchange for 10/.,
and some postage and receipt stamps cad I 0 Da, from the
person of the complaiout.
Mr. Beard appeared for the prisocem.
The prosecutor, Richard Sepple Howitt, a spring-maker,
in Denmark-street, Soho. was pueiog along Aidgate High-
street, on his road from Old Ford, on the previous eveniog
at about half-part 12, when he was accosted by the
Dobbin, who crossed over from the opposite side of 1C6:7
.
leavingthe other prisoner in whose company she was, and
said she thought she knew him. He said be did not thiek
so, and she asked him where he lived. He told her, and
suited her where she lived, and she aid at the back of the
Consumption Hospital. She walked with him as far as
Jewry-street, sod said her way was up a court
close by and told him his wily. The prosecutorhad just before, sotliking the look of the woman,
taken his purse from his lefthand trousers pocket sod placed
it in the breast pocket of his that. He stopped talking with
the prisoner Dobbin for a few momenta, and she suddenly
left him, and oo feeling for his purse ha found it was gone.
The prisoner so sod he followed her, but lost sight of her
as she left the court. He spoke to a policeman, and with
him went in earth of the prisoner, and shortly after raw
her in the Minories walking with the prisoner Smith. The
macula charged them both, and they were taken to the
station and seuthed, but nothing was found on either of
than
i relating to the charge. A ours paused the prosecutor
while hi, was n the court talking to the primmer, and when
Dobbin ran away she passed close to him, but the prosecutor
did not see her speak to him, nor did ke see her peas an •
thing. After the charge bad been booked a
marched the grouod over which it wee thought Dobbin hadl
passed to get into the Minories after leaving the prosecutor,
and in Church-vow he found an empty parse end several
pieces of paper, I 0 Us for mime amounts, some re-
oeipta, and also a part of another purse. purse and
the papers were identified by the prosecutor u the one
which he had lost, and which at the time imetathed besides
the pipers 13 sovereigns and a tell of exchange for 101.
Mr. Beard addressed his lordship on behalf of the pri-
soners, and Dobbin was committed for trial ; Smith was dis-
charged, the evidence against her sot being sufficiently clear
to justify her detention.

Williams Pry • carrier, of Itaakeemeworih and Leedom,
was surnamed Lifers Aldermaa Male for baring unlawfully
is his pormaion • sock belonging to Yawn. Bruns, millers,
of Uxbridge.
Mr. Humphreys (of the firm of Humphreys and Morgan)
appeared for the prosecution on behalf of the Millers' Sack
Protection Society, and stated that so meat had been the
depredations of this laid that the millers were at length
compelled to establish the association which he now repre-
sented, sod although much bemfit had been experimod
by the eurnereas meridiem by the ressidretee for the nn-
lawful pommel= of these make, the lore to mob firma se
Simmons sad Norton and others, areowded to about 2,000
maks is the ream of the year.
Magnum Hale, with mush Gamin, remarked that the
ices of 123/. • jeer wits mormom..

Mr. Humphreys said it was, but as the pries of the necks
varied from 2a. 6d. to Is. each, the actual bee was ooesider-
ably greater. It had bees suggested by ens of the City
magistrates, shwa deoessed, that the necks should be charged
for ; bat melt • practice, if it were adopted, would lead to •
meet extsesive system of fraud and imposition upon the
public, se it was well known that the quality of flour was
takes foe punted according to the Wand es the seek,
and was bought and sold by the brand, se that if the
makes petted with the sacks, they would And their we;
into the hands of dishonest trachoma, who would MI them
with mums dour, and sell it es of the best based, to the
injury of the public and the miller, whose sacks were so mis-
used.

Alderman Hale said it wan a very unwise suggestion.
Mr. Humphreys mid in the present CYO the defendant
wee found in possession of a seek beke&g to Mr. Stemma,
of Uxbridge, which be said hi had had about three
yean. He wee using it to bold hams fodder. sad said he
knew it belonged to Mr. Surma. whose pleas he fquently
but had never attempted to restore it to these
owner.
gtmisltd therefore offended knowingly in keeping the rook in
his polonaise.

T hine facts were deposed to by the allow of the society,
sad the sack identified by the collector as the property of
Mr. Stereos. of Uxbridge.
The defeodsot said he foiled the mok only three days
Wore the officer took it from him. He said soiling about
three yeas. He found it on Use road between Rickman.-
worth and Uxbridge.
Alderman Hale said the defeodaat's Goaded to the
°Moor evidently showed that he knew be wee doing wrong
is keeping the sack, mid be thrash** fined him re. and
oasis. Had it not been the first offerice he would not bare
dealt en leniently with him.