The Express.
London, England, 1852-04-13 00:00:00

SURREY ADJOURNED QUARTER SESSIONS.

YESTZRDAT.

These seldom commenced yesterday morning at the See-
sions.house, Newington-causeway, before Thomas Peelle,
Esq., and a full bench of magistrates.
EXTENSIVE ROBBERY BY A SON-IN-LAW.
Charles l'edgroft, 28, was indicted for stealing twelve
101. Bank of England notes and 200 sovereigns, the property
of William Ingram Rawlings.
Ana Rawlings, wife of the prosecutor, said she resided at
1, Wilhelm-terrace, Lower-road, Rotherhithe. The prisoner
married her daughter. Witness's husband was an auc-
tioneer. The prisoner tenanted ono of her houses next door
to hers, and he paid her the rent. She was possessed of
2201. in gold and notes, which she placed in a box in the
prisoner's bed-room, as the money was not in her mar-
riage settlement. The box bad been in that room
since December last, and the money was placed
in it by her, unknown to any one, the day after
she removed the box there. She repeatedly went to the
box, and on the 22nd of March she missed the money,
having seen it safe on the previous day. The prisoner did
not know that she had concealed the money in her box
sa=her clothes. On Sunday, the 21st of March, her
ons were much excited at finding the house closed
up, as they always informed her when they went out. On
the followbsg morning she broke the back room window
open, and got into the house, when she discovered the
house deserted, and the trunk apparently as she bad left it.
She unlocked it, and found the removed, and all her
money gone. There was left 31.1 .in silver, ten half-
eovereigns, a watch, a brooch, and • pair of bracelets.
They were in a purse along with the other money. The
latter was left her by her former husband, and she kept it for
private nese, such as to repair her houses. Her husband
did not know it.
By Mr. Robinson—Her husband bad been married to her
about six months, and was now in dineulties. He was
takes by • sheriff's officer at the police court last Tuesday.
Mr. CI. Humphries, stock-broker, proved that he sold out
2001. consols for prosecutrix, and had paid her by cheque ;
payment of which, in notes and gold, was proved by -Mr.
Saunders, of the London Joint-Stock Bank.
Mr. Robinson then addressed the jury at some length for
the prisoner, contending that it would be impossible for
them to convict him upon such evidence. The learned gen-
tleman called *even' respectable witnesses to character.
A number of lOU's were put in by Mr. Robinson, to show
that Mrs. Itawlitigs was indebted to the prisoner in the sum
of BR prior to her last marriage.
Mr. Humphries, the stock-broker, proved that they were
not in her handwriting.
Mr. Charnock replied, and
The Chairmen having summed up at great length,
The jury retired for forty minutes, when they returned a
verdict of (Nifty.
The Chairman said this was a very serious affair. He
knew the extent of his relative's means by being a trustee,
and property being placed in his safe custody he robbed his
relative. The sentence of the court was, that he be im-
prisoned in Wandsworth House of Correction for twelve
months with bard labour.
Application was made to have the I 0 U's impounded, as
other proceedings will take place.
The Court ordered them to be impounded.

IN TOTTEN lIAM-COURT-ROAD.
This morning, at a few minutes before one o'clock, a fire
of a very serious character, which was not extinguished
until property valued at some thousand pounds sterling
had been destroyed, broke out in the extensive warehouses
and stores belonging to Mr. Muggridge, corn factor and
seed merchant, carrying on business at 85, Tottenham-
court-road. The flames originated in the warehouser at
the rear of the front house, and which extended the entire
length of not fewer than eight of the large houses in the
main road. Beiag of corresponding height, and each floor
being filled with stock of • costly description, including
corn, seeds, and provender, the latter proved such a power-
ful auxiliary to the fire that in less than five minutes after
it was first discovered flames in huge sheets shot through
the roof some 20 or 30 feet above the surrounding house* to
the danger of levelling the whole with the ground.
The Royal Society's fire escapes in the neighbour-
hood were quickly on the spot, followed by a
number of engines. By this time the fire had assumed a
most fearful aspect, for it had travelled from end to end of
the immense building, and, owing to the volumes of sparks
that kept dropping upon the surrounding buildings, the
inmates were obliged to mount the roofs, and pour water
upon the same, to prevent them from becoming ignited. A
copious stream of water was quickly procured from the
fire mains in the district, from which every engine present
was set to work; but, in spite of the exertions of all pre-
sent, the fire was far from being entirely extinguished at
half-put two o'clock, although the firemen had succeeded
in so surreunding the various points of the blazing pile as
to allay all apprehensions of any further extension of mis-
Wet. The building in which the disaster commenced cost
upwards of 1,0001. in erecting, and the stock that has been
illensumed amounts tosome thousand pounds more. For-
tunately the owner is insured in the Phoenix office. The
hones were all saved, but a number of goats and fowls it is
Meal hart perished in the flames.
ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE PROM OXFORD COUNTY
Gaols.—Daniel Tuffrey, of Juniper-hill, Cottisford, near
Master, convicted at the last mains for horse stealing,
and sentenced to seven years' transportation, and George
Hanks, alio. Charles Rock, convicted of rubbing the house
of Mr. John Checkley, at Cornwall, and attempting to
murder the gentleman, for which the prisoner was sen-
tenced to transportation for life, attempted to escape from
the county gaol on the evening of Frday. The attempt
was a daring one. At about ten at night one the watch-
men heard noises from two cells, which convinced him
there was something wrong. This proved to be the
case. It was found that Tuffrey and Rock were break-
ing through the walls, in order to escape. They were in
the transport department; Tuffrey was in a top cell, and
Rock in • bottom one. Each had, by breaking away an
iron bar from the grate in their respective rooms, obtained
the means of picking the brick work to pieces, and of
making a hole in the wall for the purpose of getting through
THB POLICB COURTS. it into the yard. Reek had succeeded in getting from three
to four feet of the brickwork away, and would in a short
GUILDHALL. time have been from his Dell. Tuffrey was less forward
with his work ; he however, had made considerable pro-
f
William Anderson, described as an engineer, residing in
Gee-street Clerkenwell, was charged with stealing a bill of Had they succeeded in reaching the yard it is pro-
ruble. that they would have escaped. they weri aecured,
etc or 1001., drawn by Mr. D. G. Lambert, surveyor,
of Onroad-stroet, and accepted by • person of the name sad will for the future be ironed at night as well as by day.
of Frederick. As the convicts were not locked up till 8 o clock, it is tole-
The bill, it appeared, had been banded to • person of the table certain, from the progress they had made in their
name of Richardson, who gave it to the prisoner foe the
efforts
to bee themselves, they immediately afterwards eons
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Walled, it was returned to the prosecutor, Mr. Lambert, FEVRE STILLS AND LEGAL POISONINGS.—The
and And on his desk. In the course of conversation and
heats and steams of another rammer are at hand, and
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