The Express.
London, England, 1855-09-24 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

THIS DAY.

MANSION-HOLM.

Asses Asada wu charged with bating soli a panel of
horse-dv.ag sad sawdust to a boy, as tubes**, for the sea el
U. 6d. _ _ _

lifcytos.(SSS) sold he sow the defendant bergainLag with •
little boy, sad, suspecting that there was something wroag la
the matter, went our and found that the boy had •
parcel which he had received from the defendant, sad
which weighed about a pound and • half. The puma
burst as he handled it, and tell upon the palmated. Ned t►e
outsets were found to he sawdust and horse•du•g. Ups.
the top of the panel was • sample of real wham,. The
'titans desired the prisoner to restore the mosery to the
owner, which wee, after some he►itation, done, and the
prisoner thee ran away.
Sir It. W. Cerde•—ls he known ?

Officer—He said he was a sailor, and I found upon him
his discharge (rem a ship. I saw a countryman, who same
up to ...ad said the prisoner had i..ffered him tobacco fee
sal bat he was too old to be does. When I spoke to the
pri.oser about the parcel, he sai't he had boog%t it for 2s.
himself, and he could not afford to lose that money, so he
tried to get some of it bsek.
Watts (the boy) said—Toe prisoner came up to me and
offered me the parcel for 21. 61., and afterwards tow other
sums, till he lowered the price to is. 6i , and I agreed
to give him that price, and handed it to him. Whee the
otlizer came up he told me the parcel was tobacco, but did
not say that it was torches.
Sir R. W. Carden-1 must commit you for obtaining
Is 6d. under false pretences.
The priewner—l can swear that I stave 2s. ter the stuff,
and it is only 7 weeks since I was paid off from my ship.
Sir R. W. Carden—l ewumit you under the act for ob•
tainieg money ceder false pretences ; because, if I eon-
vieted you ander the Resew*, Aet, I could only (insures
four times the value of the article, which is, absolutely,
sothing.
GUILDHALL.

Aeliard Falune wee brought up charged with steallog a
pihee of Imam, 'slue 2s. 93., from the shop of Mr. Geo. Teo-
good, •eheueemorigerof Fetter-ienv.
_ . . . .

Edward Toogomi aid—Oa Sit rday night Wt the prisoner
walked into the shop and asked for some batter. I served
Lim, and then saw him as he was going out take up a piece'
of bacon from the hoard at the side of the shop and walk
away with it. I followed him, and gave bias into custody
of the diem who happened to be pass ng at the time. The
bac a was found in his postession. It had not been sold to
him. He was gaits sober at the time.
The prisoner said he was drunk, aid knew nothing
about it.

The officer said—l took the prisooer to the station, and
fogad the bacon on him. lie asked to be allowed to pay
for it. I also found on him IN. 101. in money, besides •
frock and a coat. As the price ticket was on the coat,
I eincluded it was stolen, and I have since bound that to be
the case. The owner of the coat is in court.

Joseph Clutter asid-1 am a *sienna to Mr. Groves,
clothier, of L3WOr Marsh, Lambeth. The prisoaer came to
our shop cm Saturday evening, between 8 and 9, acid asked
for a duck frock, which was showa to him, and he purchased
it. We did not :also the cost produced, which is my mas-
ten's property, turd the °Meer oiled. The coat has our
mark apes it, and has a t been slid. He was sober at oar
shop.

Ti.. prisoner wu then committed for trial.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
HBARTLEtIiI FRAUD.

Jane While, a well-dressed woman, about 30 pen of
age, was charged with fraudulently obtaining the sum of
13s. from Sawn Simons, a respectable married woman,
residing at 35, Charlton-street, Filer,/ square.
The prosecutria deposed that on Thursday last the pri•
sonar, of whom she had no previous knowledge, came to
her boom and told her that her (complainant's) daughter
bad met wit 1 a dreadful accidar.t, sod hroktri both her
thighs, and that her husband had sent her (prisoner) for
a little money. Complainant quntiuued the primmer, and
from the manner in which she answered all her inquiries
one was induced to believe her stubment, and In conse-
quence gave her 13t. to tabs to her daughtir. Witness sub-
sequently proceeded to her daughter'e, and found her in
perfect health. Pragmatic saw no more of the prisoner
wutd Saturday night, when she gave her into custody.
Than was a second ease. chargaag the prisoner with ob-
taining 10s. frees Mrs. liaaosh Wright, by similar protein:tea.
Police Constable Dicks said, since the prisoner's appre-
hension he had received nett information as to warrant him
in applying far a remand 4a a futon day. when he should
be prepand with proof of at least a &sea other earn *saints
her.

The prisoner, w►o made ae answer to the classes, was
remanded till Wedne►day next.

WOKSIIIP.STREET.

8110PLIVIIKO.

Thom styliehly-dreisod women named awe and Mary
Puller, mother and daughter, and Miry Arum Backman,
were charged with having stolen several pain of ladies'
boots, at the shop of Mr. John Webb, a shoss-maker in die
Whiteeluipel rood.
Juan Miller, shupses to the prosecutor, elated, that
shortly before 11 u'clock on Saturday evening, the prisoners
entered the chop together, and bailey latitude/4 that each of
them were in went of boits, he heeded down • number of
pairs of various eisce, which he placed before them for teepee.
twa. While the other two women were engaged in easminieg
the boJte, the attention of witness woe temporarily diverted
by the girl Voller, who rep/toted hu aesistenoe in fitting on •
pair with which she ultimately ',proceed herself satistled,and
a second psi, bating been selected by Lir mother, who paid
for them both, the three prisoners left the shop. The mo-
ment they had gone, witases °barites' that there wee ea

iv dent diminution in the qu entity of the goods he had
displayed upon the counter, and, suspecting that the pl-
aners bad eontrived to appropriate • portion, he ran out,
after them, and, on overtaking them at the *odor thertterts
he tielic.dsly inquired if they had not taken away some boots
which they had forgotten to pay far. The prisoners etsesm-
Godly denied ►iving t one s and loudly ezpriromd their
iad,guation at such an insiouati en, bat at the same 111191111/1“
he saw the younger Fuller stellthily draw • pair of biota
fr,m ander her shawl, which she threw down into as ad.
joieiog mos. Walkout waiting to neover Ws property, he
proceeded to convey the protium bock to the shop, but bad
only goae a few pude when • person who mu passing
called oat to the women Beekman that she had jut
dropped smrothing, and on loolung down witness
Shorted two pairs of boots 13 jag close bel.iad her spew the
proem at. Witness had so sooner picked them up than a
fourth pie of boots was iroprod by tte elder prisone►,
holler, who tried bard to prra►de him that the ab•traetles
of the articles was a mere act of inadvertence, as be ►ed at
B•tt svereted, bat he rej.eted that view of the cam, sad
glee the primmer, into custody.
Neither of the prieonars Volier was ideatilled by the po-
llee se having been formerly in custody, but the woman
Backman west recognised as the paramour of a uteri**,
"float" thief, who had been repestselly convicted, said wee
hours to the pollee by the sporbrleei of the young Jack
Shepherd."

T. prieoserr, who dectiaed offering soy defence, w
ordered to be elmorttted for trial.

SOUTHWARK.
1011111(0 CUILDRIN.

Elie* Ragetolds, a young woman, dressed in shabby bleak,
wait a small p.rtion of a dark veil which covered her fea-
tures, was brought before Mr. Comb. charged with stealing
a basket containing tea sod sugar from a little girl named
Ann Rottes, about ten years of age. She is also suspected
of robbing other children in valises parts of London.
The mother of the child said, that on Saturday morning,
the lith instant, she sent her with a basket sad money to
purchase tea and sugar, in Blackman-street. Finding she
did not return in half an hoer, she went in starch of
her, and found her up a court crying bitterly, at the same
time beirg without the basket. She asked her what had
become of it, and the tea and sugar, when she said a lady
dressed in black bad taken it from her and no away with
it. Wita.se immediately proceeded to the polio-station,
and gave information, when it was weer:silted that a female
answering the prisoner's description had robbed other
children about Leedom. On Saturday morning last her
little girl was playing at the door in Whitecroerstreer,
I:nice-street, when the prisoner came post. She immediately
galled out, "Mother, sismelterr, here's the lady who took
the basket from me." Wittier immediately went after her
and stepped her, at the lame time telling her she had robbed
her child of a basket with some tea end sugar, on the Satin-
day previous. She denied it, but the child was se positive
as to her lentil that she tailed a esastable sad gave kr
too Custody.
Xbe child wee sot 8710 TE, owing t, !fit being too you;

'lnkster the nature of us oath, but she positively asserted
that the prisoner was the party who took the basket from leer.
Inspector Illeielmenais, M division, raid he had remind
limnl nezten from various parts of London, giving •
deseriptios of • female like ties primmer going 'boot
London, robbing children. The female in question is
described as being strongly pock.marked, and having • teas
ever her right eye.
Mr. Combo ordered the prisoner to raise her veil, when
her 'optimums answered the description in every particular.
Inspector Mackenzie asked for a remand, to enable him to
obtain the evidence of other persons whose children had
been robbed.

Mr. Combo accordingly remanded ber until to-morrow.