The Express.
London, England, 1849-05-31 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

GULLDRAI,L.

RAILWAY SPECULASION
Mrs. Catherine SW; wu again brought up for further ex-
amination, on the charge of commissioning Mr. Williams
Barton, stockbroker, to purchase 1,0001. London and North
Western St:ek., which stack had been purchased, and which
she refused to pay for on the loss thereon amoonting to
371.18..—Mr. Haddlretom sad Mr. Robley appeared to pro-
secute.

The evidencetaken on the former occasion was then read
over, from which it appeared, that on the 23rd of April U.
prisoner called on Mr. Barton, and presented a card from a
Mr. Stone, of Warwick-street, Regent-street, with whom he
had done huffiness for some years, at the same time saying
she had some money to lay out, and wished to punkin*
1,0001. worth of London and North Western Railway
Stock. Believing her representations to be true, he pur-
chased the stack for her, and after making itquiries he
discovered that ;he had no money to lay oat, but had icta-
ally been carrying on the same system of speculation with
the stockbrokers in London and. Manchester. Her name
was posted up in the Stock Exchange, and when next she
called at Mr. Barton's office, she was detained until an
officer arrived, when she was given into custody. At the
last examination several gentlemen stepped forward and said
they were imposed upon in a similar manner.
Mr. Barton was then called, and he repeated the Name
statement which appeared in the Express a few days ago,
in our report of the first examination.
Mr. John Horatio Golding, of the Stock Exchange, said
that he had lost 201. by some business which he had trans-
acted for the prisoner, upon the faith of a rtcommendation
from Mr. Harrison, his solicitor.
George Henry IRO, clerk to Mr. Nairne, of the Stock
Exchange, sold his employer was favoured with a corre-
spondence from the neighbourhood of Staines in March last,
requesting Mr. Nairne to invest 5001. in London and North
Western shares, which he did, and loat 421. lls. 6d. One of
her letters, of 13th April, was dated from Devonshire House,
Piccadilly.
Thomas Gardner, from the firm of Laurence, Carenovo,
and Co., said they received a letter, dated the 4th of May,
from the prisoner, requesting them to purchase ten Old
Midland shares. The letter was dated from Devonshire
House. The shares were purchased, and they were lours to
the extent of 421. ls. 2d._

Mr. G. Stockdale, of Throsmorton-street, stockbroker,
said the prisoner wrote to Meters. Hoyland and Co., of
Manchester, requesting them to purchue stock in the New-
castle and Berwick line. They sent instructions to him, and
he bought the stock, and forwarded it to Manchester, and it
WAS still on band.

11;:i1;71diestone asked what might be the loss incurred by
that firm.

Mr. Stockdole—lt sold today, it would amount to 1141.
Mr. Stevens said the prisoner applied to him to sell 20
shares, but he could not see what sort they were. On that
occasion she wrote her address, Mrs. Shiite, 2, Woburn-
tenace.

Mr. iluddlestone said that was all the evidence he had to
offer at present.
Sir W. klagnay amid that u it was a very important case,
and the first of its kind, he should remand the prisoner until
Monday, in order that he might hear other cases before
making up his mind whether be should commit her.
The prisoner asked if she might be admitted to bail.'
Sir W. Niamey said he would take bail, herself in 1001.,
and two sureties in 1001. each.

Bail not being forthcoming, she was conveyed back to the
Compter.
LAMBETH.

A WHOLESALE BURGLAR —A notorious burglar, who
gave the name of John Jones' was placed at the bar on sus-
picion with being concerned in the commission of a vast
number of burglaries and robberies.
Police constable Frederick Bowerman, deposed that on
that morning, between the hours of one and two o'clock, he
saw the prisoner come over a hedge from some premises in
Sydney-place, South Lambeth, and suspecting all was not
rutht, he asked him where he came from. The prisoner re.
plied from the Elephant and Castle, and witness knowing
this to be false, secured him and took him to the station-
house. He there searched him, and fcund in his pockets a
set of housebreaking implements, a box of limiter matches,
and other things.
Inspector Coleman informed the magistrate that, on
Sunday night last, two burglaries had been committed in
South Lambeth, and property to a considerable amount
stolen. And he had very little doubt, from an entry having
been obtained to each of the houses plundered by means of a
centre bit, that both the robberies had been effected by the
prisoner or his sesociates.
Inspector Campbell stated that within the last few weeks
innumerable burglaries and robberies had been committed in
Camberwell, Peckham, end their vicinity, and be (Mr.
Campbell) had no doubt whatever, both from the fact of the
prisoner having been observed lurking about those places, and
the robberies having in all cuts been effected by means of a
centre bit, that every one of them had been committed by
the prisoner and his confederates. Mr. CampbAl added that
one night four houses in succession were attempted to be
broken into, but without success. All the houses m the row
bore on their doors and shutters the marks of the centre bit,
and at one in particular a desperate t Llort appeared to have
been made by the burglars to effect an entrance, but this
was prevented by the doors and shutters being lined with
sheet iron.

Samuel Wright, a constable belonging to the P
here said that about three weeks ago he took the prisoner
and another person into custody at Peckham, having found
them lurking about and taking particular notice of the
avenues and passages leading to several gentlemen's house,.
On that occasion, when placed at the bar where he now stood,
he gave the name of Foster, and said he worked in the
docks; and no house-breaking implements having be en found
on him, he was discharged.
Another constable deposed to having been present when
the prisoner was tried for felony, and sentenced to 12 months'
imprisonment.
The prisoner was remanded for a week.
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