The Express.
London, England, 1848-05-19 00:00:00

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GUI LD II A LL. —TN v.v r. came st.—J.Gitbs and G.
Seale were charged—the former with stealing • piece of cloth,
and the latter with purloining a quantity of contra., the
property of their masters, and B. Cohen, of No. 3, Church
passage, Dasinghelhatreet, described a. • general dealer, with
receiving the same, knowing them to:be stolen.—Policeman
Trew said that, from information he received, he, in com-
pany with another officer nrmed Webb, commenced watch.
mg Cohen's house, fir which purpose. they took their eta-
tion at one of the windows of the church opposite. At last,
on the 20th of April. they saw Gibbs enter Cohen's house,
and, after staying there a short time, he left, the prisoner
Cohen coming out to the door first, and looking up and
down the passage. The prisoner repeated his visit
on the 3rd of May, upon which occasion he fol-
lowed him to his lodgings, and early tLe next
morning he watched him to his master's in Bath-
street. Ile then directed W, bb to keep an eve on she latter
place, and lon the 10th of May Gibbs was followed by th.t
officer from Mr. Ducklanel's to Cohen's house. Wel,h
entered immediately after hint, and saw him hand
a piece of cloth to Cohen who was on the other aide of the
counter. Webb demanded it from the latter, hut h• in-
stantly dropped it on the floor and denied that he had re.
eeivea any. Witness also asked him for it, and Cohen *aid,
with an oath, "Ott out of my shop, or if you don't I will
kica you out." He replied that he must have it, and if it was
not given up he should go round the counter and fetch it,
upon which the prisoner took up • pair of latish breeches
and shook them in hinfate,saying " Is that what you want ?"
sad directly after he addressed Gibbs and wished to know
whether they would suit him. Trew said that he must have
the cloth which Gibbs had banded to him, and Cohen
swore he should not ; but shortly after laid • piece
of cloth on the counter, at the same time remarking
that the pri.oner G.bhe had brought it ; that it was
all right; but that he had never been there before.
Both risoners were then conveyed to the station-home,
when Cohen said to Gibbs, " If you come honestly by the
cloth, why don't you say so t" after which he turned to
Tres., and informed him that if he went back he would find
another piece on the counter. He accordingly, in company
with Webb, returned and found a piece, which, on being
compared with that just taken by Gibbs, was found to cor-
respond with the ene side, and the other side matched the
remaining portion of the cloth in Mr. Dockland's premises.
Thus it constituted the centre portion of the whole piece.
There was also a quantity of canvas, rope, and all kinds of
things, found on the premises. An officer. named
Thaine, was placed in possession of the house, when,
lon the tollowing Friday, Scott entered the shop,
and pulled some canvas from under hi• apron,
and said, " Can you do anything with that ," While the
officer was looking at it, the prisoner remarked that he had
often been. soil sold similar pieces there; upon which Mrs.
Cohen, who h.ppenell to be present, exclaimed, " Never,
never ; you never sold !milling here in your life." Tbaine
went round the counter. when the prisoner ran away, hut
was after a short chine captured.—Mr. Dockland identified
the cloth as being his property.—Mr. John Webb, jun., de-
posed to the canvas being similar to that used in the ware-
house for packing, in quality, width, and selvage.—Mr.
Robinson crosaexamined the witness at some length, but
slid not elicit anything very material for his client.—All
three prisoners were committed to Newgate for trial.

WORSH P- STRE ET.-11110 'mar RORBERY.—Thos.
Jones, S. Smith, and If. Douglas, were charged, conjointly
with a woman named E. Smith, with having assaulted
Emma Underwood, and stealing from her person a purse,
containing 17s.—The presecutrix stated that she had occa-
sion to peer, ed to Whites-Impel in a cab on the preceding
evening, and on parting with a friend who accompanied hi r,
an she was a stranger in that neighbourhood, she entered a
public house, to inquire her way to Holborn, where she re-
sided. The prisoner., who were drinking in front of the
bar, and overheard her inquiry, intimated that they were
going that way themselves, and offered to see her as far as
they went. She accepted their proposal, and, atter taking
some money from her purse to pay for some refreshment,
and replacing it in her /mem in their presence, rise pro-
ceeded with them until they reached Finsburyequaro, when
the prisoner Jones steppi d hastily in front of her, and struck
her a violent blow in the face, which knocked her down in
the road. The prisoner Douglas then seized her by the
shoulder., and forcibly held her down, while Jones knelt
upon her chest, and, thrusting his hand down her bosons,
abstracted h, r purse and money, when the whole of them
ran •ff; but the cries of " murder" attracted the attention
of a policeman, and they were almost immediately secured.
Police.conitahle Fisher stated that upon hearing the wo-
msn'a outcries he ran to the spot, and found the prosecu-
trio, whose mouth win streaming with blood, in the am of
rising from the ground, and observing the prieoror Douglas
running rapidly from her, he pursued and took him into
custody. Ile afterwards accompanied the prosecutris in the
direction the other prisoners had taken, all of whom were
also shortly overtaken, and having been at once recognised
by the young woman as her assailants, were secured and
lodged in the station.—The whole of the male primer.. were
recognised by the officers as the constant associates of thieves,
and it was stated that Smith had been convicted of an at-
tempt to murder a policeman, and sentenced to 15 years'
transportation, which was subeequently commuted to two
yeare' imprisonment. —The magistrate ordered the prisoners
to hr brought up again on Tuesday next.
CLERK ENWE LL.—Pcare ROBBERY.— Robert Owen
and James Witionlerere charged by W. Hammind, Esei ,
of 3, Ili.ssell-square, with having feloniously entered his
dwelling-house and stolen a quantity of silver plate. On
Wednemlay afternoon the prosecutor's servant had cleaned
the plate and placed it in the pantry in a tray: The pri-
soners were observed lurking about the premises in a suspici-
ous manner, and the area gate was left carelessly open, when
the prisoner Owen went down the steps under pretence of
selling some combs, and finding no one in the kitchen he
mixed the opportunity and stole the whole of the silver
plate, consisting of 18 tablcapoona, knives, forks, &c., in
all 4.5 pieces, value 401., with which he decamped, and
joined the prisoner Wilson. They were watched by a per-
son who had observed their manceuvres until they, arrived in
Guilford-street, where they were examining the property.
The prisoner Owea was taken into custody, hut Wilson
ran away until he arrived at the cabstand, near the Found-
ling, where ho got into a cabriolet with a bundle, and
ordered the cabman to drive him to West einster, and the
cab drove on. Information of the robbery having been given
to Sergeant Harris, an active officer, 17 E, he immediately
pursued the cab, which was stopped, when the prisoner,
Wilson, was taken into custody, and the whole of the plate
was found inside the vehicle. The prisoners were committed
for trial.
OUTRAOR. TV. Dupree was charged with a violent
outrage in the house of Mrs. Jane Williams, of No. 8,
Philip's-buildings, Clerkenwell, and J. I.' Alps, with ob-
structing the police in the execution of their duty, and
attempting to rescue the other prisoner. It appeared
that the prisoner Dupree, some time ago, lived with a
young women as his wife in the house of the prosecutrix,
whom be since had left, and who has been obliged to go
into an hospital lately, having first sold a few remaining
articles of furniture to the prosecutrix. On the previous
evening Dupree came to the house, accompanied by a mob
of woman and youths, forced his way into the house cod up