The Express.
London, England, 1849-11-20 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

MANSION-HOUSE.
CHARGES OF ROBBIRT AND RECEIVING STOLEN GOODS.
—Jamas, a shirt-cutter in the service of Messrs. Moses, the
•aternsive clothiers I. Aldgate, and Lee, who keeps a piece-
brokers shop in Pore-street Cripplegato, were charged, the
former wish having robbed his employers, and the latter
with having received the stolen property, knowing that it
had been dean dishonestly obtained. Mr. Nobler attended
for Lee.
Storey, of the City polies, nid. in conseqn-nce o, informa-
tion which I received on Saturday, I watched James's resi-
dence, at No. 14, Oxford-rreet, Stepney. Between 11 and
12 o'clock I saw him come out with a parcel, and I followed
him to lee's house, No. 89, in Fvre•street, where he de-
posited the parcel on the counter. He remained there but
a few mi .uses. I saw Lee take the parcel cff the saunter
and plain it upon the ground behind the counter, withcut
opining it. Atter James came out I went In and asked
Lee 'bore the parcel was which the man who bad just
gone out had brought in ? He said, "What parcel ?" I
replied " That," pointing to it lying on the ground. He
then said, "Oh, yea, a man did bring it in—thie is it." I
asked him what he gave for it, and he told me Bs. I asked
him whether he had bought any more. He said, " No."
I said are you sure of that. Hi r' plied he bad bought a
little more calico. I said I should search the plate, and I
did so, and found altogether 285 yards of what he admitted
he had bought of James. I took Lee to the station home,
and found upon him 10s. in silver. I then went in putsuit
of Jams, in company with Barnes, a brother officer, and we
ppreheaded him near his house. told him we were officers,
and that we took him into custcdy for robbing his employers
of • panel which he had taken from his house to Leo's, in
Feet-street. He said, " Some kind friend, I suppose, btu
put you on tome," and I took him to the station house.
Barn, the officer, produced some calico shirting which he
had found in James'. hour.
Storey, in his cross-examination by Mr. Nobler, said that
Lee produced every article which he said he had purchased
of James, but not until he wu told that the place should be
searched. _ . .

Mr. Samuel Moses, one of the partners in the establish
went in Aldgate, said," James has been in OUT employment
about two years as a shirt cutter and tiler-is of shirts from
the pawn employed to make them, and is the foreman in
that department. He had no right to take any portion of the
wool home. A mired which bad been ghee to his wife to
make was found on his premi-es. They had not, of course,
been illegally taken. I saw ;Imes at the mation and without
making him any main whatever, I asked him some
queMione, to which Le answered that In knew nothing
about the stolen good., and that he had
mild any to Lee, but he subsequently muted that be bad sent
his boy, on Wednesday last, with the bundle which the
Aber bad seen him deposit at Lee's, for the purpose of
making it up to sell, being atort of money. The articles
which the officer saw James deposit at Lee's are ours. 1
see our private mark upon them; and my belief
that all the articles found at Lee's, and represented to be
ours are ours. No doubt they were taken from us from
time to Vine "
Mr fabler here requested that the magistrates would take
ball foe Leb, who had never boar suspected of dealings of a
sinister kind before, bit
The Lord Mayor and Alderman Carden declined, is snob
a as t s accept of bail to any amount.
The prisoners were remarried till Thursday.
LAMBETH.
CHARON OP RO AGAINST A 811/TANT.—Fanny
Grimsby, a servant, was charged with plundering her muter
of several articles of properly.
Mr. William Robinson, a bank clerk, residing at No. 8,
Beignowtarrese, Park-raeg, New Peckham, deposed chat
for me time pea Ma. Robbing had abed several ad-

else, and suspicion falling on the ripener, he had the police.
man to search her btx on the elating before wbils she was
at chursh, and there found several ankh, belonging to him.
There were she foetal in her box two duplicates, one of
which related to a ring belonging to him, and which the
prisoner bad pledged. There were a numb r of things
soli mimi•g, ant amongst them Lis wila's wedding rine,
about the loss of which Mrs. Robinson was very much con-
sented.
The prisoner, when salted, said she had lOthibg to say to
the charge, and was remanded for a week.

SOUTHWARK.
Csuiton OF ROBINFT.—John Ratan' sad Mwy Ana,
his wife, were charged with stealing a silver watch and a
black satin dress, the property of Helen Corry.
The Franconia deposed, that she resided at 124,1Water-
too-road, in the next room occupied by the prisoners. On
Sunday morning last she locked up her room, leaving her
watch on the mantel piece, and the dregs behind the door,
while she went to make a few purchases. On her return
she missed the property, and finding her door locked as she
lett it, she felt convinced that some person is the house had
committed the robbery. Seeing the female prisoner a few
minutes afterwards, she mentioned to her the circumstance,
when she turned very pale, and made an evasive reply. Her
conduct afterwards caused her to inform the police, when
they were both taken into custody.
'tannin, 38 L, informed the magistrate that he had found
the watch at a pawnbroker's in the Waterloo•road,
pledged by a female answering the description of the female
prisoner.
The pawnbroker here stepped forward, and stated that the
watch was pledged by a female on Monday last, and he be-
lieved the female prisoner to be the person.
In answer to the magistrate, Roman said that he believed
he should be able to find the dress, if the prisoners were re-
manded for a few dais, as he had not had sufficient time to
make inquiries.
Mr. A'Beekett accordingly remanded the prisoners till
Wednesday next.
CAUTION TO HOTIL lEZEPZILS AND PUBLICANS.--James
Dick was charged:with defrauding a great number of licensed
victuallers in the metropolis of refreshments and money by
means of !else cheques.
There appeared to be but little variation in the predatory
system pursued by the prisoner. His plan was to enter a
public house and immediately give an order for some
refreshment, end on payment being demanded he would
then describe that he bad just arrived from Brighton
on particular business that would engage him in
town for • fortnight or three weeks—that his luggage had
not yet arrived, and that he intended to be a Quest in the
housenntil his affain were settled. He would then make
some plausible excuse for not having any ready cash about
him, and in order to create a favourable impression as to his
circumstances and means of paying ha would then produce
&cheque book, and pulling out one of them, fill it up for a
sum considerably larger than the debt he contracted, and
leave it in the han?a of the party whose house he visited
as security for any further accommodation be might
require in the conies of his stay in town. The cheques
which he passed in this way were made payable on the
Brighton breach of the London and County Bank, and
when they were subsequently presented for payment, the
answer in eli cases was that the drawer had no effects there.
At length, however, after having sueci saintly carried en this
system of imposture for some time, a check was given to his
career. A few days ago he called at the White Lion, in
Tooley•street, and, as on former occasions elsewhele, said
that he bad just come up from Bighton on business con-
nected with a law suit, adding, that he should give the land-
lord the benefit of his custom until his matters were arranged.
He then made some excuse about no; having say cub, sod
produced his cheque book, to convince him that he
bad money in the hands of his harken, and filling
up one of them for 31. 2s , he handed it over to the
landlord, remarking that he could get it cashed when he
liked. The 'milord having some suspicion of hie customer,
forthwith sent the cheque to Brighton, and it was brought
back dishonoured, with the words "no effects" written
upon it. The prisoner happened to be in the house when the
intimation was received from Brighton, and upon the dls•
covery of his fraudulent conduct a policeman was called,
into whose custody he was given. The cheque-book and
various letters found in the prisoner's possession, and all
evincing that he was a " regular swindler," were produced
for the magistrate's inspection.
The Magistrate expressed bit intention to commit the
prisoner fur trial for misdemeanour : as, however, the desk
of the Brighton Bank was not present, the prisoner should
be again brought up on Wednesday, in order that the evi-
dence against him might be eampleted.

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