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THE POLICE COURTS.

GUILDHALL.

Mow Poole, an inquiry agent in the employ of the
city Mutual Loan Society, the business of which was carried
oust the Peacock Timers, in Whitecrcerstreet, wu oharged
before Aldermen Humphery with forging and uttering
several peombeary notes with intent to defraud his masters.
It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Mills, the semetery,
that the prisoner had been a co-proprietor In u society 'slab-
limited prior to the City Mutual Loan Society, in which he
was at present employed, but that his interest ia the specs-
lation terminated with the failure of the scheme, eines
which his duties consisted in making the neosenuy inquiries
with regard to the responsibilities of the securities proposed
by persons applying for loans. They had, however, re-
gently discovered that the prisoner bad for scene tins past
been in the habit of borrowing loans, for his own benefit, in
the names of persons who had been borrowers, but without
their authority or sanction, arid on making inquiry they found
the naniesof the sureties bad been made equally free with. Out
of several caste mentiouedonly two were gone into—one was
loan obtained in the name of John Mudge for U., and
that person deposed that he bad never authorised the pri-
soner to borrow the amount, neither had he received any of
the money. His mark to the promissory note produced
was a forgery, as hecoald write Ins name, and never put his
mark to any paper.
James Hutton, the alleged security, pave similar evidence
with regard to his signature being also a forgery.
In the other case a loan of 61. was obtained in the name
of Thomas Reynolds, who in like manner declared the sig-
nature or mark on the promissory note a forgery ; but the
security in this cane proved to be a myth, aa no such person
is William Chapman, of No. 4, Coleman street, was to be
found.

Another csas was referred to by Mr. Beard, but
Alderman Ilumphery said the two charges in evident*
are quite sufficient.
Mr. Abbott, for the defence, contended that the prisoner
ma still a partner, in answer to which
Mr. Beard, who prosecuted, said that the rights of part-
erahip would not purge the felony.
Alderman Homphery committed the prisoner for trial

aw the pistol 614 to ,which be received an newer in the
baptise. His warship supposed that the ocearrence was •
mere boyieh trick,ta be did not wean to injure any
one. As it was a bojish trick, he would not punish him d
he made the injured persons some compensation.
Theenes, wise did not say anything, was remanded
until Taceday.

THE LATE OUTRAGES IN THE METROPOLIS.
• deputation appointed by the vestry of St.
Pancras waited, by appointment, on Sir George Grey, on
Friday, to present a memorial upon the subject of the recent
mummy' robberies with violence, and general unprotected
state of the metropolis from depredation. Mr. Haw, the
vestry clerk, introduced the deputation, and Tied the me-
morial, which stated that the memorialiets were deeply Ma
premed with the inefficiency of the laws and of the mode of
punishment adopted towards hardened offenders, which have
of late yaws prevailed in their treatment even of heinous
crimes, that they regard the system of granting tickets-of-
leave to hardened criminals to have failed in its benevolent
intentious, and they respectfully beg to urge upon the an.
Uterine. the immediate abandonment of a system fraught
with so much evil ; and that more repressive mass should
be adopted to check the great growth of oriole. They sug-
gested the advisability of adopting measures in which
corporal punishment should form an important festers in its
application to crimes aooompanied with violence to the par-
son, am well as by • modification of the dietary MI6 of
prisoner., so that the same shall not present the incon-
gruous condition of being a higher clam than that given to
soldiers and to poor persona, both in and out of workhouses,
and to adopt means for exterminating the schools which
foster the growth of mime, and it as their opinion
that the efficiency of the metropolitan police is greatly re-
stricted by the inefficiency of the laws for the proper and
adequate punishment of the desperate ruffians who infest
this metropolis in thousands.
Mr. Roes having spoken in support of the memorial.
Sr Groans Gam said that foveae:mat had already ap-
pointed amm ii conning( of the moat competent
men, to deal with this mieginia, sod he hno doubt that
they would go into the ealderit fairly, and hat peat good
would remit from their hominy. He drew than attaa-
tion to the sots of parliament which had been passed upon
this subject, substituting penal servitude for transportatiom.
The colonies to which convicts were formerly transported
had of late years so rapidly advanced in population,
clvi-
liaation, and prosperity, sad so strongly objected that it
was deemed impolitic to continue the system of trans-
portation to those colonise. With • view to meet this dill*
tufty the act of 1863 was pursed, substitating moil ser-
vitude for transportation, the effect of which was that
where a man was sentenced to eaves years the Penal Servi-
tude Act gave him four years. This was farad to work in
al nawtidaetory a manner that the set was emended in
1857 in this way—that where a man was sentenced to seven
years, and his conduct was particularly good, at the end of
some three or four years he was entitled to a " tirket-et
Lave," which was Mended to plane him for the three
years, or reminder of his original senteme, under the sur-
veillance of the polio., and which. rendered !aim liable to be
taken into custody and to complete the remainder of his
original sentence if it were discovered that he was not
getting his living in an honest and legitimate manner.
This was the present state of the law, and par-
liameat heeler, done that, the government could not alter
the present system without the sanction of parliament.
The government had however done the best they could
until parliament assembled, by getting the commission ap-
pointed, whore report would be ready to lay before paths-
meat early in the ensuing session. In reference to the
memorial from St. Pancras, Sir George Grey said he ob-
served there was a paragraph which stated " that rob-
beries with dangerous and murderous violence to the per-
son. commonly known as protte robberies," ke., hsd prevailed
In the metropolis, and many of which had happened in the
parish the deputation represented. He should feel obliged
by the authorities of St. Pancras forwarding him authentic
information of when and where those robberies to whir*
they particularly referred took place. He did not mean
from the newspapers, for it had been ascertained that many
of the paragraphs which had appeared were exaggerations,
and in some instances had no existence whatever. If they
would forward him the particulars he would direct investi-
gation to be made, as the more real cam there were the
more they would strengthen his (Sir George Golfe) heeds.
Mr Roes mid the question was, who was to make this in-
vestigation ? He was quite certain the police were not the
parties, ter they were interested in making it appear
proper
ere sane of than eases of robbery with violence,
aed that they were all fabrications in the papers, whereas a
greet many cioneved which never got into the papers at eIL
Mr. Feu= said he wished to call Sir George G's at-
tention to the effect of the ticket-of-leave system, as e • •
in the charge of Mr. Baron Bramwell to the grand jury at
the recent senses at Nottingham. He related a ease at a
man who had been sentenced to penal servitude as an ex•
ample. This man became entitled to a ticket-of-leave. He
then committed some offence, for which he was immigrated
for a short period and then liberated. Subsequently be
committed a third offence, and was the. objected to and
paid the penalty of three sentences before the Meal expire-
tine of the period of the flat. He submitted that each a
system was turning law and justice into ridicule.
The ROMs SICRETART laid he had himself been efreek
with the ease referred to by Mr. Ferrer. who bad very properly
brought it seder his notice, and had noted it down. It cer-
tainly ma • very strong arse to go before the commission
when it assembled. At the same time, be was sere that
tho deputation would see that the government mild not
interfere in the matter pending that inquiry. He
was, however, much gratified at the information
which had been afforded him, and if they would furnish
him with the particulars he required, they should, together
with that be had already received, be forwarded to the
proper quarter.