The Express.
London, England, 1851-06-27 00:00:00

THB POLICE COURTS.

BOW-STREET.

Thomas Sure, letter earner, was charged with stealing
two letters containing moneys, the property of the Post-
master-General.

Mr. W. R. Skulthorpc, president of the London district
post-offer, stated that, in consequence of numerous coin-
plaints respecting the loss of coin transmitted in letters, the
Postmaster-General had written to him, desiring him to
test the honesty of the carri..e.. For this purpose he, on
Wednesday last, made up two letters, one directed to Mrs. '
Cousin, Kidbrook-lodge, Blackheath-park, in which he
enclosed half-a-sovereign, having first marked it in the
presence of Inspector Cole ; and the other to Miss Thornsby,
2, Royal Oak-place, Lead, Kent, containing a sovereign
and a shilling, both also marked. Inspected Cole, having
posted the letters in the chief office, then accompanied Mr.
Skulthorpc to Blackheath, where the letters were sorted,
pnsoner assisting. The letter addressed to Mrs. Cousins
was in prisoner's district ; but, on visiting that
lady's house, late in the evening, they found
it had not been delivered, and instantly went in search of
prisoner, whom, about hulf-past nine, they found at the
Blackheath post-office. Mr. Skulthorpe asked him if he
had received any letter for delivery at Kidbrook Lodge.
Prisoner said ho had not. Mr. Skulthorpe then told him
that he bad assisted in writing the letters. Inspector Cole
then searched him and found half-a-sovereign, the same
which Mr. Skulthorpc had marked, in his pocket. Mr.
Skulthorpc said, "'This is mine—whore did you get it
from ? " Prisoner made no answer. The search was con-
tinued, and a past of the letter to Miss Thomsby, and the
marked sovereign and shilling found in his pocket. Pri-
soner then said, "It must have slipped through a hole in
my pouch."
Prisoner had nothing to say and Mr. Hall committed him
for trial.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
(larks Crane, of Compton, near Shetfbrd, was charged
with having stolen seven cigars from • quantity exhibited
in the ZoUverein department of the Exhibition.
A person in charge of the department, through the me-
dium of an interpreter, said he saw the defendant take• a
handful of cigars from a bundle, and put them into his
pocket. He laid hold of the prisoner, and gave him into
the custody of police-constable Shrill.
The constable said he searched the prisoner, and found
seven cigars in his pocket. The cigars were valued at 7d.
The prisoner, whu was very well dressed, said he saw
people helping themselves tu the cigars, and not being aware
ho was doing wrong, he also took a few for himself.
Mr. Bingham said he should send the case to it jury.
Mr. Leadlcy, the chief clerk, on looking into the evidence
found a difficulty with respect to ownership, which he men-
tioned to the magistrate as being likely to prevent a con-
viction.

Mr. Bingham dealt with the case summarily, and sent
the prisoner fur one month to the House of Correction.

LAAMBB'CH.

Mr. IVA. Gordon, who described himself as a scripture
reader, and who, it was said, was about to be admitted to
holy orders by the Lord Bishop of Winchester, was brought
up for final examination on a charge of feloniously inter-
marrying with Mary Eliza Peters, his former wife, Susan
Sussex, being then aml still alive.
The existence of the first wife and the marriage with the
second were proved, upon which prisoner was committed
fur trial.