The Express.
London, England, 1847-10-23 00:00:00

BROMPTON COUNTY COURT.

Before O. Amos, Eq., Jude.
CAN SOLDIINS BS IMPRISONED PON. DEBit—UPIOUN o.
Axona.—The defendant, a private in the second battalion
of Grenadier Guards, had suffered judgment against him for
a debt of 65., but had not paid according to the order of the
court. He was, therefore, brought up on a judgment sum-
mons.—The plaintiff said that he had been to the command-
ing officer of the regiment to get a portion of the defendant's
pay stopped towards the liquidation of the debt. The cont.
mending officer weed to allow 6d. per week until the ori-
ginal debt wu paid, but would make no allowance towards
the costs, which amounted to 6s. The defendant also refused
to pay the costs.—The Judge (to the defendant) : Do you
intend to pay this money, or am I to commit you to prison ?
—The defendant: No; I will only pay the ss. I'll not pay
the ex ases.—The plaintiff: I should have to go to the
barracks even ter the 6d. a week they agree to give.—Mr.
Burrowes, the clerk, said that, under the act, the court
could not recognise any payments, unless they were made to
the officers of the court.—The defendant refused to do this.
—The Judge then adjourned the cue until he could examine
the act, and said he should then, if he had the power, com-
mit the defendant to prison.

POLICE.-YESTZRDAr.

MANSION-HOUSE.—Tux Fozoaalle L'PON von
Russisx 00161iNIMIL —All the persons charged on
Saturday last with having been concerned in forging
bank notes upon the Rusin government were brought be-
fore the Lord Mayor for re-examination. They were
Aaronson Leybe,: Jacob Friedeburg, Raphael Kauffman,
Solomon Muscooilz, Yatilcer Tobias Hackle Moses, and the
female Yeller Solomons, the wife of Solomon Muscorilz.—
The prosecution, as has already been stated, has been insti-
tuted by the Russian government through the authorities of
the embassy and consulate in London.—Mr. Ballantine said
he did not intend to press against the three last-named pri-
soners as principals, and if the Lord Mayor had no objection
they might at once be removed from custody.—Mr. Win-
tyre submitted that nothing had been stated calculated to cri-
minate Solomon Mu/co-fits, and asked for his discharge.—
Mr. Ballantine said he believed the evidence he had to ad-
duce would have reference to Muscovite as well as to the
other three charged as principals.—The evidence additional
to that given at the previous examination was as follows :
Mr. George L. Lee, of No. 14.5, High Holborn, litho-
graphic printer, and seller of lithographic materials, said :
between the 20th and 24th of September, Friedeburg and
Kauffman came to my house and purchased some lithographic
stone for Is. They looked at a press and asked me about'
the price, and whether I could lend theta one. On the 2.5 th
of September they called again, and asked what I would
charge for the !can of a press. I told them the sum, and
said I expected • deposit of the value of the
.press. They
went away and called again in the evening, bringing Aaron-
son with them ; and Aaronson gave me a deposit of 41. upon
the press, for which I gave a receipt. Aaronson told me
that he was • wine-merchant, and that Friedeburg and
Kauffman were two poor but honest men, and that he had
known them in Paris, and wished to assist them. They then
took away the press ; and on the following Tuesday, Kauff
man came to me again and said he could not get the
little press to work, and I went with him to a house
in Newton-street, where I saw Friedeburg. Afterwards,
I went with Kauffman to Short's-gardens, Drury-lane.
and the press was brought into the room in which I was, and
I set it to rights, and weat away. I did not, I think, see
Aaronson afterwards. Forrester pointed out a press to me
which my wife in my absence allowed them to take instead
of the one they took away at first, and which they returned.
—Crose.examined by Mr. Vincent : I never sew Aaronson
at either of the houses I have just mentioned.—Freideburg
(to the witness) : Did you see any other person at the house
at Shorta•gardens?—Witness : I think I saw another Ger-
man there.—John Forrester said: I accompanied my brother
he the purpose of apprehending the prisoners. Upon search•
log Aaronson I found • receipt (here witness produced Mr.
Lee's receipt for the 41. which was left as a deposit
for the lithographic press), and some other papers.
I went to Friedeburg a lodgings, and found • number
of these notes in the bedding.—Mr. March, of the
Russian consulate, examined the notes, and said he
believed them to be forgeries. He pointed out •
wrong letter, which, he said, satisfied him that they were
fictitious.—Mrs. Mary Ana Rlsey said: I live at No. 8,
Queen-street, Soho. Aaronson came with Friedeburg to take
s•eiraingAL my house on the 4th of October, for a Mr. Mar-
b asked me ifl had any objection to a smeP press.
I said I had no objection. Kauffman, whom I understood
from Aaronson to be Maryland, came the same evening the
emu. All three of them -Aaronson, Friedeburg, and
—had been there before it arrived, looking at the
apartment. Kauffman slept in the house tijl he was taken
into custody. Friedeburg and Aaronson were there every
day.—ln answer to a question from Friedeburg, the witness
said a person came up and opened the hall-door with Kauff-
man's key, and she told him she could not allow such •
thing—Friedeburg: Did not that person go up 'noir, ?
Witness : He did.—Mr. Ballantine said he must request the
Lord Mayor to grant another remand of the prisoners for
some time. The only additional evidence necessary was the
strict legal evidence as to the het that the notes were forged.
The moral evidence of guilt was quite strong enough. he
authorities here had communicated with the bank of St.
and moment the evidence to prove that the
notes are should arrive, the case could be sent to
the proper to anal for trial. It would, he thought, be ne-
er/mazy to go over to the next sessions of the Central Crimi-
nal Court —The Lord Mayor remanded all the prisoners till
the 10th of November. In all the notes found upon the pri-
loser% or in their rooms, there are several verbal and other
heeemoraeles ; and in the notes which appeared to have been
intended as the most finished, there is a gross error in the
lea weed of the note, which, as written, was stated to be not
• Harlan word at all, and, indeed, to be no word at all in
any language. The notes were 3-rouble notes, intended for
circulation, no doubt, amongst the ignorant peasantry, the
bulk of whom cannot read.
GUILDHALL.—OBTAINING GOODS lINDIII, TAUS PIE-
TINCIII.—Robert Wu/4MM, formerly is the employ of
Mews. Hunter, of Stoke Newington, was re-examined on
several changes of the above description, and committed for
trial.
WORSHIP-STRERT.— STABBING • POLICEMAN.—
Sande Colo was charged with having stolen • pewter pot
from • peddle-limas in the Kinplaa-rued, and also with
cutting and wounding • police-constable. It appeared that,
on the preseding evening, the gelatines was stopped in the
Cerleiireeml, norml, by Polices-unstable Grant, 0 8 ,
who Uhl hoe los mat impost the contents of a basket she
had in bar lama, so ho ossad it to contain a stolen pewter
pot. The primmer mini to oak= to the search, and was
•001•11kA nth= into sostody ; but had only been conveyed
• sheet timee, when ahedinw herself down, and exclaim-
ins M* she would " knife" him, pulled a pair of scissors
from low pease, and mad, a stab at lie thigh. With the
ermines a two other oramobise she was secured
but she ethrodi such a delsonsinsi resistance, that
it woo hand aototoiry to Wad bee down upon •
arelsker is awry her to the statism-house. The
71pot Muth in her ponemisa was afterwards identified
117 landleed oldie Star Sad Garter pubtholhoma, Kings-
land-road, framwhke it was milli= by the pisouor.—Mr.
Mather, the divisional caress. madder= the coustable's
we to be of a very denasseins ilissedpebo. sod that a sow
@iambi. tins mat elapsibeibro liewathillo able to moms
his datlee.—Tbe primer mid the NNW, behaved with
mash, wisher teweele hr. Or era baviagelebbea
hint. sod mid that ban= hem NAM* hirer hie elf
with the ear" which were eripeeded her her slis.--Mr.
Mani med his intsallat to mama the prissaer upon
the charges, but And& order herhr ilia mom= to
be until the rue& ottheeonstable's injuries could
be
CLIELXIVIVRLL.--Inwit. lionnzar.—L. Jacobs, a
Gummy was shaped by Mr. 0. Garnett, goldsmith, of
Rod Usnaftest, Clerkenwell, with steeling • ruby,
value 31., en emerald, value 31. 10s., and a garnet—lt ap.
=that on the 30th of June the primer called at Mr
shop, sad rammed to be shown a variety of
joweisvi. He seleseol O. weelle,segueresr that an invoice
Shelia he eri_e_poll, era le wore sal the next day. He
ea ehe barrel reri reit sired to re the pooh
of bereisay whist he be Win seeriosil. They were
babel to lima espamegy, end he spilt ems peas at the
Doter. He left the -pins with she Weer isZa ad
would te d tell spin. The wogs were panel is their
oath • hwationlon tent be • rig, and oisog
arm, oath
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charged- brldr. napostne Bedelifh, whidow-ikwe sad Wel
dealer, at Clakeenr-pleas Graz's-Insereal, with
✓eds seder Nos pretenana.—The primes, n4lll=
called on the passeenter. mossetOris gun be was in theme-
ploy of lb. O'Donnell, b et mins, sad he (pTlss.r)
had five hewn St pant, end Mr. O'Donnell knew nod*,
I °tit- no rho" Insheeed • bill for 241,, y=rtid
to be doews by lilts Xmas
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aolepaid Itieheal Day, • asallema at
Itlthmt, la Kent, whoa be aid hand Berrien mad Co
sad ranneald tad poi 'alight be dame& to lira on tb.o
am* sf the Wyllie h weald became Ise ea the 24th ot
iiertialar itiaL Xr. Bedelto found est Day had • small
atonal them and on two separate otatelone he let the pri
One bet* tutptetief, to the amount of P 01:

and upwards, sad he parted with them on sale, shortly after
he received them, to Mr. Scott, oilman, of Marlborougb-row,
Chelsea, who paid a fair price for them. Thelall was disho-
noured, and other suspicious circumstaaces caused the pri-
soner's apprehension on the above charge, which he denied,
but be was fully committed for trial.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Curious CHARGE.—
Isaac Boofh was charged by Mr. Jones, who kwp the opera
colonnade post-office, with having improperly obtained two
letters, directed to William Mahon, Esq., to be left till called
for.—The defendant stated that he had been commissioned
by Jelin Haylon, a clerk at a hatter's in Eackyflleetreet, to
fetch the letter.—The party in question was sent for, and he
without hesitation admitted that he had sent the defendant
for the letters, and that he had done so because he had rea-
son to suspect that the writer, who wee, he believed, a mar-
ried man, was carrying on a correspondence with his wife's
sister. It we. with the view of clearing up his suspicions
that he sent for the letters in question.—The case was re-
manded, in order to bring the particulars under the notice of
the Post-office authorities.—Yesterday, the parties being in
attendance, a clerk from the Poet-office stated that the case

was not within the Jurisdiction of the Post-office authorities,
inasmuch u the letters had been delivered to Mr. doses by
the postman, to be left at his house till called for; and it was
sot part of a post-office keeper's duties to bare letters di-
rected to his house.—The witness Haylon said he had sent
far Mr! Mahon, and that gentleman did not mesa to carry the
case any further.—Mr. Hardwick. said if Mr. Mahon de-
mended the letters, they meat be given up.—The case was
then dismissed.

THAMES. —ROBBERY IN THE WEST INDIA DOCK.—
John Grip/1 and Samuel Welk lightermen, were charged
with stealing three gallons of rum in the West India Dock.
—Oyngtll we. some time ago committed from this court for
a precisely similar robbery, but was acquitted at the Central
Criminal Court. —lt appeared that Well was in the employ
of Mr. Lucey, lighterman. On Tuesday last he was sent b
his muter to the Limehouse-basin of the West India Dock
to receive 100 hogsheads of rum in a lighter called the
Major. The rum' were delivered in good order, and the
spike or vent-pegs were all chipped off and painted over. On
the same evening a Custom-house officer named Denham,
who was in charge of a puncheon of rum in a barge in the
same basin, heard a noise in another craft near him, which
proved to be the Major. Durham boarded her, jumped into
the hold among the cults, and observed 'piles sticking out
of them. One of the casks was leaking from a vent-bole
close to the spile. He obtained a light, and saw the pri-
soners seated on a bench, and preten to be saleet4Pon
searching the stern-sheets of another lighter in the c eof
Gyngell, the officers found two bladders conttining ree
gallons of rum, 'imaar in quality to that In several casks en
board the Major, and a deficiency to that amount was ascer-
tained. Gyngell's craft was empty, and he was is the act of
hauling her out of the dock when the bladders were found
under the stern sheets. Both prisoners were committed for
trial.