The Express.
London, England, 1851-09-27 00:00:00

TSB POLICE COURT&

MANSION-HOUSE,
Joseph Jones alias Jonas, was brought before the Lord
Mayor charged with having received 93 pairs of boots and
several pairs of shoes, the property of Messrs. Wilkins and
Co., of No. 4s, Aldermanbury, shoe factors.
Viard (City policeman) said: I was on duty, as police
sergeant, in Cutler-street, Houndsditch, on the 10th of Sep-
tember, and I saw a bad character, who had been convicted,
come out of the prisoner's house, No. 3, Exchange-build.
ings. My imspieions were increased when I observed the
man look at me as he passed. I went to Noon, the officer
whose beat is in Houndoditch, and, after conferring to-
gether, we went to the house of the prisoner, whom we saw
there with his wife and another woman. I told him we
suspected he had got something wrong, and he told us we
were welcome to search. I placed Noon at the door, and
told him not to let any one out. I began to search, and
observed the prisoner walk out at the door at which Noon
was standing, and I told Noon to follow and bring him back.
Noon, after an absence of 3 or 4 minutes, returned and said
he had run away. I then took the prisoner's wife up-stairs
with me and began to search, and I found in the
front room 93 pun of boots and 0 pairs of shoes on the bed
exposed. I tied them up, brought them down stairs, and
took the woman into custody. Afterwards I found other
articles in the house. Since that time I have been looking
for the prisoner, and yesterday Noon and Finnic, another
officer, and I, went to Ebenezer-square for the purpose of
searching two houses, and I caught the prisoner coming out
at the back door of one of them. At the station.house the
prisoner said he bad bought the goods at a public market,
and I found in his pocket a 61. Bank of England note, 41.
in gold, and some silver.
Noon (the policeman)—l went with Ward to the pri-
soner's house on the 10th of September, and the prisoner
told us we were welcome to search the house. At the same
time the prisoner walked out, but I did not know he was
wanted to be taken into custody. Ward had not given me
directions till after he had gone. I went after him, but lost
sight of him in the Exchange, which wu crowded with people.
I have been suspended ever since, and have been looking
after the prisoner, and yesterday I received the necessary
information. While Finais and I went into two houses to
search for the prisoner, Ward watched at the back door.
Josiph Howell, foreman to Messrs. Wilkins and Co., of
Aldermanbury—Between Monday evening, at 7 o'clock, and
Tuesday morning, at 8, the premises were entered by
thieve*, and robbed of considerable property. I left the
warehouse, locked and bolted, at 7on Monday. evening and
at 8 on Tuesday morning the porter and I unveil, and tried
to unlock the door, but we found the lock was loose, and
we were obliged to send for a smith to open it. The inside
door and the bar across it were also broken. We missed
boots and shoes to the value of at least 801. The boots and
shoes produced are soma of those which had been stolen.
They had all gone through my hands, and I can swear
to them.

--Mr. Solomon mod-examined the witness at some length
for the prisoner, and stated that he should be able to show
that his client had bought the goods in the market.
The Lard Mayor said he certainly would send the pri-
soner for trial.
Mr. Solomon—Your lordship can have bail for his ap-
pearance to any amount to take his trial.
The Lord Mayor—No, I cannot take bail for a man who
runs away when his house is about to be searched, stays
out of the way from that time, and then, when besieged by
the officers, tries to escape at a back door.
At the request of the officers, who wished for time for
the purpose of making inquiries about other property in the
possession of the prisoner, Jones was remanded for a week.
Valerie Sederkowsky, a Polish refugee, was c with
having stabbed John Hockley with a knife, on hioard a
Hull steam-vessel.
William Coleman, bombardier in the Royal Artillery,
said—l was coming from Hull on Wednesday, on board the
London steam-vessel in charge of five recruits. At half-past
10 at night I was sitting in the forecastle, and the prosecu-
tor and another recruit were 1 mg together in one berth.
I believe they were whip. The prisoner was also lying
down, and hided wee was their feet. I suppose the pro-
secutor's feet Wed Mee teethed the prisoner's bead. I
saw the primmer she wpm his elbow, rash a knife from one
of his sompaniems, and. alter a few minutes, stab the pro-
secutor la the bet. I did nut think the persecutor was
stelhed VII he pit up, mil he best wee seemed wish blood.
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lieldwest 9 o'clock, and I never spoke a word or knew that
the primer was near me till I felt that I was stabbed. The
waved is very deep. I men saw the knife till the captain
sited the *sem twit. He mode a 'intim Mae captain,
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Charles Iligagell, a mss employed in the engine room—
The vessel wu about 40 or 50 miles from Hull at the time
the transaction took place. While I was talking to aperson
in the forecastle my attention was attracted by the prisoner
rising up on his elbow and making a motion expresaing that
one of the men who were near him had kicked him over
the head. The two recruits appeared to me to be asleep.
The prisoner turned to a maa who was in a bed-place un-
derneath, and the man reached him a knife under pretence
of cutting a cigar, as that man afterwards said in broken
English. The prisoner took the knife and soon after struck
cue of the men. I believe it was a violent blow, for the
man made a great start. The prosecutor then turned out
of his bed-pi ire and said, " This man (the prisoner) has
stabbed me right through the foot." He then pulled off
his hoot, and the floor was covered with blood. I saw the
blood upon the knife, which appeared to have entered up-
wards of an inch into the flesh.
The policeman into whose custody the prisoner was given
produced a letter which the prisoner wrote in the station-
house in the German language, and directed to one of his
countrymen. It stated that toe writer had casually stabbed
in the foot a rough fellow who had treated him infamously
for more than half an hour, by kicking hint on the
head with his English shoe, which hurt him very much.
It also stated that tue writer had not stabbed him out of re-
venge, and that the court in London would of course have
more discernment iu the matter than the drunken captain
of the ship.
The Lord Mayor (to Marshall)—Was there any quarrel-
ling at all ?
Marshall—Not at all. The men appeared to be fast
asleep.
The prisoner said he was a native of Lublin, in Poland,
and that it was his intention to go off as soon as possible to
Paraguay, in South America, for which purpose lie had
come to

MAR L BOROU GM-STREET.
Mr. Owen, the secretary to the London Trade Protection
Society, 170, Regent-htrect, accompanied by a gentleman
from Messrs. G. Mcrrington and Co's., the extensive drapers
and silk mercers of New Bond-street, applied to Mr.
Bingham for his advice and assistance under the following

circumstances
Mr. Owen said he had to complain on the part of Messrs.
Merrington and Co., of tho very serious injury and annoy-
ance inflicted on them, by a party of strolling drapers, who
a few months since had sale rooms in Conduit-street, and
who arc now perambulating the various provincial towns,
professing to sell off their entire stock at a great sacrifice.
In order to effect a sale they had made use of the names of
some of the first-rate firms in London, and in one of the bills
which he handed to the magistrate, it specified that a sale
would take place at the Town Hall, Hyde, when the
entire stock of George Merrington and Co., amounting
to about 28,0001., removed from their premises in New
Bond-street, would be sold off. This might lead the public
to believe that the respectable firm above-named had failed or
broken up their establishment, and of course was calculated
to do them a serious injury. In many instances parties who
had purchased goods at those sales have called upon Messrs.
Merrington to complain of the deception that bad been prac-
tised upon them, as in all cases the goods sold are of the
most inferior description, and always sold at most exorbitant
prices. Mr. Owen handed to the magistrate a huge pile of
bills and cards, some of the latter were calculated to mis-
lead the provincials. The following is a specimen :
" Admit the bearer and friends to the sale at the Marine
View Hotel, on Saturday the Ist, Monday the 3rd, Tuesday
the 4th, and Wednesday the oth of July. (Signed)
"F. MAULE. Secretary.
"Ladies are cautioned against a feeling of jealousy exist-
ing in the minds of traders who are hourly conspiring to
suppress the sale."
The other cards bore the names of Howell, James, R.
Percy. Henry Owen, Clive, and Oliver.
Mr. Owen now wished to know whether means could not
be adopted to put a stop to the nefarious proceedings of the
gang.
Mr. Bingham said he had no jurisdiction in the matter.
They might move the Court of Chancery for an injunction
against tnem, and stop their proceedings immediately.
Mr. Owen thanked the magistrate for his opinion, and
retired.