The Express.
London, England, 1865-03-16 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

(THIS DAY.)

BOW-STREET.
THE BOBBEZIES AT THE N 01701.4 0071114
Frederic Thorrieyeroft wee brought up on remand on the
charge of stealing a watch and chain, two W. notes, and
41. 10a. in gold from the bedroom of Mr. Proms, a gentle.
man staying at the Norfolk Hotel, Surrey-street, Strand.
Mr. Proves, who is a surgeon in the Royal Navy, was now
in atteudeithe, having come to town from Dumfries =prowl,.
to give evideece. Hs stated that he had just been paid off
from his ship, cadwent on the 24th February to the Nor-
folk Hotel, where be engaged a bed. He slept there that
night, an the next morniog mimed his property. He could
not say whether he looked his door or not. In the bast of
his belief he did not.
The prisoner exhibited great anxiety to have this 'cho
aion taken down accurately, though he himself observed
that it was immaterial.
Mr. Proves—Quite immateriaL The marks of his tweezers
were on the key.
The prisoner—That may have been don* by the sergeant@
in trying whether the key would opal the door.
Mrs. Bunyard, the Ismdledy of the Norfolk Hotel, stated
that the prisoner occupied the room No. 10. Mr. Prowas '
room was No. 13. Another gentleman, in No. 11, bin
the pert room to the privateer's, warels: robbed.
Servant Aekrill said the two notes had been stopped at
the back. He had made Inquiries at the *Adresse@ eodorsed
on them, which ware fictitious. He bad tried the locks at
the Berner Hotel, and found that the tweezers would
open them all.
The prisoner was remanded for the attendance of the
gentleman who had slept in No. U.
CLERKENWELL.
PICKING POCKEITS AT • owirinmATlON.
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Alf red Stephens, who declined to give his address or
occupation, and a man, who refused eves his name, were
charged with attempting to pick pooleda at the eoefirma-
tion by the Bishop of Landau, at the parish church of
St. Pumas, Euston-read.
Polioeurgeant Chown, 5 E, said be was on duty on the
steps of the dumb, in plain cloths", when he saw the
prisoner Stephens come up, and using that be wu along
with two or three convicted ves he ordered them off.
They went away for • a thieves
hort time and then he saw
the man who refused his name join Stephens, and almost
immediately afterwards be saw them both try the pockets
of two or three lading. He called the attention of other
constables to what was going on, and the prisoners having
been seen to try the pockets of other ladies, they were taken
into custody. On this being done, they said they wen
strangers to each other, became very indignant wheel they
were told the charge, and said the °Moen would suffer
dearly fog what they had done, for it w•• • shame that
gentlemen could not go to church without being suspected
of being thieves and pickpockets.
The prisoners denied the charge in toto, and said that the
officer mast be dreaming to think he saw them attempt to
pick pockets.
The magistrate asked Stephens why he refused his ad-
dress, and why the other man refused both his name and
address.
Both the prisoners replied that they wars respectable
persons sod should not for the world like their friends to
know that they were in this " trouble."
The magistrate inquired of the police if anything was
known of the prisoners
The police said that Stephens had suffered penal servi-
tude foe felony, and that the other prisoner had been in
custody for feloay. Even as late as last Saturday they
had been sees in the company of mod notorious thieves.
The magistrates eentenced the prisosen, as rogue and
vagabonds, to three months' hard labour in the Howe of
Correcting.
One of the prisoners on being removed, said. 'All right,
my pippin, I can sleep that lot away."
MARYLEI3OSI2L
lITPORTANT CASE ENDER THE ETTILADTTION 'TREATY.
Paul Baudin and Alexander Perdeir, the former a clerk,
and thelatter an agent, were brought up for rainanthsatiou,
charged with having in their posseesioa ever 5,000 fr. and
other property. supposed to he stolen.
From the evidence formerly adduced it appeared that
Sergeant Drituovitelt, of Scotland-yard, west. from infor-
mation he received, to the Enatowervare station of the
London and North Western Railway, when he appre-
hended the prisoners, who were about etartiort for Liver-
pooL They were locked up, and at the station-hose there
was (Quid npoo them two gold Americas piths of 20
dole. each, 15) gold pions far 5 dela. meek 38
twautta-half gold dollar pieces, ire moll geld
22 twenty-haw oboes, One 10 bane lithe, tellini
pith" • limonite, two half.sanwidgme,
inane, a true, tire halMisem. • gal smith
and elude, • three out* sod toe bdoeuil ethelthes.
Sandie maid egm Ids woe kook With he
changed at Haanfor the Auterkth ears% f bed geld
their through fares to New York. Nob'
be had brokea open his seeetete.deek at Horn, red ebbe
the bank bale. lie ore was adlooreel NO tie allese te
bring the decisions glom epee previous thertther-oere
before Vies-Cheacallor Stuart, sad the efts • Mies
girth at ltarlbareeikotheth.