The Express.
London, England, 1862-01-17 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

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MANSION-HORS&
A gentlemanly look* man, apparently about 35 years of
age, whops name waa Mae*" Amos "air, was brewed up
en remand before Sir Robed Ouslia, wise in foe the Lied
Mayor, charged with embezzling various sums of messy be.
lamina[ to hu employers, Mem& Pewtress and Co., of 30,
arch-street whabs tatioaers.
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Yr. Edward Pearlman stated that the prisoner was em-
ployed by him as clerk and town traveller, end was autho-
rimed to receive sums of money, and it was his duty to ac-
count for what he had rewired at the eed of sea day.
Xmas. Heywood and Co., cf 62, Watling-street, were cus-
teams of the firm, and Ise produced two receipts, which
IMO in the handwriting of the prisoner, one for 81. 15s. 6d.,
dated 12th October, and the other for 81. 18s., dated 14th
December, 1861, neither of which sums were ennead in the
cash-book.

The prisoner was remanded upon that evidence.
Yesterday Mr. Higgiobottom, of the firm of Heywood
and Co., paperstaintra, Watlingatreet, stated that the
amounts of the two receipts produced were paid to the
prisoner.
Mr. J. Burgess, paperstainer, Commercial-road, produced
a receipt, dated 31st October, for 18!. to. 6d., which
amount be said was paid to the prisoner.
Mr. Pawnees said it was the duty of the prisoner to have
accounted for those sums as soon an he received them, but
be had never done so.

appears,the irierier,W has behaved altogether is anted
heartless meatier towards the prosecutor. Mr. Pea/trees
bad eosin slight kuowledge of the prisoner% family ; and
some time since ho learnt from the prisoner'. wife that be
wee confined in Newgate for some offence. Through Mr.
Pewtrees's intercession the prisoner got released, and was
at ones taken into him employment. Not long disc, how-
-1 ever, it was discovered that the prisoner had been @mhos-
, sling several MUM of money, and when accused of it he be.
same very penitent, and promised fairly for the future. Mr.
Pewtreas, out of feeling for the prisoner's wife, did nos
prosecute him on that ommion, and be was kept is
their serene. Last Tuesday he discovered that the proctor
had been again acting dishonestly. He did not want to
proesonte, but finding the amount to be very considerable,
although he only charged him with the three mums above
mentioned, he felt it his duty to make an example.
Sir Robert Carden, on committing the prisoner for trial,
smenmented upon the ungrateful manner in which he had
behaved towards hie benefactor.

The priaoor ;;;;;;;ZRteifor
Nine pounds in gold and a cheque for 26/. from one of
the prosecutor's customers, which was found on the pri-
soner, were ordered to be given up to Mr. Pewter,
John Linton, who was brought Were the Lord Mayor
m Wednesday. charged with Maria( • tur mood Ur
money, with intent to denied Mr. Bidwell, e
iegomoath,
in Devoashire, was spin Magid op.
The prosecutor, it appears, redden at Tsigunsoutb, sat
has ame who at sea, and oa the 7th inst. received a
letter purporting to be written by his son, and egad
Nicholas Bidwell, stating that be had bees wrecked off the
mast of Africa, and had the day preview been brought
horse to London in a steamer. He had lost all his clothes,
and had no money to buy um osim and bad been told
that he would not be able to got his money for •
math. Would he deer father mad him U. per re-
tern of post, in order that be Wed get some clothes
to see his deer brother and sister, and he would repay it as
soon as he received his pay ? Mr. Bidwell havieg received a
letter from his eon only a few days before this, stating that
he was io Calcutta, knew this second letter to be a forgery.
He accordingly communicated with the pollee, and was ad-
vised to 'sod a Poet•offlos order, which he did, to the pole.
otitis fa the Minories ; but, owing to the initials of the
Christian names having been reversed by mistake, the
order did not agree with the advice ; and Mr. Fox, who
keeps the mosey-order office, and who identified the pri-
mer an the party who presented the order, would not pay
it on that account, and advised the plisoner to write to the
party he had it from, and request him to get the initials
altered, which he did, and Mr. Bidwell received the letter.
Walter Bashford, superintendent of the Devon constabu-
lary, came up to London and waited at the Bailors" Home
until the prisoner went to call for a letter which was there,
addressed to John Linton. Bailors' Hem. He took hiss
into custody, and found the letter, which V2B be. the pri-
soner's father, who se also a rusibait of
him. The letter stated that his WM &alsies:l.°M-
well, and he had informed him that soma use at the
Bailors' Home had been writing to him in his sea's same
for some money. His son was then in Oaketten, ad the
letter was a forgery. He hoped the primmer was not in
ear way mixed up in the matter. It also dais( that Mr. Bid-
well had sent a Poet-offloe order, _sati imam woo for the
money would be detected. The Posib-ollos wise was like-
wise towed upon the prisoner, and Mr. Pea idesollad it as
the same that was presented to him by the !Meer.
The prisoner, who acknowledged that he wrote the two
letters, was committed for trial.