The Express.
London, England, 1853-04-25 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 25, 1853.

THE POLICE COURT&

GUILDHALL.

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Thomas James Lee was charged with obtaining money
under false pretences.
The prisoner wrote to the Rev. Ralph Lindsay, of Lough-
borough, offering to communicate, "something to his ad-
vantage," on the reseipt of one guinea, and at the same
time represented that there was certain property to which
the rev. gentleman WY entitled through lais uncle, Mr.
Lindsay, of St. Tlibmas'*-street, in the borough of South-
wark, and who, the Rev. Mr. Lindsay was led to believe,
was not at present in the land of the living. The prisoner's
letters were, however, answered, and afterwards forwarded
Ito Mr. Ralph Lindsay, of Basinghall-street, the gentleman
supposed to be dead, who paid the prisoner the feo he de-
mended, and received In exchange some written information
that there was money in stock end unclaimed dividends
lying dormant, which might be recovered by the clergyman,
as nephew and neat of kin to the complainant, who there-
upon gave the prisontr Iwo custody.
Mr. Lindsay said he was not yet dead, as the prisoner had
represented, neither had he any interest in stock or un-
claimed dividends. He remembered many years back,
having MOl. in stock, but he sold out 5001. 'of it twenty
years ago, and left the other 101. to go to the Commissioners
for the Reduction of the National Debt.

Sir R. W. Carden said there was no Use pretences proved
yet, for the prisoner might have obtained the information
be gave from au old unclaimed dividend book in which the
name of Mr. Lindsay appeared for the amount he had not
sold out. From what he knew of the prisoner, he did not
believe he had any fraudulent intention, for he was mainly
instrumental in the matter of Miss Ilardwick's charity in
recovering the sum of about 4,0001. stock, and unclaimed
dividends, which had been standing in the bunk-books
from the year 1827. On that occasion he required a guinea
for his information, and on its turuing out "greatly to the
advantage" of the party to whom it was communicated,
the prisoner was rewarded with a gift of 251., and it was
remarked that, although he was following in the line of
Joseph Ady, he appeared a shrewder man, inasmuch as he
did not trouble the wrong parties. The alderman then
lectured the prisoner up ,n the impropriety of obtaining a
living by the same discreditable means adopted by the late
Joseph Ady, and recommended him to be more .ereful
for the future, or he would get himself into very unpleasant
difficulties.

11;;;;iianer was then discharged.
WESTMINSTER.

Two well-dressed men, who gave the names of James
M'Mullen and George nn, •were charged with picking
ladies' pockets ut the confirmation held by the Bishop of
London at the new church is Rochester-row, Westminster.
The two prisoners were seen by a detective officer outside
the church in close conversation just before the termination
of the service, and when the doors of the church were
opened they both went in and mixed with the crowd corn-
ing out. Each was seen to take a purse from the pockets
of ladies, and both were at once ►ecured by the detective
officer, whe was in plain clothes watching them.
The prisoners were committed.
Besides the above robberies one lady lost a gold watch,
another la.ly lust 2d1., and a third her purse upou the occa-
sion in question.

1 OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVERHAMPTON
Ratt.way.—The opening of the third section of this line of
midway, from Evesham to Wolvereot, near Oxford, which
wu fixed for the 2nn of May, has been necessarily deferred
until the 7th in consequence of a slip at the Mickleton
tunnel, that great obstacle to the opening of this portion of
the line.

SEVILLE AND CORDOV.t RAILWAY.—MM. Parent
&hake°, and Co. have undertaken, in conjunction with
MM. Brassey and Co., the execution of the railway from
Seville to Cordova. This railway is 130 kilometres (811
English miles) in length, and will hereafter form the bad
et the lies salting Devine to Madrid and Velem.