The Express.
London, England, 1865-06-01 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

GUILDHALL.
Samuel folios, aged 26, diemited at a stone polisher, ,
sad Henry Holton. aged 22, • smith. wet • brought up
remand baton Mr. !Warman N.A.;. the elder prisoner ,
charged with steeling a mat. sod the youtiger with stealing
six Wrts. 1
It will be recollected that the prisoners, who are brothers,
sad so much alike as scarcely to he 'Loewe one from the other
whoa apart, started cm the moraine of the 27th alt. os
differeet oxpeditioes. The elder nos west to Glltervaretreet,
• Weise where butchers carts are placed until they are loaded
with meat from Newratmmarket. The butchers, on leaving
their oar* place them is charge of a cart milder, sad
y have any perfluous clothing is their vehicles.
Crpalrimeter ra
Beams' Holum watched his. opportunity and
purloined a coat, which act the cart minder wituesse4 and
' Le was apprehteded with the coat to his possession.
Is the ease of the younger brother, Henry Holton,
he bad also started on he expedition, but in a differest
direction. Hs proceeded to the Rumex Hotel, is Bouverte-
street, Fiset•strest, kept by Mr. Wm. Jones. It appeared
that, taking advantage of the number of resideett in that
hotel, the prisoner calculated on going is and out with Ira-
Attoordiogly. he enticed and went taco • bedroom
on the Ant 800 r, where there were four beds, three of
which he stripper' of the sheets, and having pissed two in
is his coal pocket* he wound the other rimed his body.
This, se it turned out, was fortunate for him, for on his
attempting to leave the preethes, Mr. Jones, who was at
bow*, questioned him, and perceiving that be appeared
very bulky, he took him down to his private room
and marched his pockets, the result being that he (dined
the two sheets. It also appeared that Mr. Jonas had bees
a great victim to this chat of robberies, sad bed missed
sheets from the prisoner's bedroom when he come slept them
a night. Mr. Joees, thenfere, proceeded to give him each
• castigation as he thought would prevent a repstitios of
such an attempt; but sow the sheets wooed mead hie
body proved his friend, as they formed • hied of 1/11/080/
against which Xi. Resit blows were as settling, sad
finding that be could make so impressice on him, he pv•
him into custody.
Titelprisosereomplabted bitterlycl the beating that be bed
received from Mr. Jaw, but is be could show Do marks it
wet evident that his stolen armour had anitSciestly pretested
him.
A gaoler from Holloway Prime, having sees the pet.
tomes, recognised them both as old *Readers. mid Spriegteh
the gaoler of the court, spoke to the elder prisoner as baw-
ls been several times convicted at this court and the younger
once.
The prisoners were sentenced each to three, months' ism
primmest with bard labour.
CLERKENWELL

Thomas lkorett, a—gooll-tt;;;4;cootroossatplooking mac,
of military aspect, but who declined to give either his ad-
don or competing is eonsequalos " of the high character
of his Mende," was charged with stealing a purse and 16
half-sovereigns from a German hair-dresser, of the name of
Grua*. is February last.
Mr. Ricketts, solicitor, of Frederick-Meet, Orey'rien-
read, appeared to defend.
I The prolocutor stated that in February last, as he wee
walking towards the Rieg'sorces railway station, the pit-
men west up to him and asked him far • light for his cigar.
Ile gave him ooe ; then the prisoner said it was a singular
fact that he should home met a German gentleman, for he
had just lost as uncle by death who wee immensely
Meth, and as most of the property was in Germany
be should have to go over there, and he should
like to know a little about Vaterismd, as he bad heard
it celled by his "dear uncle," who was, he was boned to
say, the bat fallow in the world. The primmer then asked
him Into a public-house, and treated him to some beer, and
them asked him into the parlour to have a that. H. did
se, sued whilst he and the prineer were those two men Gun
la and sat down by the side at the prisoner. They
began playing at ands, and they betted with the
that he could sot find the king out of three ends. glet.pd-r
near betted several times and woe, and then be asked Ma
(oilmen) if he had not got any lawny, Baglbh or
it did sot matter winds, and beteg told that he bad,
him to bet jut ems "little state. " R. took out hie puns,
sad having takes from it one half orogen& returned it, hut
did mot glutei put it in his pocket. He on surprised a few
niconets afterwards to find his pone me the seat, mad the
sixties balfooverairee gone. The primmer, who bed bees
minims by by aide, thee hastily got up and na away, and
be had not seen him sine, natal last week be met him sad
Shea gave him into malady.
Mr. lindens said that this was the first time the pri-
soner bed ever been is tremble, and as the complaint was
neeeneborated no jury would ever convict. its was
up to this time a man of untarnished ohmmeter, and though
be had bees "circulated in the pain routs," sad area by
the police el every division, he was sot know, to them, nor
was anything known about him.
The polka, in answer to the court, said that the primmer
was not known.
The Magistrate said he would give the primmer lb, op-
portunity of *idle( here, or be meld go to the 1•11600/4
Prisoner—l will have the MN settled at one. lam
guilty, but it is my first awe, sad that God knows.
The Magistrate said he couidered this a very bad ease,
and sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned and kept to
hard labour in the Roma of Oorreotioa for mix milsoder
mouths.