The Express.
London, England, 1862-02-20 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 20, 1862.

THE POLICE COURTS.

YA*I81ON•HOIIBH.

Eduardo Le Roy was brought up before the Lord Mayor,
upon a charge of uttering a forged hill fur 1,200 frame, pur-
porting to be accepted by M. Csillet, banker, of Brawl',
with intent to defraud Messrs. llaserwille end Co., 27,
Leadeuliallatreet, general merchants.
Mr. Wontuer attended fur the prosecution, and Mr. Lewis
jun., for the prisoner.
The facts hare already been given, audit will be resew-
bend that the prisoner represented to 31. Daseleillis that
be hail a letter coutatuieg a hill of exchange at bin lodging.,
which was detained as he owed rw. for rent. X. Dasarville
lent the prisoner 5/. and be afterwards took him the bill in
question for I,'-'OU frenai, end IL. Daserville then let the
prisoner have some looking-glasses to the value of 581.
The prisoner was remanded, to prove that the acceptasos to
the bill, which purported to be signed by M. Caillet, beaker,
of Brussels, was a forgery.
Yesterday, N. Franims Keller, Masan. Caplet's Loudon
agent, stated that the bill for 1,200 francs, Mg to be
signed by M. Ceillet, the banker, of was nut in hie
handwriting.
Ulm° being cross.examitied by Mr. Lewis for the ps{l.
sneer, he raid it did lint at all resemble the signature of M.
Caillet. His name was Louis Ceillet, and be always signed
" Jenne." Ile knew his brother. Juetin
He knew Justin had been obliged to leave the country and
go to Americo, but lio wu not aware that it was because he
had accepted a number of bills. The signature to the bill
was "J. Caillet," but be could not nay whether It was
Justin Caillet's signature. He knew Justin was in Brus-
sels, but he did not know what he was doing there. Justin
Caillet was never connected with the bank that be knew of.

Mr. Woutner mid he thought the ioitiel letter wee as
much like Tasa J.

The Lord Mayor said be was of opinion that it was aJ,
u it was not made R 9 a Frenchman would make a T.
In answer to Mr. IVontner, the witness said be bad seen
Justin Ceillct write, mud he thought that it was not his
signature.
M. Dazerville aril that when the prisoner gave him the
bill he said it war accepted by M. Carnet, the banker, of
Brussels. He likewise produced a bill for 1.900 f., pur-
porting to be accepted by M. Bouteren, of Brussels, aid be
hut since ascertained that that also 199.11 a forgery. He
said that when the. prisoner bad the glasees, he said
be wanted them for the Marchioness of Obiedo ; but ha bad
sold them to some one in London. _ _

Mr. Lewis, 20, Nassau-street., furniture dealer, said, cm
the 3rd of the present month he went to the prisoner's
ludgitip in iipring-street, and bought eight looking-glesses,
fur which he paid him :VV. 110 took them away to Mr.
thenhani's auctiou• loom, where they were sold for 311.
On being crosserainnued, the witness said he considered
541. a most exorbitant charge for the eight glasses. The
utmost they were worth was 35/.
Paiire-coestable Thomas Potter, 575, stated that he took
the grimmer into rodixly at his lodgings. end found a quantity
of hiss and a passport, all iu the name of Eduardo De
He m.
Mr Wontoer said be eneridered the evidence sufficient
for the prisoner's committal ; but if his lordship thought it
nesessary, be would ask fur a remand, to prove the other
UM against the prisoner.
The Lord Mayor said be was quite satisfied in his own
mind, but it was as well to act with great awe in such a
. . .

Mr. Lewis said he would be very glad if the prisoner
were remanded. that M. LUillet might be brought forward
to prove whether the scoeptance was or was Out in his
brother Justin's writing. lie said there wee no evidence
that the prisoner had forged the document, and his state-
ment was that Justin, Caillet owed him some money, and
gave him that bill in payment. He was, therefore, an
innocent agent in the nutter.
The prisoner was then remanded.
A geutlenian from Messrs. Collard and Co., pianoforte
menufacturers, said the, had a charge of a similar cb,uneter
against the prisoner, in which he had uttered • bill purport-
lag to be signed by Meows. Collard, but the bill happeeed
to hise been uttered in Paris, and therefore the Lord
Mayor hadlo jurisdiction in the matter.
Mr. Goodman advised Mean& Collard to obtain a warrant
in Bari, and apprehend the prisoner after the present aim
bad been disposed of.

A an in the uniform artillery, wearing
acids for medals upon his breast, about 40 years of ago,
and giviog the two names of Charted Williams and Bonwei
Hawbrook, was charged before Yr. Paynter with the fol.
lowlog exceedingly heartless robbery :
Jane Oittings, of 4, Henry-place, Castle-law, West.
muter, wife of a private in UM Grenadier Guards, rid—
Os Tuesday week this man name to my plaos, aod term
seated himself as • =dowager from the War•office. He

had some papers in his hand, and asked the name of the
person who kept the house. My landlady told him, mid he
then asked if she had a sou in India. She said, "No ; but
I have a person bilging in my house who has,' meaning me.
He then came into my room sisl asked me my name. 1 said,
"Otttings," and he replied., " Yee, that is the name. I have
cane from the War.oMos. He asked me the name of my
gm in labs. I replied, "John." He asked me what re-
gime: he belonged to. I said, " the :rah " He looked at
the papers be held in his hand and said that that was right.
He then asked me when he left for India, and I told him
the 25th of July twelvemonth, and he said that was also
right. He then mud, " I have come to tell you some news—
to come and receive some money from the War-office. That
is why I have asked you these questions." I replied, "I
dummy you have come to tell me my poor boy is dead,"
and I began crying. He said, "I am not supposed to tell
you, but if you will promise MO not to mention it
I will." I said, " I shall be so much obliged, if you
know he is dead, to tell me;" and he then told me
that he had been dead four or live months.
Prisoner said he bad just come from India, and knew my
son well ; that he wits bad six weeks with a fever, and was
talking with him two days before be died. Prisoner then
complained of being very tired, and said he had been two
boon finding my place out. I asked him if he would take
some refreshment., and on his replying be would, I sent my
little boy out for a pint of ale and half • quarters of cheese.
To pay for this I had to pull a box from under the bed, us.
lock it, and take some money from 30s. 3d. which I had
saved up, and had there in a half-pint pot I did this
in the prisons?, presence, and pushing the box back
under the bed, left the key in it. Directly the
little boy was gene out he asked me whether
the landlady was my sister, observing that she
seemed much interested in his coming, and said, " Why
don't you go down and tell her what has happened!" I
immediately went downstairs, leaving him alone with my
little girl six yews old. and the infant. As soon as I had
gone he said to the little girl. "Go and look after your
mother." and she put the baby down and came to me. I
returned directly to the room foe fear the infant should get
into harm. My little boy came is, and prisoner bad the
breed and cheese and ale, and then shaking bands with me
he said very kindly, " Don't fret," and told me he would be
beak at 3 o'clock with a cornelian stone and a letter be lied
resolved from my eon. In ten minutes after be had gone
I found !hobo: bad been moved, sod all the money was
gone but 10• M. I suppose he had taken as much as he
could get out of the half-pint pot at once by putting his
band into it in the box, as he could not have had much
time, I was back in the room so quick. He was seen run-
ning down Castle-lane as fast as he could when he left my
place. He never came back.
Edward Fright, 314 B, said the prisoner was given into
his custody on the previous night. On the charge being
read over to him at the statiou-house of stealing 19s. tid.,
he replied that that was double the amount.
... . . ... .

Prisoner. who said he was not in the army now, did not
offer a word in reply to the charge, and was remanded until
Saturday.
LAMBYTH.
_ _ _

Patrick fide, a powerful anirruffiaely-looking fellow,
was charged before Mr. Elliott with violently assaulting
John Baxter, and biting Ids left eyebrow off.
The complainant, whose head and face were enveloped in
a shawl, and who seemed to be suffering from intense pain,
said that on the evening before he was at a public•house
in the Old Kent-road, opposite to the gasworks, where be
was employed as stoker, when the prisoner, who was
drunk, was challenging every one present to fight. H.
(witness), however, took no notice of him, but was taking
• plat of beer at the bur, when the prisoner rushed at him
in a savage manner, struck and knocked him down, and fell
on him, and while on the pound bit hie left eyebrow off.
Thomas Haxtex said he was at the public-house with his
broths, and was violently assaulted by the pr•sorer and his
father. This witness was frightfully marked about the face,
and had • deep wound on his left eyebrow.
John Montague said he was present, and while the first
witness was on the pound, and the prisoner on the top of
him, he called out, " For God's sake, Jack, get this fellow
off me or he'll eat my head off." He went to hie *mistimes,
and finding that the prisoner had his teeth firmly axed In
his eyebrow, be called out to him that if be did nut at once
let go he should break his jaw, and got him off with some
difficulty.
Police-constable 90 Pdeposed to laving taken the primmer
into custody, and bis being very violent at the time, and also
handed in a certificate. of which the following is the copy:
" Yd, High-street, Peckham, Feb.l9, 1862.
" I hereby certify that I dressed • severe wound on the
left eyebrow of John Baxter last evening. Nearly the
whole of the left eyebrow was bitten off.—WiLmare TAR.
itarrr, assistant to Dr. Linton."
In reply to the charge the prisoner said they win all fel-
low workmen together, and it was strange that they should
have allowed him to do all they bad stated.
Mr. Elliott told him his ensednet was that of • perfect
savage, and remanded the peise•ar for the apprehension of
his father, against whom be should at 000 s grant a warrant.