The Express.
London, England, 1865-09-27 00:00:00

TIM POLIOE MUST&

MANSION-HOUSE.
Abel Timmer, the collector and town traveller of Mr.
Winch, flour factor, of Biehopegate.strest, who wee brought
to this oourt last week and remanded upon a charge of
obtaining by false prelate, s a large quaoti.y of flour from
the Great Northern Railway, the property of his master,
was yesterday again brought before the Lord Mayor for
f tardier examination.
It will be remembered that the Lend Imputed to the pri-
soner was of rather an extensive and ingenious character.
The fads were fully gives, and it will only be necessary
to bristly remind our readers that it was proved that the
prisoner represented to hie master that he had obtained
orders from pretended customers, and that he paid for the
first lot of flour, and this gave as order for a larger gums-
and when this cams into his possession be sold it Im-
mediately for ready mousy at a much less pries, end by
these means he obtained possession of about 1304, no such
customers as he represented being in existence, and the
whole proceeding being neither ex.ore nor less than an inge-
nious system of fraud.
Mr. Woutner, jun., who, as on the former occasion,
appeared on behalf of the prosecution, said that since the
last examination the prisoner had admitted the fraud he
bad practised ; but the prosecutor hod ascertained that lie
was in greet pecuniary difficulty, and that this had driven
him to commit the act. Be had also athertained that his
wife and family ware in great distress, and had pawned
almost every article they possessed to procure the means of
subsistrace, and, from feelings of kindness, be was desirous
to withdraw from offering any farther evidence. The
ptisoner bad previously borne a very good character, and
had been twelve years employed is one establishment prior
to routiog into his service, and this, coupled with the oon-
ditioo of hie family, was an additional reason why be did
not desire to proceed further in the prosecution.
The Lord Mayor said he really did not see how be ought
to allow the prosecutor to do what be proposed.
He had only that morning been compelled in the
course of his duty to sentence several prisoners
to imprisonment for stealing pocket handkerchiefs
and other trivial offenees, many of whom were, so
doubt, driven by poverty to commit those offences, and here
was a man in a respectable position who had the means of
obtaining a respectable livelihood, who had robbed his em-
ployer to a considerable amount by an ingenious fraud, and
he was to be let off because the person he h was a
kid-hearted mast.
Mr. Wontoer reminded his lordship of the good character
the prisoner had borne for so long a period.
The Lord Mayor said be did not give much effect to
the statements of professional gentlemen with regard to the
characters of prisoners ; they, of coarse, only acted accord-
ing to their instruotthes, but, so far al his own experience
1 went, he did not believe that any mess who deserved a good
character would suddeoly commit an offence of this descrip-
tion. It was a very bad example that a person is the posi-
tion of the prisoner, and charged with such an offence,
should be allowed to Neaps.
The prosecutor said he believed the primmer had been
driven to commit the offence by his pecun'ary difficulties,
and he therefore did not wish to press the case against him.
The position of his wife and children also acted upon him,
and led him to desire to take that step.
The Lord Mayor, to the prosecutor—Very well, if you
like to be robbed with impunity, it I. your business. I
the only say that you must not be surprised after what
has taken place if you should find some of the other per-
sons in your employ nibbles you again.
Mr. Wontoer then stated formally, is answer to a ques-
tion put by the Lord Mayor, that he had no further evi-
dence to offer in support of the charge.
His lordship then addressed the prisoner, and said that
he might consider himself remarkably fortonate in having
such • kind-hearted prosecutor on the present occasion.
lie should advise him not to be guilty of such an act a
second time, for if he were, and was brought before him, he
should have the whole length of the law.
Two persons attended to justify as bail for one of the
prisoners, Kelly and Tailor, who were charged with the ex-
tensive frauds and (Practice upon the Birmingham Blinking
Csmpany. The priathors, it will be remembered, wee*
tried at the late session of the Central Criminal Court, ad
acquitted upon the charges of forgery, but the Commas
Serjeant directed that they should be admitted to bed en
securities of 2104 each to take their trial at the next sap

sloe.
Mr. G. Lewis opposed the bail, and • solicitor named
Wyatt appeared in support of the application.
The peruse who proposed to become bail were sworn,
and they gave rather an eltraordinary amount of their
positions. One of them, who deserthed himself es a refo-
rmer, represented that be wee worth 1,5001. after all his
w debts ere paid, and that he bad 5001. is gold at that mo-
ment in hie purse. The other described himself sea rag
and metal dealer, and said that he had a large stock of
metal upoa his premises; but Webb, the detective, stated
that the Oath was nothing better than a rag shop, and all
he sew in it was • few bap of rags.
The Lord Mayor said the defendants were charged with a
very serious offence, and ii was vety eseential that DODO but
responsible ptrties should be accepted as bad. Be was mt
satisfied with the parties who were now before him, aad
should therefore refuse to receive thew bail.

19

-

THE MORD= AT BROMLZT.—Lent evening Mr.
Richard', deputy coroner, resumed and concluded at the
City Arms Tavern, Devou's-road. Bromley, the investiga-
tion into the circumstances of the alleged murder of Thomas
Underline, aged 38 years. The deosased was a labourer
employed on the northern high level "ewer works, Bromley.
He had a wife sad four children in the country, and he
was a very quiet well-conducted man. On the night of the
4th September •mw named George Pratt, a navvy, was
Whig hissed and kicked by seven or 'Mkt other navvies in
Devon's-road, outside a banhop. The deceased came up
sad assisted Pratt to rise from the ground, and helped him
along on his way home. Two of the mat powerful navvies
followed them, and one of them struck so tremendous. •
blow on the deceased's forehead as to fracture the base of
hie skull. The blow wall swarently struck with the fist
only, but the effect was fatal; the deceased fell, as • wit-
ness said, "without bending a joint," as if shot. The
blood flowed profusely from hie legs and head. The navvies
ran away, but came back in • few minute', and finding bin,
still senlelese on the ground they examined him. One took
up his bead stud maid, Oh, the head is not broker' ; all the
blood is from his ,hair." The unfortunate man, however,
died in far days, and then • gang of navvies suddenly
left work at "Ns. 14 pit." The police have ever Macs
' been in vain trying to apprehend the parties implicated.
Their names, George Palmer and "Bob," are koowo, but
whenever the police were on their track the other euvies
always got them out of the way. lir. James Holies, a
builder, said that on the evening of the 4th lost be sew six
or seven navvies attack Pratt, and the deceased, who was
leading him away. Both men ran to get away. Pratt cried
out, " For God's sake, don't kill me," sod rushed in one
direction. Two of the most powerful of the navvies ran
after the deceased, the others following Piste One of the
men, • dark man, caught deceased and tarried him road.
He then struck him a terrific blow on the forehead, knock-
tog him to the ground. The other man told the dark man
to strike the deosued,sayieg "Bit the —. Give it to him."
They then ran away, leaviog the deceased covered with
blood. The Coroner having summed up, the jury returosd a
media of "Wilful murder against some person or persons
unknown,"and they requested the Coroner to communicate
with the Secretary of State, and recommend that a re-
ward should be offered for the apprehension of the guilty
parties, stating that such a number of men of this class
were employed is the neighbourhood oo the northern high
level sewer that life would become amen if some steps
wore not taken to make an example. The Coroner said
that he should conirounioabo with the Home-office, as
requested by the jury.
THZ EXODUS PROM GILZENWICH ROBPITA.L.
Yesterday nearly 200 out of the 900 persioners of Green-
wich Hospital, who have accepted the Admiralty offer of
crania allowances—io sionformity with the act gamed in
the last 'ethon of parliament—Lift that establishment for
various parts of the country they have selected for their
future home, and by the sod of the present week it is cal-
culated that the whole 900 will have left, end that Grath-
wich Hospital, which only • few years ago had upwards of
2,000 tamest*, will not contain more then 450, mid these
principally cripples or otherwise infirm, and to whom only
will the hospital in future be open. Those pensioners who
have taken their discharge are to receive the same amount
of out-pension as that which they gave up when they ca-
tered the establishment, in addition to which they are to
be paid • "Greenwich Hospital pension." providing they
some within the following roles :--If the pensioner is 55
years of age, and has bees a pensioner (whether in the hos-
pital or out) for a period of five years, he will be paid sd. a
day ;or if be is 70 years of age, and has been • pensioner
(whether in the hospital or out) for a period of um years,
he will be paid 9d. • day. In further addition to his pea-
-1
sion, he will be paid one-half the mousy allowance
he was receiving from the hospital on the 6th
April last, whether it be the weekly mosey paid to him of
either three, four, or five shillings, according to bra classifi-
cation, or the two shilling; allowance to married men, or his
weekly wages for acting io any capacity, which are paid out
of the hospital fonds. In making the foregoieg allowances
ithe Lords of the Admiralty have desired, as far as their
powers enabled them, to make up en allowance of 361. 10s.
a year, which is equal to 14s. a week ; but the (ongoing
peoeioea sod mosey allowance will not is the ease of every
pensioner make up that sum, and in such cases the Lords of
the Admiralty have allowed the deficient amount to be
made up if possible out of the other ballot the money allow-
' mice. The proper WO for the conveyance home of the pen-
, sioner has also been allowed. They are also entitled to take
their cheat of clothes with them, and to be re-admitted at
any time hereafter onbecoming infirm and lielplem.
A WINDFALL—John Venting, a mason's la-
bourer, of Wellington, in the employ of MOWS. Fox and
CO., of Teesdale, has anddeely and moat unexpectedly opine
i into pomession of 18,0001. The new' reached the lucky
man last week while be wee at work et Coleharbeer Fectery,
[Advertiesment.tHol.howeY'S Pmts.—Broken I:Moulins, when, under the direction of one of his masters.
NeeltlL—H te temente to lash areas' and see no many :Mier- he pitched the hod he was tarrying out of his band, and
lug under ibis's' throaSh tuovasce, corethessee, or [Ape dell- proceeded by first train to London, to take posseentoe
of
esnY. Nothing can be more remonahle. nothing more siel his newly acquired vedth:—Tiotrfon Gazette.
under such circumstances, than to give stair trial to this Peace
of puritylog medicines and oftt tomach tooks. The bloods Du Barry's delicious health restoring Revalents
the can only be 11111DialDed by the possmeon of a fair appe- Ambles Food curse, without usedkiss or hasocivedspos.
the and good digestion, and the parity et that h the direct payola (indigestion) Out Asthma. oowssialthist, Dtheffe,
merman, of corporeal and mental rigour. Holloway's MIS effect Mstation„Oomatip;tioa. gnome, Bilious, layer, owl ateuesch
both these end.. and without subjecting the pailsot to any hard- temeggsbete. and sams site times its oast he other remedies.
shim or harassing mow., 41,..11,,, pipe ere KM curse sannally.-0u Ham sad Os., Na. 17, Ihmentotrost.
amhworly airvicsage during the summer name., sad in hot lowdoM he Owe, fe. : ages4ll,siprogers..-
climates and =brim dthricts whirs lever shosads. Eadvarlissmilal,