The Express.
London, England, 1853-12-26 00:00:00

FRENCH POLICE CASES.

(Frogs Galtownsi's .Vruayn•.)

A foreigner, who put up at an hotel near the Tuileries,
presented himself at the banking-house of ?attars. Roths-
child at the opening of business, and gave notice that
some person bad entered his room during the night and
taken away his watch, his purse, and pocketbook, this last
containing a letter of credit for 2,000 francs, given by the
house of MM. de Rothschild at Vienna on the house in
Paris. This he requested to have stopped, if presented.
Half an hour after, a fashionably dressed young men made
his appearance, and presented the order for payment.
Ile was told that the money would be paid as soon as
the order was returned from the office of one of the
heads of the house. In the meantime a police officer
was sent for, and just as the young man had signed
his name to a receipt, he was d. Being taken
before the Commissary of Police he declared his name to be
o—, and, as a proof of that being the fact, be showed
several papers and documents in which that name appeared.
Wlpn searched there were found on him a gold watch and
chain, a ports-monnaie, containing a certain sum in gold, a
blue silk purse, empty, and a pocket-book containing visit-
ing-cards, with the name on them of Count de W.—,
Rue de Porithien, which article he declared he had found
in the street the same morning. Just as the search had
concluded the foreign gentleman from whom the letter of
credit had been stolen appeared, and at once recognised the
blue silk purse and the gold watch as his property. In
consequence of this declaration the Commissary of Police
ordered a visit to be made with the prisoner to the ad-
dress in the Rue de Pouthieu, mentioned on the cards found
in his possession, and there he was identified as always
passing by the name of Count de W—. A great quantity
of valuable property of various kinds was found in the
apartment, and not leas than 17 paletots of various kinds.
Further investigation proved that the prisoner was really
t►e Count de W—, a Pole by birth, and of a high family,
but living in Paris principally by stealing property from
the rooms of wealthy persons in hotels. Two days after, •
person who had been on intimate terms with the prisoner,
without knowing his real character, on hearing of his
gave notice that two large trunks had been ►eft in his
charge -toy the prisoner. These were also found to be full
of things of a most mireellancous character, and which are
suspected to have been stolen. The prisoner has been fully
committed fur trial, under the double charms of forgery and
theft.

As the driver of a railway cab was nn the lit October
going from the station of the Lyons Railway to Meurice's
Hotel, with an English gentleman named Cox, he heard
nom, one remove his fare's portmanteau from the roof of
his vehicle. Looking round, he saw a man running away
with the trunk; he went in pursuit and captured him.
The prisoner was taken before a commissary of police. lie
said that he belonged to a moat respectable family, and that
he would sooner die than make known his name. He,
however, on being pressed, said that he was named Her-
mind. All at ones he seised a large knife which hap-
pened to be lying on the table, and stabbed himself
several times near the heart. He was conveyed to the
hospital. His address having been ascertained, his room was
searched, and • portmanteau, belonging to a Spaniard
named Hermann., was found in it. This portmanteau, he
Admitted, he had stolen from • cab as it was going to the
Lyons Railway; and he said that he had stolen the second
portmanteau because the first contained no money. Both
robbed** were committed on the same evening. His real
name was ascertained to be Boulanger; and it turned out
that he really belongs to • respectable family, but that he
had ruined himself by extravagance and debauchery; also
that lie had been condemned to six months' imprisonment
for robbery, and to one month of the same punishment for
cutting and wounding. Having recovered from his wounds,
he was on flatur lay tried by the Tribunal of Correctional
Police for the robberies of the two portmanteaus, and was
sentenced to 15 months' imprisonment.

A man named Buissonnesu was yesterday tried by the
Tribunal of Correctional Police, for a very ingenious,
though scatee:y credible species of ro►bery. He one day
went to a putrycuok, and said, " I shall require to morrow
400 brioches (a sort of bun) !" " They shill he got ready,
sir," replied the pastrycook, after having asked for his
name and address. He then went to • watchmaker opposite,
and selected • watch of 200 f. As the tradesman was pack-
ing it up, he said, " I am • wholesale butter dealer; the
pastrycook opposite owes me 4001 r.—he will pay you—
Goose with me!" The watchmaker followed the man to
the putrycook's. " I have cnine to tell you," said the
prisoner, that I shall only want 200—and that you must
Rive the other 200 to this person, your neighbour." On t►is,
the watchmaker unspectiogly allowed him to walk off
with the watch, but, to his profound astonishment, there
arrived the newt day, net 2001. but 200 brioches. The trick
was then discovered. Nothing was seen of the man until •
few days ago, when he was recognised by the pastrycook's
big, dressed in • grotesque style, and selling pencils in the
midst of • crowd. The Tribunal condemned him to • year's
imprisonment.

11 The Tribunal of Correctional Police yesterday tried a
workman, named Leonard, for beating his wile. The
r offence was clearly proved, and the man admitted it;
"hit'," said he, " it in all owing to my wife's stupidity in
arithmetic." " What do ycu man ?" asked the president.
. Why this—l earn 2 fr. 10 sous a-day, and my wife 1 fr.
a-day. She pretends that as we are married she ought to
have the half of the whole 3 fr. 10 sous-36 sous for her,
35 sous for me. But I have said to her a hundred times
that a man's shirt mats 4 fr., whilst a woman's chemke only
costs 40 sr 60 toes ; that a pair of man's shoes costs 6 fr.
sad a pair of woman's only 3 fr. 10 sous; that a m,in has
a larger stomach than a woman, and requires more Willa
land mere food." " Oh, as to the food," said the wo-
I mss, •• 1 n • id that he might not eat more than I do,
hat I maintain that all the rat ought to be equally
divided !" " You hear her, gentlemen," cried the accused,
"she sticks up fur the half! For the life of me I can't
i teach her to calculate !" " And for that you beat her ?"
". lth, does she not merit it ?" Some witnesses deposed to
the man's brutality to the woman ; and one of them said,
that one lay in his presence, the accused, before beating
I her, 4 into an elaborate calculation to prove that she
was wrong " Aial so she is!" cried the man, " for if she
had half of our daily earnings, which would be 35 sous, how
could I pay fur a shirt which costs 4fr., whilst a woman's
chemise costa only-" But the tribunal cut short the
man's calculations by condemning him to three months' im-
prieonsment
The Tribunal of Correctional Police yesterday tried $
man of respectable appearance, named Hennas's, and a
female, sassed Desaareey, for swindling. In 1842, the
man, slat two ecraikiaasiiono for swindling, weal to