The Express.
London, England, 1846-10-09 00:00:00

POLICE.

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GUILDHALL.—A Horuret Yorra.—A young lad,
about 14 years of age, named Writ. James, alias Jatubs, was
placed at the bar, charged with being drunk, under the fol-
lowing circumstances.—Police conrable William Taplin, lid,
stated that on the previous day the prisoner was observed to
have been going backwards and forwards by the omnibus
from the City to Paddington, and he was looked after.
About half-past 11 o'clock at night witness proceeded to a
coffee-house in Throgmorton-street, where he found the pri-
soner In a state of intoxication, and treating several cabmen
and other parties. He was enjoying a cigar at the time. On
being taken to the station-house, he told all kinds of' stories
relative to where he lived, as to who were his parents, &c.—
Alderman Gibbs asked him how he became possessed of the
money.---Priaoner replied that he had saved it while
in service. He was last in the employ of a paper-
stainer named Norwood, residing in the neighbour-
hood of Holton. He had bad no work for some
time, but had been doing jobs about the streets.
Police-Constable : He told me he had come that day from
Bristol, and had never been before in London.—Alderman
Gibbs asked him what he had to say to the policeman's
statement,—He replied that, when he made the statement,
he was confused at the time. His parents lived in the
neighbourhood of Islington, and his father was employed in
Lawrence-lane.—A Mr. Thomas Carter, of the firm of
Carter and Co., Aldermanbury, stuff merchants, here came
forward, and stated that the prisoner was engaged for the
last three days as an errand boy, at their warehouse. Yes-
terday afternoon, about half-put two o'clock, he was sent
for change of a sovereign, since which time they had not
seen him.—Alderman Gibbs asked the policeman how much
money was found on the prisoner.—The policeman said he
mast have spent it nearly ell, as there was only
2s. fid. found on his person.—Alderman Gibbs, as the
prisoner said his father worked in the neighbourhood,
sent for him.—The police constable said he had seen the
father, who would he here on the following day. He said
that the prisoner had been the ruin of him, and had only
been out of the Compeer about a fortnight —Alderman
Gibbs remanded him until to-morrow; hut the father com-
ing shortly after, it was decided to commit him for two
months, in the hope he would be taken into the House of
Occupation.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE THROLOII DIRAPPOINTED Love.—
A young girl named Ifrebsier was placed at the bar, charged
with attempting to commit suicide. It appeared from the
statement of the constable that about a quarter to eleven
o'clock last night the prisoner was rescued from precipitating
herself into the water off Blackfriar's-bridge, after getting
over the parapet, by two gentlemen who gave her into bis
custody. They, however, were not here, but the father was
present. The father, a respectable individual, who
seemed deeply affected at the rash act his daughter
had contemplated, here stepped forward, and said
that she was induced to do so, having been disappointed by
her lover. He would be very willing to take her home, if
the worthy alderman would allow him. Alderman Gibbs,
aaer giving the prisoner a lecture as to the heinousness of
her crime, discharged her, when her father conveyed her
home.

BOW-STREET.—WIIOLENALE RECEIVER or STOLEN
GOODS.—Two lads, named John Baer and Thomas Smith,
were charged with stealing, and Bridget Warner was
charged with receiving a brown earthenware pan. Ellen
Pearson said she resided in Drury-lane, opnoaite the
shop of Mrs. Stinson, an earthenware, glass, and china ware-
house; and yesterday afternoon about 4 o'clock, she was look-
ing out of her window and saw the prisoner Smith take
up a pan, and Baker put it on his head and walked away.
She gave an alarm, but they made their escape. In a quar-
ter of an hourafterwards saw them loitering about, and they
were given into custody. Police constable F, 40, took the
prisoners into custody, and went to the address, 12, Shorts-
gardens, given by the prisoner Baker, where he saw the
female prisoner Warner, who denied any knowledge of the
prisoner Baker, but he saw the pan, and asked her where
she got it. She replied, she bad it a fortnight. He then
sent for the prosecutrix, who came and identified the pan.
Ho then took her to the station-house. When there he took
the key of her room away :turn her, and went back and
searched it, and found a large quantity of cot elms, and
articles of crockery-ware, some oil-cloth, and a table-cover,
also forty-four duplicates, principally relating to articles of
cut-glass, part of which property so found had been identi-
fied by the prosceutrix. Mrs. Stinson identified the pan
produced as her property, also a cruet-stand, some tumblers,
&c.—George Edwards, errand-boy to the last witness, said
that he knew it was his mistress's pan by three chalk marks
on the bottom of it. The shop price wra two shillings.—
The female said she could prove she had purchased all the
things at the shop, and paid for them. The male prisoners
said nothing in reply.—Mr. Hall committed them for trial
on the charge, and remanded them to give the police time
to make enquiries about the other things, and find an oss .iee
for the table-cover and oil-cloth.

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