The Express.
London, England, 1862-09-06 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

Samuel George ',Won, aKail;fica potter-carrier, was
brought up. on remand charged with stealing two 5/. notes
from a registered letter in his delivery.
It appeared that on the 19th August, a clerk in the office
of Messrs. Lawson and Co., Hope Fouodry, Leeds, regis-
tered a letter enclosing a remittance of 10/. in two Bank
notes of IL, sod addressed to Mr. Cotton, agent to the firm,
Newington-crescent, Walwortb. That, and another rems-
tared letter, addressed to a Mr. Jones, were sorted to the pri-
soner at the Walworth office, at 8 a.m. on the 20th, and
he should have delivered them during his 8 o'clock delivery.
He did not tiJuver Mr. Jones's till the 10 o'clock delivery,
nor Mr. Cr .ton's till half past 4 in the afternoon. lie
asked the servant for the usual receipt, and while she was
giving it to him Mr. Cotton discovered that the letter did
not contain the two 5/. notes which, according to its tenor,
ought to have been in it. He mentioned that circumstance

to the prisoner' who replied that he did not know what was
in the letter. Mr. Cotton gave information to the Post-
office, in consequence of which an investigation took piece,
sod several questions were put to the prisoner by Mr.
Gardner, one of the senior clerks. He first stated that
he had received the two registered letters after he bad tied
up his bundle, and that he put them in his hat, and " must
have" forgotten them until three o'clock. He was re-
minded that be bad delivered the letter to Mr. Jones
with the 10 o'clock delivery. He replied that he
found that letter io bin hat when he was going round with
his " tens " (10 o'clock letters), and that he then delivered
it. On returning to the Post-office he perceived that he
bad signed entries for two registered letters, and be imme-
diately ran home to get the other, and deliver it, but his
attention was called off, as he had to cook his own dinner,
and he again forgot it till the 3 o'clock delivery. Being
asked bow he spent the interval between the deliveries,
he said that he lay down on the sofa after dinner and went
to sleep, and that he did not go out except to his deliveries.
He was eked if he had been to the Bank or into the City,
and he said " No." _ _

A clerk horn the Bank of England proved that
the two notes were paid into the Bank about two o'clock on
the 20th, but he could not say that the prisoner was the
person who presented them. Witness gave in change for
them ten new sovereigns.
Albert /Jerrie, clerk to Mr. Wei:do:my, land surveyor, of
the Poultry, stated that a little after two o'clock on the
afternoon in question the prisoner called to pay some ground
rents which he bad collected for Mr. Wentney. They bad
been due since the 24th Jab, end Mr. Wantner had written
to press for payment. The amount was U. tie. 2d., and the
prisoner paid it with six new sovereigns and se. 2d. in silver.
Since, the officer, proved that he found four new sove-
reigns is the prisoner's possession.
The prisoner said that when be denied baring been in the
City he forgot that it was the day he had been to Mr.
Wantney's.
He was committed for trial.
MARYLEBONE.

John Barklu s groom, was charged with firing a pistol
loaded with bail at his wife, and wounding with intent to
murder.
_ _

The first witness called was George Amos, who said—l
am a public carriage attendant, No. 59. last night I was
on duty at the cab nu* in London-street, Paddington.
About half-past ten I saw the prisoner go to No. 34,
Stanley-street, which is kept as a general shop. I saw a
woman come from the shop and put up a shutter. I believe
there were two or three up already. Al the woman was
placing up the shutter which I had seen her bring out I
heard the report of a pistol, then saw the shutter fall, and
beard the woman scream. I ran over, and the woman said
to me, "My husband ham shot me." Primmer at this indent
came out and said, " I give myself up to you, as you will
do as well as a policeman. I have shot my wife.
lam the roan who did it." I helped the wife to the door,
as she was in a fainting state. I did not see the pistol till
this morning. At this time a policeman had arrived, and I
gave the prisoner into his custody. The wife was shot in
the nape of the neck Deer the collar bone. She was bleed-
ing. The ball pained along the nape of the neck down the
collar bone. and I saw the surgeon extract it..
Mr. Yardley (to prisoner)—Have you any questions to ask
this witness!
Prisoner—No.
Police-oonstable Albert Florlock, 112 D, deposed—l was
on duty in Prated-street when I was informed that a man
had shot his wife, and on going to 34, Stanley-street, I saw
the prisoner standing in front of his house. He said, " I
am the man that shot my wife, and I meant to have mur-
dered bee." I then conveyed =im to the station-house.
Yr. Yardley—Did you fled the pistol?
Horlock—The next witness can speak to that.
Henry Drinkwater, police constable 291 D, stated—About
half- tlO o'clock last night I was in my lodging at No. 2,
&coley-street, and head the report of firearms. I put
my hat on end ran out, and on looking across to No. 34 shop
I saw several persons there, and among them the prisoner in
custody of last witness. He told me he had shot hie wife.
He said, holding up a double barrelled pistol above his
heed, " There is another barrel loaded." I took it from him.
At the station it was found that the right hand barrel had
hew discharged and the left was still loaded. After anneting
the wife into a cab 1 helped to convey the prisoner to the
station.
Mr. Yardley—Which barrel do you say was loaded!