The Express.
London, England, 1851-02-11 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

MANSION-HOUSE.
THEFT AND ALLTIOET) RECEIVINO OF STOLEN G00D!...
lelhe t Myland and Henry Jacobs, alias Wilson, were
brought before the Lord Mayor for final examination, the
former charged with hav:ng robbed his employers, Messrs.
Leaf and Co., of Old Change, the extensive Manchester
wareltou,tmen, the latter with having received the goods
well knowing that they had been stolen. Mr. Jones at-
tended fur the prosecution, Mr. Lewis for Myland, and Mr.
11. F. Wood for Jacobs, alias Wilson.
After hearing additional evidence in this ease, the former
hearing of which has been fully reported in the Daily

News,' . . -
The Lord Mayor said, it is my duty to commit Myland
for trial for this very serious offi nee. With respect to Ja-
cobs 1 am sorry to say that there is not sufficient evidence
upon which to commit him for trial, but of his moral guilt
there can beno doubt whatever. lam obliged to diNcliarge
. .

Jacobs, but it is +lbw) my duty to commit Milund for trial at
the Central Criminal Court

Runama.—James Scofield wan charged with
haying robbed William llawley, a eotfee-shop keeper, at
No. Lower Thataa..-street, of 07 ur OS eovereigas. The
ease excited much interest. _ . .

The prosecutor said, on the Ist of January I took the place
I live in of the pri,oner, who 1V3% going to Port Natal
as an emigrant. I hud succeeded him in the business,
and he continued to live in the next hoot., be-

tween which and my house there iv a communication.
On Thur,day week I had in a carpet bag in my
trunk under my bed 97 or 98 sovereigns. On Thursday last
I had occasion to pay some money fur freight and other
matters, and upon gong to my trunk I found that the car-
lxt bag was cut, and all the money was gone. I had not
ten the prisoner since Friday week, but he was seen leav-
ing his house or lodging on the following Saturday in a
hackney coach with two boxes. Ile wrote to me from
Poplar a letter, which stated that he had gone to Liverpool,
and I have since ascertained that he never left town at all.
I gave him 101. fur the articles and the fixtures. There was
no stock, and he was unable to go on a day longer for the
want of money. lie told me that he had no noire money
towards hit poaaage-money to Port Natal than 51.' and
he could not take his silks with him on account of the
expense.
The Lord Mayor.—llow did be know that you had all this
money ?
Witnem—lle had seen 4. or 46 sovereigns with me, and
he knew that I had nearly a hundred pounds in sovereigns.
I bad got sovereigns at the bank",but a short Iliac before for
a 100/. note. As soon as I missed the money I called out
to my wife that it was all gone, and she immediately sus-
pected Scoltield, and advised me to go after him. Ile
knew the name of the vessel in which he was going was the
John Bright, and I took down an officer to the East India
Dock, which the vi ssel was at the moment leaving. When
lie saw our he said "Oh, is it you Mr. Hanley i" "lies," said
o 1 have come about the trtt sovereigns you robbed me of."

Oh, could you suspect me, Mr. Ilaivley; of such a thing ?"
" Yes," said 1, " you ore the only person I do suspect, for
you arc the only person that knew of the money." Ile
Made no reply, and the °that took him into cu,tody. NVe
found that he had on board eight or nine new suite of
clothes, and new article, of various kinds, although he had
just before scarcely any money. We then brought him
here, and your lordship dentinal him, and we went down to
the vessel, which had gone to Gravesend, to make further
search. We there found some sovereigns in hie trunk, and
we also found a number of working tools of mine, some of
which my father had nettle himself.
The Lord Mayor—You arc sure of the identity of the
tool.?

Witne•t—l know one of them, a file, these 30 year.. I
know tat. atlze% at well as I know myself, and I knot'
Et teral other instruments.

The Lord Mayor—lint the prisoner say anything when
you found thew tools in his trunk ?
Witness—lte said, " Don't vOU think a maa might have
busint.ra for a few tools abroad?" _ .

Cruse-examined by Mr. Lewis—l never saw the prisoner
in possession of a shilling. I swear these tools are all mine.
1 have seen them and handled them. My father had lett
me this 100/. I never borrowed money from any loan
society or from any man.
The officer who accompanied the prosecutor to the John
Bright for the purpose of more closely examining the
prisoner's trunks, send he found in them tight new emits,
eleven pairs of new trouser+, and quantities of linen and
necessary articles which were of considerable value. Ile
also found a key which opened the prisoner's bedroom door
and the door of the bedroom of the pnwecutor, in which the
carpet hag containing the sovereigns had been kept.
The prisoner was remanded by the Lord Mayor, who
gave instructions to the officer on the subject of the pri-
*otter's trunk on board the John Bright.
Br.xtvourei F.—llia lonlship requested that,the press
would acknowledge the receipt of Al. for the ppnnoorlox from
John Kaye, Esq., lute high sheriff of Buckinghanuttire.
SOLTITWARR.
Funny WEIGTIT iv Coil.s.—MT. Singer, coal mer-
chant, upon whom a penalty of 14/. was inflicted on Wed-
nesday last, attended with one of his workmen, and re-
. quested Mr. A'Beekctt to allow him to make a declaration,
the effect of which was to show that the workmen had
strict orders by the firm to give their customers full weight
of' coal,, and that he had, in conformity with those orders,
given the full weight to the person who had summoned the
firm to that court. That, although a complaint as to the
weight of the coals had been brought before the magistrate,
it was not for that the conviction hail taken place, but for
having committed an offence in neglecting to have a
perfect weighing machine for the delivery of the coals
in question. That the person who delivered the coal for
them did so by contract, and was hound to provide weights,
machines, and all other requirements of the statute. He added
that it apared by the report that the conviction was for
short weight; and that not being the ease, he was anxious
it should be set right before the public, as the firm were in
a large way of business, and bad an extensive connexion,
and that they would scorn to do, or allow to be done, an act
such as that imputed to them.
Mr. A'Beckett said he had read the report, and he did
not consider it would bear that construction—that he should
certainly decline tq receive any such declaration respecting
a case which he ha already decided upon. Although the
circumstance of a deficiency in the weight of the coals sent
to the complainant was incidentally mentioned in the course
of the proceedings before him, yet it was not for that offence
I the fine was inflicted, but for that of neglecting to have a
perfect weighing machine.
Mr. Singer then begged leave to draw the magistrate's
attention to that part of the report in which it stated that
the defendant was fined the mitigated penalty of 101., and
said that upon a reference to the act, 10/. was the maxi-
mum penalty for the offence, and he therefore hoped the
magistrate would mitigate it.
Mr. A'Beckett said he did not consider 101. too great a
penalty for the offence. Although it was not a fine for a
deficiency in the weight of the coals, yet how could the
weight be properly estimated when the seller was nut pro-
vided with the proper machine for the purpose 1 That he
thought it frequently better to fine one person 10/. than to
tine ten persons 11. each, particularly in cases where a small
penalty would be no object to the offender. The magis-
trate added that from the great fairness with which the re-
ports of the court were generally given he had no doubt
that the gentleman furnishing them would see that the
slight error complained of was rectified.
LAMBETH.

ALLMED PC.OFLIGALY.-Mr William G. Smyth, a sur-
geon, residing at No. bO, Vauxhall-walk, was brought up
~u a warrant, on a charge of indeetatly assaulting Mary
Ann Hall, a girl 13 year. of age.
Mr. Games appeared for the accused.
The evidence in this case disclosed a system of vice which
drew from Mr. Norton the remark, that in the whole
course of many years' magisterial duty it had not been his
misfortune to have heard disclosed such a scene of abomin-
able profligacy.
The prisoner was remanded, the magistrate refusing to
accept any hail.
BENSVOLENCZ.-Mr. Norton received a cheque for 20/.
from the Goldsmiths' Company for the poor-box, and re-
quested its acknowledgment by our reporter.

SUROPiIIIRE MINERAL RtlLWAY.—Yesterdnv the
whole day was occupied before his Honour Master Hiiiders-
ley in proceeding with the lift of contributories in this com-
pany; the chief portion of it being occupied in endeavour-
ing to place Mr. Serieant Adams and the other directors on
the list in respect of 9,000 shares.
TAFF VALE RAILWAY.—APEROACIIING DIVIDEND.
—Our Bristol correspondent writes under date of yesterday:
I am in a condition to state, upon what I consider unex-
ceptionable authority, that the forthcoming dividend of this
company will be after the rate of 0 per cent. per annum."
RAILWAY ACClDENT6.—Yeatertlay was printed the
half-yearly return relating to railway accidents, from which
it appears that in the period ending the 30th of June last
there were 93 persons killed and 68 injured, of which num-
ber 3 passengers were killed, 33 injured from causes beyond
their own control; 7 passengers were killed and 3 injured
owing to their own nu conduct and want of caution; 26
servants of companies or contractor's were killed and 17
injured from causes beyond their own control; 29 servants
of companies were killed and 10 injured owing to their own
misconduct or want of caution; an& 26 trespassers were
killed and 5 injured by crowing or welkin,/ on railways.
There were a nth:idea.