The Express.
London, England, 1853-11-24 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 24, 1853.

THE POLICB COURTS.

MANSION HOUSE.
George rhilpots was charged before Sir R. W. Carden,
for having feloniously and maliciously incited his brother
Henry William Philpots, aged 14 years, to steal, and for
having received the property, well knowing that it had
been stolen. _ .__

Henry &torsions, 'a poulterer, at" No. 3, Heneage-lane,
said, on Thursday night last, at a quarter put five, a lad
named Levy came to my shop and offered some bits and
curbs for sale. He asked 6.., and offered to take 3s.
for them. I asked when he got them. He said from
a lad at the Eagle Coffes.house in Houneditch. I they, told
him to fetch the lad. He did not do so, and I informed the
police, and the prisoner was taken into custody. The ea-
, planation of the prisoner was, that he had bought the bits
sad curbs, and that knowing we had hones he sent them
to us for sale. - — .

Benjamin Levy Laid, I was in Gravel-lane, at three or
four o clock, and the prisoner came to me and showed me
the article., and asked me to sell them for him. I took
them to Mr. Solomon, who after speaking to me upon the
subject communicated with the police.
Policeman 55 said, he took:the prisoner into custody upon
Mr. Solomon,' representation. The prisoner said be bought
the articles for 2a., from • young man in Devonshire-street,
of whose name and address he was ignorant.
Mr. orww Woods, saddler end freausuager, at Camas-
street, Pinsry, said, a little boy. named !Henry William
Philpots, brother of the prisoner, is in my employment as
errand bey. I have seen the prisoner at the door, but
inside. The bits and curbs exhibited are, I believe,
my property. They correspond with the goods I have in
stock, and their value is about 6s. or 7s.
Henry William Philpota—l am the brother of the
prisoner, and was 14 last Thursday I live with my father
and mother and I work at Mr. Woods' where I have been
five or six months. The prisoner lives at home. He is not
in work now. On Wednesday 'horsing last he asked me
whether I could get anything for him. I told him "no "
at first, and he said " Caa't you get any of those chains
that go round the horses' throats ? I said I did sot know.
He •ad, " I dare say you can." He had asked me two or
throe times before, a good bit ago, bat I did not take an
; and on thiThuraday morning,before I went to work.
he said " Will you try and get me something ? " and I said I
would see; and I took two chains from • parcel in
my master's shop, and gave them to hint at breakfast time,
and he then asked me if I could not get him tome more. I
said I did not know, but I would see, and he said, do if you
can, and you shall have a part of what I get for them, and
when I went back to the shop I took three bits and three
curbs, and gave them to him at dinner time, and he said he
was very thankful. He swore at me a good time ago, and
said, why don't you get something ?" I said I was afraid.
He said, " oh, stuff and nonsense." I said, a pretty thing
I should bring my mother to if I was taken up. And he
I said, "oh, no, I should not be taken up, and he could sell
them at any tme." He very often saki I wit, • d—d young
vagabond for not taking them. I'll do so any more.
He asked me if I could not get him sous silver things, and
if there were not some silver handled whips I could take
and put down my trowsers' legs ; bat I did not do it. I
wanted to tell my mother ever so many times, but I was
afraid. The bits and curbs produced by the oHcer are the
same I took.

At the conclusion of this evidence the poor boy clapped
his hands together, and with tears gushing from his eyes,
implored the magistrate to forgive hies.
Sir Robert W. Carden—l have not the least doubt of the
truth of what you have stated, and I feel great compassion
for you. I trust, too, that your master will forgive you.
Mr. Woods--I certainly do forgive him, and I wiU take
him again into my service. Hitherto I have been perfectly
satisfied with his services, and have had no cause until this
bad event occurred to suspect him in the slightest degree.
I believe he was induced to commit this act of dishonesty
entirely by the influence and at the instigation of his
brother.

Bir R. W. Carden—This is a truly distressing and melan-
choly ease. 1: is very dreadful to se* an elder brother, in
order to be enabled to live in idleness, tempt and threaten
his brother, who is so much younger, into the oommiaeion of
robbery. lam under the pinta necessity, from my sense
of duty to the public, of sending the prisoner for trial for
this most serious offenoe.
The brother of the prisoner, upon hearing the intention
of the alderman, begged in the most tender and expressive
language Viet the same forgiveness which had been granted
to him might be extended to the culprit at the bar ; but Sir
R. W. Carden said, that all through the conduct of the pri-
soner ens a single estentatina cirepentaneg had occurred
upon which any otber course than ant he had determined
upon could be justified.
The prisoner, upon being naked whether he had any ob-
servations to make, said " No," and was then committed for
trial.