The Express.
London, England, 1853-12-02 00:00:00

dog eine into the bar, and she catching it up in her arms
put • small parcel, apparently bad money, wrapptd is
paper. into his mouth, and then giving him a kick told him
to he off, which he did so quickly that no one could catch
him.

They were both found Guilty.
Th• elder prisoner, being known, was sentenced to 18
and the other to 12 months' imprisonment.
This, with another cue of unimportant character, closed
the unusually long list of Mat prosecutions, being almost
double the usual number of committals, the average being
about 20 in the month, whilst, for the past rectos, since the
last sittings of the court, only a few days over that period,
there was 37 prisoners, only two of whom escaped. Against
one the bill was ignored, and the other acquitted. In order
to operate as a warning, the sentences have been unusually
severs. One has been sentenced to four years' penal servi-
tude, one to two years and hard labour, eight to 18 months,
13 to 12 months, 10 to tin months, and one to four months,
and that only in consequence of the jury recommending to
mercy. The terms of imprisonment to which the prisoners
have been sentenced are, upon the average, nearly double
the rat ual periods.

THE POLICE COURTS.
4.-
WORSHIP-BTREET.
. . .

Hannah Aslte was charged with having been concerned
with three men not in custody in breaking into the premises
of Mr. Charles Lowe, a draper, in Clifton-street, Fishery,
and stealing a quantity of Coburg cloth of the value of 81.
Police Constable Arrowsmith, 0 103, stated that shortly
after six o'clock on the morning of Wednesday se'nnight,
his attention was attracted to the prisoner, who was loiter-
ing about is the company of a man within a short distance
of the promoter's shop. Suspecting that they were there
for some unlawful purpose, witness secreted himself under-
neath a doorway in order to watch their movements, and
they were shortly afterwards joined by two other men, one
of whom said something in a low tone to the prisoner and
companion, who immediately banded him an instrument
resembling a cniael, with which he proceeded down the
street, accompanied by the prisoner, and both of them
placed themselves immediately in frost of the prosecutor's
shop window. Witness then emerged from his place of
concealment, and was stealthily advancing towards them,
when he heard the crash of broken glass, and immediately
afterwards saw the man thrust his hand through an aper-
ture in the window, and draw out three pieces of cloth,
which he banded to the prisoner, who deposited them in her
apron. Witness instantly ran forward and secured the
prisoner, with the property in her porsession, but the man
who was with her started off and effected his escape.
The prisoner declined offering any defence, and was com-
mitted for trial.

John D 13012. of No. 3, Ann's-place, Queen-street, Ham-
mersmith, was charged with obtaining several sums of
money from various persons by falsely representing himself
as a solicitor.

Mr. John Verbeyst, a perfumer and hair-dresser, No. 9,
Upper Charlton-strut, Fitzroy-square, deposed, that about
the 12th of October last the prisoner was introduced to him
by a person named Maple, as a solicitor, and he engaged
him to collect some debts. The prisoner said he was an
attorney, and he gave him 10s. 6d., which he said he re-
quired to commence proceedings in the Court of Macho-
quer. His also gave the prisoner the documents to carry
an the action, but from that time to the present he had not
done anything in the matter, nor had he been able to obtain
any information from him about his case.
The prisoner said he was not a solicitor, nor did he ever
represent himself to be one. He told the witness that ha
was an accountant, and a collector of debts.
John Maple, of No. 88, Norton-street, Portland-road,
said he first became acquainted with the prisoner by his
coming to a lodger in the same house with a county court
summons. Witness was present at the time, and the pri-
soner said to the lodger, " I can get you off the debt ; I
don't want you to pay it into court ; t only want you to pay
me fur my trouble." Witness thought at the time that he
appeared to be a straightforward pence, and mentioned
to the lodger about an I 0 U she had, and asked her to
show it to the prisoner. He looked at it, and said, " Oh,
I'll get the money for you, and it will be no trouble for
me." The prisoner then asked for a sovereign to proceed
with, and he was told that he could not have it, as she had
not so much about her. He said, " Give me 10s., and I
will lend you lees., and that will make the pound."
The money was given to him, but he did anything in
the matter. The prisoner told witness that he was coming
into possession of 62,0001. on the 2nd of this month ; and,
on the supposition that he was an attorney, ha recom-
mended him to several other persons, who had given him
money under similar circumstances.
Mr. Poynter remanded the prisoner.