The Express.
London, England, 1851-02-07 00:00:00

morning' I made up a parcel of goods for Messrs.
Hall. It contained tour duren silk handkerchiefs. I
wrote the direction and placed it under the string naiad
the parcel. I then sent it to another part of the pre-
mises from which it is the practice to send to the Delivery
Company. Two hours afterwards the parcel was brought
to me by Mr. Gaxe of the Parcels Delivery Company. It
was then in the state in which I had made it up, with the
exception of the name and address being changed to " Mr.
Wilson, Britannia-place, Bishopsgate." I wrote to my
employers on the subject, and an officer was called in.
placed the parcel in a place of security, and we took one of
• the handkerchiefs out of it, made up another brown paper
parcel, and placed inside of it, and deposited the handker-
chief, which was marked by the officer, in it. The officer
marked the paper in which the handkerchief so deposited
was placed. I made up the parcel, and I took it
to the London Parcels Delivery Company's office,
and gave it to the last witness. I am convinced
that the parcel I opeued contained the goods I had
directed to Messrs. Hall. I went subsequently with Storey,
the officer, to the aparunents of the prisoner Nyland, hut
we found nothing there. We then went to the neighbour-
hood of the Britannia public-house, where I saw the
parcel directed by me to Mr. Wilson in the hands of the
prisoner Jacobs. The officer claimed the parcel, which was
opened. The handkerchief which had been deposited in
it was missing. There were several people in the room of
the public-house. It was a little before nine o'clock at
night when I went to the Britannia.
John Dolby, of No. I, Bucklersbury, tailor, said—l was
at the Britannia public-house when the messenger of the
London Parcels Delivery Company entered, and delivered
the parcel produced to the landlord of the house. '1 he man
asked if Mr. Wilson, to whom the parcel was addressed, was
there, and said there was fourpenee to be paid. I saw the
landlord pay the money and deliver the panel to the pri-
soner Jacobs, who was in the parlour.
U.Greenall, landlord of the Britannia public-house, said—
Last night I received this parcel (slim the messenger of the
London Carriers' Conipany, paid fourpence for the carriage,
and delivered it to the prisoner, who goes by the name of
" Harry." I delivered it to him because he said to MC in
the course of the afternoon that probably a parcel would be
left in the name of Wilson. I saw that the end of the parcel
was open, and I observed that it contained rags, as It ap-
peared to me. The prisoner put it under his arm, and sat
down in a corner of the room by himself.
Mr. Jones—Have you at any other time received any
parcels directed to Mr. Wilson ?
Witness—Not to my recollection. Jacobs, whom we call
Harry, has been in the habit of coming to my house for
months. I did not see him sitting with any other
persons. I left the parlour before the officer came in.
Henry Barnes (City police)—lu consequence of informa-
tion that I received 1 went to the house of Messrs. Leaf and
to., in the Old Change, and was desired to wait till Mr.
Myland returned from dinner. Mr. Jennings, from the
Panels Delivery Company, was there, and he soon after-
wards pointed out Mr. Myland to me as the person who
had brought the parcel, and gays, him into custody. The
prisoner Mylsuad said at tho station-house that he wished
to see one of his employer.. I believe that one of the gen-
tlemen of the firm soon afterwards saw him, and that a com-
munication took place between them on the subject of the
handkerchiefs.
Storey, the officer—l took the brown paper parcel pro-
duced from the prisoner Jacobs, and amongst the rags con-
tained in it I found the small tissue paper which I had
marked with my name, and in which I had wrapped the
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Witness here produced the tissue paper. The handker-
chief, be said, by some mystery disappear A.
Mr. Wontner submitted that there was no evidence at all
calrulated to affect his client Jacobs in the slightest degree.
Mr. Branktun (one of the firm of Loaf and Co.), laid the
house came forward with the determination to prosecute for
the sake of the public, the system of receiving being car-
ried on in the must destructive manner at the present time
in the city of London notwithstanding the exertions of the
police.
The Lord Mayor—l an perfectly aware that the perni-
cious system is carried on to a fearful extent, and we have
had recently an instance of great atrocity in this justice-
room. I can assure the firms of all houses in trade that I
shall particularly investigate every case of the kind, and I
at the same time recommend the greatest caution to the
owners of property which is thus exposed to plunder as to
those whom they employ, for the temptation and the facili-
ties of plunder are exceedingly great. I expect that the
police will make the greatest exertions in this csec, and I
shall remand the prisoners fur a few days, but I will not
object to accept bail for the appearance of " Jacobs" to
appear to answer the charge, himself in 100/., and two
unties in 501. each.—The prisoners were then remanded.
AiisAtar.—Mr. Augustus I.4944erstein, a merehaut,whose
offices are in Broad-street-buildings, was held to hail in
the sum of 801., and two sureties to the amount of 401.
cacti, to appear at the sessions, to answer the complaint of
Mr. Sari, goldsmith and silversmith, fur an asavult com-
mitted by the defendant, who, in aiming a Moss- at the
complainant, dashed his hand through a pane of plate glass,
value 151.