The Express.
London, England, 1849-08-29 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

MANSION HOSISE.
THE CH•11011 OP UTTERING A. FORGED CHISTITE.-...
John Walters, who was a few days ago charged with having
forged and uttered a cheque, purporting to be an order for
1571. 10s., upon the banking house of Barclay and Co., co,
Lombard street, was brought up for re-examination.
Alderman Gibbs, who eat with the Lord Mayor, toil he
was present at the first examination, and he did not consider
the evidence sufficiently strong against the prisoner to justify
a committal, as it was impossible that a jury could convict
upon it.
The prisoner was then discharged.
THE IIiTIOATION op STEAM VEIISEL9.— New,
a Thames steam-boat commander, pleaded guilty to a charge
of having navigated a steam-vessel between Hampton and
Teddiogton-lock ate quicker rate than war allowed by acs
of parliement.
The Lord Mayor said he would inflict but a small
penalty for the Offence. It the charge had been that
of overloading, he would inflict the highest fine. He
had lately witnessed a cue of tremendous overloading, from
which he apprehended serious danger ; and he considered it
to be his duty to wait upon the Board of Trade and repre-
sent the circumstances. It appeared that the Board had
been most grossly imposed np:a on the occasion of the ap-
plication for licences to steam vessel+, the numbers to be
carried being vastly dispropertionel to the size of the boats.;
and they premised to bring in a bill in the next erosion cal-
culated to remedy the evil. His lordship said that ho should,
instead of inflicting the fine of 51., be satisfied with the pe-
nalty of 55.; but he assured the detendant that any further
mischief to the banks of the river occasioned by rapid tran-
sit should be visited with a severe rarity.

THAMES.
DARING Braor.alties.—T. Cooper, a silk weaver, G.
Jones, a curator, and F. Peacock, were brought up for re-
examination, charged with the commission of several daring
burglaries In the neighbourhood of Whitechapel. On Tues-
day week Cooper and Joan were brought up, charged with
breaking into the dwelling.house of Mr. Joseph Cohen,
clothier, 49, Prescott-street, 'Whitechapel. They were
arrested on leaving the huts*, and were brought up on
Saturday last, when evidence was adduced to warrant a re-
mand.
Three other daring cases were gone into yesterday. The
first was that of Mr. Alfred Abbott, upholstery hone-hair
manufacturer, Anchor-street, Bethnal-green, whose wan.
house (which fumed part of his dwelling-house), was
broken into about three weeks since, when 160 yards of
hair seating, and a quantity of drawn hair, to the value of
about 351., were abstracted. The place appeared to have
been entered through a cellar, which was in a very insecure
state, and one of the burglars would appear to have secreted
himself there on the day before the burg!* y, as an old sack
was found, which seemed to have been used as a pillow.
Jane de Cossy, a young girl in the employment of Mr.
Abbott, recognised Cooper and Jones as penons who bad
been seen about the premises, and closely Inspecting the
place, for two days previous to the burglary.
Sergeant Kelly proved that the marks on the cellar-trap,
as well as those made in foreleg Mr. Abbott's counting-house,
corresponded with a ripping chisel of peculiar construction
found on Cooper, when arrested for the burglary at Mr.
Cohen's, the particulars of which have already appeared in
this journal.
The neat saes gone into was a burglary committed at the
house of Mr. Edward Roundtree, proprietor of the Weavers'
Arms, Baker's-row, Whitechapel, on last Friday night
week. About 5 o'clock on the morning of Saturday week,
Mr. Roundtree, who had no boy at the time, wee going
down to midst the servant girl in opening the shop, when
the latter rushed up crying out, "Oh, sir, there have beta
thieves here." On going down, he found that his dog was
dead. It had evidently been drugged in the first Instance,
but the poison not operating its head had been bra ken.
After killing the dog, the thieves broke open a secretary,
and took 71. in ooprer, some silver irons, two silver mugs,
and ether property to a considerable amount.
Sergeant Kelly observed that Mr. Abbott's ease was one
meet susceptible of proof; he should wish the cue remanded
for further inquiry. There were several mktr eases which
required to be inquired into, and which he had hale doubt
of beinfrable to establish against the prisoners.
Mr. Yardley—l shall remand the prisoners for a week.
In the meantime you will try and tam the property. I
shall coma the (whole of the prisoners as regards Mr.
Cohea's obarp ; sad shall ,and them on that of /IL
losadtres.