The Express.
London, England, 1846-09-16 00:00:00

POLlCE.—Yzansapsy.

BOW-STREET. —IIOIIIIIIIIY BY • COUNTRY POST-
murria.—A respectable-looking man, named George Norris
Kerne*, was ht before Mr. Jardine, charged with hay-
ing stolen a 51. Bank of England note, which had pared

through his hands as postmaster of Nockley, near Raighley,
in Ewen.—Mr. Peacock appeared for the Poet-office, and
Mr. Parry for the prisoner.—From the evidence of Mr.
Robert Nash, draper, of 23, High-street, A Idgate, it appeared
that the stolen note, which was numbered 94,495, was
changed by the prisoner at witness's shop on the 28th of
August, the prisoner giving the name of " Brown " for in-
dorsement.—Mrs. Chambers, to whom the note was addressed,
inclosed in a letter, deposed to the fact of not having re-
ceived it, and to what passed on the subject between
herself and the prisoner.—Mr. Parry asked that a note
which bad been taken f,om the accused might be restored,
and also to have him admitted to bail.—Both applicazions
were refused, and the prisoner was remanded.

CLERKENWELL.—Bosao WAone.—Mary Sharon,
a Food-looking girl, was placed in the felon's dock, charged
with stealing 12 volumes of the Taller, Guardian, &c., the
property of Mr. H. W. Hansworth, who described himself
as a barrister, living at 12, Featherstone-buildings, Holborn.
The prosecutor deposed that he missed the books on Satur-
day last. The pusoner, who had been in the house six
weeks, had been discharged on the previous day. She had
admitted that she pawned the books.—The prisoner owned
that she pawned the books, but said she did si, because she
was in want of the necessaries of life. The prosecutor and
the mistress of the house, with whom he cohabited, went to
Brighton for ten days, leaving her only 61. to support her-
self with during that time. She had previously pledged a
coat and waistcoat by hia directions for housekeeping,
and thought u she was so hard run that she might venture
to pledge the books. On receiving her wages she went
instantly and redeemed 12 of the books, and it was when
she brought them home that she was given into custody.
She had pawned four books at another office, which
she was going to redeem when arrested.—The prosecutor
gave a general denial to the girl's statement; but having
been interrogated by the magistrate, admitted that the girl had
formerly pawned the coat and waistcoat. She had, he said,
more to live upon than Se—Madame Mary Augustine Vin-
cent, mistress of the house, deposed that the prisoner had
been in her service. The house was hers. She had not
given the prisoner any authority to pledge Mr. Hansworth's
property. She admitted that another servant had pawned
some things for her.—A girl in the body of the court cried
out that she had pawned things for Mr. Hansworth.—Mr.
Combo observed that the prisoner bad at all events shown
an honest intention in redeeming the books when she had
the means. It seemed a mixed-up sort of affair. As the
prosecutor pressed for it, he would remand the girl until
Thursday ; but set her at large upon entering into her own
recognisanees.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET. APPREHENSION or A
GANG OF THIEVEB AND RECEIVERS OF STOLEN GOODS.—
The court was crowded with tradesmen desirous of hearing
the examination of four persons, in the custody of the police,
charged with having in their possession a large quantity of
property, the produce of several robberies committed on
shopkeepers in the metropolis. The names given by the pri-
soners, all of whom, with the exception of the woman, are
well known to the police, were John Ifralker,John Franklin,
a young man of colour, John Williamson, and Mary Tilney
alias Walker.—Constable Mount described the circumstances
attending the capture, which was effected on Monday morn-
' ing last, at No. 3, Chapel-street, Soho, and the finding of a
number of articles on the premises. The first case affecting
all the prisoners, was that of Mews Walker and Gordon,
drapers and tailors, of Blackfriars-road. The evi-
dence not being complete, the hearing was adjourned. The
next charge was brought against Franklin and Williamson ; it
was that of stealing a piece of cloth from the shopsof Mears.
Marken and Co., tailors, No. 42, Conduit-street. The rob-
bery took place on the 25th of June. The result was, that
Williamson alone was committed for trial. Walker was
committed on a charge of burglary at the house of Mr. Nash,
No. 11, St. Jotes.road ; also on a similar charge brought
by Mr. R. Pearce, tailor, of No. 23, Edward-street ; and on
a third for a robbery in Rathbone-place. The prisoners are
to be again brought up on Friday, in order that further evi-
dence may be adduced. It was stated that the value of the
property ascertained to have been stolen by them exceeds
1,200/.

WESTMINSTER.—A MILITANT Palvmeoz.—Eliza
Briggs, a decently-attired female, was charged with being
disorderly.—Serjeant Adams stated the case, which was
simply that of the prisoner, two other females, and a
drunken soldier, making an uproarious noise on the pave-
ment in Tothill-street on Tuesday evening.—Mr. Burrell
asked Serjeant Adams why he had not taken the soldier
into custody.—The reply was, that the police have no power
to take into custody a soldier belonging to the household
troops, unless a charge were made by some other person.—
Mr. Burrell : Would you not do so in a case of felony ?
Serjeant : Yea—Mr. Burrell : And in a care of assault ?
Serieant : Not unless the perm assaulted made the charge.
—Kr. Burrell said that this was certainly new to him. Sol-
diers were usually given up to the military authorities for
punishment, but he had hitherto supposed that they were
amenable, like other persons, to the civil law.—Mr. Taylor,
an inspector of the B division, said that the course pursued
when soldiers were found drunk and disorderly in the streets,
was to keep an eye upon them whilst information was given
of the circumstance at the nearest barracks, and the autho-
rities invariably sent an escort to remove them. That was
the course followed in the present instance.—The defendant
was discharged.

THAMES.—JOSZTH Any IN TROPTlLE.—Yesterday, Mr.
Broderip, the presiding magistrate, who committed Joseph
Ady, of " something to advantage " notoriety, for trial on
two charges of fraud a few weeks ago, handed to In-
c:tor Scott, of the H division, a letter he had received
Ady, enclosing another, and requested him to
adopt the necessary measures to prevent a breach of the
=traAdy's own letter, which was addressed "To the
tes of the Thames Police Office, near Arbour-
square," ran as follows : " Geotlemen,—The enclosed
threatening letter is just received by the post. I beg the
favour of your directing some of your subordinates to pro-
tect me from the writer's violence. I know not his name.
Respectfully, Joseph Ady, 5, York-street, Commercial-road.
Sept. 14, 1846." The letter which put Ady in so much
alarm, was written, no doubt, by some one to wham he has
promised "something to his advantage." The writer de-
clared that he would be " at Mr. Ady's office on the 23rd, at
twelve, without fail, and would then and there administer to
him, with a good horsewhip, something that he would not
easily forget." My, with a keen rye to business, as well as
self-protection, took care to forward to the magistrate with
the letters a "list of next of kin,' falsely stated to have
been " extracted from the Times of August 29, 1846."