The Express.
London, England, 1865-01-27 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

11.11N1310N-HOllllB.
Joao. Sampson !wary, deecribed as • master mariner,
was brought up uu retard, having brae apprehended by
Detective :iergeant apoa a warrant signed by the
lard Mayor, charging him with bring embezzled several
sums of mousy, amositting to M. 80., the moors of
Mews. Maloolmson and Ow, ripownera, near Waterford.
Thu prisoner was the muter of a Tirol celled the Zephyr,
of which Messrs. Maloolasson ars the owners, arid which
term between Rotterdam and London, loathe London
every Wedmeday. The primmer motioned muter of the
Zephyr from April aril 12th Deo. last year, wbss be was
discharged. It was his duty to make out a pay list ars
' hu return to Loadoa after every voyage, sporifyieg the
✓am of each of the mew sod the amour of wages earned
by each, and to present the hat to Mr. Roberts, who is
the manager of the briers of Mr. Robinson,of 20
lark-laps, the arse is Loudon for Mums. Maleolmsoo.
Mi. Roberts was ia the hetet of paying to re prisooer the
total amour of such wages, and it was the prisoner's
duty to pay the amounts stated to sea of the crew. The
mew ought to have comeisted of 12 is.., and the prisoner
had no authority to reduce that amber. The mode in
which the prisoner appeared to have effected the fiend was
by drharging oae of the men, sad thee miriadeg to send
is his same every weak all one of the crew, end MOSIIViI4 the
mosey aocordingly for the full number of men. The pri-
mmer appeared to have done this for a member of weer, re-
wages for or more man thaw he in reahty em-
ployed, and so defrauded Mr. Roberts of a total sum of
28(. Ba. The lists of the names of the men for every week
sines Apro were produced, and it was proved that or man
less had been employed than was charged for.
The premier, who said he was not aware the man hail
bean diacharod, was committed for trial.
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GUILDHALL.
It will be remembered that towards the latter port of
Let autumn as application was made to Mr. Akkorniss
Challis at this come, by Mr. Lewis, jan., far a wermat to
&pp/ahead Juees Allen Thornley. a clerk, who bad eh-
seceded from the serve, ol Mr. Aaron Soloman, a Man-
chatter warehommian, of Old Change, after bath', se it
was alleged, forged upon his employer to the monism ex.
toot A over 40,000‘.
Mr. Geerie Loots, ins., yesterday attended before Mr.
Alderman Leek, sad Mated the measures that had beam
take. to apprehend the offender. The warrant was tlaisml
in the heeds of Detective Sergeant Brett, who first
Timonium to Liverpool, but the tint decisive information
wse received on beard the Laroes mail steamer at Liver-
pool, when lain portrait was exhibited sod recognised a
that of a man who took hie mirage is the name of W. H.
Woad for Boerne, bat who left the ship at Halifax. On
the 18th el November Brett left Liverpool for America, and
arrived at Halifax on the 23th, when be learned
that Wood had gone as to Bombe. Os Beep's arrival
at that Pees be fond that Ttoraley had con-
ceded his journey to New York ; thither be fol-
lowed him, meeting with his handwriting at different
hotels, sad baring his portrait recognised at every stage,
hat with no further malt. Be this proceeded to Albany
sad Troy, sod thence to the Niapra Falb, with the same
went of maces. Brett thee returned to New York, put
late eiroulatson a busied copies of Thareley's photograph,
and offered a reward of 250 dollars for any information
that might lead to his apprehended. The portraits and
bills were erroulated throughout the United States, Canada,
Hamm, New Brunswick, Califoraia, Ito., and onynirisa
were made in Montreal, Jersey City, Buffalo, Washington,
Harrisburg. and Baltimore; after which Bret* went
to Philadelphia, New Loadern, Norwich, Woreester,
sad, alter calling at Boston again, retuned once more to
New York. Heafterwardsoommunicated with theadtherities
as Dunkirk, Ahem, Cleveland, Part Jervis. Orleans, Ithaca,
Portland, Pembroke susimmioa-bridge, Detroit. and Roma-
ton, and after travelling many thousands of miles in Aire-
ties, follow* from Pees to Pees a man of the same same
as that maimed by fumy, and who, althoogli wonder-
fully like the portrait of the latter, proved to be a respect-
able commercial traveller of Bestow, ha returned to this
esentry, leaving the ultimate appeshession of There* to
the Americas police. He considered it due to the creditors of
Mr. Salimme, upon whom the expense of the promentioa
goad fail, that publicity should lemma to the matter, Is
order to satiety the commercial world that so mime an
offence bad not been lightly peeped over, and that every
earl had been made to bring the culprit to jastice.
BOW-STREET.
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A man of about 30 years o age was brought before Mr.
Flowers, charged with being coopersed with others is
borglariously breaking and eateries the bowie No. 43d,
Strand, and stadia, several watches, and a quantity of rings
met jewellery, to the value of 1,1001., the property of Lows
Abrahams.
Mr. Abrams conducted the prosecution.
Mr. Burnaby, the chief clerk, asked the primmer what
was his real name, as he was enticed on the police-sheet as
William Brown, /Bee Price, alias Scotty.
line primmer maid his real mime was Price. If his solicitor
were presses he would explain all that.
Mr. Flowers—No explanation he could give would be of
say value at this gags of the proceedings.
Mr. Abrams that called the following triteness.
Elizabeth Baylis, amnia at the Lowther ooffee-house.
434, tamed, deposed that on the night of the 23rd Novem-
ber, at about half-past 10 o'clock, she was called up from
the kitchen to attend to three " gentlemen " in the dining-
room. The prisoner was one of them. He ordered three
cups of tee, and told her they wasted two bed-roome, or •
double-bedded room. She fetched the tea, and told him
there was a double-bedded room. They drank the tem, for
which the prisoner paid, giving her • none, for which she
pee him la in change. Ultimately they agreed to take the
double-bedded room. About a quarter of an hour after-
wards the bell rang, sod on her mtering the room one of
them, " the tall one," asked if the beds were ready. She
said, "Yes," and showed them upstairs. On the way the
tall one naked how they should war.e if the home was no
Are. Witness replied they must jump out of window.
When she had shown them into the room,
see of them said he would have soother room,
std desired her to bring a wood candle, which she did. He
then changed his mind, and said that, being • stranger in
Laudon, he did not like to sleep alone. They all remained
in one room. The next morning witness found the bed-room
door wise, and the men gone. On one of the beds she
found • quantity of jeweller's shop tickets, marked with
the prices dud description of various articles of jewellery,
and some memo' trinkets of very lid • veins. Over the
other bed was • great hole in the collies. large monk for
man to get through. The mortar and plaster which had
been taken out to make the hole was on the bed. She also
found in the room two carpet bags, which were wet.
Inspector Brimmacombc, of the F division, stated that,
on the morning of the 24th November, be went to the
coffee-house, No. 431. Strand, and received from the last
witness the jewelltry, tickets, sod t-bags. In the
ceiling of a bed-room, at the top of the he found •
hole large enough for a man to get through into the loft
above. The trap door in the roof was open, and he traced
footmorks from that point to the roof of the house of Mr.
Abraham., four doors off. There he found a hole in the
root, slid • corresponding hole is the ceiling, by which a
person could pass into the lobby at the top of the stain.
That hole had evidently been made from above, as
pewee of plaster broken away had been lifted out and
on the floor of the loft.
John Christopher Webb, foreman to Mr. Abeidisone,
stated that on Wednesday, the 23rd November, be loft the
slaw securely closed, sod all the property safe, inclodieg the
jewellery and tickets produced. Tim home is at the corner
of the Lowther-arcade. Nobody slept in the house. The
gas was left burning, and there was an aperture In the shop
Idoh the beadle of the Arcade °mkt look

shutter through wilt_ .. of
is and see if say permit was h the shop. The
oat morning he famed that the home bad bees
entered by the two holes io the goof Amoeba by
Mr. Briconacombe. The shop is parted off by a revolving
shutter from the pamage Indium to the stairs, and worked
by a wiudlise in the osllar He had left the shutter closed
the night before, but found it op in the morale,. It must
have been raised b 7 some pencel goieg down to the cellar
sad working the mediae. Ueda the window he found a
ceutosbit, a crowbar, and • coil of stout rope. He missed
from the shop the McAfee and mall articles of Jewellery
Mr. Searle for the petitioeer. I prodoced, and also a large quantity of valuable Jewellay,
The respondent, a saroreou at Cheltenham, married the ernoustvai to sPwerds of 1.°44
retinae? io October 1844, sod the arbablation emainued A third c•Mot-balt was Produced. which bad Ma fouled
m that town till 1882, lane be left for Australis. He woo, at Mr. Abrahams' shop by Sergeant Ackrill, of the F dirt-
however, returned, sad west again to live with his wife ; aio.. 1$ eatitined a number of &kiloton keys of emporia,
but in July, 1868, be pre her a five potted note. She wa and an elegant omenincture, a via, a number of some%
as surprieed at this unscaustomed liberality that she salted sad some ether articles.
his if he meat to leave her? He answered Mr that he Inspector Britomscombe said it wee supposed that the
vas wily going to Lades to look for employetest ; but be prisms, mid his oosPasiown after rift oat as the reed
sear renamed or afforded hie wife ay moms of support of the coffee-bocce, proceeded to r. Abrahams' i.heiess
situ that date. Evideece of adultery was gives' sad • effected the burglary, returned to the coffee-hough end
hair from the reacedeot was pat is adrkibg theeharge, vat out et the frost door.
but stens( that if his wife bed poeseseed the ram qualities Inspector Braman said be should be able to predlee
et bead sad heart ss his paramour be should still have bees evidesee that the three ONO were semi to is.,. the ease.
Irwin with her, searithaandisg the disparity of their Neese at abseil 4 *Wait to the morning. From hsteste.