The Express.
London, England, 1847-09-20 00:00:00

POLICE.- SATURDAY.

MANSION-HOUSE.—SroRTING ROEBEHT.—Creswell,
alias Andrews, was charged with having robbed Mr. Harvey
of a gold watch by a sporting manceurie.—Mr. S. Harvey
add : I dined with a friend in the Strand on the 14th of
July, and I met a Mr. Gill afterwards, and was asked by
him to go and see a match of skittles played. We went to
the King's Head public-house, in the Old Change, where
Mr. Gill and the prisoner, who was called Mr. Andrews,
played a match. Just at the time, excited with drink, • Mr.
Gill proposed cards, and a pack was produced. We sat down
to play for wine in a harmless way, and Mt. Gill proposed
that we should play for a money stake. It might have been
for 201., 251., or 501., I don't remember which. I said I had
very little money in my pocket. The prisoner told me to
look at my hand before I betted. I did look at it, and
thought I had all the court care and aces in the
pack. Mr. Gill, who was my partner, said to me
•• If you are satisfied with you hand, I'll go you
halna." I said I had no money; but Mr. Gill said, • You
can put your watch on the table, to show that you are re-
'pu ' table " and he put down his, which wag a silver one, I
then put down my watch, for which I had recently given
301. The band wu played, and I lost the trick. I put the
watch down merely upon the suggestion of Mr. Gill, for the
respectability of my appearance. When I lost the trick the
prisoner took up both watches, and put them in his pocket.
I remonstrated in vain. I went for a policeman, but upon
my return they had both decamped. I afterwards met Gill
and the prisoner. who tried to get away, but when I got
up to him he said I might have my watch, and after he had
called at his own lodgings and other places where he said
the watch wan, he said he had pawned it, and that if I would
let him have 101., for which it was pledged, he would take
it out for me. After considerable delay I gave him into cue-
tody.—The Lord Mayor said Gill must be found, and he
should deal with both of them. It was a case of unques-
tionable robbery.—The prisoner was then remanded until
Wednesday.
BWINDLINO.—J. Rees was re-examined charged with
haring fraudulently obtained a quantity of goods from
Messrs. Smith and Beard, of Cheapside.—The prisoner, who
was known to the prosecutors as the brother of a customer at
Dudley, had called, and, under pretence that be was in the
service of his brother, ordered goods which he, in conjunc-
tion with a young man named Mettonetta, conveyed away
from town to Bristol. The fugitives were followed by one
of the partners, who apprehended them at the Hot Wells.
Mettonetta denied that he was aware that the goods had
been improperly obtained, and was permitted to put in bail
for his appearance at the Central Criminal Court.—Rees was
ateordingly_committed for trial.
GUlLDHALL.—Dzsecaarion or THE DEAD AT ELIE
CHAPEL —Mr. J. friskin, of No. 33, John-street, was sum-
moned by the City Commissioners of Sewers, ander the 9th
and 10th Vie., cap, 96, calling WOE him to aem cause wise
he should net abate a nuisance whist be miffed by allow-
ing an accumulation of amides or =isle artier to exist
on the lead and premises known as Eliza Chepd, in Fetter-
law, by whisk the Hue ether Malsety's sul‘seds mere pined
la emeldemble pail.—ThOstisitee et the nmairtolllllMl et
Berme Melia stated the ere, god the freed aemserkt:t.r
bowleg the edl Inuesdiateig seggeneek. gegiagos
god lbee the beerlag of the elaileae West ke prigesed, as
tie hushes hod see led lir le bavehgel idsise.—Mr.
Ableemea J. coati set mime to ea aileaserat.—
Mr. T. N. Fugakar amien, who ilgasithemilleate as
to the onwhoisears state et the geenhee, deputed to ski hat
that he saw the aratiletad :main of these beim whisk
had been eat sad tweed Ye sae calls. He eim
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&heady made gel& la :upset So this pier ef hienaeat.
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