The Express.
London, England, 1856-11-07 00:00:00

TSB POLICE COURTS.

THE GREAT GOLD ROBBERY.

William Plum and Juges Bargees, the former *nee a
pad, sod the latter, till hiet eight, holdiag • similar office
in the service of the South Radars Railway Company,
were brespht before the Lord wee in sustedy of Ser-
geant Smith, a Must've eager iging to the Metropoli-
taa Police tom, urea the amp of bavleg hem emosrned
is • robbery of 16,01181. well e/ old framepalmier' la its
Windt from Loudon to Pada Y tbe meth of May, 1866.
Mr. Bodkla spree/el Y anpmet el the penseinition, and
Mr. Wooten/ attended ea Ile put of Pima.
Mr. Bodkin said the pefeesen were 'barged with befog
encerned is robblag • leak Beaters trate in the month
of May, 1856, of a gem‘ty of geld in the act of tranomb-
elm to France, of the wttm d 1&IISd. Pierce with en
nmetate whom it was peopmed to can se a witness here-
' a/termer. the puma who princdpelly phased the robbery,
assisted by Bann% wise at that time was guard and bad
r would
of the diet was robbed. Be (Mr. Bodkin)
net go Into the particulars at that mom's?, bat was
perfectly justilled, hem what he knew of the cue, la stating
that the oilman imputed to the prisoners would be brought
home to them hereafter by the clearest evidence. Some
disclosures of en extraordinary kind would probably be
made in the coons of the isuetigatios, but be forbore to
go foto them for the present.
Mr. John Charles RMS, solicitor to the South Eastern
Railway Conipsay, said :—I em condoning the prosecnUon
apiece the primers for bets, uneerned is a robbery of •
large quantity of gold in May, 1856, from the railway.
They were takes iota custody yesterday by my authority,
and I believe, if a reseed takes plain I shall be in a eon&
Boa to produce erbium eluting them both touching the
present Marge. I have no doubt to be able to show V'eir
guilty predication is the robbery. Owe of the witnesses I
pmen UNA le a convict coaledis Portland Prison, and it
wiU be nactswary to mike an appliaation to the Sep yof
Stale or the proper authority to mare his ageadmos here.
I eapeet to he is • position to proceed with the charge on
W next.
Curesumaised by Mr. Wentaer—l have sees the pri-
maser all•ded to, and opal what I have beard I found my
conalesioal. I saw him last Batareley. I have bean
uquainted with Pima's addle.' a good many mantle. Be
was taken into custody on leaving his house yaoterday.
Re-ezemined—Bureas had been shoat 12 years in the
service of the company, and was the guard when the robbery

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took Owe. .
Tb. Lord Idayor—Yon say that you hese had personal
ermemaleation with the witness whom you proposs to

prod.., ? _ _
Witsieso—l hats.
The lord Mayer—And the soldier* of that am is se

belief by the production of seldom& The witness for years
pad !ass known Pierce's address. Burgess, I understand,
is a railway guard is the seeployseat of the company even
up to the_preeent hoar. He was taken oT the train last
sight. The company, *seam., are wit dealing with per-
sons Moly is Sy from an investigatiee, and it is nionstrcus
to ask yen le detain these see biserase the solicitor to the
seem., abeam to come tate 'rue boa end to state his
bellot Imes WM sme later* e.ecesion h• will be able to
mats eat • lees against then. There is nothing whatever
to hipbone thew poetise id the transaction, and sitting here
as • esaileleeln howl to nails and to decide upon legal
eriannee, beim yea would deprive • sin of his liberty, I
eitttng is that capacity, and with those duties mir-
y.% yew will feel that you its lot jastified in de-
•
bralrilodkMith respect to these parties, what has been
dew hes be.. Shoe entirely upon my advice, and I think
Ihto lelmsb eljasties *mild have been greatly milled
if the blew had sit been struck at the moment it was.

The Lord ecannot
slat lamlc
te;
enter. The pektelpais in this ease act epos their own re-
sponsibility. All I have got to do is with the interests of
jastioe now that the parties are before me. Whether they
might or ought sot to have been taken into custody, or
whether the prosecutors ought to have waited longer before
that step, I have not to deal with. The parties are
bus ine. The professional genUeman says that he
bas en a witness who he believes wilt substan-
tiate the tree beton me. -

Tbilpriessers ;;;iisea remanded.
!OW-STREET.

Richard Cole was °barged with having broken into and
robbed the shaped Mr. J. P. Lloyd, bootrnaker, and Mr.
ThosnasTownahand, hatter, both of Oxford-street.
lespre'or Chsekley said that for ths last ten days he had
bass watching the prisoner. On Wednesday evening he
went to prisoner's lodgings, 11, Claremont.terrace, New-
road, and charged him with being concerned in these rob-
Wive. He denied it with an oath. Mitosis took up the
three pair of inea's boots now produced, and said, "This
is part of the property." Sergeant Chown. searched the
place, and witness took the prisoner into custody. On the
I way to the station she prisoner said, in reference to some
keys found by Chown., " I am sorry I bad the keys ; I
should not ears if it was not for thee.

Serjeaat Chown' said that he found two pairs of women'
boots, sad 34 false and skeleton keys. (The skeleton keys
an those made espresely for picking locks; the others are
ordisary keys which have been altered by filing each to fit
seas partienlar doer.) The keys were concealed under the
sofa covering. One of them Sued Lir. Lloyd's shop door.
Smith, militant to Mr. James Payee Lloyd, of
Southampton, boot manufacturer, who has a shop in New
Ozford.etreet, stated that on opening the shop on the morn-
ing of the leth October, he found that some one bad broken
la daring the night, end bad removed about 1001. worth of
boots sad shoes of various kinds. The shop door was locked
as usual, but the inner door was open. The desk on the
counter hid been broken open, and 61.10 e. in gold lad been
taken from it. He could identify the three pairs of boots
produeed by Inspector Cheekley, and the two pairs
produced by &demi Chowas, is pert of the property
stolen.

lieniaa Upfold, E 19, stated that be assisted Chown,
In the search, end produced a quality of property he had
found then, which another witness identified so having
been stolen from the premises of Mr. Townshend, New
Oxford-stunt, en the night of the sth of October leas. (One
of the keys produced by Chown* opened Mr. Towshsnd'e
shop door.)
Mr. Henry remarked upon the extreme imprudent), of
leaving a place containing so much valuable property
without any person to take care of it.
Mr. Cheekily said that in each este not only was the shop
left without any person to watch, bat the remainder of the
house wee untenanted.
Cole wee a returned transport, and one of the oldest end
I most deaterous housebreakers in London.
Committed for trial on both charges.
SOUTHWARK.

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George Stanley, a barman, in the employ of Mr. Sadler,
the landlord of the Black Bull Wine Vaults, High-street,
Borough, woo) charged with stealing wine, spirits, dic.,
worth nearly two hundred pounds, the property of his
ouster ; end Robert Burrows, a tailor, Lambeth-walk, mu
charpd with receiving the property, well knowing it to be
stolen. James Waring, the potboy, less slut charged with
stealing a bottle of spirits.
Mr. Chipperfield appeared for Stanley ; and Mr.
Nobler appeared to prosecute on Intuit of the Licensed
Victuallers Protection Society.
Mr. Sadler said that the printer Stauley had bun in his
employ as barman sines the Bth of August, and witness,
having some suspicion of his honesty, communicated with
the police. On Friday morning last James Waring, the
pot-7oy, told him in Stanley's presence that he had been in
the habit of sending away property early is the morning;
and having admitted that he stole • bottle himself, he gave
them both into custody. Witness had mimed from his
stock • very large amount of property, which he had 'eau,
to believe had been carried away by the primmer Barrows.
Deeds Clark, 108 MI, said that after Stanley we in custody
on Friday last he went to his lodgings in Lambeth. walk.
Burrows was the landlord of the hones. Witnese saw Mrs.
Stanley, snit eked her which less their apartment She
took him upstairs and showed him into the first-floor frost
room. On the mantel-shelf 'resew a letter, which he witted,
and Mrs. Stanley attempted to get it away from him. He
opened that letter, w bleb he found was seat by Stanley to
his wife, requesting her to send Burrows early the next
morning with a different kind of jar. (This letter was
produced, end the handwriting of Stanley was proved by
Mr. Sadler.) Oa searching the rcom he found a bottle
containing ginger brandy, and an empty stns jar which
had lately contaieed liquor. Mrs. Stanley's mother lived
fa the adjoining room ; and on searching that, he found
four null bottles containing port wine and brandy. He
removed the whole of the property.
Mr. Sadler mid that he could swear to the ginger brandy,
as It wu his own manufseture, and he idenulied one of the
bottles containing the port wine. On examining his stook,
he believed the prisoner Stanley bad robbed him to the ex-
tent of 2001. since he bad been in hie employ.
Jaws Waring, the potboy, was then removed from the
dock and pat in the witness-box, and, after being cautioned
by the magistrate, sworn. He stated that he bad frequently
seen Burrows in .the house early in the morning with a
large stone bottle. Another witness deposed to the same
Ttey had not, however, seen him carry it away.
The prisoner's solicitor contended that there was no art.
dente to show that Stanley had used feloniously, and Bur-
rows had only taken away beer in the bottle, which he
paid for.
Ilitienately the prisoners were remanded.