The Express.
London, England, 1851-10-08 00:00:00

TIM POLICE COURTS.

MANSION-HOUSE.

Edward Markey, a revenue officer, was brought before
Sir Robert Carden, upou the charge of having robbed the
captain of a vessel to which he was sent to perform his
duty as a functionary of the Customs.
Alesandto 31ereanti, the mate of the brig Anna, lying off
i Fresh Wharf, said—We arrived in the Thames a few days
ago, and the defendant came on board by the direction of
the Custom-house authorities to look after the merchandise. '
Yesterday the captain was on shore and he sent the boat-
swain on board to get some money. The money was gone,
as I soon learned from the boatswain, who, upon missing
it, sent for me. The prisoner was, when the boatswain
came on board, sitting in the same cabin iu which the chest
where the money was deposited was kept.
Michael l'uglia, son of Captain Puglia of the brig Anna'
said I had the care of the chest in which the money was
kept. On Sunday night I saw the money safe in the chest,
The chest was not locked. The money was in a bag. It
consisted of 12 Spanish dollars, 3 gold pieces, and 23 pieces
of Austrian money. I did not speak to the prisoner about
what had taken place. I massed the money when the
boatswain came from my father. The boatswain said ho
had a supicion of the prisoner, and he twigged his pocket
like, and told me, and 1 seized the end of the bag as I saw
it hanging out of prisoner's pocket. The prisoner then
jumped on one side, and the bag came out of his pocket. I
asked him what business Imbed with the bag, and he began
to talk in a confused manner altogether. I then sent for an
officer and gave him into custody. The bag contained 10
pieces of Austrian money, 1 Greek piece, and 3 Spanish

Fciftaing (City police).—The prisoner was given into my
custody yesterday afternoon on board the Anna, upon the
charge of having stolen a bug of money out of the captain's
boa, and one of the men mid ho had found some money in
a bag in the prisoner's pocket. I took him to the station-
house, and found in his - his commisain. -

pocket
officer. The prisoner raid he had picked up the bag on the
deck. I went on board again, and searched the prisoner's
bedding and bed place, and on a shelf over the head of his
bed I found two gold coins and one dollar. Another officer
found more money under the prisoner's bed.
The prisoner said—Yesterday, before 4 o'clock, at the
settlement of the business of the day, I went into the cabin
to change my stockings, and at the bottom of the ladder I
saw the bag -lying on the cabin floor. I brought it on deck,
and was just going to inquire to whom it belong. d, when
one of the seamen, or the boatswain, made a snatch at it,
and took it from me, and handed it to the mate, who im-
mediately charged me with abstracttn,g it from the captain's
chest, which! certainly did not do.
Sir It. W. Carden—l consider the case to be one of very
grave importance, taking into consideration the responsible
situation which the prisoner holds, and the trust which is
necessarily reposed in him. I therefore request that the
prisoner's superior officer will at once communicate with
the Board of Customs on the subject, as some difficulty may
arise from the obligation of the vessel to sail before the en-
suing sea on of the Central Criminal Court. 1 shall re-
mand the prisoner, in order to receive the report.