The Express.
London, England, 1851-04-17 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

MANSION-ROUSE.
An examination took place yesterday before the Lord I,
Mayor, in which a very remarkable occurrence was satisfac-
Wray cleared up.
A gentleman, who insides in Tower-street, received, to
his surprise, a few days ago, a communication, advising him
to enclose a the pound note in a letter and direct it to the
Post-office, to be left till called for by A. 8., if he wished to
avoid the exposure of a case in which he had committed the
heinous offence of seducing a young lady. lie immediately
employed a policeman to investigate the matter, and wrote
a letter directed as required by his correspondent, and tent
It to the Post-office. Soon after the delivery of the letter
a gentleman called for a letter directed A. B to the Post-
office, and received the answer which had been just
deposited, and with which, when he had put it
in his pocket, he walked away, followed by the
policeman, who had been instructed what to do. Mr.
A.B. instantly proceeded to a house in the neighbourhood
of the Mansion-house, but before he could open the letter
he was addressed by the police man who was at his heels,
and who demanded what had just been put into his hands
at the Post-office. The gentleman, without hesitation, im-
mediately delivered up the letter, and accompanied the
policeman to the Mansion-house, where the Lord Mayor,
upon hearing the particulars and the answer to the charge,
liberated the accused, upon his promise to appear with a
witnees qualified to clear up the mystery. The defence was
that the gentleman who had received the letter directed to
" A. B." had expected a letter upon a very different subject
from an accountant residing at Margate who was to have
addressed it to these common-place initials at the Post-
office.
Yesterday the evidence was repeated, and the defendant
called the accountant, who came from Margate to give his
testimony, and who stated that he had received a letter' a
copy of which was produced, and that he was to direct his
I answer to " A. 8., Post-otfice ;" that he had not yet an-
swered the communication, but that he intended to an-
swer it.
The gentleman who brought the charge expressed himself
perfectly satisfied with the explanation.
The solicitor to the accused said it would be serviceable
to know whether the policeman had not exceeded his duty
on this occasion.
The Lord Mayor—Exceeded his duty ! Ido not consider
thin: he has exceeded his duty by any means. There is lot
the slightest imputation upon the character of the gentleman
who has fallen into this predicament, but he might have
prevented any disagreeable occurrence of the kind by adopt
mg a less hackneyed address. I am sorry that all this
trouble has been occasioned, but I hope the police will find
out and bring before me the real " A. B."
Two young men named Potteson and Roe were charged
with having committed shop robberies.
The prisoners walked into the shop of Mr. Cobb, of No.
108, Cheapside, at half-past eight on Saturday morning,
and asked for some gloves. The shopman showed them
some, and at that moment in walked a female, no doubt one
of the gang, and desired to see somethiug, and the prisoner,
politely directed him to attend to the lady first. While be
was speaking to the woman oat walked Panama with three