The Express.
London, England, 1849-10-29 00:00:00

THAMES.

CHAROI OP BOSOLkiiAOZH3T AN OPPICIR OP TEI
COURT.—John Pack, late messeneer tothis court, was placed
in the dock, charged with burglarionaly banking opens desk
in the clerks' room, and stealing therefrom 151.
Mr. Pyre, the janior cleric, the only witness examined on
this Gemlike, rated that on making up en account of the
benevolent fur d on Friday, he found a deficiency of 154.
Re went over the account several times, hoping he might be
in error, but the deficit still remained. He communicated
the fact to his colleague, IL,. Symons, next morning, and
they went over the account together again, the result
leaving no doubt of the deficiency. The prisoner said " It's
no use to try to hide theists any longer ; I broke open the
desk in your room, sad took away some meaty, but I do not
know to what antoest."

inaiswertOlk;;egiatrata, Mr. Pyre said that he found
some difficulty in opening his desk, which led kin to sup-
pose it had been import d with.
The prisoner was remanded.
KINGSTON. _

CHALON OT Roanelr AGAINST THE SCHOOLMASTER OF
TIE KINGSTON UNION.—IIGITy Howarth, a young man
who hag for some short time filled the situation of school-
master at the union, was brought up for reexamination be-
fore the County Bench, of which Sir R. Fredericks, Bert.,
wee chairman, upon a charge of stealing 491, the property
of Mr. It Gibson Hogg, the muter of the house. The en-
deuce given at the first examination, and also the present
one, wee very lengthy, but the facts were briefly these
On Sunday last Mr. Hoeg placed la a lea hem purse three
101. notes, one 61., and 131. 10s. in silver, and this be locked
lop in a bureau, which was in the parlour. At 9 o'clock
in the evening he discovered the lock of the bureau bad
been forced, and the pure, with its contents, stolen.
There were masks as if the bureau had been forced by a
chisel. In the afternoon Mr. Hogg and his family attended
divine service in the Union Chapel, and on his returning
he went to the putout, and remained there till 9 o'clook,
when he dime red the robbery. Mr. Hogg communicated
the robbery to the prisoner, end sent him to the police stn.
don; and, during his absenoe, having been told by
the prisoner that he had been robbed of a gold
bruit pin, be went into his bedroom to see if
a droller instrument had been need to open
the drawers, from which he alleged the pin was
taken. He could discover no marks of violence; but on
looking in a deal box close to the drawers, which was un-
locked, he saw eight sovereigns and a half In gold, and on
the prisoner's return the muter asked him to lend him 51.,
and prisoner said he could not, u had not so much but he
could lend him 31. The prosecutor then told him what
money he had seen in his box, and asked him to account for
it, and the prisoner said he Gould tray soon do the, and
stated that he met a man named Johnson a few days since, I
in Comb lane, who owed him some money, and he paid him '
71. off it. Johnson came from North Welshman. He also I
said that •Mr. Saunders, of Norwich, *wed him money, and
he received some from him. Yesterday, Mr. Hogg further
added to hie evidence that he had been into Norfolk, had
visited North Walshant, and the villages round, but could
not find that a man of the name of Johnson had lived there,
or in the neighbourhood. He had also been to Norwich, I
and seen Mr. Saunders, who produced some letters from the
prisoner, showing that be had borrowed money from him,l
end was engaged to be married to his daughter. He saw a
Miss Frankbund, who had sent money to the prisoner.
The bench, considering there was sufficient to justify en-
other remand, the prisoner was remanded. Bail was taken
in 2001.