The Express.
London, England, 1853-02-21 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

MANSION-HOUSE.

Parr* Praha,—described as a aailitar7 oMeer, and
Jacques Anse, liagaist, of No. 17. Shaftorbur7-rnuceot,
Pieetire, were brought before the Lord Mayor wider the

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following eiresemstaimes
Mr. Abraham Bauer, of Lc adenhalf-ureet, said—l am a
registered Loudon banker, and know the prisoner Brostiti.
Meant introduced himself to me at Christmas hat. lie
brought the bill I produce for 5,00. M. with bias toms to do-
carat. I declined to diecouat it, as he was not known to
me. Ile then desired me vs make inquiry, and I did ro.
Alterwerds he called at my promises several times, and
said lie was in great want of rah, and wished me to make
sit advance of money upon the bill ; and he ficlly induced
as. to adverts, him 401., for which amount he drew the
cheque produced upon my house, and I gave him the money
wt account of the 5,000 francs DM, purporting to be drawn
by O. 51ehieu upon, and accepted by, G. Lamaehe. It
p,,rporia to be drawn at Cherbourg. I paid him the SOL in
sovereieas. At the time he asked me to discount the bill
he said be wee a landed proprietor, and that he had got it
frost Mr. Dishiest, the drawer, Lir prop,rty which that g.n-
tl.maa had sold on his account. I have reason to know
that the acceptor and drawer have, upon being written to,
stated that the bill is a forgery.
The prisoner Broads here said, that the bill was not a
forged hill, and that a person from Cher'seurg had sent it to
him. It. did not, he said, know he bad any question
to pet to Mr. Baser, or to say any t'..iag except to same
Lim that the bill was genuine.
Mr. Merest Deyed, managing clerk to Messrs. Monteaus,
Brothers, of t.ornhill, bullion merchants, said The
prisoner Browin c.lied yest, rday afternoon, at half-past 3
o'clock, with two foreign Lae of eie'latige, for 6,000 f. each,
porpnrting to be drawl, by J. Maltwit, and aeler G•
* Lama. and endorsed by J. Dishier. Brostia Isis
aims oa the bills in my presence. lye said he was a
stranger, end had just arrived from France, and !bet he
wanted money for toes' bills. I had se..n a similar bill b •
fore. and I told him to call again in half an hour, and I
svisild Mgt] the necessary invirira. Ile left me, aad I
wrist to Mr. Brier, end Le showed me the bill he bail,
which coag,m• d the soap:tie:l I era. rtained. I al-o emu-
wpwiicarecl with Mr. Behaloff, the at...lager of Meows. Mon
Seatia's bowie. The prisoner returntil to the °Mee in due
time, sad I pretended to nuke out toe account, and he

endorsed the bills. The °Seer who was lest for upon the
I occasion then took him in charge. I was prey •nt when he
Wei searched. I believe the bias to be decidedly forged
instruments. The prisoner said. " The imam: person who
tient me the bill which Mr. Bauer has. also seat me thaw
two bills, and I am persuaded that they an both genuine."
James Spittle (of the City de,i eive police) said—At a
cleaner to 6 o'esek last evening 1 was seat for to Messrs.
Mosteaus, Brothers, of Corohill. When I arrived there I
saw Brostin in conversation with Mr. Samloft Five
minutes afterwards, Mr. Seimloff directed me to take
Bruetin into custody upon the charge of uttering two forged i
bills of exchange, each for 5,000 trance. I told the pri-
soner that he must come with me Cu the station-house. He'
said ha wished first to go to Mr Bauer to pay 40t., which
he owed to that gentleman. I told him I couki not allow
him to go. He then said he wished to meet • friend near
the Monument, who was waitind for him. I then put him
into a cab, aad, accorapauied by another otiLer, and Mr.
Seyed, we drove to the Metro tavern! by Brustin's diree•
taoo• BrAitin went into the parlour of the tavern,
followed by me, and sat down next to the prisoner
Annet, who was sitting there, and entered into conversation
with him. They talked together in French. I asked An-
ima his business there, and he said he was waiting fur the
other prisoner, with whom he had none into the City for
the purpose of transacting business. I took them both to
the station-house, and searched them. Upon Brostin I
found a purse containing 91. 7d.; two pistols loaded with
powder and balls, and capped. One •f them was in his
trousers' pocket, the other was in the left breast pocket of
his coat. I also found upon him • pack of cards, 15 pawn-
brokers' duplicates, and several letters aad papers, amongst
which was a passport, dated 20th July, 1852. On Annet
I found a purse containing W. 70., and 30 duplicates.
Annet pee as his address 17, Shafteshwy-crescent, Pim-
lico, and 1 went there and: found the two documents I
produce. I have no knowledge of Anner, but lem prove
that the two prisoners have been in constant communica-
tiaa.

FALL assured the Lord Mayor that Annet wu wholly
ignorant of the transaction in which be had been engaged.
The Lord Mayor said the ease wu one in wrich Mr.
Bauer had certainly not exercised the neteasary caution.
He then bound over Annet upon his own security to appear
on the wound examination, end remanded Brustin for some
days.

Henry Murray was idaisdaTiceOar before Alderman
Lawrence, charged with cutting his throat, with intent to
commit
Sergeant Knight said, from information he received, he
went, on Friday last, to 9, Bridgewater-place, Barbican,
and in a room on the second-floor he saw the prisoner lying
on his back on the bed, with his throat cut, mut the bed-
clothes and floor saturated with blood. He was unable to
speak, and was quite insensible, his windpipe having been
cut right through. The surgeon thought the prisoner was
in too dangerous a state to be removed then; but he was
subsequeady taken to the hospital. Witness produced •
knife, aced a letter, written by the prisoner, bidding adieu
1 his brother and sister, and other relations and (deeds,
and reeelinlailiai dim not to follow his example. There
was bleed spin the Lite, and near it was a atone, upon
whisk the geissam had evidently sharpened it before at-
beritZettestal set.
said that, on the day in question, lie heart
a kayak at his door ow the Int-floor, and, on going out, be
NV the prisoner sitting on the stairs, with blood lowing
fees his sesith. Prisoner made signs to witness for him
to follow, and they both amordingly went up to the room
Of the peiwart, who pointed to the letter spoken of by the
oaken, which was lying apes the table. Upon discovering
what the peinnee's Munition was, witness ran for a ma-
gma. *at Xe. Mates of Ableregate-street, shortly after ar-
rivArl....l mini.
Lowness sal the prisoner was not in a fit
stall to bear the ezeitement of hearing the evidence against
him ; MI be would, Uneaten, remand the prisoner for a
wise to tie infirmary is Newgate.

BOW-STREET.
ifeespli Bar" a yowl( man, was charged with assuming
the elinseseer a detective dicer, and thereby obtaining
free adadasioe to a public exhibition.
It was proved that for several weeks past the defendant
had been in the habit of visiting a wax-work exhibition in
the Strand. lie originally introduced himself to the porter,
andsubsequently to Mrs. Springthorpe, the proprieten, and
some of the assistants and musicians, as an officer of the
detective force, whose duty it was to drop in everywhere
occasionally, and see what was going on. As it was usual
to afford the police every facility in the discharge et their
duties, the doors wire freely opened to the prisoner, who
walked in an out when be liked, occasionally indulging in
such remarks as, " I've got a heavy business in hand Just
now ;" " Would give 21. for the man I am after now '•"
" Gering to Germany next week oa stunning business," rim
In conversation with the assistant in charge of the wax
figures he once or twice commented upon the private tac-
tics of the " force," but the imposition was at length de-
tected, and he was given into custody. In his defence the
solicitor urged that he had merely indulged in a foolish
freak, eM knowing the penalty to which he was liable ; and
=ll he did net pay for admission, he occasionally
Iblandslinalle Mpre and drink. As this fact was
'dodged, the defendant was lined if., instead of the full
penalty of 101.
Chariot Arguile, conductor of a penny omnibus, running
between Camden-town sad Oxford-street, was charged
with abusing a female passenger, and spitting twice in her
face.

The prosecatris, Ellen Labord, wife of a working man,
is Fleet-road, Lestlter-lane, bad got into the defendant's
omnibus, with her sister, at Camden-town, and each ►ad a
child in her arms. Whet they got out he demanded payment
for the infants, and, upon their refusal, ►e assailed them
with epithets too filthy for publication, spat in their fares,
' and bawled after them, " You won't be able to get a red
herring to-morrow, after this penny ride."
The defendant denied the charge, and shocked the court
by his awful asseverations repeatedly uttered.
Mr. Henry committed him to prima for one month, and
suspended his license two months.