The Express.
London, England, 1847-08-16 00:00:00

POLICE.-SATURDATt

MANSION-11003R. ANIUOOLINCL If. Brent was
finally examined, charged with having smuggled 1,043
pounds of tobacco.—The first examination appeared in our
paper of Aug. 13.—John Brett, broker's clerk, said the de-
fendant called on him to pay the &dere far six casks of
arsenic, and get a Telemeter tha same. He produced his bill
of lading, paid the freight, and received the release.--Charles
Thomas said he went to the Princess Royal with an order
for six casks et sneak. The casks were marked with
death's head and crossbonee.—Martin J. fledge, tidewaiter,
said he was on duty in the Princes' Royal, front Hamburg.
He received en order to deliver six casks of arsenic, marked
with a skull and crossbones.—Mr. B. P. Le Feuvre, a tide-
waiter, received the six casks and delivered them to Mr.
Connell, the Queen's appraiser. He went to the lodgings of
the prisoner, and found in a portmanteau about ten ounces of
Cavendish tobacco, of thesame descriptions" that in the arks,
and divers bills and documents referring to the purchase of
arsenic, lead, and empty casks, and containing an exact
statement of the quantity of arsenic, lead, and tobacco.—Mr.
Hobler, for the defence, submitted that there being no proof
that the papers were in the handwriting of the prisoner, it
would be unfair to presume that he had guilty knowledge
of the smuggling transaction.—The Lord Mayor said, in his
opinion the papers found upon the prisoner constituted the
most undeniable evidence of guilty knowledge; besides, it
appeared from the prisoner's passports that he bad himself
bees personally engaged in the smuggling business. The
adoption of such a mode of deception showed that the practi-
tioner was able and experienced, for the very symbols of dis-
tinction, the skull and crossbones, upon the outside of the
dpackages, were calculated to deter people from the examina-
of the contents, so that the Custom-house officers would
be likely to be satisfied with a very superficial investigation.
—An immediate sentence of 1001. penalty was recorded
against the prisoner, who was ordered to be detained in the
compeer until the amount should be_ paid.
DULL PREVILITED.—Mr. W. Maxfield appeared en •
warrant, charging hips with Mein intended to fight • duel.
Inspector Shaken, of the detective hoe, pekes& • war-
rant, signed by Baron Rollo, against the defendant, for in-
citing another to fight a duel; and stated that the defendant
had acknowledged that he was the party referred to in the
authority.—Bail was taken.
CLERKENWELL.—CH anon or Foarnrstv.William
rambling was charged with forging a cheque on the London
and County Bank for 201., and also with having, by false re-
presentations, obtained goods to a large amount from several
I tradesmen. n tespect to the forgery, on the 4th of the pre-
emie month the prisoner applied to the barman of Mr.
Brittain, lasei of the White Hart, Leather-lane, for
201. in exchange far • cheque to the amount, purporting
to have been drawn by Joseph Thompson on the above honk,
sayiag that he had been sent there for it by his master. Yr.
Joseph Dobson, tea-4161er. A few days afterwards Mr.
Brittain paid the cheque to Messrs. Goding, his brewers,
who, on presenting it for payment, were told that it was a
forgery. It was returned, and the prisoner was appre-
headed.—Mr. Dobson proved that 9n the diy in question
he discharged the primer, who had been awe of his shop-
men. He had never authorised kiss is obtain cash for •
cheque. The cheque produced was in the primers hand-
writang.—A politreeowitable who had appri the pri-
soner said that in addition to the latter dross, he had
found out that an immense quantity of property had been
obtained by fraud from other tradesmen in the name of Mr.
Pulbrook, a bootmaker, by the prisoner. These witnesses
he had not had time to collect together.—The prisoner said
he uttered but did not draw the chequo.—Mr. Tyrwhitt
remanded him for further examination.
MARYLBBONE. CRAIIOI or Foams° A WILL.—
Ur. Stephen Ford was re-examined, charged with having
&zed a will. The first examination appeared in our paper
ef Aug. 3. The prisoner was remanded, in order to afford
M inspector an opportunity of communicating with the
=ties in Bath, who held the warrant for his appre-
Mr. Hall, the high constable of Bath, was now in
allemiMice with a warrant issued by the Mayor of Bath.-
114 the sitting magistrate, said he would hand the
=rever to his keeping for conveyance to Bath. The
emmected with this affair seems to be that the pel-
vis* Is BO years of age, had been for many years
lonNesd of the 'Barley-mow, a house of entertainment
in Bath, and had previously been gamekeeper to a gentle-
-1 man of tbe name of Ilorlock, in the county of Willa. -While
in the ursine of Mr. Hoilock, he had, in consequence of
some connexion between the families, become intimately
acquainted with the pecuniary eimunistence" of a gentleman
named Slack, who was possessed of considerable property,
and who died in 1845, having left behind him, as was sup-
posed, a large sum of money, amounting to at least 20,0001.
His will had been deposited in the hands of his solicitor, but
that circumstance not being generally known, and it being
supposed no such document was in existence, another will
made its appearance, which purported to be regularly signed
and sealed by the deceased, and attested in due form of law.
The signature is this will, it is asserted, was in the hand-
writing oldie rimer, who had taken care to give a colour
of plausible slime's°s to the fraud, by inserting therein
many leaps bequests to the charitable institutions of Bath,
a
ppece.lie 14,0001. or 15,0001. to himself.
LAMBETH.—CIiaIiOIt •G•INSL • FVUXITURL BILOICILL.
—Samuel Tiekner, broker, of Albanyetrett, Cam-
berwell, appeared to answer the following charge.-011
Tuesday fortnight the defendant had been employed to levy
a distress for 21., a balance of rent, at the house of a Mr.
Brown. On going to the house he was told that the non-
payment of the money was not owing to any want of means,
but arose from a preceding must having left an arrear of
t. due s ' • ,