The Express.
London, England, 1856-10-28 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURT&

MANSION-HOUSE.
George Whittle and Patrick Lucy, who looked like sturdy
navigators, and were stated to be in the employment of Mr.
Jay, the :ostensive builder, were brought before the Lord
Mayor, charged with having stolen wine seder the follow-
ing eircumsteness :
Fannies 616 aid—On Saturday afternoon at half-past
four o'clock, as I was on duty in Feetherthutreret, I saw
the prisoners sing from their work at some premises
wader repair. They wen both drunk, and I observed that
they bad something besides their meal dress round their
waists, and I stopped them, and asked them what they had
stunt them. They returned such an sourer ma Induced me
to enemies them rather strictly. I poked their sides, and
ems found they had something congealed that was harder
than ribs. I then took from Duey two bottles of sherry,
which IMO under his smock frock, sod I also found upon
Whittle two bottles of the same eon of wine, which bore
upon the oink a particular stamp. I then took them to the
section-bona, and upon @gain searching Whittle I found
another bottle of sherry, which be bad deposited In the leg
of his trousers. They said they had found the wine, but
upon esambsing the premises in which they had been at
work I perceived that a hole had been made in the wall of
the adjoining premien, which were occupied by Mr. Pit-
man, and it was evident that a considerable quantity of wise
had bon abstracted. Each of the prisoners had, in addition
to the bottles of wine found iistheir poseessim, a tin an
containing wine of the some quality; but Whittle, upon
being apprehended, throw down hie son and broke it in
pima.
William Summers, foregoes to Mr. Jay, stated that the
prisoners were at work for Mr. Jay, and bad been es-
played In underpinning the walls of the adjoining promisee,
through which it appeared they had out the bole, end thus
had hem enabled to help themselves abundantly to the
wins, which must have operated very rapidly upon them,
ss he had NM them in a Este of perfect sobriety at •
quarter put three o'clock, a quarter of an hoer after which
they were drank.
Mr. Alfred Edwards, of 160, Fenehurchutreet, insurance
broker, stated that he knew the wine to he the property of
his partner, Mr. George Frederick Pitman. It we a fine
East India @berry, and the corks were aU marked with the
name of the merchant from whom It lied been purchased.
Witten found, upon examination of the sherry, that a hole
had beeline through the wall, and that about four dozen
of wine had been abstracted. He had, however, that morn-
ing received some haforciation as to the place at which the
stolen property had been disposed of, an he wae therefore
anxious that the primers should be remanded.
The prisoners merely said, upon being asked whether they
had any questions to ask af the witnesses, that they had no
Idea how strong the wine was, and that as they had met
with it is the progress of their work, they thought there
was no harm in tasting it.

The Lord Mayor raid he would most willingly great a
remand, le order to give the police on opportanity of
'asking more complete inquiry and south.
Ina case like
that before him not marines persons is the class to which
the priapism behoved liable to Impatetleas, but all work-
men and warehomemen employed on the premises became
objects of suspicion. It was most lamentable that by the
salmonduet of molt unworthy peruse as the prim:men ap-
peared sesordieg to the evidence to be, the Marsden of
industrious sad honest men should Mouse liable to suspi-
cion, and a more revertible body of man meld not be
fimad In society than tbe body of rambetuce and labourers
with which the metropolis abounded. For the sake of she
workmen who panned their meeting soberly and
honestly, so well as for the other eonelderviose involving
the mass of poblie Jamie., he would remand the prisoners
min a hill investigetios should be made into all the dr
coartaamo of the robbery.

GUILDHALL,
William Jennings, • respectable and delicate looking led,
about 17 year of ego, was plead at the bar before ;Sir R.
W. Cadge, chug*, with studies, es Friday night, 227
gold Ms. 70 silver poncil.coses,lie., to the amount of 2601.,
and 201. is money, die property of Memos. Within Stephens
and Soo, sad also with barglatiously breaking out of the
said premium immediately after the robbery.
Joseph Plimpton, the amistant to the prosecutors, said
Ms nesters were wholesale stationers, of 36 sad 38, Thing-
meetonsitrut. The prissier was formerly is their manes,
but leR about four or flys months ago. On Friday evening,
about 7 o'clock, whams left the premises locked up, and
when, on Saturday morning, he entered the shop, he found
Hall in emission, and property to the amount of 2601. was
stolen. He welt down to the haeunent, and there found
that the pan had been opened, sad the each-boar, containing
about 201. In gold and silver, stolen.
Robert Penman a detective officer, said that in come.
queue of infornistion he received, be and 8011, another
detective omcer,wrnt to Stephan and Son's, about 10 o'clock
oa Saturday morning. From what they saw there they
were convinced that the robbery bed bun committed by
somebody well acquoiated with the premise,. About belt-
plat eine on Sudsy morning they went to N 0.17. Baldwin
Unit, City-road, St, Luke% and in the front parlour they
found the prisoner is bed with his clothes on. Witness
asked him bow he had spent his time lately, but he could
not give a satisfactory account of it, particalerly of Friday
sight. Witness told him to turn out his penitent, which he
pretended to do, and then wanted to lean the room. Ho
we. searched, and in his coat picket witness found a knife
(produced) which the prosecutors identified as part
of Use stolen property. Is oats of his truism
pockets to found a easy.. bag containing 101.
ia gold, and 21. 16s. 6d. in silver, end is the other he
found a leather puns oonteising eight sovereigns and • half,
and another new one empty, and don keys. He said to
him, "This is what we are looking for; you hen robbed
your late employers, Mears. Stephens." The pfsoner said,
"I have; I will tell you the truth." The tether and
mother were respectable people and knew nothing of the
truism:doe. lle secured the property and eserehed the
house while Bull tcok charge of the property.
John Mark Bull corroborated the evidence of Packs=
When they took the prisoner lute custody the mother
foisted away, while the father was saaious to know whether
he bad committed murder, and there was a most heart-
rending mane with the prisoner's family, who wore very
respectable people In their station. He said to the prisoner,
"1 am going to put a question to you. and you need not
Ramer it unless you like. What have yon done with the
rest of the property—here is only • small portion of it."
He replied, "I went into the house about eta o'clock le
the eyeing and wangled myself. At night time I toot the
property, and put the greater portion of it in • brown paper
parcel, directed to Mr. C. F. Hooper, Leeds, Yorkshire,
Cloak-room, Chest Northern Railway Station. Yoe will
find ell the property there, tempt some Over pencil CUM,
sad them I have hidden behlod a tree is Epping Forest."
They west in a cab to Epping Forest, and the prisoner
pointed cut a tree behind which he said be bad hidden the
pencil can s. They were not there, but there was every
appearance as if somebody had tole th. re recsotly ; there
fore he had no reason to doubt the statement of the prisoner.
If ibis were made public, and if an honest person had found
them, he would no doubt rest. re them on leaning to whom
they belonged. They returned to the Great Northern
Railway B'atioo, and received in the prisoner's permeate
the brown paper parcel w.th the name of !Hooper on it.
Ile asked the prisoner if that were the parcel, and
he said it was. The parcel was opened in the prisoner's
presence, and was found to contain 227 gild pens, 38
cedar pencil., 2 ems of neer., 62 penknives, 14 silver
pencil cues 9 desk knives, 10 ensue, 6 ivory tablets, 14
ivory lead Dues, 6 burry pant., 2 ivory silver pen o.ses, 2
pen holders, 6 propelling pencils, 13 pocket books, 13 leather
purees, ends quantity of other 'ruche, 41 of which he
produced. The prisoner did not bury the si:vrr pencil Gun,
bet merely put them behind • tree, and not onht the I eople
who were piekiog blackberries toned them. The prisoner
elated that he had picked ferns and made • bed and slept in
Epping Forest for the hut week. He pointed out the spot,
end there wet the appearance as if a person bad slept there.
Mr.Plimptos identifii d the property pro lined as that stolen
from the premises of the pro ecutors. It constitut,d the
whole of the enees stolen. us ler as he knew, with the
emotion of the silver pencil MIL
Sir R. W. Carden, addressing Pickens cud Bull, said—
I am much pleased with the re is which you have acted
in this taw You are two very deserving officers. You
leave nothing undiscovered that ten by any possibility be
discovered, and it is mainly attributable to your exertions
that the property has been recovered. Your conduct is
highly creditable to you, an/ is deserving of the commends.
lion of the 00010lintOMPT of police end the public.
The prisoner, after the usual caution, said he had no.
thing to say in his defects, end was fully committed
for trial.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

Robert WraTe7e:tell,rentreManii-loTiting young man, 11
wee brought before Mr. lieadon, n4arged with towing and
lacewing too chigoes—one for 2501, end the other for
on the Loudon and Westminster Baak, Saint
Jameeeeeriaers.
Is appeared that the primer wu a els ck la the employ of

Prinial and pubilinni by WILLIAM AM: nom,. of No. P. LoinWWI
bireri, in the City of London, Priutnr, et the Otlino. In I.initnni
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