The Express.
London, England, 1849-01-01 00:00:00

POLICE.-SATURDAT.

BOW-STREET.—ROMMity AT THE INSOLVENT DTA-
TOW? COURT.—A. Schmidt, a German, was charged with
reeling twenty-three parchment schedules from the Insol-
vent Debtors' Court, Lineoln'ininvfields.—Anne Lambert,
daughter of the housekeeper, stated that on the Id inst. she
met the prisoner coming down stairs from the third floor, on
which tome were only private apartments, and supposing
that he might have missed kis way, as the Louse was under-
going repairs, she allowed him to pass without making any
observation. Shortly after she met another man coming
down, and she told him that there were no public offices in
that part: of the building, and after he had disappeared she
.In:emceed that a quantity of schedules had ores re-1
moved from the pigeon hol• s on the landing, and
concealed in a bag produced, which she found had
been placed at the center of the staircase, appa-
rently for the purpose of being removed when an opportu •
nity offered. She was certain the prisoner was one of the
men, and she immediately identified him at the Malseinu-
house.—An officer of the E division said that he apprehended
the prisoner in the Strand for stealing public documents
from the Custom-house, and being brought to the Mansion
house he was discharged in constqueuce of the indifferent
character of another prisoner, who was allowed to give evi-
dence against him, upon which he took him into =swot,
on the present charge.—The prisoner denied that he had auy-
thing to do with the present robbery, or that he was at the
Insolvent Debtors' Court on the day in question; and in
answer to questions pat by the magistrate, he said ho ha .
been in this country three years, during which time he was
convicted at the Central Criminal Court of forgery, for
which he suffered twelve months' imprisonment.—Mr. Henry
reminded the prisoner until Friday next.
MARLBOROUGH SIMERT.—CHARGIS or Folio:Ate.
—A.Fordwu finally examined, claimed with has uttered
various forged cheques. Among publi line, in particular, the
prisoner appears to have had remarkable sum v. In one
instance the police were on Lis track so timely that, on mak.
in g an inquiry at a public house in Wnnechspel, they were
twlei teat he had just previously succeeded in passing a forged
ceeque at the house. A short time alter, hearing that he
was about the neighbourhood of Chelsea, the pellicle were
about to make inquiry, and at the first public-house they en-
tered they learned that the prisoner had lett the house rot
more than ten minutes before, having succeeded in getting
one of his fraudulent chanties cashed.—Mr.A. B. Spergwider
stated that some time ago a stranger came into his shop,
and after some conversation asked him to cash a chi quo for
him. Witness ohjected to do so, but ultimately agreed to pass
the cheque, written in the name of Williams, which the person
produced through his banker's, and when paid the applicont
could have the money. The cheque was passed and paid,
hut the party who left it had net called for the money. Wit-
ness thought the prisoner was the person who had called
upon him, aid had left the cheque with him. His general,
appearance was the same, but witness would not undertake'
to swear positively to trim —A clerk from the banking-house
of Messrs. Spooner and Co. said the ltev. Mr. Willtums, of
Brecon, had credit at the house. The chigoe now produced
war presented and paid. It proved to be a forgery.—The
Rev. Mr. Williams, a =migrate at Brecon, said the cheque
now produced was not in his hanuwriting. He hail never
authorised the prisoner, who was a stranper to him, to craw
cheques in his name.—F. W.Thomas, auctioneer, had known
the prisoner for about three years, and had seen him write.
Believed that the cheque now produced wan all in the hand-
writing of the prisoner.—The next charge was obtaining
cash for a forged cheque from Mr. Revel, of o:toed-street.
The prisoner went into Mr. Revel's shop, and, representing
that he was about to commence business as a chemist in the
neighbourhood, he so far imposed on the prosecutor as to
induce him to 3ive cash for a cheque purporting to be drawn
by a pen= named Felton.—Mr. F. lion said the cheque now
produced was not in his handwriting.—The prison, r, ins de-
fence, said that Felton, who drew the cheque, was not the
Felton who bad come forward to disown it.—The 1 num, r
was fully committed on both charges.
HAMMERSMITH.—TIII3 ROBBERY AT KENSINGTON.—
T. Chilcott, a sweep, was charged on suspicion with having
been concerned, with other persons not in custody, in
breaking into the ree:dence of Count Carlo Peeeho, St.
George's-terrace, Gloucester-road, Kensington, and sterl-
ing hank notes, gold coins, and jewellery, to the value of up-
wards of 600/. Count Pepelio deposed that on the evening
of Christmavday, in consequence of an alarm given by one
of hiss rowans, he went up to one of the attics, the door en
which he found lotleed on the inside. An entrance wa- tf-
(wed, and he found inside two dressing-yeses, which had
been taker. from his own end his countess's dressing-rooms,
where they were always kept. They had been opened by
false keys, and their contents, which consisted of diamond
ear rings, brooches, rings, several gold bracelets studeed
with precious stones, two representing the likenesses of the
members of the Bonaparte family, 1 massive and heavy
gold chains, and other jewellery ; three gold watches, one
having on the beck a miniature of the Holy Virgin
and child, bad been taken away. Witness also found in the
attic a desk belonging to himself, which had been broken
open, and about 1801 in Bank of England notes, together
with a number of gold and silver medals, and Fter.ch and
Italian gold and silver coins stolen therefrom. Among the
notes were two for 101. and eighteen for U., numb?red
90,117 to 90,134, and dated the 2nd of October, 1848. He
saw muddy and sooty footmark*, which extended trona the
attire to the bedrooms and dressing rooms and back again.—
Inspector 'level!, T division, deposed that he had examined
the premises, and found that there was an empty house in
the nine terrace, No. 19, which he had also detrain, d and
found therein similar footmarks to those the count had tie-
scribed, which also extended over the bads of the eight in-
tervening houses between the empty house and the
count's residence. Prisoner bad been employed at
the empty house on the day of the robbery, and
had the possession of the key fur that purpose. He was
seen in the neighbourhood of the count's house from time to
time between five o'clock in the afternoon and about eight
o'clock in the evening, the robbery being presumed to Cave
been committed between seven and eight o'clo-te. He hod
' no doubt, from the information he had received, that if the
prisoner was remanded for a few dam be should be able to
produce other evidence against him. The prisoner said he
was quite innocent of the robbery. Ile could prove that he
gave up the key of the empty house when he had removed
the coals, and he could also prove that be was at a relative's
at Knightsbridge all the evening. Mr. Beadon said the evi-
dence et present against the prisoner was slight, and he
would remand him for further inquiry until that day week ;
but, if in the meantime the police from their inquiries were
satisfied that he had nothing to do with the robbery, he
should be discharged before that time.
CltOYDON.—CatallOß OP UTTZKINO Fates CHZQWES.
—This day was appointed for the re examinatioa of Mr. T.
Powell, a gentleman who for some time occupied Burgh
House, in the neighbourhood of Croydon, upon the charge
of obtaining money by means of false cheques from Miss
Henson. the landlady of the Cock, at Sutton, Mr. Tebbutt,
of the Fox and Huun.!s, Croydon, and several other Inn-
keepers.—Mr. Wage, on behalf of the accused, put in a
certificate by the heeler of a lunatic asp= at Hovon,
which stated that Mr. T. Powell had been admitted to that
asylum as a lunatic, upon the certificates of Dr. Southwood
Smith and Mr. Montague Gossett. Under these circumstances
it was hardly necessary for him to inform the bench that it
was quite impossible for the prisoner to attend and undergo
an examinatiun.—The magistrates ordered the case to stand
over to a future day.