The Express.
London, England, 1851-02-17 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 17, 1851.

THE POLICE COURTS.

GUILDHALL.
INGENTOrti FRAr IL—James Salmon was brought up for
final examination, on the charge of obtaining a saddle and
bridle, value 31., from Mr. 11. T. Wells, of Albauy-street,
Regent's-park.
The prisoner went into Mr. Wells's shop and ordered a
saddle and bridle on hire, requesting hint to send it to, as
usual, a chemist's in the neighbourhood, of the name of
Mrtram, stating at the same time that Mr. Bertram only
wanted it for two hours to take a drive round the Great
Exhibition building, and that it should be returned by
seven o'clock in the evening. Mr. Wells directed one of
his men to take the saddle, and it was accordingly taken
and delivered to the prisoner in the shop, who said—" It's
all right, my man," and gave him twopence for the pur-
pose of buying some trser. When the man had left the
shop, he suspected it was:not all right by prisoner giving
hint the money, and he returned, and was Just in time to
see prisoner leaving the shop with the saddle under his
arm. The man ran in and asked the assistant if prisoner
was his ma=ter, and he said he never saw prisoner before,
and that he was only then a chance customer. The man
ran out but prisoner was gone. &strut similar charges
have been made against him. In one of the eases he went
into the chemist's shop, to whilllt he had ordered the saddle,
&e. to be sent, and called for trgiass of lemonade. While
there he walked to the door and looked out. lie then re-
turned to the counter, took off his hut, turned up his cuffs,
and sticking his thumbs in the arm-holes of his waistcoat,
walked leisurely towards the door. The man arrived with
the saddle, and the prisoner walked off with it. This plan
he pursued in every instance, so that all parties were de-
luded into the idea that he belonged to the shop, by making
himself 50 much at home there. In each case the chemist
invariable wanted to ride round the Great Exhibition build-
in c. Prisoner was committed for trial.
CHARGE or FOROERY.—ChrtrleB Newton, a respectably
dressed individual, describing himself as a miller, in an ex-
tensive way of business at load on Mills, in Essex, was
charged with uttering a forged bill of exchange for 291.145. Gd.,
drawn by the prisoner on, and purporting to be accepted by,
Mr. James B. Parker, corn merchant, of Colchester, well
knowing the same to be forged.
Mr. 11. F. Wood appeared to conduct the prosecution,
and a gentleman, whose name we did not catch, attended
for the prisoner.
Mr. 1 Firmhend, of 17, Clifford's-inn, solicitor, said—
In the year 1849 I had some business transactions with the
prisoner. He was in want of money, and I lent him 1401,,
and received from hint as security his note of hand for the
amount, and a deposit of some title deeds. Some time
after he wanted an abstract of these deeds drawn up, and
sent to another solicitor. I prepared it according to his
directions, and sent it to the party he named.
Soon after this prisoner called upon me and gave
me this bill of exchange for 291. 14s. 6d., in payment of
what I had dons for him. I asked him who was Mr
Parker, the acceptor ; to which he replied that he was a
very respectable corn merchant, residing at Colchester. I
said, " I dare say it's all very well," and I drew a cheque
for the balance, about dill., and gave it to the prisoner. '1 he
bill was drawn at three months, and made payable at
Messrs. Mulkey's, the banker's. h was due on the 19th of
April, 18:i0, and was noted in due course fur nun-payment.
In consequence of this I went down to Colchester, and re-
mained there two days, making every inquiry possible. I
applied at the Corn Exchange in that place, but all to no
purpose; no one of the name of Parker was known
there.

On being cram-examined by prisoner's solicitor, witness
sail—l dou't remember ever having seen the prisoner since
the bill became due. It is drawn in his handwriting, but
the acceptance is not that of another party. I wrote to
'Parker as well as the prisoner when the bill was disho-
noured. I never offered pri,oner 100/. to make an assign-
ment of the deeds in my favour. On Friday night, atter
prisoner was in custody, a man called on me at my
chambers. I asked him what was his name and his base-
ness with me ? lle said his name was Wilson, and that he
called about the forged hill of exchange. I saw him again
at the station house, and he then said that he was Mr. J.
B Parker, and that he came to settle that bill affair."
Sir Chapman 31anhall here intimated that he had heard
enough to induce him to comply with a reomst in the first
instance for an adjournment of this case The prisoner was
searched at the station, and S. a pocket-book, four
keys, and a bill of exchange for 35/., were found on him.
Mr. li. F. Wood said he was quite prepared to go fully
into the case without any further delay.
Sir Chapman Marshall said, that as the acceptor of the
bill had turned up only on Friday night, although he was
not forthcoming on the present occasion, he would remand
the prisoner for a week to enable him to produce the im-
portant witness in his favour. 1k hoped in the interim
that Mr. Parker would come forward and take up the bill,
if it was not, as had been alleged, a forgery, and thus save
the magistrate the unpleasant duty of interfering any fur-
ther in this matter.
Remanded till Saturday next.
MARYLEBONE.
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OrtRAGE ON A Ni7oNAM7t,T.LIi-t;: Brett, Win. Starker,
and Henry Ray, three men employed on the Electric Tele-
graph Works at Camden-town, were charged with baring
committed a serious and wanton outrage on a fellow work-
man named Edward Tooley, by ducking him in a horse-
: trough until he was nearly suffocated.
William Simpkin was witness to the ill-usage Tooley had
received. It appeared that the cause of the shameful treat-
ment complainant bad suffered was that the prisoners sus-
pocteil Tuohy, had given information on which • fellow-
workman hail been charged with stealing a quantity of coal,
the property of the company.
Defendants, in their defence, said that Tooley had got
drunk, and without the slightest provocation had struck
two of them ; that a tight ensued, in the course of which
Tooley fell into the trough accidentally, but defendants
denied hosing " ducked" him wilfully.
Mr. Long looked upon the offence as one of a most serious
nature, and said ho should fine the offending parties 40s.
each, in default of payment to be imprisoned one mouth in
he House of Correction.