The Express.
London, England, 1853-09-05 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURT&

MANSION-HOUSE.

James Brown and Joseph Large, butchers, were charged
with having stolen a cheque for 101. 151. 6.1.. the property
of William Routland, under the following cireumsteneea:—
It appeared that Mr. Routland, a carman, while riding into
the City In a cart, dropped his pocket-book containing the
cheque and some letters. Souse time afte ard- the pri-
omen were passing in • cart with William Itushworth, •
buteher. Itushworth saw the pocket bunk ling in the
road, and be told Large to get down and pick it up. The
book was opened, and the two prisoners took the cheque,
and said they would get it cashed. Rushworth di sired
them to give it up to him that he might take it home with
the pocket-book to his father. They refused to do so, and
afterwards gut it cashed at the London Joint Stock Bank.
Thu prisoners assured Sir James Musgrove thst they bad
no intention of appropriating the money to their own use,
and, if they had acted improperly, it was in ignorance.
tin worship said the prisoners certainly appeared to be
decent men, and did not look as if they were in the habit
of doing wrong; but the charge was a very serious one, and
the facts disclosed were rather opposed to the impression
they were desirous of making as to the integrity of their in-
tentions. Ile would look into the authorities upon the
violet,, and would be prepared to give his decision on
Monday, until which day he would accept bail fur the ap-
pearance of the prisoners.
Bail was then given.
BOW-STREET.

Ann Cortliy, a domestic servant, who had been remanded
on the charge of stealing 20 sovereigns from a bin, belong-
ing to a gentleman named Foulkes, who had bees stopping
at the boarding-house u( Mr. Edwards, in Norfolk-street,
Strand, was brought up for further examination. There ap-
pestat to be some difficulty in giving the requisite legal
evidence to identify the prisoner with the above robbery,
but it tr►nspired that an old pair of shoes, b.-longing to her
master, bad been given to a journeyman baker with whom
she had been carrying on an intercourse. inspector Mit-
algal and Sergeant roes& both stated that they had reason

The prisoner was thee remanded to Wednesday next.
OULU IN VOOlll IN TH I THAMES.—Sergeant Brown, of
the detective force, produced • large piece of gold which
had been brought under his notice in the following man-
ner,—lt was presented at the shop of Mr. Clarke, pawn-
broker, L ng-acre, by a labourer in the employ of Messrs.
Cubits, who said he bad picked it out of some gravel which
he had dug out of the bed of the River Thames. Mr.
Clarke, never having heard of anything so valuable coming
out of the Thames, promised to give 61. for it, and told the'
man to call again—communicating le the mean time with
the police. It turned out, however, on inquiry at Cubitt's,
that the story was perfectly true. It appeared to be a
rod of gold, coiled by some process in workmanship.
Mr. Jardine directed that it should be retained for a
fortnight, and then, if not claimed, given back to the lucky
finder of the treasure.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Witham Bartlett, an officer belonging to the West-
' minter County Court, was brought before Mr. Hardwick,
charged with having stolen a 51. note under the following
circumstances.
James Goodchild del:reed, that he was a porter to Mr.
Powell, tailor, 37, Old Bond-street, and that about eleven
o'clock that morning he was sent to Mr. Horrocks' at 109,
Piccadilly, with a bill for clothes supplied to him, and
that gentleman gave witness a 101. note to get charged for
two fives, end directed him to deduct the amount of the
bill, and bring him back the balance Witness got the
note changed for two 51. notes, and returned with them
to his master's shop, and wie in the act of placing one of
them in his master's hands, when the prisoner, who was in
the shop, snatched one of the notes out of his hand, and
said, " This is my note," at the same time putting some
change on the table. Defendant was about leaving the
shop, when Mr. Powell sent witness for a constable, and
defendant was given into custody. Witness did not give
Mr. Powell the note, neither did defendant take it off the
cutt'ng-board.
Mr. Powell said the prisoner, when be came into his
house, stated that he had an execution from the Westmin-
ster County Court against his goods. Witness told him he
had already an execution in the house for rent, which the
man in possession would testify, but, before he could do so,
his porter came in with the two 51. notes, which he had got
changed for a IN. note. The porter said he was going to
get one of them changed, and was about handing it to
witness for him to put his name at the back of it, when the
defendant snatched it from him, saying, " I urdentand all
these money matters, and 1 shall take possession of the
note." Witness told him the note was not his property, when
he replied, " I don't care anything about that, I shall take
it in discharge of the debt." Witness at once sent for a con-
stable and gave defendant in charge for stealing the note.
In answer to the cherry defendant said he went into Mr.
Powell's to execute a warrant he held against his goods,
when he saw Mrs. Powell, to whom he explained the na-
ture of his visit. Mrs. Powell said she had forgot to pay
the instalment, but would send and pay it. Defendant told
her that would not do: he must levy on the goods for the
amount. While he was in the shop the porter came in,
and gave Mr. Powell a 5/. note, which he laid on the cut-
ting-board. Defendant seized the note, and told Mr.
Powell, if he had a man in possession for the goods, he was
not in for the 51. note, and he (defendant) then levied on
the note, and, after deducting the amount of the debt, laid
the balance on the cutting board. He was on the point of
leaving the shop when Mr. Powell gave him into custody.
Mr. Horrocks proved giving the porter a 101. note to
change for two lives, from one of which he directed Mr.
Powell to deduct his bill, and return the other note with
the b.slanee to him.

Mr. Hardwick told the defendant that it wa• a very
hasty mode of acting on his part, but there was no pretence
to the charge of robbery.
A gentleman who appeared from the high bailiff's office,
produced the County Courts Act, and contended that de-
fendant was justified in Skiiinir the note. This act em-
powered the officer to levy, not only on goods, but cash,
bills, and bank notes. He also contended that the matter
was not in his worship's jurisdiction, but in the jurisdiction
of the court of which be (defendant) is an officer. If any
of their officers acted wrong, they were punished by fine or
otherwise, by the high bailiff.
Mr. Iludwick referred the parties to the high bailiff, and
discharged the defendant. Mr. Hardwick statcd to the in-
spector that he acted perfectly right in taking t►e charge.

LAMBETH.
Richard! Kelmlev, the driver of a cab numbered 377, was
summoned for refusing to take a gentleman named Bur-
rows from the stand at Camberwell-green to 'his residence
at Dulwich.

It appeared that the complainant called a cab at Camber-
well-green, when the driver refused to take him to Dul-
wich; upon this he desired to be driven to the station-house
close by, where the policeman took down the number of the
csb and the driver's badge. It was admitted that the
defendant was not the driver, s.though the somber of his
cab auswered to that which was taken down by the
policeman.
The defendant said be bad driven the same cab for several
years, and produced witnesses to prove that he was on a
stand at Paddington at the time in question.
Mr. Elliot: way of opinion that two cabs with the same
number were worked, but, as it was admitted the defendant
was not the right man, he must award costs for himself and
witnesses, and the complainant mast pay him 84. The
magistrate directed Sergeant Mead to follow up his inquiries
into the matter, with the view of detecting the fraud in
using the duplicate number, and punishing the party.
Edward Barlow, badge 7,322, was summoned by Mr.
Brown, for the double oft nce of carrying a person ri the
box with him, and demanding and receiving more than his
legal fare.
. . .

The defendant, judging the distastro by the ordinary way,
namely, the road, insisted that he had travelled upwards
of a mile beyond the radius eof four miles from Charing-
cross, and was therefore entitled to 25., the amount he
tad demanded.
Upon a measurement on the map it wu found that the
defendant had only travelled one-sixth of a mile beyond the
radius of four index, and was therefore entitled to no more
than Is. 6d.

Mr. Elliott observed that cabmen generally kll into an
error in judging the distance from the ordinary measure-
ment of the wheel instead of drawing a straight lino from
Chasing-crow, four miles in length, and by this means fix-
tag the radius according to the act of Parliament.
The complainant stated that the defendant had been ex-
ceedingly civil.
The magistrate said, under these circumstances, and as
the defendant seemed to here been in error, he should con-
vict him in the mitigated penalty of half-a-crawn for each
offence, together with costs.
The defendant paid the amount.
THAMES.

JoAn tiellanor, cab-driver, No. 1,189, was charged with
taking more than his legal fare.
The complainant, Mr. Brown, captain of a merchant ship,
Stated that he hired the defendant on the 26th ult.; he was
driven • di.tence under a mile, but the defendant had to
wait some time for him, and lie then demanded GI as his
fare. The complainant held the money out to him, threaten-
ing that he would suront,n hint if he took more than his
fare. The defendant took the

In answer to the charge, the defendant said he had taken
Is. for the distance, and ss. for waiting an hour and a half.
The complainant proved that he had not kept the man
waiting (or this length of time, and ultimately the magi*.
trate tined him 2s. 6d. for the overcharge, ss. costs, and a
penalty of 10s.
George .11'rroe, who described himself as a petty officer
in her Majesty's navy, was charged with obtaining, under
false pretences, wearing apparel, Lecessaries, and a variety
of other articles, from the c ,mplainant, Mr. James Clark,
No. I, Leslie-street, Mile-end.
It appeared that the defendant cam• to the complainant's
house, and stating that be was about to receive a very large
sum of money from the Admiralty, and that he was paid an
annuity of 801. per annum, obtained a variety of things
from the complainant, including his dinner, tea, supper,
breakfast, a pint and • half of rum, and a bed for one
night. The complainant su,pecting at last that he was an
impostor, gave him liana custody when he was about to
leave his house.

The et:lei:lda:it said it wa• all true that be had told the
complainant, except as to his bsing t retitled to receive any
money.

The prisoner was remand, d.
_ GREEN W ICH.

Richard Bunn, Ep., resi I No. 17, Lee-terrace,
Blaesbeath, appeared on summons before Mr. Traill, to
answer a claim of James Wilkinson, a cab-driver.
The plaintiff said be was hired by the defendant on
Saturday evening week, whilst on the Blackheath cab
stand, to go up to his house on Lee-terrace, and there take
up four persons (adults), and three children. When the
pa-tit s had got tato the carriage Mr. Bunn said he should
hire him by the hour, and hr then drove him down the
!Allege, across Blackheath, along the Charlton-road, out on
to Woolwich-common, sad hack to the Sun on the Sands
public. house, at the loot of Shooter's-hill. Mr. Bunn and
his friends then got out, and the former tendered him
ls. 6d. for his fare. Witness refused to take it, u Mr.
Bunn had just before told him that he should pay him by
the distance. He (witness) made no specific demand, but
said that he should not take the ls. GI which had
been offered him.
The defendant said the distance was not more than
three miles, and the cabman was only one hour
engaged. He would not have been so long but
his horse was in a very low condition, and only walked
at the rate of three miles an hour. He afterwards
tendered him 25., which he considered quite sufficient. The
usual charge of the drivers on Blackheath and vicinity was
2s. fid. per hour. He should like to know whether or not
the drivers en Blackheath were regulated by the new act?
Mr. Traill said that by the new act of Mr. Fitzroy's, cabs
plying without the radius (four miles beyond Charing-cram)
were entitled to a charge of it per mile, and 6d. each sure
for all over two persons; but if the party bins! the cab
made the driver take him within the radius from where he
had hired him, he had only to pay him 6d. per mile. lie

On Saturday the first ordinary half-yearly n:eet-
ins of this company was held at the Easton statics. ;
THOMAS iIIITROOD, Esq., in the chair.
TM following report, which bad net been printed or cir-
culated before the meeting, was read : "In appearing
before the proprietors at this the Snit meeting of the com-
hony, the directors have to congratulate Uri" brother shore-
lden upon the successful result of their second applica-
vices to parliament for powers to construct a railway from
Worcester to Hereford, connecting the narrow gauge sys-
tem of South Wales with the great net-work of railways
on the same gauge in England and Scotland. The contest
in parliament of the last session has been distinguished by
the samo determined opposition from the broad gauge inte-
rests which marked the struggle of the session 1852. But
the great public importance of an unbroken communication
on the narrow gauge between South Wales and the manu-
facturing and mineral districts of England and the metro-
polis has been now fully recognised by parlia-
ment; and, notwithstanding the most strenuous efforts

of thioppoisents of this comp-say's project, the committees
of both houses decided after the fullest consideration, that
the mixed gauge should not under any circumstances be
laid down. Your act of incorporation therefore is unclogged
by any condition which would involve a needless or wasteful
expenditure of money in that respect, and impede the free
and independent working of your traffic. The directors are
anxious to meet the wishes of the proprietors and the
public, by taking measures for ensuring the opening of the
railway at as early a period as is consistent with economy
and prudence. The line of this year involves two tunnels,
one at Malvern and the other at Ledbury, which, although
not of great length, will require a period of about ten
months for the slaking of the shafts connected with them,
and until these shafts are sunk to the formation level, the
directors would not propose to commence the works g lly
as between Malvern and a point near Hereford. The short
piece of line at Hereford, which connects the Newport,
Abergaveany, and Hereford and the Sb.ewsbury and Here-
ford lines, will proceed by arrangements with the Newport,
Aberg y, and Hereford Company, so as to be opened
contemporaneously with that company's line—viz, in No-
vember next. Thus an almost immediate return will be'
obtained upon the small portion of capital invested in this
part of the work. Convinced of the :great importance of
the Malvern traffic, the directors strongly recommend that
that pardon of the line which is between the city of Wor-
cester and the tunnel at Malvern should be' !proceeded with
forthwith if satisfactory arrangements for that purpose
shall be made with the intervening landowners, from whom
the directors confidently rely on receiving every facility
in the progress of an undertaking in which they naturally
take so warm an interest. The railway to Malvern could
in this case he completed by Hey next, and that por-
tion of it which lies between the link common
at Malvern, and the Heuiwick-road at Worcester could if
desirable be ready for opening at a somewhat earlier period.
The entire railway may be opened, provided the company's
operations are facilitated as the directors expect, in two
years from the date at which possession of the land is ob-
tained. The directors recommend that the unissued shares
required in order to complete the full capital of the com-
pany be offered to such of the proprietors as are desirous of
increasing their present holdings, and afterwards, should
any Female, to parties interested in the first application to
parliament, though aot in that of last session, who may be
now anxious again to join the undertaking. As soon as
the accounts connected with the first application to parlia-
ment can be settled, a return of the balance of deposits
remaining will be made to those parties—a very small num-
ber—who do not retain their iuterest in the company. The
directors have every confidence that the line to Malvern will,
even unaided by the through traffic, be highly remuaerative.
The directors are happy to be able to state that they con-
tinue to receive assurances of the most cordial co-operation
from the London and North Western, Midland and New-
port, Aberg y, and Hereford companies, from whose
lines the Worcester and Hereford Railway will hereafter
receive such an important traffic, and though they regret
the opposition in parliament of the Oxford, Worcester and
Wolverhampton, and Shrewsbury and Hereford companies,
they still entertain the hope that both those com.ianies will
see the necessity on every ground for co-operating with this
company and its allies in the development of the resources
of the district with which the Worcester and Hereford
railway oilers a connexion, by mutual and friendly arrange-
ments. It will be the policy of the directors, if continued ia
office, to work in amity with all parties who will fairly meet
their efforts to accommodate the traffic which will flow
over their railway. The directors cannot conclude this
report without expressing their unabated confidence in the
soundness of the undertaking, which, carried out with
strict regard to eeosomy, cannot in their opinion fail to be
highly remunerative. The directors named in the act of
incorporation are—T. Heywood, Esq., W. Hall, Esq.,
Josiah Stallard, Esq., T. C. Horagold, E.q.,
Joseph A. Higgins, Esq., Abel Peyton, Esq., Genres
B. Paget. Esq., Edward H. Barwell, Esq., Richard
Moon, Esq., Edward Tootal, Esq., Jonathan S.
Browning, Es ti., Timothy R. Cobb, Esq., lion. Win. B.
Fitzmaurice, in. E. Sneed, Esq., and Thomas Pritchard,
Esq. They offer themselves for re-election. Messrs. John
Edward Bartlett and Henry Crosfield are recommended as
auditors of the company."
The report was agreed to, the directers named in the apt
of incorporation elected, the seat of the company adopted,
and, with a very cordial vote of thanks to the directors,
the meeting separated.