The Express.
London, England, 1851-05-10 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 10, 1851%

THE POLICE COURTS.

6 CI LDIIA I.L.

Edontrel Thimen, a young German, was charged with
stealing a large quantity of diamonds value 4.101., the pro-
perty of Messrs. Drinnuigh, &It walsuler, and. Co., diamond
merchants, of 8, lfroud-street-buildings, City.
Michael napkin, the detective officer, mid: On the 28th
of last month I received information that the prisoner hail
absconded with a quantity of diamonds. I traced prisoner
to Peterborough, and from thence to Liverpool. On Tues-
day night 1 went down to the latter place. On
the following morning 1 found prisoner had sailed
for New York in the Sardinia, a sailing vessel.
Finding prisoner had four hours' start of me, 1
engaged a steamer and went in pursuit of him. I overtook
the vessel off the Great Ormes' Head, about 60 miles front
Liverpool. I boarded the vessel while it pursued its course
through the St. Georges Channel, and saw prisoner stand-
ing on the main deck. I knew him by the description l
had received, and accordingly told him I was an officer,
and apprehended bin on the charge of robbing his em-
ployes, of some diamonds. lie said " You're mistaken ;
I know nothing about it." I then searched him,
and found a gold watch, a gold guard, three keys, a knife,
and two French purses, one of which contained D. 24.
I took prisoner back to Liverpool with me, and on my
. arrival conveyed hint to the Bridewell, where I com-
menced a more strict search of his person. A great por-
tion of the missing diamonds were tied round his waist in
the manner of a belt. Prisoner, at the moment, said,
"Now you've got it—you've gut till." I found in it
two large diamond brooches, the centre piece, a brooch
of a diamond stomacher, and a pair of diamond bracelets.
Prisoner told me he had taken oil the pendants and drops
from the centre ornament, and had taken the stones out
and sold them to a Mr. Disunite of Lord-street, Liver-
goof. Went to Mr. Dismore, 'Am at once gave me up
five carats of diamonds which he had purchased fur 2dl. The
loose diamonds which I produce are the same I received
from Mr. Dismore. I afterwards found, on searching
prisoner's pocket-book, a duplicate or memorandum of a
pair of brilliant earrings deposited at Mr. Young'., of
Leicester-square, in the name of "E. Ilautman, of 11,
Finsbury-square, fur 40!. Prisoner said these earring.,
together with the pendants, be broke off the mints, ph cc,
and the other articles produced formed the complete suite
of diamonds. The other portions of the pendants, consist-
ing
of the settings were obtained by another officer. While
I was bringing prisoner up tu London, he said he would ;
throw him,sh upon the mercy of the court. Ile has
assisted me in every possible way to enable me to complete
the ease against him.
M. Jacques Schwab:idler identified a portion'of the pro-
pens. Prison: r had been his clerk, and the property had '
been contained in a parcel, and lucked up in astrung room,
whence the prisoner must have taken them.
Prisoner admitted that he had purloined the goods, and
made a lengthened statement concerning the poverty which
had rendered the temptation to take the property tut/strung
to resist.
lie was remanded for further examination.

THE SHEFFIELD MURDER.—Yesterday the ad-
journed inquiry into the circumstances connected with the
death of John'Wilkinson was resumed, at the Town•hall,
Sheffield. Ater the examination of some witnesses, whose
evidence threw no light upon the mystery which surrounds
the caw, the inquest was again adjourned. The chairman
of the petty sessions has refused to allow the attendance of
the prisoners before the coroner.

NOBLE 011 WORE tIOUSE NAVEL.—"The only
three noble names in the county were to be found in the
great house (workhousL); mine (Itcrners) was one, the
other two were Deferent and Hohun."—Larengro,
232. The shove extract reminds me of a list of nalmel of
the poor about St. Albans, which I forwarded some months
since, viz., Brat, Brandon, De Amer. Be Ayton, Fitzge-
rald, Fits John, Gascoigne, Harcourt, Howard, Lacey,
Stanley, Itatelitf.:. A. C•.—Fount '• Notes and Glewries."