The Express.
London, England, 1866-03-27 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURT&

MANSION HOUSE.
Alfred Rabat Morns, 28, cermen. and Daniel
AVCarllty. 111, sled employed as a van-guivd, were charged
before the Lord Mayes. with stealing a quantity of fish the
property of the Les&n, Chatham, and Doverliallway Com-
paq, their masters sod employers; and Jokes Willa, 22,
also described as being a German, was charged with reoeiv-
-152 quantity of the stales property with a guilty know-
r. Church, solicitor to the London. Chatham, sod
Dover Railway Company, appeared to prosecute ; Kr. T.
Beard, of Basinghall-deest, deli:soda' Welbi, sad Mr. W.
Edwin, of Btonweend, Borough, defended the prisooer
Markin.
The opining statement of Mr. Church disclosed that the
prisoner. Media and M'Cliirthy bad been is the service of
the prosecutors, the drat as sorsan and the latter as vas.
guard, and that ou Thursday ecremj last they were des-
patched from the cionipasy's goods station is the
Bleckfrisre.road with a vela load of flak for delivery to
venom Naleemen in Etillisppte-merket. On arrival then.
the prisoner Martin was is to take a ossatil of Wm
from the bozos which be bad been eetrested with to de-
liver, sod also a quantity of plaice from one of the pads or
pinkness in which they were see* up from the ooset to
market. The complaints of this species of spoliation bad
been so numerous and extowive, that the compasy had no
alternative, with a view to the protection af the public and
themeetvea, than to prosecute when the evidence would
justify that procedure, as he thought would prove to be the
case in the present Maniac".
From the evidence of Mr.W. Thorogood, who is impac-
tor of the Taos of the Gloat Northern Railway Company
coming to IBlllingiegatornarket, it appeared that bet•een
7 and 8 o'clock in the massing of Thursday lasi he was in
Thames-street, sear the market, and saw the prim:taw Nau-
tili unloading his van. The prisoner Wells was standing
on the pavement close to the van of which Marie was is
charge, and as soon as the van was unloaded the
witness saw the prisoner Martin give to Wells a
very large else plaice, which the lad ll'Cartlay had taken
oat of Gee of the pole and placed under some empty sacks
which went lying at the career of the van. The prisoner
Martin then walked sway, and the witness, together with
Jones, the watchman of the Midland Counties Railway
Company, went up to the van, aid found concealed wider
the smoke and the horses' nom-bags eight other plain sad
ten pairs of 'soles. The witness than took Marti) to the
police-station, where he produced another pair of soles
wrapped up in his pocket handkerchief, end which he said
he had taken to take home to his wife. Re also admitted
that he had given the prisoner Wells the plaice for hie
breakfast.
This evidence was fully corroborated by Jones, the
witness mentioned. who proved that be took the lad
M'Oartby into custody, and that on the way he stated that
the prisoner Martin had taken the Alb, and that he (the
lad) was obliged to do what he told him, as the prisoner
Martin was slway blowing him up if he did not obey him.
Inspector James Tyrrell, of the Leaden, Obatham, sad
Dover Railway Company, said he was one of the inspec-
tors of their polio° and armee, In consequence of the
numerous oopplainte which reached the company, he re-
quested the sateen Thorogood to watch and teen a look
out on the vans of the London, Chatham, and Dover Com-
pany when delivering goods in Billineepte market. From
intelligence sent him by Thorogood, he (Inspector Tyrrell)
went and found Martin in custody on this charge at the
Bishopepte station, and there be admitted the charge.
In reply to the Lord Mayor, the witness stated that Mar.
tin hid been in the service of the company for upwards of
four years, and DO suspicion had ever been entertained of
him up to the present transaction. Wells had formerly
been in the service up to within the het two or three
months.
On the application of Mr. Church, the boy M•Cartby was
discharged and admitted as a wiser ardent the other two
primmer., and his testimony went fully to corroborate that
of the wielding wispiness.
Mr. T. Beard, alter calling a clerk from the office of
Messrs. Pickford, who proved that the Owner Wells bad
been in the service of that firm for upwards of 'eves years,
and bad always borne as seediest character, urged that
after that evidence his client, Wells, had only been guilty
of an indiscretion in acesating the present of ilwe
and there was no *video:is to show that be bed a guilty
knowledge.
The Lord Mayor concurred Is that view. The prisoner
Wells wan discharged with a citation to be careful as to his
future conduct, and with the advice that he should 'odes-
your to redeem the mom years' character be bad acquired
by his previous halite of honesty sad industry.
, The prisoner Martin was then formally committed for
trial, the Lord Mayor refusing the application of Mr. W.
; Edwin to admit the prisoner to bail for his appearance at
the next session of the Central Criminal Court.