The Express.
London, England, 1860-12-12 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

MANSION-HOIIIIL

A young man named JAI. Yczadawas Ironed before the
Lord Mayor and Mr. Alderman slim ia pity work%
charged oith stroliniF ss. from the of mitrWs slop.
Mr. Vita, the solicitor, appeared for the pear
Henry Richness, shopruan m the aeries of Mr. Pralerick
Flicks chaesensooger, tarrying on bemire is ilishopagate.
street Within, stated that the prisoner Wisp been in Mr.
Fitch's service for six or seven months Ns porter. On
Monday evening he was in theahop standing behind acre
counter, when he saw the prioonar.go Wand the one on the
invoice aide, with a quantity of waste paper in his lead,
which he placed upon the counter ow the till. He then
picked up some cloths that wore apes the counter and held
them in kis lefthaad in rash a mower as to eosceal what
be was doing with hi right, and ha them placed the latter
in the till, and wider beard the ratio al moray, and the
prisoner walked away. Winans wont to
egad
and lid bold
of hie Med, sad Owed live shillings in% end the prisonsr
begged him to forte. Wm, but be Mid bit be acid net
do was, mid he mud go with him to lie maim: sad by
rash's dailies, the prism," wee girea waistiy.
Geary, Tiney, a iirtastive paler etholeide, depred thai
he reweived the pekoe!, lee hie 1/21.11117, and he aied la
whether he lad soy mom messy Mont him tam the lee
shill that had bow Iris* by tbe let wither, wed be
replied that he had oo men ensept hie last week'. warm
Wooer siorcticil Wm, and tonal IL Ilga ed. to a lammanl
9i. tad. in a portensunnal• and whoa be Wed the
b... be became posnwmd of thi marry, he made we reply
flu theta iogaired id the slim abothar bend ray mew
at his lodging. and he Sill that he had S. or S. ia a hum
Attar the primmer bed hen UAW up be woad to the ad.
dress be gave, and iu • bon Is Ide ism be found 411. Is., of
which sum 2W, 10s. was In tali and the reminder in
ulcer, and rumours!, of heNestrwee, sad is.
peaces. He afterwida impaired a/ Wi primmer bow be
&mime possamed of this wag% end he mid that he had
been saving it up for a einsidmids time. He afterwards,
however, said that all the wow leitaged M his master,
except 121., and that this liationdionad suns was ha own
11110esy.
Mr. Cann said it would be oasis= for him to attempt to
drank with the evidences. but he urged that the prisoner
was very young- only aloolows—and that he bad paled to
the temptation, soil be asked the court to deal with the awe
summarily.
The Lord Meyir asked the prosecutor whether soak a
course would Le •atisfactory to him
Mr. Fitch replied that be bad not the slightest visaed,*
feeling aoneinst tLe prisoner, and he would leave the natter
entirely in his lordship's hands. lie felt it his duty, angler
the circumstances, to prefer this charge and having dose so,
he had no desire to interfere any farther.
The prisoner then pleaded guilty.
The Lord Mayor, altar conferring with Mr. Alderman
Hale, told the prisoner that Lis offence was • very serious
one, and the court felt it to be its duty to pass upon him
the full widen eof the law, which was that ho lie impel.
weed and kept to hard labour for six months.
The money found in the primmer's puaracion was ordered
to be given up to the prosecutor.