The Express.
London, England, 1859-02-07 00:00:00

IHE POLICE COUBIE

DIIILDHALL.
William Iberia davit, a clerk in the employ of Messrs.
Sanderson and Bow, of Wood-street, was brought before
Aldermen Allen, charged whit embezzling 251. of his ent-
Plts=hat the Owner, who mean from hie meaner
to Its of mast weak intellect, was employed as casual dirk
to poet up the prosecutor's books, and about a week
ego he unaided from his employ with several sums of money
dob he lied received from his miners' customer. It fur-
ther appeared that be was equandering this money away, as
he told Bull; the City detective Wirer, in claret and dim's,
be Kent, when he fell into tbe hands of the superintendent of
the Dartford polka, who took him into custody on suspicion
of being concerned in a burglary in that neighboni hood.
A singular coo:widows costarred with regard to that
robbery. Ten pounds in silver money was stolen, and 61. in
Alm was found on the prisoner, in addition to 91. in gold. The
saperiniandent, however, eatiefled himself that the prisoner
was elsewhere at the time the burglary was committed, and
therefore handed the prisoner over to the custody of Bull, the
City officer.
The prisoner treati d the matter very lightly, and on being
remanded tripped gaily down stairs to the cells below the
0303 i.

CLERK EN WELL.
Mary:Cbllins, aged 16, of 1, White's-yard,Whiteceamestrest,
• servant, and Margaret Bad, of 6, Torner's-place, City-
road, were charged with having in their possession •
quantity of plated spoon• sad tacks, supposed to have Ism
Mots..

It appeared from the evidence of f oliee coaateblta Smith,
99 N, and Baker, 624 N, that yesterday ofteinosn the two
a were quarrelling, sad Bad wished to rive Collins
Vcnsstecrdy for breaking bee windows. When the police in-
to:Grid, Collins said ens had stolen soma silver spoons from
her rinstresa, which the other woman had In her preasesion,
well knowing them to have been atelen; and that she
bad also induced her to steal some baby linen. Upon the
prim:wets being locked up, Smith, 99 N, want and searched
Esd'a lodgings, and found a large number of plated forks
sad aye na, uao of which was matted Whittington Club.
The coastebloa asked for a remind, to give time to trace the
various articles.

The prieener Collins sald that she robbed her reistrees in
the Doe nhun-read, at tbe instigation of the other prieoner,
who bad the prey-riy. Thts charge Bad denied, and void
that Collins left the ..peon at her place to mind.
Mr. Conte remanded the i:sisoeers for a week, but allowed
Mad, who hid an Want a her arms, to go away upon her
ow• nmagraltaace.
MARLBOROUGH:STREET.

Mr. Williamll7Byr% of 96, Oxford street,. mantle manna
Enterer, appeared in answer to a summon, for that he did
I tell, or expo.° for sale, en article of manila/ill» of which
Mr. W. C. Jay, of the mourning warehouse, Regent-sleet,
wawthe registered proprietir, and•wbieh design wu
reJta-
tend In pursuance of the Designs Copy-right Act, 6 and 6
e. 100, and numbered 114,231, slur being served with
• notice by Mt. Jay that his eosin:int had nut been given, kr.
Mr. °mid" harrieter, appeared for the comtlainant, and
said that in the month of July last a union in the com-
plaisant's employ invented • want* the name given to
%ski. h wee the "llnud," and which was reigiatt red in ac-
cordance with the art. tkinic lime after it was so registered
Mr. Jay found that other peraons had copied it, and were
selling a mantle of an cuttly similar yancrn, and he now
claimed the protection which the act afforded.
Barnes of the notice on the defendant having bean proved,
and thee. rtflcate of ratiatration put in,
Mies Hannah Salmon, in oompleinant's employ, said she
wont to the shop of the defendant on the 21st of Jasuary and
Cl:ra mantle and paid 11. 12e. dl.,rnd received the
eodaccd. She bed eternized the defendant's mantle
carefully, sad it was in orery rupee a pettetn of Mr. Jay's,
which he had registered ri the "avid."
The mantle' wore produced and examined by Mr. Bing-
ham, and their similarity proved to his 'Mist action, the
worthy magistrate reins king that be remembered once wear-
ing something like it hit (1.403hter.) It Nri• very
much like the Oxford cassock.

The defendant mid he bought the originrl at Metier...
Nicholson's. so that if he wu a copyist It was not from the
original. Ile wu not aware that he wee infringing on any
body's rights—it was a paltry thing.
Mr. B.ogham mid the ladies would not consider it a paltry
thing. (Laughter.)
Mr. Orridge said his client did not wish to preen on the
deloodeat.

Mr.l3;gbam raid he would protect Mr. Jey, end not prate
on the defendant. He should therefore order him to pay la.,
and tbe mete, 71: _ _ _

Mews. Beerdoll vied Joyce, of 88, Oxfoni-etreef, eppeared
also toe eicollar summons.

11;:ii;;;;i:olii;;;1;411-street, appeared for the defend-
ants, and said that the cass being of a precisely similar nature
ha would consent to a similar decisloo, but, at the same time,
as Mr. Jay's object was protection, he must ask that costs in
ono cue alone should be given.
Bans conversation ensued, and it vu ultimately arranged
that each defendant should pay Is., and the outs fixed at 41.
In each case, Mr. Unlace stating that It was oomplansat's
intention tomcod against Mr. Nicholson.