The Express.
London, England, 1867-04-15 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

(THIS DAY.)

MANSION HOUSE.
CHARGE fly row:RM. AGAINKT A PrBLICAN.
1,e4 e,...1. • publican in the Borough, was brought
.• the Lord Mayor, on remand, charged with forgery.
Mullen* simmered for the prosecution, which is in.
• Jed br the Bankers' Protection Aasociation.
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ar the I.7th Mars+, the prisoner tendervi;2ol. note on
I:eigate, Croydon, and Ibrking Bank to Mr. Curtis, a
her. in Trinity-lane, C.innon-street, in payment of a
. dl .recount which he bad left unpaid for two years. He
• 1 IW. odd in change, and wrote as his name and
t•lr, ss on the hack of the note "John Gordon, Park-
rm. East Croydon." The note was paid by Mr. Curtis
It. the London and Westminster bank with other
and in a week it was returned as a for-
yry, It purported to be a note of Messrs.
:aid Neale, bankers, Reigate, called the Waists,
,troyaufl, and Dorking Bank, was signed " Philip Brooks,"
ad sae. dated 21st February, 1865.
Mr. Pace, a cashier in Messrs. Dimsdale's Bank, who
are the London agents of Messrs. Nash and Neale, proved
:S.t the note was a forgery, as the bank failed in IMO,
al the note was dated 15 years after. It had been printed
em .t genuine plate of the bank. Several similar forged
tee h..d recently been presented at the bank of Messrs.
I Ilintaal. - - -

;I.h lective Sergeant Soott deposed that there was no
rok-f.,rni in Croydon, and no farmer named Gordon. The
I:isoner keeps a beenhop in Church-street, Borough.
Mr. J. H. Bryant, the landlord of the Swan public-
rose, in Dover-road, produced a 101. note of the same
i which the prisoner bad paid to his barmaid on the
:th March, in payment for a half-gallon bottle of gin, re-
,ning the change. The note was dated May 11, ISti:,,
_al sr.,. also a forgery.
The prisoner was committed for trial; and another
tharge was brought against him of receiving two Bank of
WWl,' uotes, well knowing them to have been stolen.

BOW-STREET.
DARING ROBBERY AT A WATCHMAKER'S.
Two shabbily-dressed young men, named John Green and
Vera/vier Joh* Sisaptsn•, were charged with stealing
yen gold watches, valued at 661., from the shop of Mr.
tieltun, clock and watchmaker, 43, St. Martin's-lane.
Er. Pater appeared for Simpkins, and Mr. Abrams for
i.reen.

Mr. Skelton stated that on the 9th of March be went out
.Lout 4 o'clock, and returned about five, when he found
that about 9 or 10 gold watches had been taken from the
pan case. He knew the numbers and maker's names of
, of them.

Catherine Cox, housekeeper to the last witness, said that
nerdy after her master went out a cabman came to
re door and asked her to speak to a passenger in
Li cab. She went to the door of the cab, but on
!eking round, and seeing some man in the shop,
seemed to the door. The man seized her in the pas-
age by the shop door and flung her to the back of
:he shop. She believed the prisoner Simpkiu was the
:an On coming to the door she maw the same man
Ind another whom she believed to be Green, running up
the street, and begged • gentleman to pursue them as
they had robbed the shop. She had missed some of the
watches, especially three or four which were kept in front
of the case, and were of peculiar appearance. She saw
them safe about 3or 4 o'clock. Made a practice of look-
lag to see that all was safe as she passed the shop door.
John Willy, salesman at • China shop in St. Martin's-
'me, said he had seen some men, two of whom he
*tiered to be the prisoners, loitering about in the lane.
it the time the cab was at the door he saw the two whom
to believed to be the prisoners running up the lane to-
nal. Hop-gardens, and theylwent down that turning.
die did not see them come out of the shop, the cab being
etween him and the door.

The witnesses were crose-examined both by the learned
!mussel and by Mr. Abrams as to the identity of the pri•
mien.

The prisoners had been apprehendediby Sergeant Ackrill
ed Constable Gordon (the officers directed to investigate
ease) in consequence of information—the nature of
which did not transpire.
Both prisoners were remanded.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
PLATE 1/0811EltY IA EVE-PAIL
James Thompson, alias Riky, no home, painter, was
:barged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing some silver
poons and forks of the value of 107., the property of the
Hon. Thomu Charles Bruce, No. 13, Hertford-road, May-
fair.

James Randall, servant, to the Hon. Thos. C. Bruce,
mid—Last night about 9 o'clock I put a dozen spoons and
a dozen forks in the pantry looking into the area, the win-
dow of the pantry being closed. I left the pantry, but bad
sot been gone more than a minute when I heard a noise
and the rattling of plate. I ran to the pantry and saw the
prisoner in the area, the window of the pantry being open.
As soon as the prisoner saw me he ran up the area steps,
and as be did so he dropped three forks. I ran after horn
and called "stop thief," and he was pursued by others and
brought back to the house, and in the presence of a constable
took some spoons and forks from his pocket. The value of
the voons and forks, which are the property of my master,

Police-constable John Wilding, 369 A—l was on duty at
Stanhope-gate, Hyde-park, but night, and saw the prisoner
nlnumg pursued by some persons crying "Stop thief."
I ran after him as fast as I could, and some gentlemen held
up their umbrellas and turned him back, and I then caught
him. He mid " It's not me—let me go—l've done nothing."
I told him that I had too much trouble in catching him to
let him go, and took him back to No. 13, Hertford-
Meet, and he gave up some spoons and forks, and three
forks were picked up in the area.
On searching the prisoner a ticket of admission to the
Howe of Lords and a complimentary one for a music
lull were found upon him.
31r. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner.