The Express.
London, England, 1859-04-06 00:00:00

THB POLICE COUBM

MANSION-HOUSE.

41frai William, a shribbyywatiel tokldle-aged man, was
charged with obtaining sevissl sums of money, by Was pre-
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Mr. Joseph Freeman, of 22, Cannon-sheet West, iron mer-
chant, said—On the 21st January last the prisoner called on
me, and said that he had juat strived by steamer from Edin-
burgh, having been on a tour in Scotland, and that his money
was exhausted. Healed) said that he realded at Low Moor
Yorkshire, where oar iron works are, and be asked me if I
would advance him a sovereigu to get back there. As he was
deemed very respectably, I told him that I felt some delicacy
in doubting his word, but that I bad been so often imposed
upon I wee determined to be cautious. He applauded my
rhaeratlon, and said hia name was Dr. Felix Arnold Wilson,
that he resided at Carr-lane, Low Moor and that
he was well acquainted with the Rev. Mr. Fawcett,
the clergymen; and with Mr. Wycombe, the mem-
ber for Bradford, and that if Mr. Wycombe had been in
London he would not have applied to me. He mid he could
not go into • pawnshop with his watch, but that he would
leer° it with me. I declined to take it, and telling him that
a pound would not le sunk:dent to take him to Low Moor,
he said it would if hi went third clan; but I told him that
as he was • gentlemen, sa he seemed by bit manner, I
should be more liberal then that, and I put a maple of
sovereigns into his kande. Then he thmked me very much,
raying that he was • man of honour red a Christian, and
tbst be would send me • lost-edirs order in • thy or two,
and that he you'd go at ono' to Bt. Katherine's Wharf sad
get his luggage, whkh had been detained there bet suss ho
had no money to take it away. 8 ion afterwirds I ascer-
tained that there was no Dr. Felix Arnold Wilson living at
Low Moor, and I ouninunieated with the police.
Alderman Carter—Do yea wish to ask this gentleman any
question?
prisoner—No; I know nothing at all about it. Have
you say not blnd, or anytleig of that 'oat to prove it ?
Witnese—No ; bat I distinctly sere:r that you an the
MM.

Prieroter—That's enough.
Mr. James Alders, a gentleman residirg in Soho.equarn
deprood toot on a Saturday evening, about Christmas last,
the prisoner, whom he bed never awn before, went to him,
representing that he wee Dr. Felix Wits n, of Ballot College,
Oxford, and that ha wished to get back to Oxford suddenly,
and found himself without the means of doing so, in mime-
queues of which be &Mad the vitae.. to advance him a few
sh,llings, which he promised to return on the Monday or
Tuesday following. Belirving him to be a remittal's
witnem gave him 10e., trusting to his bottom, and relying
upon his representations, but when he wrote to Dr. Feltx
Wilson, at Baliol Collage, Oxford, a fortnight after, the
letter was returned endorsed, "not known."
Mr. Thomas Newman, 12, New Broad-street, merchant,
deposed that the pr loner want to hint on the 20th February,
with a tsle precisely simile to that which he had told to the
knit witness, about having strived from Bdiabnigb, and been
compelled to leave hut luggage for want of mosey atSt.Katba-
rine &wharf ; but Instead of wanting to go to Low Moog,
Yorkshire, be waLtsvl to go to Teignmouth. in Devonshka,
a part with which trireme was connected, and said "
ee two" would be sufficient. De said be had been told In a
I sloop alone by that witness came born Teignotouth, and men-
tioned the ease of Mr. Cartwright, a tarpon there. with
whom lee said he yes acquainted. Hs gave his name as Dr.
Felix Wilson, of 18, Waterloo-place, Edinburgh; but wit-
ness told hint his Isle was a gager one, said refused to give
boa tome thou 4a., telling him to get Lis luggage from the
wharf with that, end write to his friends for more.
It was proved that no luggage bad been detained at St.
Hatherine'sqrbarf belonging to any ',moo named Dr. Fella

Wilson, and Hordord, atom to tbo Mandicity Society, de-
posed met he had for some time past known the Fiona as
the associate of begging ktter impeatcrs.
The prisoner was then remanded.
BOW-STREET..

A girl of about 14 years of age, named Sarah Berm, was
brought up on remand, charged with robbing a great num-
ber of little children of portions of their clothing, and an
elderly woman, named hlitabellt William, was charged
with reesiving e property, knowing it to be stoles.
From the opening of the court to the time appointed for
the hearbg of the ow, • great munber of young children
were brought to the court by their parents m order to see
the younger prisoner, whom they identified in almost every
instance ee having robbed them of portions of their clothing.
At ens time there wareseeembled io the waiting-rooms and ap
prosthea not lees than fifty of these children with their
parents.
The prisoner Bunts wee epprehended on the 29th of
March, by polinman Gordon, da A, who told her that she
was charged with robbing a number of children. She et
that denied it, bat after several of the children had sass and
identified her, she acknowledged it, and made a statement is-
culpatieg Williams, who was consequently apprehended the
same day. Oa being oestrooted with Williams, the girl stated
that rho (Williams) had instigated her to rob the children,
sad had remind the things from her. This Williams de-
nied, but there wee found os her a pawnbroker's
for two sealskin jacket., which it appeared bad been =
the 22nd from a little boy and girl aged respectively three
and six year*, the children of a tailor named Plant, In Great
Follow-street. It also appeared that on the 27th of March
the two prisoner", who represented themeelves as mother and
daughter, sold a pair of anal earrings for le. to Mary Sulli-
van, a miscellaneous dealer, in King-street, St. Giles's, whom
sympathies they enlisted by 'Wog they bed eaten nothing
toe two dep. The earrings, together with a felt hat, worth
10e., bed been stolen the same day from a little girl of five
years of age, who had been sent out on en errand by her mo-
ther, the wiled Henry J. Young, a fishmonger, in Greek-
greet, Soho.
The children recognised the prisoner Burns, but they were
too young to be examined.
The pawnbroker r with whom the jackets were pledged iden-
tified the prisoner Williams.
Williams protested that she was not aware the jackets had
bet n stolen.
. . . .

bums (crying)—Yee, sir, she did know it. She told me
to do it.. . . . .

Thy were committed for trial on both charge'.
MARLBOROUGH-STREBT.

ration Ilrtt, line seed v6aiaaller, I;iiir-ti at the Hines
Arms public-hones, 2, Doke-Meet, Orthevenor- square, we.
charged with knowingly permitting his home to be used as •
COMM betting-house, end a great number of perdue were
Merged with being present in the house while betting we.
going on.
Mr. Sleigh defended the accused.
Mr. Superintendent Hannan requested that the persona
charged only with being present should be discharged, and
the magistrate discharged them accordingly.
The evidence ma'am Butt was them gene into.
In giving judgment—Mr. Bead= said he bad et ores
yielded to the expressed wish of the superintendent and die-
charged the others who were brought up, and this was as
ha had been; mustered to do, because he considered that
persons might be there with no view to betting, or entrapped
unawares, but at the same time ne was anxious
that it should go publicly forth that all who were found in
the house where betting we. soles on were liable to His.
fine each. The question for him to d,Mde now, wee this a
house within the meaning of the statute ? He would sera
with Mr. Sleigh, that it must be where money or some valu-
able thing in lien shall be received In • house where betting
takes place, but must totally differ with him In that the plain
has no reference to a public-house ; if so, the act might at
once be put upon the shelf MI altogether mel-es. As regards
the mode in which by entering and obeorvation previously
the police had brought this case Dome, he bad only to say
that it was very properly permissible. Very oftm mass
add not be brought clear against persons but from doing
this in the plain clothes detective eye ow, sad the judge
have laid it down as the only way of getting at proof. He
(Mr. Hendon) was convinced that betting in public-houses of
all places was the most injurious to the morals of society—
beesuas servants going in for their glass of ale were en-
trapped into betting, wten perhaps most of them would lm
*shamed to enter • piece set apart as a betting-riffles. He
should fine Bull 501. or three mouths' imprisonment.