The Express.
London, England, 1859-10-01 00:00:00

INS POLICE COURT&

MANSION-HOUSE.

Frederick Gorrele, rather low looking German, was
charged with stealing a quantity of Scotch homier belonging
to Yr. F. D. Posher, of 21, Watling-street, his employer.
The proseautor asid-1 am a Scotch bonnet manufacturer,
and the prisoner was knearly in my employ as porter. In
the month °flurry last, upon taking stock and going
through my books, I mired a quantity of bonnets. sad at •
later period I rob* • quantity of otber goods. About the
War of April I charged the prisoner with having taken
them, but hernial all knowledge of theca, and he continued
in my service till the Itch of May, when he left. 1 new
Bottum more of him till blooday lees, when • policeman
cams to me sad said me whether I bad missed any goods,
and whether the primer had ever been in my service, aa
(polka.*w discovered a quantity of &orb bonnets at
• npawskeres which be had mare to believe hsd been
deka from me. i west to the pawnbroker's shop on Wed-
nesday, and there new a prod of bonnets which I identified
r my property, their value being about 31.
An sere* to Mr. Hawes, pawnbroker, 98, Old-street, Bt.
Lake's, prods* a wed cowering two doer &rob bon-
nets, which had roe pledged there by the prisoner and •
ferasks, on the sth of July last, foe 11.4 e. The wirer
added that he had DO doubt se to the identity tithe prisoner,
who had pledged things an Othar seamiest
The prisoner when asked whether he wished to pat any
questions to thin witness, said, "No—it was the lady who
pledged the goods; I was only with bee."
Harvey, 99, said—l received rfeemation that the prisoner
had been robbing hie an plome and on making in-
quiry, I found the goo 4 Wormed at • ww.
broker's. This morak I apprehded the
at a coffee ...hop in St. Mary-axe,m en
Wien be had been
for about 12 months, but he also lives in Crownoeseet, -
bury. At Ms Ore I found • lot of letters from Germany,
from which I are led to believe that he has been obtaining
goods from abroad, and he himself told me Met be had •
quantity of gore at the Custom-house, which he had bees
unable to release for want of monay. 1 have also discovered
that be ban taken an office at 3, Great St. Helen's, where
foreign letter are addressed to him, and the postman has
three or four such louses now in hie poressioo' which he
holds, became the prisoner has not been able to pay the
power. I have also tmod that the prisoner has been having
some bills of exchange printed at Waierlow's, and lf be is
remanded, I have no doubt 1 shall be able to discover some-
thing more about him.
Lad layer—From what you have said about his Ake and
forsi4 Iran, the ore seems to to one which demurs strict
intr. Goodman (chief elerk)—Yes for no doubt he is one of
those newfangled foreign mennenis, of whom we have heard
so math here lately—they are porters one day, and the next
they are merehrts. It is astonishing that people &Wield
be so easilytakesin. . _

oScar-ZI World say that, besides the cape produced, I
bays secartaluel that other■ were pawned, and atterwaude
taken out sad sold.
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Lord Mayer—Well look closely into everything.
The prisoner wee then remanded for a west.
There can be Hula donlit that the prisoner is one of a gang
a/swindles who bars fcr some time past traded in London,
and who have eztaneively victimised foreign (principally
Osainen) merchants.