The Express.
London, England, 1866-10-06 00:00:00

THE ROBBERY BY A BANK CLERK.

At the Mansion-house, yesterday, James William
Woods, a gentlemanly-looking young man, was brought
before the Lord Mayor for final examination upon the
charge of stealing a 100/. Bank of England note, the pro-
plrty of his masters, Messrs. Barnett, Hoare, and Co.,
bankers, Lombard-street.
Mr. Mullen., Use solicitor to the Bankers' Association,
again appeared to conduct the prosecution, and Mr. Wes-
therhead, from the office of Mr. Beard, attended on behalf
of the prisoner.
The evidence against the prisoner, it will be remem-
bered, was entirely circum:Aantial, and it tended to show
great ingenuity on the part of the prisoner to obtain pos-
session of the money in the first instance, and then
to endeavour to avoid discovery. It smeared
that on the 14th of September a sum of 1851. was
paid into the bank by one of the customers, a
portion of which consisted of • 1001. note, but
in the evening, when the cash was made up, the amount
was found to be deficient by lOW., and it was ascertained
that the deficiency was created by the loss of the 100/. in
question. The prisoner had previously borrowed 101. of
one of the cashiers, promising to repay it when he was
paid for a horse, which he represented he had sold for 14/.
10s., and on the day of the robbery he asked for permission
to go out to receive the money, and while he was away the
1001. note was changed at the Bank of England for gold,
and it turned out that a fictitious address that appeared
upon it was in the handwriting of the prisoner. When he
returned to the bank in Lombard-street, he gave the
cashier a money order for 101., and got change for another
for 4/. 10s., which he said was the money he had
received for the borso he had sold, but it ap-
peared upon inquiry being made that the story
about the sale of the horse had no foundation, and that a
letter he had shown to one of the cashiers purporting to
be written by a person named Forman, informing him that
the horse had been sold for 141. 10s., was in the prisoner's
handwriting, although an endeavour had apparently bean
made to disguise it.
In addition to the former evidence, a young woman
named Mary Bose whose father has the charge of a money
order office in Oxford-street, was now examined, and she
proved that in the afternoon a young man whom she be-
lieved to be the prisoner obtained the two money orders for
101. and 41. 10s. from her, and she produced the form he
had filled up, and the handwriting was identified as that
of the prisoaer.
Mr. blullens said this was all the evidence be was pre-
pared to bring forward on behalf of the prosecution, and
he asked the Lord Mayor to commit the prisoner.
Mr. Weatherhead said he supposed his lordship would
think it his duty to send the case for trial ; bat he urged
that at most it only amounted to one of suspicion. He
said that the prisoner was most respectably connected,
and his father and grandfather had been tenants of the
family of the prosecutor, and he hoped that he might be
admitted to bail. . . . . . .

The Lord Mayor said he should not give any opinion
with regard to the cue, but he certainly did pot feel him-
self justified in taking bail.
The prisoner, who, in answer to the formal question
whether he wished to make any answer to the charge,
replied that he was innocent, was then fully committed to
take his trial at the Central Criminal Court.

THE MYSTERIOUS CASE OP POISOYING IN SHROP-
SRIRE.-OAIENGATES, NEAR WELLINGTON, FRIDAY NIGHT.
—Yesterday the inquest on the body of Harriet Timbrell,
aged 33, who was, up to the time of her death, on Monday,
the 13th of August last, barmaid and housekeeper at the
Hand and Hammer Inn, was resumed at Oakengates,
near Wellington, by Mr. R. D. Newell, the coroner
for the county. The medical evidence showed that
strychnine had been found in the remain. of the
deceased to have caused her death ; and beyond the fact
that she had some time previously applied herself and
through the servant of the house in which she
livid to a chemist for poison, to, as was alleged,
destroy vermin, which had been refused, there
was nothing to show how it had been admin.
istered. The jury returned the following verdict
"That the deceased, Harriet Timbrell, was found dying, and
did die, from the mortal effects of poisoning by the
administration of strychnine, but how, by whom, or under
what circumstances it was administered there was no suf-
ficient evidence before the jury to show, and the jury
further say that they much regret that many of the wit-
nesses have given their evidence most reluctantly and con-
tradictorily." The inquiry then closed.
BARNED'S BANKING COMPANY.--The case of Bar-
ned's Banking Company came yesterday before Mr. Hall,
the chief clerk attached to the court of Vice-Chancellor
Stuart. Several alleged contributories had applied for and
obtained time to the 23rd of October to show cease why
they should not be put on the list of contributories. A.
gentleman named Boyce was alleged to he the holder of
1,000 shares, and he denied his liability. Mr. Willoughby
(Willoughby and Cox) applied on the part of Mr. Boyce for
an extension of time till December to answer the allegation
that he was a contributor. Mr. Lording, from thelllaiceicol
Freshfield and Newman, appeared on the part of the etti.
clad liquidator, and informed the chief clerk that in other
instances the time had been extended to the 23rd of Octo.
her, and perhaps it would be sufficient for Mr. Boyce. Mr.
Willoughby produced an affidavit showing that in getting
up evidence of his non-liability he required to the lit of
December. The chief clerk asked if there was any serious
objection to such an extension? The case would no doubt
continue beyond that date. Mr. Lording Lad no doubt
other matters would occupy the time, and if Mr. Hall saw
no objection the present application could be granted. Mr.
Willourhby mentioned that there was 100,000/. in band.
The chief clerk thought the tuns might be extended to the
Ist of December, as prayed.
Notice was issued from the General Post-office
yesterday, that mails for Ceylon will be made up for
transmission rill Southampton on the morning of the 12th
inst., and rid Marseilles on the evening of the 18th.
Mails for Madras and Calcutta, containing newspapers and
book packets only, will be made up on the morning of the
12th inst. These mails will be conveyed from Sues by an
extra vessel of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Naviga-
tion Company, to leave Suez on the arrival of the mails at
that point.
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