The Express.
London, England, 1856-05-21 00:00:00

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Charles Barnes, 25, ups,olsterer, was eharged in three
indictments with obtaining cocks by false pretences. He
pleaded guilty to coos charge, and was tr.ed on the second,
Mr. Metcalfe defending Lim.
The three charges against the psis-mer were of the same
ebsracter. He would watch a house until the matter or
mistress went out, and then ring the hell, gad tell the
servant that he bed bees sent for the cluck to repair. In
many isattricci he mei:ended in getting possession of clocks
by such representations, and b aides the three charges sow
brought satinet him, there were several others la the hack-
man&
The jary found him Guilty oa the mead charge, and the
toren sentenced him to six seethe hard labour.

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Caleb Smith, 26, painter, • dintinat've, dirty•looklng
fellow, pleaded galley to four charges of fraud.
Tee prisoner said that two pars ego he was at work at
Birmingham, seising a guinea • week, bat he got married,
he fsU out of work, and alter 'adoring all sorts of priva•
Sone, be sold everything he possessed, mad same to Londos.
' The mere be sought for work the further be seemed to be
from It, and at last ha bed to 'poly to tee workhouse, where
he was told be coald be est to work is break stoats at 7s.
per week ; bat as be had to pay 34 6 t. a week lodes( for
his wife sad child, be mould not keep biased sad them on
the other halt of the sum. II be west a begging they locked
him up, if he west a thirmiog they did the same, sad it was
through distrma, and cottony kaowiog what to do to Bee,
that he had tried to" bilk " the police.
The AssiatinteJudge said the prisoner bad confessed him-
self guilty of fear canes of fraud, and they oertaialy were
frauds somewhat 'waning, sad the more remarkab'e, as the
pease be had duped were defective plies ofEems, who
might be supposed to be &boat the last persons to I
takes in. On the tad of Aptil—not the lst—the pri-
sms west to the 8011/7..10WR polio -station, sad
asked to see Sergeant Hal., statist that he wanted to
speak to him ott particular private business, sad
Sergeant Hill being there, as interrew took pleas at
width the prisoner raid be roald give i,,formation mopeds,
the robbery of the Queen's plate chest—that be easy where
it esa—that it was all right eicept • doses spoons—that he
was employed to Bad out • fees" for it ; and that for
the trifling reward of 21. he wArld give information to the
sergeant which would viable his to capture the plate and
the delinquests to r. The t, in his seal as an °Neer,
and his ausisty to receiver her Ilijesty's proper 7, gave him
the 21., bet on the way to the place where the prisoner mid
the plate was, somehow or other the prisoner smashed, aad
the eargeent was lett with the nil etion that be had been
duped, end that at an egoist se to himself of V. Well, ea
the 6th of April the pro °nu mat Jackson, No. 6 A, at •
private bore at Whifechapel, by meats of a oorasunies.
floe previously mule, sod r. preiested to him that be veld
put him on the two men that bad the Omen's plats, sad
asked for 21 for the ietroietion, bat this sonitable thought
better not to pine it him before the men ware takes, bat
did give bins a shilling to get refrethmear. The nut tillage
he applied to was Hearse H.verty, 43 N, and be told
him the some story, that Le could give laformation
respootiag the robbery of the royal plate. He said
he had NM it that swains is the positron of two men at
a public-hew at Wltiteat spa, that it was in • largo eased