The Express.
London, England, 1858-10-12 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

MANSION-HOUSE.

Gores Thomas Morgan, a man about 20 years of age, was
brought baton the Lord Mayor. charged with having forged
sad uttered • request for the delivery of three mantles of the
value of 21. Os. bd., with intent to ddrand Masers. Bowman
and
Chea Compsay. Manchester warehousemen, of Wood-street,
psida
W. Grey, esalatant to the prosecutors, said—biesers. Hall
and Company, of Whitechapel-road, are customers of ours,
and we are in the habit of supplying them with goods upon
their written order. On Saturday last a lad named Mordan
Nisbett brought to me the order produced for three mantles
of the value of 21. Os. 3d. I believed it to be a genuine orrice
and supplied him with the articles. Shortly afterwards he
returned with the parcel and said he could not hod the
gentleman who bad given him the order, and whom he
was to meet in Cheapaide. I told him to return to Cheep-
side' and that I would follow him. The prisoner was
in the set of taking the parcel from him at the
corner of Bread-street, when he caught sight of me
and ran away, but I pursued and captured him. The pri-
soner wee formerly in the prosecutor's employment, and
would by that mean. know that Marrs. Hall were customers
of theirs. The written order wee shown to the prisoner, whoa
be said that be had purchased a triging mild* of Messrs.
Hall, mad, after rubbing out the pencil, had used it again.
M. Nisbet I, an wand boy, said that while walking dreg
Camas-street the primmer came up to him and asked him
if he would do &job for him, mad promising him 2d. for his
trouble. He agreed to do so, upon which the prisoner gave
him the order produced to take to the prosecutor's. He
west there and received the mantles, and, not finding the
prisoner, returned to the prosecutor's, when the last witness
directed him to take them back I. Cheapeide. As be was in
the act of delivering them to the prisoner the last witness
made his appearance, when the former ran away, but was
overtaken end given into custody.
Mr. J. Hall, of Whitectispel-road, said that the order pro-
duced was not written by him or by anybody in his establish-
ment Hs added that it was impossible that the bill-heed on
which the cider was written could have been previewed,
wed. _ .

The primmer, who declined putting any questions to the
witness, and who said he had bean driven to commit the
offence through want, was fully committed for trial upon this
charge, bat be will bbrmght up again on a future day,
when a further charge against hint of a Millar nature will
be gime into.
Inflates leasph Jordan and Barri .I•Ads Watson, up-
promote to Mama Roberts and Bah, wheisealecork-cutters.
of &stamp, appeared in answer to • summons which
Merged them with having unlawfully absested themselves
from their employers' service without their authority and
consent.

Mr. Lewis appeared on behalf of the &fondants.
The case was clearly proved by the testintamy of the mu-
es =
Mr. licsaan, who, in answer to Mr.
amid that .datiodanto had sot acted to the satisfac-
tion of their masters in polo' away—on the contrary, that
they had acted witbont the ouraplausanta' authority, and to
their diseatisfaction.

Mr. lerel;subcaltted that soowding to this evidenos the
WIMOM were bad, Mammoth as th.y contained the follow-
ing verde :—.• Provided the mid apprentice cloth not oondnot
himself ro the eatiefaction of his master, this indenture shall
be seedderednull and void."

—TM Lard Mayor overruled this and mayoral otber objec-
tless, and affrr some discussion it was arrariged that the
dmfesdants should return forthwith to thafr work.
The Lord Mayor requested that the press would seknow-
hip the realms of the following sum foe Fraoeas John-
ston —Free " ft. 8. M.," 10s. • collected at the Green
Kan ravers, Maw-stmt. Covent-garden, 21. ; "W. L., a
Father," 10a.; "Fnumn.," IL ; "M.G., '20.61.,• "C., G. N.,
if
" ; Three Year Clarks," 34 ; "A. H.," fis.; " Lewis-
ham, ; " Cranbrook, Kent," 2e. ; "Tem 015han-
kr," U.
B 9W. ST 11 BET.
. .

♦ OW, powerful-looking man, named /brrestar, was
e►arrd with, crewing a disturbance in the llow.street
pollee court on Saturday Lot, and also with assaulting •
aaastabis. _ _

Ptibos-constable F 8 said—On Saturday afternoon, the
primmer wee to the body of the wart Winos in a very loud
mere. I laid hies to leave the plans it be could sot speak
In • lower toes, but he refried to comply with my mimeo,
ieieve be bed beineees ka mart, sad that be had s right
to speak he whatever maw, he oboes. 1 iiitroneed him
that If he persisted in the enneyance which it was
evident he wee analog to the argletrate on the bench,
I skald remove him from the court ; but be
paid mot the slightest attention he the caution. After
havisi given hie evidence in the cam with which be
wee oonnected, he again returned to the body of the court
sad recommenced talking in such an excited and violent
manner that it was ab.olutely neoweary to forcibly remove
hiss. To such a proceeding he made sdeapsaate mailman,
and additional mil had to be procured before he could be re-
moved. It took three constable■ to convey him to the sta-
tion-house. Se did not positively strike me, but he drove
my head against the door-post, which hurt me very much.
I don't think be wait lobar.

Police.constable FGI sold—l was called upon by Con-
stable Smith to assist him in removing Forrester from the
court. Ile straggled is ',violent manner, sod it was a work
of much difficulty to gat him from the court to the sodium-
house. Ho struok me • violent blow under my eye, white
has discoloured it. I think be had bean drinking.
Arr. Jardine—wag, what have you to say to tnis charger
Prisoner—l had bean drinking, your worship.
Xc. Jardiae—That ie the excuse everybody makes who
strikes a policeman.
Prisoner—l could not have offered the resistance the po-
liceman mid I did, as I sin a cripple in one of thy arum.
Yr. Jardine—lt is of the gmotmt bnporteme that order
aboold be zuniatained in dila coort; mad, considering the
roach sort of people we have to dud with, It ie greedy to be
wondered at that the officers socesed so well att they do In
performing a very difficult duty. Whim, however, • poreon
breaks through tee roles of the court, sad refuels to comply
with the proper request of the office's, it is eight such a cir-
cumstance should not be prod over. I the you Ifs., ar, io
default, five days' imprieonmeut.
Vermeer, who tortly expected a meek barder punielt-
meat, instantly paid tee flan and left the court.

WESTMINSTER.

John Lowry was charged with smalls% a ladder sad
several gas burners.
P.1..e-constable Thomas Symes 191 B. add the batsman
seven and sight that morning ha was on daty in &leave-

road, when he saw the priaoner with a lamOighter's ladder.
He followed him into St. George's-road, where be observed
him raise the ladder to a private lamp at a gentleman's door,
No. 61, and wreath off the burner. Prisoner nest proceeded
to Winchester-street. where he took another burner from a
gentleman's home. Witness than stopped him, end enquired
what he bed got there, when he replied, a burner which he
bad just taken from a lamp. The accused wee then conveyed
to the station, and three other gas burners ware found upon
him.

dr. Arnold eipreseed his surprise that the constable did
not stop the accuse i, after seeing him wrench off one burner,
inatead of waiting until he did more damage to property.
The constable said that the prisoner was some distance off
when he committed the first offence, and that u it was at a
time when the police were not so thickly on their beats as In
the night, be thought it better to wait until he could get
nearer to the accrued. _

Mr. i.rn;idstig gaited that he might have sprung his rattle,
and ao obtained saidetance.

The pooli-eman replied that men were rarely provided with
rattles In the day time.
Kr. Joseph Jacques, chief inspector of the Equitable Gas
Light Company, appealed to prosecute, assuming that be had
a right to do so, as the company contracted to light, dean,
sad Map in repair the private lamps at gentlemen's doors.
Mr. Arnold did not think the company could be the pro-
motion. The question was whine property the burners
wars. He presumed that if the tenant parted with his inte-
rest in the house he would receive the value for the burner
and other gee
The inspector assented to that view of the case, the occu-
pant of the hones having originally paid for the fittings.
John Forma, a lamp-lighter, Maimcd the ladder. lie hid
need it for four months., and after having turned the lamps
out that morning placed It by the side of the railings in the
inclesure of Warwick-equare.
Prieener was remanded till Wednesday.

MARLBOROUGH-STREIT.
John JoAmos, Richard Phillip., Henry King, Jaw,
Rau, and Frederick Cock, all gentlemanly-looking man, end
the last a Loosed victuallor, of the Rose and Crown, Com-
mercial-read, Lambeth, were charged with creating a disturb-
er:is in the Haymarket about one that morning.
Sergeant Adams, 11 C, said that about one that morning
he saw 100 C trying' to disperse • crowd of about 100 pawns,
a lap number of dam prostitutes, who had assembled
front of the Turkish Divan in the Haymarium. Hs mat to
his assistance, what he found the lamed ramyin. with a
amber of female*, the prisoner King drunk at 3e time,
mad the others also appeared to have ban dxiskiag. On their
bag told to go amity Cock said, " Who the an you?
and ma the disturbance continued he took than, with merit,
moo, into custody.
Cock, who acted as spokesman, maid It was all a &brier
tion. Seeing a number of persons assembled they watt np
rid were taken into custody. He had not romped %at'
prostitutes, neither had his hands. Their only object Is
go
ing to the spot was to see what was going on, and (ad-
the magistrate emphatically), of course his +or-
shitknew what sort of people frequented the place of a
Beadon said ha ought to do so.
Cock maid he was a respectable person, as also hie Meads.
He had kept a public-house for three yaws, and he was
quite innocent of what he was charged with.
King denied he wee drunk, but Mr. Inspector Webb said
he was certainly drunk wham brought to the station.
Mr. &Won said ha had no doubt the while affair arose
from King bang drunk. He should therefore fine him be.
and discharge the others.
Cook said he wished for redress for being taken into cos-
tray, and was referred to Scotland-yard if he thought pro-
per to do so. •
MARYLBBONB.

A young man who gave the name of Beaumont, an officer
la the 4th Dragoons, stationed at Aldershott, aad Nary
dew Norton, who redden at No. 14, Alplui-road, were
charged whh creating a disturbance, and with smauldng
amend potios-oonstables. Mr. Herring attended for the pri.

It append from the evidence of Ransil, 164 D Wooller,
126 sod Hayes, 307 D, that about four ciao* that morn-
ing 1107 D was on der/ in the Alpha-road, when he saw •
browbeat at the haute of the female prisoeir, from which
the male prisoner slighted. Sam after the browbeat west
away, the constable went up to the primmer, wham he hood
the wares for liquor. The prisoner upon seeing him (the
constable) seined bold of him by the collar mid streak
him under the ear ; be at the same time exelehned,
" What do you want here, you thief r Borne/I, 164 D,
some up, hearing the disturbance. Upon sobs him the
tirnrexclaimed, " Whet are you Mg here r' He
bold of witness by the collar rod banged his head
against the door, which he did with greet violence.
Wooller next advanced, when, upon seeing him, the female
prisoner mine out of the house with a stiek in her hand, end
gave the constable a blow with it upon his side, which broke
the stick at the knob of the cane. She repeated the blow,
upon which she was taken into custody.
In the cross-examination of the constable it was stated
that the female endeavoured to induce the constable to let
her friend go into the house, observing that he bad to go to
AL:kohl:4x There also appeared to be some discrepancies in
the evidence of two et the constables.

Mr. Herring, for his clients, dwelt at moms length upon
the evidence of the constables, and contended that, if lie
clients ware before a jury, they would be acquitted.
Mt. Broughton observed there was no uoubt an mann
wee committed, and that he wee sorry to see ammo& bolding
her Majesty's oommlasion plead in the position he (Bean-
meat) wee.
The male primer was fined 405., or a month, respectively,
for asimalting constables 307 and 129 ; sad 605., or two
months, for aemalting constable 164 D ; end the female wee
fined 408.., ce a month.

SOUTHWARK.
Mr. Hoary Yates, a watch-maker and jeweller, who ham
esnied on bunnies 40 years in Wandsworth, was brought
before Mr. Burobam, charged with steeling a silver watch
from the person of John Saunders, under the following
sbn-
guler circumetanoes:
The prosecutor said that be wee a plate-layer, and resided
at No. 6, Brad-street, Cornwall-road. On Saturday night
he went to the Prime of Wales Tavern, opposite the railway
terminus in the Waterloo-road, and shortly before twelve
o'clock, while he was sheking hands with a friond at the bar
prior to leaving, the prisoner crossed his right hand over and
snatched his watch from his waistcoat pocket. The watch
waa attached to a guard, and before he could break it off,
witness seined hold of it and wrested it from him, when the
Fawner was put out of the house and given into custody.
The prisoner said it wee his watch, and a gold one which ha
had been robbed of; but witoess's watch we. a silver one.
In answer to Mr. Solomon, who attended for the prisoner,
witness said that he was touch under the bilbsinice of liquor;
and when at the station-house, on being searched, a dupli-
cate of a gold watch was foiled on him, recently pledged.
Police-constable 100 L said be took the prisoner into cus-
tody for stealing the prosecutor's watch, and he persisted in
saying flat it was his gold watch, and that the prosecutor
had robbed him of it. Witness took him to the station-house,
end found a duplicate of a gold watch, pledged in the name
of Henry Yet*, on Friday, at Mr. Dick's, in the New-
est.

Mr. Solomon submitted that it wee a very foolish affair
altogether. Hie diem was a respectable tradesman, end for
two or three days bad been in Loudon under the kimonos
of liquor. While in that state he missed his watch, and
forgetting he had pledged it, he thought the geoseentor's
watch was his. His worship 'Foetid see his kidish error, m
the tormacutor's watch was pilaw.
Mr. Sumba= ordered him to be diecharged.
A11k41441 dims Rigors, and Baron Bererdy, father and
am, were brought up for further exemiustion on the charge
of being coacerned, with another but in custody, in causing
to be manufactured • coining pram mid swam die. for the
purpose of manufacturing false Turkish min. The parti-
culars of the previous examiasties appeared in this paper on
Wednesday teat.
M. Antoine Pesohari, the Conanl-Gmeral to the Sultan
of Turkey, was on the bench.
Mr. Poland, loattnoted by Mr. James, appeared for the
tion ; Mr. Solomon, for the younger prisoner, an Mr.
grlZleinfor the eider. The court was crowded to moms by
foreigners, and Mr. Albert acted sa interpreter.

Mr. Poland mid that he should show that the peisansts
were at In • gigantic conspiracy to defraud the Turkish
government. He should be shit to prove that the mechise
was ordered by • person nursed Boiserrelle, sad this the
preen and Mee made by Mr. Devi. and Mr. Thomas went
ordered by all three. la Beverdy's room, at Liverpool,
were food • number of letters miming to the affeir. One
letter ben Balesnone to Aisne. dated the 20th of April. re-
ined to • sealed beg of Turkish coins on the wsy front
WireauThey ware similar to those the dim were made front.
this ream to London, and In August last they
ell this. went to Wolverhampton, sad not only purchased a
Merat-terglea, bet 16 tons of sheet copper for making these
eels& He should be able else to show that dime bad been
employed in a imp factory in the metropolis where buttons
were made, end be was used to machines such m those ordered
of Mr. Davis. Letters written by both prisms, to each
other relating to the whole affair, would show his wor-
sblp that they ware ali connested with this ooespireev.
After the evidence of Mr. Sydney Smith, cleric to Mr.
Thome. Smith, Wolverhampton, and of Inspector Wkkher
and Sergeant Lucky'', had been taken in support of Mr.
Poland's statsmsnt,
.

Kr. A. ParoharCTarkielt caseol-general, war called, and
proved that the else were fee the areanfacnue of coins, for
the calling in et which at a madam the Bohan had re-
cently hosed a decree.
- -

Mr. Poland Uses said—Toe sell as by that why the pri-
soners ecespind to rseaulbotore them. It wee their lama-
ties le lave takes the steem-eagina, meoldass, dis preydism seem to., to Alexandra. where Beiserrolle ems a
wait*/ for thus, end if they had saccesdel, the lakes'
would soca have beat lamadated with tbms. at a
swims la the Mendota. The younger ptimarr, seder-
starling the Leah lasissage, eel brag well expielated
with the as it the the mem, wee selected ae the active pm M-
aw la this emeassey, =Mead by his amber, who seamed to
be a ledge aerassat at Liverpool, while Marro& head
the amairy.
Mr. Bomitam—Have you ray father widows le Misr
to-day
Mt. Polaad—l have several oast, importeat witnesses to
:Lag a vat samba it deceneste to put la, width will
the complicay of the primmer& They are sot all
translated ; therefore I shall eat for another resoaad.
The prisoners were thee farther resseaded, Salk=
admitted to bell, is two swathe of 1001. each, sal
ia 2001.
Mr. Bonham received hrlf-a-orown for Frames Gaddy,
the poor soma who attempted to destroy bezerlt at Black-

friars-bridge, from "J. T.," which the donor requested
might be acknowledged in thisßpaper.
LM A ME
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Mr. Samuel Drama, Wfirework manufacturer, residing in
Hatfield-place, Westminster-mad, directly opposite to where
the fatal firework explosion took place in July last, was
&griped With selling fireworks contrary to the statste.
Mr. Titian, the vestry Berk of the perish of St. George's,
stimadad to support the summons, and Mr. Solomon ap-
peared for the defendant.
Mr. Tritton otweved that owing to the late fatal explosion
fa the Westminster-rod, the vestry bad given directions to
their officer, Mr. George Willman, to use every means in his
power to put down the evil complained of.
Mr. Willman said, that in aonsequenoe of the instructions
he had received, be employed two beta then present to pur-
chase fireworks, and they purchased sixpennyworth at the
shop of the defendant.
Joseph Chitty wva then worn, and said that, by direction
of Mr. Willman', be went on Wednesday last to the shop of
Mr. Drywall, and there purchased aixpennyworth of fire-
works. He was served by • lady, who he believed to be
Mrs. Drewell, and Mr. Drewell, the defendant, at the
time was standing at the door.
James Chitty, brother of the last witness, corroborated the
evidence before given, and this was the ease in support of the
summons.

Mr. Solomon, for the defence, contended that there was
not a tittle of evidence to support the charge alleged in the
summona—namely, that the defendant did knowingly and
wildly dispose of certain fireworks. The statute under
whkh the information was laid wee a highly penal one, and
Amid be construed strictly.
Mr. Elliott remarked that there was no evidence even that
the defendant was the owner or occupier of the house.
Mr. Trltton thought he could carry the evidence on ibis
point a little farther, and having recalled the first lad, asked
if he bad noticed any name over the door when tie made the
porches@
The witness replied that he did, and that the name of
" Drown, artist in fireworks," wee painted over the door.
Mr. Elliott was of opinion that this wee not sufficient, end
dismissed ths semmaoa

BIRMINGEstif BOROUGH 8&5810118.
These pensions were held yesterday (Monday) at
the public office before Mr. D. Hill, Esq., Q.C., recorder,
who addressed the grand jury in the following tome
Gentlemen of the Grand Jury : The few otrervatkos
which I mein to address to you will be oonfincd to one cams
in the calendar. Antonio Calvocorresi has been held to bail
for hie appearance at these serious to avower a charge of
fabricating certain spurious coups. coins in Imitation of the
Turkish pastels. To counterfeit the coin of this realm wee,
by the great and venerable statute of Edward 111., no lees
an offence than high tress:pc (vow reduced to felony), the
prerogative of the Mint being thus carefolly guarded, be-
cause of the ir111:110040 import once to the public of a genuine
currency, the metal of stsndard fineness, and the weight
Silty equal to that prescribed. Nor even were the
counterfeit as good in these aspects ea the genuine
oda itself would the coiner escape the penalties
of the law, whatever mitigation of them be might be held to
deserve by season of this equality. Neither is such a rule
inconsistent with judders. For to throw open the muufac-
cure of coin would be to ensure its deterioration. It would
furnish an noose for the posereks of coining implements,
at present on/awful, which, if employed to-day for the pro-
duction of mossy of the same value as that of the mint,
might, and most assuredly would, be used to-morrow by a
horde of fabricators to pour Into circulation a flood of those
base tokens which even now, notwithstanding all check;
are but too readily circulated through the country, and espe-
cially among the bumbler clams who can but ill afford the
losses imposed upon them by this nefarious traffic. Gentle-
men, the protection which has thus been thrown around our-
selves and our fellow-subjecte has not been altogether with-
held from other nations, although our law does not think fit
to guard the interesta of the foreigner with the same
jealousy as those of Its own people. The defen-
dant is accused of having violated the provisions
of the statute 43 Geo. 111., by which his alleged offenoe is
made a misdemeanour, punishable with a year's imprison-
ment. In cases of felony which form the bull of such
as ere brought under the notice of Grand Jurist,
difficulties now end then arise which have no place in
misdemeanours. Felons are classed as principals or accesso-
ries, sad the distinction between these two chases sometimes
rune Into refinement, not eery of application. In misde-
meanours, however, all persons who take any part in the
criminal sot are guilty in the eye of the law se principals.
So here, a merchant who should order false coins, a master
manufacturer, who should employ his workmen in their
fabrication, and the workmen themselves would all be within
the penalties of the statute, as soon as the offence thus per-
petrated in concert is complete. And gentlemen, as I have
already stated with regard to English money, every foreign
coin Is false and counterfeit, however unobjectionable it may
be Mother respect., unless it ha. been struck by virtue of en
authority famished to the master by the sovereign power of
the state whose emblems and superscription it boars. And
finally, gentlemen, it is for the accused to show the possession
of each delegated authority, and not for the prosecutor to
disprove that fact.

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