The Express.
London, England, 1867-08-10 00:00:00

THZ POLICE COURTS.

(THE DAY.)

GUILDHALL.
DInTHESSING cmic Ur sTYALING MONET.
Eli:a Norman, a respectable-looking young woman, was
placed at the bar, in almost a fainting condition, before
Alderman Resley, charged with having robbed her master
of half-a-crown in marked money.
Mr. Edward Salisbury said he kept the Shepherd and
Flock public-house, in Little Hell-alley, and the prisoner
had been with him as barmaid for about six
months. She was in a position of trust and con-
fidence and was thought very highly of both by
himself and his wife. However, for some time
past he noticed that his receipts had considerably fallen off
and yet his payments to his brewer and distiller did not
diminish. Neither his wife nor himself could bring them-
selves to believe that the prisoner would appropriate any
of their money, but still the deficiency was so great that
he consulted his brewer on the subject and he advised
him to try and detect the thief. For that purpose he
marked two half-crowns, one 2s. piece, and a shilling, and
gave them to Mr. Copping, a neighbour, to go into the
house and purchase something with them. He sent his
man, and shortly after the articles were bought Mr. Salis-
bury went to the till and found only one halt-crown there.
He accused the prisoner of having taken the other, but
she denied it. Ile said he would forgive her if she gave
up the marked money, but she would not. Mr. Salisbury
said, "If you don't give it up I shall send for a pollee-
man ;" and she replied, " Oh, Mr. Salisbury,
you would not give me in charge. How can I give
it to you when I have not got it ?" A policeman
came, and he gave her into custody. At the station he
saw the prisoner drop the marked half-crown on the floor.
On searching her they found a purse containing 1/. 175.,
and in her box they found 6/. odd in money, six black silk
dresses, several silk jackets, and a velvet jacket, and sonic
of the most expensive class of laces. There were also in her
box some new boots that had never been worn. He had
no wish to prosecute, but his losses bad been so great that
ho felt bound to find out the thief.

Alderman Begley said he wag perfectly right.
Mr. Salisbury said be should like the prisoner to be
dealt with leniently as she WAS so delicate.
Alderman Begley remanded her.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
STREET RUFFIANISM.
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John Edwin Pickman, a young man, was charged before
Mr. Arnold with assaulting Mr. Augustus Le Maout,
French chemist, Princes-street, Leicester-square.
Mr. Le Maout said that about 11 o'clock the previous
night after closing his shop, he went to the pillar letter-
box to poet a letter. and on his return, and just as he was
ri enteng his house the prisoner am! some other young
men came along and spitting in his hand threw it in his
face and two of the three of them, including the prisoner,
struck him, the blow the prisoner gave him knocking
out one of his teeth. He went alter the prisoner and the
others who all ran away, and be succeeded in stopping
the prisoner and gave him into custody.
In answer to the prisoner, the complainant denied kick-
ing him, and in answer to Mr. Arnold said the prisoner
and the others were entire strangers to him.
Police-constable Shrives, • plain-clothes officer of the
C division, said he saw the prisoner and soine others in
Coventry-street last night jostling persons about, and at
the corner of Coventry-street they pushed a nun against
the shutters of a shop. He followed them up Princes-street,
and saw Mr. Le Maout just entering his house. The
young man did something to Mr. Le Maout, who spoke to
him, and the prisoner and others struck Mr. Le Maout
and ran away, and Mr. Le Maout ran after him and caught
him, and gave him into custody to a constable in uniform.
The prisoner said he never assaulted the complainant,
and called a witness named Henry Staples, but on Shrives
stating that he was one of the lads who was along with
the prisoner Pickman, Mr. Arnold ordered him into cus-
tody, and Shrives having given evidence similar to that
given by him before,
Mr. Le Mama said he could swear to Staples being the
one who gave him a violent blow on the back of the neck,
while Pickinan struck him in the face.

Mr. Arnold said Pickman Appeared to belong to a gang
of young ruffians going about molesting everybody. lie
should commit him for two months, with bard labour, and
order him to find at the end of that term a surety in V.
to be of good behaviour for six months. As the other pri-
soner wished to call a witness he would adjourn his case.

GREENWICH.
CAPTCIIII OP A THIRD IN A HEOROOM.

John Jones, axed 30, who described himself as a ship's
steward, but refusing his address, was brought up on re-
mand before Mr. Traill, charged with feloniously entering
the dwelling-house of Mr. H. Mason, of the Jew's-walk,
Sydenham, and stealing therein a victorine and a muff.
From the evidence of Sarah Davis, servant to the
prosecutor, it appeared that between 12 and 1 o'clock
in the daytime she entered a bedroom in which
she had been engaged at work a quarter of an
hour previously, when she noticed a box containing
a victorine anti a mutt had been removed from its
former position, and the lid was open. On looking down
she saw the boot of a man under the bedstead, and
on • closer inspection the body of a man, crouched
up as closely as possible from view. With much presence
of mind she quietly left the bedroom, locked the door after
her, and sent for a constable, who brought the prisoner
from his hiding place, and took him into custody. An
entrance had been effected by climbing an iron piping at
the rear of the house, and thence getting through the bed-
room window, which had been left open.
The prisoner, in answer to the magistrate, said he would
freely admit he entered the house for an unlawful purpose.
but he contended that he could not be convicted of steal-
ing the victorine and muff, the box containing them hav-
ing having been removed with his feet when getting under
the bed to conceal himself.

lioe-constable Watson, 124 R, then proved the
following convictions against the prisoner. In No-
vember, 1849, when twelve yens of age, be was sen-
tenced to a month's imprisonment for stealing a book ;
a few days after coming out of gaol he was again in cus-
tody for stealing four books, and discharged ; in January,
1850, he was sentenced to two months' imprisonment and
to be whipped for stealing a cornopean ; in
April, 1850, be was age ' in custody for stealing
books, and disc ; in February, he
was sentenced to three months' imprisonment under
the Vagrancy Act ; at the Maidstone sessions, June, 18.i3,
he was sentenced to 10 years' transportation for stealing a
purse and ring ; and in June, 1863, he was again in cus-
tody for stealing four rings, and suffered 18 months' im-
prisonment.
Mr. Traill committed the prisoner for trial.