The Express.
London, England, 1867-09-04 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURT&

MANSION•HOUSE._

A tall, shabby-looking man, who gave the name of Edward
Butter, and who deaonbed himself ae • commercial tra-
veller, was brought before Sir R. Carden, who sat for the
Lord Mayor, charged with having robbed a number of
errand boys of property which they had been entrusted
with to carry home to customers, in • very ingenious
manner.

Three cases were clearly established against the prisoner.
On the 18th of August • lad named William Newman
was taking home six pain of boots, value 71., from
his employer, Mr. Sinnett, • bootmaker in Bishops/ate.
street, when he was stopped by the prisoner, who told him
a plausible tale of his being acquainted with his master,
and that he had sent him after him for the parcel, and
be was to go back and get a tote that was left out for
him. The boy, being thrown off his guard, gave the pri-
soner the parcel and on his going back to his master the
fraud was detected. The prisoner appeared to have car-
ried on a regular system of robbery of this descrip-
tion. In one care he succeeded in obtaining twelve
pairs of boots, and every day almost, for some time past,
complaints have been made to the police of robberies of
this description having been perpetrated. The prisoner
wee detected in rather an extraordinary manner. On
Thursday evening • boy named Dicks was sent by his
father, who is • tailor in the Commercial-road East, to
take a coat borne to a customer, and he was going along
Leadenball-street with the coat wrapped up in • parcel,
when he met the prisoner, who began the old story about
his having been sent for the coat, and that it was to be
given to him, and he was to go back. The boy told him
that he did not know him, and be should not let him have
the parcel, upon which the prisoner pretended to be angry
and snatched the parcel from the boy, and walked off.
The lad followed him, and it happened that
at this moment another lad, named William
Newman, who had been robbed by the prisoner in a similar
manner only a few days before, came up sod said that the
prisoner was a thief, and although the prisoner sodas-
round to dodge the two boys they kept him in light till
they met • policeman and gave him into custody.
The police-constable who apprehended the prisoner said
that he affected to be very indignant at his doing so, and,
when he found be could not get away, he said he should
Ilke to be taken to the police-station, in order that the
matter might be "thoroughly investigated." (A laugh.)
Sir R. Carden inquired how many more charges of
the same kind could be established against the prisoner.
The officer replied that four other boys were in attend-
ance, all of whom bad been robbed by the prisoner, under
exactly similar circumstances, and be believed if be wes
remanded that twenty charges could be proved against
him.

Sir R. Carden ohserved that there were already three
clear cases, and he did not think it was necessary to take
any others. It would be as well, however, that the par-
ties should be in attendance at the trial, in order that the
court might know what sort of a fellow the prisoner was,
and the extent of depredations that he had been com-
mitting.
The prisoner, when asked what defence he had to make,
merely said that some of the witnesses were mistaken in
speaking to his identity.
Sir R. Carden said he musk try and make the jury
believe so. It was a most abominable thing for a man to
go about robbing little boys in the manner he appeared to
have done ; and he should commit him to take his trial at
the Central Criminal Court upon the three charges that
had been proved against him.

MARYLEBONE.
A tall, gentlemanly-dressed person, who gave the name
of Alfred Norman, aged 21, address refused, was charged
with stealing a diamond and ruby cross, of the value of
301., from Flora May, an " unfortunate."
The prisoner had represented to prosecutrix that he
was an officer stationed at Hounslow. He now said that
he had given a wrong name, so that his friends should not
know his disgrace.
Mr. Johnson appeared for the prisoner.
The account of the occurrence given by the prosecutrix
was that the prisoner accompanied her to her residence,
and when he left next morning she missed the cross. She
also said that he gave her a bad half sovereign.
Mr. Johnson addressed the magistrate at length, and
said that he had elicited from his client that he had given
a false name in order that disgraoe should not attach to
his family, who were in a high position in society. He
then dwelt upon the class of persons of whom the prose.
cutrix formed one, and whether a jury would give credence
to such evidence.

Mr. Mansfield said he should remand the prisoner for a
week. but would accept bail, two sureties in 25/. leach,
or one in 501.

The bail not being forthcoming, prisoner wu taken to
the Howie of Detention.

The Irish papers state that Corydon, the Fenian
informer, has just been occupied for an entire day before
• Dublin police magistrate, it is supposed making informa-
tions. The crown solicitor was present, and the informa-
tions, it is inferred, may possibly have some connection
with his late English tour.
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