The Express.
London, England, 1859-02-10 00:00:00

THAMES.

Ann Barren aged 38, of No. 4, Cha•lotte-ntr. at, Wil-
low-walk, flhoredi.cb, cola and 'rood dealer, wat charged
with fratidalently w•nvertiog to his owa u-e rightrea how.
died bandits of lire-wool, vales 84 34., the pr.party of
William Watty.

Mr. Heard, solicitor, conducted the prceeentlen, end sold
it wes anted under a semioa of the mew act, called "An
Act to smoke better periodos for the punishment of frauds
committed by trustees, linkers, and ether persons !rayed
with property." The 4th recto:se of the new act, the 20th
and 21stof Vitt, oap. Ai, stated if any pen be:ng • Lifter,
of any proper. y shall fraudulently take or oonreit the same
to his own use, or theme of any parslS other than the owner
there 4 alt:ough he abaft not break bulk or o herwiss doer.
sins tee bailment, be shall bo deemed godly of Weeny. In
this are the prisoner app fed to Mr. Watm, who was a fire-
wood aserohon., of No. 325, Histpatrein, Wapping, f.r per-
mission to carry out wood, and his tort was talon with 1,800
bundles. Tire. invoke, were at the same time delivered to
the prisoner, for him to here with there persons to whom
the wood we, consigned, end upon each brace wee written,
" Will call toils°, row," nweein t that Mr. Watts would rail
next cloy for payment. Ths prisoner did not deliver the
wood to Mr. Watte's customers, sad it was not known what
hod become of it. Mr. Beard then put in ceroftetes from the
parties to whom the wood was cnsigned, end add that,
after boring Mr. Watts, he should salt the msgiatrate
to hand the prisoner, end apply for three sum-
monses 6 r the witnesses to attend the neat exeminalion.
Mr. Watts continued the statement of his solicitor, and
said he was to allow the prisoner threepence per hundred
for the delivery of the wood to his cuotomers. He made
the arrangement with the pee mer on Thursday last,
and on Friday he delivered to bins 1,800 bundles of wood, and
directed him to supply Mr. Foster, of Fore-street, Cripple-
s's* with 1,000 boodlee. 600 to Mr. Norman, In the same
street, Ned 300 to Mr. Gurney, to Ropes° iker-etreet, Fier
beery. Ile gave three lonia*, gat* what each patty was
to receive, and the amount. He wont to the respective parties
an Friday; they had not received the wood. He saw the
prisoner yesterday, and said, " What have you dose with
the wood?' and after making various excuses, ho said,
" Well, I have chucked it over the bridge."
The prieoner mode • rambling defence, and arid the
bundles of wood delivered to him were all en inch t short,
which was denied.

On the applienias of Mr. Beard, the prisoner was re-
Ronda to lb, Clerkenwell Howe of Detention for a seek.

MentopoLrrAN Bosouons Cointrrrzz.—The
Metropolitan Boroughs Committee met on Mandel_ it the
London Coffee. home, Ludgate-hill; W. Cox, Elm., M.P., in
the chair. Two new members were added to the committee,
Effingham Wilma, of the Royal Exchange; and A. W.
Peahen, Esq., of C:eveland-square (the London chairman
of the Anti-Cara-Law League). A letter was read from Mr.
Demean M 'Lama on the progrms the question was making
In Scutland. Suitseriptious were aenouiced from Mr. A.
Wright and Mr. D. 111•Demul. Mr. Brookes, in moving
the adoption of en address, commented at some length en
those paragraphs which had reference to the monotone of
which he ddendad from the misreprenntationi to white it
had beta subjected.

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