The Express.
London, England, 1856-07-30 00:00:00

THB POLICE COUBTS.

MANSION.HOI7BB,

Jeha totem saterce.;;;Vereye;;;broollit before Mr
B. W. Caress. &gorged wider Use fol'oorteg eiroassetamoes:
Mr. W. Hawlioseo. cashier at Mean. William Dews
aid basklßrbases, sold—We an the beaker to lb.

South Easters Railway Company, and am in the habit of
paying the dividend warrant, of that company. Yesterday
the dividend werraat produced for ISt. 19s. id., for the
twenty.third dividend, payable on the Ist of September,
1855, was mounted to me by the prisoner Lebow. It being
a bark warrant, I told the prisoner to take It to the atm.
tory of the railway, for.him to certify that it was all right,
sad be weal away with it. About an hour after-
wards he mate bank with a gentleman from the office
Of the solicitor to the company, who asked Lebow
how he came pommeled of the warrant He said he
had taken it in the way of Matinees down the country. He
said be could tell from whom he had it, but did not mention
the name. I asked him the residence of the proprietor, and
be wrote " Bealey, Kent," under the signature which was
there when he brought it, via., "J. Dasbwood, Req."
Lebow tore off the counterpart of the warrant, and
handed to me the original which I gave beak. I saw
nothing of the other prisoner.
Mr. Robert J. Con, transfer-clerk to the South-
Eastern Railway Company, said the dividend warrant pro-
duced
wad a genuine warrant, and was issued with the
counterpart. In consequence of a communication which
we received from Mr. Duhwood, a duplicate of the war-
rant was issued upon • letter of indemnity on the 28th of
April, 1856, and that warrant has been paid. Ido not
how the primness, but yesterday one of them
(Lebow) called on me and produced to me the
original dividend warrant. I asked hint what he
wanted, and he said he had been sent by the
beckon to have it certified, as it had been overdue ail
months. I found a duplicate had been issued. I asked
his if he was Mr. Dashwcod, the proprietor of the warrant.
He said, " No." I asked him how he came to have it.
Ho said, " for work done as a plasterer for • Mr. Hill, at
Watford." I told him to remain in my office till I cos•
municatad with the iscretery, to whom I subsequently
eaplaised the ina..ter, and in whose hands I left it. The
warrant would not hipayable without the signature of the
claimant. My suspicions were aroused by the circum-
stances.

Mr. F. Dathwood, of 9, Seymour-place, May-fair, sad
Beat', in Hut, said, "The dividend warrant pro-
duced has been, I believe, is my poenesion. It was
sent to sup by put in the beginning of September
1855. I did not sign the warrant. I had it at Beaky.
like last time I saw it was when I placed It in • leath. r
envelope In my pocket, about the 10th of September. I was
then in a railway carriage coming to town, and jest as I
was leaving the North Kent station I mimed the envelope
which contained the dividend warrant and other property.
I cannot tell whether I dropped It or whether it was stolen
from my pocket. I conneameated my lose to the railway
company immediately, and upon my letter of ingenuity I
received the amount of the dividend warrant. I know
I nothing of the prisoners. The signature, "F. Dashwood,
authori t
Esq ," m not my handwriting, nor was it written by my
y.
Hume Scott, the detective officer, said—Lahow told me
he bad pt the warrant from Jesus Hill. a builder, of
Watford, for work he had dens ; but, finding that I we.
determined to go there, be said, " I did not get it directly
from Mr. Hill. I got it from another man. I do not know his
same or address, but I think I can find him." I went with
him to Chancery-lane, where we bound the other prisoner
(Carey). Lebow said " That', the man I got it from two
or three mouths ego, and I've had it in my possession ever
sine." Carey said, in answer to ay questions, that be had
given the paper some time ago to Lauow, with whom he
bad been at work ; that he did not steal it; and what if he
had found it ? He slid, tol, he had looked at the notice-
board of the police station to see if there was any reward,
and finding then wee no mention of such a thing he bed
given it to Lebow to do what best he could with it, but with
a hint to be careful, as he did net know what it was, or
whether it was of any use. At the Statica-house, Clergy
said he believed the paper was exactly the same as he had
delivered it to Lebow. _ _

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Cant—l didn't understand anything about inch a docu-
ment. How could! i

Tee y ;on era mere remanded till /Mayday.
GUILDHALL.

Charles William Norman, of 12, Bellioeue-terrace, Cleve.
laud-Mast, Mile-sad, but formerly carrying on humans es
a draper and trhataing seller at 119, Shonditeh,
examined on &sharps of not surrendering to his bankruptcy
and absconding from his crsditon, with niece to defraud
this..

John Foam, City poles-aergesat, 89, apprehended the
prisoner at the shove address oa the 14,h of July, and told
him it was for not surrenderiog to his bankruptcy in 1864.
Penner said he bad been expectiog something of the sort.
He also said be had men his auditors and should have
liked to have got a situation sad set aside a part of
his salary to pay them, ae he had no other moan of doing
it, and be had no friends to assist his. He knew be did
wrong in going away, and he w.s sorry now he had done so.
He went to Australia, and tried Sydney, Melbourne, and
the diggings, but met wit► no sunsets, and was obliged to
come back. He must leave himself entirely In the hands of
his eseditns. At the Moor-lane station witness searched
him sad found a shilling on him.
Aldimossa Flush then fully committed him for trial.
Ann Clark, a child about 12 years of age, but whose
head did not reach the top of the dock, was charged with
steeling a snuff hos, contaioiag &spade guinea, a sillier coin,
and a number of duplicates.
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The Guidons did not establish the charge against the child,
bat both the prow bottle bad the Mother of the primmer gave
bar a very bad thanes,.
Impostor Todhoutar said the fault did net reet with the
child, for she was brougbt up la the most hopeless state of
ignorance. She had no idea of a God, or a church, or
chapel. He asked her what het mother and father did on a
Sanday, gad she said they were drinkiog all day long. He
asked har if tiny did not say their pre m, but she did not
know wtat he meant by prayers. In fact, she was ID
neglected that she had sot the slightest idea of a future
state.

Sir Peter Lauri* ordered ►er to appear at tits court again
on Friday, and directed the inspector to make farther in-
quiries about her.

BOW-STREET.

A porter at the Strand Union Workhouse, who also sets
as labour master, brought one of the paupers, a lad named
John Wiek, before Mr. Henry, for refusirg to perform the
task allotted to him, being work suited to his age, strength,
and condition, cis., rote breaking.

The cosplainaat, Philip Lame, proved that the prisoner
refused to go into the stone-y■rd that evening. He made
use of at oath. He was a irmry bad boy.
The prisoner declared that having received an injury
whoa very young, he was afraid to work much at stone
breaking, lest he should again bring on the =mai .int. He
had worked in the atone-yard for two hours in the =amn-
ion, and he thought that was u much as be could do with
safety.
Mr. Henry—le it true that he has been iejured u be
states ? _ _

assure you he h a very bad isharaotar—very bad
indeed, your worship.
Mr. Henry—You told we that before. Repeating it ma
Gamer no purpose but to show me how very eager you are
for a convmti, n. I did not sok about his character, but
whether he has been iojured as he alleges?
Lans—l believe be hag, sir, a little.
The prisoner—l am quite willieg to work, sir. I should
sot mind doing say work they pat we to except atom'.
breathe!.
Mr. Henry—Bat this you are sot allowed to choose your
work.

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After stivisiog the prisoner to perform for the future the
work assigned to him, whotever it might be, which he pro-
mised to do to the Met of kin ability, Mr. Henry ordered
his to be sat et liberty.