The Express.
London, England, 1867-02-13 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURT&

MANSION•HOUSB

A well-dressed man. named Rirhard Gorham, whose ad-
dress was Lime-cottages, High street, Homertoti. was
brought up in custody by detective officer Edward Han-
cock before Mr. Alderman Rose (who sat for the Lord
Mayor), charged with embezzling divers sums of money re-
ceived by him in his capacity of town traveller to the firm
of Messrs. Saunders, Dyott, and Co., wholisale stationirs,
of Cannon-street.

It appeared that the prisoner had been some time in the
service of the prosecutors, but in consequence of suspicion
being entertained as to his honesty, inquires were set on
foot, which resulted in the discovery of defalcations to
sonic extent, and the consequent apprehension by detective
officer Edward Hancock of the prisoner at his residence in
Homerton. He at once stated that he was aware who the
officer was, and declared that he had received four mum of
money for which he had not accounted, and alleged that
he hail been driven to the commission of the offence by
pecuniary distress, and bail applied the money to the pay-
ment of his rent and to the discharge of other liabilities.
The prisoner, after formal proof of his receipt and non-
accounting for a sum of ti. I3a. lit., was remanded for a
week.

William Mc:troll? a morose and ill-looking fellow, was
charged with stealing from the person of Herman Geiger
• silver watch, value 405., his property.
The evidence of the prosecutor disclosed that he was a
confectioner, residing in Whitechaptl, and that on the
pnvions afternoon he was landing at Allhallows-pier from
a steamboat, when the prisoner made a sudden nub up to
him and seized his watch from his vest pocket. He seized
the prisoner and distinctly saw his watch in the prisoner's
hand, and noticed beyond doubt that he threw the watch
into the river. He was however, secured and given into
custody, when he denied all knowledge of the watch, or
that he had ever had it in his possession. This was nega-
tived by the evidence of Pohoe-constable Ryan, 156 N,
who distinctly saw the watch in the prisoner's hand before
he cast it into the river.

Mr. Alderman Rose inquired whether or not the prisoner
wee known.

Chief warder Ager intimated that a Middlesexofficer was
present to prove former convictions.
Warder Herbert Reeves, from the Cold Bath-fields
Prison proved that on the 13th March, 18Iki, the prisoner
had been convicted at the Thames Police-court, under the
Criminal Justice Act, of stealing a purse, containing 10s.,
and sentenced to six months' imprisonment, with hard
labour. On the 27th September last the prisoner bad
again been committed to the prison as n rogue and vaga-
bond, for attempting to pick pockets at the Agricrulturid-
hall, Islington, and sentenced to three mouths' imptison-
ment.

The prisoner admitted all these facts, but implored the
alderman to give him another chance, instead of sending
him for trial, and he added that, if he got a short sentence,
he would go for a soldier when he came out of prison.
Mr. Alderman Rose said there could be no doubt the
prisoner was an incorrigible thief, and committed him
for trial at the next session of the Central Criminal
Court