The Express.
London, England, 1859-01-29 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

MANSION-HOUSE.

WiUieat HostryPrailosa, formerly clerk to Mr. Young,
architect, of King-at/ea, Chasnaide, was brought before the
Lord Mayor, upon remand, charged with having embezzled
a great number of small soma of money belonging to his
immyer.
The evklence selducedon the two previous octagons having
been mad over.

Mr. IL H. Stevens, the conductor of the refreshment rooms
at the railway station at Stratford, Esser was called and
sald—that on the Bth instant he paid the prisoner, on account
of the prosecutor, 11. 6d. and received from him the re-
writ It. A. HawketwcaUt said, that on the 26th Novem-
ber Is at cis paid the prisms, on the. prosecutor's account,
U. do. 34 for whicitlis pee her a receipt.
Yr. W. Alwcerthot Wirier, banded in a reaript for 21.2..,
yid&
tho 161 ha
i paid theprlsoser on the prosecutor's account, cet
nst.

Timiprosscator was than examined, and said—The pri-
soner ham not accounted is no for the various same of mo-
uthy referred to by the previous witnesses. He mat ma •
list of his defalcations, In which he mentioned these several
same,
as having bean paid to him, and not accounted for
to mo.

Tha prisoner, who declined putting any question to the
witnesses, sald, in answer to the charge-1 never intended
to rob Mr. Young of a pansy. I fully intended to make it
all up sad pay him.
He was then fully committed to the Central Criminal Court
for trial.

1170.1ohruora and Bligabetli Fiats, well-dressed women,
of the respective ages of 23 and 21, were placed at the bar,
with having robbed Mrs. Martha Hall, a widow
keepingal a public•house at Eton, of her puree, containing
131.45. at the Dividend-office of the Bank of England.
Mr. Beard appeared for the Odom%
The prisoners were brought to the puttee-room at a late
how on the previous day, when the following examination
took place Deices Sir R. W. Carden
The promeutriz aid—Thin afternoon I went to the Bank
of Englaad, sad got my warrant cashed, amounting to 131.
in gold and 4e. in silver. I put it into my portmonaia, which
I placed In my pocket. Aa soon as I reached the steps, I
put my hand into my pocket for the purpose of giving toy
purse to a friend of mine named Batchelor, who had accom-
panied me front Windsor to take care of, when I Miaowed
that it wee gone.
By Sir E. W. Csrdea—l saw the primates in the Divi-
dend-office, but did not chancre that either of thorn touched
me.

H. Batchelor—l accompanied the proerentrix from
Windsor, and went with her to receive her dividend. I saw
her put her money into her purse, which she then put into
her pocket. The prieoners were close to her on coming out-
side the Bank at the foot, of the steps. The proucuu ix mum.
diately afterwards put her hand into hee pocket and ex-
claimed, " money's gone l"
Si, R. W. Carden—Haa tha money been found ?
Hayden (detective offine)—No.
Sir R. W. Carden—Did yen see the primmer@ in the Bank
while the pramecutrix was counting hoe money ?
Witness—Some ladies were close behind her at the time,
bat whether the prisoners were behind her or sitting down
I cannot say.
Prosecutrix—l kept my hand on my puree till I got to the
skittchelor—The prisoners came out of the Bank just behind
me, and no other persons were either going in or coming out
at that time, and no one was near the pronecutrix, except
myself, when she discovered she had been robbed.
Hayden, the detective othoer, wee then sworn, and said—
In consequence of a consmanieition made to Sergeant Brett
and myself we went into Threedneedl•etrest, where we
had the prosecutrix and the prisoners. Hearing in the
prisoner: prenatal that they had been charged on suspicion
of having stolen the lady puree at the Bank, I took them to
the station, the proseentrix following sad them. On
the road there Johnson maid, the region sheave into the
Bank was to meet a young man, a ship's ceepeater, who had
appointed to meet her there at tee o'clock, for the
purpose of drawing some mossy, and, finding he
had not arrived, she wee about to (0 to another
place where she might meet him. Whet I offered to go
there for the purpose of testing the truth of the statement
she declined to say where the place was, and she also re-
fined to tell me where she lived. In reply to something
that Watts afterwards and, Johnson said to her, "Just
hold your tongue; don't say anything about it." When we
overtook the prisoners they were surrounded by a mob of
about GO people.
Mr. Beard—lf that 11 all the evidence I should like to
i know what are there is against my clients.
Sir R. W. Carden—The evidence is very slight at present;
but I should lite to know who the prisoners are.
Mr. Beard—They are both married women, and the idea
of their being taken Into custody on such a charge as this has
restrained them from giving their addresses.
Haydon—l know than both by might, and believe I have
had Johnson in custody on former occasions.
Johnson (crying)—Oh, no, you have not.
Partridge (the gaoler)—Johnson hie been here More, and
so has Watts, I think.
Brett
idetective officer)—Johnson hu teen to Bow-Irne

Bitt: W. Carden—The prisoners must give me their cor-
rect names and sddressas.

BeTati(aiteroon 'tlting the prisoners)—Probably you
will disposed theme now.
Mr R. W. Carden—No, I shell remand them. If they
wore respectable women they would give we their addresses.
Mr. Beard—l now understand them to be willing to gave
their addresses.

Bret, the officer, was then sworn and sail—Watt. told
me she hod gone to the Bank with • ?rimed to meets Mr.end
Mrs. Johnson. I said to her, "When does Mrs. Johnson
dve r and she replied, "At ghoreditch." I raked her what
number, and she replied "17." &wetly afterwardesbe said,
"Oh, dear, if Mrs. Jones had come this would not have
happened." I asked her who Mrs. Jones was, and she re-
plied, "The lady I told you we had gone to meet at the
Bank." I said to her, "You mentioned just now the name
ofJohnaon' " and she replied, " No, I didn't ; I said Jones."
In reply to the magistrate, the proaecutriz, who was suf-
fering from lameness end excessive debility, said that this
wee the first time she had left her home for four months,
having been confined to her bed nearly the whole of that
time with a broken thigh.
Upon this evidence the prisoners were remanded till ye,-
terdm, when they were brought before the Lard Mayor, Bit
U. W. Carden also occupying • seat upon the bench.
Mr. Oesdnian, the chief clerk, read over the evidence taken
as the previous day.
The Lord Mayor—Hoe the money been found?
Hayden—No; nor the purse. I found, however, three
other purees at Johnson's lodgings, in addition to 32 counter.
felt sovereigns, and • large roll of 61. and 101. flash notes.
I have reason to believe that her real name is Hazel, and that
she ha. been summarily oonvilted. There are some officers
in attendance who can speak to her being the wristant sem-
ciate of thieves. The pets. tire say they are married (they
had now infants in their arms, although they wore without
each incumbrances at the time of the robbery). I have not
seen their husbands.

Billr.l37ard-1 fornd a man's apparel in Johnson's
room.

The Lord Mayor (to Brett)—Do you know anything of the
prisoners ?
Brett—Only from mein, them at houses resorted to by
thieves In the Neighbourhood of Shoreditch ; I mean pub-
lio-honess that thieves &vivant.
Haydos—l also found two packs of cheating cards at
Johnson's hoar (producing them). . .

Mr. Beard—l am not WI.. enough to diecover any differ-
ence between these and genuine cards.
The Lord Mayor—reehapa the officer can show you how
the fraudulent trick is performed. (Laughter.)
Mr. Beard—The prisoner.' husbands have been at my
office this morning ; bat I didu't think it necessary to trouble
them to come here.

The Lord blayor—l should like to see them.
Mr. Beard—l submit that there is not sufficient evidence
to justify the detention of the prisonere. Neil her the prose-
cutris nor her friend saw than touch the former. Is ituot
more likely that the lady thought she put her puree
Into her pocket, end did not *dually do so, but Poet it out-
side the door? I should prefer the cam being dealt with to-
day, if you think there is eufficient evidence.
The Lord Mayer—As the cue is one of suspicion only the
magistrates do not like to rend persons to prison, after they
have been mos remanded, and there is no further evidence.
The peignoirs therefore will he discharged, but now they
will be knows to the City police.
The grimacers were discharged accordingly.
BR R. W. Carden said be thought it right to mention for
the Information of the mes.y charitable persons who had for-
' warded contributions on behalf of Frances Johnston, that he
much regretted that r,rtain negotiations for obtaining suit-
able premises to enable her and her sinter to commence haat-
neev, had been unavoidably delayed. The donors, however,
might rest aPsured that no time should be lost to carrying
iuto etkct the contemplated arrangements, which, when com-
pleted, he should have much pleasure in announcing to the
public.
BOW-STREET.

John .1,.t y, valet to Captain Sayers, of the Hone Onarde,
wee charged with steeling property belonging to hi. muter
and Sir Charles Phipps, at St. James'. Palace.

Captain Frederic Bayers-1 sot sa of on tbe staff at
the Have Guards, and am at present staying at Mt. James's
Palecest Sir Cherie.; Phippes. The prisoner is my servant.
From information which I received on Wednesday afternoon
about three o'clock, I proceeded to ftcotland-yard and ob-
tained the services of Inapectot Whither, of the detective
force. I proceeded to Bt. James's Palace with Whicher and
firegsant Robinson. I made an examination of port
of the promises, the pantry, and a chest of drawers
in my bed-room, end which had been left locked.
Is the pantry we found a large quantity of
pawnbroines' tickets, sod in the drawers of the
pastry wars soma articles of mine, waistcoats, shirts, dr.o..
La a dielor Math Oa theadagag the Are al drawees I bsad

they had been opened, and nearly all the contents abstracted. ,
They were not broken, but had been opened with a key. A
box in the pantry bad been broken open and some of the
contents removed. The pistol produced, I believe, Is my
property, and wee taken from the chest of drawers. Ima '
prove it froin the number, as my name is attached to the I
number at the shop. I bad pad him his wages on Monday i
leak and he bad abeoonded on the same day. I have lost a
large quantity of property ; the more I search the more I
miss. I have jut been moving, mad be had the sole charge
of my property. There are many cease that I cannot open,
so that don't know what I have lost.

—Margaret Sir Phipps'. town holm -
keeper. I always take charge of his apartments at St.
Jarese's Palace when he is out of town. I have known the
fir about two months as mto enet Captain Sayer..
ratauet onasquenos of hie master occupying Sir Charism Phippa's
dressing-room, the prisoner had souses to that apartment and
to the property kept there. There was • wardrobe full of
Botha. On Saturday morning I missed • quantity of pro-
perty, including Bye coats, six waistcoats, a pair:of trowens,
and a pair of boots. The boots produced are the same, and
so I think are the coats, but I cannot answer for there, as I
never unfolded them. After I mimed them I said, " John,'
what has beams of the things out of ellr Chitties' ward-
robe.' He said, "What things?" I said, "Don't
set me what things—you know very well what
Wogs ; what you have Mem To have done
meastlidag with them ; have you pledged them or
sold them P" He said—" I have pledged them. Say
nothing about It. I have got mossy from my muter, and
everything will be la its plain again." He went out and
brought home two man, three waistoome, and • pair of
trousers. I told him that was no good unless he produced
every article. He said he should receive more money on
Monday from his master, who was going to pay him his
wages, and be would then redeem the whole. After he got
his money I saw no more of him. It wee on Monday after-
life. IWM saw him, until 11 o'clock last night, when be
retuned to the_palese. He cane in very coolly, and said,
" Well. Mts. Whitney." I said, " John, where have you
been?" I don't remember his reply. The police were in
waiting, sad he was taken into melody. I mentioned it
to Captain Sayers on Wednesday.
Mr. Jardine—You should have mentioned it before, and
not have made yourself • party to it. If he had brought all
the things back we should never have beard of it.
Inspector Whither observed that Sir Charles Phipps was
absent a good deal.
The inspector was then sworn. He said, on Wednesday
afternoon, in oonaequence of the communication made to me
by Captain Sayer., I proceeded to 81. James's Palace, in
company with him and Sergeant Robinson. I was shown
into the butler's pantry by last witness. Oa searching the
pantry I found in • chest of drawers 6l duplicates, which I
sow produos, relating principally to wearing apparel.
Amongst them I found the dupte of a pistol pledged on
the glut of December lan, a coat pledged on the 12th of Ja-
nuary, and another on the 11th, and on the 17th a pair of
boots. Theme relate to the articles now produced. At Soot-
Ised-yerd I showed them to the prisoner, who selected thirty-
two as relating to property belonging to Captain Sayer., and
three as relating to property belonging to Sir C. Phipps.
Some of the property is worth considerably more than it is
pawned for.
Mr. Jardine—Have you got all the pawnbrokers here!'
Witness—No, Sir ; there see so romy. I have got three
here, who produce the property to which four of the
duplicates relate. I thought that would be as much as you
would require.
Mr. Jardine—So It is in one sense, but es them is so much
property it would be well to have all the pawnbrokers here,
to sea which of them will give up the property and which
will not.

Thy umkistaata from several pawnbenkets produced ths
pistol spoken to by Captain Sayers, and the ooats and boots
identified by Mrs. Whitney.
Mr. Jardine said the awe was soalciantly strong for com-
mittal but before sending It toe jury, the prisoner most be
brought up wiz, is order that the remedied pawnbrokers
might attend.
He tree sooordiagly remeaded.

CLERKENWELL.
TVs!limn Henry Brow's, °Metter of the highway and
lighting rates fee the pariah of Hornaey, reading at 1, Char-
lotte-terrace, Cowper-rood, Stoke Newington-grew, was
charged with using insulting and abusive language to Mr.
Augustus Edward., mathematical instrument maker,
11.°1r17, Howard-road, Stoke Newington-green.
Mr. Wasting, in opening the twee, said that the sum-
mons had only been taken out for abusive language, but it
should have been for an assault, u a most disgraceful one
bad been committed by the defendant. The matter arose
out of one that would come before his worship, end in which
it appeared that the defendant went to the shop where the
complainant was employed, and because he could not get the
rate, or gain admission, broke the windows. Upon the de-
fendant being twice& to by the complainant, the former
made use of bad language, and called the complainant a
rogue and a vagabond. A police-officer wee sent for, but he
declined to take the defendant into custody.
Mr. Edward, the complainant, Mr. Warner, a greengro-
cer in the neighbourhood, and policaeonstable Goodwin,
433 N, deposed to the above facts, and they elated that the
defendant called Edwards &rogue, swindler, slid a vagabond,
and saw Brown basalt him in a very dirty manner.
Mr. Tyrwhitt ordered the defendant to pay a fine of 201.
and 75., which was at once paid.
William Henry Brown, the same defendant, was sum-
moned at the instance of Mr. George Forrester Bennett,
mathematical instrument-maker, of 113, Howard-road,
Stoke Newington-green, for wilfully damaging a door and
breaking some squares of glue.
Mr. John Wakellng, solicitor, appeared fm the oom-
plainant.
From the statement of the prosecutor, it appeared that on
Monday last the defendant, who was in a state of inebriety,
called at his house at about three o'clock in the afternoon,
and demanded the local rata. As soon as the defendant
arrived at the door he commenced rapping very loudly, and
finding that he could not gain admittance, kicked the door
very violently, and succeeded in breaking the lock and part
of the door. Some water was then thrown on him, upon
which the defendant went into the area, took up a number
of atones, broke five panes of glue, and was only prevented
from doing further iojury by the snivel of a polixi constable.
Witnesses were called wbo proved the above, and the
policeman stated that the defendant had decidedly been
drinking.
The defendant said the complainant had paid no rates for
two years. He had a warrant of distress, and the magistrate's
warrant authorised him to break in.

Mr. Tyrwhitt cautioned the defendant, and ordered him to
pa y the damage and twat., which amounted to IGs. Gd.
The defendant paid the arstey, remarking that It did not
matter, for the money would not COON onto( his pocket.

WOOLWICH.
Henry Rout Wye, a man about 40 years of age, and lately
a foreman in the Royal Arsenal, was charged with annoying
and using threatening language toward. thn Rev. Mr.
Cotter, a clergyman attached to the ROYALS catholic church
at Woolwich.

a primmer, it will be remembered, wee indicted et the
December Sessions of the Orchid Criminal Court, for an
emelt and committing a rape on his danebler, Lis own wife
being also indicted for aiding him in the coturniasion of
such offence, but of which they were beth acquitted. Since
that time the Its,. Mr. Cotter has hero eubjectsd to much
snnoyance by the prisoner calling upon him and encasing
him of keeping hilt daughter from biro, at the same time
denuding to know where she war and waking use of
expeenions of a threatening character waking
if she was not
quickly restored to hint. The prisoner WWI swatted that
nothing was known of his daughter, bat he still con-
tinent hie virile, and on Thursday morning, in conacqueot
of a communication made to the rev. gentleman Icy • friend
named Baker he (kir. Baker), undertook to see the primrose
and advise him that any further concomuication respecting
his daughter should be made through a third person. This
the prisoner declined doing, repeating his violent expreetions
towards the Rev. Mr. Cotter, end admitting that be carried
certain instruments about with him, which he should use,
when he had occasion to do et. Upon this a warrant vas
applied for, and the prisoner was taken into custody.
The prisoner, in an excited manner, put reveml questions
to the witnesses, but failed to elicit anything in hit favour.
Mr. Seeker paid, it was evident froru the prisoner's conduct
sad gestures in the dock, that ooruplainest was likely to
meet with violence at his hands, and he phould therefore
require him to find two enmities in SW. each for his future
good conduct, or to be imprisoned six months.
The prisoner weathers removed, and subeequently conveyed
to gaol.