The Express.
London, England, 1866-06-23 00:00:00

;HE POLICE COURTS.
• (THIS DAY.)

GUILDHALL.
THE GREAT MONEY LOAN SWINDLE.
moissorte Ambrose, alias Limon, alias Pearson, described
on the charge-street es an artist, residing at No. 3, Ben-
theeproul, South Hackney, was brought before Alderman
Belfry with being ooncerned with Charles Jesup, John
troy, and William Mitchell, now under remand, charged
with obtaining the sum of 2/. tin from Thomas Turner, •
farrier, residing at Roes, in Herefordshire, on the 23rd of
hay last-
The evidence given on farmer omissions showed that
son partial were putting advertisements into country
topers, offering to give gentlemen, tradesmen, and others
loans of money on their own notes of hand,
or any term
not exceeding 10 years, repayable by instlments at
the borrower's convenience, all loan-offloe routine
dispensed with and the money advanced within seven
der of the application. The letters were addressed to a
greengrocer's in Harp-alley, Farringdon-street, • very
poor locality, and were from there fetched by Conroy,
who maintains that he was paid by Mitchell and another
to bring them away. It was their practice to receive
those applications, answer them, and promise to
lend the money at 6 per cent. interest, and
they would even go so far as to send down the
promissory note for signature and at the same time
request the first year's interest to be sent them by
post-office order and that the full amount of the
loan should be forwarded to the borrower by return
of poet. If all these requisitions were complied with the
post-office order was cashed, but the loan wee never
sent. When the borrower found he could not get the
money he had been promised he would write to know the
reason of the delay, and then would receive an answer
enclosing his signature torn off the bill, thus showing it
was destroyed, and stating that in cone/queues of
Mr. Merchant not having had • signature witnessed
he bad lost • large sum of money in an ac-
tion in the Court of Queen's Banish, and that
it would be necessary for his agent to call upon the
borrower to witness his signature to a new bill, and to
hand him over the money. This, however, was the last
they ever heard of the matter. When the City police
were communicated with the matter was put in the hands
of Detective Smith, and under his direction Mr. Kaills, who
had been induced by misrepresentations to allow the letters
to be addressed to his house, refused to give them to
Conroy. He went back and returned with Jessop, who
end he was Merchant (the name in which the swindle
was carried on) and demanded the letters. They were
both taken into custody, and then Jesup said he was em-
ployed by the other two men to come and represent him-
self as Merchant in order to get the letters. Smith
went with Conroy next day up to Camden-town and ap-
prehended Mitchell, but the other man escaped. Since
then he had been looking out for the prisoner Ambrose
until he apprehended him.
Win. Smith said on the Ist of June he went to Hartland-
road, Camden-town, to apprehend the prisoner, and found
he had absconded. He had been in pursuit of the prisoner
ever since. He traced him to • place at Hackney-wick,
and from there to Bentham-road, South Hackney. About
half-put 7 o'clock that morning he knocked at the front
door, and inquired for a person by the name of Pear-
son. Underwood, another officer who accompanied
him, was then stationed at the back door. Wit-
ness was shown up to the third floor busk room. A
woman knocked at the door and said, " Mr. Pearson, you
are wanted," and the prisoner answered from inside.
After a short delay a young female about 17 presented
herself at the door and he walked into the room. The
saner was was dressing himself, and witness said to him
" Do you know me ?" and he replied, " No, I do not."
Witness then said, " This young woman does. My
name is Smith ; I am the officer that has Mitchell and
others in custody for trend." He said, " I know nothing
about it." He then took the prisoner into custody, and
told him the charge, to which he made no reply. On the
way to the station he said, "Through living with Mitchell
caused me to be implicated in this affair." Witness said
" I forgot to ask you, but do you know Jessop and
Conroy?" and he said "Yes, I know them." This was
the principal of the men now in custody, and he (Smith)
wished for a remand.
The prisoner admitted writing a letter, but denied ever
having written a promissory note.
The prisoner was remanded, and bail refused.
CLERKENWELL.
SEIZURE OF COUNTERFEIT COIN.
Henry Beirmss, efei 57, described as a carpenter, Louisa
Jones, aged 21, a milliner ; and Thomas Jones, aged 57, an
attorney's clerk, residing at 20, Warwick-road, Hornsey,
were charged before Mr. D'Eynconrt with having in their
possession counterfeit coin, with intent to circulate the
some, and also with having 374 bonnet-shapes, and not
giving a satisfactory account of the same, at the parish of
Hornsey.
From the evidence of the Mint agent, Mr. James Bren-
nan, of 39, Radnor-street, St. Luke's, it appeared that be,
accompanied by Inspectors Langdon, Fyfe, and Bush,
went to the above addrees, armed with a search warr-nt,
broke open the door, and proceeded to search the rooms
for counterfeit coin. In the kitchen they found the
woman Jones and Burgess in bed, and in a box in the
same apartment th ree counterfeit florins and one counterfeit
tinning. On proceeding upstairs the police found the man
Jones in bed with a woman, and on telling them their er-
rand be said " That is only done out of a little spite. You
will find no counterfeit coin here. We don't keep it here."
On searching the place the police found 374 new bonnet
shapes and 52 duplicates relating to new carpets, hearth-
rugs, wearing apparel of every description, jewellery, and
three new window blinds, all of which can be
seen on application to Inspector Langdon, at the
Kingsland police-station. The prisoners are known to the
police by the aliases of Cruse, Allen, Graham. Pearce,
Wright, Thompson, kc. ; and it was stated to the magis-
trate that if a remand was granted, other charges would
be brought against them. It was further stated by the
police that the woman was not known to them, that Bur-
ris had been convicted of offences at the Old Bailey, and
that Jones was known as the companion of notorious ut-
terers of counterteit coin.
The man Jones denied the statements made against him,
and said that so far as the bonnet shapes and the other
property was concerned he had purchased it. He was not
aware that there were counterfeit coiners or counterfeit
coin in his house until the police told him.
Mr. D'Eyncourt remanded Burgess until Wednesdaynext,
and discharged the other personers.
WORSHIP-STREET.
ALONE IN THE WORLD.
Two wretched-looking boys, apparently about 9 and 7
years of age, were placed in the dock before Mr. Ellison
charged with the offence of begging in the public streets.
Police-constables 4-45 K said—Yesterday evening I saw
these lads knocking at the doors of houses in Bethnal-
green, and when I asked them what they wanted, they at
once said, "We were asking for a bit of bread." I did not
notice that any was given to them, and as they could not
tell me where they lived, I thought it the best way to take
them into custody.
Mr. Ellison (to the eldest).—What is your name
Boy—Derbyshire, sir. Father lived at No. 4, Tapp-
street, Spitaltields, before last Christmas, but has gone
away now, and mother went away before that. She died,

sir.
Mr. Ellison—And what have you been doing since
Boy—Been getting a job now and then, cleaning knives
for people, or anything of that sort.
Mr. Ellison—Do you know anything of this boy
Constable—He has been locked up before, sir, for sleep.
ing in enclosed premises ; that is all.
Boy—That was when the cold weather come.
Congtahle— I believe that his father did live in Tapp-
street ; this boy is very badly off, sir—he hasn't any shirt

on.
Mr. Ellison—You had better take him to the parish in
which you found him. What is the name of the other—
that child'
Boy—Gibbs, sir, my name's Gibbs. I ain't got no father,
no mother, no borne.
Mr. Ellison—Where are they!
Boy—All dead-1 am alone, except him (Derbyshire). I
can't do nothing.
Mr. Ellison—When did your parents die ?
Boy—Ten months after last Christmas.
Mr. Ellison—No, not last Christmas?
Boy Inodding his head)—Yes it was.
Mr. Ellison—Some better way of life than that of begging
must be found for these poor boys ; let them be taken
to the workhouse.
Many such instances of being " alone in the world " are
brought under the notice of the magistrates at this court.
WANDSWORTH.
SCANDALOUS NEGLECT td, CHILDREN.
Dora Clement', • tailor, appeared to answer an
adjourned suuunons for neglecting to maintain his two
children.
Mr. W. herring relieving-officer of Clapham, said that
on the 22ml ult. he visited the defendant's lodgings in
Young's-buildings, Clapham. He found the door of his
200111 locked. lie got it opened, and discovered two
children inside the room in a starving condition. They
bad not been properly fed or attonded to by their father.
lie (witness) took them to the workhouse, where they had
greatly improved in their condition. The witness :utile,'
that it bad not beet, for him the children would have
been starved to death by this time.
Mary Tn.lis said she heed in the wens house. The chil-
dren lit!migisl to the defioulant,who had neglected them.
Ile was in the habit of going out in the morning and re-
turnioz at night, the children being locked in the room all
illy. They looked as if they had not proper food, and
were in a very dirty state. Witness and the neighbours
had given food to the children. The boy was between
11et..0 mid eight years of age, and the girl between four
and five. She had seen the father drunk. He had re-
turned home at 10. 12, and 1 o'clock in the morning.
George Buckley said he lived near the defendant, and
had heart complaints of the cruel treatment received by
the children. At 1 o'clock in the morning on the 19th ult.
he went into the defendant's room. The stench was very
bad, and the girl who was in bed looked in a starving con-
dition. The defendant was not at home.
Other neighbours were examined, and they fully corro-
borated the evidence of the other witnesses es to the chil-
dren being neglected.
The defence was that he fed his children on the money
he earned, but that he had very little work.