The Express.
London, England, 1867-10-19 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

(THIS DAY.)

the As,i.tant Judge ant a full Bench of

Ell,oNl THE MAIIQUI4 MAREIIItiNEss
.!rr specially this day, at the Guildhall, West•
.•.: t., try the above case, which stood over from the
awl attracted an unusual amount of interest,
• • I t wit crowded ill every part.
It young titan of gentlemanly ext.-
, for stealing six rings, and other arti-
; aloe of the property of Henry, Marquis
in the dwelling-house of .John Benthani. There
. .t.,1 indictment against him, charging hint with
4 , pair of trousers and other articles, the property
bath,
ult and Mr. llesley (instructed by Mr. E. T.
; Mr. I:ibton (instructed by Mr. Frog-
. k!,;ylh,treet) defended the prisoner, who pleaded
,J 1 very briefly stated the case to the jury.
I:ratlley am lady's niaid to the Mar-
. 01 It ,stings, I came to London with the rest
. . on Saturday, the 20th of : July The Mar-
...

. ...him...9s of Hastings, with the servants,
.a.,rtnients at the St. George's Hotel, Albe-
i -tr, t. The jewel-case before me, belonging to the
I put on the table on her ladyship's dressing-
111.1[11V/11i next to the drawing-room. The case
,„ „„. a „„,;,, which the marchioness used to wear. I saw
t, •• In the week we came to London. It was the
•• ' 1,4' the box to be kept when the rings were not
„ the Sunday I woo in attendance on the mar-
, , •• -s the hotel, but I was absent from the dressing-
...• ,t daf, rent parts of the day. The marchioness went
hive from half-past :t to 4 o'clock in the after-
, c i I dressed her for thinner on her return.
j i. .e the marchioness dined that evening
• o'clock. I was in the room in the after-
,. ,sha.n I went to tea, and returned to it about 6
in the evening. The dressing-room was not locked
~ the door of the back staircase locked. On Toes-
her ladyship was out, I missed the jewels and
hum the jewel case. Her ladyship asked for the

• • • . .
cross•examination by Mr. Ribton she could not
. • ::ow recently before the Tuesday she had seen the rings
she saw them safe at Donnington Hall, and
-ft there on the Saturday,when they went to London.
time the cue was full of rings, and her ladyship's
tilled the case. The marchioness went out for a
.11.1 it was not usual for her to wear rings when she
ing. Her ladyship first missed the rings and told
r ! fur them. She searched all over the room and
Si i t find them. The jewel case was brought to Lon.
in a soinill portmanteau, and the marchioness wore

of the rings when sh.e went to Lord WinchiLea's
Slr. Win. Lambert—l am proprietor of the White Bear
itel, Piccadilly. In July the prisoner stopped at my
tel. He core on the 24th or 2.5 th. I did not know on
.atty. the 21st, he was staying at Webb's Hotel ; but I
Lim oh that day. He was not then wearing diamond
!..,;a. I sow him again between 5 and 6 o'clock on that
.11. at my hotel. He asked me to lend him 2/. on a ring.
L :..kaig at this case of rings, I say all the six rings now
fare itte were on the prisoner's fingers. He asked me to
al him 21. on this pearl ring, as he had nothing but
I knew him as the Hon. Mr. Bruce. I lentbim
shd he repaid me the following morning. I observed
rings on his ringers the following day. In the same
he asked me to take care of two nrigs, as he feared he
irght lose them from his fingers. That was on the f0110w-
.14 Friday, when he came to stay in my house. I saw
itw then every day. Oa the following Monday, the
...th of July, he naked me in the morning if there were
Aty letters for him, and I said " No." He said it was a
wan:, thing his friend had not remitted him a cheque, as
he should not have sufficient money to go to Goodwood,
m.l would I advance him some money on the rings be had
given me to take care of. I refused, and said if he
wanted money, why not send them to a pawnbroker. He
slid he did not know where to send them to, and asked
toe to send them. He Said he wanted 40/. or 50/., and I
took them to Mr. Brown's, in Leicester-square. They
were pawned there, where I got the 50/., and I gave
that to the prisoner. The prisoner went the next morning
to Goodwood. and I went in the same train. I only knew
him as the Hon. Mr. Bruce. I saw an advertisement
in a newspaper on the 15th of August, and in consequence
I Made a communication to Mr. Hancock, the jeweller.
tin the lith of August the prisoner was taken into cub-
totly in my house. The prisoner returned on the previous
Monday. I left the prisoner at Goodwood and returned
the same day I went down. When I naw an advertise-
ment in the newspaper I made no communication to the
prisoner. I went to the House of Detention to see
the prisoner, as lie sent for me. I told him I was
sorry to see him there, and he said, "It was the
greatest lark in the world how I got these
rings. I was walking along Bond-street and met a lady.
She took me to n street leading out of Bond-street ; we
went through the hall, where there was a servant in livery,
and upstairs into the drawing-room. We stayed there
about three-quarters of an hour, and the lady put those
rings on my fingers. She put two on her own at the same
time out of the case. I made an appointment to meet her
the aame evening, and not having any money
I borrowed the 2/. on them." He said she
failed to keep her appointment. I said the
next thing to do was to get the things back, as he told
me where he hail sold them. The story he told me at the
House of Detention was the only account he ever gave me
as to how he got possession of the rings.
[The trial was proceeding when we went to prem.]

THE POLICE COURTS.
(THIS DAY.)