The Express.
London, England, 1859-09-21 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS

MANSION-HOUSE,

lame dlesmederlieile,Ol 27,ifal;ioo-pleoe, Commer-
cial-road, stelae:oar, was charged with feloniously receiving
80 dozen pocket and sccount books, 80 dozen memorandum
books, 70 parade of note paper, and 6 reams of other paper,
of the value together of BW., well knowing them to here been
stolen from Messrs. Rock and Co., stationers, Walbrook.
Hr. Rock said—From information I received I oommoal-
cated with the polio., and on Monday I went with two al-
ters to the prisoner's shop, which tea second-hand bookshop.
I saw him outside and I asked him if his name was Noble.
Hesaid it was. I than gevo him my card, and the alone
told him who they were. I then @eked him if he minded
my looking over his stock, sit I @lmpacted be bad some pro-
perty belonging to me there. He said he had DO objection.
I examined a glue one in the shop and found
a great many account boas bearing my mark.
The prisoner add, "I know they have your mark on." I
afterwards examked en inner rcom, end found all the pro-
mtrapactitce.d.e. The.. grater
foundalso t b
about eventeen ut
of note paper, all bearing my mark. I asked him how he
rams in pareseion of them. He said be had bought them
of a woman. I asked bim what length of time he had been
baying books in that manner. He said about twelve moothe.
I asked him her name, but that he could not tell me, but he
gave Ise am address. I salted him if he had received an In-
voice from the woman. He said be bad not, end
be did not receive invoices foe job goods. I matil they
were not job, but new goods. I found goads to the value of
nearly 1001., my property. Many of the foods which were
exposed for sale were marked under trade price, and some
even half. .

Lord ism —Any person ought to have known where
thy come from, ought he not ?
tor—Yer, my lord, and the prisoner most have
guemed where the woman got them from.
The printer's solicitor requested a remand, as he had only
jest her inetructad by his client ; and also asked that the
primmer might be admitted to bail.
Lord Mayor—A magirtrate can admit a prisoner to ball if
be has any doubt ss to a felony having bees committed. I
have so doubt that a filmy e.f s very serious cheroots has
been committed, sad therefore I shall sot take bail.
The prisoner was then taken below.
Charge cud, cellar porter in the service of Mr. George
Mills Hill, proprietor of Lake's Tavern and Diniurrooms,
13, Gracechurch-street, and 49, Ceaspelde' was charged with
stooling varlets sums of money Stinging to his employer.
Youlger, police-constable 668, said that in °ones quese of
information received ty him, he, on the previous night,
marked a quantity of silver and copper colts at Lakes
Dielarroome, Gracechurob-street, where the prisoner was
employed, and on going then again that morning he saw
the prisoner, told him be was a police. officer, and that some
money had best taken from the till, and asked him if he
bad any objection to show what money be hod in his poo-
kith Tas prisoner tined oat his pockets, which were
t end oa his boas. balm searched tome money was
bat nose that was marked. Witness then raid he
swab the oilier, mbar* the prisoner worked, upon
which the prisoner ran down Saks before hint, and taking a
walatost out of a box, meld, "Oh, hare's emus mossy
hen," at the same time giving la. 4d. to witness and ea-
meth( It was his own money. Wiliest, how-
ever found it to be • part of the matey Es
had previously marked. He than took the primer
Into custody, and on their way to the station he said, I admit
taking the mosey this morning, and Is on =other otosims,
sad that's all I took. Alines also found on the prieesse a
moseareadarn book, which contained nanterour entries of
'• mosey lost,' whom supported by belting, and dos a key
which the prisoner sold loth nged to his box, bat which
exactly fitted the till.
Sllin Pascua, barmaid to Mr. Hill. dsosed that she put
the marked money into the till on Mon&y night after the
boas wee cloud, locked the till, and took the key up stairs
with bee. The coin produced by the oEcer was part of that
athlete she had pot into the till.
The pdeoser,when asked what he bed !obey to the charge,
peat ed guilty, sad wee remanded order to be dealt with
summarily ha potty eoseloss.