The Express.
London, England, 1860-11-27 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

MANffiON•HOUSE

George Willis, the young man 1;h; was taken into custody
hat week by Smart, the detective officer, upon a charge of
obtaining goods from different wholesale houses in the City
by means of Wee pretences, wee yesterday brought before
the Lord Mayor for re-examination.
The whole of the facts were proved at the first inquiry.
It appeared that the prisoner went to the warehouse of
Meant. Pearson and Co., in St. Paul's-churchyard. and re-
presented that he was instructed by Messrs. Dawson and Co.,
of Holden, in Yorkshire, to order certain goods, and he
selected a number of silk handkerchiefs, which be directed
to be sent to the warehouse of Messrs. Holden, Kelsey,
and Co., in Cannon-street, from whence a number of other
L. he represented, were to be sent into Yorkshire, arrfleissrs. Dawson. The goods were sent, accordingly,
sad the prisoner also obtained some articles from
Means. Holden and Co., upon the pretence that they were
for Mr. Dawson. The next morning the prisoner went
to Moen. Holden's warehouse for the property ; but in the
mantises a telegram had been received from Mr. Dawson
to the effect that be knew nothing of the prisoner, and he
was taken into custody by Smart, the officer,with the whole
of the property in his possession.
Two additional charges were now brought forward spinet
the prisoner.
Mr. Samuel Ward. salesman to Mews. Leaf and Co., Old
Change, deposed that on the 30th ol November the prisoner
came to the warehouse, and said he came from Messrs. Daw-
son and Co., of Bowden Yorkshire, who were customers of
their firm, and selected two dozen silk handkerchiefs,
which he directed to be sent to Messrs. Holden and Co.'s
warehouse, in Cannon-street. This was done, and be after-
wards saw the handkerchiefs in the possession of the officer.
The valued them was N. lfle,

Mr. Hatch salesman to Messrs. Brown and Co., ware-
housemen, Chespeide, gave evidence to the same effect. The
prisoner, in this case, ordered two Mantles for Mr. Daemon,
the value of which was U. 19s. They were seat to the
warehouse of Messrs. Holden, but owing to the receipt of
the telegram none of the property was lost.
The prisoner put no questions to any of the witnesses. and
made no answer to the charge.
He was ordered to stand committed, but will be brought
up again, that the formal evidence spinet him may be corn-
plated.
Thomas Saker, a man stated to be forty-four years old,
was charged with committing a violent assault with a poker
upon hie wife, Elizabeth &ker.
The complainant, who stated that she wee seventy yews of
me, deposed that she bad been married to the prisoner for
three years, and during the last few months he had
treated her very cruelly. She endeavoured to
obtain a livelihood by letting out bed', and the pri-
soner did not at all contribute to her support, and when he
was drunk, which happened very frequently, be was in the
habit of going to her house and making use of bad homier,
breaking her property, and assaulting her. On Saturday
night he went to her place, very drunk, broke everything
he could lay hie hands upon, threw down a kettle full of
boiling water, and when the complainant endeavoured to get
away from his violence, he seized the poker and struck her
a violent blow on the arm with it. The violence of the
blow caused the arm to swell very much and bruised it
esvetely, and, to use the poor old woman', own expression,
"It was God • mercy that she was noo killed."
The statement made by the complainant was confirmed
by several of her neighbours, and they all &scribed ber as
a sober, hardworking woman, and mid that she was con-
stantly subjected to the brutality and violence of her
husband. . .

The Lord Mayor asked the defendlnt what answer be had
to make to the'eharge that his wife had made against him.
He replied that be was very drunk at the time, or it
would not have happened. He was very sorry for what he
had done.

The Lord Mayor said, indignantly, that being sorry was
no answer to a charge of such brutal conduct as he ap-
peared to have exhibited towards his wife, and he should
order him to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for
three.calendar months.
Mary Webb, a young woman, was charged with robbing
her master, Mr. Thomas Jones, • hosier, in nacho/oh-
street. . . .

It appeared that the prisoner had been in the service of
the prosecutor for eight months, and had been treated by
him with very great kindness. Latterly. however, he had
entertained an opinion that she wee robbing him, sod on
Sunday afternoon, in consequence of information be received,
be went to the prisoner's bad-room, and upon searching her
box be found a quantity of pairs of kid gloves and several
cambric handkervhiefs, which he bad no doubt were his
property. The prosecutor asked that the prisoner might be
remanded, as he said be believed he should be able to ob-
tain a clue to other property that she bad stolen from him
if time were allowed him.
The Lord Mayor gave directions that the prisoner, who
stood at the bar weeping bitterly during the proceedings,
should be brought up spin on Thursday

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