The Express.
London, England, 1859-05-25 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURT&

MANSION-BOUM

Emily Bertram, • respectable-look's, young woman,
attired ia deep moandeg, and John !sailer, who, in draw
and general appearance, looked very much Rita the mate of •
merchant ate*. ware charged with atealing • watch from
the perms of Mr. R. Waters, at I% Reisa's-plena, van-
horseman. _ _ .

Ti prosecutor mid—Last night, Weeds ten and eleven
o'clock, I was in St. Mary-use, when I was snorted by the
female stems. She asked me to sooompany her home,
which I declissd to do, and I went on my way audeerouring
to get rid of her. She tried to take hold of my anti, but I pre.
vented her from doing so, nad molted bee away. She
Idlowed me to the corner of Great St. Helen's, where the
began to tell me • tele of deep distress, aid I stooped there a
minute to listen to her. Then ski made a sudden snatch
at my watch, which she pulled eat of my pocket,
but before she could get away I caught hold of her
hand, with the watch he it, mad called oat " Police."
When I did that, she me • sort et cough, and I wee sud-
denly mined from behind by • man shorter than the reale
primmer, who grasped se tightly by the arm*, while a
worms who was with him twit hol d of my wrists and wreathed
the watch away, the nor a- the some time attemptimg to
push me down. 1 lost my hold of the female primer's head,
and at the maw time of my watch, the swivel at which was
broken. The female Owner ran away, and greed emir
thing to the mole prisoner, whom I then saw readies close
by, although I had amt seen him before. While I was calling
eat " Pobcit," the other man used some eery vile leagnage,
and told me to bold my tonne. The watch has nct bra
found. As the female petmner was tensing off, oho was
sized by a policeman. sad at the same time I mired theme'.
pelsoneir and dragged him towed' the pothoser, wheat once
said the female primner was his villa. TM caber was
and woman immediately male • lasi at sr sad
the policeman ; they got the male prises away hoot use,
and I te'lieve he then pulled the female primer away from
the policeman, and they then all raa away as fast as they
coati. I pursued the male prisms., whom I overtook in
St. Mary-aze, and I had just a 'ized helm as the poliwraau
came up to MI oriatonce. The female prisoner ran down a
corst when there was no nutlet, and a plinth welt after her
ant brought her bark. The other man sod women ran into
Great St. Helen's, and got away. I here auff,red vary much
from the violator of the stones,. At the station. house the
=
denied that they me toasted and wife, and pave
seam. The Lmale prisoner denied that the had
' agates le me at all, and they bith asserted that I was
' Wart= as to their identity.

—Paire..7o;tll;l:66i.;;;;;l;orated the evidence of the gee-
aerator, satyr that he was himself dragged seven] yards
by the confederate* before they succeeded In getting the
female prisoner from him. The prisoner. bed long passed as
huebind and wife nod the male primmer had been in custody
before upon a Molnar charge. At the elation-howls the
mole prisoner said ha oune over from America no the lot
Janusty last in the City of Washington, end intended to In-
tuit:ion the 24th olds. present month, having in rata en-
deavoured to es t employment here as en engineer.
Aldorman Cabin—Do ycewlohtomay anything, pewee,. ?
Female prison.. (cryieg)—Why, what cos I say
Male igfigger—All I m lei is that I came from Ausarten
on the lot January. How, Uses, MR the officer may 1 have
been in muitody before? ail false.
Officer-1 ma prods°, sa effher, who can prove that be
woo tried at the OM Bailey.
Ths prisoners were filly committed for trial.
Levu Artois wee again brought berme the Lid Mayor,
by writ of habeas corps', from thsQueorem Bench Prison, for
examination apes a charge of laving stoic's 50Ibs. of cigars,
value 551., the property of Ma employer*, Moore. De Cuadra
coral Romero, merchant', of 10, St. Sefthis's-hone.
Mr. Humpbros sop and for the prcescution; end Mr.
Lewis, of Ely-plice, f w the defence.
The facto involved in the charge wwo, that the primate
had been fur some considerable time in the 'aryl', of the
prosecutors at • eatery, but that at the ooze time be bail a
otimiderable private connexion of Ms own, whom be onpptied
with cigars in his own name, having an apes amount with
Messrs,. De Cuadra end Romero for that purrioe; this is
June he so suppliod 60145. f cigars to a eftoomer of his
own, the rigors haring Mee taken set of hued ty the mom-
colon with that view ; and that attic kis mart &scheme