The Express.
London, England, 1859-10-18 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

MANSION-1101781.

Henry Wildness wen charged with
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stealing a chest of tea, veins N. 10s., from the premises of
Mews. Pismo and Co., Qom-toner, Cheapside.
Whitney (Pollos-onstable4W), while on duty in Thames-
street a little after dc In the morning, saw the primmer
come out of Sown' livery stable yard with • small
nest of tea under his arm, and knowing that there was a
side entranoe from that yard into the tea warehouse of
Mears. Puna's, be suspected something wrong, and ques-
tioned Williams about ti, when he said that some one down
the street had given him • shilling to carry the chest into
the Borough. They went back to the stable-yard, when
Williams pretended to look about for the man, but could not
find him, and witness therefore took him into custody and
conveyed him to the station •' having done width he
retanted to the place, and called oat several times without
reosivieg any answer. He then observed that the loop-
hole on the first floor wee open, with a ladder lashed
by the side. Climbing up the ladder he entered the
loophole, and called out several times, and then, as he re-
ceived no answer, he went downstairs, opened the side door,
and called in a sergeant to hie &ninnies, with whom he
went to the top of the place, calling out, and receiving no
answer, on each floor successively, until they reached the
fourth lon, where they found the prisoner Browning sitting
down and painting a window-mesh, the promisee being under
repair at the time. He said he had • mats downstairs, and
denied all knowledge of the robbery, but wee neverthelese
taken into custody. When at the elation Williams laid ha
was not the man who had given him the tea; but the pot-
man of • neighbouring public-house had seen them both neer
the spot at the same time, and had also seen • third man, not
actually in company, but close by. A pocketbook was found
on Williams, in which there win an entry, " Fimen's tea
warehouse, near Southwark Bridge."
Williams said he was very sorry for what had happened,
bathe had been imposed up ,D by somebody, and did not
know the tea had been stolen, but se he declined to give hie
ndross, stating that he had no regular place of abode, this
assertion was received incredulously. Browning, on hie
pert, said be knew nothing about the other prisoner or the
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when asked why he did not reply when the officers
out, se they did repeatedly, he said he did not
hear them.

The prisoners were both remanded.
John Powell was charged on remand with robbing his
employers, Misers. Morley and Co., of 11, Friday-street,
Mancbeeter warehousemen.

The prisoner was engaged by the firm as traveller about
four months ago, and no snapis were at first entertained
as to his homely ; but goo& bring recently missed from
the stock a detective was set to watch his move-
ments, and soon discovered that the prisoner was
in the habit of removing parcels of Irish been, end disposing
of them for his own advantage. Two such parcels ha re-
moved from the premises in one day, leaving the first at a
tobaccouist's 'hop, and the second at a public-house in tba
neighbourhood. until be could coevenieetly convey them en-
tirely away. When he called for that purpose the °Meer
requested an explanation, a demand which was at first met
evasively ; but when taken into custody, he admitted that be
had taken the goods for the purpose of pawning them, end
implored forgiveness, asserting that that was his first offence.
A does examination of the stock, however, showed that a
j most extensive series of robberies had been committed, no
fewer than 30 pieces of linen, each containing 33 yards, being
missed from one particular lot alone. Some of these paces
were found at a pawnbroker's, where they had been pledged
by the prisoner, but others had not beat traced.
The prisoner was committed for trial.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

John Baker7sgeiii,l7b;il.ci,;;;;;;ged before Mr.
Radon with 'smutting James Walker, one of the Ragged
Scheel shoeblack boys.
A gentleman beloeging to the committee attended on be-
half of the complainant and the blys of thesociety in general.
Ha represented to the magistrate that the boys were con-
tinually being molested, anneyed, and not ;infrequently as-
saulted by ill-conditioned boys opposing them, and be hoped
his worship would extend protection.
The complainant, who resides in Halfmoon-street, Bishops-
=raid he was cleening a gentleman's boots, at six on
y evening, in front of Tottenham- court-road chapel,
when the 'reasoner, who accused him of telling the policemen
of hie brother's blacking-box being left by the tool-shop close
by, which caused him to kick It into the rowl, struck bins in
tee face with his het, threw bhp down, and kicked lake about
the body, tearing his clothes. He was much bruised in oon-
mite .
omas h Bellingsby. another of the society's boys, carte-
borsted the statement. _ _

Amain, 318 A, said rowa were of frequent occurrence
kronen the opposition boys.
pardon. a covetable, said the prisoner was en associate of

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The prisoner was fined 400., or one month's imprisonment

LAMBETH.

William Kinf ',torn, alshionablycireesed person, of about
35 yean of sm. and of military appearance, was charged
before Mr. Yardley, with being concerned with two other
confederates, not le custody, in defrattding George Millner
of 401. by skittle shaming.
Mr. Weather attended for the prisoner.
The prosecutor, who described bimeelf as a plumber, re-
siding at 15, Broad-court, Bow-street, said he had recently
returned from the Crimea. On Thursday seek while walking
along the Strand be stopped for a few momenta to look at a
Punch sad Judy show, rod was accosted by • man who was
• stranger to him, and who said be bad not been in Leaden
hem the year of the Exhibition %mill that morning. Witness
said that he had been a long time out of England, sod GM
led to • conversation while both were walking along to
Hangerford-market. The stranger then asked him to have a
glassed ale, arid while drinking it they were joined by twoothess.
The men commenced talking about shouting, and all three
asked him to be the umpire in a muck between two of them
to shoot for a new het. He contented to be the umpire, and
they seeded him to another glue of ale, and almost imme-
diately after taking it he fat quite dizzy, but recollected their
putting him into a cab and driving him somewhere, and in
coming to be found himself in the skittle. grcund of the
Anchor end Hope beer-house in Croft-tweet, Wel-
worth. He then aniseed all his money, consisting of
bank notes and gold. He had endeavoured to
get out of the place several times to inform the police of his
robbery, but was prevented doing so by the federate by
force, and the whole of the parties got away. He gave In-
formation of the rim-mamba to the police, but be bed
neither seen nor heard of say of them until that morning,
when he accidentally root the prisoner in the Strand, and
gave him into custody.
In crow-examinatton, the whoa* admitted he had not
seen the prisoner until after Le mimed his money at the beer-
shop.
Polloe-coustable 97 F, said, on the prisoner beteg eserobed
at the station-house, he found a watch chain round hie meek,
having all the appearance of a valuable gold article, but it
proved to be only guilt, with • key at the end bat no watch.
A peak of gambling cards, a gold mounted menthe, a card
ewe with several cardsin it, and some pawnbrokers duplicates.
The witness here handed the bench one of the cards found
la the teed-ceee, on which was bandeomly engraves "Le
Comte Le If ountbazan," hut no address'.
The prisoner said he picked the cards up that musing.
Mr. Yardley—ls the prisoner known 7
Witeme—He la • member of a gang of thittlealterpe, and
lW bees frequently In custody upon similar charges, and to
this see I reipest a remind.
The macaw was ecesedlegly remanded, and the angle-
bob gave direetious that the owaer of the bete-atop where
sbe robbery had been effected, end when other robberies of a
similar description have taken place, &soda be be attnabacs
at tbs sou emegbatiolk