The Express.
London, England, 1867-02-04 00:00:00

WORSHIP STREET.

ATTEMPTED BUNG WRY.-CAPTURE OF mina' AND 1101.724 E
ARC %KIWI INNTRUNENTI
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John Maynard, 29, described as a shoemaker, but
having all the appearance of a blacksmith, and John
Ti11e1,224, tall, and of upright carriage, calling himself a
tailor, without any fixed residence, were placed at the bar
by Inspector Maskell, of the G division of police, and Ser-
geant Moss, the 'City detective, charged with attempting
to burglariously break and enter the dwelling houses, Nos.
61 and 63, City-road, tenanted by John and Luke
Hancock, jewellers and opticians ; also with having
in their possession housebreaking instruments. The
evidence, which consisted of many complications,
clearly allowed that this capture had been conducted and
carried out most judiciously, not solely by Inspector Mas-
kell and Sergeant Moss, but also by the constables Green,
Obee, and Witney. The prisoner Maynard had been seen
by one of them carrying a 20 feet bolder into &place known
as Oliver-yard, in the City-road, and to leave it there at an
early hour on the preceding evening. At 12 o'clock, both
prisoners left a public-house, Maynard then having
with him • tolerably small leathern bag ; they pro-
ceeded to the spot mentioned, which has no
thoroughfare, and but three or four small tene-
ments. To raise the ladder against a low building,
mount by it, and pull it up after them, was of course
the work comparatively of an instant—they disappeared,
and it was hours before they re-appeared. Whether it was
known that Messrs. Hancock's premises would be the
scene of their operations did not transpire, but
the testimony of those gentlemen manifested that it
had been. It was also shown that the burglars met with
such difficulties in attempting to attain their object as at
length proved insurmountable, although much was done
towards it, and that they therefore gave it up. When
they emerged, the ladder was again placed lengthways in
Oliver-yard, and Maynard again carried the bag. The
inspector seized it, and a constable secured the fellow's
right hand where it then was, in the pocketof an inner coat.
Thus he was taken to the station-house, where, on with-
drawing his band, it was seen to be grasping a moat
formidable life-preserver. In another pocket was a long-
bladed clasp-knife, nearly new, and some lucifer matches.
Sergeant Moss knew this man,, and also that he Heel at
No. 4, Norwich-pace, Cat-and•Muttondields' Hackney,
although he hail represented he was without any home.
Thither • constable was sent, and saw his wife ; searched,
and found, among a variety of articles, a bottle of poison.
The leathern bag contained • choice selection of imple.
menta, viz., a neat and highly finished instrument,
called a "cutter," enabling the operator to take
out a piece of wood from any paneling large
enough to liidmit through the orifice • man's arm ;
it is worked with four knives ; there were likewise two
jemmies, four skeleton keys, a gimblet, a dark lectern,
two life preservers, and a pair of wet socks, Maynard being
without any. On the roof of one building near Messrs.
Hancock's was a long knotted rope, evidently used as a
ladder. Housebreaking instruments were taken also from
the prisoner Tillst.
The curious part of this business is that the basement
of Messrs. Hancock's premises is much lower than those
surrounding it, and the thieves once down found their lad-
der too short to assist them up again.
Not any defence was offered, and both were fully com-
mitted for trial at the Central Criminal Court.

A Cork paper says that a very sensible increase
has taken place in the emigration through Queenstown,
and it is expected that the numbers will gradually in-
crease as the spring comes on. This week three steamers
sailed after embarking about 3;,0 persons. The emigrants
now leaving are apparently of a more respectable class
than usual, and from their comfortable, contented appear-
ance it is difficult to understand why they should emigrate.
On Saturday the remains of the Countess
Dowager of Jersey were deposited in the family vault, in
the parish church of Middleton Stoney, Oson. The
intimate relatives of the deceased countess assembled at
Middleton early iii the forenoon, and shortly after Et
o'clock were met by friends coming from London, who
included the Earl of Clarendon, Lord John Manners, the
Karl of Effingham, the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, the lion.
Spencer Ponsonby, tkc.
EMBEZZLEMENT AT A POST-OFFICE SAVINGS
B.tyg.—At the Guildford County Bench, on Saturday,
before Mr. G. Best and a full bench of magistrates, John
Mauwell, a sub-postmaster of Woking, was charged with
embezzling divers moneys amounting in the aggregate to a
considerable sum, the property of her Majesty's Post-
master-General. He was committed for trial.

•
KIEL, FEB. 3.—The regular mail packet service
between Kiel and Korw.r was resumed to-day.
HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF THE CH EST. VICTORIA-
PARK.—The number of patients relieved at this institution
daring bat week was 1,173, of which 314 were new cases.

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