The Express.
London, England, 1858-04-30 00:00:00

THB POLICE COUB2it

KANBION-HOUICIL
/ohm &WU wee brought bakes the Lord Mayor, canned
with having faionionely uttered a ,isd VII of name* for
271., purporting to have been accepted by hock Shield, of
Ne upou•Tynet with intent to debited Hoary Davies,
of White Hart-mart, Lombard-strest, money-leader.
Mr. Wontner, who eppeared for the proaecutica, amid, the
bill rehired to wee drawn by the er, and ..ted to
be accepted by his brother, a eMp. Newor. The
, a nautical man, presented it to the prosecutor, who
tacquainted with Mr. Shield, of Newcastle, and know-
-la, to be a thiopental:de man, eseoonted it in August last,
wilds it had yet two months to ran. When the bill became
due it wee dishonoured, and the prisoner's brother disclaimed
all knowledge of it, and denied all ht upon the =
of the prisoner to use his name. An
brought, but it fell to the ground, under the strength an
affidavit made by the supposed acceptor. The prisoner con-
trived
Wed to get oat of the way, and was not apprehended until
nesday.
Mr. Davies said—The prisoner called upon me, and asked
me to discount the bill produced for 271., payable in two
menthe. I discounted it. After it became due it was re-
tuned to me dishonoured, and the inceptor refused to pay it.
I brought an action spinet him, and he made an affidavit,
of which this is an office oopy, in which he says that he
mirror accepted the bill of exchange in question, or authorised
any person to do so for him. I stayed the action, and than
gave instructions to the police to apprehend the prisoner as
soon as they could find him.
The Lord Mayor—Prisoner, have you any question to ask
the witness P

Prisoner—No.
Mr. Joseph Yotmghushand, clerk to Messrs. Lindsay,
altipownees, said—l am acquainted with Mr. Joseph Shia4
of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. We had correspondence with him
years ego. I would not wish to mew that this (the
s ) is not Mr. Joseph Shield's hand nifing.
mig,s'irointner—What is your belief upon the sedijeot ?
Witness—Well, I should wish to decline to give any opi-
nion; but, if lam to give an opinion, I ant Inclined to be-
lieve it is his writing.
Policeman (62 11)-1 apprehended the prisoner at half-
wit 8 o'clock last night, in a public-house in Judd-street,
and said to him, " I want you for forging your brother's
egos to a bill belonging to Mr. Davies, of Whits Hart.
.1.17 k. orient." He said, " V well ; I suppose I must go with
you." I found two du ies fn his possession, and a letter
Piring to be " Joseph Shield."
prisoner that he bad no observation to make to
the application that he should be remanded, and he was
accordingly remanded for a week.
Norman Becker, a native of Saxony, was charged upon
pupil:ion of having stolen a watch.
Mr. Howes, of Hishopegate-etaat, pawnbroker, said the
pawner, on Wednesday morning, ollersd to pledge a gold
watch et the shop for N. The wake having answered the
deseriptlen of ens which had been Wei; stolen, a panorama
wee mat for, and the prisoner was given into custody.
Mr. llw, draper fa the Borough, said the watch produced
had been stolen from him on the 22nd inat, in a street near
Bishopegate-strest, at about nine o'clock at night, by a
woman who walked up to him and suddenly wrenched it
from the guard, and ran off, and there were two other girls
with her.

The Lord Mayor—Did you see any man prowling about
at the time?

Witasr—l did not.

The prisonLltrOk the watch to oblige a friend and
wantryman of mine to pawn it. He did not wish to go
himself because he does not understand the English lan-
guage, and he supposed that I would get more mosey.
The officer—The prisoner told us that his friend was wait-
ingohrikte, and I went to look bat could see nobody.
The
Lord Mayer then remanded the prisoner, and directed
that the prisoner's friend should be brought forward.
Haggett, the detective officer, mentioned to the Lord
Mayor that the streets were daily and nightly crowded with
foreign thieves, who exercised extraordinary skill in robbing,
and were =ay of them dressed in such a manner as greatly
aided in the deceptions they practised.
The Lord Mayor said be was perfectly aware of that fact,
and earnestly hoped that parliament would adopt some mesas
of abating so disparate an evil.