The Express.
London, England, 1860-01-19 00:00:00

IHE POLICE COMM

GUILDHALL.

John Edgar, • aarpeater, and Edward Moors, a French
air, VIM at th• bar charged with stealing a
• iron safe, containing 21151. in gold and elvor mousy,
an • quantity of bonds and other valuable doctuneats, the
of her Majesty, from the Inland Revenue-OMo%
r &rains-home, Old Brontstanat, _ .

A gentleman who attended from the office of the solicitor
to the Inland Revenue to prosecute the prisoners, having
stated the mimeo! the *eidetic* he intended calling, said his
object was merely to lay such fans before the court as would
enable him to ask for • remand to make further Inquiries.
Mr. Win. Wreaford said—l am a collector of inland
revenue; and bays offices in Gresham-hones, Old
Broad treed, consisting of three rooms. noseband
23, 24, mid 26, in a corridor approached by a
single door. Nos. 24 and 26 communicate with each other,
and Item the pubho office, in which la a counter containing
several cupboards. In one of the cupboards I had an iron
eats, about 3 lest by 2 feet, and about 3 fest deep. It wee
not fastened In way to the floor or any other pan. It
wee w old B Neb. I last wit eats on Monday
ne after-
noon about Eden o'clock, end at that time it contained • cash-
box with 2161. in gold, silver, and copper, some bonds, and
other papers. The safe was locked, and I had the key in
my pocket. The cupboard was also locked. I went to the
elfin at nine o'clock on Tuesday morning, and the first
thing I discovered upon entering was that the oopboard in
question had been forced and the lock broken, and on
looking for the sets I found It was gone.
There were marks as the edge of the cup-
board-door, as if some Instrument bad been used
to forcing it open. I know Edgar •he is the foreseen et
the carpenters employed by Mr. Wtiodbead. They wean
engaged on the premiere, and about a fortnight ego Edgar
was employed in my room in making a oommualoadon with
the of of the distributor
bszcrolicy sumps. Be never
had any work todo in the cu in question, except assist-
ing in the removal of a small safe which was there about a
month previous. On Friday, or Saturday, I spoke to him
about doing some little things in my room.
Edgar—l have no question to aak this gentleman. He has
stated everything most correctly.
Hannah Maria Barker said—l am employed to area the
Inland Revenue Officer at Gresham-hones. Oa Monday
evening, soon after 6 o'clock, I went Into the Island Revenue
Offices, and rated out the fires, after which 1 left the stoves
to cal, and I went to the other rooms on the
same corridor. I closed the officst•door after me, keying the
key in the lock on the outside. A little girl who Is now
present came to me in a few minutes and said all the gentle-
men had not left, and I therefore returned and found Mr.
Wreaford's dour open, the key in the lock on the inside of the
door, and the prisoners in the room talking together where
the cupboard in question is situated. I molted them if the
French-polishing was not all done, and Edgar said be had
brought his friend to look at the Yrench-polishing required
to Babb off the communioation that had been made between
Mr. Wrenfont's room and the Sea Policy-offf.e. I left them
then, end fa a few minutes beard them go away. I saw
them return in about twenty minutes. They came into the
room where I was and saved there were two old chairs that
were tq be French-polished, and they had come to see about
them. I only hue* of one old chair, but did not
know of any order about Ps being French-polished.
They left about ten minutes after, had I did not
me them again till the morning. I locked the office at about
a quarter past seven that evening, and placed the master key
Lander the door mat. I also lucked the door of the corridor
and placed the key in its usual place in the night porter's
chair. I received this key of toe corridor from the porter
the next morning at a quarter past seven o'clock, and towed
the collector's office sal had left it, but the key of the door
was under the corner loomed of the middle of the mat, .ben
I had left ft. About half-past seven Edgar come orto the
room I was dusting, and showed me his screw driver bent as
it now appears, and asked me If there had bees any or., at
work there, and be said somebody must have bean, as his
tools had toes disturbed sod his strew driver bent. He
kept his tools at the end of the corridor. Be wee not doing
soy work there that morning. Zia told me of the robbery about
10 u'elock. Be said sae of the cupboards lied been broken
open, and It MY very strange his MOW driver fitted the
mark. on the door. . .

The gentleman fa the prosecution maid he h•d the little
girl to corroborate the Wet witness, but he thotnrbt it would
Dot be necessary to dl her at present, as he now wished for
• remand. _ . .

_
Alderman Cuititt said them was nothing to justify him is
remanding the prisoner,. in .unh ► chance, m they appeared te
hays Lem employed on th.- poiumen, sod it wmooly natural
they should look to see what um done af er the gentlemen
had lilt for the day.
it:oaar sell there were a variety of little jobs to he finished,
end he lett only snob tools SA were monetry—takine away
with blur all bisbeavy tool.. He knew nothing about the key
Wing found to the Mode of the door. He took Moore to
show him what polisbtur wee to he Mum.
The gen,4rnau for the prosecution semi the mkonere had
no orders to poloah old chairs at .11.
Alderman Cubitt .74 milers he bed other evidrnoo, be
could isa detain either of the priamate, who were moordingly
discharged.