The Express.
London, England, 1859-06-29 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURT&

GUILDHALL.

.Teieph En teky,*a porterin th;eznpToy of Mare. Yeats end
Aleck, of Old Flab-street was charged wlthhavhzg unlawfully
received 432 yudA of silk and worsted cord, and 'aria of
wonted fringe, rake 101., which had been stolen from a
track in Queen-street, In October, IM7, the property of Mr.
Richard Evans, silk and fringe manufacturer, of 13, Garlick-
. . . .

Lewls,jun.,: appeared foe the prosecutiou. Mr. Sleigh
eanducted the defence, and Mr. Wontner watched the prod
seedless for some party connected with the ease, but for
whom nail not k empire.
It appeared that the property in question was entrusted by
the 111.011 to a lad in their employ mined George, who
it front their WWI in Fam-street,skideregatessirest
as ihr as Wood-meat, when he met two men with
• ceeternsonger'• barrow, and on their offerine to give
him a lift with his prod," he placed it on the
berm, and wheeled it se far as Cbeamd6, where the men
relieved him, and wheeled it to the and of Quem-street,
where they stopped and asked the lad to go round the corner
end maw • pennyworth of tobacco for them. He did so,
but on his WWII he found that the tam, harrow, and geode
had all vanished. This look place in October, 1867, ethos
which time no trace of the pods bad been obtained until
recently, when a young man of the name of Crook, who is
connected with the weaving trade. was applied to by the
prisoner to climate of ale parcels of fringe, which he and had
been leftiwith him by • men who owed hint 51., and could not
pay him. Through his means Knight and Legg, two City
officers, discovered the lost property bad found its way into
the prisoner's posrestion, and accordingly kat no time in
securing hint. Knight and Crook adjourned to the White
Herm public boom, in Friday-strem, and Legg was de-
spetched to bring the prisoner into their pets nee, when ha
was informed that he was in company with two police
officers, and cautioned in the usual form spinet
saying anything to mintiest° himself. In answer to the
Ames* interrogatories he rid the parcel of goods then in
their possession he gave to Crook, but that be had no more
like it. He had it from a nun whose name be did not
I know. He did not know him address either, but he believed
he had gone to /OW/CC They then said they should take
him into custody for 'teeing stolen goods In hid poss.seion,
and asked hint what had become of the other five pa, cats he
make of to Cuuk, upon which be admitted they were all at
his house, where they afterwards found them. The prisoner
afterwards said he had the property of Meant Meeks', of
Olasthouserysed, Hoswellrstreet. The prisoner also said he
had hid amore than 12 mouths in his own posees,.ioa.
Sir J. Duke add the wheeler had told so noisy stories
that he kit it was • ems for ajar', and no evidence that Mr.
Sleigh could bring forward would alter his opinion.
Mr. Sleigh said after such an intimation he could not
thick of occupying the time of the court.
Sir J. Dube said the system of decoying boys into trusting
goods out of tbeir pomeseloo, apparently an act of kind:teas,
was moat miscbievoue, and, in order to chick it se much as
possible, he should commit the prisoner for trod.
The prisoner reserved his delenos.