The Express.
London, England, 1856-06-03 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

MANSION-HOUSE.
Pdward Croft Ryland, a yoorg man oho is sold to he rerpeetably
connected, was brought before the Lard Mayor in the custody of
Michael Hayden, the detective °Meer. charged taper seeptcian of
having forged • cheque upon the hanking.houe of Masterman and
Co. for 3291 I
Mr. Mullen, the solicitor to the committee of bankers fee peotee.
lion spines forles and fraud, op, eared ha the gaucution ; Mr.
Hobler kw the *twee.
Daerehls, clock at Menu. Marterman and Co.'s, said—
Mr. P.M Seer, lithe Weinrich of SA uthwarit, keep an account with
us. I brew this Mom for &PI. It was pall over the counter by
• gentlemen el the amehtleMarat whole now coking his holiday. (The
chi a ell& wee Yomprodeced, purported to be drawn by Mr.
s.. a.
Wad* ILION tarry on ruiners with my father r the
arra et Melert Ileedhasa Lune lied Co., hop merchants. My father
keepe satesestaut at illasterman's In his own name. The signature to
the Meese reduced la not my f.ther's writine.
Hagier—Teeteed:, afternoon I apprebeeded the primmer ea the
tee etas eteatu. In Bt. Martin...le-Greed. I had previonelyren
b se the einem at the IWO, at Islingtoe, and I went, ism-
CrYd beet Ike Winer. and eat bride him. I sad him whether
um Iplattd. Ile replied, "No; it Is rot." I setts "I
as a emeenlia.eed if I am mistaken I will apologise to you. bid I
think year nee le Ryland." I then asked the driver of the emnibas
whether he knew the gentlernan I He Pli4 Yes;" sad I asked
whether the gandenuee name wan not Nil nd, and before be bad
time to answer the primer and to me, " You are quite right, my
name is Ryland.. I told him he ma t consider himself In my ous-
ted, in a charge et forging • cheque for 929 e. ems Maatennan's
house in March last. Ile made no reale Irhouver. I took him to
the atation-house In Bow-lane. He gave the name, Edward Croft
Ryland, end the oddities of Bt. eudrew'sireed, New Kent-road.
I have bete at that address, eel was informed that he had
never lived there, but that he hid been there as other customers
had been there. I found in his horeuniou • puree, five pence in cop-
per a memorandum, and • small bottle contaimier laudanum. From
*Litre which I hem made I teller that I shall be able to produce
evidence to show that the cheque is in the handwriting at the
gleaner.
Mr. Mallow requested that his lordship would remand the primmer
till Monday nut, and Mr. Holster having made no objection upon the
part of the primmer, the ore was remind, d accordingly.
George Rau Barnes was brought up tor d- al 'lamination charged
with basing obtained, by fate pretence a barrel of toffee, of tee
value of 191. es. led., the property of N ilium Moore, and also with
having obtained me roof refined sugar, of the value of 471, the pro-
piety of Joie Theellm.
The edema wee let* as follows :
Mr. MOW% wholes* meet dirtier, at Reed lane, City, Feld —.Oa
the 17th of May, 1915, the prisoner CAMS to my coutterhoune and
weed with me se to the parch ,se at a barrel of parte, which was to
he paid for on the delivery of the warraid. It was not my intention
Us part wi b the warrant without the Inoue?, new would I ear given
him eredi. if be had reed for at. be thin gave me the en que pro-
duced for 111. es. 10d. I saw him write the cheque. and sign it in
his own name. It WAS returned to lie unpaid, and I bane weer.
rimed that he leas no reels at his bankern'. I found that the phi.
seer's Were was shut up.
Mr. John Murry, of lei, Peochurbetreet, wager refiner, said—On
the lath of May, lon, the rimier cams to my ousting homer, and
bought two half tons of evened eager. On the 17th of May he celled
for the ermine order for the sugar, and gave to me the cheque pro.
door for 474 I would not have given hire ceedit. The cheque which
sew wed, wee paid into Roberts and Co.'s, and was returned die.
ed•

—lt ono gloved by a girt l the rou Plena of the 11,yal
tish Ink Meg tie paissaor,a Po gh
ho had kept an mown there, bad
draysegg alliammasg except 11a. ed.. it that day, and the ao-
coentwrieeieirs2latot May, and the Ile. ed. placed to tae
snag ohs Mak kr ammite.on. There was Si entry of the refusal
t•Zrof
ettmedMgmak
(Mr dated', oficer) said—The prl.oner told me this
111OrMaig ttina the goods were torch.-al on 1 hunday, the 17th of
Mn;, allaasnmed ea the lath at ho. shop In Bermondsey, sod that
We Mop was dosed the mole night.
The mfmesee-1
Commi for trlal. have nothing to my, my lord.
tted

Laid Ila—irr-roqaretefl that the it:so would acknowledge bin To.
Wet kw the pour box 01 101. (moot moue). and SI. from • emillecori
gicomene of sotto" some ackuourl.l.la•oat et 100 roam, exieriemod
sa lb hignii of Mr. lloderdllsorlif Rose or.the °cession of the late
islisamerry h lel at the Ceatrat Clilolllil Coot.

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GUILDHALL.
May INewftt, a doll manufacturer, residing at Na I, Nelms-
ure, Illesktrlan.reed, appves• again, barite bean on bail, chimed
with bubo lapromks d• quality of garlic Moth, knowing it to be

On the Met ithamlnalion It wear, that the London perishes
of Mears. Pylb and Co., of Gloom in Lawrence-lane, wore broken
Into cm the night at the 17th of Deoember last, end about let& worth
of cloths were Motes. Information was given to the phew and they
diocese red that pleas of cloth, resembilog In %unfit, that witleat hod
been stolen, had been pledged with diecrent peer brokers al, over
London. Oa the tab of Mar. Giay!er, a ewer...lse officer, stopped two
women in Briogeetreet, Blackfrims, sad tat fmm them • piece of
cloth which they had past redeemed from • pawnbroker's in Shore-
ditch. Mrs. Adana, one of the women, meted that the bought the
pawn-ticket some weeks before, end had sold it again, and bud that
day taken It oat for the panto to whom the ticket then belonged.
Other witnesses wen called, who deposed to haring *died numerous
pieces of cloth foe the prtsoter—some in Wsiworth, some in the
Idetwarerroad. sad some in norm's other sans of Landon.
Evidea• was produced to show that the pram:sal bustard was
• present who the coeds same ins.) the bowie.
Gat ler. the t men, informed hie worship itt It titers were upwards
rit 700 pledges assevered. end Owed 21 of them had been pawned by
*young woman maned Alker, wno woe In 'be prisoner's
Mr. Lewis, inn. for the prisoner, contended that she scull not be
tend reeporZbledcir,suppowne the evidence to be as etaten,and melon.
tog Oat she knew the goo-Is were oche, her husband wrs at h me
when they aims into toe house, and ail her acts, both then and sub.
were soder hie clime ion sod control.
Alderman eoneiderea further itguiry necessary, and sid-
*Mil the ease, admitting the prisoner to bad on Use Mae sureties
as Wheel.