The Express.
London, England, 1867-12-03 00:00:00

(THIS DAY.)

(Before the Assistant Judge.)
DAREYO ROBBERY OF HOUdEBOLD PURR/TORR.
Joseph Gibbons, 38, carpenter, was indicted for stealing
a table, chairs, glossae, books, paintings, and other articles,
ralue 80/., the property of Mary Anr. Morgan.
Mr. Ribbon prosecuted ; the prisoner was undefended.
Mary Ann Morgan said she lived at No. 120, Ledbury,
road, Bayswater, and on the 29th of January last she
deposited her household furniture of nine rooms of 92,
Norfolk-street, vrith the prisoner, who was to store it for
her, for which she was to pay him 10e. a month. She
paid him several sums for the warehousing. On the fol-
lowing day after she had paid him V. she received • note
from the prisoner stating that the goods had been sold to
pay expenses, such goods being worth 100/. She bad not
seen or heard of any advertisement about her goods, or
any notice whatever from the prisoner as to what he was
going to do with them.
Meath& Avery, of 120, Norfolk-terrace, Notting-hill,
said the prisoner had twice called upon her about Mid
Morgan's furniture, and asked her where she was,
and witness said she would forward • letter to her
or give him her address, so that he might write
to her if he liked. He said " Never mind." He never said
anything about disposing of her furniture. On the 22nd
of October witness called on him and told him that Miss
Morgan had • house and wanted her furniture, and witness
said she would pay him the 21. then and the remainder the
next day when the furniture was taken away. He said he
should be there all next day, and when witness said she
wanted to see the furniture, the prisoner said there was •
great dog there. She paid him V., and he gave her • re-
eeipt for the money.
John Friss, of No. 21, Archer-street, said
he was clerk to Mr. Bailey, an auctioneer. The prisoner
brought to Mr. Bailey's place some goods and books to be
mold on the 12th of October. In one of the books he found
written the name of " Morgan." He produced a catalogue
of the sale. The goods were put up for sale on the 15th of
October, and bought in by the prisoner. A few days
afterwards he came again, and asked them to be put up
mfr sale, sad on the 28th of October they were sold
Mary Ann West, of 11, Heathfield-street, Clarendon-
road, charwoman, said she knew the prisoner, and in the
Lod) pert of the year she saw the furniture of Miss
Morgan's house at his workshop. She knew the muni-
tore because she had previously seen it at Miss Morgan's
house during the time she had worked there as • clear-
WOMan.

George Urban, police-sergeant 10 X, said, on the 7
pth of
"Sovember he went to the prisoner's house with the rose-
entrix and found some papers, a foot-bath, and three or
four boxes, all of which she identified. The boxes were all
/token open and nothing in them but old books and papers.
ffe also found a table at an auctioneer's in Clarendon-
sireet, which the proiseautrix likewise identified.
The prisoner croes.examined the prosecutrix as t-* •
number of transactions irrelevant to the charge, and
be stated that she had lodgers in her house who were gay
women, which she positively denied, and this was also
denied by several other witnesses. He afterwards read •
long statement in his defence, in which he stated that the
prosecutrix was in difficulties as regarded arrears of rent,
sod that she instructed him to remove the furniture, to
save it from being taken tinder an execution which she
expected to be put in. There were several persons engaged
to the removal of the furniture, and he did not know
shat became of the greater part of it.
The Assistant Judge having summed up the evidence,
The jury found the prisoner Guilty.
The Assistant Judge said this was • very daring rob-
/ATT. and the prisoner had aggravated his offence by the
imputations be hail east upon the proseentrix, for which
there was no foundation. The sentences on him wee im-
Prisonment and hard labour for 12 months.

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FALL OP A V lADLICT H! Room WALES.—On
BlturarY morning the viaduct at Pineairehain, on the line
of. railway between Merthyr and Swansea, fell in as •
Amaral train was paring over it. The train left Swamies
at 8 a.m., and as the viaduct is slightly on the incline to-
warda Rennin Tunnel it is thought the engine mast have
shook the woodwork when passing over, for the engine had
no sooner passed the end before the viaduct fell in, and the
middle of the train fell with it, and the trucks got piled
one upon another. For some time pest • number of men
have bean employed filling up the ravine which the viaduct
cMsees, and is some 30 yards long, but no idea was enter-
tained that the woodwork was not sufficiently strong for
the safe Fasting of any train. No person was injured.