The Express.
London, England, 1859-10-04 00:00:00

THB POLICE COVET=

MANSION-HOUSE.
The Lord Mayor requested the press to acknowledge the
receipt of the tint Ulf of a 61. mite fee the poor-be:, from
Jabs C. Herriaers, formerly chief clerk in the cßess of
the Commerciel Dock Compaey, Fenchurch-street, and who
shoat ten days back was charged here with having embez-
zled the sum et 61. 12e. 9d. belonging to ha employee,
wee 'gala placed sit the biz.
The directors of the connemy, It will be remembered, on
Saturday requested to he permitted to withdraw tram the
Ma'cam, upon the ground that they believed the primmer
aci%d wider circumstances of great pressure without any
istaation of defrauding the company, and the pressure,
Mayor re-
seeded the prisoner to 'sable him well to consider the pro-
priety of acceding to that application.
Hie lordehip now mid he had taken into oonsideratiou all
the cirmunetanoes of the care' and was inclined to di"
the primmer, provided the,directordirectorof the companyW:liC
take him back into their service; otherwise he thought t
would be mimosa to the prisoner to discharge him from cus-
tody, and throw him upon the world without resource.
On the part of the directors it was stated that they could
not like book the prisoner, but • zentlemen present under-
took to provide him with future employment; and there-
upon ha was discharged with a most feeling address of warn-
ing and admonition from the Lord Mayer.
Three fashionably-dressed women, named Mertha Beeves,
Mary Cleary (alias Garrett), and Mary Messina, were
brought up on remand, charged with attempting to pick
wadi.
Soars few days ego they were watched by Spital, an active
detective, who raw Reeves try the pocket. of several ladles
to St. Peal's-churchyard, whits emend" by her caefede-
rates; although there was no evidence of say actual theft in
the cam, Reeves gays a Isles address, and the others refuted
their* altogether,ead principally upon this ground the Lord
Minor remanded them for inquiry.
Mr. Bread, who attended for the defence, said his clients,
since their former ezandnatice, had given their correct ad-
dresses to the police, who had therefore bad every oppmtn-
nity of Inquiry ; sad the learned gentleman also aided a wit-
awe :as to the napeotability of Clancy, who. however,
damaged her, rather than otterwise, by proving that bar
name was °siren. .

A. Green, police constable 87dt deposed that about Wes
years ago he had her in custody in that same on a charp of
shoplifting and pocket-picking, which reeulted in her impri-
sonment (or six weeks. Since that she had been convicted of
shoplifting, sad had been sentenced to twelve months' im-
prisonment. .

There was no further evidenos in the atm of the other
prisomere; end
Mr. Beard contended that the whole three were entitled to
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discharge.
The Lord Mayo- mid he had no docbt as to the fact of
Reeves having attempted to pick pockets, or es to the other
prisoners being her accomplice. ; btu unfortunately the evi-
dence against them was insutfident to insures conviction,
sad they muse amnion be discharged.
Dtactuaged accordingly.

MARLBOROII9A-STREET.

Jan Williams, reepectably-dreseed female, of short
stature was charged before Mr. Beadon as follows:
Wm. Mi, kelborongh, 307 A, said that about two o'clock
on Saturday afternoon he took the prisoner into custody for
being drunk in Pall-mall, and on the way to the station be
took from her a counterfeit half-sovereign, sad on arriving at
the station, and informing the inspector of what he had
dose, be ordered her to be searched by the female searcher,
and on being taken to the cell for that purpose she pot her
hand to her mouth, and there was every reason to believe
I that she swallowed two other bad half•sovereigne. She bad
oleo given stelae address.
Asa Fox, barmaid at the Golden Lion, Sing-street, St.
huses'e-equare, mid that on Saturday the prisoner came is
and asked for threepeneyworth of brandy, putt log down a
good sovereign. She gave her change, lily. Id., and directly
after the prisoner said.. Ob, I've found a 6d., will you give
me back the sovereign P" but on looking at the chimp and
sea* that the half-sovereign had been changed, she told her
to keep the obange she had got, and that she should not have
the sovereign bwk.
The prisoner, who is believed to he a practised band, and
who questioned 414 witness Fox in a very shrewd manner,
was then remanded.