The Express.
London, England, 1860-09-01 00:00:00

THAMES.

Mr. Maxwell, the chief mate Of the screw steamship
Marley Mill, lying in the river, waited upon Mr. Yardley,
and eumplaintal that his watch, a valuable one, had been
obtained by a man named Arthur Mcrrison, a watchmaker
of Leman-street, under pretence of cleaning and repairing
It, and that he had since been usable to get his watch or to
me Morrison._

Howland No. 89 H, a police-constable attached to the
court,
;mules"' by seamen complaints
ipialigaianaast Mao( rrislhaunaamewhodaahaTlPb.ftntimlhonadg
in the practice of going round the do:cks and visiting the
shipping, and bad obtained a groat many watches and time-
pinata. He believed Morrison was bankrupt and not to be
found. Two orders had been issued from the court for the
restoration of watches entrusted to Morrison for repairs,
bet he au unable to verve them upon him.
Mr. Ms.Lwell lien; said-Ily wife's father made me a pre-
sent of the watch. I would not take 121. for it. I have
been to Morrison'a house at all hours, sometimes at 5
o'clock in the morning, and could not see the fellow. He
comes round to the slops and gets our watches under false
fences.
r. Yardley—l believe I have heard of this person
before. You should not entrust your watch to such a per-
son. You should go to a respectable shop and take a
receipt for your watch.
Howland—liforrtion has got many watches from masters
and mates of ships, and they can't get them back. He is
bankrupt.
Mr. Yardley— Bankrupt or not, Le has no right to detain
people's watcfira. Look into this, Howland, and endeavour
to obtain the restoration of the applicant's watch, and
warn Mr. Morrison against the consequences of detaining
people's property.
Thwea.e Swot', a dirty-looking boy, aged 16, rind who
gave address, No. 15, liareetreet., Bethnal-green, was
t before Mr. Yardley, charged with utteriug a coun-
terfeit half-crown to Mrs. primes, the landlady of the El-
lerthorp Arms public-house, in Kirby-street, Poplar.
Mrs. Giinies said the prisoner came into her house with a
jug, which he placed on the counter, and called fora pint
of porter, for which he handed in peynieut a half-crown
piece. She took it up and found it to be a counterfeit one.
The prisoner refined to say where he lived, or who sent
him for the beer, sod she gave him into casualy.
The prisoner, Ia defence, said a man sent him for the
beer, and gave him the lose coin.
Mr. Yardley inquired the distance from Hare-street, Beth-
nal-green. to the Ellerthorp Arms, in Poplar, and the of -
oers in court answered three or three miles and a half.
The prssonr said he was sent from Here-street Bethnal-
peen to the EUerthorp Arms, in Poplar, for the beer.
(Laughter.)
Mr. Yardley—Nonsense ; not a very likely proceeding.
Police-serpent Ihileu, 19 K, said this vas a line dodge
to pass base coin. .t boy without hie hat entered a public-
house is Bow with a jug, a few days since, sod milled for a
pia_t of porter, for which he tendered in payment a bare
half crown: and when the (mud was discovered he ran
sway, leaving the jug behind him.
Mr. Yardley remanded the prisoner until Tuesday neat.

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equalled by anything we have seer seen In sterecocopev."—Athe-
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