The Express.
London, England, 1859-09-24 00:00:00

THE POLICE COUEI

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iP Piing s, 14 ter alarged with uttering and
Mpg • cheque for 61., with latmi to defraud the London
Joint Book Beak siso with hom a letter a
elapse tar u. th. Ad., belonging to Mr. Frederick Piggy,
eserabeat, al 21, Oatterthne, idiemplceper.
*semi. 14, mid be was gdeg Mang Priam-
street ea when the primed; mime he hadmver
SOIS belbreakippeel , •?11 add lie if leer weetaktMern
leimeses. Abeam esid, Tem" and the m ving
Ihka a dope NM Ms to lake 14 to the Leadaa Joint Steak
Beak, whisk he podded ma, end get Ave sovereigns for tt,
sad bring them M him malts. Ths prisoner
told his to go to tie lowest desk at the muster all bat
two. Witness did so, sad pro the Mops to • clerk,
who looked blur very Mud, and gave his a little
=bag tied op to take over to the pions r.
maid this lrag to the primmer, med at tis mom
time • gentleness Am the book, who had Mowed him.
repaks Mthe prinanw,
idea sad doldmi kim Brian whams went
when the prisenw told he het arCmoney them hot that
iervitsoversigns be would ohmage me and give
Ma the
Mr. A. Inroad, cashier at the London Joist Stock Bank,
predsreed • cheque for Si., porpoetteg es be them by F. W.
Tigge and Co. who were commen of the beak, which ter
presented to this on the previous day by the Mt witness,
.end at mos detected by his to be a forgery. Willlllll, there-
fore, gam the boy aa empty beg, had sp, and directed soros
ems to knew him. The meeker MI the Masque bid beta leaned
«Y
Mr. wn
F. Rriremitt, ashlar at lb. Larks Joint Stock
Bank, depend that he followed the Mame always out Mahe
beak OWNS" his give the baskr the prisoner. Whams
asked the primer where he get from, and he rer
plied he got it temp smother id, whochaZbito to say he had
got it hoot Yr. riga, will. °attar-lane, sad that tha boy
was waiting rood the dram, and as he could find no sues
other boy, is took the !Omar back to the bank, ad than
want to! Ilene. . . .

the prisoner wu given into his our
tody at the beak, and on searching him Unwe, he found on
Mat a pima of paper, bcwees his mutes sad his flesh, eon,
blabs a sort of Esc-simile of the signature to the forged
chaps The prisoner said the boy Allsopp was en entire
to him, and whams wu quite satisfied that such
=COMO.
Mr. F. Fiera, merclunt, 21, Gutter-lane, said he kept sa
adeoast at the London Joint Stock Bank, bat that the
cheque produced was not In his hmidwritiog, nor wrists by
his sothority. The prisoner was in Ids employ up to lest
Saturday, wham witness paid him a week in advance Mollie
to pt rid of him. The cheque had bees taken out of his
cheque-book, which witness had always kept looked up In
his desk, so ;that he could not understand how the primate
got at It, unless it was when witness vu webs be a mo-
ment frees one room to another. The primate- solid scarcely
write at all, and witness was quite satisfied that some one
elle matt have tiled up the cheque for him. Wheat had
sometimes seat him to met some cheques.
The miaow, who had nothing to say, was then committed
for trial on the charge of forgery ; and the other charge was
proceeded with.
Mr. Figge, rwmareined, rodeos' a clwqm for SI. 2e. 9d.
drown by his on the 14th Wet, and enclosed with a letter in
ea envelops width was addressed to Mr. Neale, High-etrest,
Wandsworth, sad stamped for posting. In the regular
course of baldness the primmer should have taken the letter,
with other letters, to the post, in the evening, but witness
had awe ascertained that that latter had never reached its
destination.

BMW, detective, deposed that when he arsreeld the pri-
mmer on the other charge, be feted on him a pashas stamp
width appeared to have been affixed to a letter, end then in.
moved t having teamed through the post. Whams
aftenraedimosived a jacket, which prisoner said wee Isla
sad to the pocket of which he bound two other and shahs
stenspe.
Mr. A. Brown, cashier to the London Joint Stook Bank,
mothered a cheque for 31. la 9J., which was presented to
Ma for payment on the 11th Ltent over the counter, be
balleved by the prisoner. Witter volumed it to him, with
the answer that it most cone through a banker, being
crewed, and the primner took it away with him. In the al-
arm= of the same day the same cheque was presented
again by another lad, who said he had been sent by a young
gentlemen, who was waiting maids. Witness tdd him to
fetch him ha, but be never came. The cheque was endorsed
"Neale and C 0.," end when witness asked the boy who
bet psomatel it, who signed It, he replied, "Mr. Neale." The
demos hal never been paid.
The prisoner, who again declined to my anything, was
committed for trial on this charge also.

Hls Woe, who was is COU;;; sad seemed to be much
alhoteft, sold that about three mouths ego he lost his wife,
end for several week* after was himself is the hospital, so
that his son wee left without guidance, and had fallen mama
vwy bad companions, bat until about sLa weeks ago so
Muse boy could be.
The Lord Mayor said he was evidently a vary bad boy
sow, for more art and cunning had been shown is the two
transactions than most people would give so yeas( a lad
ersidit for. _

iii.trioodmen (chief clerk) told the poor man (part of
whose hand had been recently amputated) that be had
better attend and melts some representation at the Old
13aile7, end he left the oourt saying that he would do so, bat
weeping bitterly.
John C. W. Merriam was brought up on •
signed by the Lord Mayor, charged with stealing thewrur of
61. 12e. fid., the property of the Commareial Dock Company,
his em
Mr. organ (Humphreys end Morgan) appeared foe the
permeates, and Mr. Ferrara fur the prisoner.
Mr. J. Griffith, emrstary to the Communist Doek Com-
psay, 106, Fenchurch.stroet, said the prisoner wee chief
oink to the company, and it wee • tart of his duty to re-
ceive and enter en moneys is the cash book on amount of the
ecespany, mad pay them into Premott's Bank the mine day.
There wee no entry in the cub book in the prisoner's hand-
writing of a sum of 61. 12e. 9.1. on the 16th lost., nor since,
sad the prisms never accounted for that sum.
Mr. E. J. Prime, dark to the Commercial Duck Company,
deposed that an the 16th inst. he received the sum el
61. 12e. Pd. on amount of the company, and banded it over
to the primmer, who absconded about batten hour afterwards,
and 1M not beta to the office since.
_

TbecrwcCrOnar westhenrstnaiiied, with an intimation that
other would be preferred against him.
John Joshing, charged with forging end uttering a
cheque for 1011.4 x. 6dorith Went to defraud Morn. Glyn and
Co., of Lombard-stree, banters, was brought up for flail
ezasninatioa, and, after some further corroborative evidence,
wee oxusittei for

CLEHKINWELL.
A paths:tardy attired man about 30 yeses et err who gave
the urns of Wilkens Baia, and wasdeemlbed ass watch lever
eseepeort maker, residing at 23, Clareneerrese, Islington,
wee charged Won Mr. Tyrwhitt with °Marin from Mr.
Henry Coventry, 64, Bt. John.street, Clerkenwell, watch
manufacturer, three gold watches of the vans of 401., by
mare of fake and fraudulent pretences.
The prisoner ia said to bo known to the police as a betting
and commission agent, end the frequenter of rues, and it
was stated that thou were several charges of a similar
nature against him. On the 14th instant he wrt
to prosec tor, and rid he should like to hays two or three
geld watches to show to a gentleman who he thought would
purchase one. Prosecutor bad known the primer dot some
time, and therefore gave him two gold watches, end he
said he should return them that night or the next day, or
pay for the one retained. He enema& got another watch
ea the same pretence. The result was that the prosecutor
wu unable to got either the money ce the watches, and on
Inquiry it was found that the latter had been pursed.
The p isoner rid his intention was to have retuned
the w in a short time. He was pressed for may.
Mr. Tynrhitt said the prisoner was a victim to gambling,
and he was afraid that betting people had got hold of Tr
Os the present charge he would be fully committed to the
Middlesex Session for trial. He should remand the poisoner
for a week, and directed that if there were any other our
they should then be brought forward.