The Express.
London, England, 1859-12-22 00:00:00

?SE POLICE COURTS.

MANSION-HOUSE.

Zdw,n Bourhtr was brought up for final examination upon
a charge of stealing two cJeba of carpenters tools, value 541,
Whinging to Messrs. Heiman& and Co., 17, Laurence
Powatney-hill, merchants.
At the DODO:1510D of the last examination, the Lord Mayor
his opinion that there had been collusion between
Atltasen (Heinntarsb and Co.), the prisoner' and a third
piety, to obtain the goods from Meows. Sorby, of Sheffield,
eai
Mr. Hops, the prisoner:le solicitor, now handed in a letter
which bad belga shirred to him by Atkinson, stating that
la earegusacw el the goods In question having been claimed
by Mews. Baby ss their property, it was not his (Atkin-
emes) bend= to proceed any further against Boucher.
Tbe primate wee therefore discharged.
itedHereried Remich, a native at Leipsic, described as an
Bidet, of Little Earl-sweet. /lobo, wee charged with being
secreted Is Mallia's Hotel, Ironmonger•buse, supposed with
latent to commit a felony.
John W. Harris, porter to Mr. Mackay, proprietor of the
hotel, said that about five deli& that morning, while in the
kitchen, he heard a scrambling sort of noise in the adj.,ining
coal cellar, but as he thought it might be the cam, took no
notioe'd it. A few minutes later, however, be heard a noise
ea of 'something heavy rolling down the coals, and was
going to see what It was, when the door was suddenly burst
open, sad the prisoner rushed past him into the kitchen.
Thinking be *Olt be s burglar amid with a knife or some
other deadly weapon, whams Judged It best not to tackle
Ma la perm; so, locking the door of the kitchen, he went
ter a patients, who found the primmer secreted under a
hew of timber, and took him into custody. The prisoner
ail be bad mew to the hotel for a bed overnight. but that
was aka end so doubt he had secreted burnish in the cellar
Wine the bean was doted.
Mr. W. M'Dowall, wermercial traveller, said he slept at
hotel, on the second floor, and went to bed about eleven
efekte the night before. About half-past three be was
= tobly hearing the door of his room open, he having
to bolt it, and on looking up raw the prisoner, who
serded a candle, enter the room, upon which he ried,
"Milloa, there!" and the prisoner immediately retired.
I It wee wane one who had mistaken his room,
wham tack no tanker notice of it and went to sleep *gide.
Pig, 449, said he was called in end took the primer
warisig, as described by the first witness, and Wet ea
eassike dr primmer he found on him two candles (sae si
which bad been partly burnt) Nome Inciters, some papers,
laciall=emport, hat DO money.
The abeeed not to understand the English Wa-
gons% sag la swim of an interpreter were accordingly
WWI hidemanieltion, and the prisoner then said (through
the lehagegier) that he had come to London by steam-packet
at this peeler day, end went to iris hotel to sleep, and that
as be was onlieles from a stomach complaint he got up in
the alghti seta/..1t. IMk• to see if he could find the
weer gad get • mg et coin ; gee finding the porter in the
kitchen, he went to look kw hen la the cellar, and that was
how he came to be taken into emitodv.
Alderman Wilson—(who eat lior the Lord Mayor)—Ask
his how be came into that gentleman's room.
Interpreter—He says he hod been to look for the steward
owe before and not finding him, he went intotbe gentlemen's
room to get some drink.
Mr. Aldermen Wilson—That's altogether unlikely.
Haley, 449—He told me that he hal been lodging at the
Whoa Coffee-house, Little Berl street, Soho, and upon going
there I found he had been a lodger for the last fortnight, but
left yesterday afternoon.
Mr. Alderman Wilco that his whole statement he.
is entirely Wes.
la.retar—He says he hex got into a very bed bushing
in Loudon, and that he bee suffered a good dell from his °ma-
plaints, which be hopes will act in mitigation.
Mr. Alderman Wilson—There can be no doubt at all that
he bas got into a very bad business • but however bed his
health might be, that could not justify him in a robbery,
which he no doubt contemplated.
Mr. Goodman—His passport, I see, was rigid on the 24th
July for London.
Mr. Alderman Wilson—And no doubt he has been here ever
slaw, although he now pretends not to understand the lan-
guage. He mast go to prison and hard labour for three
months.
Received for the poor-box T.." per Messrs. Courts cad
Co., 3d. fie. • W. Roupell, Esq.. M.P., 101. 10s. • aim a ooa-
, tribotlon frOm Mr. Ex-SherWerell of ten chaldrona of coke.