The Express.
London, England, 1857-12-31 00:00:00

VIE POLICE COURT&

MANSION-HOUSE.
al ifreox Harrison woobroeght beethe Lord Mayor
with ba clefs a smudge from Mies Annie
lifCarthy, of No. 11 Oftespilds, febaseemist.
The yeefescutrix Lad night, at about halt, put nine
o'clock, the primmer came into my shop and asked for two
twopenny cigars. I plead them bikes him, and he offered
me • sovereign which I took sad placed Is a drawer in which
wag a little basin for gold. There were two other sovereigns
and two half sovereigns then la the Meta. I than closed
the drawer and opened the till 'to give him the silver. He
said, " Return my sovereign ; I have mashohomme." I
again opened the drawer sad rationed him the affirt
which he took up with err band, while with the other
reached across and 'matched • sovereign out of the bowl,
,at the same time, • shilling .into that bowl. With
tlFlghanda I caught his hand end found the sovereign
I jambed between his thumb sad the palm of his hand,
whilst I was struggling with him an elderly gentleman came
to the door, to whom I said, " Pray mkt me this man has
stela • sovereign." The gentles= did not assist me, but
stood by, and the prisoner relaxed his hold, and 1 took the
sovereign from him. He then maid it was his, and that I had
sot returned the sovereign he bed gives me • end I asked
the gentleman to call in an officer, which he accordingly did,
and when the prisoner stooped down and undid his thousand
pulled off his stocking I heard some money drop. He said It
was a florin. I saw • florin in his hand. The officer then
rams, but the sovereign was not found, neither was the
Cross-examined by Mr. Lewis for the prisoner—He did not
place a shilling on the counter, bat dropped it into the bowl.
lie did not say anything about two half-sovereigns until
after the of cams. He came Into the chop alone. The
door was closed. He had been kneeling behind the counter
fall five minutes before the officer came. The gentlemen
would not allow him to escape.
Noble (441)—1 was called to the shop, and there maw
the prisoner, who was given into my charge
had
stealing
• sovereign from the He said he had given the
sovereign to the woman to pay for two cigars, and that
he afterwards said to her that he had smeller change,
and wished for two half-sovereigns for hie sovereign. He
wished to be starched in the shop. I searched his waistcoat
pockets there, and afterwards I searched him at the station,
gad found la. 6d. in silver,_ lid. in copper, and three
mime of tobacco upon biro. I received a met-
blrhs= the premealrix, which was that she
ved he had tam from the till. I asked him
his addrass. At first he mid he came from Staf-
ford, sad then he said he came from Manchester, and
ultimately he refund to give say address, or to give any
satlefertory somata of himself.
The promentria—lt appeared to me that he put his own
severed which I returned to hint, in his pocket.
The Lord Ma ar said that in all probabWty the prisoner
had swallowed the sovereign, and directed that he should be
kept is prison under medical treatment.
The prisoner was then committed for trial.
Edward B. Pim, who was on Tuesday charged upon
suspicion of Caving stolen • clock from the warehouse of
Mr. Ingledew, upholsterer, of Dishopegate-stroet, was again
brought before the Lord Mayor, and • man named Joseph
Galloway was placed neat to him at the bar.
Watkins (660) said—l took Pim into custody, and from
what he stated, all of which I believe to be correct, I went
last night to the house in which he lives, and waited there
half an hour, when the prisoner Galloway peered by the
door. I went after him, and asked him wheeler hie name
was Galloway, and he replied that it was. I then told him
I should take him Into custody for stealing • clock. He said
that he had stolen no clock, but that I meant •ti
which he had bought of • Jew in the Lane for 36a.lirtioet
him to the station-home., and searched him, and as I was
doing so 1 °burred him move his hand, and he put the
clock key I produce Into the leg of hie troweers, and I shook
the trowsers and the key fell from them. It fitted the clock.
Pim was them discharged from the bar, and put is the wit-
ars box. He said—" lam in the employment of my father,
who is • meta/ store dealer. On ChiMtmea-eve the prisoner
brought the clock to our shop, and said he had it for sale, and
be wanted 665. for it. I offered biro 40e., and he agreed to
take it, and I gave him One sovereign and said I would give
him the other the following morning. He came the next
morning and I gave him a half-crown, and told him he
should ham the rest next day, and before he came for the
17s. M. I was taken into custody.
The Lord Mayor—ls this prisoner known to the police ?
Several policemen said the prisoner had been known to be
• thief upwards at twenty yeas.
The prisoner—No such thing. lam a bard-working man
at the docks, sad I bought that clock of • Jew in the Lane,
but I don't know hie name.
The Lord Mayor—l shall remand you, end if you do not
satisfy me by readmit's the roan of whom you pay you w-
aisted this clock, I shell commit you upon the charge of
robbery.
The prisoner was then remanded.
GUILDHALL.

Sarah Hart was charged with vaulting the police.
Polio* constable 322 deposed that on Tuesday afternoon be
wee called on by another pulioeman to remora the primmer
from Shoemaker-row. She was drunk, end causing an ob-
struction on the pathway, with a basket of Soh. Bbe refused
to move on when requested, and on his endeavouring to get
her away sho struck hint in the face with her Sat and nude hie
mouth bleed. She also scratched his feoe. He was obliged
to have the &mimosoa of another constable to being her to
the station in consequente of the violence of her conduct.
On We way she kicked him several times and attempted to
bite hint.
The priember, in answer to the charge, said that she struck
the policeman became he kicked her two or three times in the
hack.

Alderman Cubits—Usa the been ben Worst
Spangle° (the gacilerj—Yes, your worship.
Prisoner—l em sorry to say I have, but it shan't happen
again.
Mr. Alderman Cubist satteneed her to 21 days with hard
labour.