The Express.
London, England, 1868-09-01 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

GUILDHALL.

Robert Grey, a porter in the employ of Me. ,re. Rout-
ledge and Sons. publishers, of Broadway, Ludgate-hill,
was placed at the bar on remand, bet ore Sir T. Gabriel,
charged with systematically robbing his employers.
Mr. Edwin Roatledge received information that the
firm were being robbed by none one in their establish-
ment, and shortly afterwards he saw the prisoner go out
with two parcels. He went to the parcels' department,
and found that Gray ("tight to have taken out only one
parcel, but he saw nothing more of him until the next
day, when he came to work, and they called him into
the counting-house, and queetioned him as to what
the second parcel contained. The boy then acknowledged
thatlis had been tulle habit of taking out parcels of
books and leaving then at the Son and Let, in Newgate.
market, for other persons to fetch, and he made a clear
confeesion as to who his accomplices were. Mince the re-
mand every effort had been made to apprehend them, but
without morels._

Mr. Straight. hanirter. now appeared to prosecute, and
said that Mr. Alderman Carter had remanded the prisoner
in order to have Mr. Proctor, the landlord of the Sun and
Last, present to explain his share in the matter. He was
present, and be should like to hear his explanation.
William Proctor said he was proprietor of the Sun and
Last public-house. in Newtrate-market and Paternoster-
row. The prisoner had been in the habit of coaling to his
house for some months. He also knew a person by sight
whose description he hod Riven to the police. Ile knew
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structions that they were to be given to the tall young
man. He had a great many parcels left at his house
during the day. Generally they were left by persons who
wanted them taken can: of until tiny were going home,
and the mine persons relied for them who left them.
Sometimes they were left for some one else to call for. He
had hail no books left with him, and he had uo suspicion
that anything was wrong.
The witness was mbjecteil to a long and searching
croon-examination by Sir Thomas Gabriel as to how he
came to take in petrels for a person be knew .o little
about. nt the conclusion of which

Sir Thomas tlabriel said—Well, thee. I don't believe
you, but I believe that it is from the facilities given by
such hoeses as yours that these book robberies are assisted.
I dare say that you have gathered from the tenor of my
do that I . not believe von, and when you come
up for a renewal of your license I shall put some further
questions to you. I 010 not believe a word you say about
not stepecting them—you must have known that they
were not properly come by. You will hear of this when
you come for your license, because you give every facility
for those stolen books to be got off.
. .

The witness attempted to Offer further explanation, but
Sir Thomas Gabriel said. I have nothing more to say,
but that you will hear of this again.
The prisoner was again remanded. Mr. Straight remark-
ing that by the next examination they hoped to have the
other man in custody. and then they propo.ed to put the
prisoner in the witness box, as they believed he had been
kd into the matter by more culpable personsthan himself.
The prisoner was then removed.