The Express.
London, England, 1868-01-08 00:00:00

U I LD HALL.

Willium lb,: 0.1, a earniau, living at 13 Gaatigtiy-place,
Bath-street, City.road, and Frederick Char!,ll Pl.q.ps.
wadding-dealr, living at 2A, Liverpool-street, Wrdworth-
road, were placed at the bar, on remand, hefum Sir James
Duke, the former charged with stealing rilb. cotton
wool, value ....and 12 sheets of furriers' wadding, value
the property of the Patticroft Spinning Company, and
the latter with tees iving the same, well knowing it to have
been stolen.
John Id' h;S, sold that on the 17th of Docember,
about three o'clock in the afternoon, hesawPhipps loitering
about Cannon-street with an empty bag on hii arm. In
about an hour lie him dart across the road to even that
was cowing out of • 4.1 Change, driven by Haines. He got
up into the van and spoke to Haines, and then commenced
putting aonlethh.g was in the van into his bag. They
went to Milton-street. and from there to Long-lane, where
Haines drew up, and Phipps got out end walked towards
St. Bartholomew's iluipital, and the van drove the other
way. Mitchell then vent up to Haines, and asked hint
what he got there, and he replied, " Wadding." He
asked him where he got is from, and he said, " From
Mr. Edwards's, No. 2c. Old Change," and showed him
on invoice of the Patticroft Spinning Company for some
wadding. Witness asked him if he had come direct from
Olaf:lunge, and he said he had. Witness then told him
bow he 11..1 watche I him from Cannon-street, and then
the prieoner said. "Well, sir, that invoice does not apply
to these goods, lot to some that are at my lodgings."
Witness went to his lodgings, and found cotton wool and
wedding to the value of 17s. Phimis had on Lim sib. of
cotton wool and 1:: sheets of wadding. Havi.lg locked
Phipps up. he went in the evening to tho Patticroft
Spinning Company, and there apprehended Haines, who,
in answer to pwatien., admitted that Phipps Lad ridden
in the van with him.
James Webster ,warehonsetaan to the Pattieroft Spinning
Company, said the goods found at Phipps's place were
their property. and had not been purchased by Phipps,
although he had freejnently bought goods from them.
Haines had no autLenty to take out the goods found on
Phipps.
Mr. H. Edwards, manager to the Patticroft spinning
Company, said the prisoner Phipps had been in their em-
ploy as a warehouser,:; n for four veers, and during that
time they bad nothing to say against him. He left before
HAMS was taken en.
The prisoners were folly committed for trial.
THAMES.

Jahn Win. Gould, a seaman, was brought before Mr.
Benson, charged with stealing a watch and chain. valued
at 71., the propetiy of Emma Jarman. In May last the
parties met, and Gould said be would marry the protects-
trix on hie return front his next voyage. Ho then took
up his abode at her lodgings. One afternoon the prisoner
got possession of her gold watch and chain, with which 1
he decamped. She saw no more of him until Monday
night, when she met him at a mtudo-hall in Wellolose-
square. A police-constable was sent for, and the prisoner
was given into custody. A duplicate of the watch and
chain be had stolen was found upon him, and the property
was now produced by an assistant in the employ of Mr.
Creswell, pawnbroker, of High-street, who lent IL lOs.
upon the property.
The yrcooontrix identified, her watch and chain, and