The Express.
London, England, 1850-04-05 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

WORSIUP•STREET.

VINDICATION or au isliris:=l6: Griffiths, standing
counsel to the Metropolitan Institute for the Protection of
Trade, attended to make the following application upon
Whaler Mr. Watson, • silversmith and jeweller, in Norton-
folgste, against whom the magistrate had recently delivered
a decision, founded upon *sideman alleged to be entirely
false, and which had been most destructive to his interests
and reputation.
Mr. Griffiths reminded the magistrate that, on the 19th
alt., a am was beard before him in which a person named
Caroline Mitchell, describing herselfu the wife of a gentle-
man of that name, residing at Great Grimsby, complained
against his client, who was a highly respectable tradesman,
in extensive business, that she had entrusted his shopman
with a gold chain to be repaired, and which she was after-
wards unable to regain from his possession. The magistrate
upon that 0111111111 M was pleased to express an opinion
that, altheno wet the slightest imputation rested
ems the Amster of Mr. Watson penonally, yet
the 1111§11•011 la sanest of the allegation that the chain
had been really ha MI6 shop appeared, in his judgment,
to be of so NaVklllift a nature, that he was compelled to
give an adverse desislea against his client, who was noeerd-
lp te melte fall reparation for the loss the com-
plainant stated leseelf to have sustained. Mr. Watson, in
amen ee,, felt bound to exert himself to the atm* for
the rfadimttea of his character, sad to prove that he had
trustworthy in his establishment, and therefore
clued to be inserted in several newspapers,
descriptive of the alleged feats, and calling epos any jeweller
to wham the lad,'. Main had been actually entrusted to
some Steward medusa it. The result of this was that a
geld chain was shortly afterwards brought to his premises
/37 the shollmen of a silversmith named Willis, midis; in
the immediate neighbourhood, with whom it had been left
We the day in quellua by a lady, who bad. not again
Wiwi for it, and which AlbOplalla he had they la mast to
positively testify to that erect. Mr. Watson thereupon pat
fate emusualeation with one of the derestive form
mated Chihli, who mosedingly waited upon the 'complais-
ant (Mrs. Milli) at Stoat Grimsby, to whom he presented
the ads, misled with amoral oases, fer leer identilleatke,
and shims emeeshmed the one in %nestles m that she had lost,
Nyman, to ham Wit had mime bola the shape( Mediae,
whist' the olleseameetly deviated is answer. Under these
lie demmetames he psi it So his wership_wkether
lie oese use ass Is semplainant, Mrs. Ma-
as% eleould be maul upon to pet ia substantial ball So
answer a bill of indielment SIN peeNey at the sere,
ism
mash as she tad owns is the asst distinct and positive
• manner to Mr. Watson% shames. Reid, being the perm
with whom she had lea the made. _ _

The dummies et Mr. WW*, retorted to by the burbler,
sad whom striking resemblance to Mr. Wabon's shamus,
Reid, wee certainly remarkable, was then called, and deposed
to the fact of the duds in geodes having bees left at his
employer's premium hp a lady who sever sailed pin to re-
claim it, bat that yes reading a report in the pipers in which
Mr. Watsea's esseribm impaired to be ispeashed, le is-
'sedately Nudes& bs the ankle sad took it at saes to Mr.
Irstsea's hews.

ims7.Hannim amid that ha swat distisetly
_slated at the
foams essaimellss, as obsevatisa which had bees 'Oka
is several ol sibs popes, that as. the Inset possible imps-
toile& resist was Mr. WMOMB, whose • h resiossif of
ebarasair bad WS to by the ver i is
dims of the asses ami who., ha felt added, was Se time
as swim fer a them,* kieedgatisa of the rsigiur
as the simplainaat, Mrs. Mee; himself. With whale
reserd,
however. to the ssat agglisides, allhough It was saw
ammillat that the had sods as milks mistake is sip
raw that she left Ms yid Muds at this abego
Mr. Watson, and bad dimplegol wait of swath* sad
doe tawdry, he ftlt pedsdip that she had bees
guilty of so willed perm*. of truth, but had solely
mewl apse salistondetel emir, and hi mat, Menke*,
*Wise pea-Net-Wed
imiti appilostles_ however sash he
re rotted-Os mdsiis ISMlMlleirael which had resulted from
her Widowers', to Mr. Watson, whose &waster and
integrity ressaleal whinny =impeachd by wale, that
had transpired throughout the proceeding&

A Nuw Moan or -Amoz.n7ce-.. J. Davis sad W. I
Adair, was taught up on remand, obarpd with the
following wed amide plandoriag shops :—Abnet
past three *Week oa Saturday morning, Cassidy 238 Mt
saw the primers eons out of a dark norik is Illoh-.trust,
Shadwell, sear the shop of Mr. Jiggine, en emitter, mad
paw In aware Wypag. Supostbg ecuaetbleg woos
he eseppo4 then, wisdprossoded to Mr. Jiggiss's door, whoa
ha found ea the pavemasat several articles such ss usually
hasp ;amide slopsOir's shop dome, and a rod with • hook et
As end of it, Wag out the top of them. There was a hole
in ths [owlish% over Mr. Jiggles's door, sad whoa IA was
knocked up he Identified the articles found oa the pays-
mat, as Navin bees left bushy' ssts iamb when
ao preuhes bad bus tattooed- up ea the
view WOW, There woo no doubt shay
Wes obolloodod nom of Ike Nd Is with