The Express.
London, England, 1868-06-04 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS

WESTMINSTER.

Pa.:tltie Bartlett, aged 19, was placed at the bar,
charged with extensive robberies of silver plate.
Sarah Starkey, cook in the establishment of Mr. Veitch,
florist, King's-road, Chelsea, said that on the 14th of May,
directly after luncheon, the plate basket, containing a
quantity of silver plate, was stolen from the dining-room.
Just before it was missed a woman came into the passage
on the basement story, and asked if there were any bottles
or things of that sort for sale. Witness was just finding
fault with her for coming down without ringing, when the
prisoner cot, red, and asked the other if she wanted a bag
to put the things in. They then went away, and the plate
was missed.

Ellen Goodman, the housemaid, proved that the plate
basket must have been taken in a minute, directly after
the family had left.
51r. Veitch explained that the hall door and French
windows of the dining-room were open, and it was acces-
sible from the King's-road.
Harriet Bellett, cook to Mr. Milner, of St. George's ter-
race, Primrose-bill, said that on the sth of May she was
called down, and found a man at the door who wanted to
buy bottles and bones, and other things. Site told him she
did not want to sell anything, and he then went away.
Soon after the plate basket was missed from the pantry.
Mr. ArnGld—l, she known ?
Police-constable Frederick Hoch—Yes. She has bad six
months for another robbery.
Mr. Arnold—She is remanded until Tuesday.
SOUTHWARK.

Alfred Sh+;th, a respectablelooking young man, was
placed at the bar charged with stealing a suit of clothes
from Great Suffolk-street, Borough, the property of a
lodger. He was also suspected of stealing a valuable gold
lady's watch and chain, and other property from various
houses where he had engaged a night's lodging.
A young man, who said he was a porter in the employ
of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company,
stated that he lodged at id, Great Suffolk-street, and on
the previous evening he saw the prisoner there, be having
engaged a bed in the same room. When witness retired to
rest be had in his box a black frock coat, waistcoat, and
trousers, nearly new, and when he left at six in the
morning the things were safe. The prisoner was then in
bed. About nine o'clock he was called to the (tation•
house, whore he saw the prisoner in custody with the
clothes in his possession.

In answer to the magistrate,
Witness said he had no knuwedge of the person, not
having teen him until the previous night.
Ann Saunders, the landlady of the house, atilt that
about seven o'clock in the evening, the prisoner once and
told her be wanted a lodging, as be bed got a situation
near the spot. From his appearance she believed him to
be a respectable young man, and let him a bed in the same
room that last witness slept in. Shortly after eight
o'clock in the morning she saw him about to leave the
house rather clandestinely, when she followed him out,
and tercek keg that he had got her lodger's clothes on sbe
brought him beck and gave him into custody. He tried
all he could to get away, but she locked him up until the
constable came.

Sergeant Watson, 2 M. the acting inspector at the
Stones-end station, here informed his worship that on the
prisoner was found a lady's gold watch and chain; maker
Edgar and Co., Pont-street, Belgrave-square, No. 102. He
had no doubt it had been stolen from some other lodging.
He therefore asked for a remand, to enable him to find
the owner.

He was remanded until Saturday.
THAMES.

lienrg West, a watchman, in the service of the London
and St. Katharine Dock C;orrpany, was brought before
Mr. Benson, charged with stealing a bottle of port wine
and 10 ounces of copper.
On Tuesday evening the prisoner was leaving the gate-
way. He looked bulky, and Joseph Cron, a gatekeeper,
spped him and asked him what be bad about him, to
which ho replied, "Nothing." The gatekeeper searched
him, and found 10 ounces of copper iu one trousers pocket
and a bottle of port wine in another. The prisoner bad
been specially engaged to watch a barge containing eases
of port wine.
Hr. Benson sentenced him to be iniprisoned and kept to
hard labour for the unlawful possession of the copper and
the wine.

FATAL COLLISION OFF THE SOUTH FOREL I% D.
At one o'clock yesterday morning the schooner Breeze,
when at anchor about three miles off the South Moreland,
was run down by the ship Dhollerah, from London to
Calcutta. The Breeze sunk in shout ten minutes after
she was struck. The captain's wife and daughter were
on board, and were pealed off the deck. The wife wan
clinging to a life buoy for about 20 minute!, when she
was up by a Deal boat. The little girl, eight years
of age, was unhappily drowned. At 3 a.m., the sum.
very were brought to the Dover Sailors' Home in a state
of great distress. The poor bereaved mother was taken
special awe of by Mrs. Hatch, the wife of the superinten•
dent of the home.

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