The Express.
London, England, 1868-12-15 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURT&

Ankrick Asir an.iiii;ieTtiiir;ii;;, two youths of 19,
were charged with burglary at the house of John kley,
LlevauhL.-cottages, Chelsea, bootelaper.
The prisoner May is brother of the prosecutor, and has
frequently robbed him, and also used threats that he
would repeat the offence. On Saturday night the prose-
cutor's wile left her hums and three young children in
bed for • short time, and on her retiree found that tho
bow*, which she had fastened up, had been entered by
removing the fattening from the back parlour window,
and completely ransacked, the clothing of the family and
other things being carried off. The prisoners were
sabrequeritly apprehended at • common lodging-
houße in Turk's-row, Chelsea. They had been seen,
as it was alleged, in company near the prosecutor'.
house just before the robbery. May admitted his
guilt, and although littutten denied all participation in
the burglary, • waistcoat which had been stolen dropped
from his bed clothes, which it wax, however, urged by
him must have fallen from /Ariz's, which was adjoining.
Privonere were remanded till Friday, the magistrate
offering to accept bail fur Strutton.

ii illiaw Tlunapsoc,having lirpeaininue of a mo.
thank, was charged on remand before Mr. Elliott, with
stealing several silver watches under the following cir-
cumstances:

Samuel James Clan, apprentice to Mr. George Syria,
watchmaker, of 562, Old (Cent-read, stated that on the
6th inst., about 8 o'clock in the evening, the prisoner
entered the shop, and asked to look at • silver watch of
the *lee of about 21. Witness showed hint some, and he
then asked
reamoui*bing more re. Waage' was
about sem mare when prisoner ran
out of Ile shop with twe watches valued at 4r. 10s.
Erikson was palmed abowlag that the primmer had
been °unearned in several Earing dariarrobberies of this kind,
upon which the magistrate him fur trial.

-801.11111 WARM
17Smaae Sorry, Entry Ireil, sad Jabs Milk were
brought before Mr. Partridge charged with brushing sad
entering the promisee of Mr. Josspla Wallows, loather
droner, 21), ittureU•etrest, Bormoadosy, and
therefrom twenty-sine downs of skim, worth alLratstelile
601. fly wen also
beau with receiving same,
wall knowing them to have stolen.
ho prosecutor raid that, on liatunlay evening, the 6th
lent, he lucked up the premiss+ shout Him o'oluelr,
leaving all the property safe. On the following nieruher,
about nine o'elork, ho had oeriniion to go to the /ache y,
ears hr found that it hail beat entered, sad he saw •

a_l is
uvaiW:t oho te brig at the Mitt Ad Ms istalMs
the warehouse. - Witness sent for hie foreman, and ea
soon ea he staved they essrelied the pines, and named 29
degas of skins. Informistion wee gpwn to the police, and on
Saturday evening he sow the prisoners la custody at the
police station, with a large quantity of the skins in their
possession. He salted the property at about 601.
At the request of Sergeant Hareem the prisoners were
remanded, to arable him to tram the remainder of the
property.
THAMFM.
limey nervy, about 2S yews of age, a hawker, wee
brought before Mr. Benson charged with smutting and
robbing Mr. Edmond Hogg, • carpenter.
itileosecutor, an ' iMmiy maa, reading at No. 36,
aid-street,
Comasereisl-roni, said he wits in Lower
Chapman-street, • sheet datum from his own house, on
Saturday evening • few minutes pad six o'clock, when
the prisoner and two other men ateeked him, and whilo
two of them held his arms the third stied his pockets, from
which they took three half-rovereigna and as. in silver.
The prisoner was the first to catch hold of him. He wan
thrown down with great violence, and rendered partially
insensible after ha money was taken from him. As soon
u he was sufficiently recovered be proceeded to the hums
of his son, who gave information to the police.
The prioner nod he was innocent of the robbery and
attack on the old gentleman, and milted several witnesses
to prove an alibi. Their evidence was very unsatisfactory.
He then complained that • mina is attendance who stood
near the prosecutor struck him plyo severe blows on the
car in the station-house, and injured him very seriously.
Mr. Hogg, the beadle and coroner's officer of the parish
of St. (}some-in-the Ear said be wax the person allotted
to. He did stale the Oamm, and he oould not restrain
his indignation at the gross outrage and robbery of his
father, who was • very aged man.
Mr. Benson—You should not have done it. The
primmer was in custody of the police at the time.
Mr. Hogg—l am very sorry indeed, sir; but how could
I restrain myself when I raw the ruffian who ill-treated
and robbed my aged father, who is too feeble to defend
himself r

Mi.balloon—Your filial affection has been carrieAl too
far. The primmer is committed for trial.

CllllOl O 71417 D.

Mr. James Mire, metal and iron agent, 139,
Leadenhalbstrest, appeared before Mr. Alderman Finnic,
at the Justice-room of the Mansion-hone, yesterday after-
noon, on a summons charging him with -having appro-
priated to his own nee and benefit the proceeds of two
cheques for 3001 each, entrusted to him as an agent
for a special purpose, by Mr. Miles Bellied shipand
insurance broker, No. 2, tit. Michael's-bowie, C,rnhill.
Mr. Metcalfe, barrister, appeared for the prosecution,
and Mr. Woollett, barrister,-for the defence.
The prosecutor stated that he carried on busineas under
the style of Filby and Co. In July last he met Mr. Iliffe
and a Mr. Watt, at the Jamaica Caem-house, where he
was in the habit of taking luncheon. He got into con-
vereation with Vim, and they told him they were in the
iron trade, and said it would be a fine opportunity for
investing a little money. They recommended him to biy
1,01.0 tons of pig iron, and said it could be held over till
September, when a very handsome profit might be male.
When he asked whom he was to pay, they remarked that
a cheque for a small amount as a •• margin " would .le.
A •. margin " meant a sum to protect them at
a matter of form. Eventually it was agreed
that he •hould give them a cheque for 300/. Next
morning Mr. Watt came, and wither.. gave him the the lee
produi •d, dated 17th July, 1368, for :Ma, payable at the
Loudon and County Bank to Mr. Alexander Watt er
hearer. It now bore the endorsement •' Pay to Mr.
James Hare or order, Alexander Watt." and then "Jant••
Hine" nudereeath. That cheque had been return- Ito
him as paid. A few dap' after that he received a e iera .•
nide for 1,000 tons of iron, and at,,., a letter from Mr.
Walt. concluding with the wool-, •• The warrant, are i•
the National Bank of S,';•glarail." Ppon the faith
letter he believed the warrant were at the National 11
and lie made no inquiries about them at the rim.. In
Septemle r lie bad a further trail-actor'. Ile a.r sir ea..
the defendant and Mr. Watt at the Jamaica Coffee-h .use,
and tipsy told hint that the rice bad risen 1.. 4,1. 4 tear,
and that there would he a Lather ri-e. Wen 'el there-
mon consented to buy another 1,1811) tone, aukl r ••rre
the comb:let note on the 2nd September. On the 11th
of the same month he gave a second else ere for
3601. to Mr. Watt, which was wade payable and cadoreed
in the same manner as the tir-t. fteparted with th it the lie
upon th, faith that the warrants were hell fa- hue,
he would not have paid it had he not also believed that
the previous warrant. were at the National Bank of
Scotland. Ile understood Mr. Watt wa. a clerk to 31r.
Hide. 11.• hid never received any warrants or any iroa.
He had eudeavoured to find the warrant,. and had be •n
mixuccossful. In the early part of N.ivember he applied
to Mr. Mire mescmally, and said he wished to know where
the warrants were, and the prospects of the markets. Mr.
I lift° replied that he had been dl, and that be really did
not know how his affairs stood, but that he had just come
from his accountant, and it would be all right. Witness
paid be had nothing to do with his accountant, that he
had given him two cheques for 3001. each, and held his
contracts. Mr. Iliffe said be could not my anything more
about it, and that he (witness) must go to his acceuntant.
In conaequence of deferidiene• manner witness determined
to go to his solicitor. Since then he had seen Mr. Pile
frequently and had asked him for the warrants, but hail
been unable to get them, or any information whatever.
Ile had also asked him again and again to return his
money, but hail been unable to get it.
Mr. Alexander Watt Wll4 the next witzie-s. 11,. ‘aid ho
was an agent in the metal trade, at No. tt, t iracechurch-street.
He wasalwayiele-cribed as Mr. Iliffe'scoadjuter, but really
was his managing clerk. In all these matters he acted on
behalf of Mr. nifty, to whom he gave the cheques. He
got the numbers of the warrants from Mr. Thorburn's
letters, and inferred from those letters that the warrants
were at the National Bank of Scotland. Personally. he
had not had a fraction of the 611)1. He had not seen the
warrants specified in the contracts. Ile gave the second
contract to Mr. Filby on the day before receiving the
second cheque. Ile had endeavoured to have either
the money or the warrants placed to Mr. Filby's credit.
In cro-s-examination, he said he was not a metal agent
on his own account ; he was paid a sum of money equal
to a portion of the profits and eomnibeion. He had done
the mo-t a Mr. 'line'. corre-spondenot There were
traneactiens with Thorburn in July. On the 22nd June
there was a contract to buy from him 1,000 tons of iron for
Mr. Thomas Early Smith. Subsequently the iron was
transferred to Mr. Filly's account about the 22nd July ;
and on the following day be sent the particulars of the
warrants to Mr. Filby. Ile intended these to represent
the iron originally bought for Mr. Smith. It was bought
for Mr. Smith when prim were higher, and there was a
Ines upon it ; but they got rid I,t the lira by transferring
the non to another client, there being a prospect of the
market rising again. Ihi the 2nd September they were
advised that LOW tons of pigfrron had been bought by Mr.
Thorbutu; and as soon as they received instructions that
Mr. Filby would tak a second 1 000 tone, they were placed
to his account. he 'contracts produced represeuted
transactions between Thorburn and the defendant to the
amount a about 70,000/. On the 21st July 2,5•41. were re-
mitted to Thorburn to " lift" the 1,000 tons of iron pur-
chased by Mr. Frilly, and on the Bth July 21111. was re-
mitted to " lift " the warrants for the 1,000 tows due on
the 9th.

Re-examined—The money tent on the Bth Xeptember,
at on the tint occasion, was to the credit of Mr. Falby's
warrants.

Mr. 11 °elicit submitted that, on the evidence of this
witness, thefts* war et an cud, he haring shown that
2,000 tons of iron really were purchased. If Mr. Thor-
burn had appropriated this money it could not affect
Mr.

Mr. Metcalfe said his client had lost COX., and bail not
got anything for it.
Mr. Woollett—That is frequently the rw,o, unfor-
tunabdy. (Laughter.)
Alter some discussion, Alderman Muni' said ho thought
it better in the interest of both (motivate, grant • remand,
and he would swept the defendant's own recognisaucos
for his rcappearamw.