The Express.
London, England, 1857-12-25 00:00:00

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Anus F10,17;4111 ant r:11;47: iiro;;;,47:ls,ronght Defoe*
Mr. Dingbam on the following charge :
Hypollte De Hoe= lomp-roanufacturer, No. 36, Oerregd-
street, Soho, deposed Out the prisoner Fitzgerekl had been
in his employ as porter for about three yews. The =bar
prisoner he knew nothing of. On Tuesday lest wormier
mat the prisoner Fitzgerald with ten seemliest and seven
shillings and =spume, with directions to take It to • Mr.
Periens, in Southampton-buildings, from whom be we. to
receive a obligee for 761., making, with the 101. 75. go'., a
total of 861. 7s. 6d. Aker receiving this mew be sou to
have taken it to Mr. Batelle, in Old Broad-Our= In *m-
osque= of the prisoner not retuning prosecutor went to
Mr. F..atalle's and found that the had not been near
the place. Witness then gave Information to the polks.
lames Indford, potman of the Bricklayer' Arm., Earl-
stmt, Dlackfrian mid, yesterday afternoon both the pri-
soners came into his master's hulas, end celled for a pint of
ale. While they were the.. the prisoner Fitsgersid wrote a
letter and gave it to the other to post.
Sergeant Glue, 3 C, aid stout genet o'clock on the pre-
vious evening he went to No. 9, Tower-street, Strrandials,
where be saw Fitsgerald's father. Re saw the primmer there
also, with the prisoner Kemp. Fitzgerald's hatter handed
withem a letter, which he read in the prisoner's presume=
and which Fitzgerald admitted wait the ose be wrote at the
public-house. The letter contained a statement to the effect
that prisons had bet the whole of the massy out of big
pocket, and, in consequence. was afraid to return hum. The
elder Fitsg.erald then told him that aa soon so he received
that litter he went and fetched hie WA home, who made the
same statement to him. The other prisoner denied all know-
ledge of the transaction. The constable added that from
inquiries he had made he sou inclined to believe the pri-
soner's story.
Mr. Bingham mid there was no evidence against Kemp,
who would be discharged. From the tenor of the letter he
certainly thong= there wee some truth in the '
Fitzgerald's tale, end should, therefore, remand him on
bail for a week.

73;;;;0014.4,. Bengskee, in the costume of hie °wintry,
was charged with creating a disturbance at the residence of
John Bennett, Esq., No. 2, Fitsroy-squats, Postmaster-
General of Bengal.
Kr. Bennett mid the defendant had formerly been In his
melee, but had been diseherged. For some time past defend-
ant had been in the habit of coming to hie house annoying
hies, and causing a crowd to amemble. Yesterday the de-
fendant paraded before his house, collected a crowd, and,
pointing to the bourn, made a great noise, and was then given
Into custody.
The defendant, as far as he could be understood, attempted
to make out that the complainant was somehow or other in
his debt.

Ir.7liingham told him if he had any claim he muet take it
to the County Cuurt. He should this time only order him
to enter into his own recognieance to keep the peace.
The defendent immediately threw himself upon hie knees
before the complainant, and made some appeal that was un-
intelligible.
SOUTHWARK.

Mr. Bonham y4steniay requested our reporter to acknow-
ledge the receipt of 2M. from the Grocers' Company , the
first 6.11 of • 61. note No. 33,618, a Post-office order for 21.,
from F. C. • ' and 4s. In postage stamps, from W. L. J., for
the poor-box of this murk
THAMES.
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TAsines Trebi, a dockinTioorer,trea brought before Mr.
&He, charged with stealing one pound and a half of tee, the
property of the East end Weet India Dock Company, on
their premiere.
Henry Payne, a dock constable, aid the prisoner had
been long suspected of purloining tea and other goods,
and he closely watched him yesterday, and saw b;m
emerge from a tea warehouse and walk towards the lower
We, where the labourers were rubbed down as they
leave the dock. He met the prisoner near the lower
pate, and be changed colour, and said, " Where is the
Amazonian (a Peruvian frigaie) lying, Mr. Payne to
which be replied, "You don't want the Amazonian, but I
want you. You have paned the labourers at the upper gate,
and have stolen property about you." He then searched the
prisoner and found a parcel in ese.h of his tronaers pockets.
They contained tea, and it weighed in the whole 111 b. The
prisoner said he wee a ruined man, end implored forgive-
ness. lie then conveyed hien to the police-station.
The prisoner, in defence, said he would acknowledge his
guilt. It via Ms first offence.
Mr. Belle—The first time you have been found out, you
=ea t_

Tls; Prisoner-1 hope you will he lenient.
Mr. Belfs—What is the prisoner ?
Parr—He samples goods in the dock. His wages hero
been les, per week. Great coufidence wog placed in him, and
his undo is an ski surant of the dock company.
Mr. fielb—lt astesishes me how people in good situations
can rick the less of them as well as their liberty for the sake
of plonder. You as. sentenced to a mouth's unprisonment
for unlawful possession.

HAXMERSMITII.

James Faw'rtt, a toll-collector upon the Kensingten-road
Trust, appeared before Mr. Myrna's to answer an sdpurned
summons for unlawfully talvog toll from a carman in the
servioe of the Clay Crete Company fora waggon load of
coals.

The question to be decided was whether a Iced of coals was
Pablo to two toll+ on pausing through two gates upon the
same Truer. The carman in question paid the toll at Barre-
court bar, and wag to Pimlico, but did not deliver the coals,
and, +monad of returning the some way, he panted through
Kensington-gate, to avoid the to'l at Rarre-court. The de-
fendant took the toll again at Kensington-gate, and it wen
contended on the part of Mr. Martin, The appeared for
Fawcett, that the collector, under the 30th section of the set,
could demand toll every time a load of coals passed through
any gate upon the Trust.
Mr. Daymms now decided that the same load of coal, could
pees through all the gates upon the Trust for one toll. It
would not be consistent if it were otherwise, for if a waggon
passed through a gate empty and paid toll, it wee free to
return with a load without paying a further toll. He agreed
, with )Ir. Martin that the defendant wee not to blame for
taking the toll, teeing that the words of the 30th section bore
oat the construction which he (the defendant) had put upon
It. He ordered him to return the toll and to pay the coats.