The Express.
London, England, 1868-01-25 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, _ SATURDAY

raised an alarm, and went after the thieves, who made

Mr. Paget—ls. the prisoner the man who took your
mosey?
Mrs. Craig—He resembles him in every thing brit his .
Beat. He is very much like the man. I believe he is the
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The prisoner—l never had say coat on for • long time fe
but this one lam wearing. I heard a women call out stop fit
thief and saw a man running.
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o*mi:ells, a pekoe-mm*ogs, No. 20 K, was paring e
along • h-street, Poplar, a continuation of Penny-fields, ig
on y night, and had information of the robbery. 100
The prosecutrix was labouring under great agitation and
alarm. Yesterday afternoon he arrested the prisoner out- et•
side the Wade's Arms, in Jeremiah-street, Poplar, and t.
charged bins with the outrage and robbery at the post-
ems.
office, and he said that he was innocent, and that he saw
two men and a boy named Donovan running away. The at.
prisoner was a thief, and had been in custody before. ea.
The prisoner, in defence, said he was innocent. He was et.
in a beershop adjoining the post-aloe when the robbery Lt.
was committed. He had certainly been in custody for et.
stealing clothes. That was the reason be was apprehended go,
for this offence yesterday. et.
Mr. Paget remanded the prisoner for a week.tR
WANDSWORTH. et.
THE WIDOW AND THE BROKER'S MAN. at.
Thomas Taylor and William Taylor, brothers, were St.
finally examined on a charge of being concerned in steal- at
ing wearing apparel, chimney ornaments, and other rt:
article, belonging to Mary Lloyd, a widow, living in Port- a,
land-place, Clapham-road.
The evidence taken on the first occasion went to et
show that the husband of the complainant was SO
buried on the Bth ultimo. About a fortnight
iS
ago she returned home after being absent during the ,;.•
afternoon, and found the prisoners in pmeession. On the
K.
next day they helped themselves to lier late husband's K.
clothes, the greater portion of which were afterwards St.
found at the house of Thomas, and also the other articles In
which she had not previously missed. The defence was tK
at
that the complainant gave the prisoners the things.
Thomas asked her whether she did not ask him to sleep eta.
with her, but she denied both statements.
The complainant was now cross-examined at some length at
by Mr. Kydd, the barrister, and her answers were given 10
in a very flippant manner. She said that on the day she Li •
found the prisoners in her house she had been out answer-
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in; an advertisment for a situation. She had not been 84.
drinking. On the following day she asked William to es.
carry some tea things away to sell for the purpose ee
of keeping her. She did not ask Thomas, and
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the reason she asked his brother was that she
believed he was an intruder. She admitted that William ibt
carried the things in her washing basket, covered over with
• cloth, which she used for covering her washing. She
denied representing to Thomas that it was a basket of sin
washing. The prisoners told her that she had to keep to •
them, and she gave them meat and beer.
By Mr. Da an—She saw them take the things, but bto
she was afraid to stop them, as she was alone unprotected. go;
She asked William to take off her husband's *oat, but he 10
would n0t.1.00
Mr. Rumaey, the broker, said be put Thomas in pos-
session, and his brother bad no business to be there. Bt.
Wearing apparel was not named in the inventory. This soo
witness was present when the complainant gave William • St
pair of stockings and told him to put them on his legs. to
Mr. Dayman said that as the complainant had varied in Ot
her statements, he should discharge the prisoners. He then 2)
told Mr. Ramsey to caution his men that they were acting
toe
=fly in carrying off things after a seizure had been we
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