The Express.
London, England, 1868-02-17 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 17, 1868.

POLICE COURTS.-(THIS DAY.)

BOW-STREET.
EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF CARRIAGE CLOCKE.

George Mott, a porter, lately in the employment of
Messrs. Vicarino Is Co.' watch and clockmakers, of 2d,
Bed Lion-square, and Paris, Anne Molt, his wife, and
Susan Mitt, his sister, were charged with stealing a num-
ber of valuable clocks from the store-rooms.

Mr. George Lewis, jun., of Ely-place, conducted the pro.
secution • Mr. Erlavyn Jones, the barrister, instructed by
Mr. Pullen, defended.
It appeared that the male prisoner slept on the premises
in Red Lion-square, and had, at night, charge of the keys
of all the store rooms. It was lately discovered
that since the .took-taking in January, 184,7,
eighteen carriage clocks, of the value of 10/.
and upwards, had been abstracted from the stock. In-
formation was given to the police and the matter was
placed in the hands of Sergeants Chappell and Dowdell of
the F division. They traced twelve of the clocks to dif-
ferent pawnbrokers, where some of them ned been pledged
by Mrs. Mott and some by the sister.
Mr. Jones urged in defence that there was no evideneeto
show that the male prisoner had any knowledge of what
had been done by his wife and his sister, but Mr. Vaughan
said it was a question for a jury whether, under all the
circumstances! it was possible for the women to abstract
the articles without the male prisoner's knowledge.
The prisoners were committed for trial.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
SINGULAR CHARGE OF ROBBERY.
• •• • ...

JowA Collis liolwr, potmaio in the employ of Mr. Win.
Vass, landlord of the Crystal 'Palace tavern, Hemming.
row, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing bye
sovereigns, belonging to his employer.
Mr. Vass said the prisoner was in his employ as pot-
man, and on Saturday afternoon last be gave the prisoner
five sovereigns to get changed for silver. After being
rzin about 20 minute., the primmer, being very drunk,
to light the lamps, and on asking him
for the change, he said " What change!' He
told the prisoner he wanted the change for
the five sovereigns he had given him, and lie said he
knew nothing sbontit.He told the prisoner that if he did
not give it to him he should give him into custody; upon
which be said, " Search me, search me," and, at the same
time, pulled off his boots. As he could get
nothing further from the prisoner be gave
him into custody, and at the station the five
sovereigns were found in his watch pocket. He had linos
ascertained that the prisoner was in the habit of biding
his own money, and as he believed the prisoner had for-
gotten all about having the sovereigns to get changed, and
had no felonious intention, he did not wish to pram the
case.
1 Mr. 'Tyrwhitt advised the prisoner to be more careful,
, and discharged him.
Willam Brook„ a young man in the employ of Messrs.
Abraham Garrett and Co., of the 3laison Dorf*, Glass-
! house-street, Repnt-strest, was charged before Mr.
1 Tyrvrhitt with steeling a bottle of port-wine mai a bottle
of gin, the property of his employers.
Mr. Charles Castle, the manager, proved seeing the
prisoner secreting the bottles of wine and gin, and gave
him into custody.
In his defence the prisoner said that he hand the
bottle of wine amongst some empty bottles, and the
bottle of gin under a seat, and that es he bad once before
given up a bottle of wine he found and not been thanked
he made up his mind to keep the bottles is question.
Committed.

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WORSHIP-STREET.
DISTUSBING A ClilliCli norms:cants.
A burly fellow of • gips giving
giving the name of Jo-
seph DAVI" 45, and described es • hawker, Living about
the forest and Wanstead-Bata, was charged before Mir.
Newtorehrith cresting e dixturbence in Woodland-Irma,
Hackniq, by racing • horse in the public thoroughfare.
Jonathan Goodwin. polioe-oonstable, 4.13 N, eald—Yes-
urd&T afternoon, from what I was told, I proceeded to
Wooaand-lans and es I turned the corner I saw the girl.
ironer just leaving • horse which was racing up and does
the street ; • boy was cm its beck, and it ran to the
end of the street, where prisoner, as icon se be sew
me, went to the bottom of the street and per
vented him coming bark and then ran off. There was •
men at the other end of the street, end be ran off, taking
the bone. A number of boys were shouting, and I was
complained to of thosuisanoe it was to • thumb paragrete•

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