The Express.
London, England, 1861-10-16 00:00:00

SECOND COURT.

(Before Mr. Payne.)
Henry Colbora, 32, ostler, was indicted for stealing a
=containing 100 yards of tape, the property of the
°moral Omnibus Company (Limited).
Mr. Tindal Atkinson prosecuted; the prisoner was de-
boded by Mr. Park.
From the evidence of William Charles Mathews, a time-
keeper in the employment of the Logsdon Gemmel Omnibus
Company, stationed at the Angel, at Islington, it appeared
that he received a parcel from a cooductor of an omnibus to
be forwarded by mother omnibus to its destination. The
parcel was deposited at the corner of the bar, arid wee soon
afterwards mimed. From information received Mathews
went to the Red Lion public.home, St. John street-road,
where be found the prisoner drunk. He asked him where
" that" parcel was ? He said, in mower, " That be did not
know ; a man who bad employed him to carry it had taken
it away." A constable was called, and after a search the
panel was found in an empty house down a court at the
back of the Red Lion. The prisoner had formerly been em-
plocl by the company as • horemkeeper.
defence was that the prisoner had been made a dupe
of by mother person, and had not himself taken the parcel
frees the Angel.
The jury Acquitted the prisoner.
Joan Scott, 29, and Echreni Hmtkina, were indicted for
stealing 1781 be. weight of rags, value 18a.. the property of
George Mason, their master.
Mr. Metcalfe prosecuted.
The promote, with a carman named Houghton, were sent
by the prosecutor with a van to Castle-street, Oxford-
street, for a load of rags. According to the evidence of
Houghton. forty-four begs of rags were put into the vas ;
but while they were being loaded Hawkins attempted to
altar the tally, eo that one bundle could be abstracted with-
out detection. This, however, wee discovered, and the
proper number marked. Scott subsequently told Houghton
that be intended to drop one of the hags on the way.
Houghton said he would not allow it to be done. He told
him that he need not take any notice, and that if the "old
man " asked about it that he was to way that he thought he
Lad got forty-four bags. When Scott found be objected he
swore at him, but he said it should not be done, es be had
got Memel( to look to. Scott then said that he was a fool,
and that three or four shillings would be as well in his
pocket as out of it. When the van got to its destination
one bag was missing.
The jury found both prisoners Gulley, sail Scott was sen-
tenced to nine and Hawkins to six months' hard labour.
A number of cases in which the prisoners pleaded guilty
were disposed of.

THE POLICE COURT&
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Jar Coelho warikba=il;l;foViceLord Mayor charged
with 'Atari's a guarantee for 31X1., with intent
to defraud Massie. Crawford, Lindsay, and Faithful.
Mr. Metcalfe, barrister, instructed by Mr. Housman, ap-
peared for the pronsoutiou ; and Mr. Humphreys attended
on behalf albs prisooer.
Mr. Metcalfe, in opening the case. briefly) stated the facts,
sad it appeared that the prosecutors were linendrapers, car-
ryint es business in Lawrenoe-lane, Loudon, and at Ban-
bridge. in Ireland, and they had • very large connection,
and it was the prisoner's duty to attend to that branch of the
business. In consequence of something which transpired the
prisoner was called upon in September last to makeup his ac-
emote, and in doing so made himself • debtor to the firm in
3001. A proposition was made that the prisoner should give
bills for that amount, and get a friend of his named Prod-
sham. who bad tams security for bim on a previous occa-
sion, to sign them, in addition to their having the priamer's
signature. On the Zird September Mr. Faithful received •
letter from the prisoner, stating that Mr. Frodebam bad
declined to sign the bills, but would willingly become
security for his promissory Dotes, and requested Mr. Faithful
to draw up the form of guarantee, mai send it to Mr. Fred-
sham at St. Holten, in Jersey. Mr. Faithful accordingly
draw up the guarantee, and directed it to the above
address; but as it did not come back be wrote to the
prisoner informing him of the fact, and the next day
received the -uniturtee, with • signature purporting to be
Mr. Fnxlshaln's aud a number of picanimory Doke for
various clate., to the amount of 3001.

Mr. Wm. racialism said that the eignatere to the sav-
ants, was not he, our was it written with hi. unction or
authority. He was not residing at St. Italian in Sep-
tember, but at Walton-oe-the.Nate, and the prisooer was
aware of that, as he carried on a correspondence with hint
there.

hlr. Humphreys raid no doubt at first sight there was
something like a case made out against the prisoratr, bus
there must be an intent to defraud to ease within the
meaning of the act of parliament, and in the present mar
there was no intent to defraud. There was a debt to the
firm which the prisooer bad acknowledged, and the pro-
secutor hold his acceptances, and he would neither be bane-
fitted or damaged by the guarantee.
The Lord Mayor said be thought it was his duty to com-
mit the warmer for trial.
Mr. Humphreys than applied that the prisoner might be
admitted to bail.

The Lord Mayor "aid the sessions would commence very
shortly, sad ender those circumetanoes he should decline
•
accepting bail.
GUILDHA LL
Yetis Esc*, a deem t-looking woman, attired as a widow,
wee chirped before Alderman Carter with begging, under
the following cireamstanoes
Wm. Hewitt, one of the of of the Mei:dick Society, '
sal . maw the prisoner begging of several lathes, sod
knowing her se as old impostor he took her into custody.
Refound on her 7d. in silver and copper mouser, a silver
re, and a porternituuntie. She refused her muse and
lAjrminsan Carter said she could sot have been in such
tress Margo if abe had a aim watch in her poesaasom