The Express.
London, England, 1868-10-19 00:00:00

POLICE COURTS.-(TIIIS DAY.)

hILSSION-HOUSE.
WATCH RODDIIIIT IN OLD BROAD-SMELT.
Nary Ants Tracers, a respectably-dressel young
woman, was charged before the Lord Mayor with stealing
a gold watch from the poison of Mr. Morris, a merchant,
aiming on business in cutter-land.
The prosecutor stated that be was passing along Old
Broad-street about 1U o'clock on Saturday night. Tho
prisoner came in front of him and he pushed her to one
side. lie then saw his watch-chain hanging down, and
lie missed his watch. The prisoner ran away and was
caught by a constable.
Police-constable White said he saw the prisoner running
towards Threadneedle-street. She dropped something on
the pavement and then cams running back, and he caught
her. It was the prosecutor's watch that she had dropped.
The prisoner, who was accommodated with a seat, said
she had been suffering severely from palpitation of the
heart since Saturday night, and had received some medi-
cine from the doctor.

Partridge. the gaoler of the court, said he believed she
was feigiung illness.
The Lord Mayor sentenced her to three months' impri-
sonment, and dirts:ted the constable to take her away
immediately in a cab, so that she might be seen by the
doctor.

GUILDHALL.
RAILWAY DINLNti-ECPDX ROBBEHIYA.

A gentlemanly-dressod man, who gave the name of
Indo.sek Jolla Tkomat, of St. Margaret's-grove, Turk's-
read, laleworth-road, Twickenham, IrWrlaced at the bar
re befo Sir Salary Waterlow, char with stealing a
rlated fork and spoon belonging to Messrs. Spurs and
end, from the find-class dining-room at the Ludgate-
Lill station of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway.
Frederick Henley, manager to Messrs. Spier' and Pond.
at Ludgate-hill station, said, about 20 minutes past nine
o'clock at night he was in the first-class dining-room,
where a waiter made a communication to him respecting
the prisoner, who was sitting alone in one of the boxes.
When he had been about an hour previously. They
allowed him to leave the room a few minutes
before 9 o'clock, and as he was leaving the station be was
stopped by one of the company's officers and brought
back into the dining-room and charged with stealing the
plate. The prisoner took off his overcoat to be searched,
but no plate was found in it. From the prisoner's
trousers pocket ono of the company's servants took out
a table fork. Witness said he was very sorry for him but he
must give him into custody, to which he replied, '• Do not
du that ; let me compromise the matter." Ho made the
prisoner take a teat in ono of the boxes and pushed the
table in front of him as far away from him as he could,
and removed all the articles from it. When the policeman
he had beet for arrived the prisoner rose up, and on the
velvet cushion where he bad been sitting there was a
plated table spoon. They had lost several things in the
shape of plated tankards, forks, spoons, tee., during the
past twelve months ; and the man in charge of the dining-
room had bad to make them good. The wholesale price
of the fork and spoon was to. each, and that amount the
man would be charged for them.
Abraham Walker, 433, took the prisoner into custody,
and found on Lino 2s, sd. in money, a duplicate for a pat
pawned for 5a., and sundry letters, memorandums, and
other articles not relating to this charge.
Mr. Martin, chief clerk, said that two of the letters
found on the prisoner seemed to indicate that this was
not the first transaction of the kind he had been con-
cerned in.
Sir Sydney H. Waterlow having mad the letters, said
he was afraid this was not his that offence, and he should
therefore remand him to make further inquiries about
him.
The prisoner said he was not sober at the time, and
knew nothing of what he had done.
All the witnesses declared that he was perfectly sober.
The prisoner's mother here stepped forward, and said
that about six months ago he had concussion of the brain
through an accident, and ever since then he was at times
not responsible for his acts. lie left his home a short time
ago and was to return very soon after, but they did not
see him again for several days, and then they found him
at a country inn, where he had been staying during the
whole of that time.
Sir Sydney H. Waterlow said he was very sorry for her,
but she had not seen the letters that he had, and he did
nut think she knew as much as they disclosed.
Mrs. Themes raid she knew nothing of the letters.
Sir Sydney H. Waterlow said be thought not. He was
sorry for her, but ho must remand her sun.
TL6 prisoner was then remanded.

SOUTTIWAItK.