The Express.
London, England, 1868-07-07 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

William filbert Lewis, aged 16, shopman, was indicted
for feloniously forging and uttering five receipts for the
sums of 41.175. 3d., 41. 14s. 4d., 31. 165., 41. 3a. 9d., and
11. Is., with intent to defraud Henry Stewart and another,
his masters. He was also indicted for stealing these
several sums.
The prisoner pleaded guilty.
Mr. F. H. Lewis stated that the prisoner had been in
the service of Messrs. Stewart and Taylor, warehouse-
men, Old Change, for a period of five months, and in the
course of that time he had succeeded in defrauding his
employers of 2611. by forging receipts when sent out to
pay accounts. The prosecutors hail written a letter
recommending the prisoner to mercy, and stating that at
the expiration of his sentence they would send him abroad,
or give him another trial.
The Recorder sentenced him to five years' penal ser-

vitude.
Jahs Toone, 31, letter carrier? pleaded guilty to stealing
12 postage stamps out of a test letter, the property of her
Majesty's Postaaaster-GeneraL
The prisoner said it was poverty that made him commit
the offenqe. He had a wife very ill of consumption and
four young children, and for some time they occupied one
room, but the doctor told him that if he did not get out
of it he would not answer for his wife's life, and she
had to be supplied with wines, &c. When he first entered
the Poet-office service he received only 9s. per week,
but latterly he earned 295., by working from a quarter to
three in the morning till late at night.
The counsel for the prosecution stated that the priso-
ner had been suspected, in consequence of letters having
previously been missed. In the present case, it
ap-
peared that the stamps had been abstracted and the letter
re-posted.
The Recorder sentenced him to five years penal servitude.
Richard hermit:al, 38, letter carrier, pleaded guilty to
stealing 132 postage stamps from a test letter, the property
of the Postmaster-General, and was likewise sentenced to
five years' penal servitude.
Reheard Jobs Clark, 26, pleaded guilty to embezzling and
stealing the sums of 321. ls. 3d. and 111. 9s. 2,1., the
moneys of W. Henry Tyler and others.
The prisoner had been employed by the prosecutors
as rent and debt collector, and his total defalcations
amounted to 6001.
The Recorder sentenced him to five years' penal servitude.

THE POLICE COURTS.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Two rough-looking youns jup named Johe Papaws
and Michael Healey, were before Mr. Tyrwhitt
with drunken and disorderly co uct.
Binned Webb, 112 C, said that at half-past eight the
previous night he was at the corner of Thomas-street,
Oxford-street. A crowd had assembled, in oonsequenoe
of a man preaching when he saw the prisoners, who had
walked from the Vfctory public-house, and who were both
drunk, force their way into the crowd. Fergusontook off
his hat, and every time the preacher waved his hand Fer-
guson imitated him by waving his hat, which caused a
great disturbance, aria he bad to take the prisoner into
custody,
_with asszetanee.
Mr. Alfred Park Philpott, of No. 12, Edwards-street,
Portman-square, said that he was pulling along Oxford-
street with his wife, when, seeing a crowd collected in
Thomas-street, he went up to ascertain the cause, and
found that a man was preaching. After being there about
two minutes the prisoners went into the crowd, when the
police came up and told them to move on, and 46 C took
hold of one. The other man ran away, but was caught
by 112 C, and both of them were taken into custody,
although there was not the slightest cause for doing so.
He asked the police why they took the prisoners, and they
told him to mmd his own business. On his following to
the station the police said that if be did so they would
take him too. On the way to the station 4G C throw
Ferguson, and the police behaved very roughly to them.
The prisoners were not drunk, though they might and
probably were sinful people, and were of that the
preacher might have benefited.
Inspector Harrison said there were three gentlemen pre-
sent to support the police.
Police-constable Looaley, 46 C, said that lie was obliged
to be a little rough with the prisoner, as he tried to eh ilce
him. It was all through Mr. Philpet's interferemo that
Ferguson became violent, and he would have gone quietly
had he not done so.
Mr. James Hollis, of 283, Oxford-street, complained of
the great annoyance he had received in common with
other inhabitants of Oxford-street, and said
rooms in
comfort.
Mr. Tyrwhitt said it all arose from the street preacher,
who howled forth, and attracted people who had nothing
better to do. Preaching was always tolerated till it
created en obstruction, and when it did so it should be
swept away, preachers and all, by the police. There was
no doubt that the preacher had caused all the mischief in
the resent case. He had no doubt, what betwees the
howling of the preacher and the noise of the persons col-
lected, it was a great nuisance, and was a reason for
the police interfering. He behaved that but for the un-
necessary interference of the witness (Philpott) the pri-
soners would have gone quietly to the station—the
prisoners taking advantage of his interference in their
behalf, most unnecessarily so, as he (Mr. Tyrwhitt)
thought. He did not believe the police had ill-treated
the prisoners. Ile should discharge Healey, and fine
Ferguson 6s.
WESTMINSTER.
Sophia Wikiana a charwoman, living at 6, Masker-
street, Chelsea, was charged with stealing numerous
snicks, the property of Elizabeth Milner, a dressmaker,
living In the same house.
Henry Jepson, of Great James-street,
day Thurs-
day night I receneda letter from the prosecutrit. stating
that she had been robbed. I went to her house on Sunday,
and with Mrs. Milner's consent concealed myself beneath
bar bed. Mrs. Milner than looked up her apartments. and
told the prisoner, who eocuped the kitchen, that she
should not heathense until late. About 20 minutes after
the promeatrix bad left I heard a key Awed in the door
of the room. The prisoner then walked into the room,
and from there into the front parlour. I heard her ran-
sacking tozes, ke. I could not see what she was doing,
bat I waited patiently. Presently she came into the heel
room. I had previously placed a haslet of clean linen
on
• chair.. The prisoner examined the basket, and *elected
from it two new pillow cases. She was then walking out
tithe rccm with them, when I moved. Hearing the noise,