The Express.
London, England, 1859-10-15 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 15, 1858.

THE POLICE COURTS.

MANSION-ROUSE.

William IL Barr a well-dreseed men, wee brought up on
temead charged wait Moan • pid watch, value 10i., from
the pereeb ef Mr. W. OshhaskeMare, Hertfordshire. malt-
brace. He dssoribed hisseelf es a ocesmission agent, sad
gave his saints es 7, Savage-pribm,
He had been originally charged on Wednesday, when
Mr. Cobham said—On Monday last I ease up to town
from Were, and being in Corahill about a minute before one
o'clock, I stopped there till the electric ball fell which Is
lied on the top of the house of Mr. French, clockmaker,
for the purpose of timing my watch, as people are in the
habit of do*. While I was doing so I saw the prisoner
standing there, but I took no particular notice of him. When
I had got a little way down the street, however, towards
Merle-lane, he overtook me, and asked me if I could tell him
thewaytowerdaWatesloo-bridge. I thoughtltratherst=tz
lave such a quatkn put to me by each a gosh, bat
be might really be a stranger In Inoue, I directed him up
Cheapeide. He then said, " Isn't there an omnibus goes
that way ?" and I replied, Yee, if you jump Into a Chelsea
onalbus"—there was one they passing—u they will met you
down ekes to the toot of the bridge." He thaaksd me, and
went after the omnibus, but I saw that he did not get into
It, while I went my own way. Soon after that I felt for my
watch, when I discovered It was gone, and it Instantly
strnek me that he had stolen I thought it was timeless to
take any steps in the matter the,, coucladlng that the reco-
very of any watch was hopeleee ; but having to orczui,to
town again to-day, I thought I would again go to
and see whether the prisoner was there than. I supposed of
course that the dunce wee a small one, but go I did, and
sure enough se soon as I reached the spot, there was the
primly still looking at the ball, or pretending to do so,
while the pee* were timing their watches. So I just
dapped him on the shoulder and gave biro into custody. Of
cottreetists wee& bee not been found.

Lard
are sore se to Mayra— Ids identity That wee • rather remarkable meeting ; but
you ?
Witssee—l lons not the *lightest doubt about it; I am I
quite sews he is the man.
Lead Mayor—What have you got to say, prisoner ?
Prisoner—Why, my lord, I am a respectable man, and If
you Nomad me I shall be ebb, to produce plenty of +Wieser
to prove that I em quite incapable of oummitting such an act.
Lord Moyar—Then I will remand you till Friday.
The primer was remanded accordingly, and woe now
bsondht sdati:fr. Pewee, of the Middle Temple, ap-
pering
Mr. Cobham was egsln examined, and said be was quite
sure se to toe identity of the prisoner; but he explained that
he did not miss his watch till an hour and a half after the
Flexile spoke to him, although he was rare, he said, that
only the prisoner could have taken it, as he had only been to
the corn market in the interval, and had spoken to no one
in the street, and had been in no crowd.
Mr. Pascoe moss-examined the witness at considerablelength, but without shaking his conviction that the prisoner
and no one else had stolen his watch ; and the learned gentle-
man then said he should be able to prove that the prisoner
was in quite a different part of the City when the watch was
stolen, and be should oleo call several moat respectable wit-
nesses, wham evidence as to the character of the primer
would inevitably lead to the conclusion that the prosecutor
must be mistaken as to the prisoner being the perm who
had etokekhis watch. _

J. Ward, • captain in the merchant service, at present out
cd emplff, deposed that he knew the peiseser well ; end that
en Ilay last, between 12 and 2 o'clock, he saw him
at the orate of Mr. Dixon, • ship-broker, at 62, Lower
Thames-street; and that about 2, or • little after, he saw the
prisoner again on Tower-hill. The primmer for some months
past had bees in the habit of having his letters addressed to
62, Lower Themes-street, and witness did not know that he
had say residesos or office in Savage-gardens. Could not fix
the precise time between twelve and two when he saw the
primer in Lower Thaross-street.
Mr. Goodson, of the Burton Ho'al, Cheepeide, deposed
that the prisoner lodged with him for about two years up to
May lam, and that he bad always found him • perfect gen-
tleman. Believed him to be a Whipping agent.
Mr. Watkins, fruit broker, of Tower-bill, said the pewter
for the last nine months bad been a ignitor to hie daughter,
and had regularly attended church with the family on Sun-
days. Believed him to be entirely inospeble of committing
such an sot as that imputed to him; and that he had a
brother, a clergyman at Newcastle, with whom witness's
daughter had corresponded.
Several other Immerse deposed to the hit of their ac-
quaintance with the prisoner, and their conviction that his
character was without spot or blemish. More witnesses
were present ; but
The Lord Mayor, without waiting for their evidence, said
The poisoner is discharget

BOW-STREET.

Joseph Berry, a well-known thief, was brought up on
remand, charged with garrotting and robbing a gentleman
tumid Hibden of his watch and breast-pin, worth, together,
about 301.

Tim prosecutor stated that on the evening of the robbery
he went to the Ship public-house with the intention of re-
maining there for an omnibus to pay the door. As he wee
waiting a female came up and entered Into conversation with
like, and he eventually " treated" her. On leaving the bar
the prisoner and =ether man followed him,and after strolling
about a short time with the woman another public-boon wee
enteeed, and se be wee leaving that place he was seized round
the throat by one man while the prisoner robbed hum of his
watch end breast-pin. He became insensible from the injuries
ha received, and wee (bond by the police ingenelhle on the
footway. The public houy last entered was the S .uthemp-
ton Arny, Tottenham-courbroad, the slang name for which
le "The Beau." The women did ell she could to protect
the prosecutor, and called loudly for the police, but before
any saelstenoe arrived both men succeeded in effecting their
etecapL
Sergeact Lambert, of the detective force, said, from the de-
scription given of the persona committing the robbery, he
apprehended the ptisoner.
Police-constable 165 E said, on the evening of the rob-
bery he saw the prisoner, in company with another man,
standing at the truer of Warren street, Tottenham-wart-
road. He went up to them and told them as it was so late
he could not allow them to stand talking in the street. One
of the men walked away, but the prisoner, after proceeding
• abort distance, entered the Southampton Arms, in the neigh-
bourhood of the Victoria Theatre, but he had not succeeded in
capturing the other men. When he took the prisoner into
custody he denied all knowledge of toe robbery, and said
it was a mistake; but when he was seen by the ',rimy. and
prosecutor they at once identified him as we of the men with
whom they had been drinking at "The Deane" public.house.
He was certain the prisoner was the man he spoke to scar
Warren-street on the night of the robbery.
The prisoner was fully committed for trial.
A young girl named Lingard was charged with stealing a
gold breast-pin. the property of Mr. Foster, the Secretary to
the Society of Arts.
The housekeeper slated that in consequence of half a sove-
reign being mimed • day or two ago, she questioned the
prisoner, who was her domestic servant, as to wh thee she
atn the money. The prisoner replied she bad not; bat
the follawing day the spent more money than usual, and
this created • suspicion. Her box wee searched, in which
the gold pin produced wee found, together with • quantity of
roue stamps, • penknife, and two or three pawnbrokers
duplicates; but, as the pin bad only been found that morn-
ing, she was unable to ray whether the duplicates referred to
any progeny belonging to her.

Mr. Poster said the pin produced wee hie property. He
mimed it s week or two ego, but in consequence of his liming
It from his pocket nothing was said about it further than
mentioning its loss. A day or two ago he mired ball a
sovereign from a letter, and then he told the housekeeper
that search bad better be mule for the miming money. It
was net, however, found ; but in looking for tee money the
honeskeeper found the gold pin in the prisoner's box.
The police unreel* who to3k the prisoner into melody
said the irieoner did not deny the robbery. She Mee mud the
pirace metope found in her box belonged to Mr. Foeter, as
she pit ked them up In his room.
The prisoner wee remanded in order to asoertein whether
the articles pawned wore her own property.