The Express.
London, England, 1857-07-23 00:00:00

MB POLICE COURTS.

MANSION-HOUSE.

Trillion P. Gardner wan charged before the Lord Mayor
with having his employer, Mr. Spencer, of Billiter-
street, packing-ease maker, of • oesiderable aim of money.
Mr.pencer—The prisoner was in my employment about
two years and a half on the 20th of Juno lent, at a salary of
7./. a week, to be increased to 3/. a week. Ile was engaged to
attend to my waterproolf ing business at 116, Fenchurch-etivet,
and was sole maiager of it. His duties were, to sell the
goods, to receive all moneys, to pay certain dieburvernents,
such as postage, carriege of parcels, fie. and to bond over
the balance in hand on Fridays, excepting 52, which he was
directed to keep for the purpore of giving change. Ho was
to keep a day book, a ash book, and a ledger. He wee to
deduct his weekly wages. 1 produce his cash hook. The
business wee chiefly a ready money business. On the 4th
September, 1856, I find, on czemination of this book, the
bolonee in his hands was about &51. I did not went to his
using the money for himself, but it was understood that
he kept the money in the each ben which was kept in the
iron safe, in his owe charge. On the 20th of Juno, 18,57,
when he left my employ by consent, there appears to be a
balance in his hands of 1231. 7s. 6d. On the 22nd °thine I
found the keys of the iron safe on my desk, and on examin•
fug the rash-box in that safe on the Tuesday, I found
21. 2e. 41d. in omit, arid in a petty ash-box I found 4s. 3d.
and four I 0 U's respectively for 861.185., 13/. 10e., 61. 18e.,
and 164 IA. Sd., amounting together to the sum of
123/. se. Sd., being la. Al. lets then the balance. All these
1 0 U's are in the prinoner'n head-writing. I also found in
tbo cash-box a policy of life assurance on his own life, dated
the 18th of June, in the Universal Aseuranoe-office, for 1601.
I did not see the primmer till be was given into custody, at
his residence at Peckham, nor has he paid me the money.
Crittei-eximlined by Mr. Buchanan, for the prisoner— I wee
totally ignorant that in the month of September, 1856, he
was indebted to me the am of 861.
&enlist Evans, 469—Yesterday afternoon I received in-
formation from Mr. Spencer, the prosecutor, and took the
prisoner into custody at his residence at l'eckhem. I told
him be wan charged with stealing various swim of money
belonging to his employer, Mr. Spencer. He made no reply
then, but when be came with me to Seething-lane-station,
where the charge was hooked by Mr. Spencer, and after Mr.
Spencer had left the place, the prisoner said to me, "The
charge of embezzlement is not correct. All the moneys I
have received am entered correctly in the book. The money
I took out of the ash-boz, and I put my I 0 I:'s in it for
the amount. (Laughter.)
The prisoner, who evidently considered that be had re-
moved the respmsibility froze himself by dropping his I 0 U's
into the cash-box when be pocketed the money, was then
remanded, end the depositions were ordered to be made out
for Monday.
The Lord Mayor requested that the press would acknow-
ledge his receipt of 2s. 6d. of A. S., on account of A. M.

BOW-STREET.
George Frederiek Coepostcr, aged Pi, was charged with
destroying upwards of eighty Poet-office lettere.
The prisoner was employed man auxiliary letter carrier at
Woolenek, and from the statement of Mr. Peacock, the
Pest-Ake &elicitor, it append that many of the letters,
destroyed in mere wantonnees to save himself the trouble of
delivering them, were of the utmost importance. Two or
three of them were addressed to the nlatives of soma of the
unhappy sufferers by the late accident on the North Kent
'Galway, conjuring them to come instanUy to the hospital to
take leave of their afflicted friend*. Another letter contained
• atemenomi from the Themes Police-office ageinat a person
rending at Woolwich, who bad been eine° apprehended on
• warrant and brought up In custody in consequence of his
supposed neglect to appear to the summons.
James Honker. a rosekeeper, at Woolwich, stated that he
was walking by Welletiley-house pond on Sunday afternoon
last, when he my a bundle of letters floating upon the water.
He fished it out, and found that there were about 44 letters, '
much torn. He took out the letters, and not being able to read
himself earned them home, after leasing the envelopes on the
common to dry in the sun.
Me. Henry That was an odd mode of drying them. They
might hove been all blown away.
se- But the wind was contemyways, and I thought
the inside of the lettere was the most important. (A laugh.)
It was proved that a police sergeant, 37 It, preceded to the
Common on Monday evening, in mum:Loewe of information
communicated by lest witness, end there found 44 envelopes
corresponding with the letters produced. Four or five enve-
lopes were musing. One of die letters contented • Post-
office order for 30e.
Mr. Sculthorpe, deputy-comptroller, deposed to an admis-
sion made by the prisoner that he threw the letters into the
pond, after tying them to a stone. He wax fond of books,
and confemed that his only object in destroying the letters
given to him for delivery was to have more time for eroding.
He was studying laioes's "Life of a Convict" when appre-
hended. About thirty other Intent were found in his pusses-
sion,

The prieoner was committed for hie!.
WORSHIP-STREET.

Joseph DV!, a tall person, with beard and moustache,
residing in liaberdasber•gtreet, Boerne, was charged with
being concerned in defrauding Luke Cole, a suntan, of
41. 13a., by skittle-Wiarping.
Complalnant said that he belonged to the steam-ship
Brest, and on Friday week last met • matt, who induced him
to visit in his eompary a public•houße called the Beehive, in
Britannia-street, City-road. There he Raw the prisoner, who
persuaded him to play at skittles for a wager. 04. cm-leg
that big antagonist was not any hand at the game, he bet him
&sovereign that he could not knock them down in four times;
prisoner did 110 In three. Complainant then bet 2/. that pri-
, sorer could not repeat the " teat," as be considered it, but
thircupsai the nine pins fell together ; and finally, in hope
of ...covering the three govereigeg, complainant staked and
lust every penny about him. Prisoner made his escape, and
information was given to the police. That morning ho met
him in the street, and gave him into custody. There could
not be a doubt of the identity.
The seemed, who was accompanied by several rentleme
indignantly and lrwnly denied the charge. Ile had lived
in the neighbourhood twenty-three years, was a musician,
and never during his life played at skittles.
One of the defendant's friends observed that nothing could
be more false and unfounded than this charge. If not made
from a sinister motive it nag a Inmentable mistake. Should
any direct pr.& of Mr. FARS'S respectalidity be required he
was certain the minister of the parish would vouch fur it.
Defendant was attached to the sane sacred singing class as
The mariner pertinaciously insisted on there being no snit.
bike, but the worthy magistrate instantly afterwards dis-
charged the seemed, fully believing hint totally innocent of
any knowledge of the matter.
Mr. Essex quitted the court with his friends.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

William rhalips, a cab-driver, was charged before Mr.
Bingham, by pollee-eonsteble 185 C, with being drunk on
Tee*ley night, and furiously driving his horse and cab, to
the great danger of himeelt and others.
The constable raw the prisoner in Leicester-vinare, between
twelve and one o'clock, thigging his horse unmercifully ; the
result was that the animal dashed away at a Carlow+ ride, and
the driver, losing ell control over him, was presently thrown
id, the crib owning in fearful collision with a lamp-post, by
which it was very much damaged. Fortunately, the cab-
man, who wee, on being /maimed, fount to be drunk, °seeped
with a few bruises and seratehee, marks of which mere very
visible Ibis morning on his face.
The prisoner admitted tho truth of the polieemsn'a state-
ment, end added that he wee sorry he had had too much to
drink.
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The kitunstrate remarked that a driver found drunk with
his hone and eat., and *ring the lives of himself and others
in jeopardy, must be punished. lie sentenced the prisoner
to fourteen days imprisonment with hard labour.