The Express.
London, England, 1850-07-11 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

DIARLBOROUGEI-STREET.

ALLEGED Funontir.—Robert Goldsworthy, bill dis-
counter. was brought up for further examination, charged
with having uttered a forged bill for 2001. to Mr. Elliott.
The prosecutor identified • hill which purported to be ac-
cepted by Mr. Leigh as the bill brought to him by the pri-
soner, and discounted by him.
On cross-examination, Mr. Humphries, who attended for
the prisoner, elicited that the prosecutor had been bankrupt
three time., but had got a discharge in full from his cre•
ditore. His wine stores were at No. 190, Piccadilly, and
Tower-street. Did not keep the White Bear. Had only
lived there about four or five months. Knew Mr. Leigh,
and had met him more t'. an once. Never had bat one
direct bill transaction with Mr. Leigh. That was for a 601.
bill. Had lost 30,0001. by railway shares. It was owing to
railway liabilities that be hal become insolvent.
John Gerard Leigh, Esq., of Luton-house, Bedfordshire,
knew the prisoner. The acceptance to the 2001. bill now
produced was not in hie handwriting, nor had the name
been signed by his authority. lied been sued upon the
bill, and the action we is progress. Knew Elliott, and had
had one transaction with him upon a bill of 601.
Mr. W. L)vell, solicitor, Great Rider-street—The bill was
discounted for Elliott by Mr. Renshaw, his client. The bill
had not been paid, and he had taken proosedisgs against
Mr. Leigh for the amount.
The prisoner was remanded for a week.
SOU I' lIWARK.

CHARGE OF ITTTZILINU A FORORD CUlLQUlL—Yeeter-
day the young man of rsepectable appearance, who refused
to give his name or addrsv, was brought up for re-examina-
tion upon the charge of uttering a forged cheque for the
payment of 2501., with intent to defraud the Southwark
Branch of the London and Westminster Bank, Wellington-
street, London-bridge.
The evidence taken upon the former examination, which
has already appeared, having been read over, Mr. Mullins,
of the firm of Bash and Mullins, for the prosecution, ad-
dressed the magistrate, and informed him that since Monday,
the day on which the prisoner was taken into custody, it had
been ascertained that his name is William Thomas, and that
he was formerly a clerk in the employ of Messrs. Gooch and
Cousins, woolstaplers, of London-wall, in the City. It was
also found that he lived with a family of the name of Thoms,
in No. 6, Red Lion-street, Whitambapel, at which house was
discoyt red several documents of importance in elucidation
of the present chime, as well as that of the discovery of a for-
gery to the amount of 721., which he committed on the firm
in whose employ he had been in London-wall. The latter
circumstance he (Mr. Mullins) mentioned with • view to
show that the prisoner must have been well aware of the
consequences of the act he bad se recently committed, that
of uttering the forged check for 2601. on the London and
Westminster Bank, purporting to be in the handwriting of
Mr. Davis, the woolstspler, of Bermondsey, who kept an ac-
count with that establishment.
Several witnesses were produced who deposed to the cor-
rectness of this statement, and the evidence in support of the
chugs being completed, the prisoner was committed for
trig.
LAMBETH. .

SHOOTING A BOHOL/M.—James Carpenter was charged
on suspicion with being concerned with Willies Everett,
now In custody at St Thomas's Hospital, In breaking into
the dwelling house of lit. Thome Joseph Green, a surgeon,
residing at Ivy Cottage, High Street, Peckham.
Police constable 98 P, stated that • little after 3 o'clock that
morning he was oa duty in High.street, Peckham, when he
board tee report of a pin or pistol at the beck of the houses.
He proceeded round, when he heard a rattleisprung by Mr.
Green, who told him that some thieves had broken into kin
house, sad had clambered over the wall and pt away. He
also told witness that he had fired Kir pistol at them, and
believed he had shot one of them. He searched the back
premise*, and found a quantity of blood leading from the
wall to the back lane. He accordingly went in the direc-
tion of the footsteps that he dlorevered, and in passing over
Globe Bridge be saw the prisoner helping along another
wan, who he informed witness had been shot by some per-
son. The mac, whose name he ascertained to be William
Everett, became insulate !Maks. of Mood, and perceiving
another constable coming up he called hlm to carry the
mac to • surgeon's, while whams took the other Into

enstody.
Police constable 117 P, said he was called by last witness
to take the wounded new to a rorgeon's. He did so,and
by direction of :he latter conveyed him to 11t. Thomas's Hor
'Mal, when it wu ascertained that • shot kad passed through
the left side of his nook, and that very Intl, hopes wets enter-
tained of hk
Hr. Hasa. stated that a little after three o'clock that
theralas he, heard a noise is the lower part of his house.
Lialleales fir a lbw ululates WNW kin that thieves were la
the Masa. He .aexedlarly pit ea cloak sad
14W with s leaded pistol, to the kitekes.sritie;
Mead the litter plass la greet disorder, sad the workhouse
wfraiew brood °pea, sad prep arty lylag exert is all dine.
deg. He thethatly slurried Ms hany, sad os gobs dews
andshe purist's& two ase seer the fuse. He fired it them
as. of the see MI, sad the other tea away. He the.
walla heat of the house sad opprag kis rattle, whoa the
ersifehle thaw up, sad shy? haheraths Ida of the disk they
wet !Neils set dimmed bet the net was gees,

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