The Express.
London, England, 1861-01-10 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 10, 1861.

ment of the stock war made out and given to the prisoner.
and amongst that stock was the cloth now claimed. The
goods were lett with prisoner in trust, and he was not to
sell any on his own account, but to give witness notice of
all that was sold and pay him over the money. In August
be again inspected the stock, and then mimed some more,
and prisoner, upon being asked where it was, said he could
not account for it. The prisoner had given him some bills
upon some one named llayhoe, in Long-alley, to whom he
found some of the goods had been sold. lln crom-examination
the witness said he compounded with his aeditoes and had
paid 12s. fel. in the pound. About TOW. or SOW. worth of
property went to Coleman-street, and then to Ironmonger-
lane. The prisoner had sold some goods for him, but after
the stock was taken in August he had no right. It was
not until October or November that he found the goods at
Mayhoe's. Re in insolvent.
From some other evidence given, it appeared that the
prisoner had been given in custody some time after the pro-
secutor had found the goods, and that an accountant had
been preparing a statement of the accounts between the
parties, and whilst the examination wee going on.
The Common tierjeant, who had been examining the ac-
counts, stopped the case, and directed ea Activate.
Mr. Alderman Copeland, who had also been looking over
the papers, screed with the decision which the learned
Common tierrant had come to uponthe matter.
This cats brought the business of these two courts to
ea aid.

THE POLICE COURTS.

MANSION-HOUSE.

Waters"! M'artoor, a very respectably-dressed man,
drieribing himself as a commission agent, was brought up
ea remand, charged with obtaining a silver-plated tea ser-
vice, value 41.
. .

From the evidence given on a former occasion it appeared
that the prisoner went to the shop of Messrs. Fortier and
Minn, furnishing ironmongers, Bbihopagateetreet With-
out, and requested that • plated tea service might be sent
to the offices of Messrs. Arnold and Co., Great et. Helens,
for approval, as he expected the captain of a vessel would
call to look at them. The things were sent with the under-
standing that the goods or the money were to be returned.
Two or three days after the goods were sent for ; but the
offices which were occupied by Messrs. Arnold were then
empty, and the prisoner, who had taken an office a few doors
off, was taken into custody.
The prosecutors now stated that the goods had been since
given up, and under those circumstances they would not
the charge say further.

pray—
There was another came against the prisoner, in which
the goods had been given up also, and the prosecutor in that
would not press the charge.
The Lord Mayor said that under these circumstances he
should discharge the prisoner. He hardly thought he was
doing his duty in allowing the prosecutors to withdraw, but
the ends of justice might be carried out by the publicity
which would be given to the case.
Several gentlemen said that they hoped the case might
be made as public as possible, as the prisoner had obtained
goods from them under similar circumstances ; bat se none
of the cases were of a criminal nature, they were not gone
into.

The prisoner waa accordingly discharged.
Charlotte Alb eon was summoned before the Lord Mayor
for annoyi4 Joseph Thompson at his place of business.
Mr. Me' , instructed by Mr. Mason, of Furnival's.inn,
attended or the compLdnunt ; and Mr. Humphreys, for
the defendant,

This was a cross-summons for annoyance on the part of
Mn.. Allison, who had summoned the complainant Thomp-
son for an assault. The facts were partly gone into last
week ; but the proceedings were adjourned to see if some
arrangement could be made between the parties.
Mr. Sleigh, on the part of Mr. Thompson, stated that he
was sure that court was never intended to settle personal
disputes between man and man, or man and woman. Ills
client had been insulted and annoyed in iris business, and
it could not be allowed that a man should be followed
about and annoyed as be bad been bdoee friends or
strangers. On the part of Mr. Thompson be had to state
that it was with the greMest repugaiace that he appeared
there, but he woe otall/Wa to do so for his own defence.
Mrs. Allison had stated that she bad no intention of away-
ing Mr. Joseph Thompson ; and under those circumstances
he thought she could have no objection to enter into her
own recognisances to keep the pesos towards the com-
plainant. There were facts in the case which he did not
wish, for the sake of all parties concerned, to bring out
there; but if wine arrangement could not be nude it could
not be avoided.

Mr. Humphreys said ho felt that he should not
be doing his duty towards his client if he allowed such
a proceeding. Mrs. Allison had no intention of annoying
Mr. Joseph Thompson. She had called at the complain-
ant's office for the purpose of siscing Mr. James Thompson
according to an appointment he bad made with her by
letter. She never had, nor never wished to have, any inter-
course with Mr. Joseph Thompson, and would give her
promiae not to molest him iu any manner. And as her in-
tention was not to annoy him, hut merely to see his
brother, he did not see why she should be bound over.
There were certain affairs between Mrs. Allison and Mr.
James Thompson which could not he alluded to in that
court. He was *tuitions not to make this a case of amir.e.
meat for the public or ridicule for the parties concerned ;
but he could not sanction his client being bound over.
The Lord Mayor said that he underatood that defendant
had followed Mr. Thompson in a ahead had given him in
charge at the railway station, Londcm-bridge, for murder.
Mr. Humphreys said that ie had followed him in a cab,
but that was for an assault, for which she had taken out the
summons against him, but which as yet had not been
heard.

The; Lord Mayor said he thought the hest way would be
to quash the proceedings at mice, and sot to go into the
ens at all in that court.
Mr. Sleigh said that he was quite willing that his client
should be bound over, if Mrs. Allis¢ would eater into her
own recognisance&
Mr. Humphreys said he was quite ready to do that, and
the parties accordingly entered their own recognisiuices in
M. each to keep the peace towards each other and all her
Majesty's subjects for the space of eta months.

MARLBOROUGH.STREET.
Robert Hawkins, a rough-looking fellow, who gave his
address in the Kipple/A.m.-id, sae charged. before Mr.
Herndon, with stealing a brenst-pin, the value of U., the
property of a gentleman named Jobn taunt, residing at
36, Halfmoon-street,
Mr. Ceuta said that, between seven and eight o'clock the
previoua night, he was passing between the posts near the
Serpentine, an immense number of persons paring at the
same time, going to see the skating and torchlight proces-
sion on the Serpentine, and, jurt as be got through, be felt
the hand of a person over his shoulder, and his breast-pin
was taken. He immediately turned round and saw the
prisoner behind him, and feeling sere he had taken the pin,
he asked him for it, hut he denied having it, and seeing two
constables come up, ho gave him in charge.
Sergeant Joy, 9 C, said be knew him as the companion of
thie►s for about 18 months, and to be a frequenter at
Seven Diets and Westminster.

Prieoner—Why, yea re seen me before ; r.. been
in the militia.

Servant Cole, 23 C, rid be believed the prisoner had
been in the militia, bat be wee a thief notwithstanding.
Prisoner—Why, you fellows will swear anything.
Mr. Beadon committed the prisoner for three months.
John Mauer, cabinetmaker, and James Mos, • cigar
maker, were charged before Mr. Nadas ea suspicion of
being concerned, with soother not in custody, is stealing, at
24, Haymarket, 12 gold Albert guards, six gold chains. 37
gold rings, two gold eye-gleams, two pair of gold spectacles,
seven gold watches, 11 silver watches, ke., of the value of
2001., the property of Mr. John Mesure, jeweller, 24, Hay-
market.

Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, appeared
for the prisoner Glee, and A solicitor's clerk for Tanner,
whose real name is Soterberg.
The system said to be adopted was as follows :—A lad
was sent into a shop of a jeweller to tell him to seed for •
timepiece, and the &existent being watched. away, • dog.
cart was then driven up with a person iu it, and the shop-
keeper called out, and while his attention was occupied, the
robbery was committed.
A fter waiting some time for the case, Mr. Misuse not
being in attendsooe, Mr. Lewis asked that the *amen
might be brought up.
r. Beedon mid be could not do so, ad put tack the
cam till a late period of the day.

Fairies ON TH NOTTINGHAM NATRPAYEEq. —On
Tuesday Mr. Jacob Wilkinson, an old man between 60 and
70, was arraigned at the town sessions, before the Recorder
of Nottingham, on three charges of embezzlement, and three
charges of receiving money under false pretences, whilat en.
gaged in hie office as rate collector. The case excited great
interest on account of the prisoner's previous unimpeach-
able character sal respectability. There were also other
circumstance, of interest attentlin^, the case. After hav-
ing embezzled the money of the guardians he had refunded
it, but not so with the ratepavem The worst part of
the offence was that the prisoner had received
more money from the ratepayers, amongst whom
were the poor, than the rate amounted to.
Mr. Baden defended the prisoner, and having instructed
him to plead guilty, said that there were circumstances
which rendered the case one of the most painful character.
The prisoner had up to the time of the present transaction
, boree a most respectable character. The prisoner made a
most tartest and pitiable appeal to the bench for mercy, but
the recorder slid the charge wee of a grave and serious
nature, and sentenced him to 12 months' impriaonment, with
hard labour.

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