The Express.
London, England, 1868-04-03 00:00:00

FOR 111IBE2ZLEYENT.

ItoJa-M Thomas, secretary of Court 1,715 of the Ancient
o..ivr of Foresters, held at the house of Mr. Rowlands,
the York Minster, Wardour-street. Soho, was brought
besore Mr. Knox for final examination, charged with em-
be -ding several suns of money belonging to the trustees
of the lodge.
Mr. Harper prosecuted.
fir. Wm. Rowlands, of the York Minster, Wardonr-
street, treasurer of Court 1,715 of the Ancient Order of
Forester', proved that the prisoner was appoiated mere-
t.ry of the court about three months ago, having pre-
viously acted as sub-secretary ; that on the death of the
late secretary a great was made from the funds for the
parpoee of defraying the expenses of the funeral; and
that Dr. Saunders had contributed a guinea towards the
object. which the prisoner had failed to account to him
(Dlr. Rowlands) for.
Dr. Saunders proved handing the prisoner a guinea for
the object above stated, and Sergeant Cole, C division,
proved that when he took the prisoner into custody the
prisoner said that he was in distressed circumstances, or
he would not have done as he had done, and that he
intended to make it up.
Mr. Harper said be was now prepared to go into other
cases against the prisoner. The prisoner in one use
bad received a cheque for 121. 9s. 611. from the
district trustee, and failed to hand It over to
Kr. Rowlands, the treasurer of the lodge, as he should
have done, and he had never accounted for it ; and in
other oases the prisoner bad received contributions from
members, marked the amount on their cards, but failed to
hand it over to the treasureror to account for it in anyway.
There were other cases of a more serious nature against
the prisoner, in which he had forged the names of widows
who were dead, but it was not proposed to go into them.
The prisoner said the widows were not dead.
Hr. John Farrington Peters, of No. 219, Strand, district
trustee, said that the prisoner handed bins nine papers
purporting to be received for widows' and orphans' pen-
sions, and he gave the prisoner a cheque for 121. 91. Oa.,
and it was the prisoner's duty to repay it back to the trea-
surer of the court. . . . . .

Mr. Rowlands said it was the prisoner's duty to hand
over the cheque to him in repayment of money he had
previousl paid him. The prisoner had never done so, nor
accounted for it to him.

Mr. Israel John Siuith, of Regent-square, and Mr.
George Brown, of 11, Kenton-street, Brunawiok•equare,
provedpaling the prisoner the sums of Is. 4d, and de. 70.
remeztirely, and that the prisoner backed the amounts on
their curds.

Mr. Rowland produced a book in which in which it was
the priamer's duty to enter the amounts received from the
witnesses, and said they had not been entered in it.
Mr. Harper said he was prepared with other cases.
Mr. Knox said he thought the eases already gone into
sufficient, the more especially so as the prisoner had ad-
mitted his guilt.
Thy prisoner was committed for trial.
THAMES.
ATROCIOUS GAROITR ROBBERY.

Joh Barrett, aged 19, and 1;11111;I:LTOu, 20 two
khOWO and desperate thieves, were brought before Mr.
Paget on remand, charged with violently assaulting and
robbing Mr. James Beckett, store-keeper, of No. 11,
Gillatreet, Limehouie, at nine o'
clockin the even
in; of Sunday, the 15th of last month, when
he was suddenly attacked by the prisoners in
Five Bell-alley, immediately behind Limehouse Church,
garotted, and after being plundered of his watch
and part of his chain, was dashed on the ground and left
there insensible. The attack was so sudden and savage
that the prosecutor could not positively identify either of
the prisoners, but be recollected seeing Barrett as be en-
tered the alley on his way home. He is
a little elderly man, and could net offer an
effectual resistance to the ruffians who assaulted him,
He now identified his watch, which was pawned the morn-
ing aft... the robbery in the Whiteehapel-road.
Michael Linder, a boy, who knew the prisoners well
said that Barrett was called " Longeoat,” andJacoba was
known as " Nicker." He saw both in Five Bell-alley at 9
o'clock cm the 15111 of last month. He heard the screams
of " murder." He looked downthe alley. Jacobshadhis hand
on the prosecutor's mouth, and Barrett was taking his
watch. Jacobs said, " Have you got it yet!" Barrett said
" No," and clapped his hand on the prosecutor's mouth
and his arm round hi. neck. The prosecutor was quite
eshauated, and Barrett then broke his chain and carried
away the watch and part of his chain. They then threw
the old man on the ground and left him there.
Mr. Beckett, recalled, said in the tint instance one
aor,;lant put his arm round his neck and nearly strangled
him, and the hand of the same matt mas placed over his
mouth.

The, prisoners called two Irishwomen named Margaret
She., and Elizabeth Barnet, of the thieves' colony in
}lower and Dean-street, Spitsbeds, to prove an alibi.
This evidence was very unsatisfactory.
Policeuergesnt Briden, No. 4 K, armies Abbott, 30A
S. and Sergeant Colenan,6B K, proved former convictions
sgunst the prisoners.
Mr. P.get fully committed them for trial.

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