The Express.
London, England, 1857-03-05 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURT&

MANSION-HOUSE.

Margaret Geh ratTe;;; I;:ntilat Let ore the Lord Mayor
charged with having stolen a St. note.
Mr. A. Apiai, clerk in the accountant's bank-note
office of the of Englund, said—l produce a 51, bank
note, No. 22,901, dated Ike. 12, 1450, which was paid into
the Bank on the 23th of February lest. It la endorsed
"Cochrane-17, Mark-lone."
Elisabeth Fletcher, wile of a elmaiemonger in Fore-street,
Cripplegate said—The indorsement to in my handwriting.
About the ilk or 10th of February the priaoner brought the
sees Se as, wed bought wane bacon to the amount otter. 6d.
et 11, Midi Ipvs her the change. I knew her before. I
wen very putlodor about changing the note, and asked her
=%which oho snawered by ailing that she and her
rure Inking care of Aim in Mork-lane, and the
brae had reeehred It es part of his salary.
11r. 3. H. Lag, clerk to Mr. fehotWid^ of 17, Mark-
lean whialtenhant, sued—The counting-em is on the
ground-door, and we have an iron safe in the front counting-
house, the key of which safe is in a dock in the dice, which
is kept locked at night. We are in the habit of keeping the
rosy ha a box, which is not kept locked, in a drawer in the
hen ask. On the 20tb of January last I received two St.
miss trews Marra. Curie, and on the erne day I paid one
at than le the Ordains for duty. The other I put into the
ork.hea, wMth I Orr in the iron safe drawer. I had not
emir lip.thiseeibox again till the morning of the 30th,
rid en It I mired rho note I bed put in oft the
BBL wan employed to dean the counting-
karma, sad le my duty to pry her. Her husband is not in
et emplayster. I did not pay the blink nets to herr. We
lave eei lest money from the eaeh-boa.
Mr. else a clerk in the hour, ow rinsed the Mela-
nin{ alibi, witness.
Fitelpr,doll, rid—hiss. Fletcher pointed out the prisoner
la sr awl Beasatt, enothr officer, and I took her into cus-
tody, awl MAI Mr lie w. duirgml 'a ith having stolen a M.
sees. Noe amid thee die bed picked up the note se she went
one eneeletbe Wit ea gu.
embed her if her husband knew anything
aka* 3, sad dr No; ho knew nothing at all about
it." Ow aim mid OM she had upstairstlie money she had
act wok sad dm siakniquently handed to me the twinge
beakleek produced, stud pointed to the entry of 41., saying
that that wee pet of the money.
Tbe pleesee-1 found the note, I never gob it.
liesraist
The Lea Mayor requested that the pus would acknow-
lediphis receipt of 10s. 2d, from a lady by Mr. P., and the
emend half of • U. bank note, trout Fred, for the pose-box.
HOW-STREET. _ _ _

Two ill-looking yoirng men, named Berswy levy and
eerie William, both of whom are known to the pallor, the
hews being allegedto be • returned tnnryat, were brought
up for Mal examination on a charge of 4taking Into the
house of Mr. Joseph Jemel, of B,Cleveland-repass, and 44.1-
ing a box containing fiat worth of jewellery ; and also uS
breaking into • house in Keppel-street.
On the night of the 16th February the primmer Williams
was found by the police loitering in lieppelestrest, and being
unable to give any ratiefutory account of himself, he was
taken into custody. He wrested very violently, but was at
length overcome, and on him was found • eatable gold
watch and chain, end • skekton key. While the scuttle was
ring on, Levy wee seen to 4.11130 from the haw No. 12,
eppel-street, at present unoccupied. He alai was seized,
end reaisted with greet violence. In the coarse of the struggle
be was seen by a bystander, named Robert Reader, to take
from his pocket a ekeletou key and • "jemmy,' both ut
which he dropped on the ground, but Reader picked them up.
The Dent day it was found that the area door of the empty
home had been broken open with • crow-bee, and the/
the instrument thrown sway by Levy fitted the mark.
on the door. The dose bad been newly painted green, and
there were marks em of some person rub bim the paint with
his ehoulder ; and Levy's rent was marked with green paint,
in a manner precisely correeponding. While the tmers
were under remand on this case, suspicion aeon i
were concerned in the robbery at Mr. Jetriro, which
place on the 2fith of January. The lees wen distoreeeed by
Charlotte Corkett, • servant in Mr. Jowl's homily, who wan
in her own room (the front attic), at Moat eight o'clock ht
the evening, when she was alarmed by tit shadow of • men
passing her window. She ran down stalls to give the dank
eisdfound that the jewel bus which usually elesdes bee Mi.
tomes drwwiertable had disappeared. It was 'threw&
Lod that as entry had been made by the Vs/kw of the
rem adheisilag that of the girl Coeletd. resister were
Wand slaw ihs rest best the window to a lime • ion doors
▪ which was and theene doer et that home
was hurl spa, It lad been securely filmed bring
tar lay.
A yaw ma, wrid Welter Leonetti, a *myna
dohnionger, now aim forward and di pored GAY taw the
=leEnd smother men leave the empty bawl about the
n:enr Boned by Cockatt. He at first minks& Levy for
seem one he knew, but walking up to him with the rewritten
of speaking. he perceived on nearer stew the* be was Wes
taken. After they were gone ho was told of the robbery.
He was waiting for • young woman he had appointed to
meet, and before she joined him Williams returned and en-
tered into conversation with him, attecting to be ignorant of
the robbery, end asking him questions about It. When he
went away witness and the young woman, who had just
ems np, followed and watch° I him, intending to give hint
in charm but before they saw a policeman, he had teenaged
to escape front them.
It was Mated by the police that one of the keys found on
Levy fitted the area doer of the empty house, and that the
jenfortz fitted the marks on the window which had been
On thin evidence the prisoners were committed for trial.
MARYLEBONE.
•

ANN Parkumort, a 7or11:m aTs.n7tCiiyears of ea, was again
committed to prison on Tuesday, for a term of three months,
for obtaining money of the benevolent by false representations.
For thirty years this woman has been a known begging-letter
impostor. Oa this mossion she was taken with several letter.
in her pomeaslon, artfully drawn up to aid her in austaiuing
various t hameters in her appeals to the charitable; letters
which she bad not the least hesitation in admitting were
forrerics, obtained at the price of three-penee each from
nourishing manufactory of such articles in St. Giles's.