The Express.
London, England, 1861-12-21 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

MANSION-HOUSE.
Augustus Tripe, a respectably droned pose assn, was
brought before the Lord Mayor es eimani, charged
with embezzling several sums of messy width be had
received on account of his employers, Mesas. Baker, of
Birmingham, blacking manufacturers.
Mr. Lewis, juu. appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. B.
J. Abbott appeared for the prisoner.
Mr. Joseph Reeve, 196, High-street, Shadwell, oilman,
said he knew the prisoner as traveller for Means. Baker,
and on the 3rd September, 1861, be paid to the prisoner the
sum of 34 19s. Bd., and be pee him the mosipt produced.
Mr. Cooper. Line:amuse, said, on the 3rd August last be
paid the prisoner on account of Messrs. Baker, 21. 110. 9d. ;
and on the lot September he paid him 21. 6c, and he gave
hire the receipt produced.
Mr. Curtis, Brunswick-place, Kent-road, anted that be
paid the prisoner on the 20th April bat 141. 9s. 3d., and
on the Bth July not, 10/. 18a. &1., for which the primmer
gave a receipt.
Mr. George Baker, of the Arm of Edward Baker and
Sons, bl..clung manufacturers, of Birmingham, stated Oat
the prisoner was their traveller, and it was his duty to re-
ceive orders, deliver goods, and to receive the moray for
the goods, and miter the amounts received each day in a
book, which was produced. and at the end of every week
to account to Mr. Kohler, of 10, Camomile-street, London,
who was their agent, or his clerk. There were no entries in
the book of the same mentioned received from Mr. Reeve or
Mr. Cooper. Os the 16th there wes an entry of 61. 6a.
Imes Mr. Cube, nod on the Bth July. 31. 10e. from Mr.
Curtis, bat dim wee ao entry of 141.95. 3d. or 101.165. IL
On Wag ereeressmined by Mr. Abbott, this witness said
the prisoner ins paid any expenses which hemight incur,
andlits salary was 255. per week until October last, when
Mr. Kohler ceased to be their agent. The primmer then
bad 35a per week, with the understanding that he was to
pay his own expenses.
Übrkk Thomann stated that he wee clerk to Kr. Kohler,
who was agent to Messrs. Baker up to the 22nd October Mat.
The prisorer had never accounted to him for either of the
sums mentioned, with the exception of the 61. 6s. and
31. 10s., which be had accounted for instead of 141.9 a. 3d.
and 101. 18s. 6d.

--jorOfeCoeard, detective, stated that ha took the prisoner
into custody at Mr. Kohler's oaks, and ea the way to the
statical be requested him to tell Mr. Baker that be would
plead guilty, sad also to ask him to be macifal with him,
for the sake of his wife sod child.
The prisoner had ixothiag to say, and was fully committed
for triaL

WESTMINSTER.
Stephen Canon, a man about thirty years of age, was
brought up for re-examination, charged with uttering two
forged 5/. notes.
The prisoner gave both the Dotes to his landlady,
Keene, of 60, Lower Slommetrest, sod received been boa
gold in change. The first uttering was described as having
taken place on the 12th of October, the second, on December
6th. It was shown that, aitbough the notes bad pared
through other hands before the forgery was detected, time
could be no mistake in their identity.
It was urged on the part of the accused Out be had large
dealings in apples, and had taken the first note from • Mrs.
Jacobs, • salesman in Covent-gardammarket, and the second
from his sister, who had become possessed of it under very
peculiar circumstances.
Bliss Cason, sister of the amused, said she had been dairy.
maid at Lord Chatham', estate, in Bucks. On the 13th
November she left the service and was psid
131. lls. wages. Coming to town in • secood-class
railway (orris" a male passenger asked if say lady could
oblige !dm with chasmic( a 51. sots, and she gave him geld
for it. She subsequently lent the note to bee brother.
The policeman who took the priaonci said that be told
him be had received the second note from a woman in the
Harrow-road in the way of business.
The Inspector from the Bank of England proved that
both the forged notes had been struck front the same plate.
The prisoner was remanded fee • week, in order that the
dolitioes might be prepared for his committal for trieL
Bail was refused.
William Biddle and James Burns, two flash-looking
men, were charged with wantonly insulting two soldiers.
James Bradbury, • private of the 2nd battalion of
Grenadier Guards, said that be and a comrade, named Pass-
mote, were walking through Knightsbridge the previous
night, when theykmat the defendants, and Biddle, without
the slightest provocation, ran up against him with great
force. Complainant iumilred what he did that for, when
he squared up and made some blows at him, while his
companion attacked his comrade.
Charles Patrollers, the other soldier, stated that after the
defendants had run up against them as described, Burns
struck him a blow in the face which knocked him down,
and subsequently repeated it.
Bradbury said that Biddle repeatedly challenged him to 11
fight, when he told him be was not going to make • black-
guard of himself in the street.
Defendants mid that the first part of this account was en-
tirely false, for they merely touched the soldiers by sod.
dent, when they became excited and attempted to pull ad
their belts. Burns said that Pawners was doing that when
he knocked him down.
The soldiers denied this statement, and said they never
had any idea of taking off their belts.
Two witnesses were called, who confirmed the diegraosful
conduct of the defendants in every reaped, and shooed that
the soldiers had behaved with the greatest propriety.
Defendants were committed for • month each without a
fine.
LAMBETH.
Thomas Henry Denton, • journeyman baker, in the em-
ploy of Mr. Hodgson, of the Kennington-rout, was brought
up on remand for further examination on a charge of shoot-
ing and wounding John Anderson, his late foreman.
On Tuesday week the prisoner and Anderson had solos
words, when the latter struck the former a blow on the
nose and caused it to bleed copiously. The pnsowr is
oomequeoce hired a pistol and purchased a small quantity
of powder, shot, and caps, and on the following monies
fired at and shot Anderson on the back part of the right
thigh, lodging the whole of the charge is the fifth, and it
is the opinion of the medical officers in attendance on hint
that bad the wound been but • quarter of an inch lower
no power could have saved the life of the injured man.
The following certificate was produced by M'Coemll,
139 1., who has the case in charge :—" John Astlesime to
still doing very favourably, but not able to attend.—F.
W. CANN, house-surgeon, Dec. 20, 1861."
The prisoner was again remanded for a week, and an lip-
, pliation was made by Mr. Lewis, jun., who attended for
him, to admit him to bail, but Mr. Norton considering the
I case of too serious &character, refused the application.
A donation of 101. has been received from "C. V.," an
old contributor, for the poor-box.
GREENWICH.
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Mr. James Samuel Parkins. residing at 7, Minerva-
terrace, New-cross, appeared to au adjourned summons
charging him with leaving a train while io motion on the
London and Brighton Radway,whereby he had made himself
liable to a penalty of 40s.
The defendant. it appeared, was a Passenger by_the 4.56
p.m. Crystal Palace train from Loodoo, on the 26th ult.,
and on arriving at the New.croee station he Id. the 4:Airdrie
in which he was seated before it had stopped, when he was
thrown down, the train proceeding a distance of about 80
yards from the spot where he fell. For the defendant it
was urged that another passenger bad opened the carriage
door. and that having recently returned from the oolonies,
where he had sustained an injury to hie head, he thought the
train hal stopped.
Mr. Maude said it was perfectly frightful to witness the
jumping from trains so soon as the train entered Loy
station. Only a few weeks since a person warn charged and
convicted of • like offence at this court, and this had
proved no warning to the individual, who afterwards irim
from • train at the Blackheath station soil lost his 17:1.
Hie worship then ordered defendant to pay a fine of 10a
and mate.
The money was paid.
Donation to the poor-boz.—A cheque for 251. from the
Grocers' Company.

Tni WYNDHAM LUNACY CONIIMIoN.—Aftar our
report left yesterday, the einmination of Mrs. Le.eUy
occupied the remainder of the sitting.
" &aura AND RILYINNYB."—Dr. Deane concluded
hie address yesterday before the rising al the court.