The Express.
London, England, 1857-12-07 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURT&

CITY POLICE COMMITTEE.

()emit Bae) I,one JrAldermen F.I;e1;;;d7; carmen, was
trtuniuoned for leaving his cart unattended in Pleat-street on
the 27th of Noveutter, and being •t such • distance from the
bone ea not to have complete ountrol over it.
Alderman Copeland laid when the °diner made the appli-
cation for • summons he found the aldermen were reluctant
to sign • summons against • brother maglista, bet
he we determined that justice should bo done, end he Qom-
fore signed it himself.
The defendant then pleaded guilty to the charge, but In
answer to Alderman Copeland, be rid he had been unload-
ing goods, and in order to expedite the opeestiml, he and the
other men went to assist in getting them in. Before he went
away ha locked the wheel of the cart, and we absent only

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Alderman Copeland maid he did not wish to prwindios the
nee, but if the oomtneree of this country were to be carried
OS SOON little latitude should be allowed lie never sent a
met of his out with kw them two men, and he must may that
if dm went into Oreaham-atreet at that moment they would
Bad • number of carts standing there, and yet they were not
. . . . .

Alderman Wilson had no doubt the police in Gresham-
street would do their duty. Its should fine the defendant Ss.
sad caws.
. . . . .

.A.ldern;en Copeland mid then be would enter Into ran-
alma. end appeal against the conviction.
GUILDHALL.

Two men, named litg;Titndl43e, were charged with
steeling 600 cope...! the Illigetrated Times, the progeny el
Mr. Henry V,zetelly, of 148, Fleet.. Areal.
Evidence Ina given by Mr. Vuetelly, the proprietor, sad
Mr. Pall, the publisher, of the illustrated T,evs, tO thsslsat
that the prisoner Shove was in the employ of the fonser in a
porter, and that it was hie duty to remain on the premises
every Thursday night for the purpose of receiving the
pers es arrived from the printers, to pack the pa
country parcels ready for the railway van, and take them
to the different stations at an early hour in the morntng.
On Friday morning last, on the arrival of the pub-
Inner, Shove said he had met off the country parcels,
and handed over eight quirt. ae the surplus remaining altar
ppeecking the parcels. but upon referee°. to Shove'. delivery
book it was ascertained that he had reaeived 26 reams during
the night, sad gm osieulating the quantities sent out es the
country rue& With the surplus in stock a deficiency of
about four mass vas disooveted, and upon Shove being in-
terrogated ha rendteed umeval accounts, the net of which,
according to Mr. Vineleily's evidence, left still &deficiency of
nearly 1,000 aeries; and in he could not account for that dn.
fleietey hie master gave him into custody. It else up=
that during the moth* of Friday the prisoner
°tired four quires of the Ith.trated lows in Holywell-
street for ale; but as it was known the paper. could not haws
been properly come by before publicatiou, informant: was
forwarded to Mr. Vizetelly, who accordingly met Rapes en
Saturday morning at the shop of Mr. Wynn, in Holywell-
street, mod on being asked where he obtained them, he end
he bought them of a boy in Salisbury-OmM for Ile,
the wholesale trade value being 16s. 6d. Mr. Vizetelly
therefore gave him into custody.
The prisoners were remanded and bail refused.

BOW-STREET.

Cheerlee Leman, • man about 33 years of age, was charged
with stealing .n iron bedstead.

On Friday afternoon, about 4 o'clock, Mr. Harrison, iron-
monger, of Tottenham-court-road, ow the rimier and
another man loitering in front of his shop. lie euepectsd
their porpom, and watched their movements unobserved.
Fuming to another atop two doors of (Mr. Hunter's uphol-
merer), the moo stoma again, and lettuces saw one of them
sada the other in raining a heavy iron bedstead to his
shoulders Witmer, doubting the prisoner's right to take
the bed, proceeded to Mr. Hunter'. shop to apprise him of
what bad occurred. The prisoner and his compankm were
panned stung Francie-street, towards Gower-street. The pri-
soner, befog the bearer of the bed, was anon overtakes, but his
companion escaped, al though Mr. I lamson expressed his belief
that the ebould be able to identify him if they me weenies.
The prisoner, on being quotioned shoat the bedstead,
aided the utmost simplicity of manner, stating that a
"gent." stopped him in the street, and, poindng to the
article In question, requested him to carry it to Brunswick-
square for hint if he wee in want of a job • end eupposiug
the pot, lad jest purchased 11, he nadely iizepteel the ran-