The Express.
London, England, 1857-11-09 00:00:00

CITY POLICE COMMITTEE.

nenrge s;;kit, 1;d7W5,279:7117irrv;t of ontaike
No. 6,f44, wee summoned before Mr. Alderman Row end
for Chapman Mamball for fnnoualy driving over London-
bridge.
Mosely City Police-constable fat, aid, on the 19th at
October, he Ira on duty on London-bridge, when he saw the
deladant, about a Tarter to eight o'clock in the irevelair,
thivtag the omnibus No. 6.144 at a furious rate towards the
reihra7 station. He ran after it, but defendant was galloping
so lordly that he could not overtake it, and the cesitactor
ba sitting inside the omnibus. When it cams back he told
the abductor be should mama him.
Mr. Beard said the defendant bad been a driver for 20
ream and mu a *Pry areal man. There was no maws
why he should have driven fast on that occasion, because he
lad no particular trade to meet ; but the omnibus that went
• glared, of an hour before had to meet a train, and it was
nab probable that the oMcer had mistaken the man.
Sir. Alderman Hose said he had known the defendant as a
driver for 15 yews, end he always looked upon him se a vveerryy
careful man. Ho Baled him if he had ever been summond
bribes

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Aldermen Rose mid, host the g..od character the defoi-
dent bore from lus mrlma, end from what he knew of his
genets! good conduct, the would be justified in corning
to the conclusion that those was wane mistake. He would
therefore dismian the suouscas ma payment of costs.

MAN SION-HOU BE.
Inlhans was brought before the Lord Mayor in
the custody of Pannell the detective othorr, charged with hav-
ing forged a cheque fur 2601., with intent to defraud Mere.
Count', the bathes.
Mr. E. J. Mellnah, clerk to Mews. Court., said—The
ceder produced for a cheque. book w'te presented to me on the
611 lad. It purport. to be signed be H. and 8. R. Lewin,
who beep an amount at our house. he prisoner pressured
it, end l gave him a cheque-book worked end sambend
P. D. 9,451 to 9,800. The cheque produced the been takes
Soma that book, It ;smolt, to be alsonsd by Moms
I Lists. I it in • 2901. bank note and 601. la gold.
Mr. J. I ern one of the principals cif the hiss de-
partment of the Beak of England. My attention was yew
With celled to the 2001. not. pickiest. It I. adored
" Thome 8e..., 106, Oxford-a. reet." I referred to the
Diswirry, and net lading the name of Brown is that ed.
bus, I asked the resew if he lived there. He said he did
not, oath* • men had given him the note in the street.
Mr. H. Leria-1 am a solicitor, at 32, Southampton-
street, Strand. The eider produced for • cheque-book ie not
In my. writing, nor we. it sped by my authority. I did
not sign the cheque produced for the sum of 2501, sal
which purports to have my vignanue attached to the rasa.
Edward Funnel] the detective officer, add-1 ear the
priaoner at the Bank of England materday a/braces, and
ached him whom he received the .200 i. note from. He no
plled that • man had given it to him in the these I mast thin
if he knew the mem. He mid he aid not, but that he nee
him SOW Ludgate-kBl. I naked him how mach hs had been
promise' kw getting the note tamed, and he replied " IL"
He added that he ram to meet the man in St. Pannechtuelo
yard. Irked him to give OM hi. own name and addrthe,
and he wroth an • piece of ppm, "William Wilms, 76,
Helen-garden," and siti he was clerk to Mr. King, 19,
Moddol-an es. At the station-house he took from his pocket
a banditti cd sovereign.. I Naked him where he gut than
from, and he replied, " From the man who gam me the note
to get cashed.- I naked him if ho had been to Coates's. He
replied, " I may as well tell you the truth,- and afterwards
rod that the man who gave him the note had given him •
for 2.50/., ut
which he took to Cote's and got caged lacal= note and 50f. in golJ. 1 found 20 110YeTtiell 011
end he told me that the remaining 301. he had given to the
man who entrusted him with the cheque.
The prisoner we. folly committed for trial npon the two-
fold thereof forging the cheque for 2301. and forging the
order for the delivery of the chigoe-book.