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London, England, 1851-10-14 00:00:00

and servants. At about four o'clock in -the morning
he was alarmed out of his sleep by the police, who
informed him that thieves had entered the house, and
that the prisoners were in custody. On getting up he
missed the property from the cupboard in which he
had deposited it on the previous night. The thieves
had entered the house through a revolving fan-light

over the entrance-door.
Police-constable Pearse saw the prisoners loitering
about the premises in the course of the morning, and
eventually he observed Connor to leave the prosecu-
tors' house with a parcel, which he dropped, and a
quantity of copper money fell on the ground. He
stopped the prisoner and asked him what he had got?
He said, " What somebody had given to him." He
seized him, on which he resisted. Witness sprung his
rattle, which brought the assistance of other con-
stables, and he was taken to the station-house. The
prisoner Connor's cap was found in the house.
Nye and Clarke, S division, proved having seen
the prisoner Smith with the prisoner Connor prior to
the robbery, and he was traced to a receptacle for
thieves in Somers-town, where he was apprehended.
Mr. Price and his barman identified both prisoners
as having been in the house the night before, and
Connor knew well where the money was kept. 3/. 3s.
in copper money were found on Connor.
The prisoners reserved their defence, and. they were
fully committed for trial.
LAMBETH.
John Ladtvize Plaiston Texpand, alias Count de
Chabane, alias :the Marquis de St. Tlfarinee, a tall,
dark, middle-aged man, of rather remarkable appear-
ance, who described himself as having been an officer
in the East India Company's service, and who had

been taken at the Exhibition on Saturday evening
last, was placed at the bar before Mr. Elliott, on a
charge of giving a false character to William
Wardell, by which he had obtained a situation in the
service of Mr. Joseph ilaydon, a magistrate and

banker at Guildford.
Mr. Haydon deposed that at the latter end of the
month of August last he caused an advertisement to
be put in the Times for an in-door male servant, and
in reply received a communication from William
Wardell, the person who was at present under exa-
mination at this court on a charge of attempting to
defraud the South-Western Railway Company out of
201. Wardell having presented a three years' cha-
racter, signed "the Marquis de St. Marinee," and
strongly recommending him as a sober, honest, and
excellent servant, he engaged him, and he (Wardell)
remained in his house until taken into custody by
Sergeant Goff on the charge of attempted fraud.
Police-constable Richard Taurle, 163 L, said that
he had known the prisoner for some years as Count
Chabean, and understanding that a warrant had been
taken out against him for giving a false character, he
took him into custody on Saturday afternoon at the
Exhibition. Whe❑ witness first knew the prisoner
he lived at Melbourne-square, Brixton, and at that
time he thought Wardell was in his service. This
was about the latter end of the year 1846, or the be-
ginning of 1847, and in 1847 he knew him to be in
the Queen's Bench Prison. In 1849 witness knew
the prisoner to live in the Palace New-road, where he
went by the name of the Marquis de St. Marinee.
Sergeant Goff said that in a writing-desk, which
the prisoner Wardell claimed es his property, he found
several letters written by the prisoner, and amongst
them the draft of the character he had given him to
Mr. Haydon. He had also found in the possession of
the landlady of Wardell (Mrs. Steers) a quantity of
letters belonging to the Marquis (the prisoner),
which he had not yet sufficient time to look through.
From inquiries he had made he (Goff) found out
that at the very time the prisoner gave the character
to Wardell he was a prisoner in Maidstone Gaol for
debt, and had been there for some time. Respecting
Wardell he (Goff) had, in addition to the present
charge of attempted fraud on the railway, three dis-
tinct charges of felony to prefer on a future day. He
should further, he thought, be able to prove that War-
dell bad been tried and convicted at the Old Bailey,
and he very much doubted that the "Marquis" was
wholly unacquainted with his real character.
The prisoner admitted that 'Wardell had not lived
in his service altogether for more than two years,
though he had given him a character for three, but
said that he always believed him to be a man of ex-
cellent character.
In reply to a question from Mr. ELLIOTT in re-
ference to assuming the different titles, the prisoner
said that, though born in England, he was the son of
a Sardinian gentleman who had been for many years
a resident in London, and also for some years of his
life a magistrate for the county of Middlesex ; and
added that he was entitled to the dignities he (the
prisoner) had assumed in right of his father. In
proof of this, he said he had no doubt there would be
found amongst his papers a communication from
Prince Albert in reply to a communication from him
excusing himself from not attending her Majesty's
Courts on account of his pecuniary difficulties. He
was, however, engaged in a Chancery suit, where
property to a large amount belonging to his family
was involved, and was in daily expectation of an ad-
vance of 1001. from the City.
Mr. ELLIOTT remarked that, according to the pri-
soner's own showing, the character given to Mr.
Haydon of Wardell was a false one, and he should
therefore remand him until the day Wardell would
be brought up, but should have :no objection to re-
ceive good bail for his appearance.
SOUTH WARN.

Charles Stewart, a tall powerful man, with one of
his arms in a sling, was placed at the bar before Mr
1118 eckett, charged under the following circ utn.
stances :
A policeman stated that the defendant stood in
one of the crowded thoroughfares of that neighbour-
hood, with a placard affixed to his breast, describing
that he had met with a dreadful accident by the
bursting of a boiler on board a steam-vessel ; that he
was entirely deprived of the use of his left hand, and
that his collar-bone, as well as three of his ribs were
broken ; and that, in fact, he was rendered totally
incapable of earning his livelihood, and it concluded
by soliciting the charitable feeling of the passengers.
The policeman added that the personal appearance of
the defendant, he being a very tall athletic man, and
the circumstance of having the placard produced at-
tached in front of his breast generally attracted a
crowd, and had the effect of causing an obstruction on
the footway. When the defendant was taken into
custody nearly 3s. in halfpence were found in his
pockets, which there was no doubt he had collected in
a very short space of time.
The defendant still asserted that he had met with
the accident described in the placard ; but the magis-
trate, doubting the truth of it, directed that he might
be examined by the police surgeon. This having
been done, the surgeon stated that, although the
man's left hand had sustained some slight injury, still
that it was not of so serious a nature as to prevent
him from working, and that with respect to his collar
bone and ribs, they were perfectly sound.
Mr. ATECKETT, in strong terms, reprobated the
conduct of the defendant, whom he denominated a
gross impostor, for endeavouring to excite sympathy
by such means as he had adopted ; in the first place,
he had not lost the use of his hand, and it was untrue
that his collar-bone or ribs were broken. There was
no doubt the defendant was a lazy, idle fellow, and
that instead of obtaining his livelihood by honest
means, he put in practice a system of imposture for
which he (the magistrate) should sentence him to six
weeks' imprisonment.
THAMES.
James East and William Phaler, two privates be-
longing to the East India Company's Sappers and
Miners, were charged with wantonly and maliciously
damaging a cab, No. 1,348.
Christopher Young, a respectable man, wearing
the badge No. 7,980, said he was driver of the cab
No. 1,348. It was nearly new, and the inside of it
had been recently lined with a very expensive blue
cloth and crimson velvet cushions and back. On Sa-
turday night, after he had taken two ladies from the
Blenheim Hotel, in Bond-street, to the Great Western
Railway, he was hired in Portman-street by the two
prisoners and a corporal, to drive them to High-street,
Whitechapel. The corporal rode outside and the pri-
soners inside. On setting down his fare in White-
chapel he discovered that the inside of the cab had
been cut to pieces. The leather of the roof was de-
stroyed, the cushions " hacked and slashed about,"
the windows scratched, and the panels of the door cut
and scored. He immediately spoke to the prisoners
about it, and asked them why they had been cutting
his cab to pieces. They said they knew nothing
about it, and referred to the corporal, who had been
riding on the box. The corporal said he knew nothing
of the affair, and walked away. T
The prisoners, who
were slightly intoxicated, were given into custody.
In answer to questions by Mr. YARDLEY, the wit-
ness said he put the cushions in the cab, turned them
over, and put the crimson curtains in order only a
minute before he was hailed, and was taking his
horse's nose-bag off when he was hailed by the sol-
diers. Everything inside the cab was then in a per-
fect state. If anything had been torn or cut when the
prisoners got into the vehicle it could not have escaped
his attention:
The prisoners, in their defence, said the damage
was not committed by them ; they knew nothing of
it. No knife was found on them, and they had no-
thing in their possession to cut the cloth and cushions
with.
Charles Milden, a coach trimmer, said the cab was
one of the best fitted in London, and the repairs would
cost V. 12s.
The prisoners said the driver exclaimed, when he
opened the door to let them out, " My cab is ruined ;
you have done 101. worth of damage to it."
Mr. YARDLEY ordered the prisoners to pay 31. to
the cabman, including 4s. for himself and 4s. for his
witness, or be imprisoned one month.
The penalty was paid.
WANDSWORTH.

John Stubbin
-gb=s, a pointbman, surrendered to his
WI before Mr. Yaynter, on the charge of improperly