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London, England, 1856-08-21 00:00:00

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CRIMINAL COU:9,,T.—(This Day),

POLICE IN Day.)

OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Biron Martin.)
UTTERING A FORGED NOTE.

MARLI:OROUGH-STREET.

AN EXPENSIVE FREAK.—Henry Driscoll Wag charged
before Hr. Brigham with breaking a square of plate
gia,,s, value 2/. 3s , the props: ::y of Mr. G. F. Bryer, pro
prietor of the Black Horse Tavern, (hendou-street.

Sunners, 35, upholsterer, wa3 charged with
feloniously uttering a forged Bank of Eng!and note f
51., well knowing the same to be forged, with intent to
defraud.

William Bacon stated that about 8 o'clock on the pre-
vious evening he had occasion to call upon the prose-
cutor on bminess, when he saw the defendant and two
other men quarrelling and fighting in front of the bar.
Witness, seeing that some serious mischief would occur
if the men were not put out, went and fetched Mr.
Bryer, who was up stairs at the time ; and as soon as he
came down the prisoner and his companions were ejected
from the premises. Directly the defendant got into the
street he swore he would smash all the windows, and
this threat he in some measure carried into effect by de-
liberately breaking a large square of plate glass in the
shop front. The prisoner was proceeding to inflict fur
titer mischief, when he was given into custody.
The prisoner in defence said he was in liquor at the
time and rather freakish, but he was not aware of the
mischief he had done.

Mr. Huddlestone and Mr. DaiLy prosecuted ; the
prisoner was undefended.
It appeared that on Tuesday, 8;11 July, the prisoner
with three men went to the Sovereign public-house, in
Upper St. Martin's-lane, and had some soda water and
brandy. After that he put down a note to pay for it,
when the waitress attempted to take it up. He desired
her not to do so, but to get some more so la water and
brandy, and a pen and ink that he might write his name
on the note. She gave him a pen and ink and went to
the bar, but the barmaid would not let her have the
soda water and brandy. Oa her return to the room the
prisoner gave her the note with the name of ".;amen
Johns," which he said was his name, freshly written on it.
She gave the note to the barmai 1. Doubts being enter-
tained about its genuineness, the prisoner was detained by
various excuses, whilst the note was examined. Itwas found
3 to be a forged note, and Mr. Alcock, the landlord, went
to the prisoner in the parlour and asked him where he
got it. He made various statements respecting the
note—first that he took it of a horse-dealer at the Green
Man, Edgeware-road, and on a policeman coming to
the house, he said the landlord had substituted a bad
note for the good one he gave the girl, and then that
he had the note from one of the men who was drink-
ing with him. When in custody he gave a false account
of the person for whom he had been working.
The Inspector of notes at the Bank of England proved
• the note was a forgery.
The prisoner cross-examined the witnesses with much
ability, and in his defence urged that he gave John
Smith, a horse dealer, one of the men with whom be
went to the prosecutor's house to drink, five sovereigns
for the note. This was denied by Smith. who said the
prisoner was a stranger to him and the two other men.
They were standing at the gateway of Aldridge's Repo-
sitory, when the prisoner came up ands invited them to
have something to drink. At the Sovereign public-
house Smith saw the prisoner with a pen and ink in his
hand, and that he asked for change of a note.
His Lordship, in summing up, said it was not neces-
sary in a case of uttering a forged note with intent to de-
fraud that anything should be got in exchaiiga for it.
He complained at not being furnished with the whole
of the depositions taken in this case before the ma-
gistrates.
The jury found the prisoner guilty.
Sentence deferred.
EXTORTINS MONET, &O,—Janies Williamson, 21,
labourer, was indicted for feloniously accusing Robert
Dye of an infamous crime, &c., with a view of extorting
money from him.
Mr. Logie prosecuted. The prisoner was undefended.
It appeared from the evidence that the prosecutor,
who resides at No. 2, Zion College Gardens, London-
Wall, and is a clerk at one of the City churches, and is a
man of weak temperament and of a nervous disposition,
was returning to his home on Saturday night, the 12th
July. On his way home, about half-past 10 o'clock, he
had occasion to go into an urinal in Foster-lane, Cheap-
side, and on leaving the prisoner kicked against his font
and addressed him, saying, " Where are you going ?"
Prosecutor replied, " Home, of course," and walked
on, prisoner following him. He said—" I'm a
poor youth ;" and prosecutor replied,---" I'm sorry
for it, but I cannot help you." He said, "I'm
starving, and want money, and money I'll have."
Prosecutor said, " You'll have none from me." Pri•
soner said, " If you don't give me money I'll bring a
charge against you ;" and he added that he knew of a

Mr. Bingham—You must raise 2/. 34. as soon as you
can, for till that is done ycu will be imprisoned for a
month.

Committed accordingly.

SOUTHWARK.

DARING WATCH ROBBERY.—George Jones, a young
fellow well known to the police as lurking about the dif-
ferent railway stations in the metropolis, was brought
before Mr. Combe, charged with stealing a valuable
watch and chain from the parson of John Edwards, a
master tailor, under the following daring circumstances :
The prosecutor stated that on the previous morning
he had business to transact at Guildford, but when he

got to the railway station he found that the train had
just gone. Ile accordingly went into the "Lord Hill"
public-house opposite the station, in the 'Waterloo-road,
to partake of refreshments and wait far the train, where
he saw twnLife Guardsmen at the bar, with whom he con•

versed for a short time, and after wards entered the tap-
room with them. The prisoner was there, and sat
alongside of him. Witness paid for some beer, which
they all drank. A minute or two afterwards the pr.-
Boner took hold of the pot and banded it to him,
and almost immediately after that he suddenly lost
his senses. While ho was partially recovering witness
saw the prisoner take his watch from his pocket with
one hand and his chain from his neck with the other,
and as he was about to go away he caught hold of him
by the collar to prevent him making his escape. They
struggled very hard for some time, and he believed that
the potman was endeavouring all he could to rescue the
prisoner, but witness was too strong for them. He kept
hold of him and said, " You vagabond you have stolen
my watch and chain." The prisoner replied, "No, I
have not, look in your pockets and you will find it."
The potman at the same time pointed to his coat pocket.
Witness still held the prisoner with one hand, whit
with the other he felt his coat pocket, and found his
watch and chain there. He did not hesitate to say that
the potman assisted in the robbery. The prisoner
struggled bard to get away, but a constable came into
the house and took him into custody.
Mr. Combe asked the prosecutor whether he was sober
at the time ? He replied that he was, as he had not
drank anything before he entered the Lord Hill public-
house. Witness distinctly saw the watch and chain in
the prisoner's hand as be was passing it to another man.
Police constable 172 L said he was called into the
Lord Hill public-house about ten o'clock on the previous
morning, when he saw the prosecutor struggling with
the prisoner, whom he gave into his custody for stealing
his watch and chain.

Police constable 70 L said he knew the prisoner as an
associate with thieves, always lurking about the Lord
Hill public-house and the railway terminus, looking out
for drunken soldiers and country people.
The prisoner, who did Rot deny the robbery, was re•
manded for further inquiries.

late case in whish a policeman and another man, by
sticking to a man, had succeeded in getting fifty golden
sovereigns, but that he only wanted 2s. Pro-
secutor was alarmed and terrified—he became para-
lysed with fear at the thought of such a charge
being brought against him, and made the best
of his way home, followed by the prisoner, who
spoke to him at intervals. On arriving at the gate of
the prosecutor's house the prisoner again made a demand
on him for a few shillings, accompanied with threats of
exposure, and said he would keep prosecutor's umbrella
(which he had with him) until he came back with the
money, and snatched it away from him. Prosecutor
went into the house in great alarm ft,r some money to
give him, rather than have such a charge brought against
him. Oa his coming out the prisoner was gone.
lie returned a few nights after and demanded the
money, and after some conversation between them, pro-
secutor gave him in charge of a policeman he had on
' the premises. When in charge at the station-house the
prisoner denied the charge, and said "he wondered that
God had not struck him (prosecutor) dead, for he was a
wicked man." There was not the slightest foundation
for the prisoner making such a charge or demand on him.
The prosecutor slid he believed the prisoner had wa`ched
him for a considerable time previous, because the pri-
soner, when he called at prosecutor's house, described
him as " a little old man, 70 years of age, who always
carries an umbrella."

The defence was, that the prosecutor behaved in a
disgusting manner to the prisoner in the urinal in
Foster-lane, and that he promised to give the prisoner
2a. and his old umbrella not to prefer a charge against
him.

The jury found the prisoner guilty.
His lordship said the prisoner bad been guilty of a
crime which he (Bann Martin) looked upon equal to
that of murder, and to many men it was entire destruc-
tion. Tho prisoner appeared to be a man who went
about selecting weak men, and he thought he bad met
with such a man in this instance and could obtain money
from him. His lordship marked his reprobatitin of such
conduct, and were he to deal leniently with him he would
be unworthy of the position he held. He sentenced him
to penal servitude for life.