The Express. — 1864-10-15 (London, England)

HOI7BE.  Williams Cols sad Jot,. Ti;JVCS ;;;;;;ught up on remand, charged with being coociented with others not in custody, in burglarimuly breaking and entering the warehouse of Messrs. Franks and Son, tea merchanta, 10, Queen-street, City, with intent to steal • quantity of tea. Mr. Lewis, jun., appeared for the premiers. It appeared that on the morning of the 12th Sept. ult., the warehouse of Messrs. Franks was found broken open, and • quantity of tee, to the extent of 6001b5., had been emptied from the chests is the warehouse, and put into six woks, which were stowed in a cart that was standing outside the door. There were five other bags. containing 3001 tn. of tea, which had been brought down stairs and were placed on the ground floor ready for removal. There did not appear to have been any violence used In effecting an entry, the locks and boles being perfect. Several jemmies and • bunch of keys wen found is the warehouse. The horse sod cart were taken to the green. yard, where they remelted without say claimant. The prisoners were not apprehended until about • fortnight hack, and it appeared from the several witnesses, scene of whom were °Moen in the Metropolitan pohco, that the t=rs lived in the neighbourhood of Kent-street, h, and that they bad twee seen together driving • horse and cart which the wither= identified an the gems as that which bad been found on the morning of the 12th at the door of Moen. Franks warehouse. A police-countable who was on duty in Thames-street on the night of Sunday, the 11th Sept., saw the same hors and cart standing outside • public-house, and also the primmer Hays at the door, who, in answer to him, acknowledged that the cart belonged to him, and said that he bad brought • piety of friends from Bromley, and was waiting for them. The eert was neat meet by another constable on the morning of the 12th Sept., at the top of College-hill. At that time there were four ma with it, and he went round to meet them at the other and of College-hill ; but on reaching there, he saw the bone amid cart standing still, but the men bad decamped. He afterwards found the prosecutor's warehouse open as described. He could not, however, identify either of the prisours as the men be saw in company with those with the curt. There was one witness, however, who stated that he was parsing along College-hill out the morning on which the warren*" took place and saw four men with • hone and cart—the same that was spoken to by the constable— and he identified the prisoner Cole as one of the men, but stated that he then had little whiskers. (The prisoner Cole appeared at the bar with his face shaved.) This was all the evidence against the prisoners, and Mr. Lurie =stead= that as against Hayes there was sot the least particle to justify his committal. With regard to Cole, he said the only evidence was that of one witness, who said he was one of the men he saw with the cart on the morning of the robbery ; and with regard to what he had said about his having whiskers, he mad prove that he had never had any for four or five years, and called n witness • hairdrawer, who swore that he bad shaved him for four years, and during that time he had never allowed his whisks= to grow, in fact, he said be did not think he could produce any if he tried.  FheCord Mayor, however, said he did not Mink that would affect the case, as there were such thins u fable whiaken, and he committed Cole for trial. He did not think, bower, the eriduce against Hayes was sufficiently clear, and be was discharged.  SUICIDE of Azonnra