The Express.
London, England, 1848-06-28 00:00:00

POLICE.-YESTERDAY.

DO W-STREET.—A DEAPERATE Lovan.—Daniel
• private in the 23rd Regiment, was charged with knocking
at the door of the house, No. 24, Great queen-street, with-
out excuse, and also with several assaults. The prisoner,
some yearn ago, formed an acquaintance with one Emma
Chapman, a servant, now in the employment of Mr. Laster,
of 24, Great Lleeen-street. Ile had been in the habit of
calling repeatedly at unseasonable hours at her master's
house, and creating disturbances :there. On that morning
they had been out together, and after she returned,
the prisoner called and knocked at the door vio-
lently ; twice Emma Chapman opened the door,
and he struck her • violent blow in the face.
Mr. Lister west to see what was the matter, and the
prisoner struck him also. A policeman was sent for and the
prisoner given in charge, and on the way to the station he
violently assaulted police sergeant West. It was intimated
that the servant would be dismissed by her employer.—Mr.
Henry fined him 51. for the assault on the servant, or in de-
fault, sentenced him to two months imprisonment; and
further fined him 61. for the assault on the master, or in de.
fault, to imprisonment fur a further term of two months ;
and, finally, sentenced him to one month's imprisonment
without the option of a fine, for the assault on the constable.
In case of non-payment of the fines, one term of imprison-
ment will only commence at the termination of another.

WORSHIP-STREET.— ING6NInts SWINDLING. —S.
Watcham, otherwise Captain IVateham, was reexamined,
upon several charges of obtaining money and necessaries by
fraudulent pretences. The prisoner was given into custody
at the instance of a coffeehouse keeper named Stone, in
Union-street, Spitallields, and Mr. Sims, the landlord of the
. Earl of Effingham, in Whitechapel, at whoae houses he had
taken up his abode with a young woman whom he had in-
troduced as his wile, and from each of whom he obtained
Val sous sums on the faith of his representation that he was
about shortly to come into possession of a third share of the
enormous sum of 575,0001. In verification of this statement
he produced several letters purporting to be written by one
Ulysses Walker, on the subject of the property, to which the
latter end his sister Penelope were alleged to be the only
other legatees, and as a further guarantee of his respectability
he referred to the Rey. Mr. Irons, of Camberwell, as his
intimate friend, and mentioned the names of Messrs.
Mesterman, Mulkey, and two other banktrs, as firms
with each of whom the several payments of 120.0001.
would be placed to his account in a few dap. A third
charge was now preferred agaisat the prisoner by Mr.
Francis Palmer, a relative of the complainant Sims, who
stated that he was induced about a fortnight since to advance
41. to the prisoner, upon his assurance that it should be
punctually repaid on the following Saturday, when he would
receive possession of his property. The prisoner at the same
time promised him an introduction to the wealthy heiress,
Mies Penelope Walker, whom he described as a most accom-
plished and fascinating person, and said, that although she
was then pestered with suitors, amongst whom were the
nephew of Lord John Russell, and another gentleman of
equal distinction, he could not conscientiously recommend
either of them to her favour, as one of them only sought tier
for her money, and the other was an inveterate gambler.
The following Monday was appointed for the introduction,
when the prisoner also engaged to repay him the amount he
hail lent, and they accordingly proceeded together in the
direction of Peckam, which he declared to be the residence of
her brother, but on reaching Camberwellgreen, he invited
him into a tavern to procure refreshment, and then suggested
the more delicate course of despatching a note to his friend
Walker to meet him there before they broke the matter to
the lady. Having written the letter, which was addressed to
22, Regent-street, l'eckham, he went out and handed it to a
man at the door for delivery, but the messenger returned in
a few minutes with an intimation that the lady and gentle-
man had left home, end were looking for him about the
neighbourhood. The prisoner, therefore, suggested that
they should remain there a short time, as they would no
doubt pass in their carriage ; and after watching the transit of
several vehicles, he at length pointed to one in which a lady
and gentleman were driving rapidly by, and exclaiming,
" There they are '" darted out, with the witness at his heels,
but on reaching the street the carriage was at too great a
distance to enable them to overtake it, and the prisoner,with
an air of disappointment, told him that he must postpone his
introduction to a future day. His suspicions having been
thoroughly excited, he proceeded the next morning to
Regent-street, which he found to be a locality of the
meanest description, and ascertained upon inquiry that there
was no person named Walker residing in the neigh-
bourhood. Police.constable Macintosh produced a
letter addressed to the magistrate from the Rev. Mr. Irons,
in which that gentleman stated that all he knew about the
prisoner was that a person represented as Captain Watcham
was in the habit of forming one of his congregation many
years ago, but that he had no
.personal acquaintance with
him and had not seen hint since. The policeman then
sated that the young woman whom the Prisoner represented
to be his wife was actually the wife of a tailor named Balls,
;aiding at Ipswich, from whom he had obtained money on
the Same pretences as he had rworted to in the other