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London, England, 1824-07-23 00:00:00

POLICE.

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MANSION'II._64J6E• .....,,
named Booker
was Pots t below the Lod IMO I°' r•-esaminalaw' charged
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with haw yam, Irish mewl odor persons, composing a
meek mercantile tins hi tho City, to &hid members of persons of
pods to a considerable somient. The firm of swindlers te said to
be one el uniumel exist,, shoe being. it to eur nneed. between if
awl MO Mew of anew lemon-int wit i it. A man named
Fier was upon ineepteion.with having a strong interest in
the mew of the dio ions.
Mr. Pnotoex, the , attended upon the pat of some of
the posecutors. He sued, that Booker obtained a bill of ex-
ams of Ilild nem • Me. Hunt, upon a pretended consignment
of ileter, by mews of. a bill of biding, which was a forged docu-
ment allegether ; that Beaker acted in the moos of ?lianas Manna
cad" "tension, hone/ dewiest' In the newspapers in May last,
that app person who desitaitlelogy or sell flour on commission,
do* lIPPIY to Mr. Manna; that a correspondence took place, in
newellillatonne ef this advertisement, between Mr. Ilunit end the ad.
weber, who upon the terms of a contract fur a onaddersiele
gul dWM; Iluktbe bill of exchange he I ha. was Were
war
Mr. Simms, Aledburst, Sussex ; that &broker reedelMllt ;
and that Weeds person as Manse, or the person who wee Mon
matillipa.a.ill !Wing signed the bill of lading, were in enistemen Mr.
malls that Mr. Hurst had sine* ascertained, that his bill
was immediately brought into the money market, and he had never
meshed a pound of the doer ; so that the case was one of deep
fraud, if not of form. Fisher was apprehended In conseqnence
of a note of a auspicious dee:Option having been found in his box,
written by Booker, and antaqip:ing success in what be was about,
which was expressed in vet, tunbiguous terms.
The other cases against poker were to the fallowing effect s
In the month of January, Messrs. Stephenson and Co. chain
cable manufacturers at Liverpool, were applied to fora chain cable
by a house calling itself'". Friend, Robinson, and Co..' Philip-
street, Commercial.rood, and supplied upon reference for respecta-
bility. A bill was drawn upon the firm and regularly accepted.
Another chain cable was ordered and supplied, hut Booker who
=ted the firm, put It into a warehouse, and immediately
ids applied to an auctioneer to sell it, introducing • man
(lama as a Captain &Eon, who wished to get rid of it.
The nod
dauctioneer paid the t„ and advanced some money to
Captain Thorn me ;be die ea die wnt in brintinn. Mr.
Rouse, for the ' The aped ampliget he bill. but learning
that the pulse were swindles*, wiped mined of the bill at his
bankers', and advertised it Woonnected with a fleadolent maniac.
that. The bill was still out. There was no Captain ?homeroom,
Inch as was represented, in existence.
A needk-nicker, residing near Smithfield; was applied to by
Booker, who offered Mr. Burst's bill for MIL for a large quantity of
needles ; but bethought proper to decline cashing the bill, and soon
found in what manner it had been obtained. When Booker w.is
apprehended he tried to t= the bill and 'swallow it.
Fisher's solicitor requested dun his client might lie discharged,
as there was nothing whatever against him.
The loan Mayon said, he could not think of discharging a
person who appeared under such suspicious circumstances. The
conspiracy to defraud the public was more extensive than was gene- '
tally supposed, and be believed it to be minified through different
pass of the country. As NOB as do circumstances that bad just
gems to light should appear before the public, several wholad
suffered by the firth would, he had no doubt, come forward. Here
the Lord Mayor examined a correepondence which had been found
the prisoner and which, he said,
,confirmed him in the opi.
he had own:seed.
r. Pringle stated, that he was not ready to produce a case upon
Which his Lordship could commit, In consmeence of the short in.
terra between the appeehrsion and the exandrietkin of the pri-
soners.
Here • bellows-maker, who resides in Middlesex, said, he had
a charge of fraud to make against the phone Booker; and the
Lord Mayor said, that in the absence of witnesses in the eases
brought before him, he should send the two prisoners to the Magis-
trates for that county. ney were accordingly taken off in custody.
fiCILDHALL.
Ronson se BY SVIVANTII.—Tbree cases of that continually.
recurring offence--robbew by serventa—all of then exhibiting *-
commences of great ingratitude. eame tinder the tropism ef Me
Alderman Cox, the Sitting Magistrate, at this Psehowees,
yeaterdtty.
Phillip Farrow, a very confidential servant in the ands" of
Messrs. Broadbent and Co. warehousemen, No. 1, Castleweert,
Lawrence-lane, and James Griffiths, the porter, were charged with
'stealing • large quantity damns wrappers.
The prisoners made no defence, and were committed to Newgate
kw trial.
Robert Taylor, a boy about 14, whom Mr. Basioghatn, brass-
header, No. 3, Whitecronsureet, hot taken into his employ from
wee charity, his father having run away and enlisted for a soldier,
hoeing him destitute, was committed for masking as hydromeser,
the property of Mr. Bothemoyd, licensed Maisano, cornet of tiol-
demlone.
Alward Sadfl, a mown led of 18, was chewed with • robbery al
• meerederlng and evades nature. lie bad been strongly eemai-
asmhod to Mr. Nesbitt, coffee Amuse keeper, St. Martin's le (brand,
man honest, hard 'Moths lad, but in great distress from having
been ling out of employ, and in consmuenco, although not in Im-
mediate want of a servant, Mr. Nesbitt had taken him into his em-
ploy as a son of under porter. He bad been there only three days,
and decamped so the morning of the fourth, before any body else in
the home was up, taking with hint a trunk containing wearing ap-
pend, dee peerksjoirn a gentietwan who lodged in the house, two
pi of dew e g 16 another lodger. and a silk handltembief
of Mr. Nesbitt's, di eh chewed to be loose in the bar.
The gentleman to whom the property belonged not belles hat.
toodance, the prisoner was remanded for further esami
BOW STREET.
Yesterdayi. Itichard Wright, a haehopy madmen.
I.ll=l
before Sir ft/CHARD Beath, Ohaepi wish 11111.... 4'
gross and violent outrage ow a pose aire emaid Mks
The complainant, in coneeimpee el he homy he had received,
was obliged to walk upon entail, Old owed etieervie. very ill.
He stated, that on Thuteday last Ye wee delving a hay-cart sea
Whitehall, and was (gnawing the regular line of carriages. when
the prisoner, who was driving his cuss is the same direction, en.
devoured, in the way constantly prided by hackney coachmen,
to cut in between the witneas's fore barge and the next nonage.
1 The whereas, however, prevented him, and he then drew back and';
attempted to pass on his wog (the near) side, where there was not
mom without danger, and the witness again stopped linn, and got a
volley of abuse for I.ia pains. The prisoner then again drew back, and
passed the cart on the right (off! aide, but the moment he had brought
the hinder part of leis toad, abreast of the witness, who was along-
side his horses, lie pulled in with all his might, and backed has
coach upon the witness, se as to jam him between that and the
wheel of the cart. The pasture was almost sufficient to deprive
him of breath, and he was severely injured in the breast end ribs.
Ile contrived to slip between the two vehicles to the ground, but ia
doing so his head came immediately in the way of his own cart, she
wheel of which in one motnet.t must have inevr to ititiy crushed him M
atoms had it not been fee a man who jn u the home sad
backed the cart. He was extricated and owlet home in a terribly
bruised state. The crowd of persons 'enacted to the spot were so
indignant at the wanton outrage that they cut die prisoner's harness
to pieces.
In his defence, the coachman declared that the complainant had
first driven against him, end forced his horses upon theparenieut.
Ile was extremely sorry tbat he bad been the cause of injury to the
mm, and was very willing to make bins any recompense in his
power.
Sir R. Ili IIN I c said he had never heard of a more geese ease,
and he should certainly send the prisoner to the Sessions to be dealt
with, unless he could conic to some terms with the complainant.
Some attempt was made by the prisoner to comprounge the mat-
ter, but he could not succeed, and was committed to the Sessions in
default of hail.
James Keit was charged by a wholesale dealer in fruit with
attempting to steal half • sieve of currants.
It appeared he had jest come tient sea, had neither parents nor
friends in London, and was only 1 i years of age. Ile was without
shoo or stockings, and stated that lie had been brought up in the
Marine Society.
Sir RICH *RD Itinwir asked him several questions, which he
answered without hesitation; and it appearing dint distress had
driven him to the act, the Worthy .Magistrate kindly presented him
with tire shillings, and discharged him.
On his going out of he °Ace, leveled persons wive hint some
pieces of money. `"r • .
ll ATTON -HA RDE N.

Bette. Indeed, from all the facts elicited, there appears to he a re.
Erorganised gang of swindlers. for the purpose of plundering
a tradesmen by referi rr; from one la another, in giving
, tempting bills, giving i*il, a.c.
The rime( was remanded till Saturday, when it is expected
that several other (barges will be brought against him, and Wit.
*wham, Owen, Over, Winkling, and others of this hopeful
party, not yet in oasts* _ •

UNION HALL.
RollarkT or CAMICRWILLL Cttuacn.--Two men, named
Jona Gashag and Jaws M•floasei, were brought before L. H.
MAR* and W. SLRIVEIt, Esqrs. charged with having committed
felony and sacrilege.
The following strong circumstantial evidence was brought for-
ward against the prisoners
Mr. W. Hayward, clerk of the parish of lit. Giles's, Camberwell,
stated, that about eight o'clock in the morning of the 24th of June,
en entering the church he oluerved the door of the robing-room
wide open, which was usually kept rocked, and on farther in-
spection he missed the crown and mitre from the beadles' staves,
which appeared to have been broken oft He then discovered that
a valuable Brussels carpet had been taken from the pavement in
the chancel. There were several drawers open in the diffivent pews,
out of which Bibles and Prayer-books had been taken ; in fact the
whole interior of the church resin the utmost disorder, the cushions
in many of the pews having been ripped open, and the feathers
strewed about in all directions. He observed one window open in
the south aisle, and several panes of glass broken ; one pane of
:Vass was broken in the window of the robing-team, as if foe the
purpose of opening the casement. There are bars across the wia.
dow which was open in the smith aisle, which would prevent any
person from getting in. Above the window in the aisle a large
I piece of the frame, where there are no iron bars, was wholly re-
. moved, leaving a sufficient space for the introduction of any person,
or the removal of property from the interior. The sconces be-
ion • to the pulpit, and the Venetian blind of the window where
the robbers entered, were taken away ; as also s bottle of wine,
which was in the Vestry.
After hearing evidence, the Magistrate expressed their convict
time of the prisoners' guilt, and accordingly committed them for
trial et %k. Assizes.