The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-23 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

"BOW STREET.—Tug CASE OF STTIA.IIANT, Parr,,
AND CO.—The prisoners in this case were formally re-
manded for another week, without being placed at the
bar.

Mr. Strahan and Hr. Ba'.es attended with Omit-ImA
and the sureties were renewed.
Sir John Paul, being still without bail, was conducted
back again to this House of Detention.
Martha Henniker was p'aced at the bar hi-fore Mr.
Heorv, charged with stealing a silk velvet mantle, the
property of Mi.,s Elizabeth A. Chibhett.
The prosecutrix was residing with her sister, Mrs.
MOss, the landlady of the Grapes public-house, in Great
Earl street, and the prisoner was in the service of the
latter. S'onie time back the prisoner was requested to
place the mantle in a drawer in Mi-s Chibb,tt's bed•
room, and a week later she was dismissed from her
situation. Among other things the mantle in question
was missed after the departure of the prisoner, aid
nothing was heard of it until yesterday, when police.
constable Jones, 151 L, happened to meet the pri•
cower in Lambeth-walk, with the velvet mantle upon her
hack. He accused her of getting it dishonestly, but ells
avowed her innocence, until confronted with the prose-
cutrix, when she dropped on her knees and implored
forgiveness, at the same time offering to restore the pro• I
perty to her.

Tile prisoner, finding that Miss Chibbett would not
forego the prosecution on these terms, at once adopted a
different line of policy and stoutly affirmed, before the
magistrate, that the mantle was her own property.
Mr. Henry thought the prisioner's audacity in claim-
ing the mantle after confessing her guilt, would be hardly
likely to serve her. She must be committed for trial.
A well-dressed man, Lamed George Purser, aged 35,
was charged with having in his possession two of the
gold watches recently stolen from Mr. Milleret's, 1,
Cecil-street, Strand.
Henry Dodd, assistant to Mr. Avant, pawnbroker, of
14, Fleet-street, deposed that the prisoner on Tuesday
evening offered to pledge the gold watch produced for
4/ lie. Witness opened it, and seeing that the name
on the dial plate had been altered, made a further inves-
tigation of the works, upon which he discovered the
name of Mr. Millerct engraved upon the interior, and
thitt the number of the watch corresponded with
one of those which had been lately &tole!) from Mr. Mil-
leret's rooms in Cecil-street. He se. t round to the
pollee.-office and gave the prisoner into custody. Tee
prisoner said he had received the watdi from a person
outside, and if he had known what witness was going. to
Flo, would have pointed the man out to him in tile street,
but it was now too late, as the stranger was gone.
Thomas Cox, assistant to Mr. Tomlinson. pawnbroker,
254, Strand, iitentified the prisoner as the man who bad
pledged another of Mr. Miller-tee watches at his em
ployer' shop on Thin,* last, for 31. stating tha!:
it was for a party in Esnne.street. Strand. In this CA,O
the I:WWI of Mr. Mdleret bad been completely oblite-
rated, and another name enzraved, but the prosecut.4
was able to identify it.

A City conmtable, HillR, 831, ctated that when Es
tool{ the priQooer into custody he told cAiti:esi; that
the watch was given to him to pledge by a nom whom
he met at Charlton's, in Holy tell—trt et,

The prisoner made the following Wateinent, after the
Ilßual caution had been put to him by Mr. henry .—On
Thursday la.t I was the shop of Mr. Charlton, watch
mater, of Holy well-street. I deal a little in wate ea
myBell, arnisalled there on bu-lness. After I had bren
in the shop some time a gentleman, a str,riger to tne,
came in and said to Mr. Chariton, "Is that ready?" Ht,
did sat Mt, wlt4to bad MO WaTirntiC4 w

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Mrs. Charlton, and Charlton hitnt elf went out. I re-
mained in the shop, and t en the ,tranger mked me if
wouhl hey a double case gold wa,ch. He a-ked 6/. f)r
it, but I said I had not the money to buy it. lie thou
asked me it I would pledge it for him, as he had a (else
to attend t) at We-tminster, and wanted some money,
adding that if I would do so he would give me 2Q. 6d.
for my trouble. We went to the Spotted Dog, in the
Strand, and he treated me to some porter, after which I
went to Tomlinson's, and pledged the watch for 3/. 108.
On my return we went to the Cheshire Cheese, and
he got change for the half-sovereign, and paid me my
ha,lfcrown, besides standing some gin. Last evening I
went to Mr. Charlton's again. There was a..tall man in
the shop—a big man, with sandy whiskers—whom I
had seen before, and believed to be in the betting way.
He was talking to Charlton, iti•d presently the man who
gave me the watch to pledge came in and spoke to the
tell man and to Coarlten. The e,tter said he would ,end
it Clot stating what) r 'tend to the Spotted Dog, and then
the man asked the to go and drink with him again. I
wee t with him to the Spotted Dog, and after we had
been there a short time Cearlion brought round a
watch, which he gave to the gentleman, who asked me
to go and pledge it for hint on the same terms as before.
I then took the watch to Avant's, in Fleetelreet. I
never knew the gentleman's name who gave me the
watches. When i first saw him he bar: some Papers,
and said be was in the same business as Mr. White—
meaning a solicitor, in Essex-street, whose name had
been mentioned,
Mr. Henry—What are you'?
Prisoner—l am a waiter, at present out of employ. I
was three years at the Temple Stores, and before that at
the Nag's Head.
Inspector Mackenzie said the prisoner described him-
self as a dealer in watches, and several watches were
found in his possession, but none other of the stolen pro-
perty.
Prisoner stated that he bought a few watches of Mr.
Charlton and of Mr. Kemp, with the money that he had
saved in his situation, with the view of dealing with
them.

The prisoner's former mistress gave him a good cha-
racter.

Mr. Henry remanded the prisoner, to be brought up
with the other man in custody on the same charge.

WORSHIP-STREET. Martha Bead, an aged
v emu, described as a laundress, was charged before
Mr. D'Eyncourt with stealing a silk dress and satin
mantle, and other miscellaneous property, belonging to
George Walters, residing in Barbican.
Prosecutor said that about two years past his wife,
who at that tirae appeared in excellent health, absconded
surreptitiously from home, taking with her, as he be-
lieved, the whole of her wardrobe, and various articles
belonging to himself. After an anxious and persevering
search for her, he at length ascertained that. shortly after
her departure she bad been seized with a serious illness,
and had been taken to St. Bartholomew's Hospital,
where she died almost immediately after her admission.
The prisoner was then lodging in his house, and having
been on terms of close intimacy with his wife, he ques-
tioned her with a view of ascertaining what had become
of the missing property, but she denied all knowledge of
it, and soon after left the premises without notice. He
was unable to obtain any finings up oo the sulject until
a few days since, when ho received private information
that she had redeemed a portion of his prmerty from a
pawnbroker's in Old-street, where she had previously
pledged it. He accordingly obtained the assistance of
the police, who traced her to an obscure loitgiug near
the City-road, where they discovered he elk dresses,
bed linen, and other articles now produced, which he at
once identified.

In defence prisoner said the wife had been compelled
to 1-ave prosecutor from his lepeated ill-usage, at
time she was in a wretched state of health, and requested
her (prix .ner) to take charge of the property, with the
understanding that she keep it altogether, unless
she atterwar is reclaimed it.

Prosecutir emphatically denied having in any way ill-
treated his wife, and the magi-traeurdtred the accused
to be remanded fur depositions.

WESTMINSTER.—Sarah, Taylor, alias Hicks, a girl
18 years of age, was charged with tile following heartless
and cruel robbery, the details of which excited general
commiseration.

About a timrith ago, Anne Paul, the widow of a soldier
who lost his life in the Crimea, saw the prisoner in a
deplorable condition Opposite her abode in Little
Chapel-street, We.,tininster, and having learned frna
her that she was friendless, and bad been recently dis•
charged from the workhouse, told her that if she would
be a good girl she would clothe and feed her, and she
should assist her, as she had recently broken her leg and
was scarcely able to get about. Prisoner was accord•
inely kindly taken in and provided IT, and remained
five days, at the end of which she absconded, taking with
her every article of clothing her benefactress possessed,
amounting in value to 4/. Information was given to the
police, and the prisoner was apprehended on Tuesday
night at the door of St. Martin's workhouse, where ehe
was applying for relief. She was found wearing some of
the things, and bad di,posed of the others.
Mr. Arnold asked the prosecutrix bow she broke her
leg ?

The poor woman replied, that after the death of her
husband she was permitted to sell ginger beer to the sol-
diers at Welli,lgton Barracks, and in taking some there
she slipped down.
Mr. Arnold gave the poor women (who is still on
crutches) 10.. from the poor-box, and ratnauded the pri-
soner till Friday.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.— Francis .111‘Clavan,
Jane .11Varan, (his wife), ai,d John 1V 'Govan (their son),
aged 14, were charged before Mr. Bingham, by Hors-
f jun., an officer of the Mendicity Society, with
being found begging.
The officer :owed that on Tuesday afternoon he wa, in
the Green•park, when he saw the prisoner John and an-
other son of the elder prisoner, who is a cripple. He fol.
lowed them into Pall-mall, and thence into St. James's-
square, when the son gave his mother some money.
While he was watching the prisoners he observed that
the prisoner John lifted up the pockets of five or six
gentlemen with one hand, and put his other band in
their pockets. He obtained the assi-tance of two police
constables, when the three prisoners were taken into
etrm.dv. The cripple got away. Horsford further
added that the son of the prisoners Francis and Jane bad
beet' allowed a holiday for a week by the governor of
Heald Prison, whfre he has been sent for four years'
reformation. The female prisoner has been twice con-
victed, and the cripple a short. time ago had a month's
imprisonment in the House of Correction.

In answfr to the magistrate, Horsford stated that he
believed the boys at Redhill school bad a week's holiday
allowed them occasionally.
The elder male prisoner made a long statement, in
the cour.e of which he sail he met his chiliiree, who
''ad a black dog in a leading stria,g, and he compelled
them to let the. dog go.
Mr. 13;ngliam observed that l.e must discharge the
female, as in law she was suppo ed to be acting under
the oriers of her hußband_

The ether pri-oners were •ent to the Huse of Correc-
tion each for 14 days.

LAMBETH.—Thomas Harris, a very stout seafaring-
looking nian,, was placed .before Mr. Elliott, on the
charge of being drunk, assaulting a female, and wilfully
break!ng four squares of Wass a, 4, St. Ainlrew's-terrace,
',lmbed), on the previous evening. T;:e house where
the offence wa- committed belorws to that &ass of "pri-
vate" dwellings which "Jack" unfortunately runs head-
long towards whenever he leaves the salt water, and iu
which places he is general y "taken in and done for."
It appeared-from the evidence on the oreser.t occasion
that the prisoner had not been hog from the Crimea,
where he had been serving in ,otne capacity on board the
Sydney. He came up to town torn Deptford, and
whilst enjoying himself in the usual rioti.us way with
seamen, wound up at a little after 12 o'clock by a grand
as-ault in force, which was speedily converted into a
storm upon- the windows and other articles within the
above named house. As the work of demolition was
going. forward in a rapid manner, a policeman was
found and defendant w.s ultimately made prisoner and
led off. He charged some of " the girls" with robbing
him and stealing his watch, the broken rirg of which
was produced in court, but the charge was not substan-
tiated.

The prisoner, in answer to the charge, admitted all
that bad been stated against him, and urged, as an ex-
/tenuation; that he had not been long home, and after
behaving " decently" to the ladies he felt very much
exasperated at, losing his hard-earned mo ,ey alai watch,
and thinking that some of the women in that house bad
taken it be certainly did begin to lay about him, in the
hope that to prevent the smashing of the place it would
be returned. He, however, sadly miscalculated in the
matter.

Mr. Elliott. after hearing a
_good deal on both sides of
the question, ultirriAtelj,'dimcharged the prisoner, and re-
commended him to bestow hall-a-crown (his list coin) on
one of the females, as some compensation for having
struck her.

The arrangement seemed to agree well with all parties,
and it was done.
This day, as on the day before, the sitting magistrate,
Mr. Elliott, was engaged the whole of the morning hear
tog and disposing of the charges brought from Camber.
well fair, of which there were not less than a dozen,
some for assaults, but the principal number for felony.
This fair, which in the good old times was one of prblic
reereaii..n and amusement, has of late years become
m. rely tho rendezvous of all the thieves and vicious °ha
ratters in the metropolis arid a
public nuisance to the
respectable inhabitants in the neivhbourhool.

The " YUCCA GLORIOSA."—A fine specimen of this
tare andwonderful. plant might have been seen in full
p of these plants blooming in a public
blossom thi4e'lreelo ago in Hyde-park-square, having
thrown Out a stern some feet in height, covered with
beautiful bell-sha ed flowers r-f a
pale lemon colour.
The novelty of nne
thoroughfare attracted, as may be supposed, a great
many visitirs,
The blossoms have now died away, but
the stem hasnot entirely decaYed.
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