The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-29 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

BOW-STREET.]

THE ALLEGED TAMPERING wr rx THE SOLDIERS AT
WooLwicir.—A middle-aged, well-dressed man, who gave
the name of Miles Ellison, said he was a "commercial
traveller," and declined to give any:address, was brought
before Mr Flower, charged with stealing a shawl, the pro-
perty of Elizabeth Squire.
Inspector Brennan informed his worship that the pri-
soner was charged on a former day with the present
offence and admitted to bail, the case being remanded. He
was not forthcoming on the next examination, and on in-
quiry being made it wee found that he had been taken into
custody at Wool pith for attempting to incite English sol-
diers to desert the "..lueen's service and enlist in the Fede-
ral army. The second charge was investigated, but the
evidence being incomplete ho was discharged. He was then
again apprehended on the present charge.
Elizabeth Squire said she lived at No. 5, New-inn-ps-
sage, Clare• market, and was a laundress. The prisoner
took lodgings in her house about three weeks ago. On the
17th he came home with a piece of bacon in his hand and
asked her to lend him some money. She refused to do so.
She then went out for a tew minutes and when she returned
she found the prisoner still sitting in the room, but ho left,
and she heard him enter the house in the middle of the night
with the latch k'y. In the morning she missed her shawl,
worth £l, and accused the prisoner with stealing it. He
appeared to be very indignant, but witness called
in a constable and gave him into custody. At
the police station he said he would make her smart for
placing him under lock and key, and threatened to bring
an action for false imprisonment. The prisoner was re-
manded. The shawl now produced by the pawnbroker's
assistant was her property.
Prisoner—Was I not intoxicated on the 17th ?

Witness—You were apparently very drunk, and that was
the reason I was anxious to get you out of my house, but
you woulda't go.

Prisoner—Did I go on in a wild and extraordinary man-
ner? Did I seem strange ?

Witness—Yes ; you went on barking like a dog, and
making strange noises like a cat.

Albert Redding, assistant to Mr (dutch, a pawnbroker, of
Stanhope-street, said the prisoner pledged the shawl pro-
duced on the.lBth for ss. Ha gave the name of John
Atkinson.

Mr Flower—Was there anything peculiar in his manner
'.hen ?

Witness—Nothing whatever.

Police-constable F 75, apprehended the prisoner.

A Woolwich constable stated the circumstances of the
charge preferred against the prisoner at that place. The
prisoner was seen about Woolwich treating soldiers, and
eventually he was discovered sleeping within the barracks,
and on inquiry it was ascertained that he done so for three
nights. He was then taken into custody and accused of
trying to induce some of the men to join the Federals. In-
quiry had been made about the prisoner, and it was found
he had been in very respectable employment as a commer-
cial traveller.

The magistrate asked the prisoner what he hal to say in
answer to the cjaarge,
Prisoner—l have nothing to say, except that I shall re
serve my defence,

The magistrate then fully committed the prisoner for

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

ROBBERY AT MESSRS. NIC3LLS' BY AN ASSISTANT.—
Robert Minkes, en assistant to Messrs Nicolls, tailors,
Regent-street, was charged before Mr Tyrwhitt with rob-
bing his employers.
Sergeant Cole, C division, said thata little before 8 o'clock
on Saturday evening he saw the prisoner carrying a brown
paper parcel in Wardour-street, and suspecting. something
wrong, followed the prisoner into Messrs. Harrisons', the
pawnbrokers, and asked him what he had got. The pri-
soner replied, "Why, cloth." lie then told the prisoner
that ho was a constable, and asked him where he got the
cloth from, and he said from Battersea, handing him a card
with "Mr Minkes, Culvert-terrace, Culvert-road, Batter-
sea," on it, and said ho was a tailor carrying on business on
his own acoount, and that he supposed he (the sergeant)
would be satisfied if he went with him and found that to
bo the case. He told the prisoner he should not be satis-
fied, and would take him to the station, and the
prisoner said that what he had told him was
true. At the station the prisoner was asked by the inspec-
tor his name and address, and he gave the same name and
address as on the card. He said he had bought the cloth Of
a Mr Bennett, King's-road, Chelsea, six months ago, but
afterwards said he would tell the truth, and that it was not
his, and he did not come by it honestly, and he had stolen
it. The prisoner also said, pulling some more cloth from
under his waistcoat, " Here, you may as well take this,"
and that he was employed at Messrs Nicolls', in Regent-
street.

Mr Bsrker, employed at Messrs 11, J, and D. Nicoll,
clothiers, Regent-street, said the prisoner was employed es
an assistant by the firm. The articles produced were the
property of the firm, some of the material being especially
manufactured for them. The value of the whole of the
property was about £lO. The prisoner had been employed
by Messrs Nicolls about three years,
The prisoner was remanded,