The Sun.
London, England, 1852-01-09 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE
BOW-STREET.
Elizabeth Matthews, a dissipated young woman, 1455
charged with breaking a window, and smashing a gold
watch worth 101., the property of Robert Hee les, land-
lord of the Craven Head, in Drury-lane, and more gene-
rally know as the Norfolk giant.
The enormous dimensions of the complainant, who
is said to be seven feet six inches in height, and upwards
of 35 stone weight, attracted a considerable crowd to
the court—being, in fact, the only point of interest in
the case.
It was proved that the defendant became disorderly in
the house, and refused to pay for some liquor with which
she had been supplied. After she had broken a window,
an attempt was made by the complainant to eject her
From the premises, upon which she snatched his wa.ch
from his waistcoat and dashed it to pieces.
The defendant, who appeared penitent, paid 2s. 6d,,
the cost of the window; and
Mr. HALL referred the "giant" to the County Court
for the recovery of the more serious damages.
MAR YLEBONE.
Yesterday George Lawrence, a porter, and Thomas
Green, a shoemaker, were brought before Mr. Long, on
the charge of having conspired together to defraud the
London and North-Western Railway Company of 6s. 4d.,
being the amount of a third-class fare from London to
Peterborough,
Mr. Beresferd, superintendent of the company's police,
was present during the proceedings, which excited some
degree of interest, inasmuch as the selling of return
tickets has, on the line in question, been carried on to a
considerable extent.
Crofts, 616 (one of the railway constables) said—
This morning, at a quarter to seven, as I was on the
platform at the Euston Station, I was spoken to by a
gentleman, and in consequence of what he said I went
into the vestibule, where I saw Lawrence speaking to
another man. They presently came into the hall, and
while there Green and Lawrence conversed with each
other. I saw Lawrence pass a ticket to Green, and they
both went through on to the platform, when Green took
his seat in a third-class carriage, Lawrence remaining at
the carriage-door. Suspecting that there was somethinu
wrong, I communicated what I had seen to Mr. Spen-
cer, the station-master, and the prisoners were given
into custody.
Mr. Spencer said—l saw Green enter the carriage,
and, observing Lawrence standing close to it, I asked him
if ho was going by the train, to which he replied that he
was not, and that be had merely come to see a friend off.
I demanded to see Green's ticket, and on his showing it
to me I inquired of him how he became possessed of it,
but he refused to five me an answer. I ordered him out
of the carriage, and sent a policeman to look for Law-
rence, who was speedily brought back, and he and Green
were then given in charge.
Mr. Spencer produced the ticket, which was a "re-
turn" one, delivered at Peterborough for "London and
back."
Inspector Sibsey, railway officer, said, the prisoners
were brought to me, and I asked Lawrence what he
knew of the ticket, when he told me that he had paid
for it at Peterborough, but that wishing to stop a few
days longer in London, he had sold it to Green for 2s.
6d. Green admitted that such was the fact, and was
not aware that he was doing anything wrong in making
the purchase.
Lawrence. on being asked by Mr. LONG what he had
to say, replied, " I thought I could do as I liked with
my own ticket;" and
Green said, " I did buy it of him, as I was going to
Northampton, and thought that upon producing it there
it would be all right."
Inspector Sibsey said that the ticket would not have
been received at Northampton, as it was a return one for
Peterborough.
The MAGISTRATE examined the ticket, and remarked
that upon it were the words, " This ticket to be firfeited
it transferred;" adding, that there was nothing in the
Act which would empower him to inflict a penalty for
such transferring or selling a ticket. The question was
simply this—was there a guilty intention on the part of
the prisoners or not? He was of opinion, taking all
the circumstances of the case into consideration, that
there was no evil intent, and that no conspiracy to de-
fraud had been mode out. " If," said Mr. Long (ad-
dressing Superintendent Berestord), " you wish to press
the case—and I must say I think you ought not to do so
—I shall put only a small penalty, under 8 Victoria, c.
20, sec. 103, for attempting to travel by your railway
without having previously paid the proper fare.'"
Mr. Beresford remarked that, attending as he did on
behalf of the company, and knowing that similarly
fraudulent practices sad for a long period been carried
on, he must press for a conviction.
Mr. Loma—Then I shall fine Green ls. Lawrence
will be discharged.
WORSHIP-STREET.
Charles Dean. whose right name is supposed to be
Holman, Mary Dean, his wife, and Henry Hawkes and
Elizabeth James, four well-dressed persons, were charged
with coining.
The officers in charge of the case produced several
baskets, one of them a hamper, completely filled with
the implements and adjuncts of false coining, comprising
several electroplating batteries, files, metal, ladles and
crucibles, and eight or nine bottles containing sulphuric
and other acids usually employed by such persons in car-
rying on their operations.
The first case taken was against the two Deans, in
which Inspector Brennan of the G division, stated that,
in consequence of receiving directions from the authoriti, s
of the Mint to that effect, he, accompanied by Sergeant
Jackson and other officers, proceeded, between twelve
and ens o'clock that morning to the house No. 8, Thrawl-
street, Spitalfields, into which, with much difficulty,
they succeeded in effecting an entrance, and, having di-
vided themselves into two parties, he, Jackson, and
others made their way as qaietly as possible to a
room on the second floor, which he knew to be occu-
pied by the prisoners. The door of this room they
found to be strongly secured on the inside, and, as it was
important to detect the prisoners in the fact, if pos-
sible, Sergeant Jackson, who had provided himself be-
forehand with a sledge-bammer, instantly dashed in
one of the pannels, and witness, on looking through the
aperture so made, saw the female prisoner standing be-
fore a strong coke fire, and lifting off it an iron ladle con •
taining metal in a state of fusion, which, upon hearing
the noise produced by smashing the panne', she dropped
out of her hand, and the metal was spilt on the hearth.
Upon again trying to force the door they discovered that
it was fastened beyond their reach by a ponderous piece
of timber nearly as thick as a man's leg, which, as it was
impossible to remove it otherwise, they also broke in
two with the sledge-hammer, and, upon at length ob-
taining access to the room, they found the male prisoner
jumping with all his weight upon a plaster mould, then
reduced to a powder, but still hot, and among the pieces
a new-made shilling, evidently just cast in it. Both
prisoners were immediately secured, and on proceeding
to search the place they discovered a complete galvanic
battery, which had been recently charged, the broken
fragments of moulds, bearing the impressions of half-
crown and shilling pieces, a quantity of metal, and all
the other implements and materials necessary for the
manufacture of counterfeit money. Upon the mantel-
piece also was discovered one base halfcrown dated
1829, and on subjecting the person of the male prisoner
to an examination, they found in his pockets no less than
21 counterfeit shillings, and three more halfcrowns, all
in an unfinished state, and so recently cast that many of
them were still warm.
Sergeant Jackson corroborated the inspector's evi-
dence, and added that, upon finding herself in custody,
the female prisoner burst into a violent flood of tears,
upon which her husband consoled her with the observa-
tion, " Don't cry, Mary; it's a very bad job, but it can-
not be helped, and the most they can do to me is to give
mo two stretches' for being in possession" (meaning
two years' imprisonment); and then turning to the wit-
ness he expressed his readiness to go with him, saying,
L's only your duty, I know, and of course we can't
help it."
In the second case, against Hawkes and James, Ser-
geant Checkley. of the H division, stated, that while the
other body of officers proceeded upstairs, ho and some
more effected an entrance into a room upon the ground
floor, tenanted by the prisoners, and on getting in were
told by the male prisoner that they would find nothing
there that they were in search of. Upon searching the
place, however, they discovered a large coke fire
burning, as in the other case, and a large quantity
of ceining implements and materials, including a galva-
nic battery, charged and fit for use, the metal in readi-
ness for melting, and a quantity of acids employed for
the sum© purpose.
The male prisoner was without his
coat, but with a double pair of trousers on, as was usually
the case with coiners when engaged in such practices,
and both he and the woman, together with the apparatus,
were transferred to the station.
The male prisoner Dean denied that his wife had been
in possession of the melted metal, as described by the
officers, at the time of their forcing an entrance; but the
others considsred it most prudent to reserve their de-
fence, and the whole were committed until that day
week for the attendance of the Mint Solicitor to com-
plete the prosecution.

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