The Sun.
London, England, 1863-01-31 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Yesterday.

LAMBETH—COMMITMENT OF A NOTORIOUS COINER.
—George Vempiny, a hunchback deformed little fellow, but
one of the most ingenious manufacturers of base coin in
Europe, was brought up for final examination.
From the testimony of Inspector Brannan, of the Mint
office, and other witnesses, it appeared that the prisoner was
apprehended et his lodgings in Norfolk-place, Church-street,
Lambeth,while in the veryact of manufacturing base coin,
and many of the pieces found on a table by his side were
quite hot. Moulds for the manufacture of sovereigns, half
sovereigns, half-crowns, florins, and shillings were found,
and in fact, all necessaries to carry on an extensive manu-
facture of counterfeit coin, and the prisoner was represented
to be the most ingenious manufacturer of base coin in Eng-
land. One hundred and twenty pieces, consisting of sove-
reigns, half-sovereigns, half-crowns, florins, and shillings
were produced, and the excellence of their manufacturebore
ample testimony of the prisoner's skill. When Mr. Brannan
on entering the room pronounced himself to be an offi car,
the prisoner replied, "All right, Mr. Brannan ; you'll find
all you want here." On the officer expressing his surprise
that the punishments which he had endured had not deter-
red him from the continuance of his unlawful practice, the
prisoner wonder, Mr. Brannan, at your talk-
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charged me."
The prisoner was fully committed for trial.

WORSHIP-STREET.—FORGED BANK OF ENGLAND
NOTES.—A tall, matronly-looking woman, with florid com-
plexion and mild features, who gave the name of Susan
Whitbread, but refused her address, was charged with com-
plicity in uttering two forged Bank of England notes.

The prisoner has been repeatedly remanded upon one
charge, namely, that of having obtained change of a £lO
note, after deduction of a small amount for purchases, from
Mr. Sutton, landlord of the Royal Cricketers public-house,
in Old Ford, Bow, on the 28th of December last, under a
plausible pretext that her mistress, whom she stated to be a
Mrs. Farrant, at 34, Bedford-terrace, in the same neigh-
bourhood, had not a stua:ler sum, ana that, being Sunday,
she must trouble him for credit unless he could cash the
note for her, which he did, having some slight knowldge
that a customer named Farrant so resided. In due course
the note was paid away, but soon returned to Mr. Sutton
stamped "Forged." Mrs. Farrant and her servant had de-
camped. The former could not be found, but the prisoner,
on being accidentally met with in the Mile-end-road, was
taken into custody after considerable resistance.
Mr. Kemp, the barrister, instructed by Mr. Osborne, of
the Old Jewry, now attended to defend the accused, and a
second charge was preferred, in which it was sworn that the
prisoner passed a £lO note to Mr. Thos. Lewis, upholsterer,
Eldon•street, Finsbury, on the 2d inst., in payment for a
bedstead,
and received £7 2s. change. This purchase was
sent,lby her direction,tsWellington-street, City-road, but the
owner was unknown there, and it was taken back to Mr.
Lewis. Meanwhile the note passed into the hands of Mr.
Ellison, a publican, in Finsbury; then to Messrs. Booth.
the distillers, and four days afterwards Mr. Lewis had it
returned to him, embellished with the stamp, " forged."
Mr. Kemp, in a severe cross-examination, could not suc-
ceed in shaking the testimony of the witnesses with respect
to identity in the second case, but yet strongly contended
that they were mistaken, and at the same time urged that
the woman had been the dupe of others in the former trans-
action. In fact, he said, he had a very good answer to both
charges.

Inspector Brecknell, G division,who has the conducting of
the case, said that in the house 34, Bedford-terrace,he found
communications from prisoners in various gaols addressed to
the late occupants, and it was manifest that a well-organised
system bad been carried on there. Another £lO note exactly
similar in its description to the two in question was in bis
possession, but the prisoner could not be identified with re-
gard to that.
An agent, who let the house to the Farrants, said prisoner
had been introduced to him by Mrs. F. as her friend, not
servant, and a number of men and women were always there.
The prisoner was fully committed for trial.

THAMES.—ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF A PAWNBROKER.—
Mr. French, of the firm Of Ogilvie and French, pawnbrokers,
of No. 207, High-street, Poplar, appeared before Mr. Selfe to
answer a summons which charged him with having unlaw-
fully received and taken in pawn of and from Edmund Jas.
Hoy, a person apparently under the age of 16 years, two
petticoats of and belonging to Edmund James George Hoy.
Edmund James Hoy, a boy, said he would be 12 years of
age next birthday, and that the week before last he took
two petticoats belonging to his mother, and without her
leave, to Messrs. French and Ogilvie's,shop. A young man
took in the petticoats, and lent him one shilling upon them.
He had since lost the duplicate.

Mr. Salfe—No, you did not, sir. Tell me directly what
you did with the ticket.
Witness—l tore it up, sir.

Mr. Selfe—What do you mean by telling lies ? You have
robbed your parents, and are now telling lies about it. Did
the pawnbroker ask you any questions
The Boy—lt was a young man, sir, who lent me the
shilling, and he asked me no questions at all.

Mr. French, in defence, said he had no knowledge what-
ever of the circumstances. One of his assistants had taken
in the pledge of the boy without his knowledge or consent.
He was very sorry that such an irregularity occurred.
Matilda Hoy, the mother of the boy, said he was under
12 years of age, and in consequence of what he said she went
to the shop of French and Ogilvie, and a young man there
gave her a form of declaration, stating that the duplicate
was lost, She had not declared to it, but she brought the
form to that Court, and took out a summons.
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Mr. Selfe—Where is the young man who received the
pledge and made out the form of declaration.
Mr. French—l left him in the shop.
Mr. Selfe—The sooner you bring him here the better.
Fetch the parcel, the ticket attached to it, and the young
man. The case is adjourned for an hour.
When the case was re-heard, Arthur Robinson, assistant
to French and Ogilvie, appeared, and his name was inserted
in the summons, and his employer's name struck out. The
assistant stated in defence of his conduct that the boy said
his mother had directed him to pawn the two petticoats.
He asked him where he lived and his name.
Mr. Selfe—Did you ask that little boy his age ?
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The Assistant—Yes, I did. (Laughter, and Oh, oh.)
Mr. Selfe—The court will be cleared if people are net
quiet. This is not a laughing matter. You (the assistant)
have put down the mother's name on the form of declara-
tion, which purports to contain an exact copy of the original
memorandum or ticket of which the boy had the duplicate,
and you did so because you knew that no magistrate here
would sign the declaration that the ticket was lost if a boy
presented it. You have told a lie.
The assistant said he had asked every question required,
and received satisfactory answers.

Mr. Selfe said the assistant had taken in a pledge of a boy
apparently under 16 years of age, which was a violation of
the law, and then filled up a false declaration, which he gave
to Mrs. Hoy to hookwink the magistrate. It was a most
scandalous proceeding—a wicked thing altogether. The boy
had robbed his mother, and the pawnbroker's shop afforded
him ready facility for disposing of the plunder. Nothing
tended more to the encouragement of crime than receiving
stolen property of children. He fined the assistant £3, and
if either of his employers bad taken in the pledge the penalty
would have been Z.
The money was paid,

GREENWICH— THE RIGHTS OF LICENSED VicroiL-
LEßS.—Mr. Thos, G. Doust, landlord of the Ship and Sailor
public house, Greenwich, appeared to summonses, at the
instance of the police, charging him with allowing card-
Ciart
p 1 alslir n.gn hista r appeared for the defendant.
house, and also prostitutes to assemble therein.
Sergeant -Wright, 23 R, said that at a quarter to 2 on the
morning of the 24d inst., ho visited the defendant's house,
and in front of the bar found 12 prostitutes, 6 of whom were
partakingof refreshment. He afterwards proceeded upstairs,
and in a back room which he entered he saw the defendant
and six other persons sitting at a table playing at cards,
money being on the table opposite the defendant. On speak-
ing to the defendant respecting the females ho found in the
house, he said they
had taken advantage of his absence from
the bar to be there.
Mr. Trail' inquired the general character of the house.
Inspector Ellis replied it was a house seldom closed until
3 o'clock in the morning, and that the persons then leaving
had often to be locked up, it being impossible to prevent dis-
turbances in the streets.
Mr. Carttar said he would not attempt to deny the ser-
geant's statement as to what he saw on the morning in ques-
tion. It was true the house was open, the fact being that it
was near the waterside, and was resorted to by persons con-
nected with the Thames, who had to go out at all hours of 1
the night to meet vessels. With respect to the charge of
card-playing, the defendant was in a small private room
with his two brothers and four watermen, merely for the
purpose of amusement, and, even admitting that the cha-
racter of the whole of the women in the house at the time
was that spoken to by the sergeant he (Mr. Carttar) con-
tended, inasmuch as they were making no disturbance,
the defendant would not have been justified in turning
them out, Mr. Mansfield, at the Marylebone Police-court,

a few days since, having decided that a publican, who had
given a man into custody for breaking glass while being
turned out of the house and refused to be served because
he was a "bad character," had no right to have turned
the man out of the house unless be knew him to be "a
thief." It was not shown that any one of the women had
ever been convicted of felony, and he had also to urge
that the defendant had kept the house for six years, and
had never before been summoned.

Mr. Traill said there was no objection to defendant keep-
ing his house open to the hour stated, so long as it was pro-
perly conducted. The defendant had a perfect right to have
a private party in his house, and to play at cards, so long as
it was shown that such play was not general, and resorted to
by customers for the purpose of g,tmbling. He (Mr. Traill)
was not disposed to look seriously at this part of the charge
against defendant, but the allowing of prostitutes to resort
to the house, as stated, was very reprehensible, and could
not be permitted, otherwise it would be impossible for the
police to perform their duty in keeping the streets from
disturbance during the night. He should now order the
defendant to pay the cost of the klllllllllnses, which would
stand over for a month, to allow of the police making a re-
port as to the future conduct of the house.
The defendant paid the money, and left the court.

WAND SW ORT H.—THE ALLEGED MURDER AT NINE
ELMS.-Mr. Dayman proceeded with the charge against
Samuel Hillier, a carman in the service of Mr. Bryant, a
coal merchant at Nine Elms, for causing the death of Chas.
Champion, a carman in the employ of Mr. Hunt, a contrac-
tor, also at Nine Elms, who died in St. Thomas's Hospital
from injuries to his spine, the cause of which has not yet
been explained.

Inspector Abrook, who took the prisoner into custody,
informed his worship that a witness he had summoned was
present.
Charles Clark was then examined. He said he was a
carman in the employ of Mr. Wood, of Old Change, City.
He knew the prisoner by sight about Vauxhall. He recol-
lected the night in question. He was at the stables at the
rear of the Nine Elms Tavern, assisting a friend named
Jenkins. He saw the deceased standing at the back of the
tavern about half-past seven o'clock. There was some
person with him, but witness did not take notice of the
man. It was dark, and he merely saw the back of the de-
ceased. About a quarter of an hour after wards he was
called out of the stable, and found the deceased lying on
the ground, about half a dozen yards off. The witness
added that he heard no noise; all was quiet. Jenkins was
sober.

Inspector Abrook said Appleford, who first found the de-
ceased, told the coroner that Jenkins was " beery."
The witness Clark said he had not seen the prisoner ',hat
night.
Mr. Wilson, who again defended the prisoner, stated that
on Monday last the jury, after several adjournments, re-
turned an open verdict, that the deceased died from mortal
wounds, but there was no evidence to show by whom caused.
Mr. Dayman said the evidence of Clark rather threw the
case back than otherwise, and the only way to reconcile the
evidence was, that the deceased must have strayed from
where he met with the injuries, and had fallen where he
was found.

Mr. Wilson said a suggestion was thrown out before the
coroner that the deceased, if he had been maltreated, was
carried to the place where he was found.
Mr. Dayman thought there was not sufficient evidence to
detain the prisoner, and he therefore discharged him.
The widow of the deceased was then called in, and
his worship ordered her to receive a sovereign from the
poor-box.