The Sun.
London, England, 1862-09-06 00:00:00

POLICE IN7ELLIGENCE.—Sept. 5.

MANSION-HOUSE--A respectable-looking
man, who gave his name as John Fenne, and de-
scribed himself as a perfumer, residing at 1, Rus-
sell-terrace, Old Kent-road, was brought before the
Lord Mayor, in the custody of Packman, a detec-
tive officer, charged with having in his possession
in the shop of Mr. Charles Haas, 15, Fenchurch-
street, money-changer, a Bank of England note for
£lO, which had been stolen, without giving a satis-
factory account of the same.

Mr: Wontner appeared for the prisoner.
It appeared that on Thursday afternoon the pri-
soner went to the shop of Mr. Haas, a bullion mer-
chant, 15, Fenchurch-street, and presented Bank of
England notes to the amount of £75, which he
wanted changed for foreign money. Mr. Haas's
son, who waited upon him, asked him to write his
name and address on one of the notes, and he wrote
Mons. Fenne, 14, Peacock-terrace, Victoria-park,
and the prisoner received for the £75 five French
notes for 400 fr. each, one for 200 fr., and three for
100 fr. each, three 100 fr. notes on the Bank of Bel-
gium, 15 Napoleons, 6fr. in silver, and 35 guilders,
and 100 thaler. Mr. Haas, who was in the shop
at the time, had some suspicion from the prisoner's
manner, and told his son to go to the Bank imme-
diately and get the notes changed for gold, and
told the lad to watch where the prisoner went.
The notes were taken to the Bank, and all changed
but one note for £lO, which was stopped. Mr.
Haas, jun., went back to the shop and communi-
cated the fact, and the boy returned and stated that
he had followed the prisoner into a dining-house in
Nicholas-lane. Mr. Haas, jun., then returned to
the Bank, where he saw detective officers Russell
and Packman, and having commuicated with them,
they set off together to the dining-rooms in Nicho-
las-lane, where they saw the prisoner. The officer
Russell addressed him, and having told him they
were police officers, told him that one of the notes
which he had changed at Mr. Haas' that day was
stolen, and that he had better accompany them back
to the bank,which he did, and the.Elo note was shown
to him, and was asked if that was one of the notes
which he had changed at Mr. Haas'. The prisoner
at first said he did not know, and afterwards said
he believed it was. The officer Russell then told
him he must tell him who he was, and how he be-
came possessed of that note. He then said that his
name was John Fenne, and that he was a professed
gambler, and lived at No. 1, Russell•place, Old
Kent-road. Mr. Haas was standing near at the
time, and Russell asked him what address the pri-
soner had written on one of the notes, and he said
14, Peacock-terrace, Victoria-park. The officer
called the prisoner's attention to the two addresses,
and asked him to explain how he came to give a
t address to that which he had written on
and he replied that he had formerly lived
at
Peacock-terrace. When asked where it was, he
said it was
" Down the road, on the left-hand side."
He
said
wroteasked b
had only recently come from abroad, and
tdhiffeeren note,
address he stayed at before. He was
he came by the note which had
been stopped, a
Arid he said he had taken it at Baden
then e n teh
the address
Baden at the gain- I
larng tables, but he could not say
whom he took it from' He e took it about 15 days ,
be a little less, he would not be
before, or it might
asked e comd refer to any
quite sure. He was
one who knew him, and he said he had only been
in England a short time, and he was not known.
He was told the account
he gave of himself was not
satisfactory, and he WO taken into custody and
where h
conveyed to the station-house, ,° un . e was searched
by the officer Packman, who
i ^7
Napoleons, 35 half
d on him a quan-
tityl of foreign money, viz., i ~
dericks, 5 single
ditto, 2 quarter ditto, 15 double
ditto, 7 foreign silver coins, one note
-100
for 2000 f , 23 for 100 f. each, two for . thalers,
and four ' 1 reder:cks,
for 1,000 f., five
for 25 thalers aold watch and chain, a
diamond pin and a diamond tin...
Previously to
searching him the officer •
asked li e
F h bad any, Eng-
lish bank notes about him said ONo ; ' but
he found a £5
not, and he
he also
8 amongst the others, and
found £lO 2s.
.d. in English money.
officer went to take the -prisoner's
scarf he objected; but h, pin from the
custo-
mary, and asked him I, told him it was
he had on when he first
r the diamond ring which
said he wanted that, an''awd him. The prisoner
wido of
The note in question, it alnpiiensarns
afterwards took it out ofd the of his hat.
When the
denied having it, but
two others of £lO each, on theP
monwghsitch
shich were
, wlaasdylosnt
named
August
receivedh
sloams last,
at Smith Payne's bank, by
Harriet Blackburne, who on that dayw
money from her stockbroker, a
three £lO Bank of England notes,
in her pocket, after having paid the remane Pdeareed
the money into Messrs. Smith Payne's bank. After
leaving Messrs. Smith Payne's she went straight to
an omnibus which conveyed her to her own door,
and on arrivinr, there she discovered that her purse,
which she had put at the bottom of her pocket at
the bankers', after having deposited the three £lO
notes in i,, was gone. A quantity of gold, which
was loose in her pocket, was quite sate, however.
She did not remember having been pushed about at
all while at the hankers', but there were a great
many gentlemen there, and while she was standing
behind them one of the clerks asked them to move
on ono side for her to come to the counter. She