The Sun.
London, England, 1862-07-17 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-July 16.

MANSION-HOUSE.—A young man who gave
a name known to be feigned, and refused his ad
dress, was brought before the Lord Mayor, charged
with robbery.

Complainant, a widow lady named Locke, was
walking on Ludgate-hill on Tuesday afternoon,
about three o'clock, when it was much thronged.
She passed the prisoner, who stood on the edge of
the kerb with a bouquet of flowers in one hand.
Without knowing .it, he was then being watched
by Edward Hancock, a city detective officer, from
the opposite side of the street. The prisoner turned
round and walked on the right side of the com-
plainant after she had passed him. He then put
his left hand into her dress-pocket, and withdraw-
ing it clinched thrust it into a pocket of his trou-
sers. On seeing this Hancock, who had crossed
the street and was following the prisoner, threw
his arms round him and carried him pinioLed into
a shop. There the prisoner made a desperate but
useless effort to escape, and in the struggle he
dropped a purse, which, with the money it con-
tained, the complainant afterwards identified as be-
longing to her. A few days before the same con-
stable, who had seen a lady dogged for some
distance by two known thieves, and felt sure that
they had robbed her, asked her before attempting
to take them into custody if she had lost anything.
She replied curtly that she had not, apparently re-
garding the question as a liberty. He was obliged
reluctantly to forego apprehending the two men.
Presently the lady, in a state of great excitement,
returned and told him her purse had been stolen ;
but the men whom he had suspected had then dis-
appeared.
The prisoner made no defence<
Hans, a detective officer, said he had seen the
prisoner in custody for a high way robbery in Mary-
lebone-lane about two years ago.
The prisoner challenged him to prove that, say-
ing people like him would think nothing of swear-
ing a man's life away. He added that he had been
seen that morning by several constables, not one of
whom knew him, though they had evidently come
with a view to his recognition. Finding he was
about to be sent before a jury, he pleaded " Guilty,"
saying it was his first offence, and asked to be dealt
with summarily.
The Lord Mayor committed him to Newgate for
trial.

WORSHIP-STREET.—George Fortescue, aged
42, residing at No. 21, Pendegrast-villas, Stoke
Newington, was charged with cutting and wound-
ing, with intent to do grievous bodily harm.
Herbert Leeham, a quiet-spoken boy, about 12
years of age, said—Last evening I was passing
along B ridport-pls ce, New North-road, alone, when
this gentleman, whom I never saw before, came
behind me. I felt a sharp cut on the back of iny
neck, and then I saw him put a knife into his coat
pocket. I bled a go. od deal.
Evidence was given that the defendant shortly
after the injury had been inflicted had been found
in a public-house intoxicated. The sharp-pointed
penknife produced was seen to drop from his coat
pocket.
A certificate from a divisionals superficial
of police
stated that the wound Was up
three inches in length. It had been
and about
some sharp instrument, such as been caused by
a penknife.
The defendant declared that the injury was oc-
casioned by him with a key, and not a knife. He
recollected nothing of the assault.
A friend of the defend ant said that when the
latter was inebriated he w
ling his actions. as incapable of control-

Mr. Cooke declared that he had not the slightest
doubt of the injury having been inflicted with a
knife. The defendant was ordered to pay a fine of
I:5, half of which would be given to the lad.

P,LERK FAN WF. —John Burns, aged 35, who
de:cpribed himself as an author and a public lec-
turer,
having no home, was charged with attempt-
ing to commit suicide.
Policeeonstablc Lillicrap,.4o9 A, said that about
eleven o'clock on Tuesday night he was on duty in
Copehagen-street, Islington,i where he saw the pri-
soner lying on a doorstep n the act of taking a
bottle from his mouth. He spoke to him, and
receiving no answer, endeavoured to lift him up.
At this time his legs were rigid, his eyes were
protruding, and he seemed on the point of death.
With assistance the Witness got him up, and then
found under
him portions of two bottles which
had contained laudanum, one of them beilT,
labelled " poison," and the other " laudanun?.
The prisoner was taken to the hospital and the

stomach-pump was used. It was found necessary.
to employ the galvanic batter
going to sleep. At the workhouse
w
to a
keep
ssrr
theh,,pmiifornoeuri
said he had been very well off;
not been allowed to die, as he did note N 3%., h .ishe had
his
friends to know, through the papers, how he was
placed. He refused to give his address.
The defendant, in answer to the charge, said that
some friends had paid for him while he had
had been at
Malvern under tile cold-water treatment. He had
no :ight to name them, as he had lost all m 1 ; 0
madness. Drink was the cause of the
attempt
4a
1
hheehirakd
Imade to desiroy his life. The magistrate
t
tdh of those who is
might lock him up as long as he liked. He should
°bettermanes lock up the public-h wereou se hs,
nfreivenerdsm.enHtioonha
and not the people.
Mr. Barker said the prist.'ner was very foolish in
not stating who his friends we.re.
He was remanded.
John Willford, a cowkeeper of Highgate, was
charged with attempting to commit swicide by
cutting his throat.
Mr. Barker remanded him for a week.

•
SOUTHWARK.—Ellen Sweeny, an old woman,
was brought up charged with obtaining 2s. e.nd a
cap front under false and fraudulent pretences.
The prosecutrix, Mrs. Sparrow, a married worn an,
said she kept a bonnet shop at 131, Bermondsiq
street. On Saturday afternoon last the prisoner
came in and asked her to purchase a stay
Believing her to be a very poor woman she bouglq,
one, but the prisoner instead of leaving lingerea
about the door, an at last asked to look at her
(witness's) hand. When the prisoner had looked at
it she asked for sixpen,ce, saying that she had good
fortune in store, and she would tell her all about it.
On getting the sixpence tllle prisoner told her her
husband would die by accidei2t, and that she would
then marry another man, have s.9veral children, and
be very rich.
Mr. Combo asked her if she hat; any children
by her husband ?
Witness replied that she had two. After she
gave the prisoner the sixpence she wanted anOther,
as she could then tell what sort of a man .her fu,.'-ure
husband would be. The witness thought she should
like to hear what more the prisoner had to say- Eull
gave her another sixpence, when the prisoner t.9ld
her he would be a dark man and a prosperous mail.
After that the prisoner pulled out a pack of cards
and shuffled them, and the witness picked one out,
when she was told that she would have four chii-
dren by her next husband.
Mr. Combe here expressed his surprise that any
woman of her age, and more especially a trades-
man's wife, could be so foolish as to be imposed
upon by an ignorant hag like the prisoner. She
ought to have turned her out of the shop there and
then, or given her into the custody of a policeman.
Witness replied that the prisoner would .not
leave the shop, but told her that she wanted an-
other shilling to consult the planets for her, as she
had no doubt she had a lucky star. The witness
gave her a shilling as requested, and then the pri-
soner pointed to a cap-front and said she must have
that to wind up her nativity. She gave her the
front, and then the prisoner left the shop.
Mr. Combe asked her if she had any desire then
to lose her husband ?
The witness replied that she had not. She was
so frightened that she was glad to get rid of the
prisoner, thinking that she should never see her
again. However, on Tuesday afternoon she was
surprised to see the prisoner walk into the shop,
and in the coolest manner demand 4s. more to com-
plete her horoscope. Witness told her she had no
more money, and requested her to leave the shop,
when the prisoner turned round and said she knew
she had money, and money she would have before
she left. Witness then sent for a constable and
gave her into custody.
The prisoner here said that the lady told her to
come on Tuesday. She never told fortunes. How
could a poor ignorant old woman like her do such
a thing ?
Sergeant Pearce, 7 M, said he took the prisoner
into custody, and found upon her an old greasy
pack of cards.
The prisoner accounted for this by saying she
picked them up in the street and put them in her
pocket.
Mr. Combo, after again expressing. his surprise
at the foolish conduct of the prosecutrix, sentenced
the prisoner to two months' imprisonment and
hard labour.

LAMBETH.—Yesterday Mr. Denton, from the
office of the Messrs. Freshfield, solicitors to the
Bank of England, accompanied by Mr. John Coe,
superintendent of the Bank-note Printing De-
partment, waited on the Hon, G. Norton to re-
quest advice and assistance. Mr. Denton said that
the governors of the Bank of England had deter-
mined to use every effort to prevent the circulation
of " flash" notes, and to prosecute and punish to the
utmost rigour of the law all persons assisting in
their circulation. Now that so many foreigners
are in England it is necessary that something
should be done to protect them from sharpers
making use of spurious notes. He might mention
one instance of the frauds committed which had
been brought under the notice of the governors of
the Bank of England. On the Bth of the present
month an Italian gentleman came to London to
visit the International Exhibition. He went to
the Crystal Palace, and, while looking at some
Italian casts or sculpture, was addressed by a per-
son of respectable exterior in English. A foreigner,
who said he was a Swiss, joined them, and made
himself understood by both. They talked of Spain
America, and other countries, and while comparing
them with England the Swiss said he had been
robbed of £5OO. He remarked how necessary it
was in London that foreigners should take parti-
cular care of their money, so as to protect it from
English pickpockets. The Italian gentleman spoke
of the money he possessed, and produced 20 napo-
leons. His companions then drew from their
pockets bundles of what he believed to be bank
notes. The Swiss took the 20 napoleons into his
hands, and at the same time handed to their owner
several notes. He then went away, saying he
should bring back a bottle of wine. The gentleman
was told that he need not be alarmed, as the notes
left in his hands as security were of much greater
value than the gold intrusted to the man, but
in order to remove his suspense he (the second
sharper, for such were both) would go and bring
the gentleman with the wine. He entered the
building, and it was scarcely necessary to say he
did not return. The Italian, thus plundered, still
under the impression that he held security equiva-
lent to his loss, presented the notes at the Bank,
and, to his utter astonishment, was told they were
quite worthless. The Governors of the Bank of
England, in the event of the apprehension of these
men, would feel it to be their duty to prosecute
them for the felony. In the course of inquiries
that had been instituted it had been ascertained
that a person named J. W. Peel, a printer in the
Lower Marsh, had been in the habit of printing and
circulating these notes. This person had been dead
for three years. He was succeeded in his business
by a Mr. Knowles, who was understood to be a re-
spectable man. If he was in possession of the
plates from which these "flash" notes were pro-
duced, he was a party to their circulation. Mr.
Denton said that Mr. Knowles, if made acquainted
with the law, might give up the plates and flash
notes ; and, as he resided in the district of this
court, be considered it the proper place to make an
application on the subject.
Mr. Norton observed that he was very glad in-
deed to find the Governors of the Bank of England
coming forward to suppress the evil of " flash-
note" circulation. As Mr. Knowles was a person
of respectability, there could be no necessity for
issuing a summons against him, and he (the magi-
strate) should send an officer with the applicant to
hear what he had to say.
On his return, the officer informed the magistrate
that Mr. Knowles was out, but that his clerk had
undertaken, as soon as he returned, to forward all
the notes and plates to the Bank of England, and
not circulate a single note again.
In reply to Mr. Norton, Mr. Coe said he was
} quite satisfied with this, and so the matter ended.

THE RUSSIAN PRIESTHOOD,—The clergy are the
lowest in the world out of Thibet. the bishops are the
most slavish of courtiers before the nobles, and the most
vulgar of tyrants among their clergy. The clergy aro a
suffering class,—not only ignorant and oppressed, but pain-..
fully abased. In a Protestant country, where the clergy of
all sects deal with ideas as the basis of sentiments:
scarcely possible to conceive of the way in which.
ttilhee Gr ee k
minis-
ters of a purely ritual religion are regarded, asthne
clergy in
Church or in Buddhist society. Perhapsthasi
any other
Russia are less affected by recent events than
can hardly
class. Nobody thinks of raising thernu:st,
however, make
sink lower in fortunes and repute.
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