The Sun.
London, England, 1862-11-05 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONIDON; WEDNESDAY EVENING, NO 5, 1862.

POLICE-THIS DAY.

SPORTING-THIS DAY.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

WORCESTER hACES-THIS DAY.

DARING ATTEMPTED ROBBERY 'WITH VIOLENCE.—
THE INSECURE STATE OF THE METROPOLIS.—Thomas
y,
Jones, a determined-looking fellow, who was brought to the
court handcuffed, and described himself as a costermonger,
was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with being concerned,
with two others not in custod
in attempting to rob with
violence Mr. Louis Hand, solicitor, of 22, Coleman-street,
City.

EY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
VISITORS' PLATE.

Mr. Hand said—l was walking up Holborn-hill yester-
day evening about a quarter past 7 o'clock, when I noticed
the prisoner and another following me. When about 200
yards from Field-lane they came close to me, and I passed
them. They then got one before me and one behind me,
and continued thus till they got by Day and Martin's, when
I made a dead stand. They then passed me, and I lost sight
of them for 200 yards. 1 kept walking on westwards, and
just before I got to the brewery at the end of the Totten-
ham-court-road, I saw them walking along, sometimes pre-
tending not to know one another and sometimes talking
together. It began raining, and I put up my umbrella. I
crowed near the Oxford Music Hall, and just before I got
there I said to the prisoner, " Now, you fellows have been
following me quite long enough, and have attempted to rob
me once or twice."

Fifteen ran.
LATEST BETTING.
LIVERPOOL QUP,
4to 1 agst Canary (taken)
6to 1 agst Hartington (taken freely)
Bto 1 agst Johnny Armstrong (taken)
10 to 1 agst Socrates (taken)
14 to 1 agst Dulcibella (taken)

BETTING AT MANCHESTER—TUESDAY.
But little attention was paid to the Liverpool Autumn
Cup. After the result of the Worcester Handicap was
known, 5 to 1 was taken about Canary, and 100 to 4 was
laid and offered against Balham. Any advance upon Bto 1
would have been taken about Johnny Armstrong.—Closing
prices :

Mr. Tyrwhitt—Had they attempted to do so ?
Mr. Hand—They rubbed against me two or three times.
I told them that if I saw a constable I would give them in
charge for attempting to pick my pocket. The prisoner then
for the first time pretended to be drunk and rolled against
me. I pushed him away, and he again came up to me, and
I then laid hold of him by the throat. At the moment 1
did so, the other man made a blow at me, and a third person
—a youth—whom I had not seen before, but who was evi-
dently one of the gang, made a grasp at the pin I wore in
my stock. The two then attempted to rescue the prisoner
from my grasp. A mob got round me, and I appealed to
two riflemen to assist me, but they did not. The prisoner
then threw himself on the ground. I appealed to the by-
standers to assist me, and a constable coming up I gave the
prisoner in charge.

LIVERPOOL CUP.
sto 1 agst Canary (taken)
6to 1 agst Hartington (taken)
Bto 1 agst Johnny Armstrong (offered)
10 to 1 agst Socrates (taken)
14 to 1 agst Dulcibella (offered)
25 to 1 agst Balham (taken and offered)

THE _ROBBERY OF BANK PAPER AND

FORGERY ON THE BANK.

MANSION HOUSE.
RE-EXAMINATION OF THE PRISONERS.

Prisoner—l did not u®e any violence towards you, did I ?
Mr. Hand—You hurt my hand, and you had hunted me
all the way from Holborn.

Mr. Tyrwhitt—l shall remand you for a week, and shall
probably then send you for trial. It is time something was
done to stop such attacks. I will de all I can to stop them.
There will no doubt be a great deal of this this winter.

The prisoner, who gave an address in Clerkenwell, was
then remanded.

IMPORTANT TO VOLUNTEERS.—APPLICATION TO THE
MAGISTRATE.—A volunteer applied to the Magistrate,
Mr. Tyrwhitt, to be informed if on a summons taken out
against him by his commanding officer to deliver up his
arms the magistrate would allow him to enter as his de-
fence thet he had been dismissed, that no trial had been
granted him, no question asked, and that the colonel had
refused bim an opportunity of defence. The applicant said
that colonels of the regular army had not the power of dis-
missing mcn without trial, and that it could never have
been the intention of the legislature to grant this power to
civilians, as a colonel might dismiss the whole regiment.
Mr. Tyrwhitt, after perusing the act of Parliament, said
he had no authority to interfere, and certainly
interfere with volunteer regulations. would not

Mr. Freshfield, the solicitor to the Bank of England,
attended to conduct the prosecution.
Mr. Freshfield said on the last occasion the prisoner
Burnett said the female Ellen Burnett had not taken a
criminal part in the case ; and as he believed, from repre-
sentations he had received from the police, that was correct,
he should recommend that she should be discharged from
custody. _ _

The Lord Mayor said he had no doubt she had acted
under the influence of the male prisoner, and he saw no
objection to the course proposed.
The prisoner then left the dock.
Mr. Lewis, of Ely-place, who appeared for Brewer, and
Mr. Paton, for Burnett, wished that all the witnesses
might be ordered out of court.
The suggestion was agreed to, and the case proceeded.
Mr. Freshfleld said it was not his intention to make a
long opening statement; on the contrary, she should only
state the nature of the case, and how he intended to apply
the evidence to each of the prisoners. He had on the last
occasion applied for a remand on account of the prisoner
James Griffith, who was apprehended at Birmingham, not
being before the Court. He was now before the Court,
and it would have to be borne in mind that he had
been seized while actually engaged in printing forged notes
in his apartment in that town. As soon as he was appre-
hended he admitted his guilt, and said he was ready to
state all be knew aboitt the matter.

The applicant said that probably an application to Par-
liament to amend the act would be made so as to give
volunteers a court of appeal.

The applicant, who was said to have formerly belonged
to the Queen's (Westminster) Rifles, then withdrew.

WESTMINSTER.

GREAT ANNOYANCE TO TRADESMEN _.James Cooper, a
youth between 15 and 16 years of age, was charged with
being disorderly in Baler- street, Chelsea,
Mr. Gardiner, a butcher, said that at 8 o'clock last even-
ing the defendant and a number of other boys were making
a great disturbance opposite his door, and as it was most
injurious to his business he desired them to leave, but they
refused, particularly defendant, who otherwise grossly mis-
conducted himself.

The Lord Mayor asked whether the man was using the
stolen bank-note paper.

Mr. Paynter—lt was annoying to your business, you
say ?

Complainant—lt was not only I but my neighbours
who complain. Defendant and others nightly assemble
in front of our shops, use most disorderly and very filthy
language, which of course deters respectable customers
from coming to our shops.

Mr. Paynter—Why do they come
Complainant—l don't know, but the nuisance is most
intolerable.

Inspector Butler—We have had repeated complaints from
the shopkeepers is this neighbourhood of large parties of
boys assembling, and creating so much annoyance, that
they are unable to pursue their business.
Complainant —I repeatedly told them to go away last
night, and then I took the whip and told them I should
clear the front of my shop with it. Defendant then
smothered me with mud, and I boxed his ears, when he
threw a large stone at me which he had in his pocket.
Defendant--I did not do any harm, and he smacked my
mouth.

Inspector Butler—This is the son of another shopkeeper.
Mr. Paynter—And he ought to know better; it is very
disgraceful.
The mother of prisoner stood forward, and, like most
mothers of unruly boys of 16, took his part.
Mr. Paynter told her she was wrong in doing so, and
said he should require prisoner's father to attend and be
bail for him.

The case was proceeding when we went to press.

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This day, in accordance with the remand granted by the
Lord Mayor, George Buncher, Robert Cumming, William
Burnett, Ellen Burnett, James Griffiths, and Richard
Brewer, the latter of whom was formerly in the employ of
Messrs. Portal, were placed at the bar, charged with being
concerned with others in stealing, in August last, from the
mills of Messrs. Portal and Co., of Laverstock, Hampshire,
a quantity of Bank note paper ; and they were also charged
with being concerned with others in forging and uttering
Bank of England notes, with i❑tent to defraud the Gover-
nors and Company of the Bank of England.

Mr. Freshfield said no, but he was using what was
called roupee paper, which had also been stolen from
Messrs. Portal. All he proposed to• day was to go into the
case as far principally as regarded the prisoner.
The first witness called was,
Henry Webb of the City detective police, who said, I
have been engaged in trying to discover the perpetrators of
the robbery for some months. On the 6th of Oct. I went
to Birmingham and watched the movements of James
Griffiths, who lived near Dudley-road, and was continually
watching his house and the fields he occupied. My residence
had a full view of his. On the 27th October, at 3 o'clock in
the afternoon, I went to the prisoner Griffiths' house, in
company with Manton, another officer. We went in by
the garden, and burst open the kitchen door. Aftewards
we went into the room on the first floor. I went in
first, and then I saw Griffiths coming towards the door
with his sleeves tucked up. His hands were covered
with ink. He said, "Dont strike me, we Omit resist." I
then told him I should apprehend him for printing forged
notes of the Bank of England, He said, I'm guilty. 1
shall not resist. I'm not going to do as;others did—plead
not guilty." in the centre of the room I found a copper-
plate printer's press, on the top of which I found 21
pieces of paper on which was engraved a portion of the
words of the note of the Bank of England. They were to
represent a note for £lO. There was also one piece of paper
printed to represent a£s note. There was a bed in the
room, under which I found 20 flnishegi forged £lO notes
(produced). They were wrapped up in a piece of gotta percha.
At another part of the bed I found twenty more finished £5
notes. I also found a piece of paper with the water mark
of a 10-rupee note in it. Griffiths told me, with reference
to that paper, that it was a piece of the genuine
paper which had been stolen from the mills, which was
brought to him by a party to see what he could do with
it. I found also a copper plate for a £lO note of the Bank
lof England. It was near a stove, and was quite warm.
There was neither date nor number on it. In the same
1 room I also found a similar plate for £5. I asked Griffiths if
that was all the plates he had, and he replied, "No, there's
some behind the door ;" and there I found three water-
mark plates and a plate with date and signature on it. I asked

if that was all, when he said "No, I have some more buried
in the fields," and if I would go with him he would show
me where. He said he had not printed many notes on the
genuine paper. He said he had only printed 160 £5 notes
and 20 £lO notes for a person named Boucher,
and 25 for another party. He said he had been
engaged printing notes ever since 1846, and he had told his
wife that whenever he was taken he should tell all he knew,
as some one with whom he had been dealing had put a plant
upon him.

TESTIMONIAL TO MR. FREDERIC LEDGER, PRO-
PRIETOR OF "THE ERA." NEWSPAPER.—A magnificent
silver candelabrum and epergne, with a purse of £4OO,
were presented to Mr. F. Ledger, at a recherche dinner in
Freemasons' Hall, last Tuesday. Peter Matthews, Esq.,
Chairman of the Marylebone Vestry, most ably presided on
the occasion, supported by nearly 100 gentlemen connected
with "The Arts, Sciences, Literature, Music, and the
Drama." A numerous circle of ladies graced the gallery,
and the whole proceedings were celebrated with the greatest
satisfaction and eclat. Mr. John Brougham made an admi-
rable speech in the cause of the drama.
A POACHER'S VIEW OF THE NEW POACHING
Am—An important case under the New Poaching Act
was heard at the County Police office, Macclesfield, yes-
terday. The defendant was a man named Josiah War-
burton. Sergeant Gibson deposed to meeting the
defendant, at six o'clock on Friday morning, in Sidding-
ton, on the township road leading from Henbury to
Reeds Mere. He stopped him, and found in a bag he had
on his shoulder three rabbits, warm, a 30-yard net, wet, and
on some peg sticks. Witness asked him where he got
them. He said that was his business.—Defendant Did you
see any dog or gun with me P—Witness : No.—Did I do
anything to lead you to infer that I had been poaching
No.—Then what reason had you to suppose I had been
poaching ? —The Bench : 11-3 is not bound to state his
reasons.—Defendant: But does not the summons say that
I was lawfully searched by the constable, who had good
cause to suspect me.—Witness : I saw your bag.—Alfred
Claxton, gamekeeper, stated that the land on both sides
of the road where the defendant was stopped belonged
to Mr. Davenport, of Capesthorne. When asked what
he had to say in defence, the defendant pulled out of his
pocket a copy of the new Poaching Aot, which
bore evidence of having been closely examined, and
also a newspaper, and said that he did not deny being
stopped on the road, as Gibson had described, or that the
rabbits were in the net he had with hlm ; but he contended
that there was no evidence to prove that he had been
trespassing on Mr. Davenport's land, or that the rabbits
had been unlawfully obtained. He would refer the Bench
to the newspaper account of a poaching case tried at
Leicester in September last, when it was shown that mere
possession did not constitute guilt under the new act. On
the contrary, the prosecutor was bound to prove that the
game had been unlawfully obtained. The magistrates'
clerk (Mr. Thomas Parrott) told the defendant he
had taken a wrong view of the Leiceister case as
being applicable to the present one. Here the
wrong
defen-
dant was found on the highway, and h) wa
in supposing that, being on the highroad, hetherefore
did not come under the act. The highwaysa adjoining
s
land are held to belong to the owners of snob
right of passing
sightah adjoining
land for all purposes whatever,
except th
and re-passing ; and as the defendant
nets
that were wet,
the magistrates were to judge whether,
lay blfyreei to
infer Mr.
Davenport's
was found in posses-
sion of rabbits that were warm and
under such cir-
cumstances,av they oughtthat the
reasonably
defendant had taken them
sleg_
game
preserves. The
Bench, having regard to
land, on which were cotvheer and
fact that defendant had been
several times previously been convicted
ve, monthsictedofp imprisonment.o,aching,inflictcd
the full penalty a 1,5, or h
The prisoner protested against what he termed the illegal
decision of the Bench.
CURIOUS.—some people say that the Emperor of
the French got his footing in France by legerdemain,-
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