The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-04 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.— Oct. 3.

MANSION-HOUSE. A well-dressed man,
named William Gibson, and described as a surgeon,
residing at 18, Edward-street, Hampstead-road,
was placed at the bar, on remand, in custody of de-
tective officer Foulger, before the Lord Mayor, to .
undergo a further examination upon a charge of
forging and uttering a cheque for £750, purporting
to be signed by H. W. Seymour, with intent to de-
fraud the London and County Bank.
Mr. Mullens, solicitor to the Bankers' Protection
Association, prosecuted; and Mr. Lewis, jun., at-
tended on behalf of the prisoner.
Upon the last examination the principal evidence
adduced was that of a young man named William
Richards, who stated that he was out of employment,
and met the prisoner at the Registry-office in Ox-
ford-street. He told him he wanted a young man
to write letters and occasionally to collect rents. He
showed the prisoner his testimonials, and after look-
ing at them he returned them, and said his character
seemed very good ; but he would not give him a de-
cided
answer then, as he wanted to see another
young man. He said he had always done his busi-
ness himself up to that time, but he was getting
rather deaf, and as it was the first young man he
was about to engage he thought it would be better
to see the other ; he would let him know by the
Tuesday morning, and if he did not receive a letter
from him by that time, he might conclude ho had
engaged the other. On Monday, morning the wit-
ness received a letter signed W. Eymon, requesting
him to meet him at the London-bridge station at 11
o'clock that morning, when they would arrange
about salary, &c. He went to the railway station
and met the prisoner, who said he had not many
minutes to stop, and they went into the waiting-
room, and after arranging as to salary, &c., the pri-
soner asked him if he knew Lombard-street,
and he said he did ; upon which the prisoner
asked him if ho knew the London and County
Bank. He said he did not, but could soon find
it out. The prisoner then said, " Never mind,
perhaps I shall have time to go myself," and
then appeared to think for a moment, and said
to the witness, " Well, you may as well go."
He then gave him a cheque for £750 55., on the
London and County Bank, payable to W. Eymon,
and signed " p.p. 1). C. Seymour, H. W. Seymour,"
and told him to go and get it cashed, and to take
the money to 20, Russell-square, and ask for Mr.
Eymon. He took the cheque to the bank, and in
consequence of what was said to him he went to
Mr. Seymour. He afterwards went to Russell-
square, but did not see the prisoner there. On the
Tuesday morning he received a letter, signed " W.
Eymon," and dated from Carine House, Uxbridge,
asking him why he had not taken the money,
and telling him to write to the address and give
all the particulars. In consequence of that letter
the witness communicated with the police, and
went to Uxbridge in company with the officer
Foulger, and they met the prisoner walking with a
female. _ _ _

Mr. John Hurst, chief cashier to Messrs. Sey-
mour and Co., stockbrokers, Throgmorton-street,
said they kept an account at the London and County
Bank. There was a gentleman named H. W.
Seymour, who signed cheques for Mr. Seymour, but
the cheque produced was not signed by him.
The prisoner, upon that evidence, was remanded
until the present occasion.
The witness Richards was again called, and pro-
duced a letter which he said was the same he had
addressed to the prisoner at Carine House, Uxbridge,
and which had been returned to him on the previ-
ous day, marked "Not known."
Mr. Hurst was again called, and said—On the
18th August last the prisoner called at Messrs_ Sey-
moar's office, and said he had been recommended by
Messrs. Coleman and Armstrong, their correspon-
dents at Dublin ; that his name was Goff, and he
lived at 39, Upper Dorset-street, Dublin, but was
then staying at 52, Warwick-street, Fitzroy-square.
The prisoner said he wanted some shares in the Bank
of Australia, and he went out and bought them, and
made the prisoner out a contract to the amount of
£lO5 155., telling him that there was no occasion
for him to pay the money until the 29th August,
which was settling day, but he preferred paying the
money, and that the transfer should be sent to him
at his address in Dublin. On the 26th the prisoner
called again at the office, and said he wanted his
money back, and the shares were sold and a cheque
for the full amount was given him.
. .

Detective officerFoulger said he went to Uxbridge
with the witness Richards. They took a chaise, and
on the road from Uxbridge to Iver they overtook
the prisoner walking with a female, 'who he after-
wards said was his wife. He got out of the chaise
and asked him if his name was Eymon, and he said
he did not understand him. He asked Richards if
he was sure the prisoner was the man, and he said
he was. The prisoner said his name was not Eymon,
and asked if the witness Richards meant to say that
he had seen him before, and he said he had. He
then took the prisoner in the chaise, and his wife
went with them, accompanied by the witness
Richards. Several times while on the road the pri-
soner wanted Richards to be sent outside, and from
the manner in which he fumbled about his pockets
he was induced to take him to a publichouse on the
roadside, where he searched him, and on putting his
hand into his righthand coat pocket he found a small
pocket pistol loaded with ball and capped. The pri-
soner threw a piece of paper into the fireplace,
which he picked up, and found it had the address,
18, Edward-street, Hampstead-road. written on it,
which the prisoner afterwards acknowledged was
his address. Ho asked the prisoner what his name
was, and he said it was no use denying it, it was
Gibson, He brought the prisoner to London, and
searched his house at 18, Edward-street, and there
found two pass-books, £55 in gold, four £5 notes,
No. 30,216 to 19, a gold watch and chain, and a
quantity of papers, and some letters addressed to
Mr. Goff. On searching the prisoner at the station
he found on him £24 10s. in gold, 325. in silver,
two French coins, a blank cheque on the London
and County Bank, and a cheque for £6 on the
Southwark branch of the London and County Bank.
Ho also found a small packet with a card attached
to it, which the prisoner said. was a scent packet
and which he was
belonging to his wife, anxious
should be given to her, but on opening it he found
it to contain
£5O Bank of England note, No.
37462, Julie Gr 1860. Ho also fouuti two pieces

of paper
..,;r1 his pocket, one with the name and ad-
dress of the witne; Richards
_on it, and one with
:

the address of a Dr. Mi
James Rumens, a servant in 1,,:f employ of Miss
-
Mills, 20, Russell-square, said he knew ..._°thing of
the prisoner, and he did not live at 20, Russell-squat A.
Vinane, a police-constable at Uxbridge, said',
he knew the place well, and there was no such
place as Carine House.
George Eden, the postmaster at Uxbridge, said
the letter addressed to Mr. Eymon, Carine House,
Uxbridge, went to his office, and was called for by
a female, who he had since learned was the pri-
soner's wife, but he would not give it to her.
Mr. Mullens asked for a further remand, as a wit-
ness who could prove that the cheque for £2OO was
out of a book which was issued to the prisoner
when he kept an account at the London and County
Bank was away, and he should likewise have ano-
ther charge against him, for forging and uttering a
cheque on Messrs. Coutts.
The prisoner was remanded.

Mr. Lewis said the prisoner wished it to be un-,
derstood that he did not intend to do any harm to
the officer with the pistol which was found in his
pocket.
George Pearson, who was originally placed at the
bar charged with uttering two forged £lO Bank of
England notes, with intent to defraud the London
and County Bank, was brought up on remand to
undergo a further examination upon two other
charges, one for uttering a forged acceptance for
£B5 155., and the other for uttering a forged cheque
for £2OO, with intent to defraud Messrs. Willis and
Co., bankers.
The prisoner was committed for trial upon the
last occasion for uttering the forged notes, and was
remanded for the completion of the two latter
charges.
Mr. Mullens again attended to prosecute on be-
half of the Bankers' Protection Association; and
Mr. Taylor, barrister, appeared to watch the case
on behalf of the prisoner.
As regarded the acceptance for £B5, it appeared
that on the 3d of June last the prisoner gave the
bill in question to a ticket-porter in the Temple,
named Muspratt, telling him to go to Messrs.
Willis, the bankers, and get it cashed, and he would
wait for him in the Temple. He took the bill to
Messrs.Willis's, and got the money for it. The bill
was paid in bank notes, one for £5O, one for £2O,
one for £lO, and one for £5, and notes for these
sums were produced by Mr. Bailey, from the Ac-
countant's-office at the Bank, and were identified by
Mr. Woodcock, cashier at Messrs. Willis and Co.'s,
as the same which were given in payment for the
bill. The witness likewise stated that the prisoner
was formerly a clerk in Messrs. Willis's bank, and
he was acquainted with his handwriting, and be-
lieved an endorsement, "Findlater and Co., Strand,"
which was at the back of the notes, to be in the pri
soner's handwriting.
With regard to the cheque for £2OO, it appeared
that on the 9th Sept. the prisoner gave a letter, ad-
dressed to Mr. Woodcock, at Messrs. Willis's bank,

to a person named Morgan, a cutler in Post-office-
court, Lombard-street, and asked him to take it to
Mr. Woodcock, which he did. The letter, which
contained a cheque for £2OO on the London and
Westminster Bank, purporting to be signed by
Messrs. Abrahams and Walsh, was signed by the
prisoner, and asked Mr. Woodcock to cash the
enclosed cheque, which was drawn by a house and
estate agent in Great Portland-street, who had sold
some property for his sister, and had crossed the
cheque, and that if he could do it he would wait for
him at the Windmill, Nicholas-lane. The cheque,
however, was returned marked "No account;" and
Mr. Israel Abrahams, of the firm of Abrahams and
Walsh, estate agents, Great Portland-street, said he
kept no account at the London and Westminster
Bank, and the signature to the cheque for £2OO did
not resemble their signature to cheques, but it was
in imitation of the lithographic signature to their
circulars.
The prisoner was committed for trial on both
charges.

GUlLDHALL—Frederick Godwin and Joseph
Burgoyne were charged before Alderman Phillips
with the following offence :
Samuel Russell, a packer in the employ of Messrs.
Baker, Tucker, and Co., 30 and 31, Gresham-street,
silk manufacturers, said on the 23d of August last
he packed a bale of silk handkerchiefs, which was
directed to Messrs J. and N. Philips and Co., of
Manchester, and took them to Mr. Fardell's book-
ing office in Gresham-street, to be forwarded. The
prisoner Godwin was a clerk in Mr. Fardell's em-
ploy, and on receiving a communication from
Messrs. Philips respecting the non-arrival of the
bale of goods, witnessed mentioned the matter to
Godwin, who said they had been taken away from
Mr. Fardell's premises, and that he would write
and inquire about them. Witness saw some one
connected with the Great Northern Railway, and
then communicated a second time with Godwin,
who said it was all right, the goods had gone. He
afterwards received a message from Godwin,
who, on seeing him, asked him if he saw him (God-
win) when he delivered the goods, and on receiving
a reply in he negative, he said it was all right, that
was all he wanted to know.:'
Sergeant Green, of the City detective force, said
he went to the house of the prisoner Burgoyne, and
said he came to make inquiries about some hand-
kerchiefs whiCh had been stolen. Burgoyne, on
being questioned, said he had pledged one or two
pieces of silk, and had sold the tickets • but on
being taken into custody for receiving stolen pro-
perty, he said he did not see why he should get into
trouble for other people, and he would therefore
speak the truth. He then said that a short time
previously the prisoner Godwin brought a bale of
silk handkerchiefs to his house, and said the goods
had been signed for by the railway carman and left
behind. The bale was directed to Mr. Godwin,
Ramsgate, whither he said he was going, and in a
few days he took the goods away again. Witness
then went to Mr. Fardell's, and told Godwin all
that Burgoyne had said. Godwin said it was all
false, but witness took him into custody. Godwin
and Burgoyne were brothers-in-law.
Mr. Philip Richer, warehouseman to Messrs.
Baker, Tucker, and Co., said he selected the goods
of which the bale was composed. They consisted
of 136 pieces of silk handkerchiefs, value £l5l 17s.
6d. The pieces pledged by Burgoyne were of the
same description.
Geo. Nuth, employed at the Great Northern Rail-
way, said he checked the carman's load of parcels
with the way bill, and noticed the deficiency of the
bale of silk addressed to Messrs. Philips, of Man-
chester.
Mrs. Russell said Burgoyne lodged in her house.
She remembered Godwin coming in a cab early one
morning with a bale of goods. Godwin called on the
two following days and took away the goods in bags.
Lewis Nathan, a dealer in unredeemed pledges,
said Burgoyne called on him, and offered to put
money in his way by the sale of some silk handker-
chiefs, which he said were bankrupt's stock. Wit-
ness declined to do any business with such goods,
unless he could have bills and receipts, and was as-
sured they were what he called straightforward
goods. On the same evening Godwin called and
offered him similar goods, and showed him samples
of them. He declined to buy them.
Inspector Williams, of the Great Northern Rail-
way Company, said since the prisoners had been in
custody Godwin sent for him and made a confes-
sion, to the effect that he found the bale of goods in
the office, and that it had been signed for by the
Great Northern Railway carman. He cut the can-
vas with his knife, and the bale having been pressed
in packing the handkerchiefs burst out. He then
packed them in three bundles, and put them into
one package, and took them to Burgoyne's house,
where be left them with him to dispose of,but when
he called again he found some of them gone and
Burgoyne drunk, so he took them away and sold
121 pieces to a man in Petticoat-lane, to wham he
was referred by Burgoyne, for £2l. If there were 136
pieces Burgoyne must have taken away the other 15
pieces. He also said that he gave Burgoyne £3los.
for assisting him. He said Mr. Nathan bought the
goods and sent two men for them.
The prisoners were committed for trial.

MARYLEBONE.—A FOUL-MOUTHED " GEN-
TLEMAN" SENT TO HARD LABOUR FOR A MONTH,
—William Snowden, described as a gentleman, re-
siding at Willesden, appeared on a summons charg-
ing him with assaulting, without any provocation,
a young man named Thomas Bolton.
Mr. Herring, solicitor, of Stafford•street, ap-
peared for complainant, and whilst he was opening
his case to his worship (Mr. Mansfield), he was
continually interrupted by volleys of filthy expres-
sions from defendant towards complainant, quite
unfit to be repeated in print. The learned gentle-
man said he would not continue, but at once call
complainant, who, on stepping into the box, was
assailed by defendant with a very filthy expres-
sion. From his evidence, as well as he was able
to give it, in the midst of a shower of blackguardism,
it appeared that on Friday night last he was lean-
ing over the gate of the house where he lodged at
Willesden, when defendant came behind and struck
him a severe blow on the head.
Defendant—You liar; you are—
Mr. Mansfield—Silence, sir.
Defendant (striking his chest)—Give me my sen-
tence. He (pointing to Bolton) is a—
Mr. Mansfield (who evidently, like every one else
in court, was disgusted at the "gentleman's" lan-
guage)—Stop, you filthy fellow—l commit you for
one month with hard labour.
For a minute or two he did not seem to under-
stand the sentence, and he was still more surprised
when informed hard labour was attached to it.
Later iu the day Mx. VaugUan, eolieiter, applied

in mitigation of punishment, but t avail, as
his worship was inflexible.

CLERKENWELL.—DARING GA. no' TTE ROB-
BERY.—A well-kn9wn thief, who nc nv gave the
Wm. Bonner, was placed at the bar before Mr.
D'Eyncourt, chargeo with garotting an elderly
female of the name of l'illizabeth Miller, ;3 nd stealing
her purse in Edmond-stt"eet, King'scrosi
Ransley, one of I .he detectives :mployed at
the Great Northern Railway, deposed 'chat he saw
the female passing up Edmond-street, t Ind as there
was a group of thieves sta uding at tin 3 corner he
turned round to see whether they did a. nything to
her or not. He had hardly turned round when
he saw them all su:round heir, and he distinctly
saw the prisoner seize her by' the neck anti force
her back against the wall. He at once ran ,to her
assistance, but before he could lap the thieves made
their escape. He saw the knrizotier, in addition to
pinching the poor woman's th.roat , lift up her dt e n
ss.
When he got to her he founo ;that the woma's
purse had been stolen. and }'otter
into cus
Police-constable Connor, 211 S. teody
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sad that they took the prisons. o he said he
and when they told him the chars-
was not the man who did it, but h e knew who
did, and he threw the purse over a wall. That
morning they glade a search in the ,-plaee men-
tioned by the prisoner, and found the px,,rse minus
its contents. At the station he told Porte r that it
was no use denying it; that he was guilty.
The prisoner, in hit; defence, first said that he was
Lot guilty, but afterwaTds said he was guilty, and
hoped the magistrate would settle the matter at
once.
The peice stated that the prisoner had been a
thief from h;.s youth. He had been several times
convicted, and was the terror of the neighbourhood.
The prisoner at:id that every time ho had been
put away it had beer; done by the police when ho
was innocent.
Mr. D'Eyncourt fully committed the prisoner to
the Middlesex Sessions for trial.

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THAMES.—ATTEMPTED 3fURDER BY AN OFFI-
CER IN THE ARMY.—Lieut. Win. IVI `Rae, aged 21,
of the 46th Foot, was brought up on remand before
Mr. Woolrych, charged with atten:lpting to murder
George Pavey, cook and steward of the. ship
North-
umberland, at sea, on the 19th ult.
Mr. C. Young, solicitor, conducted the prosecu-
tion ; Mr. Brewin, solicitor, defended the pfisoner,
at the request of his numerous friends and co.incc
tions, who are of the highest respectability, and.
some of whom came from Scotland to tender their
advice and assistance.
Mr. Young called the follo wing additional wit-
nesses :
Capt. Alex. Small, master of the ship Northum-
berland, from Madras, and now lying in the St.
Katharine dock, said--On 19th September last my
attention was called to the galley or cook-house on
deck by a noise forward, in consequence of which I
went upon deck, and saw the prisoner with my
steward under him, and blood flowing from the
steward's forehead. I called upon the crew to secure
the prisoner, and they did so, while I looked after
the steward. Directly after Wards a knife, which had
been taken from my own cobin table, was found
concealed upon the prisoner, and for the safety of
all on board he was put in irom.l. On the same day,
after breakfast, and before the nrisoner attempted
to kill the steward, the latter said he could not get
on with his work, as Lieut. M'ltwe was annoying
him, following him about the decks, and threatening
to make away with himself. I spoke h. 40 the prisoner
and said he had no right tobe annoyii2o. the steward
while he was doing his duty. The prisoner said he
wished to have a settlement with the eeward. I
told him if there was anything between them they
must settle it another time. The prisoner said if he
had not a settlement with the steward he would run
a knife through his own body. I have heard the
prisoner say he was sick, and had been poisoned.
heard him tell the steward that he was drugged 10
years ago.
Mr. Young—Did you see anything in the pri-
soner's conduct that indicated insanity ?
Captain Small—No, sir. I have found knives in
his possession. I ordered him to give them all up.
I locked him up until I found I had all his weapons.
Two weeks before he knocked down the steward
with the mall. I thought he was conniving with
the crew for the purposes of mischief.
Mr. Young said the prosecuter had come unawares
upon the prisoner in his cabin and found him com-
mitting a most improper act, and that furnished
the motive for the prisoner making the attempt on
the steward's life.
Mr. Woolrych—That has already been given in
evidence by Pavey.
James Spencer, ordinary seaman, said—On the
morning of the 19th ult. I saw Lieut. M'Rae lift the
mall, and, with both hands, strike the steward a
swinging blow with it on the head. The steward
defended his head with his arm, but he was severely
wounded, and bled most fearfully. His hand was
bruised. Both fell on a spar, and the steward was
undermost. It appeared to me the prisoner meant
to kill the steward.

Cross-examined by Mr. Brewen—l never noticed
anything the matter with the prisoner, or anything
curious in his conduct, except that he used to come
upon deck at 11 o'clock at night.
Mr. Brewin and the prisoner's brother-in-law
assured the magistrate that Lieut. M'Rae had been
labouring under morbid delusions, and that his con-
duct in India was most extraordinary. The prisoner
was sent home invalided after two years' service ill
India.

Mr. Woolrych said he could not try the question
of the prisoner's sanity or insanity.
An application was then made to the magistrate
that some bills of exchange, one for a million ster-
ling and another for £5OO, made out by the prisoner
on board the Northumberland, should bo given up
to Mr. Brewen.

Mr. Young—They are made out in favour of the
steward, they are not stamped, they are not worth
a farthing; they were made out by the prisoner to
cajole the steward. The prisoner was carrying out
his motive.
The prosecutor said that when the prisoner made
out the sham bills of exchange he said, " There is
a present for you, I don't want to be exposed."
Rowcroft, a police-constable of the Thames divi
sion, No. 43, said that when he took the prisoner
into custody, he said " I struck the steward where
I wanted, but I did not intend to kill him," lie
asked the prisoner how he came to commit such an
act, to which he replied " Because he attempted to
poison me."
The prisoner, on being called upon for his de-
fence, said " I would rather not say anything."
Mr. Woolrych committed the prisoner for trial
at the next Old Bailey Sessions, for attempting to
murder Pavey.

FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST.

MAILS DUE.

A.uPtralia and Mauritius, via Southampton Oct. 19.
via Marseilles ... Oct. 13.
Brazil and Cape- Verds, by British packet . Oct. 4.
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Nov, 1.
China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southanipton.Oct. 2.
via Marseilles ...Oct. 13.
Falkland Islands
Gibraltar, via Southampton Oct. 2.
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Oct. 2.
via Marseilles Oct. 13.
India (Bombay), via Southampton .. Oct. 15.
via Marseilles Oct, 9.
Lisbon Oct. 4.
Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Oct. 2.
via Marseilles Oct. 9.
Newfoundland
Oporto and Vigo
U. S. and British N. America,
byby
U.S.
Brit. packet....packet.Q..
Oct. 9.
by Canadian packet. Oct. 3.
W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe
Bahamas, via New York Oct. 23.
Mexico......
All parts of West Indies, including Chili,
California, and British Columbia.. Peru,
I Oct. 14.