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 2001 r., 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 w ith 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/10 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
different address to that which he had written on
the note, and he replied that he had formerly lived
o Down the road, on the left-hand side."
peacock-terrace. When asked where it was, he
at
had only recently come from abroad, and
he wrote the
sHaeidsaitir g
address he stayed at before. He was
bow he came by the note which had
and he said he had taken it at Baden
Baden at the
gambling tables,_ but he could not say
beenthen stoppedasked ,
whom he took it from. .He took it aoout 15 days
Fit askedle less, he would not be
before, or it mig--
was if he. could refer to any
quite sure. He
and he said he had only been
A he was not known.
one who knew him,
an.
in England a short times
be gave of. himself was not
He was told the account
was
_taken into custody and
satisfactory, and he
wherehe was searched
conveyed to the station-houh6eof
found on him a quan-
by the officer Packman, Vi'. A-7 Napoleons, 35 half
tity of foreign money, viz., i icks, 5 single
ditto, 2 quarter ditto, 15
note for 1,000 f., five
ditto, 7 foreign silver coins, one lOO thalers,
for 2,000 f., 23 for 100 f. each, t NVO for
searching hi and chain, a
and four for 25 thalers a old watch
diamond pin diamond' . previously to
and a ring. had any, Eng-
he found a
fish bank not
m the officer asked JFfrheed.ehr
zessnaobtout him, and he said ALi o; ' but
found £lO 2s. and he also
officer went to
scarf he objected; but 8 amongst the others, a..irben
the
take
ein English money. IN
's
custo-
mary, and asked him for pin from the prisonertold him it was
.which
he had on when he first the diamond ring vvril
saw him.
having
The prisoner
afterwards took it out of the rinine
said he wanted that, and denied
the of his hat.
it, but
The note in question, it
of August last,
two others of 110 each, on plea,rhs, was lost with
at Smith Payne's bank, by a „rid'
named
Harriet Blackburne, who on that ar lady
1 money from her stockbroker, amongYsrtecehi`i'id some
After
1 three 110 Bank of England notes, wbichwk-aic-k were
in her pocket, after having paid the remain placedier
the money into Messrs. Smith Payne's hank.
leaving Messrs. Smith Payne's she went straight to
an omnibus which conveyed her to her own door,
and on arriving 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 safe, however.
She did not remember having been pushed about at
all while at the bankers', but there were a great
many gentlemen there, and while she was standing
behind them une of the clerks asked them to move
on one Bide for her to come to the counter. She