The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-11 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGHNCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.— The new Lord Mayor took
the chair precisely at twelve o'clock, and,
a
observations upon the perfect reliance which attar some
upon the able assistance which he should re'_e_.? Placed
we from
Mr. Goodman the chief clerk, during his year of office'
said it was his intention to sit every day at the same
hour for the performance of his magisterial duties in the
justice room.
Pafrick Daly was charged upon suspicion of having
stolen 401. in bank-notes, the property of Mrs. Ann
Snell Chauncey, who said—l am a widow, and reside at
No. 8, Judd-place, East, New-road. I removed to that
= reculence on the 19th of September. On that day I put
eight 51. notes in a japanned box, in my dressing-case,
after countin,, them. I bad received the notes on the
previous Friday at the Bank of England. I employed
arcs persons to remove my goods from my old lodging.
"I never saw the prisoner before this day.
A gentleman from the insnector's office of the Bank
said the prisoner yesterday presented seven notes at the
counter for change. They were dated 13th of Septem-
ber, and numbered 3,377, 3,378, 3,379, and 3,381 to

3,384 inclusive. There was no writing upon them. I
told the prisoner it was necessary to write his name on
the top of the notes, and as he said he could not write I
told him that I would write for him. He then gave me
the name of James Lee, 20; James-street, Oxford-street.
Upon examination of our card we found that th 3 notes
were stopped, and the prisoner was taken to the secre-
tary's office.
Scott, the detective officer, said—" I went to the se-
cretary's office at the Bank of England at a little before
one o'clock yesterday, and saw the prisoner and the notes
produced. I saw in the book at which I was told to
look that a notice was made of the loss of the notes by
Mrs. Chauncey. I examined the notes produced, and
found that they were seven of the eight which had been
stopped. I said where is the man who brought the
notes. The prisoner said he was the man. I said that
I was an officer, that the notes were stolen notes, and I
asked him how he accounted for the possession of them.
He said that he had found them in the New-road, but
he did not know when, but he afterwards said about
three or four weeks ago, when it was dark. He then
said the name and address he had given were false. I
asked why he had given the false name and address, to
which he replied, because he was told to do so. At the
station-house, to which I took him, he said there were
eight notes when he found them, but he had changed
one of them on the night before and given the money to
his landlord to take care of. That I found to be the
fact upon inquiry at his real address, which he gave me.
The prisoner begged to be allowed to speak, and after
having received the necessary caution, said, "I got the
notes from my sister, Ellen Daly, who told she found
them on a cabstand. I did not understand them, and I
kept them by me till I went to the bank."
The Lord Mayor—Who is Ellen Daly ?
Prisoner—She lived as servant, I believe, to the lady
who has given evidence.
The Lord Mayor remanded the prisoner for a week.
D. Katey and E. Coleker were committed each for
one month for having robbed a lady of her purse con-
taining silver, on Wednesday.
Thomas Williams was committed for 14 days for hav-
ing robbed a gentleman of a silver pencil-case in the
mob on Lord Mayor's Day.
David Dalton was charged with stealing a gold watch
on the Lord Mayor's day.
The prisoner was defended by Mr. H. Wood.
Mr, W. H. Clarke, a gentleman of independent pro-
perty, residing at 26, Great Marlborough-street, said -
I came into the City, in company of my wife, by steam-
boat from Hungerford-market to Blackfriars-bridge, and
proceeded along Thames-street until I arrived at the
corner of Eastcheap, where I stopped to see the proces-
sion pass. The prisoner there thrust himself forward
three or four times, upon which I said to him, " Keep
back, and allow this lady to see the procession." He
gave me some trouble to push him away. At this time
a mounted police officer said, " Take that lady from
here, she will be dreadfully crushed in an instant." I
then went a little northward, and found myself very
much obstructed, the prisoner again in front of me. I
then said to my wife, "Is your watch safe?" upon
which she replied, pulling out the chain, "No, it is
gone ; that man took it who has been so continually
staring at me." Shortly afterwards I caught sight of
the prisoner, and called out to him, "young man, what
have you done with this lady's watch ?" He immediately
"ducked" his head, passed under the elbows of two or
1 two or three persons, and emerged from the crowd. He
ran as fast as he could, I pursuing, and calling " stop
thief." Eventually he was stopped by the police.
Mrs. Emily Clarke, wife of the last witness, col robo-
rated the evidence of her husband in every particular,
and added that the ring of her watch had been cut
through, although the chain was uninjured, and that
the watch had riot been found.
Mr. Horace Racie Reed, a spectator in the crowd,
having given evidence of a precisely similar character to
that of the preceding witnesses,
The Lord Mayor asked if the prisoner was known to
the police, upon which a number of detective officers in
the City police pressed towards the witness-box.
Huggett, No. 23, said—l have known the prisoner
six years as a very expert thief. In July 1849, I saw
him in company with another man pick a lady's pocket
in the Borough. I apprehended his companion at the
time, but the prisoner escaped, leaving his hat behind
him. He was afterwards apprehended, when both were I
committed for three months. The prisoner is one of the
worst and most dangerous thieves in London.
Mr. Wood objected to the reception of further evi-
dence with regard to the former career of the prisoner,
on the ground of its not being relevant to the charge.
The Lord Mayor said he should like to know a little
more about the prisoner; upon which
Coombes, a constable of the Metropolitan (I. division)
Police, appeared in the box and said—l have known the
prisoner for nine years to get his living by thieving.
On the 24th March, 1850, I was present at Lambeth
Police-court, when he was committed for three months
for picking pockets. On the 4th October, of the same
year, be was again committed for three months, at the
same office, for a similar offence. On the 20th August,
1851, he was committed for three months, by one of the
magistrates at Bow-street Police-office, for picking
pockets. On Nov. 8, 1852, he was tried at Clerkenwell
Sessions for attempting to break into a watchmaker's
house at Hounslow, when he was committed for twelve
months, and only came out of prison on Monday last.
Mr. W ood—My lord, the evidence of this witness
shows the prisoner could not have been a very expert
thief.

The Lord Mayor—lt shows him to have been a very
continuous one, at all events. (Laughter.)
Daniel May, a City detective officer, deposed to his
having seen the prisoner in custody six years ago, at
Guildhall Police Court, on a charge of picking pockets,
and added that he belonged to such a desperate gang of
thieves that there was no chance of the watch being
found.
The Lord Mayor, after desiring the officers to use
their utmost efforts to recover the watch, remanded the
prisoner.:

GUILDHALL.—About 20 waiters, who were en-
gaged to attend the Lord Mayor's banquet in their offi-
cial capacity, applied to Sir Peter Laurie for his assist-
ance and advice under the following circumstances :
They stated that they were engaged by Mr. Burrell
(who held the contract) of the Bridge-house Hotel, to
attend the banquet at Guildhall on Lord Mayor's-day,
on the understanding that they were to be paid 6s. each
for their services ; but after performing their very
arduous duty, Mr. Burrell's brother had paid them only
ss. each, which they received in part payment, and on
expostulating with him he told them to summon Mr.
Burrell for the balance, which they were unwilling to
do if they could avoid it, as it would entail an enormous
expense upon Mr. Burrell besides causing them to lose
much of their time.

Sir Peter Laurie—How many are there of you in this
position ?
A Waiter—There are 86 of us in all ; but the pecu-
liar hardship of the case is this. We had to go up to
Mr. Burrell on the day previous to the dinner to be
engaged, and to come up the day after to be paid, be-
sides being in attendance from eight in the morning
until 12 at night at the banquet and in the hall, so that
we have lost three days for ss.
Another Waiter—And there was not the slightest
complaint against us, for we were all sober.
First Waiter—Sober ! I should think so, for all we
had during the 16 hours we were there was one half-
pint of beer, and some meat, but we had no knives to
cut it with. (Laughter.)
Sir Peter Laurie—But had you no wine ?
Second Waiter—Oh dear, no, Sir ; they looked too
sharp after it for that. (Laughter.)
Sir Peter Laurie—What became of the opened bottles,
then ?

Third Waiter—Oh, they were collected by the wine
men, and went into the cellar for what we call
" Dover."

Sir Peter Laurie—What do you mean ?
Third Waiter—Why, Sir, the half-bottles are used to
fill up others, which are sent up to table again as un-
opened bottles, and that is what we call " dovering."
(Renewed laughter.)
Sir Peter Laurie—Well, I believe Mr. Burrell is a
very honourable, upright man, and I do not think he
would break his word ; so you had better apply once
more to him personally.
Fourth Waiter—He promised us a good dinner, but
we never got it. (Laughter.)
Sir Peter Laurie—What was the number of waiters
there on Wednesday ?
Second Waiter—There were eighty-six, and it is cus-
and a great deal more company.
tomary to have a hundred ; but we had less on this
occ
`'baiter—And we all had distinguishing collars
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to our coats ; and because some of us did not return
them, which is a very unusual thing, a shilling was
deducted for it in each instance.

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Sir Peter Laurie—l am sorry you should have had
any dispute with Mr. Burrell ; but, as it is not a cri-
minal case, I can only recommend you to apply again to
Mr. Burrell, or go at once to the County Court.
The waiters then retired.

HAMMERSMITH.—Mary Trotter, . a respectably
dressed servant, living at one of the lodges at Earl'-ter-
race, near Holland-house, Kensington, was charged
with being concerned with another female, not in cus-
tody, in stealing a large quantity of plate belonging to
Mr. Davis, one of the magistrates of Middlesex. There
was a second charge against the prisoner for embezzling
various sums of money, belonging to prosecutor. This
charge ultimately resolved itself into one of forgery.
The prosecutor said the prisoner had been in his ser-
vice more than twelve years in the capacity of cook and
housekeeper. On Friday last he gave her a cheque for
131. to pay sundry bills owing to his tradespeople. On
the following Sunday night, at 20 minutes to one, he
found the prisoner dead! drunk, lying at full length in
the kitchen grate. There was a fire in the grate, and it
was a great wonder that she was not burnt. He tried
to rouse her, but his efforts were quite futile. He after-
wards found the back door wide open. At three o'clock
he was able to rouse her sufficiently to be carried to her
room, where he discovered his late housemaid, whom
1..!,, had discharged about a fortnight before, secreted.
tln,ithe morning he insisted upon the prisoner leaving
house,
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sent in 1.
Newland-place said—The four bills produced hal been
signature way not iii his
him, but he had not received any of the
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of his family. The handwriting
to be receipted by him, but the
money. They appeared
amountuos of the four bills receipted as
having been paid was or in that of any
n
mutche case was fully gone
leitnihore extensive. He
The prosecutor said wh.e9l4d.
into it would be found to be
not been paid,
for them.
had a number of other bills which
although the prisoner had received the money
Mr. Beadon remanded the prisoner forarn onweyeek.
The plate robbery was not gone into. 1