The Sun.
London, England, 1854-01-23 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.—John, Seal, a labouring man,
was brought before the Lord Mayor upon suspicion of
being concerned in the robbery of five fifty-dollar pieces
and thirty nuggets of gold, worth 1501., the property of
Henry Brown.
From the statement of the complainant it appeared
that he only returned from the diggings on Thursday
last, and that he hired the prisoner, whom he accident-
ally met near the General Post-office on that day, to
show him about town. He (the complainant) went into
a house to light a cigar, and when he returned into the
street he could not find the prisoner, who was subse-
sequently apprehended by a police-constable.
In answer to a question by the Lord Mayor, the com-
plainant admitted that he had been taking a glass, but
denied that he was intoxicated. He did not know where
he lost his money, but recollected that six or eight men
were collected together at some house at which he and
the prisoner had called.

The prisoner denied all knowledge of the robbery, and
said that he and the complainant had been drinking
rather freely on the day in question.
The Lord Mayor remanded the case till Tuesday, ad-
mitting the prisoner to bail on his own recognizances.

BOW-STREET.—TFIE JEWEL ROBBERY.—The pri-
soners in this case, James Boyd, Edward Symes, and

Joseph Floyd, were brought up before Mr. Henry for

final examination.

Susan Kelly, an unfortunate female, was called to con-
firm the evidence of Elizabeth Pullen, who was drinking
with her and Symes, at the Crown public-house, in
Crown•court, Fleet-street, on the night when Pullen re-
ceived two gold rings from Symes, and showed them to
her afterwards ; and the landlady of the house (Mrs Tay-
lor) also deposed that she remembered seeing the two
women and Symes in company together, at her place on
the night in question.
William Baker, a lad employed by Floyd, at 43,
Woburn-mews, deposed to having seen Boyd and Symes
at the mews, inquiring for his master repeatedly.
Police constable F 126 said that he remembered seeing
a cart standing near the Lowther Arcade on the day of
the robbery, and Floyd walking about near it. He re-
ported the fact the same night at the police station.
The prisoner Boyd—That it false, for Symes and Floyd
came together in a cab, and took the property out of my
brougham.
Mr. Parry objected to this statement being placed
upon the depositions, because the prisoner, who was evi-
dently an ignorant man, had not received the usual
caution.

Mr. Henry—The statement was a running commen-
tary upon the evidence, and must be taken down. He
will be cautioned at the proper time.
The evidence as to the connexion existing between the
prisoners was strengthened by a watchman named Gat-
ton ; by. Sergeant Hayes, to whom Symes admitted,
when apprehended, that he had lent a great coat to
Boyd ; and by Inspector Mackenzie, of the F division,
who was at the station when Floyd was brought there
upon the present charge.
Mr. Henry then asked the prisoner Boyd if he wished
to make a statement, at the same time cautioning him
that it would be taken down.

Boyd—Yes, I do. It began by Symes coming to
me at the stables and examining inside my master's
brougham, after master had been out with it, to
see if anything was left there. One night there
was a parcel containing several chains. Symes
says to me, "Here's a up." I said I must take
them back. He said, "Don't you be a young fool ;
they'll never be missed." He took them away with
him, and I went with him. We went to Floyd and
showed him the chains, and asked him if it was gold
enough. He said yes, it was good gold. There was
another man with him that Symes called Lyons, and he
offered 7/. for the chains. Symes said he wanted 21. a
piece for them. Floyd said "We won't give more than
71. for them," and Lyons said " you are a fool if you
do." Then Symes let them have the chains for 71.
Floyd and Lyons took them away, and presently re-
turned with the 71. After this Symes found a pin in
the bottom of the brougham, one evening. I said I
must take it back. He said, " Oh, no. It will do to
spend to-night," and he pawned it for 4s. At another
tune Symes found a ring at the bottom of the carriage.
It was one that he gave to Pullen. After this he put
me up to getting the parcel out of the brougham, tell-
ing me that if I would let him do it, he would set me
up with a cab and two horses. He followed me about
day after when I was out with the brougham. On the
day when the robbery happened, Floyd and Symes fol-
lowed me about in a cab. They followed me into the
City and then back to the Strand. It was getting dusk,
and they said it would be the time to take the parcel. I
told them they had better let it alone. They said if I
did not let them take the parcel out of the brougham
they would tell my master about the chains, and then I
should get transported. Symes said, " You look into
a shop window, and we'll have it out." He gave me
half-a-crown then, and told me he was going into the
country. He was away several days in the country, and
he told his wife that if I wanted any money I was to
have some of her. After he returned from the country,
he told me that it had fetched 951., and that he
paid 41. to a man for selling it, and 11. for melting
it down. Time went on, and Symes altogether gave
me about 101. I was to have more, but when I went
up to his lodgings one day, I saw all the things scat-
tered about, and they pretended there was a robbery.
I saw Mrs. Symes next day, and she said that she sup-
posed Ted (meaning Symes) had gone away with the
money ; but the same night Symes accused me of break-
ing into the house, and stealing all the money myself.
I then went up to Floyd and told him how Symes had
served me about the money. Floyd said, if I would
keep quiet I should join him in his cab and horses, and
work half the number.
Floyd—You won't work half the number now.
Boyd—l can't help it. Floyd went with me to
Symes, who was in bed. He said he did not mind pay-
ing me my share weekly:
The prisoner having signed this statement, Symes was
also asked if he wished to say anything, after the usual

caution.
Symes—What he's been saying is all false. Boyd
brought the pin to me and asked me what it was worth,
and I pledged it for him for four shillings in my own
name. It doesn't stand to reason that I should do that
if I thought it was stolen. I know nothing about all
the rest he has been saying.
Floyd reserved his defence, merely saying, I know
nothing at all about it.
Mr. Henry then committed the prisoners for trial.

CLERKENWELL.—Mrs. Mary Mizen, a lady re-
siding at No. 8, Southgate-road, Islington, was charged,
on a warrant, with assaulting Mr. John Orick Kennard,
a draper, of Deptford.
The complainant stated that on Wednesday morning
last, between ten and eleven o'clock, he called at her
house for 101. 10s., being the amount of rent due from
her to him in respect to the premises she had formerly
occupied in Lucas-place, Hoxton. A note of the bank
of England for 101. was given to him by her servant in
part payment, and on his mentioning that he must have
10s. more, the girl went out of the room and returned
with her mistress, who was in her night-dress, and five
or six young ladies similarly attired, all of whom imme-
diately " pitched into him," and " pummelled" him right
and left, until he was forced to give up the 101., after
which they flung him out of the house. (Much laughter.)
Mr. Tyrwhitt (smilingly)—And that was the way they
paid you the rent ?
Complainant—lt was, indeed.
Mr. Tyr whitt—Am I to understand that all the ladies,
with the exception of the servant, were in their night
clothes ?
Complainant—" Oh, yes sir ; they came direct from
their beds to attack me. It was a most awkward predi-
cament. (Laughter.) I have not made the slightest
mistake about the the number or condition of the ladies."

Mr. Wakeling addressed the worthy magistrate for
the defence, assuring him that Mr. Kennard must have
been labouring under some extraordinary delusion at the
time he visited his client, who was the only person that
arose from "her bed, and, with the exception of her
servant, was the only individual who went to the
complainant after he had improperly obtained the 101.
The simple facts were :—On the day in question Mrs.
Mizen was expecting her present landlord for his rent,
amounting to 61. 10s., and when the complainant pre-
sented himself, and in reply to the servant, distinctly
represented that he was the landlord of her then abode,
a 101. note was immediately handed to him to take that
amount, and the mistake being discovered and made
known to his client, she in a rage jumped out of bed,
and on demanding a restoration of her money, or the
difference between them, he knocked her down. Her
cries for help brought her assistance, and the complain-
ant having been made to refund the 101., he was suffered
to depart from the house.
Mr. Tyrwhitt asked Mr. Kennard if he made use of
his stick as described ?
He said he did not. He had the will but not the
power to do so, for the ladies clung about him like
leeches. (A laugh.)
Mr. Wakeling called for the defence the servant,
Catherine Lines, who distinctly swore to the several
facts spoken of in the explanation.
Mr. Tyrwhitt said that, after the straightforward tes-
timony of the last witness, he should dismiss the charge,
with a strong recommendation to Mr. Kennard to come
to a speedy amicable arrangement with Mrs. Mizen, or
she might with safety turn the tables on him.

SOUTHWARK.—George Dalton, a joiner, residing
at No. 2, Brandon-row Newington-causeway, and Ame•
lie Holloway, a young female with whom he cohabited,
were brought before Mr. A'Beckett, for final examina-
tion, charged with gross cruelty to Mary Ann Hollo-
way, their illegitimate offspring, 15 months old, by
breaking its arms, burning its legs and chest, and
neglecting to provide for its proper nourishment.
It appeared from the evidence given on former exami-
nations that the prisoners had lodged about three months
at the above address as man and wife, and that when
they came there the infant was twelve month old, and in
good health. Latterly, Mrs. Marley, the landlady, had
heard the child scream dreadfully when the male pri-
soner was at home. The infant was sent to nurse a fort-
night before Christmas, and brought home on the 26th
ult., apparently in good health, and for several days
afterwards the infant was heard to scream dreadfully,
and when the landlady saw it, she was told it had fallen
off a chair into the fire. After that the landlady saw
the child in the arms of a girl who nursed it, and per-
ceiving it suffered great pain, she examined it, and she
found it in such an extremely emaciated state, that she
at once informed the police.
Mr. Odling, the surgeon to the M. division, saw the
infant, and pronounced it to be in great suffering. He
found the upper left arm broken, and the right arm
broken a little above the wrist. The fractures were not
united, and did not appear to have been attended to.
The right leg, from the knee to the ankle-joint, had been