The Sun.
London, England, 1853-09-08 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE

MANSION-HOUSE. Charles Wheeler, a dirty,
shabby-looking fellow was brought before Alderman
Finnis, charged with I;avirig attempted to commit a rob-
bery in the house of Mr. Kallaway, the proprietor of the
Fleece Tavern, in Queen-street, Cheapside.
Miss Kallaway (sister of the prosecutor) said—This
morning the prisoner came into the house while I was at
the bar, and walked into the taproom. He began to un-
screw the gaspipe which was suspended from the ceiling,
and I called the potboy, who distinctly saw what oc-
curred, and gave the prisoner into custody.
Alderman Finnis—D:d you suspect the prisoner when
he went into the taproom ?
Witness—A gaspipe had been stolen from the same
room about ten days before when the gas was on. It
was not on upon this occasion. A great deal of caution
has been observed since the robbery, and I saw the pri-
soner myself turn round the screw three or four times.
_ _

Willi Sim Wilson (potman to the prosecutor)—l saw the
prisoner, through the taproom window, turn round the
screw of the pipe three or four times, and I closed the
taproom door to prevent his coming out until the arrival
of the policeman ; when he succeeded in pushing open
the door, he said he wanted a half-pint of beer.
The prisoner said, he never made any attempt to take
the gaspipe, and he was too good a friend to the publi-
cans, as hundreds of them knew, to steal their pipes, or
anything that was theirs.

The inspector on duty at the Mansion-house said that
several complaints had been made of robberies of this
kind, which had been effected between 8 and 9 in the
morning, when the servants were busily occupied. A
person whose description answered that of the prisoner
was said to be suspected of having been concerned ex-
tensively in stealing publichouse gaspipes.
When the former robbery was committed at Mr. Kal-
laway's house the pipe was unscrewed, as Miss Kallaway
stated, when the gas was on, and the first notice given
was by the suffocating smell. If a light had been sud-
denly introduced, the consequences must have been dan-
gerous.

Alderman Finnis —I remand the case till Saturday,
when I shall expect a number of visitors to the prisoner.

GUILDHALL.—The two girls, Dent and Norman,
who were remanded from Monday last on the charge of
stealing a gold watch and eyeglass, value 71., from the
person of M. Herman Theodore Voeleker, a manufac-
turer, of Cologne, were brought up yesterday before Sir
R. W. Carden, and, there being no fur:ler evidence,
the worthy magistrate said that, in consideration of the
prosecutor's convenience, though he was acting contrary
to his own inclination, which was to commit the pri-
soners for trial, he should decide the case. The watch
not having been found was not at all surprising, as the
man to whom the watch was passed when stolen was
not known to the police ; but the evidence showed
clearly enough that Dent was a very bad character, and
that she also took the watch, for which he would sen-
tence her to hard labour for three months. With regard
to Norman, she did not appear to have taken any part
in the robbery beyond associating with Dent, and he
would therefore give her the benefit of her not being
known to the police, and discharge her.

BOW-STREET.—Ann earthy, charged with stealing
20 sovereigns and a pair of shoes, belonging to her mas-
ter, •Mr. Edwards, was brought up for final examina-
tion.

The prosecutor, who keeps a private hotel in Norfolk-
street, Strand, was unable to offer any additional evi-
dence, but submitted that if the principal charge could
not be substantiated, owing to the absence of legal
proof, there could be no doubt of her having stolen his
shoes. A constable of the detective force, who had been
employed to watch her, saw the prisoner take a parcel
to the shop of a German baker in the Strand, where it
was left for a journeyman named Rouston. This parcel
was subsequently applied for by the police, and found
to contain the pair of shoes in question ; but the young
man who received it at the shop, for Rouston, said that
he could not identify the woman who gave it to him. In
consequence of the want of this link in the chain of evi-
dence Mr. Henry declined to send the case before a jury.
Mr. Edwards questioned the integrity of the witness
who swore that he did not know who brought the shoes
to him, and reminded his worship that the prisoner and
Rouston had been living together as man and wife.
Rouston denied this, although admitting that he had
been acquainted with her improperly ; but he knew her
years ago in Scotland, when she was the wife of a master
baker ; he declared that she had never given him a suit
of clothes, or anything except the shoes produced.
Mr. Edwards thought there was evidence enough to
satisfy any reasonable mind of the prisoner's guilt, but
if that was not sufficient for the law, he must bow to the
decision of the court.
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MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Richard Caton
Hewitt, described as "a gentleman," was charged by

Elizabeth Julia Cooper with having robbed her of her
watch and chain and two rings.
The prosecutrix, a well-dressed young woman, said she
lived at 51, Cireneester-place, and had been on terms of
intimacy with the prisoner for some time. On Thursday
week the prisoner called upon her, and remained with
her all night. The next morning she rose to make
leaving the prisoner in bed. When she returned the pri-
soner had dressed himself, and he partook of some break-
fast, but left in a hasty manner. In a few minutes after
this, having occasion to look into the drawer in which
she had placed her gold watch and chain, and which was
safe when she left the room to get breakfast, prosecutrix
missed the watch and chain and two rings. The prisoner
had seen her looking at the property before she placed
it in the drawer. She immediately suspected the priso-
ner and gave information of the robbery to the police.
The prisoner, however, kept out of the way, and could
nob he taken until Tuesday.
The prisoner admitted having been at the house on
the night in question, but denied the robbery.
The prosecutor said no one but the prisoner had been
in the room. The prisoner's wife had called upon her
to make up the matter, and had informed her that her
husband was out of the way because the police were
after him.

Mr. Hardwick asked the prisoner how he maintained
himself.

Prisoner—l live on my property,

Mr. Hardwick—What does it Consist of ?
Prisoner—Of rents at Singapore.

Mr. Hardwick decided on remanding the case to give
time for the police to trace out the stolen property.

MARYLEBONE.—Signor Sebastian° Pinto Leite, a
Portuguese merchant having offices in the city, and re-
siding at 83, Harley-street, Cavendish-square, and
Mary Baskin, his housekeeper, were charged, before
Mr. Broughton, with unlawfully entering the apartment
of Antonio Lopez Justiniano, in the above house, and
stealing therefrom a quantity of cloth of the value of
60&, the property of the complainant, as also a fractura
or invoice of the same cloth.

A good deal of evidence was given in support of the
charge, but it was not of a positive character, and at
the suggestion of Mr. Parry, who said he had a com-
plete and satisfactory answer to the case, the proceed-
ings were postponed till Wednesday next.

WORSHIP-STREET.—Yesterday Thomas Kilgour,
a young man of respectable appearance, who refused to
give either address or profession, was placed before Mr.
D'Eyncourt upon the following charges of obtaining
money under fraudulent pretences :
Mr. Thomas Hall, a naturalist, residing at Stoke New-
ington, but having business premises in the City-road,
stated upon his affirmation, as a Quaker.—On Monday
afternoon last the prisoner called at my house, but was
walking away, when I opened the door and asked him
what he wanted? He immediately bowed to me and
presented me a document in the shape of a petition,
purporting to bear the signature of Dr. Thomson, resi-
dent surgeon of St. Thomas's Hospital, and the names
of a number of contributors for various amounts to which
he begged to draw my attention. On reading the peti-
tion I found that it stated that the bearer was one of the
seven students of that institution who had been deputed
to collect subscriptions on behalf of the widows and
orphans of the unfortunate sufferers by the late melan-
choly accident at the Crystal Palace at Sydenham, and
several of whom were described as being still in that
hospital. lat once perceived, from the orthography
and general wording of the decument, that it was a for-
gery, and candidly expressed my opinion to the prisoner.
He replied that it was extremely uncourteous of me to
make use of such an offensive insinuation to a medical
student, and offered, if I doubted him, to give me his
name and address, and at the same time added that his
private tutor was Dr. Griffiths, of !Eaton-street, Eaton-
square, Pimlico. I, however, repeated my conviction of
the petition being a fabrication, and volunteered to sub-
scribe to it if he would allow him to drive him over to
the hospital to verify his statement. This proposal he
declined, and, having left me in much apparent indigna-
tion at my imputation upon him, I shortly afterwards
went to the hospital, where I saw a student named
Beresford, with whom I am acquainted, and to whom I
related the circumstances, and who told me at once that
the assumed petition was a scandalous attempt at fraud.
The document contained the names of about a dozen per-
sons as donors, the majority of whom were represented
as connected with the hospital. When I pointed out the
misspelt words to the prisoner he exclaimed in a tone of
remonstrance, " Why, surely, sir, it is not requisite
even for a gentleman who holds a high position in society
to be a perfect scholar."
The second charge was preferred by Mr. James Slate;
clothier in the City-road, who said—The prisoner came
to my house at 3 o'clock on Monday to collect contribu-
tions for the fatherless children of those killed by the
accident referred to, and showed me a paper similar to
the one produced, but evidently not the same, as the
other was much larger. I gave the prisoner a small
contribution, and my foreman did so also, in return for
which I saw him write our names opposite the amounts
we gave him as having paid them. He distinctly told
me that he was a student of St. Thomas's, and that he
and a number of other students were authorised by the
governor of the hospital to collect subscriptions, and
that it was his particular wish that they should exert
themselves for so benevolent a purpose.
The third case was supported by Mr. John Roberts, a
tobacco manufacturer in the Whitechapel-road, who
stated—Yesterday, at 4 o'clock, the prisoner called upon
me, and, representing himself as a student of St. Tho-
mas's, handed me the paper produced. (This petition
appeared to be a double leaf torn out of a ruled day-
book or ledger, in the terms before specified, contain-
ing about 12 or 14 names of subscribers, and stating
that the bearer was authorised by Mr. G. E. Mil-
ler, governor and treasurer of St. Thomas's Hospital,
to collect donations for the relief of the sufferers for
whose benefit it purported to be drawn up.) On look-
ing over it I at once suspected its genuiness, and told
the prisoner "You are an impostor, sir, and I shall not
part with you." The prisoner tried to get away, but
I called a cab, pushed him into it, and drove him at
once to the hospital, where I introduced myself to a gen-
tleman named Complin—the head surgical dresser, I
believe—who immediately told me that the prisoner was
not in any way connected with that institution, that
the petition was a forgery, and added, that the prisoner
ought to be well kicked for such a heartless fraud.
I thereupon walked the prisoner to the Southwark
police-station, where I gave him into custody, and on
the way there he expressed much indignant annoyance
at my retaining hold of his collar, and told me he would
walk with me quietly if I would release him and respect
his position in society. The prisoner was present at my
interview with Mr. Complin, and made no observation
on that gentleman denouncing him as a rogue, but, on
the contrary, seemed perfectly unconcerned.
Inspector Moore, of the M division—l took the pri-
soner into custody upon the charge of Mr. Roberts, and
on demanding his address and profession he refused to
give either. I have called myself at the hospital this
morning, and ascertained beyond doubt that he is
not known there at all.

Mr. D'Eyncourt (to the prisoner, who had declined
cross-examining either of the witnesses)—Do you wish
to say anything in answer to these charges ?
Prisoner (with perfect self-possession)—No, sir, I would
rather not.

Mr. D'Eyncourt—What are you ?
Prisoner—l must decline to say.
Two other cases were announced to be ready to be
gone into of the same description, but the magistrate
considered those already proved to be sufficient for this
stage of the investigation, and ordered the prisoner to
be committed until that day week for the completion of
other charges, and to enable one of the hospital autho-
rities to attend and formally prove that he was not con-
nected with that institution.

The prisoner was of delicate appearance, wore crape
on his hat, and might very well pass for what he repre•
sented himself to be.

SOUTHWARK.—Wm. Lane, driver of cab No.
1,615, was charged with having exacted 6d. more than
his fare from a lady named Isabella Partridge.
He was engaged to drive the lady from the Vauxhall
Railway station to St. George's church, in the Borough,
and when she arrived there she tendered him ls.„ which
was his full fare, but he insisted on having ls. 6d. She
told him it was more than his fare, and that she would
summon him. He was insolent to her, and persisted in
his demand, which was paid to him.
The defendant attempted to persuade the magistrate
that he did not demand the money, but only appealed
to the lady that he had driven her a long way, and that
he thought he ought to be paid more than ls.
The complainant said, that she should not have
brought the cab-driver before the court if he had been
civil to her.

Mr. Combe said, he should not inflict any penalty, but
ordered the man to pay the costs (4s. 6d.), and to return
the 6d. to the lady.
The money was paid, and the defendant discharged.

DEATH OF SIR PECKHAM MICKLEWAITE, BART.— This
hon. baronet, who died at his seat on Friday, in his
sixty-eighth year, was created a baronet during the late
Lord Melbourne's Administration, in 1833; he married,
in 1836, the sister of the late Lord Bateman.

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