The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-14 00:00:00

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FOLICE INTELLIGENCE.
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14. ON-HOUSE.—Moses Moses and Thomas
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coniusa`Cfradwick, the former carrying on the business
„Ai Of ral dealer in Gravel-lane and Bow-lane,
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thAnine da, the latter that of a warehouseman in
a 11310 ersvell-street, City, were placed at the bar before
Alderman Moon, in custody of Inspector Mitchell and
Xniglit, a City police officer, under the following circum-
stances. The, justice room was densely crowded with
persons of the Jewish persuasion throughout the inves-
tigation. • -
Mr.
Ballantine appeared for Moses ; Chadwick was
defended by Mr. Wontner.
J. C, Knight, No. 437, said—On Sunday last, between
eleven and twelve in the forenoon, from information I
received, I went with Mr. Bateman, of No. 6, Carey-lane,
to the warehouse of the prisoner Chadwick, No. 31,
Monkwell-street, City, where we saw several parcels
of wool, and three small pieces, weighing together 821bs.
which Mr. Bateman identified as his- property, and
which had been stolen from his warehouse in January
last. Chadwick was not in at the time. Mr. Bateman
left, and I remained there. When Chadwick came in I
told him that I was a police officer, that Mr. Bateman
had.been there with me and had identified the wool as
part of a bale of wool which had been stolen from the
warehouse in Carey-lane. Chadwick said that he had
only had it in yesterday afternoon, and that he would
seer he party of whom he had purchased it. I told him
that I must take possession of it, and that he must go
with me to Bow-lane station to see Inspector Mitchell.
He replied, " Very well." We went and saw Inspector
Mitchell, and in consequence of what took place there,
I, Inspector Mitchell, and Chadwick, went to No. 30,
Gravel-lane, Houndsditch, which is occupied by the pri-
soner Moses. We afterwards returned to Bow-lane sta-
tion-house, where I searched Chadwick, but did not find
anything on him relating to the present charge. I pro-
duce the wool which I found in Chadwick's premises.
Cross-examined by Mr. Wontner—Chadwick told me
he would take me to the party from whom he got the
wool. The wool I found in the open warehouse. .
Inspector Mitchell—On Saturday last, the prisoner
Chadwick was brought to the Bow-lane station by the
last 'witness; On my asking him how he came by the
wool, he said that he had it of a man named. Moses, in
Gravel-lane, Hounsditch, and that he would take me to
him. Accordingly I, Mr. Bateman, Knight the officer,
and Cbsdavick, went to Gravel-lane, where we met Moses.
Chadwick said, "That's the party I had the wool of
(pointing' to Moses), and then, addressing "Moses, said,
“These gentlemen say that wool is stolen which I had of
you." Moses said, "I know nothing of its being stolen."
We then went into Moses's house. I told Moses, in the
presence of Chadwick, that we were two officers, and
that the wool which he had sent to Chadwick had been
identified as part ofa bale that had been stolen from the
premises' of Mr: Bateman, in January last, and I asked
him if he could account for the possession. He said he
had advanced Cl. upon the wool to a man named Henry
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Jones, of Newnham-street, Goodman's-fields, a hawker
of china and glass. I asked him if he knew the.
number. He said he did not, having been there but
once. I left a constable in charge of the house, while I
Knight, Mr.. Bateman, Chadwick, and Moses went to
Newnharn-street. When we got there Moses said that
he did not know the house, and that I must have made
a mistake in saying that he had said he had been there
once. I' told him that Under these circumstances I
should take him into custody for receiving. stolen goods.
I then-took him to the station-house with °Chad-
wick, where they were both charged with receivingstolen
goods. I found, on searching Moses, 131. odd. He
then said that, not understanding exactly the value of
the wool he had shown it to Chadwick, and told him the
amount he had advanced upon it, when the latter de-
sirpd, him to buy it as cheap as he could ; that he
would sell it for him, and that they were to divide the
profit ; and turning to Chadwick he said, " Is not that
gip' Mr. Chadwick ?" upon which Chadwick said,
4, Yes."

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Cross-examined by Mr. Ballantine—Chadwick told me
that MOses had told him that he was in the habit of
advancing money on goods. Chadwick said that he
had had previous transactions with Moses to the amount
of some thousands, and that he had always found his
transctions correct. His clerk afterwards showed me a
ledger with Moses's account in it ; he likewise showed
me all his invoices, and afforded me every facility.
Chadwick said he had not made an entry of the wool ;
that he was about to do so as Knight came in, and that
it had only been left the night before.
Mr. Wontner having submitted that there was no evi-
dence to warrant the detention of his client, Chadwick
was immediately discharged, Moses being remanded on
this charge with a view to the production of further
evidence.
Moses was then further charged with feloniously re-
ceiving a leather portmanteau containing a large quan-
tity of wearing apparel and private papers, the property
of a surgeon of the name of Phillips.
Inspector Mitchell said—On searching the warehouse
belonging to the prisoner, in Bell-lane, Spitalfields, I
found the portmanteau produced, containing• a great
quantity of wearing apparel, the property of Mr. James
Phillips, of 14, Euston-place, Euston-square. I found
Mr. Phillips's card on the brass card-plate affixed to the
portmanteau. The lock of the portmanteau had been
forced.
Mr. James Phillips—l am a surgeon and a student of
the University of Edinburgh, where I now reside. In
February last I resided in Euston-place, Euston-square.
On the 12th of that month I left my house iu a cab to
proceed, to St. Katharine's Wharf with sundry luggage,
amongst other things the portmanteau produced ; the
card in the brass plate of the portmanteau and the con-
tents are also mine ; but my diplomo of a surgeon of the
College of Surgeons of London and some other papers
have been abstracted. I saw my portmanteau placed
on a cab, and did not miss it till I reached St. Katha-
rine's Docks.
This being the whole of the evidence upon this charge,
Alderman Moon, after the usual caution, asked the
prisoner whether he wished to say anything in answer
to the charge. The prisoner said he would leave the
case in the hands of his counsel. He was then fully
committed upon this charge, but will be brought up
again in a week, when other charges. involving property
of the value of many hundred pounds will be gone into.
A waggon would hardly contain the property seized
by the police at the prisoner's house, and already iden-
tified as the produce of recent burglaries and robberies,
including in the former class three of leather, in Ber-
mondsey, three of plush, in the vicinity of Blackfriars,
one of cloth, in Gresham-street ; in the latter class, one
of jewellery, from a brougham in the Strand, and one of
alpacas, in London-wall. A vast number of articles,
consisting of pieces of scarlet, damask, black and crim-
son cloth, doeskin, silver mustard pots, gold rings, &c.,
have not been identified.
Henry Remington Tickell was placed at the bar for
final examination, on a charge of uttering a bill of ex-
change for the 2921. 3s. 4d., purporting to have been
accepted by Messrs. Joules and Son, of Stone, Stafford-
shire, brewers, knowing that such acceptance was a for-
gery. Mr. Wontner appeared for the prisoner.
The evidence given on the former examination having
been read over, the prisoner, under the advice of his
solicitor, after the usual caution from the magistrate,
said he should reserve his defence until his trial.
The prisoner was then fully committed for trial.