The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-17 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.—William Mason, the cripple,
who was charged with having uttered several forged
101. and 51. notes, was brought up for final examination.
John Rockham, shopman to Mr. Cavern, of Stock-
well-street, Greenwich, said—On Wednesday, the 14th
of September, the prisoner came to our shop, and asked
for some calico, the same as his wife had purchased pre-
viously, at 64d. per yard. I had never seen him before.
I sold him 14 yards, at 6d. per yard. He then choose
other articles, the amount of the whole being 10s. 6d.
He put his hand in his pocket, and pulled out silver and
pence to the amount, as it appeared to me, of 9s. 6d.,
and said he had not enough of change, and he asked me
whether I could change a Si. note for him. I took the
note produced from him, and handed it to the cashier,
who changed it. I wanted to send the articles for him,
seeing that he was lame, and he agreed to that propo-
sion, but he afterwards said that he would take them
himself, as he would get into a cab, and be driven home
to Deptford, with them.
The prisoner said he had good authority to prove that
the note he had given on the occasion had got into other
hands, and he expressed surprise that the case had not
been brought forward on the first day of examination.
There was a mystery about the business which he did
not at all comprehend, but, added he, "It 'is not for
me to open my mouth too wide yet." (Laughter.)
Mr. Wybeard, inspector of bank notes at t 11,e Bank of
England, said the Si. note produced was a forgery, and
had been struck off from the plate which had been used
in striking off the other 51. notes which had heen iden-
tified on the first examination.
D. Evans, 459, said that on the 7th of October he
apprehended the prisoner at the White Haut, White
Hart-street, Drury-lane, while sitting at cards with seven
or eight others. He said to the prisoner, " Mason, I
am an officer, and I take you into custody fa T uttering
forged Bank of England notes." He said, " All right,
lam corning. Don't take me for the Windsor job. Do
it for Townend, in Bread-street, as I do not want to go
out of town>" (Here the prisoner laughed.) Witness
then put the prisoner into a cab, and cautioiied him not
to say anything particular, as it might be used against
him. The prisoner said he was aware of a'd that, and
he then said that he had done a job at Gree [midi, and
one in Oxford-street, and one at Woolwich, 'but he had
not heard anything about that."
The Lord Mayor—Prisoner, do you wish to say any-
thing

The Prisoner—Not at all, my lord.
The Lord Mayor—You are committed b 2 take your
trial upon this charge as well as upon all the former
charges.

Fleury Bartley, a shabby-looking, dark, c In-Iy-headed
young man, was brought before the Lord M ayor, in the
custody of Daniel Forrester, the officer, cb arged with
having attempted to utter a:forged cheque, with intent
to defraud the Royal British Bank.
Mr. Mullins, assistant-cashier at the Rc gal British
Bank, said—At 12 o'clock this day, a b ,oy, named
Fletcher, presented the cheque I produce f( n- payment
at the counter. The cheque is signed "Jo lin Dickin-
son," and is for 81. 4s. We have a custom( n. John G.
Dickinson and Co., but no John Dickinson 1. I imme-
diately found that the signature was not g •el mine, de-
tained the boy, and informed the senior cash ie r.
George John Fletcher, who is 13 years old , said—As
I was going to Lemaner's to-day for a loaf, saw the
prisoner in Lothbury, who stopped me, and ais ked me if
I would go to Tokenhouse-yard, No. 16, and get cash
for the cheque. He told me he would give is to 3d. for
my trouble, and I consented, and took the a eque and
presented it at the counter. I was to bring him the
money to the place in which he had given me th e cheque.
I was detained for some time in the banking-h ouse, and
I afterwards went to meet the prisoner, under- the direc-
tion of Mr. Forrester, and he met me on th e spot and
said, " Well !" when he was taken hold oi I swear
that he is the man who employed me. Ini n .er, to my
knowledge, saw him before.

Daniel Forrester—l was sent for to the P royal British
Bank and informed of the forgery, and I st iw Fletcher,
heard his statement, and took the prisoner i eto custody
at the corner of Princes-street. The prisol ler told me
that he thought something was wrong about the cheque,
with which he had been sent by another 1 arty to the
bank, who promised him sixpence to go and g it cashed,
and that he had employed the boy to do the business. I
found in his possession a cheque-book of the Royal
British Bank, and a cheque-book of the Unio a Bank, and
several papers.

The prisoner—I was employed by anothe r person to
present the cheque, and he gave me the c bieque books
and papers that were found upon me by the • officers. I
know the party well who gave theta to me.
The prisoner was then remanded.
Gustavus Frederick lifaynor was charged u pon suspi-
cion of having stolen a large sum of money (a c cording to
the police-sheet 2,5001.), the property of a 8 -entleman
connected with the Russian Legation.
Mr. Mullins (of the firm of Bush and Mullin is, solici-
tors), said the case was one of an extraordin: try kind.
The prisoner was the keeper of an hotel at I ,erlin' at
which some of the members of the Russian Eml ,asst' had
put up, one of whom had a considerable sum I if money
in his possession. The prisoner, it appeared, had not
been able to resist the temptation to approprial ,e part of
that money, which had been placed in his care , and had
come to this country with it. The departure c if the pri-
soner from Berlin, however, had excited susr d cion, and
that suspicion was rapidly communicated t o London,
and here the man was apprehended. The F olice bad,
with the assistance rendered by the solicitor z engaged,
got hold of the prisoner before the money h: w d been dis-
posed of, and an immediate and almost corn' ilete restitu-
tion had been made. The international ai Tangements
were not, it was to be regretted, made with all the cau-
tion in such a manner that the offence cou Id be recog-
nised in England, and the Lor,ii Mayor wou Id deal with
the case according to his own judgment. Et was satis-
factory to know, however, that the pris oner had re-
stored all the stolen property he had been p, ossessed of.
The Lord Mayor said that Mr. Mullins T vas very for-
tunate in obtaining so much of the property of his clients
as had been given up by the prisoner, whon i the laws of
this country could not detain in prison, b at who cer-
tainly deserved a very heavy punishment.
The prisoner was discharged.

GUILDHALL.—.Tames Collins and Jame ts. Middleton
were charged with robbery in Smithfield.
William James, a cowkeeper, said he NI ras in tho
market, buying a horse, and while in the crow ro 1 collected
round him, he felt a hand at his pocket, an d missed a
black bag containing 8/. He immediately tin z led round
to see who was the thief, when the prisoner 11 liddleton
put his hand before his face to prevent him s e eing Col-
lins.

A lad of the name of Crickett said he saw Col Tins take
a black bag from prosecutor's pocket, and pass it to one
of his " pals," who made off with the booty.
The prisoners were searched, but, as notl Ling was
found on them relative to the charge, they were re-
manded for the officer to make further inquiry.

BOW-STREET.—George Clement, a letter carrier,
was charged with stealing a letter, containing lsh.
Mr. Peacock, Post-office solicitor, attended to prose-
cute.

It was proved by Harper, inspector of lette • carriers
at the branch office, Charing-cross, that the pris oner was
employed in sorting letters at 12 o'clock on 4aturcloy.
While he was thus occupied, Mr. Harper not iced that
he was running
a small envelope through hi s fingers,
with the view, apparently, of ascertaining if it 3ontained
any money. He then placed it under the pack et of let-
ters in his hand, and held it there some time, i nstead of
sorting it in the usual manner After this he took out
his pocket handkerchief and raised it to his nos e, at the
same time contriving to shift the letter into it. The
handkerchief, with the letter inside, was then rei turned to
his pocket. During the whole transaction, the prisoner
kept his eye rigidly fixed on the senior inspec tor,. Mr.
Edwards, having no suspicion that he was bi 3ing nar-
rowly watched by Harper. When the sorting vas over,
the prisoner was taxed with having put a letter into his
pocket, upon which he put both hands into coat, and
drew out the handkerchief with one hand and • the letter
with the other, placing the latter upon the sor ti ng table.
Mr. Harper immediately picked up the lett saying,
" this is the one," but he professed to kno Is • nothing
whatever about it, and declared that the lette r which he
took out with his handkerchief was one ad t .re.ssed to
himself.

The letter in question, which had never been (lelivered,
was now opened in the presence of the magi o„rate. It
was addressed to a Mr. Ellary, of Westminste c„ and con-
tained half a sovereign. It was proved that it did not
belong to the prisoner's walk.
Mr. Jardine committed him for trial.

A NEW WAR ROCKET.—We understand that an
extensive order has been received by the mid tr )rities of
the Royal Arsenal for the completion of a lai re quan-
tity of war rockets, on an entirely new princri, ple, and
which are expected to supersede those formerly in use.
In consequence of this, a number of hands tit eto be
entered in, the course of the next week,--Kenti sic