The Sun.
London, England, 1854-02-17 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE. John Valentine .Raentor, a
German, was charged before Alderman Moon with hav-
ing stolen a bill of exchange for 561. 9s. 3d., the pro-
perty of the Governor and Company of the Bank of
England.
Mr. Botcher, a clerk in the out-tellers office at the
Bank of England, stated that he presented the bill for
acceptance on the 6th instant, at Messrs. Westenholz
Brothers, in Mark-lane, that he put it in the acceptance
box through a slit in the door, between half-past twelve
and half-past one o'clock, and that he observed a man
on the stairs at the time.

Spittle, the detective officer, said the prisoner came
to Reid's brewery while I was there, and in consequence
of information which I had received I showed him the
bill. He said it belonged to him, and that he wished to
get it discounted ; that he had received it from Mr.
Goldsmidt, shoe manufacturer, in Gialstone-street,
Whitechapel, for the sum of 511., and that he was to
have 51. 19s. 3d. discount. I took the prisoner to the
Bank of England, where I was directed to charge him
with having stolen the bill. I found in his possession
several memoranda and 61. Os. 6,14 d. in money.
Mr. R. Ogilvy, clerk to Messrs. Westenholz,
opened the bill-box on the tlth inst. about half-past ten
in the morning, and again at half-past four, and found
in it a large number of bills, but not the bill produced.
I remember two gentlemen being in our office at about
a quarter past one. As far as I can recognise him, I
think that the prisoner was sitting in the office at the
time, and the two gentlemen came out of the private
room, and told the man, whom I believe to be the pri-
soner, to go down stairs and pay for a cab. He went
down stairs, and I went out at the same time. I returned
in about four or five minutes, and the man was then
standing outside the office door on the landing. I did
not see him come into the room again.
Another clerk to Messrs. Westenholz stated that the
prisoner was with the two gentlemen alluded to in the
evidence of the last witness, and was desired to go into the
elerk's room, while they were engaged in one of the
partner's offices. He also proved that a bill could be
taken out of the box from the outside, as the hole was
rather large, and that he had taken large letters from it
several times, without having used any instrument.
It was likewise proved that the prisoner went to a
person with whom he was acquainted and showed him
the bill, and that the person, suspecting that all was
wrong, gave information upon which the prisoner was
apprehended.
The prisoner said he had not stolen, but had bought
the bill, as he had mentioned in the first instance.
Committed for trial.

Charles Anthony Noe dl, who was charged upon sus-
picion of having uttered forged endorsements to two bills
of exchange, the one for 101. and the other for 101. ls.,
with intent to defraud Messrs.. Glyn and Co., appeared
before Alderman Moon for further examination.

Mr. Bush, of the house of Bush and Mullen,, solicitor
to the Committee of Bankers for Protection against
Felonies and Fraud, appeared for the prosecution, and
stated that he had no further evidence to adduce against
the prisoner, but he hoped that the Alderman would fur-
ther remand the accused for the attendance of Mr. Mul-
lens, who was detained in Paris on important busin9ss.
Alderman Moon stated that he had been directed by
the Lord Mayor, who had heard the case, but was life-
vented from attending that day by other important
public duties, to express his lordship's opinion upon
the evidence, which he had carefully examined, that
the accused was the dupe of some fraudulent person,
and had no knowledge that the bills were forged, that
it was evident the accused had given his correct name
and address in the transaction, that his own state-
ments of his possession of the bill were consistent, and
had been borne out by the testimony, and, inasmuch as
the prosecutors had no other witnesses to produce, his
lordship considered that Mr. Noedl should be released
from all further opprobrium and was entitled to his dis-
charge, but to meet the request of Mr. Bush, he would
take the accused's own recognisances in 1001. to appear
next Wednesday, in case any other evidence might be
produced by Mr. Mullins on his return from Paris.
BOW-STREET.---George Carter, a supernumerary
and bill deliverer in the employ of Mr. E. T. Smith, the
lessee of Drury-lane Theatre, was charged with the fol-
lowing wholesale robberies : _ _ .

From the evidence of Mr. Smith and the witnesses ex-
'mined for the prosecution, it appeared that the prisoner,
in addition to his employment in the theatre, had been
engaged to assist in the delivery of the posting bills, by
way of increasing his pay. The bills, or posters, were of
an expensive kind, owing to their extraordinary dimon-
!ions, and from their being printed in colours ; and yet
it now transpired that the prisoner had been in the habit
of disposing of the entire mass of bills to a man not yet
in custody, by whom they were afterwards sold as waste
paper. Notwithstanding this circumstance, the manager
was regularly charged every week with all the expenses
of distribution, &c., in addition to the original costof the
sheets ; so that Mr. Smith had been actually robbed to
the extent of about 101. per week.
Some of the bills (about 521bs weight) had been pur-
chased by a Mr. Cork, waste-paper merchant, in Lam-
beth-walk, to whom they were represented as the
" perquisites " of the men engaged at the theatre,
being out of date.
Mr. Smith stated that a similar practice prevailed
to an alarming extent in London, and the managers
of the theatres lost from 8,0001. to 10,0001. per annum
by it.
Mr. Hall condemned the conduct of those who pur-
chased this description of property without sufficient
caution. The present offence was peculiarly insidious,
because the prisoner had been appointed a bill deliverer
out of sheer kindness on the part of Mr. Smith, who
wished to mako his berth a more profitable one.
It having appeared that the prisoner had also disposed
of the posting bills of Punch, and of a freehold laud
society after much the same fashion, he was remanded
for further examination ; but upon the present charges.
Mr. Hall committed him for trial.

1 MARLBOROIIGH-STREET.—Captain Armstrong
was summoned for an assault on a medical gentleman
named Lord. The case was adjourned from last week,
but the defendant was not in attendance yesterday to
meet the charge.
The assault arose out of the following ciroumstances :
—The 'wife of Captain Armstrong is under the care
of Dr. Lord for a mental complaint. She was taking
some refreshment at Verrey's, in Regent-street, with
Dr. Lord„ when Captain Armstrong and two friowl