The Sun.
London, England, 1838-08-30 00:00:00

UNION-HALL.

Yesterday morning, soon after Mr. Jeremy had taken his
seat, it was intimated to him that John Rickaby, of Bridge-
house-place, Newington, against whom, it will be recollected,
a warrant was granted on the complaint of a highly respect-
able gentleman, would attend at the office in the course of
the day to answer any charge that might be preferred against
him.

Mr. JEREMY, to whom the above communication was made,
said that the gentleman had been at the office in the afternoon
of the preceding day, and stated that he had got back his two
bills of 2,0001. each from the parties who had obtained pos.
session of them in the manner he had described in his state..
ment against them oa Monday last. The gentleman had
represented that the restoration of his bills cost him 1501.,
and that as he has succeeded in getting them out of the hands
of the parties he did not intend to take any further steps in
the business. The Magistrate said that, under these circum-
stances, the warrant granted against Rickaby, one of the per.
sons charged to have been implicated in the alleged fraudu-
lent transaction, would be discharged.
Sergeant Twohig, M division, said that Rickaby would be
in attendance at the office at one o'clock, and as he (the ser-
geant) had a document in his possession which he took from
the accused person when he was given into custody, and
which had reference to the transaction between him and the
gentleman referred to, he (the sergeant) therefore wished to
know whether it was necessary that he should apprise the gen-
tleman of Rickaby's intention to be in attendance at the office
that day.

Mr. JEREMY, in reply, said that the sergeant had better
communicate the fact of Rickaby's intention to he at the office
to the gentleman, that the latter might Lave an opportunity of
hearing and replying to any statement made by RickaLy en the
subject of the allegations Crought against him.
The sergeant repaired to Long's Hotel, 13roact-street, and
returned soon afterwards and said that he bad seea the gentle-
man, who had expressed his determination not to appear at the
office again unless it was at the Magistrate's desire.
Mr. JEREMY said that the couvlainant was not compelled to
appear if he did not wish.
At this stage of the business Rickby entered the office with
his head bound round with a handkerchief, and his left arr.:,,
which was broken betvvcca the wrist and the eIIYZ!W, in a
splint. Fium his whole appearance be s-..er„.;-,va lo have had
severe charisement inflicted upon 1,,;,,,
ckaby, Jeremy, . said, that havin!,
be, n i,forifirct A warrant was ip3ued tlgaitlst him, he had vo-
inntavlly come forward now, being too ill since Sunday,
to tie vi-dence ii:.: had reeei,,W, to Ile enabled to
tend until that clay.

Mr. JEREMY—There ig no person hum to prefcr any .01z;.,,
against you, tiierefore I Shall discharie the warrant.

Rickaby —The affair between the gentleman and mTself hag
been misreprei-nted by him, ard. I. am now prcparea to give
my version of what really did take place. I have beat scan-
dalously maligned, and most unwarrantably attacked and
beaten.

Mr. JEREMY, interrupting Rickaby, said, that be could not
hear his statement, as the individual against whom be was
about to make it was not present.
Rickaby—But you heard the charge against me without
my being present, and I hope you will allow me to make my
statement now, although he is not here. A charge of felony
has :teen made against me, and I wish to make my defence to
the accusation.

Mr. JEREMY said that a charge of felony had not been pre-
ferred, but that of misdemeanour ; and, as the gentleman had
thought proper to compromise the affair, and not to appear,
the charge against the accuses was therefore dismissed.
Sergeant Twohig produced a document, of which the fol-
lowing is a copy

" August 25, 1838.
" I hereby authorise Mr. Rickaby to receive on my order
2001. for my acceptances, on. Messrs. Hopkinson and Co., on
delivering up said acceptances to me."
( Signed by the gentleman.)
The sergeant said that the morning the gentleman bad given
the accused in custody, the above docurm n;: had been taken
from the latter, who now claimed it, and he (the sergeant)
wanted to know to which of the two individuals he should de-
liver up possession.
Rickaby—_l claim it now as my property. It was taken
from me. There is no charge made against me, and I have
a right to have it restored to me.
Mr. JEREMY directed the document to be given up to the
person who now claimed it, after a copy of it had been taken
by the sergeant, in case of its being required fur any future
proceeding.
This was accordingly done, and Rickaby having made an'
other ineffectual attempt to enter into his statement of the
whole of the circumstances relating to the bill transaction, re-
iterated that the conduct pursued towards him had been infa-
mous in the extreme, and added that he should take especial
care that the matter should not rest where it was, but that
he should have ample satisfaction, and seek that justice which
he was entitled to for the wrong that he had suffered. In ad-
dition to the broken arm and broken head he had received
from his assailant, he had also been immured in a station-
house twenty-four hours.
Rickaby then left the office.

EXTENSIVE ROBBERY—ALLEGED HOCUSSING.WiIIiam
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Wheeler, a cabman, out of employ, was placed at the bar,
charged with having stolen 851. 10s., in Bank-notes and
sovereigns, the property of Mr. William Nicholas Cox, 22,
Paddington-street.
It appeared from the evidence that on the previous day
prosecutor sold out 1001. Three per Cent. Consols, and on
walking along Bishop-zgate.-street, met with the prisoner, whoa,
he asked if he had any objection to a spree. He replied, no,
and, after drinking freely at several public-houses, they went
by a steam-boat to Greenwich. On returning from there, it
was agreed upon that they should go to G:avescnd, and ac-
cordingly a cab was hired, in which they set off, but reached
no farther than Dartford. On returning from thence he was
set down in Baker-street with the prisoner, and on arriving
at home he ascertained that he had been plundered of the
whole of his money, with the exception of a five-pound note,
which was left in his fob. He felt fully convinced that the
drink of which he had partaken at several public-houses was
drugged, as he felt so very ill on reaching home that he was
obliged to send for a surgeon.
The prisoner, who said he was innocent, was remanded till
Tuesday next.

" OF A TRADE," &C.-Mr. Wilily, surgeon, of Ber'
ners-street, Oxford-street, was brought up on a warrant,
charged with assaulting John Leamington, son of another
surgeon in the same street.

The assault complained of was a severe caning on the part
of the defendant, without any provocation; and, in rePIY
thereto, it was stated that the ill feeling between the parties
had ariF,en in consequence of some assertions which the
father had made at the ir.qucst with regard to the death o',
Mr. Pow.

Each party was held to bail to keep the peace towards each
other for the remainder of the year.

Q UEEN- S Q LTARE.
Henry Rayner, a police constable, 129 B, was yesterdAY
placed at the bar, charged with stealing an umbrella from
Captain David Armstrong u hilc that gentleman was under the
influence of liquor.
A respectable married vs omen, named Nurse, stated that
about half-past twelve on Saturday night she went to a haul
called the Shakspeare, at the upper end of the Vausbal
Bridge-road, and corner of Lower Eaton-street, to fetch som.e
porter, and desire her husband to come home. 'The gate 13
front of the public-house was shut, and she there saw two gen-
tlemen and a police constable standing together drinking
brandy and water. The prisoner was the policeman now 3_ll
custody. While the gentlemen were engaged talking, she saw
one of them hang his umbrella on the outside of the gate wile"
they were standing, and, observing the gentlemen had been_
drinking, mentioned it to her husband, thinking the policeman
might take it. She then got her beer, and went away home*
her husband having promised to follow soon.
William Nurse, the husband, stated that his wife drew hi;
attention to the umbrella, which he particularly observed
hanging on the gate. The constable, Captain Arinatc°l4,
and the other gentleman had altogether three glasses of bran J
and water, and tine whole three then went a faw pucani awaY.
They had proceeded a few yards, when the policeman turning
away from them said, " I shall soon overtake you."
Prisoner
then walked up to the gate where the umbrella had been left,
and deliberately took it off, and walked away with it. \VIL
ness thought he wan going to give it to the gentleman, buti
instead of passing by Eaton-lane, he turned up there, out
the road the others had taken. In a minute or two afterwards
he came down without the umbrella, and went trAvards CaPti
Armstrong and his friend. The former said, " Policeman,
have lost my umbrella, I think I hung it on the gate."
prisoner then said he would go and look for it. After en a
must
sence of some minutes he returned, and said somebody nitip
have taken it, as it was not there, nor at the public-hens:i
Witness stated what ho had seen on the Sunday morning,'
six o'clock to a police sergeant, who reported it to the In-
Spector.
In defence the constable admitted having the brawl)? ta
water, and standing at the gate, as deseribed. The geeLtn;d:
men wanted him to see them home, and he certainly said P?os
overtake them soon. He went up Eaton-lr..ne with half al)! a
of beer, and left it there until be had hie supper. He dente
ever having seen the umbrella.
Mr. BURRELL—Why did not you tell the constable you -'
seen him take the umbrella w'nen the gentlemen were spec and
about it ? Witness—The gentlemen were very drunk ;
be
if I had told the constable that I had seen him take it' •pg
would have locked me up for being disorderly, or somethi 0
else. I did not consider I was safe in telling him. I
afraid.
The pot-boy at the public-house, the Shakspeare, was thearci
put in the witness-box. He said that the two gentlemen b
three glasses of brandy and water, and that he served th,t ptie
liceman with half a pint of beer, which the latter said
should not drink then, as he was having brandy and water. ?
Mr. BURRELL—Was the witness Nurse present at that thou
Witness—Yes, he was.
One of the inspectors of the B division iminediatelY ct,
claimed, " If the umbrella had been hanging on the gate maid
you not have seen it ?—The witness paused a moment, and
" Yes."
Mrs. Nurse observed that it was dark, and had she not 9611
the gentleman put it there, she should not have observed,tis.,
Mr. BURRELL said there must be some mistake, and
misted the complaint.
The inspectors gave the accused a good character for ,b°:
nesty, and said that he had found a purse and other atticiea
which he had delivered over to them.
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Mr. 13GattELL said he was not aware of that whirs.,n he deel.d.

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