The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-05 00:00:00

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POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

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:NSTON-110USE.—Janzes Pierce and //amid
Siddle were charged before .Alderman Wilson with
having robbed a lady in an omnibus.
Butler, of the detective force, said—At half-past three
o'clock yesterday, as I was on duty in front of theTh"Tra-
sion-house, I was called by the conductor of tli,e Bays-
water omnibus No. 6,792, to take into custody two per-
sons who were accused of having stolen a lady's purse.
The prisoners were pointed out to me by a lady and
gentleman in the omnibus as the thieves. The lady who
was robbed, having received back her property, was
satisfied with the restitution, and was unwilling to pro-
secute, but she is now in attendance. On the man, who
was searched at the station-house, was found a purse
containing Si. in gold and upwards of a pound in silver.
I also found in his possession a gold watch, a gold chain,
and a gold chain and ring, which I believe to be very
valuable. lie gave a false address.
Mrs. Esther Mullins, of Weymouth-street, Portland-
place, said—l went into the Bayswater omnibus at the
end of Cornhill. The male prisoner sat at one side of
me, and the female at the other. I had a purse in.
the pocket of my dress containing three sovereigns
and a half sovereign, and some silver and papers. The
omnibus had gone a few paces beyond the Mansion-
house gate, when the woman said, "Is tbis a Pad-
dington omnibus ?" "No," said I, "it is a Bayswater
omnibus." She then requested that the omnibus might
be stopped, and suspecting that she was not honest,
I put my hand at once to my pocket and I found
that my purse was gone. When the woman was about
to leave the vehicle I said, putting my hand upon hers,
" Stop a minute, I have lost my purse, and I must find
it." A person on the opposite side called out, " She
has passed it. The male prisoner then said to me, point-
ing to my purse, which lay on the seat behind him, "Is
this it ?" I said " Yes," and took up the purse, telling
the conductor to drive on, as I was perfectly satisfied
with the recovery of my purse.
Miss Mary Urquhart stated that she was in the om-
nibus with her father and mother, and that she dis-
tinctly saw the female hand the purse to the male
prisoner behind the back of the prosecutrix, and at the
moment the prosecutrix said she had lost her purse, the
witness said the man was an accomplice in the robbery.
The woman, with tears in her eyes, said to the prose.
cutrix, when the police was called, " For God's sake,
say you dropped your purse, or that I am your friend,
or something of that kind." To which the prose-
cutrix replied. "No, although I am unwilling to
prosecute you, I shall have nothing at all to do with
you."
Mr. B. C. Urquhart, of Meldon, in Aberdeenshire,
the father of the young lady who had just given evidence,
stated to nearly the same effect.
The prisoners said the other passengers in the omni-
bus were mistaken, and that the purse had made its
appearance on the seat without the knowledge of any-
body.
Alderman Wilson said he would commit the prisoners
for trial, and thanked Mr. and Miss Urquhart for the
determination they showed to bring the prisoners to
justice, when the prosecutrix was satisfied to let them
loose upon the public upon getting back her property.

GUILDHALL—CharIes Alfred, alias James, alias
Croley, was placed at the bar before Alderman Mug-
geridge on the following charge.
Po:ice constable 229 said that about five minutes to
two o'clock yesterday morning he saw the prisoner car-
rying a carpet bag down Holborn-hill, and in answer to
witness's questions he said the bag contained cutlery
which he had brought from Miss Parker, at 90, Edge-
ware-road, and was about to take it to Purssell's, the
confectioner in Cornhill. He said his own name was
Charles Alfred, and that he lived in Aldersgate-street.
Witness then examined the bag, and on finding in it a
quantity of silver and plated goods, he took him into
custody, On making inquiries the witness found that
the whole of the prisoner's statement was false. The
property in the bag consisted of 44 forks, 20 spoons, 13
knives, 1 fish slice, 2 knife rests, and a banker's cheque
book. On the prisoner were found a razor, a silver
watch, il. Os. 6d. in silver, and is. Id. in copper. The
prisoner was identified at the station as having lived in
the service of Miss Parker, of Islington, and, on going to
that lady's address, he found the house had been entered
during the night by thieves, who had visited the plate
basket and broken open the till, from which the exact
amount in silver found on the prisoner was missing,
as well as a porte monnaie containing a 51. Bank of
England note and some gold. The place was in great
confusion, and the street door, which had two locks on
it, had been opened by means of keys, and one of the
bolts which offered resistance was forced from its socket.
There were no marks of housebreaking implements on
the door, which they carefully closed after them when
they left with their plunder. Witness also found on the
prisoner an envelope addressed to him in the name of.
Chas. Croley, which give him a clue to his lodgings,
and, on searching them, he discovered a cup and saucer
belonging to Miss Parker. As the prisoner was enter-
ing the station-house door he stumbled and fell on the
mat, and thelnext morning the missing porte mocnaie,
containing the 51. note and 21 sovereigns, was found
with two keys under tie mat.

Miss Parli'er said she carried on the business of a
china and glass dealer, at 8, High-street, Islington,
The prisoner was in her employ as a porter for eighteen
months, but left her about 12 months ago. He then
went by the name of Croley. Her house was broken
open on the previous night, but she heard no noise, nor
did she learn the fact until informed by her sister, who
ascertained, on corning down stairs, that the tit had
been forced, and that, as weal as the plate basket, rifled
of their contents. Her sister fastened up the house
between 11 and 12 o'clock on Monday night.
Remanded.

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BOW-STREET.—John Jackson, a dirty looking
fellow, was charged with skinning live cats.
Jane Davis, a woman residing in the narrow thorough-
fare 4called Whetstone-park, Lincoln's-inn-fields, stated
that she was looking out of window, at dusk, when she
saw the prisoner throw a large parcel on the dung heap
in front of her house and then run away. Fearing she
might not get down stairs in time to overtake him, she
called to some boys to stop him. They followed the
man, and presently he was brought back by a police
constable. The parcel was then examined, and found
to contain the bodies of four cats, which had evidently
been skinned alive, as they were quite warm. Witness
added that dead cats, skinned in the same manner, were
constantly being thrown upon the same heap, and con-
sequently she was anxious to find out who the offenders
were.

The constable reported that there were repeated com-
plaints in the neighbburhood respecting the loss of cats.
The prisoner admitted that he had skinned the ani-
mals, and sold the skins for 3d. each in Petticoat-lane ;
but he declared that he found the cats lying dead in
various parts of London.

As there seemed to be some difficulty in sustaining
the charge of cruelty—no one having witnessed the
operation of skinning—it was suggested that the pri-
soner might be indicted for stealing the cats.
Mr. Burnaby, the chief clerk, observed that a cat wag
not recognised as a subject of larceny at common law.
The prisoner was discharged.

CLEREIENWELL.—EIiza Groves, a young woman
23 years of ago, was charged with having attempted to
commit suicide.
Edward Turner, greengrocer, of 48, Hampden-street,
Somers Town, said that at 10 o'clock on Monday morn-
ing last he was returning home in his cart from Colney,
when he saw the prisoner wandering about strangely in
a field near the New River. He suspected that she
meant to drown herself, and watched her until she
plunged into the water. He instantly hastened towards
the spot, about a quarter of a mile off, when he found
her on which he jumped in and brought her
ou
of insensibility. He then drove her to
sit
the manor-house, near the Green-lanes, Hornsey, where
every humane attention was afforded, and she was re-
,: struggling, ntge ,
stored to her senses. She was then given into the cus-
tody of Baker, 242, and Greenway, 377 N, who con-
veyed her to Homerton Workhouse, where she received
every attention, and yesterday she was sufficiently re-
covered to be brought to this court, but she was in a
most melancholy state.
Mr. Tyrwhitt asked the poor creature what she bad
to say

She replied, despondingly, "I have done something
wrong, and am sorry for it."
Turner said when he took her from the water she was
praying, with her hands clasped, and said, faintly, "Let
me die. She afterwards said, she was a dressmaker; her
mother had not ticated her well; she married a man with
a family after her father's death, and she would not re-
turn to her mother, but Nrould to her brother, who had
treated her kindly, and she gave his address. Turner,
the witness, said when she was taken from the river he
found her garters tied tightly round her neck, and he
cut them off with his knife.

Mr. Tyrwhitt feelingly remonstrated with her, and de-
livered her over to her brother, and after complimenting
Turner, who is a poor man with an afflicted wife and six
children, he presented him with a sovereign, for which
he thanked the worthy magistrate.
A cabriolet driver, in the employ of Mr. Richard Veal,
of 4, Dowwester-mews, Crawford-street, Maryleb"et
was charged at the instance of the Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty with cruelty towards a horse:
Mr. Forster, the superintendent of the society, at-
tended for the prosecution, and called evidence to prove
that the horse was driven all night whilst in a most hor-
rible state. The defendant said Mr. Veal was aware of
the animal's condition when it was taken out.
Mr. Tyrwhitt reprobated Veal's conduct, and fined
him 40s. and discharged the driver.

PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris- at
about 3 per mille discount (according to the last tariff),
which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 100. per
oz. for standard gold, gives au exchange of 25.091 ; and,
the exchange at Paris on London at short being 24.95,
it follows that gold is about 0.58 per cent. dearer in
Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburg the
which, at the English Mint
price
c e
for standard gold, gives an
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350. gold is . 41001 pd. r e
per_mark,
oz
exchange of 13.2 g ; and, the exchange at Hamburg on
London at short being 13.14, it follows that gold is 0.30
per cent. dearer in Hamburg than in London. The
course of exchange at New York on London for bills at
O days sight is 109 per cent., and, the par of exchange
between
England and America being 109 23-40 per cent.,
it follows
that the exchange is nominally 0.58 per cent.
against England. But, after making allowance for
G
charges of transport and difference of interest, the pre-
sent rate Itoo nospro# oaths transmission of gold
either way *Bin tio two countries.: