The Sun.
London, England, 1825-07-15 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE,

11,1asstole-Hotst.—A Gentleman, who is connected with
the Stock' Exchange, came to the Justice-room yesterday, to
request the Lord Mayor's advice and assistance under the fol-
lowing circumstances :—The son of the woman who kept the
house in which the applicant has offices, is a smart boy, about
13 years old. A letter was sent to the applicant's firm, cne of
the new Companies, containing a certificate, entitling the bearer
to receive a certain number of shares, upon his paying to the
bankers of the Company a deposit upon each share. The boy,
by some means, got hold of this letter, opened it, and findiag
it to be a negotiable document, took it, without further ee; e-
mony, to the Alley, to make as much money of it as he coati-
-Ile soon found a man in the Alley, who had formerly been
member of the Stock Exchange, and who readily undertoc k
to negociate the promised shares, which were at a prerniurn',',
—The Jobber sold the letter, and gave the boy five poundsai
The deposits were paid at the banking-house where the They
rectors did business, and soon, in the rapid transitions of what
is called property on the Stock Exchange, passed into hands
wholly unknown to the party who in the first instance made
sale of the letter. It was ascertained, after a good deal of in-
quiry, that the shares had gone through the hands of ten per-
sons. After the jobber had disposed of the letter, and the ap-
plicant found that he lost by the robbery about 3W., the boy's
mother, who is a very respectable woman, was greatly dis-
tressed by the circumstance, and the applicant did not wish to,
proceed to punish him, in the hope that he would be placed Un
der a proper controul. He, however, was determined to do all
he could to punish the jobber who had acted in the double
capacity of tempter and thief, for he had every reason to be-
lieve that this alley dealer had urged the boy to steal the let'
ter, and he had sold it at a much higher premium than he
pretended, and put the overplus into his own pocket. —The
LORD MAYOR said the case was one of very considerable
difficulty, and quite new to hint. He fearect, that in the eye
of the law this letter could not be considered as property. It
was merely an order entitling a person to certain shares, upon
paying a certain sum of money as a deposit at the. banker 5..
The documents obtained u; on the payment of the money might',
be considered as property, but he should feel much hesitation •
in committing a person for the robbery under the circumstances
stated, although it was, morally speaking, as serious and
.wicireci
an offence as if the cash had been stolen. It appeared to 1111,
Lordship, however, that the boy and the jobber might be in-
dicted for a conspiracy to defraud the applicant, and bethought.
it a case in which the decision of a Jury might be of consider"'
able importance to those who interested themselves in specals"'
tions on the Stock Exchange.—The applicant said he cons',
dered the letter property, as well as any other document, ins!'
much as he could obtain money tin. it in the market, where it
was known to have been negociable.---The LORD MAIN°
asked some questions relative to the evidence that might ile;
adduced; and the complainant had a private conversation
his Lordship, who seemed very anxious to interfere, if possibori,
in so nefarious a transaction.

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Row-STAtvr.—(Ertensive Fraud and Forgery.)—,A 'ref
respectable, well-dressed, middle-aged man, named 1101,'
White, was brought before Sir RICHARD Brnlim, charge('
with obtaining a sum of 291. 10s. under false pretences, fr°l
the Commissioners of the Stamp-office. The circumstance
were these—The prisoner applied to Mr. Samuel Trumllol
Clerk in the Legacy-office, at Somerset House, for the rettiVri.
of the legacy duty, amounting to 291. 103., which had bed
paid on letters of administration, purporting to be taken out •
the estate of John Markham Covenant. He produced the usual
affidavit, stating that he was entitled to the money dernandt
and also a receipt. A warrant was given, empowering hirsi
receive the money at the Receiver General's Office. The jle;
ceipt produced by him was signed William Smith. Chg.`
Norman, the chief clerk in the Receiver General's Office, trae;
duced the warrant, under authority of which he had paid t'l4 •
sums in question. That money wee paid to whoever produtl,,
it, but witness could not remember the person of the individtta' •
Thomas Gwynne, Esq. Solicitor of the Legacy Duties, ea
ci
that this seas all the evidence he was at this moment 1)1'0°1.',4
to produce, and that at a future neriod he should be enabl
to prove that these letters were fictitiows. -•hie
Mr. HARDIER, who attended for the prisoner, seia that
was undoubtedly a prima facia case against his client. Thy
empowered the Magistrate to hold bin, to bail, and that 3% ,
further testimony, which the prosecutors might be enabled
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inSisiornßei,
produce, would be deferred till the case came to be heard et te .!
Quarter Sessions.
Banldit'Nnoi Ea
attendant circumstances within his own knul,
atnhtat were this the only case against
vised. But it was a different case from a mere freud on a shy";
ledge, he should have no objection to treat it as Mr. Harmer e .
keeper. It was a fraud of a most dangerous description, wbere
the public interest was concerned, and, where, from the characrEr
• •
of the persons, whose situation enabled them to practice feaurig'
detection was always extremely difficult.
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Some conversation then took place between the A.a,
when—Ralph Dunn, ESq., the, solicitor or the South Sea P 2.44
Pany, came forward. He was desirous that the prisonere7 ,
be detained on other grounds; not merely for a fraud, b4'
a forgery.—Thos. Wright Ellis, a clerk in the Transfer4ei
at the South Sea House, stated, that the prisoner had 010°
him a few days since, and 'claimed certain unpaid cliclostti•
standing in the. name of, John Markham Covenant, dec _.
late a Captain in the Hon. East India Company's serviee!oite"
received forty-seven warrants for different sums, and after leity
was paid the:money due on them, to the amount of sortie 11
deeds of pounds. To entitle him to obtain these warrerrte:,
produced a warrant of attorney, signed " William 5112,4 41.0.`,
He then went in the name of Henry White. The witl-re'
not know of his own knowledge that the power of attorney
forged.—Mr. Dunn said, from information he had reed/•
had no doubt that the warrant was forged and counterfelt''cor
Sir R. Hen HIE, on this evidence, ordered him to be
mitted for further examination.
We understand that the unfortunate prisoner is a such
and formerly enjoyed an extensive practice in Spring-gird

The Copenhagen papers of the 18th ult• sidi et
noe ,
that a non-commissioned officer belonging t° on
•
of the regiments ' in garrison in that citif,
confessed himself guilty of murder last vnu'ets
He said, that as he and one of his comrades lirel
passing along a bridge, they got into a (10:01.
with a man, whom they• knocked dOwn and
ed, and then threw the body into the water' Re,
accomplice had since committed suicide, ore
morse, and the stings of a wounded consqt if'
led him to make discovery of the deed.
remarkable, however, that at the period fool
tioned no person was missing, and beyond
declaration of the individual, there certaip," . ,
no other evidence of the crime at present.