The Sun.
London, England, 1836-08-26 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.
A lady, attended by a solicitor, appeared before Mr.
Alderman FAREBROTHER, to make a voluntary affidavit
with respect to a considerable sum of money in-the funds
to which she is entitled, and which, as we understood, it
was intended should be chargeable with certain annuities in
the event of other property not being adequate to .pay
them. Frequent applications are made to the Chief Magis-
trate on occasions of this kind, and have been considered
generally rather as matters of form than anything else.
Alderman VAltkilltOTHEß impressed upon the lady the
necessity of consulting the trustee.; try a subject of very
groat importance to her, inatlitich as she might by a stroke
of the pen destroy Ur interest in the property. He had,
he said, ItAltti a lady 1,7001. by checking her impetuosity at
a tiM when, in his mayoralty, she was going headlong to
sign away her claim to that amount.
The 'solicitor said that the trustees to the property were
aware of the applicant's intention to have the affidavit
sworn, and acquiesced in that intention. Nothing was
meant but what was serviceable to the lady and her family,
and perfectly legitimate ; and Magistrates were not in the
habit of rejecting such applications when made with the
perfect will of the owners of the property,
Alderman FAREBUOTHER said he was far from question-
ing the honourable intentions of the husband of the lady,
and of the solicitors but be perfectly well knew from his
own experience in business how exceedingly precarious the
payment of annuities was ; how soon a woman might be
beggered by putting her signature to documents with the
nature of which she was unacquainted, and what ruinous
consequences often followed the too great readiness to do
what was often called a matter of form.
Mr. HOBLER said it was well known that ladies who were
newly married did not know the meaning of half the things
they put their signatures to.
The Solicitor said that ho had no wish that the lady
should sign any paper without consulting her trustees in the
most full and satisfactory manner as to the course she was
about to take, and should even postpone the business until
sht should have the opportunity.
Alderman FAREBROTHER—I wishlthat she should do so,
for from my knowledge of transactions of this kind, I al-
ways consider it my duty to give this caution. I wish it,
however, to be distinctly understood that 1 mean not to in-
sinuate anything whatsoever against any one in this case.
In a matter likely to affect a woman's future prosperity and
comfort it is,the particular duty of a Magistrate to advise
the utmost caution.

The parties then withdrew. They were stated to be
very respectable on all sides.

BOW-STREET.

Charles 1111Ghee, the young .man who was charged at
this office on Monday with stealing 1001., the property of
his master, Mr. Barron, the buildr, of St. Martin's-lane,
was brought up for re-examination.
The prisoner, it will be recollected, received a check for
1001. from Mr. Goodall, a clerk in Mr. Barron's service,
with directions that he should get it cashed, obtaining 201.
in silver, 25/. in half sovereigns, and the remainder in sove-
reigns. On the same day he received cash at the banker's,
the money, however, being given to him in gold at his own
request. He did not return to the counting-house to ac-
count for the money which was procured for the purpose of
paying the workmen, and was not heard of until Monday,
the 22(1 of August. He was then seen by a lad named
Ligh, a stoneman, employed by Mr. Barron, proceeding to
Nicholson's wharf, Lower Thames-street, for the purpose
of going on board a steam-boat for Ramsgate. Ligh directly
seized him, and gave him into custody to Clapham, a po.
liceman, who was also on the spot, and he was conveyed to
the station-house. On his being there searched 634 14s. l I d.
were found on him, which he admitted he had received
with other money, in payment for the check. The remainder,
he said, be bad muddled away.
The prisoner said nothing, and was fully committed for
trial.

MARLBORO UGH-STREET.
Benjamin Bennett was yesterday brought before Mr.
CONANT and Mr. HALL, charged with the following ex-
traordinary robbery :
About four o'clock on Wednesday afternoon a discovery
vvas made that three tables of an expensive description bad
been removed from the warcrooms of Mr. W. Knapp, up-
holsterer and cabinetmaker, No. 21, Lower Grosvenor-
street. No one could give any account of their abstrac-
tion, and it was correctly supposed that the thief must have
taken' advantage of the situation of the double wareroom,
which is so constructed as to prevent those in the inner place
from commanding a view of the door, and bad made three
separate journeys for the tables. About seven o'clock a
)oung woman who was employed on the premises perceived
the prisoner looking in at the door as if to see that the coast
was clear, and, suspecting from his manner that he had
come for another table, and was privy to the removal of the
other three, she informed Mr. Knapp, who immediately
pursued him, and caused him to be taken into custody by
policeman Lowman, C 60.
Mr. Knapp said when informed of the strange loss of
the tables he questioned the young woman who had been
in the warehouse during the whole of the day ; but she
could not give tho'slightest clue to the affair. After the
young woman hail informed him of her suspicions respect-
ing the prisoner/ he immediately followed him. He saw
that the prisoner was considerably intoxicated, and further
noticed that in his progress down Regent-street he insulted
several respectable females. Mr. Knapp said his indigna-
tion was so great at the prisoner's condtrct that he was
almost tempted to knock him down ; but he refrained, and
continued to follow him until the prisoner got into Oxford-
street. The prisoner saw that he was watched, and he
turned round, and asked Mr. Knapp what he meant by
following him ? Mr. Knapp replied that it was his inten-
tion to give him into the custody of the first policeman ,that
made his appearance. The prisoner was conveyed to the
station-house and searched. On his person was found a
number of duplicates, two of which related to the stolen
tables. One of them was found to have been pledged with
Mr. Gifton, Gilbert-street, for 155., and the other with
Mr. David Henderson, No. 75, Brewer-street, Somers-
town, for ss.

The young woman, in the meantime, proceeded to make
inquiries, and learned that a person answering the descrip-
tion of the prisoner had been seen carrying tables at dif-
ferent periods of the day. She further ascertained, that one
of the tables, containing a beautiful rose antique marble
centre, had been damaged by the centre falling out on the
stones, and being split in pieces, part of which the person
who was earryitv, the table had given to a young man in
the employ of Mr. Donovan, fishmonger, Bond-street. The
young man was applied to, and he produced a piece of the
marble, which he proVed the prisoner had given to him.
Mr. CONANT inquired if the pawnbrokers were present
with the property ; only two of the tables had been found ?
—Mr. Knapp said Mr. Gifton was present, and a young
man in the employ of Mr. Henderson ; the latter pawn-
-broker having told him he should not attend himself.
Mr. Henderson's assistant said his employer could not
leave the business, but had sent him, as he was present
when the prisoner came into the shop with the table, and
therefore was well acquainted with the particulars ofthe case.
The young man proceeded to state that the prisoner on
Wednesday afternoon brought a work-table, and asked Mr.
Henderson to lend him something on it. Mr. Henderson
said he would lend four shillings, and the prisoner asked ,
for more money. Mr. Henderson desired him (witness) to
look at the table, and see.i it was worth a larger advance.
Witness looked at the Wile and saw that it was consider-
ably damaged, and told Mr. Henderson of that circum-
stance. Hr. Henderson, although disinclined to take in
the pledge at all, from want of room, at length agreed to
lend os., and a duplicate was Made out to the prisoner
accordingly.

Mr.
CONANT---=Praf what is the value of the table ?
Mr. Knappit i 3 woctli about in its present State it
would :fet.:.'ll,at 3fiLlo; 39. I wiMi id. ant. if it is
a 'ream' thing lot' persons who bring pledges to a pawn-
broker's shop to spend the money in treating the pawn-
broker with wine?

Mr. CONANT—It would be a very discreditable proceed-
ing, I should think.

Mr. Knapp—When we sclrv,hed the prittnnyr, pollen-
acre rtlrfaiit toad a wine glass on him. This led to an
inquiry, and the policeman ascertained that, after the pt.'=
seiner had got five shillings on the table from Mr. Hender-
son, he went to the opposite public-house, paid half-a-crown
for a brittle dl wide,broUght it to the shop, and drank it
with the pawnbroker.
Mr. CONANT (to the Assistant)—What explanation have
you to give of that circumstance ? Assistant—The priso-
ner was very troublesome, and would insist upon treating
Mr. Henderson ; and Mr. Henderson, with a view of get-
ting rid of the nuisance, allowed the prisoner to Fetch a
bottle of wine, and to offer him a glass, which Mr. Hender-
saner just put to his lips. I had a glass also, and the pri-
soner would also make some of the customers in the shop
drink with bite,

MK CONANT—Pray how long have you been in the
trade ? Assistant—Some months with Mr. Henderson, and
three years with a former employer.
Mr. CONANT—And do you mean to say that you bad
no suspicion of a man who had brought an expensive piece
of furniture, obtained but five shillings on it, and then went
and spent at least half the sum in treating persons in your
shop ? Assistant—Sir, I had no suspicion. The prisoner
being somewhat troublesome and intoxicated, it was only
to get rid of him that he was allowad to bring the wine into
the shop. The prisoner had pledged valuable property at,
the shop for some time before.

Mr. NNANT—What hadhe pledged ? About a year
agti he pledged shirts to the amount of thirty shillings.
lie had pledged other things since that time.
A person—Your Worship, I have examined the injuries
to the table, and I certainly think the mutilations have been
made not by the prisoner. The table, which appears quite
new, seems to have been injured to cover some design.
Assistant—The table is in the exact state in which the
prisoner brought it to our shop. It has not been mutilated
while in our possession.
Mr. CONANT—I don't think the mode of business which
has just been described at all a respectable one. Why is
Mr. Henderson not here ? Mr. Knapp—He told me he
should not come.

Mr. CONANT—He must and shall come, or his attend-
ance will he compelled.
Mr. Gifton's assistant came forward anti accounted for
the table being taken in as a pledge. He said the prisoner
came into the shop with the table, apparently in a great
passion, and asked 30s. to be advanced on it. He was
asked who he was, and in a pretended huff he replied he
was a respectable tradesman in the furniture line, living at
Vauxhall, and he had brought the table all the way to
Grosvenor-street at the request of a gentleman who wanted
'to purchase it, but who had not kept his appointment. The
prisoner then -- the table, took off his hat and wiped
his face, declaring he could not take it back that day, and
he hoped the sum he wanted would be advanced on it.
The prisoner's manner having disarmed suspicion, a loan
of 15s. was made on it.

Mr. Knapp said when he went to Mr. Gifton about the
table the greatest readiness was evinced on the part of the
pawnbroker to furnish him with all the particulars.
Mr. CONANT remarked that it was not the first time be
had had occasion to observe that Mr. Gifton conducted his
business in a respectable way.
The young man at Mr. Donovan's said he saw the pri-
soner standing in the street with a marble table slab lying
on the pavement, broken. The prisoner picked up the
pieces, and was pitching them away, when he (witness)
asked him to give him a piece. The prisoner, who was
quite a stranger, handed him a piece, observing that he
dared not take the fragments home to his master.
The prisoner, in defence, said he was drunk at the time,
or he should not have acted as he had done.
He was remanded for a week.