The Sun.
London, England, 1849-08-28 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD COURT.
(Before the RECOUDER.)
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A considerable part of yesterday was occupied in
disposing of cases the particulars of which are unfit for
publication.
Martin Hansell, the proprietor of the Satirist, who
was acquitted on Saturday of a charge of feloniously
endeavouring to extort money from Mr. Bevan, sur-
rendered to take his trial for misdemeanour in
endeavouring to obtain money from the same gen•
denim) by undertaking not topublish certain libellous
matter concerning him in the newspaper above-men-
tioned.
Mr. Ballantine and Mr. Huddlestone were for the
prosecution, and Mr. Parry and Mr. Thompson again
appeared for the defendant.
The facts were precisely the same as those which
were proved on the former trial, and it will therefore
be unnecessary to repeat them.
The jury, after deliberating more than an hour, re-
turned a verdict of Guilty.
The defendant was ordered to stand committed, and
the RECORDER said he would consider what sentence
should be pronounced upon him.

POLICE IN TELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.

Elizabeth Griffith:, who refused to give her address,
was brought up before S:r Peter Laurie, for further
examination, on the charge of obtaining above 601.
worth of goods under false pretences.
In consequence of the report of the previous exami-
nation appearing in the newspapers, the court was
crowded by tradesmen directly the prisoner was
placed at the bar, a great portion of whom had been
victimised.

Mr. Davis, solicitor, defended the prisoner.
Sir PETER LAURIE asked if there was any addi-
tional evidence ?
Mr. Beard said that since the last examination he
had ascertained that the prisoner's name was not
Griffiths or Hemsley, but Bennett.
Mr. Philip Kirke, of 19, Brompton-road, Brompton,
auctioneer and house-agent, said a person who repre-
sented that his name was Iletnsley, came to his office
in May last, and inquired about the house in Bromp-
ton-crescent which he had to let, for a Mr. Griffiths.
After viewing the house, the man appeared perfectly
satisfied, and an agreement was entered into that it
should let for a term of three years, at a rental of 80
guineas per annum.
Sir PETER LAURIE—I suppose you had a refer-
ence? Mr. Kirke—l certainly had. One was Mr.
Burdett, a retired publican, and the other a Mr.
O uslow, a retired surgical-instrument maker, living
in the Wandsworth-road.

Sir PETER LAURIE—Did you have any security ?
Mr. Kirke—Oh, yes; he gave me a bill for 551.
Henry William Dubois, No. 14, a sergeant in the
metropolitan police force, said that he knew the man
who lived with the prisoner well. He was a carpenter
by trade, and his real name was Francis Bennett. He
had been after him, but had not succeeded in discover-
ing his place of residence.

_ .
Sir PETER LAURIE—Do you know anything of the
referees ? Sergeant Dubois replied that one of them,
named Burdett, he had been after, and wanted him
very much. His real name was " Walker."—(A
laugh.) Years agu he was taken into custody, and
examined at the Thames Police Court, from whence
he was committed to the Clerkenwell sessions, but
fortunately got acquitted. The prisoner at the bar
was convicted in July, 1847, in the name of Elizabeth
Bennett.

Mr. Davis here said that the charge against the
prisoner only amounted to a debt, and she was per-
fectly willing to give up the furniture.
The prosecutor said that he certainly should like to
have the goods back again.
Sir PETER LAURIE said that he would not consent
to any such arrangement. It was quite evident to
every one the sort of syst,matic work that was being
carried on, and therefor© he intended hearing further
evidence before saying what course he should decide
upon pursuing.

-Dlr. Henry Finch, of 21, High-road,
Knightsbridge, and Mr. W. Nicholls, fishmonger, of
No. 8, Queen's-buildings, Knightsbridge, deposed to
other acts of victimization.

Sir PETER LAURIE said the systematic plundering
now carried on was of so serious a nature that he
was determined to sift the wholit to the bottom. The
prisoner's dress and appearance, coupled with the ap-
pearance of a butler and cook, who there could be no
doubt were accomplices, was such as to deceive
almost any tradesman. He should, therefore, remand
the prisoner until Friday next, and would not take
bail.

The prisoner was conveyed to the Compter.
MARLBOROUGH-ST RE ET.
George Fitzroy . Campbell was brought before
Mr. Hardwick, charged with having plundered Maria
Foster of a gold watch, a diamond ring, and other
property, by the following means:—
From the evidence of the complainant, who is a
waitress at the West-End Dining Rooms, Oxf,rd-
street, the prisoner (who is a married man) pretended
to pay his addresses to her, and after having made
proposals of marriage, which were accepted, he bor-
rowed a diamond ring which was in her possession,
in order, as he said, to get a wedding ring of the
same size. A day or two after this, knowing that
she had a valuable gold watch and chain, he borrowed
them, under pretence of wearing them at a dinner
party, to which he said he had been invited. Com-
plainant, when she next saw the prisoner, asked him
for her watch. The prisoner said it had met with an
accident, but promised to let her have it on the
following day. Complainant saw the prisoner the
next day, but did not get back her watch. Since that
time, nearly twelve months ago, she had not seen the
prisoner, and it was only the previous day he was
met with again in Oxford-street, and given into
custody.

The prisoner wished to make it appear that the
complainant had given him the property in question,
in conseqnence of the intimacy which had existed
between them:

The complainant denied that any improper inti-
macy had taken place. The prisoner altogether had
obtained in money about 801. from her.
The prisoner was remanded until next Friday.
CLERK-EA WELL.

This court and its avenues were crowded to excess,
in consequence of a report being industriously circu-
lated that Manning, .the murderer of Mr. Patrick
O'Connor, had surrendered himself, and was in
custody.
It appeared that on Saturday night a man of re-
spectable exterior, and answering the description of
Manning, made his appearance in Bagtigge- wells
station house, and surrendered himself into the
custody of the police, saying that he was the murderer
of O'Connor, and he was too miserable to live. lie
was locked up, and on, being searched, five 51 notes
were found in his posseskion. He was very melan•
choly, and refused to give hi 3 address.
On being brought before Mr. Combe, he expressed
his sorrow for his folly, and said he knew nothing
whatever of the deceased O'Connor. His name was
Frederic Charles Jackson, a hawker,
Inspector Hardy, G, said that inquiries bad been
made, and the prisoner was discovered to be a respect-
able man.

Mr. COMBE, after a proper reprimand, discharged
the piisoner.

WORSHIP-STREET.

Frederick George Menzies, who described himself
(
as a compositor and pressman, was brought before
Mr. Arnold on the charge of having given him-
self into custody under the name of Frederick
George Manning, and falsely represented that he
had taken an active part in the late atrocious murder
at Bermondsey.
In reply to questions from the magistrate, the pri-
soner intimated that he had been for some time an
officer of Excise, but having recently lost his situation
in consequence of a reduction in that department, he
had resumed his original occupation of a compositor,
in the service of a master printer in Philpot-lane, and
was truly sorry for having conducted himself in the
manner described upon the present occasion, which he
attributed to intoxication.
Mr. ARNOLD regretted that he had no power to
visit the foolish and mischievous conduct of the pri-
soner with an adequate punishment, as it was calcu-
lated most seriously to mislead the police, and to in-
duce a relaxation in their exertions for the apprehen-
sion of a murderer, upon the supposition that he was
already in custody, but he should order him to pay
the usual drunkard's penalty of five shillings, and re •
quire him to enter into recognizances to be of good
behaviour for the next six months.