The Sun.
London, England, 1849-05-24 00:00:00

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Henry Wood, a man about ilirty years of age, of
rough exterior, with his breaat exposed, was brought
before Mr. Yardley, charged with assaulting Richard
Larncombe, a private in the 2d battalion of the Grena-
dier Guards, and attempting to force his way into the
Royal Mint.
Stringer, ac City policeman, 364, who took the pri-
soner into custody, said, the soldier who had been as-
saulted was not present, and that his sergeant, in the
Tower, where the regiment to which ho belonged was
stationed, refused to allow him to appear; on which the
magistrate said the case must proceed without him, and
that if his evidence was required he would soon enforce
his attendance.

John Brown, porter at the Royal Mint, was then
sworn, and stated that the prisoner came to the gates
that morning and wanted to obtain access to the interior
of the building. lie asked him for what purpose; and
the prisoner replied that there were persons in the Mint
of a certain description, and he must see them, and the
fact was that he had property there. The prisoner had
first told the, sentinel on duty at the gates that he was a
labourer in the Mint, but the soldier did not believe
him. Witn,3ss told the prisoner to leave the place, and
with some difficulty removed him. About an hour
afterwards the prisoner returned to the gates, and after
vociferating aloud demanded admittance again, and said
he was the principal witness in a smashing case. Wit-
ness told hi al he had better see the Mint Solicitor, and
proceed to his office. The prisoner was driven away, and
returned for the third time at twelve o'clock at noon,
put his back against the principal entrance gate, and
said he would push it open and force his way in. After
some parleying with the sentinel, whom he assaulted, he
was given into custody.
The prisoner, on being called on for his defence, said
in a low Vane that he was accused of shooting the
Queen, and the police took him into custody, and used
him very badly ; and caused him to be tried for high
treason.

Mr. YARDLEY—What is your nuns? Prisoner—
Wood is my name, Sir.
Mr. YARDLEY—When were you tried? Prisoner—
This morning, Sir; and for shooting at the Queen.
Mr. YARD LEY.—Where were you tried ? Prisoner
—I don't know the place, Sir.
Mr. YARDLEY.—Where do you come from ? Prisoner
—From the Oommercial-road, close by, Sir.
Henry Hobson, a shoemaker, of Grove-street, Com-
mercial-road .east, here stepped forward, and said the
prisoner was. his brother-in-law, and that he had lost
sight of him for nine months, until Monday night, at
nine o'clock, 'when he called at bis house and remained
during the ni:ght. He did not know how the prisoner
had been li%ing, or where he had been staying.
Police-con stable 33 II said the prisoner had been very
recently in Ibis custody on charge of passing base coin,
but the case wits not pressed.
Another police-constable deposed that the prisoner
was in custody a short time ago for very disorderly
conduct, and that he did not think he was of sane mind.

Mr. YARDIZEY said he had no doubt whatever
the prisoner was not a fit subject to be at large, and
inquired in what parish the Royal Mint was situate ;
and was informed it was in St. Botolph Without, Ald-
gate, on which the magistrate directed that the parish
officers should be sent for immediately; and they were
requested to take charge of the prisoner, who was ul-
timately sent to the workhouse.

FROIVI THE LONDON GAZETTE
OF TUESDAY.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
F. Keates, Waterloo-road, Lambeth, draper, and
Worthing, chiaaman, June 14, at eleven—W. Tanner,
Leadenhall-place and Leadenhall-market, leather factor,
Juno 14, at hi df-past one—L. C. Leccsne, Fenchurch-
buildings, Fenchurch-street, merchant, June 14, at
twelve—J. Gamble, Whitecross-street, victualler, Juno
14, at half-po.3t twelve—S. Bayly, Folkestone, Kent,
oheesemonger, Juno 14, at two—B. Knight, and A
Knight, jun., 1 tudge-row, City, wholesale stationers, June
13, at half-prat twelve—R. Brailsford, Enfield, car-
man and brew er, Juno 13, at half-past eleven.
In the Country.
S. Kershaw,, Charlestown, Derbyshire, cotton-spinner
and paper mr,r,ufacturer, June 12, at twelve, at tte
Court, Manch ester—W. Kirk, Leeds, pianoforte manu-
facturer, June :12, at one, at the Court, Leeds.

PA ...ICMENT 'OF DIVIDENDS.
C. Savage, ( Thesterfield, Derbyshire, builder and car-
penter, d., on Tuesday, May 29, and every following
Tuesday betwe en the hours of ten and one, at the office
of Mr. Hobson, Manchester.

C. Lowe, di tester field, Derbyshire, woollendraper,
3s. 9d., on Tues day, May 29, and every following Taes-
day between the hours of ten and one, at the office of
Mr. Hol )n, Ma nehester.

H. J. Barker, Flixton, Lancashire, logwoed and drug
grinder and milk 9e, 10s., on Tuesday, May 29, and every
following Tutsde between the hours of ten and ono, at
the office of Mr. :`Efobson, Manchester.
J. T. Woolner„ Bury, Lancashire, currier, 3s. 7id., on
Tuesday, May 29, and every following Tuesday, between
the hours of tcn and one, at the office of Mr. Hobson,
Manchester.

Z Leigh, Mane tester, tea and coffee merchant, Is., on
Tuesday, May 22, . wad every following Tuesday, between

Police-constable Thornton, A 26, said, on the 7th of
May he took the prisoner and his wife into custody at
41, Marshall street. Witness, among other things,
found two duplicates, one relating to a coat pledged with
a pawnbroker named Rochfort, and the other fur a carpet
bag pledged with a pawnbroker named Tinjay.
Jahn Thomas, shopman to Messrs. Michell and Co.,
tailors, Regent-street—On the 23d of November witness
was in the service of Mr. Sampson, tailor, Princes-street.
On that morning the prisoner and a woman came into
the shop and bought a great coat, and paid for it with a
101. note. The prisoner gave an order for another coat,
and directed it to be sent to Lieutenant Anstead, of West-
bourne-villas, Westbourne-road. The coat was made and
sent to the direction, but neither prisoner nor place could.
be discovered. The great coat now produced was the
coat sold to the prisoner.
The 101. note with which the coat was paid bad the
number on it of one of the 101. notes paid at the Lon-
don and Westminster Bank in exchange fJr Mr. Vokin's
check.

A great coat, pledged at Mr, Rochfort's, was produced.
It was the same sold to the prisoner by the witness
Thomas. The coat was pledged in the name of Herdley,
and a witness named James proved that the prisoner and
his wife took lodgings at her house in Marshall-street
under the name of Herdley.
William Brewer, trunk-maker, Oxford-street, preyed
that a woman purchased a carpet bag, and offered a 10/.
note in payment. Witness did not change the note, and
the woman went out and returned with a 51. note, which
witness changed.
The note produced was one of the notes obtained from
the London and Westminster Bank. The duplicate of
the carpet bag was found at the prisoner's lodgings in
Marshall-street.
Police-sergeant Darter, A division, produced the record
of a conviction for felony iii 1848 against the prisoner.
The prisoner was fully committed.
WESTMINSTER.
Moira Finch, a well dressed woman of the town, was
charged with stealing a gold watch, value 20 guineas,
from the person of Mr. C. J. Faulkner, a gentleman re-
siding in Wilton-street, Belgrave-square.
It appeared from the statement of the prosecutor, that
he was walking along Piccadilly early on Sunday morn-
ing, after having spent the evening at the house of a
friend, and took shelter from the rain, under a doorway,
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soner; but in consequence of another shower they were
towards his residence, accompanied by the
again compelled to stand up. From the time at which
the prosecutor had first conversed with the prisoner, a
man continually walked up and down before them, evi-
dently with an intention of giving annoyance; and pro-
secutor having spoken to a constable, the man disap-
peared for a minute or two, but shortly returned, and
having repeated his offensive conduct was given in charge.
On their leaving the station the man, who was not detained,
was in company with the constable, and the prosecutor
having proceeded towards home, parted with the prisoner.
On laying hold of his gold guard to lift the watch out
of his waistcoat pocket, to his great astonishment he
discovered that although the chain was perfect and the
swivel at its end unopened, his watch had disappeared.
He had looked at it on his way to the station, and it
was safe at the time he was there, as could be proved
by the inspector. The man who had been so trouble.
some went a different way, and had no chance of com-
mitting the robbery, and the prisoner must have stolen
the watch, as she was the only person who could pos-
sibly have taken it. Although prosecutor had been
staying late at the house of a friend, he was not at all
affected by liquor. Prisoner was taken into custody on
Monday evening, but the watch was not found.
The prisoner protested her innocence, and declared
that the prisoner ought to be punished for giving her
into custody. She added, " Although I'm an unfortu-
nate girl I'm not a thief ; and if you ask the gentlemen
about St. James's-street they can prove it."
Mr. BURRELL ordered her to be remanded till Friday.
William Richardson, a man of genteel exterior, was
brought up from Liverpool yesterday, in custody of Mr.
Murphy, one of the Liverpool detective officers, and
placed before Mr. Bingham, charged with having com-
mitted forgery.
Mr. William Whittaker stated that he resided at West
Keel, Lincolnshire, and was a general shopkeeper. In
April, 1846, ho completed the purchase of some
land at Bulingbroke, and left the deeds relating to it in
the hands of Mr. Thimbleby, solicitor, at Spilsby.
Witness never saw the prisoner before, and had
had no transactions with him. Oa Wednesday
last he came to London, and went to the office of the
Tontine Assurance Company, in Pall-mall, in conse-
quence of an application made to him for payment of a
note of 100/. Witness there saw a promissory note for
I 100/, purporting to bear his name, in favour of a Mr.
Richardson. Witness could swear he never signed that
note. The signature was certainly something like his.
Witness also saw two memorandums of a deposit of
deeds, purporting to be signed by him. They were not
in his handwriting.
Mr. Thomas Thimbleby deposed that he was a solici-
tor, and resided at Spilsby, Lincolnshire. In April,
1846, the prosecutor left some deeds with him, and
amongst them a conveyance of some land at Boling-
broke. On the 7th inst. he looked for those deeds and
could not find them. On Tuesday week witness came to
London with the prosecutor, and went to the Tontine
Assurance Office, in Pall-mall, where he saw two ab-
stracts of three or four documents, purporting to bear
the signature of the prosecutor. They were forgeries.
From information they subsequently received, they
proceeded to Liverpool, where the prisoner was
apprehended.
Mr. Henry Murphy, detective officer, proved taking
the prisoner into custody at Liverpool on Monday night.
There not being any further evidence ready, the pri-
soner was remanded till Thursday (this day).
THAMES.