The Sun.
London, England, 1849-05-18 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
Constantine Askwith, a German, was brought be-
fore the Lord Mayor, in the custodyof Daniel For-
rester, the officer, who apprehended him in Holbrach,
in Lincolnshire, under the circumstances detailed in
the following evidence :
Mr. John Lee, clerk of Mr. George Lee, ship agent,
in Crutchedfriars, said—On the 16th of April the pri-
soner called at our counting-house, between 12 and 1
o'clock, and said his name was C. Brand, that he was
captain of a Russian ship, and that he had just left
the vessel, which was called the Russia, a little below
Gravesend ; that he had employed as his brokers,
occasionally, Messrs. Sack and Bramen, and likewise
Messrs. Cazenoth and Schluton, butthat, being dissatis-
fied with the manner in which these firms had transacted
his business, it was his intention this time to employ,
Mr. George Lee as his agent, for the purpose of re-
porting the ship and doing other necessary business
connected with her at the Custom- house. He said he
was not in a hurry to report his vessel that day ; in.
deed, he was, he said, without the quarantine certifi
cate—a document necessary to be produced upon the
occasion. His object in leaving his ship at Graves
end was to go to Bristol, in order to pay a visit to a
lady to whom he going to be married, and he
would return on the following day, when he would
expect the vessel to he up, for the purpose of reporting
her. He produced bills of lading, and a manifesto in
the German language, representing the cargo to be
timber, planks, &c. He then particularly directed
my attention to an indorsment on the bill of lading
authorising him to sell the cargo, and remit the pro-
ceeds to the consignee. "By the by," said he, " be-
fore the report be made I wish you would go to
Messrs. Sack and Bramen to see whether anything is
lying there for me," and he wrote an order to these
gentlemen to deliver up any letters which might have
been received there for him. I accordingly sent one of
the clerks of our establishment to Messrs. Sack and
Bramen's, and he brought back two letters which the
prisoner read in my presence, and put into his pocket
without making any comment upon them. He then
inquired whether we could recommend him to any
respectable person who would undertake to copper
his bran new ship, as he called her; and we said ,we
would do so. After some conversation as to the most
eligible docks in which to place his ship, he said
"By the bye, I want a little money."—(A laugh.)
It is customary with us to advance money to captains
of ships upon their arrival from abroad ; and believ-
ing that the representation was corrects, I asked him
how much he wanted. He said 251., and I imme-
diately counted 25 sovereigns into his hand. We
spoke upon various matters, and he seemed to be ac-
quainted with several Prussian captains, some of
whom he named. He signed a memorandum for 25
sovereigns, and he showed an anxiety to start for
Bristol by railroad by the next train, and had a cab
at the door. I told him the next train would go off
at two o'clock, and he said, " Good bye," and I think
he said, " God bless you."—(Laughter.)
The LORD MAYOR—You have not been on board
the Russia, I dare say ? Witness—l should have
been happy to see her. I looked in at Lloyd's next
day and found there was no use in making further
inquiry about the vessel. I never saw the prisoner
since until last night, upon his arrival in the custody
of the officer.
The LORD MAYOR—You are sure the prisoner is
the man ? Witness—Yes. I have two witnesses
who can identify him. I believe there are other cases
of the kind against him.
Prisoner—l want an interpreter. Ido not under-
stand the language.
Mr. Lee and three other persons said the prisoner
unfit r•tood the language well ; and Forrester declared
that, on the journey to town, the prisoner showed
that he understood the English language well.
Prisoner—`• Ido not know it." He then said,
with great rapidity, that the witness was quite mis•
taken ; th it he had never been at Mr. Lee's office at
all ; that he never had received or asked for 251.
there ; and that a similar mistake had been made
before as to his personal identity.
Mr. James Henry Lesley, clerk to Mr. Lee, said
—I was in the office on the 16th of April, when the
prisoner called, slid I was the first person who spoke
to him. I can corroborate all that the last witness
stated. I heard the money counted out to the pri-
soner, and I fetched the two letters from Messrs.
Sack and Bramer's, and delivered them to the pri-
soner.

Prisoner—This man I have nothing to say to, but
that he is the servant and the witness of his master.
I don't know any of the people at all. If they mis-
take my person I can't help it; it is no fault of mine.
Another clerk in the office of Mr. Lee also con-
firmed the evidence as to identity, and the prisoner
was remanded until next Thursday, when it is
expected that a number of gentlemen who have been
defrauded will attend.
BO W- STRE ET.
Jane Newman, cowkeeper, of Upper Gower Mews,
near Gordon-square, was summoned, under the late
Nuisances Prevention Act, to answer the charge of
having suffered large quantities of offal, sour grains,
and other filth to accumulate upon the premises in
her occupation, to the annoyance and danger of the
families residing in the immediate neighbourhood.
The name of Sir J. Romilly appeared upon the in-
formation as one of the complaining parties.
The serious nature of the nuisance having been
proved by several of the parishioners,
The defendant, who keeps about two hundred
cows, replied that the premises had been in the same
state for twenty years without having been com-
plained of.
Mr. JARDINE told her that such a plea would not
avail against the present Act, and accordingly di-
rected the immediate removal of the nuisance.
John Scanlon, late porter at the Freemasons'
Tavern, in Great Queen street, and at the Whitting-
ton Club, in the Strand, was charged with stealing
several articles of plate, &c., the property of his em-
ployers.
The prisoner had pawned some of the articles, in-
cluding a gold pencilcase, identified by Mr. A. E.
Bacon, of the Freemasons' Tavern ; and at his lodg-
ings the officers found a quantity of crockery, glass,
Sac., no doubt belonging to the same establishment,
besides some forks, spoons, and several books, the
property of the Whittington Club and Metropolitan
Athenaeum, where he had received temporary em-
ploy.
The prisoner made no reply to the latter charge ;
but with respect to the first denied that the gold
pencilcase was ever the property of Mr. Bacon.
He was committed on both charges.
MARLBOROUGH-ST RE ET.
Emma Harvey, a young woman who had evi-
dently sustained very serious injuries, was brough t
before Mr. Hardwick, charged with having stolen a
gold watch and other articles from No. 8, Lower
James-street, where she had recently lived as servant.
It was made known that the young woman, on
gaining intelligence that the police were in search of
her, and on seeing them enter the house where she
had taken up her temporary residence, in Shire-lane,
suddenly threw herself out of a two pair of stairs win-
dow into the yard beneath. The prisoner, in conse-
quence of the injuries she had sustained, was allowed
a seat within the bar.
Mr. Henry Newman said he lived at Nantes, in
France. On Monday last he went with his wife to
Windsor, aid returned about six o'clock in the after-
noon. Before he set out on his journey, he left a
gold watch and chain in his room, and there were
some stockings and other articles on the sofa. When
be returned at six o'clock, the watch and several other
articles of property were gone. The prisoner, who
was servant in the house, had also disappeared.
An assistant of Mr. Attenborough, pawnbroker,
Fleet-street, produced the watch, which had been
pawned by a young woman who gave the name of
Emma Foster.
Police-constable Quarterman, 361,, said, from in-
formation he received he went to 4, Serles'-place-
Fleet street, and tried to get into a room on the
second-floor. Hearing a noise at the back of the
house he went into the rear and found the prisoner
' lying on the ground insensible. Witness procured a
cab, and caused her to be removed to the hospital.
In defence, the prisoner said, she went to a raffle
the other evening and met with a young man who
went home with her, and after some conversation, he
induced her to take the watch. The young man stole
the other things. Prisoner afterwards pawned the
watch, and gave the young man the money. The
young man afterwari!s took her to the theatre, and she
did not return to her place as she was afraid she should
be accused of the theft.
The prisoner was removed to the House of Deten-
tion, Clerken well, until Saturday.
WORSHIP-STREET.
Mr. Hugh Burgess, of the firm of Heathfield and
Burgess, experimental chemists and naphtha distillers,
in Prince's-square, Finsbury, appeared before Mr.
hammill, to answer an information exhibited at the
instance of the parish authorities of Shoreditch,
charging him with having suffered to exist upon his
premises an alleged dangerous nuisance, which was
pronounced, upon the certificates of several medical
practitioners, to be highly injurious to the health of
the inhabitants of th . neighbourhood.
Mr. William Bullock, clerk to the Board of Health
of the district, conducted the prosecution, which ex-
cited an unusual degree of interest, and several trus-
tees of the parish attended to watch the proceedings.
Mr. Bullock stated, that in con-equence of almost
incessant complaints being made to the board by the
occupants of the houses in that neighbourhood of the
bad effects produced upon the health of themselves
and families by the noxious vapours arising from the
napththa distillery established within the last few
months upon the defendants' premises, he waited upon
them, accompanied by a deputation, about three
weeks since, to point out the evil and request its im-
mediate suppression, which they as-ured him should
be at once effected; but, as the complaints had been
since renewed that the nuisance still continued with