The Sun.
London, England, 1836-01-14 00:00:00

LAMBETH-STREET.

THE CUSTOM-HOUSE ROBBERY.—APPREHENSION OF
ONE OF THE CLERKS, AND HIS EXAMINATION WITH
JOURDAN AND SULLlVAN.—Yesterday Mr. William Huey,
one of the landing waiters of his Majesty's. Customs, whose
friends are of the highest respectability, Was placed within
the felon's dock, together with William Jourdan and
Thomas Sullivan, -before Messrs.' Hardwick and Norton,
and three or four county Magistrates, the former for exa-
mination, and-the latter for further examination, on a charge
of
,being concerned in the late extensive robbery at the
Custom-House.

Mr. Chambers (in the absence of Mr. Adolphus); Mr.
Walford, the Solicitor of Customs ; Mr. 'Fhackery, the As-
sistant-Solicitor ; and Mr. Hobler, attended for the prose-
cution. Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Humphries appeared for
the prisoners Jourdan and Sullivan ; and Mr. C. Phillips
and Mr. Ellis for Mr. lucy. _

Mr. Benjamin Hornby is clerk in the banking-house of
Messrs. Grote, Prescott and Co., in Threadneedle-street.
In 1831 a receipt account was kept in the house in the
name of John Leary, which was subsequently turned into a
regular account, and continued there up to the 27th of
November in that year, when a check for 4501., the balance
then in hand, was drawn and paid by witness in five notes,
four of those 'nein.. for 100/. each, and one for 501. The
notes now produced were those he paid on that occasion,
and the check was that upon which he paid them. The
person to whom he paid the money was, to. the best of his
belief, the prisoner Jourdan, but-he would not wish to swear
positively to the fact. He had an opportunity of seeing
him four or five times while he had the account at the
house, and on the day be had given him the balance of
450/., he had a particular opportunity of seeing him, as he
had to refer to the ledger to ascertain for him what the ba-
lance was, and he judged of his size in believing he was
the man, as well as from his appearance. (It may be here
remarked that the signature to the checks produced, of
" John Leary," is precisely the same handwriting as the
prisoner Jourdan's to many letters and documents which
have been found in his. possession.) Mr. Hornby further
identified a pass-book produced as that which was kept
with the house, and in which the different sums lodged in
and drawn from the house were entered. _

Mr. Banks, the senior cashier at Messrs. Grote andCo.'s,
had paid three checks drawn on account of Leary, the one
for 201., another for 40/., and a third for 501., and he be-
lieved Jourdan to be that person.
This witness, as well as the last, were cross-examined by
both Mr. Phillips and Mr. Clarkson, but nbthing particular
was elicited.

Mr. Walsh, the receiver of fines in the Customs, was
here called to prove that the robbery of the Custom House
took place on the night of the 27th, or the morning of the
,28tIvor- November, 1834.
Mr. Wells, a partner in the firm of Bradbury and Wells,
tailors, New Bond-street, deposed that the prisoner Huey
had been a customer at his house for somo time past, and
he had received from him two bank notes in payment of
an acceptance of his, which was in their hands, and which
was over-due before the money was paid. (Two notes
were here produced, which the witness identified as those
he received from the prisoner Huey.)
The following written statement was then put in, and
read by Mr. Osman, the Chief Clerk ;
,‘ Mr. Huey, landing waiter, examined Wednesday, 30th
of December, 1835, by the Surveyor-General :—ls the sig-
nature to this 101. Bank of England note now produced to
you (No. 9,429, date 13th Dec. 1834), your hand-writing?
I think it is, as at that time I was in the habit of gambling,
and I recollect I won some money at a gambling-house, No.
1, Leicester-square, and it is very likely I received the notes
there. The date to my initials on the front of the note is 25,
1-35. Can you say of whom you received it ?—I won a con-
siderable sum on that occasion, 70/. or 801., and I received
the money from the bank at the gambling-house, and not
from any particular individual, unless the cashier for the
night. Did you go to the house alone 2-1 cannot say.
Have you been there twice ?—But once, I think. On the
occasion I spoke of there were, perhaps, forty or fifty per-
sons present. Were there any persons there whom you
knew 2—Either on that or another occasion of my winning
money a Captain &mei, in the army, who lived in the
same boardincr-house with me, was present, and saw me
win. Mr. Huey was asked whether the signatures to the
three 10/. notes shown to him were in his hand-writing,
and he said they were, and were received on the same oc-
casion. Mr. Huey said he paid some money to his tailors,
Messrs. Bradbury and Wells, about that time, January
1835, and it was very possible that he sent them two of
the notes above mentioned in payment of a promissory note
which fell due at that time. Did you date the notes as
you received them ?—I have a recollection that I did, pen
and ink being always at hand at the tables.—CMr. Halford
and Mr. Hobler, junior, were present.) Did you know
any persons of the name of Jourdan and Sullivan ?—Not
personally. I have read of such persons in the newspa-
pers lately, but I did not attend at the Poiice-office when
they were examined. I don't know the name of the persons
who keep the house in Leicester-square. I have under-
stood that several Jews keep it. Having seen tie accounts

in the newspapers of the robbery committed in this house,
do you know the two prisoners in custody for that offence,
viz.—Sullivan and Jourdan, or by other names than those ?
—I do ngt. Do you know a person of the name of John
Leary ?—I do not, to the best of my recollection. Do
you know a female of the name of Mary Jefferies, or Mary
Jourdan ?—I do not. Do you know a man called Joe
Bevan ?—I do, very well, and for some years. Did you
ever cause him to be supplied with clothes ?—I sent him
with a note in my handwriting ordering a suit of black for
myself, and on that occasion he asked me for an introduc-
tion to my tailors, and I • told him that he might use my
name to Messrs. Bradbury and Wells : and those persons
sent to me, and I sent word back that he was a respect-
able individual, and they might give him credit. Did
not Bevan pay some bills for you ?—I don't recollect his
paying any bills for me ; but he might have paid an in-
stalment of 101. for me towards a bill of 801., which I
owed to Roger, Tovvgood, and Co., the bankers, and
which bill I had been swindled out of by a person of the
name of Roach, who undertook to cash it for me. When
was it that he might have paid the instalment ?—Very early'
in the present year or the latter end of the last. Do you
know Bill Davis's house ?—I do not. Do you know a man
named Chesterman ?—I do ; he keeps a tavern in the
neighbourhood of Drury-lane ; I have dined there twice
with Bevan. Do you know a gambling-house in the
Strand ?—No, Ido not. Do you know Barney Lepman's
house ?—I do not. Do you know Smith's, in the Kent-
road ?—Yes, I have smoked a cigar there a few times.
When were you last at any of these houses ?—Not for
these eight months at Chesterman's or Davis's. Did you
never meet Sullivan and Jourdan at either of the above-
mentioned houses in November, 1834, and subsequently ?
Not to my knowledge, nor do I recollect hearing of such
persons till lately. At Smith's I frequently met a Mr.
Yeoll, a nurseryman, and frequently conversed with him on
such occasions about flowers, &c. Who have you met
belonging to the service at Smith's ?—A Mr. Scale, a
landing waiter, and a Mr. Gill, a clerk in the long room.
Have you ever met Mr. Mott there ?—I have frequently
met him at the Dake of Sussex, at Peckham. Did you
hear the name of Sullivan at Peckham ?—Not to my re-
collection. Were you not at one time at Trinity-square,
Borough ?—I lived at Trinity-terrace, near the Square. It
was about the beginning of the present year, or latter end
of last, where I remained a few months, until I went,to a
boarding-house in Southwark-square, from whence I went
to Peckham. What is the name of the landlady in Trinity-
terrace ?—I don't recollect ; I have forgotten. Were you

not visited by Jourdan, or Sullivan, or Leary while you were
at Trinity-terrace ?—No. Were you not acquainted with
Andrew Morrison ?—I know a man called Anderson, who
I have since learned is the person lately before the public as
Morrison. •I met him at the Duke of Sussex, at Peckham.
He lived near the Elephant and Castle. I went once to
his house. I think he was known to other persons there by
the name of Anderson. I understood he was a jeweller.
Did you observe Anderson or Morrison speak to any one in
particular at the Duke of Sussex ?—No ; the conversation
was general. Mr. Scale knew more of Anderson than I
did. We never talked of Custom House matters. Did you
ever meet Mr. Mott at the house when Anderson or Mor-
rison where there ? I have never seen them in private con-
verse. They lived in the same direction, and they may have
walked home together ; but I don't know.
" Examined by Messrs. Manning and Worthington.
" J. MANNING."
Mr. Norton—Do you adopt this, Mr. Manning, as your
evidence as to what took place on the examination ?
_

Mr. Manning—Most certainly I do.
Barnet Lepman, of No, 36, Lisle-street, Leicester-square,
was part proprietor of the house, No. 1, Leicester-square,
which was a gambling-house. He knew Huey for some
time, from meeting him at gambling-houses. He frequented
his house, No.- 1, Leicester-square ; and he recollected his
having, about seven months ago, won 701. or 801. in one
night, but on a night or two subsequently he thought, he
lost quite as much.
Mr. HARDWICK—Look at these notes (alluding to those
which the prisoner said he had won at play, and paid to
Mr. Wells), and see if you can recognize them as having
passed through your hands ? Lepman—lt is quite impos-
sible I can say so, as we never mark a note, and as much
as 5,0001. or 6,0001. pass through our hands of a night. _
Mr. Folks, a medical student, who lodged at the house
of Mrs. Godfree, in Trinity-terrace, Mrs. Godfree, and
Miss Godfree, deposed to the fact of the prisoners Jourdan
and Sullivan visiting Huey about the time of the robbery.
Sarah Moles, who had lived servant with Huey at Cot-
tage Gtove, Peckham, saw the prisoner Sullivan at her
master's subsequently to the robbery.
1 The prisoners were remanded.