The Sun.
London, England, 1825-12-03 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BOW-STREET. Yesterday Isaac Israel, ?this Jackso”,
alias Dc Melheitn, a man who some time since was proprietor
of a notorious gaming-house in Pall-mall, from which, and from
another house of the same kind, he was brought more than once
to this office, when those places were so often attacked by the
Police, was yesterday examined on a charge of felony, commit-
ted, according to the evidence, by a most ingenius device.
Mr. Adolphus attended for the prosecution, and from the
evidence it appeared, that antecedent to March last, the pri-
soner had been often in the habit of pledging valuable proper-
, ty at the shop of Mr. Lawton, a pawnbroker in Green-street,
Leicester square, to whom he was known as a gaming-house-
keeper. One day in that month he called at the shop, and
told Mr. Burgess, Mr. Lawton's assistant, that he had sonic
brilliants which he wished to pledge, and he was shown to a
private room. He there produced to Burgess a packet contain-
ing a quantity of beautiful brilliants, and desired him to ad-.
ranee as much as possible upon them. Mr..Hurgess examined
and weighed them, and agreed to advance 1601. Mr. Burgess
had had long experience in precious stones, and knew at once
that those produced were real brilliants. The amount
being agreed upon, the prisoner gave Mr. Burgess du-
plicates for a diamond locket and broach, some gold watch-
cases, a watch-movement, and other articles, which he
had pledged some time before for 351. and desired to redeem
them. The witness took the duplicates to fetch the articles,
land by the prisoner's desire gave him back the brilliants, that
' lie might seal them up properly, He sealed•up a packet exactly
similar to that which had contained the brilliants, and handed
it over to Mr. Burgess, who was sitting opposite to him, and
who put it into his coat breast-pocket, and then went to the
cash box and fetched 1241. in bank-notes and sovereigns, being
the balance due after the redemption, interest, &c. of the other
articles. Mr. Burgess (as he swore) delivered over the money
to the prisoner, upon the faith that the packet contained the
brilliants he had first seen. He had no authority from his em-
ployer to advance money to any person, except upon receiving
property of adequate value. Some time in June, in conse-
quence of hearing of frauds committed upon several pawn-
brokers, by the substitution of one parcel for another under
similar circumstances, by the prispacr, h;. ripened the parcel
left with him, and ft:4lnd it to contain only a parcel of small
rubies and emeralds, worth altogether about 61. There was
not one diamond amongst them-
Mr. Adolphus said this was all the evidence he had to offer;
but he presumed there was sufficient to prevent any thing like
hesitation on the part of the Justices to commit for felony.
141 r. E. Isaacs (prisoner's Solicitor)—Felony, Mr. Adolphus ?
Mr. Adolphus--Yes, certainly, felony: if aver felony was
committed, it was here.

Sir 11. BIRNIE said, that perhaps it might be called an ac-
cidental fraud, but certainly it must be admitted that the pri-
soner went uncommonly well prepared for it.
Mr. HALLS said, he could not see one single teature of '
what the law called fraud in the transaction. It was a stealing
from beginning to end.
Mr. Isaacs then begged for a temand, that he might procure
aomething like an equivalent to the talent opposed to him, in
abler advise than his own ; and he might then be able to show,
by evidence and argument, that it was not a case for committal
for either fraud or felony. •
Mr. Adolphus—Well, you had better let it be ajourned for
a fortnight, and by that time the worthy magistrate will haie
the benefit of the opinion of the Judges of the lane, for the
prisoner will most assuredly be indicted before that period has
elapsed.
The prisoner, who, by Mr. Isaacs' advice, said nothing, was
fully committed to Newgate • for trial, for stealing the dia..
monds, and the parties bound over to prosecute. The office
was crowded by pawnbrokers who had been tricked in a sirn:!Ar
manner, but who are left to indict at the Sessions. The prt- '
soner was brought up by Bishop. •