The Sun.
London, England, 1847-11-03 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
_ MANSION-HOUSE.

John Burgess, and William Mitchell alias Captain
Broadwater, were brought up for final examination
upon suspicion of having been concerned in robbing a
lady on the Liverpool Railroad of Bank of England
notes to the amount of 150/., which notes were
exchanged for American bank notes, in passing which
American notes the prisoners were apprehended upon
the charge of Mr. Spellman, of Lombard-street, who
had been applied to by them to give cash for the
latter.

In answer to questions put by Mr. Hobler for the
prisoners, Mr. Spellman said he believed the Ameri-
can notes were genuine ; he was in the habit of
changing such notes.

M. Thomas Redin, superintendent of police at
Liverpool, said he knew Burgess well. Burgess
formerly kept a public-house at Liverpool, from
which place he had been lately absent. He had not
been in America. Witness knew Mitchell by sight,
and had seen him in Burgess' house at Liverpool. As
superintendent of police, witness had received infor-
mation that a person had been robbed of bank-notes.
He had also received information that one of the
notes (for 1001.) had been exchanged in Liverpool for
American notes, and he had reason to suppose that
Burgess was the person who changed it. Application
had been made to the magistrates of Liverpool on the
subject of the robbery, and witness was in expectation
of receiving a warrant from the magistrates to conduct
the prisoners from London to Liverpool.
Mr. Hobler cross-examined Mr. Speilman and Mr.
Redin for the prisoners, but elicited nothing calcu-
lated to weaken their testimony in chief. He then
argued, that at all events there was no evidence
to prove that Mitchell knew anything at all about
notes.

The LORD MAYOR said there was quite enough to
authorise him to give up the prisoners to the custody
of the superintendent at Liverpool. If Mitchell knew
nothing of the business why did he appear as Captain
B road water ?

The prisoners are to be taken to Liverpool by the
superintendent this day.

BOW-STREET.

Nathaniel Coombes, a coal merchant, carrying on
business under the title of " The Northern Coal
Company," in Craven-street, Strand, was charged,
together with his carter, John Brown, with delivering
coals without having the requisite weighing machine
and weights sent therewith.
It was proved that the order for two tons of coals
had been given to Coombes, to be sent to a Mr.
Mitchell's in Arundel-street. On the arrival of the
coals Miss Mitchell had reason to suspect that they
were deficient in weight, and therefore requested the
carter to weigh them ; but he said the weighing-
machine was out of order and the weights were
lost. She then called the attention of the street-
keeper to the circumstance, but the man persisted in
shooting the coals until only six sacks were left in
the cart.

John Phillips, the street-keeper, corroborated this
evidence, and expressed his belief that there were not
more than two-thirds of the quantity ordered in the
cart. They carried the remaining sacks and shot
them out on the bulk without weighing them. This
witness deposed to a subsequent interview with
Coombes, who wanted to " settle " the matter with
him by paying 21., and giving the complainant his
coals.
Mr. Clarkson felt himself unable to screen his client
from the consequences of the summons. And
Mr. JARDINE, after stating that the case was a most
shameful one, inflicted the full penalty of 101. on the
principal, and 51. on the carter, with costs.
The defendant, Coombes, was, of course, respon-
sible for both.