The Sun.
London, England, 1840-07-24 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.
A young man named Joseph Everson, was brought
be!ore Sir P,Aer Laurie, who sat for the Lord Mayor,
for foal examination, under the following circum-

starees :
Mr. Thomas Watts, of the house of Pellatt and
Watts, of Fenton street, Little Moorfields, 'calenderers
and packers, stated, that the prisoner hail been in the
.service of the firm three years as errand boy. It was
.discovered a few days ago that a draft, saned by wit-
ness, upon Masterman's Bank, for the sum of 8/. 75.,
dated 1833, ha l been presented at this banking-house.
As the Louie kept cash at Maiterm m's Bank, the
check would have been cashed at once, if the clerk had
not observed the date, and referring to the account to
aviMila it related, he ascertained that that account had
lbeni long since settled. He accordingly wrote" acconnt
closed" upon and the firm were informed that the
prisoner had presented the check. The clerk at Master-
mrn's had, upon discovering that the check was of so
ancient a date, desired the person who had presented
for payment, to call again, but no application was
isabsequently made for it. It was soon ascertained that
prisoner had provided himself with keys to almost
every part of the house in which property was krpt,
and that with one of these he had opened the clerk's
desk, where the key of the iron safe was kept, in which
0;413 deposited the old, and of course, useless checks.
Sir PETER LAURIE asked what kind of character the
prisoner had borne when he was taken into the service
of the prosecutars ?
Mr. Watts said that there was nothing against him.
Sir PETER LAURIE observed that the prisoner must
7a oil 2 of the mast dangerous boys he had seen. Luckily
the cheque was of no value, and the system was soon
,discovered, or the injury done might have been very

great.
Mr. Watts said that money which had been in the
clerk's desk on former evenings had been missed, and
the detection of the prisoner on the present occasion
jolly explained bow that went. A cheek had been
eitisissed from the safe at a former time without being
traced, but it was crossed to Mastermans, and that, no
doubt, prevented the thief from presenting it for pay-
ment.
Sir PETER LAURIE—Sad), a person as this must cot
bs ,let go out upon the public.
A!. Watts stated twat two pattern cards of little
value, which the prisoner had stolen from his em-
ployers, had been found amongst the prisoners
adothes at his lodgings.
Sir PETER LAURIE—I would send him for trial to the
Cee;ral Criminal Court, for be is a thief of no ordinary
dimene ions, but I am afraid that he would be sent out
• upon Ow public after imprisonment of a month or six
weeks, ag the value is so unimportant and he is so
young. f! I thought they would transport him, in
which case ..some service might be rendered him, I
would commit at once, for he can never come to
good here.
Mr. HOBLER said th.
et if the prisoner were committed
the whole of the facts be stated to the Court,
and no doubt transportation would be the sentence, aid
it would be much more merciful ,:ban a brief imprison-
ment.
SIT PETER LAURIE asked what the prisoner's father
said upon the subject?—Mr. Watts replied that the
father, who was a very honest man, was most indignant
at the robbery and renounced the lad.
Sir PETER. LAURIE—Wh .t have you to say yourse'.
prisoner? Prisoner—Nothing.
Sir PETER LAURIE—You arc committed for trial.
John Davey, a bill-sticker of the ancient school, was
summoned by the managers of the " Effectual Reform
all-sticking Association," for having stuck up a bill on
the hoard of the C.entenary Association, in Bishops-
gate-street, without permission of the proprietors of the
hoard.
Mr. Wooler appeared for the prosecution, and called
a witness who stated that he saw the offence committed
in the fame of day, and produced an authority, giving to
the Association the exclusive right of covering the
hoard, with letters of recommendation of those who
employed them.
The defendant put it forcibly to the Alderman that
the Association was like other novelties of the day, com-
posed of humbug and impu fence, and intended to take
money out of the pockets pit the old right sort o f bill-
stickers, whose fathers, and grandfathers, and
great
grandfathers, had been all their lives teaching the walls
to speak to the public.
Sir PETER LAURIE—How much is paid per week
for the use of the hoard ? The Association--We pay
four shillings a week for tbe exclusive hosting of oer
bills.
The defendant said the monopoly sought to be esta-
blished would not. only be injurious to the experienced
bands, but would mislead,the public, as it was notorious
that the new Company were introducing all the most
rascally quacks of all trades to the citizens of London.
—(Laughter.)
Mr. Wooler said that the Act of Parliament an-
nexed a penalty to the offence which he had proved
the defendant had committed. It was quite impossible
to mitigate the law upon this subject.
Sir PETER LAURIE—I perceive that this is a regular
Company, Mr. Wooler. Pray are the shares at a pre-
mium ?—(A laugh.) Mr. Wooler—l believe the
Company consider them to be too valuable to send them
into the market.
Sir PC:TER LAURIE--J ask the Question because I