The Sun.
London, England, 1823-12-19 00:00:00

EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE.

- A circumstance of a most extraordinary nature
has lately occurred at Brighton. In January last a shoemaker
residing here died, having a short time previous to his death
pointed out' a box in the room ai containing the property of
which he 'was possessed. This box a few hours afterwards was
opened by his daughter-in-law and a female servant 'who kept
his house, when they found in it a pocket-book containing 14 so.
vereigns, and some stamped papers, which they did not examine
closely enough to ascertain their nature. Having closed the box,
they went out for the purpose of ordering a coffin, and on their re.
turn diicovered that the papers had been abstracted from the box,
but that the sovereigns were left. The poor man was buried,
and nothing further was Beard until about three months after,
when certain promissory notes, four in number, and amounting
in the whole to•the sum of 904 were presented for payment to
a builder of this town by an attorney, also residing in .this
Place. These notes, it should be observed, were payable to
the deceased, and not'
having been found since his death, it
Was inferred that they were the same with the stamped papers
• thus strangely missing from his box. Inquiries were of course
made of the attorney as to the way in which these notes had
come into his hands and he stated that they had been given to
hint by a daughter of the persons (Jews) in whose house the
deceased had lodged.' The matter slept until about a week or
ten days ago, when application was made to the Magistrates,
and the dau.ghter being forthwith apprehended, on a warrant
issued by Sir D. Scott, she underwent a private exainination be.
fore the Ilan. Baronet, •in the course of which she prevaricated
and contradicted herself most grossly and in a variety of ways.
'At the termination of the hearing she was remanded, and given
in charge to a peace-officer, from whose custody she unfortu-
nately in the course of the day contrived, with the assistance of
' her father, to escape. The latter person was next taken up,
and therebeing no evidence brought forward to implicate
him
in the transaction of the bills, he was 'detained for aiding the
prisoneee escape, and given in charge of the same officer—.
from whom, orange to tell, he also succeeded, by means of
fiollle dexterous manoeuvres to get away. It is but an act of
justice to state, that this officer bas hitherto been distinguish-
ed as most trusty and vigilant ; and during the time that be
hay. been in office, several charges of a confidential nature have
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etipnreishoars,
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been 'etitrusted to Min, Which be has iniariably executed' with
fidelity am
greater anxiety to
savers; evinced
trace out their hidm" g-plate.
disappeared, an is much to be rnflretted' that, although a notice Was sent by the
shortly previous to receiving the note,
°thtleirentitr°e the
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Magistrate to the attorney not • to saifir the notes to go out of
his possession, he had
ogttuheirstu.
.130g,nekeisr still
outtill il3nf,thhise
eonliit,:gruedentiope three of
Bands'; but of course the administrators of the deceased are in
crtoney.to which they are entitled. .E ossible exertion is
still'heing made by thevery p .
police ; and as they are, vie understand. 2
'possessed of a elup, there is little doubt that the fugitive In
wild
F long be again in custody (
righton Paper.)