The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-29 00:00:00

EVENING SUN

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He fEALYNO . POST-OFFICE MONEY ORDERS. David
117/ Gilchrist, aged thirty-one, was indicted for steal-
tit . •
04 d post-letter, containingfclur orders for the payment
the property Of JO seph Baker.
It: appeared that the poisoner was a carpenter,
had "ging •in Charles-street, VTestminster, and that he
f•een requested by Joseph Baker, a corporal in the
r 3 regiment of foot, who could not write, to write' to
,
in (Baker's) father-in-Inw, requesting him to send 20/.
f)rder to procure his (Baker's) discharge. The pri-
sorLer wrote the letter, and added at the conclusion a
request to the fa her -to direct his answer to
Cor. poral Baker, Mr. Butt's eating-house, Charles-street,
Westminster. This latter portion of the letter the pri-
,ner did not read to Baker- The letter was received
Baker's father at Shrewsbury, and an answer, in-
•e using four Post-office orde rs for five pounds each, was
returned, directed as reques.ted. Prisoner went to Butt's,
and asked for the letter, -which was delivered to him.
The orders were taken to the Post-office and money re-
ceived, Baker on makir iueuiries discovered what had
‘l44secureed, and theTrisor.e.7 was taken into custody near
1 dine.
,
he prosecution, '\hich was instituted by the Poste
►ce,.WRS 0011(1110.0(1. by the Attorney-General, Mr.
de'pherd, and .Mr. Gurney.
Mr. CLARKSON, fOr the prisoner, took various Objec-
lions to the iudietinent, and contended that there was no
such thir ltner.fn
order • 2 to the law as a Post-office money
an,4 tb-.,t 'the •efoe it could not be considered r,
ituporle se'zur.ity. There was nothing on the face of it
a °ri"el:-; any warrant or order whatever. It was merely
041•e?,(45t for the payment of money. ; and although the
ee,ll.Tig of a request for the delivery of goods was kr-
yet the law did not recognise any such crime as
; linc,7a request for the payment of money.
' Ir• 611EPIIERD contended that the document was
ti i
• etlY and legally an order for the payment of money
vrithin the tneanin,,,wof the Act of Parliament.
Mr.Mr au,
nNEY followed on the same side.
and —Baron GURNEY said he would consider the r.•ints,
his Lordship also promised to consider another
1)foult raised by Mr. Clarkson, as to the sufficiency
ag the proof of the handwriting of the Postmar,ter
ii,:rewsbury to the, orders. His Lordship said,
.4,lderer, that he had very little doubt but th.at the
.of.jhr were both warrants and orders within the., meaning
in ~.,!;‘'et, and that he felt sure they were, Iw-sally speak-
" He had no doubt the offence '4as a larceny.
1:4•1,,1.()I'ld, however, consider all the poi"...tts that had been
'
the Jury found the prisone,: Guilty.
isatee • el•knisON moved in arre'l:Cof judgment, on the
Ti on which he had ected to the indictment.
e prisoner was then rezioved from the bar.

NEW COURT.
44:411 Shanahan wr.s indicted for having assaulted
mer 3 Connor, a police officer, in the execution of his duty.
• Bodkin and Y,•r. Chambers conducted the prose-
. ',II, and Mr. Phillips defended the prisoner.
prosecutor stated that he was a policeman in the
Devision of police, on duty at Deptfaed. On the 28th
petPfoterz ber last the witness was on 'auty at King-street;
between nine and ten o'clock. He was passing
44QPII:lblic-house, when a girl came out and said
Attici";Tl been robbed of a sixpence, and the witness
take :he`,. would point out the person he would
%Lk nun 'into custody.. Whilst she was making
that elllplaint, the prisoner came out, and the girl said
lv
i.as the man. Witness said it would be better for
`° give up the money if he had it, and he answered
~
d---d, you are as bad as the rest. The parties
114 went into the house again, and the witness went on
:stre r:at. Soon afterwa-cds he met the prisoner in the
-4)3,i,‘,, arid he appeared to be sober. The witness passed
:you
;nu, and he said as he passed " You b—y b—r
al,,s ant to take me into custody for a robbery." Wh-
at
beb bold him to go borne quietly, and the prisoner made
at witness, but he parried it off. The witness
:maize attenir•ted
d r to take the prisoner by the collar, but he
the witness by the lower part of the body, which
AtiNel;hial nar;st acute pain, the prisoner saying at the
me m=at he would do for him. Another constable
lake", LIP wkio took hold of the prisoner, and he was
going the station-house. The prisoner as he was
44;6 -along said he did not care what they
for Dr. Drury would stand his friend, and,
*1111: C`ud not, Mr. O'Connell would. The witness was
th exhausted by the ill-usage of the prisoner, and felt
ffeets of it for two nights.
of i Pinuar•s—Who is Dr. Drury ? I have heard
b'e other gentleman before.
,41'053—He keeps a druggist's shop in St. Giles's.
limurs—Oh, I would like to know who t 3 go to
The Person gets into trouble.—(A laugh.) •
.exana WitnesS then underwent a most Severe cross-
"cluete,lll4,,tion by Mr. Phillips, during which he con-
nuest• "Itaself in a very singular manner, answering the
21)p; ,v„ery impertinently, and frequently 'contradict-
' JR -sea.
Wri.t!)4ILLIPI3--What have you drank to-day ?
--ess"--I- do not want to answer your foolish
_ _estion
Wi
—II--Answer the question.
(Ita4k-Ue'l suppose I may as well tell you ; I have
?gallon:
irbe:. pIrILL/PS —Hare you drank a gallon ?
• te„„,_ I' 111 •
u,, "
you will give it to me.
,
0,,,,L:,-rundars here asked the Jury whether they
\''iZtit this witness was in a fit state to be believed
e'epere;eant ARABIN thought the case had better
1,Z11,! Person who took the prisoner to the station-house
then called, and corroborated the officer.
kills being the ease, •
--„Plui.Lirs addressed the Jury for the defence,
tining that the prisoner was not sober at the time,
allilst proof of which was his supposing Mr. O'Con-
.t,!ualkl save him from a prosecution.
-tetl Jury round the prisoner guilty, and he was sew-
n to twelve months' imprisonment and hard labour.

'.4.ISOLVENT COURT.—THIS DAY.
he • IN RE THOMAS STOWELL.
111.14 insolvent in this case was the well-known coin-
frpie,tlfr)riner whose name has already been so fre-
M 3r before the public.
Ittltil
vo.
tho e,," nonnuFFE on bekalf of the insolvent applied to
that he might be permitted to go out on bailf
Con, the 3d of January, thc.time appointed by the Chic
.1/:ssioner. for his filing a new schedule:
CP:l"i oppos-ed the application on the part
an 1-1+ L3t. Xliirt:as Loan Society, to which the
4fterverl",, wa3 - indebted in the sum of 801.
And en-`)4`"nr"„ over several items in the balance-sheet,.
that :4, iite.nting upon them, the Learned Counsel said
At-41,1,0ne of the sureties was present, and he trusted
-(tZcould be postponed for further consideration.
ceta,o LAW said that this case had
f
C°4lese:;`°"ly heard at great length before Mr. Chie
;11nticlitwier Reynolds and he did not feel himself
• 4), adjudicate Reynolds;
the application without fur-
. !Sere, luprniation Upon the subject. He should, there-
lieati,,,„",'• it to stand over until such. ime as a column-
)7heC Chou ;d be made with the Chief Commissioner,
edit,;ll°(l43's notice should be given to• the opposing
of tb(!. acce t f bail.
p mice o

110 IN, ------•
t,,,eorg 7_,
-STREET....—(THIS DAY.)
—l' 4ele -4"8°71, a Very young lad, was placed at the
lit,(l, :I'm Mr..Twrfol-11, on a charge of stealing a cloak
f
42. •;,',Etridle3tielt, tneof Mr. Charles Walsh, o' it lf. property .. .
• It : 410011-stroet, Piccadilly.
alit•til)Peat'od from the evidence that the prisonerehaod.
laving yeatcrday • at Mr. Walsh's, under pretence
Stange'icitl4l4 illirsage to deliver frOm a gentleman in .
o:2-1e
.servant who had opened the door went up
41154(!net 41, ake inquiries on the subject, and during
.h.eir
trid
Atha tub
el Prisoner made away with the candlestick,
pi?ak nhich had been hanging found`th hall.
'''
1)'11" in the°434610 deposed to having the pro-
: il/4 bee T?ousesi nof the prisoner, and the case hay-
-11
11'4/3 Mad: °out, he was fully committed for trial.

„. -... ____—
‘ls:' kilt' LBO lio UGH-STREET,
0, 0,1 ,
(THIS DAY.)
, , the si `''r• Rardwick taking his seat on the Bench, Baker,
tkr_lperintendent of the C division, attended, and ret.
,tvikti that the apprehension of Mr. Gundry, who, !-
•iiß„' retie recollected, has been so often brought to this
)44-'„,e, had been tiff..ctecl last night. Two assault war-
-1..,'; granted at this office, against Mr. Gundry, have
Et: outstanding for the last three months, and the of-
-9 holding them could not succeed in capturing him,
oev --iga they made use of various stratagems. Last
etli,
t 6, -g, at seven o'clock, two police constables were des-
hst 7-etl from the station-house, in Vine-street,. to take
I.' IN if possible • and, after watching about
the 0 custody, po” '
tOrelbises until nearly twelve
.o'clock, they came to
lia:!eterraination of entering his apartments at all risks.
1111,,gi, gained admission to the house, they cautiously
trloc)ence-~ed to a passage adjoining
...
Mr. Gfurnodmryt;isebfeodr:
lbee 'i„n'ild, by means of a window looking
tdrnik7to the latter, they were in the act of gaining
Gun..
giry, "',.`)n, when they were overheard .by I
threw
bp thlvtle, seizing a pair of pistols and a
the 1 e window, and got out :of it in sword,hisshhirt
ceon.
ytoa
Imckeatia of an adjoining building, and from t enhichb
he
• v.oeat. On to the top of a water-closet, on w
Theo Irandishing the sword, threatening to put .a bullet
14e ttil ally one of them that dared to follow him.
fttit'staa4l2 instant ho discharged one of the pistols at the
zit.(l cs.. He then ascended on to the roof of the
C0,05e, over two others, \ and when he found he
(1%./.o;`' no further he sat down on. the
thro„ll'ed a large skylight of a tailor's work•roo
_!
parapet whichm
lii4.,;gle which he mustt3have fallen had ho overbalanced
lickt,,"" the height beinc, about sixty feet. The constables
IN "'rred followed him,' and succeeded in securing him;
the him back into his bed-room, he alarming
toorseighbourhooti whilst they were forcing him over the
de the
rehouses,by screaming out " Thieves, mur-
I% fire„
Mr 4
1,4 fr: AabIYICKE having communicated with some of
ever PI 148) the hearing of the case was ordered to stand
or the preent.

Sup, ,_____
ad 'IDR OE A GAOLER.—The person who
fttiacrlllitrge of the gaol at Renfrew committed suicide on
rot, ~,,Y, Inorninz last by suspen4ing himself by the ru: with Which the bell connected with the building is:
ts,.: The deceased, it is said, was drinking hard for'
114i,ovilt:t1:11,dnapyes previous, and suffering under th.e effects of
rate habits, which at length, it is supposed,
t4a .41-11 to the committal' of the rash act that put as
stuuzhis existenceGlsgow Courier.
cilio brni DEATH IN THE STREET.—Last
ici g llr. Higgs, Deputy Coroner for. Westminster,t
Lii-
eolifsali inquest at the Grange Inn, Caroy-stiTez e_
vijo
eliQ
41,11 n, on the body of Joseph Renton, aged ll'
decea.ltdealy. It appeared from the evidence
.thilttnhcei
lia.d te'e,"' was an haelcuey-coachinan, out of evaPl°,Y,_,__'•a_
tiszn, ,•_terly laboured under a severe cough and riacti,„_
tx,,,.sA.?r whieli be had been an hospital out-patient.
nVin,
I,ii,rra, left home,
after`nY evening last he appeared better than usual, a
saying that he was. going . to'a the
was cosh coach-stand, Holborn. About eleven o'clock he
he teirning home, when, opposite Southampton-stree : diet, ‘,ll,li'vva as though shot. He was quite dead. Ver
'''Led by the visitation of God."