The Sun.
London, England, 1823-04-03 00:00:00

POLICE •INTELLIGENCE.

MAxstox-HousE.—A little mean.looking
.fellow, named
Dynam, who keeps a shop in Field-lane; was brought befOre
the Lord Mayor upon rather an extraordinao charge.
A Mrs. Eames stated, that a man named Shappard, who was
next-door neighbour to the prisoner, had been apprehended
some time ago upon a charge of receiving a little Piece of iron
which belonged to the Gas-light Company, and bad been stolen
a short time before. Sheppard was committed for trial, and,
during his stay in prison, Dyinim. told witness that he would
undertake to get Shappard out ,of the hobble altogether, if
money was advanced for that purpose. Witness consented to
make an endeavour for the unfortunate man, and got together
the sum 'of 251., in'th.e -hive that he would escape conviction
by its influence. • The hour of trial approached, and the pri-
soner told the Witness there was occasion for more money, and
that the mordent that it was paid, she might depend upon a
prosperous conclusion to the case, without the interference of
lawyer, barrister, or judge. Confirmed in her expectation by
this assurance, the witness raised ill. more, through friends
and the 'pawnbroker, to the latter of whom she was recom.
mended by the prisoner, to .whom she gave the whole of the
money the moment she became possessed of it. The day of
trial arrived, and the unfortunate Shappard looked about in
vain for an acquittal. Mr. Dynam was not to be seen. The
evidence proceeded. Nobody seemed to care for the event? ex-
cept Shappard, who, to his surprise and horror, was convicted
and sentenced to be imprisoned six months and whipped. Un-
der these circumstances, the witness considered that the pri-
soner had obtained the money upon false pretences.
Mr. HuMPIITIEYS, the solicitor, attended for the prisoner,
and stated that Shappard had mentioned upon his trial that he
had not the assistance of Counsel, in consequence of the low
ebb of his pocket, an account which little agreed with the pre-
sent charge.
The prisoner was ordered to find bail.
On iLDIIALL.—DARING ROIIIIEnT.—Thomas Tilyard, a
well-known thief, and a stout fellow, in appearance a porter,
who gave his name William- Cooper, were brought up before
the Sitting Magistrate, Alderman Thomas SMITII, charged
with a robbery, under the following circumstances :
The neighbourhood of Friday-street and the Old Change
have of late been much infested, early in the mornings, by a set
of feting s lurking about and watching their opportunities of
robbing the wholesale warehouses, generally at that hour oc.
copied only by the several porters cleaning them out, prepara-
tory to business. The numerous robberies committed there.
abouts lately have put the neighbours upon the alert, and a
little before eight o'clock yesterday morning the journeymen at
work in the shop of Mr. Blakesley, carpenter, Friday-street,
observed four suspicious fellows of this description, two of
whom were the prisoners, apparently upon the look-out. Mr.
Blakesley's foreman in consequence dispatched one of the men
for Jackson, an officer of the ward, who attended immediately,
and stationed himself at the corner of Distaff-lane-to be upon
the watch. In addition to Mr. Blakesley's men, who were
upon the sharp look-out also, Evans, the porter at Mr. Du-
thoit's, wholesale hosier, directly opposite, had got sight of the
fellows, and was in consequence keeping his eye upon a pack-
age which stood in the passage of his master's warehouse.
While thus watched, one of the fellows planted himself against
Mr. Blakesley's shop, to take the attentton of the men working
there ; a second, the prisoner Tilyard, placed himself against
Mr. Duthoit's warehouse, to prevent the view down the street;
and under cover of this supposed screen, the prisoner Cooper
very deliberately took the box from Mr. Duthoit's passage upon
his shoulders, and was as deliberately walking away with it up
the street; instantly some of Mr. Blakesley's men pursued,
and after a desperate struggle, secured Cooper with the box.
Tilyard, who ran off in the contrary direction, was met and
taken by Jackson, the officer ; but in the confusion the two
other fellows made their escape.
The box,was produced before the Magistrate, and identified
by Mr. Duthoit as his-property. The thieves, however, even
, )tadl ii say
Coopertt
ataikreadeyin) y, succeeded, would have gained no great booty, the con-
tents being only some 8 or 9 wrappers, the utmost value of
which was not more than 2s. 6d. or 3s. apiece.
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i C'ev'srdli,lnelal lailiti and Tily
theard
acquitted
ld
was
circumstances,llll gln lelayo:f for
ha I his
participation in the offence; and their being no decisive proof
of their knowledge of each other, Tilyard escaped, and his com-
panion only was found guilty.
In the present case, however, all the witnesses swore to his
being in company, and communication with Cooper and the
rest of the gang, and both the prisoners were in consequence
committed for trial.
Bow-STREET.—Yesterday John Featherstone, a well-
dressed young man, who was stated to be respectably connect-
ed, was brought up, charged with stealing sevetal articles of
linen, bed-furniture, &c., the property of a poor old woman
named °over.
The prisoner, about two months ago, took apartments in a
tense belonging to the prosecutrix, and in a day or two after
brought a young woman, dashingly attired, whom he repre-
sented to be hie wife, and they lived together for about three
weeks. They, however, absconded early one morning, taking
the key with them, and the apartments remained locked up for
more than a fortnight, when the prosecutrix broke open the
doors, and found that the greatest part of the moveable furni-
ture was gone. She found means of communicating with the
prisoner through a third person, and in two or three days she
received a letter from him, in which he attributed all the blame
tolls female companion, who, he said, was not his wife, but
an abandoned woman with whom he had unhapily become con.
nected, and who had been the cause of reducing him from a
state of comfort to the deepest distress. lie entreated the pro.
secutrix not to snake }pawn to his friendsoany thing that had
occurred, and promised that on the following day he would
procure money sufficient to remunerate her for any loss she
might have sustained. He, however, never called ; and happen.
ing to meet himin the street yesterday, she gave him in charge
to an Officer.
The prisoner's defence was a reiteration of the letter which he
sent to the prosecutrix. He implored the Magistrate not to
commit him, and assured the prosecutrix that if she would take
his word, he would pay her the full value of her goods in less
than 24 hours.
Mrs. Clover, who 'appeared to possess a large portion of the
milk of human kindness, said she should' not care for the loss
on her own account, but what little furniture and other property
she had, she was endeavouring to save for the benefit of her two
sons, who had been a long time maga ; and as the prisoner had
deceived her once she could hardly trust him. However, she
would taketis Worship's advice upon the subject.
Mr. MINIUM t.r. said the case was a very tagrant one, and
he would not let the prisoner go at present. lie might, per-
haps, hereafter allow a compromise for the sake of the pro-
secutrix ; but if he did, it would be almost a compromise of his
own duty.
The prisoner was remanded, leave being given to him to
send to his father, who, he said, held a situation in the firm of
an eminent distiller, for money to liquidate the demand of the
prosecutrix. The prisoner 4 short time ago held a situation in
the Excise.
Richard Taylor, the driver of a cart belonging to Messrs.
Ward and Hood, of Queen-street, Oxford-street, appeared
upon a summons, to answer to the chares of furiously driv-
ing, cruelty to his horse, and wilfully r'amaging the property
orothers.
The defendant wits seen, about seven o'clock in the even-
ing, thriving a young 'and very spirited horse at full speed
along the Strand, and beating the animal with all his strength
over the head with the but end of his whip. A street-keeper,
named Mitchell, and other persons called to him in vain to
stop ; he went on, careless of the lives of passengers, until a
gentleman had the courage to seize the reins; upon which the
defendant attempted to strike him with his whip, and finally
drove one of the shafts of his cart through a shop window, and
had well nigh crushed the gentleman against the wall.
The defendant, in answer to the charge, denied that he drove
furiously, and said the gentleman who stopped him broke the
window himself. e
Mr. Mixsitout., after some strong comments upon the utter
want of humanity to the horse, and extreme carelessness of hu-
man life evinced by the defendant, ordered him to pay 14s. for
the glass broken, and fined him in the penalty of 20s. and costs
for furiously driving. The worthy Magistrate told the de-
fendant he might think himself fortunate that the charge of
cruelty was not proceeded upon, and assured him it would have
been, but that it might seem to savour of vindictiveness.
One of the defendant's employers assured the Magistrate
he should not again be trusted by them with the guidance of a
horse.
MARLDOROUGII-STREET.—EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE.
—Yesterday a gentleman, stylishly but slovenly dressed, and
of extremely "wretched aspect, was brought to this office in
custody, charged with tearing and swallowing the fragments of
a bill of exchange or acceptance, presented lnm for payment by
a clerk of the banking-house of Coons and Co.
The evidence to support this curious charge was as follows :
—A gentleman from the banking-house of Coutts and Co,
called in the morning at the residence of the defendant, Mr.
Bond, in Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square, and by the hands of
the lady of the house, sent the bill to him, waiting of course for
the amount, 09/. ; and in a few minutes he perceived the de.
fendant quite the house by another door. He followed him di.
rectly, and catching him by the arm, said, " My good Sir, you
must not carry away the bill." The defendant instantly tore
it, and a slight scuffle ensued, the result of which left the clerk

in Rossession of the fragments of half the bill, ate dafendttOt
having seized and swallowed the remainder.
Mr. DYER (the Magistrate) asked if, during the struggle,
any assault had been committed by the defendant ?
The clerk replied he had violently endeavoured to recovet the
fragments of the bill.
Mr, DYER.—" If so, he has rendered himself liable for the
assault."
The clerk said, he had no wish to put the defendant to any
inconvenience ; all he required was that he should fulfil the ea-
grigements which were by him made on the bill.
The Magistrate here had some consultation with the cashier
and others of the banking-house ; and it appeared their only
wish vas that the money should be paid.
The defendant, who seemed certainly labouring under a tem-
porary aberration of mind, and who gazed around with A vacant
but melancholy carelessness, here, on being, asked to account
for his conduct, addressed - the Magistrate in a manner that
chewed him to be a man of finished education, and apologised
for appearing before him in the state he was in, and lamented
that his inconsistency of conduct should for a moment have. OC, -
cupied magisterial attention ; but lie thought it necessary to
give some explanation which in some measure might exonerate
hiln from the imputation of intentional offence and convince
although entitled to mth more, was worth about I
him his crime was more that of misfortune than' design• lie,
and had 78 freeholds in London and Middlesex t but eir"m-
stances had arisen which completely disarranged his mind and
affairs, and he had made-himself a party to the issuing of eight
bills to the amount of 6501., one of which was the one torn ; he
had been so unfortunately plundered and planned against, that
although he had receipts fully equivalent to the Oa, yet he
never reeived a halfpenny of that amount ; the money on the
bills was never given him ; it was appropriated to the use of.
others, and he was answerable for the bills, which were ail
about becoming due ; and when the one was presented him,
he had done in a moment of irritation that which he now con-
ceived very improper. Ile wished to be distinctly underst xSI,
The defendant.-1 es
as acknowledging himself answerable for the bill, although he
then was not prepared to meet it. ,5001. a.year.
Mr. DYER.—Can 'ou have the bill immediately paid ? ,
is ini-
in possession of about 10,0001. a year, and my uncle
menseli. those
Mr. .DYEn.—Have you written to your solicitor, or to,
friends you mention, who I know are highly respectable' .0;1
The defendant waywardly said the bankers had no °Nast
to doubt his credit. • te
It was here explained to the Magistrate that die unfertona
..
1 should imagine so : my bro.they is
gentleman by a suit in Chancery of a peculiarly atlijeting,enL
ture, was much restrained in his resources, and the ellen!,
.i.e
melancholy observable was solely produced by that : a_r_it',"Ll,,
and letters were sent to his Bankers,
imbecility of mind which he displayed, often occurred, unw",,
nately, in moments when heated with wine : he with intemp ,
rate desperation had adopted a line of conduct very otfensqe,e
kind. nenunl"
Mr. DYER, upon this, advised him to make some co
cation to his relatives. will pay
The defendant, quickly—" 0, yes, Sir, my uncle
the amount : am I at liberty ? t without
The Magistrate said lie could not allow him W depar
finding bail. - shall
The defendant, very wildly, said—,4 Ay, Sir, Pn
have bail.
and locked 111).
Ile was then removed with some difficulty,
and re'
During his stay in the office he was very obstreperous,
quired force to detain him. A emar,
UNION-flair..—Yesterday an old woman nanle" 'fore ',II•
residing in the Grove, Guilford-street, was brought heiciiio, ,
SWABEY, Esq., charged tinder the head of " While in a
she having thrown herself into the common fiesver,
tiieoffiar
state of intoxicitionsson Wednesday morning sewer
~,:ve4iing,
&e., or a very. ;aeon
stated, that on the morning In question, as lie wr,sse Ir) crie, at
along Guildford-street, about two o'clock, he il A.`,` onning
distress issue from the main shore in that street. fin obi
ors
to the spot, by the light of the watchman's elbows
a woman squatted in the middle of the sewer, tin to:
umaced-
in mud. She cried out for help, and made severat,.... iti the
ful attempts to extricate herself but she vies Su, nftb, with
lan_ tern,lll;eur"
mire, that all her eflerts *ere in vain, until at rwboorogn,
much difficulty, she was rescued by the rifficer an I
..,„,,eh
and conductid to the watehhouse. Gill said she was _t7i, one,
intoxicated, and added, that had the title been UP " „mod st
she would eertpinly have lost her life. Upon beliqnviet what
the bar, she appeared te, be greatly distressed in 11,,,,,,,rer ktr-
had occurred, and accounted for her attempt to
atTlvire, wall
self, by saying that she had been ill treated biyo,rtird'ie eskers
saved her from destruction. She acknow
whom she lived, and turned out of doors
liquor at the time, and romised the 111Aristrat„,i.lie
said, lea
heaceihrth she would abstain from drink, willicbioe ,vss then
to the unpleasant circumstances above owlet"'
set at liberty. Janus Freeman,
A man of respectable appearance, named lt lon .
ppearance, btoingl Jotit
resident in Bennet-street, Blackfriars, W ia° „Thy , lir t
warrant, charged with ill-treating his own n3t.i°
i ofrillareatmen.,
10 years of age. The littlegirl 1 a set'es f niglitgagi
state( ew or A
received by her from her unnatural Parellt", Scion area face,
her father, she said, came home at a verY olte eed it ( ~,a
trivial offence, struck her the eye and blaekeeti tier ae
exhibited the marks of the blow) : he then ltrn;ted her 'l.,i
on the floor, kept her in that position, and 11(rerva,. 'fie rrni'd
in g out by stuffing his handkerchief in her ro 1P!..1a totan,a,ty.
stated many other acts of barbarity towards her,..7;ibet/of n'te
declared that she went in danger of her life. n"
o, ii•ia' 4(10°4'0
bourn residing in the street proved that ex e-,1
~...,ling *pot
defended
to be heard at all hours of the night, in9ocl,„t, ,er
house. The father in explanation of his c nive„e tetnac;
himself by stating that the child was of a mestf',3o,cat is Tff.,
an at
led t:e.ed ihav,iiittibteenr;
to bring her to a sense of obedience to her mother 4 h
°I t i sten
The 'Magistrates severely reprehended the conduct,,,,, I,e owl en
d he was °Ridged__ to have recourse to chai _lid paselor,o
towards his child, and gave directions that she thou De FYI,
care of in the parish workhouse until a situation ow P
cured for her. In the meantime the father ato
parish Us. a week for her suppport.

:Vales,
A man named fttirz ',,live(l
North
H umtitir""'"".."—.—..----ies,
of
man
paid his addresses to a female way (pi(
in beyond Conway. They agreed tome eet at lowa
that tot: n. In his way thither fell u oie
SUDDEN
onewas of the precipices of Pentnaen Mawr,:
too
overset in the Conway ferry-boat, an pa
the
~_ only person that escaped out of, 0°11; Daa
port
-passage,
11
state of health
a walk lath
iloivuerdscore. They were afterwards ualte"l, in,
the
out many years in the parish's f filanfas...7iiit
church-yard of which the habitant, r
de Phareakrt!
their graves. . ' gis
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DEATM—YCSteriIDy
red`
iti ci97.1
morn t rig,
arylebone, after rising from rfosritig
take it two toinOvz
when she heard something fall, and on proceedlt:lgo ow tiBll,
ment, she discovered that the unfortunate LI" eyes ore 411
apoplexy, and was quite dead. bet ,h-' botlll
black from the shirieeakbfaadstb,eeainidsplVintlicbeertaf
8 fall. An Inquest will sit upo"____:_„.----

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Southgate, 111 iddlesex.
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