The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-07 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
A young man named Roberts, was brought befura the
LORD MAYOR, upon a charge, the details of which caused
a good deal of amusement.
Mr. Godbold, auctioneer, of Bishopsgate-street, made
a long statement against the defendant, which we com-
press into the following:—The defendant, said Mr. God-
bold, came to the rooms on Saturday evening, and after
making some inquiries about articles he had been look-
ing at on a former day, which we refused to let him
have upon the terms he offered, entered into a very agree-
able conversation indeed, and, pulling a bottle of wine
out of his pocket, asked us to taste it, which we accord-
ingly did, and very good it seemed, and agreeable he
was in his observations. Well, the gentleman looked at
some pictures, and said that he had sold a picture he
had bought for half-a-crown at our rooms for the sum
of 251., and another, which he had bought also for a
trifle, for the sum of 151. ; and I observed that he
would find it to his advantage to be a customer.
Well, our conversation was extremely agreeable
indeed, and we were very pleasant. The gentle-
man then, however, began to talk of wagering.
and of tossing for a bottle of sherry ; and I said, No, I
never wagered nor tossed, for whatever sherry I opened
I had to pay for. At last, however, for he persevered, I
agreed to toss him for half a bottle of sherry, and he
won it. Well, we had it glass by glass till it was ended,
and then he proposed to play cribbage or whist for Si. or
101. Qh, dear me, Sir, says I, I never play cards.
However, he went on, for he would play ; and at last I
agreed to play him a rubber of whist for four pints of
bottled ale.
The LORD MAYOR—Pray, how many of you were
there ? Mr. Godbold—There were two gentlemen be-
sides the gentleman and myself. Very well, my Lord, it
was all very agreeable, and we played and he lost.
Well, it was time to give over, for it was getting dark,
but he wanted to have lights, and to play double or
quits for five pounds, but we resolved to go ; and as the
porter had, upon leaving for the night, locked the shop-
door, it was necessary to leave the premises by another
door ; but the moment Mr. Roberts heard the proposal
to go out of the house by any other than the way he en-
tered, he swore that he would smash everything in the
place first. This was dreadful, as the gentleman had
taken nothing to make him drunk. Well, it was pro-
pojed by one of the party to leave him on the premises ;
but I ,:.ould not consent to that ; so he who proposed it
determined to remove him, and took hold of him for the
purpose
. . with reupon he seized hold of a piece of valu-
able,
furniture, ai;(1 in an instant did it an injury to the
value of 41. Oh, I in4)lored him, and I beseeched him
upon the subject ; but h'was deaf to my entreaties, and
break it he would, after attt'mpting to break my shins.
Mr. Humphrey, who app<hzred for the defendant,
asked whether the defendant was not young enough to
be Mr. Godbold's son ? Mr. Godboi:l (who appeared to
be old enough to be the defendant's graQdfather)—Why,
perhaps that may be the case.
-Mr. Humphrey—Pray, Sir, do you not think you
were wrong in allowing gambling to take place on your
premises ? M”. Godbold—No, Sir ; but I think there is
a great impropriety indeed in—
The LORD MAYOR—In what, Sir ? Mr. Godbold—
Why, my Lord, in allowing cards to be introduced at all.
—(Laughter.)
Mr. Humphrey—Exactly so. I thought rd get you
to admit that.
Mr. Godbold—But, my Lord, I was not the only per-
son to blame.
Mr. Humphrey—No ; you and your two friends and
this young man were all to blame ; but you and your
friends were the greatest aggressors.
The LORD MAYOR—It was certainly an odd sort of an
occurrence in an auction-room. Pray where did you get
the cards ? Mr. Godbold—l sent the porter for them to
a public-house in the neighbourhood.
The defendant said that he had previously purchased
articles at the rooms, and that,upon entering them, he was
invited to play cards by Mr. Godbold, who used every
means to induce him, and that at the conclusion, as the
party refused to let him depart at the shop-door, he sus-
pected their intentions, for he knew of no other door at
all, and he determined to leave the house as he entered
it. One of them then seized him, upon which he took
hold of a piece of furniture to prevent his being dragged
away, and thus the mischief was committed. He ad-
mitted, at the same time, that he kicked at the person
who handled him so roughly.
The policeman who took the defendant into custody
stated that the young man was not sober at the time.
A witness was examined to show that the defendant's
conduct was reprehensible, but
The LORD MAYOR said there was so much inconsis-
tency in allowing cards to be played in the rooms which
ought to be devoted to business of another kind, and the
whole transaction was of such a nature that he could not
think of interfering for the purpose of procuring remu-
neration for the loss sustained by the complainant, who
must put down the matter as a debt.

• HATTON GARDEN.
DARING ROBBERIES.—OR Monday Henry Sales, a
young man, was placed at the bar, before Mr. Combe,
charged by Mr. Robert Linward, pawnbroker, of St.
John-street, Clerkenwell, with having stolen twelve neck-
laces, two gold lockets, four silver masonic medals, and
other articles to a considerable amount.
It appeared from the evidence of the prosecutor that
he had known the prisoner for the last three or four
years, as being in the habit of pledging articles at
his shop, and, being aware that he was a journeyman
cabinet-maker, in work at a house in the neighbour-
hood, he had no suspicion of his being dishonest.
Witness was in the habit of depositing valuable
pledges in a drawer behind the counter, into which
the prisoner had frequently seen him place property, and
from time to time he had missed various articles, and he
was at a loss to account how they could be stolen, or
whom to suspect ; and the persons who had pledged the
articles were continually applying to him for the resto-
ratioruof their property, and threatening him with legal
proceedings. He gave information to the police, with a
description of the property, and inquiries were made,
when it was traced that a silver masonic medal, a work-
box, and other articles, had been pledged by a person
answering the prisoner's description at Mr. Wood's, an-
other pawnbroker, residing within a short distance from
the prosecutor's shep, on the 21st of July last, when
witness attended and identified the articles. On receiv-
ing a description of the person who pledged them, he
immediately suspected the prisoner, whom he gave into
custody.
James Wallis, shopman to the other pawnbroker, pro-
duced a number of the stolen articles, and swore that
the) were pledged by the prisoner.
The prisoner, in his defence, denied the robberies, or
having pledged the articles at Mr. Wood's. He was en-
tirely innocent.
Mr. Wood's shopman, however, said he could positively
identify his person.
Mr. COMBE remanded the prisoner for a week, and in-
structed Sergeant Scotsman, of G division, to use every
exertion to trace the stolen property.

WOOLWICH POLICE.
In consequence of a desperate row between the cadets
belonging to the Royal Military Academy and the police
on Saturday night, the office was crowded to hear the
charges ugainst Mr. Edward Gilbert, Mr. Wm. Grant,
the Hon. Frederick Russell, and a waiter named Joseph
Ashdown. Captain Barnaby, R.A., Adjutant of the
Academy, was in attendance to watch the proceedings.
Upon the prisoners coming into Court they placed them-
selves in front of the dock, and were ordered by Mr.
Grove to take their place in the dock.
Police-constable Palmer, 156 R, deposed that, on Sa-
'-rday night, about half-past eleven, he was on duty in
Qtreet, when he saw a body of young gentlemen
',ree cadets in uniform. He was not aware at
ottacking '' belonged to the same corps, nor how
the tie' they
-iced.ced. He desired them to desist
as.
the quarvel csotmmftt they refused to do. One
and go home, witgeh -d the others knocked
of them struck Mrs,.
him down, and wouhll Nave u:urdered him had not
e On his arrival,
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Sergeant Perry come to Wig assistaa:2 . `iken but could
he pointed out the gentleman he had--
, do so they
not get near him, for when they attempted tol
were brutally kicked and assaulted. When tinLeY as-
sistance arrived, they secured, one by one, the priso,:era.
at the bar, who declared, had they got their sticks, they
would have cleared them all, and were otherwise most
outrageous in the station-house.
Mr. GROTE said—" I will tell. you, young gentlemen,
that you are liable to be indicted and tried at the Ses-
sicns for the offence you have committed, and of being
sentenced to two years imprisonment, with hard labour ;
or I can deal with the case summarily, and fine you
•
6i each." . •
Mr. Mallalieu, the Superintendent, said it was not the
wish of the Commissioners to press the matter to the
full extent.
Mr. GROVE-It is against the standing orders of the
Academy that the prisoners should enter a public-house,
and disgraceful to them as gentlemen; but as the as-
saults which had been committed were not very severe,
and military punishment awaits them at the Academy,
as solitary confinement, I shall take that into con!
p Court that you will not offend again, to
con-
ii and mitigate the fine, upon a promise being
in default, 21, days' hard labour in the
made in
40s. each, or,
House of Corrects'" The prisoner Ashdcwa I shall
discharge, considering him as having acted uzider the
directions of the other pris,lners.
, ',The required promise was I;2ade, and the cash being-
fortlic,2ming the young gentlemen cleparted in charge of
Captain litZ.rnabY•