The Sun.
London, England, 1840-09-02 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.
A young man, of genteel appearance and address,
named Robinson, was brought be *ore the Lord Mayor,
charged with having. assaulted Wright, one of the
messengers employed by the London and Blackwall
Railway Company.
The charge was brought by Mr. Robertson, one of the
Directors of the Company, in consequence of the
danger to which the conduct attributed to the defend-
ant exposed the lives of the public travelling by the rail-
road.

Wright stated, that when ene of the trains arrived at
the Minories, he perceived that the second-class door
was open. Aware of the danger of opening a door
when the train had been passing at the rate of twenty-
five miles an hour, he asked who had opened it, and
the defendant said, '• What's that to you ? I'll open it
again if I please." Witness expostulated with defend-
ant upon the hazard to which he exposed the lives of
the passengers, but the reply of the defendant was still
more insulting, and at last, when witness proceeded to
remove him, committed an assault upo❑ witness, and
tore his coat.

The defendant denied that he had opened the door,
and stated that the messenger, taking it for granted
that he had opened it, proceeded to use the most vio-
lent language, and when the abuse was retaliated, at-
tempted to push the defendant down tho steps, a
course which was naturally resented ; but the violence
all commenced, and quite unreasonably too, on the other
side.

The Solicitor to the Railway Company said that the
Directors entertained no vindictive feelings at all to-
wards the defendant, but were determined not to let
any case pass in which the safety of the people was
concerned. The succession of trains was so quick,
that it was necessary to observe the most minute re-
gularity, as sixty thousand or seventy thousand persons
passed weekly.

\lr. Freeke stated that he was a passenger in
the train, and was present during part of the scene
between the complainant and the defendant. The com-
plainant asked who opened the door of the second train
and endangered the lives of the passengers. The defen-
dant said that he opened it, and he would open it again,
and what could the complainant do ?
The Defendant's Solicitor—Do you belong to the
Railroad Company, Sir ? Witness No. I know
nothing about the Company. I came here voluntarily.
'fhe Defendant—Did you not see the complainant
strike me ? Witness—No ; but I saw you strike the
complainant.

The Defendant—l assure you, my Lord, the whole
is a mi,representation. The fact is, I came by the train,
and one of the men said that I deserved to have my neck
broken for opening the dcor. I replied that he had
better ascertain first that I had done what he charged
me with, upon which he pushed me violently down
stairs, and in protecting myself; I tore his coat. I
declare that I did not open the door.
Alderman THOMAS Wool), who sat with 0 Lord
Mayor, said that the defendant, u: •.n being accused of
having opened the door, admitted the fact.
The LORD MAYOR—Is not this a case which de-
serves an indictment ? lc LI ft moat. serious charge, and
I think ought to be prosecuted in another place.
The Solicitor to the Company—l am not instructed
to go to the extreme by the Company.
The LORD MAEOR—Then I fine the defendant
twenty shillings ; but if any other case should occur,
an example must be made.
Mr. Robertson—By all means.
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The Defendant (paying the fine)—I bow to the
decision of the Court, but I have been hardly dealt
with. I never opened the door.

BOW-STREET.

Joseph Bull, a law stationer's apprentice, was yes-
terday brought before Mr. Henry, charged on sus-
picion with breaking open a cash-box, and stealing from
it the sum of 701., the property of Messrs. Pickering,
Smith, and Co., Solicitors, 4, Stone-buildings, Lin-
coln's-inn.

Mr. Roberts, solicitor, attended for the prisoner.
Mr. Edward Thompson, jun., partner in the firm,
stated that the property stolen consisted of three 20/.
notes, with some gold, and on Friday evening, the 17th
of July, having deposited it safe, with a quantity of
other money, he locked up the chambers as usual. On
the next day he had no occasion to come to chambers,
as each of the partners had a key, and being
engaged in another quarter ; but on the Monday
following he found the doors secured, and the lock of
the tin box had been wrenched off with some violence,
in which, with other notes, he had left dividends
which he had received from his sister. The three
notes taken away were No. 39,193, dated .sth March,
and the two consecutive numbers, and the sum of 1501.
had been folded in one packet, out of which the three
notes had been abstracted. Having given information
of the circumstance at the Bank, he received a note on
the Tuesday following, intimating that one of the notes
had been changed, and on Monday, the 17th August, he
was aptin acquainted by the Bank the a second note
had come in which was stopped. The last note was
traced to the Union Bank, where it had been paid by
gold
nd
Mr. Robins, who received it from Mr. Mott, jeweller, in
the Strand,
w whom
appendages,inquired, it
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wast
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HENRY
the prisoner had any access to the chambers.
The prosecutor said that for some time a clandestine
connection had existed between the prisoner and the
sister of his laundress, who had charge of the keys of
the chambers, which she was in the habit of leaving at
her father's residence on returning to her lodgings after
her work was done. Such was the case on the day the
robbery was committed, and he had since ascertained
that the father was then in Gravesend, and that the
The third note was paid into the Bank on the 22d of
~..risoner was in company with the fern de all the time.
August by the Customs, where it was paid by a distiller
in Whitechapel, by whom it was received from Messrs.
Becton and Campbell, of Whitechapel, whe took it it)
payment for a watch, and the person who made the pur-
chase wrote " Charles Nesbit, Bedford-row," upon it at
the time.

A shopman in the service of Mr. Mott, proved that in
the month of August a person purchased a watch and
appendages from him, for which he pail the 201. note
produced. As far as his memory would serve, the pri-
soner was the man, but he could not be positive, and he
did not mark the note. The purchaser left the key, as
he wished to have the pipe of it altered, saying that he
would call again for it the same day, but he never re-
turned.

Wm. Edwards, shop
could not positively swear, but to the best of his belief
the prisoner was the person' who had purchased a watch
from him, man to Messrs. Becton and Co.,
for which he paid the 20/. note produced, and
upon which he wrote something. Witness believed the
prisoner to be the man although he could not conscien-
tiously swear to the fact,
Mr- Thompson said that was all the evidence he had
to offer for the present, and he hoped there was suffi-
cient to order the prisoner to he remanded.
Mr. HENRY considered that the other partners should
be present at the next examination, as they also had keys
to open the chambers, and he would require the clerks
of the different banks, together with others through
whose hands the notes had passed, to be present on Sa-
turday next.
The prisoner was then remanded.

GREENWICH POLICE.
Yesterday C'harles -V/c, the lessee and collector of
the St. Margaret's and Rochester trust, and who is
stationed at the Bridgewood Gate, attended before Mr.
tlackray and Mr. Smith to answer a charge of as-
sauiting cimries
Hurlock, one of the constables of
the R division of police, Under the following circum-
stances:—

The complainant stated that, on the llth of August,
he and a brother constable named Good were em
ployed in conveying six prisoners to Maidstone Gaol,
and they hired a fly at Gravesend for that purpose, and
when they got to the Bridgewood-gate on the road to
Maidstone, the defendant came out and demanded the
toll. They informed him that there were only prisoners
in the fly, and that it was, consequently, not liable to
the payment of toll. The defendant, however, said he
had been cheated often before, and he insisted upon

seeing the commitments. Good then pulled out the
commitments of the prisoners, and offered to let the
defendant look at them, but he was not satisfied with
that, and said that he must have them in his own hands
to examine. They could not agree to let them out of
their possession, and Good remonstrated with him upon
the impropriety of his interfering with them in the exe-
cution of their duty, and witness also requested
him not to interrupt them, and while he was so doing
the defendant pushed him and struck him on the breast,
and during the scuffle one of the prisoners escaped, and
—hen the defendant was told of it, he said that he was
right. Eventually they
very glad, anti It purvg, •
went through without paying the toil.
of
the other constable corroborated the statesne,.,
the witness flutincli,
The defendant cross-examined the tenstables, and it
appeared that the precise observation made use of by
him was, that he was glad the occurrence had taken
place, because it would bring the matter before the
Magistrates, and would probably settle the question as
to whether the polio, under such circumstances, were
exempt from the payment of toll ?
The CHAIRMAN said that if a carriage was used for
no other purpose or the same day than the conveyance
of prisoners, that it was not liable to pay toll, as it was
upon her Majesty's service.
In answer to further questions, the constables said
that the same fly had carried persons as passengers, be-
sides the prisoners, between Gravesend and Rochester.

Mr. TIiAcKRAY remarked that as this was the case,
the carriage was liable to pay the toll, and the dri7er
might be punished for evading the toll ; but this did not
at all affect the question of the assault upon the police-
men, which appeared to have been committed without
provocation or justification.
The defendant, in answer to the charge, said that he
had been often defrauded of his toll by the pretenca in
question, and he considered he was justified in d, mind-
ing to see the commitment. He denied having com-
mitted any assault.
Mr. Malalieu, the superintendent of the division,
said that he would not allow it to be insinuated that the
policemen, who were engaged to convey the prisoners,
derived the least advantage from the toll not being paid.
The arrangements were such, that they could not pos-
sibly do so.

The Magistrates said under all the circumstances they
should inflict a fine of twenty shillings and costs.
A young man dressed as a sailor, named Frederick
Green, was brought up in custody charged with stealing
some plate.
The case appeared to be of a most distressing charac-
ter. It appeared that the prisoner's connections re-
side in London, and are of the first respectability, but
in consequence of his misconduct they have been unable
to countenance him, and he has actually been serving as
a seaman on board the Platen frigate. He went to his
sister's house, and being, as he said, ashamed to ask her
for more money, he took the opportunity of purloining
some silver spoons from the sideboard, and he after-
wards offered to sell them in a public house to two po-
licemen, who, suspecting all was not right, immediately
took him into custody.
A geatleman who was upon the bench addressed the
Magistrates in a low tone of voice, and handed to Mr.
Thackray a latter from the prisoner's sister, in which
she said that she could not bear the thought of coming
forward to prosecute her brother, and entreating that
all means should be taken to get him set at liberty.
After a brief conversation among the Magistrates,
Mr. Thackray addressed the prisoner, and said it was
a melancholy thing to see a person, respectably con-
nected as he was, standing in such a position, an(i but
for the kindness of his sister, he was liable to be sent
for trial upon the charge of felony. He would now he
discharged, but he hoped that this proceeding would
have a good effect upon his future conduct.
The prisoner was then discharged upon his entering
into his own recognizance to appear before the Magis-
trates in case he should be called upon to .do so, or in
case his future conduct should render it necessary to
adopt any further proceedings against him.

MIDDLESEX COURT OF

REQUESTS.

VERY SUSPICIOUS.—John Higgins, a chandler shop-
keeper, was summoned by Henry Furdelly, for one
shilling.
Mr. Fardclly stated that his servant (a girl of about
three feet in height, and who stated her rage to be six-
teen years) went to the shop of the defendant for half a
pound of candle., in payment of which she tendered
half-a-crown. She received among the change a bad
shilling, which the defendant refused to take back. The
servant girl having been sworn to the above effect,
Mr. Sergeant HEATH called upon the chandler shop-
keeper for his defence.
" Yes, I have," said Mr. Higgins, who was a long-
nosed, small eyed man. " This is a very curious case,"
said he , " there's some singular—or, I should say, sus-
picious—circumstances about this shilling. You will
have the goodness, Sir, to hear in mind, in taking this
matter into your consideration, that the night on which
the plaintiff's girl came to my shop for the candles, was
a very hot night. -

Mr. Sergeant HEATH (smiling good-naturedly)—A
hot night! I really cannot see what this has to do
with the bad shilling.
The chandler shopkeeper—Not as a mere isola'cd
fact, I admit; but, taken in connection with other
facts, I shall submit to you, it will, lam inclined to
think, have considerable weight with you and the gen-
tleman of the Jury.
"Proceed," said Mr. Sergeant HEATH.
" Well, Sir," continued Mr. Higgins, " it was a hot
night, a very hot night as I said before, and Mr. Far-
delly lives a goodish distance from me ; in fact be could
have got half a pound of candles almost next door to him,
if he meant the thing boncy fido."
Mr. Sergeant Heath looked somewhat surprised at
the chandler shopkeeper's reasons and law Latin.
" %Why, sir," proceeded Mr, " did the girl
come to me far half a pound of candles on a very hot
night, when she might have got them almost next
door to her master's house? And this is not all, Sir,
suspicious as it is. Why did Mr. Fardelly send the
girl with halt-a-crown for an article that came to only
threepence farthing, when he or the girl could have got
change at Mr. Levi's, at whose house they reside ?
Besides, Mr. Fardelly lives with a Jew, and the whole
affair looks very queer."
Mr. Sergeant HEATH—Then you suppose there has
been a conspiracy which the girl has supported by try-
ing to defraud you of a shilling ?
The chandler shopkeer—Look at all the circum-
stances, Sir—look at them. The plaintiff lodges at a
Jew's, he sends half a-crown for half a pound uf can-
dles, a matter of two hundred yards on a hot night—it
was a very hot night—when he might have got them
close at hand.

Mr. Sergeant HEATH—But a man may surely buy
his candles where he pleases ?
The chandler shopkeeper shook his head and mut-
tered, " It's very suspicious."
Verdict for the plaintiff, one shiliing ; costs, three and
sixpence.

A few minutes after the verdict was given, the long-
nosed smal:-.eyed chandler shopkeeper returned into
Court, quite out of breath, and holding up his summons
and opening his mouth pretty widely at the same time,
gasped out " debt one shilling, and costs three and six-
pence !" He thee lifted up his eyes and exclaimed
" Very suspicious."

" What is that?" inquired Mr. Sergent HEATH, who
had not heard Mr. Higgin's half-broken lachrymose ex-
clamation.

" Why, they've charged me 3s. 6d. for costs," said he.
Mr. Sergeant HEATH—That is quite correct.
The chandler shopkeeper immediately retired, and
meeting with the plaintiff in the outer court, abused
him " like a pickpocket," talking many very wicked
things to witness, that he would indict him and his --
of a girl for perjury.