The Sun.
London, England, 1856-05-22 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGNCE.—May 21.

MANSION•HOUSE.—Hugh Robert Roberts, who was
some days ago charged with having stolen a clock, the
property of Mr. Ker, of Bucklersbury, was brought before
Sir R. W. Carden for final examination. The prisoner had
been permitted by Mr. Ker's servant to go into that gen-
tleman's office upon the pretext of writing a letter, and
immediately afterwards the clock disappeared. The dupli-
cate was, when the prisoner was apprehended, found on
his person, together with 61 others.
The following additional case was brought forward.
Robert Bsgg„ a boy who had been in the employment of
Mr. John Mossop, of Pinnet's-hall, OH Broad-street, stock
and sharebroker, said—On the sth of April I took a letter
to the Post-office, and before 1 went out I locked the door
and left the key in the door. I was gone about three mi-
nutes, and ou my return I found the key in the lock, and
the door locked, and when I went into the office I missed
the clock from the mantel-shelf. The clock produced by
the officer is that which was stolen.
John Smith, of Middlesex-passage, Cloth-fair, produced
the clock alluded to by the last witness, and said—The
prisoner lodged with me about three months, and six or
seven weeks ago he brought home this clock, and said he
had purchased it of a man who was hard up.
The prisoner had been imp, isoned twelve months on a
former occasion for a similar offence.

Sir R. W. Carden—l have learned that, as I supposed
when you were charged with thefirst of these robberies,
you owe all this crime and misery to drink.
The Prisoner—Yon are right, my lord. Indulgence in
drink has been my ruin. I went on from excess to excess,
till I would do anything to gratify the inclination. I owe
all my misfortunes to that fatal propensity.
Sir P.. W. Carden—l can trace almost every offence for
which I have committed unhappy persons to Nowgate to
the dread influence of intoxicating liquors. I am for
ever from the bench alluding to gin as the sure introduc-
tion to the•most horrible evils with which man is capable
of being afflicted.

The Prisoner, who appeared to be a person of education
and talents, was committed for trial upon the two charges
of robbery.
_ _ _ _

Margaret Bamfield, au oltl Scotchwonsan, was charged
as a fortune-teller.

Harriet Miuidle, of Jewry-street, Aldgate, said— Last
night the prisoner came to my door, and asked me to have
my fortune told. I told her I had nothing to give her,
and that she had better show her back. She said that
fortune-tellers did not want anything but what people
chose to give them. I still refused to have my fortune
told, and she began to shower down curses upon me, and
wished me every sort of bad luck.
Henry Gerard, who resided in the house, said he heard
the shocking language usel by the old harrida.u, who had
a pack of cards in her hand, and seemed to look to them
for the efficacy of her curses.
The Prisoner—Well, I have to say that I never ask for
money for telling people their fJrtunes, but I don't refuse
it if they offer it.
Sir R. W. Carlion—Can you foretel what will be your
fortune for the next 21 days ? You shall have hard work
and imprisonment as a rogue and vagabond.
The Prisoner—Rogue and vagabond ! I never make any
charfte, and there's plenty like me rtoing about. Why
don';, you send and take them up ? let me have my
cards, I suppose?
Sir R. W. Carden—No ; the cards must be burnt.
The prisoner then gave the Alderman a hearty curse,
and was committed to prison.

GUILDHALL.—ThometB Bresnahan, a ticket-of-leave
convict, was charged with being .concerned in two street
robb:ories, one of which was a garotte robbery.
Mr. Charles Frederick Mason, a blackinr, manufacturer,
of Walcot-place, Kennington, said that about 1 o'clock on
Thursday morning he was looking out for an omnibus in
Bridge-street, ,Blackfriars, wnen the prisoner came up to
hire and said he would not be able to get ono at that hour,
but that if ho took a cab ho (the priioner) would be glad to
ride to the Blind Asylum at the Obelisk. He declined the
offer and turned away, but directly after he missed his
gold watch, value M. Ho spoke to the police and de-
scribed" the.prisoner and a'woman who was near him, and
who; had -suddenly vanished just as he missed his watch.
Ho did not see the prisoner again until ho was in custody.
P. William, foreman to a clothier, said that on Saturday
morning he was rearming from the east end of the town,
and, while passing through Black Horse-court, a woman
caught hold of him, and pulled him about very indecently.
fro knocked her down, but she got op again and repeated
her indecent conduct, for which he kno.:ked her d)wn
again. The prisoner anti two other men then came up,
and one of them caught him by the throat, and held him
there while the woman robbed him of his watch and money,
225. She also took out his keys, hut put them back again.
He was held there 'by the man until the woman had got
c:mpletely off. The prisoner then stood opposite witness
and said, " If you dare to say a word or move an inch I
will murder, you ;" and, after about a iniutitai or so he said
"sow, you ban better take yourself off." He went a short
distance and saw some policemen, who went in search of
the prisoner and his associates, but they had escaped.
The prisoner said that he was not the party concerned

in either of the robberies, and said he could prove alibis
in both instances.
He was remanded.

BOW-STREET.--A notorious begging-letter impostor,
who gave the name of Sarah Sullivan, but had been con-
victed in a variety of names, was charged before Mr.
Henry with obtaining money by false pretences, from Mr.
Chinery, solicitor, ofßesex-street, Strand, and from Mr.
Vulliamy, architect, of Argyle-street, Regent-street.
It appeared that the prisoner celled upon Mr. Chinery
on the .k 1 of May last, and represented that she lived at
Twickenham, where that gentleman also resided, and was
personally known to many of his neighbours, several of
whom she mentioned by name. She stated that her hus-
band had just died in the consumption hospital, at Bromp-
ton, and she had received intimation that his body must he
removed before six o'clock that day. She produced what
appeared to be a genuine certificate of herhnsband's death,
written upon a regular printed form, and signed " George
F.amilton Roe ;" the whole document being a clever imi-
tation of an original certificate issued by the physician to
the hospital. She said that she was about to attend a
meeting of the Forresters' club, at Twickenham, that even-
ing, to receive the money due to her fox the burial of her
husband, but unhappily sho could not raise money enough
to get the holy removed from the hospital, and conse-
quently wanted- 255. till she received the club money.
The story was related in so artless a manner and Mr.
Chinery was so completely deceived by the readiness with
which she mentioned the names of several of his most
intimate neighbours, and the particulars of the Forestere'
club, &a., that he immediately consented to advance her
the money, taking from her a formal I 0 U for the
amount, which she signed " Sarah Clark." Fortunately
Mr. Chinery declined to return the " certificate" to the
prisoner stating that she could have it on calling for it at
Twickenham, in the evening. He saw no more of her, how-
ever, and ascertained oche. inently that the document was
a forgery, and the woman's story entirely false from begin-
ning to end. Having been advised to confer with the
Mendicity Society, he found that the same woman had
defrauded a great many other persons by similar means.
About a week ago she was apprehended by Horsford, one
of the society's olficers, and identiied.
Moses Cattermoll, gate porter at the Hospital for Con-
sumption, proved that the "certificate" was a forgery, and
that no such a person as described had died in the institu-
tion.

Evidence of the forgery was also given by clerks from
the Registry and Stationery offices, and the distinction in
the genuine form pointed out. No clue to the printer of
the fraudulent forms had been discovered, and the prisoner
refused to state how she came by them.
Mr. Vullia.my, architect, of Argyll-street, Regent-street,
proved that the prisoner obtained U. from him by telling
him ex•setly the same story, and producing a similar certi-
ficate. She had disarmed all suspicion in his mind by men-
tioning the names of several of his (Ur. Vullianny's) neigh-
bours and friends at Highgate, including Mr. Bodkin, the
barrister, and,others; also the name of Bell, the cArrier,
with whom she stated that she was lodging. He found of
terwards that neither Bell nor any one else knew anything
about her, and that it was evidently part of her system of
imposition to acquaint herself previously with the names
of the principal and most prominerit residents in a given
locality. _

Hor;iford, the mendicity officer, dep3s3l that he appre-
hended the prisoner, from- the descriptions given of her,
while she was leaving a pawnbroker's shop in Westmin-
ster. She had been repeatedly convicted.
Mr. Solomons, solicitor for the prisoner, urged that her
transactions with the prosecutors were in the nature of
" loans." and could not therefore be regarded as criminal.
Mr. Henry having ascertained from Mr. Graham the
Rea strar-General, and from Dr. Roe, that they did not
wishb to pr,7osecute for the more serious charge of forgery—
and it being Wished that the case should be dirposed of
stiminarilyaid that the prisoner was evidently a most
incorrigible impostor, and had done great mischief by her
wicked and shameful abuse of the charitable disposition
manifested on her behalf; a course of conduct likely to
check the sympathies
.of the benevolent towards really
worthy ohj-cts. His worship committed the prisoner,
under the Vagrant Act, to three months hard labour for
each offence.

WORSHIP-STREET.—EmaIy Phillips, about 35 years
of age, was charged before Mr. VEyncourt with attempt-
ing to commit suicide by throwing het self into the I4gent's
Canal.

Thorne, N 185, deposed to having been on dully at three
o'clock that morning near the Dunstan-road, Kingsland,
and to noticing the prisoner walking hurriedly up and
down the towiug-path. On questioning her she admitted
an intention to commit suicide by drowning. At the sta-
tion house she expressed a desire to make a confession of
murder, as her mind was distracted with the recollection
of it. The following statement was consequently taken
down in writing from her dictation :
" Oa the 14th of November, 18 9, I loiged at a honse
in Doggett's-cella, Moorfields. That night I was confined
of au illegitimate male child, born alive. Not any one
was with me, or knew of it. I placed a pillow on the
child's head and smothered it. I then tied the body in an
'old shawl aid put• it under the bed. The next day my
mother went to-the house and cleaned the room out. I
was taken to St. Thomas's Hospital, and placed under the
charge of Dr. Barker. I have often since asked my mother
what she did with the baby, but she would not tell me."
Oilicer -- She told me, sir, that shortly after the murder
she sent far some poison to kill herself with, but the pees-
seneer deceived her and brought a harmless draught.
Mr. D'Eyncourt--Did she appear sober and quite right
in her mind when you fouu l her by the canal?
Officer—Oh yes, sir, perfectly.
Prisoner—Wvat I have stated is quite true, sir. I have
no knowledge where my mother is now, but her brother is
employed at the India warehouses in Bishopsgate-street.
I have been -used very cruelly by both of them. I have no
home, and often walk the streets all night.
The prisoner, who appeared to have moved at one time
in a respectable sphere, was remanded, that a searching in-
gully might be made.

LAMBETH.—Janes Rogers, John Chav:cs Keeling, and
Thos. Cceicad, the latter a cabdriver and ex-policeman,
were brought up for further examination on a charge of
being concerned, with two other mon not in custody; in
i,roakin, into the premises of Messrs. naler, Brothers, in
the Olelient-ioad, and stealing therefrom property to the
value of 250/.

Mr. Solomon appeared for the prisoners Rogers and
Keeling, and an attorney's cleik appeared for Coxhill.
Mr. J. Tieard, a butcher, in the Old Kent-road, deposed
that on Friday morning, . while on his ,way to Netvgate-
market, ho saw the prisoner Keeling and another person
standing near Mr. Butler's private door, and considering
at the time that they appeared suspicions he walked his
horse along and kept looking at them from his cart. While
so looking at them, be observed a cab drive up to the door,
and the two men be saw and two others brought some
packages out of the house and put them into the vehicle.
Ho (witness) wont in search of a policeman, and seeing
two together he told them what he had witnessed, and his
suspicion on the matter, and then went about his business.
His attention was particularly drawn towards the parties,
and tho moment he saw Keeling that day be recognised
him as one of the men he had seen in front of the proseca,
tor's shop.
Mr. J. Thompson, a gas fitter, said he saw the cab drive
up to the door of the prosecutor in so hurried a manner as
to raise his suspicions and induce him to take its number.
John Polbury, a toll-collector on the Rotherhithe New-
road, said that at an early hour on the morning in quebtion
a cab drove through his gate at a very rapid rate, and the
driver, who threw him a sillingdid not wait for his change.
Witness was not able to say that the prisoner Coxhill was
the driver.

The toll-collector of the Dun Cow-gate deposed that the
same cab drove rapidly through his gate and did not stop or
pay at all. The witness was also unable to identify Cox.
hill as the man, but Sergeant Coppin !supplied this defi-
ciency of evidence by stating that tioxhill himself acknow-
ledged he was the driver of the cab on the morning in
question. Coppin further stated that he had'in attendance
the owner of the cab 1,114, who would prove the fact of
his bzing the driver; and that the turnpike men were not
enabled to identify him he (Coppin) did not wonder at, as
he had on the morning after the robbery shaven off a large
pair of black and bn-hy whiskers.
. _

W. Sampson, 83 P, said that About twenty-minuteo past
4 on the morning of the robbery, he saw a cab standing
abont 150 yards from Mr. Butler's shop, and on going up
to it he found the driver brushing down the horse's lems.
He spoke to him and asked him if he was not early with
his fare, and he replied that he had just sot down one. Wit-
ness asked where, and he did recollect. what reply he
made, but drove off. The prisoner Coxhiff was the driver,
and he noticed the number of his c le.

A constable belonging to the S Division said the pri-
soner Rogers had been convicted of felony in 1853, and
sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment, and the prisoner
Keeling he thought had also ben convicted, but he should
be able to say wore about him on a future day.
The prisoners were again remanded and Mr. Elliott re-
fused to take bail.

SOUTFIWARK.—CIIMME OF FELONIOUS ASSAULT
ON A CUILD. Edward . Gunner, age 19, apprenticed to
Mr. Frederick Olsen, baker, No. 17, Yerk-buildings, Ber-
mondsey, was brought before Mr. A'Beckett, charged with
o immitting a felonious assault on Catherine Wilson Olsen,
9 years old, under the following revolting circumstances.
The prosecutrix stated that the prisoner was her father's
apprentice, and for some time past he had bcea in the habit
of playing with her iu the chop. He slept in a room above
her bed-room, and about a month ago, while she was in bad.
and partially asleep, lie entered and palled her about. Ha
then criminally assaulted her. She did not cry or make
any noise at the time. After that he repeated the offence,
and the last time was Friday, the 16th inst. She men-
tioned nothing about the circumstances to either her father
or mother until that morning, when she was in great pain.
Frederick Olsen, the father of the child, said the prisoner
was his apprentice and lived in the house. His daughter
was 9 years of age last Dodenber. That morning he re
ceived certain information from her that induced him to

give the prisoner into custody, when he acknowledged
having critoinaliy abused the child.
Mr. Thomas Chandler, surgeon, id.R.C.S., of 53, Para-
dise—treet, Rothorhithe, said ho was called in that morn-
in by Mr. Olson to examine the child, whom he knew to
bo 9 years old last December. The capital Offence had
been committed.. --

The prisono:, who declined sayino anything in defence,
was fully committed to New.g.i.te for trial,

THE HYDE-PARK OF PA S, —The Bois de Boulogne,
says a correspondent; is unquestionably a delightful
place—full of trim gardeny, where the epicier's retired
leisure can takeei's phasure, or where hoary marquises
and stripling dukes can sport with aristocratic Amaryl-
lises in the shade. But there is one disagrdment con-
nected with the Bois, which renders it perilous for riding
and driving, and, indeed, equally so for pedestrians.
The pulvcreno Otympicum, which used to be laid by
wat,r-earts, is now dispelled by a sort of Braidwood
brigade. B idies of men, armed with long leather tubesi,
emerging from the bowels of the earth, play upon the
passers-by without mitigation or remoNe—like Dickens's
lamplighter, who u-ed to drip the oil on the people's
heath when he was "in spirits. However fast you
back, there is no escaping the hissing tide. If you
ride up to one and flog him, another pumps at you—
" Still o'er his head, while fate he braved,
His whizzing water pipe he waved,"
like the great Higginbotham t; o "Rejected Addresses."
Yesterday, the Duke of Sante Tneodoro, an Italian
noble, of illustrious lineage and vast wealth, was Pumped
at by these ruthless fellows. His horses, not relishing
the joke, bolted, smashed the duke's phaeton, and what
was still worse, his leg', which is badly broken in two
places—a compound fracture. The duke's son, who
niarr:cl Lady Burghersh lardy at Naples, came here
to-day with Lis cars sposa, and found his poor father
suffering frightfully from the accident. VelpeatA has set
the leg, but it will be a three months' buinesg.