The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-03 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE-April 2.

MANSION-HOUSE.—George Frederick Lillicrap,
wit') had been remanded but admitted to bail on a for-
mer oocasion, upon the charge of having removed, con-
cealed, and embezzled part of his estate and effmcts after
he had been a +judged a bankrupt, in the month of April
last, with the intention of defrauding his creditors, was
further examined.,

Mr. Parry appeared on the part of the assignees to
conduct the prosecution ; Mr. Humph i.eys attended on
behalf of the prisoner.
Mr. J. Wright, a clerk in Mr. Commissioner Gonl-
burn's office, Court Of Bankruptcy, produced the whole
of the proceedings against the prisoner in bankruptcy.
E I ward Pimm, a grocer's assistant, of No. 5, Clifton-
street, Finsbury, said— I was in the service of the pri-
soner, who formerly carried on the business of a grocer
at No. 20, Bishopsgate-street-without. I was in his ser-
vice till he was a bankrupt. A meeting of his creditors
was called about a fortnight before he was a bankrupt.
There was a second meeting of creditors, perhaps a week
afterwards, and between the two meetings I assisted in
removing some furniture and six bags of coffee to the
house of a friend of mine in Princess street, Saitalfielfs.
The value of the coffee was between 101. and 201., and
that of the other article: between 51. and 101. I remember
the messenger from the Court of Bankruptcy coming to
take possession, and I recollect assisting in pulling a
bag of pepper, and other articles through the trapdoor.
I also assisted in putting a box of raisins in the coal
cellar, where it was covered over with coals. By the
prisoner's directions I went round to some of the cus-
tomers after the bankruptcy and received between 101.
and 201. from them, which I handed to him. The pri-
soner gave me 7/. for taking care of the furniture, put•
ting away some spices and covering the raisins.
F. Long, a private in the 4th Dragoons, who was for.
merly assistant to the prisoner, corroborated the testi-
Mon), of the last witness, and added that tho prisoner
had premised him 51. when the affair was settlel it he
would not say anything about it. The witness after-
wards received 21. from the prisoner.
W. T. St"allibraes, cellarrnan, or 25, Brunswick-street,
Hackney-road, proved that he also assisted in removing
some of tire stock in trade from the prisoner's house after
the bankruptcy.
The pris 'nee was again remanded, but admitted to bail
himself in 2001., aid two sureties of 1001. each.
Miss Jane Field, a young lady of prepossessing ap-
pearance, and who is highly respectably connected, was
brought before the Lord Mayor under the following ois-
treesing circurnstan,•es :
James Dell, a Thames police-officer, having been
sworn, said—About 10 o'clock on Sunday morning, he
271 h of January, I was in a galley near London-bridge,
when I heard something fall, apparently from the para-
pet. I almost immediately heard a call fir a host Irons
:.he bridge. I went to the second abutment from the
Surrey side, and saw the prisoner lying on the abut-
ment, apparently lifeless. I immediately procured as-
sistance, and placed a rope round her body and lowered
her into my boat. I then took her to St. Thomas's 11,),,,
pi .tl, of which she has been an inmate till this morning.
Sits had thrown herself off the leridge, and was most
seriously hurt.
The prisoner, who appeared to be suffering very great
mental as well as bodily pain, and who supported her-
self by the aid of crutches, expressed much oontrition
for the offence she had committed, which she promised
not to repeat. She was then given in charge of her
friends, who seemed overwhelrried with grief.
•The cause of the rash act did not transpire.
Patrick Gillilitan was charged, on his own confession,
with being a deserter, eight years ago, from the 77th
Regiment of Foot, then Stationel at, St. John's, Canada.
The prisoner was remanded, in order that the autho-
rities at the Horse Guards might be communicated with.

BOW•STREET.— Lieut. Charles Ackerley, R.N., a
gentleman whose eccentricities have on several occasions
brought his name before the public, was placed at the
bar before Mr. Jardine, on a charge of creating a dis-
turbance at the United Service Institution in Whiteha'l,
and assaulting the secretary, Mr. Tonna ; and an Ame-
rican Indian, named Peter Bescret, who appears to be
an attendant on the Lieutenant, was charged with at-
tempting to rescue him from custody. _
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Mr. Tonna informed the magistrate that a meeting of
I the members of the institution had been held that morn-
ing for the purpose of considering a resolution fur the
expulsion of Lieut. Ackerley. Of the S 3 votes which
were received 82 were for the resolution, and the gentle-
man who gave the solitary vote in his favour afterwards
explained that he did so by mistake. After the result
was declared, Mr. Ackerley, who was standing at the
back of the lecture chair, rushed down the ball to the
place where be (Mr. Tonna) had been sitting, and seized
upon some of bis papers. Several members who were
near him attempted to prevent him froth doing so, and
witness seized one of the papers and took it from him.
Upon this defendant struck witness violently in the side
with his elbow. Witness, assisted by sonic of the mem-
bers, then seized the defendant, lifted him up, and car-
ried him out of the hall. They set him down in the lobby,
hoping he would then go away, but he insisted on re-
turning to the theatre, and became so violent that it was
found necessary to have him removed by the police and
Vie porters, Having been thus expelled at the side door,
Mr. Ackerley went round to -the front entrance and was
mounting the step: when witness went to the door and
closed it. As ho was doing so, howeVer, he received,
through the door, a blow' from the Lieutenant's walking
stick. The stick, which was a light bamboo cane, he
believed, was caught by the Owing door, and broken to
pieces.
Policeman Hine, 513 A, who was on duty at the en-
trance; corroborated the latter part of Mr. Torma's evi-
dence. " The captain" !used very bad language, and
threatened to " knock Mr. Tonna's head off.' After
the door was closed, as described by Mr. Tonna, defend.
ant still wanted to force his way back, and witness was
obliged to take him in charge. " The captain" then
called to his man to assist hitn, asserting that he was a
constable, and directing him to take witness in charge.
Besquet, who appeared fully to 'believe that he was a
constable, and that he was justified in doing whatever
Mr. Ackerley told him, seized witness by throat and
tried•ta pull him away. He then caught hold of de.
fondant, and after a struggle succeeded in releasing him
from witness's•hand. He (witness), however, immedi-
ately seized. Mr: Ackerley again, and, with the aid of
the porters, removed .hit 4 and his mats to the station.
house, •
Several other witnesses, corroborated the evidence,
Mr. Ackerley, who hatrcroBs-examined-each of the
nesit,s at great length, but to very little purpose, com-
menced his defence by handing in a document, which he
asserticl would prove that be w_ao himself
,a magistrate,

He then entered into an exceedingly prolix and unin•
telligib!e statement of the relation between himself and
the other defendant, wh, he said was fortnery a c,n-
stable in Canada, and hal since succeeded him (Mr.
Ackerley) in seine office in that couctry. He had been
maintaining this man fir some rive years and a half, in
order to enable him to establish some claim against the
Government; and he earnestly hoped that, if his worship
should be of opinion that any kwrong had been done, he
would not visit with any punishment this poor Indian,
who could neither read nor write—could hardly speak
English,—but would let the whole responsibility rest on
him, who had called the poor fellow to his assistance.
He then proceeded to give a very detailed account of
the transaction, explaining that in attempting to seize
the papers he- only •wanted to get a copy of the charge
on which he had been expelled. He did not wilfully
strike Mr. Tonna, either in the theatre or at the door.
In fact, he did not see him. He was very shortsighted,
and when he thrust his stick in at the door to keep it
open he did not perceive that there was any one there.
He contended that being a Ife member he could not be
I expelled, and on that ground justified all he bad done
within the building as being done in defence of his rights,
but admitted that he had done wrong outside, especially
"in using expressions which no prudent man would
permit himself to employ."
The other defendant declared in broken English that
he was a constable, and his toaster a judge,'for which
reason they must hang together. What his master did
he would de'' and if his master went to prison for it he
was contest to go to prison too.
Mr. Jardine said the notion, that the members could
not expel Lieutenant Ackerley because be was a life
member, was so absurd that he wondered a gentleman
who had livel so long in the world should entertain it.
His conduct was wholly unjustifiable. He must pay a
fine of 51., and find two sureties of 100/. each to keep
the peace ; Bosquet-mmt pay 11.
Lieutenant Ackerley paid both fines, and was liberated
on his promise to bring forward two friends as bail on
the following (this) day.