The Sun.
London, England, 1856-05-08 00:00:00

POLICE lISTELLIGENOO.—may 7.

WURSIIIP-STREET.--Edward Towers, at=
ployed groom ; henry Liorwood, a houe decomor ; and
Mary Alin Perkins, described as a dressmaker, were
placed at the bar before Mr. D'Eyncsurt, charged with ,
having been concerned, with other, not in custody, in
breaking into the dwelling-house of an aged widow lady
named Humphreys, residing at Stuifortl-hill, and stem-
ing therein a large quantity of property, consisting of I
plate and jewellery, and upwards of 1301. in bank n Jtes
and gold and silver money.
Mr. Lewis, jun., of Ely-pace, who conducted the pro-
secution, entered into a lengthened detail of the facts
connected with the burglary, which presented features
of unusual aggravation reed atrocil. The sole occu-
pants of the house were the prosecutrix, an infirm la ly,
of large property, in her 15th year, and a female ser-
vant, and in consequence of her advanced age, the One-
ral management of her affairs was confided to her legal
adviser, Mr. Rush, of Austinfriars. About two months
since a man and woman, the latter of whom was be-
lieved to be the female prisoner, presented themselves at
the lady's house, with an intimation that they had been
sent to request the immediate attendance of her servant
at the office of her solicitor to receive an important coin
unication. The prosecutrix declined to send the girl
upon an errand which was entirely unauthenticated, at,d
on the following day she was visited by two men, who
handed her a note purporting to be written by Mrs.
Rush, in which it was stated that her husband was dan-
gerously ill, and the same request was so urgently re-
peated, that instead of sending her maid the prosecutrix
proceeded herself in a carriage to Austinfriars, where
she found her solicitor iu perfect health, so that the whole
story was a complete fabrication. There was every reason
to believe that the fictitious message formed part of a con-
certed plan to plunder the house on that occasion, which
was probably defeated by the precaution of the prosecu-
trix, who left her servant's father in charge of it ; and no-
thing further transpired in connection with the matter until
an early hour on the morningef Friday se'ennight, when
the servant was disturbed by a crashing noise in the lower
part of the house ; and on hastening down stairs, she
found four men in the hall, wha instantly secured her,
and subjected her to the personal violence which she
would describe in her evidence. Two of the ruffians,
one of whom was armed with a long-pointed knife, then
made their way to the bedroom of the prosecutrix, and
after threatening to murder her if she raised the slightest
outcry, they gagged her mouth with a kerchief which
they tore off her neck, and having bound her arms and
lags together, they proceeded to ransack the place, and
secured the above-mentioned property, with which they
ultimately effected their escape. The learned gentleman
added that the prosecutrix had been ever since confined
to her bed from the effects of the brutal treatment to
I which she had been subjected, and he was not a ware
whether she would be able to identify either of the pri-
soners, but he was prepared with other evidence, which
be conceived would be amply sufficient to justify their
detention.

Eliza Cooke, the servant, was then examined, and de-
posed as follows :—On the night of Thursday week, after
carefully fastening up the house, I went to bed in the
same room with my mistress, but was disturbed about
daybreak by a loud noise, as if something heavy had
fallen down stairs. After listening a few minutes. I went
down, and found the parlour door ajar, although I bad
locked it overnight, and was about to enter, when two
men rushed out, one of whom struck me a violent blow
on the face, which knocked me down and rendered me
insensible. When -I recovered myself I found a man
kneeling on my cheat with a knife in his hand, and 1
also saw a chopper lying at his feet. I screamed out
for help, and another man came down stairs, who raised
me up and carried me into the, kitchen, where they
placed me in a chair, to which they fastened my legs
with a piece of rope, and tied my wrists together. One
of the'tnen then asked me where my mistress kept her
plate and money, and holding a knife close to my neck,
threatened to cut my throat if I attempted to deceive
him. On telling them that I believed they would find
all the property upstairs, they both left me, but returned
in about twenty minutes with two other men, who said
that they had murdered my mistress, and world kill
me too unless I kept quiet. After a short time they all
went away, and I managed to release myselt by
loosening the cords with my teeth, and I went up to
my mistress, who was tied down in bed with two
pillows over her eyes, and a wrapper on her mouth,
which. was drawn closely round the back of her
head. At the time I entered the room she appeared to
be dead, but on removing the handkerchief from her
mouth, she slowly recovered, and I ran down stairs,
and alarmed some of the neighbours, and afterwards
Went for a surgeon, who has attended her ever since.
Sergeant Langdon, of the N division, stated that on
the previous evening, in consequence of information he
had received, he apprehended the prisoner Towers, the
brother of a discharged servant of the prosecutrix, and
on acquainting him with the nature of the charge he
deni?d all participation in the burglary, but admitted
that he had been engaged in an attempt to rob the
house about two mouths since, in conjunction with
Horwoud, who had married his sister, and a man
named Flicker, who cohabited with the female prisoner.
After some further corroborative testimony,
Mr. D'Eyncourt expressed his opinion that there was
not sufficient evidence to warrant the detention of Her-
wood or the female prisoner, but he should order Towers
to be remanded for a week.
Joseph Hartley and James Clarke, two powerful men,
of notorious character, were charged before Mr.
D'Eyncourt with having been concerned in stealing a
chest of tea from the shop of Mr. William Payne, a
grocer in Bethnal-green-road, and also with having
violently assaulted police-constable Taylor, K 244, in
the course of his efforts to
.secure one of thou. con-
federates.

It appeared from the evidence that about 9 o'clock on
the evening of Tuesday se'nnight, while the prosecutor's
forewan was engaged in the back part of the shop, two
boys hastily entered, and directed his attention to a man
who was crossing the road, acc.4mpanied by two other s
with a chest of tea, weighing 1091b5., which he had de-
liberately taken from the inner part of the doorway. The
shopman immediately hastened after the man, who
dropped the load, on finding himself pursued, and
darted down an adjoining street, at the end of which
he was intercepted by the Constable Taylor, who took
him into custody. He proceeded quietly in the first in-
stance, but on reaching a particular spot he suddenly
raised a particular whistle, which was promptly re-
sponded to by a swarm of thieves, who sallied out of the
side courts, and commenced a desperate attack upon the
constable and shopman, both of whom were felled to the
ground. The officer speedily recovered his. feet, and
grappled with the thief, but was again knocked down by
some of the gang, amongst whom were the prisoners,
who blackened both his eyes by repeated knows in the
face, and afterwards kicked him so brutaliy about the
body that he became insensible. On hearing the uproar.
several shopkeepers in the neighbourhood ran out and
used their best efforts for the protection of the officer,
but they were successively knocked down or beaten back
by the ruffians, who succeeded in rescuing their accom-
plice and bearing him off in triumph.
Notwithstanding the exertions of the police, all the
parties concerned in the robbery and outrage succeeded
in eluding apprehension until the previous night, when
Sergeant Smith and another detective officer accidentally
encountered the prisoners in the street, and took them
into custody.
The prisoners, in general terms, denied the charge,
but three witnesses, one of whom, a tradesman named
Vaughan, had been severely beaten by the mob, having
positively identified them as active participators in the
outrage, they were ordered to be remanded for a week.

LAMBETH.—Frederick Philips, alias Angular,
Wm. Jacobs, alias Arnold, John Miller, and Edwin
Gardener, were charged with defrauding Mr. Mutton of
four loads and a•half of clover.
Prosecutor deposed that besides his pastrycook's shop,
at Brighton, he rented a farm at Rushborough, near
Horsham, and having a quantity of meadow hay and
clover to dispose of, he caused an advertisement to be
inserted in a Sussex paper respecting it, giving a re-
ference to Mr. Green, the person living at his farm.
Shortly after a letter, signed "J. B. Arnold, 8, Arnold's-
place, Frances-street, Newington," was received by Mr.
Green, requesting that samples of hay and clover might
be forwarded to him, and if they were such as suited him,
he would give a fair price for it, and return a cheque for
its amount when delivered. Mr. Green went to town
with the samples as requested, and four loads and a half
of clover were subsequently forwarded by rail to the
Bricklayer' Arms, and delivered from there to Mr.
Arnold or his order on the production of the letter of
Mr. Green. Orders were received for more, but, finding
that neither money nor cheque had been received for
that already sent, he caused inquiries to be made, and
found that he had got into the hands of swindlers.
Mr. W. A. Green said that he called at the house No.
8, Arnold's-place, Frances•street, Newington, with the
samples, and saw there the prisoner, who called himself
Phillips. Witness inquired for Mr. Arnold, and Phillips
said he was then from home. He next inquired what
he was, and Phillips replied that he was a contractor
for army clothing, did a great deal of business, and kept
two horses. He further saiU that he resided at Balharn-
mills, Clapham-toad, but was coming to live at that
house (8, Arnold's-place), on the following Tuesday.
The house was at that time empty. He, witness, left
the samples he had brought with Phillips, and subse-
quently forwarded 4t loads of clover, for which no money
had been received. He also sent another load, which
arrived at the Bricklayers Arms on the day before, and
waited in the neighbourhood of the station with a police-
constable,

Police-Constable Hull, 164 P, deposed that from in-
formation he received he, on the day before, accompa-
nied the last witness to the neighbourhood of the Brick-
layers' Arms Station, and remained there until ho saw
the prisoner Gardener come out with a van load of bay.
Witness afterwards found that he was paid by the other
prisoners, and with assistance he took all into custody.
He found on the person of Gardener the letter sent by
Mr. Green with the last load of hay, and this be said he
had received from Mr. Arnold (the prisoner, who called
himself Jacobs) who had directed him to go for and take
away the load of hay. The letter found on Gardener he
saw the prisoner Phillips receive from the postman at the
empty house, 8, Arnold's-place, Newington, at the door
of which he was standing at the time, aria on his appre-
hension the key of this house Waµ found nit his person,
though his residence was at No. 7, Alfred-p!ace, St.
George's-road. On searching the house in Arnold's-
place, he, Hull, found the two samp4is of hay and clover,
and other articles, which led him to the belief that it was
hired for fraudulent purposes, and that a quantity of
ironmongery and other property, to a considerable
amount, obtained by fraud, had been received there.
In reply to the magistrate's questions the witness said
Gardener was known as the keeper of a beer-shop, and
the horse and the van he understood belonged to him. c
Nothing was known of the prisoner Miller netore. When
taken into custody he said he had merely gone to assist
Gardener. Gardener admitted to witness that he had

received the property from the railway station, bt be
was not aware where the parties delivered it, aethey
left him in a pablic•house while they took the van wit
them, and delivered it. Jacobs, or Arnold, renal to
give his namo, so that witness could not learn anyhing
about him, and Pnillipa, he believed, had given a rong
name.

It was urged on the part of the prisoners Garaner
and Miller that they were honest and respectable den.
Phillips admitted having been convicted of feloa.l; and
Jacobs refused to give an account of himself.
The prisoners were all remanded, but Miller aid Ga-
rdener were admitted to bail.

The prisoner Phillips, alias Augular, was reogised
as having been once a constable belonging to the K fivi-
sion, and while in the force was committed from I,arn-
beth-street Police Court on a charge of obtainng a
twelfth cake of the value of two guineas. Foi this
offence ho was convicted ; and once his liberatioi:Crora
prison he has been living by frauds of one sort or oher.
The house in the possession of which he was foundwas
for some considerable tune the residence of that wlole-
sale and notorious swindler, Captain Routlege, rho,
while under examination at this o9urt on various chiges
of ext,,nsive fraud and plunder, died in liorsemoigeri
lane Gaol.

MARYLEBONE.—CHARGE of RAPZ AGAINSA
GENTLEMAN.—Mr. John George Edgar, desctibed rs
gentleman, living at 16, Melville terrace, Torriance.
avenue, Campden-town, was brought before /Ir.
Broughton, charged wi h having committed a rape oa
Mara Cotton, a servant in the house alluded to, and is
which the prisoner occupied two parlours.
A great deal of evidence was gone into, and, it me
alleged by the prosecutrix, that between four or five a
the morning she awoke and found the prisoner in Iv'
bed. He had his arms round her waist. She screanatd
and jumped out of bed, and prisoner ran away into tie
water closet. Prosecutrix further went into particular;
which tended to show that prisoner had violated het
She made known to her mother what had taken place;
and the primer was given into the custody of Harrison,
160 S. He and a friend who had been with him for
many hours were much the worse for drink; they had
been together the whole of the previous day.
Two surgeons, ho
Mr. Rawlins and Mr. Josepb, by won
prosecutrix had been examined, gave evidence as to the
appearances which under the said examination they,
found. It need scarcely be stated that the surgeons
evidence, as also that given by the mother of the prose
eutrix, was for the most part of touch a nature as not to
admit of publication. _

The prisoner denied having had any improper inter-
course with the prosecutrlx, but admitted that he had
gone into her bed.
After some further proceedings, Mr. Broughton said
he Should send the case for the consideration of a jury.
He remanded the prisoner until Wednesday next for
the completion of the depositions, but he was at libertt.
to put in bail (with twenty-four hours' notice), himseu
in 601„ and two sureties in 501. each for his being forth'
coming.