The Sun.
London, England, 1834-08-25 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HO USE.
Michael Jones, a very respectable-looking man, was on
Saturday placed at the bar, and charged with obtaining ten
watches, value 241., with a felonious intention, the property
of Mr. Moses.—Remanded until Wednesday next.
William Thomas was convicted of carrying and convey-
ing away a great quantity of smuggled tobacco. He was
fined 101.
EXTRAORDINARY SCENE.—Within the last week, the
Lord Mayor received several communications relative to
the treatment of the poor at the establishment of .Mr.
Waddington, at Sydenham. Amongst others was a letter
from a magistrate of the county of Kent, stating that the
unfortunate inmates were kept in a filthy condition, and
ill-fed, and otherwise ill-treated. His Lordship took care
to send down to Sydenham persons well qualified to judge
whether the complaints were with or without foundation ;
and he appointed complainant, and defendant, and wit-
nesses to attend this day, for the purpose of thoroughly in-
vestigating the matter. A most uncommon scene presented
itself. It had been represented that Air. Waddington not
only starved the paupers, and worked them to an oil, but
that he beat the poor boys in the most cruel manner. This
was stated in the most positive and unqualified manner on
Friday, by some of the poor, who came to London to com-
plain ; and a superintendant of the establishment, named
Newberry, added his evidence to the heavy accusations
against the defendant. The justice-room was crowded on
the occasion.
A boy, whose father and brother are likewise in one of
the city parishes, from which Mr. Waddington takes into
his employment the overflowings and scourings of the work-
houses, stated that he and the other boys were upon two
occasions kept without supper, that Mr. Waddington struck
him, and that he never got too much to eat.
Mr. Waddington said that the boy chose to stay away
two hours beyond the time of supper, and was according to
the regulations of the establishment, sent supperless to bed.
As for the beating, it was true the boy had received a
gentle correction with a cane ; but it was because he had
stolen cherries, and cruelly beaten a poor donkey.
The brother of the boy was, at the desire of the father,
examined, for the purpose of showing the marked injustice
and cruelty of the defendant ; but he acknowledged that he
always had plenty to eat, that he was not punished, and
that the two sons of Mr. Waddington dined at the table,
with the poor boys.
Mr. William L. Brake, overseer of Bishopsgate, had
gone to Sydenham on the preceding day without giving
notice to Mr. Waddington, and examined the establish-
ment.' He was accompanied by a committee of vestrymen ;
he found the paupers remarkably comfortable and clean.
The bread, beer, and meat were as good as he could wish
for his own use. There was no sign of filth ; the linen was
coarse, but Mr. Waddington said that if it was fine it
would be soon stolen. The men's beds were stuffed with
straw, and the boys' beds were flock.

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Several overseers of parishes, and other respectable per-
sons, gave testimony to the same effect. They completely
and indignantly negatived all the charges against Mr. Wad-
dington.

A. great number of other witnesses presented themselves
to confirm and to add to the testimony of these gentlemen,
but

The LORD MAYOR said it was quite unnecessary to go
further. His Lordship then declared that Mr. Waddington
was completely exculpated. The investigation had re-
dounded greatly to his honour.

GUILDHALL.
A person about 40 years of age, genteelly dressed, who
gave the name of George Chatterton, was brought before
Alderman Sir C. MARSHALL, charged with obtaining under
false pretences from Mr. Lowden, a druggist in Fleet-street,
an enema apparatus.—Remanded until to-morrow.
BOW-STREET.
CHARGE OF VIOLATION AGAINST AN INSPECTOR OF PO-
LICE.—After repeated private examinations before Sir F.
ROE, a final and public examination of Squire IVovenden,
an inspector of the D division of the police force (which
embraces the district of Marylebone), who stands charged
with violating the person of Louisa Morris, while under
his custody in the station-house, took place on Saturday.
The occurrence was alleged to have happened so far back
as the 20th June, and .became the subject of conversation
among all the members of the force, but no step was taken
to investigate the charge until the circumstance reached the
ears of Lord Duncannon, the new Secretary of State, by
whom Sir F. Roe was directed to inquire into the par-
ticulars.

The prosecutrix was then sent for, and her deposition
having been taken, a warrant was issued for the apprehen-
sion of Wovenden, which was entrusted to Fall, the Bow-
street officer, to execute, with directions that he should
collect such other evidence as existed for substantiating the
charge. The whole of the evidence being completed, Sir
Frederick gave notice that the prisoner should undergo his
final examination on Saturday, and accordingly the reporters

were admitted to hear the evidence read, and to have an op-
portunity of noticing the proceedings which followed.
The evidence was then read over in the following order :
Louisa Morris, a woman between twenty and thirty years
of age, not of very prepossessing etppearance, on a Friday,
about two months ago, got into a cab in Oxford-street,
about nine o'clock in the evening ; she engaged with the
cabman to convey her a certain distance for a fixed sum.
After proceeding to the required spot, she left the cab, and
a quarrel ensued between her and the cabman respecting
the fare. She was slightly intoxicated, but understood per-
fectly well what was going on. The cabman gave her into
custody, and she was conveyed to the station-house of the
D division of police, where she found the prisoner, who was
the inspector on duty, and who took the charge. He in-
quired of her her residence, which she refused to give. She was
then taken down stairs, where she was placed in a cell by her-
self in perfect darkneis. After some time, being much ex-
hausted, she lay down on a seat and fell asleep ; she was
soon after awoke by finding that some person had taken
advantage of her situation, and was committing the offence
which was the ground of the present charge, and who ulti-
mately fully effected his purpose. By a lamp or candle
which then stood by the door, she could see the silver lace
on the collar of the man's coat. She upbraided the man
with taking advantage of her, unprotected as she was, when
he replied by telling her to hold her tongue. She at once re-
cognised the voice to be that of the prisoner. She cried very
much, when a man came and asked her what was the
matter, and afterwards took her up stairs into the charge-
room. She there again saw the prisoner, whom she up-
braided with faking liberties with her. She was subse-
quently once more removed to the cell, in consequence of
her continuing to cry. She repeated the charge in the
presence of the man who acted as gaoler, when the pri-
soner denied it. On the following morning, at nine o'clock,
she was brought out of the cell with the other prisoners,
when she saw Lazenby, the superintendent of the division.
She requested to speak to him in private ; and her request
having been complied with, she related to him the facts as
they had taken place, a police-constable, who sat by, taking
down her statement in writing. The prisoner was then
called in, who, on being accused by Lazenby of having
offered her violence, denied the truth of the charge. On
being taken to the police-office in High-street, she also ac-
quainted police-constable with what had occurred. The
prisoner while there came to her, and begged of her for
God's sake, and for the sake of his wife and children, not to
go with Mr. Lazenby on that night to prefer the complaint
before the Commissioners. On the next day she saw the
prisoner at a house of ill-fame in the neighbourhood of
Covent-garden, where he repeated his request that she
would not make the charge. She had gone to the house of
ill-fame because she was ashamed to go home.
Mr. Lazenby, the superintendent of the D division, on
the morning of the 21st of June had a private interview
with the prosecutrix at her request, when she stated the
facts she had now deposed to.
The prisoner was asked if he had any thing to say in his
defence P—He merely declared that it was a gross fabrica-
tion altogether. •
The prisoner was then fully committed to Newgate to
take his trial, and the witnesses were severally bound over
to give their evidence.
WORSHIP-STREET.
George Hayes, a young man of respectable appearance,
was charged with having robbed his employer, Mr. John
Woolf, a master tailor, at No. 8, Commercial-place, City-
road, of property to a considerable amount.
The prisoner admitted his guilt, and was fully committed
to Newgate for trial.
A man named Richard Jones was committed for 14 days
to the House of Correction for selling an unstamped news-
paper called the Pioneer.

MARLBORO U G.H- STREET.
INFORMATIONS AGAINST PUBLICANS AND BEER SHOP-
LEEPERS.—Byers, the well known informer, appears to be
very busy amongst the public-houses and bee r-shops at the
west end of the town. On Friday he had a sort of fiel&
day, on which a number of informations were brought for-
ward, and disposed of by Mr. Dyer and the Rev. Mr.
Thursby.
The first information was against Mr. Benjamin Renshaw,
landlord of the George, Bury-street, for suffering gaming in
his house, contrary to the tenor of his licence.
The defendant was fined 10s. and costs.
Mr. Charles Mansfield, landlord of the Coach and
Horses, Maddox-street, was fined ten shillings and costs
for the like offence.
Mr. Peter Thompson, landlord of the Blackmoor's
Head, Jermyn-street, pleaded guilty to an information
charging him with having permitted the game of " blind
all-fours" to be played in his house.
The Magistrates inflicted a penalty of thirty shillings and
costs.

Mr. John Denton, of the Barley Mow, pleaded guilty,
and was fined ten shillings and costs.
Mr. Henry Horti, Castle, Shepherd-street, was fined ten
shillings for permitting the game of bagatelle to be played
in his house.
Mr. Clarke, Three Crowns, Richmond-street, was
charged with having allowed betting with respect to the
skill of certain individuals at skittles in his house.
The informer declared he heard one person bet another
!L particular wager that he could not knock all nine down
in a certain number of throws.
The Magistrates were of opinion that this evidence was
not sufficiently conclusive, consequently the information was
dismissed.
Elizabeth Cotterell and Edward Hovenden, beershop
keepers, next appeared, for having served beer during ille-
gal hours.
The defendants pleaded poverty, and the informer con-
sented to withdraw the informations on payment of costs.
Joseph 21lathers, beershop keeper, Crown-street, was sum-
moned for serving beer during the hours of divine service.
The informer having given his evidence, witnesses for the
defence came forward, who swore so stoutly that the of-
fence had not been committed, that the Magistrates dis-
missed the information.
MARYLEB ONE.
EXTENSIVE SYSTEM OF EMBEZZLEMENT.--Williant
Reynolds, a young man of very respectable appearance,
was placed at the bar before the sitting Magistrate charged
with having embezzled money belonging to his master, Mr.
David Wyman, a baker, in Crawford-street.
The prosecutor deposed that the prisoner had for some
time past been in his employ as a journeyman baker. He
(prosecutor) on Friday morning, much to his surprise, re-
ceived intimation that he had been robbed at various times
by the prisoner ; and, on proceeding to make inquiry, dis-
covered that a lady named Mecher had paid to him (pri-
soner) fourteen separate bills for bread, amounting to
2/. 6s. Bd., which sum had not been handed over to prose-
cutor, nor any portion of it whatever, On further investi-
gation it was ascertained that several other customers had
paid cash to the prisoner, who had appropriated the money
to his own use.
In reply to the charge, the prisoner said that it was his
intention to have paid the sum in question to his employer,
whom he had no thought of robbing. A person living in
the country, to whom he (prisoner) owed the value of a
sack of flour, had threatened to arrest him, and in order to
avert the dreaded calamity be had ventured to make free
with his master's money for the liquidation of the debt.
The prisoner was fully committed to Newgate for trial.
TOWN-HALL.
CHARGE OF MURDER.—Cornelius Sullivan, alias Bowick,
was charged with the murder of an artilleryman named
Goff, in the year 1832.
John Donoghue, a sergeant of police at Blarney, near
Cork, in Ireland, in consequence of instructions received by
Major Miller, Inspector of Police for Munster, through
the authority of the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, had orders
to proceed with the warrant of the Lord-Lieutenant, as
well as the Coroner's warrant, to England, to apprehend
the prisoner. On his arrival in London he went to the
Mansion House, when the Lord Mayor
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on the sth of August, in the year 1832, was in the company
of several of his countrymen at the Barrack Canteen at Bal-
lancolley, near Cork ; a quarrel took place between the pri-
soner and his party, and some artillerymen. Peace was
restored, and the prisoner and his companions left the can-
teen, wishing all " Good-bye," and they were wending their
way homewards, when about two miles from the canteen
the prisoner and his associates met the deceased, who was
returning with his comrade to their barracks, when the pri-
soner gave the signal for attack. The deceased, who had
not been in the canteen, received a fatal blow, and his com-
rade was left for dead on the road. The deceased and his
surviving comrade were conveyed to the barrack hospital.
The survivor was confined to the hospital some time. Nei-
ther the deceased nor his comrade were known to the mur-
derer or his associates, and it is supposed that the latter,
being worsted in their attack upon the artillerymen at the
canteen, were determined to wreak their vengeance on
some of the regiment, and meeting the deceased and his
comrade they rendered them the victims.
A person from Ireland identified the prisoner as the party
who gave the fatal blow.
When the prisoner was informed that he would be forth-
with removed to Ireland to take his trial for the murder,he
evinced much uneasiness. He was removed to the lock-
up cell, and when there begged that he might have some-
thing to drink, and also an interview with some of his
countrymen, upwards of 100 of whom were waiting out-
side to hear the issue of the examination. This was denied,
lest a project had been formed for his rescue. The prisoner
was afterwards conveyed under an escort to prison, prior to
from England.
his removal