The Sun.
London, England, 1833-11-25 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HO USE.

An old woman named Rebecca Daniels appeared
before the LORD MAYOR to answer the complaint of
Mr. Michael Dinney, clerk to Messrs. Bunn and
Co., solicitors.
The Complainant on the Bth of November, went
from the office of his employer with a 101. note and
a 20/. note, for the purpose of taking them to the
Bank, but lost the notes on the way, in the neigh-
bourhood, he supposed, of Gray's Inn. He traced
the 201. note to a publican, who said that he had
received it from the defendant, to whom he had
been introduced by a lame shoemaker who resided
in the neighbourhood, and who got three halfpenny-
worth of gin for his trouble. The case had been
stated to Mr. Laing of Hatton-garden police-office,
who said that it belonged to a common-law court,
and discharged the publican ; but the woman who
got the note changed by the publican had not ap-
peared. The 10/. note was pinned to the 20/. note
at the time they were lost, but he had heard nothing
at all of the former. He submitted that the con-
duct of the publican on the occasion was most extra-
ordinary, as admitted by the defendant.
The ,ORD MAYOR asked the woman how it hap-
pened that she appropriated money to which she had
no claim to her use ?
The defendant, on the 9th of November, kicked
the 20/. note before her in Fuller's-rents, and, see-
ing what it was, took it to the publican, who changed
it for her.
The LORD MAYOR—Did you go to anybody in
order to have it advertised
The defendant went to look at the newspapers
immediately after she found the note, and seeing
no advertisement in three morning papers, which
she examined at three different public-houses, she
went to the publican and showed him the note. He
said if he were allowed 14 he would change it ;
and when she consented he said that he must have
21. She then:gave him 2/., and received from him
eighteen sovereigns, with some of which she paid
her rent, redeemed her clothes, and comforted her
sick husband. As for the 10/. note, she declared
that nothing of the kind was pinned to the one she
found.

The LORD MAYOR said the publican's conduct
was highly reprehensible. The case appeared to
him to he in the very close neighbourhood of a lar-
ceny, and thepublican had better see to the necessity
of making an arrangement with the complainant if
he had any value for his own character or his own
safety. IN Lordship added that it was evident
the woman had not told the whole truth, inasmuch
as she acknowledged nothing about the 101. The
matter, however, should not drop.
The defendant never thought she had done wrong,
and knew nothing of any other note than that for 204
The LORD MAYOR—How much of this gentle-
man's money have you got ? The defendant—Just
71.; all I have in the world.
The LORD MAYOR—Give it to him.
She immediately handed to the complainant seven
sovereigns.

The LORD MAYOR (to the complainant)—Now
go to the publican and ask him for the difference. If
it be necessary to proceed by action, your employers
well know how to deal with him ; but if he comes
within my jurisdiction, and he does not act pro-
perly, he shall hear from rne, and the case shall come
formally before the public.
A gentleman in the justice-room said that the
publican was in extremely good circumstances, and
was well worth the powder and shot of the so-
licitors.

An old man, named John Humphries, was
brought up,
A cabman stated that the gentleman had Ilred
him the night before to drive from Barbican to the
Kent-road, and afterwards ordered him to drive to
different places. The journey at last ended at Bar-
bican, where it commenced, and the fare amounted
to 6s. Bd., which was insultingly refused. The sta-
tion-house was then resorted to.
The defendant said that the true fare was no more
than Bd., for the fact was, the cab merely went up
and down Barbican, although the driver swore that
he had gone to so great a distance.
The cabman said the gentleman was drunk upon
getting in, hnt the sobered him.

The defendant—He dropped me at my own
house, and insisted on the policeman dragging me
out, although he knew I lived there, and he might
summon me.

Some of the officers said that the defendant was
now and then in the hab't of taking a long ride,
which his sound sleep induced him to think was a
short one.

The LORD MAYOR blamed the policeman for
having taken the old gentleman out of the house,
and refused to order the cabman his expenses, in
consequence of such illegal interference. The price
of the jaunt was, however, advised to be paid.