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London, England, 1856-05-29 00:00:00

EVE NING-, MAY 99, 1856.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—May 28,

BOW-STREET.—Thos.Benson, who described him-
self as a shoemaker, was brought up on remand, charged,
on his own confession, with having some 13 years ago
forged a cheque for 15/., on Mr. Frederic Barlow, a soli-
citor at Cambridge, by whom he was at that time em-
ployed as clerk.
A few days since the prisoner presented himself at the
Bow-street station, and made a statement to the inspec-
tor on duty, Mr. Mackenzie, to the following effect :
That about 13 years ago he was employed as copying
clerk by Mr. Barlow, a solicitor in good practice in Cam-
bridge, and clerk to the bench of magistrates there That
one day he found on his employer's desk a cheque for 151.
filled up, but not signed. This he took away, and having
forged Mr. Barlow's signature, he got change at a pub-
lic-house, where ha was known. He entrusted the money
to a " friend," at whose instigation he had committed
the offence. This man had promised to return the money
next day, and if that promise had been kept he woula
have recovered the cheque and destroyed IL But he
I failed to do so, and the publican paid the check away.
Discovery being now imminent, prisoner absconded and
had continued ever since to evade the search which was
made after him. He had had very good employment as
a shoemaker (under a false name), but had never been
able to make up the sum of money to make restitution,
while in the meanwhile he suffered such mental a ;ony
as he could no longer endure. He, therefore, wished to
give himself up to justice.
When brought before the magistrate he reiterated this
statement. He said he could not rest till the matter was
investigated. It would be a relief to his mind to undergo
the penalty the law required. He hoped that Mr. Barlow,
who was a very goad-hearted man, would take pity on
him, and remembering his general good conduct, to which
this was the only exception, would recommend him to
mercy at the trial. But should it be otherwise he would
rather undergo the full penalty, whatever that might be,
than remain in his present distress of mind.
.He was remanded in order that Mr. Barlow should be
communicated with, and it was ascertained that his story
was perfectly true. Mr. Barlow however declined to pro•
ceed against him, so long a period having elapsed.
The prisoner on being planed at the bar for the second
time, and informed of Mr. Barlow's decision, exclaimed
—" Thank God for that. It will relieve my mind from
the weight that is on it. Now I will go back to my
work with fresh spirit and try to earn money to repay
Mr. Barlow." He was then discharged.

WEST mINSTER. —Edmund Scott, Catherine Black- I
man, and Martha Moore, the first named of whom was
terribly disfigured in the face, were charged with the fol-
lowing daring outrage.
Mr. William White, contractor,l36, Lillington•street,
Vauxhall-bridge-road, said—Last night, between 10 and
11 o'clock, I was coming along the Broad Sanctuary,
when the male prisoner took my handkerchief from my
pocket. I caught his hand with my handkerchief in it,
as he was drawing it from my pocket, and told him to
put it back, upon which he struck me a blow with his
other hand, on my nose, and made it bleed. I took
him by the collar, and paid him the compliment back
again. The two women at the bar, and two others who
escaped, surrounded and ill-treated me, and I was obliged
to let the male prisoner go, and he ran off, but a gentle-
man caught him in his arms, and stopped him. I rushed
up and caught him again, and we had a great scuffle.
Three women got hold of me, and a fourth and a cabman
again took the prisoner away from me, but the gentleman
who had before stopped him again caught him. I got
my handkerchief away from the prisoner, but it was
taken from me by a stout woman of the party, who
escaped.
Mr. George Humphreys, of 12, Wilton-street, Pimlico,
engineer, said— I was a little distance behind the prose-
cutor, and as he was turning round from Westminster-
bridge, by the cab rank, into the Broad Sanctuary, I
saw the male prisoner step from four women, with whom
he was conversing, and pick his pocket. When the pri-
soner was rescued from the prosecutor I caught him on
each occasion, as he has described, and I had a long and
severe struggle and conflict with him, in the course of
which he got most of the injuries he now bears. I saw the
prisoner Blackman kick Mr. White several times, and a
cabman, who was on the rank, also kicked him repeat.
edly.
Henry Fells, 279 A, was on duty in Palace•yard,
and bearing a cry of police rushed to the spot, and found
the male prisoner and Mr. Humphreys lying on the
ground side by side. The male prisoner made so despe-
rate a resistance, assisted by his companions, that it
was not until the arrival of five constables that the
accused were captured.
Mr. Dayman haviog intimated his intention of sending
the case for trial, the accused importuned him to dispose
of the matter summarily, but he observed that the case
was of so flagrant a description that the law required
him to send it for trial at the Central Criminal Court.
The prisoners, who made no answer to the charge,
were accordingly committed.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—VIOLENT OUTRAGE
ON A FEMALE.—GROSS CASE OF BRUTALITY.—Joha M.
Curtis, a powerful-looking fellow, Wa4 placed at the bar
before Mr. Bingham, charged with a violent and unpro-
voked assault upon a female named Ellen Howe, who
had been cohabiting with the prisoner during the last
three years, at No. 4, Monmouth-court, Seven Dials.
It appeared from the eviden3e of theprosesutrix, whose
face was severely bruised and lacerated, that on Tuesday
morning last, at an early hour, the prisoner got out of
bed and abused her terribly. He went to a neighbouring
public-house and obtained some drink, after which he
returned and called her vile names. He then struck her
on the mouth, and forced her violently upon the ground,
and while she was in a helpless and unguarded position,
he kicked her, and otherwise ill-treated her. The blows
were inflicted with his heavy boots, whereby she sus-
tained a frightful wound which disfigured the left side of
her mouth, and tore away a portion of the flesh. Tne
prosecutrix called for help, when the police arrived and
took the prisoner int) custody.
The prosecutrix, who appeared to be suffering consider-
able pain, said, in answer to Mr. Bingham, that she had
lived with the prisoner three years, and during that time
she had been subjected to a course of gross ill-treatment.
He had been in prison twice for cruelty towards her. On
the first occasion the prisoner was incarcerated for one
month, and, secondly, he was sentenced' to two months'
imprisonment.
Mr. Bingham in strong terms remarked on the base
and cruel conduct of the prisoner towards 'the prosecu-
trix, and said he was determined to do all in his power
to check such unmanly and brutal outrages.
The prisoner wa3 committed for six months, with
hard labour.

LA.MBETH.—THE LATE BURGLARY AND EXTENSIVE
ROBBERY IN THE KENT-ROAD.—James Rogers, John
Keeing, and Joseph Hart. alias Joe Lynch, all well-
dressed persons, members of a gang of persons, as stated
by the police, who have for some considerable tune past
carried on an extensive system of plunder in warehouses
in the city of London, and at drapers' shops in the
suburbs of the metropolis, and Thomas Coxhead, a cab
driver and ex-policeman, were brought up and placed at
the bar before Mr. Elliott, for final examination, on a
charge of burglariously breaking and enterinz the pre-
mises of Messrs. Butler Brothers, extensive drapers in
the Old Kent-road, and stealing therefrom property to
the value of 250/.
It will be recollected, from what transpired at the
former examination, that, on the morning of Friday,
the 16th inst., at about 5 o'clock, a cab was seen to
drive up to the shop front of the Messrs. Batter, and
immediately after four men were seen to remove large
bales of goods from the house, and put them into the
vehicle, which drave off at a rapid rate, the four men
following it. Toe circumstance exciting the suspicion
of some persons who had ,witnessed it, they took the
number of the cab, and gave information to the police,
anal this led to the apprehension of the prisoners Rogers
and Keeling while follow,n; the cab, and they were
subsequently fully identified as the persons who were
present and assisted in removing the property from the
prosecutors' premises. The prisoner Coxhead was sub-
sequently traced to Ws residence by Sergeant Coppin,
of the P division, on the morning after the robbery ;
and, mistaking the officer for one of the "gentlemen,"
as he called them, by whom he had been employed
on the over night, he at once admitted haeing taken
the property from the Kent-road, but on disco-
vering the real character of Coppin, he became exceed
ingly cautious in his information on the subject. The
description which Coppin had of the cabman engaged in
the transisotion was, that he had large black whiskers,
and, on examining Coxhead, he discovered that, on
that morning, he had made aclean shave of both whiskers
and beard, and presented a smooth and bare face.
Police-constable Henry Bingley, of the B division, de-
posed that, in consequence of information he received,
he took the prisoner Hart into custody in the neigh-
bourhood of Tottenhaunceurt-road, on suspicion of being
concerned with the other prisoners in the robbery. The
prisoner said nothing in reply to the charge, but merely
asked him who be was, and where he was going to take
him to, and, when told, insisted on having a cab. In
reply to the questions of the magistrate, the witness
said he had frequently seen Hart in the company of
Rogers and Keeling, and saw them together within a
few. days of the robbery.
Mr. Redham, an engineer, identified Hart as one of
the four wen he had seen on the morning of the robbery.
The witness said that, though he had no doubt whatever
he was one of the men, yet he did not wish to swear
positively to his identity ; and a milkman, naved Fiver,
swore positively to the identification of Rogers and
Keeling.
Mr. Solomon and Mr. Neale, on the part of the pri-
soners, cross-examined the witnesses at some length, but
failed in eliciting anything favourable to their clients,
and all the prisoners were fully committed for trial. The
Prisoner Rogers, Keeling, and Hart, alias Lynch, have
all been before convicted of felony.
LAWYERS AND CLIENTS —A tradesman named Ro-
bertson applied to Mr. Elliott fur his advice and assist-
ance. He said that he had instructed Mr. Neale, an
himand
coats
applied at Mr.
; s and
we a
re writwrit
having been issued by him,covered. On the evening before
Neale's house for his money ; but, instead of receiving
it, he was told by Mr. Neale's brother that unless
he went about his business he should punch his head,
and was grossly insulted,land had the door shut in his
face by him and Mrs. Neale. On that morning be saw
Mr. Neale himself, who told him that he must get the
money the best way he could.
Mr. Elliott told the applicant that there were two
courses open to him—one. to bring an action, the other,
to apply to the Court:of Queen's Bench.

THAMES.—DIAI3OLICAL ATTEMPT TO SEIZE A SHIP
AND MURDER THE CREW AND PASSENGERS ON THE
HIGH SEAS —William Lewis, a determined-looking wan,
was placed at the bar before Mr. Yardley for re•exami•

nation, charged, under the Act 11 and 12 Will. 111.,
cap. 7, sec. 9, with endeavouring to incite some of the
crew of the merchant-ship Stebenhsath, of London,
Capt. J. Sergeant, to mutiny and murder the officers and
passengers, for the purpose of obtaining possession of
the gold with which it was laden, and which amounted
to 61,000 oz , of the value of 244,0001.
Mr. Humphreys appeared for the prosecution.
The following evidence was given in addition to what
was adduced at the previous examination :
Walter Boletho said that the ship left Melbourne on
the 17th of February. He was a seaman on board of
her. The next day the prisoner entered into conversa-
tion with witness about some event which took place
when he was at Callao, and asked witness if he bad ever
been there, as he thought he had seen him there. Wet-
ness replied that he never was at Callao. He then pro-
ceeded to state that he and several other men theie got a
schooner, and went towards California, being anxious to
meet with some vessels that might be on their way with
gold from the mines. After waiting about three weeks
they espied two ships. They seized one of them, in
which they found about 7,000 oz. of gold. They seized
the gold and scuttled the ship, and the prisoner added
that dead men could tell no tales. The prisoner subse-
quently sailed to England, and remained some time in
London, after which he sailed fur Port Philip. After
prisoner had told him this, he asked witness how he
would like to be in such a job as the 7,000 oz. of gold.
Witness replied, " Very well, if he could get clear." ,
Prisoner then called witness's attention on board the
vessel, observing that, if he (witness) would only stick
to him, he would have it done in 43 hours. He added,
in answer to some remarks by witness, that he had a
glass of brandy for the men in the forecastle, who, he
knew, would not refuse to take it—that he would give
them such a dose that they would not get over. When
they were disposed of if the passengers showed any re-
sistance, he would tell them that the ship was in the
hands of the crow. He then proposed to speak to a
seaman of the name of Whittington on the subject, and
previous to doing so be gave him (Whittington) a glass
of brandy, which, for a moment, overpowered him.
After he took it, he mentioned to Whittington what
he had mentioned to him (witness). Whittington, in re-
ply, said he must see his way clear first before he joined
in it. The prisoner then shook him (Whittington), and
exclaimed " Go in at once."
Mr. Humphreys—Was there anything said about the
number of those necessary to he engaged?
Witness—Yes. Lewis asked Whittington how many
men would be necessary ? Whittington replied " Not
less than half a dozen." He then asked Whittington
whom he could depend upon? Whittington replied "No
one." The prisoner stated that he came on board for
the purpose of getting the prize, and the sooner it was
done the better. "We are now," he remarked, "nearly
clear of the land."
Mr. Humphreys—Did the prisoner allude to re-
volvers ?
Witness—Yes ; he said ho had two revolvers.
You need not be frightened of a revolver,
he remarked to Whittington, "for you know
you have been at the Ballarat riot." Whittington
said he was nut more frightened than
he (Lewis) was. He then said that, when they got the
captain and mate out of the way, he and they would have
full charge of the ship. He would then take the ladder
and lay it across the hatchway so that no one should
come up.
Mr. Humphreys—l think there was some allusion
made to the women.
Witness—Yes. Lewis said, "We will kill the old
women, and keep the young women till we get to the
coast of Peru, where we will conceal the gold in the sand
and scuttle the ship, leaving the women to sink with it."
The next day, while the prisoner was in his bunk, he
called to me, He showed me two revolvers, a keg of
brandy, and some small phials. In reference to the re-
volvers he remarked that they had never deceived him,
as be was a deal shot. He put some bullets in the re-
volvers. The Wednesday following Om 20th) the pri-
soner observed that he was afraid Whittington would
have nothing at all to do with the affair. He, at the
same time remarked, " Tom ; we will get his re-
volvers." He then observed that Jonathan, meaning a
seaman of the name of Kent, must be sounded. The
prisoner went over to Kent, and returned in a few mi-
nutes, observing that Kent was as staunch as a piece of
iron.

Mr. Humphreys—Did ho not make some remark
about his revolvers ?
Witness—Yes, that with them he would stand by 50
men. On one occasion he met four men on their way
from the Avoca diggings, who were armed. He told
them to stand and deliver up everything they had. They
did so, and were glad to get away with their lives. He
was never fired at once but his opponent gat three in
return.

Mr. Humphreys—At this interview was there not
something said about the phials ha showed you in his
bunk ?
Witness—Yes. I asked him what they contained.
He said laudanum, and that when put in the keg of brandy
a glass o: it would make all hands quiet enough. There
was long Jem Phillips, and Jack, and old Harry Bluff
he must give an extra dose to, in order to make sure of
them. .

Evidence continued—On the Thursday morning the
prisoner observed to witness, " What do you mean to do
now 1" Witness replied as he bad done before. The
prisoner remarked that the vessel was then far enough
south, and that then was the time to act, as the passe.-
gers were all sea-sick in their cabins. He said he had
seen the slides outside the vessel, and that he could easily
fasten them with nails.
Mr. Yardley—That would fasten them in their cabins?
Witness—Yes, stir. He further added, that he could
then pass them through the port. I observed I would
have nothing at all to do with it. Prisoner then said
that had it not been fcr Whittingt4n and me he would
have done it all himself long before that day. He had
been waiting on shore six weeks for an escort from the
diggings, but which had no gold in it, and he then made
up his mind to try the ship, observing "That the ma-
jority of the passengers were an old grey-headed set
of --."

Mr. Humphreys—After this, you and Whittington
made a communication to the captain, the effect of which
was that the prisoner was taken into custody ?
Witness—Yes, sir, on the Friday.
Thomas Whittington repeated the evidence he gave
at the former examination, and which has already ap-
peared.
Jonathan Kent stated that the prisoner said there was
plenty of gold below, and that he would place one man
in the captain's cabin, and one in the mate's. He said
he would be able to do the work with four men, and that
he only wanted him (witness) to assist.
James Connell, chief mate, proved having taken the
prisoner into custody while he was at the wheel. He
was placed in irons.
Davis Harris, second mate, stated that he went to the
prisoner's bunk, and took possession of a keg of brandy
and a bag, which contained the revolvers, two pistols,
two bowie knives, a quantity of bullets, Sto.
Inspector White, who took the prisoner into custody
at Gravesend, produced the property.
Capt. Sergeant stated that he gave orders for the pri•
goner to be taken into custody.
The prisoner said that there were 50 sovereigns in his
belt.

Capt. Sergeant said the things were all examined in
the cabin before the passengers, and there was no money
iu the belt.
Prisoner—Did yin not threaten to shoot me ?
Capt. Sergeant—l said if you attempted to make your
escape I would shoot you.
Mr. Yardley—ls it not the practice to search the chest
or bag of sailors when they come on board ?
Witness—No, sir.
Mr. Yardley—l should thing you ought in future,
Not only you, but all captains coming from Australia.
This ought to be a warning to you.
Witne-ui—lt will be, sir.
Inspect.>r Soaw said ho assisted to taking the pri-
soner into custody, that he observed Whittington and
Bolath° had a pull at him, and that Whittington ought
to have been in his place.
The prisoner, who said he should reserve his defence,
and who, in the course of the inquiry, denied the state-
ment of Boletho,
Was committed for trial.

TICKET-01r•LEAVE CONVlCTS.—Yesterday a return or-
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incurred for the conveyance of those convicts whose
tickets of leave have been revoked to Dartmoor and
other prisons, since the act abolishing transportation, so
far as relates to the metropolitan police. The total
amount is no less than 829/.155.

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