The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-22 00:00:00

THE IRISH BRIGADE.

It appears from a letter in the Limerick, Reporter
of last night that a grand banquet is to be given to
the Limerick, Glare, and Tipperary contingents of
the late Irish Brigade, on Monday evening, Dec. 3,
in the theatre of that city, and that General Lame-
riciere, Major O'Reilly, Cardinal Wiseman, and
Archbishop Cullen will attend. Preparations on
an extensive scale, it is said, are being made for the
event, which is expected to come off with unusual
eclat,

POLICE INTELLIGENCE--Nov. 21.

BOW-STREET.—An elderly woman, named
Bridget Kennedy, who has been several times com-
mitted for offences against the Excise laws, ap-
peared before Mr. Corrie, to answer a summons
charging her with removing, or being concerned in
removing, two gallons and one quart of illicit

spirits.
The case for the prosecution was conducted by
Mr. Dwelly, and Mr. Beard appeared for the de-
fendant, who pleaded not guilty.
An Excise officer, named Pargiter, deposed—On
the 22d September, in consequence of information
I had received, I went to the chief office of the
Parcels Delivery Company, in Fetter-lane, where
this box was shown to me. (The witness produced
a small deal box, wrapped in coarse canvas.) I
opened the box and found in it a tin case and a
bladder, both full of spirits. I saw it packed up
again, and directed that it should be forwarded
to its destination. I saw it placed in a cart.
It was addressed to " Mr. Kennedy, 2, Angel and
Porter-court, Golden-lane, Barbican." I went with
another officer, to Golden-lane, where I awaited
the arrival of the Parcels Delivery Company's cart.
When it drove up, the man in charge of it alighted,
and taking the box out of the cart, went up Angel
and Porter-court to the house No. 2, where the de-
-1 fendant lives. I have known her for years, and
during nearly the whole of that time she has occu-
pied the same room on the ground-floor of that
house. I followed the man up the court and con-
cealed myself behind a projection of the building.
The man called out "Is the name Kennedy here ?"
The defendant, whose voice I at once recognised,
replied " Yes, all right." He said, " I have a parcel
for the name of Kennedy." She again said it was
" all right." The man then said, "Let me see, is it
paid ?" Mrs. Kennedy said " Yes," took the box,
and carried it to her own room. I followed her
into the room, where I saw her daughter, Mrs.
Tatham. There was also in the room another
woman whom I did not know. I asked Mrs. Ken-
nedy what she had there. She dropped the box on
the floor and said, " I don't know what it is." She
knew me perfectly well. I said " You have spirits
there. Have you any permit or certificate for it ?"
She again said, " I don't know what it is." The
daughter said "It must be a plot." I said, "It
cannot be much of a plot, when you have been re-
ceiving it for the last six weeks, and we have this
morning taken the still where it was made." She
made no reply. I seized the box and found that it
contained two gallons of spirits in the tin case and
one quart in the bladder. They were of illicit manu-
facture, such as is only made in private stills, and
were 12 over proof. The woman whom I did not
know had with her two wine bottles, which are
called "reputed quarts," holding about a pint and
a half each. She had lately been "in trouble" for
an offence against the Excise laws, and came out
of prison in July. She is a widow, and there is
no Mr. Kennedy.
The portion of Mr. Pargiter's evidence relating
to the delivery of the parcel was corroborated by
George Peterkin, the driver of the Parcels Deli-
very Company's cart.
A boy named Alfred Sparrel, conductor of one
of the Parcels Delivery Company's carts, deposed
—I know that box. I have delivered it about
half a dozen times at Mrs. Kennedy's, in Angel
and Porter-court. I sometimes gave it to defen-
dant herself, and sometimes left it for her with
the woman at the next house.
Cross-examined—lt was a box like that. There
is not any mark by which I know it again.
Edward Smith—l am a bootmaker, and live at
Itopemaker's walk, Limehouse. I formerly lived at
Hope-terrace, where I kept a branch office of the
London Parcels Delivery Company. I used to re-
ceive parcels to be forwarded by the carts. I know
that box. I have had it left at least a dozen times
at my place in July and September. It was al ways
left by the same man, and always directed to the
same address, "Mr. Kennedy, 2, Angel and Por-
ter-court." I am sure it is the same box, as I
often examined it particularly. I noticed the smell,
which was very peculiar. When I shook it there
was a splashing sound, showing that it contained
some liquid.
,1 Mr. Beard contended that, though the defen-
-1 (lanes antecedents were such as might lead the
Excise to keep a sharp eye on her, and though the
facts of the present case were suspicious, there was
no evidence to show that she knew the nature of
I the contents of the box, which was not directed
to her, but to " Mr," Kennedy.
Mr. Corrie said that Mr. Beard had exhibited
great ingenuity in rising and arguing the point,
and there might be some doubt if the previous facts
alluded to oily applied as showing her antece-
dents. But the evidence of the boy showed that
he bad frequently delivered to her this box,
or one like it; and there was no doubt that it
was the same. When this fact was taken in
connexion with the evidence of Mr. Smith,
who was quite sure that the box so often
booked at his office was the same now produced—
when he took this circumstance, in connexion with
the fact that she evidently knew the parcel was in-
tended for her, he was satisfied that the case was
made out beyond the possibility of reasonable doubt,
and he should convict her of the offence.
Mr. D welly pressed for the full penalty, as ehe
had se frequently offended before.
She was accordingly fined in the full penalty of
£lOO.

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WESTMINSTER.—EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF
SKITTLE SHARPING.—Just before the rising of the
court, two men named Gibbons and Thompson,
were brought before Mr. Paynter, charged with
defrauding a young man of £23 by skittle-sharping.
Nathaniel Parsons, a young man between 25 and
30 years of age, said he had formerly been a ship's
steward, and now lived at 3, W oronoz,colwo-crkoaidn,
tShte.
John's-wood. On the 27th of October he was walk-
ing along Parliament-street, at 11
morning, when he was accosted by a man, who en-
tered into conversation with him, and asked himtohave a glass of ale. Re at first refused, but on
being pressed, accompanied the man to a public-
house in Parliament-street. while there, another
man, who seemed a stranger to prosecutor's com-
panion, came in, and after having something to
drink, asked them if they had seen a lady there,
better
ra rsch_ e
They repliedetween the two men
in the negative,
whom he described.
anw arastghuembee
say-
ing he could hit a mark 10 shoe, the
tehseosuetc second aa La cit
to hwehno
Im2,anatso
paces, and the other b •
ettmg against
his doing so.
They then agreed to repairumpire;
he did so, and all went to a
publichouse in Orchard-street, Westminster. The
men seemed very
much surprised at there being no
shooting gallery there ; but meeting the two pri-
soners, ,apparently er stran g s to them, all four had
several games of
skittles,
and some pounds changed
hands. Gibbons then asked prosecutor to play, tell-
ing him he
. would be certain to win as much again as
he staked •
,they were to put down £3 each, and
not having the
money, prosecutor went with
Gibbons and pawned his watch and .chain for £2
155.) making up £3 from
his pocket..
All but the

prisoner Thompson staked £3 each, Thompson
holding the money, and prosecutor lost.
Mr. Paynter inquired whether he was drunk at
the time.

Prosecutor replied he was not, but he just took a
couple of sips from some ale prisoners asked him to
drink, which tasted very bitter and singular. After
he had lost his £3, prisoners said he could not afford
that, and had better get some more and win it back
He said he could not afford to lose so much, as he
had been paid off some time ago, and had been at
home ill, the sea air not agreeing with him.
Mr. Paynter—Nor that on land either seemingly.
Prosecutor continued—They learnt from his con-
versation that he had £2O at home, and proposed
that he should fetch it. Thompson accordingly
went with him, and they brought the £2O back to
the public-house. Gibbons had a number of notes
and staked these against prosecutor's £2O in the
hands of Thompson, the bet being that prosecutor
did not knock the nine pins down in 10 times. He
knocked them down in about four times, and of
course won the money, but the prisoners then said
that he was to have knocked the skittles down in
three times, and had lost.

Mr. Paynter—Then you did not recover your
£2O ?

Prosecutor—No, your worship.
Mr. Paynter—What followed ?
Prosecutor—Prisoners and their companions said
they had better go. Gibbons accompanied me out
to the corner of the street, and then said to me
" Run down there as fast as you can."
Mr. Payn ter—What were you to run for?
Prosecutor—That's what I want to know; but
they had worked upon my nerves in some way.
Mr. Paynter—So it seems.
Prosecutor—lt struck me then that there was
something wrong. I went back to the house to see
if the others were there, but some one pulled me
down some stairs and bolted a door upon me while
they escaped, and I did not see them again till to-
day.
Mr. Paynter—Have you ever read the news-
papers ?

- Prosecutor—Not often, sir.
Mr. Paynter—Then I would advise you to for
the future, as you will then know a good deal more
than you seem to know.

Sergeant William Hornsley, 14 F, said he was
on duty in Drury-lane at 12 that day, when he saw
the prisoners and two others pass him, and prose-
cutor said that they had robbed him of £23. He
followed them into Russell-square, and should have
taken them, but could not get assistance. At last
Wm. Fish, 331 A, seized them, but one struck him,
and all but Gibbons (who also resisted) escaped, and
witness took Thompson. On searching Gibbons,
he was wearing a sham massive gold chain, and he
found upon him some false notes, which were com-
monly used in these transactions ; one purporting
to be a £5 note, drawn upon the Commercial Bank-
ing Company of Sidney, New South Wales ; ano-
ther, a £lO note, on the Royal Bank of Australia,
Hobart Town ; and :the third, which at first sight
appeared to be a good note, turned out to be as
follows :
£lO Bank of Engraving. £lO
I propose to engrave and print in letter-press
and copper-plate cards, bills, circulars, &c., in the
first style of elegance, with the greatest accuracy
and despatch, or forfeit the sum of £lO.
1831, April 29. For SELF and Co.
£lO.
The note in other respects resembled a good one.
If a remand were granted he thought he should
apprehend the others.
Prisoners were remanded for a week.

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