The Sun.
London, England, 1869-06-18 00:00:00

MARL BOROUGH-S T REE T.

FRIT:D.—IMITATION COINS. —Frederick George Harri-
son, a well-dressed young man, was charged with know-
ingly uttering two medals resembling the current coin of
the nation, with intent to defraud, and also with obtaining
10s. from Sarah Hicks, a young woman, by fraud.
Mr. Pollard prosecuted for the Mint authorities.
The prisoner passed the night with the young woman
Hicks, and on leaving put two coins on the table, with
the words " To Hanover" on them, and asked her for 10:3.
change which she gave him, believing the coins to be
sovereigns. She asking him whether they were good,
and he said they were, and on her following him he
threatened to split her head. The next day he mot
Hicks and told her, referring to the giving of the coins
that that was the way ho got hiyliviug. She afterwards
gave him into custody.
The pr:suncr asked the prosecutrix wk,ther be was
sure he was the man who gave her thi c ut s, and site said
she was, and a witness also swore the p,oSiDer wits the
man she having lent him a pa,At of cards to show her the
" three card trick," and to tell pictures with.
D:ckius, 1. ell, said that ou taking the prisoner hit
custody ho said that he had an objection to walking
through the streets with a constalAe, and ask, tl to have a
Hansom cab. On searching him he found upon hint a
similar medal to those produced.

The prisoner said ho was innocent of obtaining the 103.
rotti the prosecntrix.

Mr. Pollard said that a clauso had Wen recoatly intro-
duced into the Currency Act to meet such cases as the
present, where medals resembling the current coin of the
realm were uttered.

Mr. Tyrwhitt committed the prisoner for trial on both
charges.

WESTMINSTER.

CHARGE or ROBBING A PARTNER. —Mr. John Gladwin
was re-examined, charged with stealing £270, the moneys
of a copartnership entered into between him and John
Edward Turbell.

Mr. James Lewis prosecuted ; Mr. Ribton, instructed by
Mr. W. D. Smyth of Rochester, defended.

On the 4th of December the partnership commenced in
the Fulham-road, the business being that of auctioneers
and estate agents ; they put £250 each into the concern,
and the money was banked at the London and Suburban,
Fulham-road ; the cheiues were to be initialed by the
partner who did not draw them, and several were so drawn,
tut on February 2 the prisoner drew one for £270 without
initialing, and then absconded, living under an assumed
name in the country. Turbell had brought au action, and
recovered half the amount from the bank, and there was
still a balance of over £lOO in the bank belonging to the
partnership. _

The evidence was conflicting about the countersigning,
the clerk stating that if it were so it should have been en-
tered in their books.

Prosecutor was cross-examined by Mr. Ribton at great
length to show that they had quarrelled and prisoner had
wished to determine the partnership and agreement, but
nothing was elicited.

Prisoner was again remanded, bail in £lOO being re-
quired.

THAMES.

A DANGEROUS MISCREANT.—WiIIiam Bass, aged forty
years, described as a mendicant, was brought before Mr.
Paget, charged with being drunk and disorderly, and
wilfully breaking a gas lamp, value 35., in Whitechapel.
Tho prisoner was ragged, dirty, and had not been washed,
shaved, or hot or cold water applied to his head, face, and
body since he was last in prison, and a more disgusting
object was never seen. lie applied at the H division
station-house, in Whitechapel, yesterday evening for
,an
order for the casual ward, and told by Newman, No. 20 H,
that he was too early and must come later. The prisoner,
who was very drunk, abused the constable, and made a
great disturbance. He said he would soon have an order
for the casual ward or for a prison. Soon afterwards the
constable heard a crash in the street, and upon going out
SAW a gas lamp and iron post, belonging to the White-
chapel Board of Works, broken up into a hundred pieces,
and the prisoner standing by exulting in the mischief he
had done.

Mr. Paget asked the prisoner if he meant to spend
all his time in prison.
The prisoner—I want my rights. '
Mr. Paget--Your rights ? You deserve a sound flog-
ging ; you are a dissipated, drunken, mischievous follow.
Newman— lie has been committed to prison twice in
the course of the last six weeks.

Mr. Paget—Ho has been committed to prison 100 times.
11e is a nuisance to society. The prisoner was committed
by mo four years and a half ago, when I was just ap-
pointed. 110 is a destructive ill-conditioned impostor, a
regular mendicant. It is no use to fine him. Ho is sen-
tenced to two months' imprisonment and hard labour.
Take him away, and don't let him remain hero a moment
longer.

METROPOLITAN RArLWAY.—On Tuesday last their
Highnesses Hassan Paella, the son of the Viceroy of
Egypt, and his cousin, Prince Tussoun Paella, son of the
late Viceroy, Said Paella, attended by Colonel Gramble,
C. 8., and their respective suites, made a minute inspec-
tion of the Underground Railway from Westminster-
bridge to Moorgate-street. Mr. Fowler, the engineer
of tho company, and Mr. Myles Fenton, the general
manager, describcl the peculiar works and system of
working and signalling of the line. Their High-
nesses expressed their great admiration: of the works,
and their astonishment at the vast numbers of passengers
and the facility and safety with which they were con-
veyed.
In the Divorce Court this morning the Judge
Ordinary refused to decree dissolution of marriage in the
case of Fitzgerald v. Fitzgerald, but told the petitioner
she could have judicial separation on the ground Of
adultery.