The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-02 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Oct. 2.

MANSION-HOUSE.—A young Frenchman of
rather respectable appearance, who gave the name
of Louis Dobelle, was brought before the Lord
Mayor, charged with uttering counterfeit coin
under rather singular circumstances.
The prisoner, when placed at the bar, pretended
not to be able to speak or to understand English,
although it was stated that he had previously been
heard to do so perfectly well. ' The evidence was
consequently explained to him by Minchull, one of
the Mansion House officers, who appeared to have

a perfect knowledge of French, and translated the
evidence to the prisoner with great fluency.
Henry Stowell, a cab-driver, stated that on
Saturday afternoon the prisoner hailed him in
Fleet-street, and told him to drive to Lombard-
street, and lie pulled him up at the corner of a pas-
sage. He got out and asked witness if he had got
45., and he replied that he had, and handed them
to him, and the prisoner then gave him a five shil-
ling piece and also twopence for a glass of ale, and
then walked away very fast up the passage. He
suspected that something was wrong and went to a
public-house and offered the five shilling piece to
the landlord, who at once detected that it was a
counterfeit and bent it. Witness then drove round
by the Mansion House, where he accidentally saw
the prisoner, and called out to him that he wanted
him, upon which the prisoner ran off, but he got
down from his cab and pursued him until he was
stopped by an officer.
James Gash, another cab driver said, on Thurs-
day last, about five minutes past ten o'clock at
night, the prisoner engaged his cab at the Found-
ling rank, and told him to drive to Long-acre.
He spoke bad English, but he understood what he
said very well. As they were going along Queen-
street some man, who was no doubt an accomplice
of the prisoner, hailed him, and the prisoner shortly
after stopped him, and got out, and asked
him if he had four shillings. (A laugh.) The pri-
soner then handed him a five shilling piece, and he
gave him two florins, and the prisoner gave him
twopence and told him to get a glass of ale. He
was anxious to get the second fare, and did not
therefore pay so much attention to the coin as he
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should have done, andle turned round quickly but
could see no sign of the party who hailed him. He
went to a public-house and offered the fide shilling
piece in payment for some drink, and he was at
once told that it was bad, upon which he called out,
" Then lam done." (Laughter.) He afterwards
went to the Bow-street police-station and handed
the counterfeit piece to the inspector on duty.
Mr. Witham, an inspector of the F division of
police, produced the bad five shilling piece which
he had received from the last witness.
John Joseph, a third cab-driver, who had been
victimised, said that last Wednesday evening he
was hailed by the prisoner and another man in
Regent-circus, Oxford-street, and they both got in
and told him to drive to eranbourn-street,'Leicester-
square. The companion of the prisoner got out at
Bear-street, and told him that the prisoner could
not speak English, and he directed him to drive to
Porter-street, Newport-market. He did so, and the
prisoner got out, and then inquired if he had got
four shillings. (Roars of laughter, in which the
witness joined.) He gave the four shillings to
him and the prisoner handed him a five shilling
piece.
The Lord Mayor—lt was only a sixpenny fare,
was it ?
The witness said it was only a sixpenny fare, and
he thought the prisoner was rather liberal, and
this threw him off his guard.
The Lord Mayor inquired if the prisoner said
anything else to him ?
The witness said that after he gave him the five
shilling piece he told him that he would see if he
had any halfpence to give him something to drink,
and he felt his pockets and gave him twopence.
The prisoner pretended to ring at the bell of the
house where he stopped, and fie had a little dog
under his arm, and he said, " My leetel dog is very
cold and wet, and I shall be glad to get him in-doors
in de warm." (Laughter.)
The Lord Mayor inquired how the witness knew
that the prisoner pretended to ring at the bell ?
He replied that he went afterwards to inquire,
and ascertained that the people of the house knew
nothing about him. He discovered that the five
shilling piece was bad when he paid it in to the
foreman in the cab-yard.
Inspector Witham said there was a great number
of similar charges against the prisoner. In all the
cases cabmen appear to have been the sufferers.
The Lord Mayor said the prisoner seemed to have
singled out the cabmen as his peculiar victims.
(A laugh.)
Thomas Clemenson, another cab-driver, said that
about three weeks ago he was hired by the pri-
soner and another man in the Haymarket, and was
told to drive to Long-acre.
The Lord Mayor—Another sixpenny fare ?
Witness—Exactly, your lordship. (Laughter.)
When I got to Long-acre the prisoner handed me
a florin, and asked if I had got a shilling.
(Laughter.) I gave him a good shilling, and he
went away, and I then found out that the two
shilling piece was a bad one. The prisoner did not
give him any ale. (Renewed laughter.)
The Lord" Mayor said that this was the unkindest
cut of all. (Laughter.)
The witness added that the moment he discovered
the coin was a: bad one, he threw it into the fire,
as, being a cabman, he thought he might get
into trouble it he was found in possession of bad
money.
Henry Hayes, City policeman, deposed that he
saw the prisoner running towards him in George-
street, Mansion-house, on Saturday evening, and he
etopped him, and the prosecutor came up and
charged him with passing a counterfeit ss. piece to
him. He searched the prisoner, and found upon
him 13s. in good money. He afterwards picked up
a bad half-crown on the route the prisoner had
taken.

The prisoner was remanded in order that the
Mint solicitcr might have an opportunity of attend
ing.

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