The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-01 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Dec. 31.

MANSION-HOUSE.—Samuel Smith, a man
under 20 years of age, belonging to the K troop of
the Royal Horse Artillery, and SimonWertheimer,
a general dealer, were brought up under the follow-
ing circumstances :
Francis May, constable 613, said—l found the
prisoners last night quarrelling in Irongate-lane,
and upon asking them what was the matter, Smith
said he belonged to the Royal Horse Artillery, and
that he had sold his regimental clothes toWertheim-
er, who refused to give them up. I took the .
pri-
soners into custody—Smith on the charge of deser- ,
tion, and Wertheimer on that of having purchased
tke regimental clothes. 1 afterwards searched Wer-
theimer's house, but did riot find the clothes.
The Lord Mayor—Did Wertheimer say anything
to you when you took him into custody?
Witness—He denied ever having seen the other
prisoner in his lite till that moment.
Smith—This man (Wertheimer) bought the whole
of my regimental uniform of me for ls. I after-
wards wanted my things back again, and then he
turned round and said he didn't know me. I was
carrying my clothes in a bundle near the Shoreditch
station when he stopped me and asked me if I had
anything to sell. I told him what my bundle con-
sisted of, and he gave me ls. for it.
Wertheimer—l declare most positively that I
never saw this man Smith till last night, when he
came up to me and demanded his clothes back. I
told him then, and I tell your lordship now, that I
never purchased his clothes at all. It must have
been somebody else.
The Lord Mayor—There is no evidence against
you except the statement of Smith, and you are
discharged. Smith will be remanded, in order that
the authorities at the Horse Guards may be com-
municated with.

William Jones was charged with uttering coun-
terfeit coin.

The prisoner, on the previous evening, entered
the Three Orowes public-house, Old Jewry, and
called for a pint of beer, in payment for which he
tendered a florin. This the barman immediately
detected to be bad, and returned it to him. The
prisoner said be knew where he had taken it, and
must get it changed. He then g tve the barman a
half-crown in its place. The barman handed him
back two shillings and some coppers in change,
when the'prisoner objected to one of the shillings,
which wasa little worn, and another was give, him.
After standing,' at the bar for a minute or two he
was observed to raise his hand to his mouth, and
directly afterwards he threw down a shilling, and
said, " Look here, you have given me a bad one."
The barman, finding it a " shocking" bad one, re-
turned it to him, accused him of having rung the
changes, and 'expressed his determination to give
him into custody. He went to one door to call a
policeman and during his absence the prisoner was
observed by a gentleman standing at the bar to
raise his hand to his mouth and swallow something.
He t hen attempted to rush out at the other door,
but was secured and given into custody. Upon
searching him only ls. and four pieces in copper
were found upon him, he no doubt having swal-
lowed both the bad florin and bad shilling.
The Lord Mayor—What answer have you lto
•
make to this charge, prisoner?
Prisoner—Why, I took the florin somewhere and
didn't know it was a bad one ; the barman himself
gave me the shilling.
The Lord Mayor—Where are the florin and the
shilling gone to ?
Prisoner—Well, I suppose, my lord, they fell
down in the scuffle and got kicked into the street.
The Lord Mayor—Barman, did he speak to you
in that gruff voice when he first came to your house ?
Barman—No, my lord, he spoke plainly enough.
Prisoner—Why, you see, my lord, I've been
locked up in a cold cell all night, and if that'won't
make a man speak a little gruff I don't know what

will.
The prisoner was remanded, in order that the
authorities at the Mint might be communicated
with.

GUILDHALL.—AIbert Stokman, described as
a clerk, was charged with stealing a gold watch and
chain and various articles of jewelry.
Alfred Stokman, a printer's brassrule cutter, said
—The prisoner is my cousin. On the 22d of this
month I received a letter from Mr. George Hay-
ward, a friend of mine at Portsmouth, stating that
the prisoner had stolen a gold watch and chain and
other property, and requesting me to give him
into fmstody if I saw anything of him. The priso-
ner called upon me yesterday, and I gave him into
custody. I asked him if he knew anything of Mr.
George Hayward, of 68, St. Mary's-street, Ports-
mouth, but he pooh-poohed the charge of robbing
that gentleman. I telegraphed to Mr. Hayward,
who is now present.
Mr. George Hayward said—l am a publican, at
68, St. Mary's-street, Portsmouth. The prisoner
called at my house for the first time on the 6th of
the present month. I did not see him until after
he was in bed, when I went up to his room, and
he said he called upon friends of mine in London,
but I had no knowledge of him. As he was in
bed, I could not turn him out, and in the morn-
ing he left, and did not return until the evening.
He remained at my house until the morning of
the 90, when he purposed coming to London. I
went up to my bedroom for my overcoat, intend-
ing to accompany him as far as Landport, and he
returned to his bedroom on the same floor.
I put on my hat and coat and came down stairs,
leaving my gold watch and chain and some trin-
kets on my dressing table and the room door open.
While I was putting my coat on the prisoner came
into my room to speak to me, and I went down
leaving him in the room, but he followed me
almost immediately after, and eventually took the
train to London. When I returned home I missed
my watch and chain, and afterwards found them
pawned with a Mr. Hawgood, of Lam port, and
the!pawnbroker described the person pledging them
in every respect corresponding with the prisoner.
The prisoner denied the charge.
Alderman Cubitt said there was sufficient evi-
dence to justify him in sending the prisoner to
Portsmouth to be dealt with.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—Thomas Moore
was brought up for final examination charged with
several acts of embezzlement.
The first charge was for embezzling a check for
8/. 65., drawn by Lady Carteret in payment of a
bill due to Mr. Jones, estate agent, Park-street.
Lady Carteret. 13, Chesterfield-street, Mayfair,
said on the 24th of November she sent a check in a
letter to Mr. Jones, of 72, Park-street, and shortly
afterwards she received by post a receipt which she
now produced.
Frederick Jones, estate agent, 72, Park-street,
said the prisoner was formerly in his service as
confidential clerk, and (was authorised to receive
money on his account. It was the duty of the
prisoner immediately to pay over to him all moneys
received. He had never, received a letter from
Lady Carteret enclosing a check for 81. 65., nor had
he sent any receipt for such sum. After the pri-
soner had left his service he had suspicions of his-
honesty, and he went to Ealing, where the prisoner
lived, and in a drawer he found a letter from Lady
Carteret, referring to a check for 81. 6s. The re-
ceipt sent to Lady Carteret was in the prisoner's
handwriting,. and the amount for which it purported
to be a discharge had never been paid over to him
by the prisoner, nor was there any entry of such
payment in the books. There was another amount
of 101. 10s. received frcm Mrs. Bovell, -which the
prisoner had received and not accounted for.
Mrs. Bovell, 34, Glocester-terrace, Hyde-park,
said about the 14th of October she paid 101. 103. to
the prisoner on account of Mr. Jones.
George Cox, head clerk to Messrs Drummonds,
paid the check drawn by Lady Carteret in favour
of Mr. Jones to some man, but could not identify
the prisoner.
Police-constable Wells, C 172, said when he took
the prisoner into custody he said it was a bad job,
and he admitted having received three accounts,
and that he had kept the money.
The third charge was not proceeded with.
The prisoner was fully committed on two oases.
James Fitzgerald was charged with stealing 861.
7s. 6d., the property of his master, Hypolite De-
bora, lamp manufacturer, 35, Gerrard-street, Soho.
Hypolite Dehors said the prisoner had been in
his service as porter fur about three years. On
Tuesday, the 22d of December, he told the prisoner
to get from Mr. Passant a check for 761., to get it
cashed, and, with a sum of money, 10/. 7s. Gd.,
which he also gave him, to pay the whole amount
to a tradesman named Hessell. The prisoner went
out, but never returned, and witness gave informa-
tion to the police.
Joan Hessell, oil merchant, Old Broad-street,
said the prisoner had not paid him any money.
E lmund Scholefield, clerk to Messrs. Prescott
and Co., said a check was presented for 761., and
the amount was paid to the presenter in gold, be-
cause gold was required.
Police-sergeant Glass, C 3, said he took the priso-
ner into custody at No. 9, Tower-street, for stealing
861. 7s. Gd. The prisoner, when at the station-
house, said he had lost the money and was afraid
to return to his master. He asked the prisoner
why he got the check cashed all in gold. The pri•
,aict lee drd not ask fur ge:cl at the hankeis'.
Tut) pri6uiler was fully co.utpitted..

.ESTIII.NSTER. ---Ezkti3er Delley, id. i (Mk-
-70111:)11, was finally elanniied, charged with
stelling a great quantity of silver plate, table linen,
and other articles, the property of her master.
Prisoner had beeu in the service of the Rev.
Albert Augustus Isaacs, of 24, Stanley-street,

Pimlico, since last March. About a fortnight ago
that gentleman missed a great quantity of plate,
and table and bed-linen, when the prisoner admitted
that she bad pawned the property, and gave him 31
pawnbrokers' duplicates relating to it.

The accused pleaded guilty.
Mr. Arnold observed that in consideration of the
facility which had been afforded the prisoner to
dispose of the property, he should only commit her
for four months' hard labour.

CLERKENWELL.—Augusta Leigh, a respect-
ably-dressed woman, residing at 10, Park-place,
Liverpool-road, appeared in answer to a summons
taken out against her by the parish authorities of
St. Mary's, Islington, which charged her with as-
saulting Susan Dan.
Mr. Wakeling, solicitor, was present on behalf
of the defendant, but no particulars were gone into
in consequence of the illness of the poor girl, who
is confined to her bed in the workhouse infirmary,
and the absence of a medical witness. The case was

then adjourned for a week, but in consequence of
the continued illness of the girl, and the fear be-
fore that time arrived she would die, Mr. Tyrwhitt,
accompanied by Mr. Mould, the chief clerk,
and Bayliss, the chief usher, attended at the
Islington workhouse, for the purpose of taking her
deposition.
The injured girl, who was confined to her bed,
and presented a frightful appearance, having had
the oath administered to her by Bayliss, in answer
to the questions of Mr. Spading, the solicitor to
the trustees, stated as follows :—I was formerly in
the service of Mrs. Leigh, and while there she was
continually ill-using me. About a fortnight since,
on a Monday, the defendant struck me on the head
with a poker, and hurt we very much. The day
before she struck me on the eye with her hand. Be-
cause I upset a bath she struck me on the lower
part of the body with a chopper. The defendant
also hit me over the head with a poker on the
Thursday before, and before that she hit me in the
area with the same weapon. She also hit me seve-
ral tim s with the hearth-broom and other brushes.
The cuts on my head were all caused by my mis-
tress, who has ill-used me all the time I was in her
service. There was another servant in the house,
but she never struck me, nor did I ever fight with
'her.

In answer to questions put by Mr. Wakeling,
the poor girl said she never complained to Mrs.
Leigh about the other servant ill-using her or giv-
ing her a black eye. The other servant and her-
self had not agreed to accuse Mrs. Leigh of caus-
ing the injury. There were four persons living in
the house, but she did not tell them of what had
occurred because she wps kept in the kitchen. Mr.
Hicks, the relieving officer for Islington, called at
Mrs. Leigh's, but she did not complain to him at
all about the matter. The defendant told Mr.
Hicks that Ellen, the other servant, had given her
(the complainant) a black eye, and that they had
been fightinc, together, but that was not true.
Mr. Tyrwhitt said the case was a very serious
one. He should remand the further hearing for a

week.
Mr. Wakeliug applied that bail might be taken.
His client would be forthcoming at auy moment t'
meet the charge.
Mr. Tyrwhitt said he would accept two respon-
sible sureties in the sum of 501. each, and herself
in 1001. for her appearance that day week.

THAMES.—John M'Gratli, a tall and powerful
man, aged 26, who has been repeatedly in custody
for assaults and robberies, was charged with the
following robbery :
Captain Pearson Campion said he was master of
the ship William Pitt, of Hartlepool, lying in the
river off Limehouse. On Wednesday night he was
on his way to his ship, and pulled out his watch to
look at the time. The prisoner at the same time
camo up acd snatched it from his hand and ran
away. ge ran after the prisoner, and, without
losing sight of him, saw him stopped. The watch
was worth 4/. 10s.
William Barnes, a watchman in the Regent's
Canal Dock, stated that he saw the prisoner run
into Noah's Ark-alley, Limehouse. The prosecutor
was running after him. He stopped the prisoner,
and the prosecutor said to him, " You have stolen
my watch." The prisoner said nothing to that,
and was given into custody.
The prisoner said he was not guilty, but Mr.
Yardley committed him for trial.

SOIITHWARK.—Wm. Elliott and Wm. Fish,
alleged to be the proprietors of the Temperance
Loan Society, 15, New-cut, Lambeth, were charged
with committing an assault on Mr. Walter Kirk,
of Wardrobe-place, Doctors'-commons.
The complainant stated that he was clerk to
Messrs. Newton and Son, solicitors. He was ac-
quainted with a young widow who had recently
been left with three children, and a few days ago
she obtained a situation in a gentleman's family in
Lancashire, but had not the means to proceed to
her destination. On Saturday last she informed:attht
him
et
TemptehraatnesheeLhoaadn
Society,applied faotrlas,loNanevrof-c3u/t.
she had told the persons there that she was g
to a situation in Lancashire, and could givegre no
going
security than her own. She gave her add
and paid ls. out of the only half-crown she had s's'
the world for inquiry money, and was toldthatslline
should have au answer on Saturday morning. Wit-
ness at once saw through the affair, as it was not
likely that any one, much less a loan society, would
lend 31. without security to a woman who was going
nearly 200 miles in the country. Finding that no
person from the loan society called on Saturday,
he was persuaded that the poor widow was done out
of her shilling ; consequently on that evening wit-
ness went to 15, New-cut, where he found " The
Temperance Loan Society" held in the kitchen.
Mr. Combs asked him what was his object in
going there ?
Witness replied that he considered the widow had
been done out of her shilling, and he went there
to get the names of the parties, with a view of
suing them in the County Court. He acted
merely ea public grounds to prevent the frequent
impositions practiced by loan societies. It was
between 5 and 6 when he knocked at the door,
which was opened by a youug woman. He then
inquire I of her for the proprietors of the Tempe-
rance Loan Society, which was held in that house.
She left him at the dour, and another woman came
up horn the kitchen, and on his asking her a ques-
tion of the same kind she attempted to shut the
door, but he put his foot against it to prevent her.
One of the defendants then came up (whom he be-
lieved to be Fish), and having seized witness tried
to push him from the passage. Witness told him
he had called to ask a civil question, and he did
not intend to go until he got au answer. Fish then
struck him a blow on the chest. The other defend-
ant then came up from the kitchen and used a
vulgar expression to him. He immediately struck
witness a violent blow across tee nose, and he fell
on the pavement bleeding very much. He was par-
tially stunned from the fall, and his elbow and knee
were bruised. Witness immediately went to the
Tower-street Police-station, and, having shown the
bruises inflicted on him, a police-constable accom-
panied him back to the defendants' house and ob-
tained their names, after which he took the present
proceedings. He was positive that the shilling was
obtained with not the least intention of granting
the loan.

Mr. Combo said it was evident to him that there
was something like a conspiracy between the two
in carrying on the loan society, and when Mr. Kirk
went to make inquiries about the poor widow's
shilling they assaulted him. He should commit
them both for trial at the ensuing sessions.
Bail was accepted.
George Fox, a smart-looking young fellow of
swarthy complexion, was charged with picking
pockets in St. George's Church, Southwark.
James Wills, the beadle of the church, stated
that just as the congregation was leaving church on
the previous night he saw the prisoner very iuslus-
triously pushing himself among the crowd. Sus-
pecting his avocation he watched him, and saw
hint distinctly put his hand into several ladies'
pockets. Witness then forced his way towards
him, and caught him with his hand in a lady's
pocket. Witness asked the lady whether she had
lost anything, and she examined her pocket and
replied in the negative. He, however, handed the
prisoner over to the custody of a constable, after
he had made a desperate struggle to get away.
Wan( ss added that there were frequent robberies
at the doors of the church, and it took his utmost
vigilance to keep the thieves away.
Mr. Combe asked the prisoner whether he would
prefer being tried by him, or going to the session to
be tried by a jury ; if the former he must plead
guilty.

The prisoner, in an impudent tone, said he was
guilty, and he wished to be dealt with at once.
Mr. Combo committed him to the House of
Correctio❑ at Wandsworth for three months with
hard labour.

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