The Sun.
London, England, 1858-10-20 00:00:00

POLICE IN2'E'LLIGENCE—Oct. 19.

GUILDHALL. Lewis Zucker, a jeweller, of
322, Oxford-street, was brought up before Alderman
Phillips, charged with falsifying a certificate trade
account book, with intent to defraud his creditors.
Mr. Bodkin, instructed by Mr. Sidney, appeared
for the prosecution, and Mr. Lewis attended on
behalf of the bankrupt.
The proceedings in bankruptcy were produced,
as also a copy, of the bankrupt's examination before
Mr. Commissioner Evans on the 4th of Oct., 1858,
the substance of which, as well as of the, evidence
given by witnesses who were called to speak to the
date of the manufacture of the paper of which the
account book in question was composed, will be
gathered from Mr. Bodkin's address on behalf of
the prosecution.
Mr. Bodkin, upon their evidence, asked that the
prisoner should be committed for trial under the
252 d section of the Bankruptcy Consolidation Act
of 1849, which enacts " that if any bankrupt wil-
fully alters, falsifies, or destroys, any of his books
or accounts, he shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanour." The prisoner had become bankrupt
through, as he alleged, a robbery of a large sum
of money, but whether such robbery ever took place
was a question for further inquiry ; at all events,
there was a large deficiency in the prisoner's estate.
At his examination in bankruptcy he produced
the book referred to, and although he denied the
erasures it would be perceived on carefully examin-
ing the dates that a figure "5" was written over an
erasure, and in one place the traces of a figure "8"
in 1858 are still perceptible, as it has not been
thoroughly erased, and the object of these erasures
was to substitute an earlier date to give this book
the character of having been in his possession, and
that he kept his accounts regularly in it, from 1855
up to the date of his bankruptcy. It, however, ap-
peared that the paper of this very book .was pur-
chased in Aug. last, and, what was material to re-
member, it was machine-made, and bears the im-
pressed name of Shaw and Sons, who never had
any paper of that kind made until 1857. With re-
gard to the binding of the book, the witnesses have
sworn that it is clumsily bound,, and it was evident
that the object Of putting the paper into old covers
was to give it the appearance of antiquity consistent
with the date of the entries it contains. These were,
however, facts fora jury to determine upon, and he
(Mr. Bodkin) asked that on the evidence they had
heard the prisoner should be committed for trial.
Alderman Phillips—The only question I have to
consider is that suggested by Mr. Bodkin,—ls the
evidence sufficient to justify a committal ? I think
it is, and I shall therefore send the case to a jury,
but I will accept bail for the prisoner, himself in
£3OO, and two sureties of £2OO each.
Mr. Bodkin—l may also state, for the informa-
tion of Mr. Lewis, that it is very probable that the
prisoner will also be indicted for perjury.
The prisoner, who has not hitherto succeeded in
obtaining bail, was then committed to Newgate to
await his triaL .

CLERKENWELL.—Mr. Carpenter, residing at
18, Clerkenwell-green, appeared before Mr. Corrie
on a summons for refusing to pay to the Commis-
sioners of Police the sum of £l, for the services of
a competent surveyor, who was required by them
to survey a structure on Clerkenwell-green, and
who after • the completion of his survey certified to
the commissioners that such structure was in a
dangerous state, &c.
The defendant said he did not owe the money.
All he laid out in doing the work was 10s. or 12s.
Besides he had had no notice from the court.
Mr. Corrie—ls not the amount of the fee rather
exorbitant when so small a sum only is required to
put it in proper repair?
Mr. Bennett Hayes said he assisted Mr. Reeves,
the surveyor to the police, and surveyed the house in
question. It often happened that a house not abso-
lutely in imminent danger required more examina-
tion than one that was. The commissioners had
paid Mr. Reeves for the work done.
After some discussion,

Mr. Corrie (to defendant)—l think you had better
make an arrangement and pay the half of the fee.
The defendant, after some demur, paid the half
fee, when
Mr. Corrie said—lt had better be mentioned that
I think the person who does the work should be
the person paid.
The parties then left the court. .
Mr. IL Bell, of 118, St. Sohn-street-road, was
summoned for a like amount as the last case, and
agreed to pay it.

WOBSHIP-STREET.—James King, about 30
years of age, and of respectable exterior, was
charged before Mr. Hammill with feloniously pos-
sessing 79 pieces of spurious coin, namely, 20 florins
and 59 shillings.
James Brannan, formerly an inspector of the G
division of police, stated that agreeably to instruc-
tions by the Mint authorities, he, with other officers,
went on Saturday morning last to Church-street,
Shoreditch, in quest of the prisoner. The capture
was effected shortly afterwards, and Inspector Bry-
ant took from the prisoner's coat pocket a parcel
containing coin named in the charge. Subsequently
witness and Bryant went into the skittle-ground of
the Black Dog, in Church-street, and there disco-
vered four counterfeit half-crowns concealed in the
" padding." The house in question was frequented
by the worst characters. Prisoner had been a thief
from his childhood, and with his wife was sentenced
to an imprisonment of 18 months for unlawfully
possessing counterfeit coin in 1856.
Mr. Bellamy, who prosecuted for the Mint, said
that this fact made a second offence a felony.
The prisoner was fully committed for trial. •

SOUTHWARK.—John Millington, a dentist,
residing in Berwick-street, Soho, was further exa-
mined, charged with stabbing Alexander Hen-
derson, on the left temple, with a pair of sharp-
pointed scissors, used by surgeons and dentists.
Mr. Solomon appeared for the prisoner.
The prosecutor, who exhibited two punctured
wounds on the left temple, said he was a photogra-
phic artist, carrying on business at 156, High-st.,
Borough. On Saturday week last the prisoner
came to his rooms and requested to have his por-
trait taken. He took two. The best executed one
he gave to the prisoner properly framed, and the
other witness put in his pocket. The prisoner then
got in a passion and demanded that. -Witness told
him he could not have it, and that he might rest
assured it would not be placed at the door, and then
he proceeded upstairs. The prisoner followed him
and made use of threatening language, and after
struggling with him to get the portrait he left the
house. On Monday morning, the 11th, he came
again and asked for the second portrait, and handed
him a sovereign for it. Witness returned him the
Money, and told him it, had bees. broken in the
scuffle, and if he waited he would show him the
Pieces. The prisoner them. became very violent,
and suddenly stabbed him twice on the side of the
left eye, with the sharp points of a pair of shears.
He had suffered very severely from the wounds,
but he did not wish to press the charge, as he had
known the prisoner for some years.
Mr. Burcham observed that the charge was one
of such a serious nature that he could not deal with
it. He should, therefore, send the prisoner for
trial, but remand him for the evidence of the sur-
geon who dressed the wounds.

WANDSWORTH.--Joseph Minus, an intelli-
gent-looking boy, about 15 years of age, was placed
in the dock, before Mr. Ingham, charged with de-
serting from her Majesty's ship Waterloo, lying off
Shqerness. _ . _

ergeant Bocking, of the V division, said—ln
Consequence of information I received I went that
morning to the Wandsworth House of Correction
and apprehended the prisoner upon his being dis-
*laxged for deserting from her Majesty's ship