The Sun.
London, England, 1858-09-01 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION - HOUSE.—William Delia, engineer on
board the Stadt, a steam-vessel running between London
and Dordrecht, or Dort, was brought before the Lord
Mayor, charged with smuggling one pound two ounces of
cigars.
William Atkins, a Custom-house waterman, said—Upon
the arrival of the Stadt, that morning, at Brewer's-quay, I
searched the berth of the defendant, which was in the
engine-room, and in a sort of false beam I discovered one
pound two ounces of cigars. The prisoner was on board at
the time, and I called his attention to the matter, when he
said that he knew nothing at all about the cigars.
The Lord Mayor—Had other persons access to his cabin ?
Atkins—Not at the time I was there. I asked him for
the key and he gave it me.
Prisoner (through the medium of an interpreter)—l have
been acting for another engineer, who has been absent from
his duties for a month. I know nothing of the cigars, which
must have been placed in the hole before I became connected
with the ship.
Thomas Lewis—l am a tide surveyor. I produce the
cigars which were given to me by the last witness. They
are of foreign manufacture, their value being is. id., and
the duty 105. 7d. I claim them on the part of the Crown.
The place in which they were concealed is a kind of false
beam. I spoke to the prisoner upon the subject, and he
denied all knowledge respecting them. He said he had
been engineer on board the ves-el only a month.
The Lord Mayor—The cigars appear to be in a very sound
state. Could they have been secreted in the engine-room
for a month and suit ne in ineir present condition !
Witness—No, my lord ; if they had been there for a
month they would have been dried up, instead of which
they are in a sound state. Considering their present condi-
tion, I should say it is impossible they could have been there
more than a few days. The heat in the engine-room is very
great.
Prisoner—They were concealed in a thick beam, and that
place is not at all hot.
The Lord Mayor—Were the cigars warm when you saw
them, witness?
Witness—No, my lord ; but they had been lying on the
bards some few moments before I saw them.

Prisoner—l am perfectly innocent of this charge. I knew
nothing absut the cigars or the hole in which they were
discovered till Atkins pulled them out. Having been damp
when placed there they would retain their dampness for a
long time. I have been connected with steamboats for
upwards of 20 years and never had a charge made against me
before.
The Lord Mayor—lt is quite clear that the cigars would
not be as fresh and good as they are if they had been
secreted in the beam in the heated engine-room for a month.
It appears that other persons besides yourself had access to
the engine-room. It is not quite clear to my mind that you
knew they were there. I shall, therefore, give you the
benefit of the doubt, and discharge you. I, however, advise
you to be careful for the future. The cigars will be forfeited
to the Crown. _ _

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The prisoner, who seemed overjoyed at the decision at
which the magistrate had arrived, thanked his lordship, and
left the court.

Mary Leader, who had been remanded upon the charge
of having assaulted a Jewess named Pauline Josephs with
a flatiron, was again brought up.
The prisoner had been remanded on account of the violent
temper she exhibited when at the bar on the previous day.
The Lord Mayor—You are a very violent woman, Mrs.
Leaser, but you are not so violent as you were yesterday.
Defendant—l can't help it. How can I when they force
me to it?

The Lord Mayor—Had you not better get away from the
neighbourhood where you and the prosecutrix have been
living ?

Defendant—l can't do tLat ; but if they let me alone I'll
let them alone. I am near my work there, and I like to
stick to it.

The Lord Mayor—You must not use violence against
either her or anybody elite. I mu,t restrain you if you are
violent. You must not take the law into your own hands.
Defendant—lf she lets me alone I won't interfere with
her, hut if any of them meddle with me I'll let them know
a bit of my mind. The other day she threw a pint jug at
me and cut my head open.
The Lord Mayor—ls your husband here ?
Defendant—No; be is better employed. lie is at -"lom-
ford at work:
The Lard Mayor—You must find somebody who will be
answerable for your future good conduct.
The constable wile had charge of the case said that the
complainant and her witnesses had moved from the place
last night.
The Lord Mayor—l am very glad to bear that. The de-
fendant must find two sureties for her good conduct for the
next three months in 15 each.
Prisoner—l can find 20 if you want it, but the next time
that any of them interfere with me, I'll have three swings
at Newgate for them. I may as well tell you so first as
last.

The prisoner was committed to prison in default of find-
ing sureties.
The Lord Mayor said he wished through the medium of
the cress to call the attention of the public to the fact that
he ►tad received a variety of documents relating to prize
lotteries, at Frankfort-on-the-Maine, which had been in-
closed to him by a gentleman, who subscribed himself a
"Country Parson," to whom they had originally been sent.
His lordship added, that he felt much obliged to his cc rre-
spondent for having forwarded him the papers, and wished
to take that opportunity of warning the public against
having anything to do with German prize lotteries.

WESTMINSTER: WITOLESALE ROBBERY OF LINEN
BY AN AssUMED LAUNDRESS.— Isabella Reed, a middle-
aged woman of short stature, was brought up for final exa-
mination before Mr. Poynter, charged with stealing a large
quantity of linen and wearing apparel from various persons,
under the pretence that she was sent for the things by
the laundresses who washed for them. The particulars of
the former examination have already appeared, in conse-
qwence of which a large number of females attended to iden-
tify the prisoner, and who stated that they had been robbed
by her in the manner alluded to.
The evidence on the previous occasion went to show that
on Monday, the 23d Aug., the prisoner called upon Mrs.
13ellehamber, the wife of police-constable A 283, who has
the care of a house in St. George-square, from whom she
obtained the washing for the week, and the money for the
former week's washing, by representing that she called
from Mrs. Stephens. who washed for her. As the prisoner
was going down the steps of the door, Mrs. Stephens arrived,
when Mrs. Bellchamber compelled her to return the pro-
perty, with the money. The prisoner went away and called
at No. 18 in the square. This was noticed by Mrs. Bell-
chamber, who sent for her husband. lie went after her,
and saw Mrs. Reynolds, who resided there, from whom he
learnt that the prisoner had applied to her for her week's
washing, by representing that she was Mrs. Mackay, her
laundress. The constable questioned the prisoner. Not
feeling satisfied with her answers, he took her into custody,
when the prisoner was brought up to this court, and was
remanded for a week.
The following additional charges were preferred against
the prisoner :
Martha Plumstead, laundress, 30, James-street, Pimlico,
said that about a month ago the prisoner stated that she
came for the linen to mangle. She asked the prisoner
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