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London, England, 1858-11-11 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(Nov. 10.)

ruptcy Court. I unlocked the box produced with
one of those keys.
Mr. Thomas Edward Stubbs said—l am messen-
ger in the Court of Bankruptcy. I received nine
keys from the officer, which I now produce.
_ _

Mr. Swan recalled—l saw these shares safe
about this time last year. I never gave the pri-
soner any authority to remove them or deal with
them in any way whatever prior to the 3d of
August last.

Mr. James—That, sir, is the whole of the evi-
dence in the first case, with the exception of the
lad Pickering, whose signature purports to attest
the transfer of 500 o 2 the North British Australian
shares, and I am given to understand that he will
be forthcoming at the trial. I will therefore now
proceed with the graver charge of forgery.
Mr. Wm. Henry Dawson said—l am transfer
clerk to the Crystal Palace Company. I produce
the deed of transfer of 100 Crystal Palace shares,
dated 18th of October last, and the transfer ap-
pears to have been made from Robert Swan to Mr.
Amelam, of 12, Copthall-court. I sent a notice of
the transfer to Mr. Swan, at 4, Austinfriars, to the
care of the prisoner. In pursuance of the transfer
I have registered Mr. Casartelli as the holder of
these shares.

Charles Witten, of 38, Throgmorton-street, said
-I am not a stockbroker; I am a stock dealer.
Mr. James—Did you in October last purchase
any Crystal Palace shares of the prisoner ?
Mr. Witten—lt was on the 6th of that month I
purchased 100 shares for £156, and he delivered to
me the transfer produced. The signature of Robert
Swan was then attached to that transfer; with the
attestation of James Pickering. I afterwards sold
them, and delivered the transfer to Mr. Amelam.

Mr. Frederick Amelam said—l carry on business
as a stockbroker at 12, Copthall-court. On the
18th of October last I received from Mr. Witten
100 Crystal Palace shares. I was acting for Mr.
Frank Casartelli, and this transfer was the docu-
ment I received.
Mr. James—ls it now in the same state as when
you first received it?
Mr. Amelam—Yes, sir, with the exception of the
name of Casartelli being upon it. After Mr. Cas-
artelli had signed it I Li-warded it to the office of
the company.
Mr. James—Let Mr. Swan stand up. Did you
have 100 Crystal Palace shares on the 18th of
October last ?
Mr. Swan—l had the certificates of them in this
box, and, to the best of my recollection, I saw them
safe about this time last year. I am perfectly certain
I never gave the prisoner any authority to sell
them, because they were worth £3 in the market
some time back, and the prisoner said I had better
have sold them, and I agreed with him ; but as I
had allowed the opportunity to slip, I told him I
would hold on to them now, in the expectation of
getting a dividend on them. I never authorized
him to sell them or to sign my name to any transfer
of them. The signature, " Robt. Swan," to this
transfer is not in my handwriting, nor is it written
by my authority. He never informed me he had
transferred these shares.
Mr. James—Where were you on the 18th of
October, 1858?
Mr. Swan—l was at Paris. James Pickering,
who purports to be the attesting witness to the
signature of that transfer, was, I believe, the
prisoner's clerk.
Mr. James—Now, when you saw the prisoner in
Newgate, did you ask him about these shares ?
Mr. Swan—l did, sir ; and he said they were in
the box, but on examining the contents of the box
I found they were not there.
Mr. Richardson—Did you place the shares in the
box yourself ?
Mr. Swan—l did, sir.
Mr. Richardson—Did you see them in the box
at any time after you delivered them to the
prisoner ?
Mr. Swan—l did; for the box had been opened
in my presence since the prisoner first had it in his
possession..l opened the box for a particular pur-
pose, namely, to get at my will, but as soon as I
got what I wanted I took no heed of anything else.
Mr. Richardson—Was the box as full then as
when you first delivered it to the prisoner ?
Mr. Swan—lt was not, for I noticed that the
North British Australian shares had been taken
out, and I asked him where they were, and he said
'they were lent.for a purpose.
Mr. Richardson—When you saw him in New-
gate did you not say if he would tellyou everything
you would forgive him and not prosecute him ?
Mr. Swan—Never in my life, for I had made up
my mind for the worst. I asked him to tell me
everything, as it would do him neither good nor
harm, but it was more likely it might do him
good.
Mr. James—When did you first give the box
into the prisoner's possession ? At any time, I
mean ?

Mr. Swan—About two years ago ; but the new
lock was put on it by the prisoner about the end of
last year. The lock was changed in his office, and
the box was then deposited at the London and
County Bank.
Mr. James—Had the box ever been deposited at
that bank before the new lock was put on?
Mr. Swan—Oh yes, sir, and I have here the ori-
ginal deposit note. The shares were first deposited
in the box two years >ago, and the.prisoner placed
the box at the bank, under my directions.
Mr. James—Whed did you take your will out of
the box ?
Mr. Swan—Somewhere , about the Ist or 3d of
September last, and I went to Paris on the 4th.
That was the time the prisener told me the North
British Australian shares were deposited according
to his letter of the 2d of August.
Mr. James—There is some writing at the bottom
of the order for the delivery of the box from the
bank,—was that, there when you sent the order to
the prisoner ? -
Mr. Swan—lt was not, sir.

Mr. Richardson—Did you not give the prisoner
a general authority to receive dividends ?
Mr. Swan—To receive dividends, but not to
transfer shares without my authority.
Mr. Richardson—Rad he any written, authority
to receive the dividends ?

Mr. Swan—Oh, yes, .in letters which I wrote to
him, and the different companies, authorizing them
to pay him, but no mention was made of transfers
in that authority. _

Mr. Grey, recalled.—The order produced was pre-
sented at the bank by the prisoner or his clerk,
and the box delivered to him, and the order has
been in our possession ever since.
Mr. James—ls the.name, on that order, of Wil-
liam Lemon Oliver the signature of the prisoner?
Mr. Grey—l think it is the prisoner's hand-

writing.
Cross-examined—The box was not opened at the
bank, and no one had access to it there.
Alderman Cubitt—But if Oliver had gone to the
bank with the key of the box, would he have been
allowed to take anything out ?
Mr. Grey—l only know the box as receiving it
from Oliver.
Alderman Cubitt—Then he would, of course, have
access to it without an order.
Mr. James—l now ask you, sir, to commit the
prisoner for trial for appropriating and converting
to his own use, in violation of good faith, the 1,000
North British Australian shares and the 100 Crystal
Palace shares, and also upon the more serious charge
of forgery.
Alderman Cubitt—With regard to the Crystal
Palace shares will that not be a stealing ? It ap-
pears to me that the fact of the box being deposited
at the bank for safe custody, and the prisoner's
getting it away and abstracting the shares without
Mr. Swan's knowledge or authority, would consti-
tute the offence of stealing.

Mr. James—The box hasto a certain extent been
entrusted to the prisoner, and my clients were
rather afraid it might be termed a constructive
possession, but at the same time I am quite pre-
pared to adopt your view of the offence and to ask
that the prisoner be committed for the larceny.
Alderman Cubitt—l can only deem it a stealing
of the shares because the prosecutor did not even
know that the prisoner had a second key, and he
gave him no authority to dispose of the shares.
And I also think that if it is a larceny in the one
case it must be a larceny in the other, relating to
the 1,000 North British Australian, shares.

Mr. James—Then I will ask you to commit the
prisoner on the two charges of larceny as well as
that of forgery.
Alderman Cubitt—l am about to commit you for
trial, prisoner, but before doing so, it is my duty to
caution you. You are not bound to say anything,
but whatever you do say will be taken down in
writing and given in evidence against you on your
trial.
Prisoner—l have the belief, sir, that if lam re-
manded and have access to various documents to
which 1 am now denied access, that I shall be able,
at any rate, to refute the raver charge, if not the
other one. Deliberately I say it, I did not steal
the North British Australian shares.
Alderman Cubitt—Whcre are those documents?
Prisoner—ln the Bankruptcy Court.
Mr. James—Every opportunity shall be afforded
the prisoner's solicitor to inspect every document
connected with this case, but my clients object to
allowixg the prisoner the absolute possession of
any of them.
Prisoner—I do not want it.
Alderman Cubitt—No good can arise from a re-
mand, as you will have every facility in Newgate
to prepare to meet the charges against you. You
•therefore stand committed for trial upon a charge
of forgery and two charges of larceny.
The prisoner was then remoyed.

MANSION-HOUSE.—The Lord Mayor, upon
taking his scat, said that it was his intention
during his year of office to sit punctually at 12
o'clock daily for the despatch of business that might
be brought before him.
Alfred Bury was charged with having attempted
to stab William Hart, a porter, living at 30,
Anglesea-street, Waterloo New Town.
The prosecutor said—Yesterday evening, between
5 and 6 o'clock, I was in Aldgate, helping a man to
get a horse up that had fallen down, when the
prisoner ordered me to get out of the way. I told
him I knew better how to get the horse up than he
did, upon which he said to me, " I've something
which, if it don't get the horse up, will get you
down." He had an open clasp knife in his hand,
and immediately struck me in the face with the
back part of it. He was about to strike me with
it again, when somebody in the crowd gave him a
blow on the arm and prevented his cutting my face
open. I struggled with him, and endeavoured to
get the knife out of his hand, and it was taken from
him by a gentleman standing by. An officer then
came up, and the prisoner was taken into custody.
W. Davy, a cabinet-maker, living at 52, Hoxton-
square, corroborated the evidence of the prosecutor ;
and, in reply to the Lord Mayor, said that the pri-
soner did not take out the knife for the purpose of
cutting the horse's harness, but of injuring the pro-
secutor.

The prisoner, in reply to the charge, said—l was
in the crowd, when somebody called out, " Who's
got a knife ?" I expected they wanted to cut the
trace, and said, "Here's a knife ;" and added, " I've
got a good city dagger." I never intended to
injure the prosecutor. I was on my road to the
Pavilion Theatre to see the new piece, and, thinking
of the amusement I was about to experience, I held
out the knife in a theatrical way, and not at all
with a view of wantonly or maliciously hurting the
prosecutor.
Police-constable Nicholson, 594, said that the
prisoner was the worse for liquor when he took him
into custody.
Prisoner—l had had some beer with my dinner,
and swallowed a glass of hot rum and water in the
afternoon, but I wag not drunk. _ _

The Lord Mayor fined the prisoner .£4, and sen-
tenced him to be imprisoned for a month in &Allah.
Prisoner—ls there any appeal against that?'

The Lord Mayor—No.
Joseph Thornton, a desperate-looking.fellow,79,s
charged with the ouble offence of having rescued
a thief from the custody of Mr. Raven, a gentle-
man living at .3, Green-lane, Camberwell, and of
having also attempted to rob him.
The prosecutor said—Yesterday afternoon I was
in Cheapside, where I saw the prisoner. I observed
a man steal a gentleman's watch, which he dropped
when I held him until I was surrounded by a num-
ber of men, among whom was the prisoner, who
called out, "He hasn't got your watch. That man
escaped." I was knocked down, and when I re-
gained- my feet the prisoner came up to me and put
both his hands i rto my waistcoat pockets. I seized
him, and, with the assistance of a friend, held him
until an officer came up. As I was holding him
one man bit my thumb and another bit the calf of
my leg. I had 4s. or ss. taken from my pocket in
the scuffle. It was through the violence of the
prisoner and those who were acting with him that
I lost my hold of the man who stole the watch.
Mr. W. Robertson, a gentleman living at 83,
Victoria-road, Lower Islington, said—l was with
Mr. Raven, and saw a swarthy man make a snatch
at the breast of Mr. Hester, a witness in court. I
saw the man take the watch. Mr. Hester seized
that man, when he dropped the watch, and Mr.
Hester picked it up. I kept my hold of the thief,
when I was attacked by several men, who knocked
my hat over my eyes, and somebody bit my hand.
I let go my hold to recover my sight, when Mr.
Raven seized that man and I seized him again.
The prisoner jostled us, and called out, " Let him
go, he has not your watch ;" and we were jostled
from Queen-street to the Poultry. Mr Raven and
'I continued to bold the man till the prisoner
and a number of his companions threw us
down, and the man who had stolen the watch
got away on his hands and kne:s. I heard
Mr. Raven say to the prisoner, " You have
robbed me, and I'll keep you till a policeman comes
up." I collared him also, and said, " I'll hold you,
my boy ; you don't get away if the other has." He
made use of a threat, which I did not distinctly
hear, but it was tantamount to threatening to stab
Mr. Raven. The prisoner jostled and pushed us
about in the crowd, and did all he could to favour
the escape of the man who stole the watch.
Mr. W. Hester—l live at 23, Newton-street,
Hoxton. I was in Cheapside yesterday when the
procession pas§stok Suddenly I found myself sur-
rounded by :M of the lowest possible descrip-
tion. At, a Dttectlieerted signal a general bonnet-
ing and hustling Look place. I had two coats but-
toned over my gold watch, which was in my waist-
coat pocket. I was pushing my way through the
crowd, when I found that a swarthy man had his
hand under my coat. I struck him, and he jerked
the watch under the feet of the crowd. I let go
the man and recovered my watch, but in doing
this I lost sight of the man who had stole it. I
have a distinct recollection of the appearance of
such a man as the prisoner, but I should hardly
like to swear that he was the man who stole my
watch. He was bonneting most assiduously. ;he
seemed to have as much business on his hands as
possible. (A laugh.)
T. Smart, constable, 411, said that at the time in
question he saw a great many men, who commenced
bonneting every well-dressed person in the crowd.
He took the prisoner to the station-house, but found
nothing about him.
The prisoner, who said nothing in his defence,
was fully committed for trial on both charges.
John Rowland was charged with stealing a watch
from the pocket of Mr. William Buley, a tailor,
living at Tonbridge.
- The prosecutor said that about 12 o'clock yester-
day he was in Cannon-street, when he wa3 stopped
by the crowd. The prisoner suddenly came near
him, and tore his watch from the guard and ran off
with it. He caught hold of the prisoner and ac-
cused him of having robbed him. At that moment
four or five men rushed between the prosecutor and
the prisoner, and the litter escaped. He was pur-
sued by the prosecutor, and, upon being seized a
second time, was observed to puthis hand towards
that of a companion, who had done everything he
could to facilitate his escape.
The prisoner, who denied the charge, was fully
committed for trial.

WESTMINSTER.—AIfred Kruse, alias Lowe,
alias Smith, and many other names, and William
Talby, were brought up for re-examination.
The first-named prisoner has undergone many
examinations charged with obtaining, by conspir-
ing with others, a great number of houses, from
which source he has obtained money by underletting
them as apartments or exacting large sums of money
from the owners to give up possession of them. To
these charges was added on the last occasion a case
of robbery, in breaking into the store-room of Miss
M'Lean, and carrying off property to the value of
£450. The second prisoner, who was suspected to
have been implicated with him in obtaining pos-
session of the houses, was apprehended two or three
days ago.
Mr. Marshall, barrister, as before, attended for
the prosecution, and called William John Milnes, a
postman, whose evidence (before detailed) went no
further than to show that Talby was employed by
the other prisoner to collect the rent, and resided
in one of the houses Snlith had got possession of.
Talby, declared that he knew nothing of the
other prisoner's proceedings. Smith gave him 2s.
per week and a room to live in to do little repairs
to the houses and collect the rents.
Mr. Cumming, inspector of the B division, hay-
ing stated that he was not in a condition to carry
the case any further against Talby,
Mr. Paynter consented to let him go at large
upon entering into his recognizances to appear
again on the day of the other prisoner's re-exami-
nation.
A gentlenian named Bruton said that two years
ago the prisoner obtained possession of a house be-
longing to him by false addresses and false refe-
rences. He had been convicted under the name of
Magnay, and had had 18 months' imprisonment.
Prisoner said it was false.
A policeman stood forward and said that he was
the officer who had the custody of him on the occasion
in question, for obtaining unlawful possession of a
number of houses and stealing a ton weight of lead
from the roof of one of them.
Mr. Paynter asked whether he was convicted of
obtaining the houses or the theft of the lead ?
The officer replied, the latter.

Prisoner—l was not,, your worship. It's false ; I
hadn't 18 months' imprisonment.
Policeman—l saw him tried and: eard him sen-
tenced.

Prisoner—lt was quashed, your worship, by
Lord Campbell.
Policeman—Nonsense, you served your time. He
was also convicted, your worship, of putting off a
false check upon the British Bank, where he had no
effects, and received six month.' imprisonment
Air. Poynter said he thought there was amply
sufficient proved against the prisoner, whom he
should remand until that day (Thursday) week.

WORSHIP-STREET.—James Brown and Wm.
Tee, two respectably-dressed men, the first, de-
scribing himself as an artist whose works are well
known to the public, and the second as having
been engaged in .a, large commercial estahlishment
in the city for 'lB years, were charged with dis-

orderly conduct in a place of public entertainment,
and assaulting the police in the execution of their
duty, and the last-named defendant was also
charged with rescuing a prisoner from custody.
Sergeant Townshend said he was on duty in the
pit of the Britannia Theatre at 9 on the preceding
evening, when a serious disturbance arose from some
of the audience obstinately persisting in standing
upon the seats. The two defendants were on seats,
and so was a woman, whom witness touched and
asked to sit down, but a man behinl her, who was
apparently intoxicated and claimed 4er as his wife,
interfered, used most offensive language, and con-
ducted himself so badly that the audince called on
the witness to turn him out, and it *as therefore
imperative to remove him. The. defendant Tee,
who was also intoxicated, declared that the man
should notbe removed, and struck the witness with
his fist upon the arm, in consequence of which the
man escaped, others in the pit pressed upon witness,
kicks were dealt at him, and another officer was
likewise injured. The officers of the place at last
came to their assistance, and Tee was secured, to-
gether with Brown, who was perfectly sober.
Sergeant Heath went to the help of Townshend
on hearing of the disturbance, and saw him struck
by Tee. Witness at the same time received two
severe blows from a fist, one in the chest and the
other on the back of the head, and on turning
round to see who had dealt them found Brown
standing near him, and Brown was at once pointed
out by another officer ES the person who had done
so.

Sergeant Bowler deposed to its being a scene of
very great confusion, and seeing Brown deliberately
strike Heath. Tee was both intoxicated and violent.

Tee denied the whole of this. He was not in:
toxicated, unless tea, ham, and eggs, which, were
all he had had, could make him so. His character
was well knoWn to be totally different from violent,
and, though he might certainly have raised his
hand to the officer, it was done gently, and to de-
precate the violence of the latter, who was dragging
the other man away. The conduct of the officers
was brutal; they knocked the people about like
beasts.

Brown declared he had never raised his hand at
all ; the evidence of the police was the grossest per-
jury ; he had never heard anything like it.
Mr. IYEyncourt thought, after allegations like
these, that the inspector on duty at the station had
better be examined.

InSideaor WebSler', therefore was so, and declared
that, fiough Briown was sober, Tee was so tipsy he
could not take batfor him until some hours after
he had been brought there.
Mr. D'Eyncourt, whatever the defendants might
assert, could only go by the evidence adduced before
him. He had known all three officers for a long period
as quiet, inoffensive, and forbearing men, and the
inspector, who deposed to Tee's inebric ty, was wholly
disinterested, and could have no moth re for speaking
falsely. The most serious assaults brought before
him arose from this thoughtless interference
with tke police while discharging very ; arduous
and trying duties ; and, though he regretted having
to inflict fines upon two persons of apparent respec-
tability for such conduct, it was imperative that he
should do so, and each defendant w',ould therefore
pay a penalty of 505., Or in default go to prison for
eight days.
Brown repeated that he had really never heard
such extraordinary misstatements and gross per-
jury in his life ; and Tee asked whether he had no
appeal.
Mr. D'Eyncourt told him
.that.he might lay the
whole facts before the Home Secretary if he thought
proper ; but both paid the penalties -without saying
whether they would do so.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

HULL--Nov. 9.

At the market to-day there was a fair sutpply of English
wheat, which sold readily at the extreme _rates of this day
se'nnight. Foreign held too high to meet -the views of the
buyers. Beans moved off steadily, and late prices were fully
supported. Beans and peas met a slow sale, but were not
quotably lower. Oats dull and rather cheaper.
Wheat.... Old white.... per qr .. 44s Od to 48s Od
Old red
New white .. „
New red. .... „
Dantzic, Konb., &c. old white 50s Od to 53s Od
Dutch, Belgian, and French 46s Od to 47s Od
Baltic and Hamburg, red
St. Petersburg and Riga, old Ms Oct to 41s Oct
Barley.... English malting 32s Od to 36s Oct
Grinding 29s Od to 31s Od
Seal and Oderbruck
Holstein and Danish 3os Od to 33s Oct
Grinding 27s Od to 29s Od
Oats English, old
Archangel and Riga, per st is Oid to is hi
Friesland and Dutch is Ifd to is 2d
Swedish and Danish Osllid to is ict
Beans ....English, old, per qr 47s Od to 49s Od
New pigeon 42s Od to 438 Od
New tick. 4ls Od to 42s Od
Egyptian 37s Od to 388 Od
Peas Foreign breakers
Grinding 3BB Od to 40s Oct
Tares ....Winter Bss Oct to 90s Od
Indian Corn
Linseed, feeding . 48s Od to 52s Od
crushing
Linseed cakes (Hull) £9 5 oto £9 7 6
Foreign
Rape cakes 6 2 6to 6 5 0
Bones