The Sun.
London, England, 1832-10-25 00:00:00

SURREY SESSIONS, OCT. 24.

John Weston, a waiter in the service of Mr.
Pfeiffer, landlord of the Catherine-wheel, Union-
street, was indicted for stealing money from the till
in his employer's bar.
In his defence the prisoner said that many of the
crowned heads in Europe would give him a cha-
racter for strict honesty if they were present and
knew he was in such a predicament.
The CHAIRMAN asked what the crowned heads of
Europe knew about him. Prisoner—l was in the
h,ibit of meeting the Emperor of Rtu,sia, King of
Prussia, Blucher, and many other nobs when they
were in this country.
The CHAIRMAN said that the case was so clear
against him that even a character from the great men
he had named would be of little service to him.
How came you acquainted with the Emperor, King,
and Prince that you have named ? Prisoner—l
used to wait on them at dinner when they were over
here, and I know they would not forget me on a
pinch. Besides, added he, if I was a thief I could
have gone off with Bank of England notes instead
of silver belonging to the prosecutor.
The Jury found him Guilty, and the Court sen-
tenced him to seven years' transportation.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.

A young man named Rooks was brought before Mr.
Alderman KELLY, yesterday, charged with having sold
copies s f the Poor Man's Guardian.
Gioch, an officer, proved that the defendant sold the
publication, which was without a stamp.
Alderman KELLY—Why do you commit this illegal
act ? Defendant—l am unable to work at my trade of a
hatter from a hurt I got twenty-four weeks ago, and this
act is less illegal than any other I can resort to to get
bread. I'd stick to my trade if I could, but the sinews of
my hand are so much injured that I shall never be able to
work at it again.
Alderman KELLY—You know well you can apply to
your parish.
Defendant—Aye, Sir, where every halfpenny doled out
is accompanied with an insult. 1 never applied, and never
will. I want to get honest industrious bread.
Alderman KELLY—Cant't you sell useful things ?
Defendant—They say these are useful things ; that there
can't be better. They inform the working classes how
they are governed, and how they ought to be governed.
Alderman KELLY—HOW do you know? Have you read
them yours-lf? Defendant—No, Sir, but I've seen many
of the working classes who have, and they seem to know
how things are going on.
Aldi,rin in KELLY—But you are guilty of an illegal act.
Defendant-1 know it; but it is better than starving, or
crawling to the Is Irish, or committing a robbery. It is
the best of the three evils. It is no disgrace to sell.
Alderman KELLY—It is, for it is against the law of the
land. You might sell moral and religious things. De-
fendant—l believe there is nothing but truth in these pub-
lications.

Alderman KELLY—But you must not sell them without
a stamp. Defendant—Please your worship, will a stamp
make them a bit better ? I don't think that the disgrace
a stamp can take away can be very severe. Besides, the
things you speak of won't sell well without a stamp, and
I'm afraid they wouldn't sell at all with one.
Alderman KELLY told the defendant he was quite mis-
taken as to the sale of moral and religious publications.
The Alderman then said that he could not think of punish-
ing the poor man at the bar, who was neither the author,
editor, nor printer. At the same time be must acknow-
ledge that the sale of publications of the kind was injurious
to those who paid a heavy du' y. He knew the power ha had
over the poor defendant, but he could not conscientiously
exercise it : and he could not help saying that it was a dis •
grace to the Stamp-office not io go to the fountain-head, in-
stead of seizing upon such victims as this unfortunate per-
son, and cramming the gaols with them.
Defendant—lf your worship could get me anything else
to do, I will must willingly drop this business. I don't
want to fly in the face of the law, but I have no other re-
source. My father has five children to support, and if you
can help me to employment, I'll never forget it.
Alderman KELLY—You promise fairly, and I'll see
what I can do for you.
The Officer—What am I to do with the publications,
your worship ?
Alderman KELLY-Why, give them back to the
prisoner ; and do you hear, Rooks, I'll let you know whe-
ther any thing can be done for you : in the mean time
don't on any account sell any of those things in the city.
Mr. Bennet, of Prince's-street, who a few days ago
charged a fellow named Lillies with having, with the in-
tention to extort money, represented that his deceased son
wis alive, and at Hobart. town, waited upon the Lord
Mayor, and handed him a letter, dated from Chatham,
from which the following are extracts :
" Having seen a statement in the Observer, I have no doubt
but the same man has been practising his villainy in these
towns, and to some extent. He was here on Friday, the
21st of June last, and called on a Mr. Hall, a respec-
table baker, representing he had seen his son at Hobart-
town, and that there was a parcel on board the Sarah,
Captain Hopkinson, then lying at Gravesend, containing
money. He called on Mr. Hall twice, and each time obtained
thit
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observed
who was waiting for him with his coat and hat ; and upon
being accused of an attempt at imposition, became most furious
and insolent. On Sunday, the 23d, he called on a Mr. Richard
Smith, and told him he had seen his lost brother, who had
been missing two years; that he was well, at Hobart town ;
and he followed up the story as before respecting the captain,
the ship, and the money parcel. He obtained there a dinner,
grog, and half-a-crown. The same evening lie called on a
Mrs. Harrison, stated precisely the same story, and requested
remuneration for his trouble. He was referred to me, and I
luckily detected him as an impostor. There are several other
persons who have been duped by him. Some had gone as far
as Gravesend to receive their supposed parcels. He stated to
me that he was a native of Ireland, and that his name was
Brady. He is blind of one eye, and is what I should call a
smart, well-grown young man.
" T. V. Plumber, 140, High.street."

The LORD MAYOR regretted that some case as strong
as any of those stated in the above letter had not been
brought before him. He bad been obliged to discharge
the impostor, as Mr. Bennet bad not been imposed upon ;
but he hoped that the public were now sufficiently on their
guard.
G UILDHALL.

Thomas Mozon, a clerk in the employ of Messrs. Bat-
ley, oil-merchants in Barbican, was re-examined yesterday
before Mr. Alderman WINCHESTER.
Mr. Meymott, the solicitor to the society of druggists,
&c. for prosecuting offences committed by servants, at-
tended on behalf of the complainants.
Mr. Sterry, of Broadwall, Bermondsey, proved the
payment to the prisoner of 101. 17s. 6d. on the 18th inst.,
and produced his receipt for the amount.
James Green, a clerk to Messrs. Batley, said it was the
duty of the prisoner to go out every day to collect debts
and receive orders, and to account to him every evening ;
and he did not pay over on the 18th, or afterwards, the
sum paid by Mr. Sterry.
'The prisoner was committed for trial.
BO W-STREET.
Yesterday Mr. James Isaacs, the solicitor, waited on
Mr. HALLS, and stated, that he appeared on behalf of
Nicholas Wood, who was lately tried and convicted at the
Old Bailey, together with a man named Jephson, for a burg.
lary committed at the house of Mr. George Clarke, a
hay. salesman, residing at Paddington. When the case of
Wood was under investigation at this office, before Mr.
Minshull, a witness, named Edward Mack, a milkman,
swore positively that Wood and Jephson were two of the
men whom he had observed close to the prosecutor's pre-
mises on the day of the robbery. On the second exami-
nation, however, he declared that Wood was not one
of the three men whom he had so seen ; but on the
third examination he turned round again, and de-
clared that Wood was one of the men. On the trial
at the Old Bailey he adhered to this statement,
and identified both Wood and Jephson. It now ap-
peared, however, by his own admission, that he had sworn
falsely to the person of Wood, and he stated, as his reason
for having done so, that he had been offered 501. to h
pur-
chase three cows if he would swear that Wood was one of
the men. Mr. Isaacs added that be had brought the wit-
nessthat forward wh
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beent o bta
inducedte, i ia
ttoh the presencewesr of
v(ex)
d in magistrate,
against
conse-
quence of the bribe which was offered to him, but of which
hie,evidence.
receivedeen no part, although Wood had been convicted on
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of
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question by ,e witnessMrHa ALLsi,acllklriorlwsasarcsd
wassaid
that the answer
object
to strengthen a memorial which had been forwarded to the
Secretary of State on behalf of Wood.
Mr. HALLS could not receive the confession of the wit-
ness, as he had no power to act in such a rase.
Mr. Isaacs then called forward the witness Mack, and
told him that the magistrate would not receive Isis con-
fession, asking him at the same time if he bad not come
forward to state that he had sworn to the person of Wood

under a promise that 50/. should be paid to bins ? Mack
replied that such was the purpose for which he now came
forward.—Mr. Isaacs and the witness then left the office•
MAR YLEB ONE.
Yesterday, Sigismond Krgnsh was brought up f".
final examination, charged with stealing a black silk dress
and a silk handkerchief, belonging to Mrs. Rebecca Smith,
of No. 291, Regent-street.
The prisoner confessed he was guilty of the theft, and
was fully committed for trial.

THAMES POLICE.
Yesterday, -William Jones, a little elderly man, attired
in a rusty suit of black, was brought before Mr. BALLO"
'rasa, charged with picking the pockets of several gentle-
men at the meeting of the electors of the Tower Hamlets?
in the interest of Colonel Leicester Stanhope.
Thomas Toole, a shoemaker, saw the prisoner put hi'
hands into the pockets of several persons, ar.d take the
handkerchief from Mr. Chadwick. He hid his baud
another gentleman's pocket at the moment Mr. Chadwick
seized him.

Mr. Finlay, a headhorough of St. George's, produced 3
ease of lancets he found on the prisoner, but a medical gen"
Ceman had said they were not in a fit state to be used by
the profession, and he believed the prisoner used them t()
cut open the pockets of those he intended to rob.
Mr. BALLANTINE called on the prisoner for his defenee.'
The prisoner trod upon the silk handkerchief, picked i'',.
up, and went all round the room to find an owner, but in
vain.

Mr. BALLANTINE-But how came you to be so lock
as to find four?
Prisoner—Oh, they are my own property; I bought
them.
The prisoner afterwards said be respected the truths
and would prove Toole was a liar. He had not taken the
silk handkerchief out of Mr. Chadwick's pocket, but olr
tained it in another way.
Mr. BALLANTINE-Well, I hope you will let us int°
the secret.
Prisoner—The fact is, I cut the gentleman's pocked
and the handkerchief dropped through the slit. I scot
°
the idea of putting my hand in the pocket of any gentleooo'
Now, that's the truth.
Mr. Chadwick examined his pocket, and found tbe, "
lining had been cut, and a new handkerchief he had P;.:
bought was about to drop through the hole. He said
was not aware of that before.
Mr. BALLANTINE said the prisoner was a very illfr
dent and a very ingenious thief. He committed him A
trial, and directed Mr. Finlay, the headborough, to 61'
owners for the other handkerchiefs and the case of lane
Yesterday Mary Thompson, a tall, well-looking youl
woman, whose person was enveloped in a large 1)13'„
cloak, was charged with making two attempts to dret."
herself. It appeared that at a late hour on Tuesday nigh;
Wheeler, a policeman, No. 160, K, was called by t 7,0
watermen plying at one of the stairs in Wapping, W„',
said she had walked into the river, and they had Ow
difficulty in rescuing her. He led her towards the statiou;
house, and on her way thither she expressed her reefer
that she had not put an end to her life, and when oes
the dock bridge made an effort to get away from him.
The prisoner, in her defence, had a good deal bang''''
on her mind, and had been deceived by a young man. She
was sorry for what she had done, and would not repeat 'be
offence.
Mr. BALLANTINE said that it was not to be borne tblt
the public feeling was to be constantly outraged by the°
artempta of persons to rid themselves of life, through '4°l
real or imaginary grievance. Homicide was a felony, al/or
whether the individual put an end to his or her life, °fie
any other person's, the offence was equally the same. r
asked if the prisoner was known to the police?—An office
said she was an " unfortunate woman," but very big...
spirited.
Fagan, the inspector, said, that not less than 40 feo;
males had thrown themselves into the London dock hlic
the swivel bridge, or had attempted to do so, during s;
last three months, and several bad been drowned.
late as last Thursday a woman named Rex had drown
herself there. Scarcely a night passed but these attemPo
were made, and the Commissioners of Police bad been Pa
to great expense for medical attendance. heit
The Thames police officers said a great part of
night duty was often taken up in Paving persons sc
threw themselves off the bridges into the river. ,he
The prisoner begged hard to be forgiven, and saia
was fully sensible of her folly.
ca 0t 6°,
Mr. BALLANTINE was tired of the sort of ---°
much indulged in about " wretched creatures," 31
" distressed objects of compassion," when an sae/VI/t
this kind was made. He believed that one halt of thoe-
who threw themselves into the water where assist,3,,o°fe
was near at hand did not mean to commit suicide :
who really meditated that crime would always find 150es,;(1
to do it effectually and unobserved. Ile should 6ebe-
this case before a Jury, for this sort of thing had really
come a nuisance of no ordinary kind, and both the 0.10
and the Tames police were taken from their legitly
duties to preserve foolish people from drowning Shay
selves. The worthy Magistrate then committed tbe
soner for trial, for attempting self-destruction, and 10
over the witnesses to give evidence against her.

LAMBE T H-S TREE T. .01
Yesterday George Harrison, a middle-aged aunt fore
a carpenter and joiner by trade, was charged 11,0
Messrs. HARDWICK and WALKER with assaulting I‘,ol
Robinson, a young woman of 19 years of age, with to
to violate her person. Opg
The complainant, a modest and delicate-looking Y° of
woman, was in the service of Captain MontgomerPoo
Stepney, in wh ,se house the prisoner was a lodger. ot
Sunday evening last her master and mistress went t° dr,
house of a friend, and did not return until a liteb°.og,
The prisoner, who had also been out during the ever', Is
returned home some time before them, and asked I°',lo
candle, which she gave him, and he went up stairs939oo
conceived, to go to bed. She (witness) retired t° i 0;
about 12 o'clock, and at about 4 o'clock in the failr'br‘
she was awoke by the prisoner, whom she found i''rof
bed, and who, after remaining with her about a quart'daY
an hour, left her bed-room. On the follosvi°goife
she mentioned the circumstance to her mistress, and 'er
her warning, as she did not wish to remain any lollgoala
the house. She also told her mother as soon as sbe
of what had happened. 001

The prisoner declared, in the most positive 17" F.
that he was innocent of the charge, and said that Woes
was quite mistaken as to him, as he never was in bed
her in his life.
TheMAGISTRATES strictly examined the cornplajearit; 6fer
in rep!), to their questions she said that her reit,be
thinking that the prisoner was the person who 1;0'all°
bed, and assaulted her, was on account of there Voter?
other male person in the house but him and her ra
and she did not at all suspect the latter, as he had liert tbe
tress with him at the time. She made no alarm Blioeve
e
time, nor did the person who4had assaulted her, %V,'.l/
ttt
it was, utter a syllable to her, or she to bim,
whole of the time he remained with her. AV
Mr. HARDWICK was of opinion that the evidet>ir
not sufficiently strong or explicit to warrant a CO
went on so serious a charge. 13'
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Me. WALKER. was of a similar opinion, and the Pros
was discharged.

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Yesterday ,o,y.
ment of Messrs. Priestley, C(nun et
y, hop-merchants, cher re
Southwark, was brought before Mr. AinititAY"' er
f bis do
with stealing a quantity of hops, the propertY '9- go-,
in the er°P.arof
Piffers, and John Ilanthridge, a dealer in Marine:,-4 0.
King-street, Snow's-fields, was charged with receivl"
same knowing them to have been stolen.
Both prisoners were committed.
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the ground.
BIRTHS. ,
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On the 23d inst. in Bruton-street, the lady (n
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On the 23d inst. in l'ark-street, a
Grosvenor-square, -
Sir John M. Burgoyne, Bart., of son and heir.
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MARRIED. Aii,•,,e, orlI
On the 20th inst. at Clifton, George Bush, Esq., tc° GS° A,
cond daughter of the late William Perry, Esq., n' by
Town, county of Tipperary. , s Caefe'
On the 24th inst. at Christ Church, Marylehone, ,• --„'t P-''
M.D., of Duke-street, Portland place, to MOP" otil,
youngest daughter of the late Edward Penman, E6,„(l'„ry 'VP
On the 19th inst. at Kilcullen Church, George rie" to :.,„oir
cote, Esq. M.D., of Prospect-hill, county of lial late
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Lydia, eldest daughter of Frederick Homan, EA.,
troller of the British Mail, Dublin. Po
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On the 17th inst. at Hampstead, Margaret, wife 0
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