The Sun.
London, England, 1859-01-01 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Dec. 31.

MANSION-HOUSE.—Charles Claridge, carman
to Mr. Maybury, carrier, Billiter-street, was charged
before Sir R. W. Carden with having feloniously
forged a receipt for the payment of money.
tion in the War-office, said—l reside at Gloucester-
Mrs. R. Shoemack, whose husband holds a situ-
grove, Brompton. On the 24th inst., a hamper,
' with a delivery ticket attached to the address, was
brought to my house by the prisoner. He asked
2s. for the carriage. I told him that there was Bd.
to pay, according to the ticket. He said that the
charge of 2s. was correct, and that he should ask
what he liked, as it was Christmas time. I paid
► him the 2s. The signature to the delivery book
produced, " F. Shoemack," is not my• hand-
writing.
Mr. H. Smith, clerk to Messrs. IVheatley and
Co., agents to the Globe Parcel Express Company,
identified the ticket produced as the one he had
made out for the delivery _of the hamper at the re-
sidence of the prosecutrix. The proper charge, as
marked on the ticket, was Bd. Mr. Maybury was
employed to assist the company, who were very
busy about Christmas time.
Sir R. W. • Carden.--The two previous entries
appear to be in the same handwriting as the forged
signature'of the prosecutrix.
Foulger (the -officer).—Yes, and there is also
another at the top of the page.
•Sir R. W. Carden.--,-How was the fraud dis-
covered ?
Mr. Smith—Mr. Shoemack called at the office
on Monday evening, and communicated with us
upon the subject of the overcharge.
Mr. F. Maybury—The prisoner was employed
by me to deliver the hamper, and he returned the
delivery book to me signed as it now is.
Foulger said that the prisoner, upon being taken
into custody, said he was in trouble" but must get
out of it.
The .prisoner was fully committed upon this
charge, but will be again brought up, as there aro
a great many other cases against him of a similar
nature to the last.
George Christy, a cab-driver (number of badge
5,886), whose conduct and demeanour were of the
most offensive and insulting. character in court, ap-
peared upon a summons, Which charged him with
having refused to carry a gentleman named Dor-
land from his house, in the vicinity of the Black-
wall Railway Terminus on Christmas-day.
The defendant pleaded guilty.
The complainant, after stating that the defendant
refused to drive him to Notting-hill, said he should
not have summoned him had it not been for his
offensive and insolent behaviour.

Defendant (impudently)—l told you my horse
was tired and I wasn't going to kill him to accom-
modate you. I told you so then, and I tell you so
now.

Complainmt—Be was on the cab stand whon

sent for him.

Defendant—l had just had a fare from Peckham-
rye, and this man wanted me to go to Notting-hill.
dir It. W. Carden—l can judge from your conduct
here how you behaved to the complainant.
Complainant—When I asked him his name and
number he refused to give me a proper answer. Ile
would neither give me his ticket nor his name, and
I was obliged to get my servant to fetch a candle
before I could see his number. I watched him after
he left my door, and he returned direct to the cab
stand.

Defendant—No I didn't, I went straight home;
I wasn't going to Notting-hill when my horse was
nearly knocked up.
Sir It. W. Carden—Then you had no business to
be plying for hire. Your whole conduct. here
proves how insolent you must have been, and I
shall fine you 255. and costs for the offence.
Defendant —I shan't pay it.
He was then committed to-prison for 14 days.

WESTMINSTER. MISCONDUCT OF PAWN-
BROIiERS.—Emma Fitch, a very interesting-looking
girl, between 15 and 16 years of age, was re-exa-
mined, charged with robbing 'her mistress of a
quantity of plate and wearing apparel.
It will be remembered that, through the kindness
of a benevolent gentleman, named Moore, who
found the prisoner destitute, a situation was got
for her in the family of Mrs. Cook, 5, Gloucester-
streetyPimlico, from which she absconded after a
month's service only,, taking with her several
articles of plate and clothing.
Frederick Heavens, assistant to. Mr. James Mills,
pawnbroker, 103, Edgware-road, produced a cloak
and several articles of silver plate, consisting of a
table spoon, three dessert spoons, and four forks,
which were pledged by the prisoner on the day
after she absconded. _

Mr: Arnold—Did you ask her any questions be-
fore you took the property in ?
Pawnbroker's Assistant—Yes ; she said she
brought them from her mother. I asked whether
she was a housekeeper or' a lodger and the usual
questions. I was very particular.
Mr. Arnold—That is what you call being very
particular, is it ?

John Hurd, assistant • to` Mr. Thompson,' pawn-

broker, 20, loiai-street, Edgware-road, produced a
table spot n, a dessert spoon, and two forks, pledged
on the 20th, by a girl, for 12s.
Mr. Arnold—Did you make any inquiries of the
girl before you took the plate in ?
Assistant—l believe the questions were asked
who it belonged to, and so on, but I cannot say for
certain.

The officer in the case said that the first pawn-
broker had, when information of the robbery was
given, communicated that he had got some of the
plate, but the second one had not.
Mr. Arnold said he could not refrain from ex-
pressing his opinion of the scandalous facility
afforded by these two pawnbrokers for the disposal
of stolen property.
The prisoner was remanded till this day (Satur-
day) week.
THE CHELSEA SWINDLING CASE.—In the late
case of Mr. Gruneberg, against Thomas Higgins
and George Davis, it will be remembered that
Higgins cleared away all Mr. Gruneberg's furni-
ture under the bill of sale, and deposited it in his own
house, where it remained till the committal of the
prisoners for trial. The execution creditors
alluded to in that examination, who had the
power to seize the goods, and were urged by
Higgins, when out on bail, refused to do
so pending the investigation, but since the last
examination poor Grunebcrg's goods have been
taken in execution by Higgins's landlord for arrears
of rent, which he despaired of getting in any other
way.

CLERKENWELL.—COMMITTAL OF THE MAN
WITH SEVEN WivEs.-IGloucester Gale, the poly-
gamist, was again placed at the bar before Mr.
Tyrwhitt, on remand, charged with feloniously in-
termarrying with Cecilia Maria Wye, his wife,
Eliza Cecilia Gale, being then and now alive.
Mr. Catlin, who appeared on behalf of the Society
for the Protection of Females, said that since the
remand:the pocket-book found on the prisoner had
been examined, and was found to contain the par-
ticulars of the whole of the marriages, and of the
parties whom he had proposed to. From the entries
in the book it appeared that he corresponded with
four of the wives on the same day, and was also
asked in three different churches, to three different
females on the same day.
The depositions having been read over,
The prisoner said he was Guilty, but he should
reserve his defence for the jury. There were seve-
ral little articles which he had belonging to the
young ladies which. he should like to be given up
to them, and for that purpose he wished to see his
wife.

Mr. Mould (Chief Clerk)—Which one do you
mean ?

Prisoner—Why, my first and proper one.
Mr. Tyrwhitt granted the application, and fully
committed the prisoner to Newgate for trial.
Mr. Coleman, clerk to the Board of Trade, who
made the application to the Lord. Mayor in the
first instance, said that another lady had seen the
prisoner, and stated. she was married to him about
two years ago.
The court was crowded to excess.

MARYLEBONE. A DISABLED AND DIS-
TRESSED WARRIOR. William Graham, wearing
a military dress, and who walked limpingly
into the court, was charged before Mr. Long with
having been found begging in Munster-street,
Regent's-park.
The case was proved by 346 S.
The poor fellow's answer to the case was, that he
had been eleven years in India as a private in the
86th Royal County Down. Four years ago he was
discharged at Bombay with a pension for two
years, and since the expiration of that period he
had, owing to a diseased hip, been quite incapable of
obtaining a livelihood by any kind of labour. He
should be glad to get into a workhouse, or any other
place where he might be sheltered and obtain food.
If he could not do so, nothing but the prospect of
entire starvation awaited him.

Mr. Long discharged the disabled warrior, who
said he would make the best of his way to the parish
in which he had been compelled to solicit alms, and
make his sad case known to the relieving officer, in
accordance with the worthy magistrate's suggestion
that he should do so.

BRUTAL AND SERIOUS ASSAULT.--Wm. Middle-
wick and Charles Cumming were charged on war-
rants with a most brutal assault upon a man named
John Wells, and who, from the serious nature of
the injury which he had sustained, was unable to
attend.

Mr. Wolff, from the office of Mr. Herring, solici-
tor, appeared fin' the prisoners.
Elizabeth Butler gave evidence which showed,
that on the night of the 18th ult., while in Praed-
street, Paddington, she saw Middlewick give Wells
a blow on the head by which he was knocked down.
He (Wells) was also struck by the other prisoner,
and he bled very much. He was lifted up by some
bystanders, and was taken to St. Mary's Hospital,
Paddington.
By Mr. Wolff—l'll swear that Wells did not
strike either of the prisoners first. I cannot say
whether all or any of them were drunk or not.
After some further proceedings the accused each
entered into his own recognisances in £2O for re-
appearance to-morrow (this day) week.
RUFFIANLY OUTRAGE.—John Murphy and Win.
Dobson were charged under the following circum-
stances :

The particulars gone into showed that, at two
o'clock on the previous afternoon, the prisoners,
who were drunk, went into the shop of Mr. Hoare,
White Lion-passage, Paddington, and without any
provocation Murphy seized him by the throat and
nearly strangled him. They both ran away, but
were ultimately captured by Doble 147, and 28 D.
On the road to the station Murphy was very vio-
lent, and struck and kicked Doble several times.

D'obson was discharged, and Murphy was fined
10s. for assaulting Mr. Hoare, or in default of pay-
ment seven days and in addition thereto 20s. or 14
days, for his violence towards the constable Doble.

SOUTHWARK.—THE ATTEMPTED MURDER OF
THE MASTER OF ST. OLAVE'S WORKHOUSE. =--
Dennis Mahoney, a young fellow about 20 years of
age, dressed in the workhouse garb, was brought
before Mr. Combe for final examination, charged
with cutting and wounding the master of St.
Olave's Union Workhouse, Horselydown, with in-
tent to murder him.
Mr. Corner, the solicitor to the Guardians of
the Poor, appeared for the prosecution.
The master of the workhouse, who seemed to
have recovered in a great measure from the effects
of the wonnds inflicted on him, said that the
prisoner had been a burden on the parish for
nine years. He was quite right in his intellects,
but ;very unruly. On Wednesday, about eleven
o'clock, witness had occasion to go towards the sick
ward, and when near the top of the stairs he saw
the prisoner, but he took no notice of him, and
when endeavouring to pass him he struck witness a
heavy blow on the left ear, which caused him to
fall against the banisters. As soon as he turned
round, and was recovering himself, he saw the pri-
soner with a knife in his hand, which he flourished
about, and swore he would murder him with it.
Mr. Combe asked 'Whether he saw where he
took the knife from.
Witness—Yes, sir, from his coat-pocket. It was
a table-knife belonging to the house.
Mr. Combe—What didthe prisoner then do ?
Witness—He made several attempts to cut my
throat with the knife, and in warding the thrusts
off from my throat I received several cuts, one on
my.right arm and -shoulder, and then fell on the
stairs. As soon as I recovered myself I rushed
down stairs, when the prisoner followed me, and
made another desperate attempt to cut my throat.
I put up my left hand to parry off the blow, and in
doing so, the prisoner nearly cut off my left thumb.
Mr. Combe—Did he make use of any threaten-
ing language then ?
Witness—Yes, sir. He said, " You I'll
murder you." I managed to get away from him, and
rushed into the surgery, when Dr. Mackintosh'hut
the door, and dressed my wounds.
Mr. Combe—Can you account for this attack on
your life ?

Witness--The only thing I can imagine is, that
on Friday last he came to me, and wanted clothing
to leave the house, and, on account of his previous
misconduct, I refused.

Mr. James Innes Mackintosh, M.D., medical offi-
cer of St. Olave's Union, said he was in his surgery
shortly before twelve o'clock on the morning in
question, when he saw last witness rush in with
his left hand covered with blood. He closed the
door to prevent the prisoner coming iu, and examin-
ing the master's left hand, he found that he had a
desperate cut at the lower end of the thumb. There
were also cuts on the right shoulder and arm, all of
which he dressed, and directed the master to keep
his room. He now considered that there was no
danger. The knife produced was such as likely to
have caused the wounds.

Mr. Combo asked whether there was anything
the matter with the prisoner's intellect.
Mr. Mackintosh replied that there was not, and
that he was quite strong and healthy.
Timothy Crawley, a tailor, said he wont into the
workhouse to see his daughter, who was in the
sick ward, and on proceeding up the stairs he saw
the prisoner make three distinct stabs at the mas-
ter. Witness went to his
_assistance, when the

prisoner turned on him, and the master rushed
down into the surgery.
Joseph Vellacott, 224 M, said when he took the
prisoner into custody fOr stdbbing• the master of the
workhouse, he said, " I meant it." The knife was