The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-17 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE-April 16.

MANSION-HOUSE.—James Poulter, a compo-
sitor, was charged with having stolen a quantity of
type, paper, and printing cards, the property of his
employer, ifr. Dillon, a printer, in Water-lane.
It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner
had been in the employ of the prosecutor for a
period of three months as overseer in the printing-
office, and was under a fortnight's notice to leave
on Saturday last, when about four o'clock in the
afternoon he asked permission to go, alleging that
lie had to meet a gentleman about a new situation.
Mr. Dillon permitted him to go, and paid him his
wages, but almost immediately after he was told
that file prisoner had stolen some type and paper,
upon which he went with a policeman and the
journeyman who had given the information to the
prisoner's residence at Newington-butts, sending
the journeyman to the door first to speak to the
prisoner. While he was so speaking the prosecutor
and the policeman went towards the door, and upon
seeing them the prisoner immediately shut the door,
and the prosecutor and officer had to knock ten
minutes before it was opened for their admission.
The prisoner, after opening the door again, was
asked by Mr. Dillon what he had done with the
type and paper, and he denied that he had any of
the former, although he admitted that he had a few
• offeuts" of paper, which he had thought it no harm
to take. They then all went into the garden at the
back of the house, where the officer observed that.
the ground had been recently duc, up at the back
of a shed, and upon turning up the mould a packet
of type, weighing slb. Goz., was found lying a few
inches below the surface. He said he had placed it
there a long while ago, but the paper and cord with
which it was tied were dry, and he was taken into
custody ; some sheets of paper and two packs of
printing cards being subsequently found in the
house, which, as well as the type, was identified by
the prosecutor as his property.
Au attempt was at first made to show that the
type was the prisoner's own property, but ulti-
mately he pleaded guilty, and was remanded, in
order to be dealt with summarily in petty sessions.
Thomas Turner Ward, a well-dressed young man,

Mr. Jardine remanded the prisoner for a week

CLERKENWELL.—DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT.--
A fashionably attired man, who gave the name of
George Hazelhurst Bullivent, described as a solici-
tor, of 75, Cannon-street, City, was placed at the bar
before Mr. Corrie, charged with being drunk, and
using abusive language to Mr. Henry Poole, land-
lord of the Globe public-house, Derby•street, and
causing a crowd of persons to assemble.
The defendant on Saturday evening entered the
complainant's house with a girl, and called for
something to drink. While there he became very
abusive, persisted in smoking when requested not
to do so, and when asked to leave, he took
hold of the landlord by the collar, and endeavoured
to throw him down. He also made use of gross
language to Mrs. Poole, and on his way to the
station police•constable Deason, 244 G, said his
language was disgraceful. When the charge was
taken at the station he became very violent, and it
took three constables to remove him to the cell.
The defendant said ho was not the worse for
liquor, and as for making use of such language as
was imputed to-him, it was all a mistake.
Inspector Witham, E division, said he was pre-
sent when the charge was taken, and the defendant
was decidedly the worse for liquor, abusive, and
violent.
Mr. Corrie said the charitable way of putting it
was to say the defendant was not exactly aware of
what he was doing. He should order the defendant
to pay a fine of ss.
The fine was paid.
EXTENSIVE UTTERING OF FORGED BANK OF
ENGLAND NOTES.—Edward Clouder, aged 45,
attired in the garb of a seaman, and Edward Heath,
aged 47, a tobacco pipe-manufacturer, of 6, Mans-
field-place, Kentish-town, were placed at the bar
before Mr. Corrie, charged with attempting to pass
a forged Bank ofEngland note to Charlotte Holmes,
coffee-house keeper, 11, Weston-place, St. Pancras.
Mr. Hodges, the landlord of the Skinners' Arms
public-house, No. 31, Judd-street, said he had
known the prisoner Clouder for about 14 or 15 years
as a seaman, who, when at home, resided in the
neighbourhood. On Saturday week his nephew
came into the parlour and said that Clouder wanted
change for a£s note, He afterwards gave him the
change, and discovered that the note was a forged
one.

Alfred Hodges Thompson said he was a nephew
to the last witness, and proved that Clouder gave
him the note in question, and which was afterwards
proved to be forged.
Mr. John Henry Borley said on the night of the
7th of May, ho.was in the coffee-house, Weston-
place. While there Heath came in and said it
was all right, and Clouder and another man then
came in, sat down, and pretended to be drunk.
He heard Clouder bluster, speak about some rum,
and gave Miss Holmes a note. He heard Mr.
Foster say it was a bad one, and then the other
man said to Heath, " We had better pay for what
we have had and step it." Heath said to Mr. Fos-
ter," Can't a man be paid off from his ship without
having bad notes." Heath was then detained.
Charlotte Holmes said she managed a coffee shop
for Mr. Foster. On Saturday-, the 7th, the pri-
soners and another man came into the shop and
had three cups of tea. Afterwards one of them
wanted some rum, which she consented to get if
they gave her the money first. Clouder gave her
a £5 note, which Mr. Foster afterwards said was a
bad one.
Mr. Gustavus Foster said he was landlord of the
Iron Duke publichouse and the coffee shop in ques-
tion. When the note was brought to him he dis-
covered? it was a bad one, and taking it back said,
" You must let me have better ones than these if
you want me to change them." Heath said it was
a good one, and he could swear it. Witness tore
the note in half.

Police-sergeant Croome, 34 S, said the prisoner
Clouder said he had received the note as wages from
the Ship Shyloe, in the Victoria Dock. He had
made inquiries and had ascertained that no ship of
that name had entered the dock. He had been told
that Heath and another man had purchased the
notes in Westminster, The prisoner Clouder had
lately come from Bombay, but as he had begged his
passage back he had no wages to receive.
An Inspector of the Bank of England proved that
the notes produced were forgeries.
In defence, Heath denied the statements which
the witnesses said he made.
The other prisoner said the note was given him by
the third person, a man of the name of Torn Bentley.
Mr. Corrie fully committed the prisoners to the
Central Criminal Court for trial.
It is expected that there are other cases against
the prisoners, and the prisoner Clouder wished to
make a further statement to the magistrate, but he
was prevented, and told he could tell the police if
he pleased.

ROBBERY FROM A LICENSED VICTUALLER'S.—
Sarah Canny, alias Cuney, GO, a widow, residing at
3, Red Lion street, Clerkenwell, was placed at the
bar before Mr. Corrie, charged with stealing a gin
glass of the value of 9d., the property of Mr. F.
Smith, of the Angel public-house, High-street,
Pentonville.
The prisoner, between eight and nine, entered
the above house and called for something to drink.
Finding her playing with the glasses, he removed
all within her reach. Afterwards he saw her reach

over the counter and take the glass in question,
when he called police-constable Wright, 85 N, and
gave the prisoner into custody, when the glass was
found in her possession. During the past few 'weeks
the prosecutor having lost a great number of glasses
he wished to make an example of the prisoner.
The prisoner pleaded drunkenness as an excuse,
and asked..for mercy.
Mr. Corrie could not allow such an excuse, and
sent the prisoner to the House of Correction, with
hard labour, for 14 days.

WESTMINSTER—THE LATE"CATASTROPHE
IN VICTORIA-STREET.----Mr. Smith, the proetor
of the Elephant and Casfie, Peter-street, West-
minster,
applied to the magistrate under the fol-
lowing circumstances:—
He said that pending an earnest desire on the
co
parntrit of his neighbours to raise a fund by charitable
butions for the relief of the widows and
orphans of the poor men who had lost their lives
at the Westminster Palace Hotel-building, he had

was charged with stealing £5 belonging to his
employer, Mr. W. Stoper, solicitor, 52, Cheapside.
Mr. W. Stoper—The prisoner was a clerk in my
service. On the sth May I gave to the prisoner
£3lO in bank notes to pay into my bankers, the
notes consisting of a £lOO note, four £5O notes, and
a £lO note. I now produce my pass-book, in
which there is an entry of £305 paid in on that
day. The entry when the book was brought back
to me was £3lO, but it has since been altered by
the banker's clerk, in consequence of my calling his
attention to it. The original entry was, no doubt,
£305, but it had been very clumsily altered to
£3lO. On Saturday I discovered it, and told the
prisoner he had robbed me, and he said he had not ;
but when I produced the banker's book, and pointed
to this entry, he said, " I admit I altered that to
deceive you. I called at a publichouse as I went
to the bank, to get a glass of ale, and I suppose I
dropped a£s note there." I told him that could
not be, because there was no £5 note among those
which I had given him ; but he said I gave him one
on the same day to get a bankruptcy stamp with,
and that, as he had lost that, he paid for the stamp
with a £lO note. I told him I believed I had given
him a £lO note to pay for the bankruptcy stamp,
and that it was at another time of the day. He
had had the money for the bank in his possession
some hours before he was sent for the bankruptcy
stamp. I have not yet had time to trace any of the
notes, and I wish for a remand.

The prisoner, who had nothing to say, wa's then
remanded.

BOW-STREET.—Priscilla Bryant a middle-
aged married woman, was charged with forging an
order for £lOO, and thereby defrauding the Bank
of London.

The prisoner was brought up in the custody of
Inspector Whicher, and Sergeant Robinson of the
detective force, and Mr. Mullens attended to prose-
cute as solicitor to the Bankers' Protection Society.
It was proved by Mr. G. Robins, managing clerk
of the Charing-cross branch of the Bank of London,
that a sum of £lOO was deposited on interest in the
name of George Bryant, in May, 1857, In No-
vember last the prisoner called at the bank with
the deposit receipt in her possession, and, repre-
senting herself as the wife of George Bryant,
gave notice of the withdrawal of the amount. She
was told that the money could not be paid to her
except upon the written order of her husband, and
a few days afterwards she returned with an order
purporting to be signed by her husband. The
money was then paid to her, with the intereet due
upon it, making altogether £lOO 16s. id. They
subsequently heard from the husband that the
order was a forgery.
A letter in the prisoner's handwriting was" put in
and read. It was addressed to her husband, and ,
announced her intention to leave the country and
never return to him in consequence of his ill-treat-
ment. She added, " that she alone had taken the
money, which she considered due to her, and she
had not had any assistance from any one."
Inspector Whicher found her in the company of
a man named James, in Charles-street, Knights-
bridge, on Saturday last, and, on taking her into
custody on the present charge, she said, " I did it
myself; this man had nothing to do with it."
Mr. Mullens said he did not propose to go fully
into the case to-day, but to apply for a remand to
a future day, when he should have much evidence
to offer.