The Sun.
London, England, 1861-10-22 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE, Oct. 21.

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MANSION-HOUSE —George Baker, a journey
man gun-maker, who was brought before Mr
Alderman Sidney a few days since upon a warrant
charging him with absconding from his employ.
ment without having fulfilled a contract entered
into by him with Mrs. Yeoman, the proprietress of
a gun-manufactory in ithe Minories, appeared in
answer to his recognisances to hear the decision of
the Bench.
The whole of the facts were given in our report
of the last examination, when, it will be remem-
bered, the prosecutor, Mr. James Yeomans, stated
that he made an engagement with the prisoner on
behalf of his mother, Mrs. Yeomans, in May last,
when it was agreed that the prisoner should have
as much work as he could do, and have 20s. in
advance to enable him to purchase some tools, and
if he wanted any further advance in reason he was
to have it, to be paid back at the rate of 7,71- per cent.
upon his weekly wages. On Saturday week last the
prisoner absconded from his work without giving
Mr. Yeoman any notice, owing Mr. Yeoman £5 ss. 6d.
which had been advanced to him, and was appre-
hended in Birmingham. On that occasion, Mr.
Wontner, who appeared for the defence, contended
that the agreement was net a legal one, inasmuch
as in the Statute of Frauds it provided that any
agreement not terminable within a twelvemonth
must be a written agreement, and, in the case in
question, it had extended considerably over the 12
months.
Mr. Alderman Sidney said he felt some doubt on
the subject, and adjourned the case that he might
consult the Lord Mayor upon the subject, taking
the prisoner's own recognisance in £lO for his re-
appearance.
Mr. Wontner again attended on behalf of the
defendant.
The case led to considerable discussion upon the
technical points of law.
The Lord Mayor said it was quite clear that a
contract had been entered into between the parties
and it was contended on the one side that the money
was to be advanced upon condition that the de-
fendant should work it out, and the question was,
whether the defendant got the advance with the
idea that he was to work it out.
Mr. Wontner said it was to be paid by so much
a week, and the prosecutor had not done so. If he
had deducted the money from week to week, accord':
ing to the contract, there would be no debt now.
Mr. Alderman Sidney said he entertained con-
siderable doubt as to the legality of the contract,
and he thought it was a very reasonable doubt ; but
since he had conferred with the Lord Mayor upon
the subject that doubt had been removed. The first
contract was for an advance of 205., but since that
fresh advances had been made frem time to time,
which was a resuscitation of the contract.
Mr. Goodman said Mr. Yeoman did not wish to
press the charge, if the defendant would return to
his work.
Mr. Wontner said his client would go back and
pay the debt.
The Lord Mayor said he must not pay the debt,
he must work it out according to the contract.
Mr. Wontner contended that as the money had
not been stopped regularly, it was all due, and the
last week the defendant worked Mr. Yeoman paid
him nothing.
Mr., Yeoman said he would be satisfied if the
defendant worked it out, not otherwise.
His Lordship said his decision must be that if
the defendant did not resume his work according to
the contract, he must sentence him to 14 days' im-
prisonment.
Mr. Goodman then suggested that the case should
again be adjourned for a week to see if the parties
could not come to some amicable arrangement.
This course was agreed to, the defendant again
being bound over in his own recognisances in £lO.
The Lord Mayor gave the defendant to under-
stand that if he did not make an arrangement to
carry out the contract, and Mr. Yeoman pressed the
charge, he should have to sentence him to 14 days.
Wm. Spearing, a labouring man, 76 years of
age, was brought before the Lord Mayor, charged
with assaulting Anne Davis.
The prisoner, it appeared, was stepfather to the
complainant, who lived with him and her mother in
Petticoat-lane. On Saturday the prisoner lighted a
fire, and the complainant let it go out, whereupon
the prisoner, after calling her some vile names,
caught her by the hair of her head and threw ,her
down. Her mother interfered, and he assaulted
her. Complainant went between them, and hap-
pened to fall down, when prisoner gave her a vio-
lent kick on her chin, cutting it severely. The girl's
chin was most fearfully. cut, and it appeared that
she had some difficulty in giving her evidence.
Two witnesses swore to seeing the prisoner drag
her down by her hair, and one saw him kick her.
The prisoner called God to witness that he never
did such a thing. He said she was a very bad girl,
and had assaulted him, and he had only acted in his
own defence.
The Lord Mayor said it was a most brutal case,
and sentenced him to 21 days' imprisonment.

BOW-STREET.—SINGULAR DISPUTE ABOUT A
BILL OF SALE.—Roger Huggins, who was stated
to be a foreigner, but who spoke English fluently
and well, was brought up on remand charged with
stealing a quantity of clothing and other property,
belonging to Vital Weidekins, a Belgian, who de-
scribed himself as an artist.
The prisoner was given into custody on Satur-
day, when he was taken in the first instance to
the Marlborough-street Police-court. It was then
discovered that the charge lay in the Bow-street
district, upon which the prisoner was removed
to this court, where he arrived shortly before the
close of the sitting. Evidence sufficient to justify
a remand was then taken, and the case was ad-
journed till this day (Monday.) The prisoner
urgently protested against the remand, declaring
that he had at home letters which he could produce
at an hour's notice, and which would prove that he
had the prosecutor's authority for disposing of the
property. But it being then nearly five o'clock,
and the magistrate just on the point of leaving tht
ibench, it was impossible to enter into this question
at that time. The prisoner then begged to be ad-
mitted to bail i but the same difficulty vreeellted

itself, that before he could send for bail and they
could attend, the court would be closed and the

magistrate and officials would be gone away. The
magistrate (Mr. Corrie) then observed that it was
out of his power to do otherwise than remand the
prisoner, who was clearly contradicted by the
sworn testimony of the prosecutor. If any wrong
was done to the defendant he could bring an action
against the prosecutor for false imprisonment. The
prisoner was then remanded.
On the present oecasion Mr. Lewis, 'of Marl.
borough-street, appeared for the prosecution ; and
Mr. Abrams, of Bow-street, for the defendant.

The prosecutor, being unable to speak English,
Mr. Albert, the interpreter of the Marlborough.

street police-court, attended to translate his evi-

Mr. Lewis, in opening the case, said he did not
know what defence the prisoner could have to
offer, unless the production of a bill of sale. If
such a document were put in evidence, he should

ask the magistrate to impound it.
The prosecutor, M. Vital Weldekins was then
sworn. He deposed in French I live at 2, King-
street, Holborn, and am an artist: I have known
the prisoner about four years. In Sept. last I occu-
pied apartments at 2, King-street, Holborn, where
I had some furniture and wearing apparel. I left
England on the 4th September, having on thelst or
2d informed the prisoner of my intention to leave
on that day. He asked me what I was going to
do with my furniture. I said I would lock every-
thing up and take the keys with me to Brussels.
He recommended me not to do so, saying that he
would undertake the care of my furniture and
everything I might leave in the apartments, and
that on my return I should find everything as I
had left it. For that purpose I was to sign two
printed papers, so that the landlord might not hin-
der him from having access to the apartments. He
observed that unless I did that, if the landlord's
goods should be distrained upon, mine also might
be seized, and I should have " no right to say any-
thing about it." He also remarked, " You do not
know what happens in England every day." In-
duced by his representations I signed two papers
which I did not read. They were in English,which
language I do not understand at all. I gave no
authority to the prisoner to remove any article
whatever of my property from my apartments. I
locked the boxes and took the keys with me and
kept them in my possession till my return on
Thursday last, when I missed a great portion of my
property. My boxes were open and nearly empty.
The prisoner was with me. I had met him in the
street, and he had given me the keys and accom-
panied me to the rooms. I asked him what had be-
come of the furniture, &c., which I missed. He re-

plied, " Oh, make your mind easy about it, there is
nothing lost." I then searched for the rest of my
things, and when I found so large a quantity
missing, I called him a thief. He said, " Don't speak
so loud—don't speak so loud, the people of the house
might hear you, and consider into what a position
you might throw me. Don't be afraid, all will be
returned to you, and you shall even have double the
value of what I have made use of." My answer to
this was, that we only wanted what was ours, and
no more. He said, " Don't let us quarrel about it."
I afterwards said I wanted to see the pawnbroker's
tickets, to see if it was true. He said he had not
got them about him, they were at his lodgings at
Islington. At a quarter past 8 the next morning I
went to his lodgings to look for him, and found
him in bed. He seemed much displeased at my
calling, and asked me to go to a coffee-house in
the neighbourhood to wait for him. I refused to do
so, and said I would wait there. I waited in a
room down stairs for an hour and a half, and then
he came down and we went together that he might
deliver me the tickets, as he now said he had made
a mistake, they were not at his lodgings, but in the
care of his solicitor or agent. After going about
with him for three hours I again demanded the
tickets. We then went to a coffee-house, where he
received two parcels, which he had left there, and
one of which contained 41 duplicates. He gave me
the 41 duplicates, saying, " These are your things."
I made a list of the duplicates at his dictation to
see that nothing was wanting. The entire property
taken from my rooms is about 2,500 f., or about £3OO.
When I left England I did not owe the prisoner
anything ; on the contrary, he asked me to lend him
some money, and I advanced him about £lO or £l2.
Nor did I owe him anything at the time I signed
the documents. I gave him in custody on Saturday
about 3 o'clock.
Cross-examined by Mr. Abrams—l never owed
the prisoner, and never had a disputed account with
him. On Saturday I went to a solicitor's office,not
to settle a disputed account, but for the purpose, he
said, of giving back the papers whichl had signed.
Did not admit in the prisoner's presence at the at-
torney's office, that I owed 11,000 fr. I said the
amount for which the goods were pledged amounted
to I,loofr. or £44. I did not know till Thursday
that any of my property was pledged. I did not
during my absence write to him with respect to
pledging furniture, but I did with reference to other
matters. Amongst the tickets now produced are
some to the amount of £l4, relating to property
which the prisoner had previously pledged. Before
leaving I told the landlord I had left the goods in
the prisoner's charge till my return ; not that I had
sold them to the prisoner, or that I had given up
the apartments to him, except for the period of my
absence. During my absence I did not pay the rent
myself, but gave the money to the prisoner to pay
it. I swear I did not know the contents of the docu-
ment I signed. The prisoner's milkman and a
lodger of the milkman's were present at the time it
was signed ' • my landlord was not. I did not tell
my landlord I had sold my goods. I never gave him
leave to sell my things.
Re-examined—The £l4 worth of goods were
pledged before I left England. The £44 worth
which he has pledged include the £l4 ; but I allowed
him to pledge those things in order to assist him, as
he wanted money at the time.
Madame Rosalie Weldekins, the wife of the pro-
secutor, deposed that she came home with her hus-
band on Thursday last. She corroborated her hus-
band's evidence, and added that the prisoner said
he had put the things away to redeem some docu-
ments, but he would pay everything back two-fold,
as he would soon be rich (" je vais etre riche"). He
also said that the paper which had been signed by
the prosecutor was an accommodation paper, and
false.
Mr. Lewis then applied for a remand.
Mr. Abrams hoped the prisoner would be ad-
mitted to bail.
Mr. Lewis would leave that matter to the magis-
trate, but there was a document in the hands of
Mr. Abrams which he should call on that gentleman
to produce.
Mr. Abrams—But perhaps I may think proper
to reserve it till I have heard the whole of your
case. The police have taken some papers now before
you, one of which may throw a light on the case.
Mr. Currie—l think these papers ought to be
given up to the prisoner.
Mr. Lewis—We do not know what they are. Let
the officer keep them till to-morrow,
Mr. Corrie—lf I accept bail it must be to a heavy
amount. I must have two sureties of £lOO each.
The Prisoner—Very well, Sir.
AN AFFECTIONATE PARENT.—A dissipated-look-
ing woman, named Johanna Smith, was charged
with assaulting her son, Thomas Smith, one of the
shoeblacks of the Ragged School Society.
Patrick Connor—l am an inspector of the Ragged
School Shoeblack Brigade. This morning as the
boys were assembled at the station in Ship-yard to
get their boxes, in order to go out to their day's
work, the prisoner came there and created a great
disturbance, owing to which a great crowd collected.
As her son left the station with the box on his head
she knocked it off with her fist, and the blacking
was spilt on the ground. The blacking was the pro-
perty of the society, and worth ls. She was drunk.
Mr. Corrie—What do you say to annoying your
son in this way when he is getting his living ?
The Prisoner—Your worship, I wanted to go
down to Epsom for a holiday, and I went to ask him
for Gd. to take me there; but just because I had a
" drop taken" he would not give it to me. So I says,
" Then I will give you a holiday, for instead of me
going to Epsom I will stop and annoy you." So, of
course, I knocked his box off his head to keep him
from going to work. He is a very good boy, your
worship, and he allows me 2s. a week out of what
he earns.
Mr. Corrie—Yes, and you must be a very wicked
woman to hinder him from earning his money.
The Prisoner—Your worship, he would not give
me the Gd. I wanted, so of course I thought I'd an-
noy him.
Mr. Corrie—l'll fine you 55., or commit you for
five days.
The Prisoner—My son will pay that for me.
Mr. Corrie—No, he won't. Here, Thomas Smith,
you are not to pay the fine for her, mind, If she
can't pay it herself she is to go to prison.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—THE ALLEGED
DESPERATE ASSAULT AT THE ALHAMBRA.—Mr. x.
Wyld, jun., Mr. James Bartleman, Mr. George
Butcher, Mr. C. Laforest, and Mrs. Elizabeth Hart,
all employed in various situations at the Alhambra,
Leicester-square, appeared before Mr. Beadon, to
answer the complaint of Mr. Henry Hart Davis, for
an alleged combined and murderous assault.
Mr. Sleigh, instructed by Mr. Lewis, of Ore
Marlborough-street, was for four of the
Mr. Orridge for one of them, al'? ‘- Metcalfe for
the complainant, dP:endants,

The Proff4o-:
,tonal gentlemen retired together into
magistrate's room, an arrangement having been
previously arrived at, and after a few minutes' con-
sultation came again.into court.
Mr. Sleigh, addressing Mr. 13eadou, oaid--sir, in

this matter I have something to say which I think
will spare any further investigation into the charge
before you. The defendants, as yon will no doubt
recollect, were charged with an assault on Mr.
Davis, and after having had communication with
my learned friend Mr. Metcalfe, I am authorised by
all the defendants to say they sincerely regret they
should have given way to such an ebullition of tem-
per on account of any matter which Mr. Davis had
a right to complain of. They were sorry that any-
thing unfriendly should have taken place, and in
perfect sincerity and good faith they desire to apolo-
gise for what has occurred. lam instructed to say
that Mr. Wyld, the proprietor of the Alhambra,
has unlimited confidence in the defendants. The
affray occurred in consequence of something believed
to have been said by Mr. Davis. The defendants,
in good faith, retract anything they might have said
against Mr. Davis ; and I hope that my learned
friend, Mr. Metcalfe, on the part of Mr. Davis,
will, with equal good faith, withdraw any-
thing he may have said against them. I
attend for four of the defendants, Messrs. Wyld,
Butcher, and Bartleman, and Mrs. Hart; and my
friend Mr. Orridge for the other defendant. He
will no doubt concur in what I have said, and you
will, I trust, feel that this is a happy termination
to a case that ought never to have come to this
court.

Mr. 0 rridge, for Mr. Laforest, said all that Mr.
Sleigh had alleged on behalf of his clients applied
to the party for whom he appeared. His client,
who felt that he laboured under an unjust imputa-
tion, was, in a moment of excitement, betrayed into
conduct which he now regretted, and for which he
now tendered an apology to Mr. Davis.
Mr. Metcalfe, who spoke very indistinctly, was
understood to say that the apology now made was
quite satisfactory to Mr. Davis. Mr. Wyld, sen.,
had interposed, and, acting as a friend to both par-
ties, had accommodated matters in a way satisfac-
tory to both sides. Of course there was an end to
the proceedings.
Mr. Sleigh—Although my learned friend has not
referred to one point, to the personal matters
against the defendants, I take it for granted that,
on behalf of his client, Mr. Davis, he withdraws
them ?
Mr. Metcalfe—Oh, certainly; the imputations
are quite withdrawn.
Mr. Beadon—Then I dismiss the complaint, and
I heartily wish that all such squabbles had such an
amicable end.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALLS'-YESTERDAY.

The important settling upon the past week's racing at
Newmarket, as was anticipated, attracted a large attendance
of subscribers, among whom we noticed many of the prin-
cipal members of the "upper ten thousand ;" who, although
fortune favoured the bookmakers, evinced on this occasion a
commendable spirit of punctuality in meeting their engage-
ments, which was justly appreciated by all interested. The
business of paying and receiving occupied the attention of
the majority present until a late hour, when speculation for
the Cambridgeshire was occasionally mentioned, bat no•,
thing was, done, beyond a disposition to follow Mr. Beville's
great success by supporting Henham Lass, but layers were
shy, and 9to 2 we imagine would represent her price. Half
a point more would have found a host of supporters. The
Roe was nominally at 11 to 1, and Asteroid at 12 to 1 was
occasionally backed. The only other movement connected
with the afternoon's performances, so far as the Cambridge-
shire is concerned, was the retrogression of Camerino to 25
to 1 offered, and the retirement of Doefoot from 30 to 1,
frequently taken at the opening of the rooms, to 10 points
more at the close, which was freely advanced by those who,

it appeared, had received an intimation of Colonel Towne -
ley's filly having met with an accident. The transactions
upon the other animals enumerated in our "price current"
must be taken as nominal.; in fact, with the exception of
an eagerness to be on " the favourite," we noticed no dis-
position to invest upon anything in the race.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
9to 2 agst Henham Lass (taken and offered)
11 to 1 agst The Roe (offered)
100 to 8 agst Asteroid (taken)
100 to 6 agst Confectioner (taken)
25 to 1 agst Camerino (taken and offered)
25 to 1 agst Gabriel d'Estrees (taken and offered)
30 to 1 agst Gridiron (taken)
33 to 1 agst Donner and Blitz (taken)
33 to 1 agst Ivanhoff (taken)
40 to 1 agst Sporting Life (taken)
40 to 1 agst Doefoot (offered)
60 to 1 agst Nemesis (taken)
50 to 1 agst Wizard (taken)
1000 to 15 agst Oxford (taken)
THE DERBY.
33 to 1 agst Spite (taken)
60 to 1 agst Lady Evelyne (taken)
1000 to 10 agst Caractacus (taken)