The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-07 00:00:00

POLICB INTELLIGENCE.—Nov. 6.

MANSION-HOUSE. Charles Tubbs and
Samuel Bromley were brought before the Lord
Mayor (the former upon remand), charged with
having stolen a quantity of plate, consisting of
slyer forks, gravy and tea spoons, (tc., of the value
of 121., from the house of Miss Harriet Brown, a
lady of independent means, residing at 38, St.
Petersburg-place, Bayswater.
Tubbswas stopped by a policeman in Bishopsgate-
street on Monday last with the plate in his posses-
sion, [and brought up and remanded. Bromley
was on Wednesday taken into custody for attempt-
ing to pick a gentleman's pocket, and he was now
placed by the side of Tubbs to, answer the more
serious charge of the plate robbery.
At the former examination a city police-officer,
named Robert Eno, said that from information he
received he stopped Tubbs with a basket on his
arm, containing plate, which was covered by
walnuts. _ .

The prosecutrix was called yesterday, and identi-
fied the plate produced by the officer, which she
said was stolen from her house on Monday last,
about two hours before Tubbs was found with
it in his possession. Its value was about 121.
Henry Hill, a carpenter, said—On Monday last
I was in Holborn when I observed the two pri-
soners and another man pass me. Tubbs was car-
rying the basket produced by the officer on his arm,
and Bromley was walking a little way behind him.
Knowing the latter, I turned round and looked at
him. They were both walking very fast. I
noticed a silver spoon or fork in the trousers
pocket of Bromley as he passed me, and felt con-
vinced they had been committing a robbery. I
followed them into Bishopsgate-street, when I
communicated with the officer Eno, who seized
Tubbs, but Bromley and the other man escaped.
I have known Bromley to be a pickpocket for the
last four years.
Henry Francis, a boy of 13 years of age, said—l
know the prosecutrix's house. On Monday last,
about 11 o'clock, I saw Tubbs looking through the
window, which was partly open. The prisoner
Bromley was waiting outside in the street. I had
occasion to go to the house about an hour after-
wards, when the servant told me the plate had
been stolen.

Theprisaners, who made no answer to the charge;
were fully committed to trial to the Central Crimi.
nal Court.

GUILDHALL.—David Rees Davies, who was
remanded upon the charge of obtaining charitable
contributions under false pretences, was again
brought up, and the following additional particu-
lars given.
The Rev. Mr. Cadman, the incumbent of S.
George's, Southwark, attended according to the
worthy alderman's request.
Sir Peter Laurie said he was very much obliged
to Mr. Cadman for attending to assist in suppres-
sing the system of fraud which was being practised
to such a frightful extent upon honest men.
Mr. Cadman said he should be happy to give
every information in his power, and, although he
should be very sorry to give evidence against any
individual he had once respected, still he felt it his
duty to state everything he knew of the prisoner.
The rev. gentleman then proceeded to state that in
AprillB43, whentheßed Cross-court ragged schools
were opened, the prisoner was appointed the master,
he having filled the same position previously at the
Gravel-lane Schools. He conducted himself very
well, and for a considerable time fulfilled all the
duties expected of him. And he seemed to gain
the affections of all the children, which was a great
thing to accomplish where the object was to rule by
lore and kindness, rather than by fear. He ulti-
mately, however, became very careless, and finding
he was in the habit of getting into debt and issuing
written claims upon his salary, Mr. Cadman cau-
tioned him. The prisoner explained that he was
in great difficulties in consequence of the low salary
he had at the Gravel-lane School. Mr. Cadman
then asked him for a list of his debts, and advanced
him 51. to relieve him from his temporary embar-
rassment, which he was to have repaid by small
weekly instalments. He, notwithstanding, con-
tinued to give these written orders upon his salary,
and Mr. Cadman then brought the matter under the
notee of the committee, who passed a resolution dis-
missing the prisoner from his mastership in August,
1854, since which reports had reached Mr. Cadman
of the prisoner frequenting public-houses and other
places at variance with his former character.
With regard to the letter given by Mr. Cooke, the
curate, he begged to mention that that gentleman
had left St. George's, Southwark, some time, but he
was present at the meeting when the prisoner was
discharged prior to the date of the letter produced,
and the only reason he could assign for Mr. Cooke's
acting so injudiciously was a feeling of compassion
which probably induced him to overlook the pri-
soner's indiscretions in the hope that he would
amend. But still he thought it was very improper
to give such a letter. Since he had been in court
he had been informed that the prisoner's salary had
been several times raised to prevent him getting
into such difficulties.

Mr. Ferguson attended from the Mendicity So-
ciety, and eaid there were unfortunately tJo many
sham societies at present in existence, which it
would be well to expose. They abounded particu-
larly at the West-end, and although the Mendicity
Society had succeeded in suppressing three or four
such societies very recently, they were yet very
numerous.

It appeared that there were entries in the book
found upon the prisoner of subscriptions to the
amount of 581.

The prisoner said he had not received half of
them.
Sir Peter Laurie said it was a frightful case, and
no one could tell him more of the evil than he
already knew.

Mr. Cadman said, however much he might wish
to show kindness to the prisoner, he could not but
feel obliged t• Sir Peter for the manner in which
he had taken up this matter, as such impositions
effected an immense deal of injury to those inbti-
tutions that were really devoted to the bettering
of the condition of the lower classes.
Sir Peter Laurie said it was not so much the
severity of the punishment the prisoner might
receive that had determin( d him to send the case
for trial, as that the publicity it would thereby
gain would not only prevent the prisoner from pur-
suing the same course whenever he might gain Lis
liberty, but it would deter many others from
practising similar frauds.
Mr. Martin (the chief clerk) said the charges
against the prisoner were for obtaining two guineas
from Messrs. Grenfell and Co., copper merchants,
of Thames-street, and endeavouring to obtain one
guinea from Mr. Budd, copper merchant of Castle
Baynard Wharf, under false and fraudulent pre-
tences.

The prisoner, who positively asserted that all be
had received he had expended upon the children,
for whose benefit he had collected it, was then com-
mitted for trial.

Michael M‘Donough, who has been remanded
for several weeks upon the charge of assaulting W.
Brend.ell in the West London Union, was brought
up for further examination relative to that charge.
W. Brendell having, in consequence of this as-
sault, been confined to the hospital for t' e last 3 or
4 weeks, at'ended yesterday, and stated—l was in
the West London Union on Monday, the 20th of
last month. I was picking oakum and the prisoner
was sitting opposite to me at the same table. He
seized hold of my work, and upon my telling him
not to take it, he said, "I will let you know I will
take the work whenever I think proper." I told
him he should do nothing of the kind ; and I was
in the act cf taking the work back when he jumped
up in a dreadful passion and aimed a violent bluw
at my head across the table, but he only knocked
off my hat. He then caught hold of me by the hair
of my head and began punching me with his fist in
the face with all his power, and continued doizig so
as long as he was ab'e. I called for assistance, and
though there were others standing by, not one came
to help me. I fel,, his knuckles enter my eye, and
thought then my eye had been burst with the blow.
I made my way to Mr. Phillipg, the master, and I
was soon after taken to the hospital, where I have
remained until to-day.
Sir Peter Laurie—How long have you been in
the union ?

Wan, si—About two years, sir.
Sir Ptter Laurie—And howlong has the prisoner
been an inmate of the union ?

Prisoner—Seven years, sir.

_
Sir Peter Laurie—What have you to say to this,
prisoner ?
Prisoner—He struck me with a stick first.
W,tneas—l never did anything of the kind.
Robert Squires said—l wits an inmate of the
union, but I did net see the assault committed. I
saw the prisoner rise from the table in a great pas-
sion, and knowing what sort of a man he was, I
ran into the yard io get same cf the other paupers
to come in and assist in keeping the priicner quiet.
W Len I turned round I found the comp!aivant
bleeding very much about the face.
Charles Forster said—T did not witness the
in the eye
atter leave the room.
dell of the assault but I saw pr7soner strike Bren-
den
Mr. Wakefield said
Bartholomew's with great violence and I saw the
with the blood pouring from
his left eye.
I am house surgeon at St.
Bartholomew's HoS
admitted on Mondly,4l.
theT2Ets complainant was
20th of October last,
and on examining him I found
jured that the sight was completel eye
was
so
ill-
Sir Peter Lauxle-4 ur
5 the in• y gone.
to the eye such

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as might have been inflicted by a blow from the
fist ?

Witness•--It is, Sir Peter.
Sir Peter Laurie—This is a very brutal assault,
and I shall therefore send the case for trial at the
ensuing sessions of the Central Criminal Court.
The prisoner was then committed for trial.

BOW-STREET.---Two well-dressed young men,
who said they were medical students, and gave the
names John Butcher and Frederick Clarkson, were
charged under the following circumstances :
Policeman E 126 said that at a late hour the
previous night he was on his beat near Tottenham-
court-road, and as he passed through Alfred-street
he found the prisoners there. They were wrench-
ing the knocker off a door. He went up to them,
and saw each of them throw away a knocker.
Both knockers had been taken away from houses
in Alfred-street, and those of several other houses
had been loosened. They ran away, but he fol-
lowed, and took them both in charge. Butcher
was intoxicated, but Clarkson was sober.
Clarkson said ho had no hand in wrenching the
knocker off. The one that he was seen to throw
away was handed to him by his companion.
Mr. Jardine said the person who looked on while
such things were being done was as culpable as he
who actually did it. It was a shame for young men
in their position and of their education to commit
themselves in this manner. The disgrace was much
greater than any punishment that he could inflict.
He regretted that the law did not enable him to
impose a more adequate punishment for such a mis-
chievous act ; he could only order them to pay 12s.
each for the damage done, or be imprisoned for a
month.

WORSHIP-STREET.—Patrick Welsh, 19, a
clerk in the employ of Messrs. James Wild and Co.,
flock merchants in the Curtain-road, Shoreditch,
was charged before Mr. Hammill with the following
offences :

From the evidence it was understood that on the
4th of June last, Mr. Wild left London for Brigh-
ton, and gave instructions to a senior clerk to pay
into his bankers' 151. left at his private house in
Clifton-stree, Finsbury, together with any other
monies left there within a given period. These
orders were overheard by the prisoner, who, watch-
ing His opportunity, obtained the 151. from one of
the servants, under the pretext that Mr. Norris, the
clerk alluded to, sent him for it. The point gained,
he re turued to the factory, broke open a letter there,
and abstracted a cheque for 141. 14s. ; forged Mr.
Wild's signature, and, possessing hmself of the
product, decamped.
Hayward, the active warrant officer of this court
in charge of the case, stated that he brought the pri-
soner from Glasgow on a warrant granted by the
magistrate ou the bench here. Private inf rmation
had reached witness that Welsh was suffering au
imprisonment of 60 days in the gaol of Glasgow,
and proceeding there he found such to be the fact.
Net any trace of the two amounts could be
discovered, and the accused admitted his guilt.
The 60 days' incarceration was for being found be-
neath the bed of a gentleman's apartment in the
Buck's Head Hotel, Argyll-street, with the inten-
tion of committing a felony. The lodger, who
possessed a considerable amount of money, fortu-
nately, however, looked about his sleeping-room
before he retired to rest, and saw the prisoner en-
seanced as described.
The magistrate ordered a remand.

Wm. Button, a journeyman hatter, was charged
with having cruelly maltreated his wife and child.
The prisoner's wife, a careworn, emaciated
woman, in the last stage of pregnancy, and who ex-
hibited such extreme personal suffering that she
was allowed to be seated while giving her evidence,
said—]for the last nine months my husband has
done no work whatever, but I have cheerfully sup-
ported him, with the assistance of our three chil-
dren, by toiling day and night in making up paper
bags for the grocers. I supply him with as much
money as I can out of the little we earn, but he
spends it in drink, leaving us all in a starving state,
and beating me unmercifully when there is not
enough left to furnish him with food besides. Be-
tween 7 and 8 o'clock last night he came home in-
toxicated as usual, and began abusing me in the
most dreadful language because there was no supper
ready for him. I told him that I had not a farthing
of money to get it with ; but be only answered me
with a blow, as he always &se, and af;•, knocking
me down twice, as he still insisted upon having his
supper, I stripped off some of my underclothing,
and went out to pawn it for him. The article was so
worthless, however, that no one would lend me any-
thing upon it ; and, on returning back to tell him
so, with tears in my eyes, he knocked me down
again ; and, taking up a broom, commenced beating
me with it about the head, cheat, and every part of
my person until I was covered with bruises, and
almost lost my senses. While he was ill-using me in
this way, one of my daughtera got between us, and
was endeavouring to protect me, when he tr. Wed
her in the same rnaneer, and kept on beating us
both until he was tired out, and left off from ex-
haustion. We managed at last to escape from him
and got into the street, when we were spoken to by
a policeman, who afterwards took him into custody.
Emily Button, an intelligent little girl, 13 years
of age, who cried bitterly whilst giving her evidence,
fully corroborated her mother's testimony, and
added, that while attempting to shield the latter
from further ill•usage she was herself brutally at-
tacked by her father, who blackened her eyes as
they now appeared.

Oa being called upon for his defence' the prisoner
sullenly replied that his wife and child had exag-
gerated what had taken place, but, as they had it
all their own way, it would be useless for him to say
anything.

Mr. Hammill severely animadverted upon the
cruel and cowardly conduct of the prisoner, and
having characterised the case as one of the worst of
the kind that had ever been brought before him,
ordered him to be committed to hard labour for the
consecutive terms of six and three months.
The magistrate also directed ono of the officers
to provide the complainant and her daughter, who
appeared to be in a famishing condition, with some
nourishing food, and presented them with 103.
from the poor-box.

M..A.RLBOROUGH-STREET.—James Sankey,
policeman of the D division, was charged with
stripping a house in which he had been placed in
charge, and stealinc, plate, jewellery, house linen,
and apparel, together with Bank of England notes
and sovereigns to the amount of at least 1,0001.
Concerned with Sankey was a woman named Ma-
tilda ROS 9, otherwise known as Duval, who with
him was apprehended by Mr. Rowe, of the Irish
constabulary, in Cork, and taken before the magis-
trates, by whom, sufficientlystrongproof of identity
having been given, they were sent to London.
Mr. Hugh Henry Robt. Aikmao, of Rots-house,
Hamilton, Lanarkshire, said ho was a justice of the
peace fur the county. The house, No. 68, Great
Portland-street, belongs to his mother, Mrs. Sarah
likman, a widow lady—it was given in charge to
the prisoner Sankey between 2 and 3 years ago. He
had been recommended at the station, Marylebone-
lane. Most of the furniture had been cleared out
and deposited under lock and key, in upper
rooms, except the very large pieces such as piano-
fortes. Previous to Sankey bf ing so employed, an
old servant had had charge. Could not now recol-
lect whether he had given Sankey the key, but it
was given with his authority. Prisoner remained
in charge of the house until the recent robbery.
Identified a silver watch found on Sankey, and now
produce', as belonging to his brother Mr. George
Robertson Aikman, also a metal flask belonging to
his sist r.

Mr. John Robertson Aikman, of Golden-square,
solicitor, and Miss Aikman, gave similar evidence.
Servant O'Bryan, D 25, said that he went to the
house in Portland-street to inquire, in the usual
way, after Sankey, who had, as a constable, been
reported sick. NI, itness saw the prikion er's mother,
and, from what she told him, ascertained that he
had absconded. He made the fact immediately
known to the Inspector, and Mr. Aikman was com-
municated with. Iu company with the latter gen-
tleman, the premises were examined and found as
described.

--Mr. Thomas Armstrong Rowe, the head consta-
ble o
f the Cork Constabulary, apprehended both
prisoners on Saturday night last. Sankey said bis
same was Henry Williams, and denied stoutly that
k 3 was Sankey, or knew anything of this matter.
The female also denied all knowledge of the rob-
bery. Searched a deal box they had in their pos-
session, and found the flask now identified and a
quantity of other articles, chiefly wearing apparel.
Sergeant Potter deposed to a conversation with
the prisoner Sankey in the cell at the station that
morning, ha expressed a wish to sea Lim. It
was to the effect end be (the prisoner) had srollen
to two men he had met by chance—that he had
been c9mpletely drawn into this by them. He
had taken them home with him ; that they gave
him drink, -which they had obtained ; that ho in
consequence fell asleep, and en awaking found the
place bad been ransacked. He had found some
articles about, and intended making the matter
known at the station, but wavered, not knowing
what to do for the best. He feared lie should get
into trouble, so made use of the articles himself.
Mr. Bingham committed the prisoners for trial.
It may be remembered that a man named Henry
Perry White, a marine store dealer, was charged ,
last Friday with endeavouring to incite policeman ;
D 135, at p:i_•asent in charge of the house in Great
Portland-street, to the commission of a further
felony theret, and was remanded thereon till yeater-

day. On the mesent occasion, no evidence being
offered, the prisoner was discharged.

SOUTHWARK.—Wm. Benjamin Easton and
Rcb t Symes, ightermen, were breu.;ht before
Mr. Burch= for final examination, charged with
stealing a quantity of loather from a barge on the
river Thames, the Property of Messrs. Nash and
Co., wbarfinger3, Pickled Herring-wharf, Ber-
mondsey.
Mr. Burcham committed both prisoners for trial
at tho next Old Bailey sessions, but at the request
of Mr. Solomons admitted them to bail.

LAMBETH.—On Mr. Norton taking his seat on
the bench, a woman about 40 years of age stepped
into the witness-box, and entreated his worship's
advice and assistance. She said that three months
ago she married a man who sho believed would
make her a good husband, but she very soon dis-
covered that his sole object was to possess himself
of all her money and worldly goods, and leave her
to begin the world again.
Mr Norton—Why do you think that ?
" • '

Applicant—Well, sir, it is quite palpable. He
has had 061. of my money already, without giving
me the slightest account of what he has done with
it, and he wants more.
Mr. Norton—What does your property consist
of ?

Annlicanfrd-Of Consols and household furniture.
Last night he came home, and insisted on my sell-
ing out more stock, and on my refusing to do so
he threatened to call in a broker and sell me up.
He also threatened me awfully, and, indeed,
slightly assaulted me.
Mr. Norton—Well, you can have a summons
against him for the assault.
Applicant—Well, sir, I should not like to hurt
him • still I want to restrain him from selling off
my furniture.
Mr. Norton—What is this husband of yours ?
Applicant—A cattle dealer, sir.
Mr. Norton—Well, if you do not wish to take
mit a summons, I shall send an officer to your hus-
band to warn him against making any threats of
violence towards you, and that may have the
desired effect.

. Applicant—l am very much obliged to your wor-
ship, and hope the officer's visit may restrain him.

WANDS WORTH.—Thomas Jones, aged 45, a
labourer employed at Price's candle factory, Batter-
sea, was charged with the following robbery.
William Walker, formerly a constable in the B
division of police, hut now employed as watchman
at Messrs. Price's extensive works in the York-
road, Battersea, deposed that about half-past five
o'clock on Thursday evening he was on duty
at the gate of the company's works, and from
information he received he was induced to stop
the prisoner as he came out. On searching
him he discovered that he had two pieces of lead
under his smock, suspended by a cord round his
neck. The pieces of lead were hanging down on each
side of his breast, and externally he did not appear
to have anything about him. He took him to the
superintendent of the works, who at once ordered
him to be taken into custody. The load weighed
261bs , and it belonged to a still. The prisoner
said he took the lead some time ago, but he was
unable to take it away at that time, as he was seen
by two of the men, and he then concealed it be-
tween the casks.

Mr. Dayman asked the prisoner if he had any.
thing to say in answer to the charge ?

The prisoner said he had not. -
Mr. Dayman inquired how long the prisoner has
beEn in the employ of the firm ?
The Superintendent stated about six months.
Walker informed his -worship that he Ind other
ev!dence to prove the identity of the le.td, and
whence it was taken.

Mr. Dayman said the prisoner admitted taking
the lead, and he should find him 405., or me
month's imprisonment.
Th 3 prisoner was locked up in default.