The Sun.
London, England, 1861-10-01 00:00:00

6_POLICE INTELLIGENCE, Oct. 1.

GUILD HALL.—A BANKRUPT TWICE ABSCOND-
ING FROM HIS CREDITORS —Ebenezn. Price Jones,
described as a drap'.2r, of 9, Crawley-street, Somers-
town, was placed at the bar before Sir R. W. Car-
den, charged with absconding and not surrendering
at the Court of Bankruptcy, on the 20th Sept. inst.,
after being adjudicated a bankrupt, with intent to
cheat and defraud his creditors.

Mr. Tindal Atkinson, instructed by Mr. Beard,
attended for the bankrupt.
Mr. Gammon conducted the prosecution for the
assignees, and stated that the bankrupt had for_
merle carried on business as an upholsterer, at
West Hain, in the county of Essex, where he
traded in the name of Ebenezer Price, and ultimately
became a bankrupt. On that occasion he failed to
surrender, and notwithstanding he was liable to
criminal proceedings on that account, he in January
last commenced business as a draper, in the name of
Ebenezer Price Jones, at 9, Crawley-street, Somers-
town, His first step was to apply to various whole-
sale :houses for credit, to obtain which he referred
them to Mr. John Thos. Moss, a solicitor, whose re-
presentations were such as to induce the parties in-
quiring to give the credit solicited, and so enable the
bankrupt to start in business. He then used the
names of those parties to obtain introductions to
other wholesale houses, of whom he also obtained
credit. His trading since Jan. last extended over
a period of six months, during which time he had
obtained goods to the value of between £2,000 and
£3,000, and it was not until his creditors received
information of the peculiar business he was doing,
and the mode in which their goods were being dis-
posed of, that they became alarmed, and called in
the assistance of a couple of active and intelli-
gent officers connected with the city and metropo-
litan police forces. City Detective Sergeant Russell
and Sergeant Harvey, 9 G, were employed to watch
the bankrupt's premisee, the result of which was
that they had succeeded in tracing a large quantity
of goods which had been surreptitiously removed.
Their suspicions being thus confirmed, the creditors
immediately instituted the necessary proceedings to
make him a bankrupt, and the usual notices were
served requiring him to surrender in the Court of
Bankruptcy on the 20th of September inst. The
messenger at once. took possession of the premises
and stock in trade, but on examining the latter it
was found to consist of a few articles exhibited in
the window, the total value of which could not be
more than 20s. A strict search was then made of
the shop and premises, when it was discovered that
the whole of the packages arranged round the shop
to represent the extensive and varied stock of a
draper consisted entirely of dummies. There was
not a single article of furniture on the premises, so
that with the exception of the few things displayed
in the window, the bankrupt had made away with
the whole of his estate. The bankrupt kept out of
the way until Sunday morning, when he was ar-
rested by the officers in a house in Stepney, where
he was found in bed reading the newspaper. The
assignees were much indebted to the officers, Ser-
geants Harvey and Russell, as it was through their
zealous and indefatigable exertions that a large
portion, although not near all, of the creditors' pro-
perty had been recovered. He (Mr. Gammon) pro-
poced to give evidence of the non-surrender on the
present occasion merely for the purpose of a re-
mand, but on a future day he would adduce evidence
in support of a variety of charges under the Bank-
ruptcy Law Consolidation Act of 1849, in addition
to which the bankrupt would also be indicted for
the offence of not surrendering to his former bank-
ruptcy.
Joseph Bygrave Williams, clerk to Mr. Austin,
the messenger, produced the proceedings in bank-
ruptcy, dated July 24, 18Q1 ; and Thos. Willett, clerk
to Messrs. Hocking and Co., woollen warehousemen,
of Gresham-street, identified the bankrupt as the
person referred to in those proceedings.
Mr. Gammon said that was all the evidence he
had to offer at present.
Mr. Tindal Atkinson offered no objection to a
remand.

Sir R. W. Carden said the statement made by Mr.
Gammon conveyed an imputation against Mr. Moss
that he gave the bankrupt a character which he did
not deserve, and he therefore thought it would only
be fair to Mr. Moss to give him the opportunity to
come forward and explain the grounds upon which
he allowed the bankrupt to refer to him.
Mr. Tindal Atkinson said there was nothing in
Mr. Moss's conduct that was not capable of the
fullest explanation.
Sir R. W. Carden said he did not doubt that for
an instant, and it was for that reason he thought
the explanation should be given, and because cha-
racter was such a valuable and important element
in all commercial transactions in the City of London.
Mr. Moss's name had been mentioned as having
given the bankrupt a character which he did not
deserve, and it was therefore desirable to know
under what circumstances that character was given.
Mr. Gammon said in mentioning the name of Mr.

Moss, he has no intention of imputing anything im-

proper to that gentleman. He referred to it merely
for the purpose of showing in what manner the
bankrupt obtained credit in the first instance.
Sir 1.1.> W. Carden then remanded the bankrupt,
and declined to accept bail.

BOW-STREET.—PRESENTING STOLEN MONEY
ORDERS.—James Gilman, a shabby-genteel looking
man, about 60 years of age, who said he was an
agent and canvasser, was charged with hav-
ing presented for payment two Post-office orders
for £1 and £2 respectively, which had been stolen
from letters in the course of their progress through
the Post.

The prosecution was conducted by Mr. Peacock,
the Post-office solicitor.
Mr. John Tyrrell deposed—l live at 2, Greek-
street, Soho, and keep a Post-office receiving house
and money order office there. The letter-of advice
now produced, relating to a money order for £l,
was received at our office, and subsequently, on
27th July, the order, also now produced, was pre-
sented for payment by the prisoner, at about three
o'clock p.m. Mr. Mather, to whom it was payable,
was then present. The order was signed, " George
Mather," which agrees with the letter of advice.
The money (one sovereign) was paid to the prisoner
by me, or in my presence. He went away, and Mr.
Mather and I followed him, till we saw him enter
a publichouse, in Hart street, Bloomsbury, where
he changed a sovereign. We then followed him to
B loomsbury-square, where we lost sight of him.
Mr. G. Mather, of Childwick Hall, St. Alban's,
corroborated Mr. Tyrrell's evidence. He had never
received the letter enclosing the order, the signa-
ture to which was of course not in his handwriting.
Tho prisoner said the witnesses were mistaken
in his identity ; he was not the person who pre-
sented the order.

Miss Sarah Eliza Luff deposed—l am assistant
to Mr. Muller, who keeps a receiving-office at No.
9, Holborn. On Saturday last, Sept. 28, the pri-
soner presented for payment the post-office order
for £2 now produced. He asked if we had received
the letter of advice yet. I said we had, but I was
instructed not to pay it, and I then gave him into
custody. The order had been previously presented,
but as at that time the letter of advice had not been
received, it was returned to the person who pre-
sented it.
The prisoner, who is suspected to be in collusion
with some pilfering letter-carrier, was remanded.
ASSAULT BY AN OMNIBUS CONDUCTOR ON A PAS-
SENGER.—Wm. Wilson, conductor of one of the
Waterloo omnibuses, was charged by Mr. Alldis, an
eating house keeper in Long-acre, with assaulting
him.
Complainant stated that on last evening (Sunday)
a little before nine o'clock, he got into defendant's
omnibus at the Elephant and Castle, and got out
at the corner of Wellington-street. It was then 20
minutes past nine o'clock. He gave the conductor
(the prisoner) 4d., the usual fare. The prisoner
demanded 2d. more, saying that the fare was 6d.
after nine o'clock. He declined to pay it. The pri
soner then seized his walking-stick, and said he
would keep it for the 2d. They had a struggle for
the stick, and the prisoner repeatedly called him a
-- scoundrel and a-- thief. A sergeant of
police came up, and recommended witness to pay
the 2d., which he did, but, after taking the money,
the prisoner struck him two blows, one upon each
eye. The second blow had the effect of knocking
him down. Both his eyes were black, especially
the right, which was completely closed up.
The witness, removing a bandage, exhibited his.
eye, which was fearfully contused.
Mr. Carrie—Have you shown that to a surgeon
Witness—No; but I have lifted the lid to try
the eye, and I do not think the sight is injured.
Sergeant Felton, 11 E, said he was on duty at
the time his attention was attracted by the struggle
for the stick. He went up and interfered. The pri-
saner called Mr. Allis a scoundrel, and witness
said, " not say that ;heis a friend of mine and
a respectable men. What is it about P" The dis-
pute l'el‘.:eg l_ca explained to him, witness ob-
served," I will soon settle that. He shall pay it
or I will." Mr. Alldis then paid the 2d. to the pri-
soner, who, after taking the money from Mr. Alldis,
knocked him down. It was done so rapidly that
witness could not interfere. Mr. Alldis then gave
defendant into custody.
A gentleman who was riding in the omnibus and
who displayed considerable excitement of manner,
gave a very confused account of the affair, and ex-
pressed a strong opinion that defendant was " jus-
tified, or almost so," in the course he took. Strong
language was used on both sides.
A young man who was passing along W elling-
ton-street declared that the provocation was en-
tirely on the part of •the complainant, and that
but
the prisoner did not use ono offensive word ;

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this witness, though he professed to bo disin-
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terested and a stranger, was recognised by com-
plainant as having addressed the prisoner familiarly
as " George," and recommended the prisoner to
" go it and stick to him."
Mr. Conic asked if it was usual to charge extra
on a Sunday evening ?
Sergt. Felton had never heard of any such practice.
Mr. Cloak, the company's traffic manager, said it
had been the custom for three or four years, and
was duly announced by a notice in the table of fares. 1
Mr. Corrie said that even so it was not to be seen
till after the passenger got into the omnibus. It
was on that account sure to lead to disputes. At
all events the prisoner had no right to seize the
stick, and still less to assault complainant after the
fare was paid. He should fine the prisoner 40s.
only for two considerations ' • it appeared that the
prosecutor had himself used rather energetic lan-
guage, and also that the prisoner had been taken
into custody, which was quite unnecessaiy.
The prisoner said he lost 17 sixpenny fares by
the delay in going to the station. All the passen-
gers got down from the 'bus.
Mr. Corrie, under the circumstances, would only
inflict a penalty of 10s.
Mr. Cloak urged the prisoner's good character,
and some other circumstances in extenuation, but
Mr. Corrie said he had been extremely lenient,
perhaps too lenient.

LAMBETH.—.O.IINIBUS SUNDAY FARES.—Au
application was made to Mr. Elliott for his opinion
as to whether omnibus proprietors were empowered
of their own free will or caprice to make out their
list of fares.

The applicant said his reason for troubling hTs
worship was that on the night before he got in to
an Atlas omnibus at Charing-cross, and on reach-
ing the Elephant and Castle sixpence was de-
manded as his fire. He remonstrated on the excess
of the charge, telling the conductor that he fre-
quently travelled the same distance, and was never
charged more than fourpence, when he was told
that for many months the " Atlasses" charged six-
pence for the shot test distances after nine o'cloc k on
tho Sunday night, and the conductor, pointing to
the list of fares inside the door of his vehicle,
triumphantly exclaimed, " You see, there it it
The line was certainly stuck in at the bottom of
list in such a way that made it quite clear, from tl to
manner it was squeezed in, that it was the effect
afterthought, and he, the applicant, was anxious tt )
take his worship's opinion as to whether the pi•o-
prietors of omnibuses were empowered, of theta-
selves, to tax the Sunday evening travellers ?
Mr. Elliott remarked that it was his opinion that-,
the proprietors of omnibuses had the power to vary).
their list of fares, but the law required that these,
fares should be placed in a conspicuous part of their
vehicles. Competition he believed it was that regu-
lated their fares of omnibuses, and he (Mr. Elliott)
thought it was too strong at present to admit of an
excess of fare in any class of omnibuses.
The applicant remarked that he considered it a
great piece of injustice towards the industrious class
of the community to raise the fares on a Sunday, a
day on which, in his opinion, they should be relaxed,
as they fell upon servants and persons belonging to
a class whose only day of enjoyment was the Sab-
bath. _ _

Mr. Elliott here observed that the motive might
be to get that class home at an early hour.
The applicant said he should be very glad to think
with his worship, but he thought it rather strange
that this kindly feeling should only occur to the
proprietors of one line, who were only a fraction of
their class, and that if it did occur to these gentle-
men alone it should have been accompanied by a
mercenary motive. As an inhabitant of the line of
the Kennington-gate omnibuses he wotAld take this
opportunity of c gnplaining of the high charges the
passengers on the route from that sta.' id to Fleet-
street, Charing-cross, or any part of the journey
were subjected to as compared with after lines of
traffic. From the Elephant and Castle to Kings-
land-gate one might travel for twopence, while
from the Kennington-gate to the Ele,nhant and
Castle was threepence, and a hundred yards or any
other distance beyond the Elephant and Castle was
fourpence. In conclusion, the applicant thanked
his worship for his opinion and the attent ion with
which he had heard him.

WESTMINSTER.—SYSTEMATIC AND EXTEN-
SIVE ROBBERY.—Robert Long, a well-dres'sod man,
was charged with the systematic robbery of Mr.
Protheroe, the proprietor of the Adam anti Eve
Tavern, York-street, Westminster.
Mr. Wontner conducted the prosecution, and,
from his statement, it appeared that the prig oner
had for some time past been carrying on a syste-
matic robbery at the house of prosecutor. The
bitter ale on draught was kept in a barrel ap art
from the rest of the stock in the rear of the p re-
mises, and, as it was not supplied like other mt,
liquor from the engine, it was necessary to leave tk 0
bar to get it. Prisoner by some means became ao -
quainted with the circumstance, and, as it was
stated, repeatedly availed himself of it to rob the
bar till, particularly during the last fortnight,
when, owing to the absence of Mr. Protheroe in the
country, the bar was principally left in charge of
his son, a mere youth. Oa the occasion of the
prisoner's visits he always called for bitter ale, and
on one occasion los. was missed directly after he
had gone. Last Wednesday the till, after a
repetition of the visit from prisoner, was minus
Os. 6d., and Mr. Protheree's son not only heard
the chink of money as he returned to the bar,
but saw prisoner withdraw his hands from the
till. Mr. Protheroe's son abstained 'from giving
the prisoner into custody for what occurred
during his father's absence, not liking to take
upon himself such a responsibility ; but upon pri-
soner again coming when Mr. Protheroe had re-
turned, the lattergave him into custody.
He was remanded.

GREENWICH.--TIIROWING STONES IN TELE
PUBLIC PARKS.—Joseph Gilham and George Wil-
liams, youths, about 16 years of age, were charged
with wilfully throwing stones in Greenwich Park,
to the danger of the public.
Richard Barrett, park-constable, proved seeing
the prisoners throwing stones at each other in the
park, about four o'clock on Sunday afternoon, at a
time when a great number of persons were present.
Mr. Traill said the practice of stone-throwing in
places where the public assembled was perfectly
intolerable, and no one could expect to pass through
the park without receiving injury to their persons.
He was himself in the park on Sunday afternoon,
and seeing numbers of boys throwing stones had
looked round for a park-constable, to draw his atten-
tion to the fact. The prisoners had rendered them-
selves liable to a penalty of 40s. each, and it was
really time something was done to put a stop to the
evil. His worship then imposed a penalty of 10s.
in each case, or, in default, 14 days' imprisonment
with hard labour.
SHOP ROBBERIES AND SINGULAR DETECTION.
—John Pritchard, a lad about 15 years of age, was
brought up on remand, charged with the following
robberies at shops.
It appeared that the prisoner stopped two lads,
the sons of a tradesman at Greenwich, and asked
the way to the railway station. The lads directed
him, and seeing he was carrying a parcel and in an
apparent hurry, they went him and saw him into
the carriage of a train about starting for London.
They then observed that the parcel the prisoner was
carrying contained several pairs of leather slippers,
and the attention of the head porter at the station
havinc, been directed to this circumstance, he ques-
tioned° the prisoner, who was ultimately detained
and given into custody of the police, nine pairs of
braces being also found in the parcel. Inquiries
were then made among the tradespeople, and it was
ascertained that slippers and braces had been stolen
from two shops which the prisoner had passed.
The prisoner pleaded 'guilty to both charges, and
no previous conviction being proved,
Mr. Traill'convicted him under the Criminal Jus-
tice Act, and sentenced him to four months' im-
prisonment in the House of Correction.

HAMMERSMITH. SERIOUS CHARGE OF
STABBING.—A " FAST" YOUTlL—Charles Read, a
boy about 16 years of age, was placed in the dock
before Mr. Ingham charged with stabbing James
Cains, a barman.
The complainant who had his left arm in a sling,
said that between three and four o'clock on Sunday
afternoon he was in Wcstbourne Park-villas Mews
when the prisoner and two other boys passed along.
The prisoner was smoking a pipe, and, as he passed,
cne of witness's companions took it out of his mouth.
One of the boys picked up a stone to throw at them,
and he (witness) ran after him. He made use of an
expression, and witness boxed his cars. The pri-
soner came up and said if he struck the boy he would
knock his "chump" un. Witness made an attempt
to stril-o him, upon which the prkoner ran at him
with a knife, and stabbed him three times in the
arm. Two of the stabs cut his coat through, and
once the blade entered his arm.
A certificate was put in stating that the wnind
was about an inch deep and an inch and a-half ion.,.
The two boys with the prisoner were called, and
they stated that Read had the knife open before he
went into the mews.
Mr. Ingham remanded the prisoner for a week,
and refused an application for bail.

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bility. 3lc.ny are still sceptical of the fact, patent to thou-
sand's, of Herring's magnetic brush and comb restoring the
colour to grey hair, and curing the se serest cases of neuralgia
and nervous headache. Recent improvements prevent the
possibility of their failuro. N.B.—counterfeits are beijig,
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'3IEN2 OF A PRISOYER IN
'4 HOUSE OF DETENTION.

For. some days 2 committee
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engagedmagistrates
ininvesti-
gating stthie-
L-1 Middle; es have b
cries of charges brought forward at the
countygatini a
t,
last meetic, 'g of t he magistrates of Middlesex, at
Clerkenwell, aguit .st Captain Codd, the Governor
of the House . D atention, for his treatment of a.
prisoner sent th t`'S6 under remand from the police
magistrates.
The charges a 3 submitted for the consideration
of the court, by Mr. Sergeant Payne, the Coroner
for the City of L. lndon, were, that in the month or
August last a m In named Ryan was sent to the
House of Detenti on, under remand by the police
magistrate, on acl large' of housebreaking, and that.
on arriving at the , orison he was required to go into,
a bath. Ryan obj to do so, urging that he.
had already had one' ha th, according to the regula-
tions of the prison, and positively refused to have,
another. The governor, finding his commands dis
obeyed, called Keeley, a varder, and another officer,
who by main strength lei d hold of the man, he not
having removed any of I is clothing, and pitche' I
him into the bath, and one of the officers put hi a
foot on the back of his ne ek and forced him uncle .r
the water. To arrive at I his, however, it require d
a great deal of the exercise of physical power by the/
officers, and in the struggl e the man's shirt, waist-
coat, and coat were nearly torn from his person, the,
man Ryan so strenuously n isisting the forced ablu.-
tion. The man on making his way out of the bath
was in a most deplorable con ciition, his clothes being
torn to pieces, and he wet tot e skin; and altogether
in so wretched a plight the t the governor had tio
alternative but to order thr3 man a suit of tl to
county clothing in place of :his own, which h-id
become saturated with wet, tnd torn to pieces in
the fray. The learned serg, :ant inquired of 1\ Ir.
Wyatt, the chairman of the c rmmittee of the Hevase
of Detention, as to his know] edge of this transe.c-
tion, when he admitted that they were aware of it,
but did not deem it of sufficient importance to ev.?n
mention it in their report. Tl,Lis answer was deemed
by the Court as altogether in sufficient, and a reso-
lution was passed almost unanimously requiring the
committee to fully investiga to these transactions.
That inquiry has just terminated, and on the
magistrates requiring Capt ain Code. to present a
report, as to the circumstances, he did so, in the
main admitting the truth of all the charges, but
expressing his regret at the course he had so hastily
taken. Some witnesses examined also establish ed.
the principal facts as to the foecing into the wathr.
The whole subject will be reported to the magis-
trates at the Court to be held on the 17th inst.