The Sun.
London, England, 1859-11-26 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE, Nov. 25.

MANSION-HOUSE.—A STRANGE AFFAIR.—
A respectably-dressed and lady-like young mar-
ried woman named Dye, living at Sutherland-ter-
race, Caledonian-road, applied to the Lord Mayor
for his aid in finding her sister, Ann Burton, a
rather tall young woman, 17 years of age. She
stated that her sister had come up from the coun-
try on a visit to her, and that they went out shop-
ping together on Monday afternoon last, when she
(Mrs. Dye) suddenly missed her on Holborn-hill,
and notwithstanding the most active inquiries, had
not been able to hear anything cf her since.
The Lord Mayor asked whether she had any
acquaintance with whom she was likely to have
gone off?

The applicant said no ; her sister was quite a
stranger in London, and never went out by herself.
The Lord Mayor said it was rather singular for
a young woman of 17 to disappear in that way,
and all he could do was to refer the applicant to the
Police Commissioner, who would direct inquiries to
be made in the City.
Mrs. Dye was then furnished with the address of
the Police Commissioner, and quitted the court ap-
parently in deep distress.

Hammond Thornley, a stout and strong young
fellow, about 27, was charged with neglecting to
support himself, and voluntarily leaving a situa-
tion, so as to make himself chargeable to the parish.
From the evidence of Mr. Henry Martin, over-
seer of the parish of St. Helen's, Bishopsgate, and
other witnesses, it appeared that the prisoner had
been chargeable to that parish, off and on, for the
last three years, and that he had been the source of
continued trouble. In 1858 he consented to emi-
grate, and the parish expended £25 for his outfit
and passage to Australia. He was taken on board
the vessel in the East India Docks, by the master
of the City of London Union Workhouse, who made
all the arrangements requisite for his comfort
during the voyage ; but next day the prisoner left
the ship, and returned to the workhouse, alleging
that he had a" decided objection to go out in that
vessel." After remaining for some time in the
workhouse he left, and obtained a situation' at 15s.
a week, which he left voluntarily and Without
cause, inasmuch as that he had given great satis-
faction to his employers, and might, if he had
pleased, have continued there till this day. When
asked why he had left, he replied that "no man
ought to give his bones and blood for 15s. a week,
as they were worth more than that to himself."
Finding that he would not return to his situation,
and that he continued incorrigibly idle, the parish
authorities gave him into custody.
The Lord Mayor sent him to prison, with hard
labour, for one month.

GU ILMlALL.—lloward Napoleon Airm. Bryant,
a clerk in the employ of Messrs. Arthur. and Co.,
wholesale warehousemen, of Wood-street, was
charged with embezzlement.
Mr. Chipperfield appeared for the prosecution,
and said he only proposed going into three cases,
in which the prisoner had not accounted for moneys
he had received with his employers' authority, but
three were other charges against him for collecting
money from othercustomers without any authority,
which he had Lot accounted for.

Evidence was then given relative to the payment
to the prisoner of various sums, amounting to nearly
£3O, no portion of which he had accounted for.

Watkins (City detect:ye officer) said he appre-
hended the prisoner at Sydenham, and found in
his possession a carpet-bag containing £7 in gold,
and among other things a wig and false whisk_uN,
beard, aid moustache. The prisoner admitted he
would have started for France the next morning.
The prisoner pleaded guilty, and said he was in-
duced to act as he had done because he had such a
small salary. It was only 15s. per week, not quite
£4O per year.
The prisoner was then committed for trial.

BOW-STREET.—Henry Moore was brought up
on remand, on the charge of attempting to intimi-

date Joseph Burdus, the mate of a merchant vessel,
in order to prevent him giving evidence at the police I
court, Westminster, against certain persons whom
lie had charged with attempting to defraud him of
£1 by " skittle sharping."
Mr. Lewis, of Ely-place, who attended for the
prisoner, stated that the charge against the man
brought before the magistrate at Westminster had
been dismissed. He submitted that the man having
been thus acquitted there was an end of the present
charge. It was essential to this case that there
should be an offence committed by the persons
against whom the witness said to be intimidated
was about to appear. It must be shown that de-
fendant had tried to prevent the conviction of per-
' sons who had committed a crime, by dissuading.
Mr. Jardine—lt is not dissuading ;itis by violence
attempting to prevent a witness from giving evi-
dence when an investigation is going on in a court
of justice. It appears to me to be a very bad case,
and one that ought to be sent for trial.
Mr. Lewis, after looking through several books,
called attention to a passage in " Russel on Crime,"
setting forth that it is an offence at common law to
attempt o intimidat eor dissuade persons from giving
evidence against a person indicted for any offence ;
but there was no case given when the parties were
not indicted.

Mr. Jardine—Now, Mr. Lewis, you cannot say—
you cannot pretend to say—that it is not an offence
at common law to stop a witness on his way to a
police-court to give evidence, and say that he shall
not give that evidence, or that if he does that you
will be the death of him. Do you maintain that
that is not an offence ?

Mr. Lewis—Well, it may be an assault.
Mr. Jardine—No. It is an offence sui generis,
and a very serious one.
The evidence given on the former occasion was
then taken in the former depositions, and the pri-
soner was committed for trial.

Mr. Lewis—Do you not think, sir, it is a ease for
bail P

Mr. Jardine—Certainly. What is his position
in life?

Mr. Lewis—Well, sir,!you can judge. (A laugh.)
Sergeant Felton—He is a " skittle sharp," sir.
Mr. Jardine—Well, that is not exactly his trade
or calling.
Felton—l do not think ho has ever had any other.
I should like to have notice of bail, at all events.

Mr. Jardine—Certainly. let him enter into his
own recognisances for £5O, and find two sureties of
£25, giving 48 hours' notice of bail.
Sarah Dyer, a decent looking woman, described
as a dressmaker, was charged with stealing two
"pieces" of ribbon and various other articles from
Messrs. Shoolbred and Co.'s, in Tottenham-court-
road.

The prisoner had been for years in the habit of
dealing at Messrs. Shoolbred's, and was regarded as
a good customer until recently, when suspicions
were conceived that she was in the habit of pilfer-
ing small articles when she came to make purchases.
On Thursday she called to purchase some ribbon,
and being watched by Mr. Graves, one of the
" buyers," she was seen to take a piece of brown
ribbon from a box which one of the assistants
showed her to make a selection from. When she
had paid for what she had bought she left the
shop. He then spoke to her, and asked her to come
to the private door, as he had something to say to
her. She then let fall a piece of pink ribbon, which
Mr. Graves pointed out to a policeman. The lat-
ter picked it up, and took her in charge. At, the
station-house she made a similar attempt to get rid
of the piece of brown ribbon. Both were identified
by Mr. Graves. One piece contained about six
yards, at 73d., and the other 15 yards, at Gd. At
her lodgings were found a number of articles iden-
tified as having been stolen at various times from
Messrs, Shoolbred's, such as a card of braid, a set
of tassels, several silk velvet reels (which probably
were covered with velvet when stolen), &c.
Mr. Knight, the landlord of the house in which
the prisoner lodged, in Pinder-place, Grafi-inn-
lane, said she had lived there for 11 years. He had
always considered her a thoroughly honest, hard-
working woman, and he was quite astonished that
she should have committed such an offence as this.
He believed she had lately been less prosperous than
hitherto, for she had once or twice complained of
the difficulty she had to make up her rent, in con-
sequence of the customers not paying her bills when
she sent them in.

Mr. Graves said that Messrs. Shoolbred were
not disposed to press the case severely against the
prisoner.

The magistrate was sorry to say that ho must not
consult th feelings of the prosecutors. It was evi-
dent the prisoner had been carrying on this system
of robbery for a long while, and it really must go
for trial.

Mr. Lewis endeavoured to induce the magistrate
to alter his decision, but
Ms worship adhered. to determipation, and
committed her for trial.

WESTMINSTER.---George M'Dermot, of 53,
Stanley-street, Brompton, was charged with un-
lawfully uttering a spurious fourpenny-piece, well
knowing it to be false and counterfeit.
Mrs. S. Humphreys, wife of a news-agent, at 4,
Marlborough-road, Chelsea, said that at a little be-
fore 9 o'clock on the previous evening, the prisoner
purchased a penny paper at her shop, giving her
a fourpenny-piece in payment. She returned him
threepence in change, but had scarcely done so when
she discovered the fourpenny-piece was a bad one,
and asked him to give her the threepence and paper
back, upon winch the accused told her she must be
mistaken, as he had never seen a counterfeit four-
penny-piecein his life. He was then going out of
the shop when she sent for her husband, and the
accused was given into custody.
In reply to questions from the prisoner Mrs. Hum-
phreys said he had got as far as the shop-door with
the 3d. and the paper when she called him ; he then
came back. He certainly begged her husband when
at the police station not to press the charge against
him.

Jonathan Humphreys said that on being sent for
he tried the fourpenny piece,
which was a very bad
one. Prisoner said he would not give back the
change. When the constable was sent for prisoner
offered half-a-crown in payment for the paper.
In cross•examination by the prisoner witness
denied that he had given his address while in the
shop, but admitted that he did so when at tke station.
Witness denied that he collared him in the shop, but
said lie stood before him to prevent his going out.
Sergeant Britten, 1 B, proved that the prisoner
was given into :custody, when he said that if the
fourpenny-piece was bad, Mrs. Humphreys must
have changed it. On searching the prisoner, he
found a gold watch and appendages, two halfcrowns,
a purse, and knife.

-The prisoner was most desirous of addressing the
magistrate, who, however, stopped the case, intimat-
ing that there was nothing whatever for him to
answer; there was no ground for giving him in
charge, nor evidence to show that he had any know-
ledge that the coin was bad.

The prisoner complained that hthad been deprived
of his liberty for above eleven hours, and a friend
of his in court inquired whether he had no redress
for the false imprisonment he had sustained.
`Zr. Arnold said he must sack his remedy in
another court.

SOUTHWARK.---William Bolden, a powerful-
looking man, having the appearance of an ex-police-
man, was brought before Mr. Combe, charged with
creating a disturbance in the house of Mr. William
Harris, the Equestrian Tavern, next the Surrey
Theatre in the I.3laAfriars'-road, and commitfing a
cowardly assault on police-constable 269 A, in the
execution of his duty.
Mr. Harris said that about half-past 12 o'clock
he saw the prisoner and another man fighting in
front of his bar, when he immediately went round
to prevent any further disturbance. /is soon as he
had parted them he was pitched into by both men,
and had not a constable come to his asistance, he
had no doubt that among them he should have been
roughly handled.
Police-constable 269 A said he saw a disturbance
in Mr. Harris's house, and on entering perceived the
latter being very roughly handled by the prisoner
and another man whom he was about to eject. Wit-
ness went up to the prisoner, and as he was about
to request him to leave the house, he rushed at him
like a bull, seized hold of one of his legs and threw
him on his back. He was then kicked by some of
the parties, but with the assistance of Mr. Harris,
he recovered himself, and took the prisoner into
custody.

Mr. ✓Combe told the prisoner that such violent
conduct in a respectable publichouse could not be
tolerated, and Mr. Harris did perfectly right in
attempting to eject him. He should not impose a
fine on him, but send him to prison with hard labour
for 14 days.

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