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London, England, 1859-04-14 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-April 13.

MANSION-HOUSE.—Henry Rezzell, carman,
to the South-Western Railway Company, was
charged with having caused the death of Mr. David
Ritchie, Secretary to the Committee of the Treasury
at the Bank of England.
Roberts (53), said—At about ten minutes before
ten o'clock this morning I was on duty at the
statue in King William-street, when I heard a cry
from the opposite side of the statue, and on running
round I found a gentleman lying on the ground,
upon whom a wine pipe or cask had just fallen from
a van belonging to the South-Western Railway
Company which the prisoner was driving. The
van was drawn by two horses abreast, and the pri-
soner was on the box, driving with the reins ver y
quietly, at a walking pace. It was going towards
Eastcheap from the direction of King William-
street. There were eight empty casks on the van
above the rails, four being on each side, and the
cask that fell upon the gentleman fell from the off
side next to the tail of the waggon. It fell on his
head, and I believe that he was dead when he was
taken to the house of Mr. Smith, a doctor, in King
William-street. I did not see the cask fall. _

•
Alderman Carter—Was there any rope or other
kind of fastening round the waggon ?
Policeman—Yes, the casks had ropes round them,
and they were secured by hooks, or pieces of hoop
iron, in the form of an S, one end of which was
fixed to the rope while the other end had hold of
the casks. When I saw it, after the fatal accident,
the pothook was still hanging to the rope, the other
end having apparently given way. The whole
thing looked like an accident. The prisoner was
quite sober at the time, and he pulled up imme-
diately upon hearing the cry, and waited till he
was taken into custody. All the particulars have
been sent to the beadle for the coroner. I have
been informed that the gentleman's name was
Ritchie.

' Edward Taylor, a jobbing porter in the neigh-
bourhood of King William's statue, said—l saw the
cask fall from the waggon and knock the gentle-
man down, and I ran to pick him up. I found him
lying on his back, and the blood was flowing from
his nose and mouth. I, with some others, took him
to Dr. Smith's. When I laid him down in the room
there he fetched one breath awl was dead in a
minute afterwards. The waggon, which was going
along very slowly at the time the accident hap-
pened-was about three-quarters of a yard from the
kerbstone, and I should think the gentleman had
made one step from the herbstone, as if to go behind
the waggon, when the cask fell upon him.
George Adams,, coachman to Messrs. Allsop and
Son, the ale brewers, of 61, King William-street,
,said—l was sitting on the box of my carriage,
which was standing .at the door of No. 61, when
I saw the prisoner driving his waggon towards
Me at aslow walking pace, loaded with empty
puncheons'. I saw the gentleman come round to
the front of the statue. He then stood still to let
the van 'pass, and just as he got one foot on the
kerbstone and the other foot on the horse-road one
of the puncheons fell on his head and knocked him
'down. The prisoner could not have driven fast at
the time, as there was something before him, and
the waggon did not run against anything so as to
jerk the puncheon off. I believe the cause of the
accident was the breaking of the piece of iron, which
was fastened, one end to the rope and.the other end
to the chime of the cask in the form of an S. After
the cask fell I saw the piece of iron hanging to the
rope.
Mr. Taylor, a gentleman from the office of the
Secretary at the Bank of England, attended to
watch the proceedings. He said that he had not
seen the body, but he had not the slightest doubt
that the person who had lost his life in the way
described was Mr. Ritchie.
The prisoner, upon being asked whether he
wished to ask the witnesses any questions, said,—
Not at all, my lord ; all that has been said is quite
correct. _ _ _

The prisoner was then bailed, to make his ap-
pearance at .the Mansion-house after the coroner's
inquest shall have been held.
Alfred Williams, who was some days ago charged
with having obtained sums of money from various
persons under false pretences, was brought up for
final examination. It will be recollected that the
prisoner stated to some of those from whom he ob-
tained money that he was Dr. Felix Arnott Wil-
son, of Carr-lane, Lo.wmoor, Yorkshire.
George Wooler, Regiitrar of Births and Deaths,
of Lowmoor, said—No medical man name Wilson
ever resided at Lowmoor to my knowledge, and I
Have lived there since 1791.

The prisoner's attorney—How do you know that
no Dr. Wilson resided there in January last ?
Witness—Because I am required as registrar to
make a return quarterly of all the medical men
residing in my district to the Registrar-General.
Thd prisoner's attorney—No Dr. Wilson, a
medical man ; but might there not be some other
Dr. Wilson there ?

Witness—What! Oh, you mean doctors of law,
or doctors of divinity, I suppose ?
The prisoner's attorney—Exactly so.
Witness—Ah, but you see we haven't got any
characters of that kind doWn there. (A laugh.)
It was contended by the prisoner's law adviser
that there was no case against his 'client.
Alderman Carter said, the authorities at the
Criminal Court should decide upon that point
against such a vagabond impostor, ,p,nd committed
the prisoner for trial.

BOW-STREET—George Letcham, a young man
employed at a low salary as an " auxiliary" letter-
carrier in the north-eastern district of the London
Post-office, was charged with stealing a letter con-
taining a £5 Bank of England note.
Mr. Peacock, solicitor to the Post-office, pro-
secuted.
It appeared that Mr. Clark, a.gentleman residing
at Norwich, had sent the note in question by post
to his son, who resided at Kingsland. The letter
was expected on the 26th of March, and the wife of
:Mr. Clark, jun., was looking out for the postman,
when she saw him, on the opposite side of the road,whocrosed
hand several letters to the prisoner,
over and delivered one of them to her. Seeing thats
the letter was from a sister, and not the one she
expected, she asked the prisoner if there was not
another for her. He replied " No," and wentt d was
away
with the other letters, one of whieh she
in a large envelope and 'sealed with rednolce wax—thus
answering the description of the letter sent from Nor-

with. It was proved that on the same evening (March
26) the prisoner induced a man named Charles
Barr to get a £5-note changed for him at a public-
house. This note was subsequently traced to the
Bank of England, and was shown to be of the same
number and date as the one sent from Norwich by
Mr. Clark, sen.
The General Postman stated that he lived at
Mildmay-park, Stoke Newington, and occasionally
gave the prisoner some of his letters to deliver. He
remembered giving him some on the morning in
question, and saw him cross over and deliver one
at the residence of Mr. Clark, jun., but he could
not recollect if there were two for Vlr. Clark that
morning. He had never before heard any com-
plaints respecting the prisoner.
Mr. Lewis, who defended the prisoner, cross-
examined the witness Barr, and elicited from him
an admission that he had been once charged with
having a watch in his possession unlawfully, but
was acquitted ; that he had been a witness in one
or two cases of skittle sharping ; and that, being
out of a situation, he had been living for the last
12 months on his own means. From this he in-
ferred that Barr's statement, as to his having re-
ceived the £5-note from the prisoner was not to be
credited, although the prisoner admitted having
gone to the publichouse with Barr and a young
woman.

Mr. Henry committed the prisoner for trial, but
accepted bail.

INTARLBOROUGH-STREET.—William Wag-
ner, a ticket-ofleave man, Andrew Foster, Fred.
Humphreys, jeweller, of Red Lion-square, and Wm.
Wynne Bramwell, furniture dealer, of Queen-
street, Soho, were again brought up on the charge
of being concerned together in presenting a forged
check on the Union Branch Bank, Argyle-place,
for £265, and Humphreys with having in his pos-
session at his residence a large quantity of coining
implements and counterfeit coin, consisting of sove-
reigns, five shilling pieces, half crowns, florins, and
shillings.
Mr. Bodkin, the barrister, attended on the part
of the Stamp-office; Mr. Mullins, to prosecute for
the Society of Bankers ; Mr. Pollard, for the
Mint ; and Mr. Lewis defended Wagner and
Humphreys.
The depositions already taken having been read
over,

Mr. Bodkin said, on behalf of the Inland Re-
venue, that 11 should proceed by indictment at
the Central Criminal Court against Humphreys for
the possession of a die for penny check stamps.
Mr. Pollard said he attended on the part of the
Mint against Humphreys for the possession of
coining implements and counterfeit coin, and the
copy of the depositions would be laid before the
Attorney-General preparatory to indictment.
Maria Crozer, 9, Sussex-street, Tottenham-court-
road—l live with my mother. At the beginning
of March Wagner and a woman came to lodge at
our house, in the name of West, as married people.
I have seen Wagner go out with a black bandage
round his face.

Charles Webb, inspector of•the C division at the
Vine-street station.—On the 28th of February.
Wittkins made a communication to me, and in con-
sequence of this and subsequent communications I
gave certain instructions to Constable Joy.
Henry Lambourn, lodging at the Three Crowns,
Richmond-street, journeyman baker.—On Sunday,
,the 20th of March, the prisoner Bramwell came to
.the house. He asked if Mr. Watkins had been,
and I told him he had not. He said he must see
that evening. I told him he resided in Church-
street, but did not know the number, and he then
went away. I afterwards saw Watkins, and gave
him the message. Bramwell came again on the
22d, towards evening. It might be between six
and seven o'clock, and he went to meet Watkins at
seven o'clock, at the corner of Red Lion-street.
Mrs. Sandgrover, 10, Grafton-place, Euston-
square—The witness Watkins lodged at her house.
On Sunday the 20th of March, Bramwell called and
left a message for him, making an appointment for
the following Monday morning at the corner of
Swinton-street, Grays-inn-road, and on that morn-
ing he again called to know if the message had
been delivered as desired.

Robert-Dalrymple; potman at the Three Crowns
publit-hOus6---I know Bramwell as coming fre-
quehtly. Have' seen him and Watkins playing
dominoes together. On the 22d of March Bramwell
called and inquired for Watkins, who was not
there. He desired if he should come he was to
meet him at the corner of Red Lion-street at eight
o'clock to the minute—Holborn end of the street.
He called a second time, and begged I would not
forget.
Sarah M. Watkins, wife of the witness Watkins
—On the 22d of March • Bramwell called at our
house, it was on a Tuesday, and asked for my
husband. He was not at home, and I told him so,
and that he had gone to answer an advertisement
he had seen. He .asked for a piece of writing
paper, and I gave him an envelope, and he wrote
what now appears on it :—" Meet me at eight
o'clock, corner of Red Lion-street, Holborn.--W.
-Adams." On Wednesday, the 23d, he came again,
and asked for Watkins, but I do not recollect the
answer I gave. He said he would wait, but I said
I could not accommodate him.

Joseph Turner, Orange Tree public-house, New-
road, barman—On the 23d of March atkins
came in the morning ; Foster and Bramwell were
there also, and I believe the rest were there that
day.
Cross-examined by. Bramwell—l will swear to
you in particular as being there.
John Spittal, a city detective officer—l produce
a certificate of the conviction of the prisoner, Wil-
liam Wagner on the 23d of February, 1852, at the
Central Criminal Court, for feloniously forging and
uttering an order for payment of £B4O, upon which
he was sentenced to 10 years' penal servitude. I
swear the prisoner is the man.

The witnesses having been bound over to appear
at the Central Criminal Court to prosecute, in order
that they might not be again obliged to attend at
this court, the prisoners were again remanded for
a week.

THAMES.—john Collins, aged 19, described as
a labourer, of Fox and Goose-yard, Shadwell, was
charged with assault and hihway robbery.
It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Buckles,
the. master of a ship lying in the river, that he had
been spending the tvening with a few friends on
Wednesday, and soon after midnight was parting
with the potman of a publichouse in the Commer-
cial-road, when he was attacked by the prisoner
and two other men. One of them seized him by
the collar, on the right side, another on the left,
and the prisoner made a blow at him with one
hand, and with the other made a snatch at his
watch, which was immediately separated from the
guard. He caught hold of the prisoner, who
handed the watch to one of his confederates and
got clear of him. The guard dropped on the
ground and was recovered.
In answer to Mr. Yardley, the prosecutor said
that he was quite sober and on his way to his ship
when the transaction took place. He was certain
the prisoner stole the watch and broke the swivel.
William Watmore, potman at a publichouse, said
the prosecutor had just parted with him, and he
saw him suddenly attacked by five men, gild heard
him call out he:was robbed. The prisoner, as he
was running away, fell into the arms of witness,
and, after a desperate resistance, he secured him.
The other four men ran away in separate directions.
The prosecuior said that five men possibly did
join in the attack and robbery, but he only saw
four of them. _ - -

John Howe .Itichards, a police-constable, said the
prisoner had been convicted and sentenced to two
years' imprisonment and hard labour for robbing a
lady named Winn on the day the Guards returned
to London:
Mr. Yardley—When was that ?
Inspector Griffin, of the K division, said he be-
lieved the Guards returned from the Crimea to
London in 1856.
Mr. Yardley committed the prisoner for trial.

MARYLEBONE.—SCANDALOUS CONDUCT OF
A MEDICAL STUDENT.—A young man
Alcide Rampel, a foreigner, described as a medical
student, was brought before Mr. Broughton
charged with having, on the previous evening, in
the Regent's Park, indecently exposed his person
to a respectable female, Mrs. Ann Moore, and. her
niece, 17 years of age.
Mr. Keene attended for the prisoner.
The case was proved; and
Mr. Broughton committed the prisoner to hard
labour in the House of Correction for two months.
GIN FOR THE RHEUMATISM.—Deborah Cautrey
mwaay
sriebn
chargedoe officer by Mr. Tubbs, the relieving of
, with having unlawfully conveyed gin
into the workhouse.
It appeared that on the same afternoon prisoner
went to visit a sick inmate, and on Mrs. Richard-
son, assistant to the matron, examining her cloth-
ing, she found a bottle containing a half pint of
gin concealed in one of the sleeves of her dress.
She was then given into the custody of 212 D.
The prisoner, on being asked what she had to
say, replied that she had been a nurse for many
years, and that having in the infirmary a sister
who had the rheumatic fever, she took in the gin
to rub her with it. She was not aware that she
waa doing anything wrong at the time.
Mr. Broughton fined her 10s., or, in default of
payment, seven days' imprisonment.
RETIREMENT OF A SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE.
—Mr. Samuel Hughes, who has recently retired
upon a very handsome pension, after-a long service
in the police force, a great portion of his time being
in the D division, attended, and stated to Mr.

Broughton the fact of his being no longer connected
with the police. He was anxious, under the cir-
cumstances, to express his deep sense of the kind-
ness he had invariably received from the magis-
trates, the clerks, and officers connected with this
court.

Mr. Broughton said that, knowing him to have
been a most efficient public servant, he hoped he
would long live to enjoy his well-earned pension.

HAMMERSMITH.—A QUESTIONABLE POSI-
TION.—John Yeamore, an engineer, employed at
the New Hammersmith Distillery, was placed in
the dock before Mr. Ingham, charged with being
found under a bed, supposed for the purpose of
committing a felony.
Mr. G. J. Barnard, the landlord of the George
publichouse, Broadway, Hammersmith, deposed
that the prisoner had been lodging in his house
about a week, since he had been employed at the
distillery, and between 10 and 11 o'clock on the
previous night he saw him go upstairs with another
man, for the purpose of retiring to rest. His female
servant went upstairs to bed about half-past 11
o'clock, and she then found the prisoner concealed
under her bed. She called witness up, and he then
told the prisoner to come from under the bed. He
had neither boots nor shoes on, and he was only
dressed in his trowsers and shirt. Witness sent for
a constable and gave him into custody. It appeared
that last week the prisoner tried the bedroom door
on two occasions after his servant was in bed. He
could not charge the prisoner with being there for
the purpose of committing a felony, as his object
was clearly palpable. The witness said he had his
servant in court.

Mr. Ingham asked her if she had any complaint
to make against the prisoner for assaulting her.
The servant, a smart-looking young girl, here
stepped forward and said he had not assaulted her ;
he had only tried to open her door when she was in
bed.

Mr. Ingham said he was sorry that she had not
some stout brother to have given the prisoner a good
thrashing at the time. He could not say he was
there for an unlawful purpose, and therefore he
must discharge him, but the landlord would be per-
fectly justified ill turning him out of the house.
Mr. Barnard said he should not allow him to re-
main in his house.
The prisoner was then discharged.

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