The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-22 00:00:00

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POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.) ! requested kis immediate a
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MANSION-HOUSE. . exhausted from having been up aA.
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,A Mr. Groves, of Peckham, complained to Sir Peter attendance on a patient, he desired ,;44.. assistant to say 1
Laurie that a sort of lottery had been established at , that he was out, which was accordingly dour_, I and the 1
No. 7, in the Old Jewry, and that it was carried on evi-- person in question, whom he afterwards iVcertained to
dently for the purpose of getting hold of the money of , be the defendant, went away ; but he rettarra td back soon
simple or unwary people, whom the bills and labels were ' after, and continued violently ringing the bell, at inter-
calculated to draw into the purchase of "good luck." 1 vals of about ten minutes, until two o'clock in ahe morn-
The complainant stated that he had purchased the ticket ing; and as he then expressed his determiination to
No. 5,050, which stated a day for the drawing. He, compel witness to go with him, he found it nt tcessary to
however, found that the drawing-did not take place on send for a policeman. and gave the ' defe.adant into
that day, after having incurred the expense of travelling custody.
into town to witness the caprice of the goddess to whom In reply to the charge, the defendant, who wag' evi-
the temple in the neighbourhood of Cheapside had been dently -labouring
.under considerable. excitement, s•‘id,
raised; and he also found, that although the ticket i that his wife, having been taken suddenly and very s.e.-
assured him who held it that the whole lot would be I riously ill, he went to >lr. Packer,, whom he had em-
drawn prizes, the prize to which he became entitled was ployed on a similar previous occasion, to request his im-
not -worth twopence. He had, he added, every reason to mediate attendance. The door was opened by the as •
suppose that the whole concern was one of those extra- 1 sistant, who, on learning his business, told him that Mr.
ordinary humbugs which the genius of the present day ' Packer would attend immediately, whereupon he ye-
alone was capable a producing, and he accordingly telt I turned hOrne ; but that gentleman not having arrived,
an interest in checking its progress by appealing P the he went back to ascertain the cause of the delay. He
Chief Magistrate. . was then, for the first time, informed that Mr. Packer
Sir PETER LAURIE, who gave credit to the com- Was-raft-4. and naturally supposing that he had gone to
plainant for the discrimination which led him to place his house, he hastened home in the expectation of find-
the present class of sinister dealers higher in the scale lag him there, but that not being the case, and his
of ingenuity than the cadgers and maters of former wife's illness appearing to increase„ he repaired again to
days, immediately dispatched a messenger to the left. Packer's, where he received the same answer la
" lottery," which was stated to be' carried on in the before, with the additional remark that be had better
house of Messrs. Taylor and Hewitt, tea dealers, at the seek assistance elsewhere. He accordingly went to
oan-
corner of the Old Jewry, with his compliments, and his other surgeon's, residing in Old-street, who, on being
wish to communicate upon the subject. knocked up, looked out at the window, and in answer to
A young man of respectable appearance, who said his application, intimated that he would not leave his
his name was Newman, accordingly waited upon the warm bed and go out at that hour of the night for any
Alderman,and (MIL Groves having ft-stated the grounds one. Not knowing where else to apply, he pro-
of his complaint) declared that the lottery was con-
ceeded for the fourth time to Mr. Packer's, whose foot-
ducted upon the most honourable and liberal principles, boy answered the door, and was repeating the same an-
and that when the complainant had called and repre- swer he had previously received, that his master was
sented his objections, and what he considered to be his out, when, to his extreme surprise, that gentleman threw
grievances, the amount of the ticket was offered to be open an upper window, and called for a policeman, on
returned, but rejected. The distribution of property to Whose arrival he was given into custody. Had it been
the value of 2,5001. was the resultsof the drawing, and the explicitly mentioned in the first instance that Mr.
prizes consisted of Chines jars, vases, and pictures, and Packer would not attend, be should not only have
other articles of drawing-room decoration. escaped the incarceration he bad undergone, but would
Sir PETER LAURIE—How long is it since this- affair have obtained elsewhere that medical aid which the
commenced? Mr. Newman--z-It began in February last. state of his wife-so urgently demanded.
Sir PETER LAURIE—And there has actually been a Mr. 13114mi/ix asked- the complainant whether his
drawing? Mr. Newman—There has been one, and Mr. assistant was in attendance, as he wished to put a few
Groves, having drawn one of the small prizes, repented questions to him?
his enterprise, and wanted his five shillings ; but he Henry Neale, the assistant, here stepped forward, and
also required to be remunerated for his trouble and dis- on being sworn, admitted having told the defendant,
appointment.—(A laugh.) when he first applied, that Mr. Packer would attend
The complainant—l little thought that, at a place directly,, but being afterwards ordered to say that he
where I was in the habit of purchasing my tea, I should was not at home, he returned that answer on each sub-
have met with such treatment.—(Laughter.) sequent application, and finally advised the defendant
Sir PETER LAURIE—I see that this ticket is numbered to seek a:nether surgeon.
5,050. Is it possible that 5,050 persons were such fools Mr. Packer wished it to be distinctly understood that
as to try their luck at such a game ? Mr. Newman— it was only the violent mode of application of which he
You must not judge' from the number of .the.ticket the
complained, as it was certainly not compulsory on me-
actual number of purchasers.. The buyers choose from dical men to attend every clamorous summons they
10,000 tickets ; and Mr. King, an accountant, drew two might receive.
beautiful jars, estimated at one hundred guineas. Mr. BINORAM said that it must be considered on the
Sir PETER LAURIE—I have no doubt at all that, a few other hand that defendant's wife was very ill'at the time,
of the friends of the concern come in for the ' valuable
but both parties appeared to have acted under a mis-
prizes.—(Laughter.) But Mr. Greves, although a cus-
conception, and all he could do under the circumstances
as
The defendant then withdrew with his friends evi-
tomer to the house, was not, I dare say, considered Wto discharge' the defendant.
amongst the number. Pray where is Mr, Taylor, whose
dently dissatisfied, and declaring that the matter should
name is mentioned at the head of the responsible parties?
Mr. Newman—He is, I regret to say, in a lunatic asylum. not rest where it did.
' Sir PETER LAURIE—And advantage is, I suppose, , BOW-STREET.
taken of his melancholy condition to carry on this lottery.
hanging about her in rags and tatters, and whose appearance
&woman named Hannah O'Brien, whose clothes were.
:Pere, you not aware :that you have been. committing an Indicated
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illegal act in -carrying it on ? Mr. Newman—We had before
one o'clock this morning. in Parliament-street.
no idea of the' kind, a_tioits commencement, and now it is
endefb....EverlYtkta. .g•-has, been conducted on the fairest The case was fully proved against the prisoner, and it ap-
. .
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.:. I . r.: peared that she had frequently before been charged at this
~ . e complain,.
irthizi,AWild have imagined that a office with a similar offence. On .the 19th of last month she
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,teiinen 4,4 ( , ;I,yii tsVelba would have 'ventured to was sent to the House of Correction for a month, so that she
s,F in StlN'a manner? " - ' . . ' had only been out of prison one day.
Mr. Newnian—You were offered your five shillings. She said that, she was unable to obtain employment, sad
The complainant—But I must be paid my expenses. she was compelled to beg. •
. The inspector said that all the money the prisoner obtained
Sir PETER LAURIE—I am actually tired-of cautioning. from humane persons was immediately spent in drink. '
the public against the various' plans by which money
imprisoned
prisoner
up she would :teosetit
is wheedled out of their pockets. Every day produces 'and ii.itiAmapteiNd tenc.ed her to
eteardosnhtehh's imprisonment,
again brought
new dupes, who venture, with their eyes open, into all rftor three months.
sorts
sorts of snares. In this case `the complainant has cer- „ . MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
tainly put a period to the existence of this Chinese lot- Mary Ann 211' Grath, a young woman of colour, and one of
tery by the exposure he has given it here. I would ad- the lowest grade of prostitutes, was charged on suspicion of
vise him to consult his attorney on the subject of what stealing, from the person of a gentleman unknown two sove-
he considers to be his claim upon the parties whose reigns and half a sovereign. ,
names are subscribed to the tickets. ..It appeared that between three and four o'clock this. morn-
An old gentleman, who belongs to the 'Mansion-house
ing, as Police- constable No. 136 of the C.division was pro-
ceeding on duty along White Horse-street,. Piccadilly, the
household, designated the Lord Mayor's young man,
stated that his two daughters had drawn two prizes, the prisoner was
her wgiven into his custody
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the entleman, who
amount above-
value of which was about a penny each.—(A laugh:) mentioned. He' said she had taken the money
Sir P. LAURIE—The notification that all the tickets trowsers pocket while he was standing talking oollit 9f
her: Hes
would be prizes, has, no doubt, had the effect of giving an , ,wished that she might be searched on the spot, andlds money
extensive sale, but, I trust, that the moment anything which he was confident slie had about her, returned to him.
of this kind makes its appearance in the City, the Lord The constable told him it was necessary, before searching
Mayor will be informed of it.- her, that he should go to the station-house with them, and
The complainant returned thanks to Sir Peter Laurie, . enter the charge in the usual manner. The gentleman said
and said that he should certainly act upon the excellent nothing would compel him to do that, as he, was a nobleman
advice he had received. . and a Member of Parliament. On hearing this the prisoner
abused him indisgusting
A young man, named James Edwards, was brought ; imputationsthe most manner, and made
against
her accuser of an sbominable nature.
up, charged with having defrauded several carriers by The constable on that account took the prisoner into custody.
an ingenious mode of deception. The gentleman did not accompany them to the statiod-house.
The case attracted a great number of tradespeople to On searching the prisoner the money. ' was not found, and the
the justice-room. ' constable said he believed she had swalloWed it. She was
Mr. Thomas Moore, of No. 16, Old Change; carrier, detained.
stated that at half-past six o'clock on Saturday evening, MARYLEBONE.
the prisoner, who was unknown to him, brought a ham- Mathew •Car.e y
an elderl man, who aspired to the, grade
per to the office addressed as follows:—" To the Earl of of" gentleman," and described himself as such at the police
Liverpool, Buckstead, Sussex, per railway, May 15th, station, was placed before Mr. Rawlinson, on a charge of
1844," to go by one of his carriers, and claimed for car- . having been drunk on the previous night in Tha3 er-street,
riage of the hamper 13s 2d. itness objected to pay Blanchester-square, and, while in that happy state, of grossly
so large a sum ; but, observing on the ticket, which was Sergneganstevrgaemresznect4abil; females.
proved the h
one of W. Kenworthy's of the Axe in Aldermanbury, Mr. RAWLINSO2I94—What you saye
charge.
Si
that 6s 6d had been paid upon the hamper_ at Shrews- this is a serious charge? Prisonern (with ;mat indifference)r—
-' bury, he thought it best to pay the amount required, —Oh, I'm sorry, very sorry. In fact, I had drank more than
which he did accordingly. The prisoner said it was a I ought to do.
hamper of mineral water, an article which his Lordship Mr. Rawiasson.--You call yourself a gentleman, I see.
had weekly from Shrewsbury. Witness, when the pri- Pray, what. are you? Prisoner-1 am a gentleman.
soner had departed, shook the basket to ascertain whe- Mr. RAWLEISON—Have you no profession? Prisoner—
ther it contained liquid, but found it did not; and Yes. Sir, I'm a stone cntter.. .
Mr. Rawusisax—NN ell, Sir, as you are a
.gentleman, I shall
suspecting that something was not completely impose a gentlemanly line, and I hope * it will stop for the
right, opened it and saw instead of the mineral future the gentlemsnly practice you seem to have indulged
water, a heap of bricks. Witness then ran in. You are fined 40s.
out in the direction taken by the prisoner, but could not Prisoner—l can't pay it. . •
find him. On returning home, however, he met him Mr. RAWLLISON.—.Then you *shall go to prison.
carrying another hamper, which was directed to " the ' UNION-HALL.
Hon. Mr. Cavendish, and contained stones,' as was William Silcock, who represented himself as holding a Go-
afterwards ascertained.- The prisoner, upon beinent situation, was charged with. assaulting Charles
spoken to by the witness, threw down the hamper, and Mellish;. under the following circumstances.
attempted to escape, but was taken into custody. -The complainant stated, that on the preceding afternoon
Mr. T. J. Holt, an agent to Messrs.' Kenworthy and the defendant rushed into the shop, where he was, and with-
Co., of the Axe Inn, stated that the prisoner-was not in out assigning 114-nrpellasionnaiiteha
deniedrged him with robbing him of
the employment of that house, and that the hamper did alies°,deef eilidant still persisted in c the accusation, and as
not come from their house ; and that the bill was forged, ont atfeem • thy, to eject him he was struck him with the offence,
ruck by him.
although the beetling of it was genuine. How the pri- Mr. TIPtAILL (to defendant)—How.
do yea account for such
Boner got the printed copy he did not know. conduct ? Defendant—The fact i 3, I met with an old friend
A City policeman stated that he took-into custody. the iii- the service, and he treated me to sonic whiske • and
. 3 not
prisoner, who had in 'his possession seven tickets filled having drunk any of such liquor for a long time it was so
up, purporting to come from different carmen; and ad potent that it completely deprived me of my senses. All I
dressed to several Parties, five blank tickets, and the know- is, that after I left my friend, I was robbed of a sove-
enormous number of 101 pawnbrokers' duplicates for reign, but how I came to charge the young man lam at scloss
articles of all descriptions. The prisoner said, upon to km)w.
being apprehended,- that it was distress that had driven said that it was evident the whiskey was the
Mi. TRAILL
cause of the defendant's extraordinary conduct, and he should
him to the act. - tine him 103. for the assault, or seven clays' a ' ••imprisonment.
Mr. R. Gifford, book-keeper, at the Elephant and The defendant having paid the fine was then discharged.
Castle;Newington,ntated that at half-past nine o'clock
on the morning of Saturday-last, the prisoner brought a
rush basket to the office and produced a ticket, saying
he wanted 19s. ,sd. for' it. Witness hesitated about pay-
ing so much money, especially as twopence was all the
profit derived by his employer, but the prisoner observed
that if there was anything wrong there was Kenworthy's
ticket, and they could set it to rights. At last witness
paid the money in a sovereign and took sevenpence in
change. The basket was addressed as follows:—" The
iron. wm. Cavendish, Compton7place, Eastbourne,
Sussex, per ' Kenworthy Rail, thence per coach,
May 15, 1844." It was sent according to the address,
but it was soon returned, and it was found' to contain
bricks and other rubbish, amid Messrs. Kenworthy knew'
nothing at all about it.
The policeman produced a book containing French
prints of the worst description that he found iii the pri-
soner's hat.
Sir PETER LAURIE, in committing the prisoner for
trial, said, if he had the power, he would punish the
fellow more severely on account of the book, which no
doubt was for sale, than for the offence with which he
was directly charged.
CLERKBN WELL.

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It seems. that Williams, though a married man, and nearly
sixty years of age, had formed a connexion with a young
woman- named Rosetta Bragger, who resided at 6, Bruns-
wick-place. He had frequently been robbed in that house
before, but in consequence of is attachment to the young
woman, always refused to give the parties in charge.
About ten minutes to nine 'o'clock in the forenoon of yes-
terday, information was conveyed .to Sergeant Harris, the
eating inspector, that Williams had been robbed, and was
then lying insensible at his own house, in - a most precarious
condition. He immediately directed Wiseman' 156 K, Who
had been on duty in Dorset-street the previous day, together
with Munford, another constable of the K division, to lose
no time in taking into custody all the parties supposed to be
implicated in the robbery and assault, and-, accordingly, about
three o'clock, James Halstead, a coalwhipper, Alexander
Nicholson, a milkman, Mary Anne Ashe.- and her sister;
Rosetta Bragger, who was the chief attraction of Williams
to Brunswick-place, were brought up to.this Court, Halstead
being charged with having assaulted Williams, and the three
latter with having robbed him of about 301.
Police Constable Wiseman stated, that on Sunday morning,
about half-past 8 o'clock, having been informed by Mrs.
Williams that her husband had been robbed in Brunswick.
place of a 20/. note, a 51. note, and some sovereigns, he went
to the place, and found Williams outs* the door, and was
answered from the window by the prisoner Rose, who re-
fused to admit either of them. Williams then broke a pane
and undid the sash, when they both entered, and found the
two female prisoners and their mother: Williams refused to
give any of them into custody until the prisaner Nicholson,
who resided in the house, and had part of the money, came
home, when he would give him and Mary Ann Ashe in
charge. Witness called again at 4 in the afternoon, and saw
Williams, as he thought, insensibly drunk on a chair. Mary
Ann Ashe was there, and another sister, named Louisa ;
but Nicholson had not returned. The mother of the female
prisoners told witness that Williams had been fighting with
a man outside, who first lent him a shilling, and then knocked
him down. Mrs. Williams then came and took her husband
kome in a cab. Yesterday morning about 9 o'clock, by di-
rection. of Sergeant Harris, who ordered him to take all the
parties implicated into custody, witness apprehended Nichol-
soil on the charge of robbery. At the station-house Nicholas n
admitted that he saw Williams on Saturday morning with
his waistcoat-pocket full of sovereigns, and received a sove-
reign from.him to get a half-pint of rum. Witness a:.,ked
Nicholson, who appeared to have been drinking, what money
he had then about him, and he answered about a sovereign
in silver ; but, on being searched, 21. and 6d. in silver, and
4d. in copper, were found upon him.- About 11 o'clock the
, two fernale prisoners were apprehended at a cookshop in
Broad-street, Ratcliff. Since then, witness ascertained that
Williams, who, he understood, was still insensible and not
expected to live, had shown two Bank of England. notes at a
public-house in Brook-street. When witness first saw Wil-
liams he had a severe black eye, which he said he had re-
ceived-from a man named Bragger, not yet, in custody. and
who. either is, or passes as, the husband of the female prisoner
of that name. •
Elizabeth Hilliers, proprietress of the King's Head, at the
corner of Periwinkle-street, Ratcliff, saw the man Williams
at her house on Saturday with two notes and some gold and
silver, . Which he pulled out of his pocket. The gold and
silver might amount to about 4!. or 5!. They fell from hitu
at.the bar ; but she picked up the money and returned it to
him, wrapping the gold in the notes, and saying " You
foolish man, take care of your money."
-Rebecca Ashe, the mother of the female prisoners, said that
on Sunday morning, between 11 and 12, Williams came to
the' house drunk, and Halstead was authorised by Nicholson
to turn• him out, upon which Halstead and Williams' struck
at each otheronce.
George Bragger said he went to Dorset-street to see his
brother for the purpose of having a walk, when ho met two
policemen who told him Williams bad been robbed. Nichol-
son came there; but the policemen did not take him into
custody. He slept with Nicholson, who went out at half-
past five on Monday morning to sell 1113 milk. The !Hun

John Shea, and Margaret Shea, who said she was his
wife, were charged with an assault on police-constable
Cale, 54 E, and with assaulting three other constables.
It appeared, from the evidence of the officers, and of
several civilians, that the prisoners, who were perfectly
sober, were fighting in Warwick-place, Gray's Inn, be-
tween six and seven on the previous evening. Cale went
up, and desired them to separate, and taking the woman
by the shoulders, ordered her to go in an opposite direc-
tion to the male prisoner, so that the quarrel might not
be renewed. She seemed willing to do so, but when he
attempted to remove the male prisoner, she returned,
and both used the grossest language. Finding remon-
strance useless, Cale took John Shea into custody; but
he had no sooner done so than the ruffian knocked hint
down on the pavement. The officer rose, but was twig°
more thown upon the flags with the same dreadful vio-
lence. When Cale attempted to raise himself from the
ground the fourth time, Shea threw himself upon him,
and, thrusting his hand between the policemens leather
stock and his throat, and forcing his knuckles against
his windpipe, would unquestionably have strangled him
had not several civilians come up at the moment, and
with much difficulty dragged the prisorier'away from him.
One of these persons deposed that upon their arrival
the constable was quite black in the face, and seemed to
be in a state of suffocaticrn from the prisoner's violence.
The prisoner kicked Cale on the body, and endeavoured
to inflict injuries on the most delicate and vital parts
of his frame. The female prisoner seized 38 Gby the
hair of the head, when he came to the assistance of his
brother officer, and attempted to excite the mob to
rescue John Shea. On their way to the station-house,
in the morning, both prisoners Made oi most violent and
determined resistance—and Sergeant Dodd, 9 E, Jarvis,
41 E, and police-constable 95 E, received some severe
blows from them.
The prisoners laughed during the examination, and
seemed to treat the matter with the greatest indifference.
The male prisoner, who is a desperate and powerful
fellow, appeared in Court without a coat. He refused
to make any defence.
Mr. GREENWOOD sentenced him to a month's impri-
sonment in the House of Correction, without fine, and
the female to twenty-one days' imprisonment.
IV OR SMP- STREET.
Thomas Smith, a young man of very respectable ap-
pearance,_who was described as a wine agent, residing
in Great Chart-street, Hoxton, was brought before Mr.
Bingham on a charge of having disturbed and an-
noyed Mr. Charles Packer, a surgeon, in Pittield-street,
by ringing his door bell without lawful excuse.
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