The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-03 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Nov. 2.

MANSION-HOUSE. Charles Tubbs wa's
charged before Sir R. W. Carden, on suspicion,
with stealing 13 electro-plated forks, 1 plated pickle
fork, 1 fish slice, 2 gravy spoons, 1 soup ladle, 10
dessert spoons, 10 tea spoons, and a fruit knife.
Eno, police constable 94, found him in the street,
with the articles in his possession, and took him
into custody on account of his not being able to
give a satisfactory account of them. They were
marked " B."
He was remanded for inquiry.

GUILDHALL.—James Bennett was placed at
' the bar, before Alderman Humphery, charged with
the following robbery.
Policeman 169 said he met the prisoner on Satur-
day evening in Staining-lane, with a basket of
carpenters' tools in his possession. He stopped
him ; and in answer to witness's interrogatories,
he said he had brought the tools from Poplar, and
was then going home to the Borough-market. Not
satisfied with this account, he took him into
custody.
Five carpenters who had been at work upon a
job in Staining-lane, identified the whole of the
tools as their property, having left them in the
building after they finished their day's work, from
which the prisoner had taken them.
The prisoner was drunk at the time.
Alderman Humphery said it was a most heart-
less robbery. These poor men, had they lost their
tools, would have been deprived of the means of
getting a living. He therefore committed the
prisoner to the House of Correction at Holloway
for two months, with hard labour.

BOW-STRZET.—Williarn Cooke, a soldier in
tho Scat bm►ttalion of Grenadier Guards, bearing an
eicellent character, and described by his sergeant
as ' a very quiet man and a good soldier," was
charged by James Humby and Thomas Price,
decent working men, with assaults upon them and
upon several women and children.
Humby stated that at about a quarter past 12
on Saturday night he was passing through Trafalgar-
square, when he saw the prisoner beating some
boys with his belt, and kicking them in the most
violent manner. It was the ordinary regimental
belt, with a heavy brass buckle, with which a very
severe blow can be inflicted. Witness remonstrated
with the prisoner, who then turned round upon him
and struck him in the same way with the buckle end
of the strap. Witness fell, and the prisoner not
only kicked him as he lay, but seized upon his hand
and bit one of his fingers so severely as almost to ,
separate it from the hand. A gentleman who was
passing that way with a lady, relinquished her arm
for a moment in order to come to witness's assist-
ance, when the prisoner turned upon the lady and
beat her severely with the same formidable weapon. '
She screamed and fainted.

Mr. Burnaby. (the chief clerk)—Was there no
policeman there all this time ?
Witness—The police were not on the spot till
two or three minutes after.

Price stated that he 'was passing that way about
ten minutes before the last witr•ess arrived. Pri-
soner was beating some boys with his belt. Several
other persons besides witness interfered, but pri-
soner, and another soldier who was with him, kept
the people at bay with their belts. There were
several women there, and the prisoner struck one
of them with his belt. When Hamby came up and
interfered the pris.mer knocked him down, and bit
his finger. There was no policeman there for ten
minutes after the disturbance commenced.

The Sergeant (A 2) said there were always one or
two constables on duty at the Column.
Mr. Jardine (to the wituess)—Was there no
policeman at the Column ?
Price—so, sir, nor anywhere in sight.
Mr. Burnaby—But there must have been.
Price—There was not ; and when the policeman
did appear, he came from the Column, but not from
Northumberland ihuse.

The prisoner—One gentleman says three minutes
and the other says ten.
Price—l was there ten minutes before Mr.
Humby, and there was no policeman all the while.
Policeman Foster, 593 A, said he was on duty by
the Column. He had been there all the while, but
had been on the opposite side of the Column from
where tue disturbance took place. When he saw
the mob he went to the spot, where he arrived in
about three minutes. Did not see the prisoner
strike any one " not in particular." Saw him
swinging his belt, and took him into custody. The
other soldier ran away. Did not see the woman
swoon, or hear her say she had been struck.
Another constable pursued the second soldier, and
afterwards brought him to the station-house, but
as there was no definite charge against him, he was

The prisoner said he found the boys annoying a
gentleman and told them not to do so, on which
the boys began to pick up stones to throw at him.
He struck one of the boys, and then Humby at-
tacked him. He did not use his belt, or strike any
one, or bite the complainant.
Mr. Jardine would take it in the prisoner's fa-
vour that the boys did not appear. He had pro-
bably received some provocation from them. Still,
according to the witnesses, he had used a great deal
of unnecessary violence in kicking them. Then,
when Humby remonstrated with him on this unne-
cessary violence, prisoner did what he (Mr. Jardine)
would never look over ;he used his teeth. For that
un-English act he must be imprisoned 14 days.

CLERKENWELL.—Joseph Martin, describing
himself as a railway contractor, aged 45, a mise-
rably attired person, residing at 45, Little Drum-
mond-streat, Euston-square, was charged with
obtaining several articles of ironmongery from Mr.
William Fowler, an ironmonger, residing at 38,
Skinner-street, Somers-town, under false pretences,
and also with having attempted to defraud nume-
rous tradesmen of goods to the amount of several
thousands of pounds. When the prisoner was ap •
prehended by Sergeant Bail several contracts for all
descriptions of articles were found upon him, as
well as the names and addle-Bes of tradesmen of
every class throughout the metropolis.
Mr. Strong, an ironmonger, residing at Skinner-
street, Somers-town, said the prisoner came on
Thursday afternoon, and represented himself as the
agent for Harris and Ferdinand, of the Brazils. He
said he had formerly been an overseer in their em-
ploy, and that they were the owners of between
30,000 and 40,000 slaves. Owing to his (the pri-
soner's) good conduct they bad made him a work-
ing partner. The prisoner then said that Messrs.
Harris and Ferdinand were about erecting a large
city, and that they were engaged to build 13 ex-

tensive hotels. (Laughter.) He (the prisoner) had
been sent over for the purpose of purchasing fur-
niihing ironmongery. When I asked him for re-
ferences, he said he had power to draw upon the
Union Bank of London cheques to between 6,0001.
and 10,0001. The prisoner then told me to copy
the order I had given him, and said that I could
have a cheque for 2001. on the Union Bank the
next day. When I told him that I could not let
him have the samples without he paid for them, the
prisoner said, " Oh, we never pay for samples. I
have the samples sent to my house, and then I send
them out." The prisoner, after some further re-
marks, went away, and I did not see him until the
next day, when he said he had been to the bank,
and could not see the manager. The same day I
communicated with the police.

Mr. Frost, jun., oilman and colourman, of 22,
Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square, said—At thelatter
end of September or the beginning of October, the
prisoner called upon me, and stating that he was
a partner in a large firm in Brazil, ordered a quan-
tity of goods amounting in the aggregate to
4,341/. Gs. Amongst the items selected was soap
of various descriptions to the extent of 1,0001. ;
pickles in bottles, 4001. ; painters' brushes, 3601. ;
and numerous other articles, making up the above
total. He also told me that if he could be allowed
to take aw,ty two bottles of pickles, he could get
me an order from a gentleman who was buying
largely for the purpose of taking them to Constan-
tinople. He directed me to send a copy of the in-
voice to the Brazils, and by the next mail it was
sent out.

Sergeant Hill, 39 S, said he took the prisoner
into custody, and said he was one of the gang that
was sent from this court, and, being tried at the
Oid Bailey, was sentenced to a lengthened term of
imprisonment for obtaining money under false pre-
tences. He had been to the Union Bank, and
found that no one of the name of Martin, of the
Brazils, had an account there. When he searched
the prisoner's residence, he found his wife and
children in a most deplorable state ; the room
had little or no furniture in it, and the children
were almost naked. The wife told him that the
prisoner had done no work for the last five years.
Since that period he had been abroad for about ten
months, and since his return he had pawned all
that he had got to support his family. The land-
lady also stated that numerous persons called every
day, some respectably attired, land others in the
garb of working men, who complained of the pri-
soner having duped them under -various pretences.
Understanding that there were other cases, he
trusted that his worship would grant him a remand
for the purpose of making further inquiries.
Mr. Come said he would grant a remand until
Monday next.
The prisoner asked to be admitted to bail.

Mr. Oorrie said that as the prisoner represented
himself as the owner of so large a number of slaves,
he should require him to put in heavy bail, which
ke had no doubt he could do. (Laughter.) After
some further remarks, the worthy magistrate said
he would accept bail—viz., two sureties in the sum
of 10/. each.
The prisoner was then removed.

WORSHIP-STREET.—Charles Brairey, 21,
was charged with stealing the property of his em-
ployer, David Chalcroft, a grocer, 97, Bethnal-
green-road.
From the testimony of the prosecutor it appeared
that the accused had been in his service as a porter
nine weeks, during the latter portion of which time
his conduct, in pursuance of his duties, occasioned
suspicion of dishonesty, but nothing could be proved
until Saturday evening, when some one apparently
belonging to his family calling for his linen to wash,
witness was struck by the appearance of the bundle,
on opening which a quantity of tea and sugar was
discovered therein. A constable was called, who
took him int• custody, but there was not auy wish
now to press the matter against him.
The prisoner, whose appearance and bearing
indicted a rather superior position in life than that
described, wept abundantly during the evidence
against him, and when called upon for an answer
to the charge, sobbed out, " I am guilty, sir ;
but may I never leave this bar if I ever committed
a dishonest act before. lam deeply ashamed and
sorry, and will sin no more. My position is very
different to what it has been."

Magistrate—What was your former employment ?
Prisoner—l have been a lecturer ou teetotalism,
sir, and also a Sunday school teacher in the neigh-
bourhood of Mile End. I don't know how it was,
sir, but I gradually slid away from that happy
course, and, and—here I stand, justly charged with
a robbery. Oh, it is a sad change.
Magistrate—A. sad change, indeed, if your state-
ment is a truthful one. Your employer has ex-
pressed a desire not to press the charge against you,
but I feel it my duty to remand you for a week.
The prisoner was removed to tho cells, still in
tears.