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The recognizances were then entered into, and they
were discharged.

Just after the Court had been adjourned, and as
the Learned Recorder was about leaving the bench,
Mr. BODKIN came into court, and, addressing his
Lordship, said he wished to make a few remarks
relative to an affair that had occurred on the previous
day. _

The RECORDER said the Court was not sitting, but
if ➢lr. Bodkin wished it he had no objection to hear
him.

Mr. BODKIN said that the respect he personally en-
tertained for the worthy Under-Sheriff, Mr. Wire,
coupled with that of the other gentlemen of the bar,
led him to make the remarks he was about to do.
The Learned Ctunsel then referred to the remarks
made by his Lordship upon the conduct of Mr. Wire,
and said that his wish was to remove any misappre-
hension that might exist in the mind of his Lordship,
that the under-sheriff had any pecuniary end in view
in taking possession of the property found upon pri-
soners.

The RSCORDER said he was not under any misap-
prehension of the sort, and he did not see how any
one else could be. He had made the remarks in con-
sequence of the sheriff having contravened the orders
of the court.

Mr. BODKIN said that the applause which followed
his Lordship's remarks, and which were alluded to in
the report, would lead the public to infer that the
under-sherff was actuated by pecuniary motives.
The RECORDER, said there was nothing in the re-
port to warrant any such inference being drawn.
Mr. BODKIN said the under-sheriff had only done
that which he thought to be his duty, and would ex-
plain to his Lordship that there had been an altera-
tion in the manner in which the sheriffs were called
upon to send in their accounts to the proper autho-
rities.

The RECORDER said that could not interfere with
he law upon which he had acted.

Mr. BODKIN said it was under that impression the
under sheriff had acted.

The RECORDER said there was not any imputation
upon the character of the sheriffs or under-sheriff,
excepting that they had acted in direct contravention
of the order of the Court. He (the Learned Recor-
der) had no feeling in the matter ; either pleasant or
unpleasant he had made an order which was inter-
fered with. What he had said was to vindicate the
honour of the Court, and with it he was satisfied.
Mr. Wire then explained that there was not any
pecuniary benefit arising from their taking posses-
sion of property. There was a great deal of trouble
attending the office, and they rendered an account to
a sixpence of all they received. They took care of
property taken from felons committed from the coun-
ties oat of their jurisdiction, and faithfully handed it
over to them.

The RECORDER said he did not doubt it. The
sheriffs of the counties from whence felons were com-
mitted should have an officer present to receive the
property taken from them, and not trouble the Sheriffs
of London. In this case it belonged to the Sheriff
of Kent. In this case there had,been a contraven-
tion of the order of the Court ; it was upon that he
had spoken, and what he had said he should not hesi-
tate to say again should the order of the Court be in-
terfered with. Still he wished to be distincly under-
stood that no imputation had been cast on the sheriffs
or under-sheriffs.

Mr. Wire, with much warmth, said he still felt him
self aggrieved.

TheßEcounEa coolly replied that had he expected
such a remark he should not have allowed the ex-
planation.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
BO W-STREET.
HOSTILE TIIREATS.—AIfred Godfrey, a young
man, was charged before Mr. Henry with having,
on the 10th inst., and at other times, used threats of
violence towards Mrs. Henry Phillips, the wife of
the vocalist of that name, from which she went in
bodily fear.
Mrs. Phillips stated that the prisoner was her
brother, and that they had for same time been at
variance. This, in fact, was the second time on
which she had occasion to prefer a similar complaint
against him.
Mr. Phillips, the husband of the complainant,
stated that he had a great number of letters in his
possession, in the handwriting of the prisoner,
couched in terms of the most offensive description,
added to which, during his absence from home on
business, the prisoner was continually loitering about
his house, and annoying the family to such a degree
that Mrs. Phillips was unable to go out without a
friend to protect her. The prisoner commenced
writing these letters about three months back, one of
which he now produced. It was dated the 10th inst.,
and the concluding words of it were, "If I leave this
place without a certain sum, I shall pop some one
off as Rush did." The witness added, that the pri-
soner was usually under the influence of liquor ; but
even in his sober moments, such was his revengeful
disposition, he had every reason to believe he would
put his threats into execution unless restrained by the
law. About a week back he broke one of his (ilr.
Phillips's) windows, and on being charged with it, did
not deny it.
Prisoner, in his defence, said that Mr. Phillips had
promised to give him 201. to relieve his distresses, if
he would stay away from the house. This promise
Mr. Phillips never performed, and he admitted that
in a moment of irritation he had written the letter
produced, but assured his Worship that he never in-
tended to inflict any personal injury on his sister.
Mr. HENRY said that the words contained in the
letter would admit of no other construction than a
determination on the part of the prisoner to commit
some personal violence. He would, therefore, call
upon him to find bail, himself in 1001., and two
sureties in 50/. each, to
.keep the peace for three
months.'
PICEPOCIEET3.— William *Russell and John Smith
were charged on suspicion of having robbed some
persons, unknown, of their watches, at different
places of amusement. The prisoners, who are well
known to the police, were observed on the sth inst.
leaving the concert-room at Exeter Hall, in a manner
to lead to a belief that they had committed some
depredation. Thompson and another officer of the
F division followed them into the Strand and took
them into custody, upon which Smith was seen to
drop a silver watch.
Mr. Win. Scharht stated that he was at the concert
on the evening in question, and shortly after he had
obtained admission he missed his watch, which was
the same now produced.
At this stage of the proceedings John Eburne and
Anne, his wife, who keep a lodging-house at Elder-
walk, Islington, and who had been sent from Clerken-
well Court, were placed at the bar with the other
prisoners, charged with having received a gold watch
and other property, knowing them to have been
stolen.
A policeman stated that he went to the prisoner
Eburne's house, to make some inquiries respecting
Smith. They at first. denied all knowledge of him,
but subsequently acknowledged that he was their
lodger. On asking whether Smith had any property
in the house, they said he had not, with the excep-
tion of a suit of clothes. On subsequent interroga-
tion they admitted that they had two watches, which
belonged to themselves. Witness then opened the
drawers of the looking-glass, and took from thence a
gold watch, which he now produced. Eburne, using
some offensive language, declared this to be his property,
but said he would not tell where he had got it. On fur-
ther search a considerable quantity of linen was dis-
covered, from which the initials had been removed. On
making further allusion to the watch the female pri-
soner said, in the presence of her husband, that Smith
had given it to .her, desiring that she would not give
it to any person but himself. On being taken to
Clerkenwell the male prisoner said he had picked the
watch up (the shank was broken) in the City-road
on Easter Monday ; he had kept it ever since, to see
if any reward were offered fur it.
Mr. HENRY directed the female prisoner to be
discharged, and ordered the other three to be re-
manded.
A respectably-dressed man, named Tyke, was charged
with stealing a watch-guard chain, the property of Mr.
Synires, a medical student.
The prosecutor stated that last night he met the pri-
soner in a public-house near Euston-square, where they
had some drink together. In the course of conversation
the prisoner asked his advice relative to a disease he was
suffering from, which he freely gave, and then the pri-
soner intimated that he should call upon him at his
lodgings. The prosecutor said that just at the present
moment his time was very much occupied, but that if he
could do him any good he would willingly do so without
any professional charge. The prisoner then said—
" Well, the moment that I'm convalescent I intend to
make a continental tour, and you shall go with inn free
of expense."
Mr. HENRY—You were, I suppose, to become his tra-
velling physician?—Something of that sort, replied the
prosecutor.—(Laughter.)
Mr. HENRY—WeII, then, come to the charge. All
this nonsense is foreign to the subject.
Prosecutor—Well, then, I borrowed half-a-crown of
the prisoner, giving him as a security, he being a stran-
ger to me, my brequet chain. Soon after he got the
chain the prisoner went out. and thinking that he had
decamped, the prosecutor followed him, and meeting
with a policeman, immediately gave him into custody.
The prisoner said that there was no foundation for
the charge. He simply went out to make use of the
urinal, and never had an int,ntion of going away.
Mr. HENRY—And was it possible that a constable
knew so little of his duty as to take that charge as one
of felony? The prisoner was quite justified in retaining
the chain until his half-crown was refunded; and he
therefore discharged him.

WESTMINSTER.
DISTRESSING CASE.—Mr. Taylor, an inspector of
the B division, handed the following letter, which he
had received, to the magistrate :
"Dear Sir,—Knowing you to be of a humane dis-
position, I hope you will be kind enough to investi-
gate a sad case of distress which has made me take