The Sun.
London, England, 1828-04-16 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.—James Fehrman, a person of
highly respectable connections, and confidential clerk in
the house of Messrs. W. and H. B. Ward, one of whom is
Member ofParliament for the city of London, was brought be-
fore the LORD burst, charged with hacinf, committed a
forgery to the amount of 5001., upon the house of N. M.
Rothschild, Esq.
The case excited the greatest interest amongst commer-
cial men, many of whom were present during the investi-
gation, which lasted a considerable time. The forgery was
an acceptance for 5001., purporting to he drawn by Harriet
Barnard on N. M. Rothschild, Esq., payable to the order
of Messrs. St. Lurman and Son, dated Vienna, Dec. 26,
IEQ7, at three months' sight, and also purporting to be
accepted by N. M. Rothschild, January 9,182 S, payable
at .Masterman and Co's, and to be endorsed by .1. St. Lur-
man and Son, Bremen, and was payable to the order of the
prisoner. _ _ _

- Mr. Harmer attended on the part of the prisoner, who
is nephew to one of the most respectable and popular gen-
tlemen at the bar.

Mr. Gates called the following witnesses :
Mr. Joseph Wright, of the Old Jewry, merchant, deposed
that he had taken the bill for Zi 00/. from the prisoner, on
the 15th of January last, in. discharge of the prisoner's dis-
honoured acceptance, held by the witness, and that he (wit-
ness) gave the pi ironer a cheque for the difference. The..
witness paid the acceptance into the house of Sir John
Lubbock and Co., his bankers.

Mr. Edmund Cleinson, a clerk to Messrs. Mastermaii,
deposed that the acceptance was presented at the house of
his employers by Messrs. Lubbock and Co., and that the
prisoner on Saturday last applied at the clearing-house in
Lombard-street, and wished to take up the bill ; but as it
would he irregular to allow it to be taken up under such
circumstances, the request was not complied with. Wit-
ness further stated, that Mr. N. M. Rothschild kept an
account at Messrs. Masterman and Co.'s, and that the sig-
nature to the acceptance was a lot gory.
Mr. Reuben Browning, a clerk in the house of Mt. N.
M. Rothschild, deposed that the signature purporting to he
that of Mr. Rothschild was a forgery. The concern had
no correspondent at Vienna, of the name of the drawer of
the bill, and no person of the name of Harriet Barnard had
a right to draw the bill in question upon the house.
Mr. Henry Despard, a clerk in the house of Messrs.
W. and H. B. Ward, of New Broad-street, merchants,
stated that the prisoner lived in the emplo) tent of that firm,
and that he (the witness) knew the prisoner's hand-
writing. Witness stated that the special endorsement of
the bill, whereby it was made payable to the prisoner, and
also that the words " In need with Messrs. Doxatt and
Co." were in the handwriting of the prisoner.
We understand that the prisoner was apprehended at
Kentish-town, at his own house, by Mr. Cope, the city
marshal, on Saturday afternoon, and that during the whole
of Sunday and Monday the most determined efforts were
made to prevent the prosecution from being followed up.
It is known tha.. even Mr. and Mrs. Rothschild used every
argument in their power in favour of the unfortunate
prisoner, who has lived highly respected, and in the most
distinguished society. Mr. Cope, however, upon search-
ing the prisoner's trunks, found a number of forged accep-
tances upon the house of Baring and (70., and other emi-
nent commercial houses in the city. This information
was an effectual bar to the object of those who interfered.
-Nothing can now prevent the bankers from proceeding in
the case. Application was made to them to postpone the
evidence in the case for one week, but the proposition
would not be attended to, neither would that for a private
examination be for a moment entertained.

The prisoner was remanded for some (lays. It is im-
possible to describe the agony of the prisoner's wife, who
is a most amiable and accomplished young lady, upon find-
ing that her husband was charged with forgery
Thomas Styles, shopman to Messrs. Dobson, Glover,
and Baker, was charged with having plundered his em-
ployers to a considerable extent.—Remanded.
MA RLBOROUG 11-STREET. —Yesterday a soldier
of the Foot Guards, named John Milkman, and two other
men named Joseph Shipton, and Thomas Burns, were
brought before Mr. CONANT, the sitting Magistrate,
charged with the following robbery :
It appeared that the three prisoners were lodgers at the
Dolphin public-house, in Oxford-street, where they took
an opportunity of forcing open with a screw .driver a box
belonging to a man named Lockman, who also resided, in
the house, the 'twhole contents of which, including two
sovereigns, they carried off and absconded, but were traced
oat by Westcott and Avis, the officers who apprehended
them, and found upon their persons pawnbrokers' dupli-
cates for several articlss of the stolen property, wearing
apparel, &c. which they bad pledged.
They were fully committed for trial.

BOW-STREET.—Yesterday Mr. Barnwell, a lodger
in the house of Mrs. Woollet, who resides in Burton-
crescent, was brought before Mr. MINSHULL, charged by
a young womah named Ann Strahan with pinching and
assaulting her.

The complainant, it appeared, was living as housemaid
in the service of Mrs. Woollet when the alleged assault took
place. On Saturday last, she said, she had a difference
with her mistress, when the defendant, whom she kpew
only as a lodger, interfered, pushing her rudely against the
parlour-door, pinching her arms, and, finally, striking her
in the face. Another gentleman, also a lodger, threatened
to seed her to Bow-street ; and but for the interference of
the cook, who prevented the defendant from ill-treating her
any further, the complainant said that her life would have
been in danger.
In answer to the charge Mr. Barnwell spoke of his
having been intolerably annoyed by the insolent behaviour
pf both the complainant and the cook. On the occasion
in question Mo. Woollet came tip stairs in great agitation,
saying that the complainant waa condlicting herself in a
manner so violent that she must be either drunk or mad,
upon which, said the defendant, I went down stairs and
found the complainant in the hall abusing her mistress and
every one else in the house. I ordered her down stairs,
but qhe refused to go, when I took her gently by the arms
ems encie,-,vonrzd rerpove her,
" Do you mean to indict the defeuilant !" asked Mr.
Mnietitlll.
" I wish to he protected," said the girl, " but I have no
desire to hurt the gentleman, although he has used me very
shamefully."
" Suppose," said Mr. Mtssuut.L, " you were to with-
draw, and endeavour to come to an amicable settlement. ,
The defendant was quite ready to adopt the Magietrate s
suggestion.—The parties then retired.
Five boys, whose ages varied from 12 to 10, were
charged by a street keeper with having been engaged lass
Sunday in playing at pitch-and-toss, in a public thorough-
fare. Four of the boys were proved to be constantly ,14
i'oniPaPy with thieves and prostitutes, and two of, the
youngest, it was said, were continually smoking and drink-
ing in a public-house in Long Acre. A constable, %Ili°
knew them well, observed that they kept a girl between
them. One of the five had been twice at the bar of the
Old Bailey. They were all committed for three months
to the tread-mill.

A few days ago some workmen employed in
digging a foundation, on the premises of Mr. EPIVARD
SANDERS, merchant, at Grimsby, discovered two human
skeletons, lying near to each other. One of the 9kulls con-
tained a quantity of brain., in a state of apparent fresh-
ness:—Hull