The Sun.
London, England, 1826-09-07 00:00:00


MANSIC1N,HOUSE —Yesterday Mr. Yirbeke, as Solicitor
to Mr. Lawford, the Secretary of the Welsh Iron Company, ap-
plied to the'Lonp Kt von for a warrant to search the premises of
Mr. Wilke, jun., M.P. for Sudbury, who, he stated, feloniously
detained some property belonging to the Welsh Iron Company.'
Mr. Hobler, the Chief Clerk, asked what was the nature of
the property?
Mr. Verheke replied, that it was an account-hook.
Mr. Hobler said, that he presumed the value was ideal.
Mr. Verheke assured the Lord Mayor that its value to the
Company was by no means ideal.
Mr. Lawford, the Secretary to the Committee, was sworn,
when he stated, that
_when the Company was founded, there was

•• ••••• • •••• •• ••••-• •• • •
book belonging to the Committee, whiith was,kept,for the pur-
pose,of entering all transactions relative to the issue and transfer
of shares. This book was taken away by'Alr. Wilk% who had

, it.
not Sims returned
The Loan Maros asked whether Mr. Wilk* was not Solicitor
to the Company ?
Mr. Lawford replied, that be was Solicitor to the Company
then, but was not now.
The Loan Maros saidMr.Wilks might, under those circum-.

stances, elaini a degree of authority with respect to it. At all
events there was no felonious taking of the property.
Mr. Verbeke admitted that his Lordship's view of, the case

would be correct if the hook had any relation to the then 'official
duties of 'Mr. Wilks, but it had nine whatever.
The Loan Mayon asked whether Mr. \Vilka was not a share-

Mr. Verbeke replied in the affirmative. •
The Loan Mayon said, in that case, being a partner, the dif-
ficulties were considerably increased. Ile wished to know whe-
ther Mr. Verbeke was prepared to cite any case where a search-
warrant was issued for the recovery of any property that was not
originally taken feloniously.
Mr. Verbeke said, that at present he was not prepared with
such a case ; but he submitted, that a party having got property
in his possesion legally, might subsequently make a felonious con-
version of it.
The LORI) AfAYOR recommended a civil action.
Mr. Verbeke Said, this retiree bad been adopted as the shortest
and most salutary4 . _

The Loan l► iami. suggested, that if it should appear that Mr •
Wilke had acted improperly, he was amenable to the Court of
King's Bench, of which he was an officer.
• Mr. Verheke replied, that the Court 'of King's Bench would
not take cognizance of acts which were not performed in his ca-
pacity of attorney.
The Loan MAYOR asked whether application had been made to
Mr. Wilks for the return of the book.?
Mr. Lawford said, that he had applied within these few weeks
for it, but Mr. Wilks denied that he hitd it. Mr. Lawford
de-
clared that he saw him take it.

Another witness came forward, and said he had seen it in Mr.
Wilka's possession.
The Loan MAYOR said that he should readily grant a search-
warrant, if he man, that the law would juStify him ; but Mr. Ver-
beke himself admitted that he did not consider the property was
originally taken feloniously. His Lordship, therefore, on this
ground, and also on the ground that Mr. Wilks was a partner,
dismissed the application.
GUILDHALL.—Mr. Fred. Win. Stephens, a young man of
respectable exterior, was charged, before Sir PETER !Ankle,
Knt. yesterday, with wilfully cutting the silk pelisses of two la-
dies in Bartholomew -fair, on Tuesday night.
The first complainant, Mrs. Sarah Currey, the wife of a pur-
ser in the Royal Navy, now. on service, stated, that she resided at
No. 5, Buckingham-street,: in the Strand, and that she came to
the fair, accompanied by three young. ladies, in a hackney-coach,
and they were set down at Smithfield-bars, at about ten o'clock
at night. They had not been in the fair above five
.minutee, before
one of her friends called out that a . man was cutting her: She
exclaimed " Where? Show me the man?" The lady pointed to
the prisoner, and witness immediately seized him by the collar.
A man, whom she supposed to be an associate of the•prisoner's,
struck her over the arm as if he would break it, upon which she
called out, if the prisoner had done her injury, she would never
leave him till she had found an officer. A crruf rescue wan then
setup, and a dozen fellows jostled her about, but the maintained
her grasp, and declared that nothing should make her lose it, and
she cried out for assistance till au otlicer came up and took hint in
charge. Her pelisse was cut in five places, and the silk alone, of
which it was made, cost her four guineas.
Mrs. Currey here produced the pelisse, and the Alderman di-
rected her to put it on, that he might judge whether it was wit
to get at her pockets; but it appeared that it was quite in the
back of the garment.
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Miss Eliza Wellesley, now residing at No. 5, Buckinghan
street, stated, that she was walking with Mrs. Currey, and saw
the prisoner cutting her pelisse. When the alarm was given,
some of the party tried to prevent her from assisting her friend,
and One man put his knee against her hip to push her away.
Miss Ann Brown said,
she was walking behind Mrs. Currey,
and felt some one twitching her frock, as if cutting it. She saw
the prisonerairaw away his hand from her person, and while she
was looking to ascertain what mischief he had doue, she lost
sight of him, but on looking forward to inform Mrs. Currey se-
veral holes had been cut in her frock, she saw the prisoner again,
then engaged in cutting Mrs. Currey's pelisse. She called out
to Mrs. Currey, but she was soon separated by the prisoner's
companions, who prevented her from going into the Compter, by
farming a circle around her, out of which she could not pass. One
of them struck her on. the back, and when her friends can* out
• of the Compter, one• of the fellows asked what would be done to
the prisoner, and upon being, told that could not he known, be
and some others gathered up handfuls of mud, and bespattered
witness's clothes. .
Miss Helen Lee, of Euston-crescent, said she was One of the
party; saw the prisoner cutting Mrs. Currey's pelisse, and pointed
him out to her. The prisoner looked in her fare, and said '• Me !
you are a liar."
Atterwell, the officer, produced a small clasp knife, and a smell
pair of scissors, the handle of which was formed of two penknives,
with a sheath for the point of the scissors that it might be carried
in the pocket. These had been found upon the prisoner.
th in his defence, stated, that when the officer took him,
knoSstveilngenhe had a pair of scissors in his waistcoat pocket., he de-
sired him to observe that his coat was buttoned, so that if he had
the scissors in his hand, he could not have returned them to his
pocket. He denied the charge,, and stated that he was clerk to
Mr. Braddock, a merchant, in Fenchurch-street.
Mr. Hubbard, clerk to Mr., Braddock, said he was desired by
his employer to state, that the prisoner was a most' regular and
correct young man. He held a highly confidential situation in
that house, where 50,000/. to 100,0001. was turned in the course
of the year. With respect to the peculiar form of the scissors, he
could assure the Alderman similar ones were in general use fir
office purpreies'about Alincing-lane; and those now produced the
prisoner had used above a twelvemonth.
Mr. Stephen's, the father of the prisoner, insinuated that the
whole of the ladies, who certainly were attired in a somewhit
showy style, were of a doubtful character, and their oaths wefe
not, therefore, worth much; but Sir Peter checked him Or
mooing such an opinion upon them without the least inquirt.
Mr. Stephens admitted his son went to the fair in company wi/s
three or four other young men, one of whom (a brother) he wild*
to be examined. •
The Alderman then said, •he war at Marylebone office a few:
days since when a man was charged with poisoning. He; as well
as every one in the office, were quite satisfied upon the first hear-
ing
.,
that he was guilty ; but, fortunately, he was not then com-
mitted for trial. The case found its way into the newspapers ;
witnesses, in consequence,
came forward as to the character of the
accusers and the accused, and, ultimately, every one Wits as much
satisfied of the man's innocence at' they were before of his guilt.
The present case was a strong one against the prisoner, who
seemed to have intended • mischief, not robbery ; but he would,
nevertheless, remand him till Saturday, and in the mean time
fitthea Geo.r, spoil,
"
publicity might produce some result as unexpected in this case as
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it (lid in that to which he alltled•
'rh
16,noareteddefatheatthaeny
clothespell person
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wilfully
/should be judged guilty of felony, and he liable to• seven years'
tratumertetion. The whole of this statute,lowever, was repealed
hy Mr. Peel's act of last session,, and there now exists tut'expresa
provision against this offence. The Small Trey's** Act (14
Geo. IV., e. 56), however, will reach thecase, as it extends tn
wilful injury comMitted upon f' real or personal property of an
nature or kied,a0ey„. under the value of .5/.,L and' thei offender
may be ordered to, 1.
mikes reasonable satisfaction and' cora * pensat o
to the party A
65 leVUt, And In default be, aommitted to the House
of Corrects,, for three months,
BOW-STREET.---Yeeterday morning, at an early hour, xi
appliattion was made at this office, for an officer to attend at the
Naming of the trunk of a gentleman who was drowned at Landon
bridge on, Tusialay evening. It appeared from the statement of
the person who made the:application; that the deceased and semi
other gentlemen had just errived from Margate, in one of the" vet
.sele that ply. to that l
p ace, and they had taken a watermau 4
wherry for the purpose of conveying them anti their luggage to
town. Unfortunately, in passing under Lencion-britige, the boat
upset, owing to the violence of the current, and it was with eon,

siderable difficulty that those on hoard, with the exception of one
gentleman, who never rose to the surface of the water, were saved.
Sir John Scott Lilly, a Magistrate residing at Fulham, was among
those who were luckily rescued from a similar fate. The trunk
that belonged to the gentleman who was unfortunately drowned,
was picked up at the Surrey side of the river, and as no person
knew the owner's name, it was thought advisable to break it
open, in the presence of an officer, in order to ascertain the name
and address of the deceased, whose body had not been found when
the applicant left that part of the river where the accident occurred.
The Magistrate referred the applicant to the officers of Union-
hall, the trunk not being within the jurisdiction of this office. -
QUEEN-SQUARE.--Mr. William Royal, a boat-builder,
residing on Millbank, was brought up on a warrant preferred
against him by his wife for eruel treatment towards her.
It appeared from the evidence, that the defendant, on Sunday
afternoon, came home intoxicated, and insisted on taking the
money for the boat's hire ; he demanded his wife's chair, which
was given up to him, but his conduct being so violent, she left the
room, when the defendant followed, and struck her two blows,
and worked himself into such a violent passion, that Mrs. Royal
said she was in bodily fear.
Three witnesses spoke to the irritable conduct of the defendant.
Mr. Gasooate said he should require good bail from the de-
fendant, and ordered him to enter into sureties, himself in 150/.
and three other persons 601. each, and give ttienty-four hours'
notice.

MARYLEBONE—=Charles Phillips, a lad, was charged by
Mrs. Gooding, of No. 16, Mortimer-street, Cavendish-square,
with having stolen a two-pack card-box.
Mrs. Gooding, whose husband is a fancy stationer, stated, that
on Saturday evening, between eight and nine o'clock, she heard a
noise in the shop, and looking through the hack-parlour window,
she saw some one there ; it was either a man or a boy, but she
(lid not see his faec. As she entered the shop he left it, and she
missed the article before-mentioned, which had been standing on
the counter. She was very much alarmed, and screamed out for
assistance.

Mr John Wilkie, an upholsterer, of No. SO, Naesau-street,
was passing along Mortimer-street at the tithe, and hearing the
scream, he looked round ; he saw the prisoner come out of the
shop, place the box down on the grating of the• aria, and run
away. He ran after him, and had him in full view until he was
taken by a watchman.
The box left upon the grating was proved to be the same
which was taken from the counter, and the prisoner was com-
mitted for trial.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—One of those brutal vaga-
bonds called costermongers, who go about the streets with don
kies and panniers to pilfer what they can catch, and followed, al-
ways close at their heels, by a fierce half-bred fighting dog, which
is ready and trained to fly at any person on whom they may think
fit to set him, was brought to the office by two of the Bow-street
patrol, charged with suffering his canine companion to bite a poor
boy desperately in the leg.
The patrol stated that this ruffian set his dog to attack another
dog that was much smaller than •his, in the street, and having
thus infuriated the animal, he began to fly at every thing that ap-
proached him, and this poor boy having accidentally passed at the
time, the dog, quite unrestrained by his master, flew at the boy,
and made his teeth almost meet in his leg. Here the boy showed
his leg, which was very severely bitten.
The fellow, who gave, his name John Honor, residing in
Short's-gardens, St. Giles's, said that the whole thing was an ac-
cident ; that his dog was the quietest dog in the universe ; but as
he had "scratched" the lad, he was willing to pay the doctor's
charge, and to make a compensation to the boy, if he would call
at where he lived. . . .

Mr. DYS1t said, if his proposition were sincere, it wactolerably
fair, although there was no excuse.for his brutality or the fierce-
ness of his dog; his best way, then, would be to go along with
the constable and the boy, and show the latter where It was ex-
actly that he did • live.
This the fellow consented to ; but when he got some distance
from the Office, he endeavoured to make his escape, and struck
the constable, who, however, after a desperate struggle, secured
him, and brought him back again to the Office, where he was in-
stantly ordered to be locked up for want of bail, for the assault on
the constable.

TOWN-HALL—Joseph Lubourne, whose case has been
twice before the public, for a felony upon Mr. Crew, a hoot
and shoe maker in the London-road, was brought up for final
hearing.
On this occasion the wife of the prisoner, who had repaired to
Loudon from Newcastle, on hearing her husband's unpleasant
situation, was introduced to Mr. Alderman SIAISTII, by a gentle-
manly young man, and assured by her, that previous to the ma-
lady (a mental tine) that now afflicted him, a snore just man was
not known.
Mr. Alderman SMITH replied to this lady, who offered con-
vincing proofs of her respectability, that he felt gratification
in her appearance, inasmuch a. he was bound as a Magis-
trate to secure the public from depredations committed under
such a calamity, and required alone her word of lidnour that
he should be restrained from the commission of similar depre,
dations to those he was charged with, to surrender him into

her care.
Mrs. Lahourne pledged her word that she would see to his im-
mediate removal home, and to the prevention of any similar occur-
rence. She then paid Mr. Crew the value of the bouts, and took
the object of her errand under her protection.

UNION-HALL.—Yesterday the defendants, John Standish,
Hurley Abbott, Dick Otitis, — Gurney, awl Dixon, all of

whom were brought up to this office the flay before, except Cur
tie, on a charge of hav►ng assaulted three officers of the Quirt of
Requests, attended before the sitting Magistrate, M. SWABILY,
EN., for the purpose of answering the charges alleged against
them, the circumstances of which appeared in our police report
the preceding day.

On. the defendants' entrance into the office, the Magistrate re-
primanded Curtis for not attending to the 'warrant that had been
served upon him by Grassmith, the officer. He .observed, that
iu consequence of his (Curtis's) non-attendance, the case was ob-
liged to be postponed to the inconvenience of. all the parties con-
cerned.

" The Pet of the Fancy" most humbly apologized for not at-
tending on the previOus day, saying, " Your worship, I was
compelled to leave town, and I confess it was to see the turn-up
down in Hertfordshire, between Sharpe and Reed; but I hopes
you will forgive me, Sir, and I am very sorry, very sorry, indeed,'
that any business should have been postponed on my account."
The Magistrate was satisfied with the " Pet's" apology, and
gave him a word or two of advice as to the necessity in future of
his relinquishing Emery other business, particularly in the fighting
line, when a warrant was issued against him.
The complainants then repeated the previoui 'statements of the
assaults committed upon them by the defendants, and produced
some of their 'clothes stained with blood as evidences Of the violent
'conducrpursued towards them on the 29th of August.
Standish was'now called upon to state what' defence he bad
to make fin- conimitting so violent' -an assault upon 'the officers
of the Court of Requests ? Ile 'declared that the whole of the
facts were grossly exaggerated, and said, that on the day in
question, as he was returning home over Rotherhithe-bridgt,
tke complainants, whom he knew to be officers of the Court of

Requests, approached him, and intimated that they had an
mention against him for 4/., at the suit of, one Saunders. On.
being informed of the business, he was anxious to settle it on the
spot, but not having. sufficient in his pocket at the time, he re-
quested them to accompany him to his house, where the demand
should be forthwith discharged. '"No," laid they, "We won't; pay
us now, or we shall soon make you." Standish exClaimed, that
it was hard they would. not agree to step as far as his house, for
his accommodation, but'they refused.to listen to any terms; and
proceeded to drag him along like * common felon. Some of his
(the defendant's) friends, who happened to, be at a short distance
from the spot, andsobserving the scandalous manner in which he
was treated, came forward, and even offered to pay the debt
themselves, rather than see him abused, but all their offers and
iiii3ilmiciatabtoitoitn,s had no effect upon the complainants, who s'ragged
pay them whatever money they &l-
ore the ceonattettoediffianhhiiiiinhboauctiksieenenetelowrmlt:eiLoaceit.iotonedrg:Itihi:hrorrecrobkel
he declared, to pull him (tihe defendant)
loose from them and
his adversaries, who .txmducted themselves moirle:chlaikrdes men
(one i:lif
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vaarlitosili declared,ireor
respect to
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i t was not his money
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described.
w• was
they wanted, rnp invite as-
editions of being threatened with flinging them
if
the bridge,
(the defendants) bad beaten them
there was not one jot of truth in it
The disturbance
of the Court of Requests, and he addedtl
was entirely attributable to the intemperate iItri true matter of
Mr. SWA ors, observed, that very,grose
respectability in attendance, who would prove thatagfacr. "el"
of
lateOhneduhetiof the'th offieere
assaults were sworn to
'tsanhad to bring forward in- iglit case:
ap
otinietwheitpuaeasort oftthhaetetohempdleafie= d as hewas.not trying the
pear on their behalf at the sessions.
The other defendant, were
th individually asked whether
they wished to say any thing,
They replied in the affirmative,

and each of them declared most solemnly that tl officers of
the Court of Requests were the aggressors.. The Pet of -the
Fancy" gave hit word of honour that he never lif led his hand
Against the officers—that he was merely a spectate r near where
the disturbance took place, to witness a race, and Itat the coin-
plainents knowing him to be a public man, fixed ups m him.
The Magistrates, M. SWAREY and D. KJWG, E having,
consulted together, decided that Standish should e, Iter into his
own recognizance in the sum of 401., and the rest o. the defend-
ants 20/. each, to appear at the next sessions to answr r anycharge4
that may be preferred against them.