The Sun.
London, England, 1826-05-09 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BOW-STREET.--On Saturday last Mr. MtNsuttt.t. was ci6.
cupied for some'hours in the morning, and again in the evening
until a late hour, iu the investigation of the following curious
affair : •

A well dressed man, about thirty years of age, who stated that
his name was Sniff', and that he was in holy orders, was brought
from Dover by Ledbitter, of this office, who had followed him
thither with a warrant, in which he stood charged with fraudu-
lently possessing hinself of 551., the property of Mr. Coape, a
Merchant, of Finch-lane, Cornhill.
Mr. Coupe deposed, that in consequence of an advertisement in
the Times newspaper, about ten or twelve days ago, in which three
horses, described as the property of a Rev. Gentleman'going abroad,
were stated to be for sale, at a livery stable in Orange-street,
Leicester-square, he went there with his brother, and found a
man in a groom's livery, who showed the horses ; and on the
witness-selecting one, said he was instructed by his master to de-
mand '7O guineas for him. • When asked who was his master, he
said that his name was Sugg, and that he was Rector of Layton,
in Essex. After one or two subsequent visits to the stables, the
witness saw Mr. Sugg, and the former finally agreed to give '7Ol.
for the horse, if upon trial of three days he should still approve of
hint. Sugg said as Mr. Coupe was a stranger to him he should
require, part of the purchase money to be paid 'town, and Mr. Coupe
consented, to pay down 551., the balance of 151. to be paid at the end
,of the three days' trial, if tiiit result should be favourable ; if other-
Wise, to he refunded and the-horse returned. Mr. Coupe paid the
Money and said he would. take the horse away himself, but Sugg
said he could not allow ,:hitrt to do that; he would send his
groom with it. This Mr. Coupe thought at the time was purely
a mutter of I;olitetwas; and he requested that the animal might be
sent to Gale's livery stables in Oxford-street, which. Sugg said
should be done before eight o'clock on Saturday se'nnight, the
20th of April. • In the course of the conversation between them,
Sugg said he was in orders and had graduated at Cambridge, but
did' tot say he had any living. Before eight o'clock Mr. Coupe
became uneasy, and walked down to the stables in Orange-street,
where he found that the horse was gone, as a helper in the yard
told him, to Oxford-street. • He went to Gale's, but the animal
had not been seen there, and on his returning once more to
Orange-street, he learned that the Rev. Mr. Sugg, his groom, and ,
all the three horses, had disappeared together. Mr. Coupe in a day
or two ascertained that Sun had gone to' Dover, whither he caus-
ed him to be followed by the officer.
Mr. Sugg very confidently denied that there was any thing
fraudulent in the transaction. It all arose, he said, from a mis-
take
of his groom, who forgot where he was to take the horse, and
when he (Sugg) fimnd that, be sett a note by a ticket-porter to
Mr. Coape, telling hint where the horse was.
Mr. Coupe admitted that, but said, that in the interim he had
good reason to believe that the horse was hardly worth having. '
Sir 11. Baton; asked wheoce the ticket-porter was sent, and
Wing told front the Royal Exchange, remarked that probably Mr,.
Sugg was at that distance from Orange-street, on his way to
Dover, when he gave the note.
Mr. Sugg next proceeded to cross-examine Mr. Coupe with
great sharpness. " Now, Sir," said he, " you ray you asked 'me
to let you take away the horse (which, by-the-bye, 1 totally deny.)
Nay did you ask me to lend you a atddle and bridle?"
Mr. Coupe replied in the negative.
Sugg—NoW, your Worships, 1 undertake to prove, by all the
rules of logic, that Mr. Coupe has made two assertions, which are
perfectly inconsistent with each other; and that, therefore, he has
violated truth. He says he asked me to allow hint to take away
the horse, and yet he admits that he did not ask me for time loan
of a saddle and bridle, without which he could not take itaway ;
for it cannot he supposed a gentleman would lead a horse through.
the streets by a halter.
Mr. Miss ttoLiWity, Mr. Mote says he asked you to let
hint take away the horse, which you refused, and after that re-'
fusal I cannot perceive of what pomade use the saddle and bridle
could be to him.
This plain answer to Mr. Sugg'il rules of logic created much
laughter.
After some further remarks, the defendants were ordered to be
kept in custody till the evening, wheo the parties again attended,
Mr. Coape bringing Mr. Hansom as his aolicktor, mid Sugg, an-
other professional man, Mr. nostril ILEY.
The two lawyers, at the request of Sugg, had a private cor&.
rence, at the termination of which Mr. Harmer informed the
Bench that SUgg had offered to give. up 201. which had been found
upon him by Ledbitter, to Mr. Coupe, torther, with the horse ;
and that, if Mr. C. did not like the horse in three days,, it should
be sold for his (Mr. Coape'a) benefit. To this Mr. Coupe was
disposed to accede. ,
The parties then posted off to Orange-strut, to get the horse,
and after a long absence returned with it to the door ; Mr. Sugg
ppologiaing by stating that the stables were loeked, and they were
,obliged, , to, break them opeio- Ledbitter was receiving orders to
deliVer the '201., and the horse to Mr. Coape; on the conditions
tientioned, when a man named Goddard stepped forward and said
" that -woo,'t do, the horse is mine " Your horse," said Sugg,
" I say it is mine." " 11 en't thOugh, and yoS know it," replied
GOchlard. • -",flow then came Sugg to sell it?" inquired Mr.
Minshuff. Goddard—" Why, I authorixed him to sell it"—
" Then how con it be your horse?" said Mr. Harmer. " I au-
thorized hint to sell it," answered Goddard, " hut not to run
away with the money."--(A laugh.)—Sugg pvtistO for some
time in saying the horse was but at length admitted that he
was employed by Goddard to sell that and two others,,,and to re-
"ehre a eelninistort-upon the money obtained. ," said Mr.
Harmer, "yon were to be the clergyman, going so the Continent,
you know." No answer front Sugg, but Goddard said Mr. liar-
mer was partly right; he was to pay Mr. Sugg Sir the use of Ida
mutate. Sugg and Goddard then turned round upon each other,
anti a volley of recrimination burst,forth which it would be hard
to describe. Lo'smietesion; Sugg turned to the Bench, and ea-
claimed; " Oh ! but tbr injuring foySelf, I could disclose a scene,
of ruguery. almost unparalleled." .
maid; -be had never witnessed a scene to sur-
pass the preient, and he should now close it by ordering the horse
and money to be delivered to Mr. Coape, and the other parties to
go abOut their busineat..--Thus the matter enthaL:
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.--41IN Conalsr, the 'Magi'''
trate, was yesterday occupied for a euntiderable time in the private
rooM of this office, in the investigation of a case which involved
the sudden and mysterious disappearance of two valuable gold

watches and their appendages, the property of Sir Wm. iolliffe,
Bart., and his Lady.
It appeared by the statement of Sir W. Jolliffe, who with his
Lady is at present residing in a house in Brook-street, Grosvenor-
square, belonging to Mr. Mivart, who keeps the hotel in the same
street, that on Sunday morning he (Sir William) laid his gold re-
peater, which be had been in the habit of wearing, on the table in
his bed-room,as he could not that day wear it, he having had occa-
sion to put on mourning, and the watch having a red and white
riband attached to it, but used in its stead for the day, a silver
watch, to which there was a black riband. Lady J. generally laid her
watch, after wearing it in the morning, on the table in the bed-room
also ; so that on Sunday it happened that both watches, gold re-
peaters, were laid there, side by side, and in that situation they
were seen safe so late as five o'clock. At about ten o'clock, how-
ever, at night, it was discovered that both watches, as they had
kept each other company on the fable all the evening, had gone
somewhere else to keep company for the night; in short, they
had disappeared, and nobody could give any account of them,
nor have they been since heard of. Under these circumstances,
Sir William made the case known at this office, and Scofield, the
officer, was employed to inquire into the matter, but he has not
been able to throw any light upon the affair. Sir William and
his Lady were quite at a loss whom to rest their suspicions on,
not knowing of any person who had access to the room where the
watches were, except Lady Jolliffe's waiting-maid, of whom they
entertained the best opinion. The officer, however, ascertained
that on Sunday this young woman had had some parsons to visit
her in Brook-street, and he found out who those persons were—
namely, a very respectable young female and her brother, residing
in the neighbourhood. Those two persons attended yesterday be-
fore the Magistrate, as did the young woman herself, Lady Jolliffe's
maid.

The latter was first questioned by the Magistrate in the ab-
sence of the other two. She acknowledged that she had been vi-
sited on Sunday by the young female in question, but not by any
young'man whatever.
The young man was next questioned, and he said that he ac-
companied his sister to visit Lady Jolliffe's maid on Sunday, and
that the latter took them up into Lady Jolliffe's bed and dressing
rooms, and shewed them all her ladyship's collection of jewels,
&c. but he saw nothing of the matches.
Lady Jolliffe's maid being again questioned, admitted that the
young man had accompanied his sister on her visit; and that she
had shewu them up stairs to the bed-room.
Sit Win. Jolliffe expressed himself highly indignant at the girl's
conduct, particularly her falsehoods ; but his opinion of her ho-
nesty seemed unchanged, and nothing further was done in the
matter, no person being in custody on the subject:
Sir William's watch was a large double-cased gold repeater,

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hiving engraved on the back the crest of a hand and sword, and
the motto
." runt que je Ids," and a large flat gold seal attached
to it by a red and white riband, and having the same crest and
motto, and the initials " W. G. H. J." and fastened to the riband
bra large chased gold ring. Lady Jollifie's watch was a beauti-
ful small gold repeater, with a platina face, and a gold chain, seals,
and key suspended from it.

. . .
QUEEN-SQUARE.--Yesterday Mr. illehard Walker, who
was formerly an eminent merchant-seaman, was brought before
Mr. Gazcozir, in the 'custody of George Pople, in consequence
of his having tried to get into the presence of Mr, Secretary Can-
in, at the Foreign Office, on Saturday evening.
It appeared that Walker knew there would be a Cabinet-dinner
on the day in question, in Downing-street, and that he stationed
his children near the door of the office, while he himself was en-
deavouring to obtain an interview with the Right Hon, Secretary,
or to procure the delivery of a letter to hitti, Walker was then
taken into custody and conveyed to the watch-house. No com-
fort was there denied him, for no implement of injury was found
upon him. Walker had taken out a cargo of necessaries for the
British troops serving in Portugal in the year 1813. The troops
were then waiting for his goods. Having thus disposed of his
cargo, he reloaded his vessel with articles for home consumption,
when, upon the eve of sailing, the property was seized as partly
Contraband, and the vessel was condemned by the Government of
Portugal,
Mr. G10LG0R1E....4 have bad a communication With the
Foreign-office on this subject, by which I understand that you
have been informed that applications have been made by this
country to the Portuguese Government on your behalf, but in Vain,
Walker said that this was through a false representation of the
circumstances of his case, for that-he had letters. from Sir William
A'Court and Sir Chary Stuart in his favour.
Mr. GRZGORM—You were told on Sattirday, u you were
formerly told, that your case was represented, but the Portuguese
Government would not allow your claim on account of the
smuggled goods. As far as respects the Foreign-office, lam in-
structed to set you at liberty on the condition of your promising
not to go any more personally there.
Airalker said that be certainly would not go personally there,
but that he should apply by writing.
t give you my honour; but
Mr. Gazuoitxr:--I cannot object to that, but you now under-
tak3eirn.otmtroaurgeor
—Per ul.llllnYotthegroe.there,
I think it very hard that a British seaman should have been treated
in this way. Walker then left the office.