The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-09 00:00:00

OLICE INTELLIGENCE.

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SsirGG MANSION-ROUSE.
iro, trNG JEWELLERY.—A man named John Jones was
agnt before the Lord Mayor and Sir John Pixie, upon an
t:lecshamar
same goods
him with having been in possession of
'L'ees, gold chains, gold studs, &c., &c., to a considerable
of Caste goods being liable to the payment of duties
alit nl9, and having been illegally unshipped before !he
of thiese
thoadbeep_paid.. The amount
,sued for by the election
1, of Commissioners was 2/ 2/. 12s. 6d.
cute, oabury appeared for the Board of Customs to prose-
tharge Walker Judge, an officer of the Customs, stated,
sa'n Saturday, about four o'clock in the afternoon, he
f " "le defendant in a boat coming from the direction of a
°reign
st
lkulea, earner, off the Custom-house. The defendant
hig „n and appeared to have something very bulky about
Wheth'f Witness stopped him, and asked him
defencr
said
anything about him liable to duty. The.k
tges
.I‘n, said he had not, and witness felt some hard pac. -
rygo7love..waistband of his trousers. In answer to the
tine-
retich boalltneBB' the defendant stated that he came from h
ttatiaa • Witness then took him to the Thames. police
eae.;, searched him, and found concealed about him four
:. containing cameos, gold chains, studs, bracelets, pins,
char 2t,s, 'Ste., all of foreign manufacture, and liable to a
wenty per cent.
tare, defendant said the articles were all of home manufac-
„. nod he had made them himself.
ole4a4ett. he
stated that, independently of other evidence,
The ',el" were labelled in the French language.
tad aot"Qeudant was then fined in the penalty of 681. 35.,
11-iir Reducing the money, he was committed to prison.
kriri,t7l: Reed, a sort of assistant-beadle at Covent-garden
to lead , r charged with having used language calculated
to breach of the peace.
the 36,,te Barber, a Chelsea omnibus-driver, stated that on
alto his ~af September, at eleven at night, the defendant got
wards -Maibus as a passenger at Covent-garden, and after-
vitaesrt outside. He said he was going to Mile-end, and
dettaredsaid he was not going there. The defendant then
the that he should not get down ; that he was sent by
agistrare
thief. at Bow-street to watch witness, who was a
(4trofti, 'lad been in his custody for a burglary, and a
pcommitment could be procured. The accusation
zerly false.
otnoil!e'hae, No. 308, stated that he was present when the
not ttiiiistiPulled up, and the defendant asked whether he was
Le to be taken to Mile-end, as the conductor had
"Y tke thief
to convey
him. He then said he was led away
gtng
„15 on the box, and that the driver was one of a
stixed I,,,`,',!t,eves, and had been (Myer of a coach which was
()the "tie conveying stolen goods.
defihntl,7l,l. te'CidasninefiZsigd
v.en to show the animus by which the
~.klidaer ;an., INIATon said the case was one of flagrant mis-
"ls 3eittf,itu fined the defendant 405., in default of which he
'I. one month to prison.
jest Q UEEN-SQ UA RE.
• very lengthened investigation took place be-
170;et,tethe Itfreference to a charge made against Maria
1,1 the surgeon accoucheur, manager of the
of h - aye Lyine-in Institution and some of the mem-
fainil f - • fee Woolf_ 3', or defrauding a tradesman of his property.
the e attended for the prosecution, and Mr. Salomons
Itar''reed-
rthe,,l,,a "eeke
tilt', -Ned last Wednesday, and Edwin Locke, her. son, who had been ap-
d. andert„ 1.• and permitte.d, to go at large, on
-red and I, 4'lng to appear when required, having surren-
,trhe een placed in the dock,
"eiclil,„4l7_nee of the witnesses given on the former occasion,
°lit briefly adverted to in our former notice of the
te f• olio
read over. The substance of the depositions
—OnMonday afternoon week, one of
ittecf, .8"8 went to Mr. Courthorpe, abootmaker, in Tothill-
th"%sepht-Tad2sdejsired three or four pairs' of Wellington boots to
,oyai arnes-street, Buckingham-gate, the new office of
clgrave Lying-in Institution, for him to try on. Mr.
‘t4thrnairprti°Zkneth_?rn tZ the houssete, when he saw Edwin Locke
d him to leave the boots,
r,ut, Zwere for r )
his brotherorequeand to call again, as he was
3,„ttle tual„wiln he 'went af.,,lii, three pairs were retained by
go-414risoner, as he believed, who said that his brother
ilhtliore out with the intention of paying him.
.Mr.
the Pe went three or four times without getting a sight
Per
14111naelatlell who had ordered the boots to be sent, and
ne,, rs. Locke (the female prisoner) came
.to his
orered b tious sizes and descriptions to
ohle,te hersouse atooseevoealthrat evening, when Mr. Locke
khovii lie at home
et edge of • Mrs. Locke on this. occasion exhibited a
Ir.NEOI , the former transaction in which her son was
belluv/ 1)37 stating " that it was where he had taken the
• then b°°ts," and said that when he had brought
,Tht en ordered, they would pay for them altogether.
k'tet thet„a Pair of boots and shoes were taken to the house,
12 of might select such as fitted. A little boy, another
r th°e,,,,''e'o, took them in, and thirteen pairs having
Let,: tileesll7,,el to Mr. Courthor'pe's. man, he was sent back
it, 1.,0 get two other pairs of a different descrip-
.er a nis return the fifth pair were detained
e'lleed his steps to his master's shop, for a size
Lk; 1, orslhaller, which were then approved of. The shop-
• Set not see either Locke or his wife, could
hc,`" goods nor the money, and was told to call again
h,„-ar, which he did withe better success. Some of
were not in a finished, state, and could not be worn, I
gtd tip
PAcriee of any of the articles was never asked.
house,
courthorpe went with a policeman to the
..
hav
°tlatimg given the prisoners into custody, searched. dill-
-1141,e 11e,A -apt only found three pairs of.the.boots, but in about
lik'otl "wards, whilst the investigation was goi.ng on at
Wrt4e.of the sons brought in. three more pairs..
4,„ leg e 2, in addressing the Magistrate, said that_ if de-
-11,-er" dishonest persons, all
.connected together in one
Isti'ag, trade allowed to go about with an intention of plun-
INkke esraeo and escaped with impunity, there must be
li~t-o• 3- end t '
C 04,4, all confidence.
Kir f, -,..orpe was put into the witness-box b.y his sdo-
,-"g"tsre,"r further e 'n eon. He said that, notwithstan
Autil ezertionzanu •actibeen unable to sec a sight of IV
*llll liPt ordered' thheehfilarst pair of boots since h- visited e
th Wee quite unusual for persons who had goods left
Rittba isfse:eretoeye,send the pair they selected back to clean
Itto.ut the
mnnenver Vended to part with any of the goods
lelcdausaepawnbrokernever
gaveforcwrearddit, toanany
asked one.
e,,reduce a paira ofe boots pledged at his house.
the
very
-"ite ilitthm'Pe immediately identified them as
kl; un the first occasion.
e°lfe---Did you enter the drawing-room ?
LSte Witness
.7sire:..°°lfe--Then describe its appearance-with respect to
eu
to,,witid,, gated that there were a pair of
.muslin curtains at
d
tOh w:wa which looked very handsome in the street,
17,tvetii,re 3°external
contrived as to hide the roomfrom 1- • uel• i,,„-n• Against the window was the a.nichnaiort.
-.led that char had no bottom, it was c rtai y
• and there was no other furniture of any de-
t4e \s eom. . •
o desired him to describe the other furniture in
TIR lines
la, we° said there was nothing of value in the house.
Thre a few old chairs, and the beds made up on the
• Qau ite,4le aisentte was only one bedstead in the licale.
ons--Really anybody would think that you
"441 so al:Walser instead of a bootmaker, you appear to have
I,.ZisiteectiLtehi atwteaneti to the furniture in this house.
looking for my boots.—(Laughter..)
ttklialiri:iri4€ll a going into a fine house and finding it in
3I ate, and the beds on the floor.
14eTtr' Salomons
itikttePaid had cinnotetdboeuent tow witness
nthgalyt hheaamtyighlohathvee
tietihilaets"-e
_nasty I If I had not been hasty, I should
re —(Renewed laughter.)
Cou,ae,n boots anywma:ne.xt examined. When he
'''tS he
b°°taleid shoes,B"maann d they made their selectiont, hoe
la;, t°1(1 to
call again. He replied that he dare no
that ti
•de goods. James Locke, a little boy, _ said
ho ties was not at borne," and told him be must callmi
'll,tste I did call, but he did not pay. On the day y
;PS. me here here maki an application about this, thefemafoler
4"ta' `tulle to the shop, and said she must have credit
ight.
e Poi' was I
ilkunn“,',Cemari who took the prisoners into. custody
nY Woolfe, and proved that the interior of the
4te, 11/e looking house' 25, James-street, Bi!ck.dinsgelaiaremh,
:colae hes Poke the direst Poverty He made ar_
cdietdoll3l3Twotrthhenfemale prisoner, and could only find
p4w4lre of the shoes and boots.
..Dledaawnhroker boot a,
_ odarerdentaicepatiro
03fIr.IN\IT,.ealllitnegr,toVnic.toria-
u'r. dean " the 301'hpurlt. (ethe day after they were obtained),
1161, the name of Anne Smith.
neyy°elfe—Did the female prisoner pawn them Writ
kr.
°°lre her as a customer of ours. 1 cannot awea—
said he did not propose at that momreenatert,ot
tropv s„e,,case any further. He had shown at the
ay. uneient
a future day, when
hail c call upon. the ;accused at least to put
hein
gek:ld be V,r their appearance on
Sera aloe to produce other evidence.
lhans conversation then occurred about bail. Mr. Salo-
°° tlitAllkiti.:4, that as his clients had appeared voluntarily
„ '",,neeaeion !hey would do so again.
he fai% n 111) tho'u.lt the case materially strengthened by
"ongr°f the Dawning and ultimately called uponontkhee(ptrhi;
140.0):'t Maria Locke Edwin Locke and L
,redhai",_!°y(intewxot.sur'eties in 40!. each for their appearance on
rte°, tiers were sent to gaol in the police van.
Locke was served with a Marahalsea writ on retiring.

,t
-ratIMENTAL SQUADRON.
The
(From the Plymouth Times.)
experimental trials now in progress
erneasevnatl
e"Ntreill.;-;!anees of the gross defects in the sstem
4losiv-Lien patronised by the late Government,. and of the
eke 4 Ztiaienments. and reports concfernhienrgmiatiestlyV,se
ship
illustration, the history o
Istegua,rd was built at Pembroke, and launched in
eth was subsequently fitted out in 1836
eaaitdPtoertbs-e
Itlos: and went to the Mediterranean, and yvas
0‘ extraordinary ship. Admiral Bouvene reports, that
At'read, W.B 410 tons of water will carry with ease five month_es:
2° ineorld,e, six months' provisions of all other species,
Ls'e• Re says she would take even more, b t
e4kossa,"Yself to facts which would not affect the qualities
lisfer a man-of-war to possess." In regard
.to sailing
trials " The way she went to windward
Well ~iling with the squadron is very remarkab.le..
,ear haA:e Conte now to the trial of this same ship in the
1a0,.,; when there is fair field open and no favour. The
talie7ero, as stowed at aSpithead in July last, could only
of brel'n months' provisions, 358 tons of water, and 30 toensr.
ward 4CI, for 640 men ; she then drew 23 feet 7 inches
Ifraa
Tepor't2,lid 24 feet 5 inches abaft ; and her midship por
for
tat he 7 feet c 1
inch clear of the sea—so.mucp
oo
n°W come to the great fact. This ship
„ „ a aquadron also full stored—many of them be.yo.nd
the rem--g 4 art( lav a month's to
of realising
`oe q jfl I confine myself to facts which would not affect
a
Do, siti4v-Zt,e,4 necessary for a man-of-war to possess,
.&c.,
last sly found to sail worse than the three-deck ships,
easnec!
to y_ all the two-deck ships except the Superb, 11131)d
abbeold pnguard improved. She was beaten by the Canopus,,d-
rleY reneh ship of the Republican war, and by the
114 built hun
AtereTlalities oth 'g of Sir Robert Seppute•
as a man -of-ewaresithnerefore, fully loaded with
Tareq.uisite for the public service, are very questionable.
shin wsill? now returns to Plymouth Sound, and the first
trie "ear an order "to return to her Mediterranean
iortlb
,a,•,cce -
clinp; to form 211." This led us to inquire intorttahee
vt..! gtc.of this new trim, and erdeavout to
in sailing
the ‘onsisted, and we found that it consisted i
oo,y
three as a yacht, at a light draught of
.water, with '
iron months Provisions on board. Accordingly, by ancyder
Pym, dated Sept. 23, the ship was reduceet
%Ile aft to 2;p
s'e-a of water, and as many water tanks removed f,
as would be requisite for the stowing of pro-
n.'', " in order to relieve the ship as gulch as possible from
ar/ weight algift," dud. bring her O. #519411 22 feet 8