The Sun.
London, England, 1827-04-05 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

---£4.-)W---STREET:=-Kireilinetabielnerking man, baying
much the appearance of a naval officer, who give the name
of Launcelot Cooper, was yesterday placed at the bar,
charged with forging, making, and uttering two cheques
on the banking-house of Sir W. Curtis and Co., Lombard-
street, one for 101. and the other for 341. with intent to
defraud that. firm. • •

Mr. GATES, the solicitor to the Society of Bankers and
Merchants for prosecuting
.cases of this description, ap-
peared for the prosecution.
Charles Taylor, of No. 4, Brompton-terrace, bookseller,
stated, that on the 21st of March the prisoner, of whom
helm' some previous knowledge, came into his shop, and
asked him if he was going into the city, in which case be
(the prisoner) requested him to get a cheque changed at the
consented,
house of Sir William Curtis and Co. for 101. as he (the
of paper, on whainchd
prisoner) was unwell, and unable to proceed so far. Wit-
ness
htheewproritsoonaer
chequeasked himfor
101. for aoopisecier
William Curtis and Co. payable to witness or bearer. The
cheque was signed " James Cope," and dated from " No. 4,
Brompton-grove-place." (Witness here identified the
cheque.) The prisoner then asked for 51. on account of the
cheque, which witness handed him. Witness went into
the city on the same day, but forgot to present the cheque
for payment. He handed it to his brother-in-law, Mr.
John Ottley, of Fleet-street, to get cashed. Two days
afterwards witness presented the cheque for payment, but
was told at the banking-house that no such person as James
Cope was known there. Prisoner never came for the ba-
lance of 51.

John Ottley, hosier, of No. 159, Fleet-street, received
the cheque in question from the last witness, and presented
it for payment on the day it was dated ; it was dis-
honoured.

William Elks, shopman to Mr. Reddels, hosier, No. 34,
Piccadilly, deposed that the prisoner came into his master's
shop on the 22d March, and asked to see some ready-made
shirts. He then selected from the stock a variety of arti-
cles, amounting in all to 341. He said he was going to
India, and gave particular directions as to the manner in
which the articles should be packed. He called again on
Monday the 26th, and wrote a cheque for 341. on the
house. of Sir William Curtis and Co. The cheque was
signed " James Cope," and is the same now produced.--
Witness was directed by Mr. Reddels to present the cheque
for payment ; but was told at the bank that the drawer
was not known there. Witness immediately returned to
his master's shop, with an officer, and from thence pro-
ceeded to the prisoner's residence, No, 4, Brompton-grove-
place. He was there told that the prisoner had left town
for two or three days.
John Forrester, a city constable, deposed, that he appre-
hended the prisoner about 11 o'clock that morning, at
No. 5, New-road, near the Yorkshire Stingo. The pri-
soner was pointed out to witness by Mr. Taylor, who was
first examined, and by whom he (the witness) was accom-
panied. The prisoner went by the name of Mr. Cottage.
He denied that his name was Cope.—Committed for trial.
John Carey underwent a re-examination on a charge of
'stealing a horse from a person named Warr, who resides at
Yardley, in Worcestershire, and was fully committed for trial.
MARYLEBONE-OFFICE._Mr. Edmund Clifford,
a conveyancer in Ely-place, Holborn, was on Tuesday even-
ing committed to the New Prison, Clerkenwell, for want
of bail, charged on suspicion with defrauding Mr. Wise, of
Blenheim-street, Chelsea, and others, of various sums of
money.
Yesterday John Hill, a man of respectable appearance,
was charged with having stolen a silver tea-pot, a cream-
jug, and other valuable articles, the property of Mrs. Pal-
mer, from her house, Manchester-street, Manchester-square.
It was stated by Sarah Harbutt, Mrs. Palmer's servant,
that on the morning of the funeral of his Royal Highness
the Duke of York, she and ,her mistress went to see the
procession, leaving the door of the house secured by a
latch-lock; the witness returned before her mistress, and
before she unlocked the door, it was opened to her by the
prisoner, who, with another man, was in the passage.—
Being surprised, she exclaimed, " Good God, is mistress
come home ?" One of them replied, " " How long?"
„ Not long : she is up stairs."
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the door after them, and ran. tip Sta're' when the absence of
her. mistress and the absence of the plate disclosed the na-
ture of their visit.
Buckeridge, the offtcer, and a person named Smith, saw
the—
prisoner uear Mrs- Palmer's house about the time of
the robbery, and succeeded in apprehending him on T+tess'
t ei'
day night.
The servant further stated, that both the men wore great

coats, the pockets of which were large enough to contain
the stolen property, and poiitively. sivori to the person of
the prisoner. He-was committed for trial.
THAMES-OFFICE.—Mr. Samuel Parish, a fashion.
ably dress.sclyoung man, holding • a respectable situation in
the Bank-of England, was yesterday brought before the
sitting Magistrate, charged with committing an asl.ault on
Wilson, one of the principal officers of this establishment.
Wilson stated, that there was a person under a charge of
felony at this office, for the substantiation of which the
evidence of Mrs. Parish was necessary. She refusing to
attend, a warrant was put into his hands, for the purpose
of compelling her attendance. He, accordingly, on Tuesday
morning, went to the house of the prisoner in 'Upper
Tooting, and he met him at his door; lie communicated
to him his mission, and requested to see Mrs. P. Mr. P.
replied that Mrs. P. was ill. Wilson said, if that were the
case, he had orders not to execute his warrant, but, at the
same time, he was directed to see Mrs. Parish. The pri -
Boner said he should not see her. Wilson observed, that it
was a painful duty he had to perform, and he was
anxious to do it mildly, and any interruption would be
attended with unpleasant consequences. Wilson, at the
same instant, made a movement towards entering the
house. Immediately Mr. Parish placed himself in a
pugnacious attitude, and told Wilson that he should
not enter. Wilson remonstrated with him, hut to no
purpose. On Wilson making a more determined
movement, Mr. Parish put his fist in his face, and
declared that he would not permit him, or any man,
to enter his house, or see Mrs. Parish ; and he said that
he wondered that the Magistrates could ha►e the impu-
dence to send such a fellow as be was to his house, and that
he cared as little for them as lie did for him ; and even if
they (the Magistrates) were there, they should not see Mrs.
Parish. Wilson assured him that it was not his wish, nor
that of the Magistrates, in any way to inconvenience Mrs.
Parish, and that if she were ill, he was only authorised to
ascertain it; Mr. Parish again told Wilson he should not
see Mrs. Parish, and if be attempted to enter the house,
he would not be pleased with himself for making the ex-
periment. Wilson requested the address of Mrs. Parish's
medical attendant, which, after a great deal of discussion,
he got; he then called upon the medical attendant, and
he told him that Mrs. Parish had sore lips, and was tak-
ing mercury.
Mr. BALLAwritsz asked Mr. Parish what he had to say
for himself?

Mr. Parish—Upon my word, Sir, I have no answer
whatsoever to give, for_ if that person makes such a state-
ment upon oath, no person is secure.
Mr. BALLANTINE said, that, from his knowledge of Mr.
Wilson's character, he saw no reason whatsoever to doubt
his word, much less his oath, -
Mr. Parish—Every word he has sworn is false. I did
not interrupt him. I merely placed my hand on the ve-
randa-gate of my cottage; and, if I were upon my oath, I
contradict him.
Mr. BALLANTINE observed, that he trusted he should
be one of the last persons who would deal hastily with a
lady. The case was this :—A person had been charged
with a felony ; the evidence of Mrs. Parish was requisite ;
he sent a polite communication to her, requesting her at-
tendance; it remained unnoticed. He then issued a sum-
mons, which was answered by a verbal reply, that she could
not attend. subsequently a certificate came from a Me-
dical Gentleman, which stated that Mrs. Pariah was ill;
but it was drawn up in such a manner, that it required
explanation, and the Medical Attendant was requested to
come and verify it ; this he refused to do. Under all the
circumstances, he (Mr. Ballantine) felt it his duty to issue
his warrant ; but at the same time, in doing so, he ordered
the officer not to execute it if he saw that Mrs. Parish
would be in the slightest manner inconvenienced by an im-
mediate attendance ; and the Officer who bad been chosen
was one who, upon all occasions, would do his duty in the
mildest manner possible, and was a man of undoubted ve-
racity. He, therefore, certainly believed him upon his
oath ; and he felt it his duty to hold the defendant to bail
for the assault upon him.
Mr. Parish.-4 consider this proceeding unjustifiable.
Mr. BALLANTINE.—That may be; I shall take the re-
sponsibility of it.
Mr. Parish then left the Office, to await the arrival of
his friends, to enter into the necessary recognizances for his
appearance at the Sessions.

TOWN-HALL.—A very showy female, about 30 years
of age, solicited the Alderman to grant her a warrant
against a Mr. James George Schuller, for an assault, and
threatening. her with serious
She 'described herself by the name of Anness Burrell, an
actress of the Surrey Theatre, and stated that she had for
six years lived in the closest terms of intimacy with the
object of her complaint, br whom she had three children.
They had been some ti=ne separated, upon an agreement of
his allotVing a certain stipend for the maintenance of the
children—an agreement he had never fulfilled. On Satur-

evening last, chancing to enter a tavern, near- the
theatre, for some benefit-ticket money due to her, where
he was, he no sooner beheld her than he closed the door,
and made a violent blow at her with a nobbed stick, but
was prevented carrying his intentions into affect, by the
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UNION-HALL.—.A curious charge of bigamy, arising
out of the following circumstances, came on at this office
before the sitting magistrate, R. J. CHAMBERS, Esq. in the
course of Tuesday afternoon.
A decent-looking young woman was placed at the bar,
and the constable who had her in custody handed his book
to the magistrate which contained this charge against her,
namely, "James 2PNamara gives his wife into custody for
refusing to live with him." The magistrate on perusing the
above, immediately dismissed the parties, observing, that he
could not compel a wife to live with her husband, if she did
net think proper. 111'Namara and his wife had no sooner left
the office, than she upbraided him with having another wife,
and the cause of contention became so high, that they were
brought back again, when the female declared that she
could make out a case of bigamy against him, and that
her witnesses were in attendance. Macnamara was
accordingly placed in the situation from which the
wife had been just released. She then proceeded with the
charge against the accused. About twelve months ago she
became acquainted with the prisoner, and was married to
bin= by banns, on the 27th of last December, in the parish
church of St. Clement Danes. Soon after their nuptials,
she having
some property, he took her to Manchester, un-
der the pretence of taking her over to Ireland, for the pur-
pose of introducing her to his family, whom lie described
as both wealthy and respectable. Shortly after their ar-
took place, and he brought
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They had not been long living together, when a letter ar-
rived during the prisoner's absence from home, which she
made free to open, and which led to the discovery of his
having another wife in Cheshire. The writer of the letter
expressed great uneasiness at his long absence from home,
and supplicate:la tsotatreetauprnprotaochhiinisgwsimfervaantdionfa
family
speedily as possible, and concluded by describing that his
children were in
sequence of his neglect.
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after its receipt, when one day, while walk-
ing with the prisoner, his first wife came up to them in
the street, claimed him as her husband, and produced the
re are,
certificate of her marriage, in order to confirm the truth of
leer statement. This led to the separation of the prisoner
and his second wife, the complainant, who went to reside
with her sister at Camberwell, and, strange as it may ap-
pear, he proceeded there after her, and insisted upon her
living with him, declaring there was no foundation for the
story that he had been previously married. No persua-
sions, however, would induce her to comply, and be actu-
ally gave her into the custody of a constable, who brought
her to this office, en the charge already specified. The pri-
soner's first wife also attended, and the parish clerk of
Prestbury church, in Cheshire, produced a copy of the
register, and stated that he was one of the subscribing wit-
nesses to the marriage of the prisoner with his first wife.
The prisoner cross examined the parish slerk, and put a
variety of questions to him to endeavour to shake his be-
lief as to his being the person named in the certificate, but
finding he could not, he attacked the clerk, accusing him
of having stolen several bodies from Prestbury church-yard,
and therefore was unworthy of belief.

The evidence against the prisoner being conclusive, he
was committed for trial, upon which be exclaimed with
much apparent surprise, and in a strong Irish accent,
Faith, then, what are you all about now; this is no joke,
you have mixed this up against me nicely." He was ex-
tremely desirous of comniunicating with both his wives as
he stood at the bar, both of whom were deterred from ap-
proaching him, in consequence of a threat that he was over-
heard to make, whilst the evidence was read over, that if he
could get within arm's length of them, he would do for
them, and seal up their mouths forever.