The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-28 00:00:00

STAINES PETTY SESSIONS.

Mr. John Yeldham, a highly respectable grocer, who
is also a wholesale wine and spirit merchant, residing
in this town, appeared on Saturday before Sir John
Gibbon, Bart. (Chairman), Colonel Wood, M.P., and
C. Devon and G. Patterson, Esqs.,!the sitting Magis-
trates, to answer informations at the instance of the
Excise, charging that he, not being duly licensed to
do so, did sell wines and spirits by retail, whereby he
had incurred two penalties of 501. each. The case
excited great interest amongst the inhabitants of
Staines, and the Magistrates'-room was much crowded.
Thomas Hughes deposed that he lived in the Hack-
ney-road, London, and was a Supervisor of Excise.
On the 24th of September last, he went with two fe-
males, who, he believed were personally known to the
defendant, to Mr. Yeldham's shop, and asked if he
could have a bottle of gin. The defendant said he had
not a license to sell a quantity under two gallons, but
eventually said if he did let him have it, it must be
considered in the light of a sample bottle. Witness
told him he might call it what he liked, but he wanted
a bottle of gin, upon which the defendant took an
empty bottle, which one of the women had brought
with her, and went to another room and filled it. Wit-
ness then asked if he would let him have a bottle of
wine. The defendant said he had not yet got his wine
license, although he had applied for it, and if he did so
that must also be considered as a sample bottle. Wit-
ness then paid the defendant 2s. for the gin, 3s. for a
bottle of Sherry, and 3s. 6d. for a bottle of Port.
Mr. Yeldham, in answer to the charge, declared
that he had been entrapped into the commission of the
offence by the very supervisor who had given evi-
dence against him. He then proceeded at some length
to detail the circumstances under which the sale took
place, alleging that one of the females who accompa-
nied the witness Hughes was a woman named Payne,
the wife of the conduCtor of the Staines omnibus, who
was a frequent purchaser of groceries at his shop; that
on the night in question, which was a Saturday night,
she came, accompanied by Hughes and a woman, and
having purchased grocery as usual, she stated that
they had formed a fishing party for the next
day, and, as they would not be able to get anything
the next morning, owing to all the public-houses
being closed, she would esteem it a favour if he
would be so kind as to let them have a bottle of gin.
He told them that he had .no retail license, as the
witness Hughes had stated; but they begged and
prayed of him to oblige them, saying his gin was
better than any other they could get elsewhere,
and he was induced to let them have a bottle.
They then recollected • that as some. of them would
be ladies, they should require some wine ; and
he was induced to let them have two bottles, at the
same-price at which it had been charged to him. Mr.
Thighes then seeing that he, defendant, also dealt in ale
and stout, became very thirsty, and begged -him to sell
him a pint of:ale. Dereadant,liowever,..gave them a
glass each, for wilichrHughes pressed him to take
the money, but lie fortunately refused to klosof or he
suppoSed he should have a third information against
him. These, he declared, were the real facts of the
case ; and he submitted that if he had erred, it was
an error of judgment, and not with an intention to
defraud the revenue.
The witness Hughes having admitted that the de-
fendant's statement as to the ale was correct,
The CuAmmAN, in strong terms, deprecated the
conduct of the supervisor, and expressed his utter
detestation of such a system of entrapping; and
The BENCH having conferred together, expressed
their regret that an offence having been legally com-
mitted against the Excise-laws, they were bound to
convict Mr. Yeldham. They would, however, miti-
gate the penalty to the lowest moiety, viz. 251., and
would, one and all, support any memorial the defen-
dant might address to the Commissioners of Excise,
for a total remission of the penalty ; and would take
care that a circumstantial account of the transaction
should be laid before the Excise Board.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(SATURDAY.)
MANSION-HOUSE.
Peter Adamson, a person of very respectable ap-
pearance and address, who has undergone several
examinations upon the charge of having obtained
2001. from a young man named John Heron, on the
pretence that he (Adamson) had received an ap-
pointment from Government in Port Philip, as Emi-
gration Agent, of considerable profit, in which the
prosecutor was to participate, was brought up for the
purpose of being committed for trial.
Mr. Munday, of the Colonial-office, who was in
attendance, produced all the correspondence which
had passed at that office on the subject of the de-
fendant's application, and stated that the defendant
had received no appointment. The letters produced
were written by several influential persons, soliciting
the appointment of Emigration Agent at Port Philip
for the defendant, and strongly recommending him
as a fit person for the appointment, and other letters,
written at the direction of Lord Stanley, informing
the defendant that his application had been received,
but that no official ;,information had been received of
the vacancy, and there were already several other
candidates for appointments of the same sort on Lord
Stanley's list.
The LORD MAYOR said the case Was certainly a
very suspicious one ; the prosecutor swore that he
was induced to part with his money by the represen-
tations of the defendant that he had an appointment
which never had been made, and, under all the cir-
cumstances, he considered it to be his duty to send
the case for trial.
CITY POLICE COMMITTEE.
Mr. Farrow, landlord of the Three Tuns Tavern,
in Fetter-lane, Fleet-street, appeared before the sit-
ting Magistrate, Mr. Alderman Gibbs, to answer a
charge brought by Mr. Fosbery, an Inspector of the
City police, for unlawfully and knowingly permitting
persons of notoriously bad character, common prosti-
tutes, and thieves, to meet together in his house on
Tuesda=y morning between the hours of two and three.
A. solicitor attended for the defence.
The complainant, Inspector Fosbery, said, on the
morning mentioned in the summons, upon going his
round, he saw two females enter the defendant's house,
where they were served with gin.
Mr. Alderman GIBBS—How do you know that
they were supplied with gin ? Witness—l followed
them, and saw the barmaid draw the two glasses, for
which they paid 4d. They entered a door at the back
of the premises. The defendant was not present.
Police-constable 232, stated he was with Inspector
Fosbery at the time, and accompanied him into the
public-house. There were several other persons drink-
ing, some standing in front of the bar, and others in
the parlour. Any person could have gained admit,
tance by knocking at the door.
The Inspector said he would not have summoned
the defendant butfor the women being bad characters,
which fact was well-known by Mr. Farrow's servants
and the barmaid.
- Mr. Alderman Ginas—How do you know they are
bad characters ? Inspector—They are the worst of
prostitutes that walk Fleet-street. I have seen them,
and had them repeatedly for robberies.
Mr. Alderman Gruns—Were they doing no more
than drinking gin when you entered the house ? In-
spector—They were not, Sir.
Mr. Alderman (I-Inns—Were they creating any
disturbance ? Inspector—None whatever.
Mr. Alderman. Gallas—There's no law to prevent
people drinking gin, therefore I must dismiss the case.
I advise, however, Mr. Farrow to be more careful how
he conducts his house for the future. A great many
complaints have been made by the inhabitants
against it.
The greater portion of the Magistrate's time was oc-
cupied in hearing summonses against omnibus pro-
prietors and cads, for creeping along the Poultry and
Cheapside. There were upwards of fifty cases of con-
viction. The fines enforced were from Os! to 10s., or
a week's imprisonment.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
The somewhat novel circumstance of a Scotchwo-
man being charged with begging occurred on Saturday
brought in a neatly
at this Court. The policeman on duty in Hyde Park
dressed woman, with a very hand-
some little girl, her daughter, and stated to Mr. Hard-
wick that he had seen them accost, passengers in the
Park, and ask them for " tickets."
The woman made this statement. She had come
all the way from Kilmarnock to gain intelligence of
her husband,. Patrick Moran, of the Royal Irish, from
the War-office.
ten three l to the War-office, asking to know
.times When at Kilmarnock she had writ-
whether her husband was alive or dead. No notice
whatever was taken of the poor woman's applications,
and she resolved to make her way to London and ap-
ply at the War-office in person. She put this plan
into execution, and after going through the proper
routine, she received a written certificate a short time
ago, that her husband was alive in September, and
with his regiment at Chusan. She then resolved to
send in a petition to the War-office, for a portion of
her husband's
pay towards the support of his family,
but this she could not do until Monday next, and as
her means of support had totally failed her, she had
gone to the Park to ask for Charitable Fund tickets,
but she had been interrupted by the police, and taken
into custody.
Mr. HARDWICK said he could not understand why
the woman should come to London for information
which could have been sent to her at Kilmarnock.
The woman declared she had written three times in
vain to the War-office, and this necessity alone had
brought her up to London.
Mr. HARDWICK said he would give her five shil-
lings to help her until the fate of her petition at the

War-office was known, but if she attempted again to
beg, or was brought to the Court for any act of va-
grancy, he should send her to prison for a month.
POLICE SUMMONSLS.—Mr. Crisp, landlord of the
White Hart, White Lion-street, and Mr. Holt, land-
lord of the Yorkshire Grey, 'White Lion-street, were
summoned by the police for opening their houses
during divine service on Sunday.
The police said they saw the defendant's houses
open about ten minutes or a quarter past four
o'clock, at which time divine service was going on at
St. Giles's church. It was given in evidence that the
service was over about a quarter or twenty minutes
past four.

- Mr. Crisp declared that he saw the charity children
come out of church before he attempted to open his
house.

Mr. Holt said he sent to the church, and on
being assured the service was over he opened his
house. It was the circumstance of seeing the children
in the streets that induced both defendants to believo
the service was ended.

Mr. ITAanwicK said it was very likely such a mis-
take had occured. The law, however, must be obeyed,
and hoping this would teach more caution for the
future, he should only request them to pay the expenses.

SOUTH. DERBY CONSERVATIVE
ASSOCIATION FRACAS.

Undeterred by the ill-success of the masquerade
scene of pseudo Tory operatives, the Tory registra-
tion gentlemen tried to muster a dinner party. Some
of those they invited, however, had to see to their
farms, or merchandise, and begged to be excused ;
others, perhaps, had married wives, and therefore
they could not come, so that all South Derby could
do out of regard for the Registration Committee of
her sitting Members, was to assemble some forty or
fifty persons•—certainly not more—to hear a repeti-
tion of the nonsense which was uttered by the same
speakers at their last Operative feasting.
The CHAIRMAN (Mr. Chandos Pole) called upon
Sir Seymour Blane to propose for a toast, " The
Magistrates of the county." Now, Sir Seymour
Blane, having a proper regard for etiquette, and being
anxious as a gentleman not to display any 'aucherie
or incompleteness in «hat he did, re-muddled this
decapitated toast, and fitting it with a becoming head,
proposed the healths of " The Lord Lieutenant and
the Magistrates of the county." The Lord Lieutenant!
Hinc Ulm lachryine ! When the proposal fell upon
the ears of the little knot of Tory gentlemen some-
thing like silence ensued, and in a true Jack Cade
spirit they refused any applause to the toast, and
Duke and Magistrates were passed over together,
with a devil-may-care swagger by the lovers of con-
stituted authorities !

Mr. CHANDOS POLE, we hear, remonstrated in a
sotte voce tone with Sir Seymour Blane, on his having
completed the imperfect topic entrusted to his care,
and wondered what active feelings of propriety could
have induced him not to snub the Lord-Lieutenant
while proposing the body of inferior Magistrates. Sir
Seymour Blane had too nice a sense of what was due
to himself as a gentleman to listen to the imperti-
nent rebuke of Mr. Chandos Pole, and with the feel-
ing of a high mind indignant at the low practices of
his party, the worthy Baronet immediately left the
room, and refused to take further part in such un-
mannerly revels. Gentlemen were sent after him to
persuade him to return, but the Baronet was properly
punctilious, and would do no such thing. A sensa-
tion was caused in the assembly, and the meeting was
broken up in great confusion.—Derby Reporter.