The Sun.
London, England, 1827-09-07 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-NOUSE.--:-Yesterday the Deputy and
Members of the Ward of Bread-street waited upon the
Lord Mayor, to deny the statement that had been made to
his Lordship, by some wholesale warehousemen in the
Ward, respecting the state of the nightly watch, which
they had asserted was in a scandalous condition, and that
nightly robberies were frequent in the Ward.
The LORD MAYOR—Do you mean to say that no rob-
beries were committed in the Ward ?—The Deputy said
that there had been four or so ; but then those had been
warehouses, and not dwelling-houses. They had not
heard of any more.
The Loan MAYOR—I certainly must say, as I have said
before, that it is a disgrace to the Police, that so many
robberies are committed in the City, particularly in Cheap-
side and in the neighbourhood of Bread- street. But I
think that it would have been more prudent to have made
a private statement. _ .

One of the Ward—The statement was made without any
notice to us, and arose from a vindictive feeling. It was
said that one robbery amounted to 1,600/. ; now that rob-
bery amounted to no more than SOU
It was then positively asserted that the Ward of Bread-
street was as well watched as any in London.
GUILDHALL.—A labouring man, between 40 and 50
years of age, who gave his name Isaac Gigetti was charged
before Mr. Alderman ANSLEY yesterday, with a shameful
assault upon a female in Bartholomew Fair.
Mr. Edward Wright, of John-street, Hackney, stated,
that he was in the fair, about eight o'clock the preceding
evening, and saw the prisoner stoop down, pull up a young
woman's clothes, and clasp his arms round her person under
them. She screamed violently, and he assisted a constable
from Richardson's show in taking the prisoner into custody.
After sitting upon the steps of the booth to recover herself
for some moments, she mixed in the crowd before her ad-
dress had been taken.

Goodhall. the constable, had been stationed on the steps
of Richardson's booth, and hearing the scream, cut his way
to the place from which it proceeded, and found the prisoner
standing behind the young woman, with his arms round
her in the way described.
Mr. Alderman ANSLEY said, that as the conduct of the
prisoner surpassed in brutality every thing that: had come
before him from the fair this year, his punishment should
he exemplary. He should therefore call upon him to find
bail for assaulting a person unknown, and the city solicitor
should be instructed to prosecute.
The prisoner was committed in default of bail.
Christopher Cormaek was charged with obtaining from
Mr. Young, a jeweller in Newgate-street, two gold
brooches and a paste pin, value 38s. by presenting a forged
order in the name of Messrs. Darby and Co. of Fenchnrch•-
street.

On the 9th ult. the prisoner presented the order for the
above articles, signed " Joseph Tyrrell," and was allowed
to take an additional brooch and pin, that the lady for
whom the articles were intended might have a better op-
portunity of suiting herself. The next day, the prisoner
brought back the extra brooch and pin, with another order
to have a better brooch and a brilliant pin in exchange—
This excited suspicion, he was desired to call for them next
morning, inquiry was made in Fenchurch-street in the
mean time, and when the prisoner came he was given into
custody. He had a third order then in his possession.—
Gibbons, the street-keeper, who had him in charge, how-
ever, allowed him to go into a public-house near the
justice-room, and also to go outside the street-door unac-
companied; he of course omitted to return, and was not
again heard of until apprehended, upon private informa-
tion, on Tuesday night, in Long-lane, Southwark.
The prisoner declined saying any thing in answer to the
charge, and was committed.
William Lindner was brought up on a charge of assault.
The officer stated that the prisoner was an apprentice, and
the assault was upon his master, but the latter did not at-
tend to press any complaint.
The ALDERMAN" dismissed him with a little admonition.

HATTON-GA RDEN. —Yesterday a person was brought
up from Pentonville watch-houie, and placed at the bar
of this office before Mr. Sergeant SELLON, under the fol-
lowing ♦ery peculiar circumstances :
Mrs. E—, a young and rather delicate-looking mar-
ried female, residing in Chapel-street, Pentonville, at-
tended by her husband and father-in-law, made the an-
nexed statement. The prisoner came to our house about
the Ist of March last for the purpose of repairing a table;
he was not long there before he began to ask me many im-
proper questions, and to make use of a variety of indeli-
cate allusions, followed by a most unbecoming exposure of
person. I remonstrat.adt. telling hire how wrong it

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he'was acting. Heedless of all I said, he locked the door,
threw me on the carpet, and having overpowered me,
accomplished his purpose. I was afraid to tell my hus-
band ; but the circumstance pressed heavily upon my mind.
Six weeks afterwards the prisoner called again at a time
when he knew my husband was absent, and took a second
advantage of me. This pressing heavily on tny mind, I
determined on informing my husband. I kept my word,
and had I not, I am sure I should have gone mad. The
third time the prisoner attacked me (which was last night),
I had persons concealed to watch his conduct, and who
came to my rescue.
In reply to Mr. Sergeant SELLON, the prosecutrix said
her husband had three apprentice% ; they had also two
children. The first occurrence took place in the begin-
ning of March, about nine o'clock at night, in the back
parlour, when the prisoner had come for the purpose of
repairing a broken table, to do which there was a candle
lighted. The second occurrence took place about sevea
in the evening about the middle of June ; at that time
there was no candle, and he went away without bidding
her as much as " Good bye!"
Sergeant SELLow.—Well, did you approve of the job?—
Prosecutrix.-oh, no ; I told him how wrong it was !
Sergeant SELLON. —You mistake me; I meant the ,
table job. Pray, now, did you tell any one ?—Proseou-
trix.-011, Lord, no ! I did not.
Sergeant SELLON—I beg your pardon ; I thought you
might have done such a thing.
Prosecutrix, in continuation said, that the prisoner was
a married man, and had two children. He and his wife
were in the habit of visiting at her house, and frequently,
since the let of March, drank tea and supped there.
Mr. E., sen., being sworn, deposed, that having re-
t.eived information that the prisoner was to come to his
son's house on the preceding evening, be placed himself in
the back parlour, having previously bored a large hole in
the partition between the two apartments, through which
he was enabled to see whatever took place. He had not
long been in his hiding-place before he saw the prisoner
eater, fasten the door, pull down the blinds, and place Mrs.
E. on the carpet. At this moment he (witness) burst the
door open, and saved his daughter-in-law from violation.
A constable named Buckley, who was in attendance, took
the prisoner into custody. His daughter-in• law had been
in a most desponding state for the last six months, and no
one could tell the cause till she voluntarily revealed it a
short while since. Such a circumstance could not be sup-
posed for a moment, as they had all .too high an opinion of
the prisoner, be being clerk to a dissenting congregation in
the neighbourhood.
Sergeant SELLON—This is certainly the most extraor-
dinary case that ever came into a Court of Justice. I pity
the parties concerned extremely : you, Sir (addressing the
father), particularly. The conduct of the female appears
to me the most strange, in not telling her husband the
treatment she had received from the prisoner ; and I can
only account for it by supposing that she was influenced by
a dread of the consequences of a disclosure. The Learned
Sergeant, after expressing his utter abhorrence of the pri-
soner's treachery towards his friend, particularly he being
himself a married man and the father of a family, observed,
that although lie had not the slightest doubt of his moral
guilt, no legal charge had been substantiated. He must,
therefore, discharge the prisoner. He was accordinglY
discharged.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—We stated a few days
ago the full particulars of a series of robberies committed
upon the property of Messrs. Sewell and Cross, linen"
drapers and mercers, in Compton-street, Soho, by a young
man named John Powell, who has been for some time con-
fidentially employed by them, in the same situation which
had been held by a young man named Henry Dunn, who
was capitally convicted at the Old Bailey some
months
since for similar depredations.
Yesterday Powell, who has been some days in custody,
was brought before F. A. Roe, Esq., the sitting Magis-
trate, for final examination, and Clements, the officer, who
has been employed in the business, produced a vast quan-
tity of property, consisting. of rich silks, carnbrics, bom-
bazine, &c., which were fat- 'd in the apartment hired as a
sort of depot for his stolen goods, in Carnaby-market, by
the prisoner.
The proprietor of the house in Carnaby-market stated,
that the prisoner hired the room at 6s. per week, but
although there was a bed in the room, he never slept there,
only calling occasionally in the day-time.
Mr. Sewell identified all the property produced as
belonging to himself and his partner. Mr. Sewell further
stated, that since the apprehension of the prisoner, the latter
has confessed to him (Mr. Sewell), in the presence of Cle-
mente, the officer, that besides the property found in the
room, be sold various other articles of valuable property
without the knowledge of his employers. Nor did his de-

predations end here ; for he acknowledged that he had gone
round to several ladies of rank at the west-end of the town,
who are customers to the house, and whose accounts are
only sent iu periodically, and obtained from them the
amount of their respective accounts.
Clements confirmed this statement of Mr. Sewell's as to
the confessions made by the prisoner ; and the latter was
fully committed to Newgate for trial.
It does not appear that the prisoner, who is respectably
connected, had any immediate accomplices, although he
was known to associate a great deal with very showy and
flashy females, and amongst them a set of dress-makers in
the neighbourhood of Blackfriars.
John Butchell, a very genteel and fine-looking young
man, about six feet in height, who was apprehended a few
days ago, on a charge of stealing a gold watch from the
shop of Mr. Eley, a jeweller, in Soho-square, and who,
on his first examination, was fully committed for trial on
that charge, was brought again before the Magistrate, hav-
ing been remanded with a view_to the investigation of some
other charges of a similar nature expected to be advanced
against him; and in consequence of the publicity given by
means of the press to the apprehension of the prisoner, and
a description of his person, this office was yesterday
crowded to excess lay jewellers, watchmakers, &c., who
had been robbed in the same way as Mr. Eley was, and
almost all of whom recognised the prisoner as a visitor at
their shops ; but the Magistrate deemed it sufficient to go
into the two following cases :-
1 Mr. Jones, a jeweller, residing at No. 78, Cheapside,
stated that on the 17th of August last the prisoner came to
his shop in company with a foreigner, who pretended, or
really could not speak English, and for whom the prisoner
professed to act as interpreter ; they asked to look at a
great variety of goods, such as watches, diamonds, &c., and
selected articles, which they agreed to purchase, to the
amount of about *WM The goods were accordingly put
aside by Mr. Jones, and his customers departed. But they
had not been long gone before Mr. Jones missed the dia-
mond brooch now produced, worth about 15 guineas.
Mr. Dlainwaring, a jeweller in Chancery-lane, preferred
precieely such another charge as the last against the pri-
soner, except that Lis loss was a diamond ring and dia-
mond pin, and upon both cases the prisoner was fully com-
mitted.

The prisoner is of a moat respectable family, and is a
very highly accomplished young man, speaks almost every
continental language fluently, plays on a variety of musical
instruments, and slugs exquisitely. His foreign companion
is yet undiscovered, but the police are after him.