The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-03 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.

A outig man, named Thomas Humber, in the ealpioy
meat of Mr. Isaac ‘Viison, of No. 25, Milk-street,
Cheapside, was brought before Mr. Alderman Gibbs,
charged with having robbed his employer.
Mr. Wilson stated, that, having-been informed that a
quantity of hose had been offered for sale at a much
lower price than they could have been made for, and
having ascertained, upon examining some of the goods,
that they had been manufactured by him, he caused in-
quiry to be made into the circumstances of the sale
by the police. By the activity of Inspector Waller
the goods were traced to the prisoner, who was appre-
hended and charged with the robbery. The wholesale
price of the stockings was from 17s. to 20s. per dozen,
and that at which they were sold by the prisoner waslOs.
Ephraim Leman, a dealer, residing in Bell-lane,
Spitalfields, stated that he was in the habit of going,
like other men in his line of business, to the Notting-
ham Castle, near St. Martin's-le-Grand, and there he
saw the prisoner, who constantly smoked his pipe in the
parlour. The prisoner asked him whether he wanted to bpy
any stockings, and showed him a sample, and a bargain
was made at the rate of 10s. a dozen. Witness pur-
chased seven dozen of the stockings at that rate, and
soon afterwards sold them at a profit of 6d. per dozen.
Alderman Grans—Do you know the prisoner's situa-
tion ? Witness—No; but as he used to go to smoke his
pipe at the Nottingham Castle, I did not doubt his
respectability.
Another witness stated, that having purchased stock-
ings of Ephraim Leman at so low a rate as had been de-
scribed, he mentioned the circumstance to Inspector
Waller, who at once concluded that they were stolen,
and gave him instructions on the subject, at the same
time directing that inquiries should be made as to losses
at the various warehouses.
Sergeant Waller stated, that upon hearing of the cheap
sale of the stockings, he was convinced that they had
been stolen, and he sent round to the trade, and after a
considerable time found that Mr. Wilson was the plun-
dered party.
The prisoner—Can Mr. Wilson swear that these stock-
ings are his ?
Alderman GIBBS—He has already sworn to that effect.
The prisoner—Yes; that they are his own manufac-
ture. Of that there is no doubt ; but can he swear that
he has missed these stockings from his stock ?=Mr. Wil-
son said he believed them to have been stolen from his
warehouse.
The prisoner--They have not been stolen froth his
warehouse.
Alderman GlBBS—Where did you get them ? The
prisoner—l purchased them of a party at Brighton who
did business with Mr. Wilson's house, but who is now in
difficulties.
Alderman GlBBS—lndeed"! Who is that party ? The
prisoner here mentioned the name of the house from
which he said he had purchased the goods. " That
house," said he, " sent to me indirectly, to know whether
I could dispose of some stockings ; an 4 I told them I
should make inquirY,. which I accordingly did make
where I went to smoke my pipe • and this man, Leman,
offered 'me 10s. a dozen, which, after communicating with
them, I accepted. In that way these stockings came into
my possession. I know that Mr. Wilson never will be
able to show that these stockings were stolen from him,
although nobody can deny that they are his.manufacture."
Alderman. GIBBS—Pray why did you decamp, and
never return to your business, after you heard that sus-
picion fell upon you ? The prisoner—I never decamped.
The fact is, I would not go back to the situation, I was
treated in so ungentlemanlike a manner there.—(A
laugh.) My feelings reallycould not bear the rudeness
I was accustomed to, so I determined not to go there any
more, and you may depend upon it I never shall.
Alderman GIBBS—WeII, you are clever at making a
defence ; but, as it does not convince me, you must try
what a Jury will say to it. The prisoner—Very well.
We shall see by-and-by whether I ain't quite right. Mr.
Wilson never can swear that he lost these stockings, so
it won't do.—Committed for trial.
Two brothers, of the names of Thomas and Charles
Hawkins, were charged with having in their possession
five bottles of foreign brandy, which they had got on
board the Harlequin steamer.
Thomas Hawkins, it was stated by the revenue officers,
was one of the unlucky,fellows who accompanied Louis
Napoleon to Boulogne, in the Edinburgh Castle, on the
memorable occasion of the strange experiment made by
that adventurer upon the people of France, and the de-
fendant lost all his clothes when the steamer was seized,
and had never got into legitimate employment since that
unfortunate piece of folly came off. The other brother
was steward of the forecabin of a steamer, and had four
bottles on his person, while Thomas had only one.
Alderman GIBBS—Why I see they continue to:smuggle
in the Harlequin still?—The officers said that smuggling
was going on to a great extent in all the foreign
steamers. They knew perfectly well the nature of the
dealings. Those persons who went on board to deal in
contraband articles paid 2s. 6d. a bottle for the brandy,
and sold it on shore for no more than 3s. or 3s. 6d.; but
each of them made several journeys in the course of a day.
Alderman GIBBS fined Thomas Hawkins 10s., ar.d his
brother 40s.
An Irishwoman, who possessed but very slight per-
sonal charms indeed, was brought before the LORD
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MAYOR upon the serious charge of having attempted to
extort money from a gentleman of high respectability,
who resides in Ironmonger•lane." She appeared to be in
the last stage of pregnancy.
The complainant stated that the woman. whom he had
seen in the streets selling fruit, came to him in distress
one day, and requested assistance, in consequence of
having been obliged by the police to leave her standing
in the street. Upon that occasion he gave her Is.; but
instead of expressing her thanks, she asked him, in very
abusive language, whether that was all he would let her
have? He indignantly told her to begone. "By my
sowl, then," said she, "If you don't, I'll swear you are
the father of my child."
The LORD MAYOR—And you swear that you know
nothing more of the woman than what you have stated ?
The complainant—l do, certainly. Is it of such a crea-
ture as that I could be supposed to have the knowledge
she meant.
Defendant—Oh, then, it's you that forgets the a orris
you used to me when you made me go into your apart-
ments, and came over my weakness. Don't you remember
saying, when I told you there was purty girls enough
walking about Cateaton-street for you ? Oh, says you,
it's not them I care about. It's such as you, that's not
one of them kind, I wants.
The complainant declared that there was not a word
of truth in what the woman stated. She never was in
his apartments, and no such conversation had taken place.
The LORD MAYOR—You at length ordered her into
custody ? Complainant—l did. She came last night
and asked me to give her something., and I refused, and
she then threatened to expose me. I called an officer
and charged her.
He then produced a letter which the woman had sent
to him, dated 16th October, begging for assistance, Ina
not containing one word about her pregnancy.
The LORD MAYOR—Why, Mrs. Lyons, this is very
extraordinary conduct of yours. The defendant—Upon
my word, my Lord, it's all truth.
The LORD MAYOR—Have you any one here to speak
as to your character ? The defendant—No, I haven't a
`friend in the world, and I have nothing in this world to
support me ; it was he that brought me into thin trouble,
and he promised to be my friend.
The Complainant—l solemnly declare to your Lord-
ship that there is not a syllable of truth in all she has
said. I assisted her from compassion alone ; nobody.
could look at her and suppose I was influenced by any
thing else.
The LORD MAYOR—Defendant, you must have some
friends or acquaintances who advised you to charge this
respectable gentleman with being the father of your
child, in the expectation that he would be afraid of the
accusation.
The defendant—God.knows I don't charge him wrong-
ly. I know he is a respectable gentleman well enough,
but he acted badly to me, for he is the father of my child.
The LORD MAYOR said that he should cause inquiry
to be made into the character of the woman, and directed
that most particular care should be taken of her by the
matron in the Compter.
GUILDHALL.
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NOVEL MODE or PROCURING CLOTHES.—Six able-
bodied young men were charged by Alexander Lamb,
the Master of the East London Union Workhouse, under
the following circumstances :
Lamb deposed that thtry came into the workhouse
on Friday as temporary paupers, and their clothes being
in a very filthy condition a fresh suit was given to each
while they stopped in the house, and this morning, about
day-break, they piled all their old clothes on the floor
of the sleeping-room, and, having got a lucifer-match,
set fire to them, when they were burnt to a cinder. Only
two remedies, therefore, remained to him, either to

turn them into the street in a state of nudity or keep
them in the workhouse. Having refused to give them
any breakfast, in consequence of their conduct, they
broke twelve squares of glass in the sleeping -room, when
he sent for a constable and gave them in charge.
Mr. Alderman-FinEnaomEa sentenced them to seven
days' imprisonment.

A wretched-looking female was charged with breaking
a square of glass in the shop of Mr. Sherwood, Cheapside.
In reply to the Bench, she said her only motive for
the act was to get shelter, as she was houseless and
starving. She was sentenced to a month's imprisonment.
MA RL B OR 0 UGH- S TREE T.
John Easom, a middle-aged man, was brought before
Mr. Hardwick for final examination, charged with having
attempted to obtain goods from various tradesmen by
means of forged orders.
The first ease was that of Mr. Bidgood, trimming-
maker, Vigo-street, Regent-street. The prisoner went
into Mr. Bidgood's shop on Friday afternoon, and pre-
sented a letter, purporting to have been written by
Messrs. Place and Co., tailors, Charing-cross, requesting
that five and a half yards of the best double-milled blue
kerseymere should be sent by the bearer, and promising,
payment on the following day. Prosecutor having sus-
picions that something was wrong, asked the prisoner
who sent him with the note. The prisoner replied, a
man who met him at Charing-cross, and who told him to
take the goods when he got them to Messrs. Place and
Co., tailors. Prosecutor feeling satisfied that the note was
a forgery gave the prisoner into custody.
Mr. Carberry, of the firm of Place and Co., said that
neither he nor his partner had written the note produced
by Mr. Bidgood. The prisoner was a perfect stranger to
him.

In defence, the prisoner said that the note had been
given to him in the street by a person whom he did not
know, and to whom he was to give the goods.
The prisoner was fully committed on this charge.
A second case was brought forward, for attempting
to obtain a large quantity of goods from Messrs. Stones
and Co., Manchester warehousemen, 13, Warwick-street,
Golden-square, by means of a letter signed with the
names of Vernon and Co., tailors and army clothiers,
Charing-cross. The letter was in the same handwriting
as the one purporting to comefrom Messrs. Place and Co.
The foreman of Messrs. Stones and Co. stated, that