The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-26 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

(SATURDAY.)
MAIN SION-HOUSE.

The LORD MAYOR stated, upon entering the Jus-
tice-room, that he had made inquiries amongst the
merchants and bankers, and principal tradesmen in
the City of London, on the *abject of the requisition
which had been presented to him a few days ago rela-
tive to his interference in order to induce the citizens
of London to keep Monday, the 26th instant, as a
holiday, and he had found that if business was stopped
on that day many serious inconveniences would be
occasioned, as it happened that bills to the amount of
upwards of 2,000,0001. would fall due on the occasion.
Now, if Monday were made a holiday, and the sus-
pension of the usual avocations of men took place, it
would be necessary, according to the custom of the
trade, to pay all these bills on the Saturday previous
—an obligation which would very seriously embarrass
numbers of persons, inasmuch as the money to dis-
charge bills was frequently not procured till the day
on which they became due. It would, indeed, very
much delight him to see the suggestion of the requi-
sitionists carried into effect, as he entertained the opi-
nion they had so well and forcibly expressed, and it
was his intention to show how sincerely he approved
of them by allowing those individuals whom he em-
ployed to amuse themselves in any relaxation they
thought most advisable. Of course, those persons,
who had in such vast numbers signed the requisition,
would close business during Monday, and he had no
doubt the example would be extensively followed.
BURGLARY.—Six labouring men, named Kane,
Herrbrecter, Green, King,wet, Breton, and MKeve,
were brought up charged with having broken into the
wine-vaults of Mr. Moore, a wine merchant, of Mile's-
lane, Upper Thames-street, and stolen 19 dozen of wine.
Inspector Chadwick, of the City Police, having re-
ceived information that Mr. Moore's cellar had been
broken open by a number of workmen employed in
the neighbourhood, and who had made mortar in the
adjoining cellar, immediately caused every one of the
parties to be apprehended, and dispatched officers as
quickly to search their premises. In the house of
Kane and Herrbrecter were found five bottles of wine,
but nothing at all was found in the residences of the
others.
Mr. Moore stated that the wine produced was his.
He had not visited the cellar for seventeen days, and
upon going to it, on being informed that it had been
entered and plundered, he found that the partition be-
tween his cellar and that in which the prisoners
worked, and which was made merely of lath and
plaister, had been broken through, and that the rob-
bery above-mentioned had been committed.
John King, a bricklayer, stated that he had been
employed formerly with the prisoners' but had been
discharged about five weeks ago, and had not since
worked with them. As he was standing at a picture-
shop in Gracechurch-street, Kane and Herrbrecter
came up to him and said they wished he had been with
them, as they had got plenty of wine. Then, said he,
"If you have, you can give me a bottle." They re-
plied that they would, and Kane brought him a bottle,
which he produced, and which Mr. Moore believed to
be his property. Kane also said he had plenty of wine
under the tiles of his house, and witness informed the
police of the circumstance.
Kane declared that King's evidence was wilful and
corrupt perjury, for that witness was the very person
who brought the four bottles of wine to his house,
and begged him to hide them from his (King's) wife,
suggesting at the same time the place of concealment
in the roof of the house. King had, he solemnly de-
clared, played tricks of the kind before, and got men
into difficulties.
The ELORD MAYOR—I have no doubt that every
man at the bar has had his pull at the wine, but I
have no evidence against the four last, whom I ac-
cordingly discharge. I sentence Kane to two months'
imprisonment, and Herrbrecter to one month's impri-
sonment.
Kane—For God's sake, my Lord, order that King's
premises be searched. I dare say some of the
wine will be found there.
The Loan MAYOR—Certainly, I shall cause them
to be searched. An officer was then directed to
accompany King to his house and search it.
A man named William Wardle was brought before
the Lord Mayor under rather curious circumstances.
He had been examined at the Guildhall Police-office
on Friday, when Sir Peter Laurie, before whom the
Mansion-house business had been brought at that
office, remanded the case, in order that a further in-
vestigation might take place before his Lordship.
It appeared that the house of Mr. Hodges, a
tobacconist, 'Change-alley., had been broken open at
about five o'clock on'" Sunday, the 11th instant,
and robbed of cigars to the value of upwards
of 2501., although a policeman, named James
Storey, had passed a short time previously, and
declared that he had found all secure in the neigh-
bourhood. In consequence of the statement of Mr.
Hodges, the City Police Commissioner suspended
Storey and another policeman, much suspicion having
attached to the facts stated by the owner of the pre-
mises, that the housebreakers must have been engaged
in their operations for six hours, that the cigars must
have been carried out of the house to a distance of 30
yards, and that one cab would not have contained
them. Storey, after, as he declared, an indefatigable
search, laid his hands upon the prisoner some days after
the robbery, and charged him as a party engaged in
it, having seen him on the day the transaction oc-
curred passing through 'Change-alley, accompanied by
another man, and having also seen him a few days
previously in the same neighbourhood. Two other
policemen recognised the prisoner, who is certainly a
person of rather extraordinary visage, as having been
in the neighbourhood at the period mentioned by
Storey.
Mr. Humphreys, the solicitor, contended that there
was nothing at all in the statements of the officers
calculated to show that the prisoner had been concerned
in the robbery, and that Storey had apprehended him
upon the calculation that his own character would be
freed from all imputation by such an act.
Mr. Hodges said he had a strong impression upon
his mind that he had seen the prisoner in his shop.
The LORD MAYOR, after having narrowly examined
the evidence, said it was clear, that if the officers had
done their duty, so serious a robbery could not have
occurred, and that the Commissioner had with great
propriety suspended them. Instead of attending to
his business Storey had been loitering about, and, in-
stead of apprehending the prisoner upon seeing him
about the premises, according to his statement, or im-
mediately after the robbery was found to have been
committed, he did not take any trouble about the
matter until punishment took place in the shape of
suspension of the profits of his situation. The Lord
Mayor then requested to know who the prisoner was,
as Storey said he had given a false address ?
Mr. Humphrey, for the prisoner, refused the address.
The LORD MAYOR called Gooch, the turnkey of
the Compter, and asked whether he knew the person
at the bar ?—Gooch said he did—he had been brought
up before for attempting to rob a lady of her purse.
The LORD MAYOR said, as he was a character of
that kind, he should remand him.
It appeared, from the result of the investigation,
that gross negligence was attributable to the police.
BOW-STREET.

THE BLASPHEMOUS PAPERS IN HOLYVIELL-STREET.
—Thomas Patterson was summoned before Mr. Twy-
ford for exhibiting in his shop, No. 8, Holywell-street,
certain profane papers:
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Mr. Chambers, the barrister, assisted by Mr. Ha-
ward, clerk to the Solicitor to the Treasury, attended
on the part of the prosecution.
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had left four copies at his house on Mon
Mr. Chambers then requested that the
might be read.
Mr. Burnaby proceeded to read the first summons,
and, on concluding an extract from one of the placards,
a voice in the Court was heard to exclaim " Hear."
Mr. TWYFORD instantly ordered an officer to take
the party into custody, and bring him before him.
A person was pointed out and brought in front of
the Bench, who refused to give his name (which we
believe to be Ryall.)
Mr. TWYFORD asked him what he meant by the ex-
pression he had made use of, and he immediately
denied that he had done so. Several gentlemen,
however, stepped forward and swore that the prisoner
was the man.

Mr. TWYFQRD thereupon ordered him to be turned
out of the Court, and not allowed to enter it again.
Order having been restored,
Mr. Chambers rose and said that there were two
Acts of Parliament under which the offence was punish-
able. One, the Metropolitan Police Act; the other
the Act regulating the Police-courts of the metropolis.
He thought it becoming on the part of those for whom
he appeared, to state, that he was very anxious the law
should be put in force, and it was not the intention of
the Government to !extend any leniency towards the
parties, as they were determined to suppress anything
which might be injurious to the religious feelings of
society. It might become the consideration of those
who made laws on a future occasion to extend the
limits of the power of Magistrates, for all that could be
done at present against persons guilty of the offences
with which Patterson was charged was to fine them in
the penalty of 40s. for every separate offence proved
against them. The reason he (Mr. Chambers) had
not called on the Magistrate to grant a warrant on the
former occasion, was because there could not have
been sufficient time for Patterson (who it was sworn
was at Gloucester) to receive the summonses and to
return to town in time for the examination, as the