The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-04-23
Police Intelligence.

AN ALLEGED FRAUDULENT BANkING HOUSE.
Michael Eeirne, of the firm OF Roche, Beirne & Co.,
was arrested last evensg by Sergeant Jcurdar, Of the
Lower Police Court warrant issued BY Ju stics Cor
molly charging him With hayirg deiraut ed Thomas Va
terra cut OF IL 700 BY of isse preences The
painsnt alleges that he naucsd deposit the ahovs
sum with the accused on his representing THAT hs had
seSenn. a WIN the Royal Bay q slin Ireland and
won,S ~ so In dTat uaon tia. institution which
nsinsn promptly cssted on p,efentaton Tie com.
plr;n S-wever -four out to hi. astoniahment ap-
the above named bank, that Roche Be!rne h Co.
I'D scocunt efe, and that the draft was therefore
utterly vsuees, On being convinced Of Wis fac Mr..
Waters returned 20 New York With view OF prose.u-
irg Berne for fraud. On arriving in this city the
painsnt sought defendant And Informing him that the
account Of the firm In qres,ior had lorg since oesa
clcfed with the Royal Bapl Du ,ic demanded resi
tuition Ct the money BeIne refused was unable to
the Warrant Va, Issued tor
lettering around the Tombs when Sergeant Jourdan
cagrized MN and took him into custody The prisoner
Lower Podce Court, 8here he was required 20 enter
into bot d. in The of IS 900 tn, charge
street, became Bsrne's bondmnan in the above sum.
Several mon,bs ago number Of similar charges were
preferred against the secused chiefly by poor
ehs who, charged he sefrauded ont Of their hard
earrings exactly in the same described BY the
complainant in this The pr.oner's place o. bust
e e hss sss sn 'ps
asout tie premises to innocent persons fcom de-
posting thtir money in Bsirte's hands.
CnARer OF GRAND LAKtEyy Charles Raphael a barber,
ivire at No. BAixvis street. was Arrested BY officers
Kinr and Smith, Of the corps, on acnaree
stealing diamond pin. valued at $3.50 from sae store
f. Baey, whole sale jeweller, o. No. 10 otlandt ee
The accused, 1t is alleged in company with another
en- eld compainants store few days ago, under pre-
teIcs OF buJ Ing come goods aud while engaged Ra
phae it is charged stole the diamond pin and concealed
until come hours after the accused and his accompuos
had left tbs store description OF Raphael being sab
seqgenty given to the above ocsrs thy at once came
10 the conclusion that the p,scrcr the individual
who vas wanted On arresting hiu ts brought be-
fore The compainants who immsaiateiy identified him
the person who bad been making some peten 1ed pur
chases the morni Of the robbery The prisoner
brou2ht before Justice Osborne, at the Mayors Office
where he was held for exsmir alton the above charge
ALLEGED HIGHWAY RouBERY.-About 1Ok O'Clock on
MordAy night, 5ouDg man named Thomas Keenan,
through Bayard street. between the Bow
cry and Christie street, he attacked by party Of
young ra seals knocked down upon tho sidewalk.
While this prostrae condition. Keenan, was robbed OF
bis watch aDo porteu onnaie containing So The noise
sicer Harper. OF the Tenth ward police who, hssenng
to Ms spot succeeded n arrestIg one OF the garg dst
as the entire party we're taking 10 thoir heels The
cused brought before Justice Brennan ct the Essex
Market Police Court where he gave his that Of
Francis Smith He committed for trial Two young
pamed Thomas Clinton and John Williams, were
sun nequent'y arrested, suspison OF being engaged
along wit Francis in the attack upon keenan, Tney
were also commtten to prison by the magistrate.
A FEMALE IN MANS ArIRR.-Annie Lndon, a young
woman, of progressing appearance, was arrested
Monday night by the Fourth ward police, for drunken.
and dressing herself in male attire Annie was
liberated from the penieptiary a short tms ago, on q
writ of habeas corpus where she had beea sensnced to
six months imprisonment q vagrAnt. The prisoner
seems oeyotedy attached TO male ATTIRE tor she still per-
ssts IN wearing pants and frock coat instead Of the
attire that fitted for females, e. peticoats
The prisoner said that she had been wearing mems
clothes for four and had served in the capacity Of
barber and bartender fer many years much to tha sa
faction Of her employers 1t was her intention, she
sad, to sail for California the 25 n proximo, but she
rior Of BlaciweiPs leland ere that period arrives