Police.
The Times, 1824-10-28T00:00:00

6!Af SIOX-RousE_Edwardand Tlwomas famr1mond, the sons of a turnkey of Newgate, were charged on suspicion of having stolen a parcel, containIng 2,9551., the property of Alessrs. Snow and Co., the bankers. The porter of the bankers it will be recollected, was, In going through the city, towards the west.end, robbed of thc parce, whichi was cut out of his coat pocket by some fellowsv who had folVowed him a considerable way. One person prsseiA against him two or three times, and disap'peared at the corner of Shoe-lane, where the porter missed the parcel. Ajourneyman bakerstated, that hewasabout the time of therobbery standing inShoe-lane, talking toafriend. Heobservedthetwo prison- ers, whom he knew, and a person wbom hedid not know, come quickly down the lane, and turn shortly round the corner of the court. Wit- ness knew the two brothers, in consequence of' baving seen them about the streets, and their manner at the time induced him to say to the person wbo stood next to him, that they had been doing no good, or something to that eFect. He cauld speak morepositivelyars to the identity of Edward than ofThtamas. Hisrecoecuon was sharp- ened by the circumstance of his seeing an account of the robbery im- mediatelyafter;vardsin the newspapers. He mentioned wh3t he knewtosomeacqtiaintances and they urged him to give informa- tion to the parties. lUpon tis infornsittiet, itappeaeT, the prisoners were apprehended, The solicitor to the prisoners requested that they ahould be dis. charged as there was no ground for detaining thein. The LonD MAYOR was informed by ATr. Brown. the Marshal, that further evidence might be adduced in the interva hetween this and another examination. His Lordship therefore remanded them. .James ffoneyman, a young man of respectable appearance nod address, was charged on suspicion of being one of the gang by which it is believed the oarcel containing between 13,0001. and 14,0001., the propertyqf the Mttlistone bank was stolen. (. Alexander Mlartin, a clerk in the banking-house of Atessrs. Edmonds, Atkinson, and Co., deposed that on the 18th instant he niadeup a parccl, containinptupwardsof la,000Lin cash, andraughts pavable at sight. It was directed to Sir Peter Pole and Ga, stand delivered to the bookkeeper of the coach-office, to he depoaited us the care of the coachman. Thonas Paine, the bookkeeper of the coach-offlce at Maidstone, stated that he received the parcel in question, and took it up stairs to his bed-room. On the following morning he brought it down and laid it on his desk. It was then a quarter past 6 o'clock, and the coach was late. Its usual time for starting from Maidstone was a few minutes after 6. When he laid the parcel on his desk it was dark, and the coach was getting ready. He was called out to re- move a quantity of hops which some persons on the outside disputed about, and said were in the way. Me was notabsent two minutes, and when he left his office to arrange about the accommodation of the passengers.he left nobody behind himi. The person who took the parcel must liavc jumnped over the counter to get at it. The instant hc returned,he discovered thatthe parcel was gone,and heeried outthat somebody had stolen a valuable parcel. He latd hold of as person who was standinitnear the door, and oharged him with having cormmitted the robbery and was aboat to search him, when the peraon said he wouild not subnmit to be searched sinless a constable were sent for. IVitnessasfterwards seized the risonerHoneyman whowissta,ndinin the immediate neighbourhood at the time, and sighslysearchodblm, hut found no property in his possession. The prisoner said nothing. ile was the only person close to the door with the exception of the gentleman Vfho ret\,sed to be searched except by an officer, and who it had been aseertained was a most respectable hop-merchaut, resi. Ient in Maidstone. The witness thought he could positively swear to the identity of the prisoner, although he had not seen him since tuntil yesterday. -loneyman was, ie added, at that time dressed differently. iloneyman.-" IMly Lord, I never was at }Maidetone in my life, Let the iwitness take care wliat lie is aWout, for I have got most rec spectable persons to prove that I was in town rt the time." The witness said, he was certainly greatly agitated at the time of the robbery, and had permitted the prisoner to proceed on his jourtley. Thomas Curtis, of Alaidstone, coachmaster, said he had seen his coach go oft, and was standing in the yard on the morning in ques. tiot,, when he saw the prisoner upon the pavement there. The par. ticular attention of the witness was fixed upon the prisoner by the circtsmstance of the first witness charging him with the robbery The boolekeeper had first cliarged a stout gentleman, who would not suffer any one but, an officer to search him. ThiLs witness Awore positively that Honeymnan was the nran who was searched at .laidstone, and that he had on different clothes from thgsc whicl he now wore. Elizabetlh Chittendeu. the clamnberinaidof the Star inn, Mlaid, stone, deposed, that on the day before the robbery, the prisoner. in coiitpanly witt two other, persons slept at the iun. 'The prisonerslept by hiamself, antd the tw/o oilier tersottslept in a double-bedtled room. Titey were very particular in ordering thiat they should be called *very early on ihe followlog mnortitug to conic to town by the coach. Site could swear to the identity of thte prisoner most positively, al- though he was dressed in a difcrcnt manner now. The prisoner here put on his fiat, and desired the witness to look well at him, and be cautious of what slie said. The witness said, slic not only knew the prisoner again by his figure, his complexton, and by the colour of his hair, but by ius voice. Every thing she had observed of him at blniudstone, cor- responded with I;is present appearance, and she polnt4d him out iri a room on the (lay before yesterday, the flrst time tlhe behld hlti since lie was in Miaidstone. Air. Brawn, the AMarshal, said he did not with to procted fpttlter with the case that day, as lie expected a wiincss ia town, whose evi. dence, if it turned outt that she could identify the prisoner, would be or tile utmost importance. The prisoner's solicitor sa{d, that magistrates could not try a case, nor properly examine contradictorv evidence; but he had kilown instanews where tisey had heard evirlence of an alibi. He bad, lie believed, powerHul evidence of this nature, which lie wished lis Lordship to hear, with the view of inducing him to allow the prisonier to give hail. The LoRD IlAYOtL declined hearing thisevidence, attd rclanded the prisoner for further cxatiiitiation. BOW-sTsEiT.-On Tuesday evening, two soldiers were brougbt to this office, followed byan imnimensecrowd of people, who thronged thc office-doors and avenues so as to osake access difficult, chp,rved with a very gross aad unmanly otitraFe that evening, an Wyclh-street, DrurY-lane. The names of the prisoners were 4lexander Ramsay and ,Jaohn JhiitLhell, the forier a private In the 2d battalion 1lt F}oot (3 tards, and the latter in the 7th Fusileers. They were both in a state ot tiitoxitationi, but not so7nuch so as to seem unconscious of what they were doing. The complainant was an elderlv woman, who seemed, independently o' tlhe censequences of tc violence she hail just received, to be in extremtely delicate health. 11-r name im iMary Clarke, and she is the wife of a hairdresser in Ivy lane, she and her tiatighter carrying on business as bonrnet.inakers in it small way at No. 62, *Vychm-street. The wase vas ahout to be gone inito, when 51 r.IHAL.Ls, perceiving that lirs, Clarke was machi agitated, and thal the soldiers were hardly in a fit state to be examined, or- dered them to be taken to the watch-house fortle night. Y'esterday the soldiers yrere again brought up when it ap. peared by the evidetnce of Sirs. Clarke, her daughter, ir. John Alarshall, clerk to a solicitor in King's Arms-yard, Cole. mafn -street, Laogfield, a cons-able, and other witnesses, that about half-pa.t six o'clock on Tuesday evening, the defemidants zanl a thilrtl sollier were walking dowvn Wych.stroet, arm-in-arn, keeping the wbole of the foot-paveineent to themselves, and whezi they arrived opposite lfrs. Clarke's little shop-window, two of them pusted tie third against it, and broke a paneof glas. irs, Clarkc very naturally rani omit, and telling them that they had broken her window, desired that they would pay lier for it. Instead of do- ing so, hiowever, they abused lier in termns the rmost abominable. The language was described by one witness as being of the vilest and most horribly disgustitig kind. They followed herup to the door, to which shc retreated in the appreltension of some personal violence, and she then said tremblingly, " WVell, gentlemen, if von will not pay for it, go quietly about your buslrjess; pray do." C' 0 you b_z old b-l." said Mitchell, "11 VA Va fqr yog; vindow," iis~e estru6d her a $lolent blow on t'he temple, whic f~rce%theback part of her htead against the wall, 'andstunedher andeven in this state, wbilc she was leaning senselss, agirtthe wall, the unmranly fbllow repeat. thc low ore ha once, until she fell upon the ground. By ths tim a lrged had collected,.and L;ingfield, thte con- stabe, cmingup,e and Mfr. Mfarshiall seiied Mitchlell, and endea- voised o scur hi, but he slipped f'romn them, knocked Langflcld dowLT, adha very nearly served Air. Marshall the same. Mkrs. Clarke's daughter, in her feeble endeavours to protect, her mother, was threatened by the prisoners wvithi 'the same treatmenit- The whole three at length forcedI their wav into Al rs. Clarke's shtop, where they broke three mnore panes of glass, andI threiw sonic of her little stockt in trade upon theiloor, anid tram p led up6n it. They were tit length with great difficulty secured. Al itclhell, who had. fallen among the broken glass in the shop and cut hiis face slightly, upon discovering the hurt he had received, sat down in a ch-air anid cried f'oe someTtminutes, The third soldier escaped. Mlitchell, in hiis dlefence, said he believed he broke the window, and was willing to pav for it on the spot, but wvhen he searched in his pocket for his mon'ev, he fouznd he hal been robbed somehiow or other in the crowd. Dfis. Claske, hie adlded, hung about his neck so tigbtly, that he was obliged to push her away. Ramnsay said'he had no share in the matter from beginning to end, further than endeavouring to getAMitcelcl away. He did not assault any body nor break any glass. Mtr. Mlarshall declared, that Ramsay was, during the whole time, extremely violent, and that he endeavoured to rescuLe Mlitchell after he was in custody.I Mr. HALLS said that this was as gross a case as lie hiad heard of' for a long time. Did sioldliers suippose that instead of conductinig themselves like men and like gentlemen, (for so it was his pride to see soldiers behave), they were to be suffered to gro about committing outmraes upon His Majesty's peaceable subjects ? Did they ima- gine that they wh'o oughit peculiarly to be the protectors, of theLde- fenceless, wvere to be permaitteg to use violence like this ug~on a help. le-is unoffending woman ? If so, they were mistaken,an the la tnqst teachi thiem better. The worthy magistrate then ordrdte to he taken to prison, and directed the parties to go imneiteyt the sessions, thien sitting, and indict them. e MAARLL OROUGH-TILE.-4alnest Brooiks. arrme of respectable appearance, who hast some days bran in cuistodly uron the following canirge, was yesterday brought up for finial examination : Mlr. Danelli, an Italiau jeweller, residing at No. 315, Oxford. street, stated, that about six o'elock on Saturday evening last, the prisoner c-ame into his shop, ansl said he wishied to purchase a look. ing-glass, in which articles Mlr. Danelli also dealS. lie was shiown several, and at length fixed upon two small ones, either of whichi, I h. ai, wul sut im; but before he madea finalechoice, he wished I hj~wir t se boh,anid fix upan what pattern she liked best; and aske iftheglasescouild be sent for that purpose to lils house. No. ~, Dlceatret,Manhestr.sitae ~andaccordinglv, Air. Danelli sen anItaianboyinhsevcewhte glasses, to aecompsssy the Joeph Spiasneeni, a very fine, intelligent, Italian boy, about 12 years okf age, who speaks not a word of Enlglish,was next sworn, and eaasninetl thirough thLe meduium of his master,who was lalso sworn to intrerpgt truly1 the boy'anarrative. He stated, that according tohis mraster' (Mr. DanelWis) directions, he followed the prisoner at Elhe blar with the two looking-.glasses now produiced ; but being totally, unacquainted with the streets, or their names, he couldI not niention1 thoste he had pastsed through ; but after going a long distance, through various turnings and windings, until the witness3 was quite tired, the prisonier, who on the way was joined by two other men, led himn into tq pubic-.bouse, and taking the glasses from him, laid them upon thie table in the room. The prisoner then caled oxa alat of porter, and he andl the other two mnen began to 4iki, an pressed the witness very mucli to take some, but he refused. Suddenly the prisoner started up), and seizing the two glasses off-the table, tan out of the house withi themn. Witness en- deavisAred to follow himn, but was prevented by the other two men, who held him, and closed the door; but his cries at la,,t brought the landlord to bis assistance The boy said he had no idea of where the public-.house we, situated. Air. Boyle, the landlord of the public-house called the Robin Hood, in (0hurch-lane, StL (iles's, saiid, that oni Saturday evening, about the timec stalted, the prisoner, withi two othier mnen, ancti the last witness, who carrcied the two glasses now produced, camne into his house, and the pxisoner got a quart of porter at the bar, V.hich lie took into the parlouir. He took no further notice unitil, in a f'ew mi- nuites, he heard the last witness crying out very Iouth, as if somie violence hadl been committed upon hiim, and imimediately went to, his assistance ; but, as the boy could not speak English, 11le. BoYle could not understand him, or what was the matter ; during this time the other twomen wentaway. At lenet.,h awonman who hiappenedt to see A part of the transaction, said, that she wvas sure a man, who had run out the back way with the looking-glasses, had robbedi the boy. Mr. Boyle immediately followed the mnan in the direction Stated by the woman, and, after a search of ten minutes, he saw the prisoner mraking is way, as fast as possible up is court, wi;th the glasses under his arm. W*itnessinstantlypuxrsued, and, after a smart cli 5,e, came up with the pioner, andI collaredl him. Hle broughit hln'a back to the house, whereithe boy still was, and thiere he kept bltu in cus- tody fordlhalf an hu before he could find a constable. At length hefound edges, one of the headies, and gave thle prisoner and the glasses into his charpre. Witness said, tbat he never saw the pri- soner, or the othier two men, bef'ore; nor should lie know the latter again. The boy was askedI if lie shouldI know the other mien againi, bthe repliedt, that he was so frighitened and confused, he feared lie Should noL. Hiedges, the beadle, said, that the pirisoner was given into his cus- todyv, witlh the glasses, bsy SIr. Boyle, as diescribed. Sir. DYEi', the Magistrate, naskedl the prisoner if lie wish,ed to say any thing. Ile replied, that he did not, except that Air. Bo.ylc's hiouse was a rioted zeceptacle for tlhieves. Mr.Biggs, one of the Assistant Overseers of the parish,. and Hedges, te beadle, said, that this teas a gross tfalsehood. The hiouse had certainly had a bad reputationi hefure Air. Bovle came to it, hut sincg, he had had it, it hias been very differently conlducte-d ; andl this was not the only instance in which Mlr. Bovle has, by h is awn i4er. sonal exertlons, securetl and brought thievesto justice. le was al- ways ready to assist the officers, and, in fact, he is more a terror to the thieves tha-n otherwise. AIVr. DyER, the AMagistrate, said, that Mfr. Boyle's conduct upon the occasion, as well as tlhe character given of huin by the parish- officers, did him very great credit: nio doubt this fellow wouild have escaped with his booty, hail it not been for Mr. Boyle. The prisoner was then fully committed, and the witnesses bouud over to prosecute. William Harding, one of those fellows whbo go about the streets under the pretence of selling lemons and( oranges, but in realitv to rob houses wherever they cani find a door open, was brought to' the office by Ballardl, onie of the officers, charged with entering the apartments of a gentleman, with intent to comnmit a robbery. Mfr. Harding, a por'trait.painter, lodging at No. 1911. Regent. street, stated, that he occuipied tlie first-floor of that house, and tha-t abouit two o'clock in the afternoon he requested lisa mrothier to go inito the front room and bring him soething which he wanted into that in which he was siti, ad the inistant she openedI the foltding doors, he lieard her give a scream. Alr. Hardting lookedt towards thie door, 2%nd sawi the prisoner making towards a table, uipon which there were some very showy articles, suchi as morecca leathecr cas'es. which might be supposed tol cor.uihn jewvellerv', but witich, in fact, contained miniature pictures. The prisoner' then quickly' turnedi round, and mails towards the staircase, but Mrs. hlardking seizedt and held him until witness came to hier asisistance. Ballard was thten sent for, and he was given into lila custody. Ballard produced a large hiatid-basket. v'hichs the prisoner had with him and was well calculated to carry away propertv in. It had at the bottomx three or four leinons, the remaindler of what, he said,. he hail been selling ; but on searching himi, he liad not a fasrthinig of money in his possessioll, so thai he could not have sold an yv The prisoner said, that finding the street-dlonr open, he went up to) sell his lemons, thinking that there were clizimbeis anid couating- houses up stairs. Ballard Said, that the place had tno such appearancc, for the whole of the staircase was carpeted, fronm the hall upwvards. it watsquite a private houste, and it appeared that by some accihdenit the street-dloor had been lef-t open. Alr. Crosby, the landilord of the Crookeil Billet publkc-house, in Kingsland.road, whio saidI the prisetier ha4. lodged for aseven months in his house, aiid tw5 oilier persons Gainie forwsrdI anti gave hiim a very good clharacter fi)r honesty, &c. ; andI Mr. Crosby said, that the Prisoner had access to all. parts of his premises, except his celhar,ztnd he niever robbed 1in-. Mr. CosSAiw, the rlmagistrate, agked thoese persons if eithier oif thlem wouild bail the prisotier in 41011.to appear at, the sessions; bitt this Mfr. Crosby and thec others positively declined to) (10. Air. CoxNAsSr saidi, that hie hiad dletermisinedl to commiiit the prison-. er for three iniotitli to the House of' (orrection, as a vagrant, hya- ing no doubt thiat lie entere(l the house to comittit a robbery;i but in, consequence of thie chiaracter given of biutt, he s-hould 'reduce the period to six weeks, for whichl period lie wast acordingly CenslisiitECd. A letter was handed to Mlr. C,OaA11;,the Magirairte,from Mlessrs. Thornton a-nd Watson, mierchants in the ciy eustn o o whathiaLd beconic Of a young nian natimeil Atidry, who, it eppeareid by this papers, ha~d aectiseh hiimsclfast that office withi having embez. zed somAcoy'thieir prperty. Thte whole sitatement, the letter said. was the effect of the on fortunatte youNg tanai' deranged stateoi mind: he had been ini their service, but never hiad ernbhezied a bihil- lin. AIr. COseAVer Said,that lie really knew not whiat lied become of, hi;he weilt Iroxit illium office with an intention, hit %aid, to go be- fore Air. faidlt, at Boiw-stieet, anti( acectie himiiself thecre, as hie knew Alr. Heklls. Air. COrAsr'r said, he thouight at the time the youtng imian was in a state of derangememitL MIe 10oN-ttAs.E-_ 'esterday a vounig miah, tnaed Thiojmas Vick. an auctioneer and appraiser, its Kent.strert, in the Borot::tl, wasU' brought before It. J. CIs AseMiRSs, E.Ju,, chairgedi withl having, on ithe 18th of Septeiiiber last, at theVnsh of Si. S.-%iosse, esouthwark. feloniously forged andI ttIlhterfeited a chieck, purporting to be oth tIme hiand-writing of joseph Ititriter, aitid drawii upon fHIeiity XV'es- ton, C. Allets Young, and Ellis Bastock, bankerst, for the paywiicimt of 51.,\ssti itentto efrad sirt a gn iainst thec Statute, &c. The risnereppsrsis e aout24 years of age, istid was statti o hae ben crryng o a eryreSpectable bui,itme.s in the uphostey ad apraiinglinein ingstreet, Snow's-hieldls. ~aU,the hie Contabl, t sehns he warrant mesa itmirustedi for the pisonr's pprehnsio, stted,th fromi informnation meecrived. heC proceeded, accompanied by Rice, another officer, to the Spur Iniii, In tihe Borough, about nine o'clock on the preceding night. ilhen they arrived there, upon inquiiry at the bar of the inn, they were told( that MIr. Wick and a party of his friends were regaling thiemiselves up stairs in a room on tihe&first floor. The officcr accoidingly went up, and on entering it, the prisoner, who sabnequewly athinitted that he Iad not the slighitest suspicion of' whiat was going to take place, stood tip oil seeing theim, and invited them to par- take of somne wine, whicil was passirng very freely. The oflicers,how- ever declined the invitation, tind the cihief' constable requested to I speak a word with the prisoner in private; they withdrew for the purposetothestaircase wheni Hall toldl hin the purprart of his visit, intimating that he ha'k a warrant for lis apprelhension, noi charge of forgery. Thc prisoner ioimtneliately replietd, that he was willinig I to accomnpany the ofiicers wherever they tbought proper, anti Hall conveyed hint off to the Bell lock-up-house, in Falcon-court, where le was given safely into the custroly of Ellis, the landlord of that house, and locked up. The next morning (yesterday) the priso60er mnade two differenit attenliptsto escape from his confineriment. in the fol. lowilng irgeniouis manner:-The dooi of the room in which he was put tosleelt had strongbolts, wlhich were fastened ott the oluside, at thebot- toms, and considlered of stifficient seecirity to guard agaitst the escuipe of any person ; however, this obstacle was overcome by the tsri- soner, who untici thc saclitig of his bed, and, takitg the cord, introduced the bite of it through asniall wicltetin the door, whielt is used for the purpose of passing in refreshments to those co>itined within;When hc prit the cord through, helowered the bite down,aitd] succeeded in drawingihie bolts back wvith ajerl of tlthed-cord,whemt he inttmiity ran down the private staircase, and was stopped by the lan4hmdy ot' the Belh,whoin he,bowever rushed pest. Ellis now hearing thenoi se, r-autOthespot, secured the prisoner, and loceed limn upin an- QothCr ;ogns2 out of whicb. thle prSouer alSO Mahed lo escapfe. Jim. lg des ended the stairs, he again came in cott4ct with tWmi4ij s7P.l whom he knocked down, vnd rushed past :nt6 the aller, foUowed by the landlnrd, with the cry of " Stop thief!" The prisoner got a cotsi- derable distance before he was again secured, anctid as at length uis- coveredsecreted in a privy belonging toa hoese in Blackman-street. lpon searching the prisoner, Hall stated that he found 68 sovereigns in his purse. M2r. HATtSIER,who attended for the prisoner, requested that the case against his client might be postponed for a future exsminatfon. The riagistrato said, that he hadh no objecion. if the propositioL mtet wdth the consent of one of the firm ({Mr. Weston) then present, who immcdatrcly acquiavcrd in the suggestion; and M7r. CHAM- BERSs having asked tna: genleman whether he susnected and be- ievced the prisoner to have copmkrert a forgery on the bunk in which he was 5 partner, the answver being in the avirmarrve, the pri- soner waS accordlngljw remanded. Ve understand thattrwoiorthrec othercases of forgery vill bepr.r. fczred against rthe prisoner at the next exarmnarson. POLICEX