Police.
The Times, 1824-09-29T00:00:00

MASe5IOw-tSOVS-E.-.A few days ago, a puxili'it, namea Lettue,, who hats a1lso cut a figure at Union Hall police-office, wasj brought before the liooni Miev oit churged withihaving a~sanlted a young woman. A number'of the vagabonds who belong to the "1ring" were in attendanee,arrongst them were Cur:is,andi Gipsy J--clr Cooper. The complainant stated, that as she waree walking over Blackf'risrs- bridige. slic saw a young genetleman with whom shie *as acquainted, in ct~1any ithLeney, nd toped t spsleto him, but the mno- mentshe pene hermout, Leney truc herin the eve. Lenny. hoseapparace crrepois with his cailag, being of themos rufialy indeai, h "nverstrutch thie woman no blow," but erey mvedher il'fro hi frend, whio, was reatly to swear Ayugfellow, the son of a respectable fishimonger in the city, tthenAY toepgd forward, and without being at all asthamred of his situa- tion, said, thatt he and his friend Air. Lenney had, beent at the thea- tr ith ladies, and upon their return were met by the complainant. who asked thiem for money to pay for gin, and upion thoeir retusal to "stand a bob" (a shilluihg), dealt viary fbidl hinnlage uipon them), and it became necessary to push her awaiy, which was dorne in thec gentlest maniner. Thie Loan MAYORt tolti thi~s wiitne thiAt he knew his father, anti ahbuld be-glad to hear whether that gentleman appsroved of tdie acmuaintance at the bar. r'he witness said hiis acquaintance with Mr. Leniney wras casual. Mr. ,eney ws n loner f th "pofessiojn," had retired fromi therin, ati as ivng n te bsomathil famjily. The fact was, thathe(irnss) avig to "adie" uderhtsprotection to the thetre ased r enn~' o b te cmpaionofone of them. The Inviatin ws acaped,andendd i Mr Leneys being brought to The ompainat asure th Loas 1IAY'OP. that the young gen-' tlemn ws gingto estucton n te sciey o Leney and others JackCoopr ha, te niht bfor, caled pona friend of hers, and wor tha ifthechare aains Leneywas persisted in, that " gentleman" wouldswea~ a robbery ag ins er. Here there was, a movemetitf thefny towards thie door, but The LoaD MAAyo i ordrd GypyJc Cotiper before him, andc desired Ifta [he rest of th " genleen sould not leave the justice roome. Cooper, who diit, not at all relishi hiis situation, was thien asked whether he had mande thecommnunicatio just stated. Hlie esitated, btit(teiied. He admittedl thart he hail calledi oni the young wvomran, but thien it was to give her a glass of gin, which he gave her, 'rinding that slhe was "1 blind tdrunk." Dick. Cartis thien camne folrward, and saidI that the complainiant was a very, offensive person, anti that i19 fact he hiad been obliged often t-o see Ihis friend the fishmonger's eonl hioule, so desperately was he beset by the females in Fleet-strect. Thie LonsrD IlAYOt r Faid that lie n.,ver recollected to have teen a m-ore complete knot of desperate vagabonds in his lifec titan stood be- fore himn at that momient. To those inveterate niffians. who, he be- lieveut, lived upon thie fruits of thle prostitution of thie unfortunate girls of'the town, is was useless to offer any advice ; but lie trusted that to the youing mats who was lirnke(i whil theis,, it '.ould be of' some service to make thie assurance. that if' he continued their ac- quaintance, hie miust look to the gallows as the 'tiara of retribution. The witniess itere alludedI to hiung downi hlis liead, andl appe-red to feel the reproof, and to be ashamied of hiis cositiuct, and'of the ligvtre his associates cut h ut the Loan MJAYOR was tinot stisifited with this8 symptoml of repentance, and a genitleinan of the Corporation being present, his Lortdship requsested tha, hie woulti call tuints sitle young mian's father, anti acquaint him. withl what hsd occurred. Lernnev begged that lie might be permitted tosettle the mnatter withl tltit compslaitnant, and the LORD MAY-Ott who ascertained' that thle girl hail no witness toutseassattilt, ant iqetpecfing thiat Lenitey's p'l/. would swear througli thick anti thiti for himn, consentied t'hat a reconi- pense shouldi be gi veim. BOW-sTrEi tsa.T-YesterdaPY Fourecr Bored/ct,, atid Johtn Fr-atks. two labottring titen, were tirougit utp, cliargedi witht steiding lesct from the premises of the Earl of Egremont. iThe itoble Barl has somec repairs in progress at ihis houie in Gros- venor-place, and of late large- qutantities ci' lead anid other materials have beets missed fromn theprernises. Orders wvere inRcnequence given to keep a strict eye titian thje workmen, anti onllMIo(ntdlsv even- ing the prisoners were stopped, as thiey were leaving their w3riu., with I some lead concealed unitler itheir jaelcets. It wess stated that thec quantity fouinri was small, and of' very trifling value, buat the depre- dations hail been so extensive, that thle Earl wasq determiined that the prisoners shonil(i be prosecuted by way of example. They were' ftilly commiitted for tril.-I Gcorge C/hosubcrs, a, voung titan living at Haimmersetnihti, was broughit up chiarged by a ntan oh' the tianie of' Clemients, with rob- bing himn of his watch. The prisoner was apprehended upon a wvarr-ant gratited bv Mr. Ilanisoit, of Hamnmersmith, whio, however, jdeclined hearing tite case, observitng, that he diii not wish. to take itnportanit business otit of thec hatiedsofthtei regular police-nitittstrates, wh ee better abl.- to sift nam intricate matter lieteW rsti ia he ras. The mnan who made the charge said rhat lielhad knowni the prisoner a long timne, at)It hiail oceasisn;ally emplo yed himi to work for ifint. Ott last Ftidav week he met the pric;oner and two other nien at (lhe Black Buill at'Hannimnersiniith, where thev drank cornsidlerablY tore- ther, anid titey having a cart, lie requested the"m, to give htimr a ridec to the Red Lion at 11rVilhamlgrcell, webere lie lodged. Thley' drove hint there,and haid sotitie drink, and lie reqitested ilieti, ti1 leave hint btit this thiey refused to do, eyd horeei him away with them to) an- other puiblic-hiouse, where they liad tnoore liquotr. They ertll ri-ercd him to stay with tienm, and drove awYay rit'rith filit, unilati ziel-itt lie escaped, and lay himself ott a batik ia a laine to take a nap, Ile wzs just dropping comifortablty oh;' when t11w prisonerl c;ime it p to hiim, and, loosetitiig !l.is breeches, took hjis tatchi from lils fob. ;I , said to the ptrisotter.-." George, doii't rob tue of me- wt,tchi; t,i w'hichl tel- latter replied, " Vott old -, I will have, it " and took it awav. In hisidefence, th- prisoner eatnestl yv protested hisitisoueceisre tild several wvitnesses were called, whio swore that the prosecutor- wvas so dr-unk e'lieti tit the Black Bull, tlhat lie couild scarcely' hold up lli!' head. Ile was mtis~td froiti the house for n-early ant hotur at tn tinie, and wi'as at length foutid wumbling about! atrton a beth of arti- chiokes in thise grrdeti, anti swearitng at hsimself for beiig tunable to) stand t.iprightt. It was, also vrovez]. that befre. thiey found himn in ithar odt situation, h lie ui bc'en seen by a woman. torn a neighibour- ing h-ouse 1feelitig at hiis pockets, andl gropinig armng tto erT'ichinke'S anti, Rhe hieard hlim sav, " I'll he d-d it' it isn't g,one.'' Alt the witmiesses crtncurred i'n (Ilscribing the prisoner as :u verv lu-net eiarth industrIouls Young Mtan. After fiearing the whoGle of ithe evidience ott both slieq..tML .'hlN- stiui,r. teas oh' opinion that this lirisorler kniew whia tjwal becoe ttus the- watch, and heshouhul thecrefore ccmtuiit butti. The prisoner was accoi,%linaly committed. MIAnsLBoOOtyGte.sTTn FT.-YeCS,erciayv John Rut Bi tt, unen-I looking inall, about 70 years cif age, atii A-Mary AintItn s a utouti looking yoting wom-an, Whlomtt le slateti to be his seitb. both i ttt- bad brett before in c1utody upon a charp-.. ofa simil.sr natitta. ut-ne broitght to the office by the offic-ers oh time NMendicity 5ociete', cilars'cui with, obtaillingKtinoney under false pretritcess, by sending bcgging let- ters ant petitions to various- noblemen ,iatia l~iiAs of rank. On f te Managers of the Societ Y stated that the prisoners, were, apprehendedl that tnornriie, tide tefoflowing cireuintetunces Ott the :i 23i u sthis titottil i thle S-cete recrivril a let icr fintutEa3rl Splencer, eticlosing the letter and petitionl noel prodiureil. ,'i w hishli lrdiprel'erreri ho them, to itave inqiuiries mnade restpcituc the writers, as lie had sousec reAstson to !!uspect thlat tfhe conltained fiiet;- tions statements. Tue letter adidressetd to his ,ntls was ~igned 1 Anti ?lorva:u.'' atid described the Wiriter Ls it widovw having a numTber ef children. who weere rendered comipletel3y destitusitei colterIluencecot's fire' whiclh tookt place itn the neighbottrtood, by' whichth te whole of hier littil property, was consutmedi even to ithe very wearing-alpparel of herself and childiren; and that in hier enideavunuR' to escape front tile devour- ing elenrient, 8she was herself tlireaidfully burnett, atid lier elde-st bce. 13 years of age, it) liii brave attemipts t srelsli itlbothers and lsisters fromn the dlamies, teas so violetntly brui,ed thatr lie remnains i an hospital, withi little Itopes, of recovery. The leitar fLirther re- presented ithe writer to be of a respectable famoily' at Nortitanip'Tot (twhere Lord SpenCrr liasa estatek), arid entreatitig fhis Lordship,'s iti- mane consideration of so afflicting a case." The etition purported to be frotmW'illiamsn Mstrirav', eha stated himsel to tiave been a bookseller and stattioner oni Sniow-hill, bitt ow"ing to a late calamitous tire itt that P'eighthourltood, anti no sup- ply of wvater being at hand, the whole of his premnises we-re consbamed, together with his stock in trade, amounting to r)(101. ; so that by this misfortuitie lie is left xvtlti a large fiamily totally destitute, and tmost of wlhomi, more or less, scorcheed or burned by the said fire, as WaS alSo the petitioner himiself in a dreadful mnanner. This petition pur- ported to be authenticated bv the clergyman of the parish, and wits signed, " Joshua Rowley., A. Al., ancti James Dodd, and Thotnias Carr, Clturchwaridens ;" all which signatures turn out to be forgeriesi. Answers to this petition, which had the names of Lady Grantham, Lord Holland, and various others, of the nobility,- set ilowni for dlif- ferent sums, were directed to be addreessed to No. 80, Fleet-market ; and replies to tite letter of Ann Alorgan were to be forwarde,d tona hottse in Rtathbone-place; both of which houses turnied out to be coff'ee.slicops, the proprietors of swhicli knetr nothing of the parties furT- ther than their calling to receive the answers andittheir contents, which often appeared to be of no inconsiclerable value- Ani arrangement was mnade by the Aleiidicity Society witli Lord Spencer, that onle of his Lordship's siervants should be sent to tliehouse in Rathboie-pla'lce, to inquire, inhisisLordship'sniame, fotr thnewriterof the lelter; but the wo- man not heing there a tshe time, an appointment was miade for her to meet the servant tisere at11 o4clsugjishat morning, as was intimated, to receive hIs liordship's dottation :,and at that hour the servaitir, in his Lordship's livery, repaired again to Ratlsbone-Place, one Of the officers of the Society being previously placedl in the roomi. Whlen he entered, and inquired for Mirs. Morgan, the femnale prisoner, who wsstting there, said she was the person, and the serant handed her a letter containing 2s. as wits arranged. She t)uet quitted the house, bitt was followedhby the officer,sshostook her into sustody,j'itat as she was opening the letter; and the matle prisoner, who was well known,was apprehended walking p-osite the door at the same time-, waitng or is ompaion Th seaieof the statements in the letter and he ptiton wre oundso e a abrcation. The aleprione sad, hathe newnothing whatever about the busiess;andthe oma sai, tat stenerely represented herself to b Atn Mrga, beaus sh wa set by anothier person to applY The prisotmers were remnanded, as the Mlagistrate expressed a wis%l for the Attendance of Earl Spencer, which he consideredncesy to make out a complete case against the prisoners, his Lordship be- ing at present in town. Betta has been a hairdresser, residing in Round-court, Strand. A very respectable-looking man, weho stated hirtself to be 80 years of age, but did not appear to be above 60, who said hii name was Mar'k Tanrner, a ship-chandler, residing at No. 9, Mill Pond-street, Bermondsey, was brought to thie oftce by Read, one of the Bow- street patrol, who stated, that he found the prisoner at the top of Oxford-street, near Cumberland.gate, holding the large placard pro- duced in his hand, with a crowd of persons collected round huim, to whem lie was distributing pamphlets from a bag full, which stood by his side. Mr. CONANAT, the hiagistrate, looked over the placard, which was printed on a large piece of canvass, and it was-headed " Anz Addrerm to hig Msjesty 1rltg fcorgc IV." It wetit on to state, that tbe ministers and goverttgauthorit:es of this co'ntrv are not adopting the proper means to check the progress of itreltgion, &c. In the land; and that he (the prisonet') had determined to awakei the nation to a just sease of its danver from atheists, deiete, &c. The pamphlets were of difibrent titles-one called "1 Thur Flaninig Sword of Jrstieei -" another, " The 'ing's Letter ;" that is, said the prisoner,-the king's Letter of Patent from the Throne of the Most High. The Magistrate, addressing the prisotier, said, that his anode of proceeding was a very unlikely one of brinrging the lilinisters of the country to a proper sense of what he considered their duty, bemause Jtwas a millon to one if any of them bhould pas or stop in Ox- ford-sireet to read his pamp.et er placard. The prisoner salA tbst at all events he must do his duty by caling public Lttn-tion to Ctav esvllc. After various obiemationrs of this nature from the poor sinar, hich clearly shoVed that he w ar 9 Stter Object for commiseration than punisbment, lllr. CONANST directed thet inquiries should be made abont him at hie addrcss, and his -friends informed of his situation, and, in the mean time, that the pamphlets, &c. sbould be taken care of, and the poor man himself was told that he mig,ht cal5 at any hour he pleased the next day. as it was not intended to keep him in custody, ead he wotald ther. get an answer as to the disposal of' his placard. Mr. Ellis, a iilvenrsnitil, residing in John..tteet, Oxford-street, npplied to Mr. COXANT for permission to c6tmunircate *tith Mr. Fauntleroy. itlr. Elfisaid, that having occasion to comtj3unicate with AiJr. Fauistl^roy upon particular businesa, he went to the Houa of Cor- rection for that purpose, but wa:s refused permtsiion by the Gover- nor of he prison to see him. He thoen wrrote a letter to ir. Faunt- acos', but (ihe (,ovetnor also refused to delsver this until it should be seen by the comlitting Magistrate, and te letter new remairs in the innds of the Governor. VIr. ,COVAN-T saifl that it was contrary to the rules and r'egula. tions of the prison to admit of any communication, written or other. wise, until petmission was had from the committing Magistrate. He (lIr. Conant) said, however, that, with tbe permission of Mr. Ellis, if he wishcd it, he would peruse the letter, and theoL give hit; an answer to his application. Mir. Ellis said, he had not the slightest objection to this, as the letter was purely on business. A9rsn froach, a girl in the service of AIrs. Warren, of Eton.street, Pimlico, was filly conmmitted for trial, on a charge of robbing her mistress of a quantity of plate and other property. A Gentleman, who reuresented himself to be a solicitor, applied to the magistrate to know if he could obtain a warrant against a ccr_ tarn sexton of a certain parish, which, for eertain reasons he did not wish at present to name, for removing a certain boay from the churchyard of the Raid parish, without the knowledge of certain rc- latives to the deceased. M1r. CONANT Said that he would not issue a warrant without hearing some further particulars. The ayplicsunt then produced his client on wbose bebalf he made the application, to state the whoile case. Alt. Ssnith, landlord of the Plough public-house, at Kinrel-green stated, that lie purchased asout five years agno a piece of icrousld as a freehold buryinig-place fbr bis family, for vwhich he paidl eight uineas, in a particular churchyard. A Mrs. Adaws a relation of nis, had since been buried there, and he lad lately (iscovered that the bo(ly of .lrs. Adanms and the coffin had been removed, by the consent of the sexton, without letting him (Mr. .9nith) knovw ary tting of the circumstance. And to accunt for this comdisct, the sexton rays that he acted bv the direction of Mr. Adams, the son- in-law of'rhe deceased, wbo bad the body taken up to be retnored to anothier place. Mr. CONAxaT raid that lie could not grant anv wrarrant upon such grouinds; he supposed the wvhole was a family dispute, in which he could not interfere; nor could he see any offence that was tom- intted by the sexton. The applicants then withdrew. AIARYaLEEOxNJ-oFl'icE..-Ameng the noctuinals brought up from Alarylebone watch-huuse, was a resprrtably dressed female who wat S charged by the watchman witlh having bren drunk andl dis. orderlv the lpreceding evening in th2e Nwv-road. The watchmar. hlinted his suspicion ttat the lady was not exactly in her right mind, and that having takeit semc liquor it had a'dected het head. t; I have the pleasure to esy," replied titc defendant, in answer to this charge. *- that I had not been t.'kine any liquor: tmy uiame ,s ('hirlofttr Jol'atrd: I am the wife of agentleman, and reside at 26i U-ppier Baker-street," Air. (GsrFrITHs sent the watechman to ascertain the correctness of this account, atd also to learn whethrr she was in a sane state. of which, trom her manners, he entertained sorne doubts. On the watchmatn returning with satisfactory answers to tliec questions, the tefendant w'as discharged. HATTON-GAP.DEX.-IesterdayJoh, Jo7zrralias WfflUia,n Lezris, a young tetan about 20 year- of age, and of respectable ap-ernra.cc, (twhosc case stood remanded), was brought up fbr final exaininatior, charged with the f'ollowingr robbery It appeared from the evidence ot a bov named Sittith. in The tUI- ployinent (f Air. Miason, bookseller, flolborn, that on Tue.ds\a' ias% about two o'clock in thc afternoon. thie prioner came into the shop. and asked to see a copy of Dr'den'st Vi?Ail. Or. br;ng shown one of inferior quality, of which he disapproved (as he in_ tended it tor a present), the boy wentt to the other end of tbe s?iop to look fbr another, and consul: the catalogue of' prices. Q ! is retirn. he missed an octavo edition of' Sha-iapeare. of the *ahtue .f one guinea, on which the prisoner had previously. laid his bhner. Thee erond cop;y presented the prisoner approved ot; and said ti.et li would return in a fewv tninutes to pay for it. The bo,y made an. effort to secure him; bitt he rL)shed out, threw the boy 'down, and ran uni King-street, striking at every one who oppoeed him, on the cry of " Stop thief'!" hy the hoe'. but was oktiltaicly stopls,d bv a cobbler, ndi given in charge to (o.dfrey, of the Row-street patr i. 'rlTe book wa. nut founri on bhn; but it was proved that he hadt a cortipaniont waiting outside the door. The priso-er, in a very cool rtanner, questioned the diffrrcnt vwit- nesses, and proved the statemient of one ot the Bow..strett patrol that he had before beet committce from Alarlborougbh.street offire. on- ter the naone of William Lewis, for a similar offence, and tric: ast tile Old Bailey.-Hie was fully coinmiLted. U-lCrtt X -ALL.-Yestetdny Thomas Jones, alias Iasr', alias I.varcneir. whe waq apprehrnded sonle time ago, on a charge of har. in' comriritted a burglary and robberY in the house of Alis, Clap. ton, at Duninow, in Exsex, in tbe beginning of Vity last, was bmoiitht up for final *xamnination when Ilary Ann R%biiison, a new witness, wai exaitiined, tind stated that site hail bests in the habit of acting as servant for the prisoner, in a small house he inha- bited in ?'lhitetliatl. in the month of May last, and reretmnbered tso brotlhers. named Burrell, being at theprisoner'%house with hi.r- Ilhese inen hare betn since convicted at the Chln,sford assizes, for tite burglary and robberys with withih the prisoner is citarged)-and saw thetn f ividing aiongst them a parcel of new silver coin, some so. v'ereiens, silt-er spoions, &c. The prisoner, on that occasion, gare witness a nurse, which has been since iilntified by Miss Clanton ag one that v.aes stolen front her houe o,n the night of the burgl.rs. On thiti e'idence an order was tnade for setuding the prisoner to ?'nelats- tord, to take IIis trial. POLICE. -- - --_1