Police.
The Times, 1824-07-24T00:00:00

lIARLaO3 tJOUGII-STREET.-Yester(aV Tlomas Coo, a foot. man in the service of C. Compton, Esq., residing at No. 24, lien- rietta-street, Ca-'endish-square, was brought totheoffice in custody of Clements, the officer charged with stealing a valuable diamond pin, the prooierty of Wlilliam Poole the valet to Charles Mlills, Esq., who ia on a visit at the house or Mr; Compton. The prosecutor stated that he and the prisoner slept in the same room at Itlr. Compton's house, and the pin in queStiOn was generally stuck in a particular part of the paper on the wall. On Thursday morning the prisoner observed to thle prosecutor, that the pin was not in its usual place, and asked what he had done with it; and then for the first time the prosecutor found *.that it had been stolen. The prisoner said, that it must havc been taken by a person whom hie named,-and whp had been that morning to visit the prosecutor. but the latter knew lhis friend to be too respectable a man to commit a tleft, and instantly suspected the prisoner himself but did not hint his suspicions, untilhe took an opportunityof searching all theplaces ii charge of the prisoner, and.on openiing a drawer wh)ich contained M1r. Compton'slinen, and unfolding theshiirts, he found in oneofthem the pocket-book now produced, and in it hisdiam.ondpiti. Determined, hlowever,-$o have a still further trial of the prisoner's dishonesty, the prosecutor replaced the pin anid pocket-boolk as they were before, and soon after took an opporttnlty of again questioning the psisoner on the subject, in the presence of a third person but he in the most solenn manner denied all knowledge of the pin, and called upon God to strikehiim dead if kekae; 7ny thing of It. Prosecutor said, that as that was the case, he could have no objection to have his places searched, and he replied, "Certainly not," never dceming that his master'6 linen' was to be examined. The prosecutors bow- ever, said, thiat heshould cormmence by searching the drawers con. taming lr. Compton's shirts; whichhedidw andtothe dismaypf ie prisoner, drew forth the pocket-book*; upon secing which, the pnisoner exclaimed, that hU then recollected he had, in a mistake, put thepin into the pocket-book. The prosecutor, however, not ex- actly thinking tbeAmatter amistake, sent to this office for Clemnents, and determined to have the prisoRer's conduct investigated. Clements said, tha: on 'taking the prisoner into custody, he searchcd the poclctt.book, and found in it, besides the pin, the 2a duplicates now produced of veluable property, p4edgcd at di1Ferent pawnbrokers, consisting of gold end silver watches, ch3autss seals,- brooches, rings, a gold snuft'-box, ear-rings, bed and table linen, &c.; anld the officer also foun,d a transfer-paper of 1lOOL four per cent. stecka Mir. DYEIt, the IMIagistrate, asked the prisoner wbat he hzd to say to the charge?--He said, that he had entirelv forgotten having taken the pin, which he merely borrowed for the jurpose of wearing, as he was going out to a patrty, and it looked more brilliant than any of his own; and as for the duplicates found, he coald satisfac- torily account for every article: his chiaracter, he said, was unim- peachable, and he ecould refer fort his conduct to his present master, Ifr. Compton, and to Lord SomerviUe, with whom he had lived as butler a long time. l)r. DYER said, he hoped he might be able to give a satisfactory account of those pawned articles; and although there was quite suf- ficient'in the present prosecutor's caqe to commit him (the prisoner) at once for trial, yct he would remand him, to have the pawnbrokers produce this property,and the publicity of th,e case might throw some light upon the subject. I M r. Compton and Mr. Mills were both present during the exaimi- nation, but in no way interfered, with the exception that Mr. Conip- ton wished to have the transfer-paper of 1001. stock deposited with him for the present, which was done, and the prisoner was remand. ed till Tuesda- next. A number ofehousekeepers of the parish of St. James appeared to summonses, served at the instance of Mlr. ToIlIins, the collector, for neglecting to pay up the parish rates. A professional gentle- man attended on the part of the assignees of Thomas Thurtell, wvho were summnoned for the rates of the Cock tavern, in the jlaymarket, which still remains tunccupied ; and for that reason the assignecs dlid not consider it liable for tbeamount of rates charged. The Ala- gistrates, however, decidied otherwise, and the solicitor agreed to have the demand paid without delay. LA EfB ETH-STrtrET.E-Yesterday David .lmssor and Thomwss Sisons were brought before AIATTFrgVV MWYATT. Esq., upon the following chlarges: and a' an early hour the office was crowded with respectatle tradesmen from all part-, of the Towvn. Mr. Viner, of Bond-street, watch-nmaker and jeweller, stated, that about three weeks ago the priseners came to his shop, and Sissons said he wanteA to purchase a watch for his brotler, vho was going to Bombav; and after looking over some, he fixed on one, Which he said he would call the next day and settle for; and while stancting in the shop, the prisoner Alason went outside the shop- window and pointed out to witness some watches that were hanging up in the window, which he said he wanted to look at; and while taking them down, ie (illr. Viner) had to turn his back to the other prisoner, who stood -lose to the counter; but this he liad no scruple to do, as he supposed, by the manner and appearance of the prisoners at the t1ne, that they were gentlemen: howevcr, shortly :fter they had left liii shop he missed a goldl watch, of' the value of 100 ginceas, thlat wvas in a glass case otl the counter. It was in the case when the prisoners enteted hiis shlop, and he imissed'it before anv other person came in. Afr. Roberts, of Toolev-street, Bornugh, watch-maker and jeweller. saiM, that on the 23d of June the prisoners caine to his shop,an d ordered articles toNthe amnunt of lll. is., which they ordlered to he sent to their house, 44 Bridge-liouse place, Newington.- causeway, and gave their names *" Knight." In a few moments after they left his shop, he missedl a silver gilt watch, worth li gUineas; and, on going to the place of adtrcss, no such person lived there. *Mr. Hickman, watchmaker anid ieweller, High-strect. Borou'h, deposed, that about three weeks aeo, the prisoners came to his shop a'md ordered a watch of a particular description, to be sent to their house at 12 o'clack the followx ing dav. They gave the name" RIorris," and address, 26, Union-street. Borough: and, on the witneeS's gning there on the following day, he discoverd 'ham thc louse No. 26, as well as others, liad been pulled down to make an avenue to the New London-bridge. Mr. Leplestrier, of Mark-lane, watchmaker and jeweller, stated, that on Tuesday, the l3Lh instant, the prisoners came to his shop, and repreccvted themnselves as- being the sons of Mrs. Spratt, re. siling in America-square, and thev wanted to purchwase soine ar- ticles, which they selected from his stock, and desired that they shoulli be sent 'home to their mother's on the follewing da; * ant, almost immediately atter their departure, he missed a lady's gold wvatcb, valued at 40 guineas, and which they had been looking at. The aM agistrate asked Ilr. Leplestrier if any person entered the shop from the time the prisoners had left it till he had missed the watch. Mr. Leplestrier answered in tbe negative. The prisoner Mason.-lVould you 'take your oath of that? Alr. Leplestrier.-I am on my oath, amid I say no one did cnter my shop: nor mnore than thrce minutes elapsed between the time the prisoner left it and my missing the watch ; and I could bring wit- nesses to prove that the prisoners ran as fat as they could when they got outsile the deor. There were two other persons proved, that son Monday morning last the prisoners went into tdie shops of Mfr. Dulin, Cornhill, and Mr. Ganthony, Cbeapside, and ordered articles of jewellery to be sent to the house, 27, Lombard-street, and gave the nanie of *' Morgan," which they afterwards found to be false. Ten or twelve other trades- ilien were present,who all recognized theprisoners asbeingat their re- spective shops, and attended i%,expectation that the propert Lil it was founmi on the prisoners wouldS'e produced, and that they then inight be able tojudge if any belonged to them. The officer stated, that the property found at the lodgings of the prisoners were mostly duplicates, and the time was so short, that they could not get the pawnbrokers to attend with the property; they therefore hoped his WTor.luip woald remand the prisoners for a future day to give them an opportunity. Mtr.WVYATT remarked, that during his magisterial duties he never met with a more extensive or more sitecesaful case of robbery, and remanded the prisoners for a week. I POLICE. .