Police.
The Times, 1824-08-09T00:00:00

AIAXsrOy.-.rOUsE_T;n consequence of infarmation received ly Hesketh, the city officer, who apprehended Dudfield, that n tnan named John Gre-rzi, ajourneymnan baker, residing iut Go'den.-lanr, was the plann=r of tbe robbery at Earl Cowper's. that- officer pro- ceeded to the neigbbourhood of Golden.lane on Friduv night, upon the lnk out. Hie met Gregory. and instantir coilared him. -saying that he had instructions to auprehend him wherever he met him. Gregory imTnediatcev swore that he would never be taken by a cursed officer, and struck Hesketh a desperate blow on the head, which krocked hinm down. The officer, however, held him tight. and of course both fell together. Gregory beat the officer until lIe was tired, and then calmly c accompanied him to the Compter.- On Saturday the Justice-rosm wvas erowded during the ewaosint- tion of the prisoner; and Mr. Riehardson, the solicitor to Earl Cow pr, attended to state the grounds on which be bad been eppre- hen(red. lic siid. that a young feinrde had gone on Thursday night to the prison, at Hertford, to visit JamerasDvis, who lies there'under sentence of death, and thst a conitminication was made to hei there by thiat person, which, it' it was true, would be of the utmost im- portance, as it charged Gregory directly with Iwoing planned and superiutended the arrangements for the robbery, which his infbnnation assisted tthe other persons concerned itr putting into execution. Alatilka Blanchard stated that she had Ieen servant at Dtilield's house in Shire-lane, and that she h.-d known Gregory eight or ttine months, having been in the habit of secitig him every day while she lived opposite to his uncle's house. in olde:a-lane. Sbe lived with the convicted prisoner (Davis) at the tinet and Davis mid Gregory were constantly together. Bill Jones, wno was concerned in tbe robbery, but was not yet found, told witness that Gregory weas the , ' putter up" to the robbery, and it was a thing spolcen of at.Dud- field's the day after the robbery. On the Thursday after the robbery, she heard Dudfleld counmirn the monev whirh wfM luntiered and heard a conversation to the sameeffect. Shehadied at Dudgeld's [two years. and knev Davis, with whomr Whe lived abot l8rnorrths. She never saw Gregory at Dudfield's, but he was constdatly with Davis at the Benbow'public-housie The LoR. MAYOR astcd the witness whether the robber. was spoken of' openly before her by Dudfield ? She reptied in the airr- marive. She hadl also heard soane of those wholhad been convicted say that they met, or were to have met, Urry at the house of MTr. Hlarris on the night of the robbery, but that it was thought prtdent that he should not expose himself in the immediate neighibourbood, as he was known there. !MIr. H usr'nrRrEs, the solicitor for the prisoner, begged that the l?ordi 31ayer would hesitate before he detained Gregory uton such evidence. He had seen the woman who so positivly stated tbose things, at liertforc, before the Rev. Mr. Lloyd, and that gentleman would not permit her to be examnined as a witness, to loose an ori- nion did he entertain of her veracity. He had witnesses to provc that her evidence was not woreh a fartiirng. Mr. Ric iARDsoN' submitted, ttht if caution wereneessaryinde- rtining persons under charzres of feluny, caution was also recessary in ietting theri go, especially when a personal antd intimatw acqtaiunt alice was not denied to exist between Davis and rxregorv. The LORD IMAYoR considered the cagse too fuU of susuicion to be discharged withiout a motst minute investigation. A desperate robberr had been committed, and it was evident that a peersoi who was well acquainted with the premises at Earl Cowner's was con- cerned, and was probably the planner of the whole. Ee did not now determine to conmmit the prisoner for trial, but should renaus him for further examination. MARLDoRoUGHt sT rEET-.0n S3turday Rolbert HouCMatns, a pe-ion et'rery respectable appearance, was charged with obtaining mioney under fal-e pretences- AIr. Wlkins, an apothecary in south Audley-strect, stated that the prisoner, who is a distant relation of Mrs. Wilkins, sonic time ago introduced to Air. Wilkins a person named i rvin, wvhem he represented to be a man of large propertv in Manchester. This Irvn -p,evailed on him to discbunt several billsof exchange, which, wrhe(n due, were found to be to ally valueless. Before any of thc biltls became due, both L-vin and the prisoner dis- appeared. Mr. Wilkins here produced a number of bills of exchange drawn in lifferent nanies, and paySable at the banking.bose of !Iessrs. Barclay and Co.. of Liverpool ; the pArties were al found tw be uin- I kiiown there. The pri.sner .said,no mnan could regret more than he did theloeses I;r. Wilkins lad sustained, but they were both the dupes of Irvir, whom he tormerly knew ;:s an extensive nr.enufacturer ati Maisndes- ter. As to rie bills, lie never knew any thing of ther, nor did he ever profit a shilling bv the fraud of Irvin, whom he hadl not Aince seen, nor did he know where he was to be found. Mr. D1ER said he could not consider it as obtaining money under false pretences on the part of the prisonet; but if Mr. Wilkins thought he could substantiate the fact, he might indict both Irvin and the prisoner for a conspiracv to defratd him. Al r. Dubourgh, a r-estuu?aeur in the Haymarket, now ctame for- ward, and said tbat he had a charge to prefer against the prisoner. A few days ago he carne to bim with a note, purporting to be signed by Mr. WVilkins, who was very well Inown to Mr. DaboArgh, al- though he did not know his si6gatuse. This notew brfef6iL a chbeck drawn in the name of Douglas epon the bank of Sir William Curtis and Co. for 5l.. and said, that as it was then too late to send to the bank, Lr. Wilkins would fee obliged for the amount, and a^cord- :ngly Mr. Dubourgh gave the 5L to the prisoner; but on presenting thc check fbr payment next day, no such person as Dougla.s wars knowwn at the bank, and the signature of MIr. Wilkins to the note turned out to be a forgcnr. The note was here shown to Air. Wil- kins, who declared tiat the signature was not his, nor did be ever send the prisoner on such an errand. The prisoner said, as he was going down the Hanymarket he aeci. deritUlly met srvin, who requested him to rake the note to Air. Du- bou rgh, which he said he had just got from Mir. lfilkis, but he did not even know its contents, until Mr. Dabourgh handed him the five sovereigns, which he rook directly to Irvin. Mr. Dubourgh said this was not true, for before thenote was open._ ed he said Alr. Vcidns was too late for the Bank. Mr. DrzsR raid, thszt in this case the prisoner must tell his story about Irvin to a jury, and fully committed lhilu for trial. There were several other charges of a similar nature against she prisoner, but the Alagistrawe told the parties that *hey might also in- dict hiln without then going into their cases. fiATTONt-GARDEN.-On Satuzday, a simple-looking led, nanmed Jones, whose countenance did not give much indication of geniuF, applied to Mr. LAZNG, the sitting Magistrate, for his assistance in recovering his master, an author, named William Green, of No. I, Draper's-place. Burton-crescent. The youth stated that he wa.s aricled as a writer to A.ir Green, a gentleman about go years of' age, who has pyublished many valuahle " works on astrology, the mechanisms of dreams, dviig speeclhes, a chronological and theolo- gical history of Georee IV., original plars of economy, the art of making money in London, with copious notes, &c.," and that he was deRpatcsed about ten months ago into the country by ,is, master, witth a quantity of maps, surveys, and statistical accounts of different coundes, amd other works, drawn up by himself, in the sale of which he had totally faded, owing to the poverty and ig- norance of the people, though he had walked the country until he had brought on the t-phus fever, utnder the effects of which he was confined for six months in an hospital at Salisbuty. On his re- turning to town, wvith his literary packet, of the sawie bulk as when he started, with the difference of the books being much soil- ed by repeated handling and exposure for sale, he could discover no traces of liis old master. Magistrate-." I never heard of this venerable author, nor of an indenture such as you describe. You must have been bound a: a 'iousehold servant. " I beg your WMorship's pardon," replied the youth with some warmtlI 1I was engaged as a literary character, and myt master promisca my mother that on his death he would kive up the au- tisorship to rme," ltlagistrate.-" Perhaps he Is dead." " (h your worship, I have looked for his death in the news- papers, and every where I could think, and can't find it. If I wras sure he was dead, I'd carry on the business in my own name. I have apolied to the overseers of Sr Pancras to assist me in my underalking, but they only ofibred me Is., which I have refused to acceprt-" TheiMagistrate, however, conceived that such en ei'er should not be refu5ed, no matter for what purpose he meant to apply it, upon which the young author left the office, determined to makte daily application to the parish for assistance to pursue those tevo. cations which nature and education bad duly quatified him for. As a testimony of his abilities, he ewas about to prod ceniume- rons printed bills of his compostien, exhibiting both purity of style and original humour, as orisamnengs of the rawtel. s,icce& in publi-house,s, hairQreseera' chops, &; theitiagistrate, however, declinted persiq them, as ha was alre:dy convinced of t'he young man's attai nwrj,. ____ POLICR.