Police.
The Times, 1824-07-20T00:00:00

BOW.STlEt-._Yesterday Joihn SVwer., a known pickpocket, was bxoughtbefare Sir RICHSARD DI3IUSE, charged witl laving, in company with another inan, not in cus ody, committed a daring rob. bery upon the person of a gentleman of the name of Stevens. M r. Stevens was coming from the Opera-house On Saturdav night late, and was wlinog up the Haiymarket an his way home, when the prisoner and another mnan ran witlh great violence against him, and the prisonet, taking hohd of his waXeh.echain, endeavoured by a tud- den jerk to get his watch from his tob,but the force of the smatch broke the ring by whicb thechain was fastened to the watch, and he succeededl only in getting the chain and seals, with which he ran swiftly away, his companion taking an oyposite direcdton. Mr. Stevens pursued the prisoner, calling out ' Stop thief !" He was atop ed by some watchmen, but Mr. S:evens unfottunatelyslipped wiiie rynning, and fell with so nuch violence as to break the small bone of his wrist, aend ot mrvrise much ilnjure his are. There was nothi:g crinminatory foutndupon him. The prisoner, whosedemeanour was extremnely impudent, denied all knowledge of the robbery. Sir R. B.NmE;\rgWhy did you run so swiftly? Prisoner.-Why, because I heard a cry of '1 Stop thief!" and I followed the Tost of the people. The watchmen, and Nicholls, the officer, stated that the prisoner was every night lurking about the Opera-lIouse and the flaymarket Theatre, and was a known pickpocket, Sir R. BLRxIE.-What did you do iu the Haymarket So late at Prisoner.-Why,I bad been drinking in apsiblic house, to be sure. Sir R, BxatuE.-Wh4tpublic house ? Prisoner,-Whatpublic1ousep? Why, I don't know thesign. Sir&l BuseNrE.-Yoa must know that. You are in the Hay- market every night you know, and are acquainted with every house in it. Prlsoner.-Who sees mie there every night? Have you ever seen me there? Sir R. BhtnsE.-No, Sir, I am otherwise employed , but there are those here who have. Prlsoner.-Well, if I chCoore to go there to see the people conming out of the play, it's all well and good, and nothing to nobody. Sir R. BiuxiE.-It is not well nor good neither, and your career IiiUSt be stopp.ed. Andrews, ite wattclihotse.keeper of St. Mlartin's, said, he had had the prisoncr in custody betore for picking pockets. On Saturday might, when about to be locked up, he said with a sneer to the pro- secutor." (ood night, Mlr.Steyens, Isuppose X shall sec you again."I The prisoner was fully committed to Newgate for trial. IA1AnYLEsioNF-orFxcE.-A.lr. ex-Sheriff f'arkins yesterday ap. peared at this office on a summions issued against him for arrears due to the parish of MIarylebone for the maintenance of the child sworn to be his by Hannab White. SUr. Thorpe, thc master of the workhouse, attended to prove the alrrears, and was callel on by Ir. RAWLINsSON, the siLting Magis. trate, as a preliminary step to produce the order of affiliation. Air. Thorpe replied, that he had not brought it, as he supposed Mr. Par- kos would adnnit the order, having paid sevcral amrounts on it before. Ilr. Parkins declared hte would admit nothing, and M\r. Thorpe thelefoye left the ffilce to procure the order. Whuilehewas absent, Air. Parkins, whowas eitting within the bar, complained that the dome sky-light concenirated and directed the sun's heat towards tlhe spot where he was sitting, so as to reoder it intolerably liot. Air. RAwr.rirsoN observed, he might move his chair to any other part of the office; and added, that he never know the heat to be complained of betore, andl that many courts of justice, among others, the Oldl Bailey New Court. were constructed with similar donme lights. Air. Par4fiis.-" Police-ollices ought not io be like courts of jus. tice: they are quite different things." The conversation here dioppeel, &ad 31r. Thorpe shortly after enterinig, he was sworn, and deposed to ani arrearot 39 weeks, at 4s. per week, being due amoanting in all to7l. 16s. Mr. Perkins, who had been informed on entering the office, that the child died of the small pox about a fortnighL back, put several questions to this witness, respecting tbe identity of the child, and was in reply told, the child dead, was the same as was sworn to him. M11r. Parkins theii turning to the Magistrates, comulained of never having been permitted to see the child; and that on applying at the workhouse lie had been forcibly turned out; and at another tiuie received a direction wbich proved Out to be a false one. Mr. Thorpe s.everally denied the truth of these assertions. MIr. Parkins resumed, by stating his belief that the woman who swore the child to him was not at the timein the state she described, and that consequently no child could have been born to him. At one time, lhe sai-, on calling at the workhouse, hesawan old woman, and withoutletting her know who he was, he entered into conver- sation with her about the child, when she told him the sheriff"'ought to naintain his Child, as it was so very mnuch like Ihini-it was as black as could he." }e asked her whethmer it was like him ? She replied, " Oh, no;" and on his subsequently telling her he was the sheriff, sle expressed surprise, and said she had always heard the sheriffwas a very lark man. (The reveise is the case.) M1r. RAwLIyNSON interrupted this strain of observation as irrele- vant, and called on the sherifm to pay the arrears. Mlr. Parkins.-No; I shall not pay the arrears. There is no evi. dence the childi ever existed, much less t3tat I was its father. Dlr. RAWLINsoN observed, lie had nothing to do with tbat ques- tion. The woman bad sworn the child to Iiim, and the Court of Session bad confirmed the ort'er made upon him. lr. Parkins again declared he should not pav the arrears, and that he would move the case isto the Court of King's Beticli. AlIr. RAWLJNSON.-If you persist in refusing l'a.ment, I have no alternative but to commit you to the Houre of Correction for tliree niontlse. MIr. Parkins (laughiing and sitriding about).-Well, be it so. What ! commlit tie to tUe House of Correction ? That's a rum go; what next ? I thought we should have the Tread.mill and the Elouseof Correction. And (tur ine to snitepersons near),exclaimed, l "W What do you thinlk of that ?" 'Trhe auditory seemed aniused.) Blr. RAWLrNSON.-I really muust beg of you not to make a bur- lesque of this. DI r. Parkins.-It is you that are making the burlesque. *What a rne thing, iideed, that I am to be robbed out of this money by h. se fellows. Air. RA1VLINso;.-Not robbed, Sir; it is a fair award ; and if you wiU make .use of suchi termr, you lied better say the bencl of Magistrates robbed you. dir. Parkins.-'WVliy charge mc 4s. per week, who am but a pri- vate.gentleman;? Let them look over their books, and they will find that the cbhld of a young nobleman is only charged 2s. 6d. what say youi to fit:t - %What! A young bustard of a Lord only that sum, and a higher.- sum affixed to mc? I will expose such tricks; I have done 4o, iaid will continue so to 4o. Air. RAwnIrBsoX._You mnust not throw odium on other persons here. DIr. Parkins._i deny having done so. Illr. RAILVNsoN._YeS, you have done so very imnoroperly, by the allusions which you have made: yon have no riglt to found your defence upoin attacks upon the characters of other persons ; we have nothiing to do with the cases of others here, and cannot allow you to attack other persons; will you pay the demand ? AlMr. Parkins.-No, I will not. Mlr. RAWLrsvNsoN._Then you stand committed to the liouse of Correction ibr three tiionthis. Ilr. Parkins.-Very well; does that pay the demand? Mr. RAwL1NSoN.-Oh, yes, itdoes. Mlr. Parkins then sat down In the office for about half un hour, amusing the persouis around 1Wm by showing them letters reflecting upon the female's character, and on the improbability of her story, and the imnpossibity of his being the father, which he said lie had re. ceived-from persons who were willing to makc affidavits. lie in- tended to make use of them in extensive law proccedings whirh he wvas about to institute against the parish. He at length again addressed the maglstrates, saying he was going to indict the parish officers, and thc .tmale, for obtaining money upder a conspiracy and requested he might be allowed to consult iS ega adviser. Mlr. RAWLINSOX said thelaw was imperative if hc did not pay he msust be commited, The magistrate tbea read the clause of tlie act relating to the subjebc 4r. Parkirms for wome titne longer continued his remarks, and on the warrant of comrnittal.beingmnadeourS andsabout to be placed in tbe hands of the gaoler, he started up, paisl the moncy and expenses, and taking his leave, hutried out of the office. CAUTxO0r TO BATisFas.-hA umberofpersons were brought to this office for bathing-in the Regent's Cana a practice wlhich of late,ite apears, hasJ become adonstaft sDurce'of. nuisance to the per_ sonsrrestdrnt -on its banks.DIalany of them declared that they thouoht It-an alloWed practiee;. and. Ar. Rdwlirsotiobservid thereon,-Iat iho present tes a case in which the newspapers inight do much gotd byc srercting this maiistake i-nd sht,it& wrialsojinacumbent on the Comp7,uyto put.up inorbAMrd4 than fliyh baad4one, cautioining the pubticgaasit the pract'e!, Under the circUmn tances ho shQuld-fine each ofthem half.a.crown. *QuascemtcUAsE-.-Yesterday,TW. Pootl, oiwner oF a Paddington coach, spieared so an inlfrpuation filed.against hitn, Is owner of the coach NPo.3,AA8, for furious and w4nton driving, byhbis servant, as thecoachmaz'g,narnc -could isot be tsscertained.' ThIs infornmation was filed usdtir-thel lth sectlon of 3 (leo. IV., which gives the in. formasnlliberi'im such casesto-proceed against the ma e I r. Tt eppeared froin the-evidence of hlandley, a mlost active and me- ritorioif of cer, attached to this diiimion, that several of tle inhabit. auts. d thc parish of MuarylbDone hadlia stated:'that many lives were endangered by the funoujis - dr;ng of. the-oaches plyin: be. twveen the-city. ~ii& sddingi0nr..- 1le and Cooper, anoth'er-ofEccr, were salking, about'tiirc ocelockltn the evening of tlhe lild of Jalne. in.tkmENe.rtoadla31dneorlyeroppiteolmbsrind.sseet theyobatervea at Paddirgtonecossc, a one-horse dialse, and at gentlemnan oe w"r. back, driving fail gaUep towards Paddington.. There were two veg1 old and inifirmnlsdics, unconscious of the, near approach of-tbege se. hticles, &c., about to cross the-road, nnd who iwould inevitably-hlvf been paecd. ov,er by them; if he had not fortunately pulled'ther back. Handley called io thedriver tostop; b.di,ao; fors Mo. *nerit, and then laughed at him, and saying, .":AU!s right."proceedel to overtake the others at the Most furiousr 'ate he could drive U. horses: in fact, atffull gallop. 'The clerk of the Ifacekncy_coach.offlcc, at Somerset ..ouse, bad when applied to, given an address the defeidant had removed from, which prevented their finding him outuntil: Iatcly,~ or the inforiaa tion would have been filed earlier, as since this occurrence therehae been two children who had aet their death in consequence of aimila conduct on the partof the coachmen. Air. Poole said, he did not know any thing of the mUe#r, bul thatit was well knovwn he had emuloyed the most carefuldrivers ht could get.-The defendant was fined 51. penalty, atnd 14s; 6d. costs. - Lolsi, a man of colour, who stated hinself to be a native ol the Dlnuritius, was apprehended and broughtbeforeJ.A. A.W.WIV E and D. W. (i}REGoitI, Esqrs., for havingereated adistarbanceat the house of Pnnce Polignac, the French ambabsador, and there threatening to take akvay tlle lives of the servants of the Embassy, it he did not obtain relief from them. The prisonier had beer handed over to the Alien-office, wib' had him brought here for the offence, An agent from the E:mbarey stated, that it wns not the *isb of his fliighness the Ambassador to proceed against him; his High- ness only wanted to prevent his bein*,vo troublesome; that he had, when applied to by the prisoner, actually given him an order for F. free passage to Franee, and that he should get a small sum of money wlhen he arrived there. The prisoner went with the letter to Air. Mlauduit the director of tne Calais diligence, who would have forwarded nim on his journey * but the prisoner's ob- j.ect was to obtain the money in iLondon. This could not be given him; anid for that reason only he had been to the Embassy, threat.- ening the lives of the secretary, and all the persons in it. The pi.soner confirmed this statemuent against him, and acknow- ledged e kind intentions of the Prince. and said nothiDg but d,s- trees had made him apply at aU to his Highness. The sum, how- ever, that he was orderea by him to get, he wanted to pay lodging n'.oney he owed in London. He thought the persons in the office maliciously prevented him from getting it. TlheSecretaryof the Embassywouldnot appearagainsttheprisoner. ilir. GiRrGORiE assured hinm it was wel for him that he did not appear, and recosmmended him to leave the country, as under the destitute circumstances he stated himself to be, the Ambassador had acted kindly to himr. The prisoner k-ft the offiec, and promised to comply with this re- comimendation. ToWN.EALL.-Elizabeth Scott, of Brooke's-coctri, Vine.ysrd, Tooley-street, sumnmoned the landlord of the Vine public-bhouse, Rfchord Trigvell, under these circumnstances :-The child of the cnomplainant, a little girlabout 4 years old, was, as the mother stated. playing on the stepsof the defendant',sdoor3 weeks back,when adoeof his flew at her end bit her ir. the small of her leg. The child's Pcreams brought assistance, and Lhe remonstrance made to the de- fendant's wife was met by " I can't help it." The child'rs leg was bere sabmitted to the Alderman's inspection. The wound was of tite size of a crown-piece, andl bore the appearance of an abscess, being open and surrounded with proud flesh. William Greenleaf a-d anether produced their children, both under eight years of agc, one of whomn had been bitten in the belly bythe same dog, and the other in the hecl. They were submitted for I'C-e inspection. Alderman SxxTII told the defenAant, who offered nothing in ex- tenuation, tbat he would allow him until the following day to destroy the animal, or in default thereof would order a prosecution to be commenced against him. Turning to the officers present, Reeves, the Alarshalman, and Kinsey, the Alderman ordered them to see the dog was destroyed.. Those offieers left the room and saw the dog hung instantly. POLICE.