Police.
The Times, 1824-07-28T00:00:00

AIANSIOX-HoUSE.-A letter-carrier, naned Gater, was charged, at the instance of the Superintendents of the Post-office, with hav- ing forged a bond fol 8o0. It appears, that it is the cu8tom of the Post-offlce establishment, to re-uire a bond from each letter.carder for- the sum of 801., as a security for the honest diacharge of bis duties, sand the regular pay- ment of the money he receives. Two responsible personta are re. quired to each bond, and the prisoner, upon being appointed to the situation, produced a paper, with two signatures, as hin security. After he had been some time in offlce, it was discovered that the w hole was a forgery, He was aprkehended, and one of the persons whose names were attached to the pretended instruiment came foi. ward (although reluctant) to swear, that as far as his name was con- cerne , the bond was a forgerv. TIhe Solicitor for the prosecution now stated, that the person who had given evidence of the forgery bad abscqnded. It was, he said, necessary to prosecute the prisoner foran okttnce, which, If nst pro. secuted, might lead to the most serious robberies, iHe therefore applied for a warrant to apprehend the witness who had withdrawn hinself. The Lord Mfayor was informed, thatthe witness had probably kept out of the way from motives of humanity towards the unfortt- nate man at the bar. His LORnsS}nIP said he could not lend his assistance to avert the severity of the law; he regretted that the prisoner appeared not to have considered that severity, when he, as was allkege, committed the offence. The writness must attend and g'ive his testimony. A warrant wfts then issued for the witness's appreheottion, and the prisoner w as remandled. G(IILD}IALL,.._TWO additional instances of robbery by servants upon their employers came under the cognizance of Mrz. Alderman LUCAS, the sitting Magistrate, at this Justicesroomgve6terdav. Timothy Connor, a labourer itn tha employ of Mr. Peto, builder, Little Britain. was charged by the foreman w/ith stealing at uanatity of old lead. In looking round the yard,'Ste observed some lead hid under a parcel of shavings; a short time after it wast removed, and had found its wray into a basket belonging to the prisoner. Aw cautiOtlS wvatch wras kept upon him during the remnainder of the afternoon: and on leaving work for the night.he was fiolowred to one of those con-. venient receptacles for stolen goods, an oldirnso,sdetcd at te monenthe ws putinthe lead into the scale to be weighed. Onexamining to find from vrnence the lead had been cut, it-gas found to match with a gutter which a short time since had been 3D feet long, hut by depredations of thia sett wfas nowr so reduced asl scarcely to measure five feet. The prisoner had been, on and oflf nearly nine years in MIr. Pets's employ; and, as an ohld confidentiai servant, wras frequently instructed to keep a sharp look.out to see that the work men generally were honest. In- spite of the evidence of the dismantled gutter, thle spoils from which conld not have been conveniently got off the ptemises at less tban.four or five different times: he protested that this was the first thing of the se?t he hsd' e vcrduone. The Alderman, however, interpireted his, decdaration to mean thlat it was the first time he had oe eetd n codnl copmaitted him for triaL. etected,.and accord pioner Swainsren, a servant of upwd.ds of tbree years standing, in the employ of Messrs. Warner, brass-founders, ' Cre cent, Jewin- streetB was charged witby a sitnilroforcem Ward,thepacker, being elfgagea_11:tle ? Optw~ee the o'iner.WoVrke,,aarI hav1ing.namion. to rcmoVd, his lfett olit f thiiway. wasi surprised t6find- it most,ex- IA*OrdinariWl hAnleiks'eli', wa lump of' brass, Of about Bib. weight, .,paCkeol very sinugly in.it. iiith.a dirty cloth. Helistit remain,, anttpermitted the prisoner shortly afterwards to .g0o ff' thepZernises. wi th his hat and its contents, nail then kdve him in cnpcdy-46 tlic~ itr6et.keeper, A~o lighterieAl him of hls-le,ili and took birri td tWeCounlter. *Swainli6ri of course could not deny the fact, atnd did notelzen jer- tilre to exteiliiiat6 it; by pleading it was his Ifirst off'ence. From the constant recurrenceof thiis aoecription of depredation, the Alderman. ,deemed it necesary, for the sake of example, to commit him also for trial, MA1AXLEBO0SEOFFICE._..A little before one o'clock yesterday Mr. ex-Sherifi' Parkin.t aittended by Mir. Frenchi, the barrist~r, and Mr. Duncombre, a sojcitori entered this olfice. The Magistrates on the bench at tite time were liord AIONTFORD, and Mfessrs, JiosExtus -and GusnraTISs. Alfter waiting till half.past one o'clock. Mr. Parkins rose and ad- dresed hiimself to Mlr. Griflhthr, observing that he had been in at-t tendance at the hlour appointed, and was then perfectly ready to ene upn the business on which be appeared. Mr. GsrrFITnS.-The hour fixed was one o'clock but the officer o f the parish. are nd't here, or else I am perfectly riady to enter inito the case. Mir. Parkins......y professional advlser has intimated that I need not wait their atteldiiuce, and the rmore especiallv as my apptearance to day is out of courtesy to the bench, and not oni a sumnmons. AiMr. GRrrFrTaIS..YOo certainly are not obliged to remain. 1Mr. Parlcins.-." Then, Sir, I s hall wish you good morning," and _adlvancing towards. the door at the time, he added, "lIam paying1 the bench a bad comnplimient in coming hiere attended by a barrister and a solicitor, to whoem I amn obliged to look for that pro- tection whichi I ouight to receive from the beuch." About half an hotr afterwards,.thieoverse~ers of M-arylebonc camne into theoffice, and expressed their surprise at learnin,,that the ox. Sheriff had been there, but had departd taperdthat a mis- take had sompehow or other occurred an to the hour atppointed for the hea'n te oficrshavingr unders3tood the appointinent to be for 2, OCZ Uner these circ'umstances, the only course to be pursuedI Was that of beginning de wovo, and a summons was therefore applied for and obtained against the ox-SherifF, and its heating appointed for onle o'clock on Fridlay next. .In justice to MAr. Parkins, we feel ourselves called upon ta correct some iniaceuracies which aLppeared in our paper dated July the 20thi, under the head of "1Maryieboae-oflice." Our report of that day states, that Mlr. Parkins, on being told that he muist pay the arrears, or be committed to the Hlousie of Correction, replied,l " WVell, be it go," laughing andi striding about at the time. "1What!. commit me to the House of Correction?P That's a runs g0; what Hext ? I thought we should have the tread-mill and the Hlouse of Lorrection."1 New, we understand that many of the expressions conitained in the above extract were never uttered by him, anid that, on the contrary, aiihougb somie warmth ~was certainly displayed by tCie ex.Sheriffnothing dropped from himn in any wav border~ig tupon s?eng. The 'saae remarir will apply to some offier observations attributed to hine. We have in a former publication contradicted the statement that an order for the commitmnent of Mlr. Perkins was made out, and thart he evaded it by paying the amount 4imed :in. deed, our paper of thlis day, carcries withi it an ample contradiction of that part of the statement. A Young man namned John .Smitlt was charged with being con- cerned withi divers others in eaitering into a consuiracy against the property of MVr. Patterson, shoemaker, of Oxford-street. The de. f'entlant was charged under the combination laws. It appeared that he and several others hiad what is t-rmed "1 struck" for an advance o)fhwgs and thlose mnen engaged in the combination being members ofwat in the trade is termed a "shop," the strike was attenided with considerable inconvenaience and loss to Alr. Pat- terson, and he caused Smnith to be takena Jinto custodyt as being the mOst active. His house had been surrounded by journeymen shioemakers engaged in the combinationi, who had conduacted them- selves in a very violent manner, for the purpose of intimaidating thie winsses. On the case being called on, Mtr. Adolphius, for the pro. secution, said he liedno objection.on the defendant's ageeing to r.e. turni to his work unider the arrangements proposed by the soiitr oni each side, to forego the proceedings;- but rf- any violent conduct wag pursued, therlefendant was still linble. After somlecon~sults. tion amOng the deputies or colsimittees of the trade, Mr. roder ic and MVr. Hariner agreed to the course proposed, undertaking to pro. cluce Smith at any time when lie was called on. The parties then retired. The office wat crowded with members of the trade. AIRBTO01STET-etra Thomas Cook,a footman in the service of C. Compton, Eisq., of Henrietta.etreet, Cavendisli. square, who has been srome days in custody upon a charge of steal- ing a diamond pin, the property of WVilliam Po43le, valet to Mr. Mill, agenlema ona vsit ithMr.Comton, was brought u~p for r-exainaton. o futherevidnce as aduced titan thiat givn b th prsectoron he ormr ay; and, although a numlber of dplictes ere ounduponthe risner, for several articles of valabl prpery pwau byhim noperson came forward to make Cements, the officer, in whose charge the duplicates are, said, that he had seen the various articles, twenty-three in numnber, ati the different pawnbrokers, and they all appear to he valuable, con- NiStinig of wvatches, ee-glasses, snuff-boxes, brooches, &c. The prisoner said, that part of these articles he purchased at Edtinburgh, and others he bought of differenit Jews about town. A very respctable man came forward, and stated to the magis- trate that he" had( known thle prisonier for 7 years, and a mani of better characterhbe never knew ; but whien lie drank any thing, he was Quite unloGnscius of what he did duiring that period ; and it appearedI th at he had bee rinking a good deal the nighit lie took the pin. The butler of Lord Somnerville said, that thec prisoner had lived a long time in the service of hils liordship, and eonducted himself with the usmost propriety, and hiis 1Lordship gave the best character of hlim to Mlr. Compton, having had charge of his Lordship's plate a long time.I T'he prisoner said, that he could also refer for his character to the High Sheriff'of the county of Sussex, with whomn he liad lived, and M[r. Compton, his p resent master, who would have again attended, but he has been obliged to go to Clheltenham. The prisoner de- clared thtat he only took the pin for the purpose of usinig it for a night, and having drank ta freely, he forgot it altogethier. Tue prosecutor said, that he had no wish whatever to press the charge against the prisoner, or to prosecute him, quite the contrary ; but it w'as very strange, after being so repeatedly questioned about the pin, before his detection, he denied, in the most solemn manner, all knowledge of it, and yet the instant the pocket-book wvas found he confessed thant the pin was in it, before it was opened ; but what was still more culpable in the prisoner, he asserte ihat the pin,when inquiredI efter, must have been taken by a mostrespeetable mnan,who holds a situation of 1e01. a-.year under Government, who had called thatt morning on the prosecutor. Air. RoE, the mnagistrate, said, that this wvas certainly a strong feat-arein the case, and again remanded theprisoner to Mlonday next, to have fur-ther inquiries made about thie pawned property. Mary Jones, better known by the name of 7Vaterleo Tent, a smart, intelligent-looking little woman, was brought to the Office, and charged as a vagrant. The officers stated, that they found the prisoner sitting upon the foot pavement, in Piccadilly, telling several females, who were crowded around her, that slie was in great distress, not able to work, havin come a long way from the country, and had not tasted food for 24 hours. The officers told the Mlagistrate that this woman had been repeatedly in custody upon similar charges at the different po- lice-offices, but has always been let ofrl, from a favourable disposi- tion towards her, in consequence of her having served for -several years in the armiy as a drumminer, disguised in male attire. She was WOundLd at the battle of Vaterloo, and has lhad a pension ever since. The risoer dniedthatshe ad ben bggin on hisoccasion ; the act as,thatshe ad een ownio Tnbrigo Wllsto look for work s a ay-mker; ut te havest as s bacwardthiere, that some womien seeing her very faint, askedhrwawatemteran she certainly dlid tell them that she wasbthunradtie,use asked them for nothfing. She thouglstshe a nildt oeil n dulgence, and she acknowledged that she hiad experienced it some- times. She had served seven years as a drumimer, in the 88thi regi- ment, or Connauglit Rangers, into which she enlisted for the pur- pose of following her husband, who was a soldier in it, and to whiom she was greatly attached; but, poor fellow, he died for his country on the field of Waterloo, where she herself also receivedI a severe wound, from the effects of whicli she was still labouring, and for which, "1 God bless His Mlajesty," she has a pension. MVr. DYE i, the magistrate, sad, that shie certainly hadl a cl-aim for some indulgence for her heroism, and she mnust 'he aware that she had often experienced that indulgence; but it was not fair of her to encroachi too mnuch upos the lenienit disposition ot the magistrates towards her. She knew that shehad often been charged with similar offences, anti never punished nor should he, MVr. Dyer, punishi her on this occasion, and hoptd sil would not trespass on that Inity again. She assured bini she wrould not, and was discharged. UNIOlt-SALL.-..Ir. Roberf Firmeas, who describedl himself as Pa atiorney..at.law, was brought before IL J. ClIAmteEws, Egq., chare with having been riotous and disordeily the preceding night, and% deolishing the furniture of his landlady. Ar.. Lewer stated, that thec night before sho was exceedingly alarmed by a noise in the defendant's apartments. On piroceeding down stairs to ascertain the cause, sthe beheld Mr. Firman tearing and ranting about the room with the leg of onie of her elegant maho- gany chairs in his hiand, battering it agiinstt her tables indeed, she said, all her valuables were in imminent danger of bring knocked to pieces by him. When she requested him to retire to bed, he stwore he wouldl send her away withi a flea in her ear, if she didt not make herself scarce, as he was authorized by law to do whatever he pleased in his own apartments. He afterwards ran out of the house in a state of nakedness, and because the door was not immediately opened for him, he broke in the panel with a poker. IDIrs. Lewer added, that she was never so troubled with a lodger in hier life; ever sinace he- came into the neighbourhood, not a night passed without a disturb- ance betweeni hima and his lady. 6 Thne defendant, a rcspectable,looking mapa, apparently between 6 and 70 y'ears of age, pulled a book out of a large blue bag which he carried,jin which, hestated, hehad takel onacuaey h hl of the circumstances that occurred on tehe ight in question. Ho was proceeding to read this document, when he was stoApped by the ma. gistrate, who desired hini to confine himself ta the breaking of the furniture, and state his defence from memory. He then said, that he had occasion to rise in the middle of the night mentioned, and, being in want of a light, he very naturally called ont to his landlady to give him one; but she refused to accommodate him, and he vwas under the necessity of going into the street, aLmost in a state of nu- dity, to procure ong from the watchman. On his return, he found the door shut against him, and ke certainly used a poker, which he armed himself with, for a " battering mm," against the door, until he nmade himself an entrance. HXe had, he said, paid prettv dearly since for venturing into the street, without either shoes or stockings, coat or breeches on, by a violent cold, for which he was ordered to take the hot bath. This treatment from his landlady irritated him very considerably, and he might have damaged a few articles of fur- niture, in theheatof the moment. MSr. CHAMBERS asked him if he had ever been in the army, as the phrase he used about the battering ram was a military one. The defendant replied that he had not, but he was a practiiang attorney. AIr. CliAssgEtS.-Y1ou should have known the law better than to have destroyed the poor woman's furniture. The complainant.-All I want is to get rid of him and his lady; they are the pests of the whole neighbourhood; they get drunk to- gether, and at these timres he is often seen rurning about the streets with his lady on his back. The defendant here said, that the lady alluded to was not his law. ful wife: she was a temporary one, and he hoped he was not to be answerable for her transgressions. If she chose to ride about the strets n hs bck,its umby cntededthat kit had nothing; to do with thecaenat issue. tigt - The Mgistrate observed tha.t at alL events ie should pay for the amusemeatisaof the night beore, by finding bailR-for disturbing the neighboushood.in which he rgsided, and also pay theexpenses of the jm,lg eoitel eth?nd1atly's fnhnwi. lre 'beyaff wnr- kept ltcuS*n-leolrteeesrbi2dxess A bee' msined Conbt~4 6yei dnty. .':,trs of 'g, wss charged ath Steat}ing lfg' ~wortbh < e ef!r.fra mit, a shlop eepe;-r the Borough. - .'.. Mrs Smith stated, tha ast he was s.itt in the p 30ur ttat morning, she- obzerveda-he pr,iponer ertiwr ^-shop on-i-S hande and knees. Sh-mnitl.ait,fleksop'n-W him. Thehalfpence wereremoved fkm ?hecmoitfra *oghb3AoOr neA to the spot where she colUiredhn.- The constable, wbo6took the-pronerinto,cui,lto ( u he J~e Ya vo: ri ears,hzas 1dola ininLsqitV, for hie -had DtrieL et te ()d Baley or flong andha b fio 'been - con?ined 16It- Thot of the prisorns in town. He had npprAtendedthe prisoner abuit months ago, on a charge of zobber ,- aud when he waas. ken into custody that morning,heobservedthatbexas nI "fiat"Dow, for he knew bisbtitneds well. He was committed to Brixton, ag a reputed. tfiief~ jfor twe months~ POLIrB.