Police.
The Times, 1824-04-29T00:00:00

* 3Gw.sTXErEt....Yeterdy- i'pmt WSUl&I, a letter-caiTier a:t iheG`eneral Post Oifce, was brought :bpnte-utdyo utv charged with feloniously secretint.a litter conltaining a 5l. nite,,and afterwiteds ~embeizlinjsaad stealing tbe note. On she-lIst of April; atletter contalffing as 51. note,was sent from t'he MliUtary Colege At,Sandlburstit, iddresed to M1r. Clox, in Port. man-street, Portmarn-square. Thieletterin the-usual course would yo into the hands ot, the: prisoner fior ddiviry.' It did not comne o hand, and the. circumistance being madle kn6iwn at the Post-office, payment of the artme'waoiip;ed at the Bank of England, and kiver%, oherpeato ad6pted,to eusure, if possible, the detectiibji ol [the0ffbdcr.Thestolen, Dote.waa subsequently stopped. it-fthe Bank an er~cedthro~ugh several hands to. -the possession of Alr L~Foes,of he ambidge Coff'c-bouse, in Newman-street, Ox-ford. lily Fars stted,haton'Saturday, the id of April, the prisoner , whom ehadknow forabout sie weele, froin his being a customer at the house, called and asked himi to changke a 5l. note. fle gave witness the note now produced, ana said he would leave it, and call a. ain for the ehange'; but the witness sai'd he had better take iE with him and he save him five sovereigns. - The prisoner, when asked what hid baa to. say, declared thai he knew nothiing at all about the note,. that he -never saw it before, and that it waLs alttgethter a miistake, Mr. MiorSRUaL advised him to say no, more at present, as he might dobhimselfbharm.-The prisoner vas remanded for aweek. Ezekiel Rpyan, whr& was examRined orniSatitiday night last, chargcd with having-defrauded several persons, -liy-prretending That he had large sumas of money bequeathed to himi, was brought up for another examination. Several other persons preferred charges against him, turiongwhomn was Mlr. Tuck landloid of the Naked lBoy and Woolpack public. house, Horslydown, who stated,. that the prisoner came to hishouse some timne ago, and asked if MVr. Saker gtill Vitited there, and was answered in the affirmative. M Ar. Saker was a respectabsle master bricklayer in the nieighibdurhbod,'abiI the prisoner had some timebe. fore scraped an'acquaintance with him, sander theuretenceof consult- ing him about the plans of some houses. .He asked if he could he accommodlated with ledgings and being told that he 6ould, he took up his abode in the house In a day o1 two he brought home two couiles of fowls, which he said he had received from his uncle, a Mlr. Gardiner, a wealthy farmer at . Waltham, ini Es- sex. Hie produceed a letter purporting to come fromn that same uncle, and which he. said he receivedl with thefowis, aff'er- lug to advance him mnoney to inyaamount, as, high as a thouisand pouinds aLnd expressing ani intention to send him 301. in- a day or two. k insisted upon it that Mnzz Tuick should accep of a couple of fowls;- ana the la~tter, wishiing to do-justice to so liberal a man, procured picitled pork and other etcetera:, and theyfiad anexcellent dinner. . The next day the prisoner told Mtd.Tuck le had itome- diate occasion for 5l. -nd reuested the toanof tlitasum,which was furnished to him'itiou hesit-ation. H&ealso got A sumi of money fromrnAsmSaker under somnefrivolous petence,and thensabsconded. Theyvaub.seonene)lyrmsdeinquirv-at W~altham, and-foun'dthat Mr. G'arainer knviw no such person as% the prisoner. Mr. AiIsHuLz& saidthere could be nodoubt that the pris,oner was a,syteematie swindler ; but neither of the cases; of fraud which had, been stated would come'within-the statute. People-should ex- erci%e commoun rudence. . The urisoner was then full), committed for trial upon the-chaIrge of teesling some wearing-appareli the -proprty- o'f Pierce, the origi- nal complai ant. mAIIa'Lxn"o?.ixE.OlrprCE.-.Yesteeday several respectable trades. nuhn presented themselves to the sitting magistrate, Mr. RAWLi?z- soN, to whom they made the following somewhat singular ap- plication : It appeared from the statemnent of the applicants, that for the last twelvemontsh, n female of Very imposing manners and dashing exte- rior had been living in the most extravagant ilianner, at No. 31, Upper M)ontague-street, ,Cavendish-s4uaye, under the SiamTe of Moretoni, hut whorera name was Fin'Jenbnrg, arn4 who was the widow of an officer in the army. During hner residence in Mlontague-street, shte paid visits to tradesmentef everyvdenomina- tion in the neighbnuthood, with whiom she dealt most extensively. Mrs. AMoreton had entered intoan account with Mlr. Jones, a lineni. drapr, of Oxford-street, who supulied her with linendrapery, andI other articles-of the most expensive-manufactures, to the amount of 2001. Mrs.3foreton intimated-to Mr. Jones,- that, she was about te purchase some jewellery, and begged to know if he could informn hes where she was- most likely to be suited. Mfr. Jones dlirected her to Mlr. Harding, a jeweller, a few doors lower downt; thitber Mrs. Mlorcton proceeded, and was received with the respect due 'to a lady of rank. Amrs Aloreton having seated herself at Mr. Har ding', counter, selected suits of jewellery' to the amiount -of between 2001. and 3001., which~ were immned iately sent to No. 31, Uppe, Mlontague-street. She subse-quentlv went to MNr. Turner, the eminent gold anid silversmith in' Bond-street1 and obytainied from him property to the amouint of 3501. At length it was whispered, that Mrs. AVloreton was nothing more thatn a swinidler and this story having reached the ears of-her creditors,they.-instantly obtained a warrant for her apprehension, which was placed in tin hands of WNillans, the officer of this establishment, who proceeded to execute it. and having made her arcquainted wiih the nature ofbhis visit, searched. her and found pawnbrokera' duplicates of all the pro. -perty she had thus obtained but at that mnomenut u sheriff's office, arested Mlrs. Mioreton at the suit of Mlr. Tturner, the jeweller ol Bond-street, for his debt of 35011., for which she was coinsigned tC Whitecros-street prison, the officer still retaining possession of tel' duplicates, which he has since refusged to deliver over to the credi. to Th!tplction now was, that his Worship should forthwitl ordr te oticr trestore the duplicates he held,tbey being of the va. luable property MVrs. AMoreton -had obtine frora them (the ap. plicants.) The M1agistrate suaid he could not order the restitutioin of the da. pIicates oft te property,. They were her property, and if she shiould hereafter take the benefit ofrhe insolventRact, the duplicates must bn divided amongst the creditors by, the prvsonilassignee. One of the applicants said that her a o1-ffered to indemnify the officor frozi any4ilarm. that, might her*6Aebi:-sccrue_,to- him if he wouild re-store the tickets. The itlagistrate said there were some cases wherein he had allow. ed an ofricer's taking an indemnity, but-in this case he sthould not; therafore. said the magistrate, let the officer do what he pleases, but dlon't let-:him turn ound upon themagistrate, and'say thathebhad led himiintOtheiiror- The parties then lett the office,-and it was afterwards usnderstood that the tradesmen were to have the duplicates uen an indlemnity being given to Willan's. it appears, .tnat one of the app licants hadl waitedl upon Mrs.L loretoe. in prison, and agreed with her ' that if she would give -them the duplicates they wuld procure her her liberty. It is stupposed that this lady, has suc- ceeded in obtaining upwards of 10,0001. worth of propertY ina this mianner. A fellow namaed Brardrick, a cad to the Paadinigton stages, was brought up charged with having conmmitted a most oLutrageous as. sault upon a resp;ectable married female, named Mayo, residing in Liason-grove. It appeared that Mrs. Mlayo, on Saturday evening, had been to a chysnist's shop for some medicines for her husband, who was con- fined to his bed at home, and was on her way honme along the New- road, when the prisoner came behind her, and with the enid of a whip he held in his hand, Assaulted her in a mnost horribly, indecent man- ner he repeated-the ins-ult, and Mlrs. Mfayocalled out"1 murder" asi loud as she could ; the fellow took no heced of her cries, and told her he knew her to be a common streetwalker. At this Tioment Drumnmond, jun.. a Bow-street patrol, hearing AMrs. Mayo's dnes, Caine to her assistance, and the felowagaln chargeaher with being a lewd woman, and was aboutto giveherin charge-forbhavingusskaulted him ; but Mirs. M4ayo implored Drummond not to receivie it, declar- ing that she had never given him the le-ast provocation for the assault, ornad she seen him in her life before, and thee if he'lpleased he might accompany her home, where hte woutld find her hasbaisd on a sick bed. Drummnan accodingly accora)ianied her home,' taking wgithi him the villain who had assaulted her so grously, and actually went to the poor mnan's bedside, with himn who had so bratally as- s~aulted his wife, where the businesswas tallied over. The husband in a faltering voice expressed hi, determination to prosecute. Drutm. mondi told Mrys. lIlayo, that if shehbad anyceomplaintto make against the man, she must attend at the Alarylebone.office on Mondav. where the man would be ini attendance, bnt that he sho-uld not detain him. The' consequence was, the man was allowed to go about his business. Mlrs. Mlavo wasin attendance on the Mon- day, but hera%saflant never made7 his agipearance The circum. s itances ofthe outrage,and- the conduct of Drumimend,were related to the mat istrate, who instantl granted a warrant for tht -apprehe-n. rommond' rattek, nd anc torr was .sent to Bow-s-treet, requesting toru0maolarge afterdanch ao answer for his conduct in perimitting him to o t are, ftr hhasliameful attack. - The Mlagistrate asked brilmmond how he came to permit such -t6 miscreant to go at large, after he had. committed stuch a gross Outrage ? -~ Drummond said, that the reasn he hadl for hiavinig done so was, that he did not see the assault committed. ~.: The Magistrate told him that was a very pootrexcuse. His duty wvould have been to have ledged the fellow, in the -wAtebhliqou, and not to have discharged himi. He-should be glAtloknow'wbat right he had in doing so. -- Drnmmond was about to reply, whe-l the Magistrate told him he wouIld hear No more. Hlis eonduct even in taking the- fellow who had so metnstrously treated his wife toD the bedsidle of her dying hbts- hand, to taunt and Irritatte him,a would admit of no palliation: it might possibly have caused the unfortunate muau'g dissolution. He would say no more upon the subject, hut assured him that lie would reuresent his condluct toSir Richard Birnic. I3radrick was then or. to1ARnLbail.GH- T4E. unuber of complaints have lately been mnade to the muagistriates by persons residring within thne district of hisoffce,of heexpense, inconventience, ndloss of timne to which the live eensubecte, ari sing from- the ftolowi'ng cause,- which was estrdayexeplifie in the case of Mlr. Wilkinson, a respect- abl licltermn, esiingin Adsam's-mnews, South Audley-street. Mr.Wilinsn podueda summoiis to Sir GEORLGE FAs.I.RAT, and he oher agitrates, which he haa juist rec'elved to attend, be- fereMr. anso, anagistrate at Haiomersmith, to 'gnawer tq a chagelai aaint im on information for some supposed infornia. lityin he egitryof ne f hscats,at the office in Essex-street. h te frstplae, ie aidthechage acl not founclation whatever, fortheinfrmaitycomlalesiof.oriinted -wt ceki - h ofce s eha crifctefomte fic n sexsret fouriiles of', when hiscaw could be 4eided in half an hour at the proper office, before the malistritesof' the diitrict' in which his pa- rish, that of Hanoversqare, is situated. Sir CGic6tGsrs F W%WT' saidl that It c'ertainly wa$ an extrens -ard case, but they hatdno Iovwer to rtmedy the evit, so lognas the magistrate alluded to tioughe proper to issue such summbns. - The present summons, however. Mrf. Wilkitnson. need pdo'Muih4rea, tsar it was quite informat_..a3 it describedlthe dtefindaist4aeiesiaing in "- the paniah of,SL. George, Hanover." Now -there'ouigbt un- doubtedly be such a parish ini Hfaover, but he believed'?be wqr- thymagistrate of Hamtaersmitl hhiao jiursdictionihalalibidoa,. Mr. Wilkinson inquired if Mr. Hanson had tse- iver thus to force people away from their businmess to appear before him at his own house, ancd there to inflict penalties and charge fees? TJeMgistrates gnawered, thathle undoubtedly b adhrKpowor. Theact(the3d ofeo.M IV c,ap. .55) says only" tbtno magistrate for the city of liondon, counties of Surrey orhMiddlesex; Wathin the bills of mortality, 6tr within the parisheof AMaryltW414S`iskee Chelsea, o'r'Kensington, shall, in the'discharge-of theirhity, re ceive any-fee; gratuity, orxre-wa p avc and except the isvigutratft of the difftren t elice-officetswithli theirresketive'Aiisticts under a.peiultle of 1001.:"1 but thiis act-, did riot-- applyietti.-Aai?nxon, althoug lhereaideaat-Hammeisrmiil'rfrrhishouselitasfevyards withoutthe prescribedbosndr and thereforehe is* ot dualified * hl.Wi; inson sai ebg'it ielly -was-a great'' hiardslsip;~ haL ii sape4hemustaeFend ta th,suimro . ' - - to ATTON.tsAXnZ)r.....Yegicrday H ' 14 yoat.% wonfr!he.ddet ?,erace wa b.ghgup ina U cw ofRdid, sen. bharged withie ngeoncemed inei commite in'thtedwelhng..houiX of John M&ayhe, Ew .5 ofDflunter.street, Brans*ick.square. ,It appeared in evidence that the prisoner eo. habited with amab named William Stone. whohad been afootman, but who bas l&tte6i1gone about intioducnghimielfameng the da- mestics of differert-farpiies,sndunder the pretext of paing his ad. dresses to some oEtb!femP1e searvnts, he continucs tovisitur.til he gets an oppottuztityVofcomthiting tome dtpredation. . Having con- trived to fornn an acquaintarce wlthMr. MAiyhew's servants, he availed himself of an opportut;ity of stealing. about ten pounds worth ofplate, which theprisonerat th barr paiined for him. The propcrty being traced to th-e different pawnbrobers, when shewent to redeem some triHiink article abe was taken into custody. Stone, against whom there are two charges of burglary, had absconded. The prisonerwas fully cdmriitted for trial. U)rON-HA-LL:..A min of rcspectablc appearance, named Geoar- Baker, was brought before the:sitting magistrate, charged with the following fraud: ,llr. Dare, a timber-merchant, residing in Bermondsey, stated that in she month of September last the~ primoner called upon him, and asked for goods on credit, which the witness refutsed, unless esatisfac. tory. references were produced as to his honcsty and punctuality in paymnent. The prisoner subsequently called with the following note, purporting to have been written by a M r. Eauger : "Sir,-ln consequence of the absence of Mr. Lilley from town, I beg to s, that I have known~ the bearer, G. Baker, for some time to be aaahonestinadustrious man, and worthy o ening ar. account with you. I am, &c. " W. FAUGfEJLR " To Mir. Dare." ThecomplAinant said, that upon the strength of this zecommend.. tion he gave the prisoner credit to. the amount of 261., which sumi on becomiig due was not paid; and upon his (witness's) m-king appli- cation for MT Fauger, he found no.such individual bad ever been in the service of MIr. Lilley, and tbat the above note was written by the prisoner himself, in order to defraud. and cheat. him out of .his property. 'Mr. Dare added, that he had also ascertained that the pri. soner was in the habit of disposing of the goods so obtaitid the mo- ment they were iri his possession, at a much srnaUer ratethan he was to have paid for them. Tbis fact proved that the prisoner had no in. tdntion of paying for the articles. Mr. Lilley attended, and stated that no person named Faueer had been in his service. He added, that he had no knowledge whatevcr of the prisoner. The defendant's solicitot- contended that the case against hia client ought not to be considered a fraud. The complainant s.hould have nade the proper inqeiries relative to the character of the prisoner himself, sni not trusted to a written document. Written charac- ters now~aadays were not to be depended On. The Mtagistrate observed, that he was satisfied with the evidence before,in of the prisoner's guilt, and immediately held him to bail to answver the charge at the sessions. POL!CE.t