Police.
The Times, 1824-07-13T00:00:00

MAwrsrov(.rotysE.-.Asoldier in the lstRegimentoaf FeatGuards, 'was brorght before the Lo-eRD MIAYOn., charged with having re- -fused to pay for the suipport of' his Illegitimate clhild. Three months igo thse child had been stworr to the prisoner by the mother. ie refused to give afarthing towardsifts support, nd was senit to! Prison, where it appeared he was4 very rwilling to remaLin. The fficrs onjeturd tht h world,after so long an imnpri son- mentbedipnse to ome r7 trms,trttev were disappolfrted. They toldtheLor Maor heywoud b ssisfed ithl.aper wveek from the efedantitsd wee cnvined hat e culdpay that suml. Theydeelres~thaton n lowr tems tey wuldconsent to hlis The defendant said he could not pay Is. a week out of Be., thre whiole amnount of its pay-a sum little enough for hits own purposes. The Loanx AeAVoR asiked the Sergeant whiether soldie,rs were trot allowed to work when offduty,. The S9ergeant said that the military regulations gave the privilege to married men, buat denied it to those who were uTnmarried. The laoste MAT-Rt obeerving that the mother of the child was a Young person of' very dlecent appearance, asked the defendant to marry her, and tlrus entlile hiniseif to the privilege of workinl' for her suplport. PIrisoner..-.We should hiave a larger famnily, and only make our- Selves more miserable. WVe shouild (to much better for oufrselvcs if we wouldI each take a "spe and hang the other. The LiORD M AYO rS said tire circumstances of the ca-Re were pain- ful, arnd he slhould, if the defendant refused to'comne to lermsa with tire parish officers, brave no alterniative but a committal. Tire defendant must not expect otlirer people to maintain hisi children. The defendant isaid lire wag aware of' thke hard~.hip of beingz com- Pelled to stirpport other people's chiildlren ;'rur he now f'elt ir, havinil an impression, whiclir othiing could remnove, tirat he was not the fa-. ther of tirechild. Tire LO tter MAYOn said if that was tire casge, tire defendant waLs certainly to be pitied but lire had acknowvleged an intimacy with her; andl as slire hiad sworn, tirey must presume that shie swore the truth. The Prisoner persisited in his ref-asal. Tire Lo0RDe MAYOR (witil wironm gat Aldermaii Breow rE) re- gretted thattire defendantt,byrefosingto ma.,ke or to agree to any Pro- Posal, obliged themi to send Iiim to prison. Tire dluration of his confinement would depend( upon himself. T~he defendant ~sai.t upon leavingtire Justice Room, that he would die in gaol sooner titan sufer the woman's cerjury to triamiph. A notirer case of' a miore unfortunate demcription was aLfterwards heard. A fellow narried flLvans was chargzed with Ihaving refused to suppocr Iiis illegitimate cirild. The unhiappy girl was scarc-ely aible to stand, sio great were irer slirame antd grief. Her motbrer was also in dleep affliction. Tute LonD MlAYoR learned that this girl's fattier irad bean a genitleman-i arid that his deatlr involved hris wife and chhiren tirat the dlefendaiait liran breer, paying his eddtresses te) tire, pretend- ing thatt he was a baebelor, whilebhe had a reife and four chiildren; and tirat lire had procceeded in the most serious mnanner in his court- ship, by inquiring? prirticular-ly, into hier moral charatetr, of which hle received the miost satisfactory accourtr from- all fire Friendis; tirat in a moment of weakness she believed his promise to becouie tier husband, and crave hiim all the Privileges of one, and that afterwards lre deserted her, prroposin~g to hier tire streets as a trade. The defendant accused her of infidelity to hiim in tire usual terms, irpon whirl, she tell into a violent flir5 The parishr officers saidt they had iniquired inito the girl's cliaracter, and foundi thiat it was excellent. The girl, itr great agony, swore that s'he never knew airy mian bult tire cruel person wiro now abused her. I The. LoanD Mcrort said he had never heardI a miore agegravated case of seritrction, aridi that rio punishment could be too great for a man who hiad been guilty of suc.h abominable dec.,ptiorr. T'he parisfir officers having ascertained that tire fellorw was in good business, determined to have a proper u.llowruTfM foT tile chilld, -and had the defendant senit to vrisorn until he shall be Prepareg wvirti bail. GurrLet[Aer.T_Trrelsboaring, Irisir, atndothiers of that class, wliro inirabft tolerably thickly tire neigcirbourhnooi of Field-lane. Chlick-lane, anti the courrs anid alleys adjacemi, are so niuch in the habit of rising early to go to tlieir daily, employment, that it seems a perfect putnishmtient to themi to lie it, bed. Sunday mornings see theni u'p asq early as usual, anti( having nothing to dto, scarce a Suinday mnorning passes withiout a regular riot, fromn sweta cause or ethier, by, five or siix o'cloclr. L,ast Suniday rmorrning, tire neighbourlrotrrd was trirrowvn itrto an alarm as early as thiree o'clock in tire mornirng, b)y a mnore, than nepsal assembly of froin 200 to 300 Ireople, andI tiit Smithfield watchman perceiving tire crowd rutrinig likec a rorrent uti Chiek-lane, mustered sense thiree or four of thremin uo-se thtir best enideavourpi to stern it, by halting tire foremnost man, whio seeitired tc be the great point of attraction, and with seone dlifficulty conveyed hiim, withi a man of the name of Evarts, who trie-d to rescue hirsi, to tire Conrpter, from whenice thiey were brought up yes.terday before tlie sitting magistrate, AMri Aldermran Ciorit'DERr. When placed at tire bar, tire prisorrer first takeni turneui out to be no lessA a personage tha-n the famnouis Ton, Lloyd, a rrotedalredesteillp, secorid to no one but Skipper intt te annals of pedestrianism, andI s.i- perior even to hirm in one extraordinary flaculty-(thic use of viiich re- riuain'~ to be discovered)-wvairng backwards. Toni bowed respect- fully-to the magistrate, and told Iris story. lie weas tIre personr, he said, wlotrn the newspapers hard giveni an accounit of somle rimne since, as having walked fromi Rochester to Loadort, in eight rourts, This had imaec hinm so talkted ef, that a sporting gentlemian hail fo.ttnd him out at the Rani and Flag, Clerkenwelh..green, autn was very desirous of backinig Irimr for a- irundred potntriis or two; bnti wishied first to itzve ain opportunity of' i~udging of' his powers, andt lIrad trecordlingly appoinited; himi to mneEt Irim at Bristol on Tuesd-ay. He intended ot course to walk down; and -tccordlingly started froim Clerkenwell-green, at tlirte o'clock, to take the cool of tIre morning, rnean:ng to breakfast at Gravesend. He was very sorry that arty dieturbanec had been created by, it, and was cquite sntre if he had' tlirouglit suchb a tiring would have lsap;ened, he wvouldl riot hazve come nig?ir tire city, bitt gone anotirer Way. The Aldermar, r~quired him to enter into liis owrtrecognizances to be,of the meace for two months. 15W-rRliY arspectauryl~re~ - ~ - ,,a'l,, ceomn- praniedi by her broether, presenited hersclf beforne tIe Magistrate, anid said slite itad been audvised to apply, to hirirt for assistarrec undler these circustatrices :-She was tiarried some time ago to a man nam-ed Turniram, who heldi the siLtpstion of second coachm-an to tire Dukc of Wellington. TIrei pla,ce of stare-coachman was filled by hier huts. band's hialf brothier, whrose namie also ir Turniham. Now tins state- coacliniars was as hraugirty arid tyrannical a man as cot.ld be found, anid - "Ay, and as greet a blackguard, too," exclaimed tire complain. ant's brothel-. Tire Alagistrare.1I will not suffer any man to bre abused lirere, Sir ; antI I have a great mind to have you turnied our of the office for riaking urse of suchl language. 'rite brothier begged pardon, and applicant proceeded. The state. coaclirman had chosexi to oppose lier marriage with iris half-brotirer bef'oee it took place, andI stubsequenitly, so great was his aversion to it, anrif so angry was lire at tier lIrusband daring to act in opporitionl to his wislies, that lire seerried to hiave determined to do all in lhii pewer to miakte tlrem both miserable. He liad given peremptory or. tilers to her husband never to visit lier, upon pain of being instantly dismissed fronr his situatiort ; tire power of dismissal beingc vested solely in Mmn (thec statr-coachirran I. ,He had gorie still far. ther, for lire had grossly slandered lirer character, wlirerever he ir4art opportumnity. Thus lire hiad separated her arid hier husband, and wyas trying all lie couild, by desttoving her charnic- ter, to prevenit tier front? eaurnirrg a ironeit livfng, anti she had no al- terniative buit to appesal to thie law for protection aridt redres,s. Tire Mlagistrate.-Flisi cond(uct, as you repiresent it, is extraordi. nary ind(eedl. Witat is his~ olhj'eciotr to vou ? Mirs. Tnirirhiam.-l knowi Of tio oteire, thitrn thiat lire says I stir too younig for his htfother. Magistrate.-Pray what roiav be tIre agest or' yourself arid hue. band ? Alirs. Tornihaiii.-.I ani 30, Sir ; miy brusarrd is 49. Magistrate.-Whiy that is not ttoo great a disparity, thiough, per- hrap.., quite enouighi. Whry dues not your husband qutit tire service. l rH. T'urnhrami.-Whly, Sir, if lire sioes ire prerhaprs iray quit withiout a character, arid( titen lire is ruinied. The givinghimn a clia. radter- dlepends upon Iiris brother, anti if lire leavcs his place t.r comie to roiet, the Cliaracter, your worshrip may diepend uptiri it, will be withheld. iMagistrate -WViry do You not apply to liis Grace ? Mirsi. Turnhaim.-WViry thlen, perhaps, Ire (the siate-coachiran) would lose his situatior,. 11Iagistrate.-lt is a very harrd case, but I catin6t assist you. Yoear only remnedy for tire slander tepoii youtr c-haracter is air action at lair': but I wotili strongly recommend you to make air aprplicatiorn to tire Duike. It is quite imposasibrle that Iiis Grace cani tolerate suchi tyranny iii Iris liouseirold, arid I ain sure you will ticiret witir rediress ret hiis lirandts.adi ir.s. Turirhani said shec shiouldI aulopt tire miagistrate'sadie Fr-edericrk Gn-ce.nltade and Jas.ntey Davis-, twvo yo(ung rnan, ware brourght up fromn Inearmrinersinittii chargedl with attempting to corn. mnit two sepiarate brtirglaried in tirat v-illatge. lt apipeared frorux tire evqidence of a younig earneyniall butWe, ni tfie natiai of Stimerseil, that yesterday riorning, at day-break, as he was omin outof iis aste's Ionicto Lo mouarktet, he saw t'ire two pisonrs sandin cloe to the ainiuersmitli Coffer. iroic ppoit, rnd javs vasbuslyendeavouring with a crow-barto wrenc up the ar-winto.w. soniersell went back t giveair aarm, ut menwhile his felloit-servant cain ou of r'rd wth car, ad tire noise drove tire pri- sioners atway. S mersell arid( the tc watched thc.ri, and soan after saw Davis ug.rin engaged in forcing rep the flalt of a celIlar uri. der the house on' a tailor of tire name of' Scott '1'lie flap wvas taken tan r-enslad decne,laigDavis quietly sitting outside. I?re two butclhers ran up, and Davis gave the alarm, and lire and G3reenslade, who came out of' tire cellrir very qurckly, ran away, but were pursued and sectured, tnot hiowever uintil Davis had uirade great resistance, and tried tn' knock Soimersell dowen with tire crory- bar. At the watch-house Greenslade endeavoured to tlitroi some- thiring away, which wasi foundI to) be a phosphorus-box. Trprsners were committed for furtirer examination. A `lad;. of; dlimiinutive stature, of the namne of Joseph Smith was brouglht ap, craa'eel wivits picking pockets under tire P~iazza in Co- vent-gardAen, onl attrrday night. A servant to General B3rownre saw the prisoner, with a whole gang of others, on Saturday night, irtustlirig and endeavouring to rob several persons. Ile at length caught the prisoner in the act of tamking a handkerchnief fromn tire pocket -of a gentlemaq, aRd mnutting it into his orvn breast. He seized him, anti asked to wnorh the handkerchief belonged, and lie said to himself. He however said there was no mark uspon it and, upon examining it, the initial "C IlL" and " 4." were found. When taken to the watch-house, and the servant, who is a tall powerf-l man, bad givers his charge, the prisoner made a jump at Irim, and hit him a severe blow oer tir nose, which bled most profusely. He seemed greatly delighted al the effect of his blow, and sneeriug asked the servant-" NVw, m) covey,,where is yoar handkerchief? You want it, I think, for -- va. -1.llo nn-t VAII 79" The prisoner was fully committed. . .Rhe crime of picking pocket& is most rapidly increasing, and would appearto be carried on alniost with inipuzity. Gangs areto be foun}d at every place where a crowd is collected, anid robberies of the most daring deseription are practised in the open day. At tlounslow durinig the review innumerable depredations were com- mitted, and at the secopd reviewin Hyde-Park on Saturday gangs of thieves were going about robbing the spectators in the most impu- dent.manner that can be conceiv. d. Again yesterday at the funeral of Lord Byron the thieves were equally audacious and saceessful. A tradesman, residing at C haring-cross, was robbtd at his own door of 151.,; and Ir. Greenhall, of Dean-street, Soho, having stepped to his door to see the procession, was lustled and plundered of 1051. .1 AStLBOROUGH5 TnFt T.-W;ihl?lali EClIIent, a coachman in the service of '1lr. How, stable-keeper, in the Haymarket, waas beought to-his offlee, upon a warrant charging him witl an assault upon Schefield, one of the officers of this establishment. Schofield 'stated to, Mr. DYFR, the presiding Mfagistrate, that al- thotugh fie had obtAined a warrant againsttlhe prisoner foran assault, yet ji yiMs not upon that charge he intende4 to proceed against him, but nuder Mlr. Mlartin's act,forcrueltytoanimale. The officer iben said; that on Fridav last he was on duty, about five o'clock in the aftenmoon, at the Opera-house, where there S;s a day concert. I'here were a ictmber of carriages in xttendance, and aorngst ttlem that of Madame Pasta, the singer, which wa-adriven by the priZoner. whom Madame Pasta hires, together with a footboy and a pair of horses, af Mlr. flor: for the Neason. T'he horseswera standing. per- fectdy still, und the prisoner, without any cause wlhatever' suddenl- commenced flogging them froimi the box in the most unmerciful manner, cutting them about -4be cees, ears, and the moHt 'tender part of the flank, in tbe:-most ermel way that the efficer hld ever witnessed, until at length the of-hlorse wvas in such aeohy, that the poor animal ende,arnured to lie down, and went on nis knees, to avoid the blows5but the prisoner held hiim uo -v lt reins. still lashling at hitn with all lhiN forre. Severa r the other coachmxen remotistrted with the pnroner on his cruelty, but they sere only seplied to- with the most gro.ts abuse. After the horse had been tortured in this manner for more than a quarter of an hour, Sebrifield was infobrmed of the circumstance, and came-forvward to interfere, sayiRg at the szn'te time that he was an officer but in. stead of desisting, the prisoner only cut at the horses iltl greaier violence and then, getting oE Fthe box, approached Schofield, abused hin wit? the foulest language, and spat in his face. On learning the prisoner's name, and whose service lhe rwas in, Schofield said that ha waited upon Afr. How, who assured him that this wan the constant treatment his herecs received from this savage feUow, but that he was such a desperate char2cter, he was afraid either to discharge him, or even remonstrate with him. The pair of hi;ras in Mladame Pa-sta's carriage were of great value, and so well trtined, that tbc' never required a whip and from the trejtutent they received on this occasion they were =ealet opi almost etery inci of their skins, Schofield now said, that the footboy and fellOW-Servant; of the tcri- sooner, who was behii,d the carriage at the time, wits in the ofaicc, He saw the whole of the cruel treatnment the horser, geetived; bat in such terror were all Mr. How^'s servants, at well uc nIr. HaV himself, that he knew not wchat sort of evidence the boy wottid give, Wmn. Johtnson, the foetboy,was thlen Sworn, butrg.ve his evude0lce evidently in tlte greatest terror of the prisoner, who continued in threaten him all the time. The witness, however, fully confirmed the istatetnent of Schofield, and s2aid that the prisone-r cut at thl horscs at Ie At a quarter of an hour. Air. How Itimself would have attended, but he accompanied the officer wlho went to execute the warrant that nmorning, and wba took the prisoner off the box of the carriage, in DowDing-street;.and Air. flow Ihimself took his place, to drive Madame Pasta for the day. The defendant, who is a powerful, ferocious lookimg fellow, con- ducted himself ivith the most offensive levitv during the investga. tion.i and said in his defence, that the horses de.erved what they got, and he nid not care a d-R for Ml r. How or any body else. Air. DYEEt said, that this wae one of the mnost atrocious Scts ofr crLuelty that, he believed, had come bcfore a magistrate aitce d.e enactment of the act under whici thits complaint vras mtde, sAd, which ditd great credit to the humane geudetnan widt wbthlli it Ot ginated, and who took so much pesonal trroabe eo see it entu6Zc_d- Frots the ferocious and savage ttisposition dUiplayed by the prisoncr towards the poor animaii under his care, hif gross conduct toward, the officer, attd his inLecent antl iisolent behaviour at the bar.it was quite clear, the magistrate said, that he vould hutve as little hesita, tion in practising a similar cruelty towards a human being, rf in hie Ipower. iMlr. DYER then said, that, ulnder all the circuamcstCes, ce thotglit tltis a fit case to inflict on the prisoner the ftull penalty ofthe act, anti therefore convictedl lin in the sum of 51.; whicnthe prisoner said he neither could nor would pay, and in default, the Aagistratf. omnnmitted him to hard labour fbr two months in ;he Houase ot' Oorrection. Wl'ilt-mt Tatlor. a selan chairman, and Chark.s Purfoard, a ncrt- Ivan otit of place, r clharged w.ith assaulting Alrs.Wilksand Mlrs lting, the wvives of two respectable tradesnkeni, in Oxtbrd-strtcut, li a tnost hesmeful and indecent usianrer. ' The comtplainatnts, who were accompianied at the office by their husbandr, stated, that they walked together irem their honc about it:if-past nine o'clock the tight before, as fiar as Grewt Newportn iS'eet, tO liteE their husbands, w'.o were 6pendiug the evening at it |friendl's house in St. iarnin's-lane, and wvien thev got near the ntiarket, tlC two prisoscts stopped thetn, shoved tihem; up against the Wail, and liolding them in that po:sition, litted up their clothes over tleir heads, anid kept their persons exposed until the watchman. fot whom thev called, cainie to their assistance, altI took the prisoners into custody, atid to the wratclmiommse. It further appeared, that thesa ruffizas diti inot content thetnselves with exposing the ladies' pe.- sons, but seized thetn with such violence, as put thaem -to tic greatest torture. The prisoners tlenied the chlrge aitogethier ; but dfr. Ror, the Magistrate, said they should tell that to a jury; it was a most brutal assault, for which they rmust find gnod bail, to answer at the sessions. MAnAYLEaBOtE-oFricE.-Yes.cerdav 1lr. Rost, a pawmbrolr, residing in Paddington-stzeet, appeared on an information, under tihe 39th and 40th Geo. Ill., charging him with, contrary to the pro, visions of that act, whick renders himn liable to a penalty of 40i., receiving pledges from children under 14 years of age. A fr. Ross, on the case being called on, pleaded guilty; obser7inzt the offence liad been commaitted inadvertently in the hurry of a u? at ness. I The Magistrate said it certainly appeared not nn act of inadver, tence, but very gro5s neglect; and he wished to hear from the wit- nesses li0 it OCcIurrea. It appeared t'hat a son of' the complainant, who is named Burny residing it Bast-street, had, during his father's-absence, and without consulting any bosd, pawned some articles; and -as the boy wras only eleven years of age, and of extremely diminutive stature, tetr offence of the pawnbroker was so palpaby great in receiving goodr- from so young a c4ild, without asking any questions, that the fa- therdetermined upots proceeding under the act. The boy was in at- tendance to prove the case. ilMr. Ross said it really had occurred as he had stated, observing it a-as unlikelv that he intentionaly would have exposed himedsf to the penalty.-'The penalty wvas then pail. PoLrTg.