Police.
The Times, 1824-11-03T00:00:00

?'1~sIN.lov~,--k'~LzArox O POLICE REPoRTS.- Agenlemn wite yeteray pontheLOaRD MNAYORt for thepur. pos ofconmuncatng o hs Lrdsipthe thanks of the vidows and orphns f te Pyni emgrats,andof aeverasihf the men who luckly srvivd te ceebraed avenur, for the benevolent interest he ookin hei bealf an fo haingforwarded the subscription forther rlie~ Tey adallretrne toScolad, and been most kinidly received there', anid the ealamite wihwich they had been) veisited in thie Iana of horrors were In oedeeealleviated in thaeir conseqluences by the universal sympathy tht prevailed. Their thanks, too. were given to Sifr Prince and te other tradesmen in the city wh~tse exertiona had forned tbe groundwork of the puiblic colittibutions for their service. Above all, they felt indebted to the public press (a feeling in which thie counitry particIpated) for the vi- gorous mannet in which it arrested the scheme In its infancy, and finally efFected its destruction. TPhe commuLnicant sta?ed, that be. tween one and two huindred persons had fallen a sacrifice to the de. lusion; and sio widely had therage forcolensizing, upon the representa- tion of those who were interested. spreadt, that multitudes were pre- paring to reisign themnselves eo the'same hazard, in the hope ot wealth andiof everv othersertofnrosperity. Thisdangerthe press had a7erted by publishing the true condition'of the "land of promise," the object of the speculators, and the horrible consequences of an implicit re- liance in the description given by the Poyais authorities." and num- bers wvere saved from misery, despair, and death, which reignedI with unlimited power in thie burning sands and pestilenitial swamps of the Mosquito shore. Thte LORD IMAYOR expressed himiself higldv gratified at the intelligence which he had received, anid ob2erved'that the " Poyasi case" was a striking instatice of the great importance of the practice of reporting the tran sanctions of cov.rts like that in which lme th,~n presided. His Lordship stated that he was much perplexed in what manner to dlispose of on Orphan of one of the emidgrants. She had been putt on shore in a miserable conditi(tb, to which she had been redaceIdatFPoyais. Part of the subscription had beenia pplied to her maintenance, but all the, money wa.- now exhausted. T'he poor chiild was not, heobserved, admissible into.the Foundling Hosp,ital, as the Governors said her case was not comprehended in the rules of the establishment. Hiisi~ords%hip,atlser some consuiltation with the chief clerk-,deternmiiued to soPIY to the Female Orphan Asylum, although the admilssion into thatingtitution was a iatterofgreatdifficulty,therebeing at much canvassing requisite as for a seat in. Parliamenit. In a case of this niatiire, however, he trustedI tbat those who had the power would aid in _procuring admission for so gtreat an object. (One of the, or p has has been adopted by a lady of great respectabi- litt, and twe other2s have been ever since hu-ranely taken ca-re of by Mr~. Joseph Prince, of Basinghall.street ; a fifth has been takeen into a, Scotch family. From information receivedfrom Honduras,it apper thlat a great number of the unfortunate emigrants remain at 7eie where thley haye obtained a livelihood as meniial servants and la- bourers. The two brothers, Edward and JIames Piammnond, who were charged on suspicion of havinig been concerned in stealing the paroel containing 2,9001. in bank notes, from the person of the patter to Messrs. Snow and Co,, the bankcers, underment a final examination. A gentleman who attended oni behalf of the prosecutors stated, that although circumnstances of strong suspicion hadi come to their knowledge respectiag; the prisoners, yet they could not now adduce evidence suffictent to warrant a furthler pOstponernert of the case, there being no proof, with the exception of that which went to state that they were seen running from the sipot at the timne the robbery was committed. Mr. Brown, the marshal, tsaid, that althouFh the prosecutors con- sented that the prisoners shiould not be detained longer, yet Other evidence might arise wicih would rendler it necessary to hiave -hem BPThdeLOD AXA4u dischiarged the prisoners, and gave themn a forcible admonition,They owed theimnprisotnment they, had sustained, if they were innocent, to their chiaracters as thievot, an-d so long as they persisted in the course which had been the object of their choice, they would be subject to similar inconveniences. fiis Lordship remarked, that this case formed anothier instance, if other instance were wranting, of' tIme necessity of the publication of police reports. Here an immense robbery was committed, and the public were unable to obtain anv evidence that could lead to the de- tection of the offenders, when, in consequence of the publicity giveni to the proceedings, a witness came forward and gave evidence which mig ht have been of the utmost importance, and have led to the con- viction of the offenders, had the person robbed been able to identify them. His Lordship olieryed fuirther, that in the course of his ex- perience as a Chief Magistrate, he had daily witnessed instances of the utility and high insportance of the pracetice to) the police of a great metropolis, and the amazing effect it produced when properly, dlirected, He was convinced that the publication of theae pro- ceedings diti not prejudice the minds of jurymen. In time whole coursqeof his experiencebhehatdneverwi.tnessed acaain which a jury had given an Improper verdict in consequetice of a prejudice excited against a prisoner by the statement of the initiatorY pro- ceedinqgs against him. The feeling was invariably the other V7ay- Jurors wet'e men of at least common sense, and th'ey were no mote influenced by suich statements than the mrind of a Judge was in- fluecedby he penng tatmen ofa prosecutitig eounsel uncon- irmd byevience Itwoul befoun, uon cnsutin tose who to te pblIc fo Itfreqenty ocurrd tat ersona entre ano- oftc rma neeti teiseo ae h proved, in the course ofte inouiry, to be in thie posmession fms material facts. The ubliatio of hatpassd ofen adedthe i,ncquir in the higchest ~egre, n bingng orwrd ll xisiocevidene either to the inno. cene o th gule f aprione. I wa also of the utmost import. anc, i anthe pont f vew,to hetradesmen of the metropolis. by chckin the aree of faud,by exosin theconstantly mane than any other mnode of commncto ol copih The shopkeepers were thus puto hi ur gis ever desceription of imoosition.Th feroim date- Euue was mnote terrible and effective in thousands of cases, than ttIme cear of the laws; and restrained many daring sp.irits whom nothing else could keep within bounds. He had often witnessed its salutary eflocta. Undoubtedly, the busiiness of amagistrate would be greatly, increased if this restraint were diminished. Without conifounding the abuse with'the great use of the practice, he muxst admit that its virtues weeConspicuous in its effect in secuiring tIme punra administra- tion If public justice, by placinag the proceedngsof the magistrate, as well as of all the parties, under public inspection. Wve mnay state, in addition to what fell from his Lordship in the course of the above-mentioned and other cases, thant during his Mayoralty, he has often complained publicly, not of thepatc or its abuse, but of the omission of aecounts which struck himn as necessary to be comnmunicated to the pusblic. UNION-ssALL.-Yesterday Thoous Wick, an auctioneer and ap- praisier, of King-street. Snow's-fields. was brought before R. J. CHrAMBERS and D. Ktwo, Esqrs, for re-examination, charged with having, on the 18th of September, feloniously forged and cooun- tezfeuteAd certain checks., purporting to be of the hand-writing of Jo- seph Turner, and drawn upon Mlessrs. Weston, Allen, and Bos- sock, partners in the Boroagh of Southwark Banking-house, in Hi .strcet. ~i'ice the firat examination of the prisoner, a report had been in- dustriously circulated that the alleged forgery was abou t to be com- poied bytle pirsoner's frienids paying back themorey to thegen- t=ma whose name had been forlged. WVe are authtorized by, lmesrr Weston to state that such report, so far as they are concerned, is to- tally without foundation. Mr. HARLMER attended for the prisoner. The followying evidence was adducedl in support of the charge: Mr. Henry Weston, onAe of the firm in the Borough of South- wark bank, deposed, that Josep Turner, of High-strect, baker, keeps cah at the house. On tthe 18th of Septenmber last, a check, purporting to be drawn by the said Joseph Turner, on their house for the sum of 501., in favour of Messrs. Mlann and Co., was pre- sented to and paid by him is one note of the Bank of' England for 601., da ted the 16th of August, 1824, and No. 17,649. Nathaniel Serieannt, clerk to Messrs. We-stoni and Co., stated, that on-dtie I1tth of October last, a check, purporting to be drawrn by Jo- steph Turner upon the abovt firma for 501., in favour of M1ann and Co., was presented to, and paidi by, him,. in the following uiotes of' the Bank of England-viz., two fives, dated respectively the 16th of July, 1824, and numbered 12.075 and 12.076; one 101. note, the 23d of January, 1823, No. 875; attid one 301. note, dated the 7th of September, 1824, No. 1851. Also, oni time l8th of the same month, anothler check, pur-porting to be drawn by, the said Joseph Turner, on that house for 701., in favour of M4r. Daincan, wvas presented to, and paid by, witness, in one note of the Bank of Englanid for 501., dated the 25th of September, l824, No. 12,877, a:nd 20 sovereigns in cash. Thomas Tibbs, clerk to Messrs. Weston, statecl, that op. the 4th of October, a check, purporting to be drawn by the said Joseph Turner on the above banlc, for 501. in favour of Miann anid Co., was presented, a-Ad paid by him in one note of the Bank of England for 501. dated the Ist of entember, 1824, No. 4,595. Joseph Turner, of High-street, Southwark, baker, deposed that he has been in the habit of sierving the prisoner with bread for the lart three or four years, and on the 6th of July laist he dis- couinted a bill of exchange for 151. atnd upwards, Ifor the prisoner, out of which he (witness) deducted! the sum of 21. then owing by thle prisoner, and then paid him thie remainder by a cheek on his bankers, 'Weston, and Co., for 131. 10s. (now produced) and, upon examination thereof, there appears to have been a pen traced over the characers of his signature, as if some par- son had been attempting to imitate hgis name. Subsequent to the 18th of October last; upon examining his banker's book, witness discovered that three iseveral sums of 501. each, and one of 701., had been respectively charged to his account as drawn out of the Bank by checks, purporting to have been drawn by him; but whiich checkst he (wiitness) had never drawn, and which, upon exaLmination, he discovered not to be in hisi hand-wrriting and, upon reference to a letter received by witness, now produced5', dated the 27th of Auigust, 1824. of which the following is a copy,-" Mr. Wickatpresents hlis comtplinients to Mr. Turner, begs to sa he has been dlii day to see atlertIMllr. Jameston, who has promised to meet Mlv. Tumner at AMr. W.'s houste on Thursday next, to settle the bill58, ingstret, Brotgh,"thewriting in this note wvitness subsquetlycomare wih tat f te several forged checks, and the imiariy wa soreaehache mmeiatey sspetedthe prisoner The ocumnt ws shwn t theMagitrat, wh conureed in the -Henry Bridge Hines, a clerk in the Teller's Office in tlie Bank of England, deposed that oh MIonday, the 18th of October, absut five o'clock in the afternoon, a person, very much resembling the prisoner, and, added the witness after having closely viewed the prisonecr, "the belief on mv mind is, that he is the person," canme into the office in the Bank and presented the 501. note now produced, dated the 25th of September, 1824, No. 12,877. and req4ested sove- reigns for the amount, which witness paid to him. Before the per. son, whom he believed to be the prisoner, left the counter, he had ireason to suspect that he had paid him a sovereign too much. Wit- ness 49cordiigly asked him to tetura the sovereigns, which he did, anid on again conntina them, witness discovered that he hsA patE him 51 instemld of 50, which latter circunstance caued liim to take the more notice of the person than he otherwise should have dtioue owving to the multiplicdty of business trasacteal in the course of the day in the Teller's effice. Edw ard Crsne, shopman to llr. George Foster, of 44, Blacklman- 1street, general sal esmtan stated. that on the 13th day of Ocber, the prisoner, wthoml he had icnowa for somne time, camoe to the schop, rsnd paid him thelOI. Banlc of England note now produced, dated the 23d of January, 1823, No. 8', in pay nent oFazbDIlnf exchange, drawn upon and accepted by the prisoner fer 101., then lying due at Mr. Fis eri. The above being the evidence of the witnesses in attendance yes- terday, the AMagistrate observed, that it would be material to have the deleositions of the other two clerks in the Bank of England, as it might be in tbeir -ewer to swear positively to the identity of the prisoner. The evidence of Hall, the chief constablc, relative to the attempt at scape matle by the prisoner, after his apprehension, from the Bell lock-up-housc,in Falcon.coars, (an account of which was stated in a former paper), was then taken dosvn by Nr. Staples, the chief cler-k. Afiter which, the prisones was remanded for another exami- nation, and directions given to summon 'the additional witnesses for the next investigatdon. POLICE.