Police.
The Times, 1824-12-25T00:00:00

MtANSION-sOUSE.-2A,thon,y Leger, a person vho haq been nearly 25 years a clerk in the housc of 'tlr. Aleyer. of Great St. He- len's, merchant, was brought before thIC LORD IllAvOR, charged >with having appropriated to his own use large sums of nmoncy, the property of his employer. Mr. M eyer has been oblied to suspend hi8 payments in conse- quence of severe losses. The prisoner was3 nost confidentially em ployed hy him. It bas been a principle of Air. AMeyer's, not to spc eulote to the possible injury of other nien's property; and we tinder- stand, that the bills outstanding at the time he was obliged to sus- pend liis payments, amounted to lcss than the prisoner is now charged with having erabezzled. The plan by whiolh the prisoner contrived to keep thc nooney in his possesmion was, it is said by those who haveex. a-mined the books, extremely ingeniets, and could not have been de. tected witlhotit a more con Ftant coinparison nf nccounts than is always madelIy mercantilemen wh2en thc persons principallyecngaged in trans- acting their busineisare strongly reliedl upon. Figures were changeti to meet the varioIIs exigencies, and such ivai the prisoner's knack at ob- litera(ing, that one figure has been chaniged into another, and changed back again into its original state, withliot leaving any pal- p able mark of erasure. At lengthi, the great disproportion which ir. 51eyer's money at his banker's, horc to te tlernands upon his house, awakened his suspicions, anti he soon ascertained that Leger had posscssed himself of no IeS than from 8,0001. to 10,0001., and that the credit of the housc was ruined. Two cases of embezzlement were gone into on the present occasion. l\r. Brodrick and Air. Wohlcr, jun., attended for the prosecutor, Mr. Adoiphuisanid Mlr. Bowden for the prisonier. Air. Aleyer stated, that the priKoner had h)cen his clerk fbr a great number ot years. Witness ha(i Mr. Daniel llazard in partnershii)I withl him, until the 19th tof Jiuly, 182.1. He (witness) had a (dis- count account at tihc Bank of England, on the 1Ith of April, and on that day drew a eheck for 1,!151. and delivere(d it to the prisoner, whose butiness it was to takc checks to the Bank, receive theamount, and pay it into the banking-lieuse ofPule anI (Co., in the witness's name. WVitness never received the suio of 501. of this account. Mr. Jshn noh(lgate, a clerk in thie Bank. stated that he knew the prisoner by sight. Knew the draugilt for 1,W01., and paid it by an onrler tn nether offiec in the Bank to that attiotint on the 15th of Mlay, 1824. Another clerk in the Ba-ik stated that he paid the order in one nete for 1,0001., three for 3001. each, and one for 501. The 601. note was No. 14,954, and dated 27th Mlarch, 1824. A third clerk stated that he gave cash for the 501. note, numbered 14,954, on the 15th of April. Did not know whether he gave it to the Prisoner. Recollected having ceen the priaosle about the place. The namne of MVeyer wvas written on the note. Mlr. Meyer said the name of Meyer written on the note was the pr Isnr's w.riting. Mr enham, clerkt in the housme of Pole and Co., stated that be receivedl on the 16th of April, 1824, the aum of 1,9001. ir the namne of MVr. Mleyer, paid in a note for 1,0001., and tlhree for 3001. eachi. Could not sav by whom it was paid in. The sum of 2361. Os. 3d. was p tdi ilte same uIRV. Mr.Myer said the 2361. Os. 3d. did not forra any part of the trnsac'tion in quiestioDn. The LiORD MtAYOR asked the prisoner whether he wished to ac- count for not htaving paidI the suni of 501. into the b?anking houise ? The nrisoner siaid " Not at present." The 'next charge was that of having embezzled the sum of 41. 6s. 4d., under circumstancesi precisely similar. The clerks of thej3ank were sworn; and the prisoner was remanded for a few days. BoW.sSTREET.-Yesterday William Zfilpabsick, the young man charged with rob bing his mnaster, Mlr.. Macheath, a jeweller in Ryder's-court,,~.of jewellery to a large amckunt, and Jame:! W-iflrhsr, whio is charged.- on suspicion of feloniously receiv- ing a part of the property knowing it to be stolen, wvere broaght tip for another examination. It wouild rseem'*that the 'pri- soner Kilpatrick, even before he wasi apprehesidied, haA come to a detetrmination to make his late employir all the reparation in his power; for when Cousins, the constable, called at his, father's; houise on Tuiesday last for the purpose of taking hiim into custody, lie found him making out a list of' articles which he had purloined, for the avowed puirpose of transmnitting it to Alr. Macbeathi, with informationi as to where thie property wouldI be found. While the officer was present, he also wrote a full confession of his guilt upon a separate fhcesih peand des,ired Cousins8to bewitness to it. He gave.)Mr. ie:eofKte fullest inform-ation, in consequence of which WVootton anti Cousins were enabled to recover a great portien of the stolen property. So erteinsive had heen the depredations of this unhappy young mran, andl so widely had he distributed the produce of his disilonesty, that the offlcers, were occupied for a whole day in going to the diffeent pawnbrokers and other persons to wvhomn he had dis- poe= fhistmaster's property. lie told the pawnbrokers various stre sto the manner in which lie becamne possessed of the property. To some he said that he pledged the articles for hiis brother,. whose name was Thompson, and who was a jeweller carrying on business at 137, Strand, but was suddenly. pressed for mioney ; whiile to others lie said lxia name was Brown, and that bie pledged the goods for his father. A great number of pawnbrtokers attended yes. terelay, and produced the articles which Kilpatrick had pledged with them. Among the witnesses were two respectable andI pretty-look. sag young women, to bothi of wlhop, it appears, Kilpatrick was pay- ing his add(resses at the same time. To one, who lived within three doors of his master's house, he had sent a valuable ring enclosed in a letter filled with expressions of unalterable love, anti couched in the vsual style of epistles of that kind, coming from a Joung hand. lHe subscribed himself "1 Your most devoted Willh. Kilpa- trick." To the other he had given a pair of ear-rings, and some other articles. Thisi young woman wias taken into cuis- tody at first, and brought to this office, but v;as released uipon bail. The ear-rings were taken from hetr ea%rs-a circumstance at which she seemed terriblv dlistressed. The young ladly who had received- the love-letter tiitered while Alr. Hlalls was reading it, and her wholeconduct tended toshow that the awful situiation ofhIer ci-efevant loverlhad prodluced but little effect uuonlher. When these young womnen had related the manner in wirich they received the ar- ticles mientioned, Sir. IHALLS said, he thouglit there was sufficient evidence witliout them, and he would spare theni the necessity of at- ten.ding at the Old Bailey. He wouild, hiowever, advise them to be very cautious in future bhow they accepted of articles of this kiad from a person whom they knew was in such a situation tlhathe had op- portunites of purloining, them. In addition to the former evidence as to WVillssher, XVootton stat- ed, that whiei he went to him and informed him of the nature of' his business, he expressed the utmost willingness to have htis premiises se-arched, Ilie also readily adImitted that he liad bought the pins froin the prisoner Kilpatitiek, and saidI that thec latter told him that his father hadl just left a public-house, anid not choosing to let his money lie idle at the Bank, he'em-ployed somne of it in dealing-he findinig money, and youing Kilpatrick judgment. Willsber asked him wh y he did not offer them to his masmter, Mr. Slacbeath; and he said the latter would want tick (credit), and that wouldI not suit. On the other hand, it was proved thiat Willsher sold some of the. pi ns at very low prices. Mr. A.'lley attended for Willsher, and .A1r. Hiarmer's clerk for Kilpatrick, andI thiey both declined to offer any observation in the present stage of the investigation. Both ipriisoners wvere fully committed for trial, andI the witnesses all bound over to prosectute. Mr. HiALLS said he could not dismiss the pawnbirokers without offering, a remark or twvo upon whiat lie (teemed their highly repre- hensible conducet. He considered it but a very slighit remove in point of cuilpability from that of the prisoner WilUshier. Here were pawnbvokevs, mnany of themi living in the immediate neighbourhnoodi of the prosecutor, and all of them within a comparatively confined circle, constantly taking in new articles of jewellery from a very youngnman, and nevergiving themselves thetroutble tomakeasinglein- quir~ out ofidoors. lie was bound in duty to conIMittheyoungman, but ac didl so with feelings of regret ; for he couldi not help recollect. lug that in Isis master's shoap he had great temptation before him, and that the teinptation to compilete hiis ruin was increased by thte facility whichi was affiirded to himi by the pawnbrokers in getting rid of the property. 10Ioy.s1ALL _ 'VI rr and Mrs. Whitmee, of No. 5. Wellington. terrace, Blackfriars.road, bothl of whiom, It will be recollected, at. tendedI at this office on Tuesday last, upon0 which occasion a very extraordinary investigation took place respecting an extenstive buirglary antI robbery committed in thecir hiouse during their ab- sence at Covent-garden Theatre. Since the publication of time cir- cumistances of the inquiry befoire the magistrate, it appears that Airs, WVhitnsece hail bseen violently assaulted by the kept mistress of on!' of time persons whon wats strongly suspected of having been implicated in the robbery. Yes,terdayi morninig Mlr. Wliitmiee, accompalipgd by his wife andl one of Sir. . armer's clerks, came before the sitting magistrate Al. SWaaxv', Esq., for the purpose of complaininFt of a most vinient and unprovokced ass-ault which liad been committed upon the person of' Airs. Wlhitmee the previous night, by a wom-fan namned AMary-Anne Ball, who, it was stated, cohiabits with a pers-on named Honeyiman. The latter individual, it will lbe remembered, was stated by Airs Whitmee's servant girl as hiaving been in that lady's liouse the day on which the robbery was accom-plished, antI who, at the dlesire or Mlrs. Whiitmee, concealed himiself in the hack kitchien whien some visiters came to the dioor, andI got out unperceived at time rear of the house. The consitable of the SUrrey watch-houise stated, that Mlary Anne Ball was brought to thec watchl-house the night before, chiarged with having commiiitted a violent as;sault upon Airs. Wliltmee that two housekeepers enteredJ into recognizances for her appearance thea fol- loITg morning at thiis office; bitt that she was niot then itt attenidance to answver the Complaint. The AMagistrate, in consequence, ordlerc(I the case to stand over, and, in the mean time, MIrs. Whiitmee was indfulged with a chiair. Whien she gat dlown, shec appeared to be labonring uinder considerable agitation of mind, and wqe observedilMr. 'Whitmes soothing her with all the care ant'i attachiment of a fond and dlevotedI hutsband. After the Magistrate had waited for a consdiderable time, anti no defendanit ap- pearing. an officer, accomnpanied by one of thc party, who was bail foir the defendanut, was despatched to the residlence of l-oneyiman, in oriiei to bring her up in custody; butt tlhey returned unsuccessful, stating itiat she ivas not to he foutnd. Tlhe Msagistrate here observed, that of coutrse the defendanit's re. Cognizanicas wouldl he estrteated buttupon Perusing the instruments, it was iliscovered that the constable hail made a blundeer, which ren- ilered them useless. The Mlagistrate then dir-ected Airs. Whitmiec to) state the niatuire of the chiarge whichi she hail to make agaiiist M1ary Anne B3ail, anti lie wouild inttantly grant a warrant for her appre- hension. Mirs. Whitmee stated, thiat ovn thie previous ntighit, between six and seven ii'cloc', while slhe was stitting iii the drawing-room with her hiusbanid, a loud knock came to the street-door, whiceh was opened by thic servant-mnaid, wvhen a female asked hier if hier mistress was at h-omec? On being ansivered ill thie affirniative, tile womani said- " I wanit to see SIrs Whitmiee." She CMIrs. Whitinee), hecar- ing the inquir', wvent down) stairs, anid thl. moinent slse got into the passage, a woinan, whose teal namea is Mlary Anne Ball, ran at lier lik'e a furv, callinig out, Youivile wretchi, yout have been withi Hioneynian, mny lurbapd, yoi hiave, I will give it to von," and suiting the- notioin to die wortis, shie dragged a lace cat, worth a gitines, off hier (Sirs. VhIAtmee's) head, arti( along with it a handftul of her hiair. Here AlIrs. Wh,itnriee opened a small hand basket, and dlrew forth fromi.u it he renmains of her lace-cap, which wag torn to atonm,, toaether with as muciioubtirn hair as wouldI tnake a full front for aniy lady's hcad. These were proofs, the miagistrate observed, whlich certainly testicileas to the tlesperate natureof thecattack. Sire. Wlhitmiee added, thiat had it not been for hier hiusband, wlio was for. (Innately at lhome whirn it happenied, she hrelievetl she wouldi iiasve been miurdered, for she called ouit frequenitly dusring the assault that shie wouldI be the uleatdi ofhirr before she left the houise. notwithstandingshe (Alirs. Whitmee) frequentlv ejaculated tinring the outrage, that site was innocent of any crimninal arquiaintance with 1-loneyman. Time infuriated woman siill struick at hier, unitil at lenigth SMr. WVhitmee saved her from furthier violen)ce. Air. Whitmee hiere steppedl forward, and assuired the magisrate that lie never witnessed a moere ouitragetis as%aiilt than that commit- ted by the dlefendlant uipon his wite. With great difficutilty, he said, he rescued htis wifle fromi the ferocity of the ivoman, who raii ouit into thte street after having committedi t e outrage. She Wteas Stibsequtentlv talcea to the waLtchihoits-e, as described l,y the constable, and hield to bail. Thie Magistrate saidi that hie hadllheard qluite enough to justIfy hiim in graniting a WaRTranit for the apprehension of' Alary Anne Ball. 'I'he complaining pattv then left' the office, M1r. WhIitinee declar- ing that lie would spare no expense in puniishing onie selmo liad so gross;ly ill-treated hig wife. ADlr. Netlethorpe, the Secretary of the Lambeth Water.worLs, at- telndet for the purpose of htaving an explanation rendered respecting tile conduct of a tiuoncock belonging to the Comipany, whose (tuty it was to turn the plugs in the neilbbotirhood of Gilbert-street, "Vra. tcrloo-road, in canseqtuence of a fire which took place at an oil shop in that street, abut 10 days ago. jAn application was made on the day subsequecnt to the fire, by the turneock and somne flreiien cbe- longing to the Royal Exchangc andl 1'eFt of England Fire-offices, for the magietr,tes' signature to the certificates for their respective rewards, when it was thienl stated by sotne of the applicants, that there was iot a supply of water until three-quatters of an hour had elapsed from the first alarn of fire ; consequently, they could not rentler any assistance; and thlat tbe house whs actually buirnt dowvn befere tli&ir cngines coulul he brought into play. The presiding ma- gistrate (NIr. SVAvnEY) then directed that a letter sahould be written to AIr. Nettiletorpe otn the subject. Slr. Nettlethorpe begged to call the attention of the magistrate to a statemeilt which appearedl in Ihe morning papers, and which seemced to hiim, from what lie had collected of the facts, to be inaccurate. Ilir. SikAnE y remarked, that he was not to be accou-itable for any thing wvhiclh appeared in the newspapers, but lie certainly recollected it was stated that there was not an eatly supply of water, and that the house was burnt down betbre the wvater was turncd on. Mlr. Nettlethorpe sail, that the property in the shop being of a combuistible nature, the house was presently consumeA. The turncock was then exanmi4ed, an(i fronm his evidence it-ap. peared that from the timne lie was calletd to turm the piltigs, tint ismore than five or seven ntintites elapscd before there was ati abindant supply of water. rNo other witnesses also spoke to a speedy supply of water after thc fire hali broken out. T'ie Alagistrate ag4imt observe(r, that lie Itul heard a very different account when the case wvas first broughit before hint. Air. Nettlethorpe trusted, thiat the same chiannel which had colil- irunicatel to the world thc coniplaint against the I,nmbeth Water Works Company, wvould give pxblicity to the present investigation. T'he mrgistrate said, that he dotibted not but the case would be ac. curately represented, "and ram happy tosay "added the inagistrate, ' that there is tiot the slightest foundation for any complaint what. ever aainAt the Lambeth Water Company on the present occasion, I and I shall cheerfully grant tbe certificates for the rewvards." The Secretary to the Company then said, that it was the most anxious desire of the Company to render every assistance in their power then fires occurred. POLIICE.