Police.
The Times, 1824-07-15T00:00:00

MAssTxO.NQUsg..-Several seamen applied to the Loan MIAYOR, to assst them in getting possession of 3001., which they were told they were entitled to, in consequence of having saved a ship on her passage homeward from America. Their spokesman was a black man, named Green, of large dimensions, exceedingly weU proportioned, and evidently su- perior to the vest. He stated,' that the crew of the ship to which he belonged had by very great exertions, preserved another vessel, for which service they understood the ship's crew were to receive the above.mentioned sum; but, upon application to the Captain of the Woodford, to which they belonged, they were as- sured that if the money were forthcoming, it was to be feared that the crew would not be a blit the bettei for it. They did not mean to speak ill of the Captain, who was as good,a fellow as ever command- ed a ship, but tbey thought, If the revr3rd was to be given, they ought t cone intr their share. They understood, besides, that the owners of the shit were the rdaimants of the cash, and that the- expectation of those claimants, instead of being limited to 300L, was not less than 3,0001. To see such a rum, produced by their efforts, so appropriated, was not very pleasant, and they accordingly ap plied to his Lordship, to have justice dealt out to them. The LonD MAYO3 said, he was not qualified to decide upon such a case, as he was not acquainted with the understood agree ments between parties under such circumstances. Ile, however knew the proprietors, who were men of the first eharacterr and would, he was sure, take care that justice should be done to the seamen. The Black, who, the Lord Mayor perceived, exceedingly re- sembled Molineux, the celebrated antagonist of Tom Crib, acci- dentally raised his hand, which was clinched, to his face. The fist was such as must occasion a good deal of speculation amongst the Fancy. The LoRD MAYOR asked the Black whether lie was related to Atolineux, whom (said his Lordship) I saw going to fight Crib, when they were better matched than they were afterwards. Your face is akna to his, and, if I mistake not, your hand is of the same dangerous character as his was. Green.-Thdeed, my Lord, we are sisters' sons, and I am going to take a triatl at the ning myself eRet w-eek. The LobiD MAYOR,-WVhat country man are you ? Sreen._A native of New York. The Lostn MAYOR.-rhen5 if you go Into our rng, take the advice of a friend, snd don't feed too high. You will have occa. sion for all your facultes,and be sure you .tyour beef-steaks raw. GUILDoaALL.-Sice the appointment of Wheeler, ashis represen. tative, or ihspector, 1r. Itartin leaves the getting up of cases of com. plaints againstolbrenders under tleAct which bears his name,to him, sel(dom appearing himself but upon novel questions, and sach a one occuriffg yesterday, before the sitting magistrate, Mr. Alderman CROWDE , thehonourablememberfor Gaiway attended to con- duct the proceeding.-L Ar. Ttoinas Daffern, of No' U6 Compton-street, Soho, had been suMmoned to produce the driver of his van, No. 133,350, for wan- tonlv andfcruelly illtreating the horse, by overloading it; and hil r. Daflbein's clerk, and Wilkinson, the carman, accordingly appeared. Mr. Aartin being sworn, said he saw the van on Holborn-hill logded ith a most extraordinary manner. The horse itselg was ,ctually unable to move it, and he was sure there were at least seven or eight men assisting, pushing it behind; and it was with difficulty that they could all together get it up the hill. The. hoise alone could scarcely move it, evern on level ground. It; his judgment, the waggon alone, empty, was load sufficient for any one horse, and he believed there was nearly 30cwt. in it. This, he said, was not a case upon which there was any doubV as to the cruelty. It was pot that it was a greatinconve- nience to the borse; no, nor that it was a great panishment to him to draw it; but that the load was so bcavy that he literally could not drag it along. He had 0io fault to find with the driver ; he did every thing in his power to assist the horse; he wvas sure lie was a goodfellow, and would go 40 miles at any time to give him aclharac- ter. *Here my good fellow," said Mr. Mlartin, addressing him, " you' did every thing that I could have done my- self there's a crown for you. I find no fault with you, but with, yorur master, for overloading the waggon, and if there is a conviction lie must pay for it; but I was obliged to sum- mon you, though all vour fault in the business was consenting to let the horse try to draw such a load, and that, perhaps, you could not help, as you are only a servant." AMr. Alderman CitowDEt doubted whether this was such an act as came within the meaning of the words of the statute, " beat, abuse, or ill-treat." A1h4li. Alartini thought the latter phrase embraced the offence; but though he had convicted for over-loading a horse, and in the city, and consistency of decision was always important, yet he allow- ed-that there had been great doubts upon the question. Mr. Alderman Caow2n, thought, upon a fair construction of the act, he could not convict, and the summons was accordingly discharged. IAAuLansOUGu-.SREE'T.-Philip Francis Story, a young gentlemanabout :0 years of age, one of the 'Westminster pupils, was brought to the office twon a vrarrant, by WVales the officer, charged with violently assaultimg Haessard Stackpole, a fine youth about four years younger than the defendant in appearance. Tl-he complainant, who is the only son of the late Captain Stack- pole, of the navy, who unfortunately lost his life some years ago in a duel, we believe in India, stated, that on Sunday evening last, he had been with his mother and sister to KenEington-gardens, and returning home in theii carriage to his mother's house. No. 8, Chester-place, Grosvenor-place, about seven o'clock, complainant then sitting on the coach-box, and when the carriage stopped at the door, a young boy now present, about 10 years old, came into the balcony of the house, No. 10, in the same street, occupied by Mllr. John Bainbridge Story, the uncle of the defendant, ind called aloud to the defendant, wlio was, he supposed, in the room, 'o come to the winilow and look at the monkey on the coach-box. Defendant then came to the window, and called complainant by the same epithet, aRd otherwise used the most insulting language towards him, although he liad no recollecticn of ever having seen him be- fore. Complainant, however, took no notice of the insult, but went into the house with his mother anda sister. In the course of the evening afterwards, complainant went to takc a walk up and down in front of his mother's house, when defendant aLso came out on seeing him from the window, and meeting hin 'an the pavement, endeavoured to ptsh him from his proper side ond force him into the street, upon which complainant laid hold of the railings of his mother's house, to prevent his doing so; but the defendant being so much stronger than he, dragged him away by force, flung him into the street, and on his rising, struck him a tremendous blow with his clinched fist in the eye, which produced the discolouration and swelling It now presented. He had given no provocation whatever to the defendant, nor did he even strike himn in return. Mrs. and Miss Stackpole, the mother and sister of the complain- ant, ladies of very elegant appearance and nianners. confirmed the statement of the complainant, and said that they were looking out of their window at the time, and never wimessed any thing so wan- ton as the defendant's conduct. They immediately ran down stairs, to ascertain who the person was who hiad so grossly assaulted the youth, never having seen the defendant before; and Mrs. Smackpole said, that eni hea mnaking this inquiry, and offering asovereiga to any person who would find out wlho he was, Mr. Storey, sen., the uncle of the defendant, came out, and asked what her name waQ. She renied7hat name was Stackpole: upon which he said, " Oh! rhd, thther nm a tcpl w Stackpole is a very warlike name, but you and your son may be d-d ;" and otherwise abused her in the most gross terms. Not being accusiomed to such angertleman.like conduct, sain feeling acutely that there was a time when no man would have insulted her with impunity, she received such a shock at the issoment as she had not as yet recovered from, Mfr. Staciepole, sen., a fine-looking venerable old gentleman, the gradfather of the complainant, corroborated the statement of his daughtel.-in-law, as to the abuse shle received. Ir. Storey, the uncle, here most positively denied having used any such lang,:age to MIrs. Stackpole, or hzving, in fact, spoken to her at all; and insinuated that it was soimeother person who had done so from hiis windows. AIrs. Stockpole said, that bothi herselfand f.zr family are constant- ly insulted fron the windows of Mr. Storey's housb iy himself and his visiters. lMir. Storey retorted by saying that her own son was obnoziOus to the whole neighbourhoodl; but assigned no reasoin why lie should be so. The defendant, when asked what he had to say to the charge, said, that the fact was, the complainant, before be went out of the house, had been mnaking faces at him from his mother's balcony, atid shaking his fist at him; and also when they met in the street the complainant struck him first, as he had witnesses to prove. .Mfr. DE ER, however, said, that he could not try the case, anil ordered the defendant to find bail. His uncle and Mtr. Iaggets, with whlom lhe resides in Vest- square, and who is Itis tutor, were bound for his appearance at the next Westmninster sessions ; but M1r. Stosey said he should move the ipdictment into the King's Bench. Mr. Stackpole, sen., said he 1,ouit,c follow him wherever he moved it to. The partQ then left the office: Mrs. Stackpole was attended by a number of frieilds of the first respectability, who seemed to feel deeply for the insult she stated herself to have received; and the de- fendant was accompanied by a number of the Westminster boys. A man, nramed Peter Gardener, was charged with a felony, tinder the following cireumstances .-John Thomas Glindon, one of the inspectors of tbe (as Company of the St. Pancras station, stated, that the prisoner had been in the service of the cornpany; and, for some time past, large quantities of pipe had been missing fronm the differ- ent stations to a very considerable value. l*Vitnessat length received information that the pipes thus stolen from the Company bad been sold at the sbop of a Ure Dunbar, who keeps a large and extensive iron-;warehouse in Tottenhar-court-road, and, baving repaired thi ther, he qdestioned Mr. Danisars jun., on the subject, Tho oat first denied having purchased any thing of the kind; until the witness, on tearching aboust the premises, found several feet of pipe concealed M1r. Danbathen acknowvledged that he hadu1;rchased it of a man whom he qsdbi-dno5xtt o annrd hreBfusd aStathe desire of thewitness, to .1~ ,rnn wich all a Bw-steetpatrl, as called rh, and Mdr.7TDanbar and tt.. mipes were orougns w iu. --'~--- the pr.isoner was soon after takeij. (3plyofth as ComnpanY, Isaac Parks, a lam plighter, in the ~inpI of th said that he kniew the prisoner, and niet hitae one evening in Bed- ford.stluare, with a quni 1f gas-pip,e on hiis shoulder ; and, hav- ing heard the Corpny p a1 eeobd at diff'erent times, he. watch ed the prisoner, asqd siw hi ar h ieinto Mlr. Dianbar's house, and return again to Francis-street nother load, wnich he also took there. a rWif ms icesnrabto inre vindon at hich caused had to go to mr cena o n the sObeer It appared that the greater the ls ie had bn oler ftom the Company's esta bushmen an Madnl o attle-bridge, arid frpm, Chaylotte-stxeet. idv1.Y:,h altae ork iDunbarjuns,wasnow questioned he know Ewhothes aipstae, a5ce to, hisl heoedge f the transaction ; but Mr. ar oryl the soli- r. wholattended for the Ciompany, cautioned Mr. Danbar to wbat inswers he miht ghive as it was the, deed ttd fetermfination of the propriers tointdiut hr. Dm nbar as a recof ver ofp this stolen pro- perty Mr. anbarsaid, the respectability of his fatber's establish- flo,at d was too known to dread any indictment of the sort; the fact waj that he hadpurcbased this pipe as be would any other de- wchietinea f os iero; it was brought to him in open day, and they made taruale never e uchase anY tidng of t.e sort after six o'clock in the evening How' could he know who these pipes be- longed to, ans he vefor them their funl value as old ironl. Mr. Ghiadon he e that it was impossible Mr. Danbar could be ignorant of whomn is longed to for in fact some of themn had tse CompasRY ar o, a longitualina1 fillet."1 Mr. Olinden bere pointed out th aronne of the pipes that lay on the office floor; and as to Mlr. Dunbar baving given any thing like the fall value for them, he, Mlr. Glindon, denied it; for he told B all, thec patrol, that ha puirchased the pipe at the rate of Ss. 6d. per cwt., whereas these very pipes had cost the Compilany 1lls, per cw.,and they had st'.arcely ever been used. Ball', the patrol ,here said, that Mlr. Dunbar, jun., had certain!) tol h'i k, so ma a in the employ of the Comspanys ideritfife. tile pipes, and saidB that Mr. Dnbar had denied to him, too, that he had any thing of the kind on his pzemises. js Trhe prisoner made no defence, and was fullg commiatted foi triaL Mfr. Gregory then gave Mir. Dunbar, jun.,notice, that he should in. dict him also as a receiver. QuEE-;sQUAHTu.- YesterdayJohn Chepmasz a watclunan be- longing to the parish of St. John the Evangelist, 'Westninster, was brought before J. A. A. WEnTS and E. 51ARXLAD, Esqrs., charged with committing a most outrageous assault on the person of a respectable young woman, named Anne Stevens. The comp1ainant stated, that about a quarter past nine o'lock on Ttuesday evening she was going along PRochester-tow for a pint of X orter, when she heard the prisoner crying the hour of ten o'clock; she remarked to him that it was but alitde past nine, when the fellov instantly abused her, calling her by the most op_ probrious epithets: that she was obliged to run Into thehospital of the Foot Guards for protection; she was there very roughly treated, and actually thrust out to the fury of her brutal aggressor, who, regardless of her cries, and the reprobations of the bv._standers. seized her by the hair of the head, and pulled it with sueb violence that a great portion came out by the roots ! He continued his sa- vage treatment, and threatened to muTder her, which no doubt he would have accomplished but for the interference of the crowd, whose resentment was roused at the inhuman treatmnent the poor woman had received; and with somne difficulty the felow -was se- cured and lodged in the watctiliouse, where he was ke,t all night to ruminate on his conduct towards s.n unsoffending and helpless female. It further appeared that he ha.l siO busineas on duty until. text oclock at night, and this was but a littie after nine, at which time he was in a beastly state of intoxication. The defendant, in his defence, said he har been drinking2 and hav- ing received a vwound in the service of his country, a little liquor im_. tated his mind so much as to make him insenslbie of what he was doing. Mlr. WHTTE stlongly reprobated his conduct, and 'oesideg dis- missing hiim altogether trom his situation, ordered him to find good bail to answer the assault at the sessions.-The defendant was loc1ked up in default of bail. Thsomas Howard, Frances Howard (his wife), and Sarah Bear- snan, were charged w^,th stealing a considerable -5uantity of linen and other articles, the property of Win. Wordlej ;3apson, Esq., of Grove-cottage, LXittle Chelsea. It appeared that on Friday nighst lutt, John Dance, a B13WI-street. patrol, saw howard in the Five-fields, Chelsea. carrying a b1e HIe entered into conversation with him, for the purpose of ascert-irfii ing what he had got, wlien he learnt that the basket contained ; great quantity of towels, napkins, flour, bread, and other artiles of linen and food; that he hadl got them from his wife and AIrs. Bear- man, who were both servants in MIr. Simpsor's house, and that he always msade a practice of going with the basket to get it filled twice a week. In cnnsequence of this information Dance lodged him in. the watch,hoast, after which he informed Ir. Simpson of the cir- cums-ance, and the other prisoners were then taken mto custody. Mrs. Siinpaen identified part of the property, and a gentleman named Stoneham, wzho resided in Mr. Simpson's heuse, identified the remainder. Mlr. Simpson addressed the tmagistrates, and retetted exceeding. Iy the steps he was obliged to take of prosecuting Bearman, who has been supported by him for the last 14 or 15 years, and was consider- ed a conhdential servant; but she had formed a connexion with a fellow wbo has already a wife and family living, and although she was 58 years of age, and he only 26 they were asked in church to be married; and he (lir. Simpson) had no doubt most of the pro- ceeds of the frequent robberies committed in hishoase have gone to- wards supporting this man. IMlr. Simpson said he had been, since the prisoners were in custody greatly annoyed, he had no doubt by the partisans of this man aind loward. His aviary has been broken open, and all his birds stolen; besides which, two guns were fired through his windows on Saturday night, which greatly alarmed3Mrs. Simpson, who ba3 recently left a bed of sickness. The Magistrates expressed their reprobation of such conduct, and asked Bcarman who this man was. She gave his name George Alorris, a gentleman's groom; and she added, that she had givenL him all the money she got. Another case was gone into against Bearman, charging her with fraudulently obtaining ftom MIr. Smith, a grocer, of Little Chelsea, the sum of' 31., in Mlrs. Simpson's name. This charge was also fully proved, and the prisoner admitted she gave the money to Morris.-The prisoners were then fuUy commit- ted: Bearmanlupon two charges. HATTO2-uGARDEN._-ary Crawley, a middle-aged woman, was brought up for examination, charged bv Elizabeth Crawley, her step-daughter, a girl 13 years of age, with committing a violent assault on her person. The complainant's head was bound up, and all her clothes drenched wibh blood. The complainant stated, that the prisoner is married to her father, and has no children of her own; that her behaviour to comnlainant is always of the cruellest kind, beating her on the slightest pretence; that on the preceding evening, without any visible cause, she struck hcr on the head with a bellows, and inflicted a deep wound about three inches long, from which she bled upwards of a quart She was taken bv some neighbours to Surgeon Skinner, in Hatton-garden, who dressed the wo nd. Two neighbours, residing in Saffron-court, deposed to the almost constant acts of cruelty of the prisoner to the complainant, and that they were freouently alarmed at the scre2ms and cries of " Mlur- der !" issuing from the prisoner's house, caused by her beating the girl.-The prisoner was committed for want of bail. POLICB.