Police.
The Times, 1824-06-02T00:00:00

niain 'ho, is tikowr te 'the 'tbe nam co wthoeh..t Oitdiflfajn, 'Wtvda, brought beforea tie, vD.s yougoi Chairge ofbhav,nid r,eb6eda .countryan of 15h foo reignsm * lartini, The officer; ,stited that', op Sat&rdy%night ja coinitryuian; whbo;'ad j ust'arrived, in-towin,_ waspa-s~ing tliriugli'the ritiei.ts; wbeit- 2e was etpb of thcn who &ecrto Matihat Jti knew him, and inisted on hisgoingint'a pub ic-h6utef o.drink-TIiey bani scaprely sat dhe, when in walked a'second man,. -hq joednizned hin a convers, tdo. .Shoirtl after,incfieaiother wlio pieten&d to be intoxicated,, when the old trickaf vthener was i oerioed, The intoxicated alan sad!4 he hsad been extremely Iihfortutiate that Iay.. "!Yoii stupid fellow,I saUdthe 6znntrvmrin's cornpiuion, 'i You don't know Engzlib ;~ th6 Word is i2nfort6namo" "-Iwill'bet ,ou 100 guinas of' its.' aid The intokicated man. The. wager was accett4ed bY thte couitrvnian's .comennion, who faid to thelatter ." I haye not moncy- yi~yelf,. do *you gd hahves'wjth me, anzd we shall .win it' of. the foal,.who lias .plenty t2f m~onek. Th)e coun'tryman said hio nevcr meddled'with wagers; -Upori hicbih it was rdtorted, tbat'lie hiad nio nioneYr to bit. Nettlcd by this observation, lii produced 15 .soverbigns to prove thiathe.could jolit ihe chose. ThIswas6 enouh for the gang, who z1fddenly left iAie boitse,on pietence.of fetcbini a aictiotiary tt deternline the .wager. Wihen they were go6ne, tbecotintryme.ti foind Iispce iied inside out, arnd lits.. 15 sovereigns gone. . He gavre a deserition af the robbi)s to la-rtii '*Iio knew the prisoner as. haviitg oii car,ried on iis ttade mons.Ia4cessfnlly, ahiiapprehend- ed lhn.,The cou-ntrvrmia .inimediat0v rebognized' hinii a]4or. of the ganz id rmsdo tedad ract but he bad-since disappeSaed.' ff wa~s ,the p ractiie. of the jiang, wbeni ond of them was taken., to buy off' the.proincutbr, sometimes: by re- turning. the whole of the money,, sometimes -by giving half, -atid at nthpr ffn,., hv --an, -- s-A =1ii. -A, 1,.. were found on the prisoneu when takenjinto custody, a number of, lash netc-, m.deto rsexmble notes of alarge amountt; some couun- Eerfeits,'alled " gammoning sovereigns;" antlanunberofrtock re- ceipts, all of which fornied part of' his apparatus of;tfraul, to, give him the appearance of pacsessing large property. The pfisoner at. eirst said that hi &as a manl livinnori his property ih thefunds, and a'Tected 'to be highly indignant at such a charge bein; 'preferrid, against him. ' The LORD M7AYOR told thc prisoner, that although he bad g6t propertyi in the funds, yetit was perTc'etly.vellknown tp thc.police that it was obtained bv fraud or robbery, and thathis son san most. of his.family had fallen into the handi. of- justice. 'The. prisoner hxmself, old and experienced as be.was, would ultimately. meet dtat rate from which all his skill hadt not been able to preserve hts ofr- spring. The Prisoner.-Ab.. my Lord, I did pet bring up uy. son to that wa of life of which he ws convicted.. ?klhe LoanD MI.roit.-Perhaps not. Hc was probably too rasX, and you would rather have had'himbfollow your own less dangerous system of fraud, than desperate robbery. You have escaped ihis tire, but beware, and aert your fate by:a timely reform. The Prisoner.-Nly Lordi l certabily do.intend toreform. The LORD. AlXAOR then discharged the prlsoner.requesting him not to forget bis intentionas soon as he found himself out of dan- ger, IJis Lordbship observed, that on the day before there were no lesthan three cases -brought'before hrm, in whichi frauds were-corn- snitted by rneans of these notes, that uwere given as puffs by barbers in the city. They were highly mischievous and as the PartieS who circulated them had been repeatedly. apprises of their tendencvy, hey deseea severe punishment for continuing the practice. Somne of the notes were sent by his loidbsip to the court of Bank Directors for them to consider ,shether they would prosecute tbempas illegal imitations. The matete at present remains under considerateon. GuILDsHALL.-Tbe vigilance and, perseverance of the Solicitor tfor the Treasurv; in apprehending the shopmen at Carlile's, -has two or three tilms-t brought tbe.sale of the obnoxious poblications tC a temporavy stand-still. In every interim, the shop has been kept open and attendedhby a female, who. has, however, carefullv avoided selling the prohibited works. Towards' the latter end of last week, a new assistant appeared in the shop: his career, however,-has been veiy sshort, for he was apprehended hy a warrant on Mionday after. nceon, and was yesterday brought up before the sitting magistrate, Afr. Alderman ANsLEYO . Hie was decently attired, and seemed to be a young man ofsome intelUect. When asked his 'name, he refused to give it, observing. that lie was aware it was of no consequence, but he had his peculiai motives for declining to state it, and seemed =uch surprised whet Aie. Raven, thc gentlemnanr who attends for the prosecution,.askee him if it was not Tronzei Rylei Perry, which he acknowledged ii was. Tbe charge against -hin was for selling a number of the Ae. publicayt, and PalTner's Principles oflVatbre, to Wilson a Bow. stre6t-offlcer, and the only novel featurc in the case was; that heliac at firstsaid that the price ofthe latter work was asovereign, and tha. in censequenCe of so naly persons h-aving been taken up4 the wor would not be sold far leas than. that sum, except to those who waer known to be Carlile's friends. 'Wilson, bowever, amused him witl a story of wanting the work to send into the country, and Perry lei him hare it at the usual price, 2s., observing, that if any informatior waI laid for the sale of it, the Dricefor thefutare'would-be raised to 51. The prisoner conducted himself before the mugistratew with propel decorum, but said enough to show that he was a zealot in. the cause; for on the aldemnian's regretting that persons should persist in selling these works, which the kntiew were prohiboited hT replied, "I car assure you, Sir, you will see a-more foimidabZe, phsanx than yoe can imagine." It subseqaently came out- that the prisoner was ar itinerant conmedian_.-that he had a wife end one child-and that- hi had volunteerel his services .to take the situation of sbopman in .r letter to Carlile,dlated from Spalding, Lincolnshire. Be,wascom. mitted to find bail, kimself in lOL., and two sureties in 501. each.. BOW-SRass..,Yesterday Joseph Butrher, a young man of su. pearor smanners and evidently of good education, but whose exterii: bore only the threadbare remains of gentititv, Was brouFht befon T4OXAeS HALLS, Esq., by Townsend, the senior principal office of?"r15 establishment, on a peace-warrant, cba'aed vith-sending-; letter to Mlr. Joseph Riayne, of a natrte calcatlated to excito him t c6mmit a breach of the peace. The merits of the dispute which gave rise to the presen proceeding wero not gone' into, but it -was understood to b of a family nature. Air. HaNie amid the defendant were. cou poor, as will be seen in thesequel.. .r. r utcherresides wsh .hi niQther, an elderly-lady who hast seen, much bsater. days,s ans the had somnelhow or otl.a.z-conceiveda`notoio (said to-be toiallyw.itlioti foundation) that Alr. Hayne had been the' means, of keeping. then fromn the Postession of property to which they.were entitled There htd been sonie correspondence between the defendant an Mir. Hayne,. and at length the former sent the letter in question which contained a challenge to fight a duel. Mlr. BALLS havingread the letter, asked Mlr Butcher what, ha haA to'say : The ia4ter immediately admiitted that he was the writer of th letter, anid taking out a bundle of'papers, was aboat to enter into statemnent of the?cause'of the dispute, when Alr. HALLS stopped hium, andI observed,. that hae had nothinj at all to do rith the origin of thedispute; it was only the meditate breach of the peace that he could takecognizmnceeof. " This,"_con tinued MIr. fALLS, " ;is another of those absurdities which: are be coming more and more absurd- every day,. aud which I hope wil soon e totally in disuse_L_I mean the p-actice. of duelling;, or o reortinz upoa every frivolous occasion to a cdalUenge . to flight. vitl pistols."1 M11r. Hayne's solicitor' agreed with. the wortbv magistrate as t the absurdity of the-practice, and expressed ahepe.thatit.woutld sol get into total disuse. Townsend, theofficer, said that if lie might be allowed to speak, hi thought he could say something that wouldttead materially. to setmat. -ters right. He knew and highlyrespected themotlierandfainilt of.thi defendant, andble believed the young man was now aware that ih hid puraued a wrong course, and v.as willing to pledge. his honiom tbatJlr.Hlaynoshould not be again annoyed by him. This hi '(Townserd-) 'hoped would be sufficient; and perhaps iMfr. Haynm would'be content with his owl recognizance, and not have hiin seni to prison in defiault of h1is procuring bail. Mr. Butcher himself, in. a, toneindicative of extreme rnelancholy. assured Mr. ilayne that he wouldanever again be annoyedby him. Tbevolicitortben said. tbatunder suchcircumstances.ie certainl) should be sati,sfied to have the defendant'discharged upon lis . onr recognizancu. This was'ag,eed to, and. the . defenldant was about to leave- the office, when Townsend said, " If I may be allowed once- more .tc speak, I s111al conceive myself greatly favoured bvyour 'Worship- II ever Mr. Hayne gave awayeany thing in charity (and I have reason to know that he has done sooften). he could notlind a better oppor. tunity of.d6ii a good Action than at this mnoment. . *When 1 appre. hended that yoangrmaT this morning, I found him and.hiN mother absolutely wtthoutfood, or the means of procuringit.. IUr. Mayne, I am sure, coultd norbetter bestow 51. than by giving. it to these ..un. fortunate persons."- Mr. Rayne seemed nfl'ec?ed. and beckoned Townsend out, and in a few moments.the veteran otlicer returne with a 501. note, which he gave to 'rs. But6her, as a present frooMr.Hayne. Itwas're. ceived with tears of graiude...Thre defendant was then dhiscfrmed. ..' .I ~ -POLICE. V -