Police.
The Times, 1824-10-21T00:00:00

IIANSIONr1HOSUS.E.-Two young men, namred AMarcsu and Ceok, were examined before the L.O RD IAYVO R, upon charges of burglary. For some time past the city has been unutusilly free from depreda- tions of this nature. but all at once *arehoumes and dwelling-housens have been broken open. Vith respect to Cook, a watcjsman be- lIng;8g to Bishopagate- -Wtrd deposed, that vMr 1ate- on Sun- day night last, as he was going his rounds, he observed a man stand- ing near the house of Mr. Stott, the oilman, of Rlshopsgateestreet. On witness s approach, he reeled about, aend pretended to be very drunk, but when witnes walked up close to hinm, he suddenly too to his heels, ejnd fled with astonishing rapidity. Witness, on look- ing about, observed the flap of Mr. gtott's cellar raised, and at tbe same mnoment the prisoner Cook put his headl out, but witness drove him back, and thien jumped upon the flap, and caeUed for assistance. He afterward., found Cook concealed in a corner of the cellar. A great number of picklock keys and other burglarious apparatus were found upon the premises. Cook, in hit defence, declared, that he was going home early on Sunday morning, and in passing through Bishopsgate..treet, fell through the trap-door, which, doubtless, somse bad character had pulled open and left so. He was trying to get out ofthedisagreeable situation, when the watchman walked up and villainously shut him down, until others came to his aid, and then the atory of robbery was maj'e out, and he was broaghtto the watchhouse as a housebreaker. The prisoner, after tbis account of the business, gave an address, and very confidently spoke of his respectability, and the proofs of its buL the officers were told, upon inquiry, that no such person resided in the neighbourhood. The LortD MAYoRx told the prisonrr Cook that a jury must judge of the probability of the truth of thestory; buti heapprehended they would account for the occurrence In some other way..-CGk ws coiumitted. Maitin was examined finally on a charge of breaking into the house of Messrs. Robson and Co., stationers, of Tower-street. The prisoner had been seized by a soldier as he was running from a bulk, which was bcfbre Alr. RIobson's shop-window. A hole had been made irn the partition between the bulk and the shop, and a vast number of housebreakin), implements were found in thie bulk. Two other men who had (It was believed) been in the bulk, escaped. After the prisoner's apprehension, his lodgings were searcheed, and a quantity of stamps and stationery was found there. This property was identified by AIr. hVbitaker of Walbrook, as having been stolen from his warehouse, which was broken open a short time ago. The strong box had been broken open, but it happened to con- tain but little cash. Collins, the beadle, got into the house at the top, but did not succeed in apprehendirng the thieves. The soldier who apprehended the prisoner had a desperate con- flict with him, for Mlartin was determined to make a last effort, and both of them were rolling in the mud wlen assistance arrived. The soldierhad pounced upon the prisoner, equally determined not to be din3Dpoinlted. Tihe soldier appeared to give evidence under arrest. He had been unable to account satisfactorily for bifi long absence on the night of the burglary to the captain of his company, and upon appearing a, the guard-room aftler his exertions, wasa put under i nmeslitte arrest. The LORD AMAYOR said he regretted extremely to see-a man who had behaved So weU on the occasion under arrest. He request- ed that the sergeant would state to the commanding officer the pa.. ture of the services rendered by the soldier, and that in aU probabi. iity his absence was caused by the part which he had taken on an oc- casion of such importanee. The Sergeant said he had nothing to do but to take care of his pri. saner. He also observed, that his prisoner had absented himself upon former occasions, and begged that the LORD AMAYOt would himself apply to the comnanding officer uipon the subject. The prisoner said nothing, and was fully committ for the two burglaries. The prisoner has since his confinement given a history of the late burglaries in the city. He has been for some time connected with a desperate gang of housebreakers, and has within one year bcen con. cerned ia no less than 19 burglaries. On some of the occasions he said the thieves obtained some booty, but no where to a great amoup.t. The police regulations of the aty oftenbafled their plans. It ie feared that tle prisoner's disclosures, though 'very complete,wil be of little service against the parties implicated. During the exa- mination, at which many of the prisoner's friends were present, a snuff'box was stolen from a gentleman's pocket In the Justice-room. On the preceding day the pocket of another person was picked of a handkercbitf,while the Lord Mayor was adtnonlshingsome culprits. GUMT.DIeALL.-A bricklayer's man nained Cakb Smith, vas brouglht up by Turnpetn=, a city ocncer, who had stonped him between six and seven oclock that moming in Smit'nfield, with about 301b. of old lead in a bag, which he said he had brought from a house in Rolls-buildings, Fetter-lane, where he was at work, and was going to sell it for a little beer. MIr. Aloy, the master bricklayer, said he could not atwear to the lead, as there was a good deal of the same sort about the premises - nor could he say that it was his property tili it had been conveyed houme to his yard. ir. Clint, the occupier of the premises, was precisely in the same situation. He could not identify the prOperty,inor could he swear that it was his. The premises were undergoing a thorough repair, and the lead might have been part taken from the neighbouring house, the gutters of which communicated with hit own, and which his neighbour, of course, was bound te keep In repair. The prisoner's own account was that he found it at the bottom of a cesspool he was employed to ciean out. That this might pos- sibly have been the case was allowed, and, under aU the circuna- stances, the Alderman considered that there would be so much diffirulty in the proof, that the charge of felony must be abandoned, and the prisoner was convicted In the penalty of 40s., under the statute, for having the lead In his possession without being able to give a satisfactory account how he became possessed of the same. BOW-STRExET.-YesterdayMfr.Perry, a coal.merchant, appeAred upon sumnons to answrerto twoinforsations..sone-charging him with having refused to allow a sack to be measured, when required to do so0; and the other with nelecting to cause a bushel measure to be caried in a conspittous place upon a waggon laden with coals, as ordered by theact ofeParliament. Theinformations were filed anld sigsset by ^ rnan of thce np,s Of I Charlea King; and Mr.lradfield, thegreat reformer of abusesin the coal-trade, appenred in the double character of witness and advocate in support of' the charges. The informations having been laid beforc Mr. IYALr.S, the sitting magistrate, a3dl lr. Porry being called, he answered, and presented himself at the table. Air: Harrer attended as his solicitor. Chtarles King, the informer, was next called, and inmediately a tall, singular-looking tnan of the middlc age, dressed in shabby black, wiith silk neckkerchief, and a great profusion of hair upon his head, ruahed through the crowd to the front of the table, and in a great seceming agitation said," I know nothing of the matter, lr. Mlagistrate. I beg distinctly to state, that I have no conmplaint whatever to prefer ;.ainsta Mr. Perry." hlr. HALLs.-Don't be in a hurry, Sir. Letme first inquire into the nature of the case. Mr. King.-You may inquire as much as you please, but I tell vou that I have no chargesgainst Mlr. Perry. AIr. IHALLS.-YOU are an extraordinary fellow. Pray what are you, Sir? Dfr. Kinig._Vhliy, Sir, I am nothing, as you may say. Mr. HAr.L9NothinDg! Il r. King._Ycs nothing; or perhaps worse than nothing. I am an unfortunate tradesman, rest'ed in pocket, but not in principle yet, thank God. hlr. HALLS.-Are you not the informer in this case ? Mr. King.-No, Sir: I detest and abominate the name. I know nothing about the matter. Mr. HALLs.-YouSr name is Charles King, is it not ? AMr. King.-That is certainly my name, Sir. IUr. Dar.Ls.-And is not ihis your signature at the bottigm of these informations ? Mr. King.-I don't know. Mr. HALLrS.-COme, Sir, answer my questior truly. Is this your handwriting or not? Mr. King.-I know nothing about it. Mr. HAr.Ls. Iwill not be trifled with. Tell me, ay or nu, at once, is this your signature ? Mlr. King.-I have told you already that I know nothing aboat it. I can't say that it isl: at aU events, I have no complaint againat lr. Perlry. Air. HALLS.-14OW came you 2,ere at all then ? AIr. King.-Why, the fact is, as I said before, I have been unfortu- nate, and this man (pointing to Mr. Bradfield) has rendered me ser. vIces. He came to me the otherday,andrequiredme,in pretty positive terms, to lay these informatlons. I had a huge mind to serve him as he deserved upon the spot, but I kept my temper, and thought it would be better to let him expose himself here, and to subject him to any fine that could be inflicted, though I don't know whether any such thing can be done or not. Afr. HALLS.-I wishyoa would tell me whether or not this sig- nature is yours. RIr. King.-I can't say, Sir. Mr. Bradfield.-Why, Sir, I saw him write it. Mir. King.-You held your tongue. Afr. Bradfield.-Thia is really unaccountable to iue, your Wor- ship. This man made not the slightest objection when he signed the informations. MIr. King.-No; for the reasons I have just stated, I did not ob' st. Mr. flarmer._WeU, then, you withdraw the inforrnaton. Mr. Kig._Exactly so; I do. Mr. Harmer.-And yout do right : for I pledge my word that there is not the least foundation for this charge; and M1lr. Perry was, and is now, extremely anxious to have the matter Invextigated, in order that he might exonerate himself, which he could have done most eompletely. MIr. Bradfield.-He could have done no such thing. I am able to establish the charge most completelv. Mr. Harmer.-Then the informations were laid at your instance. Mr. Bradfield-CertaiRly; I have no hesitation in admitting it, and I should have laid them myself, but that it happens I am my- self a material witness, and I could not be Infortner and witness too. Mir. larmer.-I repeat that there is not the least foundation for the charge against Mr. Perry ; and I must observe, that it is really shameful that a man shoald be going about the town putting resrect- able tradesmen to expense and trouble, and traducing their charac- ters without any just cause whatever. M1r. Bradfield.-I repeat, that I have good ground of complaint: the practices I charge against Mr. Perry are notorious. Msr. Harmer.-Sir, you shall not stand there and traduce the character of my client, who is as respectable a man as any in London. hlr. Bradfield was replying, when he was stopped bv Air. HALLS, who said he would have no accusations bandied about eq either side. Mfr. King had withdrawn the informations, and that was quite suf- ficient. Mfr. King, upon hearing this, said, " Certainly, Sir ;" and turn- ing upon his heel, he hastened out of the office, remarking, as he went, " I am poor, it is true ; but I am not yet an infornmer." At Mr. Harmer's requept, the infifrmations were impounded, in order that he might, if he chose, take steps against Mr. Bradfield, (we suppose, for a malicious prosecution.) Air. Bradfield, on the other hand, declared he would exhibit fresh informations and here the matter rests, for the present. MA11A,10ROUGHs.STREETR.A middle-aged woman, very re- spectably dressed, and whose manner bespoke her to be a person su- perior to the situation whlich itsubsequently appezred she held in so- ciety, came to the office, and applied for a warrant, under the fol- lowing extraorlinary circumnstances. The dreadful appearance ofthe applicant showed that she had been the victim of some very unusual violence; her head hung motionless upon one of her shoulders, and her neck and bosom were covered with bantages and plasters , her face presented the appearance of one corrunted mass; her nmouth drawn on onr. side, and her eves nearly closedt by infl'ammation. She wais supported into the office leaning upon the armis of two respecta. hle-looking men, who led her toeards the Bench, when she made the statement to Sir. ff. FAsTtKAWT, the sitting Alagistrate, upon which she grounded her application for redress. She stated her name to be Susannah M'Quilkin. a married wo. man, whose husband was at present in the country; she said that, although of a rcspectable famnily and connexions, she has, fronm ad. verse circumstances, been for some time obliged to fill the situation of cook in familiees; and some months ago went into the service of Mr. Mattem, a grocer and oilman, resiting at No. 555, Lower Gros. venor.street, she has frequently, since she has been in this service, being of rather a nervous habit, been very much alarmed by a prac. tice which Air. Mattem pursued, of firing and letting off squibs of gunpowder atid crackers all over the house, for his amusement; that she had frequently remonstrated against the danger of such proceedings, and although she did not think he intended any mischief, that she represented to him there were various other ways in whicl he rnight gratify the buoyancy of his dis- position, without risking the lives of the people in the house,orner. haps the destruction of the house itself. O0n Tuesday last, Mr. Mattem had a party ot friends to dine with him. and she, as usual, prepared the dinner; and having sent it up to table, and arranged her kitchen, she commenced making up the kitchen fire; but the Instant she thrust tle poker Into it, an explosion took place, of the most appalling nature ; the whole contents of the grate were scatter- ed upon her person, and about the kitchen; the place waS in an in- stant filled with smoke, which retdered it impossible to see a yard before her, and, in fact, the sesene altogether was 8o terrific, that she became senseless, and it was a wonder that she haa not lost her life, either by the fright or suffocation. As it was, however, she receivel such injuries as it was not likely she should ever recover from the effects of; she was dtisfigured in the shocking manner ia which shle appeared, and her brest and neck were burnt so dreadfuilly, tlat it would be difficult to describe the state they were in. She had immediate reeourse to sturgical advice, but as the gentleman she had consulted, and who had dressed lher wounds, said that it woutld be impossible for her to do any work for a long time, she wished to have the means afforded her of retiring into a private lodging, until she should be in some degree recered; and feeling convinced that AMr. Alattern was the author cf the injuries she had sustained, she applied to him for a trifling allowance for her lodging and board, until she got better, and to pay the expense ot her surgeon; but he refused to do either, and she was compelled to apply to the Magis- trate for some redress for the great injury inflicted upon her. One of the persons who accompanied the unforunate as licani, said that be was her brother, his name was Bradley, aI d held com- mission in His Majesty's army, in which he served for many years, an dwas now upon half-pay; but although hewas SUCI, he would not disown this poer woman (his sister) because adversity had placed her in an humble station-adversity not arising from any fault or improper conduct on her part: he was therefore detrminied to sce justice done to her, andl he waited upon Mr. Miattem, and made to him what he considared by no means an extravagant proposal, namely, that he should allow the naoor woman lOs. a week for her board, and 4s. or Ss. for her lodgings until she recovered, and to pay the expense of her surgeon, but Mr. Mlattem refusel. The other person who accompanied the complainant said, that he was brother. Fn-law to the poor woman and resid3es in the country upon his pri- vate property; he also made the eame proposal, in vain, to Mlr. Alat- tem, as Captain Brudley did. Sir GEORGE FARRAs,T saidl he should send immediately for Mir. AMattem, to hear what he had to say upon the subject. Mr. Mattemn was accordingly sent for, and arrived at the office in a few minutes. Sir GEonGE FARRANT related to him what had been stated, sand in reply Air. Mfattem said, that he was altogether innocent of the offence alleged against him: he had never put any thing into the fire, nor had he gone near the kitchen on that day. He was extremely sorry. he said, for the great injury the poor woman had sustained, end he could not po.sibly account for how it occurred. There cer- tainly had been proposels made to h1im by her brother and brother- in-law, but he considered them tea extravagant in their demands. IXe was willing to keep the woman In his own house until she got cured. Sir G. FARRANT said, he certaSnly did not consider as. for lodg. ings, and lOs. for board, very extravagant for the week; and surely nr. Mattemn could not refute to pay the poor woman's surgeon's ex- penses. MIr. Mlattem said they first demanded I5s. per week for board, besides lodgings. Captain Bradiley said they never did; they only asked 15s. per week fsr both;* and as fee I1r. Mattem's saying that be was not the cause of the injury to his sister, end that he had not been near the kitchen fire, he was seen to conc away from it a few minutes before the explosion. hvir MaStess dented this; bast saai that he ;soadi come to any at- rangemeut the Mlagistrate thoaght just or proper. Sir G. FARRAtwT repeated, that he thought the terms proposed to be accepted of on the part of the poor womnn, who certainly appeared to be in a deplorable state, were very reasonable, and he would ad. vise Air. Mattem to accede to them. Alr. Mattem said, he should not hesitateto follow the lMagistrate's adviee; and the parties left the office with the understandag that the poor woman was to have the allowance she asked for. William Ginnzer, nicknamed avaongst his tribe, Gir,er, one of those ruffianly fellows called ca:s, who infest Piccadilly, about the atege-coaches, to the danger and annoyance of all passengers, parti- cularly females, was brought to the office, up?n a warrant, charged by Miedbury, the Ktreet-Inspector for the parish ot St. George, with creating a riot and disturbance In the strcet, opposite Hatchett's hotel, in Piccadiy. (libury sttatd, that the conduct of this fellow, and many others of his clan, was become of the most outrageous nature. They seize and drag every decent.looking person they sec pass, and endeavour to orce them into some coach, whether they want ta go by a stage or not- and no female, however respectable in appearance, can go by, particularly if she carries -a parcel of any kind, but ih is instantly sei7ed bv two or three of' these nuffians, and almosttorn to pieces, and som'etimes her bundle taken from her and lost. This fellow at the bar. one of the greatest nuisances In this way, had the evening before, behaved iu such a meaner as to collect a crowd which completely blocked up the street. A respectable coach-owner, to whom some of tne Piccadillystages belong, corroborated the atatemHent of AMedburv, and said, really those fellows called cads are snore an injury to the coaches than a s;rvce, but they are epconraged by some proprietors of stages, who gasction ratlher than discourage their d:awnefui condus:t to p3ssen. gers. This fellow was held to bail for the riot. U!UO..RALY..-Yesterday ayoung woman,anated FancesLord,, anpeaTed before the sitting magistrate, DI. SWABEY, Esq., to im- plore his intercession wvith t' e overFeers of St. Saviour's parish, for some reliefin her present helpless and distressed state. The Allagistrate desired her, in the first plate, to state what cldaim she had upon that parish. The applicant, whoappeared to be laboaring under vcry severe bod.ly pain, then related her distressed and forlorn situation. She said that she was about 20 years ofage, and had been informed that she was born in the parish wvhich she now sought-relief fro:n. Her fatber, who was a tailor, died when she was quite an infant, and her mothersoon followed him to thegrave. When.sIte becar.e an or_ pF.an, she was taken inta a family at Salisbury, by whom sbe weas indulgently treated until she was also deprivedloftheir protection. She was thea between nine and ten yeats of ave, nd wrasonce more cast upon the world, and subsequently taken into the service of a travel- llng showm-ean, by whom she was taught the art of'dainedg oa the tight rope, and exbibited about at all the fairs throughouzt England, Scotland, and Wales. About two years and a half Ago she was performing at the fair of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, wlhen sbe unfortunately slipped off the rope and received so desoerate a fall, that shke had in consequence becn moablc to follow that way of sub- sistence ever since. Prior to the accident, shereceived the rost an_ bounded 'kindness from her employer,; and when, after a lon, ill- ness, she had in some measure pathered a little strength, and it w.A found she did not (lance on the tight rope with her usnal dexterity, a diferent treatment was pursued towards her, sbie was obliged to submit to tile lowest condition in the company of a travelling car.. van, and the-disease arising from the accident daily growing wzorse, she was at length discharged altogether from the employment, ant was ever sinccearninga miserable subsistence byworking in the fields. She had made hae way asfarasEltham, where she had been engagd ata shilling perday,in picking hops; and the enm-an vorwbeingover,aD finding ber disease, the effects of the accident, increasing, she on Monday set out on her road to town,in order to apply forrelief from the pariash in which she was born. he poor creature hererelated ani account of the privations shehad met w.ith on the road, which excited the compassion of every individual in the office. Having no money- on Tuesday night, she took refuge in an out-house on the road, at th,s side of Gravesend, and sntne other miserable travellers having got into the same place, she discovered, on awaking, that her shoes were stolen from her, and the remainder of the wayv to London she walked barefooted. She arrived in towa that morning, and immew. diaWely proceeded to the house of one of the overseers of St. Savioirr's, named Courtney, to whom she mentioned her distresses and intzpa nity to work. The first question, she said, that person asked rer was, what countryman her father was ? She replied that aibe be. lieved him to bave been an Irishman: and although the overseer did not disbelieve the fact of ber having been born in the parish, vet he refused to give her relief, on the ground of her parent being an Irish- mnan; and added, that she must prepare to be sent over to ireland forthwith. Here the poor girl burst into eamrs, and begged the ma- gistrate would prevent this step being taken, as sbe was an utter stranger to Ireland, and did not know a hulman being there. The M.AGISTRATE, who listened with attention TO the story of her calamities. deeplv commiserated her unfortunate situation, andc observed that be woild prevent her removal to Ireland. le then directed an order to be made out on the above parish to allow ber temporary relief. The poor afflicted creature shied teas of grate- fulness for the humanity sbown her, and went away to present the order. Wiiamn Putrdy, Johne Purdy, and Edward RiesseUl, three ment belonging to a daring gang of burglars, who have committed various robberies in the counties of Rent and Surrey, were placed at the bar for a second examination. In addition to the cases already given in evidence against the prisoners, the following case was taken yester- dav :- Catherine Bockers, landlady at the Horns public-house, at Nor. wood, stated, that on the night of the 30th of September she re- tired to bed, after having secured the bar, &c. The tollewing morn_ ing. shbout six o'clock. oB nroceeding down stairg, she discovered that the bar-window was up, the shutter of which had been forced open ; and, on further search, found that the till, containing several sove- reigns, had been taken awav * aleo a cupboard in the bar had been wrenched open, and a quantity of plate taken from thence. The penknife now produced waE among the property stolen on the right in question. (larke and Goff, the constables who apprehended the prisoners, stated, that they took the prisoners into custody in East Smithfield. On searching the house in which they lived, they fortnd the pen_ knife spoken off by the last witness secreted in a cu.pboard there. The officers added, that the gang to which these men belonged had a house inWeralworth. in which all their robberies were planned, without the risk of being overheard. The three prisoners were con- sidered the esmat experienced anti daring of the whole gang. The iMiagistrates. in committing the prisoners for trial, directed alI the officers to look sharply after the reit of the prisoners' com- panions. Snow, the constable, said, that since the prisosrees' apprehension, the gang appeared to have been considerably bhnOken up in that quarter. P OT1ZeR.F