Police.
The Times, 1824-07-06T00:00:00

MVAN81oVr.3i*USEi-.Ja17 Tolkingtoz. vat tught hitoie ti6 LorgD MAYOsR for re-examination,cllarged.*ltKhavingforged, check upon the bankling-hoie of Alissrs. Willis and Co. The clerk of the bimnking.housK stated thgt ia fewv days aRo:tthe pri. soner presented a check for 7W., sined"' Samnuel Brown." 'Witness: perceived that thc writing-had scarcelyabyrtsbmbllanei tD 1hat ofMAr. Brown, and detained the prisoner, w.lm soon afterwardt ttempted to escape out of the window, but was secured. AIr. Brovn kept cash at the house, and was authorized to draw to the rniouist fot which the pretended order was drawn. Captain Samuel Brown, of Clifford-stree4Xond.strtet; depesed that the signature to the eck was not in his yoad-writing, and that he knew nothing about it. Ee also stated that the prisoner had been his servant, and knew that he kept cash with illis and'Co. The writing was a very bad imitation tndeed of that which it represented. The unfortunate pnisoner, who did not say a word, was then fuilly committed for trial.-i An old fellow, named Pierce .7ckson, who has been a notorious beggar about town, wasbrought before the LoRtD MA-YOft, charged with having employed himself in wrenching off' the brass knobs of hall-doors in Thames.street. He had been committed to prison on a former occasion for a similar offence. Thirty knobs were found in his pockets. He pretended to be deaf, and answered all the Lo.D .sIAYOR's questions wide of their meaning. His Lordship, however, asceTtailled that the faculty of heating was unimpaired ; for upon telling him that he should have three months in Bridewell, hlr. Jackson exclaimed, " Threc months! Oh, Lord, I hope not, your Worship !" fe was then committed for three qionths. GUILDHALL.-The want of punctuality in the attendance of ma- gistrates at this office, which fomied the subject of some public com- plaints a vear or two ago, it is but justice to the present bench of magistrates to observe, no longer exists; and the order of the Court of Aldermen, directing the chief clerk to report to that Court, when- ever the magistrate on the rota for the week, or some other Alder- mnan in his stead, neglects to attend by the hour of 12 o'clock, has consequentlv become a dead letter. 1 he nagistrate for the present week, Alr. Alderman BnoWvNE, is particularly punctual in his at. tendance, and takes his seat in the Justice-room, as he did yester- day, invariably as the clock strikes. A prisoner named Thomass if brahaars, charged with felony, was then put to the bar, and Harker, the offlcer, whto had him in cus. tody, said the witnesses would be there by one o'clock. Mnr, Alderman BuolvE.-The mnagistrates' time is 12 o'clqck. Why have you taken upon yourself to make arrangements with yit- nesses as to their attendance ? I wish eflicers to nqderetand that I shall be punctual to my duty, and certainly shall not w4it for them, nor will I detain prisoners in custody when there are no peraons in attendance to make charges against them. Wbat is the prisoner clarged with P Ilarker.-Felony, your Worship: stealing a calf. Mr. Alderman BnowNz-E.-Did you see anythingofit,ordoyoa know any thing of it yourself ? t higo t, o 'doyo Harkehr.. No. They were two very respectable*butchers that gave himz in charge to me, and shpep }s p wstress who saw the calf in the ~Mr.Ald'erman Baoww7r._s he here ? larker_No; the butchers wdll bring him with them. They wrere all to be here at one o'clock. Mr. Alderman BRow.rE..I amliere to do my duty, andldonot think I am beand to wait for anybody. fHarker.-I don't doubt but they will be here ; but perhaps vour WVorship will remand the prisoner tiU to-morrow. The calf was seen in his possession. Air. Alderman BaowsrE.-I shall do no such thing. I am here to protect the prisoner, and I will not without evidence detain him In custody, when it may perhaps turn out that there is no good ground of charge against him. As, however, the offeuce ebarged againot him is felony, you may let him stand down and wdit till 1 have gone through my list of prisoners, and then if the prosecutor does not ap- pear, I shall certainly discharge him. Abrahams was accordingly put back in the lock-up room, and at 10 minutes past one, the Alderman having then gone through his list of prisoners, Harker again placed him at the bar, bet reported that the parties liad not yetarrived, when the Alderman, after repeating his determination not to be kept waiting, and admonishing the officers to be punctual in their own attendance, and Impressing the same upon prosecutors and witnesses, discharged the prisoner, vrho evinced no disposition to loiter, but disappeared almost the instant he was out of custody. In about a quarter of an hour afterwards, the butchers and their witnesses made their appearance; and learning the prisoner had been discharged, one of them addressing the magistrate, said, there was a man there who had seen 4brahams vwth the cs4f, and he therefore hoped iusWorship would grant a warrant tolhave him taken up agaln. Ilr. Alderman BROwxNE.-No: certainly I shall not. By this punctuality and quick despatch of business on the part of the Alderman, a list of between twenty and thirty prisoners, which with the usual delays and inattentions might otherwise have occu. pied a whole morning, was gotthrough in less than two hours. BOW-STREET.-Yesterday John Dimocke, a sturdy countryman, was brought before Sir RICHARD 33inxiE, charged with the double offence of cruelly beating a hor6e, and assaulting most vio- lently a gentleman who interfered to protect the animal from further torture. Afr. Fesenmeyre a surveyor, stated, that he was walking in the neighbourhood ot islington on Thursday afternoon last, when he saw the defenidant, another muan, and a bey, in a cart drawn by one horse, which appeared rather restive. The defenda4t began to beat him severely, 'but the horse did not improve under this discipline, and Dimocke, in a terrible rage, jurnped from the cart, and with the buttend of his whip struck thepoor animal mostsavagelyoverthe eyes and face, repeating his blows until cries of " shame !' and the per, sonal interference of the witness compelled hinito desist. The other man in the cart observing tbe witness interfere and declare that he would have Dimocke vunished, seized him by the collar, and shook him violently, and taling hold of his coat sleeve, tore it completely up. Dimocke then came up,aud struck witness on the elbow with the butt of the whip, and hurt him so much, that be could with difficulty hold a pencil tor some time. He was obliged at length to escape from them, and take refuge in a draper's shop. After remaining nearly halt an hour, he came out, expectin- that the fellows were one; but they .were still in waiting4 sn Dirnocke seeing him leave the shop, seized him by the collar, and giving him a hearty shake, said " Now, d-n ye do you mean to drop this or will you take me to Bow-street ?" l'he witness said he should certainly punish him, and the defendant immediately twisted his arm round, so as nearly to dislocate the wrist, and witness was again glad to escape. In answer to the charge the defendant m4de a lo"g and almost unintelligible statement, in which he declared that all thathad beeu said by lr. Fesenmeyre was false. "The hosr was a hobbsnelc auty hanimal, and desarved a good hiding - bat he did not hort him not- withstanding, 'cause as how lie likem to show marcy fir any tbing what was dumb and couldn't speak for itself." A gentleman who took the name and number on the cart, corrobo. rated all that Mr. Fesenmeyre had stated. The defendant repeated that it was all false, and said " that the gentleman who spokelast was nogentleman for saying w?lat he did." Sir R. BrArsa flined lhiin lOs. and costs for cruelty to the horse, and lield him to bail for the assault, observing, that the case was a mlost aggravated one, and the defendant might expect to be dealt withi accordingly at the sessions. The second assailant has not yet I been apprehended. nteonio Savarino, an Italian. employed at a lodging-house in lIjcister-aquare, was cllhged with assaulting a young woman of the name of Sarah Huniplireys, by throwing a saucepan of boiling water upon her. The complainant is a servant in thesamehouse with the defend- ant, and having given him some offence, he took an opportunity of cmptying a saucepan full of boiling water upon one of her arms. Slie was ?Ureadfully scalded. The prlsoner's defence was, that the complainant first slapped his face: but a witness proved that it was after the pouting of the water upon her that she in thc agony of the moment turned round and struck him. Sir R. BmnTNE said lie could scarcely repress the Indignation he felt at hearing of such an instance of brutality and cowardice. The defendant muust fi-nd good bail. He was locked up. MIAaLsoLoUr,.v-STIIET.-Yesterday Henry Lowe, the voung man in custody upon a charge of defrauding Mlr. East, a tator, inr Duke-street, St. James's, out of a quantity of military dresses, by representing hiniself to be an ofliccrof the 9th l.ancer.s,was brou.ht up,for final examination. At au earlv hour the office was crowcde to excess by persons chiefly attracted fiy curiosity to see the prisoner in his extraordinary dress, already described In the papers, which, it seems, he has notsince been allowed to change,and in which he was now again placed at the bar. Besides Mir. Ror the presiding ma. gistrate, Alr. DYEn, Air. MARIEtLA1ND (of 4ueeii-square), and Lord 21 r'oNFRD, took their seats upon the bench. The prisoner's father, an elderly respectable-looking gentlemen,l and his brother, together with several respectable friends, were pre. sent at the examination. Captain Cockburn, the Paymaster of the London Recruiting District, firsit came forward, accomnpanied by- a sergeant of the 98tht Regiment for the purpose of claiming the-prisoner as a deserter front His Majesty's service, and requiring that he should be punish. ed l under the actof Parliament, as such. r[he Sergeant being thein sworn, stated, that lie calisted the pri. soner into the98th Foot, on the 7th of M,ay, and oit the 11th lie went to the depot at Chichester. On the 3d of June the prisoner got a fi,r. lough of seven days for the parpose of coining to town to arraige- for his discharge, as ic neither hiked the regiment, nor did the coi- nsaiiding officer tliink him a good recruit, and wisbed to get rid of him. The prisoner'a leave expired on the lOtb, but they heard no- thing further of him until thev saw the account of bim in the paper. Not aving returnedt, he is of'course a deserter. Mr. RoE said, that being the case, he inaxt commit him to the county prison, as a deserter; but at the ame time lie would hear any othier charges thsat were made against the prisoner. Mfr. lgasr, the tailor, at whose instance the prisoner was detained, taame forward and said, that lie should not press his charge againta Alr. 'Westcot, a bootmaker, in the Great Bazaar, Covent-garden, next appeared, anti said, that about a fortnight ago thc prisonercane to him, and gave him an order for boots and shoes to the amount of 131., representing himiself as Mlr. Conyers, ef the ^nh Lancers ; and Mir. *lestcot delivered to him boots and spurs to the amounts of 71. of tlte order, at the Bedford Hotel; but when lie called the next day with a pair ot drcss shloes, tr.lVhitee the landlord, told him to takiie nome Iiis shoes, for titat Captain Conyers had " bolted." 51r. RoE asked Mr. Westoot if he took any pains, before lie deli- vered his goods, to ascertain if the prisoner was wliat lie represent- ed himself to be? Air. Westcot said, that lie inquired of the waiters at thie hotel, who told him they were sure all was righit, and that AIr. Conycrs was a perfect gentleman. The ntext claimnant was Mr. Conningham, engTrAver, No. 14, Tichbourne-street, who stated that tie prisoner came to his door, mounted on a beautiful black long-talled charger, and gave him an order to engrave the two plates now produced-one, " Harry Capel Clonytra, 9th Lancers," and the othier a book-plate of the Conyers' armns, witich it gave him considerable trouble to trace out at the Ieralds' College. After tbey were finisled, the prisoiter told him at the Bedford Hotel, when hie callcd oni himi, that they were so re. misarkably well done, that Lady Uardwicke, with whom lie was quite intiinate, on seeing his card, said she would discard her own en- raver, and employ MJr. Uunninghaian in future. The hope of Lady Uardwickc'8 patronage made him not to be very pressing in- his de- niand upon the prisonier, wlicil is about 61. Mlr. White, proprietor of the Bedford Hotel, who,bo-.ever, would not prefer any charie against the prisoner stated, that he calue to lis IIouse about a fortnight ago, and rep&anted himself aq hMr. Conycrs, of the 9til Lancers. - remnairled at the house-aboutten days, during whicih tinic lie lived in- the most sumptmous manner, having strawberries at 6s. a plate; and -every ddlicacy of the season. Tradesmen of all descriptions were calling every day to take lis orders, and othiers absolutely. callinrg to. solieit his custoin. dAr. White asked several of those persons- if they knew ady thOlliof the yotiug man, and if thpy thiouglit they Were doingright 7ut they artsworcd that aUwas afe,-theCoryers family was of tlhe fist Hipectabuity, Anti ~ile would eredit himn to atl~anmognt ?Jotwith. standing all hiis, Mr. White deter=mined ta Take an experimeut , th his-bill for the veek, which heaccordinglfysent up for-pay. inent; buit-the pEis6fer said that he was 3ustethat moment g6in- tE his banker's, anu *6uld pay Dir. White's deniatd -dlSi) on his ieL atrn. Mr. Whirtc. sispecting somything wrong, sent osle of hii waiters to watch hinibat by Womd means orother he gave the waitei the slip, and fr. QWite, saW no more of him uiitit he saw his name in the paj,ers. Air. V' hte added, that not only did the prhoner go Iaway inaii debt, but he sedlicedv away from the bouse the best waiter in it, and hired him as his valet. Mr. Collin9, who keeps a hotel in Conduit-street, said that the prisoner had been-three days at his house, during which he had spent 31. a day, which hc paid regulnrly every morning,sid hc be- lieved he only went away when all hismoney was gone. These being th the statetnts respecting the prisoner, Mr. ROE said that he was compelled to commit him to the county gaol as a deserter but if any of the aggrieved parties thought fit to indict him for a fraud at the sessions, they might do so, as lie would still be in prison. The prisoner's father now cme forward, deeply affected, and ad- dressed the magistrates at great length, stating that this unfortunate young man had cost him much anxiety for some time, and had ex- pended large 3unis of mroney. He had in vain procured for him se- veral respectable situations, in the last of rrlizch he had conductedl himself so ill, that he determined to trouble himself no farther about him, and infornied hin of that intentioa. His son then urged him to -iurchase for him a commission in the army, to which he alwavs had a strong predilection he told liim that. in this time of pea'e, when the clarge for commissions was So very great, and beyond his means, with Justice to the rest of his familv:he could not do so. The young man then expressed his determination to enlist as a com- mon soldier, to which he (the father) gave his ready assent, wishing by any means to get him out of the country, as he found, and still believes, that he has for some time associated himself with characters who havedonemuchinjurytolhismorals. Hissondidenlistaccord- ingly on the7tb efi lay,an lie showved his father andmother theattes. tation before the magistrate, which gave great satisfaction to the fa- mily; and lhaving taken his departure for the depot of the regimnent, they heard no m.ore of him until he returned, saying that he was dis- charged as unfit fbr service; but he only remnained at home two ays, wcn he disappeatre. and the next they heard of him was his apprehension upcle thxese charges. The fatber noDw stated that he had made arrangoements with all the persons he could find outas having any clatni upon the prisoner. that as soon as 4e Ithe father) hnd asoertained the full extent of what the young manhad done, he had no doubtof beingable to settle every th;ng totheirsatisfaction. All that he had spken to agrced to his pro. posai, andshowed a proper feeling towards him asa father, except the boot-rmaker, Mlr. Westcot, who insisted upon prosecuting unless he (the father) gave a note of hand for his demand; but he could not,a consistently with the duty he owed to his family, do any thimr ofl the kind, not knowing at present how vfbr the young man had involved biis3elf. Under these olrcumstances, Wir. Lowe hoped that the M1tagistiate would deliver over the prisoner to the Sergeant- Majuor of the 04th, and he (the father) would, he thought, be able to get his e-,change from that regiment into theRovalANcicsn Corps, to which regiment, gtrange as it appeared, the young unau had taken a Recel'ar fancy'. Ar: RoE satd, that he felt much for the situation of Mr. Lowe, but he could do no otherwise than commit him, as he had already stated; but very likelv DIr. Lowe would anot fdud much diffioulty ir procuring his liberation on the terms of his Joining the- African Cor,s, by applying at the Adjutant-General's office. A r. Lowe then thanked the Alagistrate, and retired. The cheeks found upon the prisoner, drawn in the rname of ir. MlarklandI the AlIagistrate, upen MlaInmersley's Bank, were shewn to nr, MIarlkland, who said that the signature did not in the slightest degree resemble his writing; but be asked the prisoner what object hehad in drawin such checks.-The prisoner said,that he merely did it for show, but he never intended o usethem. lMlr. DIarkland reminded him, that at the time of his attestation before himn, he told him ha was sre he ran away from some re- spectable family, and if so, that he would soon desert.-The pri. soner said, he rememabered the observation of the worthy magistrate. The prisoner was then committed to ClerkenweU Prison as a Lord Alentford said, that he had for several days remark-ed the prisoner walki-ng in this extraordinary dress in tonrl,street, and asked several military men if they knew what corps he belonged to ; but no one could tell him. Mr. Fentum, the music-,aeller, in the Strand, said the jacket the prisoner had on belonged tu him, and that the prisoner sent a person rom the Bedford to hire it for a masquerade. lHe should not, hsow- ever, make anry claimn aboust it. porreg,