Police.
The Times, 1824-11-12T00:00:00

A1AlySXOsc-~RiUSE..An aged man, in sa-lor's dress, whiose face was strongly marked with humour as. well as beaten by titne and weather, wras brought before the LoRD MTAYOit, charged with hav- ing begged from seiveral shopkeeperr. His system was rathier curious. UIPuti entering thte Justice-room, he lean-ed uponi the bar with his armns folded,inii awaited the stormi with the greatest serenity. Allan), the officer, gav-e the followving accounlt of his prisoner, who toldi him -that his name wvas ill'Collop. Thte oldI main wvalk-ed into a shbop wvithi his nipe fin his mouth and hiis hiat oni lais head, anld told the owner that hie was4 in wa?nt ofsomething to eat, and would be glad to be sapplied withouit goinig any fathrler. HeI toutc, between origina twod otree words ot' this enitreaty, at whiff'of itis pipe. This ngnlioeof asking charity excited mnore surprire thian resent-. ment, anid in sonie instances lie was successful. WVhile tite oflicer 'fas watching him, he received 2id. ; but happening to wa-lk into a pastry-cook'sl concern, where hiis ptpe was no t rent, andl his appear. ane-e promised no very desirable cuistomi, hie was received in ati ex- ceedingly inhospitable mianner. TLhe otficer thioughit the best way to ascertaini the legality of this modle of' raising the wind was by a re- presntaton t rit Lor Mayr, ad A'Collop, havittg no0 objer- tion thequesion as acordnglysubitted. His ordhip pprhetied,fromtheabove-mTenitioned conduct of the risner tht h wa inthehtmit f living uiponi conetibutionlson The ffier aidcit ol ma adittd dilat lie was a beggar, hut gave a very bad accounit of thiat- trade. " I hiave," said lie, "1 beeti a long tinte at if,and, God knows, it seldonil miakes people indepen. dtent, whateveatoietrs say abouit it." The LORD MAYOI 'askedt himi what tradeor etuployrnent lie hiad beeti engaged in before he entered upon that of a beggar. ?Phie old mats said lie had been a faggotter at Chiitw~otth, where he i was borni, andc which lie hiad lately lef't, for the purpose of pa~ying a vitsit to ltis wife, whio livedl nca'r Tottenhami-court.road withi her sister. Thec LotnT MAYOIt said that, in all probability, hiis wife could not affbrd to give hint the imeanis of tsupport, and that his visits to hier mlight be injurious to her. hThe old utan saidi, it was all vecry truie, Intl thie last time he visited his wife, shle mad(e him a present of a shilling. Th~e L oan AlAyoR.-Anid you begged youir way up to towti in) expectation of another ? Pri4oner....4ndeed, riiy Lord, that's the tehiole truthi ot'lie maiitter. Tu1e LoRlD MlAYOR..lfyoU are caugh9t begginig, Ave m)ust dcal hiarshly withi you. Y'nn must go to vocir parish i-miediately, andL I 1 wouild adlvise you to seek at oncef othter means of living tita'n by theI arts of abeggar. Ills Lordlship thiea good-natuiredly niaideaprcteical I commtenit against hiis own doctyine,by puttinig hiis hand inito hi's pocket alicl relieving the veteran).I Devol, the market-gardenier, who was charge-d somie days ago with hiaving fired a pistol a~t his ,vih'e, withi iient to kill hier, was brouight upfr ial exauiiitiation. It wvas stated at. the first examination, thatr timeprisonier havitag founld his wife wvalking itt Glhapside, tired at and woundedl her. The wounided woman, whlo is a tall, lusty, miidd!e-aged woman, was sufficiently wvell to sh.tevnd andi give, evidlence. She stated, that her husband ptirsued atidi( thireaitened hier, andl that in Bucklereoury- lie drew a pistol ouit of hiis pocket, anti fired it at her. Hie fortunately, mnissted hier, but lie immiiedliately rushied upon hier, andi beat hier ove'r the head withi she ptistol, until slite fell senseless. The surgeon who dressed thie wountds of the prisoner's wife a t the I Hospital, statedl, that hier lieadi was severely cointust-d, that liervk-ull was fracturcd, but thiat site had lied no shot voutndl. Mtr.Brown, the marshal, said thie prisoner menticieel that the pis- tol w'as charged withi powder and sho't, as lie could get no bull et'. Tile evidlence hiaving been concludecd, the priso-ner, who was ex- !remely wild in his appearance and manner, persiseted in mlaintain-_ tog a niost profoundI siletace. It has beeni stated that his mini isN inpapireid,arixthat bie had sometimies saiietionedI his wie's debaucte COUrse Of life, and appropriatetd the mnoncy shie reccivcti as the wages of prostitution. The LoanD MAYOR dlid not thiink it necessqary- to the issuie on the facetA to inqjuire into the characters of th ptttrties, nAor. did he think it his province to determ~ine uipon the prisoner's statofmtd or to investigate time wife's previous conduct. Tu,e LORD IMAYOR fully cfftaimitted the prisotier to take his trial at the Old Bailey, on tfie cliarge of having Iceloniouisly v aot at hiis wife wtith intent to kill her, I-lis Lordship desired tl'at titeI Governor of Nemwgate should be informied of the suspected condil- tion of the unfortunate mian's mind, in order that pro:'ier alteition mighit be paxid toj him). Abrahma/ rowlre/, a person whio has been sonec titme kcnowfn to thte police, was brouglht before the LoanD MAIAon, charged withi h%aving obtained felonious possession of a bank note and- fou'r severeignt;. Berd-sticld, the officer, -tated, that as he was on dtity rear Queen- street, on the Lortd Mayor's day, lie saw the prisonier sudder,11' turn a corner and hiurry on at a quick pace, as ifhe hadi just accemplialted an object in the crowd. Ile imimiediately, foellowed and apprehendedI the man, who lhad a bankc-iote in his hiandl, and four sovereigns tin his fob. The Loanr MIAYOR desired that die bank-note shoultd not be ophened, and taking it in list hand, asked the prisoner the amount. Th nrsoner said lie hath found it, but hsad not exanniintd it. The note teas soiled with nioid. Thle prisoner declared tltat the four sovereigns wiere the produce of his own indUstry. The LoaD MIAYOR, perceiving that the sovereigns were niuddy, as well aa the bank-note, asketd low it Ihappened that the gold ~got into that ce.ndition. The prisoner couhmi not account f-or this circumstance1 and really thought it extraorditaary Hiis Lordship orderaedthe prisoner to be reimanided, uintil the pu'blIe shiouldi be linformed by advertisement of the suspected robbery. The bank-note is for 1.61. MIARILaoRoUGH-STnEET...Yestersiayv Sir William Burroughs, Hat. residing at No. 53, Grafton-street, 1'end.,street, rattie to this, office and appliedl for the advice of the sitting maiistrate boa' to Proceed respecting the following robbcry :-Sir WViliani said, that Ile had for sonmc time past hiired stables anid a coachi-house of a Mr. Thornp set, in Green Dragoni-yard, King-street, whiere his carriage and hiorses have beern kept. lHis coachiman had lately c-oni- plained tbhtt the lock of the coach-luouse (loot wits, verv insecuire, and Mlr. Thompson was spoken to oni the subject. Ott WVednesday the lock was removed, with a view. Sir W'tilliami supposed. of'substitut- mng a better one, wlaiclt, howvever, was not aone that day, and the coach-house was left all night withouit any oka l,tecne quence was, that some thiieves enteredl,an carried off.a part of' the harnessi and the traces of the carriage, to thie value of aboeit 51. ; and, as lie suspected the robbery mnust have bceen committedl by sonie one acquainted withi tue ab-sence of the lock, ite (Sir Wiilliam) wishedI for some assistance in, endeavostring to trace out the culpr-it. Tute AMagistrate uisked Sir WiliiaDi if the coach-glasses had been broken.-Sir WVilliam replied that theyhadl not ; anid when he hecard bLyt the stable bad been enteredl, he very much feared thiat they liaed been taken away. certetivs hee theywer, culdnotbe eperencd oes,or they woulmi not have left the oachglases ehin. A offcer easthen d'irected to proceed to the remsesandinvetigte he ffar ; arnd Sir W1illiam wasa- sure tha evey asistnce houl beafflorded hiim in discoverinig A little smart.iooking boy, about 10 years of age, brarinig the isin.gular namec of Napokeon Engdand, wlio hacl been in cuistody sonic days ulpon a charge of'stealiag alargetin kettle, of much greater di- mensions titan hiiiiself, was again brought before the nia.gistiate. The boy, when taken, atonce confessed that lie stole the utensil,attd sold it to awomnan fora few pence, in Shiort's-gardens; but this womain caniiot be discovered. The kettle, however, was traced to the pos- session of a man nanv.ed Cathe, itn Vine-street, whio purclhased it of a woman whiom he did not know, for ls., altlaougli he confessedl the value of it to be at least 5s. Mlr. England, the father of thle little prisoner, whio is a very indus- trtous man, a tailor, said thatt ilis son, was no doubt ernouraged by the woman whio bought the kettle Of bim to comnmmit such robberies; he had himself lost sever-al pieces of cloth, wlisici no doubt thie boy took, and disposed of in a sim.ilar manner ; and he (Mr. Englanil) shouild wish to havea eryastance given in finiding out this wo - The Magstat diece proe vglnetbeused in di;scover- in this womi,adi h entm eie thec kettle to be given up to r.Lt,frnwhmit wvas stoleni, and the boy to be taken homeb i ate,wone advised hitt strotvzlv to keep out of the streets. " Yes, your Wor3hip (said Air. England), I promise y'ou I will use mny best endeavours to do so, anti hope to) succeed, for I have newv got a log atid chain to fasten to his leg, wheni I ami not at work and -when. I am at work, and cannot look after him, I have got a pad. lock and a staple to make him fast to the shophoard." The little orisoner wras then delivered up to his father. F"or some iinie past the parish officers of St. 0 ilies's have beetil very actve n bingng o jstie al srtsof vrallespeople-buacherF, bakrs,&c. wihinther athoity wo have violated the Sabbath ~ wordly cllingon Snday, duiring divine service. Anns, Soh, hve,it seems, becomnejealous of thi aciviy o thir eigsboirs en yeteraythey- cotupleiely tiled hisoffce ithdefndats f tis esciptotswithin their dis- trict ; and amongst mail) other tradespepl,thretere no less than 27 butchers fromi Newport-marker, inonlt. ot of thetti pleaded "guilty" to the infotmnations andl were all fined 15s. each, and costs. UNXON0-1-1ALL-Eleatws- Zard, the girl lately in the service of Mfr. Hindson, the Shieriff's Officer, of Soultt-place, Kenningron Common, vwho was brouezht up a feiw days ago, chiargedI on suspicioni of having been conicetned in robbing her master, withi a man wheat she concealed in the hay-loft, who was discovered there by the wife of the complainant, underwent Aunother examination Yesterday be- fore the sitting mnagistrate. The complainant didl not attend. The lilagisttrate inquired whetlher the man suspected of h3ving- commiitted the robbery was taken into custody. Shergold, the constable, saidl, that lie lied maade ev-ery seareh afete thiat persent, but he could not find him. iIce hatl not b;een seen in the neighibourhood of Hejtiiington ever since the houise of the She- riff's officer was robbed. MVr. CirAsenass observed, that thits fact strengthened the sus- pIcins gaist hat ndiidul. he irl was then asked if she ivcas dispsednow o dscloe te trth,andstale wyhere tliis man was to be futa. Sh reliedtha shehadno kitowledge where his resi- danc was tht hchad aidhis ddrsses to her for time last four osoahs,andshewas uretha hewasincapable of practisinig a dis- The -Magistrate said, that he was of a very di-fferent opinio,,n, a s it appeared he bad been dischiarged from situations for dihnesty. However, as no prosecutor appeared, he wouxld not detain the -fil any longer; and she was then discharged, after having recciveesan master's house. A Polish Jew, named Izaci Ramis Kcweyil, was charged with havingattempted topractise avery gross imposition upon a gentleman. The complainant stated, that as he was sitting in a tavern, in the Borouvrh, the defendant came into the rooett, and, opening a desk, exhibited a splendid assortnietit of jewellery. The gentlenman took up a very elegantlooking chain, which, upon examining closely, he discovered to be one of those articles got up for the purpose of imitating the real metal. He had the curiosity to ask the p~ricc, when the ew said be could not sell it uader 21. 8s. gddin, that such a chain) at any of the shops wcould fetch at least froi tutree guimineas to {itve guineas and a half. bhe getitleman, well knowing that the article was not worth more thtin half-a-crowni, or us, at the utmost, took the fellow into custody, and brought himn be- fore a Magistrate, in order that the public might not be imposed apon. The Jew's box was _toduceg, and it displaved a variety of arti- ele.s in the jewellery line, which to tric eye had a most dazzlinsg atid costly appearance, bitt which were stated by several persons preesent, who knew the manufacture of such things, to be of triflin value. The Jew, wvhlen called upon to state why he presumed to attempt such a scandalous and barefaced impositioni, ingeniously replied, that he never asked the gentleman 21. 6s. for the chain; lie only meant to say that lhe article, if it were gold, would be worth that money. The Magigtrate, after haying examined his license for hawking, warned him not to attempt any thing of the kind again, for if tbe genleman hald made thie purchasc he would have mad'e lialself liable to a heavy punishment. TOvxW-HALL-Two'brothers (Jo7n and Jean= Sladel were charged in cu,todv with gross ill-treatment of Ars. Mary DV Fr.ste,c widow, and propr;etor of the Southwark Arms Taverrv, Toolcy-strw:t. Alrs. Du Fresne stated that thie prisoners, whem 6iehad never be- fore seen in her life, came to her houseon Thursday night,and drank several glassesof brandy ant waterat the bar,ar.d wiletlerei ndulgea in langllage of the grossest obscenitv. She ordered them to quit 3he holLse, or they should be forcet out, wben the prisoner .Tohn, de- caring lie was a freeman of' the citv, and not to be frightened in "Surreyland," entered the bar Vith violence, seizedherbyoneofbher legs threw her down, and attemnpted the most indecent free4om with her person. On being resisted. hescized Ler hair with his lIft Jand while with hit right lie inflicted several severe blows. 1M1s. Dis Fresne, who was far advanced in pregnancy, and whe had frequent recourse to hartsliorn, here becante go overpowered as to be near fainting. and a chair was ordered her.] Petridge Perr, tbe servant of M rs. Du Fresne, corroborated her mistress's statemennt, as did two ot0er witnesses, but exonerated the ,lrisoi,ter James from any slhare in tie unmanly tranisaction, who did all it ilis power to restrain his brother. Al eri nan J. J. SssnTI{ pronoeinced the conduct of Jobn Shade t6 be imrost infamouslY brutal; that Iiis being a freensan of London (if such were the fact) should he no protection to him in warding oWf liit just punishment: he should hiold hini to bail to answer at the sessions. Ttie brother was discharged, with an admonition. POLICE.