Police.
The Times, 1824-12-02T00:00:00

MAwsIow-rO1sy0E.-iOn Monday a man named Mturray applied for the Lord Alavor's aid under the following circumstances --He was, he said, one of five men who inhabited the island of St. Tristan da Cuunha, f2 r tle purpose of catching sea elephants. Besides these persons, there were his wife and two Hlottentot women on the island, in which he was doing remarkably well, having got several cows4 and plenty of food, when his wife gave birth to a male child without aims. The wife produtced the child, whici was deformed in a shocking maiiner. Nature, bowever, supplied the want of arms, by giving the child, who is not yet two years old, an extraordinary flexibility 2bout the legs, feet, anid toes. The mother said th deformitv wee occasioned by a fright wbich she sustainied at seeing her husband encounter a sea-cleplhant, which he killed. The husband complained that the Captain of the Harrie,t had in. d uced him to come over to this eountry, by promising hltn 1001. on his arrival here, and by declaring that he would do also a great deal for the child. No sooner, however, did he arrive, than the Captain forgot his promises, anI left them in a deplorable condition. In repl to some questions from the LOstD M AYOit, he said he could not tel wlly die Captain promised him the 1001., and that his object in leav- ing the island was to do somnething for tle child, who, in its state of helplessness, was not fit to remain there. In faet, lie calculated upon a publiec exhibition as a means of spuport. The LoRD AYO Pt said, it would 4oe a Tmost improper exlibition. It was an object best disposed ot when confined to the desert island. Females were indeed too fbntd of running after dreadful suectacles. He would he said, tabe care thac inquiries should be =ade into the case, and nie desired that the parties should attend yesterday. The Captain accordingly attended tomneet tlecharges,but thecom- plalnrant never made his appearance. The Captain stated, that Lhe assertion that lie hadl induced the man to leave theisland was utterly false, and the comVlaint formed an example of the most horrible in- gratitude. He too the man, his wife, and child, away for cha- rity's sake from the island, where, though they had enough to eat, they had no com1fort. He not onlv did this, but he obtained sub- scriptions for them at the Cape of Good Hope and St. Heleina, and gave them every accommodation. This account wars corroborated by a surgeon, and another gentle- man, who came in the vessel. The LORrD MAYo, said, it was extremely necessary that Rs the accusation had been publicly made, it should be public I answered. It was the more necessary that tihe contradiction should go abroad, as it was probable that extensive imposition would otherwise be practisetl by means of the child. M^rLvnORuGe-STyEsT.-.W'iliaeee (lide, the driver of the liackney.chariot No. 123. belonging to James Evans, of Stevens Alews, attenided upon a summons to anlswer the complaint of Mr. Emanuel,a Frcnch jewellerandporcelaindealer in NewBond-street. Mr. Emanuel stated, that a few nights ago, 'c was with his wife and somne friends at Drury-lane Theatre, and on coming away he called the defendant's chariot to take himi hobme ; but when Mrs. Enmanuel and hiurself got into the charlot, they found it in a most filthy state, and upon drawing up the windows, the night being remarkably cold, they found that every one of them was broke,n; so that they were exposed to the night-air the whole wvay, and the cozisequence was, that Mfrs. Emanuel had been confined by indisposition ever since. But this was not all * when they ot bIome, tlie defendant insisted upon Ss. as his fare, an(d when Skr Mmanuel remonstrated against such an imposition, the defenrlant wenit Into the house, and said he would not go unti lie got his fare (3a.), which Mr. Emanuel paid him, and took down his number. ilr. DYiti, the magistrate; on referring to the liat of hackney- coach fares, found that the defendlant was ontly entitled to Is. 6d. as his fare. The defendant, in his defence, stated that the charriot was not by any means in the dirty state reprerented by Air. Emanuel; and as for the glasses being broken,that was caustedby the chariot having been upset the same evening by an accident, rcid there was no time to have them re aired that night. HIe denied that he asked 3s. as his fare, but saId that he asked 2s., which he thougitt was the pto- per fare, and the other shilling Mr. Emanuel gave for the man who called thee coach. AlMr. Emafnuel denied this ; but in answer to. a question from the Magistrate, said that the defendant was not insolent er abusive iN his mnanner.. ilt. DYEgI said, that this would hiave some weight withi him in awardintg the fine. The state of tbe. coach, however, was highly re. rehensible, and when the windows were broken thie dtlver ought to ave d aven it home until they could be repaired ; the extortion, be- sid, vras a grosst overcharge-double the fare; and under all thie crrcumstances, ie could not think of fining the defendant less than 20s., and the costs, 7a. 6d. The defendant declared that he could not pay it, and Mr. DYER told him, that If it were not paid before the oifice closed, he should I be comnrnitted to the House of Correction; and in the mean time lie was locked up. Alr. Denham, the stationer, in Regent-street, who, it will be re- collected, was one of the prosecutors in the case of young Robin- son, who was tried some time ago at the Old Bailey, on c arges of robbing several shopkeelerta, yesterday presented himself to the at. tention of M1 r. Dyr a, the Mlagistrate, and said, that having read in Thre Times newspaper of tte day before, wheih -he thein held in hig hand, a statement respecting the case of young Robinson, endeavour- ing to utake his Innocetce aipear mnanifest and beyond all doubt, and wlich Istaremnit was7 calculated to make a very uiifavourable im pression as to the veracity of his (Mr. Denhamn's). daughteres tex- rimtlony on oath, be begged the Magtstrates'8 advice as to the best eaas of counteractingsucha result: artd he begg4'kao td state tome particalars whichi tended to leavc this case in L $iyBterlois X si- tuation as ever. Dfr. Denhatj then stated,that thtee was a kfr, Psiltt, a booktellr, tesliling In orpto.,areet Soho wh had been robbed of twvo 'Valualtra ye i21~~r!-hooks by th saw pero, and in the saine mianner as he (Mr. beDiamn) and all thie others had been robbed; bu a r. Pettit did not wish to stubject his sister, who mus.tbe the witniess, to an examination in a public court he never made any) charge whatever against, young Robinson at aprAice.office,inia court, or ny the plce;andalthough at the public exanminations of, youagK Robinson he brought his sister to the office quite privately, and only as a spectator, to see if she could identify the youing man, whicht she osofeased. to de, yet Mt. Ptttit ne-ver. mentioned to atny one, that he had been robbed at all, or had any inteest in the business ;; but, -notwithsttaninfg thlis, Mlr. Pettit camne to him M r. Deuiham) ai fortnilght before thec date of thui letter of Mir. Rankin's, now pu b. lised ad asked hism If he had beein paidl for his books thnat lie had lost, saving that l5ft. Abratham hiad called on him, Pettit, and in.; "'qairtd n ifhhad been paid for the two prayer books he hiail lost, at 'be same timne expressing his astoniishmenit how lillt. Abraham could i comne to the knowledge of his having lost any prayer-books at all, as! he had never mentioned the subject. Now, Mrt.-lenhan saaid, as Mir. Abrauham profesRed not to have known anv thing about the private history of thiese robberies until hei frtnighd tr Rankin's letter, hiow did it happen that hie kneew a frrgltbefore the diate of that letter, that Alr. Pettit hiad been rob. becd, the circumstance having, never been mentioned, nor is Alr. "%tt' nap'e or hiis boaks mentionedl in the list fttrnish-1 ebyMr. Rankin, of the vatrious articles pflundered by his) client. So that, as Robinson was not the person, as Air. Rankin's I client was not the person whio robbecd Mr. Pettit, otherwise the praer-ook wold avebee ihthelis, tere must of course be a thrd prsonconmittng tosedeprdatins,and all thiree so like, Anoter ting,Mr. enha sai, wa ver extaordnary: it was stronly cntened a the rial tha youg Roinso never had orI worea cat nd tousrs f a ertin escrptin ad colour, but it now appears, Mr. Deham said, that a otadtosr of te rery sort were nmade for young Robinson by a tailor inS.James's. street, to whom he at p resent owes a bill of 301. for clte;and be. .ide this, Mlr. Denlham said, that Ai[r. Cooke. h resides in Mlarlboro'ugh-street, dleclares that he lies often seen on Robinson go in and ont of Alir. Abrahami's house with a coato fie very Co.-I lour mentioned. Air. Dv PR said, that as hie had nothing wliateve-r to do wvithi the casle, further than as it came before him as a miagistrate, he did not wish to hiave Ihis name d rawn inito any discussion about it. As fror zhe robbery of Mlr. Pettit now mnentioned by MIr. Denhain, it wits the first timie he haid ever heard of' it, and there 'was3 certainly no chage iftha sot amebeorehimagins Ar. Robinsonu. Mr. Dv Eaal tht hmus decinegi inganyadvce to Air. Denhiam, or Mr. eulanssai, tht hd nt te ca.se been thus again in. tradd uonhe ublc, ad a imutaioncasat upon his dau%hter,t he wuld ot ave aid noter wrd aoutit ; but nothiing wvould ever siatif Jhim, nor, lhe believed, tepttblic, eucept placing MIT. Rankin' clet, if there realIly eve wa uh a person, by the sidle of young Robinson, and let th w9i7tn8essKes see t-hem bathi- let this be done privately, withiout even nmentiening who the otlher; is or his nampe. There c-an be no dread of prosecuttti,n for wach a thing could notbe done nowv, if there-even existedi an inalitiation. Bult it wvas said that MVr. Rankin's clieuit is sqent out of the countty Whty was this done without satisfying the public, and re illy doin justic to young Robinson, if there was suth a. person. After mentioning mnany more par-ticulars which we do not wishi to state, Mlr. JIenhaw ; withidrew, thanking the mnagistrate for having attended to thiis state-" raient. MVr. Denhsam mentioned, that be had several times been offeredi by' unknown personis paymnent for the books stolen from hitin, wvhich lie refused to taLke, and Mr. Denhiam asked why the lst of a-rticles was anot dleposited by Mlr. Rankin as this office, where the case was heard, instead of 13OW.street? MAXAYLOS30E.0FFlCp-..Mr. Pollard, cabinet-maker, of Ho(wland..stteet was chIaegetl with Lthe following gross assault. Tiet complahliant, Air. 13ailey, stated thtr hie was the collector of the water.rates to the WVest Middlesex Companyv, and had called yes.1 terdlay to demanid payment of three quarters' rates whichl the'de. fenrlant wastin arrear. lie wasat fi-rst told to call again ;but onlhis remionstrating with hiim, and urging a present settlement, MVr. Pal. lard observed,"4 Well, come thisg way,"1 walking towvards a back room, ,I am- not going to pay you without a proper receipt it is complete e-xtortion tos tatke mnoiev oni such) as you give : I'll show you how to riake ont a proper receipt." Deponent accordingly, went into thie hack parlour, where Mr. Pollard left him as fie thought to get the mroney. LIe returned in a few miinutes with a largKe bowl, filted with slash of the filthiest kindl, which lie threw all over his face anti clothes, exclaiming, 1' There, that?s the way to gv a receipt." gvThe defendlant justified himself bv stating, thiat the complainant h~il no business tocieo his prmses. Mir. RAWrLIN5Oi odhm eht no business to ugsc other thanL gentle fo-rce to rem e hm ancledon him to tind bait. One of the Diretr ofteCmay stated, that the affair would boe certam'riy carried b'te toheqarter sessions. UWa0XsoiLT.sAr.' esedy a ret Hanley, a servant to Mrs. Boys, of No. 21, Densremvothak as brought before the sitting magistrate, R. J. CHiAbIBEs Esq., in the custodv of a constable belonging- to Bristol, who prhnted her in thatcy,o her way to Ireland, for robbing her isrsof the followigum of money --viz. one 201. Bank of England note; two of 1.dIto two 5l. ditto; 40 sovereigns; 14 guineas; a bill of excaefo 81. 17s., together with a quantity of clothes. Mirs. BoksA sated, thaton Sunday, the 21stof Noavemnber, isle went' to church withi her husband, leaving thte prisoner and their youngest son at home. WVhen they r-eturnedl to the house, thie girl was M%Iss. itug, and shortly afterwards the whole of the above proper-ty was die. covered to have been stoles. The iioniey, she -aid, was, taken ouit of a diesk, whiich was broketi open for the purpose, and mnosto clothes were taken from drawers, whielt hadl also been"'Iforcted The followingz day she gave information of the robbery at this office, whien the chief' constable caustet handlbills t'o be printed and dlistributed, offering a reward of 301. fior the a. prehension of the prisoner andi recovery of the property, le also sug.gested the plani of forwardling some of those hills to the s~a-ports, frowm which it was probable she wvouldl emnbark, in the event of her sailing forlIreland. In afew hours after the receipt of the description of' the prisoner at the packet-office in Bristol, site appearedI there, and mnade some Inquiries relative to thte sailing, of the steatm.tvestscls for Irelandl. The clerk to whiom thie application ti'as made did nor Immediately recognize that she was the person for whom the reward aoiee,nluerdr to depart. Slie,bow-ver, came to the office the f'ollowing day, for the purpos-e of paying for hier Passage to Cork, whben shet said hier name was Mrs. Paseman. thnat she was a married woman, and that she was going to visit her friends, whlo resided in thec above city. Thie clerk being partlv positive that sihe was the person who had absconded in the way described, sent for a constable, who took her into custody. Cyrus 0arraway, a constable of Bristol, stated thtat he was senti for by the first witness to take the prisoner into custodv.'Whlien I arrested her at the packet-office, lie conveyed hier from thence to oneln of the Atldermen of thlat city, and she underwear an examiniation). On inst inqutiry, from her ansiwersi to the questions put by the Al. derman relative to the robbery, she manifested so nmuch innocence, and( suchi complete ignorance of the offence with which she was ac-' cuised, that she was about to t-e discliarged(; when the constable me-n- tioned.thathe was convinced shie wns the person whio was representeit in the hand-bill to have committed the robberv, and told the Ala- gistrate that he would keep her in custody upon his own retsponsi. bihity until further information areived i'rom. L-ondon. The Al- dlerman then iitithuted that it would be at hiis own risk, for her miannier anid belhaviour indicated that she was an lierest wo- man. It was, however, at length decided that she should not be seat to prison, but allowed to remalin at a private houtse uintil fur. ther inquiries should be mnade respecting her identitr. When thie extamination was concluded, the constable tookc the 'prisoner to his house, anti told her that she must submit to be searched. NIVheo thi wa prposd,she became dreadfully agnuted, and at once con- fesed erguit.The cotistable asked lier w iat she hiad done with teprpry?She replied, here is a part of it (pointing to her knees.) The wife of the witness then proceeded to examnine her clothes, andl on pulling off one of her stockings, discovered the following money tie up in a piece of rag, between her leg and the stockag. viz. 31 sovereigns and 14 gsiineas, together with a 301 Bak of England note, which was concealed in one of her shoes, and a quantity of loose gold and silver in her pocket, amounting altogether to the sumn of 9151. After this discovery, wit- ness went to her lodgings in Back-street, end toundi a quantity of' ladies' apparel. Here the constable peoduced a bundle ositn of three elegant silkc peliases, four sarcenet and poplin dresses, somAe yards of fine broad lace, a lace cap, anid variots, ottier articles. The coitstable added ithat when hie apprehendedI the prisoner in Bristol, Bile was dressed In a splendid pelisse, stilt stockings, and lacte cap, withi a hazidsome bonnet adornied with some yards of sky-blue ribarid. The whole of the clotites, &P., were identifiedl by Airs. Boys as her property, and stoleni ftom- herat the time mentioned. ti'e prisoner, in reply to the hl~Mad questions, said, that shie flung soitne ofth c otfias whichi she haken trowi liar mistress over a hedge on the road betweeni Bath andc Bristol. She declared that no person was concerned withi her in the robbery. Site was fuxlly committed foe trial at. the Assizes. 2'hosmn. Wick, the auctioneer of Kfng-street, Soutitwatk, who stands charged on suspicion of hating forged6 the sig-nature of Joseph Turnier to three checksi on the bankitig-house of Messrs. IVeston and Co., of High-.street, Borough, underwe3t, a final esamnination before Mr. CHAssag1ta, at florsemonger.laue gaol on Tuesday afteroDn. It appeared that the finial examnination of the prisoner h.,u been de- layed in mossequenceof the absence of a -material witness, who it WasR stated was not to be foxund, although every' m-eans had been used for ar etn prodacedl a Bank of Bruglarndi note, No. 1,351, which he stated one of his clerks to have paidt away to some person whlo presented a check on the firm, purportting to be in the hanid-writing of Joseph Turner, who kept cash in their bank. At.'. JackLson, the wine-merchant, of Mlark-lane, statad that lie had a clerk name(I Thomfasi Gliliag,who kept his books, and he (wit. ness) had teen him write freqiuently. That personi uniformly enl- dorsed all notes received by hmi on witnesst's account, and he; (ir. Jackson) believed the en orsiement "Ailr. T. Wicic, Kitig-stsett, Southwark" upon the 301. Bank-note, No. 1,851, dated the 7th of September 1824, to be in his han4_writing. LHe left witLness's ser- vice on the 4th or 5th day of November, saying that lie wanted to go into the country for a few days, arid he has not since returned. George Dent, of Blackman-street, grocer, stated, that the last wit- nesss clerk, Thomas Gillisng, ptesented the 301. note now produced at his shop In payment for goads. Two or three day s afterwards Gluing called again at his shop, antd was noxious to hare the note back sagain. Witness, on his application, told him that it. hal betn paid away inte' the bank of Messrs. Prescott. The Al agiatrat observed, that notwithstatding the absence of dr. Jackson's clerlk, le would send the prisoner berore a jury, and ac- cordingly committed him to the stext asskires for trial. P(t JIC.