Police.
The Times, 1824-05-28T00:00:00

}OW-STREET._yesterday, CastaiawO .itye, residing at Pimlico, was brought before the inagistrate, charged with assaulting a young woman of the name of Elizabeth Hamilton, swho had been hired into his family as a wet nurse. Captain Battye was attended by a friend and his solicitor, and MIrs. Battye was also present. The complainant stated, that a short time ago she was bired by Captain and Mllrs. Battye, as wet nntrse to their child. She had been in the heuse but one night, when sha found it necessary to complain of having a short allowance of food at supper, and with having been called out of her bed a great number of times during the night, to give nuttrinent tq the chid, wbich she found a very strong end healthy ene, instead of its being sickly as she had been given to understand. In consequence of this com- plaint, she was discharged, and the Captain refused to pay her de- rnaatd of a mnonth's wages, to which she considered herselfentitled by v:rtue of their agreement. She, afte some delay, applied at the Court of Requests, and having taken out a summons she went to Captain Battye's house on Vednesday morning, in order to serve it Oa hini personally.He came to the door, and she put the summons into his aand, but he refused to loek atit, threw it down, and thlt the door. She rang the bell, and he came again to the door, and seeing her stiDl standing there, he kicked her Srom the step, and she fel to the groumd; and her own child which she had witli her was thrownfrom her arms. A respectabie.loolzing woman, who said she lived opposite to Captain Battye a, but was quite unacquainted with either party, con- firmed the statement of the complainant as to the fact of the assault, she having seen it from her window. Captain Battye began his defence by declaring that all that had been stated was false. He went on to inform the Mlagistrate, tbat his chlld being very delicate znd sickly, his father, who is a physi- cian, advised that a wet nurse should be procured. They set about making irquiries for a poper person, and infinite trouble they had to proctre one. they went to the Lying-in hospitals, and several persons were recommended to them; but one had a cough, another was too weak, and some had not a sufficient supply of nutriment. At lenith they fixed upon the complainant, to whomn they agreed to give 25 guineas per annum, with an under. standing, however, that she should be dismissed, if she was unable to suckle the-infant. She came at ten o'clock one night, and wvhen he Teturned home, he found her refusing to give the child the usual nutriment, she alleging that she had done so but a short time be. fore, and that it was not necessary so soon again. Ile, however, in. sisted that she should, and atter some words she did. The folowing morning she was discharged, and he gave her three shillings for the dag she had been hired, and two shillings topay hercoach-hirehome. She deipanded a month's wagesEhe relused to pay it. Sbe emplo ed an attorney to write a letter de- manding six months' pay; an fSnaUv, she brought him a summons. He not k-nowing what it was, threw itdowr,; she rang the bell, and he going again to the door, and finding her still there, he put his foot against her andpushedher with it from the door, but he d;d not kick her. The illagistrate observed, that Captain-Battye had admitted the assault, and must find bail. If the demand made by the complain- ant were an tnjust one, he could resist it in a proper place, atid in a legal manner. The complainant then, by tbe advice of the anagistrate, served Capt. Battye with the summons; and he put in Jbafl for the assault. ATTo.GnDADE.f..esterclay, DIr. GJstavens Hertz, of 'T'avis- tock-place, a gentlemanly young man (a fo'reigner), arpeared upon a summons issucd on an informawiqn charging him with ridng on the foot way of Buiton..cresceut, on Monday night last; in violation of cteStreet Act. The commissioisers of the -pavement appeared in support of the prosecution. The watchmen who wereon duty that night deposed, that between twelve and one o'clock (as the s*eet was broken up on that side of the Crescent whicht leads dctl up tothe New-road),the defendant r ode on the footway, and thoughv;amed to retire, and so round bhe the purpos~ef reaebl=gsfi;ome setabaelsatetur ed ea the lway, for Thecdefentlant Pleaded" 11ilty," buit explained the peculiar dir. cuinstatnces of his case. The street wvas so completely brokeni up. ethatthere was not a passage left even for a horse-; and- as- there were no foot-passengers at that hour, fieconcelv6d lienfiight ventuire on the, footway rather than take a circuitous roitte. One wiatchman alloviea him to pass. bitdie was ultimately stoppied ana taken to the watch- house, whede 5s. were demuandedl front him as a penalty~. fle re- sis'tedl the Fhyaieant,but gave his address. The Alagistrate minutely inquired asto thie ause of this deistand, 'when it was ingzeniously u-gcd on the part cof the watchimen, that it Was only claimned as the necesary expenses whlichi they. would incur by taking thiegentlemnan's liorse to the green-yard. The M agfistrate (Sergeanit SEsLLOe) observed, that thtey were lnot empowvered by the act to proceed to such extremnities and fuirther added, thtat he thouglitit rather anl ungracious act on the part of the Commissioners to pres this case, whenl they had so completely broken upt the entire street. The Solicitor strongly pressedt for a conxviction, on the grounids that the defendant pleadedl guilty. Sergeant Srs.LON...4ajwayS look, to the spirit, not the letter of an act ; and with this impression I dismiiss tite case.- Pratzeis Whdeitey, driver and proprietor of the hackne-.chatiot No. 322, appeared to a -summons for a similar offencee on the same night, and at the same spot. As it appeared, hiowever, that at the early hiour of nine o'clockc he dlrove hiis chariot furiously along the footway, to Ctle great terror of foot passengers, he wvas finied in the mitiga'ted penalty of 31. and costs. UNION-~HALL.A..A mnan named Jtus5ai Aicxtander was yester.~ day brouight before Mr. SWAIIEY aind Coloniel GAeTSKrsL.., f6r re- examinationl, chiatged withl having committed a rape on the body of Anne Palser, the wif'e of James Palser, a me-chanic, residling in Chz)rch-street, Blackfriars-road. The prisoner undeorwent an exa- minatioti at this ofice on Sa-turdayhist, and the evidtence given by tlhecomplainant was, that onFriday lastshewient into a broker's- shIop at the corner of Charlotte-street., Blackfiriars-road, and( saw thle prisoner thiere, wvho requested her to walk up stairs to the show- roomi, anti look at the goods thiere. The complainant not seeing the articles whichl slie wanted in the shop, atccompanied the prisoner up stairs into a rooM on the second floor, in whichi was a quantity of furniture. Ile there proceeded to take liberties with her, and uilti- mately siucceeded in throwing her down on a bed, on whichi he succeeded in accomiplishing the violence complained of, by placing his right arm across her mouth, to prevent hier from miaking anlY noise. After the violence, shie informed her husband, of the treat- ment site had mnet with, a Warrant wmis applied for, and the prisoner was, taken into cuistody. Since the last examinationi, the friends of the prisoner hiave been engaged in endea%vouring to comipromise the afTair wvith the prosecu- tor, who referred then,o to his solicitor, Mlr. Bulk-ley, of Beigrave.. place, Pimlico, a-s hiis agent. Upon the aTrival of.Mr. Andrews and AIr. Hammier for the prisoner, a communrication was made to the Mla- gistrates, that a solicitor had been'eugaged on the part of the prose- cutor in compounding the alleged f'elony with whicii Alexander- Stood charged. The Magistrates, upon hearing these -facts, imnme- diately gave directions that Mlr. Bulkley, the person whio was re- presented as havinig been the agent in thtis business, should be taken into custody, when the foilewintg investigation took place The Solicitor, who is a mani ofvery genitlemnanly appearance, gave his name-.Bulklev, No. 22, B3elgrave-terrace, Pimisco. Air. HARMER, aS the solicitor for Alexanider, stated, tchat he lbe- lieved a conspiracy had been formedI for thec purpose of extorting money from iiselient. Heltad witnesses in attendunsceto prove that the prosecuitor had authorized Mlr. Bulkley to comnpound the charge Of felonv for 1Ol., and that he had rece-iveathatsuin for that piurPose. MIrs. Alexanider, the mother of thu prisonter, was then sworn. She statedi, that ontTuesday last Mir. Bulk-leY came to her shop, andL said that lie wished to sneak to her relative to the unpleasant business in which her son si'as involved. He then Said, "1I hiave called uipon you on behalf of Mlr. Palser, as I wishied to know if you wall compound the matter." She replied that she knew her son was innocent of the charge, and thiat uipon the wvitnesses being examined that she would bring forward, the Magistrates would discharge him. MrI. Bulklcly theni said that lite was an attorney, but he wouldl act as a frienid to both parties; that the prosecutor was; not to be trifled with, for he wvas an independent man, possessing an income of 1001. per annum, sand he had no doubt she had frends who would assist her in making, up the affair. Shie expressed her anxiety for the mat- ter to be arranged, as she reqjired her son's services, and she asked him for his address. He then wrote on a CaTd, " Mr. Bulk-lay, 22, Bel grave..place, Pimlico," and she promaised to send a frienid to him to make arrangements for stopping the prosecution. M1r. SWAMEY.-Did he Say he was author,ized to do so by' M5r. Palser, the-urosecutor? Witness_Yes, he did.- Mlr. Buliklev.-Did you, not say that I acted very much like a geo. tleman. and y~u were obliged tome for-ay interferen,ce. Witness- I belieie that I did. Alir. Somers, the keeper of a coffee-house, stated, that he was em- ployed by.sArs. AlUexander to go, accompanied by a person niamed issaces, tosettle the business, and get her son dis.titarged. He went that morning, and told him that Mrs. Alexander was anxious to come to an arrangement. Ailr. Bulkley said it was a serious charge; andl asked whiat sum was prciposed to be: given to settle tlie business. Witness replied, that 201. wvould be given. Mlr. BulkIcey said, that no0 less than 1061. would be Ltaken. After some fuirther converstion, it was agreed to mneet Air. Bulk-Icy as the GrTOa Keys Tavern, when witness saidl, that Mrs. Alexander would sooner tak-e the chance of a trial than pay 1001. W~itness then proposed to pay 301. ; whien it was ultiniately agreed to giv'e 501. Alitness and Air. Isaacs retuirnecl to Mlrs. Alexanider, anid got 401. from her, and offered it to Mir. Bulk- ley, who refusedl to tak-e less than 501. A bill for 101. at three days' sight was then given, aud the money was put uPon the table ; and as Mlr. Bulk-ey placed his hand upon it, for the purpose of taking possession of' it, Hail, the chief-constable, and a Air. Hianson, a friend of Airs. Alexander's, entered the parlouir of the CrosRs KeYs, and took.1ir. Bulk-icy into custody. Air. A-ynaesws..JWhat was Mlr. Blulkiev to dlo for the 501. ? WVitnes.-HIe promised to get the Drisoner AlIexander releaseti out of custody, by his interference with the niagistrates. Air. SWAnEY (addressing Mlr. Bulk!ey).-Did vou imiagine the Magistrates would have been a parrvin comipoundling a,felony ?-Mr. B3ulc-ley.-I have been implicated ini this afFair in shie mioat ininocent maner ossble an I eclre ponmyhonour, that I wasniot Gum- snitin an ilega ac; ad Inowask th witness whether I did not sac'tha I wuldatted bforethe maitrates, at the examnination of Aexaner,and ay te icts efoenthe relative to the settlement Th iesreplied, that illy. Bulk-ley did sayv he would attendI beoe the Mlagistrate, and interfere to getAlexanderdischarged; but lie was not to m~ention that .601. hzd been paid tostopthe prosecutioni. Hall produced a paper which he found on the table at thie Cross Keys Tavern, al'ter taking Air. Ilulkley into custodY. Mlr. SwVAnav read the paper. It was a receipt, in the hrand- writing of Mr. Bullk-Icy, for 001. from Ai1rs. Alexander, which he Promiised to return itf he failed to obtain hier son's discharge. Mir. AYDREiws observed, the 501. wvas evidently obtained upon the pretence that Bulk-lcy would get the prisoner dischared beibre the Mlagistrates here, though a'fter the money was paid Alexander would be open to an indictment. Air. SwvAtEy....How long have you been an attorney? Alir. Bulk-ley.-..I nave beenl 35 years itt the pirofession, and mv character was never impeached; and if I can git the witness to speak- the truth, I shall show my innecent intentiolns, anld expose the trap I have fallen into. AIr. AXNDRrwSsaid, thatthe infainousecharge against lilisclient was almost conalled by the conduct of Air. Bulkiev. Air. ]3ulkely said, that had he known that he ihould have been. subject to the sevYere and illiberal remarks of Alr. Andrews, he would have had a counsel prescnt, of' as long standing at the bar. Air. SwAjagy said, the offence was moat disgraceful, and, for the purpose of ulterior proceedings, shouldl be fully gone into. Mr. Ax`DagWS proposed to examine a witnes, to shiow that the wife of the prosecutor was purposely absent, in consequenice of her husband having cerrupetly made an arran%ement not to prosecute. Louis Isaacs said, that he called upon the prosecutor 11ir Palser, who said that he should do nothing, except throughi die a'gency olf Mlr. Bulk-ley, his attorney ; he also confirm-ed Somiers's statement as to Bulkleylhaving siaid he was authorized eo settle the afisir for the prosecutor, and as to the paynment of the 001. Ailr. Hianson, of Black-friars-road said, that he heard of Air. Bulklev having appointed a mieeting tbat morning at the Cross Keys, to receive a sum of money from Airs. Alexander, to compound the felony of wliich her son -was charged ; and he told Mlrs. Alexintder that ibe was doing very wrong, and gave information to Uall. the officer, who, by the order of Mr. AlEn, the- magistrate, despatched thlem to apprehend Air. Bulklcy. Mlr. ANDstEWS stated, that he hadl called at the house of Ailrs. Alexander that morniing, and lied seen the room where the alleged ravishment took place; and his opinion was that the charge was a wicked conspiracy to extort money ; for if &i woman bad cuied out, shl must have been heard by Persons in an adjoining room and from the situation of the place, the act could not hate been eA&.tea without consent. Falser was asked lay the Magistrate if he had broughtA4lexander's boy forward to giveD evidence ? Mr. Palser said, that lie thought the boy would haye been pro- dusced'on the part of the prisoner. The Mdagistrate expressed his surprise at the absence of the suir- geon. Mlr. Palser Said thait the sure'eon was in attendance. AMr. fleece, a Surgeon, stated that on Friday last he wasclldo to attend upon Mrs. Falser, and found her labourmig unde; al %goodl deal of fever, her pulse beating so quick that heufound it necessary to bleed her.' She eomplained of the ill tresametiet of else prisoner Alexhnder. HesaiidsheNvas two mionths advanced iiipregnanwcl andl at that time,he liaE 'apprehensions of her miscarrae thloughit she nugh haeem ote office without an n r though he asainitted she had kept hier bed ever sines Friday last. Air. ANDPREWS said, liar absence wvas owing to the corrupt agree- mnent that hiad been suade to compound the felony. The Mlagistrates said, that in consequence of the gross niisconduct 6f the isrosteutor in the abisence of his wvife, they should dismniss the charge of rape altogethier, and accordingly' dischiarged Alexander. Air.SWABY rearkd, tat terewAs at prdsent no specific chage gaist r. ulkhey an obervd,hatthepisblld otight Air. Aexnde wa akedif hehadanychrgetomake against Mr. Blk-la. Sheconfered.with er leal adiser ,an then said, that he shuld pefer chare of onspiacy aainstAir. Bulkev tor attempts to extort 401 from her. This charge was entered in the minute-book; and Air. Bulkley -was allowed to go at large on enterk i%into his own recognizance to appear if required. 'lr. Palser declared he would indict Alexander at the sessions. POLICE.