Police.
The Times, 1824-09-21T00:00:00

AMAnLDnOIstOUG -STnEET.-On Tuesday last, George Wetten- haU, a horse-dealer, reaiding'in New-street, Mhnnington-road, but occasionaly occupying stables for the ptlurposeof his business at vaTi- cue lilewa abotittelvn, was brought to this office. upon a warrant, charged w;ith havuiji ra~duIsent1l got possessien of a valuable lhorse, Lhej,rojicri of a gentlensan nasted Price. lUlr.P6wiss a veteri;ipry surgeon, in Grosrenor-menws, at whose instance the w arrant had been gxued, said, that on the 2ath of Au. gust last the prisoner came to hin, and gsked if he Ikew of a good roadster.to be disposed of, for that a gentlenl5ati of his acquaintaece, a Air. Sewell, residing at Streathazn, was just tlhen very much in want of one. Mr. Powis told him tha;t he had a very v.t.uable one himself;c, bljngjng to-a il-l. Price, left nrith him for disposal, but that the loTvest price was 80 guineas. The prisoner then requested that Mr. Powis would send the horse to a stable be hadinrthei eighbour- hood, at 11 o'clock the ne7t morning, and to call himself about the sametime. MIr. Powisaccordingly *ent the korse,and at the same time went himself to meet the prisoz%eri who told him then that the gend tdeman who wras to purchase the norse was to calat tw O'clock and if he (the Witness) iould'600 -at that time, aU should be decid(d. AMr. Powis called at two o'clldk, and the prisoner then said that the gentleman had taken the horse, out Lpon tiaIl, but if Mr. Powis .woilddll'ar Usix in thoevenine, every thing shoald be settled. Alr. Powis did call at, six, ana t66 pr6ioner than told him that all was right, MBr. Seewll had puirciWsed t'i horse, and if Mr. Powis would. look ir. bdut ten the ssexstrnorning, the rooney should be all ready~ At tens the next snort4ing, .11r. FPowis did call,but then, unfortunate. ly; the prisoner had, pe said, not a moment to lose, as he was just 'going ofE6 t'Insnitant, to meet liis brother an urgent business-on the Stock txolsan& buS 5 eshould be bosne-ptiishouse at Kennington Aat.fiv-i"c{ON k to diner, -anhd if 'Alr. Poviswiould takte. aride over 'ltatthat'-3iewrGi hesh'oul&1iave 'gthe ndy." At five punctually, Iii. I P.o* at>hii5 ilostiand-saw the prisone4 who now toli, iim rha~t1ther 'rtsioffit 6lt '^sfsunderstantThig ll ieeen hiTmsalf and M hir. Sc illg:w1fiieli'how)eBer asw oWsetthda}; and ic he (lif.Psbvii | w-@sI,9 py,W,hp,u, 1L tallXt ng mpeffi stoutldbutt fled. At thc same time he pressled Mr. Powis verv muth 0to stop for dinne%. which A)Ir. PFowls consented to to, in the hope of sonmethinir tutrning *n. as lie now begall to suspect veryntrongly that be was ` done*" ian nevrc (said Mr. Powis) did I in niy life sir riowir to dinner witho a lit.lg a;petite, or so Chnsettled.a totnach." I e next morning, Aq r. Powie-bhciug thus4 knock3ed about from, post to pillm for thre. days, sWent a third trie to Kenningdon; but there, to his asnisitnseur and dismay, h e foand.the mansaion 'Where haltatd beell bto holiOitablt entertastted the dayhbefore. cotnpleetelW shitnUP, and its Oncenuant disappeared, nobodv Inevw where. M r. Powls i.otP thought it wias tehne tolook after Mr. Sewell, theallegged purchbat t f' tEie horse, and off lie s et to Streatham; but neither tiere, nor in any part of 'Ile s'urioundit'g ctiontry, w2s there ranygertlernasi ofthe namle. Seein;- thIat the ganme weas now completely up, ,5r. Powsai t2nsed hi-i s rse's hiead towards this office, audobtratnedthais warrant. The ?Jagistrate neov asked the prisoner whhat lie hpd wo say to thi.s charge; lie replied very cavrlierlv, that indeed Mr. Powls w.r mlt- htg a great noise about this rrifiirig uffidr, i'hereas there was noading at l intended; and to show that there r.as not,'he -was rnow rezidy to dleliver up the horse. which was at that mioment in his ponesslest-. Tlue Magistrate, howvLer, assured him, that however triflingly he might look upon the matter, it was by no means so slight a charge as he im'aginecd. He (the Magistrate) at Pre-Sent consI ered tit he ha;l been guilty of a felony, and with that opinion he should cosn- sent to no such compromise as the retuinsng of the horse: he should therefore remand the prisoner until Saturdayr On Saturdly the Prisoner was, broughrt up' for 6nal esuiartlotion, ani .Nfr. A ndrews attended on bis behailf. A ctnsiderable time hav- inr elapsed, after the hour appointed. without 'he apparance tof either M1r. Potls. or his solicitor (5Mr, Bull), the depsli'otlf pfM- Powis was re,sd over to tIr. Andrews, vho submitted that rist ts- soner ought to be discharged, as the prosecu,tor did not apip- itud, -l he uniderstood, did not tnean to appear. The Mitagistrate, however, said, that ho should certainly not dis- chsrge hin w ithout bail; and so firrmily was he covvinced that a ti- _oy was conlssitted, that had the prosecu1tor kce; in attentdance. he should not have atccepted hail at all: he slhould now, however, in the p'esent statc of thc case.accept bail-two substantial housekepcers ia 801. cach, and the Drisojuer hiniselfin S150. Two persons now camne forward, and offered tlienmselves aitsil, and were under ex2aminarion ht h tle Magistrate as to their stabiritr, when M r. Bull, tite solicitor fbr the prosecution, entered. The .;1 a- eistrate expresse l his surprise at the aon_attendarce of Mr. Powrls Mf r. Bill expressed equal surpsrise, as lie lhad no instructions frous himr tot to at!end, and fully expected to mect hinm th.cre. 't'he Magistrate, in ny ve- meeasured termTas expreused his opirlion that S001C compromise liad faken place, which did not at ad1 surprise him, -s the gen erality of horse-dealcrs, &c, were no better that they shIould be. Mir. BusLL said, thatheshoudri most likely secAMr. Poswisiu the course of the evening oni the subject. The M1agistrate said, that i cihat case i.e should not now accept hail. but wijuld detain the prisoner until the sitting of the M agi- trates In the evening; and if no piosecutor tlcn appearedx, he would accept the bail. Mr. As-enatEws pressed to have the bail taken then: bit bie svwa over-ruled, and took his cdeparture ; ie had not, lhowvever, got hr.- vondl the extrenmity of the streer. when Mr. Powis, the prosecutor, entered the office in great h:tste. A messenger was deispu.ched after Mr. Ardn!trevs, who overtook himn abDut half-a-mile off, and broaghit hint, hark. TVe piisoner was nIow once more brought forwatr. ad AiTr. Poetis repeated his charze. and that he had no idea ot giving it up, but sas dietaitedl on pressing husine-s. .1r. AaetsEtiws now said, that as the ease was now full- opened, tdie re-Stilt must be the samne as that which the Magistrnte had be- forefdetcrninedon-!iatiselhi, to a4neit the prisoner to bail; for if there WdS any thing in tl'c char:e. it aas only a fraud. The ;Magistrate said, te differd e er% a ideli from Mr. Andrew-, an-d hwou:l(l act upon that difference of oginion, by coimtitting tite prisoner for trial on the felonv. Then, said Mr. . snsrsDR , you will differ, S;r from all form r decisions in stnilar ases: for itisiance, the case of' Maior Sen'ple, to ertmn a carriage waas intrusted for sale, bitt hie kept the carriage, and aficrva-ls soId it to,r his os-n use. here the horse has been iV- trusted to tile prisoner hy .e-i . Powir to sel!, and the case cati clear]y be hat a fratud. Te-. AMagistratc said, shat this case differed widelv front Major p Seple'; there was a gcneral licence to sell to any eody, bum here AIr. Poteis parts with the horse to be disposed of to a certain persoit namnedJ, or retlirned inlmediatel, ; and it turns out that there is n1o -ucdi ncirsotl in existence. i therefore. said the Magistrate, clearlv set on the part of 'the nriqoner, the animuntsfnrandt, when bie applied Ifbr thist horse : and I shall accordingly conninit hint. Air. A .Drn ewlS S contended at great lenrth against this decsion: and I after a long legal diFcussioti, in which M'r. Bull joined on the part c,f his client, the prisoner wvas fully ctnumitted on the ch2rgeof felony. ! Mr Powse was pres-nt, and said that the horse had been returned to hinm ciie thc first exanlination of the prisoner. I Us'sOer-tmALT.-Y-esterday HnV.. Carey, a recruit belonging to the Queen's lieinseti: of Foot, and another personm attached tortec ! nnme corps, were brought up in custodv before L. B. ALLEN, ESq., the fnnrercharged with having flung a glass quart bottle from tbe I al'lerv of the Coburg theatre to the snage. to the imminent darneer of thieC6 of tile auklience and perse.s belongin i to the estrblishmiier.t. I Thee ;gis rate called on the prisoner tO state wbat could inducc hint mc conitrt such a deliLerate rnd scat,daious act as that which ha(l just b et: clearly made out against him- Ti:e prisoner, w ho appeared fromn is manner to be unvonscitns of having coinmniteed anv serious offence. replied that he was itifossi- cofet, and hlie did notknow whet lie did; bLtt thar if it was now I sook i over me would never do the like again. M : Xr. ALEN' obFerved, that his apol..deie wouild not do; and in i conmnittinsg the defendr t to gaol. iin default of bail, to answer the coI timpant tit tsc sessions, ihe lhlagistrate remat-ked, that had any itslt cnnseq"ences ensued from tile act, he certainly should have tel' it h's Iut'y to cor.mit the prisoner for nmurder. POLICE.