Police.
The Times, 1824-07-14T00:00:00

BoW-sTREsET.-Yesterday a voung man in the undress of a gen- tleman's groom, was brought before THrOMAS HALLS, Esq., the sitting Miagistrate, charged with stealinga gold reneater, some wear- ing apparel, and other articles, the property of Daniel flickey. The prisoner stated his name to be 10fichael Bryan. The prisoner was a private in the 17th Lancers, and was employed as private groom to Colonel Stanhope of that regiment. About a fortnight ago he called upon the prosecutor, who is groom to David Latouche, Esq., and who knew him from having been a fellow sol- dier, and requested that he would allow him to have slhelter at his lodgings for a tinre, for that a bastard clild had been sworn to him, and lie was afraid of being apprehended and committed to pri- son. le added, that lis rmaster was out of town or he could get the blnsiness settled witheat further trouble; " but," said he, " only let me remain with you until my governor returns to town, and he will pay the money, and I shall be free." The prosecutor consented, and the prisoner slept with hisn until last Friday, when he absconded early in the morrning, and Hickey missed a gold rePeating watch, two coats,sonie silk handkerchiefs, and other articles from his sleep- ing room. Poor Hickey (a simple sort of young man) was dread- fully alarmed at this attack upon hiis little propertv, and having sadTled one of his master's horses, he rode all over London in pursuit of the thief. He was unsuccessful the first three days, but on Mlonday evening as he was returning from his daily parsuit over Westminsteribridge, he met the prisoner, who, upon seeing him, took to his heels and ran with uncommon speed. Hickey, however, followed, and had him secured. The repeater was found upan him, and duplicates for the other stolen property. The prisoner, in his defence, declared that the prosecutor au- thorized him to pledge the watch and other things to pay his (Hickey's) own debts; " but," said the prisoner, " I unfortunately tumbled against a pblic.bouse and feU upon some liquor, which got the i per hand of.me, and I spent part of the moouey, and I was afr,ia t returns." The prosecutor denied this, and the Drisoner was fully committed. LA)rx1TusTzSTRET..- Yesterday a case of ratber an extraordi- nary nature came on to be heard before Mr. WYATT and M1r. HAURDWICK, the sitting mragistrates. George Brun=ick was brought before them on a night charge, with having assaulted Mary Jones on the eyening before, in Rosemarv-lane, and after the case was heard, the prisoner was held to ball - but before he was removed from the bar, Boutle. an officer belonging to Whitechapel, stated that he had anothee charge of a diffircnt nature against the prisoner. He said that on the 1st of DMay last,hebroaght the prisonerbefore one of their worships (Mr. WyattL upon a charge of burglariously en- tering and stealing from a dweling house articles to the amount of five shillings. The case being clearly proved at the time, the pri- soner was fully committed, anid a true bill found by the graad jury, and it was tried before 3Mr. Justice Bayley at the last sessions at the Old Bailey, when the jury found him " Guiltv of stealing in a dwelling-house to the amount of 39s.," but the judg- ment was respited. He (Boutle) had on the 29th of June received a letter from the Clerk of the Arraigns' Office, requesting him to call there for instructions for preferring another bill of indictn ent against the prisoner. He accordingly attended to the instructions of the letter and was desired to attend before thegrand jury at Clerken- wrell, on Mionday last, and a true bill was found by them on that day. In the course of the foregoing proceeding, lie (Boutle) heard that the prisoner was at liberty, and he in consequence called on Mr. Wontner, the (lovernnr of Newgatc, who told him that he received instructions from the Secretarv of State's office to discharge the pri- soner. Boutle further said, that he understood it was by the request of MIr. Justice Bayley the present proceedings were carried on. The prisoner said, that about three weeks ago he had obtained his liberty from the Governorof Newgate, and he therefore corssidered himself free from any further charge. The magistrates expressed tleir sur- prise attlie verdictof the jury for B8s., when the amount of the pro- perty taken only amounted to 5s.; and from the circumstances of the case, they were quite at a loss to conjecture by what legal means the prisoner could have obtained his discharge. Ile was committed to take his ttial under the present bill. Yesterday Elizabeth Brackenbsrry, a decent-looking matronly woman, was brought up in custody of Sanuel Dobson, a constable of A1lile.end New-town, and placed at thebar before JoEwx HAItD- WrCK, Esq., the presiding Mlagistrate, charged with the murder of lary Blandford, and with being the cause of an old lady, whose name was not mentioned, receiving such injuries as to place her life in iv.minent danger. The constable stated, that on hearing the alarm of murder on Monday night, he went to a house in High-street Mile-end, where the prisoner and others lodged, and there found Miary Blandford a corpse, and the old lady quite helpless.she having several of her ribs broken, and labouring under other severe injuries. IlIe inquired of her how the circumstance happened, when shereplied, " Let me have a drop of gin," and then proceeded with her story. She said the deceased went up to the prisoner's room to get a light, and that she herself was going up stairs just as the former was returning with the light, and that she saw the prisoner push her violently off the land. ing place, upon which she came tumbling down stairx, struck her on the stomach with her head, and they both came with great force on the flags at the bottom, and that this was what caused the woman's death and her own injuries. Mir. HARDwitax observed, it -was rather strange that the prisoner should act so to the deceased, as it was hardly probable that she would have gone to her for the light If they had not been on friendly terms; and inquired If the parties had been drinking, and how the stairs were constructed. The husband of the deceased then came forward, and said, thaton hearing a great noise, as if of persons tumbling down stairs, he ran out of his room, a-d found his wife stretched lifeless in the stone litchen, and the old lady moaning bitterly close by her, and unable to rise. The stairs are very narrow, and almost quite direct, He believes that the three women had been driaking, but did not ob- serve that they were drunk. Mr. HAitDvWICK asked the prisoner now what she had to say to all this, wben she, apparently violenty agitated, observed, that the deceased, while ratherthe wvorse for liquor, came to ber fbr a,light, which she gave her, and went with her to the head of the stairs, and patting her on the shoulder very lightly, said to her, " Go down stairs, there's Agood woman, you have got a drop too much," and almost at that mnstant she fell down stairs. She did nat see the old l3dy at all, and is quite innocent of tho present charges. Dir. HARDwyci said, if the prisoner's story Was tru. there was not the slightest grounds for detaining her. The constable said, the deceased's head had been cstsmined that morning, and found to be dreadfully fractured. He had Rlttledoubt if the pnisoner was detained until the inquest, thbt evidence would be adduced to criminate her. The Alagistrate, upon this, ordered her to be remanded. MAtYLuisoE.-James 7%witei,a youngman of respectable exte- rior, was examined before BDWAosD GRFFITrHS, Esq., the Miagis. trate, charged with innumerable actsof fraud and felony, committed in different parts of the metropoliN. Not less than 40 di6herent trades. mnen were in attendance, who had suffered from the artful practices of this accomplished swinaler. Mr. GniFF urs said, that there were two cases of felony upon which he sheuld examine him, as the evidence in these cases, no un- derstood, was completely in proof of the offenes MIr. Savage, a-hatter and hosier, No. 155, Crawford.street, Mary- lebone, gave evidence as lo the prisoner obtairdng property from him by means of false pretences. Aie. Taylor, of Goswe3l.street, a tradesman, gave similar evidenrc. Al. Butcher, of long-lane, Smithfield, gave evidence to the same effelct., The prisoner toid-the witness- that he was going E oenn a large shop in Goswell-street,.and he would rather -deal wiui hids neighboulrs than atraugers;* he al50osaid he had a considerable pro- perty left his, al of whichtarned out to.be untme. TwVenty.smx other tradesmen~ madilesimilar statements- and thc prhoner was-fiz]ll co fwitted o?s.ri3l;twa cnarges -fdonyZ aiQ ohlered;to b'e brougit up sga. a8 tere wexe-many othor *hurges to hse ii1ruired'lnto, POLICR,