Police.
The Times, 1824-09-06T00:00:00

M Art fotOitou1s-RTR ET..-O Saturday, a fervale servanit at No. 21l ,uston--s5uare, was charged by a Jew hawher, a native of Holland, ou suspscioo of having stolen a valuable piece of silk, his property. Jacob W'olfe, the conimplainant, said, that hIavinz called at the house in question in the way of his business, he intirsted his parcel of goods, containing a nurmber of cilk dresses, shawls, &c., to this girl, for the purposte of taking thmcn up stairs, as she said, to sbow to some ladies ; but it appeared that there were no ladies in the upper part of the house, and that the girl merely took the goads up 'tairs to have a view of them for lher own gratificatirm and agaili brought themn down t) the hawker, saying that the laeies did not v;ant anY of' his goods. Just at this molnoert, outt Itp a female name'd iarri, Who lodge-, onl tbe g-ound-floor of the house, and expressed , wish to have a petep also at his stock; and while he vas exhibitirg them to her it wad that he found his parcel r;nitntr a very valuable piece tio!silk. Pli. suspticions fell immetiately upon the g-irl ; but after a general seareil all over the house, tio piece of silk could be found. 4 ARtera great deal of argumentation and noiseamongst the Jews, l isr Harris, and rarioLs others who rtetented as triend .of the dis- tiUtants, Sir GOFORGE FATRAANT said that the circurtnstanceofsut- picitn agtinst the girl wcre niet sufficiently strong to warrant hivm in deraining her, and shc was discharged. In the coitree Of the investigation Sir GEo FAAt1aAXT teok oreca. i3itn to tib,erve that those hawkers Koing abtiut town are a very great nuisance, b knocking at people's doors, and intruttig therrmselves nto people's houses. Wolfe said that he had the authosi v of the Lord Mayor for sar- in,. that as a licensed tl-awker he was entitletl to k.nock ati lail doors, ,nd ask to self tis eoods- Sir Ggo. FAstAmNT said, that perhaps he mieht have a righn to knock at a door, hut ',e certainly had no 'right to iutrude hirkeitf into people'i houses, ss was cons3tantly done, even by foree, fn ee-. fiance of servants. LArBgTas sr aerrT.-r On fSaturdLv Thor. F.dlon W,ts br rthst betore Sir DASIEL Il ILLtAt,rS, bh- Stoie, - ptTSlr-0offlc-r, Lndrf die tollow.ing circumnLanr-s, -Chavies Smith, S:9.. a genlcrmwn7 of forrtune.rsicii;g ii Londor-r ,ad, Mile-eidt , 'tte(i, that enrly Ci thtat mornitng he wai inform'.l:d bhr o!ne of' liis serr nts thlat, there vv;ts a pe'son painting on the side -wa Iof his dwelling-houe. le basten cd to the srpot. :tnd there foutnd he prisoner, after writini, in largr cbha- racters, - Bu orne but," an'd was going to a.td " Turnere, black- ing." Th.athe ( lr. Snith) de.iredhitn to desis; and rican cff what `te tIta wri ten but bhe prisoner took no notice, Bnd wras prorcetliig to finfsh tile sentetce, when Stone was sent for, who took him into custode. Sir t0. W'tLLtt,ie remarked, th:at the ffeptce comsnnittEd by tle prisonerdild not come under the jurisdiction of the maeistrates, a.ld the ony rellledy lir. Smnith had wits to indic 1ditim at thp aer.- sions for a nuisancc. Air. Snzith exiressed his determination to adoltt th,is course. anrd te tpris-ner was discharced. UN t[sUNlAI.L.-MtItUDER OF 1 R.GZOoDICaRT*s 1GARr,Er5'tt, -On Saturtlay Thmn?a s (CvTrtbs, wr'o stinds chareed on p otpr'oW' with the murder mf Jaties Mcrgan, at Beckenhaim , int g.n,. was4 brough!t beforeL. B. AI.Ltte, i&sq., and underwent anothereza- mination. .I will he recollected that or. Thursd;y lat, tile uiasy on whiclt the ri,nr,er was qpnrehended, ec uenied having any k,ovwledveef :hc Irt" ded pistol which wts foundl in the privy, wfhere he requeste d to gO the momient lie was brought to the office. C,lannon said, that upon ai inore close examtination of the prisoner's person, he f'ond mar,ks of gannowder oR hi: shirt, there wtre also m-rks ofrAsst.which appeared to have been comimunicated hyv thc pislol (now produced , the hur- rel of' which, anti a part of the lack, being very ru;tv. Glannon said that he was positive the prisfoner cCicealed the pistol oil bis person until lie h d chic opportunity aboe maentiotned, whbT, he daflntu nF aIway. tall, the ch!et constable, an(i Glannon, the (ifficers, who appre- hendledl and brought to justice the murderers of the late un- fbr-tanate Mrs. Kichards at Claphamn. have been fnJefatigable in tieir exertions since the apprehensios of Coombs to coillect evidence aetdn,t hini. Hall said that the case against the plisniner had bcer materially strengthiendcl since the Lsst examination. He would Row bring trviard testimony wbich would comicpltely eatablisls the fasct of rue prisoner having been seen at Beekeniltet in the forenoon oif the Ib h of Autgust. the (ay before Mr. Gotdhart's gardener wvas slhot. :'kr. A LLIE:N-._Prisoner, you recollecO? havinz distinctly sta-ed ic, ine ott Thur.day last that you wterc never at Beckenham in vour life. i again repeat that it l,c ptiona! with you whether ytou an'swcr tl:e question or not. The prisoner hesitated, anti said that ike believed he had never beetn at that place in his life. Jamnes Crank, lanliord of the Gecorge inn, at Beckenham. was then calielt. He syaa desired to lo k at the prisoner, whicl hf did attentively, and being sworn, gave the following evidence ;-I as landlord otf the Greorge inn, at Beckenham, in the vicinitv of .1 r. (Joohliar's seat. To the best ot' my recollection. I thiink the -rrfnosner was At vy bouse, in the tap-room, ,bout 10 o'clock in the /orcnoon of the l1th of Atigust. [The prisoner here exclaimed, '- nou rrsay depend upon it, it my eyes drop out of my head, that 1 rwas nevet irt that gentlensan's house in mry lite." WitneKs contmined.-On that occa-sion the prisoner was conversing with a man naRled Scoveil, upon the subject of tte distance tirm titeltce ci AMaidstone. I was calleu into the tap-room toc decide the point. When I stated the exlct :idistattce between Beckenhtm asid Maidstone, the prisoner said, "I know a nmuch nearer road than the inain one."Scoveil remarked, that he suptiosed theprisoncr knew Maidstone well. The prisoner's reply w.s " Yes, I know id- stone well, for I worked tierc as a lime-bitrnet." Mr. Crank added, that he left the tar-room snon afterwards, and wati convinic,d the prisonerwas the manl. Eie had not seen him stincr uintil this day. Alr. ALLEX asked the pri6oner whether he wisahed ti put any luestions to 11r. (r.ank ? Prisoner._I have no question to ask a gentleman that I know nothing about. John 'T'app. brothter to the landlady of the liorns public-house at Norwood,deposed,litat he Saw thie prisoner, accompanied by a man,at ite liorns, in tue course of last winter, The last time time prisonlr was there was about seven or eight weeks ago. He tieti catrIe alone to the tap-room. Wk'itness saw a brace of pistols between his shirt -intl waistcoat in his breast, with the uiuzzims pointed downrwards. He took a powder horn out of his pocket, and some balls. Thie pr'. soner sold x little bov, who hiaprened to be in the tap room, a pen- nywotth osf the powder, which hie measured out of the ihorn into a steel charger. He also disposed of a pair of sheep-shears to the boy's father. Witness perfectly recollects having made an observatitn tO his s:ster upont secing tie pistols in the prisoner's possession, which vas, " that he had a very suspicious appearance, and that he should not like to meet him in tne clark." Thc prisoner shortly after-wards left the house. Witness aeded, that he noticed the prisoner had a def'ect in nne of his hands. T'he prisoner was here desired to show his handas when the fore finger ot the left hand presented a deformity. 'I'he prisoner declared that he had never been at the Horns in his lidc, smd kknee nothing at asl about whatt had been sutated. Tnte pistol and steel cliasger found u-eon tile prisoner were here ex. hibited to the witness,and he said they exactly resembled thote which he hiad seen on the prisoner when he a-as at Norwood. Ha-ll said, that the pliboner had ziven a wrong direction of hit lodgings on the lastexanrinaition. He( ialle) had, however, founs. out ils real abode in a court down in Kent-street, and had brought away the articles sowproduced, wvhich c'-nsisted of a quantitv of seeds iimade up in brown paper parcels, 3 or 4 pairs of gardeners.' gloves, together wilh a sickle, and some other trifling things. AIr. Goodhart's head gardetner attended and inspected the above, butcould not identify any of them as having beert talken from hi4 master's premises. Alr. A LLEN inquired v:hether any part of tltc charge ecxtracted fromi the wound of the deceased could now be prodocet, in order to, ctinipare it with the slugs and shot found upon the prisoner. It watsstat.d thiat the deceased's wouttd had not been probed. The .Magistrate said, that it would be indispensably necessar- to have the deceased disinterred for that purpose, by the next examuina. tiea, and he would now retnand the ptisoner until Thursday. when hehoped also to have the assistance of the mnagistrate before wboies the dyving minan's depositions were taken. The prisoner was then conducted back to gaol. Tue Cantelotipe melons and peaches which the prisoner offered for sale to .lMr. Hlook on Thursatay, which led to his apprehension, are still at thie office,and have not vet been Identified. Po.lc. .