Police.
The Times, 1824-10-09T00:00:00

MASrOl.NssoeusR..- One of those disgusting seenes of deliberate perjury, so frequent amongst the Jews, was yesterday exhibited at the Justice-room. John Levi, a well-dressed hawker of watches, and his wife, were charged-the first with haiing beaten John Cohen with his fist, and t;e- other with haviIig assaulted John Cohen with a frying-pan. The witnesses filled the room, and manifested the strongest disposition to swear any thing at all that appeared likely to tell for their respective favourites. The complainant swore that he had lent ten shillings to Levi to prepare matters for his marriage, and upon asking him for it, was treated in the most brutal manner bv the person who-was undersuch an obligation to him. Levi, who was a boxer, end wenit by the name of Lee amongst thefanscy, struck him about the body, and broke his nose, withou: any other provocation than was contained in the de- mand of the money. The complainant was provided with the usual accompaniments of assault-complaints, and produced a handkerchief with some red and some black evIdences of violeuce. The, black wounde had, he said, been inflicted by Airs. Levi, who, with all the furv of a Christian, seized a- frying-pan, and battered his visage witih it in such a manner, that he couldtrace no resembLance between what he was and what he is. Mfrs. Levi was not without assistance from another party. One of the " peoples," encouraged to a war- like effort by her example, struck him while he was writhing tinder the effects of the frying-pan, which first isade a wound, and then dried it up with its burning hieat. All was over then with the com- plainant, who swore that he madJe no effort to retaliate. This account of the business was sworn to be correct by half a dozen Jews, who all engaged in a noisy einulation, to convince the LoaD MAIrAYOt that Mr.Levi was themostill.treated of human beings since the days of St. Stephen, and who expected nothing less thana "stoning unto death," fronm the cruel persecutora on the other side. Then-came on the defence. The accused patty and their friends, in the heat ofjustification, called for the Old Testawient to swear by, before, they spoke a word, and offered, if it tvould add to the mea- sure of tleir credibility, to swear by the Now, that the accusation was as false as that madle by Potiphar s wife. The LonD MlAYoRt however, did not choose to administer anv more oaths, convinced that there was not one of the whole body who would not readily swear to the truth of any thing that suited his favourite. It was then stated by the defendants and their friends,that Cohen was the aggressor; that he threw part of a pint of "h Ieavy" over Levi, who was no boxer, but a respectable man; and struck him with great violence, that Cohen, not satisfied with this revenge, challenged Levi to fight, and actually dragged him into the street, where, as there was no altemative, both stripped. and liad four re- gular roainds of fghting, to the great prejudice of Colten's face and body, and the total subjugation of his valour; that Coheti refused to come again "up to the scratch," said he had got enough, and that Mrs. Levi never handled a frying pan, and never laid a finger upon any body but her own husband, with whon she was still in the honey-moon, atid for whom she felt the indescribable tenderness wliCh frequently exists, without any great abatemnent, up to the last month of probation. The LoRD MAYOR was perplexed between these conflictin state- tments. He asked the complainant whether he had thrown the por- ter over l evi. " No'" resoutided tbrough the room from the voices of all Co- lien's party, both those who had seen, and those who had not seen the row. The LoRti AAYOR tlhen asked Levi, whether the porter had been thtrown upon him by Cohen ? "Yes, ' exclainmed all Levi's party-men, women5 and children. B'oth parties again showed a great impatience to be sworn. They wouldt swear by any thing at all. Levi offered to let any body lcok into bis mtoath, which, he said, was cut by Cohen who treacherously hit him in the pipe he was smoking, and stack it into his jaw. The figlht was the fairest that ever was seen. Cohen's party.-" There was no fight. We'll swear there vas nonle." Levi's party.-" There vas a flight. W'etl take our oath of it.1 To endeavouir to arrive at the truth tinder these circumstances was useless. The LORD MIAYoRt who heard with grent patience all that had been urged upon both sides of the question declared that lie was completely in the dark as to its real merits. le regretted that one of the parties, but which ofthem he could not possiblysay,vwas nmost grossly in error in the account. Even SoloMon, with all his faculty of observation, would be obliged to donfess his inability to decide in such a case, for there vas no test of feeling, as existed in the con- test between the two mothers, freon which an inference could be drawn. The contradictions were direct, and given with all the symptovms of sincerity. Ile thought, however, that it was not pro- bable that the defendant woald repay the loan of the money with a beating, without having received somne great provocation. His Lordship them said, lie should not presume to meddle with a case which was so much above his comprehension and power of unravel- ling, and that therefore, if the complainant was disposed to pursue the means of satisfaction, he must go before a grand jury, and re- present his sufferings,and wrongs to them. The defendant's party considered this a triumph, and Petticoat. lane, from which aU the inhabitants had been transferred to the Alansion-house during the examination, must have rung with their exultation. A porter, named Jaes .S!tace;p, who is employed at the Bull Inn, Aldgate, was charged 0ii suspicion of having fstolen a 51. note, which was contained in a parcel sent by the Exeter coach. On Monday a parcel enclosing a five pound note1 of a country bank payable at Mlessrs. Barclay and Co., was sent by a pri4 .oexer in llchester gaol to Londont in the Lxeter coach. The parcel was missed, and the note was found at AMessrs. Barclays, into whose hands it had been paid by a MIe. Massey,a grocer, of singurar siety. Nr. Massey proved by one of his shopman that the note hbd been given by the prisoner in payment for some small articles of grocery, and that the prisoner liad received fottr sovereigns=and sorne silver in exchange. The prisener was known to Mr. Mastsey, and is hostler to the Excter coach. - The note was here handed in to the LoRD MAYOR. 'there were inscribed upan it in conspicuous characters, in the writing of Mr. Massey, with whom many of the elect deal,. the words,; "Ye sbaU helborn again." It is thatgentlenman'spracticeto assist in-thespread of religitous instruction, by writing a text or scriptural sentence upon every note that passes through his hands. He is most active in. the distribuition of tracts, and hia shop his covered. witb Gosoel truths, which add considerably to the, value and exeelleHeci of the articles he vends, and would even seem to justify the sale of his conimodi. ties on the Lord's-day. It is said.that Alr. Massey!s grocery has been a powerful anxiliarv la the reform of those Who use-towander ! in wicked ways," and that his Bank-notes are calculated to do great service to the souls of those who are so fortunate as to have any thing do do with them. The prisoner had given the narne of IV<tMr upon tlie note; but it was stated that he was known by that name. The prisoner said he took the name of-Win6rbecause his.inother married a man whose name was Winter. He declared thai he-was sent for on the day ofthe arrival of the coach.to theSwan.with.two. -Necks, lIad.lane; and there a man whoma he hatoften seen before about the coach offices, asked bhsm to get the. notc-changed for bini at Mfr. Massey's. -He (the prisoner), not *suspecting an hing, gt the note changed, andTreceiveda triflgefor histroubIe. believed he could bring fonrar&personswho saw the note>given tohin. Ar. Nelson, who spoke of the ctiosed state, of suchrop,ert and the losses that were constntly sustained tended to piosecute. The LoRD MAYO said, that a probability, or even ast;ong pre- sumption againsta prisoner, was- not sufficient to induce him to end hirm to take his trial. It might be true, that in 'some cases slight evidence -unanswered, amounted to -covent proof; but where, as- in the-ipresentlease;- the -probabilities against a pri. :soner were met-by-:others in his favoiir,-which -rendered ait m- probable that a jnry- would convict bins, lie(the LORD MAlYOr) would.- oat put the accused 'to the pain, ant the country to the expense,- of a- public- triaL -It wes by such -eorumitmnents as lie wonld not-signthatthe alendarswererendered.oftenso-heavy,. The doubt that arose i` the.maip&trate!a mind It" favour of-a prisoner upon-the ex-part testimorc-4gailstbhim,i might' arise: in-the minid of-a jutor, anrd the -probsabilities of acquittal vere increased' vhen the prisoner brought fows vard hls'evidence,~whchb hewas not a lowed to I do before a magistrate; -h Ihe-preent case it-was-true tbsat-the pri-lI sonethiad-gcce:s to the-propertyj- and-that hie- h,d trecent possession,; of-it:~ but-he;pald tiae -note Pway openIl..lUke ass honest msan, at. a place wvhere he was well kisow4 -arid itk w.s probable that this-c:r- etcam5tansce, twgetber wisth']i t 41Rpspaehalble- caria wrt won4 wreigh. ,with ajury to. aequit him. Theii whiy, in siuch a case, should a mnan ~P-t-to walt hit teial for veeks in a prison amongst thieves, and :'Th:wifs~s pii~ptt-to-th-e-?rouble, Pad tbacounitryte theexpense, 4- il.g th GIl Bile upis a doubtrfficaIsj when be mgt to pirly.be risiorga to) soceVel; ~His'iMrdihip~ tbefsPdis6bioedihe pri.;' so0lcr, exhiortingr buln tp pr6yc by his fistukc condUs4'thkit thie suispi- cdons now enteisained againAi hIm were witbout fourida'ion MAa~ssoiQuoss-srtEaw.-esterctV r. Levtfi.jt J Pw awn-i brolcer. who, resides iii Londoit-itreet , 'iezrq qs~,attenided at 'this Office to ~tiav~er tetmlito 'ls.Spa(nbe:;aesc- able lady, who 1i~e t14 ite4ie I UrR. OGimber sat, thoa e st a se purthiised a'dui,li.. cate,fequt a Mlis, ldrilfapeeo Irish linien; which wh" pledg-ed at Alr. Lei' hosIr~f o sShe released tlseajftieles-, -but, on examini-gi,Utireatt be COMMoDaCA si co;noe. WDrth ovet ;6d, a yard, and twti afte value qf wvhat shbe pave for it. She dir.ectly eardt i eishue n euje to be! paid. backher riioney$ri MI evi .rehe ooi~asrig.h helhad been imp6e axt rhielf, and h a etwrus n redress. .MAr. CONANT atsk9d Air. Levi how it wsta ecudtika .giving. 28i. on an article thati w4s cledi sot od wt -tite. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ y o orhWthnhlfta M:Ar. Levi veplied, that he- himself was ntot thte best jude at arti. cfes of'thiIkipd ; besides, the poarcel wasi so well-made up, and the Irish LiniesC tntanoy's stamp so comnpletely miarkted uipon it, thit he was really 41e6eved in'the quxality of it..' .1 * Thie article w%as here p~rbAuced, aisld, from its 'd0pea=sc, there, seemed to.be-little,.difficulty in dicover-ipgtb,at itwascommn c.tton .MAr..COXNesT.said,,tlat thle m odle of AMr. Levi's transactin i ~btsinxess was- rather negligent an,d that thi-s ipely. hjad sufered tlhlis impositfofitlirougl itis neglect and it was such as tobe caluat t excite suspicion of nio fait desitaig.- "Ms' LvPssnrtlthe-magistrate again, that he was not only, im-' p,osed upon in this tranisaction, buit in another of a similar descrip-I eo sey before. 'Mrs. Sarali IJaderhfl,'of SB, Veis-treet, Claerna-maeet, froin! Whoin Mfrs. CAimber had purchased the ticket., otated, that she was 1 in the hhisbitf piurchasing duplicates ; and that she bouight the pre- sent ;one -from a-M1r. Bowen, who residei near the Cobuiirg theatre.! Mr., CON-At1T asked her if she cOuld riot toll his address, as it was qut@ic Lleat that extensive fra-adswere practising in Lhis way, he sup. iphard, bv somie :of those duffi.rs thatu infest the,city, anid. it was ne., -eessitry t&,elosely sift the m4tter. She replied, shie did k-ndw, his ad-! ~drerss, b'ut at tlhat moment could not exacily tell it. Mfr. C4O1qA'NT then -diretedef her to strve himi with a summons and if' sheo-evglected . to. do s;o, he- would have a weawsot issued agAninther.-. The party were then ordered to attend on Tuesday next. ClharThte Robingsan, a decent-looking woman, was charged by J ame Webb,, a peDnionedl 'Sergeant of the 114th Regiment of Foot, 'Kih b'aing robbed hflmo1l3s.~ lfe stated, that on Ilkonday last he reeved his pesion -at-ihe rooes in Oxford-miarket, and that he went initO the PCap of Good Mops puislic-house to hiave a glass of gin ndwter.The prisoner was siin intero,and imnme- diaelyentredInt coveratiti-ithhim hecomlaiedof having uneay aoutthat fo tht sh ha aninfallible recip that wioued cure im i 24 ours.She old im tathe had been an old fol- lower of tho army, itnd that as she was a vwidow, who hand lately-bu- ried hter husband, and being anxious to change hier condition, if he was a single man, shie would f'eel happy- in uniting her fate with his. Thie poor fellow saidd, that he wvas very thiankful for her hired wishes towards hilm, and called for another glass -of gin and w&ter ;. the conversation was kept up betwreen thiem, hie Raid, very merrily, fiid the gin anti water was coiming in quickly'. At lengthi, thikin ittim todeprt,he ut ishand in his packet, where, in a smll bg hehad 6s.;but n taingit out, there was a hole in, thie hag an te slve fll ntohi poke. While adjusting this, a larg budle cotaiingtea suar,and wearing-apparel of his, whic wa clse y hi, ws tkenawa he became alarmned at utisin th budl, ad ws aouttoMakR n~i fe it, when .the prisoner told him to give her th bag wit th slvr,wich shie would rear, and take care of for hm, whil hwa nirgabout his bunde He did so, and shec shortly afe ane im back the bag, saying,lhis money was safe in it. The'bundle he could not ~Ret. They then parted: and he shortlyvafter discovered that he was 139. deficient ofthie silver that he should havelhad. There was' no other person in the room with them, and. of course she miust have .talten the silver. This part of his testimony was confirmed by the waiter at the tavern where they were drinking- It appeareA that this woman makes a regular trade of way-laying pensioners, and plaving off ber tricks upon them. In her defence, she totally denied hiaving taken a shilling from him ; on the contxry, she said he was an ungrateful old scoundrel, as that it was the hterself had treated him.-She was committed for trial. M1ARYLER0~E.orFFicE..--On Thursday evening two y'oung females (sisterv), namedl Julia and Mfary Noerton, were brougnt up, charged with defrauding a Mr. Leake, of Shouldiham-street, of somne money. Norton, appIled to Mir. Thompson, a baker, of Dorset-street, for the change of what she believed to be a 1001. note, but he, laughing, referred her to the Bank of England, and said he had not the change for it. She then took it to MNr. Morris, of the Castle, in Dorset-street, who sent the note to MVr. Leake for the change, and he sent 201., being all the money he had, promnising the remnainder in ashort period of time. This sum wasgien the woman, who left the place, and promised to return for the 'remainder. She did so in sea-te hours after ; hut in the interim Ililr. Mlorris and the other parties were on thie ak at being so easily du?ed, as, on read. in)g the tnote, it was found to be one of those ailly pieces of wvit emanating from a city barber, and ran thus :-`C I proinise to cut hair in the mnost elegant style, or pav 1001. on demiand," &c-.- and at the first moment this "1mighty" document, signed, drtwn u pon bank-or more properly, tissue--paper, and worded as a Bank of Enri ad note, only vary-ing in the particulars as to "cutting" and "b air," was thought to be what the poor woman described it, and consequentlv was not particuilarly exam-ined. On her claimingz the difference (801.) she was seized, and lthe tongues of a dozen woN men were at once in moti on aganst her, for being such animu dent lusssey." She appeae as if thunderstruck otn learning the cause, andl more so whien she was handed over into the custody ef a constable, who coniducted her to the office. The Agistrate asked an explanation of this si-nguilar business? The prisoner Juria said she would sitate the truth if nllowved, and proceededI to inform hint, that shie and her sister were reduiced to seek a precarious subsistence on the town, and in the course of her nightly perambuilationis shie met a m-an dressed in the mnost eleganit style of fashion, heving the appearance of an accomplished gentle- mnan5 who invited her to lean ona his arm, anti accornpanied her to) her apartments in Shouldham-sureet, where, by his request, she providedI a hanidsume supper of oystess, pick led salmon, wine, &c., of each of which be partook most heartily, having, during the time of supper, informied her that he lived in Portman-square, and had that evening won at Rouge et Nair and Hazard an immense sum at one of the "1 Hells" in Kiag-street, St. James's, which he had then about him, buat unfortunately the smallest note was for 1001., and as, ats" late an hour, such a riote would not very likely be exchanged for smaller ones, he begged her to pay for the supper, &c. His fine professions completely, lulled hier suspicions, and having been only, a few days pursiuing such a miserable occupation, she did not imagine a man cApaLble. of the baseness of which the s,ub- sequent result proved him. However, he passed the night, aud having obtained her history (which, by the way, is rather an affct- ing one), he promised to remove her into a cottage of his, a few miles from towni, in the capacity of governess to two of his children. In the mnorning he walked out, and on getting into the street, hie pulled out a number of Bank-notes, and Withdrawing one, he said. "ilAl v dear young lady, I must beg you to get change for this 1001.' hialf o'f whiellmus begyouraccetanc of,the other 1101. you cana give me."She ovejoyd, hankd hm fr hiis kindness, and went to obtin he hage,whie h wite ousie. Being detained some time sh wa notsurrisd, e coingout, to find him gone, as he had alke ofan apoinmen; exectig hm, of course. to call again. Shehadnevr bfor sen a100. nte,andthe pieeeaof paper giver. her she did not read, but believed ittob what he stated. She so- lemnly declared these were the facts.-Her sister bare confirmnation to the statement. The persons in the ofilee, from the artless ntanner in whichi it was delivered,seemiffgly very readily, believed the girl had been imposed upon by an unprincipled and profligate ruffian. It was also stated to the Magistrate, that of the 201. the girl had given Up 171 l2s., having paid the remainder away. *The Magistrate observed, it was evident she had been duped, and desredhertopaythedifernceof he201. which she had in so sin. The irl romsed o doso,and aserdered to be detained until she id;and henour epoter efttheoffice yesterday at two o'clck, he as sillin cstod, nt haingraised the siumr required. such a wanton act of swindling. ,a en h aeo UNTrO?-HALL..-Yesterday, Thoinas Coosnbs was brought up for a final examination, charged on suspicion of having shot Jam-es MorPan at Langley Park, the teat of Emanuel Gohr,Eq,o the 51th of August last. There were on the benh eie .B ALLEN~, Esq., before whomi the charge against thepisnrhsbe so carefully investigated, a niumber of other Mgsrtso h county. 111r., (oodbart attended, as also did the whiole of the witnesses aantCoomabs, to the number of twenty-five. `gThl,e prisoner, on being placed at the bar, looked considerably better in healthi than he did on the previous examinations ; and his conduct in Horemnonger-lare gaol, sinice his apprehension, was de- scribed by Mlr. Warfiters, the governor of the prison, to be ex- tremely. correct and elecorous. M Br. ALLEN iow directed that thiedepositions of all the witnesses ini the case should, be read over. The evidence, wichie is of great length, and which bast been minutely taken down by Air. Staples, thie clerk, was accordingly read aloudt by that gentlemnan, in, thAe pre- sence ofii1l the parties. HaLl, the hiead conistable. antd Glennon, the officer, who have been so active and zealous in the disceharge of their duty in thits case, as well as other cases of mnagnitude, now stated that there W'ere present situe mnore witnesses whiose evidence against the pi soner was of great importance, and which they had collected since the last exam.ination. It was as follows:- William Keywood, a labouring mani, residing at Hayes, in Kent, theni -deposed, that on _Wednesday afternoon, the 6th instanat, he' Farm; as he was stuiidling under a tree, taking shelter from the rain, he perceived the but-end of a gun under some burhet - he proceeded toexamine it, and for thatpurpose drew outthecharge, ,vaich consisted of shot and slugs, which charge he immediately afterwards returned into the gun. Witness having a knowledge of the murder that had been committed at L.4angley-park, instantly took away the gua to Mlr. Goodhart's house, and gave it to Gleanon, the officer, who happened to be down there at the time. George Lyon, Mr. Goodhart's gardener, stated, that when the last witness brought thre-gun to hisr master's house, he immediately recognized it as having belonged to the deceased James Morgan, and WasItolen frorn the seed-house in Mr. Gfouhart's garden, on the night of the 9th of May, when the hot-house in the grounds was robbed of eleven pine-apples. It wi'l be recollected, that on the morning of the 10th of MIay, the prisoner ofrered tea pine-apples for sale at the shop of James Stock, In Orange-court, Kennington- lane which circumstance ultimately led to hbs apprehension., The gun was here produced, and also identified by tlr. Tyler and M0r. Green, two ftrniers, of Bexley, who stated, thatit was the same gun they observed inu a wooEd called WVestwood, near Shoot- er's-hill, hidden under some leaves, but which they left in the place where they first had seen It, in order that they mnight apprehend the person who came to take it away. However, the gun was removed from that fpot in the course of the night, and was not 'heard of xince,muntil the witness Keywood picke-d It up in the manner de- 8erSbed.- M-1. Golhsrt es3ianned the gun, and stated, that he was con. I vinced it j irhich he frequently seen in Cue rne sssion of Qrgfi agn,.Wesnoriiu? ,z,iateiuater.gaidcner. TIhe charge was now ordered to be taken, out of the Vum by. tkk Magistrate, wvhen a piTce of ve dd,nl;twich$crved to xanl down the shot, was opened out, and exlbitia tlic nailic of 1 SVrat_ 1kIns` Icghlv markcd in print. -GleItin o ..o scpped fo2srtn5.and 'stated;'hsat lie had takem some preces o?aner friim tIieia &r persor, as well' asertom his 1lae iod'eror, w'g'cbr ie'id,hefeItat_ sire to compare vitirtlhewaddingtai'en 'out if fthe gtatn. Oie-of ffic piiceYofpaperthus compared iaetlv eorresponted witithe *c- of wadding in the place torn,, aud bhdd printedmiipCm'it- &tCo- nis, "underneatli thd nameoifWatntig t :. .. This circamstanc, the fla,istrate obsee.rd, a's nnotrsfroisg feature in tlie cherge apaiist the plrisoner, vw.. liaj'e,i1ifallycrum mitted to the nextcassizeeat Alaidstonee, for triA f:r der of .James Morgan; and all tLe witneases wore boud oser:to prosecute. POLIICE.