Police.
The Times, 1824-08-25T00:00:00

.OUILIteALL...A -young faltow narned w-211iap pinlnod,, appB- rently. niot more -thian twenty years old, had obtained E. uninioni, .againist the paris.h oflkers of"Cripple.gate, for refusine to relieve him, Aind yaesterdaV 'Ar. Cross, the master oi the workldouse, attendeil before the sitting Magistrate, Mri. Aldtierina ANsr.Fy, ins con4e. qutence. There was no question, he said, with regard to the pau. per's claim, by settlement, on their parish ; but Mlr. Ml'Adarn had given their officers notice, at, he believed hie had to these Of' Other pa- rishesq, thaLt he couild -foLrnlah em-ployraent to asr many of their pats- pars, wvho were young anid able to work, in breaking stoiies, for4he purpose of AM'Adam izing, as they mi ght choose to send him, and this patuper, on his applicaio, hdbeim s sent, but after One day's trlal, refused tocontinue. Thepay was 3s. for every squ-are yard of -granite broken up) and mnany of thtose whio were dexterous kLnd steay attheir work, could break u-i a yardi and a half in c day. lie di o uppose that thisi man would be Able to dto. ias uch as that at first, but lie coald easily earn 12s.. or 14s. a week, at it nor was the labour at all exce-ssive, the hammner he had to use weighling only lib. flr. Several of their patepers wiere so eemployed ; -but there were is few of them whio didI not like work arid the-re wars another ilan, who, if the present application was successful, wDttid inlstantly Coiue forw,ard to prefer a simiiar compldaint. Pinnfck would fain have hiad it believed that he hadI such pailis in hiis limbs, that he rcal!y couild not work at it ; but finding that the Alderman c as of Opinion that tlis- sort of exercise was a good re- medy for such pains, and that no otler remnedy was likely to be af- forded htim, he -onsiented to go again and try. BOIV.STLETw...Yestereday Jo)hn S4sfrky and W1illiamn Smlithi, two la&i, wiere broughst'oefore G. R. M 52T5HtJLL, ENq., bY AVis, one of the patrol, charged wvith being reputesi thieves, and with Jurk- ing about the aventies of the Engl'ish Opera-.house with intent to commit felony "1upon the p&eivrns anda propetrtv a? Ills Mfajesty's iiubjects, then and there being," as the Vagrant Act specifies.- In conse(juencee of a great many complaints having lately been made by persons whio liratle been rolbbed, goinge into end cominilg from thle English Opera-house, the patrol receive directions to be parti. cul-arlv on the alert in thtat quarter, and totaeu all known characters who should be forund -tbout the avenues. Just at the breaking sip of (lie thieatte, Avis saw, the two prisosters oni the Watch for.. the audience cominlg out; anid knowing theCm to be reputed thieves, he took theni into custodly. He Searched them, anti found upon Starkey what must certainly be re. gardled as strongly indlicative of his belonging to a certain prefessix,n. This wra a copper mredal, upon one sidle of which were very neatly ar'd accuratly~ engraved, a brace of pistols, a crow-bar. a 'nek-locW, anti two skeleton keys, a dark lantern, phiosphor'us box, and Tuatches,, the whlole surlmounted by tdie wor d - Newgaw" in large capitals. On the other side appeared- lVhenl thlis youi see, - Rensember me, "When f am far awav."-.." JostN STAuuV-Y." Air. Af1Wsssryt.r declared that in thi whole course of his expe- rience he never nmet withi a stronger proof of determnined vice and profligacy, than, this. There could be no doubt that the prisoner re- garded thieving as a regular trade, and thatt be gloried in it. An example mnust be madle of hlim and htis com-panion. Thie prisoners had little to say. and were committed to hardl la- bour in the House of Correction for two months. Dennis AT''earth!l and James Mi'Carlhy (not related) were charged by Mlorris, Leatlbitter, anti othiers, under stimilar circu%n.. stnnces with the last prisoners. The officers swore that they knew the prisoners to be reputed thieves, anid that they hiad bee-n tried for fislony more than Once. 1)ennis il'Carthy.-4t is true, your WVorship, I have been tiafortunate in that wa some tim ag, but does it followr, because a man's a he nc hth shoul aways be so ? Is there no timie when a mafa eom t's the way to make one be a thief', whetherornttotkhi up every timte hie happetns to be seen ii;r the streets. Th'le officers said, that there were no symptoms of reform about Dlennis, for that he was every mig'ht in thte company of thieves : so that the fellow's questions, pithy ais they were, availed hiim no. thing, and he and htis companion were sent to the tread-mnill for three weekg. Six other lads, all of thiem vecry young, wrere committed for varh. Ouis periods upon the sam-e charge. 31ARYLEBcONE-OprrCE.....Mr. Pqge, of Paddington-street, ap- peared to a stunnmons for sufTherinig a ferocious dog to bye at large and unmuzzled. The dog, it appeared, hrad inflicted a sievere wound on the thigh of a boy who was passing by the hiouse, and whlo hiad given it no provocation. Mlr. Page expressed his regret at the oc- currence, arti his willingness topa all reasonable expenses. Air. RAWr.Nsox cobseived, th cofer was very fair, bu t still it was necessary to protect. the inilic from the recurrence of the evil; he should therefore call on him to enter into his own recognizance in 201. to answer any charge that might be preferred against hiim at the sessions, for keeping aL ferocloms and dangerous tlog. A gentlemani of the namne of Moore appearedl on theo part of AilrM. .Jervis, of Berners-street (witlow of Captain Jervis, of the navy), ag~ainist whomn a-summons had been obtained on a similar charge. The complainant, ai lad in the emiploy of 51r. Nesbitt, a bookseller in the samne street, was passing by the house when the dog, sprang upon him, and fastening his teethi into the caLf of his leg, inflicte-d a most severe injury, nearly taking out a large piece of flesh. It wag admiitted thtat Irs. Jervils hiad causted every attention to be n-isid to the lad, andi had declared hier willingness to make him a ful com- pensation for the Injury. Mlr. Mloore expressed himiself to the same eftect antI also atlmitted the ferocity of thte dog, of whiich hie dle- cl'area hiimself to be personally afraid, The Magistiate ordered the Aog to be icept fastenred up, and that .Mrs. Jervis should enter into the utsual recognizance. Mlr. Thlomias, surgeon of' Alount-street, was also chiarged withi keeping a dog, whichi hadi bit a flexoale, wlho, in passinig by, hiad stooped diown with the intentioni of patting it. AIr. RAWLI.iNsose niade some observations upon the neest f confining tlogs at thie present timec, on accounit of the geerl ad well-grounded fear of hydroplhobia which prevailed, and womicludicrl by calling utpon the dlefenda-nt tc enter into hiis own recognrizance to answer whiatever clharges niight be preferred against him. DIr. Iicehard IVeide, a master-bricldayer, appecared to a charge at thc inistane of' time dust-contractor, for Illegally retiioying aL quanitity of cinders and ashes fromn the house of Lord Nelson, No. 23, Port- inatn-square. F'roin tue statement of ithe contractor's servant, it appeared that the house liati been tin(tergoing repair, and that thie cinder in question were miixedl up withi a quantity of brick-bats and( otlher brickiayer'&o rubbish, Mlr. Wade called witnesses to prove that the ecoitiractor had re. fused removing thte dust on accouint of tIme bricklayer's rubbish that was mixed with it, saPl that in consequence lie had been required to remiove the whole. Mlr. RAWr.srSOsc observed, tlmatheshoulct disasiisB the complaint whichk could not be brought withini the act without strainin the law in amanner that no Magis,trate woulsI sanctiots. Tie comzplaint was a miost frivolous one, and the comnplainant oughit to be ashiamied of making it. A complaint untler similar circumnstaices, for removing dust fromi the hiouse No. Il1, in thec same sqluare, mnet with a simiilar tate. MARLDORlOUGII.STREFT-11r. Froome, a green-grocfer in Newport-iniark-et, applied to Air. Ro , ttIm MAgistrate, for his advice how to proceed with respect to a dog that bad attacked himn that miorning. He said, that as he was standing at. hisi own dtoor, lie was suddacenly sprang upon by a powerf'ul ferocious dog, belottging to a iman whio keeps a chinr..shop exactly opposite to kirn. 'I lie aid.- mal niade every effort to get at his throat, but DIr. Froomie suc. coeded witl,great difficulty in prevetitting him, and, after a. des-ps. rate s1truggle, got htim down ; but in th contest, Mtr. Froouin4's elothics, whiceh he exhiibited, seere torn in every part, from thme cape of his coat to Iiis very gtockings, and yet fortuna-tely lie receivedi iso wround in his person. lie niow wished to know if bie should he Jus- tified in killing thiis dog whierever he mnet film. The owimer keeps two of thiose ferocious animals, witlhout any use trhatweci for them, and for neithier of whtich he pay& a farthing tax. Alr. lIogasid, tllat he conld not take upon himsnelf to give any advice as to destroying the dog-...llr. Frooine must act tupon his own) judgosient, but lie (M1r. Roe) kner whiat he Iiititsslf wouldl do untier simnilar cirumnstanceas. Alr. Frootie thIlen left time offiet, doubtful hiow to proceed, pan ex- pressing his fears that the dog wvoiultattack him again. -John Fisher, a native of Ireland, a man of years, and dlecent ap- pearance, whio hiad but one arm, was brought toi the olhicec charged With begging in Bond-street that mnorning. The prisoer did) not deny the accusation, but said, in mitigation of liia offene, tlhat, hav- ing been lately at tIme- Cape of' Good Hlope, upon some business, lie met withi an accident theore, by his3 armi getting jammed between a door, by whiceh lie lost it altogisther, aLnd hiaving beeri also unsucces- ful in the business he went upon, hie returned to E~ngland withiout inicns, antI Uniable to work antI havinA no settleuient. in this coun- try,h lie ad no claiiii upon any parish. A few friends collected a sMall sm am....'ounting to BBs., for hitsi, with whilch lie purchiased a few articles to hawk and sell about the streets; but, on tho second day that hie went out for that. purpose, sortse ofUicers seized all his litile property, because tie had not a hiawk-cr's, licence ; and he-was therefore conii pelled to. beg for the mecans of sLipport. Air. COVAVrr, the Alagisti-ate, said, thpt this was certiinly a case deserving of sonse conimiseration and relief, and he shouldi tierc,~ fore xeconsmssend the prisoner as a fit object so the Mendicity Society, Qiiwsr.QuAn.....JategLonetol-collector at Pimlico turn.. pik.gae,vassunisond bfoe E AIARKLA.A5 anid D. W, ORE.- ~~01~g, Eqrs. forhavin unlwfuly sh this gate, And( refused to alow-thecariag of ame Mui, Eq.,of Girgat George-street, Westinstr, o pas troug, ulea~be Paslao miore toll than by It appearedI fromn tie evidenec of William Harris, Mlr. Buirt's caecljusan, thiat he~ went through I]imihco gzate ota hi,s way to Bronip- ton, pbout a qutartet past 'Wews. o'clock ott Wednesday niight, thec l10;1 inaL; the-regular toll iv,-s.t.paidja,md lie took thec ustual ticket. Th4y, retumrmed imuse4iately.ffrann-Bromps1ton, and -on coming to the turtiikey,gate at Ititaico, it wasclsd he anti the footman culled to them collector to) open it. When the. colletor heatrd them call, lie put otit the liglitsatlmatwerc it thegate..bouse,and'carne oat demand. Inig t4e tol, notwithitanding lie was told it was previnudly'paidl : he re- plied:"1 I knew thiat, but you n-inist pay again, as it mis. now,past 12 o' k"'li'he coachmawamtvbre p6sitively it wa's not; for that after they~ubmtte to is ensad, nd doveon to Jfarmes..street, njear she ~rasway -estnis'e. heythro heard the clock at Ruck- gi~ao..ione gtik 12 flldIvert wtchen whiom thiey mnet cry John Gooiso, fotsy~m-ito M. Mir, corroborated the coach- - ls ,he tlurtn p ike colletor, admitted the fact hi-was charged with,l hut itmahIted that it was past 12 o'clock when Air. Mltuir's car- riage retnrmpi; hc had-. nff clock allowed Istisi liv -tie tristufe, and he awr$s'*idrd its sltt(ng the ,iate by tiie iYat&6i)aitwio was sta. tl6ne4 stearly opposite to. hinl. rhe watchman would prove Ite had ifotciosed the gate uitil 12 o'clock. The ivatelsusan was da~llel for thus piirpqsg, ssnd stated to this ci'. Thet asoz thait nto eoagh hati passed .throtigilu4l gato from half-past I I o locsk, wvhich timne hc went his round crying the-hour. o ther wituses statesrTy the sante. - :Mu. X ttxatel tti :k . thesie u;itiiizes, when did Lane apply to :8 ghnat ytii recolleeouses fcirtmsfances e( vell ?-Both gnwevcr. e~hsson Thinraa nkj. Air. A RKLAN..And tbat was after the coachman served him with tt summons. Mr;lk. (isalo}opaC I thl in ztyoLr d ? : 4 i t these pYrpLtLars.J1he time s,so ,r.. I lyiisfiat snil kenalt lft~ 1 and did btsis 'l$:i G;l l tddd! me:bal-. 4 r toslreu,tes,ste ae proeedeyo 'ldock..:; ;. !. .1,,:" -n I thcU , igIig4e A'rtay'l'u h Iir. eBinghas& Three'tl urjueddr.eo lMlr. Ringham sat2-d, that on the isth isttant he tpssed throij5h the gate in a glass coach,. andt paid the toll then delmanded, en4 re- cefedT a ticket. On returning to todn, thoegh he had aon.dast-ed through any other gate, the tell war again demanded, end oniv:'S ducing his ticket, he was toldthat it was uselens. ats pers must- payforeach ttmetheypass. As .V. Binghaulisadpasdheaa e gate about six weeks ago without-a second demand for toll, anidins he conceived that there bould be no ratidnal meaning in gii6ng tickets, if the toll could be demanded every tirn aparso*n wcnt ! hrough the gate, be felt it his duty to have the magLsteates Iopinjon on the-subject. Mr. Colson, ip defence, statedl, that the collectors vwere anuborizd to desnand the sum of sixsence an cvery ho-se passing through, but that there was a pnvate understanding between him and the trustces to permit vehicles which are private preperty to *iax with. out toll, but to demaRd it frorn all that are hired; in point of-fact, it was quite option with him wtLathe lenwided, as farasthe sum of sixpence (the lnIttpreteribtd by the Turnpike AcO), gard he wis at liberty to indulge bisown caprice as to fromi whom =dhow oft,ii irL the day he exacted the toll. SergeantSEg Lrox (with whoLssaconcurred Nir. kif WtttSEL- LoN-) obserVed, that thouKh the trustee, oof:xhe MghgateAichwsai toll mnight eonsider it private property, and ofcourseapr1-e rivazere. vulationt, they were still awBsenable to dw TurnpikiERo_&*Aet; and that they shQald p far confoym to the clasas in that act,.s4 to,. aq it distinctly Written on Their b6afd; ;enat hiCleswerc and were Ait =ubject to toll, without subjecting.p&sserigers to be depciident on their whivus. it was a very irregular mode of proceeding. - Mfr. IVI. 8ELtLOl, observed. that if sudh capricious deman&: were made on himn, hc woald certainly dispute the iiayment of them. As the Turnpike Act bore the trustees out in nrmking the dematid, the Allagistrates, were compelled to disriss thecopnplaiit, nor, how- ever, without severely aeiYmadvertdng on the hardships to which tce p,:blicixsexposed. UNbol t a..-Yesterday a man. naned Josepix Pitt4, we, brought before R. J. CH,AeDEiRS, Esi., for re-examination, in the Custodv of Pxintei a constable of Bermnondsey, charged ott stspi- cion wlth haying robbed Mr. Drew, a solcitor, ot the stum of 58L..in sovereigns andsilver. Irt the course of the inquiries elativeso tho .noney stolen, it was discovered that the prisoner had -mtrried - two ives, upon which cshage, as well sa the felony, he was nerw Plaed at thie bar. htr. Drew stated, that in thtr month of Jutie 1a,t, he iook thb prisoner into his service as gardener, upon a written shasatter. Sotr afterwards, awmoney-box, which was in the office, contjshiing thb above sum. vwas broken open, and the colitenits stolen. Sicior. fell upon the prisoner, who a day or two after the cireurtnscee, ap-. ,lied lor leave to go ts) Riltnond: permaission was gretee}, and ot b is rctara hack t- wcaS take mwno custody frem facts theat had trans_ pired dluring his absence, and the pfisoner underwent an -examnina- tioni at this toffle, when he vras remanded untililis day. Painter, the conistable, now stated, that after shealnremdewon& circutmstatces occu ined, fro informatlon received, be -went down to Birmingham to ascertain sonie facts relative to the -robbers. In *he course ot his inquiries there, he was informed that the Tier was a notorious character in that town, having robbed a getsner nnewa Prttchlari, at Warwick, in whose service he bad been some yeas since. He had also discovered that the prisoener,-besideahbavng a wife in London,had another in Birmingham; botbof whom were now in attendance. The charge of bigamy was then entered inteo . x The second wife, a fine young -oinan, tissolved 't tears, stePpe.d forward, and stated her maiden narssc to bave been Elizabeth le dovs, andl that sitc was riarried to the prisoner in the parish church of Greenwich. in the nmonth of January, 1824. (SiteherV roduced the d rocument ol her marriage, which certified that facL) The 5irst wifc, who we obserred in earnest conersation wVith the prisoner sortie length of tirne before the investigation cowmenmed, was now calle(i on to produce the certificate of her mnarriage to the peisoner. She appeared very loath to come forward, but after J good deal of hesitation and stamimering, and after having beeni asked - by the Magistrate whether she was married to Pitts, her -reply wag, "Oh, no; I am net his lawful wife; we used to live as sma and wile, but were never married." Painter, the constable, here produced a copy-from the inarriage re, gister of Birmingham iOld Church, which certified that Joseph Pitts was married by bans to Ann Richards, in October, t8M. Tiin lady, Painter added, was the wife of the prisoner, and wes known asd re- covnized as such all over RirminFham. First wife.-.I have been matrned to a man of the same name, and who very exactly resembled the prisoner but he ran away frma rne, and I ti;ok up with his namesake (at the bar) afterwards. 1Lfr. CHtAMESBBt observed, that thits wasa very extraordinarv ir, cumnstance, and said it was palpable she wras the wife, instead of the ms tress, of the risoner. kirst wife._I dlare he is not; and to prove to the world that he is not my husband, I will nGw resign him up to that k-dy (pointingto the secosnd wile), .asihe is more entitled to him than I am; M agistrate.-A ou wvill have the satisfaction in finding that-he is your husband, instead of your being his mistress. Yo2 had bet- ter now produce the certifeate of your mnarriage to him. She, how. ener, declined doing this, repeating, that although Ptaat thebar bore a very strong likeness, and wee 3 namtesake of Mr. PhUs, het' husband, y et there was no closer -tie between them than abe had al_ ready stated. Ar. CStAIRatS asked the second wife whether the prisoner had. receivedii property fromL her on theit marriage ?-Ia reply it wan Painter said with respect to the other charge agaistt the p1onaer, evidence wouIA be brought forward on the next examinati, which would bring the offence home to hini, as it would he pr"eed that in- stead of being at Richimond after-the robbery -fie went slown oBr mingham, to his first wife, "flush" withcas. Bi Atr. Cat s.sEs8a, in remandinrg the prisoner, d-ected that the bridernaid end othets who witnessed the first narrirga might- bein attendantr on WVednesday week, to identify, the prsoncr, wbea was then sent back to prison, atter having requestcd in vain tobeel. - lowed to give bailfor his appearanc . . ror,t.c,p. cEb-