Police.
The Times, 1824-10-18T00:00:00

MANOTOSt-HUOISE...A few days.ago, a male child was deserted in a publie-housein Duke'a.place, under the followingcircurnissances i- Three women, one of w;hom carried a cbild in her armis, went into the public-house', andl drank and paid for some porter. Two of' them quiitted the tapwroom before the third, wlio had the child in her arrms, and whose stockings appeared to be abouit her heels. A person in the bar observing that thie pGoor woman's stockings wantedl eaTtering. ofrered to hold the baby until sihe should tighten them. 'The ofFer 'wtas accepted, but the moment the baby wait transferred toother arms, ofF'ran the woman and never appeared since. The ownjer of teiv house not relishing such an inmate as the chiild of anoLther parson, sent for Trip the oeadle of the parish, represented the case, and told him to take til infant to the workhousie. Trip, upon looking at the child, instantly recognized itas tleofTpring ofan lrishwoman,who belonged to, and wras brouight to bed in, the parishi of St. Helen's, lishpagate ; but he had a piece of news for the landlord which was not at all palatable to hn, being nothing lesis than that the boy was itmine host's" own flesh and bloodl. Tfhe landlord was aware that be was "1a-comptatit for as great a sin," but he thought it w-as the duty of the parish in which the child was burn to rake it under pro- tection until the mother performed thienecessary cerem,ony of swearing that he wras the father,Trip was of the same opinion, andaceordinglv presented the babe at Bishopsgate workhiouse; but K.lnnersley, the bealle of that parish, denied thatthe boy had been ever in his parish and refuse-d to give hint a reception, unless the mother was produced: under this state of thingg, thie case was brought on Saturday, before the Loan MAYrot. Tilesupposed father of the child, the two beadlesI of the contending parishes, and the overseers of Duke's-place were in attendance. When the above facts were. stated to his L-ordship, Kinnersley, in his zeal for his parish, in which lite said the women wvere forward enough without having any of the Irish amongst thetn, submitted to the LoRD MA YOR, the great in,prro bability that the publicatt was the father of the citild, or that the Irish woiman ailluded to was the mother. He ca-nsidered it a trick, and that the child had] never breathed the air in his parishi. Trip called upon the Lord Alayorc to look at she face of the puib. lican, and assured his Lordship that the baby's feature- were the very ditto of them.~ He had seen the child mnany and mnanv a time, and would swear that it was tite Irishstoman's, and that she, whec? questioned before the birth, admitted that the publican wras the father. The parish ot' Bishopgate was, thierefore, entitled to the little boy- and the father wool nro donbt, pay all the expenses as soon as the mother should be forthcomlng to swrear in due fornm. Kinssersley.-How can You, Mr. Trip, take iipon yourself to swear that that ere little boy belongs to that ere Irishwoman ? Trip.-Howv can I ? Why, because that erc Irishwontan belorgs to that ere little boy. Kittnersley.-Aj' liord Alayor, I wonder any man can say such a thing as that he can swear to the featuires of a baby ; for when chil- dren are so very yon, they are all the same : nione but the nurse can know the diUere'nZe and if MVr. Trip says that he knows this child, he inust he nothing more nor less than 'an old woman. The LoRan MAYOIR, who is aware of the sharpness of Trip's, re. I collection, said, he muts~ decide in favou of' the parish of Dulke's. p!lace, as the child was uorn in Bl3isopsgae. His Lordship asked Kinneraley whether he could conscientiously swear that the child was not born in tisat pariah ? Kinneraley saiid, he certainlv couldI not swear this way or that way. The LoRD MIAYORL desired him to rind the womnan, and get her. to swear the child, and there would be no more trouible about the business but until the mother could be brought forward, the parish of Bishepsgate must be as a mother to the boy. The publican all this while said not a word. The imother, it I geems has gone to Ireland, taking care that her childI should be well roided for between the father and the parish. Thomas Poster, a seamran, appliedi to the LOan MIAYOR to as- I gslt him to OvercomTe a lawyer, who had detained 71. unjustly. The seaman hiad been obliged to bring ani action against his ('ap. tainsome time ago, for aviolent assault. Hehad gained averdict bf; 401. damages and costs, hut had paid to his attorney the stim of 71. previously, to carry on the action. The attorney, when called upoit to return the 71., furnished the seamnan with a bill to that amount-. for what ? Why, fer procuring for his client 181., which was due to him by his Captain. The case had been on a former day laidi before the LoRD MAYOR, who, although it didI not come within his jurisdic-. tion, sent to the attorney, requesting an explanation, for the sake of the poor seaman and his own charac ter. The attornev agreed to re. fer the miatter to the attorney of the other party, and that person said that the fee of two guineas was quite as much 'at could he conscien- tiously demnatded. This arbitration was rejected. and thie seaman was obliged to complain again to the Lo n Al AYO R, of'the hardship of such treatment as he had met with fromn this land shark. The LORtD MIAYOR lamented much that hisi interference had not the effect hie expected it would have had, and thnat such base advan. tags had been taken of the poor sailor. The sailor.-" 1 assure your Lordship that I have been lashed ts thie mainmast in a hiurricane labouring for that mnoney and it's too bad to be robbed on shore, particularly, as my attorney was paid all his expenses anti demands by the Captain." The AoRtD AMAYor, told the seaman, that he might have cot that 181. pay, by applicatioti to Captain Riclitbell, at the Thames police. without the assistance of anv attorney. He wras of opinion that thie Metropolitan Law Societv, who spoke much of' keeping up the -e- sp=cebliy of the profesiion, might findl individuals who required therntc amongst those of the professtion who t'ell tool of poor fel- lowis like his ill-treated applicant. His Lordihip advised the seaman to try his solicitor once more. hIlARLBOROUGHST-sysaxT...On Saturday Wmi. Peter Jones, a simple-lookinig young man, was charged with the following cuirious robbery :-It asppeared that the pi isoner went on Thursday after- noon into the hiouse of Mr. Egar, who keeps tile Southampton Arms public-house, in Tottenham-court-road, and orciered dtinner, &c. to be prepared for himn, which was accorclingly done. The pri.. soner made a very hearty meal, after which he drink a quart of por- ter; but Instead of saying any thing about payment to the landlord, he deliberately walked outo01 thebhouse, not only carrying with him' the unpaid-for dinner asid porter, but also the pewter-pot Iwhichi was on the table; and this was done with so little disguisc,that Mr. Bgar was so eatottished, at the prisoner's impudence that he had got sosne dAistance from the door before he pursued him, altihoughi he saw himn cusodyg oft a constabwe.er, anon overtaken, and given into the The risserseeed,from a weakness of intellect, almost uncon- sciou of what wa ;caged against him, and said nothing in his dlefence. Some of his friends, who are understood to be respectable, attend - ed, and represented to Sit GEORGE FARRANJT, the Mlagistrate, that the unfortunate young man is so feeble in hit m-ind as often not to know what he does ; he has been u nder the care of several moedical gentlemen, who all consider him as very few degrees reinoved froiin an idiot. He is, howe~ver, extremely unofFending and harmnless, and was everknow to avecommitted any theft, or doine other mis- chief before. Mlr. Egar, the landl1ord, saidi, that he had no wish at all to take any proceedings against the poor young man; indeed, the open way in which he carried oft' the pot, clearly showed that he could not be'a regular thief, or in his right mind. Sir GEORGE FAPRAXT said, that under these circumnstances theyoug mn soul bedishared,andhewas accordingly given op t th car ofhis rieds, hoookhi away with themn. Willam Capma wasbrouht fom t. JamesL's watchitouse, chagedwih rbbey n te Trks.hadTavern in the Haymarket. Mr. assison,the andlrd o thehoue, stated, that the prisoner catme to the Turk's Head in the evenin, and asked if he coulti be accommodated with abed for the night. He was told that he could, and accordingly one was provided. About ten o'clock tie prisoner retired to rest. The next morning the waiter at the house, upoin getting p perceived that his box had been broken open ; and on exmiin it, found that its contents, consisting of the greater part of his wearing apparel, had been taken therefrom ; lie im. mediatel ywent down stairs, and communicated the circum- stance to Mir. Jamesn, who instantly rested his suspicion upon the new lodger ; and in a few mninutes the latter cams down stairs, and after paying his bill was about to depart, when he was told that he was 8uspectea of the robbery, and must be searched. A constable was sent for, and an examination it was discovered that the prisoner had two suits, of clothes on instead of one having contrived to puor on the waiter's trouseris, waistcoat, &c. un- der his own. He had, besides, taken two silk handkerchiefts,which were also found on him. It seemed that the prisoner, whien he retired to rest, took the opportunsity between that time and the family's re- tiring to bed, to go into the yoLung's man's room and commit the robbery. The prisoner had nothing to say in his defence, arid( was ful-ly committed for trial. A jelly-looking, substanitial farmer-like personage, came puff. tog anld blowing into the office, evidently, in a state of great alamns, and inquired of Plank, the chief officer, in an anxious manner, if he was in time. The officer asked him what he wished to be in timet for. The applicant replied, to answer a summonst that had been served upon him from that office; and baving only received the summons the night before, and having a long way to come from. the country, he was afraid he might be too late. Hve then handed the summons to the officer, which ran thus- "1Middlesex to wit.-Whereas it has been verified, upon the oath of Elizabeth Wheeler, imade before us, two of the Justices for the said county of Middlesex, that you are the father of a male or fe- male bastard child, with which the said Elizabeth Wheeler is now pregant yo ar heebyreqsire pesonllyto pper bfore us on Satuday the16t insant andbrig wih yu suficentsecurities to ndenif th paishof t. utsaganstthecos ofsupporting the sid Eizabeh Wheler,and er sidbatr chh d and hereof (Signed) "J. E.CON~'ANT, ~ Jastices. "GEORGE AsenERSOX, Witness, Johin Plank. chief officer." Plank, upon reading this document, saw imnmediately that the whole was a forgery, or at least that p rt of it that applied to him- self; because, ini the first?place, his Christian name is not John and secondly, summ-onsesgfromn the office are never witnessed at all. However, he thought it his doity to lay the case before Mr.COsrA?T, the sngistrse, whse nae was ignedto it. Mr. CoAN T,on seing te sum ons assured the aifrighted far- mertha h ha nverisuedorsigedthe document produced, nor was her an arsh egitrae a th oter names'gnad to it; and it wascler tat omegoo-naure frendhad beett hoaxing him (the The latter said, with joy beaming in his countenance, that al. theugh it had put him to a great deal of inconvenience to come such a distance, and bring his bail with him, yet that Was nothing, when compared with the fright he got about this business. Supposc such a thing came to his wife's ears, what should ne do ? The Mlagistrate assured him, that where it was found necessary for parish officers to interfere in cases of this sort, they generally brought people forward upon warrants, and not summonses. The applicant then withdrew, highly rejoiced at the escape he had had : for he seemed to dread a little the name of Elizabeth Wheeler. A very reapectable-looking old gentleman took his seat in a corner of the office, at an early hour, and wva seen very anxiously to watch the opening of the office-door. He was, after some time, asked what the niture of bis businiess ight be. He replied, that he camet o be present at the examination of Mr. Fauntleroy. He was told that no examination of tbat person was to take place, and his waiting for such an object was a were waste oftime. He replied, however, that he knew better than that ; for he knew, upon the very best authority, that MIr. Fauntleroy was to be brought up that day, anrd any repre. sentations to the contrary would not persuade him to quit his seat. Tt was again several tinesin vain represented to him tbat he had been deceived, for that no examination was really intended; and it was not until the magistrate, and every one else, ehd quitted the ofice3 and the door was closed, that he could be prevailed upon to withdraw, w7hich becat length did, very reluctantly. WonsaIP-1TRgEFT.-.dward Wkhifeld was brought up fer eamuslertion on a chsae of st"alir in the dwelling.housse of hAi. CharksFrenserEck RonZey, a clerk the Ecxdse4offio5 at Borres a terrace. Camnbridge-heath th, o silver table-spoon, cis silvr tea8d spoons, two silver salt-spoons, and one p;eir of engar-tongs. lhe prasecritor stated, that he was sitdtng in biis bedroom which is on th,e ground floor behind the pszrlour, shaving hiynsels' about a quarter before eight 'clock, wghen he heard a noise like the' ringingofasiher spoon in fallig,in the parlour. He rantothe pardour-door, and as he entered nerceived that tbe plate, which had been left on the sideboard the night before, had been rernoved, and looking towards the wi4dow which he ha d left a little way open atbott ten minutes before, he caught a momentar glimpse of the tail of a blue coat, worn by some person who bad jUst at that moment pssecd out through the windowr. Ele rushed out into the road calling out " S-op thief," and in a minutte or two he saw the prisoner5 who wag running away at tuJ1 speed, stopped near the turnpLke-.ate, by ajourneyman carpenter,who was passing. The prisoner, wherE overtaken, took off his iat, and hurled out of it the plate before enn- merated, into the face of the man rho ntopped him. The prosecutor coming up at that moment, picked up the p late, which he identifiedi as his pronerty, and the prisoner vva hanaed over to a constable- He was fullyycom:nitted for trial. LAMBBET.5STFLEET..-On Saturday fffrs. /Judson, a lady about 30 years of age. dressed in widtvr's mourning, was brought from St. George's watchhouse, where she had been locked up the greater part of the night before on the following charge :-Alr. Billing, s gentleman residing in C'harlottc-strect, in the parish of St. Georie, stated, that about tbree weeks since, Airs. Hudsen took apartments in hig housg her manners during the greater part of that timce, he said, were so frantic and outrageous, that the not only disturbed him and his family. but the whole neighbourhocd ; and on the preceding evening, at she was proceedir.a in her usual incoherent condtuct, a crowd of persons had assembled befbre his house, asd be, in order to remonstrate with her on the impropriety of Ruch cannduct, proceeded to her apartment; but no sooner did he ester, that, she grx-ped a sword that hung from the chimnev-piece and mrade a desperate lunge et him. He lbrtunately warded of the point, but it went through his coat, nearly to the hit; and after a long struggle1 he disarmed her, and gave her in charge to the watcanian. The lady stood apparently insensible to wihat was said. Or being asked by the i'tagistrate what she had to say in her de- fence to so serious a charge, she stepped towards the bench, and ad- dressed the magistrate in a manner, though incoherent, that showed that she was a person of the most finished education and ranners. She said, that seven years ago she accompanied her husband, Who was an officer in the British service, to the island of Al artiniquce, where, after a long service, he lost his health and during their pas- saec in returning to this country, he died. Rere she became dread- fu:ly affected, and exclaimed, " Yes, I have lost the best and kind- est of husbands," and was tnable to proceed furtlher. The Aagistrate, AI r. HArADvWICK, asked Air. Billing ifthere was any truth in h^r storv. Air. Biilinx sa'd. he understeod from the Captrin with whom Mrg- Hudson returned that it was all true. Mr. HARDNVICK inqulredif she had any friends residingin London, Ml-s. Hudson said, she htal a sister, living in N1frlk..street, Strand, wh o was in very affluenc circumstances, and that she intvrt- ed to go and live virh her. Atr. Billing said, all he wanted was fet her to leave bis house, This she assented*t, and the parties left te^office. UNIONF.IALL.-.5a Saturday, a person rnamed George Kent w-as charged with having cautsed a disturbance in the Coburg Thactre. Clarke the officer stated, that on Friday evening last. duringr the performance of a piece at the above theatre, in a scene in which 3n infant is ordered to be slain, a child is 1ed in oD. the stage, and at the momwent the actrr demands the sacrifiCe, Nr. Kert. who was sitting in the middle ot the pit, jumped up on the s5gt, ard drawing a large knife from hit pocket, called out as loud A.- he could, " Hold ! I say, holdl! lf you kiiU that there child, I'll surely muedr you with this liere knife. ' The loud voice with which this ttireut was nmade. and the exer.ions of the defendant to rush from the berch where he had been sitting towards the stage, with the lrnifi' in his hand, attracted the eyes of all to the pit. At length a c.'y of " Turn him out" resounded through the house, and the per- formance ceased, upon which Alr. Davidge came forward, atei when silence was obtained, requested the pnlice would do theie duty, and convey the person who caused the disturbance out of the house. The defetndant having listened with attention to the order, again pressed forward, still flourishing tlie knife abouit to the great danger and terror of those sturroundine him. The offitcer now approached the defendant, and told him he must leave the pit. Mlr.Kerit swore that he would neitlher leave the hotse nor put u-p the knife, even far King George himself, unless a promise a&c made that the child should be spared. The audienoe becomirng excessively elamnoraus. and the cry of " turn him out," continuing, the nffi(er was under the necessity of taking him to the watchhoure. where he waR quite outrageous. The defendant, who appeared to be about 45 years of age, was asked by the AIl acistrate what could have induced hitm to irmske such a fool of himself betbre tire au.-ience ? Ilr. Kert. in rteply, said that he was sorrv for wvh3t had happered; he had drank ratlher freely before he went to the Coburg. and never having been ir a theatre before in his life until that night, rally thouFht the poor child was going to be put to death by a ferocicus- looking fellow who stood over it with a drawn dagger. Hisc anxie- ty for the life of the child. he said. was the ea,se of his baviner com- mitted a breach of the peace, and he was new willinig to make any atonement in his power for hiq ilfenbce. The AMagiotrate laughetl heartilv at the simplicity with which the detendtlant accounted for thedisturbance teihad excited in the theatre and observed that the only attonement reqrniredl wats, that he should promise in futttre not to interfere with that wiich was actetd on the stage of a theatre, however tragical the scene; which promibe being duly made by the defendant, he was discharo-d. POLICE.