Police.
The Times, 1824-08-17T00:00:00

M1ANs1o-TN.5oUsE... 0nTa3s Taylor, a man of very respctble appearance, was a few davs ago brought befoTe the toitn A AoE, charged with having embezzled upwards of M0L, the property of his employer, Alderman Garrau, to whom he wras a traveller. There are some eircumstances of rather a peculiar nature connec-ed with the ease. Alderman Gartatt la thought it to bring an sation againAt the former emnloyer of Taylor, for lhaving givtn a falee character of him, by which thilse character the Alderman vAs induced to tauk him into the service of the firm. The prisoner, in palliation of the offence for which tie was brought before the Lord Mayor, pleaded to Alr. Harmer, Alderman Garratt'ssolicitor, that he had beenunfortu- nate enough to coinitiasinillarerror in the house which had gtvea him the character for integrity, and that in requital of such generous treatment, he commenced a plan of defrauding the Alderman in or. der to pay ofi the amountof his previous embezzlement. Theaction is still pending. The prisoner, upon flnditg that all was over with him, contrived to get an appointment in the Sandwich Islands, and had retired to a seaport in expectation of sailing daily. No very great arnxiety was manifested by the Alderman to have the prisoner taken into custody1 until the former employers of the latter aceused the Alderman of a wish to wink at the escipC of a person Against whom ro heavy a charge wash made. O0ficers were then sent off with directions to bring Taylor before the Liord Mayor. It was sworn that at various times the prisoner took up sums of money from the customers of the firm, and did not account for tihem on hI5 retuTn. One particular item, for 521. odd shillings, was taken as sufficient for the purposes of prosecution, and Taylor was committed for trial to the (Ulocciter asslizes, the offence having 'een sworn to hare taken pl?ce in 1oceater. GuILDIrALL.-The superintendenice of Mr. Mlartin, and hir, man Wheeler, has aertainly workeA great alteration in the conduct of the drovers in Smithfield.market. One fellow, however, of the name of TlOmat Gosr the wearer of the badge No. 580, set tr. Mllartin at defiance. i is conduct towards the beasts is said to have been brutal in the extreme. Uponl one occasion of complaint he at: fected contrition5 and his offence was oyerlooked. For subsequent offences he has been fined, but latterly he has disregarded all sum. monees,, and his pefsonalstrengthand daring reswltidon tender him an orer.match for any single officer. Wheeler had watdced him 'n the market on. the Sunday night, and witnesed his cruelty in stnking the an7mals over the hock; but as his ehforts to apprehend hinm were likely to be about as &uccessful as those of a dwart against a giant, he waited till the officers came into the market in the morning, when he g-ave him tn charge. osRs, aS uual, rnade a desperate resistance, but there being four or five of the agairtst him, he was at length When brought before 51r. Alderman CROtwDEa, at this office yesterday, everv body had some tale to teU of his wanton barbarity. One person had seen him sttro a sheep dead with one blow of a stick ; another had *itnessed hirny with his ttlk tgt ar single stroke feU an ox as conmpletely as if it had been struck with a butcber5s axe: in short, he seemed to take pride in the strength and dexterity with which he could commtit acts of barbaritv. The daring carelese manner of the felow, aa he stood at the bar, beqpattered all over with the shower of mud and water which his resistance had rmade his youth and muscular appearance, reenied to confirm the numerous omplaints that were made agaiLnst iim. The particular offence, however, with whubh he ndw stos chaitil5 tas wantonly art' cruelly striking an ox over tle hock that morning, and to this fact NVheeler deposed on his o0th. The usual penatty tbr such offences has been only 10s., but the Alderman, finding that so small a fine had produced no effect upon himbefore, convicted him in the penalty of 40s. Gos% seemed to care but little about that, and -ished the officer who had hin in custody to go with him, and he wopld getjiim the money. This, however, he declined and as tio siigie oalicet wouild venture along with himn on lach an errand, the fellow was locked up till he c-ould procUre the money. BOWf-STRsET.-Yesterday Robert BaU, a young man of re. spectable appearance, was broaglht before Sir R. BiRNrE, bySnow, a constable of W alworth, charged on suspicion or telaniously setting fire to a certain apartment occupied by him, with intent to defraud the Sun Fire Office. The prosecutor was Mfr. John Fearn, of 97, Strand, boot-maker, froni whose evidence, corrobotated by ot er testimony it appeared that he had known the prisoner for a tonside*able tiArdt le ivas by trade a carpentere btitt otle time ago he told Mr. Fearn that he was abotut to eomtnmence dealing in .wdaring.aliparel, aid boots, and shoes, atd AIr. Fearn agreed to lend hira the. uge of a room in his house, as adeposit pro.tknpar.e for his rtc-., This was six months ago, and the prisoner theanbrought a quantity of clotbcF some woollen cloths, boots, and shoes, and some carpenter s tools, which were depo8ited in the room. For the fitit two months, he had not the exclusive possession of the apartment,, but for the last four months he had it entirely to himnelM and when htc went home to hIis residence at Walworth at night;he fagtened the dodr Ith ol padlck. Subsequtently, the Prlsdner brought upon several occas{dfns Utils of oil And tarpentine, which he deposited in tee room. Soon after he i hal taken possession of the room endtrely, he effected a policv of insurance at the Sun Fire.offioe to the aumount of 400L upon goods and fixtures alleged by him to e contained therein. On Saturday evening last ir. rearn went out at about' a quarter befote ten o'clock, and at that time the prisoner, was sitting in a aprtment ocmpied ly a yalt-g giai of the nAme of lFoam' a lodger In the house ItV a few minutes atter Atr. bad 4ultted the house, the prisoner went down to the anding.place below MAr. Wood's apartnient, and caUed out, MrF7s. earn, is Ur. Fearn gone out?" Mrs. Feern answrered in the afruna- tivei, and he then went to the top of the hiodtise *here hSF stdrc-roo_p is situated, and prodredalit ftdfi dmc tai rA who weoe at worht on the same floor, Het left the houase very shortly after, having pad. vckd the door of hig room as usual. He had not been gone many atnut0s, when Alr. Fean's maid-zervant, having OecAunon to go up s Ptairs, erceived a strong smell of fire, and slhc asked the tai eors if they had been making tinder ? Passing the door of the prisoner's room, she saw a strong light issue from the ervice IIt the bUttom, aid she immediately gave an Alsrn that Mr. 11 S tooni Wms on fire. r. Wodd ran tp, and with a poker endeaivoured to force open the door but be broke the aoker in several piece before lie could demolish thetxadriock. The aooor was St length forced, and the room discovered to b on fire in, threere sarate places. it Wad very speedily extinguished5 nut having gatine mtidl groUnd. Thi room was then e2tanined 1 and in a recess in one corner, in which thbee are sotoe shelves fixed. were the remains cof a waistcoat which had been steeped in turpentine still smoking, and upon the shelf o"-er this Was a hat-box, arinst whict was piaced a smal eatk co.la~g a mi,cture of oil, tuirpentine, andl white. lead Ist Xnother part were found a sack and -a 'air of jean trouers whch ad ignited, avid which had tvidentay been steepd In il an treine. Similar appearances were disco. ,erable in?bther part the rom ; andda hole in. aa o ainscot of a hloser th rough which a light must have been seen upon th stairs, wasstufe wih smecloth. Mr. Foar,in consequence ofthesegap. pea,ances went itnmecl~ately to the Prisoner's house, in Amelia.. in charge to a and having caled himnto the door, he ave hiun i n i n c R . B rst w z E a s k e d M r. F e ac n w ha t a mo u n t o f ' o o d s h e fo u n d thItrge roo m; andw a s aearly er ed n by ao re d han51. w orth. e prsonr wrtas ter eabut 2gto ausom, questions tO M. Fe4mnD, When he ws akedif e ws awre f te ntur ofthe charge against Frisoncr...I am,Sir, ully aware. Sir R ~ ~~ you knomw. that it is a capital offence ? Prione....O es,Sir, I win pevfectly awa-e or a1l tha~ Sir H Ba~L...Then hadl you not better reserve any thirng you ma lizvet say untlyu can procura legal advice?. The risoer semedtbankfnl for the suggestion', and was.silent. He w.s cmmitdilfor a week for re.exanilnation. Ma~gireg Jns,a you nel woman with Iny infanit at her brtdst, andiwbothr~ itarclyabl e to wvalk, by. her tide, was place,l ',tt the ar,chared dthstealfing P. piece of bacon, valtle 10d., from tshe Ilto of r. Crcles, a :cheesemonger Itn Clare-stzr~er.. The unfor- tuat cinuead'er children were extremely'clean and neat in theirappeaance but he m ther id l rt sIpinms abont her of awan ofocesaryfed. hesenseuioweak-as to be scarrely able wibtit. f ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Adiio f.ti#s l~ Tile charge was cleatrly Proved by a fat red-fed Young. risn, 0. tbopmran toMr. Carelees. A" hepoor Vfpzrisonraa4 not,a A ord, bust weptbitterly, coantI.lned her child to her breas', while the two other HIttic oFCg uncouscious of the cause, clung to her apron, and cried becauise tleir mnotber *id. The poor husband turned his face aside, but we saw the tea trigk. l.ug down his sunken cheek. Slr ,utiRN'rE...GeOel4j ! sad. am,lto zend this poor crea- ture toprinon for stealing telspenmy worth of'bacon ? The cheeserionger s fat tind. ivellfed shopman stood a perfectly unmoved spectator of this repxt-rending scene, and in answer to Sir Richard's question, i-ery cooly said, 4'Yiles, Sir, we must prosecute, for you have no idea h , much We sufs% by stuch pwple. It reaBy takes off mu6h of our pgofits.l' Sir L Bnqse-E._w, ell,let her be a m?tted; ierhaps it may ulti. mately' benefit the unhappy family. The prisoriet was then renmoved foasm the bats the ixles of tbe prn eon to whlich 'se etesYasbeuc to be comtuitted rendering iftimpossible that she could have ehet,e'd elderchildrenu'ieh her, she was conmpel- led to part with them. TIhc scpar3tion wa s othfcotinPbe,vopddescription. Ti'lec husband afterwards asked Slr B. BeaNIE for an order to take his chiblden to the wvorkhouse, but wras tol-. by the worthy ma-. gistrate to go at once to the overseer, an order, he wa6 sure, wnould not be neecrsary. T'he poor mmn st.ited thtat hc w:s a fringe-maker, but had bean a long time otlt Of employmsent in con- sequence of the slaeokncss of trade. TOWN-HALL.-.JcutWe Gioisnu,o: an officer of the Union-haltl po- lice establishment, was sumamoned by Mtr. Wrn. B!ack, ef No. 21, Backcstreet, -lorselydown, for an assatllt. Mr. Thacle stated thast he wasJ a parishioner of Ste. JolhnSs, and had been electedi bii a ttelcet vpestry, under a laste act of Parliament, as one of the 18 governofe eof thse poor; anrd that on Wednesday evensine last, he went, acco,mpanled by flWr; Butler and Mr. Truscott, to the wtorkhouge, for the purpose of atteDdcing a general meeting. On his arrivul, he saw tbe defendant and asnother officer, named Hairris, sit. tingicn the passage to the comsmitteee.rootn, witls the parish beadle. and sasted for what Purpose they svere there, and wits answered thev attended by~ order of rhr Alleu, the mnagistrate, in consequence ot applicastion at the olfice. A long conversation ensueds, bv *whieh it appeared disrnutes ex- kirted in the parish on the construtidon of a clause in the sact, as; to the qualifications requisite to the due election to the said office. wvhich the opposite party contended Dir. Biacke and other gentle. men did not possess, their rental being inadequate. 'fhe opinions ot Mer. Chitty, Mr. (3urr.ey, snd other learned gecntlemen had beet taken, and proceedings anont to be commenced In the King's Br nch~ and party spirit ran so high, that an astempt was made so preveni their adm.ittance on the night in question, by tbe assisztance of thl officers, when Mlr. Altierma n Smith siaying the assault wvas the only case beforc himn, alr; Black proceeded, andl said, that, on: nakins |the attemnpt to ernter the roomn, lie was seizerl by CGlannon, first by thu collart and afierwtards bv the leg, and attempted to be dragged back. but wbich was prevented by Mtr. TRruscose taking hhTt round the body, and pullng the cotitrary wfay, and who, with other friends succeedeti in getthtg him to the fu:ther end of thle roomn, tlraggin~ the defendant after him, who continued to hold by his leg. This eni denee was corroborated both by Mir. Butler and Mir. Truscott. The defendant said he had been first assaulted i there was itl poor womnen comning front the room, wvhen Mr. Truscott attentp5tet to rush by them, and the} screamned violently; end On his tluterfer. ing, considering the peace in danger, Ite wnas pushed by illr. B:acl with such violence against the door-nost that he was stunned, and caught hold either of his leg or his arnn, he didn't knows w.hich. Mir. Black.-H.ow far did 1 shove yolu ?-Three yards. U ill yon swear is 7-N'o, I didn't measure it. Where did I seize you ?-By the arm. But rou had hold of my leg, you know. (A laugh.) Don't yot thi7nk tdhe scre,am was occasionedt by the women seeing my leg ir MWr. Aldermnan SD11TI,_ lid yolt inquire whlether ?ny of the poom womena were hur: ?-X did not. Harris. tie other offieer, woukl not swear he saw Mfr. Black pusl the defen~dant. Several other witnesses were esansined, but Mlr. Black's evidence remaining unshaken, Mir. Aliderman r;iMS-H tohl1 the defeadant he had ceseded his duty, but as he was in a respon- sil e situation, he tshould not call upon himn for bail, but leave Mir. Blackt to act as he thought fit at the sessions. f4r. Black said he should proceed no tXsrther4 being sa isfiedl wish-tbe present recult. UNION-HsAJ.L.-Capstain CutdcJerteomt, an officer ott the tesirec list of one ot7 the West India regiments, was brought before M.; SWABEY, Esq., charged with having asasalted a tobaccotnist, rtamned Bailey. There were also six or seven other assault-warrants azainsI the Captsin, who was the terror of Walwiorth ant7 Camberwel , and went by the name of " The M\ad Captain." Tlte defendant was dressed in the mnost miserable plight, imavitas neither shoes nor stockinxgs, and his upper garments were not word l s. His appearance altogether was wretched in thle extreme. Tlhe tobacconist stated, that the erening before the C'aptain earn- to his shop, half groggy, tand asked for an ounce of a particular kinc of tobacco, of whic:h sort he had stone in his stock. The Captain, upon being civilly informed oftehe tact, insteaid of quietly withdraw. tag himself, ";up with his fist," and gave the tobacecotnist a them1 on the eye, and then ran out of the shop, down the street, followved by the smtderer, who, after a hard struggle, goet him downv, an,d held him thcre until further assistance arrived. The Captaxin was witl great diffcullty, and after having inflicted half a dozen more blacis eye8odn those who aided and astsistedl lodfged in the wa?chi.hoase. where his conducet wats des.cribed by the constable as quite outrage. ous. The to bacconist atdded. that the CSaptain cause toi his sh op a boutz a week ago, and from his niolene.e stiere frightened his wife to such a degree, that she mniscarried in conseqjuencie, andl was nowa confined to her bed. The MIagistrate asked whether the defendant had realIly ever held any rank in His Mlajesty's service, and whether be WaS entitled to half.pay ? Snow, the coenstable of Newinogteu, said that he certainly wase c.aptain inttlte art~y, and received 7s. per day as half.pay. ffe was w:ell known In that neighboutrhood for hlis eccentricities eveY since his return from abroad, where he elisdtguished himsself in manyv en. gagements, and hte hadl received a dreadful woumd in the hlead, fromi the effects of which, whent ile drank spirits, he was quite delirious. The mnoment he received htis half~-pay he never ceased drinking ande t reating perso ns of all dlescriptions u ntil every fiLrthing was gose, and hle wodtld thert dispFose of the cost off his back, and has frequently, in c-onsequence of having parted with his breeches, been observed walk- ing about the road 'wrapped in an old blanket. He lias been di. vested of this covering. in sortie instances, by the mischievous boys in the neighlbourhood, and the captain reduced to the necessity ot walking homnestark naked. Snow added, that the raptain had a manot respectable sister residing at Brixton, but she noould not mna- nage him. If his clothes were loched up for the purpose oF prevent-. ing him from wandering about the streets, he would get a sheet or countetrpane, w/rap it round his body, jump our of a win4OW, and,d perhtps, not make his appearance at horne for a whole week. The (Gaptmin listened woith great attention to the btistory of his exploits, and at the conclusion said, " Its all perfectly correct:I own Ilam in thc wrong:; and if Mir. Bailey looks over what has taken placwe, I shall never interruopt him as long as I live. I have been 2B years in thec service, I have fought hard, and teceived wounds, and if I am permitted to go about my businese, I shall not taste a diop ~of spirits for the next 12 months."? The SMagistrate 6aid, that he lamented to see a perMits of tihe Cap. tain's rank and situation in life in the deplorable state he appeared, but lie must not hinder his feelings from doing justice te the com- plaistant, whom lhe rectommended either to prosecute the Captain at the a~ssies, or to indict him at the next sessions. The tobaceconist said, that he was disposedi to give the Captain another chanee, and he was discharged, declaring that he would keep sober for the next 12 months. POLICE,