Police.
The Times, 1824-06-18T00:00:00

- BoWv-STREET.-Ir. Ellio0nfVDiury-lane Theatre, appeared. to a warrint: issued gaihist himn,'for an fissault on W. H. Williams, a performer at that theatrc. Ar. Williams stated, that on Tuesday evening, after prforming in the thrce acts of " Thc Mferry lYivez of Windsor," be went out of the Theatre to take the air, his duty not requiring him.to appear again onthe stage for an hourz while walkingon the foot.way, corner of Biydges.sieret, Mr.. Elliston came-up tohim, and told him hesliould be in the Theatre, and thathe mutt not walk there; Mlr. :Williams exnlained, but Air. *Elliston insisted tbat he thould quit, and ordered the sentinel to tdrri him from that place, callinghimna.suspicious character. Mlr. WVilliaxls walked into the road-wny, where he was followed by Alr. Elliston;,he then walked to the' stage-door, where Mr. Elliston told' him he shouliTneither go on the stage, nor walk in the front of hi& Theatre,. anddesiredhim ta go into the dressing-room; onlis| declaiinghe would notdoso, hegt r.Elliston) clinchedhis fist, which heputuptohis (WiiUlam's) face, saying he would knock his brains out; and agant desired him to go into the dressing-room, which, on Mr. W(-illiams refusing to do, he struck him a -violent bloti the f'ace, and knocked his liat oF. M lr. Williams said he [ c.uld prediee aeyeral witnesses to confirm what-he had stated, but, bedng cotuiected with the theatre tlit; fer.olvious reamons, declined -to come fotrward. - Mr. Elllston,- in his defence, said that lMtr. Wflliams was one of themositroubles6me charactersconnected with the tbeatre; hc eas a continual pattto him.: Hte was, he had:reson to think, author of a tcurilouspamphlet that had lately appeared, and a very suspicious chtaractir;.- - Here'hir. Carloni, who atten,ded as solicitor for MIr. lTlUiams, interrupted 'Jir. Ellistou,.and appealed to the magistrate if such ob. serratiobis were,dmissible; er if they were ally reply to the charge of usaltUI :MPr. 1tsiitULt.-Certainly not. MIr. Ellistonstai&hehac no-objection-to let the business o to-the sesions jthat ha didl collar thle man, -but did~ not- strike lu._I :*a thien orAeWl tF fgnd ball. 3ARRtL0orlou.stxtEs..YeTstSrdiybeing thedayupon which tAe srumonses issued -by- the m'agistrates of this off'de, at the in- staice of the lnidicity Society,: against a- person calling himself Frederick fWIlatm fitiokdia,-alixs KVljlamHgn kie:, alias WM. Ilizzeks, Bro piit ufioioukAcht -esaorbttining. mohey under $als cpreteices1s Si nfamberliis jiexiozj, 'nobithien, jthtlehren, &c: *ere made returniablc, andtbe sumriibnses haviing been served at a Ilossewherextwssi&uowidgedthatHawkins atpresent resides,there was some expectation tiat he wonld ittebd; and it having, through 4ome lQe*4 eor-otherj app*redin some of the public papers of yes- terday.morning, thathe rmaiydidintendI todo so, atAone o'clock, the hoar mcndioncd ih theiminiOis the office was erodwdd with-noble- men gentl'omentn ffortuin Mlemnbers of PL;anicnt; tradepe6'ple of Amogs detcript. z ;Sheriff's oEficers, &c. - 'Amo tthedisinuished persons iho attended. to Xcat the exa- mination, wtobaerved Earl Grey his brother General Grey, and the ionouhrIable; .. G;ey,- the;. Xar''s son. 'Ir. Philips M.P., Mr. An hour iving elapsed after tfie appointed-yeriod: in. tbesun- nions,wltholit thecpnearanceof.Hawki~ns;-durisg wlhich time aeve- .ml of;thernins~erg o?the Menditity SodietyaJrrived as well as Mr. Bodkini, ;tbeecrctar-y, ;the:Nigistrates, s :&s.-ER~ and Co- -rAwT4 inquired wirejthesnmons hadibecn served t be wassc,t the messenger ofrtheoflce, whose duty it. is to serve sum-. mousa; ocigro t said, that favingbecn direete biy the Mendi- city Socity them rohsel,eo. 9 Arthur-street, Trevor.square. KtIngton hew cnt tbitherat ind siquiredif llIf. Hawkins resided the're, to whie the landlord answered in the aftiraative,e butthather was aot-then at home; - The messenger then asked him, if lt e -would underiike toJyelr a sumrnonsc tn him =tfromi thehIagistrhem , and the landlord said h'woaldd and A he left, the sammonsh wito bhe landlord for tNi0'urpose. '' .. : r : Eor.. kdh'no*'said, that as 'it'ias ctea~r the obiect ef HIawkins w.N to elude ustice, lie tr ixt the Magistrates' woal 'no longer 'hesitate'togrnt'hwarrarnt for. lii apgrehensiort; thecase already ~ainstliinii he iizd*ed siiffcThntly stiongt to ia*ant theru irt doing so w but 'tQ ortifythemustill firi ther.t3r. Bgdkin islind heWonid beg thewtlisten to ,the lancentable cases ofaoine. other person present, wrho had deeply suffesed 'br the fr.auds of this man. - Mr.Crxpps, ire..worker, reiiding at No; 201, Piccadilly,. camec ibeward and Ihtatl tat irt tbe.yexr 1821 fiayirns -'alled upl n hin and pirchaued firejluards, fenders. bird1cages,, ato considerablc Pitounta whis h ere deliveredt a house whicOR b then occupied, Na. 6, ; -Bayiiter. The goods scre to be paid forthe next day, but whet.I r..Cnoti~called the'next .morning. for .his mO,aey, he tund.tb*t Haw3icus''ad made his esap in'drioin the. tlight~, taking-withi hiwii evet'ystticle:of furniture, &ct, which the house had7co'ntainea. ' ' -. Tlie neuitff'ceri wai the:Rir. Me. Edghill; iesidin' 'it Wands- 'worth, andwh&k keeiianexte,sxve a:cademy there for yomi:'gentle- mcli; IIc stae h!t lii- su, :aboutifour years ago, placed-his son Hlenry at Ii>hoolj sid *epfui tedhlmse]f a - gentlem.nn offor- tatet'bit tailggr at sinswugiuthe 'uction'ofhe lad,iand: tinf i a9; e'lide'ntw.oijiant-i clotShi4'fo tht:day't'o this, -t&wlthi'd*of flawlifu: ryojriwedii 'wi;frhng of -his mo'ncy.' -''The Rcr. Me[. G*eenwood, ccc of the astens at 'Chriatt los- pital, said tbat- person,- who forom the descrption. -in the -papers, wa thi kr.- lawldng, but wtho called hiniself I[r. Rfsw7ki v1e-pison, !n busitess: he r setitdrir f at-a getltettan of fab ' tune, and aid that personss ouladbe on their uaird against paying subicriptiops,of. this,natureto -any persons goingFabut- collecting, who were rotresl*ctable. Upoathis representation, hepaid birr a siibscripttonof22L The next ivas Mr. James Clark; butcher; -residing in Little Chel- sea; who stated that Jephssn- lived-in thatneighbou'rhood,afid gof ,st t hisl debt 201. for meat, &c., and in payment gave limi -a bill of Hawkins, but soon after disappeared, an , from thatdar to- ihe 'present, he never got a fartlung; and he- has -the bill-stll in his possessyon. Air. Hill, jewelltr and' fancy warehouse proprietor, . Cheapsidi; stated, tbat in 1822, Hawkins, and a very. dashing-lookiitg lady, wheon he called his wife, called sevcral times" at his shop, in their camride drawvn by two ponis, and puichAsed some trifaing articles. They gave their address, Vine.cottage, Ftilham* they gridu'alhs increased tecir purchases, and at length got considerably tirto -A. Hlills debt for jeivellery, mnd various others articles. enlongst -which was a Wig for iMirs. lIawldns, and a quantity of at-f of roses. Whliren Alr. Hill began to suspect his customers, from the Circum- stance of his havir.. accidentally seen- Mr. fawkins come;out of a pawnbroker's shop, lie: made inquiry afcer them at Fullhnh;'but found they, hd vanished fro t the cottage, leaving-only " a wreckc A host of small tradespeople, too numerous to- particularize, novw pressed forward to state their- grievances, and the-absolate and total ruin that Hawkins and 3ephson l had brought upon. them; several with large families. ' -litn. lcrr, AM. P. for the borough of-Athblnr, residing in '7ount- street, stated that-Hawkins, who, by somneineans- or other, ascer- tamed that MrIt. Kerr was an. extensive' wollector of valuablezand rare pictures, waited uponhim, and srated-himselfto be'agentle- man -of considerable property; but -owing to the agricultural disr tress and the depreciation of-landed prbpertSr; his rents were.vory irregularlypaid, and he was thereibre for the moment alittil disfres- ed-; butlhehad someveiy valuable pictures, and-if .Mr. err would become the purchaser, and advance hirmt a sumn upon tlreni, 'it would be doing hird a material servicia lUr. Kert said that hi never pur- chased or advanced minney upon pictures until he fist saw them.- .Mr. Hawkris said certaiiily not-; he should by all means see them hut as he had occasion to'make a- particular p,avment-on that day4 if Mr. Kerr wouId bblige-him with 501.- if shouldd be allowed in the price of-the pictures. - This proposal,- however, M1r. Kerr declined, and he saw nothinginore-of -Mr. Hawkins. Mr. Kerr said that he cahletothiq office in conseq-uence of tbe accounts in'.thepapers about Hawvkia, andwavas curious to see-if he was the same-person, which he-hadtLo doubt was the case,' - - ' '-: ` '- ' ' Mir. Bodkin said, that in ;ddition to theg castes, he had rie&ited othiers from various quarters, respecting- the deprcdations of -Haw,;- kins, tw ( of which he read. One was:floin Mr. M At 5pson, No; 11, Jubilee.road, Chelsea; snaiin-thatwHawkinsand-his wife boarded ;wd lodgedathishouaefortbrcemoitlissand aftergettingintohis debt :acobsiderable sutm, suddenly decamped Avithoutpayighim a shilling,- leaving some cnpty-trunks belntd- hieb. -Ainother was from . geh- tleman r.amed Proctor, residing at;NeYV Cottage, Afiddles'ex, siating that Hawkins obtained a suna of mdneV from him, ai- a subscrip-' tion for a pepson named Singleton, ho he pretended bad been a respectable merchant in the city, in' partnership with Alderman .Wood's brother, -but had failed,and-was then- in great distress. Hawkins represented that lie-hims4lf was-a gentleman -of-!fortune, the son of a banker in the city, azta-referrec- for. his respectability. to Messrs. Alexander, Bernies, and Co.: when - Alr. Proctor in. quired of these -gentLernen they informed him that all thev? ever lifeW of.Hawkins-was, thathe attended once at their house- to- see a son ofhis bound as a cabin-boy on -board - one -of tbeir trading. vessels. Witl respect to Alr. Jephson, Mlr. flodkini stated-that the &,ciety had ascertained thiat this peisofi had obtained a 'quaniitv of fuaniture from Mir. King, s cabinet-rniaker at Walhamnggreer; when he lived at North-end; and-theY understood; by a- reference to Hawkirs. that the very'week the goods were delivered,Jephson conveyedsthem away by night, and sold them to 'a Mlr. Jackson, a brokir, at StamfbrdIbrIdge. Another instance of Jephsoo's condiet was t'e total riin he had brought upon a poor woman naried'-Re- becca Pocock, who lived servant with Jcphson, and who, instead of gettingher wagesfor'-her service,was inducedbybimn to-pawnthe whole of her wearing:apiarel, to the amount of 41., for -his use, so thar thepoor creature is now destitute. Under all these circurnstances,aftera conference ofa few minutes,- the Mlagistrates issued a warrant for the auprehension of Hawkcins, upon the oath of Mir. Philips, jun., M.F., of whom he obtained money under false pretences. Amongst the countless list of persons of, all 'ranks and degrees of whom Hawkins has obtained money, are Earl Grey, the Bishop of London, Lady de Clifford. General Grey, H. Drummond, Esq. Mr. Gipps, Al. P., &C. &c.: - -POLTCE.