A CLEVER SWINDLE.

Evening Post, Issue 45, 31 March 1865, Page 3

A CLEVER SWINDLE.

On Tuesday night a quiet-looking Welshman called at the Shrewsbury police office, and asked for the assistance of the police in order to effect the capture of a thief who had taken up his quarters in the town. The applicant said his name was Morgan, that he was a member of the ! Carmarthen boiotigh police force, and pro- I duced a warrant duly signed for the apprehension of a man charged with stealing a gold watch, gold ring, and other articles, from an hotel in Carmarthen. An officer was at once placed at his disposal, and the two went to the Raven Hotel, and apprehended a gentleman staying there whom Morgan pointed out as the person who was •' wanted." The prisoner was searched, and a gold watch, chain, and ring were at once recognised by the Carmarthen policeman as the stolen property, and as such he 'took charge of them, in addition to about £17 in gold, contained in the prisoner's purse. On the following morning Morgan and his charge appeared in the borough p ilice-court, and on his again producing the warrant and swearing that the prope.ty found on the prisoner was that which had been stolen, the magistrates granted a remand till the next day. On Thursday the prisoner duly appeared in court, but the prosecutor was gone, and so were the ring, vratch, chain, and money, and certain facts began to transpire, which raised doubts as 0 whether they would be seen again, ¦veral gentlemen came forward and dered that Mr. Ashworth was well known vtanchester, and the son of the chairman the Chamber of Commerce there. Of /se tlojthintf could be done but discharge it. worth, with many apologies for

the inconvenience he had heen put to, and the police authorities wrote to their 1 rethren at Carmarthen asking for explanations. On Saturday morning it became definitely known that the Shrewsbury police and bench of magistrates had been made fools oi by a sharper, and every means were taken to effect his capture, but up to the latest moment nothing had been heard of him. — English paper.