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London, England, 1824-10-08 00:00:00

POLICE.

GUILDHAI.E.
A Beat/ or Weoretestxx.—l'em fellows. named Itriltian
Rettifier and Anihettp Dupree. acre brought up yeetenlay, before
tile Sitting Magistrate, Mr. Alderman C. SatiTu, under the
germ; term disorderly.
a watchman of St. Sepulchre's parish, had observed them
in company with a third, about two o'clock in the morning, passing
down Skinner-street, Snowhill, when they suddenly stopped op-
posite the house of it Mr. Runt. and gathering up the mud, of
which front the wet and dirtyness of the eight a plentiful supply
was at Land, commenced bespattering the shop front all over from
top to bottom. Though not remarkably particular as to cleanli-
ness iti his own person, Powell was somewhat daunted at attacking
three fellows so well supplied with ammunition of such a descrip-
tion but one of the City Night Patrol making his appearance,
they to tic the alarm, and attempted to make their escape, in which
one of them wee successful. and got off. The two prisoners, how.
ever, not so lucky, were secured, and passed the remainder of the
night in the•Cumpter.
Mr. Alderman Brent.—What had Mr. Want done to them—
do you kr.ow ? IV° are they ? Are they known ?
Powell—No. your Worship ; I don't know what they pelted
Mr. Want's for, but the men are watchmen bclenging to Far-
rington Within. There is an Officer here.
Mr. Alderman Sierra—Pretty fellows for watchmen: to destroy
poople's property instead of protecting it. Who is the Officer?
Cook, one of the Constable of Farringthen Within, now stood
forward.
Mr. Alderman Sumo.—Well Cook, whatdo you think of this?
Do you think this is proper conduct for watchmen ?
Cook.—t don't know your Worship. I was not on duty ; but
the are not regular watchmen—only supernumeraries.
Mr. Alderman eissiett.—,Who employs such fellows? Do you
make no inquiries before you take them ?
Cook mid, he believed the Ward Beadles make inquiries.
After some further questioning. it appeared, that the object Of
the fellows was to deface certain bills stuck up on the shutters, can.
tioning journeymen tine:ten rot to engage in the employ of Mr.
King, is that neighbourhood.
Mr. Alderman timer what bad they to do with that?
Arc they tinmen ?
Dupree said no ; they were told by • Mr. Elliott to take the
bilis down.
Alderman SMITH—That was no reason because he told
you. tittoptzse he bad told you to kill a man, was that any reason
you should do so ?
Or.e of the officers said I)uprec bad just been petitioning to be
put on as a City Night Patrol.
Mr. Alderman Sat ITlT—Pretty fellows for the patrols, indeed.
Such feilows, I should think, would be more likely to rob a house
than to take care of it. You thouid be inure cautious, anti Inquire
into the characters of men, before you put them on to be guardians
of the night.
It appearing that no breach of the peace had been committed,
and that the act they bad been guilty of amounted to no more titan
a trespass, the Alderman gave then, a severe reprimand, and dis-
charged them.
PLATINti THE (tat SOLTHEL—Was. Moore, • decent.
looking man, with much of the military appearance about him, and
who, It subseqeently came out, was a Chelsea pensioner, at ed.
having been discharged from the Stith Regiment of foot,
was charged by Alexander • teem In Ficet-lane, with
having obtained money entice false pretences.
The ;•reelecr's wile died a short time since. leaving a sum of
money in the Dank, which site bequeathed to bedivided between
him and his two sons. and upon the ferry of his having this money
to receive, be bad done the tailor out of 13s. ed., some time ago,
on promise to repay when the money ass sold nut and divided. At
length, as he stated, the time arrived when he was togo to the
Bank to receive it, but be should be required to give a stamp re-
cript, and he had no money to buy the stamp. If his good friend
3lr. SI-Bride would only lend him his, to purchase the stamp, he
could repay him oat his return, not only that, but the 13s. ed. he
had previously advanced him. This was too tempting an assur-
ance to be resisted, aied the tailor advanced him thrills. required.
As the old uldier was too much of a hero to forfeit his honour,
and had pledged it to pay when he returned. be adopted the al.
ternative of not returning at all, and the tailor had never gut sight
of him from that time till Wednesday evening, when be caught
him at a.publiceheose, amusittg himself at Grierielle, and having in
the iDtaMlascertained, from the prisoner's snits, who are respectably
situated in life. that the money in the !tank had been sold out, and
divided fire or eix months before either of his advances, he gave
him in custody for the fraud.
Mr. IlEgEsroao, the Chief Clerk, hinted that the transaction,
he feared, amounted to 1:01mwe than a debt. The assertion of the
ptisoner was false, but not such a lilac pretence as was cometu-
plated by the statute.
eln'Alderman SMITE—It is by no means clear to me that this
is not obtaining money under false pretences. The money was
lent him to buy a stamp, and he did net want it to buy a stamp,
foe the money was sold out before.
The primate, seethe the disposition of the Alderman, now said
be had given :Mr. 31`11ride securilt. Ile had deposited In his
hands the duplicate of a watch aid seals.
there again the old soldier peeped out. A lodeer of Mr.
al.tiride's had deposited in his hands such a duplicate, as security
for some advances made to him, and the ptieoner !Mowing that
tact, now ltotldly asserted that the watch was bit, and had been
pledged by the lodg-s.
The Megistrate still entertaining doubts m to the legal nature
of ii:e transactions, remanded the prisoner fur another esemiration.
A C or I).l*l'll'l:l.TY.—A gentleman in the East India
('omp:tny's Laval service applied for the Alderman', advice ender
the Milne ins awkward cirCumstances:—
" I live tsaid he) in one of the Wenlork Cottages. as the. are
called, 1131. thettity-road. The situation is very I•Mr1) at ice.
sent, and I am forced of necessity to keep a dog to.gcard my pre-
mises from being robbed at tight; he is not a master, ottly a cross
littera:), a terrier and as fox.tittg. I cl:aia him nip all day. and let
hint loose at night. Ile never bites any person when oil Mc pet-.
mixes; hat roipte will get over the pales, and he hes twe
person', and t am threatened lion keeeing a ferocious dog."
Mr. Alilermaa SMITIIIWIIO 111111 Ie bitten; some of your
'neighbours ?
'Applicant—Why, yes. lie bit my reighlantir's wife. Ile and I
are on very F. dnal terns and his wife came in to have a huh: chat
with my Wile, after the dog was loose, and he bit her.
Mr. Alderman Smorn—The dog, I suppose, titoeget she had
better have stayed at home. Ile was sagacious enetteh
that there was not much good doing by neighbours' seieet. geeeat-
inr together.
ehpplicaet—You are right. Sin. for I believe this le ell the wo-
men. quarrels—the rises and the maid savants. 3ly neighbour
and I agree emy well.
Mr. alderman SYtTH—ht:t what do you apply to fie for ?
Applicant-11 have been summeneil up to Weir:Me-tenet, but
the case was 'discharged, and they now ;lireateri to i.rneeid a;taiu:t
sic some other why, and I want to know what I ant t_s do. I milli(
harp the doge or my hoes@ will be robbed to a certainty.
Mr. Alderman HHITH—Then keep 'hint within youtown pm
miser

Xpplieswt—Yes, but If I tie him up 6: will Le of no use :4) me ;