The Sun.
London, England, 1808-01-05 00:00:00

POLICE.

BoNirl,SallasT.-7-Yesterday John Morgan, a '
bourer, charged Mary Johnstone with bating rohkil
hitn,:on Sunday, evening of his purse.. Vroni his
examination it appeared, that the intormant was
walking in Loirg'Acfre-,
,a little past eight o'clock.
The Prisoner caught hold of his Intn in a fami!iar
manner, and said, " I will she you the way.': That
- fu Aess than five minutes thereafter the Prisoner-
thrust ber hand into his right7handl3reeches pocket,
and pulled thereout ins purse, containing- one half-
guinea, a c!ven-shillingrpieCe; and thirteen-shillings
in silver. That .the informant, grappling with T-the
'Prisoner, wrested.from her the purse, but not before,
she.had succeeded in taking out of it, eleven shil-
lings, which she thrust into. her blew. That 'in
'consequence of this,. the •'lnformant gare her in
charge to a COnstable,, who. concluded her to the
watch-house, where, on her being searched, seven
shillings fell 'from under her petticoats. The Pri%
loner making no particular defer-we.; but, merely de-
Hying. the truth of the charge, was fully committed
for trial. . , .

Yesterday a reSpeCtable Merchaht in the City had
his pocket picked of a censiderable sum in bank-
notes. Information of the. robbery was cOMmuni
sated to Bow-street, accompanied by. some intelli-
gence, .that the suspeeled persons were to meet in
the evening at the Cock and Hoop, in Holbern.
[J that.house, therefore, Adkins, with several other
Officers,' proceeded, and took sveti persons into
custody, among Whom' they recognized three re-
puted thieves of the names of Town, Morgan, and
Eades. Above 301. and a watch were found upon
Town. Morgan, with other articles of value, was
inposseSsion of a receipt for 4001. of 'East India
,Stock. After examination at Bow-street, one of
the party, who was unknown to the Officers, was •
discharged, and the 'others were comtnitfed for I'6-
emminalion, on WeJnesday.

HArroN-GARDEN.---Yesterday ten 'of the juve-
nile gang of thieves, recently apprehended, were
• again brought up for examination, and a consider-
able quantity' of their. spoil 1.6110 at the place
where they were apprehended, . and tat 'different
pawnbrokers, produced by Hancock, the Officer
who found it, cimisting of every species of goods
:that came within their plundering. reach, such as
shoes, .handkerchiefs, spencers, stockings, candle-
sticks, a drayman's, whip, :a. considerable., number
of seed-cakes and other pastry, some China oranges,
a silver-mounted ink-glass, &c. Bce. The whole
gang consisted of no less 'st number than 315, only
thirteen of whom are yut apprehended ; three of
those taken were found in bed with ati infaMous
woman in St. Giles's. The little urchins presented
a melancholy sample of the depraVed Morals of the
neighbourhood from Whence they were taken. - The
oldest' of the crew was not more than twelve years,
and the youngest scarcely seven ; the germs of fu-
' ture housebreakers and robbers, arrived before their
titne,to a itate.of manhood in villainy.
The- approver, who ,in this caselaVe testimony
against his accomplices, was 11 boy under eleven,
remarkably small of his age. He was, however,
'clear, keen, and intelligent in his statemnent. > He
stated, that on the 30th.of .December last, be and
two of the Prisoners set out for the purpose of
pichin).,,' (stealing) what they coalget. They first
directed their course towards Cold bath Fields, mid
on their way stele a pair of new shoes from a shnp
in Cold Bath7strect„ind a cotton handkerchief front
another. They attempted to steal a piece of cotton
fretn,a shop window near Holborn, but were de-
teded and prevented. They then went towards the
Strand, and seeing a pane of glass. broken in the
window of.a haberdasher's shop, they pulled a Lady's
spencer through the hole in the glass. (fin another
thy they stole a waggoner's whip from the door-of
a public-house in Great,. Queen-street, and four
cheeps' heads from the, window of a cook's shop in
Pancras Road. The business of the gang chiefly
consisted in cutting panes of,glass iu shop-windo%vs,
and taking every thing within their reach.
No person appeared to identify any of the.arti-
cles found upon the little wretches, although their
system of depredation has been going on for above
six months. They vero remandtxt
.in cutody, in
order for the Magistrates to' take means of having
theta sent to sea under the auspices of the Trinity
Mouse.

itobert Moon, in the employ of a Mr, Twycross,
jeweller, was charged with having, disposed of
jewellery, the property of hislnaster, and likewise
making false entries in the books. Mr..Twy,eross
calculated his loss to,atnount to 1501. lie wished'
the Prisoner to be sent on board the Tender; but the
;Magistrate thought ` proper to commit him. for, fur-
ther examination.

Qu4K',ll-49.coar..—Yesterday- Thomas 'Winter,
s‘vant to Captain Hunt, Queen's row,
charged .4,501 i Oalley, a drummer,. hnely discharged
fresco Colonel Robinson's Corps, for miscondua.
with embezzling, or other Arise disposing of, several:
articles which .the Complainant had entrusted the
Prisoner with.,for the. purpose of getting them washed
for him.. ,The articles .consisted of two.shirts, four
pair of stockings,.; one waistcoat, and three pocket
haudkerchietS, and were delivered to the Prisoner in
the Barrp al Nails public house, on Friday. se'nnight.
The defence set upby the. Prisoner was,.that having
laid down the bundle in his way to the' washer-wo-
man, had the misfortune of losing it. He was
remanded foi further examination.