The Sun.
London, England, 1806-11-03 00:00:00

POLICE.

BOW-EREET.--tOn Friday night FrediTickSiiiith,.
'alias -Gretri, alias Si. John, .was charged before Mr.:
'GRAIINAI on suspicion of robbing Mr. Tho Mas
- let, of, No. '3s2, •Jaines'-street,- •in the Commercial'
Road, of Bank- tithes to the amount of 6071. 1- .
It appeared that-about the latter end oflnne,Jhe
Prisoner ‘kas'introciticed to'the Prosecutor by a Mr.
Davis, an Attorney, at the Robin' Hood public. -
house, in Leather-lane, where they all used to meet-
He :represented .himself to be a: Captain in .the
Artily and in a short time after they became ac-
.
quainted, he advised 'the Prosecutor , to. sell all his
property out of the Stocks; as he knel.v several per-
sons who had entered into a 'conspiracy to. take 'out a
statute of lunacy against him, and possess': them-
selves of all his propertn 'and as he Understood all
the Prosecutor's uneasiness of mind arose from. the
difference he had with his wife, and-being parted
• frOin her, if' 'he would sell out all his stock, he
would undertake to bring about a reconciliation with
•his wife, and prevent the conspirators gaining their
ends; which he:agreed to. The PriSoner undertook
I to be the mediator, and in a few days after accom-
panied' the Prosecutor-to the Bank, and sold out his
stock, amottntiug to 6191. With the interest ;' after
which they both set-off for Ramsgate, }here he •
Prosecutor's wife, Was;' the Prosecutor prOmising to
'pay the Prisoner for his trouble if .he.sitectleded is
reeonciling his wife to: hiin.; and if' he did not, he
would pay alleexpenceS. The Prisoner pretended
that he knew a female serVant wholited in the same
family with ,the:Proseduter'S wife, Who was sure to
oblige hiM,, and would have influence enough over
his: wife 'to prevail upon her to.redirn to him. Upon •
their arrival 'at Ramsgate,' the Prisoner went to the
house Where thp Prosecutor's wife was, but re- '
turned m, the Prosecutor without acComplishing his
Obje6l.. 'They then returned to London in,'a post-
chaise.
Upon' their return to town they went to the'
Welch Harp public-house in leter-areet, Soho,
where they sat. dOWn 'together itfa• room 'where
there were several persons, who all appeared to
.}—knew the Prisoner ; and,' after they had been in 'the
::room abbrit three-quarters of an hour, the Prosecu-
'tor took his
,pocket-book out of his pocketto pay
:for the liquor they had drank, when he missed the
whole of his Tank-notes, amounting to 6071. and'
in.inediately swore at the Prisoner, and said he had
got
,his money ; upon- which the PriSOner.got np,
put his fist in hit face, and aaid, if he had not a re-'.
gard for him he would knock him down ;, and irn-
mediately left the room in a passion. 'Alf the other
persons Who were in the roorndikeWise.left the hOnse-,
in great haste. 'The Prosecutor and the Landlord of ,
the house ran after the,Prisoner, bit could not over-
take. hitn. The Prosecutor knowir g the nurnberbf
,the notes, information 'was 'given at the-Blink. 'A-
few
,days since: Mr. Arnon, the Proseetitor'
tor, repeis,-ed notice 'front the Bank.tht OneTof the
notes, No. -7 38,' for tiool. had Come in from the
Manchester Bank; upon which application was Made
to that Bank ; they said, it was paid Cif..there by a
Gentleman, Who:opened an account there it the •
name of St: John, and who said •he-was aCaPitiin
in the army ; he had left Manchester; 'and was'in
London ; he had written to iyianehesterthr the ba.=_
lance.ofhia account to be remitted to hith.
Mr. ANSON, 'the Prosecutor's .SolicitZ3r,•learning
where the .Etioner' was, to be heard of •in London,
called, but could not Meet with him.' He, in corif7
seqtrence, th6bght of a Stratagem,' and left word. that
he'was 'agent to the Manchester itink, and Wished
to settle their account with him, and pay him his
balance. . ' This'induced the, Prisoner to:call at Mr:
Anson's house on ;Friday evening; Whett:Mr. A.
prepared a receipt; and the Prisoner signed' it-by the
name of St. John. Mr. A. having nodoaht but this -
was a .thited name, took up his. oker; ordered hint
to surrender, and charged him with the above fob-
bery. Mr. A. 'Ond his Clerk kept the Prisoner in
Custody, till Nukes, the Officer, was sent for, •

The Prisoner was co:nmitted to the* House of
Correction for'fhriher examination.

The only capital Prize in the present Lottery yet
divided into Slrares is No. 7137, a Prize of io,oool.
Which was sold in one. Quarter; 'two Eighths, and
eight. Sixteenths, by SWIFT and Co. -No. 11, Poultry,
and Ne0..12, Charing-Cross, by whornalso many of
the highest Prizes in thd last and late Lotteries were •
shared and sold. 'There are` now 19 Capital Prizes
in the Wheel,, and Tickets-and Shares no higher in
price than before the Drawing began. The next
Day of Drawing: will be To-morrow, the 4th .of
November. • .

That many persons. have found great, benefit who
have unfortunately pursued a daßgerous practice in
their youth, in'ungiaardeilly giving way to that crime
which brought on the.divine vengeance, is incon7
testiblv -illustrated by the matchless and unprece7
dewed sale of " Sohinion's Guide Health ;',' a bdok
whicki of all. others in the medical line is so univer-
sally necessary td be used and treasured up by young
And old in every family, that the increning demand
for it cannot"be wondlred at, when-it is considered
that, as a fiiitifful Guide either to male or feniale,
it has not its equal in thG whole world.—k'rice 3s.
only.