The Sun.
London, England, 1808-11-16 00:00:00

POLICE.

Bow-siitErr.----AbOut_ half-past twelve (Mock On
Monday night, as-Mr. Clifford, the Barrister, was
returning home to his Chambers, in • kii,coln's_lnu,
through Chancery-lanc, he was met and passed by
tWo men, one on each side cl•hiM ; one of them
snatched his .gold chain, and watch, with
which they ran ofT. Clint* pursued them,
calling out '' stop thief," which brought out several
I.vatchoen from their boxes, and a young man
was stopped by .a 'Watchman itrCursitOr-street, and
taken to the Liberty of the 110 s-watch-house. -
Yesterday he- was 'brought before 'Mr. READ,
when .Nlr.,Clitl-brd.faated,2,that, he instantly pursued'
the twn men; as ;:oon as they had ronbed him, and„
t‘? ihp best.ot his.k;t6wledge, he: never lost sight of
them titi he cane op:to, the Prisoner, when 11e was
in custody .ofThe watchman.; he acknowledged that
it ,was very dark, and, was,not, positive that, the, Pri-
soner was the Anahwho robbed him.
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The watchman in 'Qur\,itor=street, said, the .
soner being tli first man he iaw after he heard the
cry cf " Stop 'thief,- Was the reason of his slopping
.him ; • he; acknowiedged he did not- appear to be'
running with great and that he began talk-,
ing' to him about alGentlenian having been robbed.
Another 'Notclanan gave a similar account, but
in some respeCrs •contradiclory. •
The ,Prisouet.,positively'denied the'claiige,- said
his name w 4; Benjamin Bennett, t 1..1,1, he was a glass-
cutter, that lie•had `tipped with- his annt,-in Shoe-
lane, and was-rein-FMl,k home, and Tint lie only' ran
up to the witchman, in consequence of his heat tog
the cry of -" ~;top •
Clifford and the. Watchman pointed
,outa-.
yoUit- mina -among the spectators whom they sus-,
petted to be ()twot the robbers. Mr. READ, iii con-
.t.li'lettc.e, ordered trim to be placed itt the Bar., The
ground of suspicion against -him was, that. the
Watchman in Cursitor-street saw him immediately
after he saw Bennett, and he followed them to the
watch-lonse, where, on finding Bennett was to be
kept in custody all night, he offered to be. bail for
him, saying he kneW him ; but when he fitind bail
could not be taken for him,, tle•dehied ady.know-
ledge of him. ,
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1p answerto this, he gave' his.name /s Mr. Con-
die, of Southampton-buildings; that he had been din-
ing with Mr. Joirnsun, the army ciothier, in Craven-
st eet, large Orty biGetitlemen, and yva're- •
turniiig hotne ; and that the part. he took at the
warch.lion4e aro,e'ent:refy from a conviction that I
Bennett "as fakely accused:
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Tie Magistrate; being sa;tsfied by this statement,
together with his appe:lran, e- and .tnanners, that he
was the. person he reprcscnted himself. to be, released
him from the tlar

Mr. R AD oke:eived, that the charge against-Ben-
neit extremely doubt4ll :•Mr. Chtford could of
s.wear to him, no properly was found upon him,,and
the watchmall's accpunt was very. contradictory ;
but, wider ail the cireutustatices, he ordered him to
be detained tilt h o
_ga‘e „'a satgaauly account of
hititself.

A )oung man, of genteeFapp&irance, was brought
from Count-Garden watch-Muse, under the ex-
tra?rdinarx charge of stealing a hackney-coach and
horst.i.

Ii appearLfi, from the evidence of the, coachrnan,
and the waterman attending the, stand of coac.lieg in
Charles-street, Co; eu! -Garden, that yesterday morn-
ing, between one :aid two o'clock, the coach was
driven off by the Pg-,soner ; he was pursued, and at
lolgt Ii -taken upon the box.

The defence, however, turned out far different
from any felonious intent. The Prisoner pros ca to
be the son of .a respectable Ge.ntleruari in the North
of England. He
.had -Ja6en,-,spehding' hiS evening
with some friends, and, re.urning.boine,with one-of
the "party; it was their intention to have hired the
coach in question ; and thug erideaioared in vain, to
find; the coachman ; -the Prisoner, in-consequence,
out of a mere frolic,- jumped upon the box; his friend
got into- the coach, and they drove off.
• Mr. NAitEs,-yhe Magistrate, view ing the circum-
stances in this light, -discharged the Prisoner, but or-
,dered him to pay the coachman a shilling for the .use
of his coach, which did not satisfy Coachee. He
intended to have made a'good job of it.
Captaiii- Reed, of -Streatham, who is one of the
principal patronizers of . the • prize-fighters, was
brought up.. by Donaldson-, the Constable, before
-.Mr. READ., charged with violently "assaulting- and
wounding Bill Ward, the celebrated pugilist.
The Prosecutor stated, that :the,Pviskiner Was in-
debted to him in the sum of two Buineas, On :Mon=
day he called upon the Captain to ask or the pay-
ment, when an, altercation ensned., dod he acknow-
ledged that he said to the Captain ould mill.
meaning .that he would give him a heating
.with his fists, if be,:clid not pay Mtn; thereby to
make. him feel the effe6.is of pugilism.. The.Capr-
tain, upon this threat, took up a poker, and struck .
hiM a violent blow on his ear, which nearly severed,
it from his head, and he had been obliged to employ
a Surgeon to sew up the wound.-
Mr. READ censured the _coodua of Ward, in
threatening the Captain ; the wound .he had receiv-
ed, be. brought upon himself ; but, under all the
circuMstances„ .the assault being a very violent one,
and given with a dangerous weapon, he ordered
the Captain to find bail, which hp did in a• short
_ . .
time.

his charge brought a crowd of the fighting tribe
and•knowing-ones to the Office.

• MiriLlsortot.thx-sTREET, Nov. 15,-A respeeta-
ble jeweller, of Mary-le-bone-street, named.l3---:--,
was charged by a person' named Hayes, a butcher,
of Kilburne,-with a-violent assault upon his wife the
preceding day,. at the Defendant's house, •in Mary-
le-bone-street; straining her wrist, and giving her
several bruizes, which rendered her unable to at-
tend.

The circumstances of the case were a little'singu-
lar : The Defendant, who is a married man, had
become the father of an illegitimate child; but appre-
hensive that a discovery at home might interrupt, his
domestic peace, and unwillino• to let his offipring go
-to the work-house, he . place7.l it at nurse with the
bufcher's wife, and promised to pay amply for ber
tender cares, which promise he performed. But the
butcher understanding- the 'apprehensions of a Oki-A)-
. .very which Mr. B. so anxiously ft!,l, urged hi;s wife

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