The Sun.
London, England, 1830-08-27 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION.HOVBE.
A man named James Jones, with dark eyes, and
rather a dm nose, was brought up, and charged by
a great number of persons with having given them
orders for a variety of goods, merely to live himself
a pretence for borrowing money from them.
The Loup MAYOR was quite astounded at bier-
log of the multitudes of tradesmen whom this inge-
nious person had succeeded in " victimizing," as the
spongers practices in eublic-houses.
I
tl,vas csattltitteherdithat the prisoner on one occasion
ordered come shirts and stockings to a false address,
and almost immediately afterwards borrowed Is. 6d.
from the shopkeeper, for an immediate object, as he
had left his money at home. This was the course
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the loan required so small, that his suc-
cess was not interrupted until by accident he give an
order to a tradesman whom he had " victimized"
before.

The indignation expressed against him was very
great, but it was very ludicrous in oue instance.
The prisoner rung at an accoucheur's
and requested that the medical gentleman would at
once be so good as to put on his clothes, and gp to
visit his (the prisoner's) wife, who was in the pangs
of labour. " Surely," said the doctor, " PII go to
her this moment," and he started up, although he
had just sought repose after the performance pf a
similar whit to that for which he was preparing.

He scarcely had his breeches on, when another ring
at the bell introduced the same visiter. " Doctor,'
said he, " will my wife require a nurse ?" " A
nurse ! good God, to be sure she will. You must
get one immediately," said the Doctor. " Bless
me," said the prisoner, what ? No nurse
will come at this live hour without money, anti, in
my hurry and anxiety, I have not brought out a
halfpenny with me.' " Never mind that.," said
the doctor, pulling on his boots with much difficulty,
" I'll let you have. what will answer the purpose,"
and he handed two half-crowns to the prisoner' 'Who
immediately departed in quest of the nurse. 80.0 n
afterwards the doctor followed. but how much
must he have been astonished at finding that- the
house to which he had been directed was a police
anti that there was no woman there except
one that had been a mother 50 years_ ego.
The LORD MAYOR—Does any Lody know whether
he has taken in any laWyer ?—(Laughter.)
The shopkeepers all said they could find all trades
and professions in the prisoner's list except the ko.yer.
The LORD MAYOR--He is too clever a fellow to
try an experiment there.
The tradesmen here caused-much laughter in giving
accounts of the labour they underwent in carrying
carpets and other unwieldy articles- to various dis-
tances, after having lent the prisoner 15d. or 16d.
The LORD MAYOR thought the tradesmen had been
easily duped.
They replied, that they were convinced that up-
wards of 2,000 had been imposed upon, and they
Were anxious to check the prisoner.
His Lordship advised the tradespeople to get
Robert Cruikshanks to take a likeness of the pri-
soner, and to enclose it to one of the t:ewspapers
that exhibited the sling and villain}, of the metropolis.
The prisoner was remanded till Monday, when it is
expected that many of the 2,000 will be in attendance.