The Sun.
London, England, 1838-11-09 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

A girl named Fitzgerald, one of a gang of well-known
begging-letter imposters, was brought before Mr. CONANT
and Mr. COURTOT, charged with having attempted to impose
upon Sir James Richards, at Nerot's Hotel. A lady from the
hotel said the girl left a parcel for Sir James Richards on
Wednesday evening. When the parcel was opened it was
found to contain a few articles of stationery, together with
several begging petitions, setting forth a pitiable state of dis-
tress on the part of the writer and his family. Knowing that
the writer, an Irishman named Fitzgerald, was a notorious im-
poster, and having before forbade any person to leave letters
for any of the residents from Fitzgerald, she determined upon
giving the party into custody who might come for the parcel.
The prisoner, a daughter of Fitzgerald, called, and she was
put into the hands of a policeman. The complainant added
that Sir James had relieved the man some time ago with a
sovereign. After receiving a proper caution the girl was dis-
charged.
CURIOUS CASE.—Albert Bahn, a well-dressed young man,
was brought before Mr. CONANT on a charge of felony.
A policeman of the K division said the prisoner had been
sent from the Thames Police Office, the alleged offence hav-
ing been committed in this district. There was, however,
no prosecutor, nor did he think any would come for ward to
make a charge.
Mr. CONANT asked if any one could explain the nature of
the charge.
The policeman said the prisoner was accused of taking a
sum of 21. Ws. by the party who gave him into custody.
The prisoner denied having committed the theft. He said
the charge had been brought forward in order to stop his in-
tended voyage to the Cape of Good Hope.
Mr. CONANT asked the prisoner what business he followed.
The prisoner, who is a German, said he was a merchant,
and up to last Monday lived at No. 28, Gerrard-street, Soho.
Mr. CONANT directed the policeman to go to the house of
the prosecutor and ask him if he intended to come forward.
The policeman, on his return, told the Magistrate that the
charge would not be pressed, and the prisoner was therefore
liberated.

He had hardly got into the passage before several sheriffs'
officers, who had been lying in wait for bim, made their cap-
ture, and bore him to a spunging house.
A person, who professed to know the prisoner intimately,
related this story of him. The prisoner professed to be a
Methodist, and he frequented a chapel near his house, where
he became acquainted with a lady, aged 34, having a fortune
of 120,0001. in her possession. He succeeded in getting the
lady's consent to a marriage, and a week or two ago he took
her into the country to have the nuptials solemnised. Some
obstacles occurring after remaining three days away, be brought
her to town in order to have the impediment removed. In
the mean time the lady's friends got scent of the affair, and
they took such effectual means to thwart the union, that the
matter may now be considered at an end.

Q UEEN- S Q UA RE.
INIPORTANT TO NEWSVENDERS.—A few weeks back a num-
ber of informations were laid at this office by Stowell, the
common informer, against several newsvenders and others for
selling an unstamped weekly publication, the same not having
the printer's name affixed on the first and last pages, as re-
quired by Act of Parliament.
On the hearing of the case against William Maggs, it was
mooted, amongst other objections taken by Mr. Wire, who
attended on behalf of the defendant and others, that prosecu-
tions ought to be instituted by Crown officers. In the course
of the long discussion which then took place, Mr. GREGORIE
was of opinion that comm9n informers were eligible to sue,
but recommended them to put a case before the Attorney...
General, reserving the judgment until the decision of the
Attorney-General was given. The whole of the parties,
save the in:ormer, were in attendance yesterday, and in the
absence of the latter the cases against Maggs and another were
dismissed.
The opinion of the Attorney-General is, that informers are
in a situation to sue, but that a name being affixed over a shop
door does not sufficiently prove the proprietorship, and that
the act of publishing would be much more clearly made out
by the proprietor himself vending, and not his servant.
On the arrival of Stowell, he applied for distress warrants
against Mr. Hathaway and Mr. Maybean, who had been pre-
viously convicted in penalties of 61. each, and at the same
lodged upwards of 20 fresh summonses against different
newsvenders newsvenders in the district for similar offences.

WORSHIP- S TREE T.
A RETURNED CONVICT.—Susan Morris, aged twenty-four,
an interesting looking female, was placed at the bar before
Messrs. CoDD and QtiovE, charged with hating returned from
transportation before the expiration of her time.
A clerk in the office of Mr. Curtis, a solicitor, I:4ding in
Southampton-buildings, upon the charge being read, upoln
behalf of the prisoner, stated that his client admitted that she
had returned, but he was directed to state that she claimed
exemption from the charge, on the ground that when in Syd
ney she was married, and by her marriage she obtained a free
pardon.
Atfield, an officer of the establishments said that the vriso-...