The Sun.
London, England, 1838-04-16 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

William Cleal, 27, Eagle.strcet, Red Lion-square, was
charged on Saturday under the following circumstances. Har-
riet Stockwell, of 9, Grafton-street, East, Tottenham- court-
road. Her brother is a toropenny-post letter-carrier, and has
told her that a person representing himself to be a letter-
carrier was going about delivering letters stamped in imita-
tion of those passing through the post-office, and obtaining
sums of money, which he stated to be postage. On Thurs-
day evening, about twenty minutes before nine o'clock, she
beard a knock at the door, and on going to see who was there,
the prisoner delivered a letter to her saying, " Mr. Stockwell
—twopence." She immediately went to her brother, who was
then in the house, and told him that the " sham postman" was
at the door. Her brother looked at the letter, and then wont
out to him, and took him into custody.—The case was re-
manded for a week.

THAMES-OFFICE.
THE MURDER IN:THE ISLE OF Doos.--On Saturday Richard
Tidy, a mud-bargeman, was brought before Mr. BALLANTINE
and Mr. GREENWOOD, charged with being concerned in the
murder of Duncan Crawford, an engine-smith, on the Isle of
Dogs, on Sunday, the 9th of April, 1837. After hearing
evilence Mr. Ballantine remanded the prisoner to Clerken-
well gaol.

HAT TON- GARDEN.
Thomas Milton, the driver of a cabriolet, was placed at the
bar before Mr. ROGERS, charged by Thomas Newcharffe, a
Yorkshireman, with having stolen 103.
The prosecutor, in a broad Yorkshire dialect, stated that he
resided in Milton- street, St. Luke's, and on Monday last he
hired the prisoner's cab to drive him about town, for amusement-
loike, and being quite civil he gave him some dinner and
plenty to drink, until he spent the whole of his money, and he
then gave him his watch, chain, and seals, to pledge for a sove-
reign, when he brought back a sovereign, and he ultimately dis-
covered that he had pledged it for 30s.
Mr. ROGERS—How did you ascertain that he bad pledged
it for 30s. ? Prosecutor (vacantly)—Whoy, I was withoot
money, and I axed 'un to go and pledge my watch for a sove-
reign, and I gave him the watch : when he cum back he
handed I the sovereign, and said as I had been drinking-loike
I ought to take care o' the ticket, and keep it in my fob, and
so he put it in, and on looking at it arter I foond it was pledged
for 30s.

Mr. RoGEßs—Pray what countryman are you ? Prose-
cutor—l bee cum fra York.—(Laughter.)
Mr. ROGERS (who joined in the laugh) thought that he
could not have come far north to have been so easily bit, and
asked him what he was ?--Prosecutor—l be a shoemaker.
Mr. ROGERS—Why did you suffer him to put the duplicate
in your fob? Prosecutor—Why, zur, I drank so much beer,
d'ye see, that I couldn't do it my son, and I didn't think he'd
cheat me.
The prisoner declared that he gave him the 305., and he
told him to get that sum on the watch.
Mr. ROGERS.—:You may think yourself very cunning, but

unless you give the 10s. to the prosecutor I shall remand you
for stealing the money.
The prisoner was locked up, but he eventually agreed to
pay the 10s., when he was discharged.
Harriet Brown, the owner of a retail beer-shop, was sum-
moned, charged with having knowingly harboured a police-
constable in her house.

The defendant pleaded guilty, and she was convicted in
the penalty of 20s. and costs.
The Magistrates informed her that under the Metropolitan
Police Act, in default of payment she was subject to two
months' imprisonment in the Hotise of Correction.