The Sun.
London, England, 1836-08-15 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.
Two men of respectable appearance, named James Grant
and Benjamin Goodwin, were brought before the Lord Mayor,
charged by one of the porters of the Royal Exchange with
having " kicked up a row" on the Exchange, to the annoyance
of the merchants assembled there.
Mr. Grant said that his principle object in making the bus-
tle was to be taken before the Lord Mayor. He then stated
that on the 26th of July he asked Mr. Goodwin to take a note
for him to a banker's house in Birchin-lane ; that note con-
tained a bill of parcels, but Goodwin was neither informed of
the contents nor authorised to look into it, nor to receive the
money. It was, however, afterwards ascertained that the
trusty friend had secured the amount (141. 25.) and, without
saying a word, had taken himself off to the country. Witness,
upon finding that so rascally a trick was played upon him, ran
on to Mr. Goodwin's lodgings, and luckily found the sister of
the accused with 9/., which she said was her brother's, upon
the table before her. The first thing he did was to take the
law, by taking the money, into his own hands, and then he
went to hunt after Mr. Goodwin, in order to " pull him" for
the residue. The first place of meeting was at the Royal Ex-
change, and as he knew he stood no chance of his property
without a shindy he began to give vent to his feelings in such
a way as did not fail to give him an immediate introduction to
his Lordship.—(Laughter.)
James Grant, jun., confirmed this account of the transaction.
The LORD MAYOR thought the statement a candid one, and
asked the other disputant whether he had felt equally anxious
for an introduction to the Mansion House.
Mr. Goodwin admitted that he had received the note under
the Circumstances detailed, but said that, upon takinr, it to
Birchin-lane, the porter broke open the seal, and after having
been told by a purser of a ship who was present that it was all
right, asked him ( Goodwin) to take the money, and he took
it accordingly. Very well. He just at that moment received
a letter from his father, and finding that it was necessary for
him to go at once into the country, he left 91. with his sister
to put into Mr. Grant's hands, and he now acknowledged to
a debt to Mr. Grant of 31. 7s. 6d., deducting the commis-
sion.—( Great laughter.)
The LORD MAYOR-Why, Mr. Goodwin, this is nothing
less than a downright and most impudent robbery.
Mr. Goodwin—Not at all, my Lord. It's a debt, nothing
but a debt, upon my honour: I didn't intend to charge him commission, but as he has made a fuss about apa I
shall do so.
The Lord MAYOR—You have robbed the man, Mr.
Goodwin,
Mr. Goodwin—Robbed him 1 Did I not receive the letter
from him, and is not that in law an authority to receive the
money ?---(A laugh.) Ale, I know lam right.
The Lord MAYOR—You shall go to prison, Mr. Goodwin,
till you pay the man you have plundered.•
Mr. Goodwin—You surely don't call that the law?—
( Laughter.) Let him bring hjs action. I'll prove that lam
right.

14s.
17s.
20s.
20s.

The Lord MAYOR_Pay the' money, or walk off to the
Compter.
Mr. Goodwin—_l havn't got the money, but I'll owe it
to him.
The Lord MAYOR (to the officcr)—Take him to prison, and
bring him up on Wednesday. Mr. Goodwin is a regular and
a very comical thief'.
The whole of this examination excited a great deal of mer-
riment, not only from the moral reasoning of Mr. Goodwin,
but from the rapidity of the dialogue nod the very different
doctrines which Mr. Goodwin and the Lord Mayar, held upon
the law of the case.
THE CONVICT WHO LATELY ESCAPED FROM NEWGATE.—
The Lord Mayor received a communication from the county
of Hants authorities, stating that Henry Williams, who
made his escape from the capital convicts' yard in Newgate,
by working sweep-fashion up a perpendicular wall, was
apprehended, and lodged in Winchester gaol, on a charge of
bulglary.
/ltaanr gariraened
tltlfalivowarny Delany ey, an Irish
potato-baker
and Dennis
r
; anotherogarty
Irish-
woman, , who
said that he was a Kilkenny gentleman, 'were brought up,
charged by a policeman with having demanded money or jus-
tice in a banking-house in Lombard-street.
The women had, it appGared, found a cancelled check for

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