The Sun.
London, England, 1807-10-20 00:00:00

POLICE.

ItlAwstoN7House.----The Deputy Water Bailiff
char.,aed two tishermep, named Beadley Armitage
and Jahn Stokes, and a waterman of the name of
Jolo Dedr, none of whom were present, with hav-
ing used illegal nets in the River, as far up as Rich-
mond, and -with resisting Itimin the execution of his
office, while endeavouring to gain possession of the
nets. •
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The Complainant stated, that he went up to
Richmond on Sattirday afternoon, to see that none
of the Eish6rnien were at work there destroying the
young fry in_the River. On Sunday morning he
saw the two fishermen in a boat,- and the water-
man, Dear, accompanying them in a pair of sculls.
He made up to then), and desired that they would
open the looker of their boat, aryl show him what
they had got there. This they peremptorily retused,
ant not only abused the Complainant, but were
proceeding to use personal violence towards him.—
He called for the assistant:e,of some of his men,
when the fishermen said they would shew the Com-
plainant what' he wanted when they got down to
Brentford. They attempted to get off by cutting
their cable, bnt the Complainant prevented them.—
They then agreed to open their locker, begging that
the Complainant would not take the whole of their
net,'
,but allow them to retain part of it. The Com-
plainant refused to allow them to keep an inch of
ii, and seized en the net which he now produced ;
and which was prohibited at this season of the year.
The-Complainant represented Armitage as a des-
perate fellow, %Om had only been lately liberated
for deforcing ari officer in the execution of his duty.
The Loan MAYOR granted warrants against the
whole three, to appear, and answer The charge
made against them.
BO w- HEET.—Yesterday John King, alias Gins,
ho, we stated a few days since, was 1
caarged with
stealing six sheep from -a field near .A.4(11, was
brought up fbr re-examinicion beforeJ'Amcs RELD,
Esq, when another charge, fur sheep-stealing' was
exhihited against him.
ft appeared that he had stOlen nine 'sheep'froth
field near-Shoootees-hill', on the ad of" Vebruary„,
the properly of ,Mr.,Jones, a initcher,ol-INOolwich:
On.the titb of the. same month he -saki them to
Mr. Stanton,, of the Half-Nloon public-house, near
Norwood, .for ass. each, pretending that he and
Ms brother were farmers, had bred them, and was
driving ahem to market, and Were very tired.
The Prisoner was likewise charged with felo-
niously stealing a mare,. the property of John Do-
ver, a farmer, of Thorn*, iu Buckinghamshire.
Wm. JaCkimill, Of Gawcott, in Buckinghamshire,
stated, Hilt he knew the Prisoner, who about
two, tulles from him, by the name of Benjamin
Gibbs. On the !nth of last: January he 'Met the
Prisoner on the Edge Ware-road, about live or Six
miles from' London ; when he got home he men.
flatted. to the ''rosecutor the ciremnstance of having
met, the Prisoner on a mare, and the description
answering to one th;.it, had been stolen from hint
about three weeks previous, the went to Woolwich,
Where he saw the same mare that lie had'seen the
Prisoner riding, in possession of Mr. Toms, a.
farmer. A few days after be accompanied the Pro •
secutor to Mr: Tom's, at Woolwich, add when he
saw the mare, be identified. her to be his property.
The Pris Oner was committed for further eXatnitia-
firm.

Tram. Tucker, jun. the .banker and serge•tna-
nufaEturcr, of Exeter and Cornhill, who is in Clig
tody for being, an outlaw, and not appearing to hi.'s
bantruptcy, underwent another examination, and
was re-conunitted.

MA111,4110 ROUGH, STE EET.«,...^Yeinilday a man was':
examined, charged with forging a will,
,purporting
.to be that of a Mr. Priddie; and female was
charged as an accomplice. It appeared,' by the tes-
tiniony On the part of the prosecution, that Mr.
Priddie- had property to the amount of ;3001:. in the
funds, and that.one day last week the male prisoner,
after ha% ing procured the necessary documents at
Doctors' Commons, by virtue of the supposed-will
Of Mr, Priddie, whom he represented as being dead,
he went to a stock-broker and sold put the 3001. in
company with the female Prisoner. Mr. ['riddle,
'on going to the bank, as usual, for his half-yearly
diVidend, was informed that Iris stock had been sold
by a person who had represented" hint as dead. In:.
formation was given at this Qtfice, after it had been
ascertained of the stock-broker that the male Pri.
goner was.the,mart who had received the money,
And;, after some trouble, be was secured. He,
-however, had sent the 300 L The Prisoner, who
was ;intimately acquainted with Mr. Priddie, had
advised him not to receive his dividend until a year
had expired. The Prisoners were tetuauded until
next Saturday.

(AU eVw-sau AII .--C4tharino Preslove was brought-
up, charged with having feloniously uttered; two:
pieces ,of coutgaleit coin, well )knowing them to bey'
false and counterfeit, as and for good seven shilling
pk-.Ces, to a Mr. Joseph:Bowles.
The poor miserable creature, who:is one of 1))e
16west order of prostitutes,
,denied any lf.nowledge
of their being base-, and added, -that she had, received .
them frOtu a soldier in exchange for, her company.
To give time to find her liberatirietid, she was coot-
mitted for a re-examination. •
William Tow was charged by. a Mrs. Bagshaw
with stealing grapes from the premises of alqr. Bad-
coCk ; as the charge proied to be .wholly unfounded,
he was discharged,' and the patrelu who 'took him
and kept him were reprimanded,
Mrs. terry,sybilless- oliKehsington, appeared
against a resident in the same hoUse,' charging her
with an assault and gratis and abusive language, to:
the, e,Kat damage in the 1,1;,ay of her business, as a
,proliqo.o.l. Of the octia,sciences; to flits charge it
1.4 ah an.,Wered, that she owed some money to the
Dutendant, who went to ask her for, it, ,and in a
peacea6lc way, considering how inuchshe had been.,
annoyed by, her and her tellowers„ who were conti-
nually coming to ioijuite after the fortune-teller in
a very troublesome way,
.but was refused:with some
I teavy ncontatie-A, • . -
%Inc Magistra!es were of opinion, that thipSybille4s
kid done toe wrong,' and that 'the, parties Should'
c,iatige places f this Induced them- to order Mrs,
Porry pAy nit Tt.e eipenees, rand the complaint to
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LON i witcd h;

Thomas Quekh And &it'd men in the
employ of Mr. Wood, the brewer, in ,Strtittou
Ground, were charged with stealing a sack of ground
malt tram his-brew-house, and John Summers, a
cow-keeper, in Tuthill Fields,, for receiving the same
with a guilty knowledge; the case, not 0111 y by the
conlession of the parties, but otherwise, was n,:atle
out, but by the humanity of Mr. Wood they were
discharged, after receiving an admonitory address
from Mr. Pimtrs, the Sitting Magistratee—Several
other cases were heard, but of leks importance,
PUB C -OUT CB, WOR SU • STR 14. T. —Yesterday
Jetft underwent an examination, charged- on
suspicion of stealing a bee-hive and honey froln the
premises of Mr. Danford, at Widinore, umr.Brom-
ley, in Kent. Several witnesses attended and gave
evidence-against the Prisoner, who not being abieto
deny the charge, was fully committed to. take his
trial at time next Kssizes for Kent. •.

A man of the name of Price was charged by all
elderly .man (a tailor), who stated, that whilst crpsa.-
ing the Tenter Ground, near Finsbuty-.sqnine,. a
.few nights since, with a bundle-, he was loocked
doWn by the Prisoner and another man, when they
attempted to rob, hint of his bundle, which he ..re-
sisted, and made an alarm.• Several persons came.
to his assistance, and the Prisoner was taken ltrtn
custody ; the other made bis escape.. The charge
being Made ont, lie was fully coramitteti..kt,Ne,W..
gate fur, trial.