The Sun.
London, England, 1813-01-05 00:00:00

POLI CE.

MA N lON-1011s Davis was brought
before the LORD MAYOR, charged with stealing
from a .cart, in NicholaS-laue, Lombard-street,
a bundle, containing► übout.72lbs. weight of pork,
and some wearing apparel, the property Mr.
Reed, of Greenwich. The carrier bad just step-
ped into a house, when the Prisoner very, delibe-
rately. took the bundle, and was going awry with
it ; but another carrier, of the name of Jones,
stopped hint,. and the property was soon after
Identified. He was fully committed for trial,
Guttm If AL T., .--•-iilltrder."--4 Oh n Bloomfield, a
watchman belonging to the parish of St. Sepul-
chre, having been murdered on Sunday morning,
hetween one and two o'clock, the Sitting
AZrrgis-
trate was occupied at this office, for a considera-
ble time, ywiterday, in endeavouring to. trace .to
whom the foul act was imputable.
Three persons were put to the bar onntspicion,
vi z. Cornelius Sullivan., Tlwa Griffiths; im4.illary
Slovens.

Against these prisoners appeared two hrother§,
of the tonne Masheter, both officers of the
navy. These (fent(emelt .stated, that they were
walking tip Skinner-street, on snuday morning,
between one and two o'clock. The one had hold
of the other's arm; and on reaching the corner
of Sea-coal-lane, a man rushed 'forth, and With-
out the slighest provocation, knocked one Of
them down, :old on his getting up again repeated
the %time violence. The other brother immedi-
ately called the watch, upon which the aggressor,
and a companion who was with him, ran oft, and
for that tune evaded their pursuers. In a very
few minutes atterwards, the attention of Messrs.
Masheter was directed to it crowd on the Opposite
side of the way, at the' door of Mr. Godwin, the
bookseller. They crossed over to ascertain the
cause, and there found a watchman in the agony
of death, arising apparently from a wound or
contusion inflicted on the jugular vein. A consi-
derable quantity of blood was then "issuing front
his mouth. They remained on the spot for some
atinutes, and were at length induced to go.to the
watch-house, to give such, information as came
within their knowledge of the circumstances.
They bad not been long there when two men and
a, woman were brought in, in custody, otte of
whom, the elder Mr. Masheter believed to be the
fellow who had struck his brother, and pis , it also
apeared from other testimony, that . they were
all together immediately preceding the violence
committed on Mr. Masheter, they were sent to
the Compter, upon the presumption that , in at-
tempting to escape from justice, one ofthem inflict-
ed the blow which caused the death -of Bloom-
field.

•-
Anne Simpkins deposed, that she wars i n Skin-
ner-stroet at the time stated hy' the last two wit-
nesses, She saw the prisoners. together itt the
Star' public-house, in the Old Bailey, shortly be-
fore. She also saw Mr. Masheter and, his brother.
walking Slowly up Skinner-street, and Sullivan
rush suddenly from' Sea-eoal-lane, and knock him
down twice. GrilEtbs took Sullivan by, the arm,
and endeavoured to get him away,
,On the

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