The Sun.
London, England, 1807-09-25 00:00:00

POLICE'.

GuttnuALL.!--7Perfea, the higgler,.‘,T(ho hati been.
in, custody since last Bartholomew Fair,On suspicion
of being a general receiver :of stolengOods from a
. gang• of juvenile pickpOckets,, whO have„ for some
time, been iti the habit Of visiting the,difierent fairs
in the vicinity of the Metropolis, where Perfed also
attended its,a seller of sausages,:.was again brought,
up.to,day ;as alfgAlgi Stedwick; the captain of
the gang. •
. .
In consequence of information received by the
Officers ti•otu One of the.boys of the name of Gee, of
a pockeb,handkerchief%haVing been taken by Sled-.
wick out of the Pocket of a person who tept.a swing
in Bartholemew Fair, v.vhieh the boy beli3Oetl to be,
one of. the handkei-chiefs tbund jn"Perfett's posses.
sion, the Officers had contrivecrto trace out the per,
son alluded to. He attended this day, but declared
that the :handkerchief taken' from him was nut
among those now shown him/. • ;
He' was othOtteil.by the Nlagistratb.not to regbrd
thi's.its- a matter of• intrilfereilc6, beciiuse the article
which he Memelf had lost' Was oflittleTharno
.Tlie Vublic good required that an "bffe"auat° check
should be given to such nefarious praakieefi„and that
the perveriors, of youtli should be 'exfidsed
served punishment. " • •' • • - •••
' •
The witness, however,l declared that be was
itetuated by no motive of personal conveniency;titit
that, in 'fat, the fianiikerchief.lic had•lest was not
among the !Mother now
The,;Srtting Alden-ban (Hutvraii) then turning to
the Pdtonef,Pertedt, exhorted him- to'quit the pro-
fession it appeared he had fur stimer.-iithe .beini 1017
lowing. •l hough no dire& eViderice of his guilt had
been broughrbefore the Illagistrate; to-inducchiM
to commit the Prisoner ter trial, so strong Was the
suspicion against him that he.thonght ithis dUty to
warn the Prisoner, if.he did not alter *his course of ,
life, that he. must come to an untimely end. No
new evideneephowever, had 'been adduced to,. war-
rant hini in ordering the Prisoner ,to besionggr
tained in custody. He Should, therefore, be now
discharged. • • •

Pc.briei4 c(infessed that be bad on this last occasion'
received articles from the boys,. fbr which he ex-
pressed. his sorrow, and his determination never
again to be concerned in- such. praEticels. He was
then discharged: .
.The. Captain, Ned Stedwick, having beefy de,
serter from the Navy, was ordered to be carried hack
to. that service.

He alledged it did not agree with him.

The Magistrate told him it was an honourable and
a meritorious service, which would, in time, estrange
him from his present dishonest pursuits, and where
Conld be enabled to atone to his Country for his
past errors. •
The boy, Gray, the, informant, whoie Taster now
refuSed'to take bitmback into his proployffent and
the other boy, Gee,- were ordered to . be carried to
the Royal Marine Society.

Thus, the whole gang has been disposed of
in such a manner as to give the public reason to
hope 'that they may all yet become usetill members
ofsuciety.

Quip:ta-saumtc--,-Inforination_havirtg 'beetvgiven
at this Office, that in despite'of all the.:exertions of
the Officers to suppress the nelariouS practices of
some of the bakers in the district in vending brad
`meg. shamefully adulterated i quality, and deficient-
in' quatitity, the Officers.. went out .to Chelsea and
Knightsbridge ;Yesterday morning; and found in three
shops near 100 loaves, large and srnall, deficient in
the legal weight near 200bunCes: One of the bakers,
wholiad made a 'second appearance, was' fined es.
.hl. per ounce for 31 ounces; another. for pentiy
and two-penny loaves, rshort from one aid a half.
Ounce to two ounces each, ts.,oti: per ounce van&
the third, :is less .critninal, 1 s.'per Ounce: , "!

HATTON-GARDEN.--Yestertlay.folin. knight; who
has 'already undergone several eXitininationS on sinipi-
don of being concerned, with' 'other person's" in rob-.
Liti,cr the Edihiburgh and Ytirk Mail, in theinonth
of March last, of a parcel, containing bills and notes
to a considerable atiiotaiit, was' brought up for re-
examination, ,when -several-witnesses,, in' addition 'to
those who have given 'evidence reiipeaing the rob-
-144 and. the passing Of some-of =thi
_bills stolen,
were 'examined, .
Mr. At nnEw.s ;Wended as counsel. for the Pa'-
soin,r, who appeared to be in a weal; state if hca
. was brought into th 4 Office in a chair, wit ti