The Sun.
London, England, 1807-01-21 00:00:00

POLICE.

MARLBOROUGuzSTREET.—GeorgeGreen, aknown
Informer on the town, was ehnrged with stealing,a
Newlount]laitd dog; th 4 property of a Gentleman.
It 4;pearedin -evidence, that- Abe dog in question
wasstolen from a young man, a few days since, and
was afterwards sold by; a person named Brannum,
who keeps a menageriein the New-road, to a Gen-
tleman, who instituted this complaint, in conse-
quence of the dog haying been owned by his- mas-
ter. Lovett,-the Officer, apprehended Green as the
person Who had -stolen-the dog, and, on his being
examined, he confessed his having been hired by
Brannum, the dealer in dogs, to steal every dog he
Could lay hands on, and that he had inticed away
the dog in question with food. The Prisoner also
informed the Magistrates that he had stolen a great
many dogs for Brannum, a' conAderable tinmber of -
which bad been sent to the East Indies. The Pri-
soner was remanded, and the parties concerned were
ordered to attend again, when Branum should be
brought up.
PUBLIC-OFFICE, HATTON-GARDEN.--YesterOay
Mecca Woolerton was fully committed for trial, be-
i-ng charged with stealing 4.21. in the house of .2.1 r.
Preston, Long4ane,

SURREY SEssurgs--John Wat,erman, who was
tried and fouird guilty of an assault. of a most atro-
cious nature on -au infant child of seven yeais, on
Saturday-last. was on Monday, before Serjeant Oci.-
sLow', brought* for judgment. Serjeant ONSLOW,
bet** he pronounced Sentence, addressed the Pri-
soner on the enormity of the offence of which be
had, on th-e clearest evidence, been foUnd
The Sentence of the Court was, " That he be con-
fined in the county gaol for six calendar rnOriths,
and in the course of that time to stand. in and upon
the pillory for one hour."—Adjourned.
A private 'letter by the last Packet contains the
following statement :—" A dreadful fire- took place
in the Island of St. Thomas'Si on the 3d December,
at 12 o'clock at night, which'raged with great 'fury
till the 4th in the morning, destroying a great many
houses, and all the warehouses in the. town ; the
loss ift supposed to be' very great. This catastrophe
'Was owing to a Negro woman, whose master had
caused her to be put in chains during pine month;
it is suppoSed that in revenge she set fire to a cask
of rum."

.A.short time since a curious hoc' was played upon
an Excise Officer. A countryman was stopped by
a Revenue Officer, at Bursledon, where he took from
him two casks of spirits; which he suspeeted had
been smuggled. After the Officer had carried the
liqUor -from BLirsledon to-Titchfield, a distance of
three miles, the m'tn suddenly
,stopped at a house,
saying=. "It is to be left there." The Officer re-
plied—" No, as I have seized, it, it must go to the
Excise Office ;" and immediately proceeded with the
casks. " Not so fast, master," replied the country-
man; "I have a little bit of paper here, which,. if
you will take.the time'and trouble of reading, you
will find it is to be left at this house." The Officer
having read the paper, exclaimed—" Why, you ras'-
cal, this is a Permit; , why did you not shew ittp
me before ?" Because," said he, "if I had, you
Would not have been go kind as to have carried the
liquor so far for me."

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