The Sun.
London, England, 1838-02-26 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

GUILDHALL.
Thomas Williams, Esq., of Brynbras Castle, Carnarvon-
shire, and Ellen Evans and Ann Williams, his servants, were
brought up by John Forrester and Ruthven, the police-officers,
for re-examination, charged with having uttered in the Pre-
rogative Office, Doctors' Commons, certain forged papers,
purporting to be the will and testamentary papers of John
Panton, Esq., of Plasgwyn, in Angelsey.
After some discussion the prisoners were remanded.

MARLBOROUGII-STREET.
On Saturday a respectable-looking person, named Shilling-
ford, corn-chandler and cowkeeper, Collier-street, Penton-
ville, charged his daughter, a pretty young girl, whose
age was stated to be 19, with having absconded from his
house with some of her mother's clothes. The father, who
appeared to have taken his daughter's conduct very much to
heart, stated that some time ago, his daughter had formed an
attachment to William Parnell, a soldier in the 2d battalion
of Coldstream Guards. In addition to the disparity of cir-
cumstances, the soldier having only Is. 4d. a day for his sup-
port, the soldier bore an indifferent character in the regiment.
The daughter, however, was so bent upon matrimony that,
although further intercourse with the soldier was prohibited,
and an attempt to get married privately frustrated, she con-
trived to elude observation and to lease the house on Thurs-
day morning, having previously sent away her clothes, to get
married. Anticipating the future unhappiness of her life,
complainant, in order to induce his daughter to return to a
comfortable and respectable home, had given her into the cus-
tody of the police on suspicion of having taken away property
in her boxes not her own. To add to the unpleasantness of
the occurrence, the soldier had been ordered into confinement
until he went out to Canada on the 16th of March, with his
regiment, for having been absent from barracks and having got
married without the commanding officer's leave. It was most
likely, therefore, that the girl would find her way home again,
perhaps with a child to maintain.
The daughter declared her father was welcome to search
her boxes. She had nothing in them but her own clothes and
other property.

Fat-her.—Will you return home with me ? Daughter (pert-
ly)—No, that 1 won't. Parnell is mine now, and lam his
wife. I shall do just as my husband tells me.
Mr. Dyer feared the interposition of the magistrate was use-
less. The father then left the office very much affected.
James Christie, a smart-looking youth, was brought before
Mr. Conant, charged with having swindled a great number• of
persons out of broad cloth.
The prisoner said he was a pianoforte-maker, and had for-
merly worked for Messrs. Broadwood and Co. He was or-
dered to be brought up again on Tuesday.

HAT7'ON- GARDEN.
A gentlemanly-looking man, named George Taylor, WAS
charged with having three wives.
Rose Ammerton, the second wife, was married to the pri-
soner in August, 1834, soon after which-he deserted her, but
she prevented others to whom he was paying his addresses
from being ensnared by him. About twelve months back, she
heard that he had a wife living when he had been married to
her (witness), and she gave him in charge, but afterwards
neglected to bring forward proof', owing to certain overtures
which the prisoner made to her. After her husband's libera-
tion, he again commenced making love to maids and widows,
and she had ascertained to a certainty that he had added
another victim (then in attendance) to his list.
Elizabeth Mary Grimley, a young woman, only 18 years of
age, was united to the prisoner six months ago, at St. An-
drew's Church, Holborn.

A Gentleman (whose name did not transpire), in answer to
the Magistrate, was well acquainted with the prisoner's first
wife, who was at present residing at Birmingham, and by
whom he had had many children.
After some conversation, Mr. BENNETT ordered that the
further investigation of the case should take place in the pre-
sence of Mr. White, of Queen-square, the Magistrate before
whom the charge of big.Tnay was preferred previous to his mar-
riage with Miss Grimley.
A case came on for hearing before Mr. ROGERS a few days
ago, which occasioned much .interest. A young man, very
fashionably attired, who described himself as a comedian, was
brought up by the overseers of St. Pancras, charged with
deserting his wife and family.
The wife, a very lady-like woman, stated that her husband
had deserted her since the sth of December last. He had
sent her ss. occasionally, perhaps as many as five in a fort-
night. She had been chargeable to the parish a week.
The defendant, when called upon for his defence, said he
was compelled to leave his wife in consequence of her ill usage
of him. She had kept his house closed against him for whole
nights, and he had been necessitated sometimes to walk the
streets till daylight.
The wife, with tears in her eyes, asked her husband how be
could utter such falsehoods?—Mr. ROGERS (to the defentant.)
—Why have you suffered your wife and children to become
burthensome to the parish ?
Defendant—l sent her 51. six weeks ago
Wife—lt is not so, I assure your Worship, crying hysteri-
cally. The fact is he is living with a lady named who
keeps her carriage. She has weaned his affections from me.
From her he receives those elegant rings (pointing to his
fingers, which were profusely covered with jewellery) and
clothes. No one but myself knows what I have suffered
through him. Four weeks ago, when at the point of my se-
couchement, I sent to him for assistance, having neither bed,
blanket, food, nor any sort of provision for my babe, and he
even then neglected rue, and I must have gone without had
it not been for a lady now in attendance. Mrs. B. subse-
quently came to me, and asked if I was married to the pri-
soner, and when I showed her my marriage certificate she
said he was a villian, as he had protested to her such was not
the case. Before she left she put Si. into the hands of one of
my children, promising to be no longer deceived by ray hus-
band, with whom, however, she still cohabits, and he was
taken from her house this morning.
Mr. ROGERS-86w many children have you ?—Wife—
Five, Sir, and I want him to support them. As for my-
self, I require nothing further from him. Let him place
the children in a respectable family, where I call see them,
and I shall feel satisfied. I was brought up to the pro-
fession (the stage), and I have plenty of opportunities. of re-
turning to it.

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(MET ROGERS (to the defendant)—Unless you come to an
arrangement I shall send you to the House of Correction.
The defendant, having consented to his wife's proposal,
was liberated.

The I3arristers of the Western Circuit have a fair
prospect of a beautiful harvest at the next Assizes. At Dor-
chester alone there are no less than twelve actions to be tried,
arising out of Corporation squabbles in Poole and other
places; and at Taunton there are about fifty qui tarn actions
for bribery at the Bridgwater and Bristol elections.