The Sun.
London, England, 1809-10-17 00:00:00

POLICE.

Bow-ST R E ET.-Robert Carter and John Furneaux,
the apprentices of Messrs. Reid and Son, shoe-
makers, of Red Lion-street, were charged with
robbing their. masters of shoes, leather, and other
property belonging to them to a considerable amount.
Robert Shipley and Son, of Steers-place, Barbi-
can, were charged with receiving the same, knowing

them to be stolen.
In investigating this charge some of the most
shocking scenes of depravity were developed. It
appeared that Messrs. Reid have been sensibit that
they were constantly robbed of shoes and °the pro-
perty for upwards of two years past, but could not
diacoser the robbers. A few days since when Mr.
Reid, jun. was passing through Liquor-pond-street,
be observed in the shop ‘vindow of Mr. Page, a
pawnbroker, some shoes for sale, of which he had
no doubt but he had been robbeci of. He Went into
the shop, and inquired of Mr. Page how he be-
came possessed ot them ? To which he replied,
he had purchased them of a man he had frequently
purchased and took in pledged property horn. Mr.
'Reid requested he would stop the man when he
came to otter any more shoes for sale or pledge,
which Mr. Page promised to do. Yesterday morn-
ing Robert Shipley, the elder, offered some shoes
for sale, to Mr. Page, who detained him and sent for
Mr. Reid ; and upon his arrival, Shipley confessed
that he got them from his apprentices, Carter and
Furneaux. Saturday evening the Prisonvr Carter
got leave of absence from his master to Sleep out,
under a pretenCe that he was going to sleep at his
uncle's at Peckham, but, instead of that he went to
Shipley's house, and took some shoes he bad stolen
from his master, and sold them to Shipley, and slept
there all night with Shipley's daughter, and in the
same room with ced Shipley, his son and wife.
Carter did not go to his uncle's till Sunday. Ad-
kins took him into custody, and went to his father's
house, in Locksfields, where be found 18 pairs of
shoes, stolen from Messrs. Reid's.
It also appeared, that the Shipleys, father and
son, were in the habit of going early in the morn-
ing to Messrs. Reid's shop, to take shoes and lea-
ther. Carter and Furneaux robbed their masters.
Old Shipley is a porter, and young Shipley is a
shoemaker.
None of the prisoners said any thing in their de-
fence, except young Shipley, who said it was as
much for Carter and Furneaux's, the apprentices
benefit, as his and his father's.
They were all fully committed for trial; and the
parties bound over to l rosecute.
Amongst .the- persons brought out of the Theatre
for riotous conduct, the following. cases were heard
before the Magistrate at the. Public Office, Bow-
street.
Francis Ricker, a man of mean appearance, and
tar advanced in. years, was brought out of the two
shilling gallery by one of the Townweeds, and
charged by Mr. Brandon with whistling with his
fingers, and making other noises calculated to niter-
rapt the performances.
. The prisoner, who said he was a journeyman ca-
binet-maker io the service ot Mt. Gerock, of Bi-
shopsgate-street, did not deny the fad, but thew
himself upon the mercy of the Magistrate, whom
he entreated to take into consideration his ignorance
of the strict rules and regulations of the Theatre.—
It was &lint Monday, and having treated him-
self to a shilling's worth in the gallery, he thought
there was no iarm in doing as others did around
him, who were making more noise than he did.
Mr. Brandon insisted on the necessity of putting
a stop to the riotous noise in the Theatre, and sug-
gested to the worthy Bench, that no mercy ought
to be shewn to so enormous an offender.
Mr. READ ordered the prisoner to find bail, but
the poor fellow having no friends within some miles
of town, be was committed to Tothill-fields Bride-
well.
Aiury "Justin, a young woman of decent appear-
ance, who had been recently in the service of a re-
speaable family in Grosvenor-square, was brought
up and charged with springing a small rattle in
the (ale shilling gallery, and exciting disturbance
on the part of those around, by her perniCious ex-

ample.
The prisoner avowed the fact, but said that she
lad done so at the instigation child a young man in the
galjery, who gave her the 's rattle, and told
her to spring it: She did so, conceiving there was
o harm. It she did wrong, she was very sorry for
it, and the Magistrates were at liberty to do what
their wisdom might dire&.
The Magistrates committed her for want of
bail, and she retired from the office with the utmost
composure, dgtermitied to meet her fate with for-

tit ude.
Francis Hall, a middle-aged man of respectable
appearance, was committed for want of bail, on
the oath of Adkins, the police officer, for having
excited a disturbance before the Police Office door,
and attempting to force his way up stairs into
the Magistrates room, at the time when a person
was on his way in custody from the Theatre to the
office.
Tl!e Magistrates sat until half past eleven, waiting
I.llllii the Tneatre was completely cleared.