The Sun.
London, England, 1813-10-26 00:00:00

jllibpitstx sr:sto:Ns

tiOtsiz, Or Fitt, PAHL.

• hiss*lft, .vt'efe inctirie4
keeping. a,bonse of. ill fame, and disorderly. It
appeared' evidence; that the hoitse in 'question
War, N 9, 50, Queen-street.; Edgivarerijad : dna
The parish rates Were usually paid by he woltv4:0)
the man- being generally away; as he was servant
to Mr. the banker. iereral neighbours..
sivore; that iris of the,MOst abatlcloned mariners..
were seen daily ou Or balcony .4 the first tloot:.
half-tunirv,,..!d, in the most inieeent postures
that, tlicy Used the most obscene language, -entle-
ing passengers to go in; some Of whom sometimes:
were persuaded to cuter the house.
•The girls,_
frelnently went home late et bight; talong men
ivith them ilia state of stupid intoxication.; and
ltieir illdeMleirS tVerti: SO constictu as to be
intolerably offensive to the family Who need op-
,posite, and had induced ItiVo lodgerS to leave the
Untie adjoining.. On the 22d o! July; thrre was:
a T iot.bl,llsrethe ',Ouse, and in it-it luau appeared.
at thewindotiv, calling for' a ladder to escape ; his
cries hmught a Gt-ntlettian to the house, who in.:
sisted oft hhi liheration,' upon which, he. latt.onti:
;old esca ed. This was the case on the. part of
the prosecution. .
On the either side it Was urged, that the defen-
dants.werivillerely persons' Who haul unfortunately
tt:titheir„,apartancuts .tti bad lodgersi,over Whom
tiny _eould exercise no controul, nntl whom it
't is hlIpOSSil4 to turn out .witho'nt pPbper notice.
No conimetion waN proved between the landlord
and the, lodg.ers, :no connivance, no encourage.,
nient, no :participation in their shanier,ii gains,
The moment he was able, the landlord had dis-
• Missed them, acid `had since tiiken.a very quiet and
respectable tenant; It was ,the, Iworn by some.
witnesses, lodgers in the Route, that there' bad
never been a riot, e'.:rept ou one, night, the 22d
of July : there was sonv: dancing now ambilren,....
and a drum ; they had never seen 'any indecen-
cies : the women complained of bartleft the indg.
ing,, last September, and sinee,,tbat time a decent
coolly bad posse :,ion. of them.
Mr; iNlAiNw.moNo thnught the case had not
been prove 4:, the, lodgers, no doubt, ‘‘;ere of an
infamous:description; but it Chet not appear that
there was any Connection between them and the
00014145. . ,
The jury iminediately acquitted tine defendant:4',
when .Mr.',MAlNwAniNq cautioned them as to their
future ten ant; ; and Said, it ,\V dull go hard with
theo if., they 4110041 again he found to adini; such
lod,JerS. They were then diScharged.
Din7,is., a gi_'ntleplitl itmed to bear the
rank of doluno ,in the Arniy; Wasiudiet.:,l fot as-
liatiltjug W. Gideon, atn apprentice to a Mr. Arm-
Strong, at pawnbroker in 11,ildwin's Gardens. :It
appeared by the, evidence that the Colonel went
tc; the pa,,,hbeotier's shop fo Ask for a PAUr of spec-
tacles w it h silver binges : the lad not cothprehend-
ing What he meant, the gentletnatt''gre-w rather
impatient, and used very rough language. lie
afterwards.produce4 his' own 'spectacles', and the
lad thought, he saw him pocket a'pttir, which ',,in-
nuecd,him to ask for theni. the Colonel ennige44.
'at being thoUght.to have stolen A pair of
sirn64i: itie boy'acrtiss the' counte.r, which
ciliistituted the asSa mfi ult cOlained of. The titaseer:
atter,vards procured at search,•warrant for the ,Co.
• Ic.,,wel:s apartmentl, and found a pair of .speetnelcs,
corresponding with such as had been in hiS
But it seemed they were newly 'bought, and The
Colonel' wishing to. know if he Batt been imposed,
upon,,went to, the shop with a view of colliparliV/
them with the others there.
The .I.itty fouad: hitt') guilty, and Ii ,w;4.s
tT,Reed to pay tt fine of (Is. Bd.--,Several cases of
petty assaults .werFtried. •