The Sun.
London, England, 1838-03-22 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

B 0 W- S TREE T.
A system of fraud, which has for a considerable time 'Alt
been practised in diffeent arts of Lond on by three young fc'"
lows Domed Thonison,r
Parpkinson, and Cox, was yestcrdal
fully exposed at this office. There were eight or nine We!'
against :he parties ; but being all of a similar description,
will be sufficient to show the manner in which the fraud VC."'
committed if the evidence in one case is given. The property
of which they have obtained possession must have been of very
considerable value, fur the articles lost by some families al.°
said to have been worth 33/.
In the following case Thomson and Cox were openlY
charged, but Parkinson was committed in another case. 'They
wer. charged with obtaining, on false pretences, a box con-
taining a large quantity of linen, from the house of Mr. Alfred
Brooks, Pall-mall, in the name of \Vm. West, the Hammer-
smith carrier, to Le conveyed to Mrs. Brotherton, a laundress
in Hammersmith.
Eleanor Pitchford, servant to Mr. Brooks, stated that
about half-past four o'clock in the afternoon of the 12th not;
the prisoner Thomson came to her master's house, and ask"
for the box containing the linen for Mrs. Brotherton, Wing
that he had been sent by Mr. West, the carrier. The bl
was not ready, but it was filled in the prisoner's presence, and
given to him.
William West, residing in Queen-street, Hammersmith.
was in the habit Sof calling every Monday at the house
Mr. Brooks for the linen for Mrs. Brotherton, and on calla
ing as usual on the 12th instant, he was told that his man
already taken it away. He never employed any one to Ca
for the box in question.
John Poole, residing with Mr. James Basset, 32, —l.e3t
Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, stated that the prison _c•
ar
Cox called at his master's shop on the 12th instant, an
pawned three shirts, part of the articles contained in the instant,
The prisoners had nothing to say to the charge, and we
committed for trial.

MARY LE:I3 ONE.
Yesterday Sarah Blendon, a laundress, was placed at and
bar, charged with having pledged several sheets, shirts,, t,;'n
other things intrusted to her to wash, belonging to uap-1
Channer, of the Bengal Artillery, and Mr. Simon, a chemist?,
both residing in Albany-street, Regent's-park.
A young man, named Hart, in the employ of Mrs. Fnwle'
Ernest-street, at whose shop the property was pawned, 11°-
duced the articles, which were examined and identified by th°
owners.
Mr. RAWLINSON (to Hart)—Are any of those thing:
marked ?—They arc, Sir. Some of them are mark
" Simon," and others with a " C." took
Mr. RAwLINsoN—Did you obierve that when you -
them in ?—I did, Sir. o
Mr. RAVILINSON—Did it not occur to you that it was Pji,-
bable the property was not the prisoner's own ?—ft did not,
Mr. RAWLINSON—Did you make any observation to her ty
specting the marks
—W?—None.
Mr. RAWLINSONas it not your opinion that the thillgs
had been given to her to wash ?—I thought they were. g ?
Mr. RAWLINSON—How long have you been in the businna
—Not a great while, Sir.
Mr. RAWLINSON—Do you ever read tha newspapers
Sometimes, but not very often. or
Mr. RAWLINSON—You perhaps don't know then what .
marks the Judges at the Old Bailey have on many occaoslrs
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made to pawnbrokers for acting in the manner you have noon,
I think if they had been printed and sent as circulars to
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of the trade some benefit would have arisen. If you at a:"
road the Act of Parliament you must have been aware th.ton'l
member of your trade is liable to be heavily fined for taking
I I have not
in
AS pledges property given to a laundress to wash.'
the Act.
Mr. RAvvt,trisow—What Do you mean to say that you
don't know the Act by which your trade is governed ?--i
can't say that I've read it through. We knew the prisoner
well from her coming frequently to the shop, and there WO
no reason for us to suppose that there was anything wrong.
Mr. RAwuiNsoN (to the prisoner)—What have you to sal
for yourself ? Prisoner—l was compelled to pawn the things,
Sir, but it was my intention to have redeemed them. The
fact is, Sir, pawnbrokers get almost enough by laundresses in
the course of the year to pay all their expenses, and the in-
terest which I have already paid'at this shop has brought tit°
completely to ruin.
Mr. RAWLINSON (to the witness)—l suppose you'll bayen
objection to give up the property ? Witness_ I'm not autho-
rized to do so.
Mr. RAWLINSON—It's a very gross case as regards yoursobwall
misconduct, and if you refuse to give the property up I ,aid
certainly feel it my duty to see that an information be 1

against you. You'll then suffer severely. and
The witness, after some hesitation, restored the pledges, tr,
was about to walk away, when lie was called back by las
RAWLINSON, who said, " Young man, you were walking ° Ben
if you were ashamed of yourself, and I hope you are so. the
cautious for the time to come, or you'll find your name in
body of a bill at the old Bailey, instead of on the back." the
The prisoner was fined M. and double the value 01 'cci
property pawned. In default of payment she was comm
to prison.

A public meeting of the inhabitants of Choir on'
Pimlico, and the surrounding neighbourhood was beld n„,
Tucsday evening last, pursuant to notice, at the Royal
pital Tavern, near Chelsea College, for the purpose of petitio
jog the Committee of the House of COmmons, now sitting Ss':
improvements in the metropolis, with a view that the Oa ds
leading from 13uckingham Palace, through Chelsea, tow
Battersea and Fulham, may be widened and generally 151"
proved, many parts of them being very narrow and dangcronts,o
and in their present state presenting great obstructions
business and all commercial intercourse.
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THE PRECIOUS META LS.—The exportati; on
gold and silver coin from the port of London to foreign
ports, during the past week, ending 20th inst., is 45 under ,1/4.„--;
Gold coin to New York, 26,140 ounces; silver ditto to '—
York, 4,137 oz. ; British West Indies, 460 oz. ; BONS'
3,000 oz. ; Swan River, 5,000 oz. ; Van Diemen's Land,
4,300 oz.

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With silver hunting cases 6 16
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i. e. the detached escapement, jewelled in four ho;es, ca 1,50
hand to mark the seconds, hard enamel dial, and maintaining r
to continue going while winding up, at the above price, by
T. COX SAVORY'S,
Working Silver and Goldsmith, 47, Cornhill, London,
(Seven doors from Gracechurch-street.)
N.B.—Second-hand Watches purchased in exchang

BIRTHS. -et,
On the 18th inst., Mrs. George M'Cormick, Frederick-street?
Mecklenburgh- square, of a son.
are,
On the 19th inst., Mrs. A. C. Hippon, of Charterhoute-Sq"
of a daughter.
On the 20th inst., in Glocestcr-place, the wife of E. W.r l't
Esq., of a daughter, still-born.
On the 14th inst., at Great Gransden Vicarage, Hants, the 144
of the Rev. F. Le Grice, of a son. J•
On the 14th inst., in Upper Whnpola•street, the lady
Sa'otnons, Esq., of a son.
At Dulwich, on the 14th inst., Mrs. Courage, of a son. id,
On the 14th inst., at Brighton, the lady of Charles Thom
Esq., of a son.

MARRIED.
On the 19th inst., at Southampton, Charles Tyrrwhitt,..l"ci'
Esq., to Jane Maria, daughter of John Clerk, Esq. 'sides
On the 20th inst., William Woxen Hooke, Esq., of
Lymington, Plants, to Persis, second daughter of the late J.
Esq., of Blackheath. . .
On the 20th inst., at the parish church of St. George's, Moony.
bury, the Rev. J. S. Sergrove, LL. 8., Rector of the parish of 1,„
Mary Somerset, Upper Thames- street, and also of tooling.
W. nela,,
Rochester, to Margaret, eldest daughter of the Rev. N. I)l°se ''
LL.D., of Bloomsbury. Woo(Auen,
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DIED. • is
On the 26th of December last, at sea, on board her 315.1" -
ship " Etna," of the ;yellow fever, Mr. Robert. William Saunders,
aged 18, eldest son of Robert J. Saunders, of Eltham, Esq. 1
At Hastings, on the 14th inst., aged 73, Lieutenant-Genera
Mill,r,.Director- General and a Colonel Commandant of the
Royal Artillery. ,
On the 20th inst., in Newington-crescent, Jessie Lawson, shirt
daughter of Sir. J. Wright, jun., of Stone, near Greenhithe, Ken
aged 18 months.
On the 19th inst., in Piccadilly, Lieutenant-General Sir Edward
Barnes, G. C. B. , M. P., &c., aged 62.
On the 14th inst., aged 68, at Upper Banchory, Aberdeenshirere:
John Garvock, Esq., late Major and Assistant-Adjutant-Gen
al
to the Forces.
On the 19th inst., Mrs. Thomas Lovell, of Red Lion-street,
Holborn, aged 59.
On the 13th inst., at Steyning, aged 26, Thos. Groome Mat•
thew, eldest son of the late Captain Hare.
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At St. Helen's, near Cockermouth, on the Bth ult., aged ig
years, Adelaide Frances, second daughter of Major Steel, of tne
Bengal Army.
On the 19th inst., Hetty, relict of Win. Bazire, Esq., of
ton, Essex, aged 79.

London; Printed and Published by MUItDO YOUNG, of
112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the county
of bliddlesex.—Thursday, March 22, IE3B.