The Sun.
London, England, 1822-08-22 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

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.NANSION-HOUSE. SWINDLING Finx.--YesteLl
Brown Court, who was remanded on a former day, ehargedrift.
obtaining goods under a fictitious firm of Fitzwilliams anc`tlst
of Angel-court, was again brought up. Mr. Jones stated,. e,
he was a wine merchant, from whom the prisoner had orafL,
a dozen of wine and two gallons of spirits to be sent to his lee
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ings at Henrietta.street, for which he was to pay on dell/01
but when the goods were sent, he told the porter he wouiGgass
with his master, to whom he afterwards represented that he 0
going to the city for money, and would pay in the eveningittot
which Mr. Jones consented. The prisoner afterwards tt!'•
his lodgings, taking the wine and spirits with him in his Iv
manteau. Other charges of a similar nature were brotight die
ward. • The Lord Mayor regretted that he could not detain' .0!
prisoner, as the whole of the charges (though borclerilleTbe
' something else) could only be the subject of civil actions.
prisoner was accordingly discharued.
MARLEOROUGH-STREET.—INZICETY QF THE 1.,a
licensed victualler was, on Tuesday, called upon to Frestic-bli?
fellow at this office for having broken his window..—rhe,_rThott
can gave evidence to prove that the act was wilful on die
of the defendant, and brought forward one witness to pro: the
case, on which the Magistrate convicted the defendant woo
value of the injury sustained by the licensed victualler, 0,0
naturally anticipated that the amount of the conviction 'I je
fall to his lot ; but, on the contrary, he was informed tittfer.
Act of Parliament was imperative ; he had anly.brettirtos
ward one witness besides himself to prove the fact •_in frit°
the penalty did not go to the prosecutor,but to the'iting2 vat'
had brought forward two witnesses to prove it, thenhe tueddss
secutor would be entitled to the penalty to the aumuliarlia'
injury done. The poor publican thought this Act of , tOeri
ment as curious as it was hard, and regretted that he had
the trouble to prove his case under such circumstances- aJr
Bow-ST n£ E —llicraAt Y.—Yesterday John Fared, ne
bouring man, was brought to this Office, in custody of gore
the linion.Hall officers, on a charge of having roarrie,
wives, two of whom were present, viz. the•tlrst and third.' aat'
third wife (Mary Thomas) said, she was the widow of !;:ieel
ner, who died about two years since in his Majesty's g5l.
and that she had obtained since his decease the sum al •"he 00'
annum as a pension. That ten weeks ago last Sunday $
fortunately met with the prisoner on Blackfriars-briage' wits
thinking him a nice sort of a man, fell into conversanladas
him—she was at that time with a niece of hers. He."r•
far as her home, and obtained her consent to meet efisifse.
result was, that about a fortnight after he offered himself
bridegroom, and at the end of three weeks they were -ttio
by banns, at St. Clement's Church, in the Strand, sFti,
ever since that time she had lived in perfect harmony sritoistv
until last Saturday, when to her utmost surprise and ss,frhf
ment, the first and second wife appeared at her lodgingsoosl
prisoner, upon being called upon for his defence, said' . to hr
wife's ill treatment of him was the only cause of What
done.—He was remanded for further examination.
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QUEEN-SQUARE.-MANSLAUGHTER.-It has ..ellAii4l4le;
that a few days ago an inquisition was taken at the •
sex Hospital, upon the body of a woman who met 5;,e/
in consequence of injuries she received by being Tull nit
gentleman's Fig in the New Road; and the Jury w_u'ateds,e
diet of manslaughter against the driver, and levied 11:f
of 51. upon the horse and gig. Yesterday Mr. Stery;oll,
Coroner, attended at this office, and got his warrant 5 wbveei
the Magistrate, to whom he producea the depositipr*Cirs v
James Newham, Esq. merchant, residing at liensinPrslsc!!,-,.
Pits, the driver of the gig, accompanied by two frieno4 offic7•l
tended, and after some conversation; Mr. Banks, t_.ff
formally served the warrant upon him, and then he
over in 2001. himself, and his sureties in 1001. each, for
pearance to the charge at the ensuing Sessions.

A Newhaven fishwoman said, the ot-1, eroft,e
she was glad that the KING had got a SiOttish name' scoolr
do you make it out," said one near her, " that he has I'4V',
name ?" " Why, don't they call him George the F(''' rveN
she, "because he sailed up the Forth?".—(

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