The Sun.
London, England, 1822-10-24 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

SUPPRESSION OF GAMING,HOUSES.
BO Iff-STREET.—Yesferday the persons who
were on Tuesday detected in a Gaming-house in Pall Mall,
were again brought up. Mr. Alley was to. have attended for
them, but was detained at another place.
John Clete, foreman to Mr. Green, a printer, proved printing
1,001) roulette cards, by order of the prisoner Samuel Brown.—
Brown ordered him to make out the bill to Monk.
Mr. HAitxtu repeated his former arguments, and urged the
Magistrates to hold the defendant* to bail for limonths, under
the old statute, and not to proceed upon the Vagrant Act.
Mr. 11.a.r.r.s refused to do so, and said he should proceed upon
the last named wholesome Statute.
The prisoner Thomas then stepped forward and said, he had
never been in the house before, and that he had heeo there but
three minutes when the officers came. A person who owed him
Money, promised to meet him there, and being much distressed
he agreed to call, though with much reluctance.
Mr. HALLS—How did you get in.?
Thomas said he went throne' the passage and up stairs with-
out any interruption. Being asked what he was ? he said he
' was a seller of coals by commission. He would not mention
the name of the person he sold for, but would write it down.
.Mr. HALLS said he thought it was some such vagabond oc-
cupation.
Sir R. Br RN 2E—Did you ever try your hand at any other oc-
cupation ?—as Reporter to a newspaper for instance?
Thomas—Not I wish I had ; I have not talent sufficent.—
He went on to say he thought it extremely hard he should be
consigned to prison for a mere accidental visit.
The Magistrate asked if anyiother of the prisoners had any
' account to give of themselves? No one answered.
The officers engaged in the caption all declared that they had
no doubt whatever that the prisoners were engaged in playing
at an unlawful game.
Mr. HALLs—.These persons were found at this house under
' circumstances, which, in my judgment, are quite sufficient
•to warrant the officers in the conclusion which they, upon
their oaths, declare they have formed upon the subiket. It is
not necessary, in my opinion, to prove that any person was ac-
tually at play. If it is proved that gaming was going on, I re-
gard all persons present as participators in it. There are un-
doubtedly different degrees of guilt, which I shall take into
consideration in adjudging the punishment. The hopes of
the present, and the prospects of the rising generation are,
in many instances, blasted by these iniquitous practices,
and it is indeed high time that they were put a stop to. There
is another circumstance, too, which renders the thing the more
obnoxious--it is an importation from a foreign country brought
here for the debasement and ruin of this. The worthy 111a-
gistrate then took a review of the evidence, and said—" Under
these circumstances, I convict all the prisoners of playing at an
unlawful game, and do therefore adjudge them to be rogues
and vagabonds within the full intent and meaning of this Act
of Parliament. My judgment upon the defendants is, that
Jackson be imprisoned two months in the House of Correction,
there to be kept to hard labour ; that Monk, Samuel Brown,
De Begre, and Marc, be imprisoned each for six weeks ; and
the remainder of the defendants for one month each."
Mr. HARMER immediately advised the defendants to appeal
to the Sessions=a course which they determined to adopt, and.
in the course of the day they put in bail for their appearance at
the Sessions to prosecute Such appeal. They will of course be
at large until the decision at the Sessions.

PRETENDED SALE of PUBLIC SITUATIONS.
UNIoN-HALL._Yesterday, a man about 50 years of age, of
respectable appearance, named James Cooke ClarksOn, was
brought before L. B. ALLEN, Esq., charged with having frau-
dulently obtained the sum dMk from 111 r. John Anderson,
under pretence of procuring for him a Clerkship in the Revenue.
Mr. Andersoh stated, that on the 14th of July last, he put
an advertisement In a Morning Paper, offering a douceur of
100/. to any person that would procure for the advertiser, a per-
manent situauoti. On the following day, the witness received
a letter from the prisoner, appointing a meeting at his house
in Burton-place, Newington. The witness then detailed a
series of contrivances by which the prisoner had • found means
,to get 1001. from him, under pretence of procuring him a
'situation in the Revenue Department. He had gone.so far as
to produce a pretended note from Lord Lowther, and a forged
copy of an appointment from the Treasury, but he had not al-
lowed them to,remain in witness's hands.
The !witness afterwards received a note from the prisoner,
stating that he was obliged, from his desperate necessities, to
have recourse to the above expedient for relieving himself, and
promising that he would settle all in the course of six months
with the witness. A postscript added, "I am just leaving town
for the country."
The Magistrate ingaired if any of• the letters were in court ?
Mr- Anderson said that he had the whole of the correspond-
ence with the prisoner "at his house,, with the exception of the
appointment.
Mr. ALLEN then observed, that the case must be adjourned,
in order. to have the documents alluded to ; and asked the
prisoner if he wished to say any thins ?
The Prisoner—With due submission. I beg leave to ,state,
that I gave Mr. Anderson my, acknowledgment for the money.
I received from him, and which it was my full determination
to have refunded, in the event of my not succeeding in • procur-
ing for him a situation ; and, he added, I now wish to pay him
back the sum of 1001.
fle was asked, whether he knew Lord Lowther, or any of
those personages whose names were signed to the instrument ?
but he replied he had no personal knowledge whatever of them.
—The prisoner was then remanded.
THE FIGHT BETWEEN WARD AND ABBOT.
lIA-T T ON-GARDE N.— Yesterday two Gentlemen of sporting
notoriety, accompanied by Ward the pugilist, who fought the
pitched battle on the preceding day with Abbot at Moulsey
Ilurst, attended before the sitting Magistrate, Mi. Serjeant
SEL L ON, for the purpose of Wind's making an affidavit :
one of the Gentlemen stated that he held stakes for a large sum
of money depending on the fight of the preceding day, which.
Ward, then present, lost ; that the Gentleman who backed
Ward, suspecting that he sold the battle, refused to. consent to
his (the applicant) paying the wager until 'Ward made oath that
he fought as well as he could, and-that he lost the battle in con-
,
•sequence of a blow he received on the neck.—The Magistrate
4ddressed the applicants, and informetrthem that, on their own
confession, an information might be laid against them. for a
breach of the peace, and that they would be liable to be sent to
work at the mill in the House of Correction. He could not
swear such an affidavit, where a man came voluntarily forward
to make oath of a breach of the public peace. He ordered them
to go about their business, and refused to comply with their
request.
I.4,3IBETII.STREET.—A fellow, in the dress of a dustman,
who gave his name Thomm Hornca ale, was charged under
Mr. Martin's Act with, cruelly and unmercifully beating two
donkies, which he had drawing a " flying" dust-cart.—He was
convicted in a mitigated penalty, and in default of payment he
was committed for. fourteet days to hard labour in the House
of Correction.

OLD BAILEY, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 23.

FORGERY.

John. Benjamin Brooks, whose trial stood over from last
Sessions, was indicted for forging a receipt and uttering it,
knowing it to be forged, with intent to defraud Wm. Clarke.

The prisoner, it will be ;ecollected, was subject to seVe-
ral examinations at Bow-street, which were fully reported
in our paper at the time ; but we will bring the result be-
fore our readers in a few words. It appeared, then, that
on the 12th of June Last, William Clarke brought an ac-
tion in the Court of Common Pleas, to recover the sum of
13/. ss. alleged to be due to him by Brooks. Brooks, in de-
fending this action, produced a check, on the back f which
was written, as lie alleged, in the hand-writing of Clarke, a
receipt for 151. 10s. for money received from Brooks, and not
accounted for. Clarke, on his part, produced at the trial a
debtor and creditor account, as between him and Brooks,which
account had been delivered to him by Brooks himself ; and
the result of this account was, that Brooks stood indebted to
Clarke for the sum sought to be recovered by the action. The
Jury in the Court of Common Pleas were satisfied by the evi,
dence that was offered to them, that the receipt produced by
Brooks was not in the hand-writing of Clarke, and they accord,
ingly returned a verdict in favour of the latter. Brooks was
committed to take his trial, on a charge of forging the receipt
of Clarke, and he now stood in Court for that purpose.
Messrs. ALLEY, CuawooD, and ADOLPHUS appeared for
the prosecution, and Serjeant PELL and Blessts. BOLLAND
and PLATT acted for the prisoner.
Richard Hill, the attorney employed by Clarke, deposed,
that after Brooks had been repeatedly. summoned to produce
the check which had been exhibited in the Court of Common
Pleas, at the chambers of Judge Best, he attended and said,
that he had destroyed the document. This evidence was cor-
roborated by that of Richard Hill, junior.
Joseph Bicknell deposed, that he accompanied Clarke to
Coldbath-fields prison, where Brooks was confined. Brooks
requested Clarke not to appear at the examination at Bow-
street Office. Clarke said he would not, provided that money
was deposited to cover law-expences. Brooks agreed to this,
and placed 1501. in the hands of the witness.
William Clarke, the prosecutor, was called, but Mr. Justice
PARK would not allow him to be examined, because, as his
name was alleged to be forged, he must be considered an in-
terested witness.
Some other witnesses were examined for the prosecution,
whose evidence was not very material.
The prisoner addressed the Jury at great length, and then
called several witnesses ; one of whom, named Turner, a clerk
in Mr. Isaacson's office, swore that he was present when Brooks
gave Clarke the check, having first desired him to indorse it,
which he (Clarke) did in the presence of him (Turner) and a
Mr. Arthur, who happened to be in the office at the time. This
fact was corroborated by Mr. Arthur.' A number of witnesses
gave the prisoner an excellent character ; and, after a long in-
vestigation, which did not terminate until ten o'clock at night,
the Jury unhesitatingly returned a verdict of Not Guilty.