The Sun.
London, England, 1807-10-22 00:00:00

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POLICE

Busche, a foreigncr, re-
siCi;:g in New I.( n.!on-street, charged - a -,.deeent
twin picking his pocket of a I,ald •
stared that on Tuesday evenini
ntlont o'c lock, ai he was coining out of tha
liislibp•lae--st feet , in passing through
a 00,aitiLl- of peopk; who iiacl
.gathered tumid, the.,
door, t e..iiCh being theii about to .depart
,frotirthe
lloti t, be felt his wat!„:11, as it were, the very ail
'Of living drawn out of his pocket. He itinnediately
-s.eiieLt the Prisoner by the collar, and charged, him
with having hiS "watch. l'he Prisoner did not deny
it, not sail, " there it .1s"----7holding it out in his
hand, and stating at the same time, that he had not
stolen it, but that it had cOine into his possession
occileni ally; t tithin .hawing caught hold of the
liotton-apt the sleeve of the Prisoner's coat, while r e
wAs in the at..t nt pissing. The Prisoner voluntari),
accompanied the ProsecutOr to the Compter, whew,
he was lodged.
The Prisoner. was a stranger to the Orsicers,of
all of whom declared he had neCer before been
in cuitoq, and that they knew nothing of him.
fir received a most excellent character from the
foreman of his emiloyer, in %t:hotie service he had
been for soThe time.

Mr. Alderman iIoYDELL (who sat for the Lord
Mayor) entertained nodonbt of the Prisoner's inno-
cence', and hoped the Prosecutor was aduated by a
similar feeling. The Proseemor Raving bowed as-
sent, tin! worthy ..c\lderinan, after pointing out to
thd Pt Kotler the great advantages which, in a doubt-
ftircasv, resulted to a man from the possession, of a
good charae.ler, which, he trusted, the •Prisoner
vOtild continue to deserve, ordered him to he ths-
chaNed

.
G6rge- S'imire was charged by Mr, Duck oil-
man, corner of -Bartholotnew-lane, Threadneedle,
street, with having stolen a small quantity of
,ato.l a bllg containing abbot t ltd. of pearl itches,.,;
appeared that the Prisoner bad lived as portend
the Pros:ecutor for about six weeks. Suspicion bay,
iu it't,whed to hiln, the brother of tin apprentice
of- the Po)sectatilr's watched hint, and Observed him
go down to the, kin hen pr cellar, immediately before
hi quitting.. the shop for the night. On looking
thrott‘;(t the grates tins young man had a Complete:
view of the PriSmier's proceedings; and ob,sersTd hint
till a bladder with' oil from otie of tba tubs,
sCandittig iu, the cellar. The'.Officer einpliiyed to
take the Prisoner into custody, stated, that he met
hint in the door way, and on his informing the Pri-
soner that he wished to 'speak with bins, he inime-
diately tell back and retreated doWn stairs. It being
dark, the Orlieer csrdd not see'ifthe Prisoner ho'd
thing in his hand. Immediately adjoining to
the spot where he was standing, however, the Ott-i-
-c-.:r fonod a small bladder containing about three
pints of oil, and in the Prisoner's pecker was found
a paper ti tg, containing about a pound and an half
of pearl astieS.
The worthy Alderman, zifter,hearing the story of
the Prosecutor, ;niri.before going into the evidence,
offered to thr Pt isoner, as a boon conceded to hint
by the humanity' of his master, the pri,i liege of go-
Mg, accompailied by one the Officers.ot Court,
rind volunteering hi 4 services aboard he tender.—
This the Prisoner di dined, stating that be had a
utrif'e.And_child, and that he would rattler, take his
After- the -eviiience ;was gone. through, the
worthy Alderman 'once more addressed the Prisoner,•
find-told him that he did'so, not out of compassion
to him, but to that wile and child for wbc4e web:-
pve,tended tobe 50,4044011% He now bribe,
more, and befbre he examined his master as to the•
prop ity of the :articles stolen,' offered the. Prisoner
it is ,ppthasttity of entering into an honourable em 7
ployinem,, svliert, in the service of his King
countey, he might retrieve the charaaer he had losi,,
imd ;night also be enabled, by appropriatiug'Part
his wages' to the use of his Wile and child, to plaCe'
then' abovt! want. Ho admonished bins tO refle?i
what would be their situation in that case, in con).
parisiin to• what it•must be, if he, (the Prisoner)
were committed for trial at the Old 'Bailey-. In the
latter instance, from the evidence Wider) noWasp-
pared, nothing but drat la, or at last transportation,,.
hi this situation, his Wifr; and child
must tie left, not only to penury and want, but even
to sti oak against the its tansy entailed upon them by
the Prisoner, who ouglit,to 'have proved their stl
• •
polland pretcaor, •
Prisoner still continued firnl in his resolution
to gibe his
titor then swore to his being saiisfied:
pro;;,.fly was his; and the Prisoner was
CualitliWA

tiovipuniay night a number ofarmed,
the house of Laurence ifinurke, near Garry::
doles, in the (14May ; Bourke' below
0
.1;10‘,.',1. and :J.:l‘ int; tonr, stout hen with Jiitn, de-
fended the home tor sonic time, when a fellow set
tire to it, tin which the people "inside wade- 'their
• e.7cape, except a poor lame Schnolrnaster, who pe!
r shed. in the floine.s. Mr. -David' Bourke, father to
Bi,urk,, who ily2d near him, on coining.
to the
~as:ostanec of his son, was most barbarously
murdered as strict rseitiCh is inalsing by the gentle-
men ot that chanty for the inurderels, hoped ,
they win soou be brought Quinn :0 puitillitnein.
linwlay evening the house cif Mr. Antoney,
barl-street„ wall entered by means Or
!Ake key 4 during, 'the zibv.ncLt (11 the fa,ntily. The
thieve 9 broke open.all the LleSkS, and
weinitig apparel, to a large arnottin., with which
they eifeactd their e.ic,ipe.
WmtNtr,a, . Hi, inforini
holders of Suppienii:iniary Ti-el;eis 'and Shines, ribt
receiving mout4y, that .their ictenti...ailSrtuilt.aers will he
drawi7over,•4gain in the Suppletn:nt.iry Lottery Ut
only 6000 -.rickets, then; the mAiant; (a. ito •
greiit prizes.of
V,ive ilundreck, &e. without itny ilLiaitional
Nina, oI tri'atble of Changing theiv outub,:rs.
A View of i It Patent. 1.4,t 'of Itldnics atf,l Pri.zes of
the first day's drawing of the New Lottery niti„
that conitneoced Silt Tuesday nio4ng, AA which
. list be wen at ut the Lotto), othees, ti. ill
fully suosianiiate tht tatt, that the Scheme does not
i•Ao ilt,triks to a Prlze.