The Sun.
London, England, 1809-08-19 00:00:00

POLICE.

lIATTOa-GARDEN—Yesteritay Catherine. Conner,
Catherine Sultivan, and Aicholas Diti, uei•lurable
looking persons, were put to the Bat the first w‘is
ser ant to a publican of the name ot Purl, in Church
--
street, St. Gilts's, who took a quantity of linen, ap-
parel, &c. to a Mrs. Fletcher, in, Wobuiti-phice,
Bloomsbury-square, to be mangled, which she
atterwards got back by means of talse tokens, and
tarots them, in .coinpatiy with the o►her women, to
the shop of Mr. Page, pawnbroker, in. Liquoroond-
street, w.liert: the parties were stooped as suspicious
characters, and given in -charge ot au officer. it
being a s►rong 'case, they welt: Cully committed for
trial. •

GUlLDHALL.—Yesterday a young gentleman,
named Sumner, charged a man named Sykes, with
a v►olent assault, on the preceding evening, in Fleet-
street. _

Mr. Sumner stated, that about half past eight on
Thursday evening, as he was passing through Fleet-
. street, pearly opposite Fetter-Jane, he saw a gentle-
man walking at a short distance before him, and -a
man (the prisOner) following him close, and feeling
about the skirt of his coat, as it, with an in-
tent to pick his pocket. He stepped forward
and warned the gentleman of his danger ; and the
gentleman thanked him much, and added, that he
had something in his pocket which he highly valued,
and would not-have lust for a considerable sum.—
The gentleman 'walked onwards, and just as Mr.
Sumner arrived at the gate of Serjeant-s Inn, he
received a bloW of a fist, from some person behind
him, on the back of his neck, which knocked him
down.' He got up again, and looking about for the
person who struck him, he was again knocked down
• by a blow with a brick-bat, by a person who imme-
diately ran across the street, and up Chancery-lane.
Mr. Sumner pursued him, crying out, " Stop thief l"
and the person, who was the Prisoner, was stopped,
secured, and given into the custody of the Patrole,
who conveyed him to the Compter. . .

The Prisoner in his defence, said he wa3 ex-
tremely drunk, and had no recolleLiion whatever,
of the transaction.

Mr. Sumner was at first rather cautious ingiving
his address, lest his residence shoula.be known by the
Prisoner and his gang,who might way-lay and assas=
sinate trim; but encouraged by Mr. Alderman
Wood; who came accidentally into the ,Court, he
gave his address.
Two persons came forward to offer bail for the
prisoner. ,The one named Pitt,' who keeps a rub-..
lic-bouse or gin-shop, nearly opposite to St. Andrew's
church, Holborn ; the' other a locksmith, resident in
the vicinity of Smithfield. Pitt said the prisoner
was quite a stranger to him, and he knew nothing of
his mode of livelihood ; but was only induced to be
his security in consequence of his having of late fre-
quented his house for a few nights. .
Alderman WOOD, however, remembered that Pitt
was but 'recently discharged from Newgate, where
he had been some time under sentence for capital
punishment ; and advised Alderman SCHOLEY to re-
fuse IHS bail, which he did ; and the Prisoner was
remanded to find other bail, and give 48 hours notice
at the Office. •

GUlLDHALL.—Yesterday :Toll Scurry Wascharged
by Mr. Rat( ley, tobacconist, with whom the prisoner
lived as a porter, with stealing a comitity of tobacco,
which was found on the person of the prisoner. The
case being very strong, he was fully committed for
trial.