The Sun.
London, England, 1822-09-25 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

Gi/ADHALL.----Aurt Freeman, whose first examination was •
detailed in our Paper of yesterday, was again brought up before
Mr. Alderman Cox, and notwithstanding the very inconclu-
siVe nature of the evident produced to criminate her, Mr.
3lonney, the solicitor, again attended to persist in prosecuting
her for a felony, He commenced his proceedings yesterday by
desiring a small quantity of tea, wrapped up in a little bit of
whitey-brown paper, to be thewn to her, and wished her to say
how she got it?—The girl very readily replied she bought it.
Mr. Money was abotit to proceed further in this curious
sort of examination Of a prisoner, when he was interrupted by
the Magistrate; Who said bcfore he could suffer such an un-
usual course to' be proceeded in, it was his duty to caution the
prisoner, and accordingly addressing the girl, told her that she
was not bound to answer any q:tieitions that might criminate
herself, and consequently, she might, if she chose, refuse an-
swering Mr. Monney's questions.
Mr. Monney, however, proceeded, and asked the prisoner
where the got a small quantity of coffee there was in a bag pro-
duced ?
The girl, notwithstanding the canner', fearlessly replied that
she bought it.
Mr. Monney, with a view of catching her in Some contradic-
tery statement, was proceeding to question her as to time, place,
and quantity, when the Magistrate again interrupted. He
could not, he said, suffer such an examination of a prisoner to
go on. If Mr. Monney was prepared to swear that any of
these trifling articles were his property, or if he had any other
evidence of her guilt, it would he his duty to commit her for
trial ; but at present there was no evidence that the prisoner
had purloined the articles ; they were not found in her posses-
, sion, nor did it appear that such articles had been missed.
Hawkins, the Marshalman, begged to be heard a few words:
The prisoner, he said, had applied at this office on Friday to
obtain a summons against her master and mistress for detain-
ing her clothes, and refusing to pay her her wages. He in-
quired of her what was the reason of the refusal, and learning
that her mistress had charged her with stealing some tea, he
cautioned her, if she had done so, to mind what she was about
She replied she had nothing to be afraid of, for she had bought
it, and some of it she had had by her for four or five months,
and on this assurance he agreed to go to her mistress. She
boldly accompanied him.. Mrs. 3lonney refused to do any
thing till her husband came home, and the girl was to call
again. She went again of her own accord, and it was not
till then an officer Was sent for to take her into custody.
Mr. Monney was highly indignant at this interference, and
applied the epithet " fellow" to the Marshalman, who was
about to reply with some warmth, when the Magistrate in-
terposed, and begged Mr. Monney to proceed with his evi-
dence.

Two sheets of half-dirty draught paper were then pro-
duced by Mr. Mooney, which his lady swore she found in the
servant's drawer in the kitchen. The drawer, however, was
always unlocked ; nobody could swear how the paper got there;
nor could Mr. Monncy identify it as his property.
The Alderman again observed upon the impossibility of his
committing the prisoner upon such evidence. Was there any
property he could swear to found in the possession of the pri-
:soner
Mr. MorineY, finding the opinion of the Magistrate against
him, turned to the girl, and said openly,—" If you choose to
tell me who broke my window, I'll net proceed any further
against you." Ile had previously assighed as a motive for
not desisting from the prosecution, that if he did, all his win-
dows would go to rack through some of her acquaintanceS;
The Alderman was obliged again to interpose, and asked,
Was there any other evidence to produce?
Mr. Monne), here exhibited an old dirty gilt seal, not intrin--
sically worth a penny, which had been found placed openly on
one of the shelves in the kitchen.
The feelings of a large audience, which had with difficulty
been suppressed at the exhibition of the dirty paper, on the pro-
duction of the seal broke out into a very general and: audible
titter of laughter.
Mr. Folkes, a grocer, in Silver-street, who was accidentally
at the office on parish business, recognized the girl, and spoke
of her having frequently purchased articles of grocery from hinn.
Ile thought it impossible to swear to the identity of the articles
by comparison.
A former mistress of the prisoner's, a Mrs. Lee, of Basing-
hall-street, pressed forward and gate her an excellent charac-
ter: The girl had lived with her seven months, and she had
never missed the value of.aneedlefull of thread ; her conduct for
sobriety and civility was exemplary, and she zlfould be most
ready to take her again if she wanted a servant.
" What !" said Mr. Monnty, " after this charge ?"

" Yes, Sir," replied Mrs. I.e'e, " after this Charge." ..
The Magistrate at length put an end to this curious affair by
declaring that there was no sufficient evidence of the prison-
er's guilt to warrant his committing her, and he" should there-
fore order her to be discharged.
The girl now applied to have her clothes deUered to her;
which Mr. Monney consented to do at the same time request-
ing that the Artitlcri tied uplit a handkerchief might be detain-
ed by the offiter; as he should certainly prefer a bill of indict-
ment against her before the Grand Jury.
Bow-STREET.— TIIE COAL TRADE.—Yesterday Mr.
Martin King, of Back-lane, in St. George's in the East, ap--
peared before Mr. Minshull, on an information charging him
Under the Coal Act, with sending out and vending 32 sacks of
coals (two and a half chaldrons), they being under the statute
measure. A variety of eVidenee was given to proVe that the
sucks did not contain the quantity specified by law. It was
proVed on- the other side, that instead of thirty, there were
thirty-three-sacks in the waggon, which made up the full quan-
tity. After some discussion, the Magistrate expressed his de-
termination to fine the accused in 2s. per sack. Mr. HARMER.
for the defendant, gave notice of an appeal, not to the Q.zarter
Sessions, but to a' higher tribunal.-
lIATTON Ga F.N.—S3t AL - PDX.—In consequence' of an
anonymous letter received by the Magistrates at this Office,
that a most pestilential small-pox was' raging in Great Saf-
fron-hill, of which upwards of sixteen children then lay dead,
and that it was dangerous for persons not having had that 'Oath-
some disorder to pass that way for fear of the infection, from
the manner that the children, covered with disorder, were suf-
fered to be-carried about and exposed in the open air, they
caused the Parish Of to inquire into the case, and yester-
day Mr. Savingnay, the' Beadle, waited on the Magistrates
for that purpose. He stated that the small-pox was very com-
mon in Great Saffron-hill and its vicinity, but that it was not
attended with the great mortality represented, as from what he
Was able to learn, the number of deaths from that disordtT
not exceed aboN'e ten or eleven during the last week or fortnight,
and that persons going along the street were in no danger hom
the disorder, as the children who had it were not perniitted to
be taken out into the street, but were kept within doors. That
the cause of the disorder being so common about that neigh-
bouritoOil; was the neglect of the parents to take them to be
vaccinated. The Magistrate complimented the parish officers
for their vigilance in preventing the danger from spreading.
MARLIIOROUGII-STIVEZT.—WAN TON ASSAULT.--Yes-
terday a Nlr. King, a gentleman who sings in the chorus of
Covent-garden Theatre, appeared on a warrant charging him
With an assault upon the person of Capt. Hall, R.N. on Saturday
evening last. It was stated in evidence that Capt. Hall was,
on the above evening, walking with a lady, and followed by a
beautiful Spanish dog, through Russell-street, when the de-
fendant, who was in a state of inebriety,- crossed the street,
and, staggering towards the lady, abruptly prevented her from
proceeding.- The Captain remonstrated with him on the im-
propriety of his conduct, and begged him to allow the lady
tb proceed ; but this address only produced a repetition of
the insnit, and a volley of terms not always used among
gentlemen. The captain then made the defendant loose his
hold of the lady, and gave him a slap on the face. The de-
fendant then, with a large stick, proceeded to inflict summary
punishment upon the Captain, who quickly disarmed him ; but
the defendant then made use of his feet, and kicked the Captain
several tittles violently ; and having regained possession of the
stick, he struck the little dog who was following the Captain a
violent blow on the back, which killed it on the spot. Captain
Hall then gave him into the charge of a watchman, who lodged
him in a watchhouse. Several persons of respectability, who
witnessed the transaction, confirmed the' Captain's statement.
The defendant declared he was first insulted by Captain Hall,
and the dog few at hiin, and attempted to bite his heels.—
Capt. Hall denied this ; the animal, it would be proved, actually
did not interfere; it was only' folb., and it could not he sup-
posed that so small an animal would act so decidedly ; the poor
animal as a very great favOttrite, and he would not have taken
500 guineas for it.—The Magistrate informed the defendant he
must find bail to appear at the Sessions.—The defendant har-
ing no bail ready, and stating he was a house-keeper, he eras
,allowed to depart on putting to his own sureties of 801. to at)-
Jear when called on.—The Captain. declared he should indict
ima.

QUEEN SQUARE. —lVlYsTritious AFFAIR.— A little
chimney sweeper, Awned nomw Jqinel, apparently not wore
than ten or eleven years old, was hrought .up on a charge of
robbing two master sweeps.
It was proved by.two waster chimney sweeps, whom the
boy bad successively served, that he had _stolen a silver watch
and aPPendages, and six or seven shillings in money. He had
run away from his first master after robbing him of his watch.
James Shield, the Bow-street patrol, stated, that while in his
custody on Monday 'evening the prisoner told him that hei,a
sold the watch and appendagesfor one'shilling, to a short stout
gentleman, at a shop in l'oohqtstreet. Shield and another of
the P4OOl took the boy over to Tooley-street yesterday morn-
ring; and desired him to walk on and show them the shop he had
,spoken of. He led them a considerable distance down that street,
and coming to a shop which answered the description hc had mi-
vnutely given the.night before, he'said that warthe shop, and

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going in he singled out the proprietor from three or four?
sons who were present, and said, that was the gentleman fir?
,
gave him a shilling for the watch. The person so pointed
answered the personal description given by the prisoner 034 i),
previous night, but on being charged denied the truth °I
prisoner's statement, and readily consented to accompany
officers to this office for examination. thst
The prisoner again repeatedly averred and maintaine4
the person whom he had pointed out was the same, that he
given him a shilling for the watch, which he divided with 81,01
he had before named, as his accomplice and seducer, and
he has not seen since. the
The tradesman in question disclaimed all knowledge °f
boy, and of the transaction.
i The Magistrate said, that from the respectability of h °tiler
pearance, he should by no means be inclined to entertata Tv,
• smallest suspicion of his character ; but that he must rec:gic
mend to him to accompany the officers and Mr. Monre/H
to Tooley-street, and permit that person to examine 7- boa
watches and other articles in his possession, such as had got
described; and under the peculiar circumstances of the Preo,
case, he must request him to enter into his own recognize for
and to find two sufficient persons as sureties in 401. cacr'tor,
his appearance to answer any charge arising out of this o'
that may be hereafter preferred against hint. a 30.
The boy was committed for further examination; all dep
Moore, with the two Bow-street Patrol, accompanied the tra
man in question home, in order to inspect the watches, Stc'i.
his possession.