The Sun.
London, England, 1809-01-31 00:00:00

POLICE.


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Wll5 charged
;._:. the Loa.-_,,...1„701;,.‘viii1 picking the
t"i Per,,n narn,d residing in the
~nnt.l, on, Saturday List, in the Old Bailey,
,-.7lnet-bnok,..containitig 13.1nk mites and pro.
-ites fo a large'emonnt, and also a check on
Messrs. I,vrevre and Co. for 7i. 17,4. the
of a 'Mr. Moore, which:Mr...Phillips had in

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is care.
Mr. Moore, who was the principal agent in the
eppychension of the Prisoner, stated, that he and his
I wend, Mr. Phillips, were walking through the Old
li,;hey on Saturday last ; that when they came op-
), -ate the DebtOrs%door. of Newgate; they felt
tnemselres pushed against by some persons from
behind, and- turning round, saw the Prisoner,
in company with a tall man. Not Suspeaing their
intention, they took no notice of the circumstance ;
,hortly after Wards, Mr. Phillips missed his pocket.
bo,,k. An instant convibion of the intention of the
Prisoner and his companion pushing against them
struek their mind ; and Mr. Moore recollecting that
his check was in Mr. Phillips's pocketbook, went
to the house of Messrs. Lefevre and Co. to stop
payment, where he was advised to remain a short
time, as in, all probability the check would be 1)R:-
tented, without delay. With this advice he'com.
plied, and had not waited long before a ticket porter,
• named Palmer, came in and demanded payment for
the very check, which Mr. Moore instantly recog-
nized. The check was then returned to Palmer as
bad, and Mr. Moore followed him out, saw him de.
livtir it to the Prisoner, whom he recolletaed to be
one 'of dull persons he had seen in the Old Bailey
pushing him' forward, and whom be immediately
seized and coudu6ted to the Poultry Compter, where,
on being searched, were found on his person five 1.1.
and one tool. Bank of England notes ; but no part
9r the property that had been contained in the
pocket-book.
The officers recognized the Prisoner to be an old
acquaintance, and stated him to be a professed ama-
teur in the skilful exercised his profession, and they
believed, in point at neat and dexterous operation,
in the course of his prattice, even Barrington him-
self did not excel him. He was committed, 'for a
re-examination, to take place on Saturday next,
when it is hoped seine person may attend to claim
the t 001. note.
Fuller, Uare, Mallingbam and Bartlett, four fel-
lows belonging to a gang of depredators, who have
long infested the vicinity of Bishopsgate-street, were
charged with stealing a Bitch of bacon from the shop
of a eheeserribtager in that neighbOurhood.
charge could hot, however, be fully substantiated ;
but being unable to give a proper account of their
in ens of gaining a livelihood, and it evidently ap-
pearing that they 'ere a dissolute and profligate set,
they were sentenced to one month's imprisunt»ent

in Bridewell. •
LK/hams and e. Nightingalc„.two
.10.114ws well
known to the officers of Police, as lifters in a very
extensive way, were charged with stealin‘, a piece
of cloth, value 251. from the ship of Mr. Taylor, in
Cheappide.
C. Hoare, the shoptn,to of Mr. Taylor, stated
that as he was opening his master's shop on 'Thursday
morning last, he perceived, the prisoners lurking
about .the house, and anspOling their intentions
were not the most honest, be went into the shop
and secured the door, after which he proceeded
to take down the shutters, but on his entering the
shop afterwards he missed the piece of cloth
alluded to., His suspicions haying been' raised on
seeing the prisoners in the morning, he gave in-
formation
to the Police Officer, Sap well, who, from
the description given, instantly recognized the pri-
soners, and apprehended them on Saturday night in
Bishopsgate-streeN Nightingale had on his bead,
just before he was .apprehended, a box of raisins,
Nv h ich he dropped,, on the ,prisoner Williams calling
out to him to ding it, and ran ott They were both
shortly afterwards secured. There appearing to be
some Other charges against them, they were remand-
ed far a further examination, in order that the parties
might*attund,
IJNtost.l-IALL,-lllicltael Callaghan was charged
with having. stopped and robbed a woman in the
High-street in the Borough, at an early hour on
Sunday morning, of her cap and neckerchief. She
Called out stop,thief, and two of the otlieers stopped
him, and on se:trait, found the articles in his pocket,
which were now produeed and sworn' to. The
Prisoner was fulti committed for trial at the next
Assizes.