The Sun.
London, England, 1825-11-16 00:00:00

POLL CE INTELLIGENGE,

PUBLICANS. 00
BOW.STILEET.—A number of publicans and their Tn sue
crowded the office yesterday, to answer summonses 11
against them by their old friend Johnson.
The first who presented himself before the Sitting
trates, Sir R. Bit NIL and Mr. HALLS, was a Mr. Diggs'
landlord of the Sun, in Round-court, Chandos-street. Rh!lt appeared from the statement of an elderly Pers°6o/'
gave his name Sparkes, adding, that he was " '°,,tords
man," that while going his nocturnal rounds on
night, or rather Sunday morning, he perceived Mr-toile
door most invitingly open, on which he went in an npabli'
b for a glass of bin, which was served to him at the, "hoeli
canical hour of one in the morning, by the landlady etch'
He then went into the tap-room, where he perceived et",
man quietly taking his glass ; and that he might delay IP
there, he had in all three glasses of gin. e
Mr. HALLS here observed, " You have yourself thre e
offended ; you have no business to attend here as eviefenc
be guilty of the offence yourself." t Os/
" We are obliged to call for something, if we do 00..
it, your Worship," interrupted Mr. Johnson. Silti
"I do not drink all I call for, please your Worship, pe,
Mr. Sparkes, " or I should not be able to give
fore you, as I should be quite overpowered with ligtwr• Si'
Mr. Biggs, on being asked for his defence, declare 0.
tively that he was in bed long before the hour stated; on" del,
Biggs averred that she also had taken her night candles
and retired at twelve, but admitted that she had left lier°l
up with the children in the bar. 1, Off'
sheets, had in fact " absconded" to another II
This declaration Johnson stoutly controverted,statinga‘ gjo
Biggs), instead of being, as he intimated, snug betweesjcet
re.houe
pu
by a Mr. Murray. t_
Th .1, hr - .-,tetnen7
evident

ie gin, nowever, confirmed her master's gat- bed
swore positively that Mr. .Biggs had gone to bed long is
one o'clock.
The worthy Magistrates, after stating their conviction
of
respectability of Mr. Bigg's house, animadverted on 110
of Mr. Johnson's selecting a publican whose general recsolit
he admitted, for punishment, while so many who bore a fits
ferent character, as he well knew, were allowed to eget-„ecos!'
impunity. Taking all the circumstances of the case Into
deration, however, they should decline on the present 'f:,:jaco"
to inflict any penalty in consequence of the general ca.bioy
of the house, but advised Mr. Biggs to take warning 17100'
cape, and dismissed him on paying the costs of the ird°
SCANDALOUS CASE OF FALSE IMPRISOipr'
LAIIDETH-STREET.—Yesterday Mrs. fri/kiaJ4,,street;
the wife of a respectable tradesman, residing in Rawl. brotlie
Ratcliff-highWay, was brought up, accompanied by he orge,
and her husband, from, IVintechapel watchhouse, ellA) beef
placed at the bar, Mr. Hardwick
of being riotous and disorderly on Monday night. 5011,
the prosecutor, when being informed that he (lid note sitt.
attend, and moved by the apparent respectabifity ;05tv
Byrne and her friends, he desired her, if she had aoY
complain of; to state it. • kilai
Mrs. Byrne, with considerable agitation, said, thln__A.
every reason to complain, for I have been shamefullyt7;jet
wrongtttlly imprisoned. Last night, at about half-Pase
(the Magistrate) asa
Ids
o'clock, as 1 was returning home from a friend's het: b„
Alinories, where I had been spending the eveniot
,tan
screams proceeding from the house of. Mr. Shan, sly:"
taker, in Lemon-street, "Whitechapel ; I passed old
,r
distance, but the screams being repeated, I era_roor ty
towards Mr. Shean's house about whose °
std
were two or three young women; one of whoa a, Lf.
me that it was a great pity he was not taken uPtno.
plied it was. Then' it was that I heard his wife saY,l,7(lelPie
don't be going on in this way or you will be w.,.1010,1,
me." The only thing I said to him was, that he ffbies9;,
whatha:_cithisbe•ros
man to use-a woman so. He then produce(' a ePall, talOtbe
and desired rrie not to stir until he got a watchman ujj og
to the watchhouse. I said I had done nothing that (000,,
rize hiM give mein charge, on which he called Me
prostitute, and ball:rriv removed to the watehhouse.,olo.ll,rl
strafed with lt,fin several times, told him I could eleattil effect:4g
offered to give him my name and address, but witho
wanted to write.home to apprize my friends of
saying that they would be uneasy at my absence,ba,`AsaPs
remptorily refused, replying that they could not beellijoit le; 0)
about me well knowing what kind ofa person I was/arnostsic erect
frequently in the habit of being out at night. After., As et of
o
the watchhouse two hours elapsed before a charge w.tiss ado.
against me. During all this time the language mad
essiag.
of the most horrible description, and on my enr,, 100 • 4
approbatiOn of their' conduct, Plunkett, the bead" brother
to haul me into, one of the dungeons, when uiY tssi
husband came '
Plunkett here came forward, and in extenuati°7l said
10
at'
her conduct was extremely haughty.
Mr. WYATT—Whose would not, pray? a es dpr--ti,,ew
and that' innocently (*hat kind of
,son to be dragged into a dungeon, among felons an theloyi
gation at Bethnal-green, where an unfortunate wfu'id heatrict;
her life, has shewn to the public.) I think it Iv!'n ouraisbli
sary for us to examine the different watchhouse fel
(then turning to Mrs. Byrne) if the person who has,st,
I Y
incarcerated you be a mark for damages,
se IMP toit
good grounds for an action against him for false it<
Si/
Mr. Byrne said, that let the expences be what
A law eic
was determined to follow it up. n' be Mr. HARDWICK asked Mrs. Byrne. if Shea_tive, and,
hands on her, and she replying in the affirtrlan. iSe
places these are,
an hireco,
warrant was forthwith issued for his arehenais sboie
,50),
In a short time he made his appearance; fuor the ss'tori
being sworn to, he was held to bail to answer ;ntiniatecil It
tile ensuing sessions ; it being at the same time ;tisti °f
that this would by no means prejudise the hist,'"
process for the false imprisonment.
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BIRTHS. .2 au. „as
On board of the ship Exmouth, at Spitheau,of cspi;il,
gale of wind, on the 10th of October, the 130 eiohtly 9
B. Seely, Bombay Army, of a daughter, her elvricis ' . ger
On the 4th inst., at Dulwich, the lady of t'lli oiP
mont, Esq., of a still-born child'. 04 7
Lately, at Hamburgh, the lady of the Re'
British Chaplain there, of a daughter. ----"

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MARRIED. Jr' ?tele'
On the 12th ' Giles. • 1 Fields, ‘ilo std p
inst., at St. s-i-t le-Diary, ,d), 0.0
Esq. of Lincoln's-inn fields, to Elizabeth CriCo
the Esq.,
David -A:' c Fool-house' tor 0
shire; and niece of the late Rev. H. Lloyd, rec eibre
Williams,ms ~gq., o.
and Newton, Radnorshire. goblter°
Yesterday, at St. George's, Bloomsbury, . dog
Esq., of Torrington-squr.re. to Sarah, younges'
late Edward Hill, Esq., of 131acklicath.

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D I ED. bon° 'lie
At Hastings, Miss Brisco,ilate of Nottillg t st. of
lebone. ati‘reettPil
On the 13th inst., at his house in 13001°86, I°-
lebone, William Dickinson, Esq., ag bitlfititsttY
island of Antigua, in the West Indies• 131,00,sjobv- goo
On'Monday evening, the 11th inst., in wife P
tGhreinl6Bl.oloyd7rEosqf.her age, Elizabeth, the vi
ssoci,
se,
On the 6th inst., at East Tilbury-101d 63.
Williams, formerly of Lincoln's-inn, age

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