The Sun.
London, England, 1824-10-29 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

Bow-STREET.—Yesterday Mr. George Berry (and not
Perry, as stated by mistake in a former report) appeared a
second time, to answer to two informations exhibited against
him• by Mr. Bradfield, coal-merchant .the first one charging
him with having refused to measure a. sack of coals, when call-
ed upon so to do ; and the second with neglecting to cause a
bushel measure to be carried in a conspicuous part of his
w aggon.

Mr. HARMER, for the defendant; said that he had an objec-
tion in point of form to the informations, which must inevita-
bly be fatal. The 114th section of the Act, in which this
offence (refusing to measure) was set out, had these words—
" coals brought from any ship, lighter, barge, or other craft, or
from any wharf, warehouse; or other place within the port of
'London, or within the City of Westminster or the Liberties
thereof, or within /5 miles of the Royal Exchange ;" and it
then went on to fix the penalty for .refusing to measure such
coals. Now, Mr. Bradfield had set forth very carefully where
the coals were brought to, namely, to the Workhouse of Saint
Clement Danes; but he had wholly omitted to mention where
they came from. This he contended was absolutely necessary,
in order to she* that the Magistrates had jurisdiction ; for the
coals in question might, for any thing that appeared in the in-
formation, have been brought straight from Guildford, in
,Surrey, or from the Land's End, and in that case the Magis-
trates of course could not act. _ , • _ _ •

Mr. Bradfield—But suppose I can prove where they were
brought from, that will be sufficient.
Mr. HARMER—No, indeed; itg will not : 'you must set it forth
in the information before the Magistrates can proceed.
Mr. Bradfield—Come, come, Harmer, you will not get over
me with your legal quibbles. I say that my information is
good ; and besides, I mean to contend broadly, that it is not
necessary for me under that Act of Parliament, to bring an in-
formation at all. If I. come, here with a plain and Ample
case, supported by evidence, the Magistrates are bound to con-
vict. Those who are daily and hourly offending against the
law constantly get off by a mere dirty quirk of law, and I say,
it is a shame that it should be so. If I had set forth the place
the coals were brought from, you would have called upon me to
prove by a witness that they did come from that identicarplace,
which I could not have done. - _ _ _

Sir It. Br RNIE—No ; I should have, received the vendor's
ticket as evidence of that fact. _ _ _

Mr. Bradfield—Theni am to be defeated merely for leaving
out a few unnecessary words. The case itself is the most plain
and most simple in the world, and yet 1 am not to be allowed to
go on with it.
Sir It. BIRNIE—I certainly think the objection fatal,because
every information ought to set forth and describe the offence in
such a manner as to spew that it is within the Act pf Parlia-
ment, and that the Magistrates have jurisdiction : otherwise
they might do wrong in proceeding upon it.
Mr. Bradfield—Then the most gross frauds my be commit-
ted, and not punished.
Mr. IlanMEß—What would the Magistrates think, if they
knew that there is not one word of truth in the whole cbarges
that you have thought proper to bring here ?
Mr. HARMER beggedi that although the information was in
fact dismissed, he might he allowed to call Mr. Fletcher the
master of St. Clement's workhouse.. This was done, and Mr.
Fletcher stated, that when the coals were brought from Mr.
Berry's, Mr. Bradfield made his appearance, and insisted upon
it that witness should desire the toms to be re.measured. This
he did ; they were measured,, and found to contain the fall
quantity.
Mr. HAnstEn—Now Mr. Bradfield, what think you'?
Mr. Bradfield turned upon Mr. Fletcher, and in a voice of
thunder declared that it was not so, for that some of the sacks
were not measured.

Mr. Fletcher—Those that you pointed out yourself were,
Mr. Bradfield.,

Mr. flArtmcn—The information is dismissed, and there is
an end of it.

Mr. Bradfield-0, but I have not done with you yet, iler.
mer ; I have plenty to say of and.to you.
Mr. flArtmrn—But 1 have done with you, though.
Mr. Bradfield—Btit there is a second information.
Mr. HARMER—The same objection applies to both.
Both informations were dismissed.

MARLBOROUGA-STREET. —On 'Wednesday afternoon,
about four o'clock, information was given to Mr. (Nlei.:Art.r, the
Magistrate, that a lady of respectability, residing in the neigh:
hourhood ofthe office, had been proceeding wit some of her
children towards Hyde-park, for the purpose of taking a walk,
and that when passing through,Grosvenor-square she was beset
by two Irishwomen, who importuned her in. so urgent and,
indeed, violent a manner for charity,.. that the lady became
quite alarmed, and to avoid their following her and their con-
tinued solicitations, she was compelled to relinquish her walk
and return home. The lady, it appeared, had been frequently
before annoyed by the same women, but never in so threatening
a manner as on this occasion.
Mr. CoxariT immediately. dispatched .Westeott. Ballard,
and Valentine, to take these women into custody, and it was no
easy task they were deputed to perform ; for as soon as the
officers came up with them, and endeavoured to secure them,
the women, who are very powerfnl, made such a desperate re-
sistance, throwing themselves on the pavement, kicking, biting,
anti clawing to such a degree, that it required all the strength
of the three officers to force them into a hackn4-coach, and
take one to St. James's, and the, other to St. Ann's watch.
house, where they remained for the night. •
Yesterday they were broUght before the Magistrate, and gave
their names Mary Kinsley' and Johanna Williams.
The officers stated, that when they got into Grosvenor-square
they found the prisoner Kinsley sitting on the steps of a hall.
door, with one child, about five years old, standing an one side
of her, howling in a frightful manner, and making most hideous
faces, affecting to cry ; and what had all the appearance of
another Child lay stretched across the prisoner's hip : upon
lifting up this latter,-however, it was found to be a child got
up for stage effect, consisting of nothing more •substantial than
a bundle of old rags and several pieces of flannel wrapped round.
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one month each to the House of Correction.

Mrs. Riviere complained that there was an error in .the state-
ment which appeared respecting her application at this office :
the fact, slte.said, was, that the bill which Mr. Riviere com-
plained of having paid for dresses, &c., was not for two'montlis,
as stated, butter twelve, and that for almost the whoib of 'his
family ; and although her daughter frequented balls, Ste., she
did not herself hire any rooms for the purpose.

The illsgistrate said, that although,the bill, had something
the appearance of a tailor's hilt in. point, of length, he under-
stood it was for 12 months; bat this was n mistake which could
easily be corrected, if Mrs. Riviere wished. Air.,. Riviera said
she should like to see it corrected.

Us to sr-tfat.r..—Yeaterday a man of respectable appearance
who gave his name William Healey, was brought before Al.
SWAHEY, Esq. in the custody of Recd, the constable of Clap-
ham, charged with having committed the,following novel scheme
of fraud :

Thomas Sutton, the landlord of the White Hart Inn at
Mitcham, stated, that some time in the month of August last
the prisoner came to his house, and inquired whetiler. Mr.
Hines'ercoacii had passed on for Brighton. He was Informed
that it was expected to call in half an hour. Upon hearing this
the prisoner handed him a paper parcel, tied up with red tape,
and sealed with wax. The outside of the parcel had written
upon it=-
For Thomas Attree, Esq. Attorney, at Brighton .£ll 3 6
Per favour of Mr. Hines - 10 o 0

£1 8 0

The prisoner then said that the parcel contained title-deeds,
&C. of great importance, and intimated, that if he (the wit-
ness) would pay over to him the little balance, as above, Mr.
Hines, the proprietor of the coach, would repay him again.
Mr. Sutton knowing the respectability of the Cientleman to
whom the parcel was • directed, did not hesitate to advance
the sum of 11. 3s. tit. to the prisoner, who upon receiving it
went away. Ifines's Brighton Coach coming up soon after-
wards, the above-mentioned parcel was given into the care
of Monk, the driver, to whom the circumstance was related,
and that person paid Mr. Sutton back the, sum which he had
just before advanced to the prisoner. On the arrival of the
coach in Brighton, the said parcel was taken to Mr. Attree's
house, who, on opening it, ascertained that it_contained a
few old covered books And some brown paper, That Gen-
tleman returned 'the paper, with its inclosures, to the White
-Hart, whence it had been forwarded. The fraud which had
been played. off •by
.the prisoner' was then detected, and the
landlord and the coachman each shared in the loss of the
money. Every inquiry after the prisoner was subsequently
made, but no trace could! be:discovered of him until Wvl:.
inesday morning last, when be made. his appearance at Mr.
iffittee's Booking Office, at ClaphaM. On that occasion the
!prisoner presented a bill and parcel to the clerk; directed to

J. H. Newton, Esq. The bill he requested might he perused.
It was as follows:
To J. H. Newton, Esq.
To drawing. up and executing the Agreement of Lease 11 2 0
Executing Title-deeds at Eltham, and obtaining Sig-
natures to same . . 112 6
13
Cash on account 30 0

Balance due 014
This bill having been read by the Clerk in the Office, the
prisoner said, that the parcel contained papers of the utmost
consequence, and was to be immediately forwarded by coach to
Mr. Newton; then adverting to the bill, the prisoner observed,
"There is a trifling balance coming to me, and I will thank you
to let me have it, and Mr. Newton will settle the matter with
Mr. Hines." The Clerk having a recollection of the trick which
had been played off at the White Elan is themonth of August
last, at once suspected the prisoner to have been the man, and
accordingly sent off for Reed the constable, into whose charge
he was given.
The above parcel, directed for Mr. Newton, was now Pre"
duced, unopened, when the Magistrate proceeded to examine
the contents, which contained the greasy covers of two old
books, together with some dirty brown paper.
The MAGISTRATE observed, that the former charge agaio
the prisoner was a felony ; the latter, however, did not amount
to that offence, as no money had been given to the prisoner.
The prisoner was then asked if he had any thing to urge in his
defence. He replied, that he did not wish to enter into any
explanation at present.—He was then remanded until next
week, in order to have the attendance of Air. Hines, and llionl6
the driver of the coach.
Reed, the Constable, said, that he had no doubt,
sent charges against the prisoner obtair. ed publicity, many ca3e/
of a similar description would be preferred against him.
Mr. Agree, to whom the parcel was directed in august last,,
it appeared, has now in his possession three or four parcels_oonr
the same kind that were conveyed to him by different Lonnd _
coaches. That-Gentleman is also expected to attend on the co
examination of the prisoner.
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