The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-14 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE

MANSION-.HOUSE.

Alderman PIRIE—HOW did it happen that this can
of milk was left in the street unguarded ?
The milkwoman said that she had been in the habit
of leaving it in the same spot for a great length of time,
and the policeman was expected to keep his eye upon it.
The policeman said that when he apprehended the
prisoner she had a pair of new shoes in her possession,
and I ls. 6d. in silver, and upon inquiry he found that
both shoes and money were her own.
The prisoner—Yes ; but if I found them in the
street I would have brought them to the statioo.—
(A laugh.)
A female of respectable appearance here came for-
ward, and said that she lodged in the house with the
prisoner, who was as honest a woman as ever lived, and
who was going to a situation immediately. It was
quite impossible that the idea of stealing the can of
milk could have entered into the imagination of the
poor woman.

Alderman PIRIE--I don't suppose she had any
notion of stealing ; but tell her that she must be very
cautious how she picks up things in our streets.
The prisoner then received her shoes and money and
departed, evidently surprised at the trouble to which
she was put for taking care of a can of milk.

G U.ILDHALL.
William Grelly, who has several other aliases, was
placed at the bar, before Mr. Alderman HUMPIIARY, for
further examination, on a charge of forgery.
Mr. Tupper stated that the prisoner came to his shop
and said he was sent by Mr. Tucker, of Long-acre, to
purchase some meat, in payment of which he tendered a
paper, purporting to be a draft on the London and West-
m nster Bank for 51., which the witness changed and de-
ducted the price of the meat. Upon sending it t othe bank
it was returned with the words " No account" written on
the back.
John Dean, a city policeman, deposed to taking the
prisoner into custody at a public-house in Newgate Market,
and finding on his person another forged draft for 10/ and a "flash" note for 50/. ,

One of the witnesses, named Drew, who at the last ex-
amination swore positively as to the identity of the pri-
soner, said that he would not undertake to do so now, as
his shopman said the prisoner was not the individual.
Mr. Alderman HUMPHERY said, be should adjourn the
case until the shopman should be present, as he thought
Mr. Drew might, by possibility, be improperly influenced.
The case was accordingly adjourned.

W ORS HIP- S TREE T.
OPPOSITION TO CHURCH-RATES.—Yesterday no less
;han ninety-eight inhabitant householders of the small
parish of St. Mary's, Stoke Newington, were summoned
to this Court for non-payment of Church-rates.
The Churchwardens and Overseers were in attend.
ance, with Mr. Yardley, the Vestry Clerk, to sustain
the claim, and the Court was crowded with defendants,
most of them respectable looking tradespeople, and a
few of them members of the Society of Friends. The
latter, upon entering the Court, had their hats lifted
from their heads by the officers in the usual formal
manner, it being equally contrary to their religious
principle to uncover
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Until of late, however, theirl resistance to the rates had
been merely
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summonses
were issuedgdi tto them half yearly, and
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followed by warrants of
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distress for the levy of the
rate, but the whole proceedings
matter of course, and in an app
plate of yauaffinicTent ve walay,
and at a fixed time a piece of
to cover the rate and additional costs thus incurred,ue
was placed out for the parish officers, who, in execu-
tion of the warrant, seized and conveyed it to Friend
Savory, the silversmith in the City, who paid the value
of it. Last year, however, many of the Friends joined
the other Dissenters in more active opposition, and
attended here with legal defenders for that pur-
pose, but their objections were found to be
against the validity of the rate, and that being
a question which a Magistrate is not empowered
to decide, the cases were referred to the Ecclesiastical
Court, but the proceedings then commenced were after-
wards settled without that expensive process.
The Vestry Clerk began yesterday to open his case,
but was stopped by objections, on the part of several of
the defendants, to the short notice which they had re-
ceived ; and, in order to obviate any such objection, the
whole of the cases were adjourned for a week, with the
exception of one, in which the defendant paid the rate
to avoid further treubl.

HARD SWEARING.—At the Pontefract Ses-
sions, on Wednesday last, Sir Gregory Lewin, in address-
ing the Jury on the improbability of the prosecutor iden-
tifying a quantity of hay, which had been stolen, said that
some men's consciences allowed them to go so far that a
witness in America once distinctly swore to a goose's leg
after it had been made into a giblet pie and cooked.—
Doncaster Chronicle.
On Monday in the sports of Greenwich-hill, a
respectable youth, about eleven years of age, running
down the declivity north of the Observatory, fell, and
pitching heavily on his head, was taken up senseless. He
was carried to Mr. Keeble's, surgeon, in Church-street,
who rendered all the assistance the case required, but the
youth was sent home with slight hopes of recovery.

A man named Jokn Read was brought before Mr.
Alderman PIRIE, charged with having acted in a most
insulting manner towards his Royal Highness the Duke
of Cambridge, on Monday night, as his Royal High-
ness was leaving the Mansion-house in his carriage.
City policeman No. 455, stated, that a crowd of
people were witnessing the departure of the Lord
Mayor's guests, on Monday night, from the Mansion-
house, and, just as the Duke of Cambridge got into
his carriage, the prisoner walked up, and cried out to
his Royal Highness, « D—n your eyes, I should
like to punch your head. You have robbed me •of
28 shillings a-week." Tne manner in which the lan-
guage was uttered was exceedingly violent, and witness
took the fellow, whom some of the bystanders seemed
well disposed to kick about the streets, into custody.
A person who stood near the carriage of the Duke
of Cambridge, confirmed the evidence of the officer, and
said that the conduct of the defendant seemed to be
rather the conduct of a madman than of one possessed
of reason.
Alderman PIRIE inquired whether the defendant
was not drunk at the time ?
It was stated that the man had no symptom of in-
toxication about him.
Alderman PIRIE—WeII, defendant, what can you
say for yourself ? This is a very serious charge against
you ? Defendant—l don't know anything about it,
your Lordship. I am sure I don't recollect saying a
word.
Alderman PIRIE—Pray, what is your trade, or busi-
ness ? Defendant—l am nothing but a poor birdcatcher,
my Lord.
Alderman PIRIE—And what brought you into the
City ? You did not expect to catch birds at the Man-
sion-house, did you ? Defendant—lt's all strange to
me. I don't remember saying a word to anybody, and
I found myself sitting all at once in the station-house.
Alderman PIRIE—WeII, I must make some inquiries
about you, before I part with you. Let him be taken
back to the Compter, and let particular inquiries be
made into his character and habits. I've known many
of these birdcatchers to be very bad fellows.
The prisoner was then remanded.
A woman, named Rachel Jacobs, who stated that she
was a native of Germany, was charged upon suspicion
of having stolen a can of milk, the property of the
owner of a milk walk. The case was rather remark.
able for the defence.

A policeman stated that the can of milk was left by
the mdkwoman at the door of a house on the preceding
day, and the prisoner, who was passing by, delibe-
rately took it up, and walked off with it as if it be-
longed to herself.
Alderman Praiz— What do you say to the charge,
prisoner ?

- The prisoner said, in very indifferent English,
that as she saw the can lying in the street without an
owner, she took it up, for fear somebody that was a
rogue might take it.--(A laugh.)
Alderman PIRIE—And where did you intend to
take it ? The prisoner--To what they call the station
or the watehbouse. In Germany we are obliged to
pick up everything we find in the street, and bring it to'
the authorities. We durst not do otherwise. I never
meant to steal it. I never stole anything since I
was born.