The Sun.
London, England, 1824-11-09 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

CHARGE OF ARSON.
MAR LBO ROUGH-ST REET.—Vesterday being the day an-
nounced for the re-examination of. James Haly, a fruiterer,
whokas been in custody some days upon suspicion of having
set fire to the premises which he occupied, with intent to de-
fraud the Beacon Fire Office, in which he was insured, this
Office and all the approaches to it were crowded to a degree
never before exceeded. Mr. ALT.Er, the Barrister, and a
Clerk of Mr. HAn M Ea's, attended on behalf of the prisoner ; and
Mr. Caosrav, a Solicitor, appeared thr the prosecution. The
prisoner, who is a respectable looking man, was brought from
Tuthill-fields prison, where he has been confined, and placed
at the bar before Sir G. FARRANT, the Sitting
Magistrate,—
Be is about thirty years of age, and wore a large drab coloured
box coat, without any other under it. The witnesses examined
were Mr. W. Dundee, a wine merchant, who occupied the
upper part of the house, No. ti, Argyll-',lace,, having let
the shop and lower part to the prisoner; Nathaniel Nixon
and William Fowles two watchmen ; James Staples and
Richard Westwood, fireman ; James Smart, engineer to the
County Fire Cffice; John Page, engineer to the Royal Ex-
change Fire Office; Thomas Thinney, clerk to the Beacon
Fire Insurance Office; and Mr. Archibald Scott, appraiser and
auctioneer. The most important circumstances deposed to by
these witnesses were, that on breaking open the shop door the
persons who entered discovered a wood covering that was over a
staircase, similar to that which is seen in bakers' shops, on fire ;
this place was about two yards long and one wide ; it was close
to the ceiling of the shop, anti on it were laid several bundles
of wood, old orange baskets arid chests, and piece's of
wainscotting, all of which were on fire—that a cupboard in
the kitchen was found so fast closed that the men who ven-
tured into the place could not open it, and at last it burst
open and sent forth such a volume of flame, that a person
then near it was compelled to escape as rapidly as possible--
that there could have been no connection between the fire In
the shop and that which afterwards broke out in the kitchen—
that the prisoner was insured for 300/. and made a claim after
the fire for 2401. besides 1001. for loss of business—that, not-
withstanding it appeared from an inventory made in July last,
and from the opinion of the appraiser, that the whole of his
furniture and utensils at that time were not worth more than
201.—that he admitted after the tire to the appraiser,"that the
property destroyed was the same as in that inventory, with the
exception of some articles since disposed of; and further, that
the appraiser found the, articles of furnittire after the fire to
correspond with the inventory, with the exception of a chest of
drawers and a clock, which had been removed. Other witnesses
remaining to be examined, the prisoner was remanded., Pining
the examinations, the prisoner drank several times out of a jug
of water, which was placed by his side, by his request.

ROBBING THE TURNKEY OF NEWOATE.
Out Lpicata..—Jolos Was' an ill-looking lad, was yester-
day, brought up before Mr. Alderman W the Sitting
3lagistrate, charged with the capital offence of highway_robbery.
The object of Ids attack was• Bishop, the principal turnkey of
Newgitit, and the place he selected, for his purpose within 3 or
4 yards of the Gihspur.street Compter door. Bishop, it seems,
was returning to his domicile in the Okl Bailey, a little before
a o'clock on Sunday eveniog,when the prisoner ran violently
against hint, anapptsl his watch-chain in two, and ran off with
the part of it havg the seals and key attached, but Was tripped
up and secured before he reached Smithfield. In his course,
howeVer, he knocked. dOwn a person 'of' the name of Young, ,
who first :attempted to step him, and who appeared at the
Office yesterday with his head bound up, haying received con-
siderable injury. , •
The property was found on the prisoner, who, when asked by
the .)lagistrate if he had any thing to say to the charge, ad-
mitted his guilt, and stated, hts hod been led into the offence
by distress.
3lr. Alderman W o ov—Theie is an Evening Lecturer I be.
litre, at St. Sepulchre's ('hutch, opposite whieh this rob-

The only witness examinee' for the present, was a young, •
man of the name of James Simmons, who stated, that on
the night of last Thursday four weeks, he was in the Shin
public-house, in James-street, Covent-garden, where he
saw a gentletnan, whose name he afterwards learned was •
Radclitle, in a state of intoxication. Ile stated that he line'
at Gravesend, but was staying then at an inn, which he named,
in London, and he desired to have a hackney-coach to con-
vey him to his lodgings. A coach was procured, and he was
leaving the room, when the prisoner, who appeared to he assist-
. ing !mu, suddenly it:iced him round the waist, and putting his
foot in front of Mr. Radcliffe's legs, the latter, of course, tripped, 1
and they both fell together. While down, the ptisoner upper-
most, witness saw the latter draw the watch front the tub of
Mr. Radclifro, and before witness could secure him, he jumped
" like a harlequin" upon his legs, and made off', watch and all.
Information was given at this office, with a description of the
prisoner, but he kept out of the way of the police until Sunday
night, when I3ond, a conductor, apprehended hire. '
W " ell, Mr. Patrick," said Sir R. HYMN IE, when the evi-
dance had been heard, " what have you to say to this charge P'
Prisoner—Why, Sir, as to the charge, I don't suppose it
would be of much use to say any thing at present, but I have
one request to make your Worship, which I hope you will be
kind enough to grant. I have nothing but my character to de- ,
pend upon for my livelihood, and if my name appears in the
public papers, 1 shall be " done up" altogether : so 1. hope
you will see to that, Sir, at all events.

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Sir IL nNt E —We have no controul over the public papers.
Perhaps you suppose that we publish things in the papers, but
you are quite mistaken. if gentlemen connected with the pre.sa
choose to come here, we do not attempt to keep them out ; on
the contrary, we are always very glad to see them, but we have
no controul over them.

Prisoner-13'ell, your Worship, I only mentioned it, because.
I du nut, want to lose my character.
Sir It. linkNlE—Pethaps you had better say no more upon
that subject—the sooner you get rid of your present character.
the better, I think. You and I have met before, you know.
Prisoner—'That is true enough, Sir; but then, us the saying
is, " it's a long lane that has no turning."
The prisoner was remanded for further examination, in order
that the attendance of Mr. Itadeliire may be procured.