The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-01 00:00:00

UXBRIDGE PETTY SESSIONS

COMITTAL OF A RELIGIOUS THIEF. - Saturday, a
young man named Charles Shell, respectably connected,
late shopman to Mr. Jesse Jones, draper at Uxbridge,
was brought up for final examination, before Messrs. T.
Tfagnail, 12. H. Cox, C. Mills, and T. T. Clark, the sit-
ting magistrates in that town, on a charge of having, for
a lengthened period, robbed his master. The case ex-
cited the grelitest interest, the magistrates' room at the
King's Arms Inn being crowded in every part during
the examination, which occupied three hours. From the
depositions taken it appeared that the prisoner, previous
to his entering Mr. Jones's service, was a member of an
Independent chapel at Woolwich, where he instructed
the children on Sundays, and by such an ostensible show
of true religion, he su ingratiated himself with the mem-
bers of the congregation, that he was universally re-
spected. When he came to Uxbridge he courted the
society of the dissenters, and by them was considered a
fit person to assist in their schools. He also preached oc-
casionally in the neighbouring villages, and was a pro-
fessed despiser of evil associates. Eventually, however,
from some extravagant purchases the prisoner made, Mr.
Jones began to suspect that he was more hypocrite than
saint, and the fact was established by the admission of
the prisoner himself, who acknowledged that he had
frequently robbed his master. He was, however, al-
lowed to go away from Mr. Jones's in the first instance,
but the prosecutor, finding subsequently, that he had
been robbed to a great extent by the prisoner, the latter
was taken into custody at Woodford, in Essex, where he
had got into a new situation. He was fully committed
for trial.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE,
MANSION-HOUSE.
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appeared
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cers of the East London Union. The officer was not
present at the time, but the Lord Mayor wished to know
why the complainant attended, as he had not the evi-
dence of pauperism about him.
The complainant said ho complained against Mr.
Roberts, because he refused to endeavour to prevail upon
the guardians to advance him 21., for the purpose of re-
deeming 1,000 copies of poetry, which he had written
some time ago, and the appearance of which before the
public would certainly fix him in an independent, as well
as an elevated position in society. '1 he rejection of his
appeal not having core from the proper authority, and
having no means of approaching the guardians, be un-
derstood the Lord Mayor was the most likely person to
give him satisfaction.
The Loan MAYOR said the law had undergone a corn -
plete alteration, and taken the power of interfering with
the poor wholly out of the hands of the magistracy.
The Applicant—The poetry, of which a stationer in
Bethnal-green has 1,000 copies, is worth a considerable
sum. I redeemed fifty copies from him some time ago,
and he compelled me to pay 30s. for them. It is very
injudicious in the officers of the union to reject such an
application, for if they do not assist me to procure my
verses, they must have myself and my wife to support in
the workhouse.
The LORD MAYOR asked what led the applicant to
suppose that at such a time he could get such a good
sale for poetry, which his Lordship considered
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exactly the sort of composition from which an in_ epend
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ence was to be obtained, except it was poetry of a very
peculiar kind.
were moral and rural, and upon such subjects
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to him to be calculated to do much public goocof
was well able, although upwards of seventy years age,
1,5001. a year.
The poor poet replied that the verses hehaads written
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Lord. If so be I get these copies,
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by the public with great avidity.
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and others comprehend the use of
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to them.
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larly unfortunate in that respect,
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