The Sun.
London, England, 1812-09-19 00:00:00

POLICE.

Bow-STREET.---Thursday evening two shopmen
of a linen-draper, in Bond-street, were examined
before Mr. READ, on a charge of stealing a very
;arge quantity of goods out of the shop.
It appeared, that one of the parties, who was
the confidential servant of the linen-draper, was,
during his absence in ..the country, directed by
him to pawn a quantity of the goods ,to pay. the
rent and some bills that were coming due, instead
of which he sold three parcels of goods to a pawn-
brOl: er in Fleet-street, removed another large par-
cel to a house near Holborn, and filled his own
trunks with more of the stock. On Monday
morning he went to a wholesale linen-draper on
Ludgate-hill, wITO was a principal 'creditor of his
master's, and told him that the shop had been
broken open the preceding night, and robbed. of
elmost the whole of the stock, on which account
be had not opened the shop that morning.
.• Application/ being made at this Office, Pearks,
- one of the officers, went to examine the premises,.
when be ascertained that they had not been broken
open ; and upon searching the room where the
prisoners slept, he found the property concealed
4n the trunks, and more in a closet in the room.
The _under servant. confessed that he had taken
'a coach load of goods by order of the other, to a
pawnbroker's in Fleet-street, by whom they were
produced, together v.ith nearly the whole of the
, other "goods he had purchased of the same party,
and which, with the rest of the articles produced,
were identified by the linen-draper as being his
property. The prisoners were therefore fully com-
mitted for trial. , _

Yesterday the hay-salesman, in custody on sus-
picion of being concerned in some late forgeries
ommitted on the house of Messrs. Robarts and
Co. and other bankers in the City, was brought
up for re-examination, when no evidence being
adduced to criminate lihn, he was, discharged.

. ,
_Vmund Burkitt, in custody for the same of-
fence, was brought up for re-examination,_ and
remanded.

ThsaoN-HAL.L..--A man was brought before the
Sitting Magistrate, charged by Mr. Nash, a gen-
tleman residing in the Borough, with obtaining
mouey from,him uncicr..faise pretences.
Mr. Nail) stated, that the prisoner came to his
house a few days. since, apparently labouring
tier very'severe indisposition : -'and having repre-
uented-that his (Mr. N.'s) father,•to whom he was

known, had, on a former occasion, given him
letter of admission to St. ThoM Itosp!tnl, re-
guested Mr, Nash would do him the soffit kind-
ness. Mr. N. immediately complied mail his re-
questi and also gave him ss. to pay certain fz-3 of
admission. A few days afterwards the prisoher
came to return him thanks, and presented him a
letter, purpo'rting to be written by the Steward
of the IlospitA, stating, that the bearer's Com-
plaint was such as required that he should wear
flannel waistcoats, that two would be necessary,.
and the cost of them would be 9s. Mr. N. again
extended his aid to the prisoner ; but after he was,
gone, suspicions' arose in his mind that all was,
not right; and on applying to the 'Hospital, he
found that the prisoner had never been near it,
and that the letter from the Steward was a fa-
brication.

.The prisoner expressed great contrition for his
offence, and said it arose from distress.
The worthy Magistrate severely reprobated his
conduct; but at "the request of Mr. N. who said
he had kJ:own his family, and trusted his present
situation would prove a warning to him in fikture)
be consented to his being diSchargecL