The Sun.
London, England, 1812-03-03 00:00:00

POLICE.

llbw-STREtT.—On Saturday evening, between
Pevtn and eight o'clock, as a parry of the patrote
belonging to the Office were on :duty near the New
Cross, on the Kent-road, they took and searched a
suspicious person, and found upon him a quantity
of virgin-wax, with impres%;ons of tokens\on. it ;
about 41. in shillings, which they supposed to be
counterlens ; 40 tokens purporting to be Bank 3s.
tokens; a 51. a 21. and 11. notes, purporting to be
Bank of England notes; also a quantity of indis-
putably good coin. He at first said he found them;
afterwards said he took them at Tunbridge. He re-
fused to tell where he lived, only saying he lived
any where, at.d then desired tiot to be asked any
more questions. Yesterday he was examined at the
aboveoffice before Mr. READ, when -he said his
luine is feremiah Butler.

Mr. Lets, the Inspedor of Bmk notes, attended
and /roved 'he pretended Bank 51. and 21. and 11.
[kites to be forgeries.
The prisoner was committed for further exa-
mination.

MANSION-HOUSE..— Yesterday a min named
Muggin was charged with felony by a person named
Sayvis, a,wine-merchant, under the following cir-
cumstances :

Mr. Sarvis stated, that „on the 6th of February
last he obtained from a man of colour (his son-in-
law) a bill of sale, for all his stock amine, spirits,
Scc.'z in certain' cellars .belonging to him on Old. Fish-
stieet-hill, in liquidation of a debt of 1651. which
he had contracted by borrowing money of him, the
complainant. The prisoner had been porter to his
son-in-iaw, at the time he received the billof sale ;
but had never been formally discharged. On Fri-
day. lasi, when lie went to the cellars in question,
he -found them broken open, and all the stock of
wine and spirits gone. Understanding that the pri•
soner had been seen carrying away some of the
wine, he caused him to be apprehended.
Tie prisoner, in his defence, stated, that Mr.
Sirvis's son-in-law owed him '231. for wages, due
since. July last, one farthing of which he could ne-
ver get 'paid. Hr believed that Mr. S..was in par-
nership with his son-in-law, in consequence of
li,ving seen him so frequently_in.the cellars. With
i-espect to the charge of klony, be denied it ; but
rck no vt ledged that when lie went to the cellars on
he found tiketn broken. open, and several
persons taklng away -the property in execution for
debt,, and thinking there. would be nothing lift to
cover his own debt for wages, he did take some of
the minds, with a view of teturning them when he
got paid. .
Tile- LORD 111Ayoa, under all the circumstances,
dismis,ed the complaint, and told the complainant
tlirre was no-pretence for charging the prisoner with
felony.

MA R GBOROUGH-STREET.-Rptert Kennet, who
gt n charge,t with uttering two one-pound forged
13,10; of England notes, was yesterday brought up
for re-examination, but the investigation was- post-
toned., . .

A man named Flannigan has been committed fon
rassing forged notes, in great abundance, of every
denomination, at various shops.
Moll.y has a!su been committed on 3 si-
milar charge. .

Sato.rday night, or early on. Sunday morning,The
tack part of the premises of Mr. Jordan; in BerrnOnd-
sey street, SOuthwark, r were burglariously entered;
by forcing the parlour shutters with an iron tro,ii;
the thieves stole plate, linen, and various other
thog.,s,..io.the value-of between 301.. ind 401. whit
..which't hey t.fetted 'their escape. - •

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