The Sun.
London, England, 1805-01-05 00:00:00

POLICE. - • • .
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Punt' c-OrEtc Bow-ilaerr..-,ThursdaY- a
titan was examined befnre. Sii`Psicita.an,Feten.aod
1.1 . Psou oso ts. Esq. on suspicion .heini-oncernetl
with'another man in stopping Mr.. Green, of Lin.
coin's.lno, on the highway, near Suitor% Cettnition,
on the night or the a7th December last, and robbing
him of his watch, money, Sic. the Pit one'r's ap.
prehension was caused by his offering one of Mr,
Green's seals to pledge with a pawnbroker in Chan.
.dOs.street, who detained Mitts. The account the
Prisoner nave of his becoming possessed of the. seal
was so improbable, and Mr. Green saying he be.
lieved him to be one of the persons who robbed
him, the Magistrate bound the partiecover to tiro.
fieeute ; :bur as there has been several other foOpail
robberies lately, the Pris Oner , was rernantled for
IVlonday next. The three men' who have been In
ctistady for some time, on a charge of , having ex.
totted a considerable burnof money from a Gentle.
man, under a threat of accusing him of a certain de.
testable crime, were re.examineci, and fully commit.
ted to take their trial fora highway robbery: .
GOES.
7obn Pitcher,
.a clerk or agent of Mr. Holland,
was Charged before -- GRAHAM, Ecq. by Mary
Pais,- With having received from her is. 6d. es in
insurance in Mr. Holland's Little Go.—The Pro.
secutrii stated, that ors' the 6th day of December
last si)r went to the Prisoner's lodgings', in James_
street, Oxford-market ; he was not ar hume, hut
canoe in soon atter, when she intired with hith No.
77, fur half a guinea, for the% ad day's drawing in
Mr. Holland's Lottery, nr Little Go, for which in.
enrance she paid . him, is. 61 . She, insured two
other numbers at the' same time, for 01014 stun
and crottiitions, and for which she received:poli.
cies frOm the Prisoner to'that rift a. The Prisoner .
told her he was an agent of Mr. Holland's; and 'had
just retorOed from settling his hooks with him.—
The Prisoner has since with difficulty been appre.
hentled; He was convifled in the penalty of tool.
under the Little, Go Art, which not bring, oble to
ray, he was dommitteci to the House of Correetion
for three months.
MAN' I‘)N.TIOUSR...--Fratlth flar4w, bread and
biscuit baker, in Lratiplitaii.Street, was yesterday
brought up on a charge of having in Iris possession a
quantity of paper, the property of Messrs. Harti.
.son, Cooke, and CO.
J. Burns, a lad of 17 years old, servant to Mess.
Ilarrisooand Co. deposed, drat he had six or seven
times, to the quantity/of 'a quire each time, given ,
pinn't to 'Mt: Barrow, without receiving payment,
for it. On being questioned as., tit the compensa.,
lion lie received fur this paper, he said, he frequent.
ly tmly his rolls for breaktast from the house, and
occasionally some biscuits, for whiCh.he made no
acktttnwledgment. Being pressed to confess the,
he would ntit swear to the delivery of ,any
additional quantity : what he had given, he said,
was principally outsid,... sheets Or qUires.
Ann Sainsbury, servant to Mr. Barrow, deposed,
that she found a pared of paper in the kitchen ;
that from 'whom .it came she did not know. She
after Wards identified a team of paper to bethe par.
eel, or,. at least, to be very like it ; and On examin.
ing the marks, this parcel was discovered to have:
been the property of Messrs. Harrison and
S;ot/erots, 'servant of Mr. Barrow, was charged
with assisting in this misdemeanor ; but. nothing
appearing again.. him, he woe released.
. Mr. Barrow, .in his defence, said, the paper 'pro..
duced is/as in his house prior to the 4.th.of.April,
when hie brother,. who resided with him, died: Un. ,
der what:eirennisiances- liii,brother procured, it he
cOtild not tell ;, leis .he had no suspicion of
obtained' by any uni:iii means, and the moment the
Officers'iyaine with the .warranr„he gave them every
facility-in examining the premises.
Mr. A Idettnan Hu NT tt mule untie observations,
nn the evidence, and made, a strong', and. -aififting
address to the boy, .who, by his own. confesoion,'
lead been instrumental in defrauding his roasters, In
the sequel„, Barrow was admitted to bail, and Messri.:
Partisan entered into recognizances to prosecute at
the apprOachingiSessiont. '