The Sun.
London, England, 1833-04-16 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

Yesterday Captain Samuel A. Bayntun, one of
the Members for the city of York, appeared at this
office on a charge of having unlawfully pawned a
looking-glass, the property of Mr. Mullett,
.an up-
holsterer in the S und, without his knowledge or
consent. The Hon. Member had been twice sum-
moned to answer the charge, and on Tuesday last a
warrant was issued for his apprehension by Sir F.
ROE, in consequence of his not having previously at-
tended. That warrant was placed in the hands of
Ledhitter, the officer, who upon calling at the
Grecian Coffee-house was informed that Captain
B tyntun had left town, and was not expected to re-
turn for a week. The case was therefore of neces-
sity deferred. A communication was, however, re
ceived by Ledbitter yesterday morning from Captain
Baynrun, stating his intention to come forward at
two o'clock to meet the charge, and requesting that
Me. Mullett and his witnesses might be in attend-
ance. K., Monett accordingly came forward, ac-
companid by his solicitor and a person in his employ-
ment, and Captain lityntun soon after made his ap-
pr.arance with two fri,nds, and a solicitor whom he
had engaged to defend him.

Captain Bayntun was not placed at the bar, but
stood in front of the bench, close to Mr. Mullett
dna the witnesses who appeared for the prosecution.
I.edbitter, the officer, handed the warrant which
he held against the defendant to the clerk. It
charged the defendant with having unlawfully
pawned a looking-glass, value 61., the property of
James Mullett, he not having been authorized so
to do.

The prosecutor was then sworn. He stated that
his name was James Mullett, and that he was an
tiphoNterer, carrying on business at No. 375, in the
S rand. He knew the defendant, Captain Bayntun,
and in M 1832, that person hired of him a va-
riety of articles of household furniture. One of
those articles was a looking•glass, which was the
subject of the present inquiry. He had a list of the
articles with him.

Sir F. ROE—Are any other articles but the look-
ing-glass included in this charge ? The solicitor for
Mr. Mullett replied, that at present the charge
against Captain Baytituu was confined to the look-
ing-glass only. The signature of Captain Bayou!)
was attached to the list of the articles with which
he had been furnished, and he should now proceed
to prove that the .ignature was in the handwriting
of Captain Bayntuti.
The defendant, of er looking at the paper had no
objection to admit that the articles mentioned
therein were furnished to him by Mr. Mullett.
The prosecutor then went on to state, that a
written agreement was entered into between Captain
Bayntun and him, by which he was receive 201. for
the use of the articles for six months, and at the ex-
piration of that time the whole of the property was
to be returned to him.

Sir F. RoE—And have the articles been so re-
turned ? Mr. Mullett.—They have not.
Sir F. ROE—You say it was understood that the
articles were to be returned at the end of six months ;
did you give the defendant any authority to lend, or
otherwise dispose ot, any part of the property in
question, for the whole charge turns upon that
r" •
*it( Mr. Mullett—Certainly nor; indeed I
have used every effort, but without effect, to recover
my property from Captain Bayntun.
Sir F. ROE—Have you seen the looking-glass
alleged to have been pawned ? Mr. Mullett—The
looking-glass is here. It is the same the defendant
hired of me. The pawnbroker will produce it.
Defendant's solicitor—Have you not seen the
furniture since you lent it to Captain Bayntun ?
Mr. Mullett—l have not seen it myself, but part of
it has been seen by a person in my employment.
Sir F. ROE—Was there any arrangement between
the defendant and you, by which the loan of the pro-
perty was extended beyond six months? Mr. Mul-
ler—No such arrangement was entered into between
Captain Boynton and me.
'[he solicitor for Mr. Mullett was about to enter
into the circumstances connected with the rest of
the furniture, when

Sir F. ROE said, that as the charge before him
related solely to the looking-glass, he should confine
himself to that, as he did not like to enter into any
matter which was not relevant to the subject of in-
quiry with which he had to deal. The Magistrate
then observed, that at present he would not deter-
mine how he should ultimately dispose of the case,

or whether he should be called upon to treat it in P
summary way under the Pawnbrokers' Act, or as a
felony.

Henry Poley, shopman to Mr. Mullet—On the
24th of March, 1832, delivered the whole of the ar-
ticles named in the list, including the looking•glas.A,
at the lodgings of Captain Bayntun, situate at No.
13, Regent-street.

Mr. Mullett's solicitor—Was Captain Bayntun
present at the time ? Witness—He was ; I saw him
in the room to which the goods were taken.
Solicitor—Have you seen Captain Bayntun since
that time on the subject of the furniture? Witness
—About four months ago I met Captain Bayntun at
the office of his solicitors, Messrs. Peach and Bow-
ditch, of Clifford's-inn, and I spoke to him about the
furniture, when he assured me on his word and ho-
nour as a gentleman that they were all perfectly
safe with the exception of the looking-glass, which
he had lent to his sister at Brighton.
The defendant appeared to dissent from this part
of the statement, and desired that the witness's
words might be taken down.
The witness went on to state, that in consequence
of information he received, he discovered that the
looking-glass had been pawned on the 21st of July
last, at the shop of Mr. Hall, a pawnbroker residing
in Hieh-street, Marylebone. The glass was now in
the office.

Mr. Humphrys—Who was present when the
conversation took place between you and Captain
Bayntun at the office of Messrs. Peach an Bow-
cinch ? Witness—Mr. Bowditch was present, and I
think one of his clerks was there also.

Mr. Humphreys—Were you present at the deli-
very of the furniture ? was.
Mr. Humphrys—And a e you quite sure that the
glass found at the pawnbroker's is the same that
was ao delivered ? Witne.s—l am quite positive it
is the same.

A young man named Pepperage, shopman to Mr:
H.ttl, the pawnbroker, was then sworn.
Sr F. ROE—a) you produce the duplicate of the
looking-glass in question ? Witness—No. The
young man who took in the locking-glass is not
living with Mr. Hall now.
Sit F.ROE—Aie you enabled to state when the
glass was pledged ? Witness—Yes; it was on the
21st of l.'s. July.

Sir F ROE—What has become of the duplicate ?
Witn,ss—Mi. Hall has it in his own possession. He
is at present in the country.

In answer to a question by Mr. Humphrys, thr
winless said that the glass was not pawned in the
name of Captain 134)ntun.

Sir F. ROE said, that in the absence of the pawn-
broker arid the young man who received the pledge,
the case must stand over. He could nor, at pi esent,
say how he shouhl d•spose of it, but enough had
been already proved to show that it was a case in
which, as a Magistrate, he had jurisdiction to act.
Mr. Humphrys—We are here to answer to a
specific charge of unlawfully pawning, I should
therefore wish to know if it is intended to prefer
any other charge against my client ? Sir F. ROE—
I am not going to comma yourclient, Mr. Humphlys.
Mr. Humphrys—No, Sir, I suppose not; but it
is right we should know the nature of the charge
we are to meet.

Sir F. ROE-I shall continue to treat the charge
as one of unlawfully pawning.
After some further conversation it was finally
arranged th it the re-hearing of the case should be
deferred until Tuesday, the 23d inst., on which day
Mr. Hall, the pawnbroker, and hit late assistant,
were directed to attend.

Mr. Hutnphrys took that opportunity puplicly to
sate, on the part of Captain 13.yntun, that he bld a
very sufficient answer to the charge.
Sir F. ROE—You may be assured, Mr. Hum-
phrys, that the case w II not be prejudged in any way.
The parties then relief.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

An individual of respectable appearanc,, with his
face badly cut, preset' ed himself yesterday before
Mr. CONANT, the sitting magistrate, and made the
following serious complaint against the police :
On Saturday last he dined and spent the evening
with a friend who keeps a public-house in Adams-
mews. When he left the house, which was, he be-
lieved, about 11 o'clock, he ascertained that his
money, amounting to 231, was safe. This sum
consisted of two 10/. note;, pith he had received
that morning at the Bank of England, and had
wrapped up in a piece of paper and deposited, with
some memorandums, in his fob, two so% ereigns, and
about 17.. in silver. While proceeding home-
wards he was laid hold of by one of the ne w
police, who insisted upon taking him to the station-
house and locking him up for being drunk. Com-
plainant admitted that he had been drinking freely ;
but as he was not so intoxicated as to be ignorant
of what he was about, or incapable of taking care of
himself, he declined to accompany the policeman,
upon which he was dragged along, and on the way
received much ill-usage. He was taken to the
Vine-street station-house, and given inte custody,
having previously been searched, arid all his money
and other property taken from him. In the morn-
ing the inspector discharged him, and handed over
to him one 101. note and one sovereign as the
whole of the money which had been taken from him
over night. Complainant said that his money was
deficient one 10/. note, one sovereign, and all his
salver; but the inspector produced the charge-book,
and showed him that the sum entered as having
been found on his person when searched exactly
agreed with the sum handed over to him.
Complainant, in the presence of the laadlord of
the public-house (Mr. Gladden) where he had
passed his evening on Saturday, and who had been
sent for to the station-house, still asserted that he
bad two 101. bank-notes; but no further notice way
taken of his complaint, and himself, friend, and
policeman, left the station-house and went into a
public. house, where they had some wine.
Complainant was then sent home in a hack-
ney-coach, but feeling quite convinced th.t he
had either lust his money in the station-house,
ur that it had been stolen from him tilt le he
was dragged there, he took the esiliest oppt,rtunity
of making his statement to a magistrate.
Mr. CONANT asked the complainant to give his
name, and to state what business lie carried o 1.

The complainant said that his name was John
Williams, and he was the keeper of a turnpike-gate.
Mr. CONANT had always considered the power
exercised by the police, of taking persons into cus-
tody and lucking them up on a charge of drunker+•
ness, arid then discharging the parties without bring-
ing them before a Magistrate, to be of very mis-
chievous tendency. He had for some time past
occasion to notice that when persons of respecta-
bility who had property about them were thus taken
into custody, they were discharged at the staiion.
house without paying any fine; while the poorer
persons were brought before the Magistrates, and
obliged to pay their fines before they were released.
The case of the complainant was one which cer-
tainly requ red investigation, for it appeared that he
not only complained of having lost a portion of his
money, but that he had been ill-used by the police.
The complainant was so dreadfully beaten while
on his way to the station-house, that his shirt was
saturated with blood, and he had spit blood all day
on Sunday.
Mr. CONANT adjourned the case to this day, for
the purpose of procuring the attendance of the in-
spector, and al,o of Mr. Gladdell, who the com-
plainant asserted could corroborate a part of his
statement.

The Di ury-lane Committee meet to-morrow
at three o'clock, to determine upon the most advantageous
offer of the candidates for the future lease of that tlie.itre.
EQUALITY OF MANKIND.--All civil dis-
tinctions disppear before a thinking being. He sees the
same passions, the same ideas pervade the mind of the
peer and the peasant, a gloss only is discernible in the lan-
guage and appearance of the one, which the other dots not
possess. If any difference distinguish them, it is to the
ili.advantlge of him who wears a mask. The people show
themselves as they are, and they are not amiable; the
great know the necessity of disgu.sing themselves; were
they to exhibit themselves as they are, they would excite
horror.--swift.