The Sun.
London, England, 1832-03-02 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

B OW-ST REET.
Yesterday Preece, the inspector of police, stated to Mr.
MINSNULL, that a man, whom he bad in custody, came to
the station on the previous night, and said that be bad
committed a fraud on Saturday last, and not having had
an easy moment since, he wished to deliver himself up to
justice. The prisoner then confessed, that on the day in
question he went to the shop of Messrs. Hodge and Loom,
Regent-street, and stated that be was sent by a lady, named
Holmes, who resided in Holmes-terrace, Kentish-town,
for a piece of fine linen. He obtained the linen, and
pawned it in Somerstown for 3bs., and in order to drown
the recollection of his crime, he got intoxicated, and lost
the money. Preece added, that he sent to Messrs. Hodge
and Loom, and ascertained that the prisoner's statement
was correct.

Mr. MiNsuum, directed that the prisoner should be
brought forward. He stated that his name was Maurice
Gerard, that lie had a wife and six children in a state
of starvation, and that he was driven to commit the actb
from extreme distress.

The ahopman of the prosecutors begged to recommend
the prisoner to mercy, on the ground that be might have
had two or three pieces of linen instead of one, and that
he was actually requested to take another piece with him,
in order that Mrs. Holmes might take her choice, but he
refused, saying that he should be blamed if he did so.
_ _

Mr. Mirtstrur.r. should remand the prisoner, in order
that inquiries might be made as to his previous character.
The number of applicants for parochial relief at this
office for some months past exceeds that of any former
period. Upwards of 20 miserable creatures, having no
parish in London, were sent to the House of Correction on
Wednesday night, in order that they might have some
refuge to save them from the miserable alternative of
sleeping in the streets, and with a view to their being
passed to the parishes to which they respectively belonged,
—a power to that effect being vested in the visiting Justices
of the prison, the same having been withdrawn some years
since from the magistrates generally. A letter was received
by Mr. Minshull on Tuesday, stating that a family, consist-
ing of a man and his wife and four children, the youngest
an infant in arms, were actually famishing from want, in a
room in Wild•court, Wild-street, Drury-lane. The Ma-
gistrate immediately directed that an inquiry should be
made into the case, and the report of a policeman, on his
return from the court in question, fully corroborated the
statement contained in the letter. The room presented
a most miserable scene, and the wretched inmates were
reduced to the last extremity from cold and hunger.—
The landlord of the house had put in a distress for rent,
and the cradle in which the infant was lying was under
seizure when the constable arrived. Temporary relief was
afforded to the starving family by order of Mr. Thomas,
the superintendent ; and when Mr. Minshull was informed
of the extent of their distress, he ordered that ss. should
be taken from the office poor-box, to be applied as their
necessities should require. The officer stated that when a
loaf of bread and some cheese were brought to the room
for their use, the children ravenously tore the bread asun-
der, and devoured it in his presence. The family were
subsequently sent to St. Giles's workhouse, where it
seemed they were legally entitled.
HATTON-GARDEN.
Yesterday Daniel Leach, charged with having wilfully
and maliciously stabbed a young man, named William
Harrington, was placed at the bar before Mr. Serjeant
SeLLow, for re-examination, when the following certifi-
cate was produced :

Hital, arch 1.
" This is to certify that William Middlesex HarringtonosM
died
in this Hos_
pital yesterday morning, at 24 minutes after one, in consequence
of a wound he had received in the abdomen.
" G. A. SABINE, House-surgeon."
Mr. Serjeant SELLON, after informing the prisoner of
the contents of the certificate, ordered him to be remanded
until a Coroner's inquest had been held.