The Sun.
London, England, 1832-05-05 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.

Mrs. AS7ukcs, a pauper who periodically visits one
of the police-offices for disorderly or drunken con-
duct, was charged by Kinnersley, the beadle of Ald-
gate, with having broken his windows the previous
evening.
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Kinnersley stated that the woman had received a
sum of money from her parish on Monday, and up
to yesterday had been " keeping it up"—that is,
continuing in a state of intoxication, and squandering
the money she had received in drink. She called
at his house that morning, and demanded relief.—
This being refused, she swore she would not go
,away unless she was relieved with a penny and some
snuff. Upon the beadle making a second refusal she
knocked her elbow coolly through a pane of glass,
and went over the way to a potatoe warehouse,
from whence she selected a quantity of the largest
potatoes, and commenced a regular attack on the
windows of the beadle. She directed her missiles
with such dexterity and effect, that, had she not
been secured, she would not have left a whole pane
of glass remaining.
The woman admitted that during the week
she had spent 2/. 155., and, in her defence, attribu-
ted her violent conduct to a blow which ie beadle
had given her.
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The LORD MAYOR having tined her 59. for being
drunk, she left the bar vowing vengeance against
the beadle.

William Owen, the man charged with obtaining
six chests of tea from the East India Company's
warehouses, was brought up in consequence of three
persons coming forward to bail him. The bail was
of a very doubtful description, and Mr. Alderman
WthsoN inquired of the prosecutor if he felt satisfied
with it ? " for," said the Worthy Alderman, " I
confess I am not ; and I have no hesitation in stat-
ing that my opinion of the evidence brought for-
ward in the prisoner's favour is totally changed,
from inquiries which I have since made."
Mr. R•chardson said his opinion had also been
altered; for he too had ascertained that the evi-
dence of those witnesses who came forward on the
prisoner's behalf ought to be received with the
utmost caution. The bail were consequently re-
fused, and all parties bound over to prosecute. The
cart, having been proved satisfactorily to the Ma-
gistrate to have been lent without the slightest sus-
picion as to the use it was to be applied to, was re-
stored to Mr. Pearson. Lett, the man from whom
the prisoner had procured the horse, came forward
to claim it.

Mr. Alderman WILSON said he certainly should
refuse to let him have the horse, and his share in
the transaction was so suspicious that he should ad-
vise the prosecutor to pursue further inquiries.
A shabbily-dressed young man from the " Land
o'Cakes," whose lean appearance betokened a long
estrangement from the contents of the " kail-pot,"
came forward to swear to the loss of a duplicate fur
a case of surgeon's instruments. The officer, sus-
pecting from his look and appearance that the arti-
cles had probably been stolen, directed the atten-
tion of Mr. nobler to the circumstance.

" How came you by these instruments ?" in-
quired Mr. Hobler.
" I bocht them, ye ken," said the applicant, in a
strong Scotch accent.
For what purpose ?—I am engaged to gang out
to Canada as a medical attendant to the passengers.
Why, said Mr. Hobler, evidently surprised, are
you qualified to act as surgeon 2-1 canna just pre-
ci.:ely say, but I have been two years as Porter in a
poticary's shop in Edinburgh.
A very competent qualification truly !
The affidavit having been sworn to, the medical
gentleman withdrew.