The Sun.
London, England, 1832-09-11 00:00:00

MARLB 01?0 U OH- STREET.

A fashionably attired young man, the junior partner in
a firm in the City, carrying on an extensive business in
the French lace trade, &c. was finally examined on sus-
picion of stealing 180 yards of French satin, the pro-
perty of Mr. Fuilot, of Conduit-street, Regent-street. The
particulars of the case have already appeared, and are
briefly as follow :
The property in question was handed over to a Mr.
Morgan by the prisoner, to dispose of ; and, in consequence
of the silk being cut into various lengths, suspicion was
excited that the prisoner (who had formerly lived in the
service of Mr. Foilet) had purloined the property from that
gentleman's stock. He was, consequently, taken into
custody, and several examinations took place at this office.
The prisoner, in his defence, said, that in the way of
business, he was in the habit of purchasing what is techni-
cally termed, " trade jobs," and that the satins produced
had been bought by him from a Frenchman.
Mr. DYER, the Magistrate, observed, that there was a
want of evidence to authorise the prisoner's committal.
but it was one in which he should rsquire bail for the
accused to answer any charge which might be brought
against him at the Sessions.
The prisoner's solicitor begged that his client might
stand remanded until S iturday ; for, as the sessions were
sitting, the parties might, if they thought proper, go at
once and prefer an indictment. This was acceded to, and
the prisoner was again placed at the bar, when he pro-
duced evidence to shop" that it was possible to purchase
similar pieces of silk as those Mr. Foilet suspected to have
been stolen from him, at other warehouses.
Mr. DYER, after a few observations, discharged the pri-
soner, much to the satisfaction of a number of his friends.
The case excited great interest in the trade.
Two tradesmen, residing in Oxford-street, named Bird
and Gilbert, the former a boot and shoe-maker, and the
latter a jeweller, applied to Mr. DYER, jun. for advice
under the following extraordinary circumstances :
It appeared from the statement of Mr. Gilbert, that on
Thursday evening, about seven o'clock, a female, having
the appearance of a lady from her manner and conver-
sation, entered the shop of Mr. Bird, and made a trifling
purchase, which being concluded, she left the shop. I❑ a
few minutes after the female's departure, a policeman of the
F. division entered the shop, and asked Mrs. Bird what had
become of the woman who had a short time previously en-
tered, adding, that he insisted upon knowing where she
was, as he knew her to he a common utterer of base coin,
and that he had wa'ched her proceedings from Finsbury.
Mrs. Bird assured the policeman the individual had left
her shop, and the money she had taken from her was cer-
tainly not counterfeit. The policeman, however, insisted
that the woman was in the house, and commenced a mi-
nute search throughout the premises, visiting even the bed•
rooms of Mr. and Mrs. Bird and the servants. Mr. Bird
being from home, his wife was exceedingly alarmed, more
especially as the policeman, notwithstanding the strict
search he had made placed himself at the shop-door, and
declared he would not allow any person to pass either wad•
until he had the female in custody. A mob, consisting of
a vast number of persons, soon collected ; and Mr. Gil-
bert, who resides next door, was under the necessity n.
sending one of his servants to close the shop of Mrs. Bird,
and apply to the station-house for the interference of the
police. One of the sergeants attended, who prevailed
upon the policeman to leave the premises. The parties
had since stated the case to the Superintendent of the F.
division, but, in consequence of not meeting with the sa•
tisfaction demanded, they were induced to make applica-
tion at this office for advice bow to act.

Mr. DYER, jun. observed, that the affair appeared,
from the statement, to be of a most extraordinary nature,
and desired the parties to proceed before the Commi,sion-
era with his (Mr. Dyer's) compliments, and state that it
was his wish they should investigate the circumstance.
The parties then bowed and withdrew.

A very decent-looking female, who gave her name
Fanny Tidrnarsh, was committed for trial, for obtaining
bread, flour, and biscuits, from Mr. Duncan, baker, in
Jermyn-street, under false pretences. The prisoner was
aware that a Mrs. Reed dealt with Mr. Duncan, and by
pretending to be the servant of that lady, obtained at many
different times quartern and half•quartern loaves, flour, &c.
until suspicion was excited, and she was found to be an
impostor. When detected, she said distress bad driven
her to the commission of the crime.

Yesterday Mr. Henry Charlton, proprietor of an Ox-
ford coach, attended by his solicitor, appeared to six infor-
mations for various offences alleged to have been committed
against the namerous Acts of Parliament relating to stage
coaches, which informations were laid by Byers, the well-
known informer, and supported by Joseph Attwell, his
approver. The first information was laid against Mr.
James Nibbs, whose name, in conjunction with that of
Mr. Charlton, appeared on a pair-horse coach, running to
and from Oxford, for having carried one passenger more
than the law permitted. Byers proved his case in the
us url way,
whichbllt washeld to be
the
objection,

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The next information was on a point of importance to
coach proprietors generally. It was laid under a Clause
in the sth George 111., charging Mr. Charlton with having
incurred the penalty of 101., in not having the name ut
Mr. Nibbs, which appeared with his own on the coach,
put into the Stamp Office license.—Byers cont ,nded that
the Act required the name and residence of every proprietor
to appear in the license, and he inferred from the name of