The Sun.
London, England, 1832-04-16 00:00:00

CHESTER ASSIZES, APRIL 12.

Mary Sedgwick,l9, and Sarah Sedgwick, 17, in-
dicted tor demanding money by menacei and force
from Sarah Sutton, at Winele, pleaded " Guilty."
Sentence—Transportation for seven years.
These two females dressed themselves in sweeps'
clothes, and after blacking their faces, went into
the house of Sutton, an old woman, who they
well knew kept money in her possession. As soon
as they entered they laid hold of the old woman,
threw t►er on the floor, and then placed a pitch
plaster over her mouth ; one the women held her
down while the other proceeded up stairs, and
searched a bureau for the money; the thieves found
a few shillings, which they carried sway, and also
some other articles, but they fortunately missed a
good round sum which was in one of the drawers.
'hen they had got all that they thought worth
carrying away, they made off, and left the old lady
with the pitch plaster on her mouth, lying on the
floor.

William liesketh , 3-1., and Samuel Clough, 30,
were indicted for being out armed in the night
time, on the 12th of February, with intent to de-
stroy game on. the lands of Sir T. Stanley, Bart.
A verdict of Not Guilty was taken, and the pri-
soners were discharged, with a private admonition
from the Avorney-General and Mr. Cottingham to
abandon their former course of life.

William Pennington 18, a young man of a very
mild and preposse,sing appearance, was indicted for
the rape of Ann Latham, a little girl of thirteen
years of age, on the 11th of January last.
The Jury, after a short deliberation, returned a
verdict of Not Guilty.

TA LL MEN.—About two years ago a Kirk-
bean farmer, a strapping youth, who stands six feet three
inches wanting his shoes, attended a horse market at Long-
town. The well-known Mr. Samuel G. was also on the spot,
eating a hearty dinner, turning the quid and driving a good
bargain, as usual. Samuel, it appears, had business with the
Kirkbean farmer, and, after a fruitless personal search, sent his
son in quest of him. The son, not knowing the man, inquired
what he was like, and so forth. "Just look for the longest
man in the market, aad bring him here directly," was the
abrupt reply. The messenger, like a good boy, did as he was
bid, scanned the crowd carefully, and at length fastened on a
Dumfries-shire clergyman, who measures six feet six or seven.
His reverence, somewhat puzzled, obeyed the summons, and
great indeed was the father's surprise, when the son ushered the
minister into his presence. But in place of apologizing, he merely
stammered out, in his own blunt way," I bad him bring me the
langest man he could find, and feggs he's brought a Langer ane,
~bilk 1 didna think possible "--Dumfries. Courier,

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HottSE.

John Williams, alias John Moore, alias Captain
.Moore—an individual with a Jewish cast of couti-
ienanee, and a very warlike pair of whiskers, the
tout ensemble of whose appearance and dress was
that of a Naval Captain--was brought before the
LORD .MAYOR on Friday, on the following charge :
William Heilman, a constable of Bishopsgate
parish, said, that on Wednesday evening he was in
'lie ball-room of the London Tavern, where the
anniversary dinner of the Licensed Victuallers was
celebrating, when be perceived the defendant enter
the room with a consequential air, apparently as if
he had been one of the bidden guests. To the un-
initiated his exterior presented that of a " swell" of
the first order, displaying on his military stock a
large diamond of the finest Bristol water, a bunch
of huge gold seals, chain and guard en suite. His
fingers were decorated with a profusion of rings,
apparently of prodigious value; and the buttons on
his coat were of the description worn by Naval
Commanders. Notwithstanding his "out.an'-out"
appearance, the constable, suspecting his object
might possibly be to cultivate a too intimate ac-
quaintance with the silver spoons, went up to him,
and politely requested to know if he had a card of
invitation. The gentleman answered evasively, but,
finding himself hard pushed, he pulled out a red
morocco pocket-book, and with apparent indigna-
tion pointed out to the constable his name and pro-
fession, which was stamped in gold letters on the
cover. The constable, on looking at the book,
found the words " Captain Moore" on the outside,
and a printed card inside, describing himself as
" The Engraver to the Society of Licensed Vic-
tuallers, appeinted by Act of Parliament."
The " licensed engraver" was conveyed to the
watch-honss ; and, on being searched, a complete
stock in trade of a duffer was found upon him. His
hat was crammed with rings, brooches, seals, &c,,as
were the pockets of his clothes; and a couple of
watches, apparently of immense value,, and superb
workmanship, but got up in reality for the purposes
of fraud, were also taken from hint.
" Well," said the LORD MAYOR, who had pre-
sided at the dinner in question, " what was your
business in the room last Wednesday evening, Cap-
! rain ?"—" Oh ! 'pon my sacred honour," answered
the Captain, " for nothing improper, I assure your
Lordship ; I went there to see a friend."
" Arid what is that friend's name ?" inquired his
Lordship.—" WI)), his name," said the Captain,
" is Grover ; he is a licensed victualler at Bromley.
The fact is I am an engraver, as well as a jeweller;
and 1 have worked for upwards of ten thousand ,
publicans, I'll assure your Lordship. My friend
Grover will come forward and convince your Lord-
ship that I am a perfect gentleman."
" Well, but what was your object in calling on
Mr. Grover at such a time ?" said his Lordship.
" My object !" responded the Captain--" Really,
this is a very extraordinary question. Oh! my ob-
ject was to get some orders in the engraving line."
" Pray, are you a Captain in the marines or in
the army ?" said the LORD MAYOR, " for I see
you have Captain Moore printed on your pocket-
book."—" Oh ! that's quite a mistake," said the
Captain. The fact is, lam no Captain."
His LORDSHIP remarked that it was very proper
on the part of the constable to have made this in-
vestigation, for lie suspected that some " Captain"
or other had got admitted into Guildhall the last
time he gave a public dinner there, as he received a
large parcel the other day, upon the inside of the
wrapper of which was written in large characters the
words " Conscience," arid the contents of the parcel
were about two dozen of metal spoons. " Bat,"
added his Lordship, " had these spoons been of
silver, I am afraid `conscience' would not have al-
lowed their restitution."—(Laughter.)
The " Captain," after having his stock of jew-
ellery restored to him, was allowed to depart.
G UIL D HALL.
a On Saturday C.iaple4 Kelly was charged with
stealing half a hundred weight of paper, forming
quires of the novel called " The O'Briens and the
O'Flaherties," the property of Messrs. Colburn and
Bentley, of New Burlington-street.
Chidley, a bookseller, in Goswell-street,
bought the paper as waste, at the rate of 455. per
cwt., of the prisoner about the beginning of last
year. Hearing lately of the committal of a lad for
stealing some sets of the above work, he suspected
the paper he had bought was stolen, and he com-
municated the circumstance to Messrs. Shackell and
BayliS, of Johnson's-Court, Fleet-street, from whose
premises the paper had been stolen. He met the
prisoner by accident in Barbican, and he took him,
after a desperate struggle, into custody.
A warehouseman identified the sheets as part of
above a ton of popular novels, in quires, which had
been stolen, in 1830 and 1831, from the warehouse
in Johnson's-court.
Mr. Colburn said the warehouses of several
printers had been plundered to a great extent. He
had lost books to the value of 600/.
The prisoner had bought the paper of a man
named King, whose address he did not know.
Mr. Alderman WINCHESTER said the prisoner
was, no doubt, in connivance with some persons
employed in the warehouses, and committed him for

BOW-STREET.

Information was on Saturday given at this office,

that a young woman, named Elizabeth Bolton, 28
years of age, a cook in the service of Mr. Rhodes,
jun., the proprietor of the Coal-hole-tavern, Strand,
was in the custody of the New Police, under the
direction of Mr. Thomas, the superintendent, charged
with having privately delivered herself of a child,
which she had strangled with a piece of tape. It
appears, that on Friday night, Mr. Rhodes sent for
Mr. Thomas, and communicated to him his suspi-
cions that the young woman had given birth to a
child. The question was put beyond doubt in a few
minute,, but the infant could no where be found.
'I he mother refused to give up the keys of her
boxes, but Mr. Thomas forcibly took posse•sion of
them, and on opening one of the boxes he found the
corpse of a fine infant boy. still warm. On examin-
ing the neck, a mark was found indenting the flesh,
and he was of opinion the child had died from stran-
gulation. He sent for surgeons Jones and Beaman,
who examined the body minutely, arid information
was sent to the Coroner to hold an inquest thereon.
The woman has threatened to de-troy herself, and
is therefore strictly watched by a policeman.
On Thursday seven smugglers, named Adams,
Baker, Straiten, ("lake, Nokex, W. and H. Gutxall
(brothers), were brought before T. Haus, Esq., by
the officers Ellis, Gardner, and Stevens, charged
with being the principals concerned in three very
desperate affrays on the southern coast of Sussex, on
the 1.4 of January, on the Ist of February, and on
the 16th of February, when two of the Coast Guard,
severalnamed Wicks a
were seriously
sernd
iousSiVyat‘trse, were
utided. shotTh
edead, and
prisoners,
who were men of most determined and fearless
aspect, exhibited the true character of the bold and
lawless smuggler. Their apprehension was not
effected by the officers without the hazard of their
lives. The officers were directed to proceed to
Sussex some weeks ago, by order of Government,
the smugglers at Hastings and Rye having assem-
bled in bodies of not less than 200, armed with
pistols and batts, and set the Coast Guard at Defi-
ance. On the Ist of January, a most deadly affray
took place at the Warehouse Gate, near the New
Tower, St. Leonard's. Two of the Coast Guar.]
were killed by pistol-shots, and six were
wounded. Several smugglers were killed, and car-
ced off by their companions. The smugglers ran
only part of their cargo, and the rest was taken by
the Coast Guard. On the Ist of February, at
Comber, near Rye, another severe conflict took
place beta een the Coast Guard and the smugglers.
Lieutenant Parry was severely wounded, two men
were killed, and several others seriously wounded,
the smugglers having loaded their pistols with cop.
per coin cut into pieces. On the 16th of February
another fatal conflict took place at 80-peep, near
Hastings, when Lieutenant Ross anti his party were

fired at and two men killed. The police officer.
.viao were sent from .this office to apprehend the
ringleaders disguised themselves, and by stratagem
captured five of the prisoners on thc same evening.
On Friday last they took thc other two. They were
brought to London, arid lodged in the New Prison,
Clerkenwell. On Friday they were brought up
again, handcuffed two and two.

On their being placed at the bar, Mr. Thackery,
he Solicitor of the Customs, applied on the part
of the Crown to have the business remanded with-
out going into the evidence at present, which could
not he disclosed without danger of defeating the ends
of justice.

The prisoners were attended by Messrs. Lang.
ham and Isaacs, solicitors, who contended that they
should not be kept in custody without hearing the
evidence against them.
_

i%lr. HALLS said there were difficulties in the case,
but where there had been such a loss of life it was
necessary to use extraordinary means to prevent
justice being defeated, and he should remand the
prisoners for a fortnight.

A considerable number of the Coast Guard who
had been wounded were in the office—one poor fel-
low on crutches.

QUEEN- S QUARE.
John Lunzints, a youth of about fifteen, dressed
like a groom, was charged with uttering a forged
check for 250/. at Messrs. Drummond's, Charing
Cross. On Friday afternoon the check, which
purported to be drawn by Joseph Hume, Esq.
M. P. t% as presented by the prisoner, who said he
was sent by his master, Mr. Price, of No. 5, Bel-
grave-terrace, Pimlico. The forgery was at once
discovered, and a letter was given to the prisoner,
directed to Mr. Price. A policeman dressed in
plain clothes was then sent to follow the prisoner,
who, unconscious of being watched, went to No.
6, Belgrave-terrace, (No. 5 was unoccupied) and
asked if Mr. Price did not live there? The servant
said she knew of no such name. The prisoner
then looked at the policeman, who was standing
watching him, and he changed colour. He walked
away, and on: getting to the next street, ran off.
He was overtaken and secured. The prisoner said
that he was a groom out of employ, and he was
met on Friday morning by a respectable looking
man, with green spectacles, in the park, who asked
him to take a letter to the London Coffee House,
Ludgate-hill. The gentleman for whom the letter
was intended, was out. He met the person again
at a hotel in Bond-street, and he was desired to take
the check, and say he was sent by Mr. Price, of
Belgrave-terrace. He was to meet him in the psrk
with the money, but not meeting with him there,
he (the prisoner) took the letter as had been de-
scribed. The prisoner further said he had two bro-
thers, one of whom was coachman to Lord Hill,
and the other coachman to the Duke of Cumberland.
The prisoner was remanded, that further inquiries
might be made.
Blazy, George North, and Mary David-
son, were put to the bar on a charge of coining.
The prisoners were remanded until the solicitor
for the Mint could attend.