The Sun.
London, England, 1832-10-09 00:00:00

BOIV-STREET.

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Yesterday, a young man, named Alexander Ed•
ward Walker Hay, was brought before Sir F. RoE
for anal examination, charged with feloniously ut-
tering a forged .5/. bank-note, purporting to be a
note of the Governor and Compitny of the Bank of
England, well knowing the same to be forged, with
intent to cheat and defraud that establishment.
Mr. Henry Simpson, hosier, of No. 12, New-
street, Covent-garden, proved, that on the evening
of Monday, the Ist inst., the prisoner came into his
,hop, and selected articles of the value of 12s. 6d.,
for which he tendered in payment the bank-note for
Si. now produced. Witness immediately saw that
it was a fcrgery, and said to the prisoner " This is
a forgery, and you know it." The prisoner replied" I hope you don't intend to get me into trouble .
Witness then asked him if he had any more such
notes about him. The prisoner then requested to
go into a back parlour, and he there ht t_ded to Wit-

Yesterday, a child just turned six years of age.
was brought before Messrs. WHITE and MARRIOTT,
by a constable of the L division, on the following
charge :
On Friday evening last the constable found the
boy in Blackfriars road, surrounded by a number of
people, to whom he was detailing a most piteous
story of distress, and exciting their charity. The
constable questioned him, when he said his name
was John Jones, and that both his father and mo-
ther had left him, and gone into the country ; where
they had lived he could give no account. The con-
stable, seeing a child of such tender years destitute
in the streets, took him to the station-house, and
from there he was taken to Christchurch workhouse,
where he was taken care of for the night. The
boy was strictly examined by the master of the work-
house on the following morning, when, after some
inquiry, it was found that every word he had uttered
was a gross falsehood, and with some difficulty and
trouble the abode of his father and mother were
discovered, from whom it appeared he had run away.
The father 110VV stepped forward and said, that
his name was Thorogood. The boy was of that
disposition that he could do nothing with him ; he
had kept him confined, but the moment he let him
out and sent him to school, he ran away from him.
Within the last six months he run away seven times,
and had been taken to different workhouses by the
police, when he always told the most extraordinary
lies. Sometimes he would get with the chimney-
sweepers, and he had a great propensity to begging.
He wished the Magistrate to punish him in some
way, as he himself had tried every method to re-
claim him.

The master of the workhouse said that the boy,
for his years, was one of the most extraordinary
children he ever met with. He had no sooner told
one lie, and been found out, than he hatched ano-
ther in an instant, and told it with such an air of
sincerity that any person would believe him.
Mr. WHITE asked the father what his business
was, and where he came from ?—Thorogood was a
shoemaker, and lived at No. 5, New Tothill-street.
Mr. WHITE—What part of the country do you
come from ? Thorogood—From Wisbeach in Cam-
bridgeshire.

Mr. WHITE—Then you see you have set your
son the example of a vagabond. Thorogood—How
so, Sir ?

Mr. WHITE—Why, by coming to the parish ;
why did you not stay at Wisbeach, wuhereivim
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work; I could not support my wife and seven
children in the country.
The master of the workhouse had made inquiries
about the father of the boy, and found him to be an
industrious man, and of good character.
Mr. WHITE could do nothing with the bov ; the
overseers were present, and if the father would pay
them .ss. per week, they would take care of him.
Thorogood said that was impossible; it was as
much as he could possibly do to keep his family
from starving.

Mr. WHITE told him that lie must take the boy
home with him.

Thorogood accordingly took the boy, but said
tht►t he was positive he would run away the very
first opportunity.

LAMBETH-STREET.

Yesterday Matthew Kennon, a sugar-baker, was
brought before Messrs. HARDWICK and WALKER,
charged with wilfully and maliciously breaking some
young trees in the enclosure belonging to the Mari-
uer's Church, in Wellclose-square.—The prisoner
was convicted in the penalty of .5/., or two months'
imprisonment.
A fortnight since another person was convicted at
this office for destroying 23 trees in the same place.

William Watson and John Slevin, two Irish tai-
lors, were charged with violently assaulting Dennis
Sullivan.

The complainant, on Saturday night, while on his
way home, accidentally met the prisoners, who,
without the slightest provocation, knocked him
down, and while on the ground kicked him violently.
A witness corroborated this statement.

Slevin, in defence, had been out to market with
his wife on Saturday night, and on their return
home he had occasion to leave his wife for a few
minutes, when the complainant, during his tempo-
rary absence, came up, made love to his wife, and
wanted to seduce her. This naturally exasperated
him, and he gave him the hand and foot in the Irish
fashion, and upset him.
Watson was standing quite peaceably, when the
complainant, as he supposed, mistaking him for
Slevin, struck him, and they had a fair fight.
Mrs. Slevin was called as a witness, and corro-
borated the statement of her husband, as to the com-
plainant's attempt to seduce her ; she added, that it
was not the first attempt he had made on her chastity.
The complainant denied the accusation as to the
seduction, and said it was a got-up affair.
The prisoners were convicted in the sum of 10s.
each, or 14 days' imprisonment.