The Sun.
London, England, 1828-11-14 00:00:00

AIARYLEI3ONE.

Littleivood and.Brind, pawabrokers, 40,
Osnaburgh-street, Regent's-park, were charged, yes-
terday, before Mr. GRIFFITH, with. acting contrary
to the statute 39 and 40'Geo. W. cap. 39, see. 16.
William Atkinsoit was the informer, and Eliza-
beth Arinfield„ll, Sol's-row, Elampstead-road, who
says she is-employed by Atkinson to search after
Cases, under the assumed name of Smith, was the
witness.

Elizabeth Armfield, alias Smith, stated, that on
the 25th of September last she pledged a dessert
spoon at the shop of the defendants for 3s. 6d.—
After she got home she missed the ticket of it;
,and
really thought she had lost it; and the same even-'
ing, in consequence of that loss, she applied to the:
defendants for a printed form of an affidavit, and re-
ceived one. When The went to bed she found the
ticket " concealed -beneath her clothes," and, com•
paring it with the affidavit, it was not so accurately
set out therein as the law requires. •
The affidavit, the ticket, and the Act of Parlia-
ment, were then, at the instance of the informer,
put into the hands.of the Magistrate, and he asked
the witness if she intended to swear she had lost the
ticket ?—" She made a mistake, and supposed she
had lost it;" said Atkinson ; " but yoUr Worship
'must know she found it afterwards under her
clothes."
••
"Pray, do. not interrupt my question," replied the
Magistrate;" but let the witness answer for herself.
Do-you swear,-Woman that you had lost the ticket ?"
Elizabeth Arrhfield, alias Smith=--The ticket NUN
lost at the time, yoUr Worship, when I applied for
the affidavit. tpon my oath; ,I.SVear it was lost at
the time; but I found it afterwardS,. when I went to
hed, in'the fold of my gown.,
" Then it was not lost," said 'the Magistrate,
for it was all• the time upon your person.' And
having the ticket before him, he farther said he had
nothing to do with the affidavit, and the information
was dismissed.

James' Horatio Halliday was charged by Joseph
Pinnock With an. assault. The defendant was
fincd. 20i. _ _

111ARLFIOROUGII-STREET.

. -
BRUTAL 11.AULT..— Yesterday T. Beech, 'Esq.
appeared before the sitting Magistrate, H. M. DYaR,
Esq. to prefer a
am
.charge against a fellow, named
jriltOm Kaby, the driver of the hackney-coach No
85% for having committed a most outrageous and
unprovoked assault upon him. .
The complainant about six o'clock yesterday
evening, was passing through Great Russell-street,

Bloomsbury, when he observed, nearly opposite the
Museum gates, a horse lying an the ground, and a
large cart, loaded with coals, resting on his body.
There Were a number of persons (amongst whom
was the prisoner) endeavouring to extricate him
fro►n his painful situation; but complainant conceiv-
ed that they were rather retarding than facilitating
the poor animal's release, and actuated by' feeling,
motives, he),vas*,indeced to suggest, that if some of,
the coala,were discharged' into the street, and three
or four persons would
,go, behind the cart and bear.
upon, it,.the shafts would lie raised, and the horse
would be enabled to. get upon his feet. The pri-
soner instantly turned,_round and said,. `` Hold your
tongue, 'you --foolq :iyott;' are ;not inclined to do
any good, but' you. are endeavouring to do all the.
harm you can." The complainant attempted- to't•e-
monstrate with the defeittltmt upon his abusive con-
' duct, when the rutliau.strueit him a tremendous blow
in the face, which nearly dislodged the-eye from'
its socket, and felled him to the-ground; while lay-
ing ther'e he kicked him about the legs and head in
so 'savage and dreadful a-manner that the spectators
cried out " Shame and ratirder !"
' A number of very respectable witnesses fully cor-
roborated all that Mr. Beech had said.
The MAGISTRATE observed that a grosser case
he never heard of, and had he not been informed
that-the defendant had a wife !and several children,
he would sentence him to pay-14- highest penalty
which the law,allowed; but being made acquainted
with that fact, be should tine him .in the mitigatie,d
penalty of 4/..
. A genteel•looking young man, who gave his name
John Jennings, was charged on suspicion of being
concerned in the robbery lately committed at Lord
Mart land's.

AViS, the officer, stated to the Magistrate, that in
consequence of information he received the preced-
ing evening, he went 'to a'house and took the -.pri-
soner into custody. Upon searching his person he
found in his trousers' pockets two silver spoons with
Colonel Stapleton's crest. engraved upon them : he
had also a great number of pawnbrokers' duplicates
for plate,, glass, books &c.
Mr. and Mrs. Coxhead were. both in attendance,
but they could not identify the prisoner.ris the man
who bad offered to sell them Lord Hartland's
books.

The prisoner was cothrnitted to prison till further
inquiry could be made.

HATTON-GARDEN.

.•
William Appleby, the individual who was charged
at this office on Tuesday, with assuming the. cha,
racter of a Master in Chancery, and under that coun-
terfeit representation. othimself, practising upon the
credulity of the public, and fraudulently obtaining
various sums of money to a,large amount, was yes-
teiday again 'placed at the-bar before the sitting
Magistrates, Mr. MerjeanCSM.l.ON and Mr. LAtsG,
on a charge of having obtained under the above
false-pretence 381.-. 4s. froth a rope-maker, of the
naine'of John Clementson, residing in :Manchester.
After a long hearing, the prisoner was fully com-
mitted upon the charge, and orders were given by
the Magistrates that application shotild be made at
the Accountant-General's office to know whether
such legaeies is. the prisoner spoke of were really in
existence or not.

Several Mimi parties npop whom the prisoner had
practiied in a • similar way, "were in the office, but
declined to prosecute. •

TTNION-HALL.

' Since the.new regulations have been adopted for
the metage-of coals, in the county of Surrey, the
coal-meters have been extremely. .vigilant is the de-
tection of frauds to which the public were subjected
previously. In addition to :the. convictions which
have recently taken place at this office, several in-
formations have been applied for and obtained against
individuals in the coal-trade for bribing the labouring
coal-meters, by -giving. them fees over and above
what is allowed by the act, for permitting certain
irregularities to occur in the-measurement of coals.
Yesterday the following cases were heard before the
sitting Magistrate, Mr. IioNE.
Mr. Todd, an extensive coal-merchant, carrying
business at the Northumberland Wharf, was sum-
moned on an infOtmation charging him with giving
Richard Morris, one of the Surrey labotiring
aoal-
.•,
meteis, the ofsum lOs. byway of a gratuity for
yielding to an irregularity committed on the de-
fendant's preMises:
,'.The defendant, who pleaded " not guilty," had a
solicitor in attendance on his behalf. Nix. Jemmett
was for the coal-meters.
Richard Morris, a labouring meter, .stated, that
he was on duty at the Northumberland-wharf on
the I lth of October. In the. course of that even-

1g Richard Greenfield gave witness 10s. over and

above the metagerof the-:couls that were measured
at the wharf during► the day. Witness having been
directed by the principal coal-meter to submit to
any irregularities that, he might see in the course of
the day, accepted' the above sum, which he after-
wards gave to Mr. Tourquand, his principal.
Cross-examined by the defendant's solicitor-4
did not demand the sum' of Greenway, the defend-
ant's clerk. There was no solicitation on my part.
On the Monday previously Greenway said that he
should give me 10s. for perMitting certain irregu
!elides at the wharf. The money was net for clver-
work,—that I swear,—but for permitting certain.
frauds•on the purchaser.

The solicitor—Now I ask you, on the 9th did you
'witness any thing improper.: going forward, .at. the
wharf ?—" Yes, I did.". t • .

" What was it ?"—Witness—,l saw a " long
five."

This description of irregularity, as it was called,
but what .might be deemed a very gross fraud on the
purchaser of coals, was explained by the witness.
He said that a " long five' was when an individual
purchased a room of coals, a quantity consisting of
dive clialdrons and one vat, instead of his receiving the
whole, six sacks, and sometimes more, were either
left at the bottom of the barge belonging to the coal-
merchant, or carried' away during the process of
'loading the waggons, and placed. among his own
:stock on the wharf.
The defendant's solicitor asked the witness if he
was' not aware that he was himself guilty of an
offence by receiving a bribe ?—The witness replied,
that he had acted according to the instructions he
'received from the principal coal-meter.
Mr. HONE---The man acted in:perfect conformity
to the instructions he received, and-the plan was ar-
ranged for the purpose of detecting a system of fraud
which there was scarcely a doubt had been carried to
a great extent.
• Mr. Tourquand proved that • he•received the ten
shillings from the witness, and also confirmed the
evidence of the latter as to the instructions he re-
ceived.

The defendant's solicitor here endeavoured to fix
on the plaintiff a charge of neglect of duty. and
drunkenness ou the day set forth in the information.
He added, that he was prepared with evidence to
show that the witness did. not receive the money
by way of bribe, fur permitting irregularities, but
that he had demanded it for working over hours.
John Greenway, the defendant's Clerk, was then
called, and he tatett:that on the '6th•Of October,
Morris asked him if, they: " tipped " any thing.
Witness said he did not understand what he tneant
'by " tipped." Morris said, " Let us come to .an
understanding." ;He then said, that he was in the
habit of receiving money at other wharfs, and that
he should expect me to give hins some also. He
did not explain for what he was to have the money
Witness recollects the 11th of October. Morris
was drunk .on that day'; be commenced drinking at
nine o'clock in tha morning, and borrowed five-penceof witness to get some gin. Ile was very full of
drink,'Said the witness, so much so, that lie was ob-
liged to lie down in the lobby, and daring the time
.his duty was neglected.. About seven o'clock the
same morning, Morris said to witness, " I hare been
waiting for this money a longtime, and I ought to
get it now for not paying partleular attention to the
measurement
.of the coals." Witness, in reply, said
that he was to blame for not minding- his business.
Morris then said that he had been detained at the

wharf late of evenings over time, and e+
mornings. Upon this remonstrance bei
witness admitted that he gave Morris 108.

By Mr. '3 SfETT.----11e.• ;did not. Lk...
" long five": meant until 'lte.::stiw•its des/14h
newspapers. The day upon :which.lhef
was chargi4l with having 'practised the''
the " ldfig five," he (witness) 'was :cot
Mr. Llnyt4 the purchaser of the,rooni:
his full measure.'
.• Mr. JEMMETT ridiculed the idea of the
coal-merehattes clerk, pretending that he
rant of the meaning of a "long five" until
explained on .a recent occasion in the
The learned Counsel submitted that the
the defendarqwas fully established, and
set up was an aggravation, and called fo
penalty.

The principal coal-meter.having stated
ris was an extremely abstemious man, an
.wasperfectly sober on the day in question
The MAGISTRATE observed that the
forth "in the information were confirthed
point, adding, that without the preient
Veen adopted to detect frauds of that th
the public would be as liable -as ever to p!
this case he ilionld certainly inflict the ti
(201.).0111bedefendant, having been info)
he was in 'opulent circumstances. -
The defendant's solicitor gave notice of
Another informaticin was exhibited agai
ton Megurey, a dealer in coals, who wa
with having given' Morris, the witness in
case, the stun of 75., for- submitting to au
rity in the Measurement of- coals.
The witness deposed, that on the II th
he received 7s. of the defendant,-r-that is t "oi
for two long fives," and 2s. for furnisl ",.
ivith the Weekly accounts. Jr
A technical objrxtion'was here taken b:
tots
fendant's solicitor to the Christian -.namoSe.. %r
the information, which was quashed on accou.
the inaccuracy.

Mr. Hove--Although this information has b
quashed in consequence of an inforritality,it is, a!
that should go before the public, in order to sal
the practices which Bate been Carried.:On 11'
coal-trade, and which exposure, togetl4'With
vigilance,of the principal coat=tneters, Mould ten'
a, great degree, if not to do away' with them alt'
Cher, to materially diminish them.
Thel'a was another information itgainst a
*ltinuda for a sithiler offeeeti, but he failing watt
the summons, a warrant was granted to compel
The officer who was intrusted to serve the sutra',
on the defendant Was assaulted at the coal-Nebel
one of the firm, against whom a warrant bas b
issued for committing a breach of the peace.

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