The Sun.
London, England, 1826-08-25 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MA Nsloal.4lcusg.....::_tyrigis Day.)
An old woman, the wife of a dirty Miserible-looking fellow,
who sells matches in the streets, was brought up on a charge of
having been found dead drunk yesterday on Cornhill. She was
found extended on the pavement, quite stiff and cold. Two
beadles carried her to the justice-room: one had her legs over his
shoulders—the other supported her head ; and thus she was borne
through the Streets like a corpse.' She had none of the fever of
intoxication, or the smell of liquor about her ; breathing was im-
perceptible, anti every one concluded that life was just extinct.—
After a time, however, she began to thew signs of animation, and
ultimately, by the efforts of the officers, ,she was restored.
She now said that her husband had made her drunk.
The husband here presented himself; he was a most wretched
figure, he wore a long dirty beard, and wits dressed in filthy tat-
ters, and hail succeeded in snaking a complete Caliban of himself.
He said he had given his wife a' few glasses of rum, and " a pot
or so of heavy."
The Loan Mavols, who was at ;first struck with the wretched.
nets of the man's appearance, without, heeding his reply, said,
" really these wretched people must not be suffered to go at large
in the streets. Officers, why did you nut take them to their pa-
rish." (To the matchman) " Where is your parish ?"
The Matchman--111y parish! I want nothin
with my parish,
nor does my wird. If the Officers bad not meddled, I should have
put her into a coach, and taken her home.
The Loan Maxna7 inquired into the circumstances of the
matchman, when it was stated that he once presented a different
appearance in the streets : his hair, which was now matted and
hanging in rat-tails, was then sprucely dressed ; his now well
-
manures' beard; which looked like a filthy scrubbing brush, was
then kept cleanly shaved ; and, instead of dirty rags, huddled
about him, he had the luxury of a clean shirt; a clean
nankeen jacket, a white apron, white stockings, and polished shoes.
He then figured in the streets as a pieman. His present meta-
morphosis was , entirely a matter of trade. lie found it far snore
profitable to excite the pity than the appetites of the public, and
got more pence for snatches on charity than for piet, and could
now atTord to snake ot• himself drunk and pay for a roach
home.
Ilia
Lordship dismissed the " timber merchant," who did not
come exactly within his wife to him, with:
an admi)nitiontoaware
le law, and gave up , ,
to beware how they were sound
again in the xaty
indulging such an .

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AllsitYLETIONE..—(Tits DAY.) w
and shabbily dressd, wed bilyeSamuel Farrington; a decell
looking man, 60 years of age, with theft.
salt
The complainant stated, that he is employed in carrying --
by a boat, from Staffordshire to London •; as he was walking from
Leather-lane to Oxford-street, about nine o'clock lest night, lie
very prepossessing appearancet,
met with the prisoner ; he was somewhat fresh at
recollects being and was able
sure he had his watch when he first
to walk very well; in a public-house with her in
Oxford-street; left it and went with Out prisoner into the Edga.
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net with her, the time; is

ware-road, where he entered a public-house with her; nobody
present; is not sure whether he bad connection with her; left
her when they came out of the public house ; cans ot recollect
whether she asked him any thing; "watch was a capital good
one, worth 4/. when it was new."
The complainant spoke in a manner indicating that he was so
tipsy that he did not distinctly recollect the cireumstances.
Stephen Beauchamp, No. Edgware-road—Never saw com-
plainant till last night ; he came to the witness's shop with psi-
saner about ten o'clock last night ; she was sober, but he was
tipsy ; he could stand and speak very- well ; they came for a shil-
ling's worth of oysters ; she was eating them in the shop while
he was talking to her in a jocular manner ; about ten minutes
after they left his shop, saw her drag him round the corner
of Cannon-place;; he was staggering; they were behind Con-
naught-place about twenty minutes or more, at the end of
which, saw a woman running round the same corner in the
greatest haste possible; could not swear it was the prisoner,
but believed it was her; she crossed Edgware-road, and went up
Bryan-street; suspecting that all was 'not right, witness went be-
hind Connaught-place, *here he found the complainant sleeping,
with his face to the ground ; he had a smock frock on, but did not re.
mark the rest of his dress ; be had the Bap of his breeches down, but
the waist
,of them was not; witness immediately went for a
watchman,' who came up along with another watchman, and they
raised the complainant against a wall, and asked him if he had lost
any money? he said no, and took a purse out of each pocket.
They asked him if he had a watch ? he said he had " as good a
one as is in England," and immediately put his hand (to his
breeches pocket ; but found it was gone, and said " I)—n her,
as I have lost my watch—the girl took it from me."
John Yoxall, the watchman, who was called by preceding wit.
ness, concurred with him in every thing that happened after lie
had some up.
John Shepherd of the Bow-street patrol, stated that he was met
by the complainant and the preceding witness about half-past six
this morning in Paddington. The complainant told him he was
robbed of his watch and four sovereigns last night, and requested
hint to take the prisoner into custody. Witness being informed
that she lived at No. 50, Cato-street, went there about seven
this morning, and asked for her landlord, who said that there
was no such person in the house ; -witteess however insisted that
she was, and not having been resitted, entered the house, along
with the other watchman above-mentioned, and found her in bed.
He told her the purpose of his coming; she said she. knew nothing
about the matter ; he made a partial search in the room wherein
she slept, but found nothing.
The prisoner stated to the Magistrate that the complainant had
been with her frequently before ; that he was with her last night,
but had no connection with her, he was so tipsy; he did not give
her any thing but the oysters; she knows nothing at all of the
watch or sovereigns.—She was of course committed.

130W-STREF.T.—(Tms Day.)
Two women were brought before Mr. Minshull, on two sepa-
rate charges, made by bakers residing in Drury-lane, for attempt-
ing to impose bad shillings on them. One of the bakers stated
that he had taken no less than twelve of these shillings within this
fortnight, all of the same stamp and date. There were persons
going about selling them for three-pence each.• One of the wo-
men was discharged, there not being sufficient grounds to suspect
that she knew the coin was bad. The other woe committed to
take her trial.

IiATTON-GARDEN.—(Twts DAT.)
GROSS ASSAULT....... William Vale, an nailer, was charged with
an assault on Mr. Martin, his employer, a livery-stable-keeper, in
Guildford-street, Russell-square.
Mr. Martin stated, that he had taken the prisoner into his em-
ploy mine months ago, from companion, he being then starving.
For some time he conducted himself with decorum, but latterly his
conduct had undergone a considerable change, and he became an
habitual drunkard, and neglected his work ; the first three days of
this week he had been drunk, and only came to the stables to
create a riot; and finding on one occasion that witness himself
was actually doing his work for him, ha swore that if the work
was not left, he (prisoner) would be the death of him, and snatch-
ing a pitchfork made a desperate lounge at biro, which, if be had
not avoided, might have been attended with serious consequences.
He succeeded in wresting it from him, and turned him out of the
stables, when he 'commenced a volley of the most horrid abuse,
and repeatedly challenged him to fight. Mr. Martin added,
,that
the prisoner'had been nailed by two frieuds of his for an assault
on another person, from which bail he now threatened to abscond
as soon at at laNity.._
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Mr. ROC:IRS—What hide you to say to this charge.
Vale—l neither know or care any thing about it. •
Mr. Rooaas—Then you will give 24 hours notice of bail.
The • two gentlemen who had bailed him on a former occasion
now came (onward and begged to surrender him, which was done
in the usual way.
The prisoner was now informed he would have to procure four
bail befffie he could be set et liberty, in default of which he was
taken to the New Prison.