The Sun.
London, England, 1817-03-05 00:00:00

KILLING DFER.

Richard Godfrey was indicted for killin and
carryirg away, on the 20th of July last
.t! male
deer, the property of our .Soyereign Isrd the
King.
•
Mr. SHEPPARD 'opened the ease to the Jury; and
stated the *circumstances, wilich were proved in
evidence, to the following effect. Richard Cha-
ntal), park-keeper, saw the primmer put a. gun
011.0101 the park piling and shout at a herd of
detr, by ‘thieh one was killed j the prisoner put
the gun di3Wn, and then went oirer.to the deer ;
he dragged it to an adjoining held, and having. cut
his throat And his entrails out, covered it over with
grass and wheat ; in about eighteen or nineteen
hours Afterwards he came to the spat, and was
the act of taking it away when he was • opine—

Ttilt MU rann ov Ma. Lotloue.r.—Thr Mayor
and Magistrates. Of this town are vigilantly eX•er-
cising themselves tor the apprehension of the per-
sons who so barbarously murdered i he Rev. FraneiS
Longues, on Isis t eturn from Wallingforti•on the
13th ult.
Nine o'Clork,—A man named John Woodisson
is just brunght in to town, having been nplise-
benched at Tilehurit, about a quarter of 'a mile
from the place where .Mr. Longuet :was so in-
humanly murdered. lie is a thatcher, and its Isis
possession was foinul a large instrument used in Isis
calling. Ile is now under examination before the
Mayor and Magistrates.

POLICE IN.ItLLIGENCE,

COUNTERFEITS OF Tlfl NEW SILVER COIN.

Wunsiiii.-STurZT.—Yesterday trillium Clarke;
Ana Potter, it woman with whom be cohabits,
and. Dia►►a Ford, ii Nur y. young girl, were .hrouttlit
up from St. Luke's watcli-house, charged with
uttering several base and countei frit sixpences,
purporting to be of the new silver coin of the
realm;

Both the Amide prisoners vent into Banbill-
row, about nine o'clock on Monday evening ; the
girl went into the shop of Mr. Clements, a baker,
and purchased a threepenny loaf, for which
she tendered, sixpence, and receive& the change.
She also -offered sixpence for souse pickled eabilage
at Mr, Page's. oikshop, both of which proved to
he:connteffeits. - The prisoner, Potter, kient ilkto
Bell's eating-honse,- where she pntchased a two-
penny black pudding, tendered 'a, bacl sixpehcst in
payment, and received -the change. She after-
‘vords,sent the girl to a coal-shed, kept, by as poor
named Bell, tor a peck of coals, and p:tssed
another sixpence, and received a penny change, '
and again sent her to the shop of "Mr. Hodges,
grocer, for a pennyworth of coffee, where she p‘i!, se&
another, and received the eltarige: all the sixpences
passed in this manner, in nine different places,'

;InCrxarfl,4 vroVCrl rit lie tntluttirCitS. neivg
f.gr suree,sful, they next went into the Slbrion
and Will?, it gin•shop, to til,e a gla..s of that li
titter, but the phhlican being sharper than the
othrt tradesmen, lie diseoveted the sixpence to he
bail,' aid retused to take it. This diseoltrag.e4
hem, anti they 'proceeded home, :but were watch-
ed to their Intlging4 11,ill-coort, where Vann,
au ()Aker of St: Luke's, who had been sent for,.
took them into 'custody. Ott the house being
nwhing su,;pieius, it appeared; teas
found upon person's., but three counter-
ti it sixpences were found on the staircase. On
being intetrogaird at the wateh-house, the gill
implicated the man ptisoner,'hy saying it Was he
who sent her roc breml_to the baker's, and pi( kles
to the oil-shop,; he gave her the money, and she
returned the chane,e to him. He, however, d
nied being at -all concerned. The woman said,
she received the sixpences from it Gentleman, for'
a particular favour, but when in the watelv-hOuse,
site said she received thent at a pulllie-house; in
change' for a dollar';''
This being the first detection of persons offering
counterfeits of the new coin, the office teas ex
ttentely crowded with titdes.men, all eager to see
the connterteits, in order to be better able to dis-
tingnikh the good Front the bail in Allure. -The
imitation is very good, Init we think the hea,d is
not Alike so plump aS on the genuine
'Jibe reverse stele iS thought to be the best imitti-
tion,.but there i 3 a yellowish colour on each side,
and mom purtienlarly on the edges, Avhiels indicates
the inside to be copper.
The prisfoiers were committed till Thursday,
when the Solicitor to the Mint will attend.

TIO‘V-STURF.T.—Yuverday Jain Lewis atu Geo.
Eiwns were broitgbt from Kensington, 811(1 un-
derwent an CX/11111101000, Charged 011 S891(.1011
101V111g broke open and robbed the bonse of
Mr J. Wild, of II 01l an d street:---The prisoners
were committed.

One of the iron pipes intended to be laid (town
in the mew street, 1';d1-mell, was Observed to be
taken away by two men, on Monday. evelikg%
watchman On duty intmediatcly followed !beat to a
honie in lludley•couri,, Crown-ktreet, Soho, be-
longing Co a, man of the name.of John Baker, who
exclaimed to the rohbrs,'-Come in, my hots !"
The switchman followed tlacm in, and told Baker
the men had stole the Tine, and solicited his
assistance to secure them, which be -refuSed to
do. 'One of them'rushed out and made his escape..
The man seized the other, but lie resisted,
knocked him down, and made his escape. Baker
directly after threw the pipe out of Iti3 house.—
Yesterday a SelliCh.Wal rant was obtained; and
Baker's hentswsearehecl, when stolen pipes belong:.
ing ,to the West Middlesex 1,00 pitny were !omit,.
Baker Was taken into custody, brought to
flee, >and committe4 on a charge of -receiving the
pipes, knowing them to have been stolen.