The Sun.
London, England, 1828-02-11 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BOW-STREET.--On Saturday Edward Barry, a
young man in the garb of a sailor, was charged by Mr.
Ross, who keeps the Red Lion public-house, Little Guild-
ford-street, with robbing him of 431.
Mr. Ross stated, that about three weeks ago, the day
after he had buried his wife, his bed-room was entered, and
431. in notes and sovereigns, including a cheque for 81. 14s.
was stolen from his drawer. He immediately suspected
the prisoner, and obtained a warrant against him, but
found that he had entered an Indiaman lying at Gravesend.
The warrant was accordingly placed in the hands of Fagan,
an active officer, and the prisoner was apprehended at
Gravesend on Wednesday last. No money, however, was
found in his possession ; but the prisoner's guilt was fully
proved by the following evidence, which also implicated
the clerk of a pawnbroker residing at Poplar.
. Mary Ronan stated. that the prisoner lodged and boarded
with her until about three weeks ago, when he left his
lodging, as the witness understood, for the purpose of
going to India. At that time he owed her about 21. 10s.
and he left in her hands a cheque for Si. 14s. which be
desired her to get cashed, and to pay herself out of the
amount.
The prosecutor here said, he hail ascertained that the
witness had got the cheque cashed at the shop of a pawn•
broker in Poplar, who gave her only half the amount, keep-
ing the other half; by way of discount.
" Upon my word," said Mr. MiNsitum,, "the pawn-
broker is a liberal man."
" He is here, your Worship," said the prosecutor.
The MAGISTRATE ordered the pawnbroker to come for-
ward, and told the witness to proceed with the statement.
A young man, whose name it appears is John Howard,
and who is shopman. to Mrs. Wood, a pawnbroker, of No.
'207, High-street, Poplar, came forward, and
Mary Ronan went on to state, that as soon as she receiv-
ed the cheque, she took it to the shop of Mrs. Wood, where
she was in the habit of leaving pledges, and asked John
Howard, now present, to give her cash for it. He exa-
mined the cheque, and told her it was overdue ; but not-
withstanding that circumstance he would give her ss. for
it. She refused to accept of that sum, and he theii told
her that if he succeeded in getting cash for it, be would
give her halt the amount. Sfis .assented to this proposal,
and he told her to call in thelitunsing. She did so, and
he handed her 41. 7s. observing that she had half the
amount of the cheque, according to agreement.
"If this statement be true," said Mr. Miristrum, to
Howard, " I ought to place you at the bar with the pri-
soner."

Howard did not deny that he had changed the cheque, but
said he never offered the woman so low as ss. for it. She
consented to take half the amount, and he gave it to her.
" Upon my word," said Sir RICHARD BIRNIE, " this is
a most nefarious transaction ; and I think this fellow ought
to be placed at the bar along with the prisoner."
Dlr. MINSIIULL—I certainly shall not take him as a
witness. It is quite clear that he received this cheque
knowing it to be stolen, and whether the transaction was
on account of his mistress or hitnself; he must abide the
consequences. Gaoler, take that person into custody, and
place him at the bar.

- Howard was taken into custody accordingly, and remov-
ed to the dock.

Mr. MiNsitutt then remanded the case until next Thurs-
day, in order to give the prosecutor an opportunity of com-
pleting the evidence against the prisoner.
On Saturday evening, Dr. Courtney, of Robert-street,
Adelpbi, charged his female servant, Justine Weaner, a
respectable-looking young woman, with robbing him of 70/.
in Bank notes

It appeared that about eleven o'clock on Saturday morn-
ing, the doctor went into his dressing-rooni, where he
found the prisoner and a charwoman. The prisoner told
him he had left his keys on the table, and she hhnded them
to him. Some time after, the doctor conceiving that an
improper use might have been made of his keys, and open-
ing a drawer in his dressing-room, in which he had de-
posited a short time before 1801. in bank notes, he found
that a 50!. note, a 101. note, and two 5!, notes were mis-
sing. Supposing, however, that Mrs. Courtney might
probably have taken the money, the doctor said nothing
about his loss until her return, when she denied having
taken any of the notes, upon Which he gave the prisoner
into custody.

Mts. Courtney requested to examine the prisoner herself
in private, but the young woman denied all knowledge of
the money. —She was remanded for a week.
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George Edward Allen, late post-master at Greenwich,
whose examination at this office has been reported, was
fully committed for trial upon two indictments, the first
charging him with stealing 21. 10s. from an Irish letter,
committed to his care, and the second with defrauding the
revenue of the postage paid upon the same.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—On Saturday a young
man of respectable apppearanee, named Arthur Anderson,
a confidential clerk in the service of Mr. Wood, a wine-
merchant, in Bond-street, was committed for trial from
this office, on a charge of stealing from the counting-house
desks of his employer, 35!. in bank notes, and 15 sovereigns.
The notes were found on the prisoner's person, concealed in
one of his shoes, and the sovereigns lie confessed lie gave to
a female of his acquaintance.

•
MA RYLE B ONE- OFFICE. —Joseph Smith alias W.
Smyth was charged with bigamy. It was proved by certi-
ficates and witnesses, that the prisoner was married at St.
George's Church, Hanover-square, on the 27th of October,
1817, to Catherine Duffel!, in the name of Joseph Smith,
and on the 27th of August, 1827, at St. Mary's Church,
Bryanstone-square, in the name of William Smyth, to Ann
Fawdon, a very pretty young spinster.
It further appeared that the first wife was a party to the
deception practised upon this unfortunate young woman,—
that she was introduced to her by her husband en the eve
of their marriage as his landlady and friend, and the delu-
sion was kept up until the beginning of last week, when a
quarrel took place, and she avowed herself to be his wife.
—The prisoner was fully committed.
James Welch, a labourer, who lodged at No. 7, Union-
street, Middlesex Hospital, was charged with causing the
death of his child by neglect.
The prisoner was remanded until an inquisition shall hays
been keld upon the body.
UNION-HALL.---On Saturday, Mr. Samuel Gill, a
clerk in the wine department of the custom-house, was
brought before thp sitting Magistrates, J. T. HONE and
D. KING, Esqrs. on an alleged charge of stealing some
bundles of important documents belonging to to the Crown.
Mr. Lee, clerk of ship-entries in the Custom-house,
stated, that on ',Wednesday last, as he was proceeding
home from his office, on passing a butter-shop, he perceiv-
ed some papers on the counter, which be suspected were
ships' reports. He immediately went into the shop, and
having examineik them, found he was correct in his con-
jectures. - 'On asking the ehopman how or in what man-
ner they came JAM his posseasion, .be replied that he had
purchased theni on the Monday preceding of a man whose
name he was riot acquainted with,. but of whose appear-
ance he gave a; very accurate description, adding, that he

(the shopman) had been in the habit of purchasing what
they called waste-paper of the individual alluded to foithe
last IS months. Mr. Lee requested the shopwan not to
part with the papers, observing that they were document,
ofgreat public importance, and in the mean time the soli-
citor of the Customs was informed of the circumstance,
when it was discovered that a man named Webb, an extra
messenger in the Custom-house, was the person who sold
the documents in question to the proprietor of the butter-
shop. This man, on being questioned relative to the sub-
ject, very readily stated that Mr. Gill had given them to
him as bundles of waste-paper, in lieu of money, as a re-
muneration for going on errands and fetching messages for
him.

Several bundles of papers were here produced, two out
of which. Mr. Lee identified as ships' reports, and to have
been taken out of the strong-room attached to his office.
Brown, shopman to Messrs. Leedham and Waters,
cheesemongers, stated, that on Monday last he purchased
321b.1 of the paper now produced from Webb, for which
he gave him sd. a-pound, amounting to 13s.
Webb, the messenger, stated that the prisoner gave him
two bundles of the papers now produced, in lieu of money,
for going of messages for him. Ha also identified three
more bundles of paper, which were given to him by Mr.
Peters, of the Custom-house.
Mr. HONE-What length If time has Mr. Gill been in
the Custom-house ?—The prisoner replied—" I have been
12 years, and, during my experience there, I know it to be
the common practice of giving away that which is termed
the dirty paper, namely, that written o❑ both sides. The
piper I gave to Webb is'written on both sides, therefore I
considered it Went under the denomination of dirty pa-
per,' but I deny having given it'to him in lieu of money,
for I owed him none."

Mr. Thackeray—You know perfectly well you had no
right to give these documents away. You must have been
aware they were of importance.—Prisoner—lt is a general
thing in the Custom-house to give dirty paper away, and
I considered the paper in question as of that description.
The principals as well as the clerks do it.

Webb was then called and interrogated by the Magis-
trate, and in reply to questions, said that he bad received
some bundles of papers of the same description from Mr.
Peters, and other gentlemen in the Custom-house, which he
sold as wastepaper.
Mr. HONE—I am inclined to think Mr. Gill was not
conscious there was any importance attached to the papers
he had given away.
Some discussion here arose on the subject of the place
where the offence was alleged to have been committed,
when it was ultimately decided that .the prisoner should
enter into his own recognizances to appear, on Monday-
this day.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, FEB. 9.
MOSELEY AND JACKSON.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL was heard on this appeal.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said, he would take the
papers home and read them, and give judgment as
soon as possible.
Several of the appeals were postponed in conse-
quence of the absence of Mr. Sugden, and the list
being thus disposed of, the LORD CHANCELLOR said
he would hear motions. As, however, it could not
have been anticipated that an opportunity would
offer, with so large a number of appeals, of making
motions, no one was prepared, and the Court rose
at three, o'clock.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Fxa. 9.
THE KING V. THE MAYOR OF STAFFORD.

This was a rule calling upon Francis_ Hughes, Esq.
to show cause why a quo tvarranto information should
not be filed against him for exercising the ace of
Mayor of Stafford, without• being properly elected
thereto. The question was, whether the charter of
his present Majesty, under which 'Mr. Hughes had
been elected, had been accepted by a majority of the
free burgesses of Stafford.
The JUDGES delivered their opinions seriatim, de-
claring that there had been a proper acceptance of
the charter, and a valid election of Mayor.
Rule discharged with costs.
(CRIMINAL INFORMATION.

Alt. BROUGHAM moved fora rule to show cause
why a criminal information should not be filed against
three Magistrates of the county of Lancaster, for an
improper discharge of duty.—Rule granted.