The Sun.
London, England, 1828-04-05 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.)

GUILDHALL.

Jan. Greta was charged by Mr. Button, a confectioner,
in Fleet-street, with tendering to his daughter, on Thurs-
day last, a bad half sovereign, in payment for a shilling
pound cake.
Th. MAGISTRATE ordered her to be remanded till Tues-
day next, for the purpose of Mr. Powell appearing.
Thomas Chandler was charged by Smith, watchman
of Cripplegate Without, with being drunk, falling foul of
him, and giving him a small blow, by which he knocked
his hat off. .

The MAGISTRATE, upon Chandler expressing his sorrow
for being drunk, ordered him to be discharged.
A man of the name of Humphrey Johnson was brought
before Sir PETER LAURIE, under the following circum-
stances :

William Purshouse, residing at Greenwich, stated, that
on Monday last he bought a horse from the prisoner at
Rumford market, whisk was warranted sound, for which
he paid him 10 guineas. Upon that examination he turned
out to be glandered, and was not worth more than
a guinea to kill. The prisoner had acknowledged he was
employed by a respectable person residing at Westminster,
to sell hire. The consequences might have been dreadful,
for such was the nature of the disease, that 5001. worth of
cattle might have been rendered valueless i❑ a very short
time.

Sir PETER LAURIE said, he conld not interfere, as
Rumford was not in his jurisdiction ; but recosnmeuded
Mr. Purshouse to take the prisoner to Lambeth-street,
and inform him of the result.
There were no less then IS or 19 cases in the list, but
none of importance, consisting chiefly of drunken rows.

BOW STREET.
An application was made to Mr. Halls, the sitting ma-
gistrate, by Mr. R Fenn, of Charing-Cross, for assault war-
rants, against the following members of the Select Vestry
of St. Martin's parish : —The Rev. G. Richards, Mr.
Alexander Arnaud, Mr. W. Blew, Mr. .T Golding, Mr.
James Grey, Mr. Wm. Finmore, Mr. Thos. Clark, Mr.
H. Pouncey, Mr. W. Nettleton, Mr. Wm. Oakley, Peter
Agar, and Mr. Thomas Cuss.
Mr. Fenn stated that on the last Select Vestry Meeting,
himself, and several other parishioners, had attempted an
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entrance at the hour in which it was usually held, and him-
self and the others were severely handled, and expelled by a
constable named Hugh Nettleton, and Peter Agar, a
beadle. These persons he believed acted under the order
of the Select Vestry then present, and for whose attendance
he now applied for warrants, as aiders and abetters.
Mr. HALLS sent for the constable and beadle, in order,
as he said, to make further enquiries before he granted the
warrants.

Agar attended, and Mated that he had acted under the
orders of Mr. Pouncey, and the other Churchwardens,
who had directed him to admit none but gentlemen of the
grlect Vestry.
Alr. Fenn stated, that he had waited on Dr. Richards
and other gentlemen of the Select Vestry, to state that the
'"habitants determined, in pursuance of their rights to be
present in the vestry, to attempt an entrance en that occa-
i"n• Dr. Richards appeared to wish that no tumultuous
attempt should be made, and he (Mr. Fenn) proposed that
himself, Mr. Ackerman, and a few other respectable Wm-
''tante, should be admitted merely for the purpose of rais-
ing the question. On a former occasion, when the ad-
mittance was sought for, the vestry-clerk came out and
told them that the vestry had adjourned, and they were then
defeated in that way.
Mr. HALLS here put some questions relative to the as-
Intuit, which was admitted to be as forcible only as their
exclusion rendered necessary. He observed, that he could
out enter into the question which Mr. Fenn appeared to
wish to raise, but merely, as a Magistrate, could inquire
as to the assault, and if necessary, hold the parties to bail.
In the present case, however, he should not do so, as the
constable appeared to have been performing the duty pro-
scribed to him (whether rightly or not, it was not a ma-
gistrate's province to judge) by his superiors. Mr. Fern
could indict him, or bring an action, if he thought fit.
Mr. Thomas, the constable of Covent-Garden, here
stated, that some time since himself and some other pa-
rishioners of St. Paul's, Covent-garden, brought an ac-
tion for a similar exclusion, judgment was suffered to go
by default, and the inhabitants had since retained the right
to be present.
After some further conversation, Mr. Fenn withdrew
with his friends, apparently ill satisfied with the termina-
tion of the application.
Nettleton attended at the latter part of the application.