The Sun.
London, England, 1810-09-29 00:00:00

POLICE.

ROW-STR BM —The Officers and .Ptrole belong'
'ing to, the above Office were extrettiely active in 31).
p,elteuthlig the pickc.ockets-in the clowd, at the r-
loring of the Vert: smet gang. Old *Pullen, Who
was-there, howe, Cr, escap:d ;heir vigilance,
Samuel Ipooke %xas• brought by Lick, on 'Dines'
.oay evening, to the Office, before Mr. Head,
• Peter. Sticheil, of Peter-street, West dinsier, CO2lj
meter, said, that he Was-among the crowd in the
Heymaiket, when he missed his. pocket-book on");
his-coat-pocket, and .turning round;saw the pris°"e
next to him,
.When he charged him With having hi 3
pocket-brok. The prisoner held it up to hint,
ing—" Is this Lour book ?" upon winch he tAIJI--s_,
him, and delivered him to Lack. The priso4itg.l"-.
committed tor trial. •
James Brown was brought by Edwards, 008 oar
the patrole,, charged with being among the crow,'
for the purpose of. picking pockets, who state",
that knowing him
,to be a reputel thief, he Wc.ftic.
:up to him; when 'the prisoner made off; Par;
sued and secuted him, when On a search he fo:In•
.two silk handkerchiefs upon hint.—He was d'"-
charged. .
4 young, man was brought by H.Adkins and
neon, charged on snspicion of ,being in the crQ"'a
r.
•for the' purpose of picking pockets, which
were induced to do from lics behaviour, and' i;n tltrir
going qp to him, he told them:they were mi,takenv
and that he Was an officer ; -they not giving credit to '
his assertion, proceeded to search him, at-11001 d 3,
constable's staff in his poi.ket. The waster of the
.
prisoner, attended, proved him to be. his appreinice,
and gave him a good charader; but was tillable t"
account for his having the staff, or pretending to VI
a constable.—He Was discharged.
'John Tiegear, an assistant porter at the Saracen
Head, 'Snow-hill, was brOughi to the Office,cllored
w ith extorting eleven shilliugs and eleven-pence Irvin
Mrs—Dawson, of York-street, Covent-garden, li°
having ,charged her with that sum for the carri33
and porterage of •.a hamper,-WhiCh, on examination,proved only to contain stone'sand brick-bats. rll-`°
weight of the haMper, and the charge:, in&ced
D. to have it opened in the presence of the prisoner'
who said in his defence that he received it' from thi.
regular porter, with other parcels, at i)Je top th'
Drury-lane, from a cart.
Mr. READ ordered one of the patrole to take tb'e'
prisoner to the Saracen's,Head, to ascertain it he 114'
longed to the Innovhich he did; it likewise apPear
ed tlat the hamper had, come by the- Exeter,co3.l4
brit that the charge for thc:,,carriage was Dly 95' (1'1".;
and.t bd.. -The 'haMper was .
entered in time way bill ; but a mysteriGus discover%
was made that a parcel, containing agoos,: and so:n`,
fowls, sent from Mrs. Dawson's husliand, who w'i
in Yorkshire,` the day previous, to the same
witch she regularly receaved, was no: in toe
The eleven shillings and eleven-pence vas,
understand, returned. to Mrs. Da.%soo yc•,tcrd"''

morning.

MAIILBOROUGII-STREET,7--Two Votma WOO'
the names of Read and Coffee, were charge,`,
with stealing a pocket; book containing diver; Ivo;
holes and bills .of4exCbange, the latteramounijog t
a considerable sum-, the propthy of Carle Vaughan,
Eig: It- appeared 'fin evidence, that the prisotleZ
were doineEtics in" the house,; qnd on the 2411)
Read, who was the servant of the house, went c
tnake,the bed of the prosecutor, who was a Ita(V'rt;
and, at bet. request, Coffee, who . was se.o.aot 11
another Ipdgerovent to assist her. Read. was 1,,
ed down, and on her return to the other seco%
she informed her that she bad.f6und a One pouLt
note, and- Read gave_it toter mistress. .Tne hrOSL
cutor found that his. bureau had been broken Open'
and the property, as stated, had been stolen. 'Pleb,
;were other circumstances of suspicion agaiust t
prisoners, and they were remanded. George COvco
Jew, was fully committed for trial,'for ple10„
Gentleman's pocket during the pilloring in the 01).
market.

UNION. HALL.—On Thursday Henry Perkins Pa
Thomas . Marson were charged by Daniel Patero'
landlord of the Bell
.public-house, Hig
With 'assaulting and robbing him. Mr. Paters°,,
stated that he Was passing by the Magdalen C°l'xe;
hduse, BlackfriarS-road, .on Sunday morning 935;
between one and two o'ciock, when several pers°l-1
n cne up to-liin), amongst_ whom' were the prisoners;
when, one of the gang knocked down, and IlL'°‘
ther stole his hat.
• Sarah Juda, a woman. who lives in DOver-stre%
stated,- that at the same time tiie;Same gang lace
open her shutters and broke I:e'r windows. • otO
John Crcitts, of Wynyaq-street, ISlington,
to•
passing arthetinie,, and Seeivg a crowd, went oP.,s.
itiquire what the -limiter, ,A,n,:n he was knOCklele
down, and in the 'scuffle: his witeh was stolen d
was certain the pri,‘oners -were-amongst the crow
though he could not swear who knocked. hitn dow°'
or who robbed him.. •
Joseph 81-ane, another, young nian, who rest of.
in Arnold's Parragon, Walworth, was also pa. 516:
it. the time, and -was knocked down ; be
saw the prisoners amongst the web..
They were-counnitteu for further