The Sun.
London, England, 1828-07-29 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

GUILDHALL.—Menry Young was committed for
stealing two volumes from a book-case, in the dining-
room at Dr. Cholmeley'a, a physician, in New Bridge-
street, Blackfriars.
It appeared he called about eleven o'clock, on Saturday
morning, had an interview with the Doctor, anti having
hurried him off to York-street, Wahvorth, with an idle
tale of some patient wanting him there immediately, came
again in half an hour, and asked leave to write a note. He
was shown into the dining-room ; hut the servant having
some suspicion of him, as he was going hinted it to him,
upon which he produced the books from a part of his
dress, and begged forgiveness. She, however, called in
assistance, and had him secured.

William Ham, No. 32 on the list of prisoners brought
before Mr. Alderman FAKERaoritca yesterday morning,
was charged with having "bamboozled one Mr. Patrick
Moran out of a beautiful black silk caravat wid a dillikit
double red bordther."

Mr. Patrick Moran, who described himself as " a teeler
in A ldtheragate" (meaning thereby a tailor in Aldersgate),
deposed to the fact of the bamboozlement in form and man-
ner following --" It was two o'clock on Sathurday night"—
"Commonly called Sunday morning ?" said the AL-
DERMAN.

" Indeed yer Honour may say that," replied Mr.
Patrick Moran ; and. thus corrected he began again :—" It
was two o'clock on Sunday morning—and the more shame
for him to do suck a thing of a Sunday of all days in the
week ; I was findin my way up Fleet-market to my own
place in Aldthersgate, and the prisoner—l never seen him
before in all my life—.-COllles np to me and says your
caravat isn't half tied,' says he to me. Yes,' says I, 'it
will do mighty well for me,' says I. 'No it won't,' says
he, and I shall tie it more in the fashion for ye,' says he
to me—just so. Then he whips it off of my neck—a
beautiful black silk caravat wid a dillikit double red
bordther, bad luck to him ! and ties it round his own neck
instill, to be walkio off wid it from me intirtly !"
" And why did not you prevent him from taking it off
your neck ?" demanded the ALDIMMAN...." Well, I
didn't," replied Mr. Patrick Moran ; " so I took no notice
of the blackguard at all, but laid fast hold of him, and gave
him in charge to the watchman ; and here he is for your
Honour to make him tell why he did it to me."
The constable produced the " beautiful black silk cara-
vat" just as it was taken from the neck of the prisoner, and
Mr. Pat Moran identified it as his property.
"Now, Mr. Hani, " it is your turn," said the A Lnita-
MAN to the prisoner. " What are you, and what have
you to say for yourself?"—" Why I follows the sea," began
Mr. Ham, in reply.
" It's no such thing, your Worship," said the watch-
man, interrupting him ; " he has followed Fleet-market
these six months to my certain knowledge, along with 50
other bad character's."

Mr. Ham admitted that he had been opt of commission
some months, and that he whiled away a good deal of his
leisure is Fleet-market. " But I never was acquainted
with no characters," added he; " and I'll take a solemn
oath I never touched his cravat, for that which they took
off of my neck was my own. The fact was as this—he
comes up to me in Fleet-market, and How arc vou,
young chap ?' says he. ' Thank you, I'm pretty bubhish,'
says I. My twopence to your's, and we'll have a quart'n
of gin.' says he. ' No—l've got no more nor a penny,'
says 1. Well, I've got threepence, and come along,' says
he. So we went along, till Iv?, got to the King's Head ;
and here's the gin for me,' says I. No; the Angel
sells the best gin,' says he; and I said it didn't; and then he
claps hold on me. Ye thief, you've done me out of my
black silk cravat !' says he. And that', the long and the
short of it, please your Worship."
Mr. Patrick Moran, in rejoinder, declared that the story
about the gin, and the Angel, and the King's Head, and all
the rest of it, was pure invention. Eventually the case
was remanded for a further hearing—each party under-
taking t' prove, by ondeniahle evidence, that the " beau-
tiful black silk cravat" was his own personal property.
A decent elderly man, named John Kean, was charged
hefore Mr. Alderman Faacintornza yesterday, with steal-
inxgeh aang quantity
forti .
tY3oluf skins, and with uttering a forged bill of
Mr. Howell Jones, a leather-dresser in Russell-street
Bermondsey, deposed, that -on the 24th inst. the prisoner
was introduced by a neighbour, as a customer. The prisoner
exchange
said he wanted six dozen kid, and a quantity of other skins,
for his brother, who carried on an extensive business in the
country, and would be a good customer. He read over the
items of his order, and said that upon the goods being sent
to the neighbour, there would be the money, and witness
accordingly fixed a ready money price on the goods (leav-
ing a profit of only 2i per cent.) The goods were sent on
the following morning (Friday) to the prisoner's ware-
house, No. 4, Hosier-lane, Smithfield, and the porter was
ordered not to leave them without the money. He after-
wards met the porter and the prisoner together in Cheap-
side, and found the goods had been left without payment ;
but the prisoner, after stating that he had only a single
sovereign in cash in his pocket, said he had a bill for SO/.
which he would leave in his hands till 10 or 11 o'clock
the next morning, when he would bring him the money.
Mr. Alderman FA REBROTHER, looking 'at the bill, and
finding it would not be due until the •12th of August, ob-
served that possibly the bill might be provided for, and then
complainant would have sustained no injury.
Mr. Jones's solicitor replied that he should show

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presently that there was no chance that it would be paid, as
the acceptor could not be traced.
The witness continued—The bill, which was drawn by
Samuel Knight, or. Thomas Webb, goldsmith and jeweller,
No. 8, Silver-street, Bridgewater-square, London, was ac-
cepted by Thomas Webb, and made payable at Jones,
Lloyd, and Co's., bankers, London. Ile bad inquired at
No. 8, Silver street, and other houses thereehout, and
could not learn that such a person was living, or had lived
there. Ile had also inquired at the banking-house Nvliere
at first he wits told to present it when due; lint upon ob-
taining an interview with one of the principal clerks, and
stating his suspicions, a clerk was called into the counting-
house, and questioned, when he said that no similar bill had
been paid through that house : the parties were not known.
The value of the goods delivered to the prisoner was 13/. 2s.
George Shoareliff, the porter, said, that upon laying
down the goods, he kept his hand open them for five
minutes. 'The prisoner first asked why his master's
neighbour had not sent a cart-load of goods also.
Witness delivered a note, giving some reason for the
delay, and prisoner then tried to dismiss him with
" That's right—that will do," but he said that it was
his master's particular order not to leave the goods without
the money. Prisoner said, he meant to have been down
at his master's before that hour, but he would go then and
reach Bermondsey as 'goon as witness. Witness lositated
and proposed to wait and go with him. To this the pri-
soner assented, and in about five minutes they set off toge-
ther, the prisoner observing that he would have paid wit-
ness if he had not -wanted a bill cashed. While they were
gazing in Cheopside at the operations of the plumber upon
the dome of St. Paul's his master came up, shook hands,
and exchanged compliments with the prisoner, and learn-
ing how matters stood, ordered witness to leave them, and
go home."
The prisoner stated, in his defence, that the complainant
received the bill 86 a payment, and not to hold as security,
as he had alleged ; and secondly, that the bill was not a
forgery, as the acceptor and drawer were in existence, and
he could produce them on a future day.
Mr. Alderman FARTBROTHER said he had just heard
there was an expectation that severel charges would be
brought against him, when it was known be was in ens-
tody. He would remand the prisoner for further examina-
tion on Saturday.
The prisoner begged to be brought tep on Friday, instead
of Saturday. The Alderman, however, remanda him for
the latter day.
BOW-STREET.—Yesterday Robert Jores, a young
man, apparently not more than 18 years of age, EA a well-
looking woman, named Georgiana Baxter, were placed at
the bar, the farmer charged by his master, Mr. Robert
Cooper, pawnbroker, of Suffolk-street, in the Borough,
with robbing hint of a gold watch,. seal, and key; and the
latter with receiving the same; well knowing them to
ha stolen.

The shopman of Mr. Cameron deposed, that the iratek
now produced was pledged at his etnployer's shop on the
15th instant by the female prisoner, who gate the name
of Baxter.

James Matthews, a constable, deposed, that having been
directed to take the prisoner into custody, he repaired or.
Sunday afternoon to the lodgings of the female prisoner, at
No. 17, Craven-buildings, Drury-lane. On ascending
the stairs to her bed-room, he found her outside the door,
and on demanding the duplicate of the watch which had
been pawned, she gave it up after some hesitation. The
witness then asked for the male prisoner, and was told that
he was not there. Hearing a noise, however, in the bed-
chamber, the witness insisted on the door being opened,
and when he entered the room he found that the prisoner
had effected his escape through the window, leaving bellied
him his coat, show., and hat. Suspecting that he was
concealed in the honse, witness returned late in the even-
ing, and, from a hint which he received, he searched the
lower part of the premises, and in a cellar under ground,
the door of which was closed, he heard a noise, and on
bursting in the door he discovered the male prisoner en-
deavouring to strangle himself with his silk pocket-hand-
kerchief. He immediately took him into custody, and ap-
prehended the female also. On searching the lodgings,
witness found no less than 1111 duplicates of various pro-
perty pledged at different pawnbrokers'.
Mr. Coeper said that it was impossible to say at present
to what amount he bad been robbed.

The prisoner, who appeared fully conscious of his situa-
tion, said nothing in his defence, and was remanded to
a future day. The female prisoner, whose manner indi-
cated neither remorse nor alarm, was also remanded, and
the Magistrate directed that they should be kept separate.
Mr. Crockford, jun., whose name is associated with a
certain notorious eatablishment in St. James's-street, ap-
plied to Sir RICHARD BIRNIE in the course of the morning
for an assault warrant against one of the money-takers of
the English Opera-house named IVest Smith, whom he
charged with striking him in the face on Saturday night,
at the theatre, merely for looking over the book which con-
tained the names of those persons who subscribed to the
establishment. The warrant was granted.
MARYLEI3ONE-OFFlCE.—Yesterday, a genteel-
looking young man was charged before Mr. Hosswis and
Lord MONTFORD, with fraud. He had obtained goods of
several tradesmen tinder a representation that his name was
Clark, that he was in partnership with another named
Star, that they were surgeons in Upper Berkeley-street, at
No. 32, and that the goods would be paid for at the time
when they were delivered ; the tradesmen, however, found
themselves disappointed, if t.ot deceived ; and a summons
was granted to bring Messrs. Clark and Star before the
Magistrates.

The defendant stated that his partner, Star, was out of
town.

After hearing the evidence of several persons from whom
goods had been obtained, Mr. llosictris said he should pre-
vent the defendant from being at large until he gave bail,
himself is 2001., and two sufficient sureties in 1001. each ;
and he was placed in confinement.
A gentleman told the Magistrates that there were other
complainants, whe were prevented being present then by
other engagements ; and
Mr. Ifositxs said the defendant should be brought up
again on Wednesday, at one o'clock.
Reuben Martin, the pngilist, was charged with assault-
ing a baker, who lives in Tottenham-court-road ; and was
held to bail to answer the charge, and keep the peace.
The assault was committed on Sunday night, in the City
of London public-house, Berwick-street, of which Reuben
Martin is landlord ; and

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continued his story. Ile way' tbit mart oat, -1114 in
December last, being obligeif,ttiv` n 640, iKeftttlfe pci
tiOner 1)0141,1 him, having first -,firnis er tettir- evelyi
sufficient comfort ; and he also gap, htelfittplirtrinths'
note. On Thursday last he returned to London ';' -he went
to the house where he had left her in comfort, hut, to his
great disappointment, no home did he find, as she had !eft it
some time. He then proceeded to her mother's, but did
not find her there. He heard nothing of her till a day or
two afterwards, when he went on board his ship, where he
was joined by her, when she told him, as a plausible ex-
cuse for leaving her lodgings, that a man, who lodged in
the, stone house, had attempted to take unpardonable liber-
ties with her. He then went home with her to her mo-
ther's. Witness since then had learned that she had another
husband, previously to his marrying her, and that he was
alive when she married him (witness), and that he was still
Sarah Williams is a married woman, and lives in York--
street, at Rotherhithe. She knows the young woman at
tne liar, and has for 10 sears.
Mr. Ilnonnur_For 10 years; pray what was her first
name ? Witness—Eizabeth
Mr. 13nonvitar —Now old was she when you knew her
first ? Witness About 10 years.
Mr. Bsone:nre—l-las she continued to keep her tn;iiih
name or has she changed it? Witness—No, she changed
it first by marriage with a person named Miller.
Mr. LinonEnre—Can you tell me when she was married
to Miller ? Witness—_l cannot, as I was not present.
Miller went to sea and never returned, as he was ,•!rown,d
abroad. Witness saw the prisoner married- to Jones on the
9th of May 1825, at the church of St. John of Wapping,
and she had seen Jones alive that very mor„i„g.,
Mr. 13r.onritir asked the prisoner what she had to say
in her defence ?—The prisoner said that Ler iryroded ;Pa:-
riage with Jones was published by banns, and shit was the,
described as a spinster, and not as a widow. On the!y
;oiog to the altar to be married, the clergyman, Alt, mi.,
ascertaining that she was wrongly described
hanns,jost at the moment that he was about to put the nag.
on her finger, refused to marry them, saying that it woot4
be as much EA his gown •,as worth if he did so. Ile.then
left the altar, but shortly afterwards returned and i.ro-
eecdt‘d to marry them; he put the ring On her finger, and
having concluded the ceremony, he told them that the
marriage wan not a valid one.
Mr. Ilsoort.tr —What r after saying that he cotod not
marry vein? Prisoner—Yes, Sir. Since the ceremony
I have never lived with Junes, nor has the marriage been
consummated.

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Mr. BILODERIP told the officer to go, and cause the pa-
rish-clerk to bring (town the parish register.
Shortly after Mr. Ilopway, the parish-clerk of St. John
of Wapping, appeared with the parish register.
Mr. 131tonmur asked him to turn to the entry of
marriage with the prisoner, and to read the deseriptidt(
the parties therein.
The parish-clerk then read the entry, in which the pri-
soner Wa3 described as a spinster.
Mr. Bactonerr asked who was the clergymen, who, it
appeared by the register, had married the parties.
The perish clerk replied that lie was now-Chaplain at
the Tower and Afternoon Lecturer at St. John of Wapping.

Mr. 13rtonEttir al.,ked tyke parish-clerk if he recollected
anything of this extraordinary marriage?—The parish-
clerk said that he did not.

Mr. Baeinenir would not give any opinion on thi4
novel case, until ha had fuller evidence before him. He
then told the parish-clerk to give his comp!;ments to M.
Bailey, and to say that he wished to see him uporl this case
on Saturday next.—The prisoner was then locked up,
James Hockaday was brought up, on a warrant, eliarge3
by the beadle (Wood) of St. John of Wapping, with negL-ct7
ing to support his wife and two children, whereby they hat.
become chargeable to that parish.
The wife, a half-famished-looking woman, accompanied
by her two Miserable-looking little girls, stated that her
husband left her and her children without any support
whatever. He was able to earn, and did earn, about 265.
per week at the coal trade, but she nor her children reaped
no benefit. They were often without a morsel of food for
many hours together, and when she could not get the price
of a night's lodging, she was obliged to sleep in the street
with her children. •

The prisoner, in his defence, said that his wife's conduct
to him was the cause of it all ; she came every day to his
place of work and annoyed him and abused him. She had
driven him to drinking.
Wood, the beadle, said that the prisoner was a most fit
subject to make an example of.
Mr. BRODERIP—If that be the ease, he shall go for a
month to the House of Correction ; when that term of con-
finement was spent, he should give the parish the proper
! security. The children should be taken care of in the
meantime by the parish. The prisoner was then com-
mitted, and his family were taken to tke workhouse.
UNION-HALL—Yesterday a lengthened investigation
took lace at this office, into the circumstances attending a
daring outrage and robbery committed on Friday night, in
the lint, Southwark. On the evening in question, a
foreigner, named Jean Gardias, who recently arrived from
Bordeaux, and unacquainted with the language of this
country, happened, as he walked along the Southwark-
bridge-road, to meet a female named Donahue, one of the
prostitutes who infest this quarter of the town, who per-
suaded him to accompany her home to a house in Peter-
street, in the Mint. Gardias had not been many minute.,
in the place before two men and two women entered the
room, all of whom appeared to be the acquaintances of
Donahue. The men treated him at first with great civility
and between them it was agreed that some liquor should be
sent for. The foreigner was snbsequently induced to retire
into another room with one of the females, who, observing
that he had a leathern belt buckled round his waist in which
money was deposited, gave her companions information of
that fact, for in a very few minutes afterwards, the whole
of those with whom he had been previensly conversing
rushed into the room where he was, and the two men at-
tacked him most furiously, while the women held him
down on a bed which was in the room, and the belt, which
contained 161. in silver, was forcibly torn from his person,
and the contents taken. Gardias, it appeared, made
every resistance, but he was at length overpowered by
his assailants, who also robbed him of two watches,
a silver and a metal one, together with a hat, tra-
velling cap, and silk handkerchief. They then rushed out
of the house, leaving their victim in such a state of exhaus-
tion that he was scarcely able to crawl to the street•door ;
he, however, managed to get out of the house into the
street, with the assistance of the handle of a broom, with
which he defended himself as long as he way able against
his assailants, and was discovered by a man named Seaton,
lying on the pavement, near the door of the brothel where
he bad been robbed and beaten. Seaton, hearing cries of
a person, as if in distress, proceed from Peter-street, saw a
man and woman, the latter with a hat in her hand, running
from the direction of the house in question ; those persons
were subsequently apprehended by Wilkinson, the
constable, together with the three ethers who were alleged
to have been concerned in the outrage. The prisoners
names are William Johnson, John Wells, Sally 111Pher-
son, Jane Jones, and Mary Donohue. The men are well
known to the police as desperate characters, and reside in
the same house with the females, with whom they cohabit.

On examining the house in which the prisoners live, Wil-
kinson discovered one of the complainant's watches and his
hat, foraging cap, and bilk handkerchief. The prisoners
were all identified by the complainant, and the man Seaton
corroborated his evidence, as far as related to the identity
of Joh.pson and ill'Pherson, whom be had teen running
away from the house after the outrage. None of the money
,)f which the complainant had been robbed has been found
in the possession of the prisoners, all of whom were coin..
Initted for trial.

Mr. Balms:sore said, it surprised him how every
prize-fighter in the town could keep a public-house, and
many honest and quiet men could not get ..licence.
QUEEN-SQUARE.--.STattar PREACHERS.-Yester-
day Thomas Alder and Wet. Cottertll, two sanctified
rains, and the hay corn-
looking personages', were brought from St. Margaret's
-."------------------most dreadful way round
watch-house, and charged before G. W. Manutorr, Esq.
with disorderly conduct, by preaching in the public streets,
and causing a mob to aosemble.
by the. floods,.. which are greater then
Mr. Mannterer.—What have yon to say to this charge?
nia:iiimdheiLhyeat prostrate through the
Alden—Your Worship, I did preach, and I glory in it.—
When I arose in the morning I felt the spirit of the Lord
God within me, which said nuts me, "Go to Wood..
street and exhort sinners to repentance, for they stand in
~ lthe •
need of it." mintry, by win
Lincoln,
fiv:alLerofi
barley
a ordlsuoat,
Cotterell.—l confess I sung psalms after this worthy have ever been known at this period of the year. For the
man and servant of the Lerd had preached unto wicked last two years the farmers have been mach behind hand in
sinners, and nothing so proper, as is that neighbonrhood, „,,,in, their rents, how they will manage this Michaelmes
which is full- of ignorant and wicked men, and the spirit 4,,E, 'only knows.
pletely carried away.
It is distressing to hear of the coin-
of the Lord Jesus inspired us to hold forth unto them to i,taints of the farmers generally.
turn from their wicked ways. We are told by the Lord - SALISBURY, JULY 26 N
.-- . BAKER and U.
to go forth unto the people and preach the Gospel; and he
Bitowsr were executed yesterday, pursuant to their sen-
that believes in the Lord Jesus, which I hope--
fence. Bnowli was iu a very distressed state of mind—
Mr. Manatorn—You will both find sureties for your the thought of leaving his wife and in •fant famil • • .
whose
y, in
future good conduct. he er- a
. e defence —el iitted the murder for which lie suffered, in
Here a tall meagre-looking young man addressed tat lespai wretchedness and • f r, embittered his last moments ;
Bench in behalf of the defendant', whom he described La T.,
yr wmat AJAX ER, from • I merely the time lie was apprehended, evinced
harmless inoffensive men, who preached the GosPe the most unfeeling hardihood.
for the love of souls. COMr. Ma RRIOTT-Are you a counsellor, Sir? Young ,NS
TRUCTIVEFELONY.—Sentence ofdeath
man—Me a counsellor ! God forbid ! I am, I confess, a has been passed upon a man for agreeing to purchase some
humble follower and admirer of the defendants.
t. oxen at Ampthill fair, and ukerwards driving them away
Mr. MARmorr—Then you had better be stiheenwithout paying for
them. The most that this offence can
The defendants, not being preparedwith
where nee•"alY ',mount to is swindling. The sentence is such an outrage
bail, were conveyed to the leek-up room, they irnme- upon the sense and feelings of society, that it cannot, we
in rather a dismal key • •
diately commenced Psalm-staging• onegine, be carried into execution.
THAMES POLICE.—Yesterday a young woman, The Assizes for this town commence next
Caroline Elizabeth .Tones, was brought before the Sitting Thursday. There are only eight prisoners for trial in the
Magistrate, W. Bnonzair, Esq., charged with bigamy, county ! and net one in the town !! ! It is thirty-four
John Hogg,
the prosecutor, about eight months 3g°, years last March since the town of Nottingham had no
married the prisoner, at St. Anne's church, Limehouse. prisoners for trial at the Assizes.—There are only two male
She was, at the time that he married her, a widow,
prisoners now in the jail; one under sentence of transpor-
.lllr. BRooEttir—.Do you know if she was then under tation and one debtor. This would surely argue an im-
age?—The prosecutor replied that she was not, and then ',- p.ovement somewhere —No/kJ/tom RETic,..