The Sun.
London, England, 1828-01-31 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.—Charles Taylor, a boy scarcely
fifteen years of age, charged some days ago with having
presented a forged bill at the banking-house of Ladbroke
and Co., for a large amount, was brought up for final ex-
amination. The boy had, it will be remembered, stated
he was employed, by some person who said that he lived in
Savage-gardens, to get the amount of the bill. From
some evidence which was given, it was believed that the
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boy had prevaricated very much. The depositions were

read, and
The LORD Mayon. told the prisoner that he would com-
mit him because he betrayed a knowledge that is presenting
the bill he was doing wrong. Here a female relative
screamed and begged aloud that the bay might not be sent

to prison.
The LORD MAYOR--I Shall commit him. —The prisoner

was then fully committed.
GUILDHALL.—The overseers of Godalming attended
to bind an apprentice to a respectable tradesman in the
precinct of Bridewell. Notice had been given of the in-
tended apprenticeship to the overseers of the precinct, and
Mr. Bousfield, the solicitor, now appeared on their part to
require that the overseers of Godalming should first give a
certificate, acknowledging the boy to be legally settled in
their parish, which certificate would prevent the boy from
gaining any settlement in the precinct by serving under the
indenture. _

Sir PETER LAURIE suspected that this was a new objec-
tion ; but he was not surprised at the frequency of new ob-
jections, for now there resided a lawyer in almost every
third house.—(A laugh, in which Mr. Bousfield joined.)
The inhabitants of the precinct, however, would be much
indebted to Mr. Bousfield if he succeeded with his point.

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The Godalming gentlemen seemed posed with the ap-
plication, which; they said was quite unprecedented.
Mr. Payne, the second clerk, said, the giving of certifi-
cates was established to prevent labouring men going about
from place to place in harvest time from being carried be-
fore the justices and sent to the parishes where they were
legally settled, or committed as vagabonds. That was the
only object of the laws respecting certificates.
Mr. Bousfield still thought the precinct should be pro-
tected from having the paupers of other parishes transferred
to them.

After some conversation on this point, the ALDERMAN
under the opinion of his legal advisers, held that the law
authorized the overseers of the parish to give rt certificate to
their• pauper, bnt another parish could not demand that it
should be given ; and as Mr. Bousfield had no other objec-
tion to the binding, it received the ordinary sanction of the
Magistrates.
MARLBOROUGH- ST REET. —Yesterday Thomas
Key, the driver of a hackney-coach No. 167, appeared
upon a summons before Mr. DYER, the magistrate, to answer
the follouliig charge:—
William Carlisle, a serjeant in the Coldstream Regiment
of Guards, stated, that on the evening of the 24th inst., as
a detachment of the regiment to which he belongs was
marching in single file through High-street, by St. Giles's
church, on their way to relieve the Bank of England guard,
they had occasion to cross the street; and at that moment
the defendant came along, driving his coach at a furious
rate, and without taking any more notice of the soldiers
crossing than if they were so many sparrows that could fly
out of hil way, he drove his horses into the midst of them;
and had not the men very quickly broken their ranks and

jumped on one side, some of them must have been driven
over and seriously hurt.
Mr. Dv eit regretted that he had no power of punishing
hint to a greater extent than fining him 109. under the
highway act. The defendant was accordingly fined in this
amount, with costs, which not being able to pay, he was in
default locked up.
A very martial-looking personage, named Alfred Wil-
kinson, wearing a huge pair of whiskers and mustachios,
was brought to the office, charged with assaulting Mr.
Charles Jenkins.
The defendant, who described himself as the nephew of
David Ricardo, Esq., did not deny the charge, but con-
tended that Mr. Jenkins was a trespasser in his house,
and he had a right to put him out.
Mr. DYER said, as an assault had been proved, Mr.
Wilkinson must find hail 'to answer it at the sessions.
MARYL EB ONE- OFFICE. —Joseph ITYnt. /boson,
a working engineer, was charged by Sophiaa. Obec, a smart
young woman, with bigamy.
The prisoner and the complainant saw each other for
the first time on Christmas-day. He represented himself
to be single, made love to her, and, after a courtship of
28 days, she consented to become his wife, and they were
married on the 22d instant at St. George's Church, Ha-
nover-square. eseven days, including the wedding-day,
were passed by them without interruption, at No. 19, Ed-
ward-street, Lanham-place ; but on the eighth, a former
wife, to whom lie was married ten years before at Win-
chester, came to their lodging, and claimed him as her
own. He was immediately given into the custody of the
bell-linger of All Soul's Church, and brought to the office,
and yesterday be was remanded until Tuesday.
Last evening a man, who was made a nondescript by
whiting and soot, placed himself in the witness-box, and
said, " Muster Rawlitison, Sir, I am sorry to address you
under my present circumstances ; but, Sir, as I have had
this pleasure of serving you"—
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" Serving me," said Mr. RA svutssosr, with surprise;
" I never saw such a figure in my life ; pray who are
you? and what arc you? and in what capacity have you
been my servant ?"—" So far," replied the black and white
man, " that you required my services when you lived in
Southampton-row,' and I lived at the hotel opposite."
" You are so disguised," replied Mr. Rawmtssols," that
I do not recollect you. Pray what is your name ?"—" My
name," answered the man in disguise, "is 11L'Ewen ;
mind how you smell it, 111-a-e—a capital E, mind that
—w-e-n, called in Scotland M'Kown. lam snore re-
spectable than many."
" And tarred and feathered in the bargain, don't you
call it ?" said Mr. Ravvutssoss. " How did you get your
face blackened and coat whitened ?" " That is not all,"
replied M'Ewen ; " they have torn my hat," showing a
deficiency in the brim, and lifting up the crown like the
lid of a snuff-box, "and after powdering sue all over, they
finished their lark, as they called it, by throwing a quart
of water into toy bosom ; and although I am a classical
scholar, they made me sit three hours bare-foot, without
my shoes."
Mr. RAWLINSON desired the applicant to say where he
lived, and who had made a pantaloon of him.
" Sam M'Ewen—that is me, your Worship," replied the
applicant, " lives at No. 11, Little Titchfield-street ; and
now, as to the landlord of the house where it happened, I
should be sorry to mention his name, for he is a good
fellow, and offered me soap and towel ; but I said, No,
I'll go before Muster Rawlinson as I am, and make my-
self comfortable.' Now mind, your Worship, say nothing
about the landlord, but put down Muster Bridges, a cow-
keeper, in the warrant ; and you may put down five
milkmen, and make 'ens all pay for it ; put me to rights,
and I do't mind a black face. Crippled as I am, my name
is Sam M'Ewen, and, thank God, I can keep myself."
Mr. RAWLINSOX asked him whether he laid himself
open to the frolic by getting drunk? He said, "No ;"
and the parties complained of were summoned to show
cause why they had so assaulted him.
QUEEN-SQUARE.—On Tuesday Mr. Sergeant Taddy
made a private application to W. A. A. WHITE, Esq. and
a warrant was granted to search the premises of Mr.
Dobree, pawnbroker, at Charing-cross, which was given
into the hands of Woodherry, the officer, together with two
duplicates.
Yesterday M:. Sergeant Taddy attended before G. W.
MA altl ors, Esq. and Woodberry, the officer,Pprodu cede quan-
tity of plate, consisting of two silver ladles, 11 table-
spoons, and six silver forks.
Mr. sergeant Teddy identified the property as being his.
Thomas Pratt, shopman to Mr. Dobree, was in at-
tendance.
Mr. AIARRIOTT inquired if he recollected the property
produced being pledged.
Pratt said it was pledged by a young man on the 19th
June last, who gave his name Thos. Higgins, No. 9, Lan-
caster-court, Strand, and said he was the owner of the
property; 4/. was lent on the two ladles and six forks, and
91. on the 14 table-spoons.
Mr. MARRIOTT—How was the person dressed ?—Wit-
ness : As well as I can recollect, he was genteelly dressed.
Mr. MARRIOTT said, under the circumstances he felt it
his duty to detain the plate at the office for the present.—
He should make no decision then, but notice would be
Bent, if Mr. Dobree should be wanted.
Mr. Perkins, a pawnbroker, of the King's road, Chel-
sea,
inafpopremaererd, tfoorarnefiunsfoinrgmattoion laid against him by Byers,
dupli-
cate and form of affidavit, whegni'hee thehhaidniloastcoy o
ticket.
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Rawlins, the witness, had applied to the shop for an af-
fidavit, having mislaid 11 tickets. Three of them, they
said, had been redeemed. He afterwards found the whole
of them.
The Magistrate dismissed the case.
HATTON-GARDEN.—Four females and two boys,
whose ages respectively differed from 11 to 16 years, were
brought up in custody of the watch, charged with riotous
and disorderly conduct in the neighbourhood of Hatton-
garden, at the early hour of three o'clock yesterday morning.
The females, young, tender, and delicate, but apparently
old and hardened in vice, bad, by their own confession, no

other means of subsistence save that procured through pro-
ititution, by the wages of which they had been enabled en,
that night to tate their seats in the gallery of one of the.
theatres, and afterwards to purchase strong ale and gin.
The Magistrate ordered them for three months to the ,
House of Correction.
The boys were delivered up to their parents, upon the
stipulated condition of their being subjected to the whole-
some correction of the rod.
LAMBET H- ST REET. —Yesterday, in compliance with,
Mr. Wyarr's directions, Mr. Wollaston, of Poplar, accom-
panied by a Miss Spence, late the partner of Miss Duffield,
whose person had been violated by a fellow named Banks,
and a gentleman, their friend, attended at the office to
assign his reasons for the detention of a petition alledged to
have been signed by Miss Duffield previous to her death, in
favour of the culprit.
On being introduced to the justice room, the gentleman
addressing-the magistrates, said, that he had seen in The
Times paper the report of an application made to their
worships, which reflected very much on the character of
Mr. Wollaston, and in consequence of it, and in obedience
to their orders, he attended to give the required informa-
tion, and to counteract any unfavourable impression that
might have been made. He would not deny the existence
of a petition signed in favour of Banks by Miss Duffield,
previous to her decease, and that it was in the hands of
Mr. Wollaston ; but he would beg to explain the circum-
stances under which it received her signature, which he
thought would clearly show that be (Mr. 'Wollaston) was
warranted in its detention. Previous to the death of lUisi
Duffield, large sums of money were repeatedly and pres-
singly offered to her by the friends of Banks, to induce
her to sign a petition praying for the mitigation of the
punishment to which he was so justly sentenced ; but to all
and every of them she continued deaf, feeling, as it might
literally be taken, that he had inflicted the most deadly
wound on her peace of mind and health. A few hours
before she breathed her last,—froin what motive, except
through a kindly disposition towards Mss Spence, her
partner, to whom she thought it might be serviceable, he
did not know,—she did sign it.
Mr. Wykr.r.—As I understand the case, the signature
was attached solely with a view to Miss Spence's pecuniary
advantage.. The Gentleman.—Such I certainly believe to_'
have been the object.
Mr. WVATT.—Admitting it, such an instrument sure,y
should not be converted into a matter of trade or specula-
tion. The Gentleman.—Nor is any thing of the kind
Miss Spence's intention. The detention arises from mo-
tives of principle ; for had gain been her object, she could,
ere this, have disposed of it for a larger sum than 201.
Mr. WiaTr.-L--I do think that all dissension should now
cease, and that it is only an act of justice towards the pri-
soner to give up a petition from which he may derive so
much benefit. The Gentleman.—He shall never obtain it.
The gentleman here consulted with Mr. Wollaston and Miss
Spence, after which he said that it was their determination
not to give it up.
Mr. Wvarr.—You have refused to act on the sugges-
tion of my brother Magistrate. I now give you notice not
to destroy the petition ; for the present it is sufficient for us
to have ascertained that such a document is in existence,
that it is in the possession of Mr. Wollaston, and that he
withholds it. These facts are, on your own admission,
established ; they shall be communicated to Mr. Capper,
and he will proceed on them as he thinks proper.
The parties concerned again consulted, and ultimately
consented to lay the petition before Mr. Capper, at the same
time accompanying it with information of the circumstances
under which the deceased gal it her signature. They then
left the office.