The Sun.
London, England, 1826-07-27 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.--Robberies of shops and Warehouses,
for the last two months, have become alarmingly frequent in the
City, and chiefly on Sundays, iii the absence of the occupants of
the premises, or of servants, who are entrusted to take charge of
them. Yesterday a servant girl named Lucy Lipscomb was
brought before Mr. Alderman Thorp (who sat for the Lord
Meyor), and charged on suspicion of having been privy to the
robbery of a warehouse, in Basinghall-street.
Mr. Isaac Ilanisworth stated that he is the occupant of a
woollen-cloth warehouse, at No: 44, Basinghall-street ; the upper
part of the house wits', occupied by a gentleman named Burke.
On Saturday night he locked up the warehouse-door, chained it,
and bolted it on the inside, and left it by a door which opens into
a passage that leads out by Mr. Burke's privati'door. the door
of the warehouse, opening into this private passage, was also,
locked. On Monday morning his man came ruining to hiM
breathless, stating that the warehouses had been' broken open, and
robbed. On examining the premises it appeared that the private
door, which opened into Mr. Burke's passage, had been
opened by means of picklock keys, and goods had been taken
out to the value of 3001. A large quantity of other goods
had been packed rip ready for removal. The thieve", he was
tided, could only have got into the warehouse, and removed the
goods, with the knowledge of the servant, if she were in the
house, as they must have entered and effected the robbery through
the private entrance.
Martin, the officer, said, upon receiving information of the
robbery, he went and questioned the servant as to whether she
had had any sweetheart following her recently, or whether she
had really remained in the house during her master's absence oq
the Sunday afternoon? She at first utterly denied having gone
out in the afternoon, but afterwards confessed that she had been
to take tea with some frierids. She declared, that she had not
any male atxptaintance near the premises ; but upon inquiry in
the neighbourhood, it was discOvered that men had been seen speak-,
ing to her. Under these circumstances, he thought it right that
she should he brought before the Magistrate.
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the charge of being in any way accessary to the robbery. There
was every probability that a clue to the thieves might yet be
found by the officers.'
The girl, wlui is from the country, was discharged from COO•
tody, after having been reprimended for her culpable negligenee:
MARYLEBONE,—.R, Carter was charged by S. Pierce with
an assault. He stated that be was going home with his wife, at
eleven o'clock on Tuesday eight, and carrying a child in his arms,
when the prisoner rushed against him and cut his lip. Another
young man .was with the prisoner, and apologised fur his rude-
ness by saying that he was drunk. Witness went on, but th,
prisoner followed, and struck him repeatedly, till one eye was
completely closed.. He, however, collared him, and gave him in
charge.

The watchman. deposed that the prisoner struck another man in
the street, and almost every one in the watch-house.
On ?.h. RAWLINSON questioning the prisoner, he behaved with
great levity, and said that he was a baker.
Mr. RAWLINSON—Young man, this must not be considered
as the gentleman'
a common case of assault—you have behaved extremely ill, and I
feel it my duty to have good bail, and to bind over the witnesses
to prosecute.
Three lads Darned Brown, Burgess, and Suilivon, were
charged with attempting the :potehkeeltnooft aimgrelnictiletmhraenat4ii: the New
Road; and on a fruit-woman giving notice to the gentleman,
witThha.se samunltiisttaliteeresx.panreod usinged
his conviction that they wereregular
Esq. of Lower
dthidievne;t,abpupetacer.7ld,oniy make them find bail,
the 'toll collectors belonging to 1(, eusington Turnpike-gate, was
MARLI3OROUGII-Sll—Richard Williams,
one
or
charged with assaulting James Edward' Mi. vast,

that on Saturday morning he proceeded,
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Br-
°l‘iikr:6p- altiliriedvat.rbtydeaPfaileendad to Turnham Green, in a gig. Abont.
accompanied
o'clock upon the same day be returned; when, seeing a four-
horse coach coning towards them, he endeavoured to pass through
the gate before the Carriage
came up, when the defendant de-
"minded the toll, on which he called out 38, and his friend did
the same. The defendant then ran after the gig,
.aud, catching
hold of the reins of the horse, threw him down, when he and his
friend jrnuped out ; previous to which they showed the ticket.
1- : Mr Mary Huai who wa, with Ilic capplaiutinti conformed

thittestimony, and added that the prisoner was hiedyinfArifitcd!
or else he was under the influence of liquor.
The defendant asked to have the case postponed..
Mr.. Fitzpatrick, the chief clerk, said,-.that could _not be, al-
lowed, as the defendant owed the office 11.4 a. 6d. already, for a
conviction in which Sir John Lilly was plaintiff.
Mr. Hunt said, that his friend would not press for a eonvictioa,
if the defendant would make a public apology. He refused,'
was fined 20s. ; at the saute time he had to pay his format ten-
, victim!:
QUEEN-SQUARE.—John Weale, one of the officers of this
establithment, who attends the Opera-house, yesterday charged a
Mr. Benjamin Wheatall, with attempting to pick his pocket.
Weale's story was of a very singular description, and it did not
appear to gain much credit from the Magistrate. He said he was
at the Opera-house on Tuesday night, leaning over the slips, and
twice some one touched his coat skirts, and he seized' the prisoner,
who teas next to him, and accused him of attempting to rob but.
The prisoner denied it, and threatened to call an officer, and have
him taken into custody. Weale replied that he was an officer,
and took the gentleman to the watch-house. Several respectable
gentlemen spoke to the character of-the accused. Mr. White, the'
Magistrate, said that it was altogether a mistake on the part piths.
officer, and discharged the prisoner, who expressed hie determina-
tion to seek redress for the injury.