The Sun.
London, England, 1826-06-17 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

GUILDHALL—David Dixon, a ear copper-Blatt !winter,
was brought before Sir CLAIAIRTC HUNTIER, at the instance of
Air. Diggens, one of Aldermen Wood's Committee, who hared
him with distributing to the public in Cheapside, certain election
squihtar hand..hills, not hearing the name of the printer thereof;
whereby he had incurred a penalty of 'ROI. upon each copy, to
the number of twenty-five, under the Statute 19 and 40
(;eo. 111.
These hatid-bills set forth, that at a meeting of Catludirs, held
at the Catholic Chapel, it had been unanimously resolved to sup-
port Mr. Alderman Wood:by every means in their power, in
return for his atarinch advocacy of their cause ; and Mr. Alderman
Wood', Committee, instead of regarding the thing es " a weak
invention of the enemy," and treeting it as a mere election jib,
thought proper to take it up as something beyond a joke, and in
furtherance of such serious .taking up, they took up the distri-
butor, David Dixon. .

Diggens, an active member of Mr. Alderman Wood's
Committee, produced a large bundle of these obnoxious hand-
bills, and deposed that he caught the said David Dixon industri-
ously distributing them among the passengers in Chempeida; but
they had no w;ah to proceed against him, provided he would give
up the name of the printer, or the name of the person or persons
who employed him to distribute them.
Sir CLAUDIUS 11U tiEll. having read c% of the hand-hills, ob-
served,—" Why this is one of the commoneet election squibs I
ever saw, and you, think it worth while to try to get at the author
of it. In that I cannot aesiet you ; nor do I see whet good par-
pose it could answer. All I have to do is to enforce the law
against this poor men for :publishing hand-hills wittoot the prin-
ter's name. Yon see, my friend, you hive got yourself into a
Very awkward serape—or somebody else has got you into it ; for,
by publishing these things, you have incurred penalties, which,
mitigate them as low as 1 possibly can, will amount to more than
one hundred. prelude."
David Dixon 'deeded ignorance of thclaw. He was a poor
copper-plete printer out of employ, he said, and in coming into
the city to look fur work that morning, he met " a gentleman,"
at the corner of Fleet-street by Mr. Wsithinan's window, with a
large bundle of these bills under his arm, and he, having asked
him if he wanted a job, gate him two or three hundred of them
to distribute, end paid him beforehand two 'shillings lot his
trouble. That was all hr knew about time matter, told he
declared be bull no idea to was doing wrong in ditariloiting them.
Mr. Diggens, however, seemed to have a sort of so idea that
David knew more about the matter than Ile was willing to ac-
knowledge—that, in fact, he had been set on to do this deed by
sonic of the anti-Wood committees ; and he took much
pains to induce David to confess that such was the case; but
David solemnly denied having had anything whatever to do with
committees or committee-men, and therefore Mr. Diggens repeat-
ed that they had no wish to punish him.
" But you have placed hint in a situation in which he cannot
escape punishment,". said Sir CLAUDIUS HurTett t—" Having
been brought here, and the offence having been proved, it is im•
iierative on me to inflict the penalty."
After some further conversation, however, in the course of
which it appeared: that, as one moiety of the penalty must go to
the informer, and that informer was Mr. Diggens himself,' who
of course could not in such a case be a competent witness, David
WAS remanded for further examination on the morrow.
do/in UM, another distribittor of election mud's, was next
placed at the bar, charged with a similar offence—he having dis-
tributed a printed copy of verses without the named' the printer;
in which verses Mr. Alderman Wood was described as a staunch
supporter of the Pope.
The prisoner made the same sort of defence as his companion
in misfortune; and he also was ordered to be brought up on the
morrow (this day), when probably they will both be discharg-
cd—the anxiety which, led to their capture having passed away.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—A deputation of the inha-
bitants of Oxford-street yesterday waited on Ali. CON A NT, to *A-
pse a fraud practised by a neighbour on the feelings, of the phi-
lanthropic. One of the gentlemen produced two Sunday papers,
the one containing a paragraph, stating that es'Mr. James and
Mr. Mallcott, of 78, Oxfordestreet, were on a party of pleasure
on the Themes, in company with two young ladies, the boat was
upset, and Mr. James was drowned ; but the young ladies were
saved by the exertions of Mr. Mellott. The other Paper stated,
in an advertisement, that in consequence of the ' sudden death of
Mr. James, the stock of linendrapery would be sold oft by
Mr. Malcott, at reduced prices, for the benefit of the widow.--
The gentleman further produced a hand-hill, with which the panes
of the shop were placarded, headed " Sudden Death," with
'a broad mourning {Sorrier, and a copy of the advertieement, signed
‘‘ James Roberts," and "•Owen Jones," executors. Now, he had
made every inquiry, and ascertained that ho Mr. James had been
drowned, sod that the baud bills and shhtting up the shop for two
days was nothing more than to excite the feelings of ladies, who
would naturally feel interested in alleviating, in some measure, the
distress and blighted prospects of a widow.
The Constable-attended, Sind elated, that he had been hoaxed
by somebody out of Rd, for postage and a dey's work, to
make inquiry after the body and to summon a Jury. Ile
,produced the letter of information; containing One of the black-
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• Two of the deputation expressed their obligation to Mr. Conant,
He regretted that he had
assuring the Magistrate that their object was solely
imposition on the public feeling.
MARYLEBONE.—Yesterday, five young men were placed at
the bar, charged with exposing their persons on the banks of the
,in Regent's Park, under the excuse of bathing. The nui-
lance' has become Meopporroble—familiee residing near the water,
'cannot look from their windows without witnessing the moat dis-
gusting spectacles ; and respectable females ere altogether pro.
vented from walking in the Park. •
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