The Sun.
London, England, 1821-09-11 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

HATTON-GARDEN.—ANOTHER ST OLEN CHlLD.—Yes-
terday, Edward Hancock, a constable, residingatßattle-bridge,
brought a fine boy, only eight years old, before the sitting Ma-
gistrate, to whom he related the following particulars :—About
8 o'clock on Saturday night, the boy was found crying in
Maiden-lane, by a woman, of whom he inquired his. way to
Romford. He had on neither hat, 'shoes, nor stockings.; and
being asked how he came there, hegave the following account
of himself :—He had, he said, no mother, and his father was
at sea. He was placed at Mr. Perry's, boarding-school, at
Romford. Last WedneSday week he had a half lic4yday, -to
see the fair, when he met a man in a brown coat, who gave
him a penny, and requested him to conic with him, promising
he would give him some gingerbread, and show him the shows.
He accordingly went with the man, who took him to a caravan,
where he showed him a rattlesnake. There were three other
men and a woman in the caravan. One of the men blew a
trumpet ; they kept him all day, and at night drove off, taking
him along with them. That night he and the man slept on
Leytonstone. forest, and they sent the woman and the other man
to London with the caravan. Next day they remained in the
forest picking blackberries, on which he lived with the assist-
ance of a piece of Ted herring. They slept on the forest all that
week. What the men-did in turns he could not say; but one
night he heard the watchman, and he called to him ; one of the
men told him to hold his tongue or he would murder him.
One of the men robbed him of his new shoes, stockings, hat,
frill, and black handkerchief. On Saturday they arrived in
London, and at night deserted him. in Maiden-lane, where he
began to inquire his way to Remford. He was then brought to
Hancock, the constable, who kept him ever since, and gave him
shoes and stockings to appear in. He was a fine fair-headed
child, and appeared well educated and accustomed to company.
The Magistrates made him sit on a chair between themselves,
whilst they examined him very strictly. He did not vary in the
least in the statement delivered by the' constable. Ile was
handed pen, ink, and paper, and desired to writehis name, and
the school filoni whence he was enticed away. He- wrote in a
very good hand " Mr. Perry's boarding school, Romford ;
Wm. Brown." The Magistrates expressed their surprise that
M 4. Perry had not advertised him, as he was takenaway a week
last' Wednesday. The officers intimated they had a strong sus-
picion of the parties who took away the child,and thought they
could apprehend them. The Magistrates ordered the officers to
make every effort to take them, and desired Hancock to keep ,
the child that-he might be brought forward to prove, the ;ease,
particularly of robbing him of his hat, shoes, stockings, and
neckerchief, and to proceed instantly to Rorhford and acquaint
Mr. Perry, which he promised, to do. Here the case rests at
present.
FRAUDULENT RE G ISTER-OFFICE.—Thos. Treslar, who
kept a register office for hiring servants on Clerkenwell Green,
was brought up. in the custody of William' Read, inn. for a
second examination, charged by Elizabeth Moffat with unlaw-
fully, knowingly, and by false pretences, obtaining of her 3s.
her money, with intent to cheat and defraud her of the same.
It appeared from the statement of the complainant, an interest-
ing looking female, that she had paid the prisoner 3s. to pro-
cure her a situation ; that he had sent her to a Mrs. Sedgwick,
Manor-place, "s'alworth; and upon her making application
there, she learnt that Mrs.. Sedgwick had never been in want of
a servant, nor had she given instructions to the prisoner' to
provide her one. Three other charges of a similar nature were
preferred against the prisoner, who was remanded till Friday
next, when Mrs. Sedgwick and the other parties were ordered
to attend. It is expected many other complaints will be pre-
ferred against the prisoner.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET. FORT UNATE A PPREHEN-
vox or A ROBBER.—Yesterday Thomas Narroway was
charged, first, for causing nuisance, by allowing a drove of
pigs to wander about the streets, which subjected him to a
penalty of 40s. ; and secondly, with-a robbery under the follow-
ing circumstances :—lt appeared that abo'it one o'clock on
Sunday morning, the prisoner persuaded a private watchman in
Carmarthen-street to take charge for some time (until he should
refresh himself) of tome pigs, which he came with, along Tot-
tenham-court-road : he abandoned them until ten o'clock in the
, morning, when on coming to demand them, lie was taken into
custody, on suspicion of having stolen them, by Cousins, a
constable of Pancras, and lodged in, the. watchhouse. On being
taken before the -Magistrate, and no grounds appearing to
cause his detention for felony, lie was discharged without even
being convicted for the nuisance ; but had not been long Oat of
the office, when Mr. Wells, a farmer, residing at Hendon, and
who traced the fellow to town in pursuit of his pigs-, came to
make application concerning the robbery, upon which the
officers went in pursuit of the prisoner, and apprehended him
just driving off the swine from where they had been confined :
he was taken back handcuffed, and again put to the bar, and
committed for the felony.
MARY-LE-BONE OFFICE.--Yesterday George Smith, a
fierce looking countryman, near seven feet high, dressed in a
smock frock, was vut to the bar before the sitting Magistrate,
John Rawlinson, Lsq. charged by Thomas Smith with robbing
andfattempting to murder him. It appeared from the evidenc::
of the prosecutor, that lie was overseer to Mr. Maycock, a far-
mer, at Hammersmith, and resided at one of his master's films
at Great Brent, near Greenford ; on Sunday evening, about six
o'clock, he had gone out to dispose of his master's cattle for the
night, and in his way hoMe he called at the Green Man, in the
Uxbridge-road ;he was there met by the prisoner, ;holm&
worked for the last three weeks under him ; he rerhamed there
until near nine o'Clucli, when he departed for home across the
fields; he had not.g9ne far before he was overtaken by the pri-
soner, who, while in conversation with him,' suddenly seized
him by the collar, and demanded his money';' the prisoner
dragged him under an oak tree and robbed him. of 2s. fid., all
he had about him, and his watch. The prisoner was commit-
ted for trial.
QUEEN-SQUARE.—lnformation had been received at this
Office a short time ago, that several Noblemen had lost some
valuable dogs since the commencement of the sporting season.
G. Pople and Cooper subsequently discovered a gang of dog-
stealers residing at Chelsea, and they apprehended two of them:
Amongst the dogs stolen were two pointers, the property of the
Earl of Essex ; two fine setters, the property of Mr., Mellish; a
brace of fine pointers, belonging to-a Gentleman in Queen-
square, and several others. One .of the gang went into the
country in the character of a sportsman, and the, officers traced
him to Cambridge, where they took him into custody. He
sold several fine dogs on his travels,- andon 'the day he was ap-
prehended he received £lOO for two stolen: pointers; They
brought him before a Magistrate, where the charge was proved,
and he was committed to the 'House of Correction for six months.
His companions are remanded.