The Sun.
London, England, 1828-08-02 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

GUILDHALL.--CHARGE OF ASSAULT.-- George
Pritchard, a (lark looking man, between forty and fifty
years of age, was charged with an assault by Anne War-
man, a delicate looking girl, who said she was fourteen
years of age, but who appeared to be much older.
Mr. Harmer attended on behalf of the prisoner.
The prosecutrix being sworn, stated that she lived servant
with Mrs. Hart, Nn. 30, Wych-street, and that on Wed-
nesday last, between six and seven o'clock, she went with
her master to Blackfriars-road, to help to carry one of the
children, but her master sent her back to tell her mistress
that he should return in half an hour. When she got near
Temple-bar, she met the prisoner, who took the child from
her, saying he wanted to speak to her, and would give her
half a sovereign. He went to a had house in Apollo-
court, near Shire-lane, and gave the child to a girl in ball-
mourning. Witness went to the house after the child, and
the prisoner went up stairs, and told her to follow him.—
She went into a room on the second floor. The prisoner
shut the doer, and then committed the assault complained of.
Mt. Alderman EAREBROTHER—Did he lock the dour?
Prosecutrix—No, he did not.

Mr. Alderman FA RE BROTHER-Did you cry out.? rta-
secutrix—He stopped my breath.
What did you do afterwards ?—I went down stairs anti
took the child from the young woman, who had given it a
sugar-stick to quiet it.

Did you tell your mistress what had happened ?—_When
I got home, my mistress said that a friend of her's had told
her that she saw me go into a bad-house, and so mistress
turned me away. I told her what the prisoner had done.
Where did you go after that ?—I went to my sister's.
Mr. Alderman FAIL EBRO I'll ER—The prisoner's conduct
has been most disgraceful, but there does not appear to be
any ground for this charge.
Mr. Harmer—l do nut defend the prisoner's conduct ;
but your Worship will perceive that she said nothing about
it till her mistress made the discovery and dismissed her.
The fact was, she met the prisoner by appointment ; and
after she was sent away from her place, she went and
slept at the prisoner's, for her sister lives at his house.
Mr. Alderman FA he must be dis-
charged ; but the evidence of this girl will be sufficient to
support an indictment against this house in Apollo-court,
and I hope the officer will take cafe to collect the other
necessary facts.
Officer—Your Worship, the prisoner keeps a bad house
himself.

Mr. Alderman FA IL e BROTHER—A mote disgraceful
transaction I think I never knew, and I trust, officer, that
you will not cease till you have got sufficient evidence to
convict the wretch who now stands at the bar. Then,
addressing the prisoner, the Worthy Alderman said, you
are dismissed from this charge, but with the deepest d►s-
grace, if you can be disgraced lower than you are already.
BOW-STREET.—A PROPHETESS.—A young lady,
who gave her name Miss Louisa Pearson, of N-- street,
i❑ the neighbourhood of this Office, of petit figure, and
dress "a la mode de Paris," addressed Sir R. Brastz and
Mr. MINSHULL, the sitting Magistrates, and stated, that
in consequence of the representation of her femme de
chambre, she was induced to have as interview with a
female who possessed the powers of Dr. Faustus to au emi-
nent degree, and so lulled was she in the charms of her
black art, that she gave orders to have the fair prophetess
introduced to her boudoir on Wednesday last, where she
was received with the greatest possible tenderness; and
after relating, with the usual solemnity, the blessings of
futurity, she was requested to partake of a dejeune, when
after some considerable delay, during which time the fair
applicant was engaged at her toilette, the prophetess sud-
denly disappeared, a circumstance which, at the moment,
was considered in no other light than as part of the gift of
Cassandra. It was, however, soon discovered that 20
►overeigns had taken their departure at the same moment,
and neither they, nor the prophetess have since been heard
of.

Sir R. BIRNIE regretted very much thai any young
lady, moving in a respectable rank of life, should be so.
duped as to listen to such impostors; and, unless she knew
ber present residence, he feared he could afford ber no
redress.

The fair applicant replied, that she was informed that
the prophetess lived in Charles-street, Drury-lane.
Sir R. BIRNIE—Oh, very well ; there is Fagan, a very
active officer, ache, although he cannot find out the
secrets of futurity, is generally successful in finding out
suspicious characters.

The fair complainant:then left the office in company with
the officer in search of " Dame Fortune."

HATTON•GARDEN. —James Starley, a gentleman,
was yesterday summoned at this office, by Mt. Baker, an
inspector, for not having built the wall of a house agree-
able to the statute. The complainant stated, that the de-
ferulant had built a house of the fourth rate, only of the
thickness stated in the Act of Parliament for a third-rate
house. _

Mr. Sergeant SELLON inquired what thickness it should
have been ?--Mr: Baker replied, that it was enly nine
inches thick where it should have been fourteen.
Mr. Starley said, that he had built upwards of one hun-
dred houses, and had never been found fault with. In
the present instance, the house had been built six months
before he heard the complaint.
Mr. Baker said that it was built as an external wall,
and since which time another house had been built the
wall as an external one was the proper thickness, but not
asaparty wall.

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Mr. Starley said, that he intended it as a party wall
when it was built; but as it was not finished, he submit-
ted that it could not-be classed as a fourth-rate house.
Mr. Sergeant SELLON said, that it must be built ac-
cording to the Statute, and Mr. Starley must enter into
his recognizance to do it to the inspector's satisfaction.

MARLBOROUG H-STREET.--Yeeterday Ben Burg,