The Sun.
London, England, 1826-03-25 00:00:00

COURSE OF EXCHANGE, March 28.

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POIJCE INTELLIGENCE.

110W-STREIrr.

A virr,rarT TO POISON.--A young man of respectable ap-
pearance, named John Davis, was charged with having at-
tempted to poison an elderly man named Harvey. The facts
of the case, which are somewhat singular, are these : —The
prosecutor, who is a farmer, living near Worcester, was ac- i
coated by the prisoner on Thursday last, near Fetter-lane.
The prisoner, pretending to be a stranger in London, inquired
the way to St..fiunes Park. " Nay, my friend (says the, .pro-
secutor), you seem as ignorant of Lunnon as myself." Upon
this a conversation occurred between them, and they walked
inspected the Park, they quitted that place,
together towards the Park, which they found without much
ialwnd o(ainsstehntleeelintaritrnglY
thed usk
prosecutor went in to a - tersall's ; there they remained some
then went into a public.house and partook of some
tuirlnuevtiln4into Tat
datLilideC,Utialltneynd.
refreshment, for which the parnodsetc:itet;rrisionnsiesrt,edwhuophoiand
ttpabyeitntger.
They then sauntered about to;bsiseeeo, atistptahbeicoonu,ngtrayi,neuten
description
of
when they concluded their
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the
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public-
house in St. Martin's-lane, and having purchased'some bath and
veal, he invited the prisoner to partake of the repast ; this invita-
tion he accepted, and the prosecutor on this occasion also paid for
the provisions, and rum and water afterwards. Their conversa-
tion, as might be expected, was about London, which the pro-
secutor said he.considered was a dangerous place. The priso-
ner concurred in that opinion, and, after observing upon the
number of sharpers who infested London, said he hoped the
prosecutor did not carry much
.mtlney about with him. "As

for myself," said the prisoner, " I keep all my money at home,
and am determined not to be fleeced by any of the scamps."
" Why," replied the prosecutor, " 1 don't carry much about
with me; I have, to be sure, a few sovereigns and a note or
two," and he then displayed Ins money bag to the view of the
prisoner. The prisoner again remarked upon the numerous
robberies that were committed in London and said, that where
he was stopping was a very convenient and safe place, and that
if the prsecutor would take up his quarters in the' same house,
he would with pleasure remove his luggage. The prosecutor,
however, did not accede to this request, and the prisoner then
left the room for a few minutes. When lie returned the glasses
were replenished with rum and water, and at that moment a
man who was sitting on the opposite side of the room, saw the
and' holding one of the
gprlaissosneserutandkeer
the contents of the phial
into it. Having done this, he drew the prosecutor's glass
reo, mh
he
p os pocket,ured
towards him, and pushed the one into which he had emptied
at
the itaalbfl
the liquid into its place. He then pressed the prosecutor to
drink ; who took it up, and tasted it, but not hking its fla-
vour he put it down again, and refused to take any more,
saying it was queer. "Oh I said the prisoner; while drink-
ing off his own glass ate draught, " don't flinch, Man, drink
it: '"The prosecutor said, he would not, and wished the pri-
soner to drink it, but he declined. At this moment the
man, who saw the liquid put into the phial, suspecting all was
not right, communicated what he had seen to the landlady, and
then went over to Mr. Conens's, a chemist, where he was in,
formed that a person, answering the description of the prisoner,
had purchased sixpenny-worth of laudanum, which he said was
to be given to a mare which he was going to sell. The man
mediately procured the assistance of the street-keeper, and the
rhymer was taken into custody. The prisoner was identified
by Mr. Couiens, at being the person who purchased the lau-
danum, and on the bottle which contained it, he wrote the word
" Poison." The prisoner told an unsatisfactory story of his
being the son of an innkeeper at Cheitter. Ile was remanded
till neim

MA RIXOROUGII.STREET.
A countryman, near 40 years of age, came before the Ma.
gistrate, and stated that he was a corn.factor, residing in Damp.
Shire. lie came to London to sell some wheat, which he dispels.
notes, he said he
ed of for 1101. Walking up Piccadilly, he meta young man, with
whom he entered into conversation, and he invited him into a pub.
lic.house to take a glass of ale. They had been seated in ttiJ
room but a few minutes', when another man entered, apparently
-Whereupon the
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tions. The man remarked, that although he might have plenty
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recover their Money,
man displayed on the table.
lawiluoncetic
or:rgieriesittt:eoh,n(flie:nielteoenlnvntioyerstifote°l
which
the but , obtain possession or
They
all three, played at put ; the monied man drank, and lost, but
at lot the countryman was fleeced of all' his moneyi and then
thelharpers gave him the-slip. _ This was the account the counp
tryman gave. but as he knew not where to tint the men, he
could obtain no redress.