The Sun.
London, England, 1828-12-25 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BOW-STREET.
One of the constables of St. Martin's parish,
named Oxley, was charged by a watchman of. St.
Ann's parish with having,. upon hi, own responsibi-
lity, discharged A gentleman, whom the cotriplainant
took into custody, .and conveyed to St. Martin's'
watch-house, for furious driving, whereby the life
of-a poor old woman was endangered. •
Mr. MINSHULL told Oxley, that in taking upon
himself to discharge a
,prisoner without a Magi.
strate's sanction, he had clearly overstepped his
duty as a parish constable. It was the duty of a
night constable, to receive every charge, and not to
presume on any account to take upon himself a
power which 'the law never intended he should
exercise.

The case was then dismissed upon Oxley under
taking to produce the gentleman or nobleman whom
he discharged; in the event of the injury which the
old woman had suffered taking an unfavourable turn.
The defendant promised to be more circumspect
in future, and the parties retired.
Oxley, the defendant in the above case, was sub-
sequently brought up by his fellow-officers, on a
charge of bastardy. Being himself a parish officer,
and aware of the situation in which he stood, he
came prepared with bail, and seemed highly amused
at the oddity of the matter. He had previously ex-
hibited a handful of gold, observing, that be was
ready to pay all demands. • "
Mr. BECKETT, the. Magistrate before whom the
parties appeared, inquired if the parish was satisfied
with the defendant's bail.
Mr. Earl, on the part of the parish, replied in the
affirmative, - and bail was entered in the usual way,
every thing having been done by the defendant's
colleagues to facilitate the business.

• MARLBOROUGH-STREET: •
Yesterday the person who gives his name Robert
Barton, but which, however, is understood not to be
his real name, in custody upon' various charges of
uttering forged cheques upou several haelcing-houies
in the city, was brought before Mr. DYER, the sit-
ting Magistrate, for another examination.
The prisoner stood already .fully committed for
trial upon two cases, in which the evidence is
deemed complete—one for uttering a forged cheque
for KW. at the office of the Literary Fund Society,
in Lincoln's Inn-fields, and the other for uttering a
false document-of a similar kind, at a coach-office
in Holborn, for 5/.; but as there were several other
charges of a like nature' understood to be preferred
against him, it was considered proper to afford an
opportunity, by remanding him, for haVing the whole
investigated, and the following case was yesterday.
accordingly gone into:—
Thomas Paul was collecting clerk to the Com
mittee for building the New King's College about
to be erected in London. On the 30th of October
list, he said, the prisoner came, about one o'clock iu
the afternoon, to the office of the King's College,
in Parliament-street, and asked for a prospeCtus,
which he said he wanted for a gentlamsn named-
Grant, residing at St. John's Wood, Regent's
Park. The prospectus was accordingly given to
him, and he went away, inquiring at what hour the
office would close, in case he should have occasion
to return, and was told at four o'clock.- At three
o'clock the same day, the prisoner came again to
the office, and, handing in the cheque now produced
for 10L, signed "Robert Grant," and (Lawn upon
the bank of Masterman and Co., said that Mr.
Grant, the drawer of the cheque, was desirous of
subscribing .5/. towards the fund for building the
College. Mr. Grant's name was accordingly entered
in the books as a subscriber to that amount, and the
difference in the amount of the cheque was given to
the prisoner in five sovereigns; but the cheque was
returned the next day from the bank on which it
was drawn as- a forgery; and, on inquiry at St.
John's Wood, no person of the name of Grant re-.
sided there. , •
A. clerk from the house of•Mastermanond Co. de-
posed that no person of the name of Grant keeps
cash, or has any account, there.
A clerk from the Black Bear coach-office, in-
cadilly, stepped forward, and handed in another
forged cheque, which he said the prisoner had re-
ceived change of at that office; but as the book-
keeper who actually received the cheque of the pri-
soner was prevented by indisposition.from attending,
Mr. DYER said he must again-remand the prisoner.
Prisoner—l beg, Sir, that you will at once commit
me finally for trial.

Mr. DYER- -You have just heard that there is
another charge of a similar- kind to be preferred
against you, the 'necessary. witnesses in which are
not in attendance, and I must remand you until they
can attend.
Prisoner—But, Sir, you say that you have already
three clear cases against me, the evidence in
.which
is complete, and I confess that such seems to be
the fact ; and why not at once send me to trial
upon those cases, which .surely must sufficiently
serve the ends of justice ? I beg of you to commit
me to Newgate at once.
Mr. DYER--I cannot do it : there are other
charges to be preferred'agalnst you, and I must hear

Prisoner—Well, Sir, perhaps I had better submit
to your decision without saying any thing further.
The prisoner .was remanded until Saturday week.
A man named Raiford, the 'proprietor of a danc-
ing or ball-room, at No. 26, St. James's-street, was
summoned to appear to an information preferred
against him for retailing wine in the said ball-room
Without any licence for so doing. The defendant
was convicted in the mitigated penalty of 101. and
costs, and as he was not present to enter into sure-
ties on the spot, if disposed to do so, he is deprived
of all opportunities of appeal against this decision.
several persons have been for some days, and are
still, in custody, and have undergone various exami-
nations at this office, upon some suspicion of having
been concerned in the burglary and extensive rob-
bery lately committed at the country residence of
Colonel Whatley, at Watford, but from the re-
markable secrecy with which the proceedings have
been conducted in the Magistrates' private room,
with chased doors, and the strict injunction placed
upon every one connected with the office not to
suffer a syllable to transpire on the subject, we are
rumble to give either the wanes of the prisoners,
who or what they are, or the grounds upon which
any suspicion is attached to them. It is understood,
however, that the case is involved in some
stances of a very extraordinary and mysterious kind
which no doubt the Magistrates will, at a fitting
time, afford an opportunity of being disclosed:
QUEEN-SQUARE.
Yesterday Thomas Lloyd, who was apprehended
on Monday last driving a horse and cart, by Wood-
berry and Handley, officers of this establishment, at
Kensington turnpike, was brought up for further ex-
amination, before Messrs. MAttittor and WHITE.
Mr. Sykes, solicitor for the Stamp-office, attended
for the prosecution, and Mr. Wooler for the pri-
soner.

UNION-HALL.
Yesterday a man named Byrne was brought be-
ore Mr. :CitimßEas, charged with haVing robbed
;he punitty-yard of A. Hart, Esq. of Wandsworth.
A bag containing a great number of ducks, geese,
and fowls, some with the heads cut off, and others
with their necks wrung, was produced.
The prisoner set up the stale defence of his having
picked„up the' be..°.with its contents in the road.--
He was committed.
Several girls of the town who infest the Kent-
road Were brought up in custody by one of the con-
stabfeS belonging to that part of the district. •He
stated that he apprehended •the defendants in the
Old Kent-road on the preceding night, and lodged
them in the watch-house;
Mr. HOINE—What offence were they committing
at the time you took them into custody,?
Constable-4 can't say they were committing any
offence; they were standing in a cluster together,
talking to one anOther; but m consequence of the
directions I received from the Commissioners, I
thought it my duty to bring them before your
Worship.
Mr. HONE expressed considerable surprise that
the Commissioners should have given him. such in-
structions. "If," said the Magistrate, " these un-
fortunate women were making ,a disturbance, using
any improper language, or behaving themselves hi-
decently, then indeed you would have been justified
Two large trunks, heavily laden, and a package, . in apprehending them; but as long as they exercise
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were then brought into the office, filled with stamps their unhappy calling in a quiet manner, and with?
out offending the ears of modest. females as they
of .every description, of which the following is a
list :—one quire of foolscap of Is. stamps; 20 ditto' pass along, they_ are not to be molested and taken to
.
ditto of 2s. Gd., two ditto, ditto of Iss, a watch-house,
nine (rues
The constable said, that he acted entirely accord-
of 14, 300 parchment skins of I/. stamps, 300
in„ to the directions of the Commissioners; COGl-
plaintg had been frequently nude to them of the
ditto of 255., five quires of foolscap
100 skins of 355, stamps,. two quires of foolscap, nuisance creased io that quarter of the town by the.
and one quire of common bonds of 21. stamps, five
30s. stamps,
unfortunate women who swarmed about there.
skins of IL stamps, and one. skin of 21, 1.55, ditto, A , • the f,• .•
gentleman in o ;ice bore witness to the
five skins of 31. stamps, two quires of foolscap 3.
truth sif the latter part of the constable's statement
stamps, 25 skins of 61. stamps, 50 skins and 12 sheets .
He as a resident, described the conductof ' ? *
of foolscap of 12/. each, 25 skins of 2.5/. each, five ' ~. , -„• , tae ioosca.
women who irequclnteu sheen ss.t-rouo as quite dis-
guises of folio' post octavo of is. stamps, 15 ditto •
g 'still at tines; their language, he d 1
ditto (bills) ss. stamps, 16 ditto ditto of Gs. stamps, -1 ed,- was
enough to shod: the ears of all decent' a
10 ditto ditto of Sc. 6d. ditto, 20 qtfires• of 2d. persons.
Neither thegentleman or
receipt ditto, three quires of 2s, 6d. ditto, 10 /mires ' - ,
.constable. having been
pf 6d. ditto. . , i . enabled to state any specific away szainst the (e-
Opfendants the Magistrate discharged them all; with
our re-admission We understood that nothing • ' • . •
had taken place to defeat the ends of justice by
publicity. . .: i - ~.............„..........-..,
Several persons froM the Stamp-office swore ppsiT • •
All
the carpets of the principal - romps in
tively to the stamps, and the porter of that esta7 ivhds" Castle have been manufactured at Axminster.