The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-31 00:00:00

THAMES POLICE.

On Tuesday a man named King was charged
with breaking sixteen panes glass in a public-
house, kept by Mr. Abbott, and was fined 405., the
value of the glass. As the demolition of the windows
still went on, Mr. Abbott set two constables to
watch :the premises. It was soon discovered that
some person in the house was also a party to the de-
molition, as the broken glass in the latter instances
had fallen outward. Suspicion lighted on the pot-
boy, and he was seen by a constable to break three
squares of glass with a piece of coal, and when ar-
rested a stone was found in his pocket.
The prisoner denied that he had broken any of the
glass. He was on good terms with his master, who
had not given him notice to leave, and there was
nothing to instigate him to the act. He was himself
struck in the eye by one of the stones, which had
been thrown from the street, and the stone found in
his pocket was the one which s':uck him, and which
his master must admit he (the prisoner) had been de-
sired to keep.
Mr. Abbott admitted such to be the fact, but said
he had every reason to believe that the boy was
connected with the party who broke the windows
from without.

Mr. BALLA NTINE said if the windows had been
broken in this instance from without he would have
inflicted a heavy penalty, but, as it stood, it was a
case of wilful damage, and the law only allowed him
to impose the amount of the damage. The prisoner
must therefore pay 35., or go to gaol for seven days.
The fine was immediately paid.

Captain Macdonald, master, and Andrew Gray, a
steward, of the Isabella Watson, from Calcutta, were
charged on Custom-house informations with being
concerned in the " unshipping and carrying and con-
veying" of three quarts and one pint of brandy, and
seven pounds of cigars, by which they had incurred
penalties of 100/. each.
Mr. Pelham applied for a postponement of the case
until this day, that he might apply to the Board of
Customs for a mitigation of the penalty, the goods
having been inadvertently unshipped by the parties.
Mr. Potbury, clerk to the Solicitor of Customs,
offered no opposition on the part of the Crown.
Mr. BALLANTINE ordered each defendant to enter
into sureties, himself in 601. and two sureties of 30/.
each, for their appearance this day.

The report of Inspector White (of the Thames-
police) was, that alter sunset he saw a cart and horse
come out of Wigrain's ship-yard, at I3lack wall, the
defendant Gray being in his company. White asked
Gray where he was going to convey the contents of
the cart, and he replied "To the captain's house,"
and that he had just left the Isabella Watson in the
dock. As White had received certain information
that there was a good deal of contraband property in the
cart, he seized the whole of the goods, which con-
sisted of the cigars and brandy mentioned in the
information ; a box of jewellery worth 2001., a por-
tion of which is of foreign manufacture, and liable to
duty ; a dozen of champagne, 12 bottles of eau de
Cologne, sugar, tea, and other articles liable to duty,
and a•,quantity of furniture, the whole of which was
seized by the inspector, and conveyed to the Queen's
warehouse, where the confiscation of the whole or
part of the property awaits the decision of the Com-
missioners of Customs. When the inspector stopped
the cart, Gray said the captain was close behind, and
White looked for him, but could not find him. lie
afterwards saw Captain Macdonald in his own house,
and informed tun of the seizure. The captain said it
was a bad job, and asked White if it could be
settled without an exposure. White said it could
not, and arrested him on the part of the Crown. The
value of all the goods seized is about 3501.