The Sun.
London, England, 1810-08-11 00:00:00

POLICE.

MANSION-ROUSE. Yesterday Richard Barodt
was charged before the Lord.Mayor,.-by John. Ric-
kett, with privately stealing from his.person:33l.
Bank Notes. Mr. Rickert said be was a seat-airing'
man, and had the day before come from Chatham,
where he received 361. in -Rochester Bank Notes,
whiCh he-got changed' for Bank of EnglaiidNotei,
which he had in hk pocket, and employed the pri-
soner to carry a bundle for him, when he had ever}'
reason to suppose he had stolen his Notes from
no other person being near him, but the prisoner,
and the witness being rather in liquor he exposed hi-4
notes. The prisoner said -he was a. journeyman
and was at the King's Head in Wood-street, wheil
the witness came in there, Muchin lirluor, and e:Y
posing his money ; that he nizre'ed to go with 1)0
to carry his bundle-, tc.> Sniithlie,.l4; and that by the
way he minsed his Notes,. whiCh he chargedl
with taking. The Master of the public-how::‘
the prosecutor was much in liq;ior, cnd had
exposing his lotes_tO stringers in=.:the tap•roonl.;
ihat he in vain repeatedly entreated him to take a bLl'i
and he wobia take care °this r for him ;Ili'.
that he believed. the' prisoner was intfoc--fra of 0",
charge.--The Lord Mal or- thwharged the priiooo.
ior A ant. of proof,
.no'properT hri g found
.tve:
blot ; and desired the prosecutor, it possible, to
but the ifumbers of his Note's.

GUILDHALL, AUG. Io,—Mary.-Ctrty was i.;;'rg"
ed by Mr, Itimington, lined-draper, of ,ht-wg'te'
street,
_with having stolen a piece of cotton. ,
his shop. , The prisoner, accompanied by anol.4d
woman, had entered the shop on Thersday eyetolTig'
and inquired the. price of several articles.
shopman,'suspe6ing titeir intention,' Watched then''
aud observed the I°r honer take a piece of, cotta
:
and Conceal it in her clothes: She Wen left. 11)
shop, but was immt:diately pursued and in,eog' (
back ; when she was perceived to drop the start'
property. She was fully committed.
An information was laid against Mr.-Morris, ref
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St. Paul's church-yard, for having on his preil'is;
nine Bandana handkerchiefs, valued at 11. 75. ‘91.:
trary to the Ad of Parliament prohibiting tlwir 111" j
portation. Several excise' officers -attondecl,
stated the goods to have been seized on the 15. th
y' last.
Mast. The penalty attached to the offeo t6c;
.treble the value of .the goods seized ;. but the:Ottilt'y
Magistrate (Alderman, ShavV) mitigated the 1)0)11
to 21. Os. 6d, one-half of the sum forfeited: . i
Three otherpersons.were convicted in ntilig''o,
,penalties; fdr ving French es in their posses,it)J
The Excisei!t!iiicers appeared mot , a , little. chol2.filtbe
that the Wyrthy Magistrate should thus ,oiteti
penajties, and deprive them of their antic;p•ate.o P' to
Oile' of them objected to the po'wer of the
mitigate; th-pewilty, an&qtioted, the Act of
with, great . ; was,
adaninishecf bc• SiiJA,NIES SHAM'topay more Vie'}"
to the Court, which having the' rnatier befor"c
was cettainlycetripetent to -decide. .. ;-`8 'of
Bow-sTaEF.:r.—On Thursday one of the d!':"-rtit.1
the Waggon Train was bronght to the Office
of the Horse Parole belonging t al o e s,si Ie ,
with stealing three cart hones, the property Of bew
Willan, who sent him to Portsmouth to hring•l -op
to 'London, but instead of Nrk IliCh he sari
'the road. He was committed ter furilicr'e,;33'..,l••ll
tion.—A-two-p=nny letter-carrier was charged'w'n
stealing a letter, containing notes,,whicli hC 'i'3,ol'
trusted to deliver. He was. comtn;tta for far
eXactffilinpii.