The Sun.
London, England, 1827-01-30 00:00:00

POLICE INTET;LIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.— William Myngard, William Green,
and Mary Ann Myngard, were charged by Mr. Timothy, an up-
holsterer, of Aldgate, with robbing him of a considerable quantity
of feathers.

From the testimony, it appeared that the prisoner Green was
in the prosecutor's employ, and the other two prisoners are hus-
band and wife. On Saturday the female prisoner called upon the
prosecutor and produced a sample of feathers, and stated that she
had a quantity of them for sale, which she had purchased that
morning of the poulterers in Leadenhall-market. The prosecutor
immediately suspected that these were some of his own feathers,
because they were of a peculiar description, and he put several
questions to the woman, who replied it was useless for her to say
what was not true—that, in fact, she had been sent by her hus-
band, who received them from Green, the prosecutor's servant,
for the purpose of selling them, and her husband was waiting at
a public-house in the neighbourhood, with • the lot. An officer
was sent for, and the husband and Green were apprehended, and
upon search, it was discovered that about the same quantity of
feathers as those tendered to be sold, precisely of the same peculiar
sort, were found deficient from one of the prosecutor's bins, he hav-
ing purchased a lot of them a short time since. It was also proved
that the female prisoner had offered for sale these same feathers, on
the previous evening, at the shop of the brother of the prosecutor,
in Barbican.

Myngard denied that he knew that the feathers were stolen ;
and Green said that he would produce the man from whom he
bought them.
The prisoners were remanded for further examination.

Frederick Jones was committed for trial, for picking the
pocket of Mr. Thomas Whitehead Reed, of Bull's Wharf, of a
silk handkerchief, just as be was going into SpoOner, Attwood,
and Co.'s banking-house, yesterday evening.
John Sibley was charged with endeavouring to commit a felony
at the shop of Mr. Barker, a silversmith, in Aldgate High-street.
On the 17th inst., the shop window of Mr. Barker was cut, and
five dollars were taken out, and the prisoner was seen lurking
about the shop on that day. On Saturday last he was seen lurk-
ing about the shop, and was watched, when he was seen to give
a signal to a little boy, who was in company with him, and the
little boy, upon the signal, proceeded to " star the glaze" (to nse
the professional phrase—that is, to cut the square of glass),
when the shopman came out and seized the prisoner, but the boy
ran away.

The felony not being completed, the prisoner vas sent to Bride-
well for three months, as a rogue and vagabond.

514A31 ATTORNIES AND SNAIL CLERKS.—The poor people who
have business to do at the Sessions are cruelly imposed upon by
men, who act as attornies, or as clerks for attornies, but who are,
in every respect, as unqualified as they are rapacious. The Surrey,
Middlesex, and London Sessions, are constantly attended by them.
The sufferers are not aware of any available remedy against them.
It should be known, however, that the Act of the 22d of Geo. 11.
cap. 46, see. 12, declares, that no person can lawfully conduct
business, prosecuting or defending at any General or Quarter Ses-
sions, unless he be an attorney sworn and admitted of his Majesty's
Courts of Westminster, under a penalty of 50/. for each offence,
recoverable within twelve months ; and any attorney allowing any
person, not an attorney, in his name to carry on Sessions business,
incurs a penalty of 50/. This provision has slept in the Statute
Book, and an idea is commonly entertained, that persons are not
bound to be admitted attornies of the Courts of Westminster, to
enable them to conduct Sessions business.

GUILDHALL.— Thomas Tuffs, a horse dealer, was charged
before Mr. Alderman GAnasrr yesterday, with his knowingly
littering a forged cheque for the sum of eight guineas, upon the
house of Sir Peter Pole and Co. -

The prosecutor stated, that on the 17th of October he sold a
horse to the prisoner in Smithfield for V. 10s. The prisoner
gave in payment a cheque on the house of Pole and Co. for eight
guineas. The cheque bore the name of Edward Smith, as the
ilrawer. The prosecutor gave the prisoner his address, and told
him to call on him the next day for-the change. The prisoner
(lid not call on him the next day, and the prosecutor, on inquir-
ing, found that the house of Sir Peter Pole had stopped payment
some mouths before, and that they never had a customer of the
name of Edward Smith. The prisoner was apprehended by the
police in consequence of the prosecutor's description of him.
The prisoner in his defence, stated that he had received the
cheque on the morning of the 17th of October, in payment for a
a pony which he sold to a man in, Smithfield. He did not know
who this man was.—The prisoner was remanded.

BOW-STREET.=I-ItoBw .ATRo.rsEatzs,—Yesterday Mary
Smith and James Barnes, two smartly dressed, robust coun-
.trymen, both under-20 years of age, were charged, before Sir
RICHARD BIRNIE, with being concerned in several highway rob-
beries which hare been recently committed in the neighbourhood
of Finchley.

Robert Dockerell deposed that he is a gardener at Finchley.
On Friday night last, about 20 minutes past seven o'clock, he
was near Colney Hatch, on the road leading from Whetstone to
Finchley, and was stopped by two men, who knocked him down,
and told him to deliver his money. He informed them that
he had no money about his person; but he had a watch,
which he gave to them. The two robbers crossed the road,
after cautioning him to be silent, and escaped into a field. He
had seen the prisoner Smith going up the 'lane a few minutes
before, and had no doubt that he was the man who knocked
him down.

James Carter, of Finchley Common, farmer, deposed, that on
Friday evening last, between 7 and 8 o'clock, he was going along
the- road, near Colney Hatch-Jane, intending to visit a Mr.
Wells, and saw two men, who appeared to be in a state of intoxi-
cation, come out of the lane. One of the men was dressed in a
light jacket, and the other man in a dark coat. The man in the
light jacket came up to him, presented a blunderbuss at his head,
and demanded his money. He was alarmed and hesitated,
when the man said, " Deliver, or I will blow your brains
out." Having collected his thoughts, he determined to resist,
knowing that there were two waggons which te had passed
shortly before coming tip. The man who had presented the blun-
derbuss at his head, repeated his former threat, accompanied-with
an oath, when he closed with him, and they scuffled for some
time. The man with the dark coat assisted his companion, and
kicked his (witness's) shins, while the other robber attempted to
" throttle" him, and swore, if he spoke a word, he would blow
his brains out. At that moment the two waggons were heardf. on
the road, and he made a desperate struggle to free himself
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object, he said to them, .‘ I'll soon settle you, there some
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Mr. Carter, the landlord of the New Swan Tavern, at Finehley,
deposed, that both the prisoners came to his house, which is situate
about half a mile from the spot where the robbery was attempted,
at six o'clock on Friday night. They drank three pints pots of
beer, and left his house about seven o'clock. The prisoner Smith
had a bundle in his possession at the time.
Smith being taken out of the office, Barnes was asked what he
had to say? He admitted that he was at the Swan public-house
at the time stated by the last witness, and when he left he went
as far as Lore's Walk, Nether-street, Finehley ; and Smith told
him he eould go to his brother's, at Mill Hill, and sleep there ;
and they parted. He got home a quarter of an hour before eight
o'clock; he had a bundle with him, and was dressed in a
dark coat.

Smith was then asked what he had to say, and he confirmed
Barnes's statement, except that instead of going to Mill Hill to
sleep, he said that he went to see a girl he courted at Finchley,
and returned to his own lodgings at Finchley. He also stated
that he and Barnes both lodged at the house of a person named
Clarke, at Finchley ; he was an orphan, and had been brought up
by the Clarkes.

It appeared that the prisoner, Smith was apprehended shortly
after the prosecutor was stopped ; and was taken to a public-
house, but was permitted to go; and, on the following day, he
and Barnes were both apprehended.
The prisoners were remanded. They answer the description
of persons who have committed several other highway robberies in
that neighbourhood.

William Clarke was charged with stealing a trunk and its con-
tents in the house of Costar Alsop, Esq. the American Consul,
residing in Surrey-street, Strand. The prisoner had taken
the opportunity of getting
into the house at the time the dustman
was removing the ashes from the cellar.—He was fully committed.
MARLBOpOUGH-STREET.—Yesterday the greater num-
ber of the inhabitant householders of Hanover-square were sum-
moned to this office before Mr. Ror, the Sitting Magistrate, to
answer a charge under the Street Aet, of neglecting to have the
foot-pavement in front of their respective houses swept and
cleared of dirt before the hour of ten o'clock in the morning, as
the Act directs. The offence as charged, was clearly proved
by the street-keepers, who were the complainants, and all the de-
fendants were fined ss. each and costs. Some of the defendants
appeared in person, but for the most part they were represented
by their butlers. Amongst the number thus fined were, the Earl
of Harewood, the Marquis of Salisbury, Sir S. C. Jones, Admiral
Sotheron, Dr. Outram, Sir Simon Clarke, Sir Geo. Nayler,
One gentleman amongst the defendants said that he hoped they