The Sun.
London, England, 1827-07-25 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BOW-STREET.—George Topling, who strives tt.
hackney-coach No. 970, summoned Mr. James
an inn-keeper at Richmond, for refusing to pay him six.-
pence, in addition to his fare of a shining.

The coachman stated that 11r. Blizard took his coach

from the end of Sloane-street, Knightsbridge, and orderelt
him to drive to Devonshire-house. On arriving within s.
short -distance of the tatter place, the
.coachman found het
could go no farther, the street being broken up for the pur-
pose of erecting a new sewer. He asked the defendant to.
alight, htis he insisted on being driven to Devonshire-how.,
"If I take you," replied the coachman, " I shall have to-
drive round by May- fair, and the distance altogether will
exceed a mile." " That is- your look out," said Mr. Bli-
zard ; " you must drive where I desired you." " Very. -
well," said the coachman, and Mr. Blizard was accordingly
driven to Devonshire-house, by a circuitous route. Here
lie alighted, and tendered a shilling for the drive. " Ano-
ther sixpence, if you please," said the coachman. Mr. Bli
zard objected to pay the sixpence, but gave the coachman
his address, and the consequence was, that a summons tb
attend at this office.was served upon him, at Richmond, to
show cause, if be could, why he objected to pay the six-
pence demanded by the coachman.

Mr. Blizard said, he conceived that the coachman was
bound to fulfil his agreement to drive him to Devonshire..
house for a shilling.

Undoubtedly, he was bound to do so if he could, said
Sir Mcnaito BIB:mg ; but it was not he ttiat.oceasionect
the breaking up of the street ; and as he very fairly told
you, if he took yOu round by May-fair the distancewotikti
exceed a mile, I think you are hound to pay him his demand-

Three notorious.fellows, who belong to the St. Giles's.
gang, named Gibbins,. Cavanagh, and Redding, were.
placed ut the bar, charged by Horace Twigs, • Esq., M. P.,.
on suspicion of being concerned in snatching from his person,
on the night of Sunday last, a gold watch, seals, and chain.

Twiss stated, that on Sunday night, about a quartet-

past 12 o'clock, he was proceeding towards his home along
High-street, St. Giles's, with Mrs. Twiss, when a man,
whom he perceived apparently intoxicated, resting against:,
the shutters of a shop, made a sudden rush again.* him, and

succeeded in snatching his watch and its appendages, with
he darted across the street. Mr. Twiss, in pursuing
him, heard something. drop, which he picked up, amL
it proved to be his,,:watch-case. The fellow theta
darted down a narrow place called Lawrence-lane, at the
entrance to which Mr. Twiss observed three fellows,
,who•
stood there apparently with a design to cover their corn.--
panioa's retreat, for they made no effort to stop, him. The.
lane being in total darkness, Mt. Twigs did not deem it-
prudent to follow the' robber any farther, but gave a de-
scription of the fellow's dress and appearance to the watch-
man. He could not speak to•the appearance of the three
men who stood at the top of the lane, but the prisoner,
Gibbins, looked very like the man by whom he had been
robbed.

Sir H. BIRNIE examined the prisoners separately, with
a view to ascertain where they were,, and how engaged,
when the robbery was effected. Each told a different-story.
Furzeman, the watch-house keeper of St. Giles'e, knew
them all to be hardened and desperate thieves. They
prowled about in parties all night through St. Giles's, anti
any respectable person they met was sure to be attacked and
robbed. They generally contrived to extine'mish the gai-
light in the lanes and passages that abound in that direc-
tion, in order to effect their escape with greater .facility.---
It was only the night before that a respectable young man
was knocked down and robbed of 51. by the same party.
The prisoners were remanded until Friday.