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

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.—About three weeks or a month ago, a
member of the Society of Friends named Curtis, appeared before
the Lord Mayor, to prefer a complaint against a hackney-coach-
man, for gross misconduct and overcharge. When the
charge was taken flown, Mr. Hobler, the chief clerk
suggested to his Lor4ship, that it would not be ad-
missible 'in point of law, unless taken on oath, being under the
provisions of the 224 Geo. HI. cap. 56, which was a penal sta •
tute. The Lord Mayor, on referring to the particular clause,
coincided with the chief clerk, and informed the complainant
that he should postpone his decision until he had consulted with
the city law officers on the subject.
To-day, Mr. Curtis, attended by his Solicitor, came forward
again to repeat the charge.
The Solicitor submitted, that Mr. Curtis had only one motive
in view—namely, public justice : as the offence committed by
the coachman was one.of a very serious character.
The Logo Mayon did not by any means question the purity of
the complainant's intention in pressing the charge : and he (the
Lord Mayorl would have no, hesitation in inflicting the fullest
penalty, if it was sustained according to law; but, in this instance
an affirmation would not warrant conviction, as the Act of Par-
liament
specifically:required the complaining party to make oath
in the usual form.—Complaint dismissed.
Mr. Curtis signified hislintention of bringing the matter before
a higher tribunal, by an appeal to the House of Commons.

GUILDHALL.— William Cox Johnson, otherwise Henry
Cods Johnson, was brought tip for re-examination on Saturday,
before Sir PETER LAURIE, charged with stealing a valuable grey
mare.—Remanded.

William Harden, a lad about 14, and recently liberated from
the House of Correction, was charged with stealing two pieces of
silk from tke shop of Messrs. Gibbon and Evans, linen-drapers,
in Mnrchmont•street.—Committed.

WORSHIP-STREET.—On Saturday, two men, named John
Taylor and Wrn. Hammond, the latter, a driver of one of the
go-carts now in common use for the conveyance of passengers be.-
twee,n the Elephant and Castle and Greenwich, were brought up,
charged with having in their possession a large quantity of pro-
perty, supposed to have been stolen; and Samuel Benjamin, who
lives' in Whitecross-street, St. Luke's, was,_ charged with receiving
the same. .

There are no less than five of the Benjamins, keepers of dif-
ferent houses in the neighbourhood of Whiteeross-street and Gol-
den-lane.

Hammond and Taylor were remanded, o❑ suspicion of stealing
the property; and Benjamin, on the charge of receiving it.
On searching Hammond, a ticket was found for the Edgware
Turnpike-gate.

The only articles with marks were a pair of sheets with the
initials J. D., and a table-cloth marked F.

LAMBETH-STREE.T.—During Friday and Saturday, several
confectioners appeared at this office for the interference of the
Magistrates, to punish a swindler, who had been laying them under
contribution, by the sale of a deletereous composition which lie
called lozenges. _ _

The Magistrate, Mr. Wit Arr said, that he could not afford the
applicants any assistance ; they had only their own credulity to
blame, for if they had used the necessary precaution of examin-
ing the goods, they would have detected the fraud.

UNION-HALL.—On Saturday, Mary Dunn, a genteel-look-
inngyoung girl, about 17 years of age, having an illegitimate child
berlar ins was eharged with stealing sonic pieces of print from
the shop_ of Mr. Tracey, a linen-draper, residing in the Westmin-
ster-road.

On the 11th ult., the prosecutor missed the property in ques-
tion ; and, suspecting ,the prisoner, who was in the habit of using
his shop, he went to several pawnbrokers,
,describing her person,
and requested that they would detain her. if she offered to pledge
the property, which he described. -He afterwards found that
she had already pledged the articles at •a shop in the Borough, and
requested the pawnbroker to detain ber when she next presented
herself, which she did on Saturday morning, and was taken before
Mr. Swabey, at this offic?.—LComznitted.