The Sun.
London, England, 1829-12-01 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

Yesterday Mr. Thomas the Superintendent of
Police, waited on Sir R. BIRNIE, and stated, that
he had a man in custody upon suspicion of murder,
but as the Coroner's inquisition had not yet set upon
the body of the person whose death the prisoner
was supposed to have accelerated, he (Mr. Thomas)
wished to know whether he would be justified in
detaining the suspected party until the finding of
the Coroner's Jnry.
Sir. R. BIRNIE asked Mr. Thomas if he had any
evidence to produce tending to criminate the pri-
soner, as in that case he would of course be quite
warranted in detaining him.
Mr. Thomas replied, that the deceased, whose
name was George Melliors, had kept the White
Lion public-house in Clare-market, and from circum-
stances that had transpired, it appeared that he had
come to his death by unfair means. His forehead
exhibited a dreadful gash, and several severe bruises
were visible about his head and face.
Sir R. BIRNIR asked if the accused was present ?

Mr. Thomas directed two of his men to bring the
prisoner forward, which was done accordingly, His
name is Charles Willis, and he is the brother of Mrs.
Melliors, the wife of the deceased.
A police-constable, named Easthope, on Tuesday
last, at six o'clock in the morning, was passing the
house of the deceased, when he heard a violent
altercation inside, and upon looking in, he saw the
prisoner beating the deceased in a most brutal man-
ner. He then pushed him towards the stairs, and
knocked him down. Witness went between the
prisoner and the deceased, and separated them. He
then left the house, and was returning in the same
direction-in about six minutes after, when he heard
a dreadful cry of murder proceeding from the house.
He immediately rushed in, and found the prisoner
beating the deceased in the same dreadful manner
as before. Witness desired the prisoner to desist,
observing that his conduct was most brutal. The
wife of the deceased, who stood in the bar all the
time without attempting to interfere, began to abuse
witness, calling him an insolent fellow for interfering,
and said that the prisoner was her brother.
The Magistrates then asked the prisoner if it was
true that he had had a quarrel. with the deceased ?
The prisoner replied, that disagreements had fre-
quently arisen between him and the deceased, who
had latterly taken to drinking to such an excess that
he had quite neglected his business, in consequence
of which he (the prisoner) came from the country
for the purpose of assisting his sister.
Sir R. BinraF.—Have you any thing to say re-
specting the death of the deceased ? The prisoner
stated, that the deceased was in the act of pulling
open a door in the back-yard that morning, when
be fell backwards and inflicted the wound upon his
forehead which was supposed to have occasioned his
death.
Sir R.BIRNIE said, thatunder all the circumstances,
Mr. Thomas would be justified in detaining the pri-
soner until the Coroner's jury should sit upon the
body of the deceased.
[An inquest was held on the body of Melliors in
the course of the evening, and a verdict returned of
" Accidental Death."]
The young man who was charged before Mr.
HALLS on last Tuesday evening, with having by
false representations defrauded a Mrs. Lupton of
61., and whose name we forbore to state in conse-
quence of the respectability of his friends, was
brought forward for a re-examination, when Mr.
Hobler, jun., attended for the prosecution.
It will be recollected that the prisoner obtained
the money from Mrs. Lupton, by stating that he
expected to draw his pension from Somerset-house,
when he would repay her. He had represented to
her that the pension arose from his holding a com-
mission in his Majesty a navy.
It did not appear to Mr. HALLS, however, that
the false representation was sufficiently made out to
constitute an offence according to the Act of Par-
liament; and the prisoner must therefore be dis-
charged, unless it were desired to press a charge of
robbery against him with reference to the jewels
which he had stolen from his sister.
Mr Hobler, jun, said, that of course there was a

considerable reluctance to press that charge,
_tie:
from the unwillingness of the sister to appeirS.
prosecutrix, and the curious nature of the
itself.
The prisoner, whose appearance at the-bar
trayed the most indecent levity, was theo 'a?
charged.

UNION-HA LL to
Some days ago, a man named Smithson all
this office, and voluntarily delivered himself up
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deserter from the Portsmouth division of M 5
He described that he had been a sdrjeatit, and
deserted in consequence of the tyranny and 01'1;
bearing conduct of the serjeant-major belonging,'
the same division. Since his desertion he had be
driven to the utmost distress, not having, by,
own account, lain on a bed for three weeks, u".:r
compelled to sleep in out-houses, barns, or whe,tet;
he could obtain shelter from the weather. On Pe'.
ing his statement, the Magistrate (Mr. Chaml
directed him to be taken to the county gaol, o_4l,
the mean time the Secretary of the Admiralty IL
made acquainted with the circumstances Wl,'
which Smithson had deserted. Yesterday a to
munication was received from the Admiralty ()P.a.,'"
subject, in which it was stated that no such Peril,
as Smithson had ever belonged to the division sw
had asserted, and that therefore be must be fe.
impostor. On receipt of this official letter, the 0•1„"
gistrate directed Smithson to be again brought -a
fore him, and having told him that he had assent
a falsehood in describing himself a delete;
from the Portsmouth division of Marine's
that he had rendered himself liable t; be
committed as a vagrant to the House
Correction, Smithson solemnly declared that be ,
ad
told the truth in the first instance. He then, inr—
of his statement being correct, detailed various cat'
cumstances _relating-to the marine service, whit'
bore all the appearance of truth. In the first Plate
he had joined the division at Portsmouth, in 1809;
and from thence was draughted onboard the Alii•ereti
frigate, in which he went on the American station,
and was upwards of four years in Bermuda. H.
returned to England in 1816, and was made Sete
jeant of Marines on board the Glasgow frigate, hi,
which ship he afterwards went up the Straits,. OP
joined Admiral Codrington's fleet in the Waiter'
ranean, and was present at the battle of Nab;
He gave other proofs of having seen service, wPia
on hearing, Mr. CHAMBERS remarked could 013,t
described by a landsman, and having taken on"
the particulars himself, the Magistrate immediated
transmitted them to the Admiralty, and in reins°
ing Smithson, assured him that after what bad,
curred, if it was found that be had been ptsctisra
a deception for the purpose of exciting conlwise-:
ti,
don, he should assuredly be committed to Vol(
hard labour, under the Vagrant Act. Salithg°
still asserted that his statement was perfectly truf•
The driver of a hackney-coach, named LaSileit;
was brought up by a constable of Bermondsey, vf/id
described that he was found lying in a ditch by t
side of the Willow-walk, on the preceding nurse
with the body of the coach resting upon hied.
constable, in passing that way, heard stifled g,:ht
proceeding from the ditch, and on procuring•siThs't
the night being dismally dark, and no lamps in "de.
quarter, he observed Langley in the situatil old
scribed, up to his neck in mud. The a'aie" for.
horses were also stuck in the mud, and it 1/29,11,„ coach
tunate circumstance for the driver that the "Ai,
windows were down, for when he rolled ft°ll.l, b
seat on the vehicle and all tumbling into the dice ,
he fell undermost, and his head coming through t„.
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coach-window, gave him an opportunity of 01
for assistance. It took six stout watchmen tO PO
him out of the ditch, and six more to extricate
coach and horses from the situation into which tb_atti
had got. The constable added, that had be Pu".•
heard the groans of the defendant, be must Mt
perished in a short time, for it was utterly imp'
sible that he could have extricated himself, his rioi
body being firmly stuck in the mud up to the drag
and to mend the matter, said the constable, the do
was intoxicated at the time. row
The driver was thankful for the assietascsoge.
dared him on the occasion, and
was willing tO ditch
pensate those who had pulled him out of the• to
into which he had driven, coach and all, 4)/414
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the darkness that prevailed, and not a single -21111:0,
be met within a part of Bermondsey so near to to _e
He admitted that he had been treated with
so
liquor by a gentleman who had won a trial in t.o.s.
Court of King's Bench, and on the strength of hi:,
success, had not only made himself drunk, but
d,
the witnesses who were subpoenaed, and he (t.
driver) was one of those who had the misfortune, uoi
should call it, of being one of them, for he had!'
only run the risk of losing his own life by tumbhill
neck and heels into a quagmire, but had also se`.
ously injured his coach and horses.
linggist rtaot ecso
compensate
thatsat
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dragged him out and prevented him ft°

suffocation.
The coachman arranged the matter with his ?dry
servers outside the office, and was then dischorg, t;
In the course of the day, a letter, addressed 0,
the Magistrates, enclosing 51. for R.B. Watts, /et
received at this office, in which the humane 0,40
says—" lam sorry to say, the trade of this rtb.
(Coventry) is at a very low ebb indeed, and To
distress among the weavers almost unparalleled.d•
the credit of the fair sex, who are never beluods
hand in acts of charity, the ladies have institutor
society for clothing the indigent, and are busilY;oo
ployed in making up such articles as may ,bei-cir
ment season. Having contributed my
conducive to the comforts of she poor at tlus. fithi.
praiseworthy undertaking, I am not so hard hied
but I can find another for that much-to-,o'oou
poor fellow Watts, whose distressing cage 911110'
'in the columns of the Times. Not knowing tba
dress, you, gentlemen, will perhaps excu7 nur
trouble of handing the enclosed trifle to him, tltof
some of your attendants, especially when you.", 0
it comes from a cit so celebrated for notorutti
Peeping Tom.' " mite Moss

WORSHIP-STREET. 001'
Michael Gander, a decent-looking youngA
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f
was re-examined before Mr. BENITT, charge('5 Ipt
stealing a small box, containing a number of
spoons and several gold mourning and other risible,
from the house of Mrs. M'Auliff, Weymouth-terr:A
The prisoner was taken into custody lot WO*
in Bishopsgate-church, in the act of leading t°A to
altar a smart servant girl, who had consent*"
become hiss wife. „oils%
He wa remanded, to give further time for .•
the property.

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