The Sun.
London, England, 1829-04-17 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BOW.STREET.

RE-EICAMINATION OF YOUNG, THE WHITTON BUR-
GLAR.—Yesterday William Young, the man charged
with being the leader of the notorious Whitton and Peter-
sham gang of burglars, and whose first examination we
reported in our Paper of Tuesday last, was again brought
up, and the office was much crowded in consequence.
Since the last examination Sir R. BIRNIE has received
several letters on the subject of the great number of bur-
glaries committed in the neighbourhoods of Ham, Peter-
sham, Brent ford, and the surrounding villages, and some
circumstances have reached his knowledge, which we un-
derstand have induced him and other gentlemen to make a
representation to the Seer; tary of State for the Home De-
partment, on the cases of the three unfortunate persons
now under sentence of death in Horsemonger-lane, and
who are ordered for execution on Monday next, and it is
not improbable that their lives may yet he spared.
The following, witnesses were now examined:—
Harriet Dolby stated that she was housekeeper to the
man Kite, now under sentence of death, and they lived on
Ham Common. On the '7th of December last, about five
o'clock in the morning, the prisoner, William Young, and
George King, a man now under sentence of death, came to
Kite's hours, and brought some property there. Amongst
the articles were a piece of red cloth and two saws. I have
no doubt that the saw now produced is one of the two ;
but at that time there were the initials, "J. P." on the
brass plate on the handle. [This plate had been rubbed
with a file.] There was also a pair of men's drawers, with
"J. Parker" written upon them. The drawers now
produced were the same. Witness cut the name out.
There were also two legs of pork, and a ham, anti other
eatables. Witness cannot say whether the property was
divided or not. Young also produced a quantity of
raisins, currants, and sugar.
Sir R. BIRNIE asked Mr. Parker if he bad lost any
thing of this kind ; and he said he had, a stock having
been sent home the day before the burglary.
Witness added that Young said they got the things from
Mr. Parker's, on Ham Common. She was frightened
and went away, and did not return until eleven at night.
She heard Young say, that as they were leaving Mr. Par-
ker's house they met a man, and being afraid of his see-
ing any thing wrong about them, he threw a potato hook
1 which he had in his hand over into a farm yard. _ _

Mr. Parker said that such an instrument was found in
the farm yard the same morning.

The witness Dolby stated she saw a round towel and
other household articles in Young's possession, marked
J. P.

This was the whole of the evidence at present, and the
prisoner was remanded for a week, Sir R. IIIRNIE oh-
serving that lie should leave no means untried to obtain
evidence of other offences, Meanwhile the inhabitants of
the neighbourhoods which have been so lung infested may
congratulate themselves on the worst of the gang being
broken up. _ _ .

William Long, a fine looking man, about thirty years
of age, was charged with returning from transportation
without having received a pardon-
George Goff, late an officer of Union Hall, deposed that
In. was present at the Kingston Assizes in March, 1820,
and saw the prisoner tried before the then Chief Baron
Richards, and capitally convicted of burglary. His sen-
tence was afterwards commuted to transportation for life.
Vann, a patrol of this office, stated that the prisoner
was apprehended once before on this charge, but the con-
stable who captured him on the original charge was dead,
and he could not then be identified.

The prisoner denied that he had ever been convicted.
le was remanded.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

An Mali " forty-shillinger," named Michael Hogan,
was charged with the following rather eccentric robbery :
Clements, the officer, stated, that about seven o'clock
in the evening, he was standing at the street-door of the
office, when the prisoner came up to him in a very pe-
remptory s,:rt of manner, and said, " Can I have a lodg-
ing here?" No, my good man, replied the officer, you
cannot, and if you could the lodgings that we provide
here are not of the most agreeable sort.
" By J-," said the prisoner, " I must have 0. lodg-
ing here." The officer again assured him that that was
not a lodging-house, in which he could be accommodated
with any comfort, and requested that he might go about
his business, which for some time he refused to do, but at
last he exclaimed, " Then, by I'll go and rob the
first house I meet," and he went away. He crossed the
street in full view of the officer, and entered the ham and
beef shop of a Mr. Bousfield, exactly opposite to the
office, and while Mr. Bousfield was engagad with a cus-
tomer, the prisoner contrived to carry off a fine ham,
with which he walked out of the shop, and went his
way quietly along towards Carnaby Market ; but Clements
having observed the whole proceedings, followed him,
and brought him back, and ultimately placed him before
the Magistrate. Clements, however, said that he bad no
doubt but the prisoner was rather intoxicated at the time.

The prisoner in answer to questions from the Magis-
trate said, that he was a thief, and lie would rather be
where he then stood than any where else. He was for
that night locked up, and when the nest day again placed
at the bar his tone was greatly altered ; but as he could
not get over the fact of his having stolen the ham he was
fully committed for trial.