The Sun.
London, England, 1820-01-20 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY.

Yesterday James and Richard Hicks, father and
son, were indicted for stealing three heifers, the
property of Charles 'l'hotna• Mahon. Win. Hicks.,
another of the sons, was included is the indict—
ment, but be was not in custody.

Mr. ARABIN conducted the prosecution.---The -
case has already been fully detailed in the Police
Reports.

(loth prisoners protested their innocence.

DJ@ COMMON SEMIS/U.IT gummed up the evi—
dence, and the Jury found the prisoner Jailors!
" Not Guilty," 'but pronounced Richard. Hicks
'' Guilty"—Death.

Mr. John Chalks Cuthbert, who kept the Bell
in St. James's-market, but now of the Goat in
Pall-Mall, was placed at the inner bar, upon an
indictment, which charged him with wilful and
corrupt perjury.

After the trial had gone on for some time, ttie,
COMMON SERJRANT submitted to the Jury, whe-
ther they were anxious it should proceed any fur-
ther, upon such testimony as bad beerfarlducerl.
The Jury instantly said, they were completely
satisfied of the innocence of the defendant, and
pronounced hint so by the verdict of—Not Guilty.
Mr. Cuthbert was immediately set at liberty.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

DRURY-LANE AND COSOURG THEATRES.

UNION-HAIL.---Yesterday being the day ap.,
pointed for bearing the_ information which bee
been laid by Mr. Ward, on the part of the Pra-
prietors of Drury-lune Theatre, agairlst Mr.
sop, the Proprietor of tie Cohourg Theatre, for
enacting at his house, contrary to his license, the
tragedy of King Richard 111., a great number of
persons interested in ihe decision of the question
attended at this Office. The hour orijnally ap-
pointed for entering on the subject was c1e..3
o'clock, and the Magistrates, Sir Jo:
and Mr. CnAlaseas, were in attendance at that
time to hear the arguments on both sides. BV
arrangement proposed on the part of the Counsel
for Drury-Lane Theatre, however, this Nrpoint.
meat was abandoned, and the hour of two fixed.
Soon after one the worthy Magivrates, hating,
completed the ordinary business of tile day, c,
on the case, when Mr. Burgess, Solicitor tnt
Warty, stated that his Counsel had not yet anis-
e& and that he did not feel he should be justified
in conducting th,! matter himself.

Sir Jnnn Pt lOUN said, that as the question at
issue pas one would in all probabili-
tyP
occupy a considerable porti3n of time,.td
as he hail business elsewhere, be could tun, with
convenience give it the attention which it would
require. He was ready then to proceed in the
intormation, if the parties desired.
Mr. BURG;-:LS repeated his wish, that the mat.
ter might be conducted by Cotimel.
Mr. llooaas, Solicitor for Mr. Glossop, sail
that be felt Ititrself absolved from all blame, as to
the delay whic:l might take place. The post-
ponement of the hour, in the first instance fixed,
arose entirely with the plaintiff. lie agreed in
the impolicy of entering on a question involving
so many nice points, at so late an hour of the
clay.

Under these circumstances it was agreed, that
the case should stand over till that day se'n-
night, at one o'clock, when all parties ate to be
in attendance.

The Counsel engaged are Mr. F. PoLLocx. and
Mr. TURTON. for Drury-lane Theatre ; Mr.
ADOLPHUS and Mr. DOWLING, for the Cohotirg
Theatre.

Bo w-s rßEET.—Yesterdsy William Quin, a. lad
about 16 or 17 years of age, was charged before
FARRANT, Esq., with uttering a forged IL
Bank-note of England to John Beseoby, who
keeps an
,oil-shop in Stanhope-street., Clare-mer-,
ket, in the purchase of oil, snap, and blacking,
on Tuesday evening, knowing the note to be a
.forgery. To prove his guilty knowledge, it was
ascertained that he gave a fake aeconut of him.,
self : he sail he lived with his uncle, Mr. Cla-
rence, a carpenter, in Bear-yard, whereas no such
person lived there. Ott searching him, liletuty of
silver and halfpence were Sward to pay for the ar-
ticles be had purchased, without changing the
11. note. Mr. Bescoby has had the misfortune
to take several forged notes; his wife had no
doubt but that she took one of them of the pri-
soner. She will attend at the next examination.,
The Solicitor to the Bank attended to conduct
the prosecution ; and Mr. Lee, the inspector, to
prove the note a forgery.