The Sun.
London, England, 1827-07-10 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BOW-STREET.—A person named Barrow, who de-
scribed himself as a broker in the city, applied at this office
yesterday for a warrant against a man named George
Dean, whom he accused of an assault and threatening to
take away his life.
The complaint was scarcely made when the accused, ac-
companied by his wife, came forward and charged the com-
plainant with having indecently exposed his person at his
bed-room window in Hammersmith, at which place both
parties reside. The wife of the defendant joined in the ac-
cusation, and said she had witnesses to prove the fact ; and
she added, that it was not the second or third time that
she had to complain to her husband of similar conduct on
the part of Mr. Barrow. Other females, she also averred,
had been insulted in _a _Eke manner. The husband then
declared that he had suffered a great deal of unhappiness
from hearing his wife so repeatedly complain of the in-
decent exposure she was forced to witness. He denied,
however, that he had either assaulted or threatened the
complainant, but admitted that he had upbraided him for
his scandalous conduct in the open street at Hammersmith.
Mr. Barrow solemnly denied the charge of indecently
exposing himself, and said he had commenced proceedings
at law against the defendant for the slanderous assertion.
I He was convinced, he said, that the charge was trumped
up in order to extort money from him. He was himself
a man of family, having a wife and eight children ; and
his domestic happiness was considerably embittered by
being charged with a crime of which he felt himself
guiltless.
The defendant and his wife again vehemently renewed
their accusation, of which, however, the Magistrate, Mr.
MllisHur.r., said he could take no cognizance, there being
no distinct charge before him on that head. With respect
to the indecent exposure complained of, the parties ag-
grieved had their remedy under the Vagrant Act.
The defendant was then held to bail for using threaten-
ing expressions, from which the complainant declared he
felt his life in danger. The Magistrate, in holding him to
bail, desired it should be distinctly understood that he
gave no opinion with respect to the counter-charge of inde-
cent exposure.

MARLBOROUGH- STREET.—Yesterday, a fashion-
ably dressed young man, named Foster, was brought from
the watch-house of St. George's parish, Hanover-square,
before Sir GEORGE FARRANT, the sitting Magistrate at
this office, under the following curious circumstances :
Mr. Pattillo, a tailor residing in Chapel-place, Oxford-
street, stated, that he had the bad fortune to have had Mr.
Foster for a customer, and had been a severe sufferer by
himself and some of his acquaintances, who had managed
to get into his debt for clathes to. a considerable amount
some time ago, but for which they have not as yet been
kind enough to give him any remuneration, nor indeed
has he been able to trace out their present places of abode.
Mr. Foster gave him a bill of exchange a considerable time
since, for part of his demand, accepted, as he said, by his
mother, and as good as the Bank ; but the bill was, not-
withstanding, dishonoured, being now upwards of 12
months over due, and he has ever since in vain endeavoured
to find out the residence of either the acceptor or of Mr.
Foster himself. On Sunday night last, however, he hap-
pened accidentally to stumble on Mr. Foster in Oxford-street,
and very politely asiced him to favour him (Mr. Pattillo)
with his address ; but this Mr. Foster positively refused to
do, and he (Mr. Pattillo) therefore determined to follow
him, and watch where he went to. Mr. Foster, how-
ever, perceiving his object, walked him about the town a
good deal, and led him a dance of about two hours' dura-
tion; but at last seeing that Mr. Pattillo was a sticker, and
the night was waxing late, Mr. Foster thought the safest
way would be to lock his pursuer up in the watchhouse,
and then wind his uninterrupted way home to his bed ; and
in furtherance of this plan he called a watchman, turned
round suddenly upon Mr. Pattillo, and gave him into
custody on a charge of following and annoying him in the
street, although Mr. Pattillo never spoke to him after the
first inquiry for his address. When they got to the watch-
house, and Mr. Foster had given in his charge, and was
about to walk away, Mr. Pattillo thought he might as
well make a charge too, and so he did, for he had Mr.
Foster detained for falsely imprisoning him (Mr. Pattillo),
who was soon liberated on bail, but Mr. Foster stayed all
night in the watchhouse, and thus the isffair came before
the Magistrate.
Mr. Foster, in his account of the transaction, acknow-
ledged that he was indebted to Mr. Pattillo in the amount
of the bill of exchange which he said he would very ho-
nourable pay when certain monies should come to hand,
but he certainly did not wish to let Mr. Pattillo know
where he lived, because he was aware that his design was
to arrest him for the debt; and he considered that he was
perfectly justified in giving Mr. Pattillo into custody for
following him through the streets at that hour of the night.
Mr. Pattillo said, that he considered he had just as good
a right to walk the streets in any direction he thought
proper, at any hour of the night, so long as he did not
molest anybody, as Mr. Foster had.
Mr. Foster said, that it was very unfair that he should
have been detained on such a frivolous pretext as the
charge of Mr. Pattillo.
Mr. Pattillo said, that his grounds of charge were just
as substantial as those of Mr. Foster.

Sir GEORGX FARRANT said, that neither charge was
of a nature to call for his interference, except to discharge
them both, which he accordingly did,
Mr. Pattillo said, that he was only one of many trades-
men *bout tom who hid suffered ItYcrOy by Mr. Foster

and his associates, nor was this the first time that Mr.
Foster had been brought under awkward circumstances to
this office.

Mr. Foster said, it was true he had been brought to
this office once before, about two years ago, hut he was
perfectly innocent of what he was then accused of, and the
Magistrate discharged him from it.
Sir Geo. FARRANT said, that he had now done with
the case, and the parties might withdraw.
Mr. Foster said, that he was really rather diffident about
retiring at that moment, as he had some slight suspicion
that Mr. Pattillo had sheriff's officers in waiting for him
outside the office-door, to arrest him when he should go
out; and if any such attempt were made, lie hoped the
Magistrate would protect him.
Sir G. FARRANT said, that he could afford him no pro-
tection against sheriff's officers, but he did nottuppose any
one would interfere with him while he remained in the office.
Two sheriff's officers, who stood close by the side of Mr.
Foster all this time, although he did not know they were
so near, now withdrew, and waited outside in the passage
until Mr. Foster came out soon after, when they took him
into custody, and walked him away.
Mr. Foster remonstrated a good deal, and told the officers
that they could not arrest him under the Solicitor-General's
new Bill, as the debt in this particular case did net amount
to 201. The officers, however, assured him that they not
only could, but they had, arrested him, and that he was
quite mistaken in his law, for that the Bill alluded to was
not yet in operation.
This Bill, we believe, does not take effect until the let
of August.

MARYLEBONE-OFFlCE.—Yesterday Robert Har-
rison, a person of respectable appearance, was charged by
Maria Bootle with having assaulted her on Saturday night,
and turned her out of her house.

Mrs. Bootle having stated to the above effect, answered
several questions put by Mr. RAWLINSON with reluctance,
and the defendant was called upon to give an explanation,
by which it appeared that Mr. Bootle, who occupies a
house (No. 40) in Newman-street, is out of town, and
that in his absence Mrs. Bootle is gallanting with other
men, and selling his furniture. Mr. Harrison produced
a letter received by him last week from Mr. Bootle, in
which he was requested to call last Saturday night in
Newman-street, to pay certain demands then likely to be
made, and see to the safety of his property. He called
accordingly for these purposes, and finding that Mrs.
Bootle had disposed of some of the furniture, he took ad-
vantage of her absence, and turned the key of the street-
door against her, for which she gave him in charge, and he
was taken to St. Pancras watch-house. Mr. Bootle, after
having given Mr. Harrison instructions in his letter to pay
his workmen, goes on to regret Maria's misconduct, and to
thank him for his services.

" You are discharged, Sir," said Mr, RAwmrsoN to
the defendant ; " you appear to hare been very unjustly
treated."

Defendant—l have had a great deal of trouble, I assure
your Worship, in this business.
Mr. RA WLINSON—I do not doubt it, and it is monstrous
hard to be dragged to the watch-house into the bargain.
Jonathan Brown and William Rutland were charged
with attempting to break into the house No. 34, Windham-
street, Montague-square.
Robert Calloway, who lives at No. 6 in the same street,
saw Rutland at a little before 11 o'clock on Saturday
night, with his feet upon the rails, and his head within the
parlour window of No. 34, but being disturbed, he jumped
down and ran away. He was followed, and taken into
custody. He (witness) did not see the other prisoner do
any thing, but he appeared to be in Rutland's company.
Rutland was committed to the House of Correction for
two months, and Brown was discharged. Rutland has
been repeatedly in custody, and was tried a short time ago
at the Old Bailey.
John Doyle, a boy of 15, was charged as follows:--
Mrs. Ann Dewrup, of No. 5, Southampton-row, New-
road, stated that between six and seven o'clock yesterday
morning, she caught this boy in her larder : he had cut two
holes through the safe, but had not, to her knowledge, taken
any thing. " You little rascal, what business have yott
here ?" said Mrs. Dewrup. " Only to get something to
eat, Ma'am," replied the boy. - - _

He made the same excuse before Mr. RAWLINSON, who,
after remarking that he had not been before him leas that).
20 times, committed him for three months to the House of
Correction.

A silver tea-pot and other plate were stolen a short time
ago from Mrs. Dewrup's house ; but she was not then so
fortunate as to detect the thief.
WORSHIP-STREET.—THE BETHNAL-GREEI4 GAIN.
—Yesterday the witnesses against Thos. Norton, charge('
with robbing Mr. Fuller, on Fleet-street-hill, Bethnal'
'green, on the 11th of last September, attended at the
office to have their depositions taken. ,

Mr. BROUGHTON, on committing the prisoner for trial,
mentioned that he had received many communications frous
his friends, but they could not avail him in that stage of
the proceedings, for he was positively sworn to by the pro-
secutor, and his case must be laid before a Jury, when it
would be in his power to call any witnesses he pleased.
" You are aware of the serious natnre of the charge against
you," said the Magistrate, " and of the evidence ; it is
a matter of life and death, and you will shape your defence
accordingly."
Mr. Fuller declared that it was the prisoner who took
his hat, and who proposed to "give him a rum one."
It may be remembered, that on the trial of James
Boyce for the same robbery, Mr. Fuller stated that it was
by him the robbers were restrained from the committing of
personal violence, and on that ground recommended him to
the merciful consideration of the Court. Boyce was tried
upon a second indictment, however, for the robbery of Mr.
and Mrs. Finch, an aged couple, whom he seriously ill
treated, and he was executed.