The Sun.
London, England, 1829-12-02 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

GUILDHALL.
A young man named Edward Taylor Strange
was brought before Mr. Alderman BROWN, charged
with obtaining five pairs of shoes by false pretences
from Mr. Smerzer, of Fore-street, shoemaker.
Mr, Smetzer stated that the prisoner was in his
service about five years ago,and one day in February,
182.5, asked permission to take five pairs of shoes
out of the stock for the purpose of fitting a customer
he had met with. Witness told him to take them,
but not to consider that credit was given to him per-
sonally for their value. Prisoner said he understood
that, and would bring back either the shoes or the
money, and he was therefore allowed to take them
away, but he never returned.
The ALDERMAN—The charge is rather too stale
for me to notice. I shall not detain the prisoner.

William Arnold, one of the prisoner's friends, who
had attended as a spectator, was then put to the
bar, and
Mr. Smetzer charged him with defrauding him of
ss. last week by calling on him and pretending he
could lead him to the place where the last prisoner
was lodging. Having received the money, he took him
to Bear-alley, Fleet-market, and raa away from him.
Mr. Alderman BROWN said it did not appear to
be a case in which he ought to interfere, and the
two men were discharged.

against the prisoner William Waller, for having the
tobacco in his possession without a permit, contrary
to the Act of the Gth George IV., c. 108, sec. 60,
which subjected him to the penalty of 1001., without
any mitigation.
The defendant was then fined 100/., and informed
that he must apply to the Lords of the Treasury
for a mitigation of the fine.
The prisoner said he could not pay the money.
Mr. WHITE said, the Magistrate had no alterna-
tive. The act expressed that he must be commit-
ted until the fine was paid.
His wife and child were in the office, and cried
most bitterly on his being committed.
WORSHIP-STREET.
John Wright, a very well-dressed young man, a
journeyman weaver, was finally examined before
Mr. BROUGHTON and Mr. BENETT, charged with
embezzling '7l yards of manufactured silk, the pro-
perty of Messrs. Adams and Son.
The Magistrates sentenced him to three months'
hard labour in the House of Correction.
LAMBETH-STREET.

James Clark, a driver of a hay-cart, was yester-
day fined Is. and costs by Mr. WALKER, at this
office, for not being within a proper distance to take
care of his horses and team, on the 21st November,
in Mile-end, Old-town.
A sailor, named James Mills, who has served in
the navy for forty years, came yesterday before Mr:
WALKER at this office, bringing with him his
daughter, a girl only seventeen years of age, and
stated to the Magistrate that about five months ago
his daughter ran away from him, and went to live
with some vagabond, but he did not know where. A
night or two ago she came home and insisted on
his maintaining her, and ashe refused she threatened
to break all his windows, which she had already done
about five months since, but for which offence he
had forgiven her. He had once before endeavoured
to reclaim her by getting her into an asylum in the
Whitechapel-road, where she remained for twelve
months ; but this had no effect upon her.
Mr. WALKER said that she had done no act which
subjected her to any punishment; and although her
conduct was very bad, he felt himself compelled to
discharge her, but advised her to be careful and be-
have better in future.
Among the applicants for relief yesterday, at this
office, from the parish of Mile-end Old Town, was
a man with a wife and five children, who begged of
the Magistrates to grant him an order to compel
the overseers to take him into the workhouse. He
stated that they would only alloy► him 7s. a-week
for the support of himself, wife, and a family of five

children. -
Mr. WALKER told him that the parish did very
right in not taking him into the house, as there was
no doubt but that he wished to be supported in
idleness, the trade of a carpenter being a very good
one.
The man, who described himself as a carpenter,
said, in withdrawing, with team in his eyes, that for
six weeks he had not been able to get any work,
and he had no home for his wife and family to go to.
HATTON-GARDEN.

Yesterday George Crouchman, Robert Dowdell,
John Powell, and Wm. Home, the four men in cus-
tody on a charge of breaking into and robbing the
hop-warehouse of Messrs. Sampson Hanbury, Tru-
man, and Co., the brewers, were finally examiued
before the sitting Magistrates, Mr. Sergeant SaLLON
and Mr. LAING, when
Crouchman and Dowdell were committed, and the
other two prisoners were discharged.
John Powell was then again placed at the bar,
charged by Thomas Mathews, agent to: Messrs.
Whitehouse, carriers, and by Solon Reid, foreman
to Mr. Ayres, sack-letter, of liorselydown, with ob-
taining various sums of money, amounting to up-
wards of 41., by means of forged orders.
The prosecutors were not prepared with the ne-
cessary evidence, and the Magistrates ordered the
prisoner to be remanded till Saturday next.
UNION-HALL