The Sun.
London, England, 1827-11-09 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

G UILD HA LL. —.Mr. Reeve, the pawnbroker on Snow-
hill, appeared before Mr. Alderman Wool) yesterday, upon
a second information filed against him, by Thomas Brown,
of Stewart's-rents, Great Wild-street, labourer, for taking
more than the legal interest upon a pledge. Mr. Harmer
attended for the defendant.

Elizabeth Watts, of Moor's-yard, Old Fish-street, depo-
sed that she pledged a coat at the defendant's for 3s. on
the sth September, and redeemed it on the following day,
when she was charged ld. for interest.
Mr. Brown having put the usual questions, to show that
Mr. Reeve was a pawnbroker at the place stated in the in-
formation, observed that Mr. Reeve bad taken interest at
the rate of 130 per cent. He was entitled only to three
farthings on a loan of 3s. 9d. for a less term than oue
month.

Mr. Harmer first objected, that the words " at the
place last-mentioned," referring to a description "on
Snow-hill, in the parish of St. Sepulchre, in the ward of
Farringdon-within, in the city of London," could be ap-
plied only to the " city of London," and not to Snow-hill.
Three places were mentioned, and the place last. mentioned
was the city. Mr. Alderman Woon, however, decided
that the several places named formed but one description,
which would be referred to with sufficient certainty by the
words used. Mr. Harmer then put a great many questions,
to extract from the female that she had an interest in ob-
taining a conviction, hut he failed upon this ground. He
next objected, that the information stated
.the pledge was
made in the name of " Ann Watts," whereas it was actu-
ally made in the name of "An WattS," according to the
duplicate, and " A. Watts," according to the counterpart.

Mr. Alderman Woon, under the advice of the clerks,
decided that this was a fatal objection. The informer had
corrected the pawnbroker's error in spelling, instead of
giving a fac-simile.
Mr. Brown turned away, muttering that there was no
such a thing as getting justice at all.
BOW-STREET--Patrick Henry Martin, the young
man who was charged by Mr. Gallway, of York-street,
with personating the Under Secretary of State for the
Home Department, and drinking three half pints of his
raspberry whiskey on the strength of the said personation,
was yesterday brought forward to be re-examined.
Stevens, an officer, stated, that he had been to No. 7,
Titchfield-street, where the prisoner said he lived. He was
informed by thepersons in the house, that the prisoner
lodged there with an elderly woman, who passed as his
wife. They were very troublesome lodgers, and would
not gait the house, although considerably in arrear for rent.
The evidence against the prisoner was then read over,
and he was asked if he had any thing further to say for
himself.

The prisoner repeated that he was a gentleman of inde-
pendent means, and he had a witness in court to prove his
respectability. He was a nephew, he said, of Col. Martin.
Sir R. BIRNIE—How ! do you mean Colonel Martin,
the late worthy Member for Galway ?—The prisoner
nodded assent. He then called forward an Irish labourer,
who corroborated his statement, and said, he lived under
the prisoner's father in Ireland, and also held land from
himself.

Mr. VALLS, after reading the prisoner a very severe lec-
ture, and cautioning him how he persevered in such dis-
graceful conduct as that for which he now stood at the bar,
told him he must find bail himself in 40/. and two sureties in
201. each, to answer any charge that might be preferred
against him next session.
The prisoner was locked up for want of the required
sureties. We understand that he is son to the steward of
Sir John Burke, an Irish baronet.

A medical gentleman, residing near the office, accom-
panied by a respectable housekeeper in the neighbourhood,
came in great haste to state that an unfortunate young woman
named Emily Blake, residing in Long-acre, had just
swallowed a quantity of oxalic acid, which was said to have
been administered• to her by a Jew with whom she was co-
habiting. She was in great agony, and not expected to
survive.

Sir RICHARD BIRNIE immediately directed an officer to
proceed to the house where the parties were, and take the
man who was charged with the crime into custody.
It afterwards appeared,i however, that the unfortunate
young woman had exonerated 'the man from any blame, and
acknowledged that she took the poison herself in a fit of
jealousy. She remains in a dangerous state, although hopes
are entertained of her recovery.
Sir R. BIRNIE stated, that she was the daughter of a
most respectable man, a solicitor, who some time ago re-
sided in Broad-court, Drury-lane. Seduction, at first,
brought her upon the town, and although every means had
been used by her friends to restore her to the world, they
weie never able to effect a reformation. A noble Lord
and his son, both of whom are distinguished for their cha-
rity and humanity, endeavoured in vain to save her, by ob-
taining her admission to an institution for female peni-
tents; but no treatment could keep her from the town.—
She was now not more than 20 'Tars of age, yet so altered
was she, that he (Sir R. Birnie) hardly knew her the other
day when she applied to him to punish a watchman, by
whom she said she was insulted. She was a pretty girl
some years ago, and had received the usual education at
one of the boarding schools in the neighbourhood, of the
metropolis.
Sir RICHARD BIRNIE summoned a porter belonging to
the White Hart Inn, Fetter-lane, for demanding 2d. for
the booking of a parcel containing game, which was sent
to him from the country, and the booking of which was
paid there. The parcel should have contained two hares,
two pheasants, and a brace of partridges, but on opening it,
he discovered that one of the hares was missing. Sir
Richard stated that he took the business up on public
grounds, as he knew it was the custom of those engaged in
conveying parcels from the country to charge for booking,
although in every case it is paid in the first instance. This
imposition he was determined to resist, and he meant also
to proceed for the value of the lost hare.
On referring to the Act of Parliament, Air. HALLS ascer-
tained that porters in such cases were not liable, in conse-
quence of which, a summons was issued against the pro-
prietor of the coach-office in question.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.---Johnson, and some
other informers, attended yesterday at this office, for the
purpose of laying informations against publicans, coach pro-
prietors, &c.

Mr. ROE said he would not hear Johnson's information,
unless he was compelled to do so by a Mandamus from
the Court of King's Bench, as it was well known that
Johnson had received money from various persons against
whom he had laid informations, instead of their being
heard and decided by the Magistrates.
An information having been laid by Byers against the
proprietor of a Southampton coach, for carrying more than
the usual number of passengers, the defendant defeated the
informer with his own weapons; for he produced a young
man, named George Pruts, who had formerly been in
partnership with Byers, and on the day the offence was
committed, Pruts happened to#be at Hounslow with
Byers, in the latter's pony-chaise, when the coach passed ;
and Pruts's evidence completely refuted the informer's
statement; and Mr. ROE dismissed the case, observing
that if Pruts had sworn falsely, he (Byers) might indict
him for perjury.
WORSHIP-STREET.—Three young men, named
Coates, Jackson, and Jacobs, were charged under the
following circumstances :
Mr. Jolly, commander of the brig' Lady Emma, from
Devonport, was met by a man in Holborn, who familiarly
accosted him as an old acquaintance, and they entered a
tavern to take some refreshment, when Mr. Jolly was
robbed by the man of his pocket-book, containing 501. in
bank notes and eleven sovereigns, with which lie escaped.
A few days afterwards Mr. Jolly met the same person in
Thames-street, and instantly collared him. The man said
that an exposure would be his ruin, and requested Mr
Jolly would walk with him to his house, and his money
should be returned. Mr. Jolly agreed to this proposal ;
and when they arrived near Wentworth street, Spitalfields,
a number of young men, armed with sticks, rushed upon
Mr. Jolly, beat him in a very dreadful manner, and the fel-
low who had committed the robbery escaped.
The prisoners were proved to have assaulted Mr. Jolly,
and they were remanded.

QUEEN-SQUARE.—THE AGE OF MORALITY.—Mr.
Willis, a cheesemonger, residing in Tothill-street, West-
minster, was charged with assaulting a young Italian lad,
named Giovanni Sauni. The boy said that the defendant
invited him into the shop, and then dragged him into the
parlour, where he beat him severely with a stick, and
kicked him until he was black and blue. Mr. Willis, in
his defence, said that the boy was in the habit of going
about the streets " with the infamous and disgusting image
of a Venus reclining," and had actually held one of them
op to his wife ; he, therefore struck him, and drove him
out of the shop.
Mr. GaEcomE said that the images, which Mr. Willis
considered so disgusting, were almost in every person's
house, and were not considered' indelicate. The assault
having been admitted, the defendant must either snake the
complainant some compensation, or put in bail.
Mr. WHITE said that the fellows who went about with
the images were a parcel of vagabonds; and if any of them
were brought before him, he would commit them under the
Vagrant Act.---The defendant made the lad a compensa-
tion for his heating. and left the office.