The Sun.
London, England, 1827-01-25 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE,

GUILDHALL.--Mr. Thomas Sage, a resident in Cloth fair,
appeared before Mr. Alderman WATTAMAN yesterday, on sum-
mons, for obstructing the highway, by placing three large butts
in a passage running by the side of his house.
Mr. Wooler (Mr. Harmer's clerk) attended on behalf of the
defendant.
Mr. Illidge, and several other trustees of St. Bartholomew the
Great (which is a district governed by a local act, and claims to
be a liberty wherein non-freemen may carry on business, it
not being any part of the city wards), appeared as the com-
plainants.
Davis, the beadle, and surveyor of pavements, proved that
three casks were standing in Red Lion Passage, en the footway,
on the 17th of January, although he had given Mr. Sage notice
to remove them, and in fact the casks were there still. The
passage is frequented as a thoroughfsre from Cloth Fair to Little
Bartholomew Close.

The defendant was fined 40s. under Mr. Taylor's Act, and en-
tered into recognizanses to spiral to the next sessions.
BOW-STREET.—A case connected with the right of settle-
ment of a family of country paupers, in which some curious par-
ticulars were involved, was on Tuesday brought before Sir R.
BiltNIE and Mr.

William Porter; a labouring man, aged 60, appeared to an-
swer the complaint. of the local authorities of the parish of Alickle-
ham, near Epsom, in Surrey, to show cause why he should not,
according to the provisions of the 43d of Elizabeth, contribute to
the support of his five grandchildren, who had become chargeable
to the above parish.
The Gentleman who appeared for the parish said, he thought
it hard to be obliged to support persons who, by their own ad-
mission, were willing and capable of working.
Sir R. BIRNIE—By this very Act, the 43d of Elizabeth, you
are bound to find work for paupers. He then intimated that the
case was dismissed, as he and his brother Magistrate refused to
interfere.

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gave evidence in support of the charge, which fixed the crime upon
the party accused, and so far implicated himself as a receiver, that
Mr. Rawlinson held him in his own recognizance to appear when
required. A warrant was granted, and the footman was taken
into custody the same night.
Buckridge, the officer, stated that when lie apprehended the
prisoner in Piccadilly, he at first said Captain Jones had forgiven
him ; he then offered him a crown to let him go, and tell the
Captain he had not been able to find him. He found a watch,
and the seals before-mentioned, upon his person, together with a
bottle of tea, a hand-vice, a gimblet, and a knife and fork. The
prisoner said be bad lived with a Mr. Clinton, Mr. Sharp, 23,
Park-lane, Mr. Took, in Russell-square, and came originally from
Herefordshire; but offered nothing in defence. He was re-
manded until Wednesday, and Mr. Palmer was held under his
own recognizance.

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It appeared by the evidence of a fellow female servant, and
three footmen belonging to other establishments, that Bradford
bad be, hospitable in Harley-street, at the Captain's expense,
and Mr. John Palmer, the watchmaker in Great Marylebone-
street, deposed again, that he bad received 47 bottles of Port and
Sherry from the prisoner, in exchange for three gold settle, a ring,
a thimble, and watch-key, together with a balance in cash at the
rate of half-a-crown a bottle.

At the former examination, as we have already mentioned,
Mr. Rawlinson required Mr. Palmer to enter into his own recog-
nizance to appear when required. Yesterday Mr. Rawlinson
said he did not think himself justified in taking his own recogni-
zance only, and further security was given.

UNION-HALL.—On a former day an information was lodged
against the driver of one of the Clapham stages, named George
John Saltzvell, for endangering the lives or limbs of his passen-
gers, and yesterday the evidence was gone into before M.Swa.sar,
Esq., of which the following is a brief outline :
Mr. John Baker Gribble, of Brixton, stated, that on the after-
neon of Monday se'nnight, he was a passenger, and on descend-
ing Fish-street-hill, he observed the people on the pavement look
towards the coach-box and laugh. This circumstance caused
him some uneasiness, as he interpreted the laughter of the people
to signify that the driver was intoxicated. On reaching the
Borough, all the outside passengers got off, and the coachman
then drove at a furious rate. In High-street be came in contact
with a cart. This of course alarmed the inside passengers. In a
few minutes afterwards the coachman drove along Kent-street,
instead of taking the direct road to the Elephant and Castle, and
witness now believing that the man was drank, called out of the
window for him to stop; A lady and the witness got out, and
away the man drove like a madman.r
This statement of Mr. Gribble s was confirmed by Mrs. Her-
bert, an inside passenger, and a gentleman who was outside.
The coachman made a sorry defence, alleging that he had been
a driver of one of the Greenwich coaches a number of years, and
turned up Kent-street in mistake.
Mr. SWAREY convicted him in the penalty of 8!., observing
that it was one of 11- worst cases which had come before him.
Saltwell signified his determint.ion to appeal from the con-
viction.