The Sun.
London, England, 1829-11-24 00:00:00

GUILDHALL

William Davit, a miserable looking creature, was
brought before Mr. Alderman VENABLES yesterday,
charged with sneaking into a ebeesemonger's shop,
kept by Mr. Bedell, in Ling•street, Cloth-fair, be-
tween ten and eleven o'clock on Sunday forenoon,
and stealing about ten pounds of bacon. The pri-
soner, observing no person in the shop, walked in,
coolly unbuttoned his coat, and was going away with
the bacon, when pursued by a young man who had
been watching him, and secured.
" What are you ?" said the Magistrate, address-
ing the officer, William Smith, who appeared some-
what intoxicated. Officer—l am a constable of the
liberty of St. Bartholomew, not within the city of
London.

ALDEKMAN—I was aware it is not in the city.
You St. Bartholomew•men are, I know, very tena-
cious
.of your privileges.
Officer—My dear, Sir (checking himself), Mr.
Alderman, I have something to state. The pro-
secutor don't wish to prosecute in this case.
ALDERMAN—Attend to me. What do you know
respecting this charge ? Officer (boisterously)—
Nothing at all.—(A laugh.)
ALDERMAN—Do you know at what hour you
were sent for? Officer—No; I cannot tell exactly.
I am sure it was before twelve, by my business.
ALDERMAN—What business? Officer—l am a
baker.

ALDERMAN—You received charge of this man
for stealing the bacon ? Officer—Yeq, Sir.
ALDERMAN—What have you drank this morn-
ing? Officer—Me l Nothing but what is useful,
and it has nothing to do with the case.
The ALDERMAN (peremptorily).—Answer the
question, and remember you are on your oath.—
What have you drank this morning ? Officer—
Nothing more than I do every day.
ALDERMAN—weII, give me the particulars. Offi-
cer—Whz, I drink a glass of gin the first thing in
the morning, and at eleven o'clock in the day a pint
of beer, and that will do nobody harm. (A roar of
laughter.)
ALDERMAN—You are fined .ss. for being drunk,
and let the case stand over till tomorrow, when the
prosecutor must attend, and I hope you will come
sober.

The ofiicer was so surprised tit this decision, that
he submitted to it quietly.

BOW-STREET.

Mr. Thomas, the superintendent of police, waited
yesterday upon Mr. Mussuuti., and stated that one
of the men of his division had been charged with an
8a upon a person in Bedfordbury. The matter
swas
atr°et u matterfe
rred to the Commissioners of Police, who
were under the impression that the constable was
wrong, and that he ought to be fined for his mis-
conduct. The complaivaptlad made a demand of
5/. as compensation, which sum the6rnmissioners
conceived v.as too much, and they accordingly refer-
red the matte! to the Magistrates for their decision._
Mr. MINSIIULL had no objection to hear,the case;
but if he inflicted a fine upon the constable, it wenld
go to the King, and not to the injured party, as he
had made it a rule not to grant parties compensation
in money in cases of assault.
The complainant and defendant were then called
forward. The former, whose name is William Sully,

and who resided in York-street, -Rothe'.tithe, exhi-
bited several patches upon his face, and both his
eyes appeared discoloured. The name of the de-
fendant is Thomas Travers. The facts of the case
appeared to be as follow :
On Sunday evening the defendant was passing
through Bedfordbury, when he saw the cart of the
complainant standing at the door of the Lemon Tree
public-house, and as No person appeared to attend to
it, he was about to convey it to the green-yard, and
for that purpose took hold of the horse's head,.when
the complainant came from the public-house, and
an altercation commenced between the constable and
him, which ended in the assault complained of.—
The constable positively declared, however, that
before he used his staff he had been struck three
times. He also stated, that the wheels of the cart
were on the foot-path; but this was positively de-
nied by the complainant and two witnesses whom he
brought forward, and who alleged further that the
defendant was intoxicated at the time.

Mr. MINSHULL said, that in his opinion the de-
fendant ought to be fined.
Mr. HALLS said, that in his opinion no fine ought
to be inflicted upon the constable. It was certainly
:very wrong of him to use his staff in the manner he
had done, but he had been struck three times before
he did so.

The charge was then dismissed, with the under-
standing that it was open to the complainant to in-
dict the constable at the sessions.

An infamous old Jewess, named Sarah Levy,
was brought before Mr. HALLS, by Serjeant Love-
grove, by whom she was charged with having been
in New-street, Covent-garden, on Sunday night,
encouraging one of her dress girls to lay hold of a
gentleman, for the purpose of decoying him to La-
zenby-court, where she keeps an infamous brothel.
Neither the girl, however, nor the gentleman, were
in attendance to give evidence against the defend-
dant, whom Mr. HALLS was reluctantly obliged to
discharge for want of the necessary proof to establish
a case against her.
Mr. Harmer, as the defendant's solicitor, com-
plained that his client had been detained all night in
the watch-house, although good bail had been offered
for her appearance in the morning.
Inspector Rogers rejected the bail on account of
the notorious character of the defendant, who was
one of the most infamous old bawds in the district.

Mr. Harmer warmly contended that the inspec-
tor had no right to set himself up as a judge in such
matters.

The Inspector replied, that the New-Police Act
gave power to the police to reject bail when offered
for persons of notoriously bad character.
Mr. HALLS said, that the Act certainly gave the
power mentioned, and in exercising that power in
the present instance he considered that the inspector
had acted very properly, as it was sufficiently nbto-
rious that the defendant Levy was a woman of the
most infamous character.