Police.
The Times, 1824-02-18T00:00:00

GUILDUALL.-Thiom Wright, an elderly man; , dressed in -black, was brought betore Sir J s Snaw ycaterdRy, charged with endeavoiging to impose by false reheaen'tnons, with i view to obti voney fitrtmMr. Newyscdal h; i ff olixtQr. - On Thuresday-o Friday the pr,4aqar .;resented. a Tet,e: at 4r.: NeLwman'soffice,signe4 l" Ann?-rant" t' d dated from " Nortb- street," stafing that she wap the wid.o. of a clergyman, a chapLain in bhis sjesty's s&rvice, ,who died of the yellor .fever zst St. Vin- cent'i, a fev mnonths since, jeanto}her,with ivei.chiIdren. She. badl since been afflicted with cancer. in er breasts, ,one of which Ihsd been cut off, and unti i her heeiith.should be somewrat rtstoredt she had no means of snbsistence-whataver, but what the .humanity of the world should biiord her. Then folo*ed a list of subertiptions, .andamoig thenames were those of the Dowager lotar Clfozd, :Lady Anne Robinson, litis Vunuittart, Mrs. Goldschrid4t,' Mrs. Brougliasi, the Rev. Bazil- Woed, and Samuel Crowther, 8x. There was also a strong reconendation, signed W. Gray, L. 3}., M1ontagte.'place, thetent1enan vho had attended atfe said Mrs. Grant. '' ' '' The Citv Solicitor was immediately struck with-the similsity of the style ajid writingfo those of a letter he had received the pretmona week, purporting to be from the distressed son ofa physician named Hamilton, and the prisoner was directed to call again oh Monday. Inrthemeantimehecausedinquiries-to be made, asperzined that *there was no physician named WVm. Grav, no Ann Grant, and tHat the Rev. Samuel Crowther had not subscribed to any sluch petition. Accordinglf, on the prisoner's applying on Milonday, Mr. Newman niquired if he personally knew Ann Grant. ie replied "HYe; his .wife had nursed ier." He also a,ked him if he knew Oh Gray, and that the names to the'petition were actually the writing of the parties; to which he answered tfiat he dkL He was then given into custody. The Rev. S. Crowther, minister of CMi60. Church, Ngewte-street, proved that the signature purporting to be his, was not so. The prisoner, in his defence, said he received the letter frdm one Robert Williams, whom he.knew at M anchester; that he met him in Holborn, .and promised to intercede with Sir Robert lVigrarn, to urocure a situation in the India.housu for lhim, that he instructed him w;hat to say, if he were asked any' questions on delivering the letter, nnd that he was to meet WVilliams agaiti at a publid-house. Sir JA MrEs S11.AwV said such shameful impesitions called for the severest punishment; and sentenced the prisoner, agreeably to the vagrant act, to threen months' lard labour in the House of Correction. Bow-sTREET.-Yeterday, amongst the night-charges from St. Clement's watch-house, vsa' one entered against lr. INVic)=olks, a dentist of some note in Fleet-stretat at the suit of Robert G(runobr, a hackney-coachman, for refising to .12Y him thesam of uneshilling folr the litre of his coachi. raThe statement of the coaclunzn was thsat pn Monday riigbt, at rather a late hour, the defeadant, whose namz " ente,sd in the cliarge book, came out of a gin-shiop called theCloct in tlle Strand, near the Adelphi, and calledaYcoach. Complainantdre. St-acondh to the side of the footpath, and a brother coachman opcied the door to let in the fare. Just as the gentlemat, wVas ascendint the steps, however, two others came along, took each an arm, and Oet three walked off together at a sbarpish pace. Honest coachee though; this vwas very ungenteel treatment, ard was determined at least to have the shilling to which by lawv he was entitled, aldsough rmerely called off the stand. He therefore followeed the trio, and makiri' a full stand as he got in front, very civilly touched his hat asd ' -4 whether tbegeinmzal meant to ride in his coach, er whether be would pay him a shilling ?" "'Neither the one nor the ot7ser," ws tile reply. " WVell, then, Sir, rejoined the coachman5 " I hopei you'll eive me your address, as I may call upon you to-rnorrmw. I n answer to this modest request, he was told to.go about Ids bissi. ness for a d--d impudent fellow, and on the gentlemen proAed_L Coacheu,however, followed thetm ; and when they came to Catherine- strect,he charged a watchman to take the defendant into custody,but after some parley,the guardian of tke night refused to take ebarge,sil "onwards" vas aglain the cry, until they reached a celebrated oyster- rooms hi Duke's:court, Bow-street, whither they were still closely followed by the coachman. W-hen they anived at the door, the de- fendant went in, and his two friends turned aboitt to have "a civil word or two" with honest Bob Grumby, about settling the matter; buit Bob had been too long " upon the stones" to be "1 caught nap- ping," andi he kept his eye upon the defendant, whom he saw stroll- ingwitb seerning n.oucloalal4ce towards the other end of the lowerroom, at wihich there is a glass door, affording egress to hnother part of the open court. Through tilis door the defendant boUt4d, but ilob was soon close at his heels, and coming up with him in Drury- lane, he gave him in cbarge to a watchman. Mr. IIALLs (looking round).-Pray, where is the defenldant? The constable of the night, with a low borw informed the ma- gistrate that he was not present, but had sent his footman. Ir. l-IALLS..Prav, Mr. Constable, how came he at large? Constable.-Why, jour worship, he was such a nice respectable- tuuxing genuteman, tmiat i thougtitlt was a pity ne snouna ue ioeKea up all night, and ro.and so_f let him go: that's sll, yoar worhip. Mr. l{ALLs-Then I can tell yoa, that You had no night to do any such thing, unless you hadl good security for his appearance here to-day. You would not have suffered a poor man to have- his liberty until the morning, and such a mode of doing your duty will not do, Mr. Constable; we must have something like even- handed justice. You are answerable to the coachn,inif the defend- ant does not pay. The constable begged, if that was the case, that he mig4ht have a warrant to bring up the defendant immediately. Mlr. HALLS said, he shoald send a summons for the atteuaance of the defendant on another day, in order that the coachman mihight be paid, not only for his loss of time on Mondxy night, but for his attendance here. A summons wasaccordizigly issued. POLICE.