Police.
The Times, 1824-04-19T00:00:00

BotW-STREET.-On Saitrd, your.g man named Wn. Gibos was charged before THo05!AS HALts, -Jsq;, on sunpicion ofhaving stolen a large quantity of grapes, the pyope)ty of the Right hon. G. Canning, from his hot-houses at Glocester-lodge, 015 Brempton. .l r. Grange, a fruiterer in Covent-garden market, deposed that the prisoner came to his shop between five and six o'clock. with about 401b. of sweet-water grapes in a basket, and wisheb hirn to buy them. WVitress observed that the grapes were not ripe enough to gather, and asked prisduer where he brought them from. Ne.re. plied, from Kir'gston, and that-be had gathered them in thatunripa state bedause his hot_nouse was about to be pulled down to mnake room for other buildings. Witness thought this an improbable story, but told prisoner he might leave a few bunches of themQ with him) and *rhen he had ascertained the market-price, if he would' caU agan he woald pay him for them. Prisoner then left a few bunches, and as soon as he was gone witness placed them in his win. dow. not doubting but thev were stolen, and that so exposing them would be the besC means of finding the owner; and so it turned out, for they had not b.en in the window more than an hour, before Mr. Canning's gardener came into the shop, and claimed the grapes as his master's property. Prisoner returned shortly aflqr. and was given in charge to an officer. John Johnson, Mr. Canning's gardener, deposed, that he left the hot-housesall safe at eleven o'clock on the preceding night, and on going to them at six o'clock next morning, he found a lasme quan- tity of grapes had been carried away during the night. l'he win- dows were open, and there were marks ot footstcps from the bottom of the garden. He immediately proceeded to Covent-garden, and found samue of the same grapes in -Alr. Grange's window. The ma- gistrate asked how he know them to be the same.- Ie replied that he hat grown them himself; bad inspected them frequently during their growth; and he knew them by the shape of the bunches, and by their state of ripeness. The prisoner, in his defence, said, the graPes were given to him to sell, by a man whom he did not know. He was remanded. for further examination on Tu'esday next; the gardener being of opinion that he had an accomplice who micht he readily apprehended. AIARLDoRouG-e.STAET.-On Saturday a yottug wemn.n, about20 years of age, of erer prepossessing appearance and manner, and genteelly dressed in black, who gave her name Loutise. Hender- ion, was brought to this office, charged wvith having robbed her readv-furnikhed lodgings of variousarticles of property. Mr. Xillis. . staymaker, residing in Russell-court, Covent- garden, stated tbat about two months ago the prisoner came tolodge -it his house, and hired a furnished apartment by the week; the rent of which she, however, has since continued to pay very irregu- larly; and on being pressed for payment, she alwavs gave as an ex- cuse that she was only waiting to receive a sum of money which was allowed to her at stated periods by the managers of the Patriotic Fund, as the widow of a naval officer who hI'd distinguished bim- self in the service of his country. Or Tuesday last she went from home, saying that she was going to receive the monev of which she had spoken ; butt she had never since returned; and after an absence of three days Mr. Willis broke open the door of hter room. which she had left locked, and found that the apartment was stripped of almost every artide it contained. Hc then emriployed an officer, and from a certain clue whlichl he obtainied to the prisoner's retreat, he succeeded in appre- hending her, when she immediately gave him up the duplicates of the property, which she had pledgedi at various pawnbrokers. Air. Balfour, of Chandos-street, and other pawnbrokers, pro- duce(d the property, consisting of sheets, blsankets, curtainr, &c. &c., all of which Mr. Willis identified as belonging to him. and which. the&pawnbrokers said had been pawnedat their shops by theprisoner. Jn being asked by 31r. DrEnt, the magictrate, what she had to say tq this charge, theprisoner, vwho was deeply affted at her situa- dion, in great agitation said that she did not take the things with an intention to commit robbery, but to afford her a temporary subsis- tencu until she could replace them, as she was at the time actually in a state of starvation, as :Mr. WilUis knew, and he must have sup- posed that she intended to return, as she hail taken the key of tne room with her. Ilr. WVillis said, that lie had made inquiries respecting the psi- soner of the Seetary to the Patriotic Fund, and discovered that htr story as to an allowance from that fund was totallv false, and that she was only known there as an impostor, and a very bad character, and this it was that detern,ined him (Air. MVillis) to prosecute her. The prisoner was fully committed for trial. Johnt Morrison, a very fashionably-dressed Young man, was charged with stealing a valuable mahogany tea-pod and caddy from the shop of .Ir. Foreman, a cabinet-maker, in Alarshal-street, I Golden-square, at 12 o'clock in the day. AIrs. Foreman stated that she was sitting in a retired part of the shon, anti saw' the prisoner look in; and not seeing any person, he deliberately took up the te-podl, and p?lacing it on his shoulder, walked asvay. Slic immediately gave the alarm, and pursued the- pris'oner, whom she overtook in Uarrnaby-street, where a determined scuffleensued between her and the prisoner for the possession of the tea-pod, which at length she took from hint, hut he ran ofE. She, however, raised a cry of "S top thief;" and the prisoner was again taken after a long and close chase. The tea-pod, which was produced, was worth above Sl. TUbe prisoner refused to give any fuirther account of himself than telling is name, nor would he state where he liveL-Ele was fully commzitted for trial. UNION- 1ALL._Saturday tlle overseers of the parislh of' Newing- ton appeared to the summons of a poor man in the--parish, vwo stated that two of his children were dead, one since tde 5th of April, - and the othersince the 10th, and the overseers tefused him the least l assistance to bury them. The magistrate inquired of the overseers why they refused an application so reasenable and so pressing ? The oversceers said, that had the complainant applied to them in time, they would have buried his children for hiti, as they were bound to- do, but instead of making application to theii', lie got coffins made himself, which had nails in thiem, and the rectortefused to allow any bodies, in coffins with nails, to be buried in the church-yard, which every one knew was his freehold, withlout being paid his fees; and it was also a rule with tlhem not to give any assistauce to the interment of bogies in any othcr than parish-coffins. The poor complainant stated, that he had intended to burv his children without making any application to the parish ; but after having pledged all hie things, he found the fees and expenses so great, that he was unable todoBO without some little assistance from the parish, andhad offered to take even a few shillings. The magistrate observed to the over- seers, that it surely coul(l not be their desire to keep the bodies of the children above ground. The Overseers consulted for some tirne and then agreed to give the complainant si.x shillipgs, with which he. departed. It appeared, that the overseers, bv their great exertions in their office, have reduced thlepoor rats of the parish to lld. in the pound. POLICE..