Police.
The Times, 1824-02-10T00:00:00

BOW,STREET.-Yesterdav a respectably dressed young man, who stated his name to be ,IoZn Adam2s Henly, *as broughtbefore Sir RI BIRiSIE, charged with stealing a watch aisd appeudages, the property of MVIr. Tuck, a salesman, in -atle.street, Leicester-squase. The prisoner, about eight o'cock on SaEurdayevening, went into Mr. Tuck's shop, and said he wanted to purchse a watch. One which he pointed out in the windowy was showin to him, and the price being fixed, he said he would get a friend whowas a better judi e than himself to call and look at the watch, and if he approved of it the parchase should be com pleted. IR about an hotr and a half he caled again, and asked if his friend had been there, and being informed in the negative, he requested to loak again at the watch. While p.etending to examine one of the springs, he suddenlv threw a quantuty of snuff in Mfr. Tuck's face, and ran away with the watcb. Fortunately only one of Alr. Tuck's eyes was filled with snuff, and he followed the prlioner, who rarLt very swiftlv butan alann being given, he wvas knocked down and secured. His head was severely cut in the fall. As lie wa runnaing Mr. Tuck observed a motion ot his arm, as if he was casting some- thing fron him, and near that spot the watch weas found. The prisorner, with great earnestness of manner, denied any know_ ledge o, the robbery, and said he bad no doubt that hlr. Tuck had sworn colnscientiously, but he could assure bim he was totally mis- taken. The prisoner then gave an account (the truth of which he said lie should le. able to prove by evidence) as to where he had been during the evening; and on his way throughl Castle-street. he heard an alarm, and almost at the same moment he was knocked down and accused of robbery. Mr, Tuck sa d ha never lost si-ht of him, but in order, if pos ble, to be nmore certain, he shoula wish to look at the thamb-nail of the prisoner's right hand, for the man who comnmitted the robbery had a black mark on that nail, as if from a bruise. The prisoner was desired to bhow his thumb, and the naLl bore such a mark a.s that described by Mlr. Tuck. The foreman of a button-manufactory, where the pritoner had worked till within the lastfortnight, described him as a steady, ho- neat young man. Sir R. Bris rE said, that character would serve 1dim upon his triaL He was fully committet to Newgate. UNION-i,ALL.-CHARGE or AlIUItnxa-A powe-ful-looking man, namned Charles Juhnson, about 28 years of age, wba has bcen in the employment of Archibald Barris, Esq., as a day labourer, was brought before R. J. CniAmBEiRs and L B. ALLEN, E grs., char?cd with the murder of James Richardson, a fellow-labourer, on the 29rh of June, 1821. in the parish of En'deld, Middlesex. The Coroner's warrant for the apprehension of tihe prisoner wasproduced, by which it appeared that Charles Johnson wYas found gailty or, the inquest for tbe wilful murder of James Richardson, by nearly se- vering the unfortunate deceased's thigh from his body with a mower's sithie. The prisoner was disguised in sailor's dothca at the time of bis apprehension. The circumstances of the casa were fully detailed at the time. The man was not taken till Saturday last. Mr. Chambers, after a long examination, remanded the pr soner; and directed that .I'L Sawyer, the solicitor to the parish of Enfield, might be apprised of. the appYe- hension of Johnson, and that gentleman would have an opportunity of collecting the rest of the evidence against the prisoner by the next exaaiination. POLrCE.. I