Police.
The Times, 1824-04-26T00:00:00

BOw-STvEErT.-On Saturday -ckiel Ryan, a decent-looking young man.was brought before G. RP MNSHULL, Esq., charged with obtaining money from several persons under false pretences. The principal complainant was a young journeyman mechanic, of the name of George Pearce; and it appeared from his statement, and that of other witnesses, that the prisoner is a bricklaver, and that he some time since took lodgings in the house of a widow, where several other young men of the same rank in life also resided. He had been but a very short time in the house before he began to boast of having several very rich relations, and one in particular, an old aunt, from whom he had large expeeta- tions. In a short time a letter arrived from the country, addressed to him, with a black seal, announdng the death of his aunt. and stating that she had bequeathed 10,0001. to him. and 4,000L each to his brothers. This letter he took especial care should be seen by every one in the house; and while receiv- ing the conrratulations of his fellow.lodgers, he observed that the next thing would be to consider what use he had better make of the mnoney. He was not, he said, the sort ef fe'low who would let the cash be idle: he would do some good with it. He proposed among other things to build a house each for Pearce and the otheryoung men, and to set them up in business, they engaging to pay a low rate of interest for the money advanced, and to repay theprincipal debt by instalments as their success enabled them. Some delay, however, must unavoidably take place before he could touch the cash, and meanwhile hewas without supplies of that neces- sary article. He wantedclothes.he must employ alawyer-and there would bevarious other demands upon him which he knew not how to meet unless some one would assist him. Hints of this kind were suffici- ent with those who had expectations from him,atid he obtained 6L from Pearce, and similar sums from pthers. He I id t attention at irst to the widow, but she had lived long in the world, aad did not give implicit credit to all his fine tales; and consequently he ceased his flattery, and warned Pearce and the others to be cautious of her for she was cunning and designing. Several other letters, purporting to come from his relations in aU of which the great legacy was the prevailing theme, were delivered at the house, anm the prisoner went so far as to speak to his master to recommend him a banker, and actually gave orders for building materials. At length, however, he thought the farce could not be kept up much longer, and, as a last hit, he borrowed a suit ef clothes from Pearce, and ab- scontled. Pearce learned where he was, and had him apprehended; and it was then found that lie haa pledged the dothes he had bor- rowed from Pearce. After he absconded it was discovered that tAe stories about his wealth were entirely fabrications and there was every reason to believe that the letters mentioned were written by himself. WVhile the witnesses were telling their several tales, the prisoner stood laughing at the bar, and appeared to exult In his roguery. He was remanded for further examination, on the charge of un- lawfully pawning the clothes belonging to Pearce. ilARLBORoUoGHsTsTET.On Saturday a well-dreased hand- some woman, who gave her name Elizabeth Gray, was charged by Mlr. Redmain, haberdasher, of No. 20. New Bond-street, with com- mitting a felony in his shop. The prlsoner, who is very young, was in great distress, and wept unceasingly; a yaung man, whom she called her husband, did all in his power to sooth her anguish. Mr. Bennett, the shopman to the pro%ecutor, stated that the prisoner enl- tered the shop of his employer that morning, and said she wished to purchase some riband, witness sold her a yard of colouxed ribaind, which she paid for. She examined a number of rolls of different kinds of riband, which were lying in a deep drawer, on the counter, before she made her purchase She had a basket in her hand, in which was a gown-piece, and also a handkerchief, into which basket she put the piece of riband she had purchased. Witness wallked to- warcs the upper end of the shop, and on his return he missed a large roll of riband out of the drawer. Op looking into the prisoner's basket he saw thc riband partially covered with the gown-piece. He did not challenge her with the robbery till she was going out of the shop-door, and she positively denied all knowledge of the property being in her basket. He caUled in the street.keeper, who took her into custody. liritness was positive that the ribatid could not have fallen accidentally into the prisoner's basket, nor was it possiblethat she could have taken it witl her handkerchief oif the counter by mistake. The prisoner persisted in her innocence of the charge. She said that she had purchased a gown-piece at alinendraper's, and from thence went to the prosecutor's shop to buy a piece of riband; that she examined the riband as it lay on the counter, and she m-ust have taken up the roll in question with the gown-piece and hand- kerchief, without being aware of the fact.-The prisoner was com- mitted to Newgate for trial. Samuel Hunt was charged with attempting to rob a boy named Frederick Treadway of a parcel, containing musin and other pro- perty, belonging to Mr. Collins, linen-draper, in Sloane-street, Chelsea. The boy stated that he was taking she parcel by his mas. tel '5 dirctions to No. 2, Ebury-stteet, Pimlico; but not knowing the wa very well he inquired of the prisoner, whom he met with other men. The prisoner led him down a by-street, where he attenmpted to force the bundle fromhim; but the witness held it fast, and called out for assistance, and a constable who happened to be passing at the time, which was about 2 o'clock in the afternoon, came to his aid, and took the prisoner into custody. The prisoner denied the charge, but was filly committed for the misdeme.inour. Wil7thsm Youn,e the driver of the hackney.coach No. 1,023, ap- neared to answer the complaint of MYr. Case, residing at No. 54, lierners-street, Oxfoed..srrcet. ;Ir. Case stated, that having occasion to hire a coach at the stand in Southampton..row, Holborn, he took a fancy to that of the de- fendant, but found there was no driver with it. He inquired of the waterman, and learned that the defendant was in a public-house at Iiis dinner. He sent to him to say that he was waiting and begged he might make haste; but a considerable time having elapsed Mr. Case went in and told him to hurry. He again waitel ten minutes, but defendant at length told him that he might as well not wait, as he could not go with lhim, and ultimately refused to do so. The defendant saida in answer to the charge, that lie was eating his dinner at the time, and it was a very hard case that he should be dragged away from it, when there were plenty of coaches on the stand at the time, as IVIr. Case admitted. Mr. DYER, however, said that the case allowed no excuse for a hackneyrcoachman refusing to ply for a fare; and a gentlemaun had a right to pitch upon whatever coach he thought proper on the stand. The defendant was fined lOs., and 6s. 6d. costs. The driver of the hackiey-coach No. 298 was summoned by the same gentleman, for having taken more than lis legal fare, from Jetvrv-street, Whitechapel, to Howland-street, Fitzroy-square. The defenidant demanded 4s. 6d., which Mr. Case paid him: and the fare appeared to be only 4s.. The defendant was fined 10s. and costs. Gcorge Reyzolds, who seemed in the last state of wretchedness and dlestitution, and evidently quite deranged in intellect, was brought to the office by a constable of St. James's, who found him stretched on his back in the centre ofthe Regent's-park apparently quite dead. The unhappy man, whose wild stare was fuly mdicative of big state of mind, repiled so incoherently to the questions of the mofhistrate, that it was with much difficulty collected ftom him that he is a na- tive of S hipton.upon. Stour. his. DYER gave directions that every attention should he paid to him, and when properly clothed and re- ieved from his present state of filth, that he should be sent home to the parish to whici ht belongs. tYhen removed from the bar, the -poor man vociferated his determination to hang himself the first opportunity. The wife of a gingerbread-man, who is in the habit of atteAding fairs, was safe y delivered of a fine child ins a tilted cart during h,e fatr at Minater, in sheppy, last week bWing the thir3 tme tnat she has k eis codtieda -tthe satlW vw lt ii the 1bee years. POLICE.