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Potter,_drtt. egosecute re, here 'is the mem" I
hate rabßW7B4td." Wititesitheli begged of the
Magistrate to-iet her Abut he refused, and bound
Wiftitas over to prosecute.
George You&lin, a butcher, deposed, that Mrs.
Potter described the person of the Prisoner to him...
and he went in kAllritilt of her, overtook her about
a mile and a halt from Brentford ; on his inquiring,
she denied baving been at &endues! ; Witness de-
tanked her, until Mrs. Potter's servant maid came
up; who identified her, he then brought her before
Doctor Glasse.—Henry Beard Butler, a constuble,
produced the money.
Mrs. Putter identified one vines, it being of a
particular kind, a very ancient one.—As Prisoner
made no defence, the Jury found her Guilty, but
recommended her to merry, us it was the wish of
the Proseeutrix, in consequence of her extreme
youth.
COUNYERPEIT MONEY.
Mary Carrell. alias Mitchel 1, was capitally in-
dicted for passing counterfeit money, knowing it
to be such.
Mr. truancy, for the proseention, stated, that
in leeB, the Prisoner'wet coinicted for a similar
crime, and then sentenced to a year's imprisoment.
The indictment was laid on a particular Act of
Parliament, which makes the crime capital. when
the party had been before convicted of a similar of-
fence.
Mr. Powell,Clerk of the Mint, proved the former
conviction.
Edward Nicholson Master proved the Prisoner
was the person who was formerly convicted by the
name of Mitchell.
Smith, script of Mr. Ma/stetson, iron-
Monger, Hatton-garden, deposed
loner , that the Pri-
came to his master's shop, on the 20th
of
November, bought a hall-pint tin-pot, gave him a
shilling, which was uovered with grease, and he
gave her ninepeuee change. He pat the shilling
in the till; his master afterwards raw it, and said
it was bad ; took it out of the till, and put it
in an ink-stand. On the Monday following she
came again, and asked for a metal spoon, price ad.
she gave him another bad shilling, he detained her,
and sent for an officer.
sonathan Trott, one of the Officers of Hatton-
gulden, deposed, he took the Prisoner into custody.
On ael'irching her, he found four shillings and
eleirewisence halfpenny in copper, and twelve good
iiispenees in silver, two twopenny loaves, and a
quantity of twopenny and threepenny articles.—
She mid her name war Mitchell.
The Ahnoner of the Mint proved that the two
hilrings were connterfeiti.
Prisoner made no defencia
The Jury found her Gailty--Deeth. Age 33
years.
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POLICE.

MANSION-ROUSE, JAN. 13.
Wi Bass Eads was brought before the LORD
NrATOR, charged with picking the pocket of Joseph
Randall, a boy, of about 13 years of age, of a silver
watch, on 'Futurity night.
It appeared Randall had been spending the
evening out, and on his return home, about twelve
o'clock, he was shoved by four persons, one of
whom was the Prisoner who pulled Ili watch out
°ibis pocket ; he immediately laid hold of him,
and asked him for his watch, but the Prisoner de-
nied any knowledge of it. The watchman being
at 'a little distance, he gave hint in charge : when
biought to the watch-house and searched, a
pocket-book, containing a number of bank notes,
wis eland upon him ; an unopened letter also was
foiled in it, besides a certificate of prisoner's dis-
charge from on board a into of war, he having
bees se.it there, oh account of his bad character.
The officers all knew him to be a notorious thief.
He stated in his defences. he is a painter and gle-
si, living with his father in Fleet-lane.
$e was remanded until to-morrow, that the
wekelkinan's evidence might be taken, be neglecting
to 004 mrineemv
'Tba &same of canine madam still prevails in a
Mut shinning diegme, in the neighbourhood of
=Ol6.—Two mad dogs went through
sad Stulthington last week, and bit
great lumber of cattle. There is scarcely a place
Laths' neigldiourbood that has not been infested
withuriidlegs. and the Magistrates in the different
trAlsieta bah reed every esertion for the protection
ofthe public. In Soutlminpten the dogs have been
confined lan the last three months, and the Mayor
agog Magistrates are entitled to the wannest thanks
of the intathitauts for the vigorous ecertioas of their
is putting into execution orders calculated
to aware, in a great measure, the safety of indivi-
thuds from this most terrible diocese.
A lithium attempt to injure, probably to mar-
der, mem part of Mr. Meet:tiles family. at
Fiambode, near StainfurlL was made early on
Sunday looming lost. About three o'clock a
gins vas discharged dose to Mr. Morn:vies bed-
room window, which alanned his wife so much that
ohs aimmdiat el y got out of brit, but before she
MEM Vieth the window, another gnn was dis-
through the shutter into the room, which
ly did her no injury. Upon a light
Znprtinioeueed it was found that several large shot
had re through the shutter, grazed fhe
and 'edged in Vie wall of the room, close to the
bed. Salk abandoned villain bar for many months
coverted in the neighbourhoodui which tins offence
was committed, as other extruonlinary escapes
from intended harm bare been known thereabouts.
Some commendable efforts to suppress poaching
are supposed to have induced the enmity which is
so alarmingly shewn.
The Riairifove sloop of war, one of the vtrwwls
dispatched bv Admiral Vesture, on Saturday ee'D-
night, in quest of the ship stated to hair been
basting up Frith, and to have unexpectedly bore
up again, and created so much suspicion, has re-
turned to Leith Roads. The ship. they were in
pursuit. of proves to be a merchant ship, from Que-
bec. bound to London, forced into the Frith by
Use prevailing east wind, and which, upon the
wiad changing, and blowing steadily from the
westward, proceeded on her voyage, Matt-aid of
cwaing to Leith Roads. The Metier. the • other
,loop of war that sailed with the Riqgdurr, has
proceeded as convoy to the ship in question.
The Expedeioe, Sorrel, from Peterhe-ad. fur
fiendon, was takes on the la November anal car-
ried iota Zasbiles.