The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-01-15 00:00:00

POLICE.

MANSION-HORSE.
Catherenr Cabe an old Irishwoman, who has been committed
about thirty times to prison during the last ten years, was chsrged
with having deliberately walked up stairs to the second floor of a
bowie and cleared away a great quantity of valuable clothes. Mrs.
APCA:be was secured.
In the justice-room she cried and swore, and spoke in the most
affectionate terms to the Lord Mayor, who, notwithstanding, com-
mitted her for three months to Bridewell.
GUILDHALL.
COASHITT•L OF A TRADZSHAW AS A RECEIVZR
STOLE); GOODS.--Mr. William Pearson, upholsterer, No. IV,
London-wall, brought his errand-boy, Henry Woollen, before the
Sitting Magistrate, Mr. Alderman ft I RCM. on Wednesday, under
the following circumstances ...—About Id days ago, he said, one of
his men brought some pieces of braes rod to him which he had
found hid iu the cellar, and he (Mr. Pearson) judging mat they
had been placed there preparatory to being conveyed away,
marked them, and directed the man to put them in the same plate
again, sod let him know when they were missing. The man had
not looked at them every day, but on Tuesday reported to him
that they were gone. Ile called Wootton into the connting.hnuse
ou the %I ednadhiy morning, and on charging him with the theft,
the boy confessed in having taken them last Monday week, and
that lie sold them at Mr. Russell's shop. Bread-strcet Hill.
Mr. !'arson having thus put the Alderman in possession)af the
facts, requested a search-warrant to ascertain if the property was at
Mr. Russell's. This was accordingly granted, and Hawkins, the
Alarthalinan, returned shortly afterwards, accompanied by Mr.
Russell, and a grown young female, his daughter. Hawkins said
that on stating the nature of his errand to Mr. Russell, the latter
said he had bought rothing of the kind ; he was not come to search
any where, and imntediately pointed out to him the box in which
he kept his old metal, which stood open
.upon the counter, and
from amongst the metal in it Mr. Pennon picked out several pieces
of brass rod, which he now produced, all of which Mr. Pearson
identified by the marks upon them, as those secreted in hie cellar,
and missed as before related.
Mr. Russell said that he did not buy the metal from the boy, as
was he at home at the time it was bought, nor had he any know-
ledge whatever that he had such metal. It WAS bought, he found,
by hiedaughter. He did not get his living by buying and selling
old metal ; he was a vellum binder and stationer, by trade, and
hail heel thirty years in the lire. His wife and daughter were
principally at they shop., and bought old metal and old regs, but
every thing there wets done without any concealment. They kept
a book, in which they entered every thing they purchased, and
tney never bought even twopennyworth of rags without putting It
down, and inquiring where they came front. During all the yen.
he had lived in the house, he had never had even the suspicion of
a chare of this sort against him, but on the contrary, he had in
several' instances detected and brought to justice several persons
ofTering stolen property for sale, and his character would beer the
strictest inquiry,.
Miss Russell said she rstnembered the boy. bringing tile metal
for sale. She asked him where he brought it from, and he said
from his mother, who tiled at Lambeth. It weighed one pound
three-quarters. There were only I:er mother aad herself in the
shop ; she bought it, and her mother paid the boy for it lid., and
marked Itin the book.
The prisoner, when questioned by the Alderman, agreed with
Miss Russell as to the sum he received for the metal ; hut still per-
sisted that there was only ore woman in the shop and Mr. Russell ;
that Mr. Russell was behind the counter, and told him the price,
but lie could rot recollect whether he weighed the metal, or who
gave him the money for it.
Mr. Pearson being desirous, if possible, to make an example of
the receiver, as, in his opinion, the worse etlbnder of the two, the
Alderman remanded the toy till yesterday. Mr. Russell giving
bail for his appearance at the re-hearing. He was accordingly in
attendance yesterday.
Miss Russell repeated, that her father was out all day ; that she
bought it, and her mother paid for it.
The boy %Vootteri was then sworn, and, in reply to the Alder-
man, said that he sold it to Ale. Russell and not to his daughter.
lie was accorelingly bound over to give evidence, and Mr. Russell
would have been committed but that his son, Mr. James Russell,
stationer, No. 80, Aldersgate-street, and Al r. Brown, printer and
wationer, No. 20, St. John-street, became bail for his appearar.ce
to take his trial at the present Old Bailey Sessions.
MARY-LA-BONNE OFFICE.
Yesterday, Mr. George Cullum Marc-hunt. of Hammersmith,
appeared on an information, under the Ganie Laws, for having, on
the 29th of December, being an unlicensed person, killed with a
gun certain game, on the estate of Mr. John Essex, at Axon.
Mr. Alatehant pleaded rot guilty.
It was stated that the information was tiled to check the repeated
trespasses committed on Mr. Essex's grounds.
The case was prayed.
Mr. Merchant begged it to be clearly understood that the gun
was not kept for poached, and that it was not the act of any com-
mon vagrant who lived by that kind of plunder, but was only the
folly of an incautious moment. He thought the proceeding very
unkind, p his family and that of the prosecutor had been intimates
and neighbours for above fifty yearn.
!Mr. GRIFFITH said, Essex did not appear to come forward
willingly; and as the case was proved, he should convict him in
the penalty of 31.
The costs were paid by the wish of Mr. Essex, who allowed the
defendant his own time (one week), to pay the penalty.
UNION HALL.
A young man named Edreardr was brought before the sitting
Magistrate L. B. ALLEN, Eaq., charged with stabbing Edward
Berry, one of the night constables of die Surrey watch-house.
The prisoner was taken to the watch-house fot an assault on a
gentleman, when he snatched a pair of scissors, which were on.
the martle-shelf, and made a plunge with it at Berry, who re-
ceived the point of them a few inches above the groin. The pri-
soner, after having inflicted the first wound, made a second plunge,
which was fortunately avoided.
The prisoner, in defence, said that he had received an accident
on his head ; and that when under the influence of liquor (as wit,
the case on the night in question), he knew not what he did.
He vas held to bail, to answer the charge at the Sessions.