The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-04-06 00:00:00

MA RYLEBONE.

Yesterday. a very wild-loaktng but genteelly dressed msn, giving
his nasse WI//km Mtgeats, was brought front the 31ar7lebone
watchhouse, where he had passed the night, charged with refusing
to pay a hmekrier-ermehmtut hhi fare.

The drivel of Net. 8911 Inekney—enoch stated, that the prisoner
had called him from the stand In Piccadilly, and desired hhn to
drive In the direction 4-1 Brighton ; accordingly fie chore to Croy.
don, where he pulled tth, and Informed the " gemman" that as
how " the hart" did not permit "hacks" to go beyond ten utiles
°tit, and he demanded hit fare. The prisoner only exclaimed,
is that the law? hot kat let'a drink together." To thit the wit-
ness had no objection, and having refrethed hintselfand the Mimeo,
he retraced his route to Piccadillyorhete the prisoner alighted front
Ida coach, and .was deliberately walking off, when he reminded him
that the charge for his dar's excursion was about 304. " Why,"
raulahned he, its rery odd, burl have no money." and tn the fin
turned out to he ; " therefore," concluded the driver of No. 500,
" 1 deposited my fare in the watch house, where he kicked up the
devil's own thindy." •
The defendant exclaimed violently, " That dot meal of a
coachman has not performed his conuact ; he leered to drive me
to Brighton, where, at the King's Palace, 'he would have been
patd.•

Ur. lIAwr.TXBO,I put some questions with the view of eliciting
who and what I,e •as, but such was the incoherency of his an.
hirers, that nothing could be collected from them.
The 3lastistrate then ordered trim to be detained until come in.
quiries co•dd be made respecting him.
lie 'WAS removed with some difficulty, and shut up in the lock:
up room, wive a poor nervous Irishman, who wu also lucked up
for • tine, berTowed out most lustily in a few mlriatcs, " tha, the
gentlaman was going to shoot him. This, of worse, caused the
dour to be Instantly opened, when the poor Irishman was thund
standing on a bench in an eatacy of fear, and opposite him the
madman, who, In the height of his excitatiou, hod ertuai)y fen.
tied the Irishman was about to assassinate him, aid therehtre
threatened, by way of keeping him at hay, to shout him. The
door had no sooner beet opened than he rushed out, roaring t. mar.
der," and made a (minus effort to w.eape, exclaiming, " will nn.
body hsin me? sty:e, ob ! wive me from tieing murdered !" WWI
great diffleol:y he was secured, handcuffed, &tad depositor, in a
cell. from whence he was subsequently removed to the klarylebone
worldsomas, hieing then roving mad. He gave an address of a per-
son at Nrhiteh.ll. which turned out to be merely a chimera of his
disordered imagination.

WORSIIIP-STREF:T.
Vettterday, two younm hien, named 41ferr,i a-d In/kin:on, and
a female named torah b'illfaras, were brought up 09 l c'Jtage of
robbin•r btsid Thomwt. a seafaring-man.
It arpened from the prosecutor's statement, giver. in a very con-

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fused manner and with a etrong Welsh accent. dint between three
and four -o'clock no TueadAy afternoon he was pas .ing through
Golden lane, and being much fatigued with travelling ull the pre.
ceiling night, he Went into a pul.gie-house to take a pint of porter
and to test himself. A. he at there, nodding over lint pint of por-
ter, a young woman offered to take him to a place 'there he might
duw* and renose more contror ably, an ttifso. which he !bank.
fully achepted, and was led by her to one of the low brothel. which
Abound itt that neiglniouthood but he had not been there many
minutes-before be wa. surrounded by th-ce female.. and robbed of
hia watch. lie begged and entreated in vain to have it reviited.
lie offciied them As. if they would tenon it. They promi.ed. but
ia.isteil on haying the money fi-.t. This he refused, nod thought
it hut reviocahl; that he should first see his watch. (hue of the
women then left the house under pretence t-f fe-chirg it. but pre.
tcntly afterward. a man (he pointed out the prisoner tVilkinson as
the persne) enteral, ;toil demanded to knew what busitim Ise 111,1
thee. lie was immediately jostltd by the three women, assisted
by the man, anti robbed of three aevervlgna in addition to hi.
watch. lie then got away from the house at fast as he could, atoll
i4ove ieformstlon to the constable Tweedy. The prisoner Williams
one die wrsiien who robbed him.

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The MAGisTnATE asked, if the witness was in I:goor at the
titre ?—fle replied that he was perfectly sober, but was quite
ute,come by fatigue.
Tweedy. the officer. am Fllll that the wimess was not at all in
liquor when Ice applied to hint immediately after the robbery.
Wilkinson's hotter. wim is a coppre.ramth, and resides in the
neighbourhood of Golden•lar.e. was present at the examination, and
!mill lie could prove, by several witnesses, that his son was at work
at In house all day no Tuesday, and was only abseat a short time
on some errand fur him.
Tweedy said, the description he had received flnm the prosecutor
corresponded precisely with young Wdkinson, aid while he wan on
the look out for him, he saw him going through a court in Gols
den I.•ne.

Wilkirson and Sarah Williems were remanded. The other
prisoner was discharged.
Young Wilkinson was in custody at this office about a week
since, and was positively sworn to by Isaac Smith, a Staffordshire
navigator, u having been one of a gang, who, at the same spot in
Golelen.laric, robbed him of a considerable stun of money, his
smock-frock, &c.; but owing to the non-appearance of the p osecu.
tor. after the first examination, be was then liberated.
A man ban.ed Chwks Re-liquids, was fully committed for trial
on a charge or stealing t watch the property of Wm. Gregory.
It appeared that on Thursday last the prisoner called upon the
prosecutor, of whom be had sonic previous knowledge. Ile ap.
pntnd tlis ressol, and Gregory gavediim his breakfast, and after.
ward a bed. Ile remained there until Saturday, when he departed,
raking with him his benefactor's wireli. whirls was afterwards found
in pawn. it was m.w produced and identified.
Gregory seemed to have a strong feeling of the prisoner's int:ra.
titude, in thus robbing a person who bad made btm a partaker in
all the comforts of his own home.