The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-01-10 00:00:00

POLICE•

GUILDII A Lb.
David Dean. the compositor who was charged last week with
Laving stolen a large quantity of type front the prentiaes of a
former employer, Mr. Pore. printer, St. John's.square, was
brought up hir re.examination yesterday, before Mr. Alderman
Birth.
The minutes of the evidence already given having been read,
from which it appeared that there was nei'her proof of the taking
nor possession by the prisoner, except ris far as his claiming pay.
mart for the metal at a stereo:ype printer's in the Old Milky went,
Mr. Alderman Banco impure(' if the porter who was sent with
the metal by the prisoner hid yet been discovered ?
The constable replied in the negative. The porter said he lived
in Bishop's-emir', in the Old Bailey, but only one person of that
dearripti,m could be found there, and be was not the man they

wanted.
Mr. Ald. Buten asked the prosecutor whether he was able to
swear to the identity of the type?
Mr. Dove replied he was enabled to do so by their bring together
in the salute of pages of books, such as Zonis Italian Grammar,
which had not been printed in any other house fur a number of
years.
Mr. !In MPH o aim Solicitor for the prisoner—How long is it
since die plisoner left your service?-91r. Dove, perhaps three or
four months.
Mr. 11c Pllnz vs—And how long have you been missing your
types? Mr. Dove—Three or four years.
Mr. Ileitiona•vs—What time did the prisoner remain with
you ? Mr. Dove—About six weeks. When he was burnt out, I
took him to he a journeyman. from motives of charity.
Mr. Ifunolia KA'S here expressed a wish to have the prisoner
remanded, and the Alderman was about to assent to this course,
when—
Mr. Dove said, he felt greatly indebted to the public press, for
the notice that lead been taken of the prisoner's first examination
had led to Krone iurther diacoveriea respecting his depredations, not
only upon himself, but on another inaater-ptinter by whom he had
been ensployed. On Saturday evening Mr. Jeffrey, a bookseller,
in Middlesex-place, Haekoey-road, called upon hint, and stated
that he hal just seen a report in a newspaper of the apprehension
of Deers, and he hart come to inform him that he had purchased a
quantity, of type of the same man, which he wished him to ex.
amine. Mr. Dove accordingly sent one of his workmen with him,
who returned with several paces of type, part of " fiibbon's Rise
and toll of the Roman Umpire;' and ' history of Eng-
, land," works printed by Mr. Dove in the course of last year, while
the miasma was in his employ. There were also some parts of
works ',rioted by another master printer, who was in attendarce.
Mr. Dove them produced mane leaves of the books he had named,
sod the pages of letter-press that had been brought front the Hack.
ney.road and pointed out that they corresponded line for line and
letter for letter. The type itself was peculiar, being Mt by Carlon
expressly for him, with a remarkably thin body, so as to get a
'pester number of kora into a line.
In answer to a question from the Alderman, he said he had never
sold any of the type; and to questions from the prisoner and his
Solicitor, he stated, that although Zoe prisoner might not have been
employed on the works he bad named, he had the same access to
the type as if he had ; that Mr. Easton supplied type to most of
the muter printer' in town as well as himself, and might have fur-
nished them with some of the same description with that in gum-
tiro ; and that lie could not say whether the pages now in Court
were or were not on his premises after the prisoner left him.
Mr. Jeffrey was then examined—He said, he was a printer and
bookseller, living at No. 45, Hackney.road. About a month ago,
the prisoner called and stated that he had heard from a young
mart, whom he named, that Mr. Jefrey was purchasing type to
furnish a printing-office, and he had come to otter him a quantity
he had for sale, which he had bought under an execution same
time ago, when he had himself entertained an idea of going into
business. Having some knowledge of Dean. four years ago, when
he worked at the Minerva Printing-office, Leadenhall.striet, and
having heard from others that he had been in business for himself;
he had no suspicion that the prisours• had come improperly by
the type, and, without inquiry, made a bargain with him, al-
lowing Is. a pound for the aim called brevier, 7d. for the long
primer, and fad. for the pica. Ile paid him about nine guineas for
2R) pounds, and produced reeler stamped receipts, signed by the
prisoner, one for 51. ter brevier, he. and another 21.75. fol. fur
lung printer.
111 r. Jaffrey then identified the pages of type in Court as
bating been so pumbased of the prisoner, and John Bridgman
and Thomas Barret, two compositors, who had been employed on
" Hume's History" and the " Rise and Fall," also identthed them
as Mr. Dove's property.
Mr. M'Dowall, a master printer in Pemberton.row, Clough.
square; was next atom. He stated that the prisoner was in his
employ throe or four months, anti went assay in his debt about the
latter end of November. He had observed, shortly before the pri.
saner left bim, that a fount of brevier became unaccountably short,
and one day three whole pages of a work disappearW. Two par-
tials of the letter-press brought from the HIK-tney-road he could
positively swear to as part of a work the prisoner had been employed
in composing: He also identified some of the type found in a con-
fused mass—roe a state of pie, as he termed it.
This' was the whole of the evidence. and the prisoner being called
on foe his defence, said that however stroog the cape oughts seers
him, he aboalsis-if the Alderman wbold remand e him, be
irereafter to make a statement that would have some wei7t.
He had been quite taken by surprise with the evidence of Mr.
Jeffrey and blr. M'Dowall.
Sir. Smith, Mr. Dove's solicitor, offering no opposition to this
coarse, the prisoner was remanded accordingly.