The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-11-22 00:00:00

POLICF.
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low STaseT.

Yesterday several men applied to Sir Rlehard Rind?,
slating themseivea to be ;misdeal; they ammoniated to seventeen
in camber; who claimed a fortnight's salary, dee to them,
seeordieg to the established custom of the 'insists', being
discharged without the aims, nitice, from the proprietor
of The True Hottzot of orpaper, which ceaord to be printed on
listordsy sentiisht. Mr. Module le, the proprietor, admit test
the justice of their demand, bat that be bad lost so much by
the paper it was not is his power to pay them. Mr. Stock.
dale had been summons d, bet he did not appear.
Sir R. Stride d000•terl, as they wets not now in Mr. Stock-
date% employ, whether he could enforce payment, mod was
frarfot it was only a debt; bet advited them to are Mr.
Halls, the Magistrate who greeted the cusses..
John Hanle underwent another examination, charged
with robbing James Florence de Burgh, Lientosaat-Colomel
is the army, who stated that Prisoner was aprivale is the
fir Queries Royal regiment, of which he was the soviime Major;
he applied to the Duke of Yosk, as Commander-in-Chief.
sod got his }remission for Primmer to be servant to him. In
the month of July last he left Newberger fur Louden; be
came by the coach, sod Primmer brosight hie saddle bargee.
Ito the 30th October he left his boner, 13. Chapel street,
fireeversor. place, about ten is the toureiag; Prisms., let him
eat, at which lime he hesitated at etas oat without any par.
ginner erases, hat that he had forgot eweetheag; be west
ill purchase sewn fish for dimmer; some time after be missed
the key of h • desk or secretary; he resigned to the lei.
moogoes, Sell inquired if he had left it there, hut be had
not; he refuelled house; about two o'clock be feasd the
key is hie desk, which was apes, and foamd the large gripes
pores which coataised all the valuable proggrrty, was takeo
away; he eneiameed. " 1 an tabbed, sad Nearly • ruined
war Os Winer* fee the Newer, he was told by a lb.
sale 'Nernst that he had left at half-put clews with she
earrings der Mrs. De %rat, sad had mot retaneed ; he bed
welleeted the mussy, sod outmoded to deposit it at his =
Dawn. HaNiairskts. ler pwasseries to the

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IL". he had Ile Winetg it dieiinstise ; be bad greareonfl-
d.nre in bin; and altotred him every iudotgence. H' gale
him 12.. • werk board wages, besides bis livery, sod pa! 49 a

William Richnrrision, Captain of the Watch at Leeds,
idstrd, that the Prisoner lasi,' bkrn for a slight offence at the
(sir sat Leeds, for assaulting a [rodeo" in x "'Pule about
a child's trumpet. He gave his name John White, and sail
he was ■ !showing man, bat refused to tell the name of his
employer. On hing him the diamond ring, the green
silk purse, sail a 10'. hank note were fihind oa hint. He
was discharged for the offence before the Mayor, bet was de-
tained on suspicion of having stolen the propeity.
James Ingham, deputy constable, deposed he demtimod
the Prisoner ins the lith November, as directed by dm
Mayor ; in the evening he west to the peal-office by accident,
and maw printed bilk fur a deserter answering the deseripriusi
IA the Pi moiler ; that be had widen bank notes and • ring,
and wan traced to the Crown publ,c house in Leeds in corn.
puny with John Holiday, a barber, and had left with his
wife eighty-nine soVereigna, five half sovereigns, a silver
vouch, with black ribband, three gold seals, two keys, one
pair of stockings, a while handkerchief, waistcoat, great
goat, &c.

Snonel Minting, of 131, Oxforrtitres% walch.niaker,
slated, that on the 30th of October Prisoner came to his
shop is livery, and purchased the silver watch for five
piton's, and gold key for , and changed • 10/. ►onk
sole ; he gave bis name John Harris, residing •t 23, Chapel-
street, which was milked no the Cole by his mast, Jobe
Tilbury, and this note proved to be one of those stoku ;
Abe watch found ou the Prisoner was the same u that pur-
chased.

After the erantiastion had closed, the Colonel entreated
the Prisoner, as he hoped for thesalvatina of ■ wicked sinner,
to tell what he ►ad done with the reraainde► of the properly,
bat the Prisoner did not tell. It appeared be brad sold ►is
berry •t a shop i■ Lamb's Condoit.psasage, and houeht
other clothes. He has bees to Norwich, where he lost AO/.
at cards, among sharpme, and upwards of 40/. with horse
dealers, de. It did not appear that Ire ►ad any fiord ohjeet
to enjoy, or &otiose ef the property of ►is worthy master.—
He was offered Its. for the ring at Norwich, but he refused
to take it, thinking his maste► considered it valuable.
He was committed for further exemlnettians.

The officers from Leeds .ere hound IMP? Pre.io/1111 to their
return, aad are to be present at the trial en the ftd Deeember.

John Armen, the driver of a Chelsea stage,eoaeh, was
charged with obstructiag another Chelsea roach, driven by
Samuel Dram It was proved by several highly regrettable
wittiviives, some of them passengers, and others who were on
the 'pot no Sloane-street, where the outrage leek plate, on
Sunday evening last, that Brown drove his roach against
that of Desa's with great violence, by design, with threats to
do him au injury; he (hove with so much force that be fell
off his own box. He was reavieleil. Dens refused to lake
the penalty, and it was put I. the pose's box in the office.
!he'll was also held to bail for as outrageous and violent
assault on one of the passengers, by Bogging him with a whip.
VisioN HALL.
RESURRECTION MEN.

Yesterday George Harris and Thomas Wallis, two re.
nowued body nraiehrrs, were brought up amidst the exe-
crations of • vast multitude, and underwent as examination
before J. B. Allen,. Esq. on the charger of entering • burial.
groua.l, with the intent of steeling dead bodies; sad John
!/ill, Ike grave-digger, belonging to the said greeted, was
charged with aiding and abetting therein.
John Maekdonald, a watchman of the Clink liberty, slated,
that the preceding night, about twelve o'clock, as be was
calling the hour in Ewer-street Union-street, Sortberark, he
beard a cry of Watch!" *Robbers!" Ike. Ste. proceeding
from the barks of the honors in that street, which look into
Crawford's burial-ground. Wifeless weal to the gates lead-
ing into the ground, and there saw two rues standing near •
grave; be instantly sprang his rattle, mid other watchmen
came to his assistance, hut before they arrived the two men
endeavoured to escape by jumping over a garden fence of
one of the hooves, intending to make their way through the
house into Ewer-street, but being foiled in their intent, they
concealed themselves in a privy, and bolted the door inside;
howl Ter, walkway bunt it open, and wills assistance secured
the Priroorry, and lodged them in the wsichhouse. Witness
afterwards made • h in the burial ground, told found
ewe of the graves nearly emptied of Ike earth, hut the coffins
wars untouched, and near the grave was a spade belonging
II In the Prisoners. Thry were seen at a pitblic. house early iu
the evening with a man reamed Crouch, •uotherresurrection•
man, and irlso with Hill, the glare digger, all is deep run.
vresation, and were evidently planning their sacrilegious
ape rot eons.

Dtury Jark•on. sen•aut at the Roebuck public-hosse,st
the corner of F.ner street, Plated, that nu the Tue•dsy even-
ing she saw the Prisoner Haws, an.l Hill, the grave-digger.
drinking together at her ntistrisea hunks. They had punier
and gin logethir. Theie were two other mem is their cosi-
puny in thr Cull•te of the evening.

" The Mazistrute conic! upon-the Prisoners to account for
themselves, and chat 'hey were doing is the burial gionud
at 'hat hour of the ought.
Hari is said, he went there for the purpose of tskivig the
body of is still.born child, which had bees bespoke by Dr.
Carpus., and that he hid enotiorled with Hill, the graces
digger. to carry his ol:erstions into sffect. He had given hist
Ire shillmcs to ai.sist him in stewing the body, and had
entered into •n •rrangsment with hint to have another body
that was to be brought in ilii• day, and also for • "great
hump of a Paddy, to use Harris* own words, that war to
be brought into the ground at the end of the week. Hill had
also promised to procure him the mould of the key of the
`vault in soap, so that be could provide burner with one, sad
eI p himself to bodies when he Heated.
Hill denied Harris's statement in foto, and declared beat-
eer saw him or his companion before in his life. He also
denied that be gram drinking with them at the Roetwakota
stated by the witness, Mary Jackson.

II rnr" Then you don't meant you and I being ea.
Eignl by the mother of a child rho bad been burned to
death, and was lietried in your burying ground, to disinter
she body, and afterwards buried it again fa the same
grave r

Hill—" Ido not recollect any thing about it. I had
any Malta's with you at 'all."
Hall, the officer, said, that it was a notorious fact that
most of the grave-diggers were ii, colleague with the resor-
ratios men; as • proof be r. laird a circneasisaer that
twined tu him:—Spare tZme sirrre, vibe's she °debated
Crouch, the body snatcher, was in practice, but who is now
retired on a fortune of no teas has 100001., he was *Altai
is a poblie-house reankiog a pr. when he was accosied by
a rave-digger, belonging to ore of the easy burial inroads,
who began thus: " How do you do, Mr. Crouch" (taking
him for that celebrated character, at the same time handing
him a card, whereon was written the 11•111, of the ground lu
which he was graire.digfer): he kept up the juke, end mid.
" very well I than'. yon." The grae-digpr then paid, " 1
have haw to Illmphy's (another profteatousl) bou.c with
some earls (human lash), and he not being as home his wife
would not have them, so I'll see him A-4 before Ire shall
ever have another body from our ground." He then coined
Salo • contract to serve hem with as many bodies as be
pleased, at a moderate price, taking him all the time to by
Crouch the body snitcher.
Mr. Wild, an undertaker la Usionatreet, saki, the Pri-
mal, Hill was is his employ as carter, and su camp rated
was he against him that he could scarcely be pearled
ken frolictiug a summary punbanwat upon him.
Tie Magistrate ordered the whole of the Mamas to and
good lab.

You. —As circomirtsuces have ariren to impli-
cate Josses Kumasi, prism.... in York Cootie. aa
an accomplice of dekeri Gilts iu the rubbery of
Mr. Buotte, jeweller, of Ihrocuter, he will take
kis tnol along with Gdl at the neat Amiga for theof-
fewer. Both of these men brute out of the Cootie
on the sth of Jnne last, and they hare been ideati.
led as being in thmeobter together on the day pre.
views to the robbery. Owe handeed and stymie's
were fasted ma Romodew which. there is.
no."l4:est, we port of the poodeceof the peopeety. •

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