The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-08-09 00:00:00

CHARGE OF MURDER.

GL ILDRALL, Ava. I.—Patrick rke, an Irish labourer. cat
brought before Mr. Alderman Cox, the sitting Magistrate, charges!
on suspicion of having occasioned the death of his wife.
From the brief statement given by the brother of the del ease I
it appeared that the prisoner and his wife had been mewed foe IT
years, and had aparently lived very amicably together tH arum a
fortnight ago, when a quarrel ensued between them, and the pri-
soner beat his wife so severely that she was obliged to be taken to
the hospital..where she expired on Si n lay morning last. Thomas
Bourke. her brother, a tailor, residing in Golden Lion-court. Al-
deragate-strcet, had in the course of the day apprehended Rourke a+
a public-house in Shoe-lane.
Mr. Alderman Cox, understanding that a Coroner's inquest nos
about to be held upon :he body of the deceased, declined going iut,i
any inquiry as to the circumstances of the case, and remanded the
prisoner until the verdict of the Jury shall be known.
ATTEMPTED FRAUDS BY MEANS OF ERRANO
CARTS.
Wm. Laurance, the driver of one of Clarke's Islington errand
carts, underwent examination upon a suspicion of fraud, under the
following circumstances ;..-
Clarke's city errand cart called on Saturday morning at Mr.
Mayor's, warehouseman, Friday-street, and the driver of it (nut
the prisoner) delivered an order for a quantity of goods to the valiw
of about 101. purporting to he from Mr. Robinson, a draper it
Islington. Mr. Mayor, however, never having had dealings with
Mr. Robinson, although he had frequently solicited his custom,
i hesitated sending the goods by the errand cart, and the more so as
the driver appeared more than ordinarily anxious to get posse.sloti
of the property. Mr. Mayor, however, chose to send the artivfra
by his own servants, and in consequence discovered the order was a
forgery. In the evening the prisoner, who is the driver of Clarke's
Westminster cart, called to demand sixpence, as the charge for the
carriage of tee order, and was accordingly given into custody.
Mr. Clarke, the proprietor of the errand carts, now attended, and
awed, that the order in question had been left at one of their
booking-houses, the Three Johns, White Lion-street, by a strango
man, to be delivered by his errand cart. He had accordingly given
it to the driver of the city cart, the man who delivered it to Mr.
mayor in the morning, and learning from him that the charge for
it had not been paid, directed the prisoner to call for it in the
evening.
This explanation of course exculpated the prisoner, and be was
discharged.
A gentleman in the office said this sort of attempt at fran,l
through the means of the errand carts was by no moans unit equrnt.
Four eases precisely similar had come to his knowledge in toe last
three months. _

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Alderman Coz observed that the shortest and most effectual
method to put a stop to the practice of sending fictitious orders 1.7
errand carts would be so punish the proprietors of them for tilele
illegal undertaking to deliver letters for hire, and recommended Mr.
Mayor tp lay the circumstances of the case before the Secretary dr
the Post-office.