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Mrs. liveltain continued—The defendant had followed her from
tunas:: to house; and o:i Tuesday evening she came to her real-
"tepee at Hampstead. e.nd rang and knocked at the door for a long
tune, tittering pinoo. cries, and wringing bar hands; se that a
considerable crowdl. assembled about the door, and witness wall
• ibliged to give her in charges She was a very bad woman.
The defendant. in answer to the charge pleaded that she had en-
dured the most dreatilid ruff:rings, and ad been many times on the
point of actual starvation. She hail workid had to maintain her-
self, though sometimes only able to cacti a willing per week, rather
than do viseng ; but now she was completely driven to despir. She
f.d: satisfied that she was perfectly right in her opinion, that tier
feher bad left ber an annuity of at t. and Camel Sliaw, tiecretsry
to, the Marquis Wellesley, were he here, could bear heroin as to that
fact. She denied that she was a bad woman, and will she had the
honour to be known to the Marquis lVellealey, Colonel Shaw, and
°time gentlemen of rank and character, and they would say she was
riot what she had been described to be.
During the defendant's statement, some portion of which was
delivered in tie minuet ejaculatory manner peculiar to her country,
sue was several times interrapted by sneering laughs and exclania.
ions from a daughter of 31rs. Graham, a pretty round-faced
yours lady, of &boot nineteen. The same young lady also re-
;limitedly questioned the defendant with a degree of hharpoess
tiCich would shown give her a claim to the honour of wearing a
ea; sod gown.
- Mrs. Graham denied that there was the slightest ground fur the
story of the annuity.
Jr. 31sesnuti. -Old the defendant that if she had any claim
upon Mrs. Graimm which really appeared not to he the case, she
Inuit enforce it in algal way, and out acute a riot about the lady's
house- ellie mac: find bail.
The defenders! said, alio could not find bail—she had not a friend
ioireworld.
sus was committed.
FRAUD AND FORGERY. 9!r•
EAT ref-Oannt.x.—Yestarday a young man, named Richard
/hew, who has been for some days in cusualy, charged with cont.
tatoing triads upon sheerest sialicitors, wits brought up for re-
esainisnation 'ore W. L. ROC.olliS, Esq. :aid .31r. Sergeant
• Set tos.
,Mr. James Hunan, of No. 29, Tierdittenberlantlatrict, Strand,
%Akita?. the gentlernan at whom matioac lie was applehended, was
n,w sworn to the truth of his precious statement. The prisoner
had bean enspieged aa clerk in Mr. ileenett's oflice, at a salary of
U. per week, with a prospect egotrease, agreeable W his raffia ;

being a smart young man, and possessing a tolerably peed address,
be was intrusted with the management of what is called the out-
business of the office, and was of course intrusted with the pay-
ment of monies, such as fees to Counsel, purchase of stamps, Sic.
No suspicion was attached to him until he was detected, in the
month of July last, by Alesers.Gregory and Co. law stationers, of
Churelt-passage, in the Strand, to whom he presented an order for
stamps in his (Mr. Harnett's) name, to the amount of 3/.145.,
which order turned out to be a very ingenious species of forgery.
The signuture itself wag genuine, but the order was not in Mr.
I Harnett's hand -writing, rind it was thus explained :for the sake of
leeility Mr. Harnett lied got a number of letters, on common-place
usinem, printed off, to which he was in the habit of affixing his
signature in writing, awl the order presented to Messrs. Gregory
proved to be a slip from the bottom of one of these letters, .the
woods " I am, your obedient servant," being crafted, and the order
for the stamps ingeniously inserted in the intermediate space.
Alr. Gregory stated. that when this order, as described by the
prosecutor, was presented to him by the prisoner, it struck ball as
somewhat singular that the signature and the other part should
have been in different writing, and he declined giving the stamps
until he had seen Mr. Harnett, who denied ever having
given such authority, and it was then ascertained that she
prisoner, on the 7th of the sante month, only a few days
previous to this transaction, had obtained stamps to the value of
GiM. by the like expedient.
The prisoner, who seemed perfectly indifferent to the charge, and
who took voluminous notes of the evidence, said, that for the pre.
sent he should decline making any defence.
Mr. Ilamett said, that as frauds of this description were of very
I frequent eccurrence, he felt himself baund, in justice to the proles-
sion.of which he wu a member, to prosecute the prisoner to the
utmost rigour of the law.
Mr. ROOLas observed, that although this was an ingenious and
rather norel species of fraud, and one that might tend to a very
serious loss of property, yet under the circumstances, he was of
aphdon that the prisoner was indictable only for a misdemeanour,
the tinkle obtained on this finitious au•bority being only of a no-
minal value.
3lr. llarnett was aware that he could proceed against him only
for the value of the paper; but in the interim, since his apprehen.
sion, a more formidable accusation had been preferred by a gentle-
man in whose employ the prisoner had formerly been, and whom
be momentarily expected.
Mr. Rocnns--Then, in that case, I shall detain him for the
misdemeanour, anti it any other charge be preferred, he can be
brought up again.
The prisoner was then taken from the bar, anti in about half an
hour after, the gentleman alluded to by Mr. Harnett came into the
office, and Drew being scain put to the bar, seemed greatly discon.
meted at recognizing his old master.
31r. May, solicitor, of Bethnal-green, and of Furnival's Inn,
said that having seen some notice of the apprehension of a person
named Drew (the prisoner at the bar), which appeared in the polite
reports, it immediately occurred to him that it must have been the
same person who was a clerk in his office some months since, and
by whom he had suffered very severe losses, though he haul since
been unable to meet with him. Ile 'tad now to charge him, 1.01
only with the commission of' various fraud!, and the embezzlement of
different sums of money, but also with forging the acceptance to a
bill of exchange for 141., on a lady named Betty Walker. of No. 4.
New-buildings, Bethnal-green, and for which, he (Mr. May)
gave him a check on his banker. At present it was impossible
to specify the innumerable instances of 'fraud which the prisoner
had committed while in his employ, but he knew of several cases
where he had given him money to pay Counsel's fees, none of
which had been so paid.
Mr. Hemet said that he could establish many charges of a simi-
lar nature, one of which, he recollected perfectly well, was a fee to
Mr. Scarlett in a case of very great importance, which had never
been delivered, anti when he (Mr. 11.) spoke to Mr. Scarlett on the
subject afterwards, he said that he had never taken a fee on the
case. When the prisoner was taxed with the fact, I.e resolutely
denied it. But, observed Mr. Ilarnett, I have been talking to Mr.
Scarlet, and lie denies having received the moneywhich the
prisoner impudently replied, If Mr. Scarlett says so, he tells a
falsehood." The none trick had been recently discovered to have
been played with fees intended for 3lr. Brougham, Mr. C. Phil-
lips, and other gentlemen of the Bar.
Mr. It onExk remarked, that if Mr. May thought lie could esta-
blish, the charge of forgery al to the bill of exchange, it would per-
haps be better to confine their attention simply to that point.
Mr. May thought that there could be no doubt but it would be
fully substantiated, as the acceptor had already denied the hand-
writing, and he 31r. May) had given a check for it, which check
was cashed by the prisoner at the banker's.
The prisoner, who seemed a good deal depressed in spirits on
.ecotone of the latter charge, was then remanded, to give time for
the production of the necessary evidence.
CHARGE OF ROBBERY IW A SERVANT.
Caroline Fil.:a101, a showily-dressed young woman, was put to
the bar, charm on suspicion of having robbed her master of a
Bank of England note for 50/. and five sovereigns.
The persecutor, Mr. Brooks, of Leigh-street, Burton.neseent,
butcher. stated that the prisoner had been a servant in his family
for nearly Ave months ; he was in the habit occasionally of putting
cash anti valuable papers into a bookcase in the parlour, the key of
which, as well an other keya, had been lost since the prisoner came
into the house; lint, to guard against the possibility of theft, the
lock was taken off and given to a smith, who said that an addi-
tional bolt might be introduced, sit that the former key would not
open it. On Saturday night prosecutor placed in the bookcase a
pocketbook containing notes to a large amount, and a silk mirse
with several sovereigns. The family having left town on Sunday
morning, th^ house was left in the charge of the prisoner and her
fellow-servant, the former of whom went out in the evening on
some pretext, but no discovery of the robbery wits made until live
o'cloCk on Monday morning, when Mr. Brooks, having to go to
market. went to the bookcase, and, on opening the packet-book,
perceived that a Bank of England note for rift!. had been taken but,
and there was a deficiency of Are sovereigns in the money which he
had put into the purse. The lock was apparently secure, neither
were there any marks of force on the bookcase itself: but when-the
lock was taken off it was ascertained that the smith had not put in
the additional bolt, and consequently the stolen key would have
opened it. Suspicion attaching to the pileoner, she was taken into
custody, and on examining her trunk no trace of the money could
be had, but a milliner's bill for silk dresses, to the amount of
61.4'. 3d, was found therein, together with several pairs of ladies'
shoes of the best description, and it appeared that the prisoner had
lately lived as servant at 31r. Skint a lady's shoemaker, in Re-
get-street, from whom it was probable they had, been stolen.
The prisoner denied the charge, and was remanded for further
examination.
DEFRAUDING THE REVENUE.
MARLBOROUGH-ST SEET.-31n. Betwough, a widow, who
keeps a trunk-maker's shop in Titchborne-street, near the Hay-
market, and sells Sunday newspapers, was prosecuted at the in.
stance of the Commissioners of the Customs, for having in her pOB-
- two baskets, containing finished leaf tobacco, of the weigh;
of 741 be. and value 14/. leis.
8.U1.1.0Ca conducted the prosecution. The fine, be said,
Was lOU/., butt he only intended to go for three times the value of
the tobacco, 441.
Edward George Weak, an officer of the Customs, said, having
had information that a man named Clark bad two baskets of to-
bacco left tier him at the house of the defendant, he went there-on
the 20th of June, in company with John French, another Customs
officer, to make inquiries. On entering the shop they first saw Mr.
Bengough, the son, of whom wetness inquired if Mr. Clark lived
there. Mr. Bengough said no, and he knew no person of that
name. His mother came out of the parlour, ant said—neither did
she know a person of that name. IV itness told them he had inner- ;
'nation of Rome tobacco being left there for that person. She said
there was nothing of eke kind there. He then asked the son if be
knew any thing of two baskets; he replied there had been two teas- I
kers. `• Ves,' said the mother, "but they are gone." \Vileness
told him he should search the place. The son then said to his
mother—" Mother. I believe there are two baskets left here for Air.
Clark." Behind some unfinished trunks, completely out of sight,
witness tiaind the two baskets of tobacco. riles. Bengough said she
had known Mr. Clark some years, but did not know where he re-
sided ; he had merely asked the favour of them to take the baskets
in for him.
Joseph Sinithers, an officer of time Customs. produced the tobacco.
John Dogteeth, Appraiser to the Customs, gave evidence of the
value of the tobacco. It was 141. lea.
John French, the officer who accompanied Weak, deposed to
taking possession of the baskets from behind the trunks ; and
that the shop, which is a small one, smelled so strong of the to-
becco that witness knew it must be somewhere in that place.
A gentleman, who attended for Mrs. Bengough, read the clause
in the A et, which states that the concealment must be with a guilty
knowledge, which he submitted could not apply to Mrs. Bengough,
as she did not know the contents of the ba,ltos.
Mr. Dviin remarked that the word was "harbouring," which
bad been made out by the denial of the persons that any baskets
were there.
31r. Bengough, the son. said Clark had been a customer of theirs,
and, on one occasion, previous to the 20th of June, he asked him if
he would allow a parcel to be left there for him. Witness agreed,
and on the following Monday two baskets arrived, for which he paid
the carriage, and in the evening Clark called tor them, took them
away, and repaid the carriage. On the Sunday after Clark came
again. and asked therm to take in two more parcels from the Bull-
ancl-31outh °flit e, which witness pail 12s. 4d. for the carriage of, and
placed them in an indifferent part of the shop, not with an intent to
c meeal them, but for security, an his mother Lad lately paid 71. for '
a trunk stolen oof the shop. 'flue next day the Ben came,
and asked did rile. Clark lodge there, and then did Mrs..Logh
live there. Witness said yes, and told them she was in the par-
lour. They went in, anti asked her for two baskets of tobacco. She
not knowing any thing of the transaction, said there were no such
things ; but witness said—" Oh, yes, mother, they are in the shop."
One of the officers cut the packing thread* and said—" You see
this is tobacco; it is what we are come for." Wimess rejoined—
" I suppose it is." They told him if he gave up Clark they should
not be prosecuted. Clark had never been to their piece since, nor
had witness been repaid his 12, 4d. for the carriage of, the two
baskets seized.
Waste sniul he had not made any such promise as spoken of by
Me. Bengough. lie told them if they gave all the information
they could about Clark to the Board of Comrniesioners they would
make the penalty much lighter.
Airs. Bengough's friend said he had known her for many year,
and what she and her son had stated to him he believed to be the
feet; viz. that Clark was a casual customer, and otherwise unknown
to them ; that be had persuaded them to receive thrtobaten, that
-le might lay an infumiation against them; that they were in very

middling circumstances, relying on the sale of Sunday. newspapers
for their chief support ; and that the nth:cement of the penalty
would be their ruin. He maid the officer must be mistaken in the
word years" for " months," as Clark was only known to them for
a few months.
file. DYER mitigated the penalty to 701. and the coets.
Mr. But.t.oca said Mrs. Bengough might petition the Board
with any representation she thought available : and on her friend
undertaking for the payment of the fine, lie would consent to the
decision standing over for a week.
The Gentleman gave the undertaking, and the son paid 15s. 63
the cost,.
Clark is well known to the officers, but they du Lot know where
to find him.
INFAMOUS CONDUCT OF A WATCHMAN.
Jana Hill and -Ann. Norton, two respectable. modest-looking
servants, whose hands denoted they got their living by 'hard work,
were brought from St. Giles's watch-house, charged as common
street-walkers.
Richard Burke, a watchman, stated, that the taco females were
on his beat in Alfred-place, Tottenham:Court-road. and when lit
told them to go about their business they refused, and he took
them to the watch-house. One of the two he had often seen walk-
ing there as late as two in the morning. A houselveper at No. 3
told him a robbery had been cormnitted there a few nights ago, and
if he did not attend to his duty better she would report him to the
%Watch Committee. lie Raked one of them what she did walking
there atr that hour (half-pest ten-) ? and she refused to tell
him. Ho
told her site-must, and that lice being there wns very mysterious.
The watch-house keeper aseed the watchman what was the ,
charge against the young woman ? when the watchman said if he
did not receive the charge he would report him, and behaved in a
most abusive manner. He very relnetantly took the charge, lest
Ws conduct should be reprehended by the Conunittee,
The twe girls are servants to neighbours in the same place—one
to a Mrs. Jackson ; the other in Mrs. Chambers. Mrs. Jackson's
servant was sent on an errand, met Mrs. Chambers's servant, and
asked her to wait for her till she returned ; which she was doing,
listening to some mush* at Mrs. Jackson's, when the watchman
came up, and dragged them to the watch-lionse.
Severed gentlemen deposed to the brutal conduct of the watch.
man ; one, who saw him dragging the girl across the road in an
unfeeling manner, went to the watch-house to hear the charge,
when Burke dragged the girl in by her antis and thrust him out by
a violent blow in the chest. Mrs. Jackson had also been struck
by him.
Mr. DYER told Burke his conduct had been such, that it did not
call for an explanation. His behaviour hail been most excessive
and improper.- Because he had been Cautioned to be moreattentive
to his duty, he dense to take vengeance on the next that came in his
way. At first he inter dra to suspend him for a month, bqt now lie
should suspend him altogether,
Mary -Inn Bratiii,rd and Henry Laing were brought from the
same- W 3 tCh•linttSC, on a ease erising out of the former charge, by
James Cummins, a watchman, whom Burke bad called to his as-
sistance in taking the two servants.
Cummins charged them wilt attempting to rescue the two girls
from his custody.
The same gentlemen deposed to the bad conduct of Cummins,
one of whom he had struck.
The male prisoner, seeing the young women dragged along in
the way they were, went up to Ctiminine, put his hand on his
shoulder, and asked him to let the girl walk quietly, and not drag
her, when he was told to mind his own business, or he would take
him. Prisoner followed to the watel..lintise to hear the charge, and
when lie anti the female with him got inside, Cummins charged
them with attempting a rescue.
Bradford said she had no more to say. than that she went in, as
Mr. Laing did, to hear the charge.
Mr. DYen said, Cummins being called to the assistence.of
Burke, gave a shade of difference to the affair. Ile ought think
himself well off that lie was not suspended also. Persons in his
situation should do their duty with mildness when there was no
necessity to use force. Ile must find bail for the assault.
SHOPLIFTING.
Margaret Smith, a woman about fifty years ole, wall.dreased,
was brought up on Tuesday evening, for stealing two pieces of
cambric, value lit, from the shop of Mr. Limbird, in Oxford-

street.
The prisoner went into the shop to match some cambric, but did
not suit herself with what was shown, and on leaving the shop was
pursued, and overtaken, with one piece in her basket, and the other
under her shawl.
She confessed the act, and was fully committed for trial.
Rogers. the broker's man, who was put in possession of
Mr. Cbr.,er's goods, was fully committed for stealing various ar-
ticles of linen he might to Lave protected.
Gent4re Brown, for obtaining a hat of Mr. Brake, of Barbican,
by scolding the boy that brought it. anti sending him bin k with a
message that it was paid for, was fully committed for trial, and the
panics bound over to prosecute.
Patrick liarrlhan the cripple, who shuffles about on a board,
singing songs in bat, with a candle and paper !Intern, complained
of gkuor Wckh threatening to brce his head with a brick-bat,
and giving him a slap on the cheek.
Al they bad been many years acquainted, Mr. DYrn recom-
mended them to make it up, which Patrick immediately acqu -
owed in, on her promising not to take such an advantage of
him again.
A PRISONER AT LARGE.
A poor woman applied for a summons against a bird-fancier, in
Rupert-street. She stated that she had lost a beautiful canary-bird,
which had-flown from a cage, and had been caught by the son of
the bird-man, Who had pulled all the feathers from the tail to pre-
vent identity, and hitd refused to give it up, though complainant had
offered ss. for its restoration. It was the gift of a valued fiiend,
and wks valu^ble from its fine singing.
Mr. Dvta remarked that Me feared he could not assist her. She
bad better set a value on it, and summon the man to a Court of

Conkience.
Cofnplainant said that she did not mind any expense in het
power.
The Magistrate sent an officer with her to remonstrate with the
detainer of the bird.
In the course of the morning the person complained of attended,
and gated that the woman had recovered her bird, but he had not
had it.
Mr. ! you are the bird-fancler.
Defendant, with a smile—No, Sir, I am 3 stiopketper, but not
a bird-fancier. I thought it my duty to come down, in obedience
to your desire, to explain the matter.
Mr. DYER—You have done what is very proper. She said you
was a bird-fincier, and I thotight en.
'rite shopkieper bowed and retired.
MaevrEnown Om( rt.—Yesterday Abel Plink, a young
man, was brought before Mr. BuouGlITO w, by John Shepherd,
a Bow-street patrol, on suspicion of having stolen a isarcel front the
Chesham stage waggon.
About eight o'clock yesterday morning the patrol met the pri.
soner in the l'xbridge Road, coming towards I.ondon, with a parcel
under his arts, enveloped in brown paper. directed to Mrs. M.
Edwards, CIMARRI. Bucks, which contained a quantity of sewing
cotton. &e. He put some questions to him, which were not satis-
factorily answered, and he took him into comedy.
The prisoner in MS defence said, he went on Tuesday morning to
Brantford, and in the afternoon crossed over to the Bell in the
Uxbridge-road, where he met with Shrimpton's Chesham waggon.
The waggoner (Aired him a plate of meat and a pint of beer to
drive for him to Southall, because lie was tired. Ile accepted
the offer, and the waggoner went to sleep in the waggon
while he drove. When they got to Southall. the knees
were shut out. The waggoner and himself had their supper,
and . afterwards SW together in the, waggon for an Moot and
a half. The prisoner then put the horses in again, ',la the
waggoner all was right, and retttrning towards Lond on, Inc found
the parcel in the middle of the road. Ile did not follow the wag-
gon with It, became he expected to get sot.tething in London for
the trouble of finding it.
Mt. BROUGHT OX told him his story was a very improbable and
A very suspicionwtgat, and lie should remand him until further
tagedry is made.
Mr. Benjamin Brookes, the cowkeeper. of Allaop's-place, in the
New.road, was summoned at the inatence of Henry Lingford, a
very respectable looking young man, upon crotchets (who not being
able to stand, was accommodated with a chair), under the following
circumstance+.
llenry Lingford, who is a jormernan tailor, stated, that on th
9th inst. as he was croesing the road near the Buffalo's Bead, he
was knocked down and run over by a loose horse (having a
tesalstall upon his head) belonging to hir. Brookes; he was picked
up by some persons passing, and carried into the public-house.
I and has not been able to use his leg since.
James Norman said he saw the horse come quick round the corner
of Pleasant-row. Ile was let loose by Scott, a servant of Mr.
Brookes. The life of a child was in great danger from the enure
cause, and when some one stopped tho horse, Scott cried out,
"D—n him, let hint go."
Mr. Brookes did not appear in person to answer the complaint;
but deputed Scott, &stupid-looking cow boy, to attend for him.
Scott stared with astonishntent, when the propriety of letting
the horse find his own way home was called in question, and
shid, " It's done three times a week, tor my master buries
I pen do for the parish by contract."
Mr. BaOUGRTAN—And do you mean to say he kills people for
the parish by contract? 'that would come nearer to the point be-
fore us.
Scott—No, I don't say that ; but he draws the parish van, with
dead people in It, to the burying-ground.
Mr.linouotttrON—You go to your master, and tell him he has
done very wrong in not being here to answer the charge himself.
It is my opinion, as Well as inikt. of Lord Montford, who sits on the
bench *with me, that lie is bound to make a full recompense to
Henry Lingford, for his loss of time, and also fr the expenses uf
'ids medical attendance t'and that if he dies not do so voluntarily,
the law will compel him.
CHARGE OF ROBBERY AND SEDUCTION.
Utriox-Ilar.r..—On Tuesday morning, John Martin, a man
well-known in the prise ring as a celebrated pugilist, and now the
landlord of a publichliome in the BOTOU.gb, attended at this office,
and applied to the sitting Magistrate, IL J. CFI MitnERS, Esq.
for a warratit against Samuel Elias, commonly called Dutch Sam,
who has also gamed oonsiderable notoriety anionst the fancy, for
his prowess to the annals ni pugilism. Martin having been asked
the nature of the charge that he intended to prefer against Dutch
Stun, replied that it was a case of felony, and having given an out.
line of the particulars, the Magistrate immediately issued the
warrant, and it was put into the hands of Richard Pople, one of
the otileent of this ntabllkhnient, who execrated it instantly, by ap-
prehending John Elias, allat Pulth ?Sam; in -the elcittte-greund of