The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-04-29 00:00:00

lIATTON-GARDEN.

laIPORTA NT TO UEXEFIT icc7ETiis.--Yesterday the fol-
lowing important case came before Mr. Sergeant SELRON.
Richard Joggers, a member of the Cordwainers' Benefit Society,
summoned the 'treasurer to chew cause why ho refused to pay him
the mm of Ids. per week, to which he was entitled by the Rules of
the Society. lie then stated, that early in January last he had the
misesetune to break his leg, and consequently was obliged to apply
to the society for relict; that they for some time allowed him 14..
per week, but within the last month had minced the allowance
to 1 Oa.

'i'heTreesurer, in answer to this, stated, that the funds of the
society had latterly got very low, and in consequence a 'netting of
the memben %as convened on the 15th of March last, when it was
unanimously resolved to reduce the allowance of those persons who
were entitl.d to Lis. per week to 10s., and which resolution had
been entered in tie books, and signed by the Secretary. The AI egistrate irgaired if the resolutions had been confirmed
by the Sessions, and enrolled amongst their other Articles ; to
which the Treasurer replied in the negative.
Mr. Sergeant Sector; then said, that until that was done, the
resolutions were not binding on the members of the society, how-
ever unanimously they might have been agreed, and advised the
Secretary to get that done immediately ; but in the mean time or-
dered the complainant to be paid the 1 is. per week, and all arrears
then due to him.

With this decision the parties appeared satisfied, snd left the
°Mee.

Herrin Mews/cM was yesterday examined, charged with being
concerned with a man named William Slane in robbing the
house of John Mayhew, Esq., of 36, Drunswick-square, of seve-
ral articles of silver plate, under the following circumstances:— '
Stone, who has absconded. lived some time ago in the service
of a young gentleman in Judthigreet, who committed suicide,
mince whieh time Stone has been out of service, but got his
living by paying his addresses to servant maids in some of the
gentlemer.s' houses in Drunswick-square a:4l the neighbouring
street., whom he was in the habit of Tithing, to tea, dinner,
supper, Ike., and receiving provisions from then,.
Abut eight o'clock in the evening of Sunday, the 4th of this
month, he visited Thomas Wyman, set vent to the prosecutor;
they sat by themselver in the pantry until near ten o'clock, during
which time 'Wyman had (rogue:dr to be absent for a few minutes,
leaving the prisoner alone in the interval : the plate was in a large
cupboard in the sume room, which was unlocked ; in the morning,
on locking over the plate, a silver half-pint mug, live silver table
vnoons, a large silver ladle, and silver sugar tongs, were missing.
Suspicion of the robbery fell upon Stone, who could not be ftnind.
A description of the plate and information of the rubbery n as given
at the different pawnbrokers next day. when it was Mond
that lout of th! spoons and the sugar tongs were pledged
that morning by a woman in the name of Johnson, for 21. ISO. The
silver mug was pledged the same morning at Mrs. Fothergill's, in
Aldersgate-street, by a woman in the name of Sadler, for 16a., and
the ladle at the same time at Mr. Peachy's. in tioswell-strea, by
a man, ;n the name of W. A. Davis, for 31. its. On Friday last the
prisoner. Harriet Mansfield, who ctiliabi:Nl with Stone went to
release the tongs from the spoons. when she was recognised to be
the person who pledged them. Site was: detained, and giver. in
charge to a constable. She was also idene tied to be :he person who
pledged the mug, which she acknowledged she received from Store
for that purpose. . .

The evidence being taken, the lies committed to Neagate
for

MARINBOROCTOII-STREET.

A cesps•ctable genticoasw,ot the name of illarkmorr, who holds
a attnantsn of coaliderce in the Arsenal at n'oolwich, and who
on Salt:inlay last was charged at thss °dee with being concerned
with a. m in of then arse of Drut in the uttering of WI mmey,
and was discharged, it being farad that the eharre against him
a :Mall; yevteday came betom 3lr. Dyer. arcom.

Iranieil by his Solicitor, R' complain of the treatment he had re-
ceived
from Westcott, one of the officers of this establishmer.t,
who took him into :custody on the charge above alluded to.
Mr. Dyer immediately ordered IVestcott to attend, when Mt.
Blackmore stated, that having occasion to meet a friend of his who
lived in Regent-street, he came from Woolwich on Saturday for
that purpose, and not finding his friend at his house, he wes di-
rected to King-street, Golden-square, where he was toll he would
probably meet with him. In that street a person came up to him, 1
and tapped him on the shoulder, saying, " this is the man," when 1
Westcott seized him in the most violent manner by the collar, 1
drawing his !tuff from under his coat, and threatening to knock
him down it he stirred. Mr. Blackmon said he was quite paralysed
at the brutal manner of the officer, and in vain besought him to
: go into a hotel which was at hard, to let him know what the charge
• against him was. lie was hurried off to the prison at the back of
: this Office, where he was searched and charged with being asso-
ciated with utterer of bad money.
• Westcott denied using violence till Mr. Blackmore resisted him,
and said he took him into custody in consequence of Franklin, the
r ! landlord of the Three Cups, in this street, saying he was certainly
• j one of the persons in company with l)ent.
t 1 This statement was fully confirmed by Buckland the constable.
I The landlord was then examined, and denied having pointed
• out Mr. Illatkmore in the manner expressed by the officers. In
this be was, however, not only contradicted by them, but by others,
i who were by at ths,statement made by him, on Saturday, at this
• Office, and 3lr. Dyer, before whom the case was heard, said, the
. impression on his mind was, that the lantlimd spoke most cond-
i dently as to the identity of Mr. Blackmore.
- The Solicitor of Mr. Blackmore here raid thst they would not
further press the complaint against the officer, but that they would
• certainly bring as action against the landlord, as being the cause of
D all the indignity suffered by Mr. Blackmore.
r MARY-LA-BONNE OFFICE.

A PAn,lt NO FEMALE SWlNDLER.—Vesterday several respect-
able tradesmen presented themselves to the sitting 3lagistrace, 31r.
RAIIII.l):803f, to whom they made the following singular appli.
cation :
It appeared frnm the statement of the applicants, that, for the
last twelve months, a female of very imposing manners, and dash.
ing exterior, had been living in the most extravagant manner at
N 0.31, Upper Montague-street, Bryanstone-square, under the name
of Moreton, hilt whose real name was Findenburg, and was the
widow of an officer in the army. During her residence in Montague.
street she paid visits to tradesmen of every denomination ill the
neighbourhood, with whom she dealt most extensively, and the
various merchandises were continually arriving at the lady's
residence from the credulous shopkeepers, who telt no hesitation 1
in executing her orders to any amount, so allured were they'
by the splendor of the establishment, and hav,ng bees informed
that the lady moved amongst the first circles of fasbionablea. It
would appear that Mrs. 111. was acquainted with the credulity of
I her creditors. and of the high estimation in which she was held by
them ; for she entered into an account with Mr. Jones, a linen_
draper of Oxford-street, who actually supplied her with linen.
1 drapery, and other articles of moat expensive manufactures, to the
amount of 3001. 31es. :Moreton intimated to Mr. Jones, tha' she
was about to purchase some jewellry, and begged to knew if he
could inform her where she was most likely to be suited. Mr.
Jonas, willing to serve a neighbour, as well as to oblige so ex.
cellent &customer, directed her to 3lr. Harding, a jeweller, a few
1 doers lower down ; thither Mrs. Moreton proceeded, and was re-
mired with the respect due to a lady of rank. Mrs. Moreton hay.
ing seated herself at Mr. Harding's counter, upon which was ex.
posed the caskets containing splendid necklaces, rings set
with precious stones, dca she selected therefrom suits of jewellery
I to the amount of between 2001. and 3001., which were immediately
sent to No. 31. Upper Montague-street. She subsequently went to
Mr. Turner, the eminent gold and silver smith in Bond-street, and
I obtained from him property to the amount of 3801. At length it
was whispered at the a est end that Mrs. Moreton was nothingnsore
than a swindler, and had been practisirx her art at all the fashion.
able towns in England, prior to her setting or in Upper iicntague-
street. This story having reached the ears of her creditors, they in.
stantly obtained a warrant for her apprehension, which was placed
in the hands of Willins, the officer, of this establishment, who im.
mediately executed it. Willins found the lady at home, and hav-
ing made her acquainted with the nature of his visit, searched her,
and found pawnbrokers' duplicates of all the property she had thus
obtained, pledged to the 'myelin of upwards of the sum of 1,0001.
At this moment a sheriff's officer entered; and arrested Mrs. 31.
at the suit of 31r. Turner, the jeweller, in Bond-street, for his debt
of 3301. for which she was consigned to Whitecross-street prison,
the officer still retaining possession of the duplicates, which lie has
since refused to deliver over to the creditors. The application now
was, that his \l'orship should forthwith order the officer to restore
the duplicates he held, they lying of the valuable property Mrs.
Moreton had obtained from the applicants.
The Magistrate said, he could not order the restitution of the du-
plicates of the preperty ; they were her property, and if she should
hereafter take the benefit of the Insolvent Act, the duplicates must
be divided amongst the creditors by the provisional assignee.
One of the applicants said that he had offered to indemnify the
officer from any harm that might hereafter accrue to him, if he
would restore the tickets.
The Magistrate said there were some cases wherein he had al-
lowed an officer taking an ihdenmnity, but in this case he should
not ; " therefore," said the Magistrate, " let the officer du what he
pleases, but don't let him turn round upon the Magistrate, and say
lie had led him into error." _ _

The parties then left the office, and it was afterwards understood
that the tradesmen were to hare the duplicates, upon an indemnity
being given to Willins. It appeared that one of the rpplicanta had
waned upon Ma. Moreton in prison, end agreed with her that if
she would give them the duplicates she wculd obtain her liberty--
It Is supposed that this lady had succealed in obtaining 10,0001.
worth of property in this manner.