The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-08-05 00:00:00

POLICE.

BOW-STRIZT.

satnrAL CONDUCT OF A FATHER TOWARDS
HIS CHILD.
Saiurdsy George Wont', • Furter in Cove•t•garde• lief
het, was charged with ishaimusly heating hsathild, only
four years of sge.
Mn. Wilkes sad Mn. Peake, the two individuals through
whose benwaity the w•►nwt was obtaiseil legalism the
sever, stated, that daring the last twelve aiont►a kebe boon
to the cessiont practice of healing t►e little girt in She and
barbarous newer, soactimes by fibs' hue imankaaal Sett
sod logging her unmercifully, and, so remit le, memos
Wog beard, either putting a rag in her mouth, or hie hand
M it.
The we* Shigistrsie (Mr. Hells), wish great iodic's-
ties, said to the Primacy, " You are • Mom, sod twat to
bee.*

When the child's legs sad arms wee. ezassieed, *boy op.
prated all bruised bleick and Nee; hot wheel her shoulders
we imposed, they appeared as if they had eadergese a mi.
litary Gaggiag.
Tito mother of this infant Waled, that .e Friday woralog
the Prisoner came home with a stark I. his hood w as loaf as
bit art. sad as shirk as his lager," sad said, a This is •
Hick to beat Itebeecs ;" sad iestamtly proceeded to iadict
spoil the little girl the wooed* shirk she Iwo bore,
Mr. Halls directed the abet, to early the little sufferer to
a sargeoo,that her penes might be enmities", ; and be shortly
after retaimed with a wrists.. report from Mr. Cole, of Great
Rusaell.soreet, Coveat•garden, stating, Hist the patient
waisted immediate 'medical aid and hied moorisbaseat.
_ .

The Primmer, I. ►is defroee, begged forgiveoess, and
promised sever to be godly of the like •gaits.
The Magistrate said, " Yoe are a beast, sad I *ball take
tare that you shall Mot &pis be guilty of such atrocious eon-
dret."

Tie fellow was erommitted for trial, and informed Om if
boil were ofered, it moot be of the must .tocteeptionable

character, and forty eight boors' notice thereof be giver
to this odic*.
Jolts Dusk, late a porter in the employ of Mr. Horse, who
keeps the Golden Cr..., Cataring.cluas, was charged with
embrsali mg several MIMI of mosey belonging to Mr. Horne.
Several way bills were produced to prove the ease, bat
*sly two were Some into, rim. the 131 h and 2241 July last,
whet, it appeared the Primmer had received 19s. oo the for-
mer day, and 17s. ea the latter, from Hr. Jalllt. Hooper,
the striatum hook.keeper at the Old White Horse Cellar, Pic-
cadilly, on account of the Bath reach, belougiog to 31r.
Horse, which the Prisonerbad notaecoatited for.

The Primmer read his defence from a paper, is which
be (*attend basis, received the money, sad afterwards got
latozicated, when he had either bees robbed of the mosey,
or had lost it. He costended it was only a debt, sad utirred
to work it out by melte*, or pay it by instalments, saying
no person could give him • bad character op to this time.
Mr. Horne said be should give him a bad character for
taking his mosey sad mat raping it to bias; be knew his fa-
ther well, who was a 4achisma ; the Primmer was
brought up as as attorney, bort bad conducted himself so
entremely ill that be was glad to get his living as a porter,
sad he throe* be shouts be &Jog him • service by wading
him out of the geometry.
The Primo*, woe. emasiiiteil for trial, sod the parties
booed over to ate.
' James DrMßtoater. • journeyman baker, was charged
with defrauding Mr. Williams Reeves, of Nerirlaud-row, Ken-
sington, of several loaves, particularly in preteudiog that
he had delivered loaves at Mr. Brace's. Boffin Hill, and Mr.
Scott's, Phillimore.place, whey, on the cooirary, he had dis-
posed of them oil his own accusal. This practice, it is
touch to be feared, is too prevalent amongst journeymen
bakers: by what are called "Dead Mix," they defraud thole
elastomers who go on credit.
TM Prisoner positively denied the charge, and said he
task the loaves back mad pot them is the shop when neither
his water oar his daughter was in it.
Mr. Reeves, is the contrary, said be was is the sloop and
saw the Prisoner brio; bie basket is empty.
The Primmer was mosaded for further examinatioa.