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nested his defence; MCI riattende,l.tbd It natio feet
an aggravation of the urigitritl offenei.
The Coessisti etiplipmeil to the Jury the na-
ture of the law of en I lett it to them to wry
whether the public-Aims ch4lged in the indictment.
in their jerllgusent, came within the description of
libel which he had given them..
The Jury relied -for ahont fleervirthrsa.. and on
their reborn rittn'd thi'D4eMlant (4171 y.
Mr. Itsunot.psitrins.ite.l. thet there wee another
indictment ageism' the Defendant Tor a similar
offence. nn which he iihnlahl rail no Wi:uesser.
The Court adjourned at sit o'clock.

POLICE‘
*AWOL MOM.
RINGVILAR CAA'S.
Yesterday I yeas; Jew, of shoot I? 'seal of OM
Demair Waif., alias WHlfons Jai's, was ought before she
Lard Mayor by Itilr. J. Henley, the iblierintesideni of the
Refuge he the flowerless, on a charge.t Laying committed
• robbery to the amount of upwards of 11411 in Liverpool.
A seafaring man, maned Pergueon, stated, tliat hr bad
recently resided in Liverpnerl, at a abet of Indgine-holsee, in
Ithieh the Primmer oleo lodged. On the Sib Decesnher,
Ito box, eontaisireg cash and other property to the "Mount
of uplands of ISei. were stolen from the same plate
The Trianon hermit disaiipeared al the sane time as tie
kW Wok It was coneleded that they had boils, gone off
kw:idol; and Nader these and other eiresanstances the Pri.
• sewer mos snepeeied with being the robber. and • rewaid
1•1. offered fee appre Amami The wit aces ?rid bee. is
his Malitestfe merrier, apJ bad *nape Rage-
to Wes, which be meld wetly +Wales by tessitiii
• hiring ors Matt OW Prisener hal fled
.fo be •
whines tri:it:l:l there was great I.whabsiit%mf I. ti lag
two birds with one stone, and he wall-sock to lue k after
the Prisoner. The witness came to town, and wes about
the streets for several days without heine able to obtain
his prise-money, or any intelligence of the Prisoner, of
apprehending whom he had almost giv.n op every hope.
He had beat in the streets many nights in the greatest du.
tress, and was obliged, iselement as the weather had fierni's•
. paws. his cloths to boy food. This resource at
• sod he was utterly destitute, without food or lodEnt
when be was directed by the placards in the ptreela tot e '-
Refuge for the Houselese, where he.weol,•nd was adiditted.
The proverb that " poverty makes us •r9nainieel with
strange bed-ferre" was staktegly illustrated both to
Posersod to witneas, who, on being prevented is seined
saes who were to be his bed-fellows fur the Night, perceiver%
to his great astonishment, that the Prisoner, of whom hires
in search, was owe of them. The witness communicated the
,eireueistsnee to Mr. Healey, the superintendent of the place,
iada leob the Prisoner into custody. The witness swore
pei•flively to the person of the Primmer.
'Mr. Henley stated, that the description which the Pri.
Weer gave of himself when brought to he examined before
the Committee for admittance was, that he was by tee* •
tailor, and belonged to Manchester ; that his name was
William Jones ; that he had been a fortnight in Loads's, bad
apeet all his money, sod was utterly ilestitiste whets he lip.
plied for admission to the Refuge. Upon hi. apprebeesiOn,
however, he confessed that hi. usme•asas David Wolfe. He
was searched, but stabiog was found sport him of cosse-
queer.
The Prisoner protested his innocence of the charge of
robbery.— He was remanded fur further examiontion.
OUILDNALL.
Bs/ire Aldsroin SO R. C. GLYN, Bort.
Yesterday Coorta iloeinsort and John Willis, two lode,
were charged wills attempting to rub an elderly Gestinnan
in Fleet-street.
Robert Haskew, • day patrol, stated, that last earning, • -
between four end live o'clock, as he was walking
Fleet-street, accompanied by soother patrol, he sari tire Pri-
loners near an chiefly gentleman, sad braid the latter say, •
41 Are you going to rob inc! and.saw him strike the Pr,- •
is the face; oa whirls they both no off. The
M▪
ites*, wed his fellow patrol followed them and took them
Tote nisately. He then wen; lifter the ride, ly froth ...tau,
min hillflitsed Mel who Wins, and that tke Prhoners • Vete
In custody; bat he was se agitated Willi ate faun( being
robbed that he refitted to return with the witair.a.
The Prisoner, Willis, said be was walking at an ea rate,
whim he was takes into custody by the officers. itched •
worked at a potato-warehouse in Fleet market, but had been
-out of employ fix i week. His mother lived in Boirling•
green-street.
The prisoaer. Robinson said, lie had been to Cornell
Market for • haslet of clothes fur his mother, who was a
gooodreos—bot hewing drank six or seven glasses of rum,
the people refused to t list him with the basket, and he was
'Morning home when be was taken into custody ; lip bad no
knowledge of the other Prisoner.
SD. Woollier, the Head-Marshal, stated, that both the
Primmer* were noted thieve.: Beldame had been a short
time before tried at the Old Bailey with another person fur
• robbery, het he escaped; hie conspeadroi was found
goilty.-end senteoced to be transported for life. The other
Primmer had been often in custody so the charge of pick-
ing pockets.
The prisoner Robinsea admitted that he hod been a thief
hot that he was reformed, and had become so honest seem-
her of sobriety.
The worthy Alderman, however, did net give him credit
fur his ussertiou of reformation, and commit d his. sod the
other Primmer to the House of Coercion fur a miseilL
RPM attar.
DARING STREET-ROBBERY.
The Strand, we regret to say, continues infested with rub-
bers and pickpockets. Yesterday General Sir John Lam-
bert was attacked by one of the gangs, between one and two
o'clock, near the Crown and Author tavern. Two of the
gang wore sees to mark out Sir John as as object fur plea-
der by Captain Crosby, who happened to be parwisse at the •
time, and saw one of them washing apparently at his -
pocket. Shortly after the cry of Stop thief!" was raised,
and, a. Sir Juba expressed himself at the ievestigatiou be. •
fore Ur. Bernie, the Magistrate, he had other avocations to
attend to, and was passing on, not considers.; that be hod
any thing to do with the cry of Stop thief r but it beteg
repeated, he looked round out of curiosity, aid sew • red
nevem pocket-hook in the hand of a man, at the sins.
instast he missed it.
W. William Tucker, of Arsnilel-street, S.rand, was erase-
ine Pickett street, nearly opposite to the Crowe and.Aostior;
wlies ise.seer two men attacking Sir lotus I,ambert by beet-
ling hies, and be saw one( them take Sir John's pock. t.
boultinet if Nis pocketsffa give it to his epsepanioo, wheat
naive proved to be William Carroll, which be put isid his
pocket, spots which, thr act being so very glaring sod dating.
Mr. Tucker seised bold of Carroll by his colter, when Carroll
gave Mr. Tucker a violent blow which nearly kneekesl biers
hawkweeds; it was given wilts so much tioksee that it
loosinsed some of hi. teeth, when Carroll, taking the am-
porteuity, escaped from Mr. Tucker and ran down
Milford-lane. Mr. Tusher, howevee, recovered himself. eve--
seed Carroll, calling " Stop Thief!" and be was at lentil
taken in Easexrdreet, when Owen Sweeney, • labouring moo,
who boa ores Carroll rousing away, and Sir John Lam-
bert's pocket-book drop at the time, picked it up, Masi de-
livered it to Sir John Lambert. It euotaissed • lye peetel•••
Busk of England note and some papers. A constable was
!motored, sod Carroll was brought to the office i sad ea
the above carconatsuci.s bent:: proved tv the satistheitoo of
Mr. Burnie, the Illagiairate, be was etommithal fur trial at
the enable' finsions.
Sir John Lambert spoke very highly of. she cosier! et
Owe, Sweeney as the recovery of his property. seed promised
to reward him fur his loss of time.
DUFFERS.
li'pheales Bond, one of the description of persons hams
by the name of dnffm, who resort to the parody:al public
meets, anal entire the ignorant and untlankieg halo petitie-
banes sad by-place*, staler the false pretence*? Mbar
data smuggled goods, ka or bargains of acme description,
aeeordiug to the taste of the unwary they may pick 8,14. b. itiog
what Is called by alansfaeto ertabk gnaw% was bruaght
op, and oodervseat as examined... before Mr. Bruin.
Mr. Wiliam Milian, Lowe, of Hyde-place, V.ocerit'o.

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