The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1803-01-26 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON PLFAS.

The proceedings of the Court on this day were
chiefly to procure Rule^ for new trials in several
causes where the evidence had appeared to b.: irre-
gular ; none of which were sufficiently important to
admit of duailing them. The Court broke up at an
early hour.

On Monday morning the only daughter of Mr.
G. V ♦UGHAN, a hatter of gravel-lane, Southwark,
was burnt in a most dreadful manner, in conse-
quence of her cloaths catching fire. The child who
was only eight years of age, was left alone in the
nursery when the accident happened, her cries
brought up the maid servant, who in endeavouring
to extinguish the fire had both her arms severely
burnt. We are sorry to add that the child died in
great agonies, at twelve o'clock on Monday night.
Cow Pox. -During the last year, 687 children
were inoculated for the cow-pox, grafi, at the Edin-
burgh Dispensary, all of whom have gone through
the disease with perfect case and safety, and though
many of them have been since repeatedly exposed
to the contagion of the natural intalliox, not one
of them has been subjected to that loathapme
disease.

POLICE.

MARLBOROUGII-STREET.
jam 1)1,6.;;n waseexamined by the sitting magis-
trate on suspicion of robbing the house of Genci-al
Bunch.
The prosecutor, who is a French officer, lives in
Dean-street, Soho. He stated, that he Made it
a constant custom to keep the servants of his family
in the most regular • order : every night before he
went to bed, he saw the house properly secured, and'
his plate and valuable property carried into his own
bed-chamber; on going, as usual, to see that all
was safe, lie found the chain taken down from the
gate of the house, and that some person had been
let in ; he immediately went into the kitchen, •and
inquired of the cook-maid if any stranger was
there, she said no ; not being perfectly satisfied, he
began to examine the house, and insisted on looking
into a closet that was locked, the key was brought,
and the prisoner was found concealed ; the prose-
cutor immediately scat for a constable, and he was
taken into custody, and conveyed to the watchhouse,
where he was searched, but no property was found
in his possession.
The prisoner said in his defence, that lie went to
the prosecutor's house to see one of the servants,
who was his first cousin ; while they were talking,
the girl heard her master coming -down stairs, she
was much alarmed, and directed the prisoner to get
into the closet, until he should go away again ; he
did so, and was found in the situation already de-
scribed. It appeared that the prisoner had often
paid visits to the Iniuse, and had been in the habit
of seeing the servants, before his first cousin lived
in the family.
Several persons gave him a good character. His
master's brother, who is a shoe-maker, in Oxford-
road, said, he had known him for fourteen years •
and that he was always an honest man. The ma-
gistrate ordered him to be confined until the matter
should be more closely investigated.
John Lacy was brought up for assaulting the
watch, and breaking the windows of a house be-
longing to Charles Cooper ; it appeared that the
prisoner was intoxicated, and had left the building,
at which he worked as a labourer, with a great
knife in his hand ; at a very late hour he came to
the house of the complainant, and demanded his
wife, whom he insisted was there ; on being told to
the contrary, he broke all the windows, and behaved
in a most riotous manner ; the complainant made an
alarm, the watchman came to his assistance, and
took the prisoner to the watci.honse.
In his defence the prisoner alledged, that he was
out of his senses when in liquor, and did not know.
what he did. Several persons corroborated the as-
sertion, and stated, that when sober, he was a very
good neighbour. The magistrate inquired if the
prisoner had ever been brought to the office before,
and on finding he was not known to the officers,
was induced, from the good character he had heard,
to order him to be discharged, on condition of mak-
ing good the damages lie had committed.

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