The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-09-16 00:00:00

POLICE.

OttrEDRAL t., SEPT. Ilatn, a watch and clock maker,
residing in Skinner-street, Snowhill, appeared to a summons ob-
tained against him by a Mr. APAlpin, to show cause why he Il-
legally detained a gold watch lift with him to repair. From the
very wording of the summons it was obviOus, as no felony was;
charged, that the Magistrate could have no cognizance ; but this.
sort of experimental summons, as it it occasionally termed, is by
no means unfrequent at the police offices.
The complainant, a lad about sixteen years of age (a very re-
spectable-looking man, his father, atternled with him), stated that
he left a small gold watch at Mr. Ham's, to be repaired, about
three weeks ago, and on his calling for it subsequently, was told by
a ehopman that it was finished, but not timed, and that he believed
Mr. Ham had it in his pocket for the purpose of regulating it. On
his second call he saw Mr. Ham himself, who, after inquiring if it
was not a gold watch, said, why I delivered it to you myself the
other day. and you paid me five shillings for the repairs. This he
positively denied at the time, and Mr. 11am being equally positive
that he had delivered it, and consequently refusing to make ny
compensation whatever, recourse had been had to the Magistrate.
Mr. 11am allowed having received the watch in question, but
peraisted that he had himself delivered it to the complainant. Un-
fortunately. however. for him he had no witness to prove that
fact, all his man bring absent at their dinner when the com-
plainant called and received his watch. He could, however, pro-
duce what he considered might be thought conclusive evidence of
the fact, nevertheless. He had, on an average, upwards of 1400
watches through his hands to be repaired every year, and it was,
therefore, n y to keep an accurate account respecting them.
His mode of business was to enter the job when it was taken in;
to mark it off when delivered, and by whom delivered ,• it was also
the practice for all monies received for jobs to be paid over to the
foreman, who regularly accounted for the amount. Now, by re-
ference to his books, It would appear that a particular number was
affixed to this job, that that number was masked off, as having
been delivered by himself to the complainant, and his foreman was
now present to prove that on his return from dinner he found upon
his bench the Ss. received for this job, together with the ticket of
its number, and that he entered the amount in the usual way in his
accounts, and seuled with him (Mr. IL) at the end of the week,
according to their invariable custom.
The book alluded to was here handed to the Alderman, who in-
Infected it, and found the entries as stated by Mr. Ham, and the
foreman corroborated his master's account as to his receiving and
accounting for the money.
Mr. Alderman Thou* said, that as a Magistrate lie had no
authority to make any order in such a case as this. Them must
be some mistake somewhere, and he should have been happy if
by his interference an amicable arrangement between the parties
could have been effected ; but where there WAS Patch positive and
conflicting testimony, he feared that was not to Ise ibcpected. The
complainant's only remedy was by an action at law, and the sum-
mons was accordingly discharged.

lIATTON-OARDEN, SEPT. 15.—Anne Mahoney, an Irish lady.
was brought up to this office this morning, charged by Watson, a
watchman. with being found repeatedly last night loitering in the
passages of different houses in the neighbourhood of Saffron-hill,
which induced the said watchman to " suspect her, by virtue of
his office," to be there for no good purpose; he therefore took her
into custody, and was now proceeding to specify as much, when
the fair captive, who seemed extremely anxious that the defence
should be entered into before the accusation, made the office ring
with " Flue your wortchip, hear sac," in the tones of a speaking
trumpet. In vain did the court-keeper hint that this was not the
usual mode of arrangement. Her tongue, she observed, was " her
own sure;" but, to do her justice, she felt inclined to give every
body else the benefit of it. A partial cessation being, however, at
length obtained,
Mr. Sergeant Sr t.r.ors seized the opportunity to ask her how
she could account for being so constantly found on other people's
premises ? to which she replied, that " not having the maws" to
pay " her riot," she had been most uneeremoniou. ly ejects! by her
late landlord from her lodgings, although a single sixpence would
have covered the alleged &Alt ; as to the frequency of her wander-
Ings, they were those of the watchman's imagination, that
" blessed blackguard," as she somewhat uncourteously designated
him, never having set eyes upon her before •`in all his born days."
She had now, she added, got another residence; but when asked
to describe the precise quarter in which it was situated, her geo-
sraphical knowledge appeared to be rather of the smallest, as she
was utterly unable to lay down its longitude or latitude, or indeed
to recollect the number of the house. Apprehending that this ex-
traordinary lapse of memory might proceed from a flutter which
had so evidently deranged her nervous system. his Worship ordered
her to be locked up till returning composure should bring with it
added recollection.

A lady then made her appearance before his Worship, charging
a wiserable-looking being with a gross violation of her bed, by
pawning her blankets.
The fair complainant was not altogether unknown at this office,
having for some time been known in the neighbourhood of West_
street, us " accommodating half a dozen young gentlewomen with
board and lodging," as Dame Quickly hu it; to which net of
disioterested liberality the ill-natured world had affixed precisely
the same unpleasant suspicions as heretofore vexed the soul of
Polders hostess, and in all probability with quite as little founds.
tion. dfary Ann Lund, the prisoner, was one of these protegees
of Mrs. Budget Helen Hooch (the loose fish abore-mentiooed,)
but from her appearance evidently not one of the highest cute,
and wishing probably to
Show somewhat a more swelling port
Than her weak means could furnish,"
she had borrowed the blankets in question, in order to obtain those
means and appliances of bravery so desirable for ladies of her
profeasinn. This she did not deny ; but it appearing that the
Abbadessa bad knowingly and not tint' -,uentl- - :ted her fair

anfre(ll....fitr permits
mbistlsa•with bsw.lsalseatokstrtff,ter purposes
of temporary accommodation, and the prisoner, wThile she' ad-'
nutted that she was not of the number so favoured, stating that
she had been led away by the influence of example, she was, on
expressing her contrition, and promisirg " dry restitution," dis-
charged, with a recommendation not thus in future to imitate her
betters' and with a caution similar in effect to the one implied in
the pithy question of the poet,
` An quioticunque licit Maecenas tequoque carom cat
Tanto dissimileat et Canto certare minoretu ?"

MELANCHOLY CASE OF DEPRAVITY.
Agit Perkin*. a well-looking young woman, was brought be.
fore the sittinghlagistrate, Sergeant SELLON, in the custody of Chi-
veil, &constable of the hlendicity Society, charged with vlolent
conduct, and congaing • mob at the Society's olXce, Red Linn-
square. .
B. Montague, Esq.. of Redford-tujuare, one of the managers,
accompanied by. Mr. Walker, the assistant manager, attended on
the part of the institution.
. _ _

Mr. siker gate an outline of the prisoner's history to the Ma-
gistrate.
It appeared from his statement that this young woman has
been for many years known to the society ; and from sonte pecu-
liar circumstances connected with her early lite she has been on
object of its particular attention. She was rescued from a state of
prostitution by them, and through the instrumentality of the so-
ciety she was placed in the 31agdalert asylum. She remained
there for two years, when she quitted it without sanction, and again
came and claimed support from the society. Site was then placed
in a lodging provided by the society for decent young women, to
prevent cnnounination of morals, and every exertion was made to
procure the means of subsistence. She was supplied with needle.
work from some of the first families, but she-was quite indifferent
to any kind of honest industry. The society could not therefore
any longer give her countenance, and referred her case to tic of-
ficers of the parish of Kensington, which is her lef al settlement.
This day morning she came to the society's office, protesting that
she would take no parochial assistance. and that she would Insist
on relief. On being upbraided with her improper conduct, shit
became outrageous, and oolitcted, a mob about the office-door,
which she harangued, tine will out the foulest calumnies on the in-
stitution.

DIED.
On the 29th ult. aged 70, Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Joseph ender.
of Leatherhead.
On the lath instant, at her apartments at Isleworth, Mows ;Wi-
gan' Ann Elmore, daughter of the late ,Mr. Elmore, of Ins b. Ir
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