The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-07-06 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

Yesterday 11.-ury Luwe, the young man in custody upon a
cit.irge of defrauding Mr. East, a tailor, of Inks-aireet, St.
JIIIIICI‘.II, not of a quantity of military dresses, by representing
himself to be an officer of the 9th Lancers, was brought up fur
t.ind exanoliation. At an early hour the office was crowded to ex.
hy persons chiefly attracted by curiosity to see the prisoner in
his extraordinary dress, already daiaibed in the papers, which, it
.!!ems, he has not since beat allowed to change. and in whick be
V.,U4 now again placed at the bar. Besides Mr. Roe, the presiding :
I,la.ristrate, Mr. Dyer, 3lr. :llarkland tof Queen-square), and the
List of Montford, owl: their scats upon the Bench.
The prisoner's father, an elderly respectable-looking gentleman, '
ono bit brother, together with astral respectable friends, sere pre-
heat at the examination.
Captain Cockburn, the Paymaster of the London recruiting dis-
trict, first came forward, accompanied by a sergeant of the 911th •
legitimist, and claimil the prisoner as a deserter from his Majesty's
hurries, and required that be should be punished under the Act of
Pariisinent as sash.
Mr. RoE said, that being the case, he must commit him to the
county prison as a deter:sr; but at the same time he would hear
ally other charges that were male against the prihana,
Mr. Rut, die sailor, at whose instance the prisoner was detained,
chat: forward, and said, the: he should not press his charge against
Mr. Weston, a bootmaker, in the Great Bazaar, Covent Garden,
Mr. Cunningham, engraver, :Co. li, Tichbome-sheet. ant! Mr. I
White, proprietor of the Bedfcrd, then entered inio a detail of the
pationer's frauds on them.
The prisoner's Either bow came forward, deeply affected, and ad-
dressed the Magistrates at great length, entering into a history of
t..e prisoner's profligate life. lle stated that lie had wade arrange.
st.enta with the pawns to whotu his son was indebted, except Mr.
NYesteot, the bootmaker, who Maimed upon prasreuting Indies he
gays a note of hand for his denuttid; but be could not, consistently
atth the duty he owed to his family, do any thing of the kind,
knowing at present how far the young man had involved Um,
self.
Mr, Lowe then wished the Magistrate to give up the prisoner to
the sergeant of the 98th, as he thought he could get him exchanged
iota the Royal African Corps, to which regiment his son bad
idken • peculiar fancy.
Mr..Ror said, that ha felt very much for the situation of Mr.
Lowe, but he could do no otherwise than commit him, as he had
airnstly stated ; bat .11,13` likely Mr. Lowe would not find much
udiaculty in procuring ids bberatioe on the terms of his joining the
,tittean Carr, by applying at the Adjutant-Oeneral's Office.
Mr. Lowe then thanked the Magistrate, and retired.
',:he prisoner was committed to Cletketwell Prison ass deserter.
MART'-LA-BONNE OFFICE.
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Two Durrgas CAUGHT.—•VetoltatiOy Abra.kana Abrahams
Isaac Aline,two Israelites, were charged before hl r. Hsw
SON with defrauding, in the old way (by selling a berzelo of
elothem), Mrs. Sophia Abraham, of Croydon-stmt.
t appeared Ow the complainant, aho is not one of " one
people," WAS sitting in her shop some weeks since, when the de.
tendert Abrahams walked in, 'hissed ass footman, and inquired
of price of a pair of salts. She had scarcely time to answer the
question when the other fellow run in, exclaiming, " So help my
kid, you bad better take the wolfish." Abrahams replied, " No,
you are a Jew, and 1 won't have any thing to do with you."
lie left the shop, lensing a bundle of clothes, to see if a pair of
ales be had taken frum the window would answer; and on his re-
urn said his master was dead, and lie had the clothes 'Oven him
icy were quite new, haring utily bees worn twice, and he wanted

to yell them. The other fellow then port in, and in a whisper saki,
• If you buy them things 1 will give you 10s. for the bargahi."
She looked at the clothes, and found three coati of • very tine
glossy cloth, and at the time she thought them nearly new. She
asked the price, and Abrahams said it ; and thinking she could
make 101 u by the purchase, offered M. Ills. all the money she had,
which the fellow took, exclaiming. " I will lose with a Christian
sooner than deal with a Jew. for you are sum to be done by them."
He went away, and she waited anxiously for his companton, who,
however, never returned. The coats, she ascertained afterwards,
were not worth a pound. She then applied at this office, and •
warrant was issued.
Mrs. Piggott, of Weymouth stmt, stated, the prisoner that day
came into her husbanil's shop, and endeavoured to sell some
clothes in precisely a similar manner.
The warrant that was issued had been placed in the hands of
Thomas Hooker, of this office, and he on meeting with the two
prisoners suspected correctly that they were the men, and took them
into custody, and brought them to the office.
Abrahams repeatedly, during the detail of the evidence, impa-
tiently interrupted the witnesses, exclaiming, " You are mistaken;
it is not me." Ile denied the charge in tutu, as did his companion.
3lr. Rawt.INSO sr examined the bundle of clothes which the fel-
lows were endeavouring to persuade Mrs. Piggott to buy, and
found them to be not worth anything. He said to Abrahams,
Well, Mr. Footman, where arc the !moulder knots or epaulettes
you had upon your coat just now ?
The fellow with great effrontery denied having them.
Several of the officers here examined the lock-up mom, and
found them in a corner, the fellow having taken them off; lest they
should assist in the identity.
I Mr. RAW JANSON inquired where they lived.
From their aneweet it appeared they came from the East, having
abodes in the vicinity of Petticoat-lane.
Abrahams asked the first witness if she had disposed of the matt
She answered not.
31T. RA11'1.11;30)1 said it might be necessary for hint to produce
his raster whose coats he had represented they were which he had
sold.
Abrahams—So help me jingo, it's all a mistake.
Mr. liaireteSON—Voo don't deny being a Jew.
Abrahams-1 am an Israelite, and a respectable man.
They were then remanded until Thursday.
UNION HALL.
Yesterday a pawnbroker name! Sharpe, residing at Deptford,
annearod before R. J. Chambers, Esq. at the complaint of a Mr.
'iVright, for refusing to deliver up a coat and waistcoat, pledged at
hit shop.
Mr. Ban men, who attended for the pawnbroker, stated, that a
filmy had been committed in the house of his client soon affix the
above articles were pledged at his shop, and the coat and waistcoat,
- amongst a varies y of other property, were stolen. Under these
1 circtintstances, Mr. flamer contended that the pawnbroker was,
not liable for the articles in question.
I Mr. eIf•XIBERS. on referring to the Act of Parliament, re-
Fretted that lie could be of no assistance to the complainant in the
recovery of his property. There was no remedy for its resto-
': ration, or the value of it ; and if the pawnbroker made affidavit
that fie coat and waistcoat were stolen front his shop, under the
circumstances above stated, it was quite sufficient to guarantee
I him;
! The summons was then discharged, on the pawnbroker paying
!the expenses.
Istorwtous Honor ay.—On Saturday right, between ten and
eleven o'clock, as 31r. Fairclough, a respectable tradesman in the
Borough, was returning to his residence, he was robbed of 1361. in
the following manner :—Two men, of genteel appearance, accosted
him in Union-street. One of them addressed hum in the most fa.
I miliar terms, saying, " Well. Mr. Fairclough, how do you do ? I
hope yon are better." Mr. Fain-lough, who has been for some
time labouring under an attack of the gout, replied that he watt
still very unwell, and it was with difficulty he could hobble along.
i Upon which the " Gentlemen" politely offered their services, and
I begged to be permitted the pleasure of seeing him to his door. The
assistance was accepted, and 3lr. Fairclough leaned on the arms of
the strangers until be readied the corner of Red Linn-street.
I Here the two men ensiled him a good night, assuring him at the
. same time that they were proud in assisting a respectable man
home. Soon after their departure, he discovered that his pocket.
book had been taken out of his inside coat pocket, containing the
I above sum. 31r. Fairclough gave information of the robbery at
I Union !lett, yestoday morning.
TOWN-HALL. SOUTHWARK.
i Feat:ten Sul/. ORDEIId —('donor.—%% hen a seamen hires
himself to go a voyage with a merchant-vessel, and happens (ss
he generally does) to want necessaries to take with him, it is the
practice fee the Captain not to advance him money. lest he should
rail away, and be seen no more of. but to furnialthim with a
' printed order upon the owners, payable three day* aka the vowel
mils; and these orders paw almost as current as cash arsorig the
slopeellers and tradesmen along shore. There is generally added,
in writing, a proviso, that the mar named in the order sails with
the vessel. This may certainly protect theowners against fraud
which the practice seems to open. a door to.
Three fellows in seamen's cute. Cluts. Greta, Robe. A apt and
If's. May, were chargedlefore Mr. Alderman SMITS with have
ing defrauded Mr. Grose. a clothier, in Tooky-strest, by means of
counterfeit orders of this description.
The three misusers were committed to take their trials for the
fraud.
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Main Mee eke. n character well known, wearing the appear-
eitss.aL .a.dieteentiasel ruffian, his peek hare, and clad in a abort
Zeri..,,HZ4lesehs Pheed.itt the bee. • Nen Domed
far a maimityas .W
11r. Joseph Packsvidge, of 21, 'rea.sitseet, Yorkshire
Stingo, said that returning homeward throve* Tooley-street on ,
Saturday night lam, from a 'bast that end of the town, something
overseen, he inquired Ida way of two men whom be met, when he
was instantly knocked down and rifled of one silk and one cotton
handkerchief, a pocket-book containing some private minium.
duras, a clasp leather purse, ruched round the edge., and fifteen
pence in money. The prisoner Illococks he positively bivare, was
the man who knocked him down ; and then, as now, wore a smock
frock, at which he caught to prevent himself from falling. He
was struck a blow upon the stomach, and afterwards knelt upon.
AialOCki M3s fully committed to be tried at the newt Assizes for
Surrey, and Hanktts, against whom there was no evacnee, was
discharga