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POLICEL
GUILDHALL.
GAIMBLING.—GeOrge Jurdaw, a journeyman shoemaker, sa.
fully committed for stealing a shirt and a pair of stockings, the
property of John Made, a fellow lodger, and one of the same trade.
Jordan had, by betting on the skill of a friend at the game of
" all fours," lost all his ready money, and, spurred on by the es-
citement of the moment, be hurried home to burrow a few shillings
from hisobernate. Made, whom be had previously often accom-
modated in a similar way. Made, however, was absent. Jordan
went out and returned again, but Made was-still absent. in this
strait Jordan thought he might make free with his friend's ward-
robe, which was open to him, and he accordingly selected the
above-mentioned articles, which lie pledged for 4s. and went once
more to the gaming-table, where he loot his aIL He then repaired
to Lambeth to receive a debt due to him, but in this he was disap-
pointed. Ile returned home, Matte inquired after his storkings,
Jordan stated his case, produced the duplicates, and sat down to
works promising to restore the articles with his first earning. With.
oat hinting his intentions, the prosecator went oat for a constable,
and had him taken before the sitting Alderman.
Sir JAMES SHAW lamented that the spirit of gambling so in-
fected all classes from the highest to the lowest, and although he
seemed not to doubt that the prisoner had honestly determined to
restore the property, yet on account of the reprehensible nature of
the stimulus under which he had acted, the Alderman bent him to
Newgate for trial.
BOW-STREET.
Edward Cockerel!, a young man well known to the police se a
flashy character, and who, under the name of Smith, narrowly
escaped conviction at the Old Bailey Sessions for an offence simi-
lar to the one of which he now stands accused, was yesterday placed
at the bar, for attempting. to pass a forged N. note, purporting
to be one of the Bath and Bristol Bank, a firm not in esistenee' and
payable at the house of Bernard, Savory, and More, London,
bankers, not to be found in the Directory.
It appeared in evidence, that on Sw,urtlay night last the prisoner
went Into the shop of Mr. Hoskins, a jeweller, in St. ,l artin's.
court, and selected a couple of gold seals, a brooch, and watch. key,
amounting in the whole to 31.4.., in payment for which he (en-
tered the note in question. The shop-boy not having sufficient
change, left his customer, and took the note across the way to Mr.
Harrison, a snuff-manufacturer, whom he requested to accommo-
date him with it. Now it so happened that lie could not have ap-
plied toe more unlucky person for 31eCockerere purpose, inasmuch
as he (Mr. H.) had himself been taken in a short time since by a
note of an almost similar description. He therefore accompanied
the lad back to the shop, where he found Mr. Cockerel waiting for
his change, and closely watched, though unknown to him, by the
street-keeper, who had recognised him as an "old acquaintance."
Mr. H. went behind the counter, and assuming for the nonce the
character of masterof the house, put several embarrassing questions
to hls would-be customer as to his having obtained possession of
the note; the replies to which were so unsatisfactory, that the street-
keeper wss invited to walk in and to take Mr. Cockerel into
custody.
Several other person, were in attendance with charges of a simi-
lar nature against the prisoner ; among the rest a tailor of the name.
of Hopkins, residing at Chelsea, from orisons be had ordered a coat,
paying a pound deposit, and getting four sovereigns in change,
which having obtained, it is unnecessay to say he thought hie old
coat would do well enough a little longer, and of course never went
to look sifter his new one.

It having been stated to Sir It. Et meta that a respectable en-
grave? ih Great Queen-street had been applied to to engrave a
note plate, from which he had struck off five hundred impressions,
and whicheir..imstances that had subsequently arisen induced him
to think hal been/ordered for fraudulent purposes, an officer was
sent off to request his attendance, in order to ascertain whether the
flash notes in ques:lan were the same. Many other charges are ex-
pected to be gone into against Cockerel, who was remanded till
Thursday.
QUEEN-SQUARE.
BRUTALITY TO A DORlEY.—festerday'Jdos Billan, a cos_
termonger, residing in Old l'ye-street. Westminster, was brought
up by Cooper on a warrant, charged with gross cruelty to a donkey.
Sergeant John Carter, belonging to the 341 company of the let
Guards, stated that en Thursday morning last, as he was proceed-
ing along Old Pyz-stmet, he saw the prisoner take up a birch-
and strike the animal several times with it ; he then ran des.
perntely at the ass, kicked it most inhumanly in the belly, struck
it about the heed with his fiats, and afterwards very deliberately
took from his pocket a easp.knife, saying, " sow, I'll cut your
for the simples, and cut part of the poor donkey's ear off,
which he threw into the middle of t:te street.
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The prisoner said that he merely cut a bit of the ass's ear off,
because he was troubled with the megrims, which is a very good
thing when an animal is so afflicted.
The Sergeant replied that it was done after he had beat and kicked
it most cruelly.
Daniel Macfarlane, a sergeant in the 2d company of the same
regiment, fully corroborated the stirement of the former witness,
and said that the barbarity was de' iv inflicted on the animal,
he at the some time using most . -pressions, " now you'll
stand still, won't you ?"
The prisoner, in his d . a brother roatermonger
named Reeves to prove _ the animal. lie knew the
donkey was subject to a . ;he saw the prisoner kick him,
but not to injure the t. . noticed him to cut a bit front the
donkey's ear.
Prisoner to the Msgirt..-. you wish to see the donkey ?
Mr. GREOOI/1E—.:.., 1 hear enough.
Mr. WRITE-11as he got the megrims now ?
Prisoner..-()u t:co„ Sir.. _ -

lie was then convicted In the pensay of 40a. with 7s. costs.
Mr. Ciaxo,-..ar_ . told the •
*er,,eunts it did then great credit in
bringing the own forward, and he never knew one to be more
clearly wade out.
They were zilow^d their expenses from the office.