The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-03-29 00:00:00

POLICE.

(WILDMAN& -
Irm. Haley, one of 1 aritleN shopmen, who was convicted at
the Old Bailey, in ,tune 11124, of publishing blasphemous libels,
and sentenced to three years imprisonment, was brought before Mr.
Alderman LUCAS yesterday, in the custody of Harris, the turnkey
of Newgate, to et:ter into his own recognisance in 11,01., to be of
good behaviour the rest of his life, which was a part of the set•
tence of the Cotail his Majesty having been pleased to relieve him
from that part of ate judgment which directed that he should be
imprisoned until June 1827. The rignature to the document,
winch was dated the 27th instant, authorising the prisoner's libe-
ration, was in his Slnjesty's ordinary firm, free and graceful style.
The prisoner went through the necessary form and was dis-
charged.
Th, re remain In Newgate four of Haley's coakrju'. tors, two of
whom were sentenced to un equal term of imprisueptent willi
James rvoyi., a young Israelite about 11 yeals 97 age, wee
elvirged -with stealing three boots from the premises of Messrs.
iladden and Co., solicitors, Angel-court, Thro::,ttiortoff-
ftreet.

Dodson, the potter at No. d, in the Court, which is let nut in
Chambers., found the prisoner. about seven o'c.‘ck on Monday
evening at the top of the attic stairs, with the boots in his powder-
Mon. He immediately called for a light, and the porter's wife, in
brir.ging it up, was passed by another boy in the passage below,
who made his escape. Upon examination it turned out that the
prisoner came through a trap door on the roof, from the adjoining
house, Mmes. fiauie's, and that the boots belonged to Mr.
Hadrien. jun. and Ayres, the porter there. Three other boots were
missing, which there was no doubt the prisoner's companion had
escaped with.
Harrison, the Illarshalman, said a number of complaints had
been lately made to the Police of robberies committed in that aid-
nit!. by forcing trap Ancor, and a:tic windows. Ganaway's coffee-
house hatf been visittd in this way, and coats, boots, silver spoons,
sheiting, Ste. to rt considerable amount carried off. Boats attics in
Sweetilip-alley had also been plundered.
The o ,er who had the prisoner in charge, said he had Info,.
matt m that two hays, answering the description of the prisoner
and his associate. had been observed crawling over the roof of
SieNllll. Katie's offices on %Vednesday last.
The prittontr offend no defence, and vas remanded for another
examinuMn.

QUEEN-SW.7A RE.
JUVENILE DEPRAVlTY.—Yesterday, David Rich a,d son,
under 14 years of age, was charged by his father with robbing him
of various sums of money.
It appeared from the statement of the father, who resides in
looman's.row, Brompton, that the prisoner was tha eldest of
six children. For several months past he had been entrusted to
pay to Mr. Pnyr ter Ss. 6.1. per week for the hire of a hone, in the
course of which, it seems, that the prisoner invariably gave the
money short. ISe would then abscond for weeks together, on one
occasion he left his home for six weeks, but at length complainant
found him, shout eight o'clock in the morning, near the Dank of
England. Witness then brought him home, chastised him severe.•
ly, and he promised to behave bettrt in future, since which he
has ran twice away with different sums of money. Witness be.
ikved, did he not rustle this charge, the child would come to a
had et.d. Indeed. the prisoner himself has often been heard to
say, that he should come to be hanged before he was fifteen. The
conduct of the prisoner was so depraved that he could do nothing
with hun.

The prisoner, who cried bitterly, admitted the truth of his
father's statement, and said he would be good in future.
The itlAgistr.ite ordered him to be sent to the /louse of Correc-
tion, and there kept in solitary confinement.