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London, England, 1824-06-09 00:00:00

Mary Dirks, a servant in Miller's ilo:el, Jennyn.
charged with secreting divers articles of weating apparel,.
to her mistreat.—All the above were cominitte,' for trial.
MARY.LA.III/NNE ffEile.E.
Yesterday, Mr. Dunn, appraiser, of Ariehella.row, Piml
peered !wince Edmund Griffith, Esq. nn li summon, ur
General Turnpike Act, charging him with tie following ill
MI outrage :
One of the servants of Mr. Dyer, the Alaglstrate, his coat
and two watchmen, being sworn, stated that on llontlay.we,
carriage MRS proceeding front Mr. Dyer's, in the ..w Raid. ~
some young ladies of Mr. Dyer's family, to the Alpha Coe I
on going a short distance up the mad, the defendant ap
driving very rapidly on the same side (the lett) Ili a gig, and l
deliberately tip to the carriage horses, and had not the c,o ••
pulled up some very serio•ts accident must inevitably have ,K 1
the fiatitian called, and remarked such conduct x-as eery iii, .
the defendant said something which appeared almost tours
the horses luir.g turned, the carriage proceeded onwart
direction of the Alpha Cottages, but the defendant stye: lc
by very rapid driving, intercepted its pro;„•reres, and ran . .`s
aCeMIS the road • the coachman, wishing to avoid any 1 • ig
rencontre, turned round through York-gate, but the flt .
, fidlowed, aid finally tamped the carriage compfistily . sin
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vociferated, '• give nie your address," and jumping fro , t tea
thrust a card into the carriage, the young ladies I•e•ng .• gigs
..1 med 1
an nearly to be in a fainting state. Thefortman got tap boas
and finding the defendant ts•coniiro very obstreperous, t
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the collar, when he rifle <lntel d net) called the watch, and 1.,„, his.
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in charge, eventually allean g the carriage to proceed, L „ Ei'll 4:4
timing the tnotnian in custody ; hat unarriving near the :• ~i04.,'..
11 r. Dyer, and that gentleman's 11/111e being mentioned, '''
scan
peretl off in a ditlerent direetion to that from the watt ti.hi
again retuniing, rated the watchman very severely for not and i
Lg.
mg the to antin to durance.
All the witnesses concurred in pruncuncing the defend lts
very in, hriated.
Mr. Dunn denied being the aggressor, and dee!:
he had Inca flogged from the carriage boa, and merely
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to get the address,
'rite coachman solemnly denied this.
Mr. Dunn, in continuation, said, had he heard Mr. Dyt
he should hare been perfectly satisfied, and he had went the
watch-bongs, but no person cynic there, although be had i :ha
fentman in charge. His gig had sustained conaiderable in
.cad
he should carry the case into the frown (Mice. Ile cued, odors
twenty witnesses to prove that the C 011101110•11 wan grossly
Met.
Mr. Dyer said he had no vindictive feelings on the sub ect. The
case was certainly one he could only characterise as very • ,antai, and
disgraceful ; but as the defendant said he could ,trot. ~,c, ~,
he had no objection to theadjournment of the ca- • e for '",.,, , , .
Mr. Dunn said he would only do so in another Li ' tail. it :he case
were proceeded in.
Mr. /tint earn observed, be but seldom had ' . earl of such a '
very disgraceful case, and he would inset upon i , i., ~,,. i„.,„"eil,d
in. It was not to be tolerated that a man stir, 1,1 a• tin such so 1
i unprovoked manner; and as the witnesses I ..-. ail declared biro
drunk, he should convict him in the penalty of ~ it flings to that
offence.
Mr. l)unn paid the money.
Mr. lax I IFITII then said, an the offence .r . • der the Turnjika
Act, I shall Alan convict you in the pen, ed. 101" the of ertia
charged in the son) 1111 l ns.
Mr. Dunn paid the line and costs, but . • ..• ..otice of appeaL
11A1"111N-tiAlt' , . S.
A FREE liniMER.--Veliteedly, 11*/*,. threw Mae Own, wit
brought up, charged by a Mr. Join si a housekeeper in Somers'.
town, with ditawderly condor in s house. It appeared from
Mr. Jones's doleful tale, that '.. - owner and his wife have lodged
or
in his house ton some time, O.:** Lit pay irg any rent, or any re.
apect to his repeated notices to q
cation fur money, Mr. .lac I )v.‘ flies at him with • poker, while
his amiable wife uses the tow e delicate instrument, a carving.
knife, threatening to make earl,j. .us ex periments on his hods,. The ce.
fentlant denied the charge, a,,, said, that an far from wishing to tr.
main in the house, whenever , e had ally " leisure hours," he would
probably try to suit 1
himself testier.
The illagintrate congrasi lotted him on his being so constantly et.
dgaged in bovine's, and de :r him to find bail for his appearanca
l at the Sesriuns.

C AS
COI 1
Yesterday afternoon
public-house, king •
Esq. Cormier for Mid
forty. It was revolt
had come to her dee(
interest.
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r;. OF POISON ING.
4 iNlstt S I NQI. 1..:,T.
as Inquest was held at the sign of the Bank
treet, Dury-lane, before Thomas Stiring,
:lowa, on the body of Elizabeth Ford, avid
i d about the neighbourhood that the dettasid
I. by unfair weans, and the case excited moth

_.!fridges Bind,' t 'ng sworn, deposed, that she was frequently
employed by the ~ ceased to wash, and had been acquainted with
her to untie time. (In 3londay morning last the husband of tie
deem .alled e ... witness and requested fler attendance at his resi-
dent .. Ni.• V., King-street, Drury-lane, as his wife was taken
very „,
~, „ I ~of to see her. She instantly proceeded to the
1,,,,,,e. +i,. it , , found the deceased in bed, excessively ill, and she
she coinplauu of burning at the inside. thi questioning the de-
Leass.d, she i armed her that she had taken some pearl ash in mis.
take far salts and likewise some mixture which her husband was
in the hsh; t if taking for the gout. She died at row o'clock in
witness nreS s. being two hours after her arrival.
indhsericledted,thatandthweeut
eesl4,,.d.di: iii. ..;:de'cohn"tinbuldndhatobitthoefdgeeLetredieg
iveq„es ./ -, peen home in the most tenselais condition. Witness,
in .., ,r.,,, e of being afflicted with the gout, provided himself
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with ~.•• ii,•adow saffron, which he mixed with same ram, of
which • ~..,, frequently to take a couple of spoon fulls, and the
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d es, ,s.caaionally in the habit of drinking small quantities.
lie kept It it a cupboard to which the deceased had free access.
lOn bond ey I (NI the deceased informed hint that she had drank a
cup full ,I Illt• stuff. which had made her very ill ; witness told
‘.. that he had puisoned herself and was a dead woman," ad.
vising het to prepare for death as quick as she possibly could.
She went ti inf. and at her request he went to Mr. mes, • doctor,
who sent e deceased an emetic, which, with considerable per.
' I suasion, st , ~,,,k. Witness understood that she had taken pearl
ash in artist Cl.t Salta.
Mr,. 1..:. e, the landlady of the house in which the deeessed
lodged, del . ed that the deceased was frequently intoxicated, and
on Sunday I. 4. she called wane.% to her room, and told , her that
she had tak,.. pearl ash instead of salts, and she was PO yeti 111 that
she was do. r ens of having medical advice. Witneu tendered her
every av,ist. • ir, but she died WOG after. The deceased's husband
was a salter • Ili urious man, and a good husband.
The ( or+ tt a said, there was no doubt but the deceased had
taken the n (1. w saffron and, runt by mistake, while labouring
under iotos ki in.
The Jut ;t :ing of the same opinion, returned a verdict ac.
I eonlingly.