The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-12-31 00:00:00

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POLICE.
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BRUTAL OUTRAGE AND RORlic.lll'.
Yesterday a man of SIM name of John Malan was brought
op Worn time Lord Anew, there'd with Moving committed
a 'bleat assault tus a pour woman of the name of CA*, and
with having robbed her of a bundle containing ameeral ar-
ticles of wearing apparel. there was also brought tip
wallah of reaper 146%44 seed appearance, charged with
haste* been concerned to the rubbery.
Mrs. Cos, a pussy washer.wontan, eras relarnine boniewith
a handle of clothe*, the property of Ire cu-toniers, almost
bee
,ieelori on Weilarottay evening. As she irst passing
aeons Ittsbupagate.street, Meer Atteel alley, she was met by
a Won and two women% she was instantly Itmwheil dodo.,
and she called oat @load for help s no growl ere* at that
earl" Mile cause In bet assistance Air larWZ:kil Plc *mile
urns, and received *veersl violent blows, dud harm( Men
reduced almost to a state of timeasiltility she was Magerd
into a encore, and robbed of her boodle.
Mrs. Langley swore, that the maw a man menthe off with
a beadle, and haviite called out " stop thief !" he was pur-
sued and ;akin into custody by an uffieer.
Mrs. Cox, Mune desired to look at the Prisoner Leman,
declared at once that he was the matt that heti her. It
also appeared that the fernAlr Prisotorr was in the coarse of
the day in the compauy of Intim'. sod had treated him and
anent n of so towropes descriptdm to gin.--Tlie
Pri-
latlera were remanded.

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F0101:15 RANIL NOTTL—T•stenlay Aoki Storey and
George I'ervp underwent an esnossiortissu before J.
nest, Fsq charged with uttering forged If. Bank Notes to a
eonsidivahle csiest.
It appeared. haw a variety of evideeee praised, that
the Members but hoes travelling about the country within
twenty milesof London, shout a fortnight shirr, pstimularly
at Watford. Rirkmanswinth, loaronore, FAXware, he. utter-
ing (urged 11. book notes, of the same ansuutictsre, pried-
pally at politic-houses, ernes es, butchers, k.e. To prove
their guilty knowledge of the notes to he forged, us their
being taken into custody and lesteliml they had both plessfy
of silver in tho it porkets; 014( of sheaths's! its moth as 71. Bs.
in silver its his po.ssession, which evidently proved they west
sot in want of rhsitge.
The Prison: re were ahoot to hr conintitted far trial, Irbil
out of them solicited souther examiustion; which was

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crusted.
A number of fresh charges and eaten are hreaithlt to the
office dsily against ranb rim., alias rombenen, alias O'Brian,.
for fraudulent practices. He keeps • house to Crawford.
street, hlary-te.bone, cohabiting with a female, and living
in a respectable style, keeping a man and two female ser-
vants, and pasetag himself ass Hums merchant, but there
is reason to believe lie has beeo supporting huwell sod his
establishment by fraudulent checks upon hankers, where he
had no elf. ei• for these last three years. When hi.. Kiiing-
ton, hookweller, of Waterluo.pisee, gave information at this
Office, of the fraud committed epos biro by the Prisoner,
by • draft for 10/. on Messrs. Prescott's, the bunkers, it was
despaired of kuowing whets to find bon ; but Davies, the
Constable, happened to be present, who recollected that he
lived in Crawford-street, and sot George-street, Portman-
square, and that he teas charged with a similar offence to that
of hlr. &silicone's case, by giving a fratidolesit draft to •
liverydnablukeeper, is she Edgware-ruad, when the woman he
cohabits with raised the mew, to ptr the demand to avoid
• prosecution. Davis was, in consequence, intrusted with
the warrant obtained against him by Mr. Rivisigtoa. He
expected to have some difficulty in gaining admitiassee into
the house and seeing hum, to take him into custody,
he
therefore watched the house fur some the till be saw the
woman he cohabited with go out in a carriage; the house
door being then open he uttered, when having no doubt bet
that Vaud oise. was is the house, be was determined to
search it for him, in which he was considerably (pooped by
the mervaste, partiettlarly by the females: he tams to the
door of a room fuddled' and haring so doubt but that Van.
brie* was courealed there, from the 'crumb.' conduct, ht
was is heed to Awes opts the door, where be &nod his moo,
who, on learning his business, uttered to pay the 41. he had
obtained from Mr. Rivingtim, but Davis refused to take it,
not being atillsoriserlao to du. On ha being brought jaw this
presence of Mr. ffivlnglisst, previous. lo his roarmimattoo, be
ay entreated him me Ms knees to take the 41. bat Mr. Ritiugton
t., was n Ohs mined, as boom desermitsed to oritasoenant.
?7 pis of lot
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DARING ASSAD LT4I AND AITENI PT AT ROBBERY.
Moms* Winter was brought up by Coates, a Mary-k.
boos officer, no two specific cut . The Primmer is one of
those desperadoes *bp belong' to the Bird.street gang; aid
Coates staled to the Magistrate, that be was with Henley,
Harper, and others of the West-end fair gang, when they
attempted to rob Kelly, a taconite man, due of sebum was
(-metaled, and the misers transported. +be officer was ur.
dered by the Judge tis apprehend the Prisoner when he could
And bins. He aloud charged in this institute with knocking
down • young man maned Thwaites, in Bell-street, Padding-
ton, on Monday eveaing, and attempting to rob bins.
The Prosecutor swore that he railed at a public-house i•
Bell•street on the evening stated, with his father and another
relation, and basis* occasion to retire iota the street for a
temporary purpose. be Was sue ))))) oiled by • gatig of half •
down ruffians, who hustled him, kuiwked bins down by a
severe blow, which closed his eve, and turned his pockets
inside out, but he had previously Informed them that be bad
no money, tad so they found it. He gave an alarm, and
his father and relation tame to his assistance, and they were
most brutally maltreatedi so that the father is Usable to
leave bill bed.
A yowl( man named Kettle, corroborated that which had
Bitten from the last witness, and proved distinctly that the
Prisoner was use of the gang. He was committed fur the
smash only us this charge, as there was ow property lost.