The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-07-02 00:00:00

POLICE.

GrIIi!MALL.
Captain Fear ilfurtlowy.h, the 'norm. of " The Hermit in
Loudon," aril the young a all W.:10 Calla himself Bert y Druid,
wire brought op for re-t•snmination before the st:thig nigintrate,
.it. .11dintian Thonieson, yeettrday. The notoriety of the
Captains name and tule.on, and the lin-Mimi:if thy
eiremn-
under which the prinoner attain charged, had excited con-
siderable interest, and the office was crowded almost to suffocation
whin the rase ear: e on for hearing.
A gentleman trim the house of Messrs. !'illann (we believe),
Ingraimemat, Ireachurch-street, eittcriftd as anliriror Ice the pri-
soners, and his that ri quest to the Jbsgistrate was, that all the
witnesses, with ere exception of Mr. %I react liiitself„ should he
directed to withdriw. This wan aceorilinely complied with. The
eVideter taken on ti:e previous its.y was then rend met, of which
the Solicitor took %try 1.4 lour etet
Fogg, the Marsh allaao, then staitil that he lint aserrtaMed that
the Captain went to the Saracen's !lead, Snow.hill, early on Wed-
nesday morning, and had a lad: he remained them between three
and four hours, and on his departure, not hiving any money about
lints, the porter of the Inn accompanied him to Mr. S'aues,
Russell-street, whirr the Captain went in and rent Joan she money
for the bed. Fogg had also seen the lad, the driver of the chariot
7:n, which had brought the party from the :Saloon to Holborn,
who recollected seeing the younger prisoner meting a pocket-
book into his pocket, pest at the time that his chariot was called
from the stand. lie (Cogg) had strewn him Mr. Weaver's pocket-
bok, and the lad :aid that wan the one he saw, he would
swear to It.
This lad, whine name in NV illiam Kirby, was then called. lie
corroborated the previiiits evidence. as to what had passed in Hol-
born, d riiiit's rotleria g Mr. ‘Veaver's watch. While Ire was
on the san ho al p ,
Mal thpe patty sun the foot-way, la ar the saloon-door,
he raw Druid puttiii„o a pock. L hook into his pm ket. 31r. Weitea's
pock. t-hook being strewn to him. he said he did not think that
wan it—the one he nave eon flier? dirty. After h (mentioning,
he acknowledged that the one Fogg bed shorn hills the day lararr,
RIM the one Druid hid. hid still persisted that the one Low I to-
duccd was tot the satire.
Fogg said that the boy ileneribeil the sort of pocket-book amt.
rattly before he %hewed it him. Ile litst strewn'! him own
pocket-book—a nil one; I csaid dinctly—•• ohm in not it." And
on his producing Jar. Weaver's—" Mae.. it ; swear to it; and
the steel clasp was hanging huge at the time."
The pievarication of the boy, who still said that he did not be-
lieve it was the same, led to the siinpiri ei that he loot been tam-
pered with; lie. however. swore that he had seen none of the
parties since till he cause to this allice.
The paper pres was producA, and 'Marro:eh now stated that
during the scuttle he saw it in the hands of each of the prisoner. ;
but when he pirkeil it up, it had fallen from the hands of Mr.
Weaver, or rather was thrown dorm by hint, that he might have
his hands at liberty to use in the row.
This evidence put an end to the suspicion against the Captain,
as far an related to the stealing of tine parcel.
The prisoner's solicitor now desired to china-examine Mr. Wea-
ver, assuring tbe Meg:stew that lie slieuld be able to prove frorn
him the manner in whieli Druid became possessed of the pocket-
book.
During the time the at:Leiter war pushing his roar-examiacion
very dust ly, as 10 whether he hail not left the saloon with a female.
Mr. IVealler beealile itgitattsl, and nearly fainted. On his
recovery he appealed to the Magistrate. He wan ready, he said, to
answer any questions that hare upon the facts of the robbery, but
objected to aoswering lineations that affected Ida moral character.
Ile would swear tha: no female that he was with took his pocket-

book.
Mr. Alderman Thom escisr thou:fht that he ought to answer all
questions that went to torwi.rd the ends tit justice. though he Cl/M
fesstil lie did not see how this cross-extentitatitrin was to account for
the pocket-book being &mid upon Druid; aatl the course of exa-
mination was not persisted in.
fiamage, another watchman, was then called, but the only mate-
rial fact elicited front 1/4/1 WA./ that the too ll is 66 net, went aside
anal urovencd 10IMI/Ur for /OM.: minutes, whilst Mr. Weaver was
disputing lith the coachman ; die inference intended to be drawn
from attach was, that there had heed an opportunity of conveying
away the notes.
Mr. Alderman TtiosirsoN mid he had understood, from what
the Solicitor had intino:ted, that he would have accounted how the
pocket-book came into Druid'. 1/41//M,Sit/11. In that. however, he
had tailed; nor had he, iu his judgment, been able to shake any
part of the evidence in support of the charge. There was no doubt
that a rubbery had been committed, tend a sufficient printrifireiataior
had, he thought, beets made out to warrant hint in andii g both
the prisoners beim a Jury. They wire troth together the whole
time with the party roidad, and the pocket-book was Mond upon
one of then]. The Captain's coating voluntarily forward would
hive its weight with the Jury, hut he did not think it tot filcient to
jus:ity hint in utaki:4; say distinction between the eases ul the

two. •
The prititners and their Solicitor °filled to call witnmses to the
respectability of their characters; but the 11Iagistrate held that to
b.: unnecessary in the pri,ent Ptsigr of the Inquiry, a, d h,nh the pri-
soners were iweurtlingly einianitled to St gate for privately stealiag
from the pillion.
It was whispered in the office that the prisoner Ihuid was Cap-
tain 3latilionogh's son ; and the suspicion IMP singularly Pirength-
ent.d by the Solicitor more than once culling hint r. 11i acdontigh.
Some letters found in his pocket-book, with the name 11. M. Mac-
iloough to them, muted also tui coulitni the fart, but nothing to
that elect came ou: in evidence.

cent, on • line with Portland-place, then the ehild was endeavour-
ing to trots the mad, and was thrown down hr one of the hones.
The ;flitch passed over him, and the poor child, after giving a
dreadful shriek. was killed on the spot.
It WAS stated that the defendant might have, by pulling up,
I ;melded the catastrophe ; but he called to the child repeatedly, and
I it is supposed, as persons were calling at both sides of the street,
the child became bewildered, and had not time to escape.
I Ile was remanded for another examinatioe, and to as zit the deei-
I sion of the Coroner's inquest, which will be held this day, at the
Duke of York, York-place.
llthl:a Hnuartix.—Three men named nrhile, Rya", and
Shannon, were brought up on the following charge of dating
robbery
Early yesterday morning, a man named Curtis, going to his
wtyrk on the buildings in the Regent's Park, was aurprised to
observe the two first-named prisoners drawing a large truck.
Shannon was followino P. if reconnoitring. They went to some of
the unfinished houses n A "mv-plset„ be loving to Mr. Hall, and
deliberately brought li e large slaved wintlow.seshes from the house,
and placing them on tl e ta k, meted off. l'urtia followed and
desired them to atop unto or. flail arrived. On hearing hint speak
they se-seal thunderstruck, anti quitting the tract:, fled in different
directions. Curtis pursued White. and gave an alarm which caused
the others to be napped by the workmen.
Italy robberies of this kind had been latterly committed to a
very cOnsidenible extent.
They were all three fully committed to Newgate for trial.
110110EWHIPPING A WATC*III/A,C...--Je,io/ H7.ac, Ctqlolllool
to lio7lllolld Harker, ':sq. of Iltyanatone-equsre, was charged by •
watt hman of Harley-street wills horsewhipping him 03 Tu -wiry
tight, in Ilarley-street.
The dispute was one of the usual kind arising from the confusion
which generally prevails in the street when a ball is given by any
of its tnlialiitanta. '1 h e defendant, alter netting down pert of his
master's family at the house of Samuel Ilionnquet,2l, Harley-
street, was driving off, and intercepted the pewees!, of acute other
mach. A diapute ariwe, and the watchman horse a host of
his brethren to his al& iuterferal, and wiring thes' heads,
proceeded to spring his rattle in a manner calculated to frighten
the animals. Upon this the defendant used his whip, with curb
• effect, as very soon to clod a paasage for hiunielf. Fox this assault
he was calki upon to account.
The defence completely proving that the watchmen had ova-
shot their duty, the Magistrate dismissed the complaint.