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London, England, 1824-10-23 00:00:00

POLICE.

MAXt4ION-II(H'NE.
Vciteeday • young man, named Ebeidezer Fraser Arun;
his sistcr, kartti Afotoo, Scotch people, were charged with
rubbed Mr. 11'hite, a brush-maker and hardwarcuuto, uw

cunistances of an extraordinary itature. liffir'
Mr. flouter. tun., conducted the prosecution.
Mr. lope, the Marshal, seated, that on Sunday week he was in-
funned that the house of his neighbour, Mr. White, hail been
broken open, and robbed of property to a very large amount. lie
examined the place, mid found that a drawer idthe desk in one of
the rooms in which the cash-box was kept bail been wrenched open
The skylight was open, and a large sate had been removed, and
placed Ul,tier the sky-light, was to supply a person with the means
of getting oat on the roof. The whole appearance of things in the
room denoted a burglarious entering (tern the top of the house, but
a large quaritity of brushes and bulky property was missing, and
those slio had b-en robbed were surprised in what manner the
thieves could have taken away such cumbersome articles in such a
direction.
Mr. White stated, that the eash.box, which contained upwards
of 611/. in bank-notes and sovereigns, bad been stolen. fie had also
lost great quantities of brushes, knives, and various other articles
in which he dealt, and several pieces of plate and household fu:-
nit ure.
A little girl, who is in the service of Mr. White, stated, that a
few days ago, as she was examining one of the cupboards, she
perceived sonecthing shining from a hole in the hack part of it.
bite took it out and found it to be a silver spoon, and on further
search of the spot she got hold of another piece of plate, suld a
parcel of pawnbrokers duplicates, the whole of which she took to
her master. An immediate investigation wok place, when it turned
out that the whole of the duplicates related to property belonging
to Mr. While, stolen and eledged by the female prisoner, who had
beets long 01 lot service, and was considered to be strictly honest,
In Net to be inn orroptible. flee brother had also, as we understood
the prosecutor, hero long in his service, and le.: was also appre-
hended on suspicion of having been concerned in the system of
robbery so extensively and ingeniously carried on. A depot of all
the goods which were supposed to have been stolen by house-
breakers des next discovered.
A man named Hebb, residing at St. Mary-at-Hill, who is ward-
officer, stated, that six months a female prisoner, whom he
knew, came and represented ,th PAS so el going to leave her
master, and to set up business for rself. M'itness consented to
permit her to leave whatever things might have at his house.
i ii, She represented that e, Old f li White' was extremely good to
her, and ha•l given her a get. • Miry of things, and that in tact
lie was determined to set her f ignigin business. She agreed to
take witness's daughter as an assiiffibk in the shop. /ruin time to
time she brought or sent various packages, which he never opened
or locked at, but they wars now found to contain brushes and
various articles which belonged to Mr. White.
The Loan IllaTtin--.and do you tell Die that you never had
the curiosity to open and luck at them ?
IVitness—l declare I never had. . .

The Lotto I'llavo*-11'e11, men are sometimes very careless,
and without curiosity; but there was your wilt•, she mu►t neces-
sarily have had so touch curiosity as to open the ttangs, and look
at them ?

The witness's wife declared that she never had.
The Lon° PilaYou expressed great surprise at this decla-
ration.

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11'ebb admitted that the loss of the 101. was mentioned to him,
and that four days afterwards the female prisoner brought a bag
containing 48 sovereigns to it in his rare.
The Loan 111aron tuldlyilihe.stood in an awkward situa-
tion, and remanded the pri
GUILHHALL.
John Pew:, a Spaniard by "birth, but who has been some years
in this country, and now resides at N 0.29, Waterloo-street, Hag-
gerston, we'. brought up upon a warrant obtained at the instance
of the parish offices of St. °lave, Silvvr-street, for thwarting Isis
wife, who bait thereby became burthenvoine to that
Mr. Ilanceek, the Churchwarden, said, they ha time
paid tat the wile four shillings per week, which the *Osier had
formerly been in the habit of repaying them ; that he laid discon-
tinued Ins payments ever since October. 11123, and was flag tear-
. rear the sum of fourteen pounds four aldllings, which. notwith-
standing frequent applications to him, he still neglected to pay.
Perez. it appwired, was an mat of smile talent, pqincipally as an
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ornamental
of Al r. Bates, the paper-ter, in Cheat:mule. In 1820, heard
his wife, who it an English , separated by agreement, he un-
dertaking to allow 191. a year towards her subsistente. He had
been pretty regular in dime payments up to October, 1823, and new
urged, as the cause for Ws being in srrear, that he had latterly very
little employment, and scarcely a job to do for the last nine months;
but, said be, ••gif me a Macd tune, and when 1 be able, 1 vii
Pal"
Alr. Hancock, the Churchwarden, said, the prisoner was very
well able in pay if he chose t that he could earn four or five witness
a week, and that he was at very little expense' inasmuch as he was
lacing with another young woman, and that her friends, supposing
her to be married to him, contributed to their support, and he knew
paid die rent for dont.
" Alt ! all !" said Perez, with all the gravity and manner of his
national character, "Mistime Ancuck, you looke me in de face;
what you say about dat young wimiau ? Ino visit to exposey you,
but 1 must have a warrant Itir you for dat you do to the young wo-
man. Did you no try to seduce that young woman ? What you ,I
vane to my house fur, and stay date'?"
Mr. Ilancock, who M a corpulent gentleman, on the wrong side
of fifty, laughed heartily at this accusation. lle had, he said,
called there to endeavour to get some of these arrears from 31r.
Perez, anal being told that he was out, and would return in a few
minutes, he dial sit town, and employed the short interval while he
stayed, in gathering the facts he had already stated, relative to the
young woman and her friends.
2ercz shook his head with great gravity, but would not enter
into further particulars in support of his insinuation, but reiterated
his protestation of "• gif me time. and 1 will pay when I be able."
111r.11ancock—IPlieu you are able ! You are able to do any rims
after the charge you hare made against one.
Peres—Ass your conshense Mistaer liancok. Ass your con-
sherse.
The churchwarden, however, seemed to feel no occasion to do
so, but returned to the charge for die payment of the arrears.
Penis w ale, who scented to be on very good terms with her hus-
band, now interfered on his behalf, and said, if the churchwar.
den would give him a little time, she knew he would pay it.
Oh ! yea, said the chunita Arden, 1 believe you and he are in
connivance together, but we can cure that; unless he pays the
arrears we shall stop your 4s. a week.
A long argumentation ensued, in which the churchwarden urged
that Perez must timid security to pay the arrears at three pounds per
month, and the Spaniard protested that two pounds per mouth was
the utmost hr could by possibility raise; and in the sequel lie was
remanded in custody till the next day, the Magistrate, Mr. Alder-
man Bridges, intimating that it would be his duty to commit hit.
far three months as a rogue situ vagabond, unless he could arrange
matters with the parish officers.

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A DON AT lON rays* Moat ts.—A Mr. Thompson, aa Irish
gentleman, had applied to the Sitting Magistrate, Mr. Alderman
Humors, on Thursday, fur his interference, under the following
circumstances :
A .Me. Cantelon, a countryman and a friend of his, in whose con-
cerns he had taken some interest, and had procured tar him a aittia-
tnal on one of the Evening Newspapers, went to ledge at the tie.
rard's Hall Inn, liaising-lane, kept by 3lr. Turner. lie remained
there about three weeks, and, atter a confinement to his room of
three dart, died. He was tinder pecuniary difficulties at the time,
and after his decease, himself and two or three other Irish gentle.
men, met at the house, and undertook to defray all demands on
their deceased friend, mum condition that his effects, or whatever
kind they were. shnuk be delivered up to them. They paid Mr.
Turner's bill, 6/. 175., gave a sovereign to the female servant who
hail beeit particularly in attendance on his decease', Mend, and Idle.
to the other servants, and reeelied wket they were told was all that
belonged to hint; among which werea sandier of He
had since ascertained, that come or the wearing apparel was kept
back, and also duplicates to the value of 6/. to U. These he he-
, tiered were retained by the female servant, and he belicard with
the connivarce of her master; and the object of his application
was, that they might both be summoned before the Magistrate.
As the nature of Mr. Thompson% application implied that the pro.
party had been improperly, if not feluniously, taken, a atiiiitoons
was accordingly issued against the felmalc eervairs, is whose pusses.
shun It was said to be.
On her attending yeaterday, Mr. Thompson repeated th: above
emtentent, and called a person of the name of Fail, who said that
he was an intimate Fiend of the late Mr. Cantelun's, and knew that
about the time he went to Gerrant's Ilan lie was in pommies of
duplicates to the amount of 101. to 121.. they having add. ci up the
amount together, and in particular one for a picture pledged for
31., and another for a pair of pantaloons, pledgee for It. Neither
of these duplicates, Mr. Thompson said, were among those deli-
vered up by the female now previa, though she said at the Mite
she delivered up-all there wer:.
The female now produced these two duplicates, and stated that
@bewail not a regular servant at Gerrard's Hall. but ontli employed
there as cook till they got s servant ; that Mr. Cant ors being a
countryman of 111'14, •Ise had particularly attended upon hint due.'
ing his illness, and that on the day beture lie died he told her that
he had 110 money to recompense her for her attention, aid desiring
her to bring his writing desk, took front thence it number or dupli-
cates and gave them to her in consideration of the trouble she had
had with him. When the gentlemen came. and she was asked
about the risings, Mr. Carroll, one or them, desired lei hare the de.
plicatrs to look at, and it was with the understanding that they
vac to he returned to bee, that she parted with thaw: 3dr. Titania-
son now had, hut that he kept them and gave Lee a aovercign. She
gave up then all the duplicates but the two she now had, anal those
she was willing to give up if they would pay her her charge for at.
tending on Mr. Camden. She had only received U. mad her
charge for attendance by a bill site now handed in was 31. The
only evidence she had to prove the donation to her by Mr. Ganleton
was the waiter, who said that he was afraid to go into the room as
the gmitlentan was dying, but that she told him at the acid of tbe
stairs that he had given her all his duplicates.
Mr. Thoniuson satd, that adusitut 's the tact of the donation it