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London, England, 1826-09-15 00:00:00

POLICE.

AN ENIIMIED APON;O.
SlAsstiow-iiousE.—A young Man Stoiman, who to in
4.e ;term e of some connnercini b--are in she l'ity as porter, was
100.41141:1 Leh re tke Lott` ...fOR under the following circum.

&twice.
';ell-alley, stated that on the previous night, I,
alter his !smiler bad retired to bed, he was alarmed by a violent
kliptkiag at the door. The blows were redoubled. until he beard
Mile'Phetels succersirely give way. On going down he found the
!Manner streagihig with a neighbour and a watchman, who sue-
',idyll with great difficulty In securing him. lie hail conic pre.
timid for d,,talate work. lle was armed with a terriblalN
/air, and r large pokcr. object appeared to be to gct at iier.
vane Ivo, a rehvi.m, with whom he was in lore, and who was in the
employment of ?Ir. Jut,non. In fact he confessed that such was

histro C.
1 young mss, in his defence, admitted that he had been in
t-videvermele ahh lils cousin, Sally H who was in Mr.
Johnson's Employment. She had encouraged Ilia addresses ; lie hid
beta reptatediv invited to the house, and had taken both herself
and ha master's daughter to the play, whilst Mr. Johnson was
Wien Some. When he was too late, they accommodated him with
a bed here. Ile mentioned other instances of good will towards
osi the part of Sally Norris, who had, somehow or other, be-
llow cold towards him, and had refused to speak to him. She
tad &unwise ill-used him, and he could not bear it. He knew
not what he did.
14411 y Harris, a smart flippant servant girl, who appeared very
Ihkely to Mire a young man like the prisoner to distraction, came
and spnk! of him as a mere stranger. She admitted that she had
received :Mention's from him. hut as her aunt di-liked him, and as
site was always oheditnt, she had declined to have any thing more
to say to him. For this he had threatened to take her life, and his
own aloe it. She pretended ignorance of his visits to the house,
did also the other young girl, who vas in charge of it with her.
The Loon MAYOR censured t"e two females fur having im-
properly introduced the prisoner into the house during Mr. John-
son's absence. At the same time the ptisoner must not be allowed
to manifest his disappointment by breaking Mr. Johnson's door
to pieces, or disturb the whole neighbourhood by so violent a din.
play of passion. His Lordship sentenced him, under a late Act,
to pay 41. fer the damage done to the door, and ordered him to
tintt sureties to keep the peace in future.

IMPORTANT DECISION.
Davis, a waterman, was summoned before the bond Mnyor,
tor raking a pat :tenger from one of the steam-boats out of his turn.
The derision in this case is of some importance to the public.
Davis. the defendant, called as a witness a gentleman, who stated
that he was on hoard the steam bout in question, and wished to
some on shore. He certainly telt the danger of which frequent
complaint had been made to his Lordship, in going on shore in a
wherry, harthened to within three or four inches of the water by
sight persons. and in that condition forcing a way amidst a crowd
of boats and watermen, who were struggling to get foremost. Ile
saw the defendant on the outside 01 the crowd, and call:•d him to
take hint on shore. For this purpose lie waited a Considerable time,
and in no case would he not he ready to wait an Muir, rather than
go on shore in the usual manner. 110 submitted that whatever
might be the regulations with respect to turn-keephy, he had a
right to go on shore in the manlier lie found most convenient, or
thought to be most site.
The Lotto MAYOR. on looking at the Act, with the advice of '
the City Solicitor, decided in favour of the defendant. The latter
would have been liable to a fine if he had plied for a fare out ot his
turn, hut it was perfectly competent for any passenger to engaite
him in preference to (nose who were in turn. No passenger could
be forced to take those who were in turn unless he thought proper.
'I he complaint was, therefore, dismissed.
rite complaining watermen declared that this decision would be
tte ruin of tuns-keeping•
FORCE OF EXAMPLE.
• Yesterday a woman named Shook was charged with having
atolen a watch, the property of a working man.
The prisoner wit a pauper in one of the City workhouses. She
met 3 gin-drinking old woman, the mother of the prosecutor, at a
pubic-house, and having told the latter that she had been dis-
charged from the workhouse, and knew not in what bed she could
sleep that night. was invited by her to take a share of hop bed.
Inc old woman's son came home drunk, aad threw himself down
to the floor to sleep. The prisoner disappeared: in the morning,
and the son, when he awoke, found his watch gone. The prisoner
moss soon after apprehended, but nothing was found upon her.
Tile LORD Mavol, as there was no pesitirm evidence that the
prisoner had taken the watch, discharged her.

and his friend entered the room, the latter was assailed by a fa"
with a wooden kg (supposed to be the notorious duffer,
Dowers), Dowers), who struck him a violent blow on the back of the head.
which threw him across the table, whilst the other fellow ran out of
the room, but being closely pursued, he was apprehended at the
top of Chancery-lane. The other prisoner was soon after taken
1140 custody by an officer at the nbi haunt in Fulwood's-rents.
This statement wAit fully corroborated by two other witnesses.
The prisoners denied having used any violence to the young gen-
tleman; and Is to selling the they were only employed by
another,
(;decent SELLON asked who it woe that employed them?
One of the prisoners mid that his name was Lesanges, and that
they believed the goods to be of foreign manufacture, as had been
represented to them.
They were both held to bail in good securities, one for the con-
spiracy to defraud, and the other for assault and conspiracy. They
were locked up, no bail appearing.
James Neely, a shoemaker, was brought before the Sitting Ma-
gistrate, to answer the following charge:—
Webb, a watchman on the Skinners' Estate, stated that between
eleven and twelve o'clock, on Tuesday night, he heard the cry of
" Murder !" proceeding from the residence of the prisoner, in
Claremont-place. On approaching the house, the door was opened,
and Mrs. Neely, without any covering but her night clothes, claim.
ed his protectinn. lie went into the house, accompanied by some
neighbours, who had collected on the spot ; and found the prisoner
brandishing a poker in his right hand, with which a portion of the
bedstead had been demolished, and clasping a common knife in his
left. He appeared to be in an ungovernable fury, and threatened
destruction to any who might oppose I. n. (lie had been brought
up on Wednesday morning, but In consequence of the illness of his
wife from his usage, and her being in an advanced state of preg-
nancy, lie was remanded until yesterday.]
Mrs. Neely, an interesting-looking woman, apparently in a very
weak state, stated that fur two years past she had been subject to
every species of ill-treatment from her husband, and that he had
been twice incarcerated on that account. On Tuesday night he
came home partially intoxicated, and insisted on her getting up ;
which she not doing so readily as he wished, he drew all the
clothes from the bed; and flourishing a poker, swore he would
be the death of her, should she dare to replace them.
Mr. Sergeant SELL()); said that the prisoner's conduct had been
gross and unmanly in the extreme ; but as no distinct assault
had been proved, he could tint bold him to bail on that charge.
He then asked Mrs. Neely if she thought her life in danger from
his tit-pierce ; and being answered in the affirmative, said that the
prisoner must find good securities to keep the peace towards his
unfortunate wife.

ROBBERY AT THE DUKE OF YORK'S NEW
91ANSION,
QUEEN-SQUARE.—Yesterday the sitting Magistrate was occu-
pied till past four o'clock with investigating the circumstances of a
robbery at the Duke of York's new house early in the morning.
Two respectable looking wen, IVellians Redmond and Richard
Jackson, the former of Claret don street, Welworth-common, and
the latter of the Shades, Charing-cross, but formerly of the Warren
Hastings East Indiaman, were charged on suspicion of stealing a
quantity of tools belonging to the carpenters who are employed on
the Duke of York's new mansion in the Green Park.
The first witness, George Ilitchiner, deposed, that he lived at
Howley, hut slept in fiwailow-nreet, in order to be near his work,
at the Duke of York's. Ile locked up his tools at half-past five on
Wednesday afternoon, but on going to work yesterday morning he
found them gone. The toolthouse was under the care of John
Jenkins, who had locked the outer door up. Ile could not go to
work for the want of his tools, which lie han since found at a gene-
ral sale shop, at Charlotte. terrace, near the Coburg Theatre, where
one of the planes was placed at the door to he sold, and where lie
challenged it. A t this moment the prisoner Redmond came up with
two planes to sell, when an officer (Herring). who had observed a
crowd surrounding the door, came up. Thomas Tube, another of
the workmen, who bad accompanied him, stopped Redmond with
the two planes, and gave hint over to the officer. All the four went
into a hark parlour, where the witness saw a basket which eOntained
more of his tools,
Edward Herrieg, a constable, deposed, that he was coming past
the Coburg Theatre, at one o'clock yesterday, when he saw the last
witness and Robert Sawyer, the ahopman, talking, and Ilitchiner
observing that he would send for an officer. Ile went up, and while
they were in the back parlour. where the basket was found, Jack-
son came in, when witness took charge of him. Sawyer then pointed
to Jackson, an being the person who received the money fur the tools,
There was a Bow-street patrol who came up, and who found can
Jackson's person a number of tickets for pledged tools.
Thome, Newberry, a carpenter. mow identified the basket as his
property, and also some of the tools. They all agreed to get Hit-
chiner to go about the town to inquire for the stolen •nols.
Thomas Tube, also a carpenter, said. that llitchiner came to
him and told him of the robbery, when he advised him to go to-
wank the New-eut, so the most likely place to find them, and he
offered to go with him. Ile met Redm and at the moment he was
offering the property for !tale, and took Aim. Redmond said, that
if the tools were stolen it was unknown t o him, and he would take
him to the man that sent hint. Just at this moment the Pow-street
patrol came up, and went with them to the Rose and Crown, here
Jackson was sitting, and was pointed out by Redmond. The pater':
searched the prisoner, and found thirteen duplicates and a quantity
of silver in his pockets.
Mr. WHIT 11—Will you have the kindness to inform me what
induced you to take Hitchiner to the New-cut? You must have
ad sortie reason for it.
Tube—Your Warship, I had reason enough, I assure you. I
have been robbed of tools to the amount of 71. and upwards, and I
found many of them at the tame shop. Pollens your Worship
mar recollect that I have been here before on this same kind of
business.
Mr. WHIT E—l thought I had seen you hem..
Redmond. In his defence, said that he had met Jackson by acci-
dent. who hailed him as a brother chip, and they had some beer
together. Jackson at last asked him to sell some tools, which he
said were no use to him, as he should never go to sea again. He
went with them and told him he could only get six and sixpence for
them, and he had better go'and get the money himeelf.
Jackson said that he had bought the tools of a stranger that
morning.
Mr. Richard Lawrence, the proprietor of the shop, corroborated
that part of the testimony that related to Jackson's taking the
money.
Mr. Winter —I shall expect you both (Lawrence and Sawyer)
to find very good bail, to answer at the Sessions the complaint of
receiving tools, knowing them to be stolen.
Ths prisoners were then remanded, in order to trace out the
pledged goods.
KNIGHTSBRIDGE TURNPIKE.
NIAHLBORocuit-sTnEET.—Yesterday Thomas Bond, the toll-
taker of the Knightsbridge turnpike, as it is entitled in the Act of
Parliament, but generally called the Kensington Gate, appeered to
a summons, at the instance of Mr. Hayes, surgeon, of Charlcs-
street, Grosvenor-square.
Mr. Levy, who farms those trusts, and is the employer of Bond,
was desirous of making short work of the question, by offering to
waive all legal technicality, and to discharge his servant if he had
done wrong.
Mr. WILLI...Ma was the Solicitor for the toll-taker, and took
several legal objections; first, that in case of conviction, the in.
former must be a wholly disinterested person, which Mr. Hayes
could not be, to entitle him to half the amount of the sum a de-
fendant was convicted in; secondly, that the Act says half the
money shall be given to the informer, and that the Magistrates
have no power otherwise to distribute the fine. as a return must be
made to the Sessions. to allow an appeal, and Mr. Ilayes must sign
a regular stamped document so to entitle him; thirdly, that Mr.
Hayes had made himself bable to a penalty for passing through
the gate a second time without showing his ticket; and fourthly,
that the position taken by Mr. Hayes on the first examination, that
die po.t.hoese ticket freed him from the charge of toll, passing
through any gate without showing that ticket made him liable to a
fine of DI. for every offence. This was a protection to the revenue,
as any person known to possess a post-horse ticket, and suffered to
pass through a turnpike without showing it, might lend it to ano-
ther, and thereby defraud the revenne.
The first and second objections of Mr. Williams were not enter-
tained by the Magistrates, and the third and fourth were sot
mooted. Judging from the angry feeling on both sides, the two
latter may yet be heart. of. Mr. Hayes was considered by the kfi-
gistrates a competent witness as well as informer, and ultimately
received half the penalty.
Mr. !Iwo' said he should ale. don the first point of his complaint
—the illegally taking Is. 91. for pea:.liorse duty, and confine btu'.
self to the second, which makes it a peniLlty not exceeding Al. for a
toll-taker refusing or omitting to give a I:Zilei• when the tell le
he toll-taker
paid. On the 7th instant he was driven through ;2,e Knightebridgc
turnpike in a one-horse chaise anti paid threepence; !
neither gave nor offered him a ticket, nor gave it to his earn,
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on whom witneter's eyes were the whole time. As a proof of
to you ;" witness told him that was a falsity ; then Bond said," If
I did ntveit to you I did to the cosehman." That was a se.
cond Falsehood, and he should call his coachman to prove it.
The coachman stated that his master went through the gate on
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the 7th instant, and paid threepence. Whores did not think of
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witness as
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usual. On their return whom went through the gate trident
looicstation, Or paying Apia, of being asked for the ticket.
Mr. Unsaid he believed the ease to be this, for be had bad no
ottarereadwo with his tcHslostp. but es the door of the Ogee_ ,
hawing tkPlinendiSgstotisolhali Hoot. Mr. Hayes no dimira boll
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