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eumatance being made known to the Captain, he sent for Westeott,'
who traced the yoatiii to Rathbehecptace, where they were living
with Mr. Crosier, mu-chandler, stn; brought them to the office.
Upoo the prisoner beias brought up for re-examination he ad.
muted that he took two young men a shilling fare, from Bridge-
street to Robert-street, I ambeth-morsh. Ott letting them out, he
gave to tine of them n clink, who walked away with it.
Smith, the prisoner'.: master. here came forward, and mated that
on Capt. ili•Grath Col7li,lg to him, he went to where the prisoner
lodged, and he told him that he had given a cloak to two young
men ; on which he pricettled to Bridge-street, where he learnt from
the water wen that th.y said they were corn-chandlers. This in-
duced him to renew his exertions, and, aided by an advertisement,
enabled him to succeed in getting the cloak restored. His man was
a paragon of honesty.
Sir O. FAR RAter--11) our man had named that' he had given
the cloak to tiro person.: at lire', I should not have committed him ;
hiit upon my pressing :.tat question, he totally denied all know-
ledge of it.
The worthy Magistrate then desired one of the gentlemen alionld
be brought in, when, in accordance, a young man, whose appear-
ance, whatever it niiiv be on a Sunday, exhibited nothing of tho
gentleman on the present ocatsion, and who gave his none as
Finnegan, stated that heard his companion hod walked from the
City-toad to Bridge-street, where they took a chariot, on getting
out at Lambeth the eenchmsn said hero is your cloak, when he
gave him one; he knew that it was not ilia cloak, but thinking that
there might be reward for it he and his companion intended, if io
case there should be one, to divide it between them.
John Thextable, the other youth, WAS then brought In, who,
after considerable prevarication, although he was allowed to he
sworn, deposed, that on going witii the cloak to his mother, she
desired him to take it away. Rut when the coachman gave it to
his companion he thought it beionged to him, although he knew
that they took no bundle into the chariot; and that he did not
intend to keep the reward had he got it, for he had intended, that.
as the coachman was in custody, to give it to him; and the
cause of their returning it was fearing that they should come into
trouble.

hitt G. FAIMANT observed, that they had been guilty of a
felony, and lad been the sole cause of an innocent person lying
in prison for roor days; and If Captain M'Orath thought proper
to prefer an indictment against them, he would most likely suc-
ceed. As for the coachtnetn, he should now discharge him.
Mr. Smith now came forward again, aid In the course of his
remarks he observed that hackney.coacbmen were the most honest
of any body of men, but unfortunately they laboured under the ill-
opinion of the public; which arguments he supported by several
very entertaining anecdotes.
Captain M Grath finally said that, as the corehman was innocent,
he would give him a sovereign, as a reward, which he hoped would
be a stimulus to future good conduct.
AN AVKWARD SUBJECT.—Yesterday, daring the hours of
business, Mr. Brooks, t' celebrated anigomlst, of Blenheim-
street, came to the office, and stated that on Thursday night he re-
turned to his house about !er, en o'clock, when he proceeded to his
drawing-room; whilst there, and just before he was retiring, he
thought lie wou:d look and nee if all wan safe; with this determi-
nation he examined beht-.1 the curtains and other places, and at
length he came to the soya r on stooping he beheld the leg and
breech of a men. (-Imbed in a covering of dark cloth, whom he
pulled out, on which the fellow, tieing he had an open space. jumped
up on his legs, and endeavoured to farce something into Mr.
Brooke's mouth, but being too strong for him, he frustrated the
fellow's design. A striiggle ensued, when they both fell down. andi
although the door had the chain up, yet the fellow by some means
made his escape. Whilst he was keeping him at bey, he called out
murder lustily, bat neither his neighbours nor the watchman came
to his assistance. Had they dune so the fellow, whose Intention was
to rob or murder him, would Dave been taken.
The Magistrate here asked Mr. Brooks In a low tone, or at least
so we understood, whether any resurrectionist had brought in a
subject before his hour was come, who, being alarmed, might
have so exerted himself to escape from what was most probably
horrible to his feelings? To this question we understood the ana-
tomist togive an answer in the negative; and a pupil observed that
it could not have been a resurrectionist, as his clothes were not
greasy.
Tile worthy Magistrate then desired the officers to make inqui.
rles, and endeavour to bring the offender to justice.