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London, England, 1821-12-20 00:00:00

♦l. ronvietell in the mall of 101. fa► serving after tweet
e'elork It P h 4. atrembly In the Pole Po ice Art. A variety
of dlertrdrrs wry. also proved to have been committed in Ins
holm MN, the oboes boor, by patrons areal frame who re.
sorted 114 re.
Mr. Hownphries, the 'Horsey, appeared foe the Dehndant,
end gave 'noire of an appeal horn the rouvietwa
foreyik firma was ordered to Iliad bail, ehargrd with bring
enat:crtied wish •nolher maw in a conspiracy to übialo gouda
free" a another of tradesmen under false pret . He was
stopped sod brought to the Office by a broker, from whom
In lid obtained goods he the satouni of 71.
A frw evenings sine, a &wink iufant, five years of age,
way cl,e,t3ted jolt, a privy in Dottonddrem, Long-acre. by a
sP•mtn, and stripped of all its coils emend Iwo In-tricorns,
rind the wretch left the infant in that ■tate, whose erten
brunet's smite person to ►ee assistant. The 'mien chokes

urre trierd to"a dealer fa eatised-hand clothes, in Pi 118“11:
street, Drury-line, ehrs, us being seasmuilied before the
M.gisirate.sesterrlry, very readily gave throe up, mad the
Isar. augur doe ehrid &flighted her of soy boowle.lge o< do
articles baring bees ofooloo.

tiAaLsozooon-%THEET.
A female In • pregnast state was charted with making •
riot at the haute of a tradesman with a view of extorting
grinner, stating the complaluant to be the father of the ala-
i:Oltenia. offspring.
Th. defence was, that the traderimaa had promised the
•ecuted some money, alai* he denied After mach contr.-
arroyo, the accused informed the Magistrate in the complain-
ant's beating, that if be tatinl4 give her the !rode of musty
the demanded, she Would awl swear the child lo him. The
charge was dismisted wi.h disgust, as the I rad. smau had no
wish to be further troubled.
NVOiIitRIP-STAsItT.
A WHOLESALE DEALER IN COUNTERFEIT COIN.
!Story Doyle wsa brought before the Magistrate', charged
with telling 72 pieces of counterfeit coin, representing shit-
rags suit siapesees rif the legal coin of the realm.
The Prisoner is as Oil woman, who for • great length of
time kept • frail stall at the eons*? of • court in Pettit-I.m-
-1 use, and in coosequeree of information received hp I:leed,
the officer, he appointed two persons to make • purchase of
the apnrion• coin from the Prisoner. She, on heti,/ applied
I.s by those individuals, emieriook to furnish any quantity they
trqn i red, either by the score or thousand, at 6.1. 6.1. per pound.
Is November last Iwo purchases of 20r. at a time Werewaide.
She was :0 furnish them ready heated, so as to sound well
ellen rung, sod oh int ite ly the officers gave mei krd anweell• to
whit h they could again swear, to the said persona makieg the
purchases, when she was liken into custody sad sloe money
frond opens her Ansongat the whole of Ilse spurious coin
were sixteen bed sixpences, but no half crones, although
they were asked for.
The Prisoner was folly committed for trial.
starroN. oh ROF.K.
Vetter's! Jones Soda, au t a woman named Ana Nichols,
who lived conk in the family of Wm. Fltilioninre, Erg. N 0.7,
Upper Siontagu-striet, Russell-tonere, were brought up
aid underwent an examination, the latter charged with plan.
lariat her roaster, and the former as being accessary afore
the fact.
tfiward Hancock, eons/able, of Rattle-bridge, apprehended
Ilre mate Prisoner in Reppel street the preco.ding night, wills
n tante sack, containing Michas airmails of the beet quality,
consinhog of stew-paus, must-pons, Wien, &e. On being
taken to the watch-horse he contested be had received them
from the female Prisoner, who had lived in her place four
years. Upon this she was takes into custody, and on search-
Om her IA eovereigns' and 'ld keys, which opened every
(bower and beaufet, both in the dvalliog-house and at Mr.
P.'. clambers, in Stone-builolinga, were found upon her, by
which means she had access to •Il the property. A search
warrant was obtained, and (iterated by Read and Hancock,
to *larch the female Paisoaer's sister's house, is the Bo-
rough, where some moped, was fumed which proved to be
belooring 10 Prisoners were re.
sanded.
LAMBETH-STREET.

CHARGE OF MURDER.
Yeaterday Daniel Mahoney, • bricklayer's lalhourer,
• whom • verdict of w.ifisl murder was returned bf.
• COMilres 1 ury, was brought span the Catraser's *smut,
slanted with the wilful murder of Richard Needs.
Ti,. office was crowded to bear the esaasisalsa, and the
Rev. Sir. Mathias, the UMW of initeelispel, was pretreat
with the Magistrate whir presiderL •
• The nest witaess called was Thouseadtag, the landlord of
the Gyre., Man, Castlewstreei, Whiteellapel ; bring acorn,
he mated that ea the night of Friday three weeks he shut up
leis house at eleven u'elisk and went to bed; at absst 'twelve
Is was awoke out of his sleep by some persons hoot kiug at
Li, door; on opening it, he found tise Prisoner., the deceamd,
tied another man, who requested to have a pot of porter,
which they were served with, sad drask it in the passage;
they talked lo4elher, and *lissom heard the Prisoner ray to
Cs deceased, " Dirk, doe% you remember having gives
inf. a *hip is the face ?" (anodise to a recent Agin which tuck
pb•ce bistro them, in which Needs heat him.) The rt...
C. 00•41 replietd, •• Not to bear malice, to forget mid forgive."
The Prisoner ilien paid to the deceased, o I'll advise you to
look cut for yourself, or I will look out for you." Ma-
I•orty, is company with his friend, went out of the house,
'tt streek the deceased a desperate blow uu lbe head with
• Isere stone.
John Harris was passing by the Greco Man at the time the
I'o* was struck. Ile saw the Prisoner give the deceased a
desperate blow on the head with a stone, and the threat",
instantly fell un the ground senseless; blabony and Lis com-
pilation ran away with all possible operd, and witness pur-
r weed them with • cry of " Murder!" but they made their
11 SCOW. 011 returning to the spot, lie howl the d il lying
on Aar ground weltering in big blood, with his bead dreadfully
I at; he was quite insensible, and was carried away fur as
al...tante; a swot was found near the deceased which be bad
Leen stark sigh.
James Francis saw the Prisoner sad another man drinking
sons porter with the eternised is the passage of the Green
Man publtelsouse. The Prisoner quitted the place first, and
solid to the deceased, " Come Moog, Dick," iuviting bim
to gn out; he bad secretly threatened the deceased, who
shortly afterwards followed the Prisoner; on going outside
the deer, I. sow the Prisoner give the deceased a violent
blow on the bead with a large stone, and be fell down.
'the deceased received a large cot on his head, which bled
rer4sely.
Thomas Yawy, • watchman near the Green Mao, heard
somebody say, " Come •long, Needs ;" he saw a blow gists,
sod the deceased fell.—(Tbe deceased's hat and the stone
er•• here produced.)—The steis was (fiat, and about twelve
inchen is diameter; the hat was bent Whom the blow, which
meat bate beta very desperate, and the dent corresponded
with *ltemize of the slime on being compared.
John Sampson, a patrol, oat bearing that Needs bad bees
absent murdered, called oil him ; he said that Mahony
had killed him ' • he apprehended Mahony at his lodgings ; be
then confronted him with the deceased; oa which be said,
that hr war the mass who bad struck him the blow.
Juba Partridge, a constable, called at Neads's house, and
•poke to him. la answer to his qnestioss, be said that he
was ecitspeiow• of his approaching death, and that the Pri-
soner was the mau tabu struck Iwo.
Mrs. Needs was present, and appeared to be very much
*Meted m tier husband's fate. She was in mourning. Oa
being sawn, she ideutified the hat produced as her InIF
bind's.
Tbe Magistrate requested the witnesses to be very careful
low they gave their evidence against the Prisoner, especially
that part where they alluded to the expressions of the Pri-
soner towards heads when in the passage of the public.
huoes; they ought to endeavour and remember the exact
words that be made sae of. Tbe life of the Prisoner depend.
a d upon their evidence, and they ought to give it fairl).
The Pritioner was sow asked whether he wished to say any
thing in Ms defence.
lie confessed that be had been with the deceased, and
qnarralled with him, tint be went straight home, mad knew
nothing of the blow received by the deceased.
The Prisoner was fully eunimitted to New/gate for Meal,
and the witnesses were bound over to prosecute.
bir.Thearipstra, the Chief Clerk, informed the Magistrate,
Inas Osbert/eon, •ho proved that the deceased's death was
warmed by the inland on the beam, had been examined before
the Comore, mod bound over by hum to appear at the tics.
510011 to give evidence agaimt the Prisouer.