The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-11-19 00:00:00

POLICIL
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1101/I-STRIPT.
Yesterday William Towhee underwent soother exaerti-
nation before bit Richard Burnie, the presiding Magistrate,.
charged with shooting at William Beckett, • bay elf•PO
lean old, whereby his head and face were eenerilly
Geared, and he has lo.t the wee ti hie right eye, oe the Mkt'
of July lam. at Heaton, near linissalow, the pa/tit:elan ‘ll
which we wive on Frtday.
The statement of the boy wee confirmed by Titoism.
Colemma, who easel work near the spot, when the Prisoner
rho at the boy, and beard him exclaim, " Oh, my eye !"
several times after he was shot by the Primeer, mho held bum
up le see what ilury he had dens him.
Mr. Ralph Allem Frogley, a tularemia, of Hommlow, *wed,
that on the 18th of July hr was seat lur to the bonne of Mr.
P. Bell, at Heston, to attend • child that had beret shot ; he
found the complsioant to have received sissy wound. from
!maims is his head and fare; be remained in • longer...a
state for two Of three weeks. H. extracted esteeral sesa,ll
stones from his brad and face. The child completely lopt
his right eye.
Colonel Clithero, of Breetford Butts the attic( Ma-
gistrate for that iloari.t, attended at the request of B.r.
Richard Bum.% before whom sad the oilier Magistrates the'
ease bad been uader iovesougsLion. The Colonel argued
• imam."' why be and the other Magistrates did not tiepins
this as a Crifilllial charge, they did not consider it a maliciona
shooting.

!Cr R. !Untie, and Mr. St.l►ord, She chi►f clerk, being of •
d.firreen opinom as to the Primmer hens; suunalkle to the
Aet of Parliasereat, he was consulted fur hill.

trillion Daher. a young am shoot 19 years of age, well
44.'4001.8 fee a, the lowan part of his clothes being (swathe
with mud woe ld adesihof difteenting, was brought to
charged with eutlesvnurinir to extort a sum of stoney fro*
Henry Ouldsarlid, Esq., of Nu. e, Nodfolk.street, Sirsud, nod
who staled shot 'weedily morning he walked nut with sett
ladies, sod me hie trowels, between two end thee* o'clock, he'
wawiatwastsl he was wanted at the dour. Ow going there, th:
man told Wu a lanolin's,. wan rotted theca-Im, is
street, who wished to speak to him. He wvot Otero, an.;
rowed the Prisoner, who railed bins by name, and endea-
voured to persuade him he was in rompahy with him is few
evrniogs since, sod, finless be cave hies tee guineas, he.
would charge Wan nllll the conduct volorh skew took piece;
The man who had called at the done canto up, end oslito
.• moles, yes give him sont.thiug, you will have plenty oft
moth charges against you ;" oa which he enclaisted, .• Oz.
0— I will have you is custody," and enileatoored to *resit
the Primo -err. who ran off down Surrey-street and the itionl
by the wile, side; sod, to avoid being secured, he ran late?
the mud, and the tide went up to his breast.
George Heath, jun. a water/Imi, being on the spot, port/aid.
him nadir the p. of eel too film Sir Francis Owimanney's horse,
where he clove to a post or a pile, whet IM la/hired foi.
gieenees, •ssuring Heath be war so thief• and enteloneeared
in make his esrape.—Thu Pr:sower wee rensended,

UNION HALIo.

RESURRECTION MEN.

Awe Yates and Marry Wick:, the drivers of hachasil
roaches, were yesterday charged by Mr. Farr, the lasd6o4
of the Crown sod Howie Stine Tavern, Holborn, with beta(
concerned in stealing the corre of a female who was the
reputed wife of a man shod Cowling, and who was hit
week charged with arlling her corpse to certain resorreetkili •
meas. (in the last examiliation it will he recollected Awl.
Cougns admitied, that on the sight the eorpae was alo/so
of the colfiii he al♦ drisiking in • public house with a saggil.
body stealer, named Win. Hollis.
Mr. Farr stated, that on Friday last having read an trews,
in Tat Nativism Peels Newspaper, of the body of a frinmle
having been sold to one Hollis, a reeorreetios Mini by the
reputed husband, who was sees on the same night is fir
company, it immediately otesered to him that tie, Iwo Pri•
sutlers were coocenitd in stealing the body. He (waist's)
keeps a wafering bowie, and on Wednesday microbes,
last, between three and four o'clock, the Prisoseia
"topped at his hotter, and watered their horse*, age'
having lakes some refreshment, they drove off; Mei'
returned about eight o'clock the same =otitis, Ion!
his house, and the resurrection man, was *poi the
ach box, when it stopped op-osite the door. some of tie
hackney coact:men, who were in the rank, übseived lb sat
another, " There has been worse bode esitichlne to.sight, for
Jack fates has been out with Holli•." He ("titre's) rte-
marked that the coach WWI very dirty, sad the homes op-
peered jaded. Assays as She Prisoner* gat off their coach,
he observed Ow they went to the wear r cock, washed ilkeir
hands, which wail maoseal for them to to do till ant? 11141
hail fettled their hawses and cleaned their roach, and which
cireustrtsitee tended further to row/lore him that his soopi.
emus of their harm' bees Aandling a dead body VIM set
grosodlesa.
Mr. Cbsmbera, the Magistrate, said, that there were dirighg
cireumstauces of suspicion evicting aggiost the Pristramill;
but the proof was nut sufficiest to warrant Weir comileillid.
While the shove Prisoners were being exonsietral, Coosimse
who was (barged with telling the body, entered the ogee.
The Msgi'trate asked him tithe Prisoners et the bee wets
nut the two into who bought the body of him'
Cousins replied—. I'll swear, your Wm •tip, that I gever
claw my eyes on the men in sly life before."
Hall, the °lacer—. Why, you hamar very well that yes
have gone • body unwitting with the Prieesers."
Cousins—" Me? never, so help me God!"
Hall—" Will you deny that you were shot by the gallon
as you were recopior over the wall of Mary le lame elowairli.
yard, when yaw were caught "s• welting," and that Ilwahals
use .05 sew Se 10 area in you. ?"
Coosisa—u I du deity W."
The Magus's', asked Yates and Wirks what they hog tit
say is explanatiuu of their conduct. Yates said that he our
celled off the coach-stand, in Lombard sheet, by Hollis, ow
Weds. sky morrione, who told him to drive hits to Helloes,
and be gave him Is. fur his foie; be Hever saw Hollis before
Or Mee.