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London, England, 1822-12-24 00:00:00

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GUILDHALL
EXTENSIVE ItORRERY KY THE CITY GAM/ OF

HOUSEBREAKERS.
A dicing burglary. accompanied with robbery to a consi-
derable extent committed in one or the most public thorough-
fares in the itity, fiarmcd the subject of a long investigation
at this entre yesterday, before the sitting Magistrate, Mir.
Alderman Thorpe, the history of which, as detailed in evi-
deuce, was as I.I.IIOWSZ
Fishman, the watchman of the Leekite-hill heat, in going
his rounds, between three and four o'clock on fiunday morn-
ings observed a man loitering near the door of the poulterer's
strop, at the south end of Fleet-market, and, while in the act
of telling him to go about his business, heard, as he thought,
a noise like the ereeking of • door, and, linking down the
middle of the market, saw another man standing at Mr.
Richardson's, the butcher's shop, a high adjoins Mr. Morris's,
the linewitraper, that forms the south-east corner or the
market, fronting Bridge-street, and, on going towards him,
found Sir. Richardson's door open. The two fellows imme-
diately ran off Joan the middle of the market. Fishmen
closed the door, sprung his rattle, and pursued the latter fel.
low, oho made towards Skinner.street. In his was. an at-
tempt was Mlle to stop the fellow by one of the watchmen
of SI. Sepulchre's, who actually caught him by the coat, but
the dap gave way, and the fellow escaped, leaving part of his
coat in the watchman's hands. Thu other fellow took the
contrary direction, and was stopped by the watchman al the
corner of Ilarp-alley. and taken to the watch-tools°. The
watchman who took him had no charge to prefer, other than
that of seelwr him running away, with all possible haste, at the
time be heard the rattle spring; and the prisoner. being un.
able to give • good account of himself, was actually sent to
the remoter as disorderly, before the news of the robbery had
reached the watch-house.
On receiving inlswmation there, Smiths, the constable of the
night, together with a patrol and watchman, proceeded to
carmine Mr. Richardson 'a premises, when it was discorered
that no robbery had beets coinniitted there, the thieves hav-
ing merely used the shop as a depository for the stolen pro-
perty. No person, it seem*, sleeps In Mr. Morris's shop ;
the premises are locked up at night, and the door secured by
a strong bar on the outside, fastened by a patent padlock,
which et is didleult, if not impossible, to pick. This padlock
had been forced off by the thieves, and lest its absence, in a
situation where there was so strong a light from the gas lamps,
should be observed by the watchman, the I.er was carefully
replaced, and an Aber padlock substituted in its stead, which,
could only he done by one of the gang outside, after the rob.
ben had made their entry. In Mr. Morris's shop • Complete
clearance had been made of all the must valuable goods. Pte
property, taken consisted of silk shawls and scarfs, gannets,
&lc. to the value of between 30111. and 40.i1. The till was
broken open, but as Mr. Morris lakes his money home with
him at night, the robbers got nothing from thence but be-
tween as. and 6s. in coppers. The lock of tbo desk bad been
forced, and three or four bills that were in Mr. Morris's bill-
hook also taken away. At the time the thieves were dist urb•
ed they had completed their job, and were only wailing the
arrival of a hackney-coach to convey away the properly, the
whole of whir+, together with a dark lantern, pick-lock
keys, and other implements, was found packed up in twn
large bags in Mr. Richardson's shop, the door of which had
been opened by a skeleton key, which was left in the lock.
l'he reason t.r this removal of the property was, that Mr.
Richardson's shop has • dour toward the carriage-way, the
east side of the market, to which a coach can draw up.
The prisoner, who, as we have already staled, had been
taken to the eompter, when brought up yesterday, was re-
cognized by Fishman, as the fellow be had seen loitering at
the poulterer's door, and turned out to be a brother of it fel-
low of the name of Turnley, well known by the officers as
connected with the notorious Charles Crowder, whose ex-
ploits have frequently been before the public. Crowder him-
self is at
.present in the House of Correction, under a sen-
tence of six mouths imprisonment. His mother, however, we
observed in the Justice-room, anxious, no doubt, to learn
the fate of his companion. Nothing was found upon the pri •
goner, except a latch.key and a street door key, the latter of
which bore marks of having recently been tiled. This, he
said, 11,48 the key of his brother's house, but where it was si-
tuated he declined telling. The prisoner's initiation cannot
have been of long date. He hiss never been "in trouble," as
it is termed, before, and but lately was living in service as a
footman.
Remanded for further examination.
BO W-ST,RE FT.

MILLING A CHARLEY AND GETTING QUODED.
Saturday night is generally, of all the nights in the week,
the most prolific its rows, consequently of a Sunday morning
die watch-houses aro pretty well thronged with gentlemen
and ladies, who have had the Annume of being introduced to
his Warship. the night constable, by the Knights of the Win,
latterly designated in dear Dublin, Knights of the Squeak.
Yesterday morning the St. Martin's watch-house book con-
tained the following charges:—
Mr. Wm. Goodyear, of New-street, Covent-garden, was
charged by J. Anderson, a watchman, in Bedford-streets1
Covent-garden, and Win. Hill, a watchman, in King-strecta
Covent-garden, with committing a violent :moult upon their
persons, at half-past one o'clock on Sunday morning ; and
Mr. H. Powell, of:liencer-street, Southampton-square,
ro City-ad, was char with attempting to rescue the said
W. Goodyear from their custody.
The night constable of St. Martin's stated, that he ad-,1
milted both of the accused to bail in't Sunday morning, and
one of them, Mr. Powell, was in attendance, but Mr. Good-
year was not. •
A gentleman stepped forward and said that he was the
friend of Mr. Goodyear, who was dangerously ill fcorti,
and bruises which he had received at the hands °Me' watch
men, and from a violent cold be had caught. 'He banded a
certificate of a medical man, to Sir Richard Birnie, which
stated as follow :
" Monday morning, December 11.
" I hereby certify that Mr. Wm • Goodyear, of New-street,
Covent.gardlen, is very ill of what is termed an ilitimmatinia
un the lungs. " EDW. GOODYEAR."
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The gentleman stated, that the surgeon who wrote the cer-
tificate was the brother of the absent accused ; and ho added,
that the young gentleman was quite light-beaded from the
effects of the injuries received by the bludgeons of the watch-
men, and his recovery was considered doubtful,
A gentleman residing in Jermyn-street, stated that he
saw the watchmen assaulting Mr. Goodyear, and of all
the brutal outrages ever committed, none exceeded it. He
saw Mr. Goodyear down on the ground, and a watchman
jumping on him, and beating hint on the legs, arms, and head,
with a thick slick.
Sir Richard Itirnie ordered the watchmen to he examined.
Anderson stated that be was a watchman in Bedford-
street; and, about half-past one o'clock on Friday morning,
be saw Mr. Goodyear, with a common street-walker, at the
door of a public-house, knocking loudly to get liquor. He
went to him, and requested him to desist from making a
noise, as it was impossible to get liquor ot that late hour. He
continued making a noise, and by his violence alarmed the
whole neighbourhood, when lie told him that if be did not go
about his Dimness, be should take him to the watch-hquse.
" Take that!" exclaimed the gentleman, and gave de-
sperate blow with his ti,t, which- sentliim sprawling. He got
up and attempted to seize him, when be received *event' other
blows, and at last they had a scufilc:ind came down in the
gutter, by the stump at the corner the,street. A watchman
named tlill cause to his assistance, and ho received several
blows. There was amy of" rescue" Trade by Goodyear, and
the prisoner Powell came up and iatertkred, and he was also
conveyed to the watch-house. When they arrived with the
prisoners on the steps of the watch-house door, Goodyear
forced himself out of his hands, and gave kini four or live
blows about the head; and while the night-constable was
taking the charge he again struck him, and was then conveyed
down below, and locked up.
Hill a watchman, of king-street, Covent Garden, stated,
that he saw Mr. Goodyear assault Anderson repeatedly,
and Powell was taken for attempting to .gut Goodyear
away from them. Powell did out strike either of them. He
did not hear Goodyear eall tia the crowd to rescue him.
Willis, a watchman; corroborated the statement of his
fellows," and said that what the gentlemen bad stated, about
Anderson beating Mr. Goodyear, could not be true, because
he was sure Anderson lord no stick. ' • .
Sir Richard.—No stick ? Tbcn be ought to have had a
stick.
Anderson aaid—" Pleaseyour Worship, I had a stick ; but
I lust it in the " row."
Three most respectable gentlemen, one of them an officer
in his Majesty's service, said, that the blows of Anderson, at
the person of Mr. Goodyear, with his stick, were the must
brutal and ferocious that could be conceived. He struck at
all parts of the body as if lie was knocking down au ox.—
Tbey could not speak as to the commencement of the affray;
it was at the corner of King-street they first saw the reu..
mitre.
The Night Constable said, that Goodyear was like a mail-
man, in the watch house ; he assaulted the watchman repeat-
edly on the steps, and while he was writing down the charge,
lie sprung forward and gave Anderson a duusc of the chops,"
and he in return received from a watchman a blow with a
stick on Lis forehead, which caused the blood to run down
his lice.
The Magistrate ordered Mr. Powell to find hail to answer
the charge at the Sessions, and ordered a warrant to be taken
out against Mr. Goodyear, to insure his attendance as soon
as to was recovered from his indisposition, to answer the
accusatiou of the watchman.
CHRISTMAS.

Two men, named Crawford and Waved, were charged by
Harris. a mounted Wrote, with stealing a cart 10,0 of holly,
which it is believed the prisoner had cut Irons some gentle-
man's coppice.
Harris stated, that he saw the prisoner driving a cart, near
Holloway turnpike, towards London ; its contents were co-
vered over with a sail-cloth. He stopped them, and found
that the cart contained holly, recently cut, and inside one of
the bundles he round two small saws, which he had no doubt
had boon owed by the prisoners in getting the holly. At the
holtren of On cart we, a pick-axe.
The prisoners said, that they got a living by taking oysters,