The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-06-03 00:00:00

POLICE.

MA RLEIOROUG •S TRE ET.
Yesterday a young man of fashionable appearance in point of
dress, figure, &c. who gave his name Wm. Robinson Foster was
brought before Mr. ROE, the sitting Magistrate, from St. Georges
watddiouse, upon the following very extracrdintry charge.
.Mr. Edward Hampton Noy, a young gentleman, by profession a
Notary, residing at No. 23, Greet Totter-street, in the City. being
i sworn, ststed, that between four and tire o'clock on Wednesday
morning, he was on his way home, through Ss. Jemes's-square,
rather inebriated, when he was accosted by two gentlemen in opine,-
ince whole, he had never seen befine, and of whom the prisoner at
'
the bar was one. After wishing him a good morning, they asked
him which way he was going. He replied, in the direr Ma of the
New Road ; they observed that they were going in the same di-
rection, and they might all as well go together. They aU then
accordingly walked together some distance, when the two strangers
proposed to him to go with them to their hotel, and have some
breakfast ; this he consented to, and they proceeded on until they
came to a common public-house, called the Hoop, in Mount.street,
the corner of Park-lane ; here they all went in, and proceeded op
stairs to a private room, he (Air. Noy) led on by the two strangers.
The prisoner and his companion then called for some rum and milk,
of which they all drank to the 'mother of six tumblers; a pint
of brandy was next called for, which they also soon dispatched, and
atter that a bottle of sherry wine, which shared the same fate,
and for all which be (Mr. Noy) was induced to pay, with an
understanding that a proper account should be settled after
they had breakfasted. 'lnie two strangers now proposed that as it
was better not to think of going to bed at that advanced hour of the
day, they should beguile away the time with a trifling game at
cools. Mr. Noy played, and lost ; and subsequently was induced
to try his fortune at chicken hazard. Mr. Noy had just as little lack
with the diccas he had with the cards, and he very soon found him-
self disencumbered of sixteen sovereigns and a 10/. note. He was then
&drove of leaving off play, having no more money about him,
when the companion of the prisoner said, " ll—ii it, man, you
seem to have a valuable a atch about you, and how can you be
without money''" They ultimately persuaded him to give his
gold watch, chain, and seals, to be pled4ed for what they would
fetch, and the prisoner took them with him out of the house, and'
soon returned again, bringing back all. in money, and the du-
plicate of the watch. They wanted to keep the duplicate in their
owu possession, but this lie peremptorily resisted, and they
' then proposed to sell it to him for 51. He, however, insisted on
getting it without these " reasonable" terms, and it was ultimately
given to him. The money which was had upon the watch soon
followed his first stock, and he again proposed to crate playing,
bat the prisoner and his companion represented that as he had lost
a small sum it was only fair that he should have a chance of win-
ning it back, and they would play with him on credit. The bait
unfortunately took too well. Alr. Noy's ill luck still stuck to him,
and after some further time in play ir.g it was announced that he bad
lost 1001. li was then proposed that Mr. Noy should give his ac-
ceptance for this amount before any more play went on. This he
consented to do, and the prisoner went out and purchased damps
for bills of exchange, and after a little time had elapsed Mr.
Noy was induced to accept five bills for 10W. About seven
o'clock in the evening, having spent the whole day in this manner,
incessantly at play, with the exception of the short interval of
dinner.titne, and octasionally drinking brandy, the pnsoner and
his companion taking care to fill his (Mr. Noy s)
.glass twice for
one: they Idled their own, to the dismay and astonishment of Mr.
Noy it was announced, that independent of the bills he had ac-
cepted, he was then a debtor to the amount of ten thousand
pounds, having *Mee the last settlement lost that sum to his anta-
gonists, and they actually proposed that a bond should be forth-
with procured sad drawn up for him to sign as security for the debt.
Thiaftightfol proposal at length coined the eyes of Alr. Noy to
the abyss upon which he stood, and be at once charged then, with
having swindled and defrauded him cut of his money and securi-
ties. The 'parson who held the bills, &c. soon made off, but Cie
prisoner was given into custody ; no property except a duplicate for
a trifliug article was found upon him.
Mr. Warrcll, the landlord of the Hoop, gave a strange account
of the two men, and declared that he did not know of the cards and
dice being in his house.
Mr. Rot, the Magistrate, now asked the prisoner who and
what he was.--He replied, that his name was what he had be-
fore stated, but he was of 110 profession or business ; his family
reside in the county of l)ublin, in Ireland, to which 'dace he
was about to go' in a few days, being only detained in town wait.
ing for a remittance from his father, and he and his friend Mr.
Eustace took up their residence for a short time at Mr. AVarrell'e,
until they could leave town, being both rather involved in difEcul-
ties. Tne prisoner then gave • partial account of meeting Mr.
Noy st a ganiblino-house, and of their proceedings until Mr. No
lost as he bad described ; but he (the prisoner) never played stall,
and only kept the account, at the request of Mr. Noy : and it !vas
also at his solicitation that he went out for the stamps, and to pledge
his watch. As for benefiting by the transaction, the proof that he
had not was his not having a farthing of money about him.
Mfr. Roo, the Afagistrate, said, that he was fully satisfied that
this was a conspiracy arid plan laid to plunder Mr. Noy of his pro-
Penis
the prisoner was committed for went of bail, and the officers
directed to kick out for Emote, the companion of the prisoner.