The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-10-16 00:00:00

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Andrew Idazill yesterday underwent a tecood
•xamination, charged with privately stealing divers
articles of wearing apparel. watches. &c. in the
White Horse Inn. Fetter-lane, White Rear, Pieca-
dilly. Hatchett's Hotel, and several other Inns and
Coffee-houses.

The first peunn examined WAS John Lloyd, waiter
at the White Btu. who remembers the Prisoner
coming to that house sense time last July, in a hack-
ne). •,•• t h, about seven or eight o'clock, and
..be 'her he could be accommodated ? He de-
ed t'e waiter to take care of his trunk, as he was
going to the Admiralty, and would return imme-
diately I he returned shortly alter, sooner than the
Witness expelled, for he did not think he could
have been to tke Admiralty in so short a time... He
remained at the White Beef that night. and the
next morning, at nine o'clock, he discharged his
bill, and went away. When paying his bill, he
held his bead down, so as to prevent his face from
being seen. On the Sund•y after the Prisoner lett
the house, when Witness went up to his room to
dress, be found his box broken open, and mis'ei
various articles of wearing apparel, and a silver
Watch, with G. Giles engraved on the case.
The watch was produced by the pawnbroker
with whom it was pledged by a woman of the name
of Jones, on the 6th Sept. ; it was 'dent:lied by
Witneu. In a closet he also found a number of
bricks curiously packed. He could not say posi-
tively whether the Prisoner is the person who was at
Vie White Bear, but thinks he is.
John-Wharton. head waiter at the White Horse
Inn, Totter-Lane, stated, that on the 30th of Sep.
umber, or tat of Oftober, the Priscner came to the
Whim Horse, and hie trucks remained there for six
some nights he slept ihereNnd ethers he
staid out ;on the et the present month he paid
his bill, and desired the puler to call a coach,
which be .got into and ordered the coachman t.
drive to Oztord•street. Shortly alter, WllftebS went
up to his room, when he found his trunk broken
open, and missed four pair of small cloaths. four
waistcoats, live shirts, nine neck handkerchiefs, and
several other articles, also four 11. notes; be imme-
diately suspeued the Prisoner, and endeavoured to
fried the number of the coach, but without effea
be went to the watertn.nh at the coach-stsuct from
whence it was taken, he then repaired to (Mord-
street, and searched for him ; the greater part of the
day and night, he was busily eniplcried in tracing
him out ; the next day he and frdtt went in search
of bin and between ten and eleven o'clock at
right they appre..ended him in Lae Portman Arrss
public•house, in Upper bet &Ail-street. He bad
on, when apprehended, a pair of black k,rsey mere
breeches and a pair of black silk stockings, the
perry of this Witness, and a silver watch belting
to the Porter of the White Horse. In has po,ket
by was f °and, which opened the door of No. 8,
Upper Berkeley-street, ai'llere Trutt found a nun:ha
of pawnbroker's duplicates. Amongst the articles
produced by the pawnbrokers, %Vhartcn recognised
Caro waistcoats that were stolen from him.

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Stall aLd Esrponin Penn, the former a
waiter, and the latter porter at die Whtte-florse
lon, lust a watch each, besides other articles of
wearing apparel Stall's watch was pledged at a
pawnbroker's in PortiAnd-buildings, by an old wo-
man of the manse of Collins, who, it appears, is

•. vaulter to the Prisoner,
• Amongst the articles produced by the pawub-okers rat
' • were several calico shirts, marked h. Crane, and at
.:!: others soaked F.. C. The latter shirts were supposed !h
to belong to a gentleman, an Odicer in the Navy, ot I to
,i N the name of Cheethen, whit lost some papers, a.,sl Ir
11, i about fifty ()minds, town I latchett's ticitel. p;
• • i. He was remanded until dnesday next, when he j e
,
- will undergo another examination ; after who, h. we to
; understand, he will be mounted at (iuddlo.oll : he v.:
.. ~. having, according to report, committed sever.s 1 de- 0
I- predations in toe City. ar the iiai•ace..'s Head, Fri- ti
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4,11 aret/eat, and sevral ciher piao.es.
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.s On Thursday miming last, a large assenobiai;e „
• of the " Knights of the spur" tonic pl•tce on tit! „
Race-ground. at Newcattle, to witness the decision I b
I 1 of a bet made the preceding, evening, by " two 1 ~
1 • Brother Chi, s." most probably under the irfaence 1
;i' •
'. M the )0111' G ed. Mr. B , of Leek, under-
; s took to run Mr. H--, of Loodcr., there miles.
•,r ', fora gimpy, yof wire ;at sin, dug, toe m 1,14 were ci
i :.M favour of Mr. is. but alter ruining 'bola 400 • v
: yards, finding himself inadequate e o the task. he .
l' l. save op. Mr. H persevered in going aver the
igrouncl, in order to gam his race. •I he ii...inpeti- 4,
t",---Iters. with their fro• rids, dined at the Crown and I c
it rilloktle. and slant tz.e atteritoon with the greatest c
.-g-onviviahs 7 • :
1". . Ou 'Cluirschy , the Ist of o.9ober. .. writ to the
t. 7 f etii of Dorse. I=th:fled against 'i oi omits Fun- i
• cu.. la-e C•sileilor of F.scise, at Preston, in Lan- f
1 ice, for embezzlement of the duties by him col- ; I
ed, came on to be tried. The principal wit- ; 1
~ , • s was a Mr. Hanote. late Clerk to the sdi-! I C
It ' • or, now in custody in the CAI I:' on ' t
w • • 'icion of aiding and wetting it.e 1.-..t1 Fen. t
,
? - Ls. It appeared in evidence, that Mr. It s s sac ie. i
ii ' • d not a shilling of the money, but adled under 1
i . direetions and impulse of fear of o:,e Oriii,
• ' farmer clerk, hut now an opulent merchar-t, and
• : • i had the style management of 1:11:414,.Lt.'; money I
• . terns. The Jury found a verdia, that the -aid i
Dieu. died at Preston. on the '2lth April, 11407, ]
that on the day of his death he stood indebted to . I
bla tzars its the sum it 44.5401. 4s 9;d. and I I
• . that on the same day the said Oct. a was i•— ; 1
ed to the said Fermati, in the suns of
,t. . 44. aid. being money received of him, 1
which he knew belonited to his MAJCST v, but .
• .e impropetly retained, and appropriated to i
a We.
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