The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-10-21 00:00:00

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GUI I. Dii ALL.
A very genteelly dresser} young man, who gave his name
Jopeph Ginger, but whose station in life did not transpire„
brought before Mr. Alderman VENABLE'. yesterday, u pew Ilse
charge of unlawfully seizing and detaining a W. Bank of England.
note. •
The complainant, Mr. Wm. Furnell, an ostrich feather manu-
facturer, residing in Nuble-street, Falcon square, stated, that hap-
pening to call in at the Sun public-house, Lotidomwall, on
Wednesday night, he found some persons playing at dominoes in
the parlour. lie sat down with them, and in the course of con.
versation, as to their respective skill in the game, he offered to
play any man in England for a sovereign. At that moment the
prisoner entered the TOO ; and having suspected. him of cheating
him upon a former occasion by slipping sonic of the dominoes into
his pocket, he added to his challelge an exception against Ginger.
After atme.further eonveraation,• hawed', he said he *mild pls,y
' with Ginger for gel. a-arffe, and the latter immediakely cried out
that he would bet hint (Feirnell) IL sovereign that he was unable te,
produce 501. Each then placed a sovereign in the hand of a third
person, and he (witness) exhibited a 501. note to most of the
persons present, from one of whom the prisoner snatched it,
and then declared he would keep it until his sovereign, which, ac-
cording to the. terms of the wager, he had so fairly lost, wat re.
turned to him: Mr. Furnell called in a constable, who found the
.501. note upon the prisoner, and took him into custody.
Mr. Alderman VEMAIILEL—WeII ; who has the note now.

Mr. Furnell—The officer.
Mr. Alderman VEWAHLEs—Let the prisoner look at it and say
if It is the same Mr. Furnell produced.
Mr. Ginger—lt iwthe same, Sir.
Alderman Few tat ES—Then give it to Mr. Fumell. You
are discharged, and let me hear no more now about this public-
house gambling bet ; hut let the landlord be summoned for suf-
fering dominoes to be played in his house.
The landlord, who was present, was anxious to enter at once
upon his justification, but the Alderman refused to hear him.
The stakeholder then applied to know how he should dispose
of the two sovereignai the Alderman, however, declined giving him
any advice.
Upon four girls, named lfolisood, Jones, Green, and Webb,
being dharged before him as disorderly, the worthy Lord Mayor
elect took occasion to express an opinion as to the treatment those
unfortunate females who throng the stteets should receive from the
often of the night, very opposite to that we have heard soma-
times fell from doe or two of the wophiptul bench. .
In the prerent case, the watchman admitted he had accompanied
his command to some of these unhappy creatures to " keep mov.
ings" with a seisure of the arm, which the Alderman condemned
as unnecessarily harsh as a first step, and as directly calculated to
laid to brawling.
The inspector of the watch (of St. Sepulchre's) replied, that
they had posirive orders to clear the streets of their parish of all such
characters. _ .

Mr. Alderman VxwantEs-,-As to clearing the erects of Our,
that is hopeless and if you had attempted it last night, you must
have found more than the four prisoners you have brought bcfire
me. The partiality with which.these orders operate is what I com-
plain of ; for where is the justice of seizing and punishing one for
an offence of whit+ all are equally guilty ? I think that while these
wretched ereateres conduct themselves in the streets with propriety,
they should not be interfered with at all.
The Alderman then committed one of the four, Eliza May-
wood, an audacious looking girl of seventeen, who was toptesented
to have been extremely noisy and perverse, to the treadsiwill for
one month.
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raid Isle, with having unlawfully pawned two beds, one of flock
the other of feathers, which Mrs. Bryan described as her property,
.they having, she said,been.presented tp her by the prisoner Staple-
ton, who is her brother.tn-law, as an acknowledgment for her
kindness and attention to him aqd his wife during their residence
in her house, where they were lodged rent free. Stapleton appeared
to have no intention of P;7:tin claiming the property, until his friend
Godfrey popped it into his head tbatthe gilt did not take away
from him his engine, proprietorship. and that as Mrs. Stapleton
had returned it, Ireland, he wallet do' well to plate them in the
secure custody of a Knight of the Golden Bails, regale himself and
his friend Godfrey upon the proceeds. sod redeem the deposit if
ever Mrs. Stapleton should return to England.
There was much squabbling between the parties, m to the law
of the case, each persisting on a peculiar interpretation of the right
of property.
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thea wthheolpearatiesa left
the office jus: as they entered it, with the exception of the two phi.
sonere being diseharged from custody.
T I I AM KS OFFICE.
Slloolll{o CHARGE OF MURDER.—On Wednesday evening,
the inhabitants of Shadwell, mere particularly those In the vicinity
of the fatal scene, were thrown into the greatest consternation by
the report of a murder having been committed by Mw W.liorwood,
a wealthy and respectable undertaker, residing in Union-street, in
that parish. It was soon ascertained that the report was' tob true,
and that the wretched man had put an end to the existence of
his grandson. Ile was taken to the watchhouse for the night, and
was yesterday morning brot'giit up for examination. All the
avenues leading to the Justice-room, and the street in front of it
were thickly crowded. Immediately after Mr. Riehbellhad taken
his seat on the bench, the prisoner was brought before him. On
being placed at the bar, the unhappy men (Who hes arrived at the
advanced age of 70) seemed an palmed with agitation, agalinoat to
deprive him of a consclousnos of the proceeding. He however
gradually recovered his self-possession, except at that part of it
where it became nerrnsary to produce the dagger with which he had
perpetrated the fatal deed.
The Best witness was Mrs. Ann Hill, whose evidence was as fol.
lows am a housekeeper to the prisoner. About half past eight
o'clock on Wednesday evening the deceased George Barton called
at our bonse. He was at liberty to come at any time and take his
meal*. lie asked me for some meat, aril I cut some for him, to
which he objected, saying it sellno fat. While i was remonstrat-
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want, and money I shall hate." A scuffle then took place. The
deceased placed himself in a fighting attulude, and again abased the
prisoner in the worst language, threatening his life. Ile struck the
prisoner a blow. The prisoner,in return, struck him with a dagger,
which he had in his hand et the time.

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Magistrate—Hour happened it that he had that dagger at the
time ?

Witness—lle used to keep it about him for these some mouths
past to protect himself, as the deceased, who was a very bad cha.
meter, threatened that be should either himself murder his grand-
father, or get some confederate to do so.
Examination resumed.--After the deceased was stabbed he stag.
gered from the back parlour, where the blow was given, to the front
door, on which he supported himself, by pl..cing his ann 'galosh
the back. I went up, and asked what was the matter with hits ?
He made no reply, but groaned heavily, and instantly fell to the
ground He never spoke from the time Le received the fatal
wound. I called to the prisoner to procure some assistance, and he
went into the street. and in a few minutes returned with a watch.
man, who, with an officer, took him into custody, sad removed him
to the watchhouse. _

The dagger was produced ; it was very exquisitely finished, and
appeared of foreign manufacture. The blade, which was about 18
inches long, and of a peculiar form, was so covered with blood that
the material of which it was composed was scarce perceptibk. The
witness identified it.

The wretched prisoner, on its production, closed his eyes, and
trembled with extreme agony.
Daniel Kinsman, a sea-faring man. residing at Poplar, stated
that he wan passing the prisoner's house, wi% he was told Mat
murder had been committed, in consequence of which he went for
a constable and took the prisoner into custody. The prisoner skid,
•• I have done the deed."

Several other witnesses gave evidence as to the prisoner's appre,
hension„ his voluntary surrender, and confession of the deed.
Mr. Miller, a surgeon, residing in Charles-street. St. Georges.
imthe-East, steed dist he was called in to attend the deems:NC
who was lying at the prisoner's house. The fatal wound was on
the left side of his chest, about three-quarters of an inch in length,
and between the fourth and fifth ribs. It was evidently intlicel
by a sharp instrument.
The prisoner was remanded until twelve o'clock this thy, to
abide the result of the inquest, which was to be held last evening.
The deceased, who was 25 years of age, pas respectably con.
netted, but some time since he formed a connexion with a num bre
of vicious characters, his morals consequently became so corrupted
that he was deserted by all his relatives except his grandfather (tile
prisoner), who clung to him through every misfortune, and only a
short time since made a will, bequeathing to him property to a
considerable amount.