The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-10-15 00:00:00

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Jobe Doal.•, a boy of about tw••iro yawl old, wr4
eharg-d, betnre the Sittiog Alderinatt (Hoarser
by Thomas hook.bi:,der. with robb,ng bine'
of s I books, the pr'p-rty of hiS entpl Pr*.
It appeared, that the Prisoner lived in doe esp.
city of an etrand•boy with Mr. Warner•, who ba3•
missed books repeatedly, and, not knowing whoa•
to limpet% he decent': el on setting a person to
watch. He applied to an Offuutr, who undertook
to execute his plans, and who saw the Prisoner tab,
books to a pawnbroker's in the neighbourhood: Tba
pamohroka *treaded, and produced several bpolm
whit!' the PrisJaer had pawned at several time
wit.' him.

The ALI erman ordered the yo....oiftd delinquent
to be sent on board the Tender.

sow-rragre.

John King was, on Tuesday evenisyr, charged. bre
foe tne Sitting M 4,4315 TR are, with stealing metal
sheep, the property of George. William haw* a
butcher. of Great Marpa baseearest. sad Ed.
ward Woodward.
Stephen Adams, of Ea* Adm, sow& dug be
ha h the care of forty-seven eh •ep. the property of
the P. os-cutors. in a field, about two miles boas
Aeton. They were all safe on Thursday even.
intr. and on Friday ;awning he missed ex of therm
Mr. Jac..mh being informed that ex vi les sheep
had been stolen. went in purolit of them aid
the robber ; and early on MOilui4y as be
learnt that six pheep had been killed m a bootie
behind the Crown public-honse. 4 Bayswater ; „he
went there. and found sic carcasses of sheep. sad sin
skins. On enansiniog the mark. on the lee
had no doubt of their being his property. Ha ob■
,shoed a description of the man who braces, them
there. and of t':e Jog that wa.geserallpwitlablea. He
I lel the place for London, rookie' bilftee be gifts
Oxford-street he met the P:.soner, with a dotiv
co: rr nitthe description he had received. Hosanna&
him. and aske.: if he was the man who bad takes,
six she-p to :at hovel. at the back of the Crown pub.
lie !anise f fist Prisoner d nied it, and agreed logo
hack with Mr. Jacorob. that it might be ascertained
whether be was the man or sot ; but they had not
go..t• far, when ti.e Prisoner endeavoured to tads
his escape, by running &MSS a field Mr. Jaw.*
raised e e cry of .1 stop thief," and the ewe wag
securd.
Robert Griffiths said, he reside, Mar deo Crewe
public-house, in Bayswater ; on Seeder seareing
early he looked ;...tri the hovel. where nit slaw WO.
Prison.r in the aft of killing sot:.* sheep. a man of
Cte name of Wheatley was with him. drain the
sheep; Wheatley had hold of a sheep thee was
kiliad, and ihr Pi ison. r was sticking another.
John Whea.ley. rf Bayswater, hitcher. said. be
lives at the back of the Crown pirlic-bouse-..bad
known the Prisoner for some time. On deader
morning. about eight o'clock, he muse to him. sad
said he had blight sheep of Richard Fowler, of
Stockwell, for $5. each, :end asked buss to kill Mem
for him, to which be consented, bat Ate: wards ego
paled that all was not right. and gave infonnation
to gridlAnd, Lord. and darrett, the patrol". be-
longing to the Office. Ihe Prisoner pressed Mate
take the carouses of the shop to market for sale. ea
Monday mooing. but he excused hiassolf. by myths
he had lost his mars.
William Fowler, butcher, of Brixton Cansewaya
said. he knew Stockwell extremely well. and there
was no such person as Richard Fowler 'midget
there.
The Prisoner was committed for feedlot man&
nation.
Yesterday, Joel Irene:, the Jew from Portsmonth,
no lerwert another examination. on suspicion of
fogged certificates to obtain seamen's ring.

lie was retnand..l rot another exansi-ation, tin
material witness being supposed to baste gees to
Sligo, in Itelsail.

The Othell,,, Citoven, from Liverpool. for Bal.
timore, lately captured in the Chesapeake. by the
French, is re-captured by the Americans, and the
crest made prisoners. i•
A very extraordinary fish was w, kir days' shwe
taken in Portsmouth harbour, tit? body of which is
of a beautifully dark red, with round spots still
darker. T. a hea.l, whie:i is rather small, has two
horns, and is not altogether unlike that of a mail;
it has two fins, each of Wok% is considerably wider
than the body. and with these it makes its way
through the water, using them in the manner a bird
does its wings. Thl Gus, when extended in the aft
of swimmog, tonsure nearly two feet, and from
their very beauttnal colour, the fish has a very f -
appcoslesi it has a shot tail, but seems W
without bone.

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to partake too freou ..efy or t. - ..t, and
instead of b ing so disabled as she in her timany,
supported by .hat of her liusb..mi, widies.i to make
it ao.i-ar, s• e had totally gone to the girt-..fop for
the purpose of getting her wounds washed auJ
diets d with gin, and partaking of an additional
; <'• des this, ciictunstances of ma-
vilest perjury appearing evident on the part of the
procer ones. the defensiants were all antatiltast.
A widow of the name (4 knower Coop,. was
nest coaxed with assaulting a sirs. Margaret
Johnson, of Vineg.er-y A rd. Fisbniongio-alhoy, upon
the 31 of July laic Übe circumstances of case
were by no means interesting ; it only appeared
that the Pletectittir having lent the liefeachant some
money. was treated e.•ry roughly upon occasion of
her going to demand payment Another instance
of gross inconsistency, amounting to pejo, y. ap-
p•ared also upon this trial, in ih- testimony given
by a woman .4 isi:;e name of Ehzatieth Meld. woo
appeared on hehaif of the Defendant. fihe at one
time persisted. that she only esti' by the name or
Field,while upon 'indite IntrrrOg4lol.lS, it tinned
OW she also vent hy that of fox.sneth Deacon.
The Jury found the Defendant Gasify, and on
account of her having ineoced stun a .% knees to
erinie forward nn her behal the was sentenced by
the Court to sax moeths imprisonment.
The text trial excited rasher more interest, both
on account of the relative situation of the parties,
the novelty of the case, and tie isngtn of tune it
occupied. It was t' at of a master committing a
itiokat assault upon his apprentice.
Kw. Rees Priz... an apothecary, in Illackfriar's-
goad, was charged with assaulting a fine young
114 W, of the name of fhomas Oliver Gale, who was
Haunt to hint as an apprentice. his father having
paid the Defendant the sum of .501. for the purpose
of his instration in that business. As our limits
will not admit of our going into minute particulars
of an invettigation which leited seven hours, suilleo
n to give the leading features of it.
It appeared from the evidence, that the boy was
hound for five years with the Defendant, but had
only been with him far nine months of that period,
during which time 1414 d experienced general harsh
treatme• t. In particular, upon Thursday, the 23d
of Aprti last, Mr. Pike having employed him in
choppit,g sass‘frat, kund th.rt he had performed
that operation on a spot different from what he
wished, the tiny having chopt it upon a barrel
instead of a leg of wood, adapted for that
porimso, in a winaow. Upon his perceiving this,
the Defendant immediately proceeded to beat
the hny most 'inertly, knocked him down,
I.is ears, and. notwithstanding Mrs. Price's
intercession fur the youth, struck hint several
violent blows upon his face, head, neck, and shoal.
due, so u so leave marks of a considerable
duration. This occasioned the boy to leave his
route? ; and, from the fear of alarming his
lather and nether, to go to the home of a re-
thdon in Westminster ; where. after remaining a
night he returned to his father's, and stated the
usage he had met with. showing the ;noises he had
received. Mr. and Mrs. Gale accordingly went
with their son to Mr. Price, and complained of his
condo& towards him. The Defendant endeavour-
ed to justify himself by stating, that the boy had
not obeyed his orders in regard to chopping the
sassafras, and also stated, that a bottle ot-me-
dicMe he had laid aside for use was missing,
besides a parcel of empty bottles not being put into
she kitchen, instead of the shop, by his apprentice,
pursuant to his initiations. As to the bottle of
medicine. the boy declared he knew nothirg of it,
and not having received any orders about the empty
bottles that resoalaing in the window, was the cause
of Ms chopping the eassahas opals the barrel, lest
be should tweak them. It appeared that these ;addi-
tional charges against the boy were not, in
fall, the real reason for the violent assialt, but
that the principal object was to get quit of the boy,
and to keep the money received for her apiventice-
Aip. In these (Akers, however, the Defendant
completely failed, notwithstanding that he called
several witnesses to prove, that the boy had no cause
of complaint. Oneof ihePtosectror's complaints being
Ouse he was halt starved by his master, the servant
Prrl was called to prove that she heard Mr. and Mrs.
ice give orders that he (the boy) should have li-
berty or take a' -much bread and potatoes as he could
eat ; but nitre,, ing crostoioterrogated, she could not
Say that he had equal access to procure melt.
Another Witness stated, that he had trronently
dewed with the Defendant, and had seen the boy
liberally treated .t table. All the Witnesses on the
part of the riosecutor corroborated his testimony
an to the lonises received by him ; while those
on the part of the Defendant eadeaeoored to
show that t rry we•e but triflany. ; it appeared how.
ewer, that they had only seta resew in the twilight,
r'f equal
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on the other side; they accordingly pronounced the
defendant. Mr. Pike. aist7 y of the assault ; and the
Court, by a grferch of leniency, only senteueed
tiim t pay the trifling fine of 601. Vi Hit
MAktry. Alter the sentence. Mr. Price attempted
to ‘ay a few w rch in bac justification, but hg was
told by the Chairrnan that it only amounted to an
aggratricion of his offence.

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.4' • fiIISSIONN, OCT. 14. .
The Crime was ....ni is day. till a
3'ciock in the evepitig, •: pat three aw.aufts.
Ha re Gaifichil wheelwright. rdiss6-th
-I hi. wile, and Boseet GNifrey, their son. were that
With assaulting a w satin of the home of
herts. the wile of AtrrAhoo Bnberts. a pinmi
sport the 25th of June last
• It appeared, from the evidence. thit the pa'
lived in or about G-avel-14ne, in the Borough.
that a quarrel twined. fir •t, fv-twitt their child
its the street. and lat•-ely betwiet their parr
some of whom er.deavoined to separate the orip
combatants. and other. to provoke the contest j
teriy. however, Mrs. Roberts WO knocked d. Avis,
received several blows, which. she ..11,1-11. cool
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s her for several weeks The &Indent. Heitry C
fir/. was • constable. and had interfered
the poi pose of keeping the peace. but A
ham Roberts. who • was a Very steal
Weichman. thoight it prudent 1.. bel
hand with him. by giving him in charge and hat
bins brought- to Union Hall for an Assault.
conduit of this little Welchman. upon his c
examination by the Defendant's Counsel (Mc. L.
was highly divertitg ii. ing rather over-ant
for the succtis of the prosecution. he tilt met
rusted at the cro-s intermgatoriee put to him.
renewed npun the lta-ned Compel, with gestic
Sinai and ode rya/ions, in a roanner that gxcittd
laughter of the whole Court. The tvidence, h
err=:, %hewed. that his wife was somewhat Incl.
VI partake too frequently of Vie cordial draught,
instead of b ing so disabled as she in her to Aim;
supported by that of her hUsbvid, wicheti to rr
it so.i-Ar, e had ictually gone to the gin-shop
the purpose of getting her wounds washed
flies, if with gin. and pArtaling of an additi;
ernAll, ; t's Jes o,te, circumstances of
rifest perjury appearing evident on the part of

and thrienre ihvir testimonies were not
welight is the naiad& of tla Jury with (how
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