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London, England, 1825-10-27 00:00:00

SURREY SESSIONS, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 26.

Mr. THEMGER moved' the Court that William Anderson
and certain other persons have admission to the House of Correa '
don at Brixton, for the purpose of measuring the work done therein
by order of Messrs. Joh% and Banks/ The Court observed that
this was a motion of the first impressiolt.
Mr. TUMID ER observed that there was a precedent.
litr. H EDGER, a Magistrate—Yes, in the case of Probert, on a
motion made by a slagistrate, but there is no instance of such a
motion by Counsel.
The motion was granted.
Mary Daly and Mary Brien were indicted for uttering counter-,.
frit coin.
It appeared by the testimony of the prosecutor, a gardener in the
Borough market, that the prisoner offered to him a bat! shilling
to purchase sonic parsley, and when charged with it, the prisoner
Brien dropped a bad half-crown.
! The prisoners were found guilty, and sentenced each to one
year's imprisonment at Brixton, and afterwards to find securities
for their good behaviour for two years..
Richard Roach was indicted for stealing a tea-urn, value ss. the
property of John Richmond, a broker.
It appeared that the prisoner was moped by a pawnbroker of the '
name of Matthews, residing in China-walk, Lambeth, to whom he
offered the tea-urn, and who suspected that it had not tome fairly
into his possession. He therefore sent for an officer, to whom the
prisoner said that the urn had been given to him to pawn, end. he'
gave his name as John Williams. The urn was identified by the
owner.

The prisoner was found Guilty, and sentenced to seven year
transportation.
The CHAI n MAN expressed the approbation of the Court at the
conduct of the pawnbroker.
John Russell was indicted for stealing the sum of bs., the pro-
perty of Daniel Stroud, a bookseller.
Daniel Stroud deposed, that the prisoner came to his shop on
the 17th of September. and asked for Butler's fludibras, in
two small volumes. Witness had laid 15s. on the counter. and
while he went to look for the book, prisoner took be. from it.
Witness saw him do this, and instantly went round and col.
fared the prisoner, who denied the charge. He had seven
shillings in his hand, which he said he had just taken nut of
his purse, which was in his other hand. 1174tness returned him
two shillings, and sent for an officer; as he only found 10s.
when he was positive he had left 15s.
The prosecutor's boy stated, that he saw the prisoner tike
his purse out, and draw money from it. Ithen his master
seized him, the prisoner said that he was robbing him, and de..
sired that a constable might be sent for.
The prisoner, in his defence, handed in a written statement,
in which he declared that he was employed by Messrs. Robins
to purchase the book In question, and that he had taken no money
from the shop of the prosecutor.
The CHAIRMAN, in charging the Jury, observed that it was
by no means impossible that the prosecutor might have left 15s.
on the counter, and that bs. of it might have gone by other
means than the prisoner.
The Jury Acquitted the prisoner.
Mary Jane Seark was indicted for stealing a silver tea-pot,
and other articles, value 61., the property of John Wallis, her
late master.

John Wallis examined—l live at No. 33. Oreat Charlotte-street.
I ant an architectural surveyor. The prisoner lived with me an set.
rant for about ten months. On the 31st August I found her gone
from my house; she had left a note, saying she had quitted my
service in consequence of the house having been robbed. I sus-
pected her, and had her taken up. I went with an officer to her
lodgings, in Eagle-street, Red Lion-square; she was there; the
officer took her into custody ; she was brought up at Bow-street.
iiiy property I missed the day after my return from the country,
where I was when the prisoner left my house. I missed the plate,
sonic sheets, and some shirts. The prisoner gave up some pawn-
brokers' duplicates to the officer.
Samuel Dickens, an officer of Bow-street, examined—l took the
prisoner into custody on the 2d September, by desire of the prose-
MOT. I searched her the next morning, and found fifteen pawn-
brokers' duplicates upon her; they are.for dresses, shirts, &c. She
gave me those duplicates voluntarily. I searched her on the night
I arrested her, and I found nothing. I went in consequence to se-
veral pawnbrokers, and I found the articles had been pledged. One
of them is named Cleve; at his house I found a lady's dress, a
shirt, and three sheets.

The property was identified by Mr. Wallis.
Joseph Ilewetvon, shopmsn to Messrs. Cleve, pawnbrokers, of
Tllackfriarm.road, stated, that the articles were pawned to his master
by the prisoner at different times ; the gown nn the 13th of August,
for I/. In the name of Ware. lie was present when the money was
paid.
The prisoner made no defelice, and called no witnesses.
The prisoner was found Guilty, and sentenced to 14 years' trans-
portation.

POLICE.

(lUILDIIALL.

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Air. Seplimus Miles. who has kept a watchmaker's shop on
Ludgate-street during the last forty yearn, appeared before
Alderman Lucca yesterday, upon the charge of assaulting a jour-
neyman watchmaker of the name of Holt, and the hearing excite,l
some interest, from its involving the question, whether an overdue
bill of exchsnge is a legal tender in payment fur goods to the party
who should have honoured it.

Hole's statement was very brief, namely, that he went into Mr.
Al I Ice's shop on Monday afternoon, bargained with him for a watch
and gold chain, for which he agreed to give 19/. and that having put
the articles in hia pocket, he tendered in payment a sovereign and
an overdue bill of exchange, Mr. Miles's own acceptance, for 18/.
Mr. Miles said he would not take it. He asked him whether it was
not his acceptance, to which Mr. Miles replied, that he (Holt) had
nothing to do with that, and insisted on having du: watch returned,
or Immediate payment in hard cash, as he was only selling by com-
mission, and must account for the money. Ile (Holt) then declared
that he would not give it up, and Mr. Milts proceeded to tear a
button oft his breaches pocket in attempting to regain possession of
it, and on his stating, to prevent more violence, that it WAS in the
pocket of his waistcoat, Mr. Miles took it from thence. The laying
hands on him whd•J the *atoll was thus taken from him against his
will, was the assault he now complained of.
Mr. Mlles, in his defence, stated, that his first impression on
finding the hill tendered by a stranger, and a person of the corn.
plainant's appearance, WY, that he might have found it. or become
possessed of it in some other inip-roper way. The bill had been
presented, on the 16th inst. when it became due, by a respectable
refiner, and he was not to suppose that an overdue bill would be
'taken by a third person, in any bona
_fide transaction. It was in-
convenient to him to honour the bill Just now, but he would take
care and do so at the earliest opportunity, and he wished to impress
on the Alderman, that if the practice of paying a tradesman with his
own acceptances were sanctioned by the determination of the Al-
derman, many a shop might be cleared of its contents, and the
shopkeeper ruined. This was clearly a trick of Mr. nirchall, who
drew the bill on him, toget value for it. by putting it into the hands
of a stranger, who really did not himself want the watch and chain.
Mr. Birchen, in reply, declared the negotiation of the bin was a
bona fide tratioaction--a payment for manual labour.
Mr. Alderman LUCAS could not understand how a respectable
tradesman could object to considering a bill he was bound to give
cash for whenever it was presented, as equivalent to cash. If the
bill had a time to run; thee, he could see that it was not equivalent
to money ; but in this case the bill had strived at maturity. A. to
Mr. niles's apprehension about the bill having been stolen or
found, that was quite groundless, for suppose that had been the
case, and he had paid it, he would have been secure, the bill having
the drawer's endorsement upon it, which showed it had passed out
of his hands fairly, and a document of thin description did not iden-
tify, upon the face of it, the actual holder, at any time after it
passed from thedrawer. tie should not, however, give shy deci.
Mon upon this occasion, but would leave the complainant to present
his bill to the Brand Jury, which would be sitting to-morrow (this
day). There was some legal difficulty In the business, for if Holt
had Dots bona fide possession of the bill, it was nor, perhaps, in
his hands, a legal tender, and Mr. Miles might then he justified in
using the necessary violence to regain hid property—Summons
missed.

110 W-STREET.
Yesterday morning a tall, middle.aged gentleman, baying much
the air and appearance of an officer in the army, and carrying his
right arm in a sling, presented himself before the Magistrate, to
whom it seemed he had previously addressed a letter. flit' object,
he said, was to inquire of his Worship whether he should be justi-
fied in carrying arms 'boot his person, in order to protect himself
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that the brain never „., .. ~....., o,c swm." 11141 IIIC neu in carrying arms about nts person, in order to protect himself nit done, and lioultrbrlniFtha cas-17i.v7tro‘o7c.io'cit.iii;,"1.;o'w.evice'sr, 41p.U' had dread; received would be considered by the from an arrest, to which he considered himself exposed. Some FECFR.—ire regret to state,
we. Lot done, and titinpatan, who had sold him a cargoor whale. Court as a sufficient punishment for his offence. persona, he added, declared that he will insane, and had expressed has been so prevalent at Reinhart), in this county, that no Morning, it min. after 2. Eu 01112521
base some time previously, and now became very urgent for French denied being present at the fight at all. lie said he Was determination to have him confined. His application, however, less than ten persons fell a sacrifice to its ravages in a few prbyJW Caateoir,
import, bad obtained these,
bills from kir. Peculate. Deeointa going to his father's, and passed the watch-house at the tints the he considered would sufficiently prove his sanity, and he was de. days.—Esarx Herald. printed at THE BRITISH PRita Ogee, • •
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