The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-06-17 00:00:00

JIOAV-STKI:ET.

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WII.T.TA,IS t. ELLISTOW.—Mr. W. H. Williams, of the
Theatre Royal, Drury-lane, applied for a warrant against It. W.
Elusion, Esq. to answer for inHictirg n violent blow upon the head
of the said 31r. Williams. 3lr. %I%! hams stated to the 31agistrates,'
that having played in the lint act of the play on Tuesday night, and
having soine time upon his hands between the play, lee went round
to the portico of the thews's; that shortly after Mr. Elusion came,
and on perceiving Ale. IV., very roughly ordered the sentinels to
turn him away, saying he was " a most suspicious character !"
That on his return to the theatre, he asked the meaning of Mr.
Eriston's conduct ; that the lessee then began to abuse coin..
plainant, and said that he would net have any of his performers
lurking about the front of the house ; and, upon receiving an ex-
planatnn, the only return he made for it was, knocking the corn.
plainsnt down. Undue these circurstancts, die .illAzistrates
granted the wiirrant.

POLICE.

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M. Andrews, daring which the latter strongly urged the admitting
the prisoner to bail, and offered at that instant to give bail for lja
31A111,11111101'1:11-STRECT. • appearance of the first rupee:ability, to the ammmt of 2,060/. from
Ear nannnt siren Y CA. E.— IV. Itainson, an articled gentlemen in moo. each. The Magistrates said they would take a
clerk with }lr. Abraham, the So:it:lair, Great Marlborough.: lutle time to cunsider this point; at n'resent their opinion was rue
sireet, the tonne gentleman who has been some day in cos- committing the prisoner at once. but under all the eirenniatanceet
tody upon en:ogee of feloniously tahien away honks and ()thin' they would remand hint until 3lnnday, and then give a final au-
property from tannin shopkeepers, and respecting it hese iden-1 ewer.—The prisoner was then rein:inhale
thy much contradictory evidence has hitherto been adduced, I 31r..1brahant said, that in conaeipience of his interference in fit
was yesterday brought up ter final examination. Since the • sour of this young man, his apprentice. he his received. through the
last eaatnination, the prisoner's friends, who feel convinced of his ! twopenny-post, several anonymous lettiws of the pinat sffientiive sort;
inimeence, and believe hint to be tie victim of an unfortunate re_ I taunting him with knowing very well that the prisoner was guilty.
sem'lance to sonic other person, Lave been indefatigable in them These letters, he supposes. came from some of the perdu who hate
endeavours to trace out, if possiile, the person whom they sup- I suffered ; but he cannot help thinking it exceedingly ungenesaus to
pogo: to be the real otliaitter, and with this view, advertinanents ! attack him in this manner for exerting hiniselt in behalf of a young
have been pin forth in the public ',spars. inn :rime a reward fur ths man, of whose innocence he is convinced, and who is his apprena
apprehensom of thisother person, with a reference to Mr. Abraham, tire. Ibis toothier having died a short time :to, left this young
the prisoriar's master, whose zeal and activity in his behalf has ; man and a considerable property far his use in his (Mr. Abraham's)
been highly laudable, convinced, as he seems to be, of his entire in- ;care. Ile has since made the prisoner a wen! of Chancery, fer the
no:enc... In consequence of these advertisements, :inn Abraham better protection of his property. That Court at ?regent allow*
has communications from various quarters upon the subieet.l Woe a year for his use, which he receives as he wants it, through
At 12 o'clock, the hone r.pnninted for the examination, the office! his (Mr. Abraham's) hands; and it may be proper to mentinn that
and all the approaches to it were crowded to excess, by persons at- the young man seldom asked for money, and might have had any
treated by the publication ..f the last xaminathtn, as well as by a! he wished fur.
number of highly respeciable frienes of the prisoner, amongst I Mr. A a :turas and Mr. Abraham both said that they hart nos
the slightest doubt bf being able to prove a complete alibi
whom was his brother, a Major in the army, and who seemed o ih
take a deen and painful interest in the proceedings 1 many of the cases brought forward. Indeed there are two persona
.
Sir G. "'arrant and 11. 31. Dyer, Esq., 31sgistrates, hating'* who have suffered by these depredanona, who have seen the
taken their seats on the Bench. the prisoner was it-ought in and , prisaner, and, like Rile*, declare him not to Inc the person, Lot
placed at the bar; he was dressed as on the last day—blue' such is the nature of their busir.esa that they could not attend at
coat, bull waistcoat, and white Itussia duck trews-ern with a Present-
thney pattern handkerchief round his neck, and his shirt very The witnerses who swore to the prisoner's identity were then all
fully plaited in front ; his hair and complexion, are remarkably I bound over to prosecute.
fair, features 'find figure handsome, and lust cusendde very genteel t C. F. Fennel, the ahorintan of Mr. Ilerrison, pawnbroker,
and fashionable. I Tottenham-court-road, on being linund over, said that lie was mist
Mr. Ate int Ewa, the Counsel, and Mr. Abraham, attended on understood on the last day, for he did not mean to swear positive!?
the former day in the prisoner's behalf. I to the prisoner's person, but that he believed him to be the verse's,
The Magistrates having inquired if there were any persons prc- nor should he now swear further than to his belief.
sent who had any charges to prefer against the prisoner at the bar, 1
a roar of voices sat heard answering in the affirmative, and-
31rs. Taylor, the wilt of Mr. Taylor, optician, No. 1, Castle-
street, Leicester-square. first came forward.—This witness stated,
that on Thursday, the 3d of June, a young man answering the de-
scription given in the newspapers, cattle to her husband's shop,
about nine o'clock iu the evening, and said he wanted to purchase
an opera-glass. She accordingly showed him one, worth 255. He
then asked to look at another which stood in ie window ; and,
when she reached over to hand it to him, he darted out of the shop
with die one he held, and disappeared in an instant.
Mrs. Taylor was now directed an look et the prisoner, which she
did, and requested to see him with his hat on. The prisoner put
on his hat, and 3lrs. Taylor said that she had nut the slightest
doubt but be was the person ; but on her cross-examination by
31r. Andrews, and learning that the prisoner's life might be in
danger, she said the should nut like to swear positively to him, and
ultimately declined doing so.
The next witness was Mr. Thomas Veck, bookseller, No. 3,
Tavistork-row, Cuvent-garden.—fle deposed, that early in the day
of the 25th April last, a very fashionable young man came to his
shop, and asked him if he hail got any of the numbers of l'ruirms's
Life of as Actor. Mr. l'eck said he had not, but could easily get
them for him, and that the price would be :is. fal, a number. The
gentleman then ordered him to get ready four numbers of the work,
together with Oxberry's edition of the plays of Honda and faao,
and lie would call in the evening for the whole. Ile accordingly
(lid call in the evening, about nine o'clock, and the books were
handed to him. lie then asked Mr. Veck to hand him another
book that stood behind him on a shelf; and when he turned round
his customer disappeared in an instant with the books. Mr. Veck
procured a watchman, and *earthed all about Covent-garden, but
could see nothing of him. Mr. Veck maid that he thought nor heard
nothing more on the subject umil he saw the statement in the papers '
of the prisoner's examination. This he saw down in the country,
where he had been for some days, and lie came up to town for the
purpose of attending.
Mr. Veck now looked at the prisoner both with and without his
hat, and swore in the most decisive manner that he was the person
who so robbed him ; he had a perfect opportunity of Seeing him, for
he was about 20 minutes in the shop. The only difference he saw
in his appearance then and now was, that at present his hair seemed
rather darker, and, when he sew him before, lie appeared to wear'
an artificial colouring on his cheeks.
Mr. 31`Lention, jeweller, residing in Rathbone-place, stated,
that in the early part of 3lay last a young man answering the de-
scription of the prisoner, came into his shop about nine o'clock at
night, and asked to look at a chased gold ring and watch key,
which were handed to him, and the moment he got possession of
them he darted cut of the shop and disappeared, leaving Mr.
31" Lennon paralysed with astonishment. %Fitness was almost
confident that the prisoner was the person, but his hair seemed as
if it had been coloured since.
It was here ascertained by one of the officers, that the prisoner's
hair had been oiled since the last atamination.
%Fitness continued.—lle said, that although he had no doubt
upon the subject, yet he would not venture to swear positively to
the prisoner, but he should know his own ring and key again if lie
could see them.
Scofield the officer, and 311si Durham, who seized the prisoner,
here said, that when he was taken he had a watch, with a ribbon
and key hanging from it, and that he also bad a ring on his finger,
all of which have since disappeared.
Scofield said, that the reason he did not search the prisoner, and
take these things from him was, that so genteel and respectable
wan his appearance, he felt almost certain at the time that Miss
DUThIIII was mistaken in his person, and he was unwilling, with
this inipresaion, to hurt the gentleman's feelings.
Mr. Diann said, that alt.ciugh, perhaps, as the case now stood,
it might have heen more satisfactory to have searched the prisoner,
yet he could never think of censuring an officer, for an act arising
out of feelings of delicacy and humanity towards a prisoner. The
worthy Magistrate now asked if the prisoner wished to give any
account of what he had done with the watch and ring.
The prisoner denied altogether having had a ring, and was about
to state what he had done with the watch, when

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