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HATTON HARDEN. SEPTEMBER 2—Ur/up/as Ward,
person of genteel appearance, residing at No. 67, IE-moo-garden,
was brought up by John Pickworth, an occuioual night-constable
of that Liberty.
Pickworth deposed that as he was this morning, at about one
o'clock. pas.sing the corner of Craw-street, Hatton-garden, the
prisoner and another person whistled and shouted in the jockey or,
groom style; upon which he turned round and asked them whether
they took him for a horse, they replied that they did not, but pro. 'I
ended to call him by very opprobrious epithets ; in consequence of
which he gave them into the charge of the constable of the night,
by whom one of them was released, there being no actual moot' of
his having offended the delicate ears of the " occasiouil" night.
conatsble to the same extent as his boisterous companion, who now
stood beio-e Mr. Sergeant Salton to answer this very serious cbarge
of " whistling wr.d booting." Pickworsh was proceeding in a very
animated strain to expose his own grievances, and what he con.
' sidered to be a breach of the public peace, according to the opinions 'I
lately laid down, when he was interrupted by Mr. Sergeant &Ilion.,
and desired to state whether the defendant had atm* him. T.
this he replied that he certainly had not committed such an outrage,
but that his conduct altogether was of a description which rendered
his Juvrthension proper, and perfectly within the limits of what
he (Pickwortb) conceived to be the legal authority of the guardians
of the night.

The defendant, when called upon, met the charge with an ahscs-1
lute denial of the facts, and mewl that Yickwoeth alone was the
aggressor, he having, without cause or provocation, assailed him
with very virulent Language, at a moment when he wu in earnest
conversation with his friend, a law-stationer, relative to some pro-
I
petty in Norfolk,of which be was about indispose, and that, so Air
from his having made any noise, the tone in which they conversed
was so low, that it was impossible for a person to distinguish what
' they said at • distance of throe feet. The defendant further stated,
that theconsluet of Pickwurtli, in intetrupting their conversation,
and using virulent language, was such as to induce him to threaten
In put hint into tiss waschbouse, upon which Pickwottb emerald a
,sbeihr threat, and pet st late execution ageidet bimetal end Ws
I friend. To corroborate dile stameneakhlr. Ward called ble irked.
the law-5401:er, who conercied it ',Shell point, wiCh the simple

dmission of their having, in the heat of the stenent, called Pick-
worth a humbug.
Mr. Sergeant Sr.LLOS here observed, that Pickworth had not,
been justified in his conduct towards the defendant, and that he was
bound to offer the most ample apology to Mr. Ward, as it was not
to be supposed that a constable could be justified in confining a
person upon such a charge. Even had the language been brought
'home to the defendant, anti the words " fool and scoundrel," than
which nothing could be more opprobrious, been used, there still
would not have been ground for the arrest and imprisonment.
Mr. Ward hastily interrupted Mr. Sergeant Sellon, to observe
that he did not consider the dismissal of :he constable with a mere
reprimand as a sufficient atonement for the outrage which had
been inflicted upon his personal liberty, and that he would as-
suredly carry the matter further ; but upon the learned Magistrate
advising hint to accept the apology and let the matter rest, he
agreed td do so, provided it was offered In the course of the day.

• INSOLENCE REWARDED.
172EICSQLTARE, SEPT. 2.—Wttfiarts Potter, the drive
the
r of the
hackney-coach No. V. appeared before Martxnax n,
Magistrate, to answer the complaint of a gentleman named Street,
residing in Old Compton-street, Soho, for exaction, and abuse to
his tare.
Mr. Street stated that, on 3lonclay night se'nnight, he had been
with his slater, who resides in' Tufton.street, Westminster, to
spend the evening with' a friend, and on their way home tie en.
gaged the defendant's coach at the stand, at the Marsh-gate. and
desired him to drive to the end of Tufton.street, nearest West-
minster Abbey. On resetting his destination, he presented the
defendant with one shilling, well knowing that to he the fare,
having rode • the same distance repeatedly. The coachman, on
seeing the shilling, asked what that was for ? The complainant told
him, our his fare. " Sly fare is half-a-crown, and I'll have it, or
I'll punch ',out head," said the coachman. Witness told him
that he would not pay him such an exhorbitant demand, and
warned him of the consequences; whereupon he called him a
—, and that he had made a of his coach.
His conduct became so outrageous that he caused a mob of persons
to assemble round him and his sister, and he was obliged to re-
move into an adjoining honse for her personal safety. and she now
remained in a very ill condition front the effitcts of the alarm. At
length an officer came up, who head the insolence of the defendant,
and he advised witness to pay him the half-a-crown, and to take
his number. This he had done, and had now brought him forward

to atone for his misconduct.
John Weale,gan officer belonging to this establishmeut, stated,
that he was near the spot on the night in question, and saw upwards
of 100 people congregated around the complainant, who was con.
tending about the fare ; witness heard the coachman demand 2s. 6d.
and he well knowing the fare to be a long shillings.worth„ advised
him to pay him, and take his number. Weale declared that in
the course of his experience, he had never heard sueh ill-language
made use of, as was by the defendant. He threatened him once or
twice to take his coach to the green-yard, and him to the watch.
house ; witness saw the complainant pay the coachman two shil-
lings and sixpence.
The Coachman said, he did not demand the half-crown for his
fare; but that, he said to the -complainant, on living him the shit.l
ling, that he ought, as a gentleman, to Aive him 2s. 6d. as he had
made his coach dirty. lie Mill persisted in his impudent' as.
Isertion of his coach having been made use of, fur an improper
purpose,
The Magistrate told him he was a most impudent fellow, aid be
would take care he should not go unpunished.
Mr. Street said, that he more than once threatened to knock his
d—d head off; if he did not tie the 2s. fid.
The Coachman stoutly denied this, and accused the complainant
of striking him with his fist.
Mr. MARKLACD on looking to the list of hackney-coach fares,
found that from the Lambeth Marsh-gate, to Tufton-street, the
fare was a short eighteempenny-worth, and thereupon, ordered the
additional shilling which had been exacted to be returned to Mr.
Street, and convicted the coachman in the penall of 20s. and costs,
which altogether amounted to 11. 10s. fel.
The unfortunat Jelin very reluctantly paid the money and left
the office very dejectedly.
THAMES OFFICE, SEPT. 2.—John Baptiste was put to the
bar, before T. R !CREEL r., Esq. the presiding Magistrate, charged
by Thomas Lewis with being one of the persons who surrounded
him on the sth of August, in Thames-street, and robbed him of
eight gold seals.
Thomas Lewis being called and sworn. gave the following evi-
dence. On the sth day of August, between three and four o'clock
in the morning, I was surrounded by four or live persons in
Thames-street, end eight gold seals were taken out of my right-
hand waistcoot.pocket, by one of the persons who surrounded me.
Magistrate—Turn to the prisoner, and say, whether you know
him to be one of the persons who surrounded you at the time you
lost your property.?
Witness—.l believe him to be one of the persons; his voice is
quite familiar to me. After I had been robbed, the persons who
surrounded me separated ; one of them I kept to; he went along
Thames-street, in the direction for Tower-hill ; I told him of myi
loss, and that I considered one of his party must have them; and
I should be much obliged to them to return them to me ; the man
said, he knew nothing about me or the seals either ; observing he
wished to get from me, I took hold of him ; he then struck me,
and said I was accusing an innocent man ; I kept him in tow, till
another man, belonging to the game gang, came up; he was
secured, and afterwards committed to Newgate, from this office.
Michael M'Carthy, the next witness called and sworn,. deposed,
lam a watchman in the Tower Ward. On the sth of August I
was stationed in Thames-street, and about four o'clock I was stand.
log at the end of Water-lane, and saw a hustling between four or
five men, and a short time afterwards three or four of them went
together towards Billingsgate, and two others went up Harp-lane.
1 was relieved at this time, and went up Water-lane, at the top of
which I met the prosecutor, and, to the best of my belief, the pri-
Boner at the bar with him. In Tower-street, Thomas, a watchman,
was calling the hour of four, and I heard the prosecutor call to him
to take charge of the other man for robbing him. Thomas told the
prosecutor to go to the watch-house and there give his charge. The
prosecutor again solicited the watchman Thomas to take the charge,
and he replied—" No, I will not."
John Beaumont sworn—l am a watchman of St. Hatolph-with-
out, Aldgate. On the sth of August I was staticesed at the top of
King-street, Tower-hill, and about half-past four o'clock in the
morning I saw the prisoner and two other men crossing Tower-hilL
They passed me, and went down Rosemary-lane. Tile prisons:
was in deep conversation with one of the party.
Magistrate to the watchman—Do you know the prisoner P
Witness—Yes, your Worship, I have known him for four or
five years; he has always been pointed out as a notorious bad;
character. . _ - -, I

Samuel Thomas sworn.—On the 3th of August I was a watch:
man, and remember a person, who appeared very dirty, wishing me
to take charge of a person who he said had robtictl him, and I be-
Here it was the prisoner I wasto have taken into custody; but, as
there had been many charges during the night made without foun-
dation, I did not take the charge. There were a number of corn-
porters standing by at the time, and two of them said, that is the
man (meaning the prisoner) who lives in IVhite's-yard. Being a
little intoxicated myself, I considered the charge a " bit of a lark,"
and took no notice of it. .

Magistrate—Let the present witnesses be bound over to prosecute,
and, as it is likely further evidence may be obtained, I remand the
prisoner until Thursday next for a rehearing.

SEPT. 2.—Three men, named Foy, .S:yrnmonr.
and /Celt, were brought before the sitting 31agistrate(M.bweesr,
Esq ), the former charged with having been concerned in stealing
pockets of hops from the firm of :Bessie. Price and Co., the hop.
factors, of Maidstone.huildings, Souttwark, amounting in value
to between 7001. and OWL The two other prisoners were charged
on suspicion of having received part of the property, knowing it to
have hew stolen.
Hall, the chief constable, stated, that a few days ago the above
firm applied to him, stating they had discovered that they had been
robbed of hops from their warehouse to the above large amount,
and that they had strong suspicions against Foy, who acted as
foreman in their warehouse, and who wart employed generally in
weighing the article alluded to. Hall took the foreman into cus-
tody, and advised the firm to have hand-bills printed, offering a
reward of 1001. for the recovery of the property. This plan was
adopted, and the hand.bille had scarcely been distributed when a
respectable person in the Borough proceeded to the office of the
firm, and gave information that he had recently purchased two
pockets of hops from a man named Symptoms, which (rattly nor.
responded with the ones descrioed as having been stolen. Hall
took this man into custody, and found a quantity of hops concealed
in his house. . _

Orr being questioned respecting the hops he sold the person in
the Borough, he stated that he purchased therida wan named
Allen. This latter person was also taken into custody, and when
confronted with Synimons their stories so materially differed that
they were both conveyed to this office. When before tic /11agil-
trate, Allen acknowledged that he and Synamons had frequent
dealings together, and that the two pockets of hops now described-
as having been sto►en, he (Allen) had bought trout a man whose
name he does nut know, at Paddington.
When asked, what he (Allen) dealt in ? He replied, that he
was a dealer in anything.
One of the firm said, that if the prisoners were remanded for a
few days, he hoped ro bring forward evidence which would impli.
ease them in the ►obbery.
They were accordingly remanded.

At the Carmarthen Assizes, in the year 1742, a girl of
only eight years old was tried upon the Coroner's verdict,
for the wilful murder of her brother and sister, the one six
the other four years of age, and acquitted. It appeared
upon the trial, that the three children, who lived in a cot-.
ace not far from the sea, had been dreadfully frightened
with stories of the cruelty of the Spaniards, and the danger•
of their landing upon that coast. These children having
been one day left alone, when there happened to arise a
violent thunder-storm, became so terrified as to imagine
the Spaniards were coining, and the eldest of them, to
avoid falling into their handy, took up a hedging-bill iu
order to destroy herself, which the two younger children
observing, cried out repeatedly, " Pray, sister, kill us
first !" upon which she actually despatched them. She
afterwards desperately wounded herself ; but not having
strength, or perhaps courage enough, after feeling such
pain, to complete her design that way, she ran out of the
house towards a river which was near it, and was going to
throw herself in, but was prevented by sume casual pars-
Isengers, to whom she said, in great terror, that she was
going to drown herself for fear of the Spaniards, and that
she had killed her brother and sister for the isme reason.-