The National Register.
London, England, 1818-08-02 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

WednesdayW. Hughes was charged with stealing a variety
.of glass shades, the property of Messrs. Spode and Copeland,
du Portugal-street, Liteashes Inn-fields, which were traced to
.a pawnbroker% shop, svhere they had been pledged by the
prisoner, who was committed fur trial.
Elizabeth Brooks was charged with tittering a forged 11.
Bank of England note to Mr.J. White, a grocer, in Alsop
buildings, New road, well knowing it to be forged.—Com-
snitted for trial.
J. Huy was brisuglit to the office under extraordinary cir-
.cumstunces, being charged with felottionslystealing a watch,
his own property. It appeared from the testimony of Mr.
11 ood, a pawnbroker, of High-street, St. Giles's, and .his
shopenati, that the prisoner pledged a watch a short time since
at the shop for 4t. ; a few days since lie called at the shop
and asked to have 2s. more lent on the watch ; which being
produced and examined by the shopman. be ;tercet' to ad-
ance the money, which he slid ; and while the watch was
on the counter and the shopmau turned his buck, the, pri-
rower snatched the watch and the 2s. ran off with both of
clone and wade his escape. Mr. Wood gave inrormation to
eeveral pawitbruks;r3 of the circumstance ; and on Tuesday
• alumina he a as isifarmed by one of them, that a luau answer-
ing the description had offered a watch similar to the one de-
scribed fur 6s. On Mr. Wood's &helmets going there, he
found the man and the watch to he the same, and lie was in
onsequenee brought to the office. A difficulty arose at first,
owing to toe watch* being the prisoner's own property ; how.
ever, it ,turnina out that the watch was in the possession of
Idr. Wood, anti that lie bad au interest isles. in it, and Mr.
Wood expteasing his determination to prosecute the prisoner
as an example, basing batil repeatedly robbed lately, Mr.
/brute, the Magistrate, tally committed ' far trial.—The
account the primmer gaveof himself was rather extraordinary.
Ile said lie had been a Midshipman iu his Majesty's navy,
and bad served on bu.ird the Sitenitue, and was ni the action
with the Chesapeake, on which occasion he received a wound
on his head; ail when he drank too much he was in a state
of detaugentent, which was the care when lie committed the
offence. tie now enjoyed a pension of aOl. a year in conies
smellee of receiving Ow wound.
F. Dover. although wily a boy betweenlo audit years of
age, wit • chat gest with a capital odenee' in breaking open the
situp f Mr. W. Fos, jeweller, in the Haymerket,hy mass
of making a small hole in one of the squares of glass in the
shop window, end ingetrutisly putting a piece of strang
wire, with hook at the end, and pulling over a silver purse,
in which act he was detected just as he was getting out the
tamals which wear attached to the purse at the aperture.
Me
w. e tally committed.
Thursday two young gentlemen prescut.ii theosselves•to
Mr. Big, it and r. Camant, the sitting alagistrattar ; one of
them stated himself to be Mr. Wallace Had, front the country,
but at present pgataising in the olli7e et' Messrs. Ahhistun and
Co.,attornies, in Frveinities-cuurt,Caeuhill. On Friday week,
the gentleman accompanying him to the office, and two other
Iriends, went up the river ia a boat. Its the evening, a ttu
tent sham of rain, thunder, ant lightning came ea abotit seven
o'clock ; tiny were making fur Panel bridge to take shelter,
but übservitig on the FlllllOlll si,ie a heater track le:.tling to
the shore, :hey alighted from thu boat, and touk shelter malt r
a tinge tree, it few yards front the water, a here they remained
daring the mural. As it was clearing, and they weir about
to retina to their IsoatEdgey were surrounded by a gentleman
sewed s ilk a double barrelled gust, and five lit ery servants ;
one of them eppeated to i.e 4 groom, and was armed with a
pitchtuu., tee other four were anoed with Indian Otaheite
clubs. Time gentleman armed with a double barrelled gun
was, he saiderstotel, Lord isattelagli anti the men in livery
his tel His ',ordain') demanded to know what they
were (I,ine there. Mr. Hail captained to hit Lordship the
cause tit weir being there, and they were about to depart and
return to their boat. This was nut gintisteetory to his Lord
ship, wing decla,ed that he and his ettaspattisma should answer
for the., conduct at Vow itreet Office ; they expressed de it
wiliih.oess to filagreed there, thoegli they were stet eutisetotis
of hernia &sue any thing that was t...,:nitable thorn, as the
"extent of w eat they had tbuie .;...4tl It at possibly &amain to
inure 1:1411 a trespass, awl that • 'me- must he considerable
doubt even aline t that, as they had nut got user any fence or
Ledge end she piece a licit Vic) lied taken shelter tinder the
tree Wini,pe4 feet ly open from the river,
Mr.`hall stated to his L.rdsltip. that ice Lid his conipanioe.
wets gegulesuest. ,H.• pis:seated 10 11101 Os C 411( Wlllllfol Dame
and aasttetss ; 110 CW11041110411 001 the sa.•e, Ut.t. fits Lill ship
iduebte.i their reprcm4ll4lloll. One of hi, coy potion* s et. rt. it
Ideate alt. •tt.ollt, 0110 i • .; tiiii.,4i*ll.•4ll.: for the
county, and who would prove lie was We pepriAlike • epre,ent
sal Walla lobe. Even this did not yvailwiltbt Ilia LiordsWp

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tiles wn .ale hi• ixvir.,ailit broke *jowl' iholll4eelll.4 1/1 111$
-1"*". 'lr. aI, lit aiiiisivt to this olvoirvission, $lOl, • hat he
or his continuum', had dui De4izr, 111111 Were shoot to drs
part. hot thity were pi event( d by the e,fy.isstshy order
of his Lordship, ptirticularly two of them, one of them pi c•
geu ling a pitchfork, and the 1111ser holding sip an radian
club uu 4 menacing way at them. Mr, Huh remoitstiated with
1,14 Lordship 1111 111% conduct, assuring him he wa• aelins
illegally, and that lie wits not justified in tlie course hr was
pursuing. ills Lordship, howeset, persisted in detaining
1:,0111; but alter some time he apt red to let them depart, sin
-condition of their pa) tug is servants for the trouble tiny had
in the business. This was resist by Mr. Hall and his
friends for about half an hour. when find' of all remousti mice
vain, and fearing that the boot ovoid get swamped and spoil.
(1, he agreed, awl 441 give 75 to the servants as a condition for
their release, and after that payment they were suffered to
depurtto their boat.

;►lc. Hall stated, /Wit oue of courtesy to a Nobleman of the
rank of Lord lianelagli, he bad written to his Lordship inform-
ing him that lie should expect hint to answer for his conduct
in detaining him and his companions half an hour as prison-
ers, and for obtaining 7s. for Isis servants, ece. Ha sent the
letter by the post, but learnt afterwards that he bad directed
it wrette, by stating his Lordship's residence to be Patiley
instead of Fulham ; although, on inquiring at the post office,
he learned that the letter bad been forwarded to his Lord-
ship's house. Mr. Hall a►so sent a special messenger to his
house in Fulham, to serve him with a copy of the letter, but
he had nut received any answer, but he understood his Lord-
ship had come to town early ou Wednesday morning. The
Magistiates were of opinion, that if Mr. Hall could swear be
had parted with the money to the servants maderpetsoual fear,
it would amount to felony.
Mr. Hall expressed his determination to indict all the
screams.

11IIRLBOROUGH.STREET.
E. Hall was fully committed for rubbing S. Harris of his
wateh and seal. The prosecutor, accompanied by two friends,
wars returning fruit► West End lair on Tuesday evening,
after• drinking freely, when the prisoner, who was a stranger,
joined them ; and alter drinking with them, snatched the pro-
secutor's watch from his fob and made off with it.
lINETOIN.G.AROEN.
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'Month); R. Dray,O;;;rolll;tVei;ey star, was fined
201. for carrying two passengers snore than allowed by Act of
Parliament—D. Antony, driver of a Mentiond stage, was
tined 401. for two offences of a like nature.—G. Mathews,
driver of ;timelier BreutforJ stare, 401. ter like offences—
And Pettigall, owner and driver of a IVoldford coach, VMS
lined 101 for carrying one outside passenger more than the
Act pernsits.—Thc above informations were brought forward
in a most praiseworthy manner by Mr. Hanson, a Magistrate,
who was himself the principal witness, in order, if possible,
to put a stop to the dreadful accidents occasioned by over-
loading coaches.
Wednesday J. Higgins and W. Mitchell, charged with rob-
bing the house of Mr. Dawson, of lientowstrect, Brunswick,
square, of plate,and other articles to the amount of 3001. were
again brought up, together with Ann Higgins, and Saraband
E. Mitchell, the mother and brother of W. Mitchell, who were
charged with receiving the property. Mr.l). identified the
plate found on the prisoners in Somers' Town Fields by a
watchman, as beiug his property. He also identified sonic
property found at Ann hliggin s and Sarah Mitchell's lodg-
-1 lags. Mr. Houghton, of Doughty-street, whose boose was
robbed on the 28th of May, to the amount of 2001. and Mr.
Bootle, whose house was also rat :Jed on the lid lust. identi.
1 tied some articles found at the lodgings of the female prisoners
as being part of what they had Ewell robbed of. The pri-
soners were once snore remanded
UNION HALL.

J. Cherrington, ownri and driver of the Kingston coach,.
wascharged with suffering a greater number of outside pas.
,e„grie upon his coach duet by law is allots ed : but the So-
licitor for the defendant discovered that the inforiner had
omitted to sign his name to the inlormation. This was fatal
to the proceedings, and the complaint was dismissed.
Sophia Elliot, a young woman of respectable appearance„
was charged on suspicion of stealing a welch, of considerable
value, the property of Mrs. Kitchen, of Bermondsey. The.
prisoner occupied an apartment in the prom:marries hoase.
On 3londay afternoon witness and her servant went out, leer-,
Mgt.° other person in the house bat the prisoner. The watch
was then hanging in the parlour. On Iter return in the even-
ing she missed the watch. A constable was sent for, who
searched the prisoner and her minimum, but the watch was
not four.d. The prisoner protested. her innocence. She was
reutauded.