The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-04-28 00:00:00

HIGHWAY ROBBERY.

frn..llajor, June, Green:rld, Robert Sell% nod Junes
Locklon, hmr well•kwuwu •wd desprosie characters were
charged by Thomas Tumor, ur No. 14, Blur Auchus.-)ard,
Wesimissier, shoemaker, will' raking him of his watch and
3s. dd. its salver.

Prosecutor stated, that on Tuesday last, about three
o'clock in the aftersorios, be went to Tothi to see Ike
bull-bait. He hail not hero there long heftier he found him-
self assailed by a gang of 1. Ilona, who bustler' and shoved
him about, and at last proceeded to beat km about the face
sad eyes. He particularly observed the four Prmoners al
the bar, bet the most aetive was the Prisons r Major, a Isom he
knew by their having liven sehool-fellows. Major struck I
several blows in the face, oir that "%ilia*, repeatedly called
out to bins, fur God's sake not to hill tom, but all iu vain,
and be believed he must have fallen a sacrifice to Omit fury.
bad nut some humane persons pulled lioni up into • cart just
as he was sinking and fainting ler the ill usage of Prison-
ers and their gang, which consisted in all of about 14 or 15.
IVken he got into the cart he was 41, much r%liiiutted that
he could only say he had lost his watch, but could give no
servant of his titulary. When further ierovered, he Tomo!
Ilk Pri tttt ter. had taken f hiin :14. 64 iu

Wm. Pocock, of William-atm-I, Pualieo, hiilser, deposed,
that he went on Tuesday last in the afternoon to are the
hull-bait in Tuthill-Gelds; that for the purpose of Dicing
with greater convenience lie got np into # tort; where' he
had not been long before hr PAW the attack made upon the
Prosecutor by • numerous png, awuir the t active of
which were the four Prisoners. Ile then rottfirtited the
whole of last witness's testimony, adding that when
Prosecutor was driven by them near the cart lie was in, he
prevailed with some persons below to assist in lifting Prose-
("mow op, while witness and others iu the cart diew hint in,
anti he believed thereby saved his life.
T. Hugger, of William.street, Pimlico, owner of the coot
into which Prosecutor was drawn up, confirmed the tes y
of both the former witnesses, with the addition that just us
they were sbsiii to draw hien up, the Prt sin r Major tussle
a desperate dash lip to the Prosecutor's tocsins, aciaid his
watch-chain, pulled the watch out of his pocket, and called
nut, " gut it, I've got it," on which the whisk gram
marched off, to the gnat satisfactiou of Witness sod all
around him.

The Prisoners were fully committed to Newicate for trial.
The whole four twlisved with the yteralcut nudarity. and
openly threatened the witnesses to du thou 'mischief if they
appealed against them.

Captain PELLEW, of the Impregnable. has, at his
own expense, established IA 810•11001, 011 the most up.
proved system, for the etlacotioli of the children of
the seamen and marines belonging in that *MI., in
cumber about fifty.
A badger-halt took place a few (toys ago at
Peokhillt, in Staffordshire: and %%11%1.4 a poor h..
bower 110111 assisting to niiizz'e the longing', it bit
one of his bow. Hearty thrii„Ji, cno..-iitience of
oli;di at mortification took pito .•, snit he died the
follow;ng