The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-01-19 00:00:00

POLICE.
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•ow MT4►T.T.
On Friday Thomas Boate;n, • well-known character, was
apprehended by Adkins, on charges of various acts of fraud ;
also a man of the name of Dared Crafer, who, it appeared,
hail arcompanied him on the 6th instant to Flyer's-place,
Acton, wh, a they agreed with Snrah Willey, the a4ent to
Mr. Winor. farm there, for the purchase of three load* of
h iy, at one of them to be delivered on the F. iday
lowing, at Nit. 126, Drury-lane. their residence. A load of
arrived in Drury•-lane at the appointed time, where the
Prison, rs were waiting for it ; they took the carter into •
public house, and treated him with liquor, and then directed
him to drive the ►ay to a yard in Haaghtim-street, (laminar-
kit . The enter was directed by Mrs. Medley soot In leave the
hay without the money, as some suspicion was entertained
by her of the Prisoners. The Prisoners how, ver, doped the
carter, by giving hies • litter directed to Mr*. Medley, tell-
mg him it was all right, and b.• concluded the bl so ply.
iment for the bay was enclosed in the litter; but iustra•l of
that, the letter desired Mrs. Medley to send another turd of
hay on the Monday following, when he **mid pay for both.
The hay w is afterwards sold to Mr. Edward Wallbank fur
31 13s. its Clrmeat's-tun-pastage.
T3e P. t- rt. do u•.t reside at No. 1211, Drury-lane, as
lb y apeesented, the tumor is o-•eupied by a barlwr.
Ti..- Pi noners, aft. r nr•dergivi .g • long inve.tication he.
fore Ma. limn', on Saturday were committed for another
PIIMINiI4/111.111. wM•a it is expected other charges will be exlii-
biti.d against them.
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(hi Saturday Peter Criney was charged with uttering
eminti sled shdlistr, knowing threw to he sloth.
John Ede,. •rds, who k cps a r ,ffee-shop in Crawfiiril-
s'rect, so •t.. 1. that he hod taki.ss a stunslwr ul count, 'frit
shish. Z- p,rtiruhisly on th,•6th,7sh, snit nth instant, whim
she I', h d hien t his house for coffee, and un the
I tih he cline sc sin when be tendered a shilimg,
• hirh, nn examination, proved to be crisper washes! wills
is hit. in sal, and currespnnslisi wish thus, previously taken
by Mr. E 'wank and none of them, it is supposed, hail
been in rireulatiun before.
Toe Primmer was committed for further examination.
C.7.lrhe was 'gorged with uttering a counterfeit
hr:f carom to Julies Pearce, the kndlord of the Hoop puts.
Int Inanse at Kensington Gravel Pita, nn Friday afternoon;
wills uttariti4 a cousitertil half crown at the Sweat
pishlic-husee, In the sante neighbourhood.
lie was niustuitted for (outlier examination.

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John .41403i1), a native of Porto Rico, one or those sturdy
bezgars nib. infest the Wild-end of the Turn, partieselaily
the neighlnitillniutl of bond-►lrefl, was bruised Miner Mr.
Milks uu suilarday. Is, Humphreys and Bowl, is comae-
oi•teacr of .1 e. plaint f hr inhabitants.
The Pi usuin r partienisily attacks those in carriages, who
situp at shops, die. when, if the doors and %Maims are
1.'40.4, hi opens them. and is soul abusive to 11w servants.
14u wis cummilled to &Orwell fur a month as a vagrant.

Mr. HICK. fined William Dewey, the owner and driver of
the hal bust'. coach, No. 891, f►ve pounds fur insolence and
laiiptrge to Jos. ph Harding, Ews. of Flusbnry•
►.lware, slum mill's% don't at F.reesessons' Hall, for which
a warrant was leaned against bun, hr rcfusiog to attend
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John Mogan, Williams Simmons.. and John Smith, were
chaival by Cartatu Henry Hondas Perron, with robbing
him of his pocket book, cuutaiiiing sercnl Hank notes, um
Friday. near the Adonis-Ally
Tow P,imnera were committed fur trial.
John Ward was charged with uttering a forged SI Bank-
'woe to William Merchant, a shopnsan to Abraham Francis,
a liner.ifiraper, at No. it*, Wilburn, who, on taking it into
tin counting house to Mr. Francis, he discovered it to be a
ji.r;ery, moil to he of the saint paper, awl from the same
wale, which was uttered ►y a female at his shop, about a
wee k since, during his absence from berme.
The Piironer is a vi ry respectable looking young man.
He gave touts adictory arc. outs of himself, and raid he was
• kiad of servaut to Mr. Goodluck, a hawker and pedlar,
ho resider in Leigh street, Red Lion-square.
Ile was committed fur further examiwitiou.
John Clearer was charged with stealing some pawnbroker's
duplicate tickets fur p:edgrs, the property of Mr. Webster,
*jewel'. r, aho stated that, being in want of money IMAM
time since he pledged some jrwelkry goods. of the value
of 80f., and had been rubbed of some of the duplicate
tickets, and one of them fur some pearls and • brooch, whirls
were pledged al Mr. Cameron's, the pawnbroker's in the
Aland, fi•rfil. Bud which had been trat,d to the Prisoner.
who sold it to —ww Lazarus, • Jew, in klarquis•ruart,
Chun'. hour, who deals iu 0141 clothes, mud he sold it to Mr.
Ir sat • j•wailer,iu Holy well-street, fur
hr glow lots been wet ral limes under investigation be-
fore Mr Marty and Mr. HICKS, when roll the parties have
to co monate rod recriminate each other all to
. it honesty mid integiiie iu doing business.
T4e cam: alauds urtr fun another i•restigatiun.

A letter from Grimily, (Weil January 14, ally
fretnirto at large, the widows of freemen,
soul isollir poor ioluibitaiits of this borough, have
brru guilt uitouvly presented with coals; the former
witl► half a chulttrou each, sod the others with our
gooier each, but from what quarter Hot know's !
We I e lake lighting-cocks at Ottansloy, total with-
out a letLuming, +in groerous sod d.stoteltsted is
Ili. *wool become!"

Thr system of publishing the ponies of persons
re-e, mug panK•hial relief is bet:taming rye) general.
Ili is • painful task tliu, to expose the n,uu• s some
wha have seen better days, hut pretaltsire
rrosilt ra it inairprissablc. AkW il.i}s i‘isker,
it w.,. ,1,-.,,r,•ird at Bristol, that af. ly hjd been
rtesnr,•4 4.. wrrkly fur nearly fire year., ulthou6ll
thin sai-s had everagcd uesily 40.. iu i s,tl.

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