The National Register.
London, England, 1821-12-03 00:00:00

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GUILDHALL.
The neighbourhood of Bennett's Hill, Doctors' Com-
mons, was all in an uproar about nine o'clock on Sunday
min g, in consequence of an alarm of thieves ; two uo•u
were seen making their escape in great haste out of the
house of Mr. Hill, a green grocer ; the cry of" stop thief "
was i iiiii triliately raised, and a general pursuit took place
as tar as Ludgate Hill, wh. re two men, supposed to hr
thieves, were overtaken, and brought back in custody.
On inquiry it appeared, that while Mr. Cox, a lodger of
Mr. Hill's, with his wife and child, were duessieg for'
church, two fellows broke forcibly in through the window
and made the best of their way down stairs. It turned
out that the Excise officers haviog received information
of an illicit distillery being carried on at No. 10, Bennett's
Hill, were watching near the spot, and the door happening
to be opened, they rushed in, the knot of disti.lers dis
persed iu all directions, and two of them finding no other
means ufescape, had broke in through Mr. Cox's window,
the premises being adjoining.
The two men taken w :re !nought before Mr. Alderman
Cox, at this Justice Room, on Monday ; they gave their
names Samuel and John Peppard, father and son, and Ms.
Langliant, a solicitor, attended on their behalf.
Chas. Lind, an Exciseman, stated, that in consequence
of littoral:till:On received, lie and a brother officer entered
the hii se, and found in the loft a still, capable of holding
ISO gallons, a Int ge quantity of low wines, and a too of
wash ready for working. There was some wash in the
still vi hick was warm, as if it hind lately been at work.
He and his partner could identity the two prisoners as
being on the prensieen, and the being out the 'netlike:.
where there was a private still, reishetetl persons i1111C114•
Isle ler the statists..

Air. Lalogitaan imputed tinder what statute the tacos
acted

Laid requested time to go to the Excise Office, to
furnish huu.•elf' with the law upon the subject.
This will allowed, amid on his return he shook his head
amid said, he reified he was done time. Out I °king into the
Statute lie found, that the persons must ue seen in the still
!loom to make them liable, and the tact was, Ihat he .1111
his partner had mom' the pristine's on the premises, Is..t
not iw the slit) room.

This pot in end to the cue, as far as the Excise wa
cotters ord.

Mr. Alderman Cox thought there wa• still a charge
against the prisoners, for breaking into the adje ) i 111 l pig
house; but alter some discus-ion. they were dischae gee].
BOW•SI HEFT.
Thomas CxJdiogtmt, Thers. 111041114 mid Edw. Caveman,
privates ,it the Coldstream Guards. were brought before the
igistrates, to conseqteetece of the complaint of Mr. Cllillft
hers, a salesman ay ing lee Broad-se reel, St. titles's who sleeted
that the vaunters had hero drunk all the taturniug, and in-
sulting every person they met vr till in the streets. They
were guilty of the must disorderly cuoduct, and broke two
panes of gins. in Mr. Chamber's window. He then had
them apprehended, and it required four to five constable's to
take throe into custody. eue of them. iligran, struck
bias two ur three •s, and also struck one of the con-
stables.

No charee •ppeariug against Caddington, he was dis-
charged. Ingram havin4 pushed Caveman's siloulder against
one of lite pliers of glass, and Casemate tia•iiig WO ken the
iii her w ith his fist, were ordered to pay is. 61, each, the
pile, of the glass, or he imprisoned for fourteen ;
mod Ingram aas further ordered to lied hail fur the
Mr. Chambers stated that his mitgliboura laas gi eat :y
annoyed by the numerous soldiers of the lin:lens, who were
constantly drunk f morning to eight, and behavioA id the
most disorderly manuer.
FHIENDSIIII, 110113111tY, awn CMOS. Co N.—Jeremiah
Sillily was placed at the bar, charged a till being an ac-
complice io robbing Sampson Holhimik, and also %tut
feloinously receiving the property stolen from the said
Sampson.
Mr. Sampson liolhinok, who is a tailor, told a long and
remarkably incomprehensible story, about gratitude and
gold rings, broad ribbands, a tee potted mite, satin spencers,
kid shoes," and fardingales, and things," all of which, he
sold, had been stolen fl him by Mis. Simpsiiii, aided and
abetted by her husband, the pi isioner. PHI lie ended by
declaring he had " no aWI to dare hint." " Then a sal did
you bring lien here fore" asked tie• magistrate; to all,Ch
Mr. Simpson Holbrook replied, " that your Warming
might give hini a bit of advice about giving me the dom.,
again."
The prisoner, Jeremiah Simpson, better known by the
appellation of " Dismal Jerry," now claimed to he heard,
and his stretch threw a coii•idritibie IL,ht on Sampson Hot-
brook's obscurity. lie spoke of having had at one time a
Warm heart both for love and friendship, and of his suscrpti
bilities in those matters hosier, been grossly outraged.—lle
had taken unto himself a wile, who wits (leases to hint than
111, life land a friend whom he sallied above all •luuigs except
his wile. That friend was Sampson Huth' mils I In Inc
sincerity of his 'ran heart he had token Sampson 11110 his
own house as a bi conmellor, aml Sampsiiii had availed
himself of this confidence, by crises c•a.ish 4114ek: upon his
wife, dazzling her ryes and bea ildering her braid by tee
splendour of his presents; and at length persuaded her to
alitite with him to a lodging lir hail provided fur her in a
different part of the town. Repentance, how ver, took
possession of the lady, and she return:sit to her hush:led,
bruising wills her all the presents she had received from
Sampan), her seducer. Tit 3 iloulttlet,s, rut Sampson to tne
beast, aud 111 hit sage lir charged her with stealing the said
present•, tied her unfortunate spouse w1(11 reccniiie them,—
In conclusi tttt , he declared, that (hoop; S.lllll/Siill had linos
injured I l 11l freely forgave haw, mid had no sort of
object to admit aiam once • it, us friend.
'flue Nlit,ostrair observed, that this being the case, hr
would fermium:lid them to depatt in peace.
The seducing Sampson instantly extended the right-hand
of fellowship ; " Dismal Jet ry" received it with a hcaily
shokr, and they departed ilia 'ace arm in arm, to the great
1111.11betilelll ul all present.