The National Register.
London, England, 1819-04-19 00:00:00

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MANIIIOIO-110VSR.-.EXTENSIVIC ROMIERY.-011 Tues-
day the 30th of Nlareli, a basket a:is stolen from the bar of
the tap at the Bull-and-Mouth, inn, containing a parcel of
Kink of England notes, and hills, to the amount of 11,0001.
Soot after the rubbery the bills were found in ail tura iu
Slum horne-lane, into which they had been dropper!. Nom
of the notes have been traced. The Bank of Eio;Lind notes
acre for the sum of 90" f. the local notes fur upwards of
3,00.)i., and the hills for upward* of 7,0001.
A midclie•itgeit WWI, owned William Crowder. was on
NVcelnescLey charged on auspiciou of having pat tbeipaied ibi
the robbery.
William Goodall, guard of the Worcester coach, stated,
that he was in the habit of bringing parcels train W orcester
for the house of Curtis and Co. bankers, in Ln ,clim, to the
Bull-and-Mouth that uu Monday, the '29th of Nlaich lic,
received one parcel Irma the old bansoigshouse, and another
futon Foley's banking-house at Worcester ; that be took
then where he lodged in Worcester, and enclosed them,
taxcther with a bag containing silver and old mutes of Ibis
own to the 1111011111 d of SOL, iu a basket, which he secured
wllb a padlock, after which he took them to the coach
and placed them to the hind boot; that he aro iced iu town
with the coach un Juesda), the 30th of 'March, at eleven
o'clock, took the basket to the tap at the Bullsand-Moutli,
and gave it to Mr. Vacs, the landlord, saying, " Take care
of my child" (the usual can' ion with respect to parcels of
great value); that Mrs. Viles was to the bar, and the
landlord, who was standing at the door, said, " Very wall,"
and took it into hie care; that he (witness) returned to the
yard at the Hull-nod-Mouth for the purpose of timing the
hill, and that on his return to the har, which was within
the apace 'sleight inmates, the basket was gone, Ile added,
the basket was looked fur, but cuulJ nut be found, and
that he believed the landlord had nut missed it till that
moment.

Wm. Taylor, a constable of Aldersgate, said he knew the
priienier well; saw twice on the itiiirning the robuery
was committed, the first time a quarter past 10, standing at
the corner of Little lit atilt), near the Chutch, a 'all a handle
in his hand, and dressed well Ia a blue coat. (Here it was
stated by the Guard, that the coach passed through Little
Britain.) The prisoner, on observing the witness, walked
but was seen by him iii about half an hour after in Bull-
and-Nlouth-strtet, above the Inn-yard, looking at the horses,
mud loitering. At this time he had no Ituudle with him.—
Taylor hearth that a great robbery had been committed at
the Bull-and-Mouth half an hour afterwards, and imme-
diately cent after the plisoner.
Jane Si.ley said she knew the prisoner. On the morning
of the robbery saw him between eleven and twelve o'clock
with a great coat, standing near the Nag's Head, and
talking to a tall gentleman. He was dressed in a blue coat,
and had a •ight coloured gray coat over his arm. The person
with whom he spoke was a stranger to the witness ; was
dressed in a dark coat, and had a dark complexion. Five
minutes after she had seen him, she heard of a great robbery
at the Bull-and-Moutn.

Edward V Iles, ON ner of the tap at the Bull and. Mouth,
confirmed the guard's evidence w.th respect to the leaving
of the parcel in the bar. Upon the guard's return to the
bar, when the property was mimed, witness immediately
suspected two men a ho had come into the house n short time
before. Fr.iin the time the guard had left leis basket till his
return, nobody had called hut a neighbour's little girl, fo► a
pint of beer. But there were two nieu io the tap•ruom when
the basket was brought in, sitting in a box opposite the bar
door. One of them hail come in about ten minutes before
eleven, and called for a glass Of ale; the olber soon Idler,
and called fur a glass of beer. Both paid, hut witness did
not see them in conversation. Tiley sat in the same box,
down by each tither. The first who came in was dressed in
a blue coat, and topped boots, and hail a light drab coat
over his left arm. [Here the prisoner waadesired to put on
his hat.) Witness believed hau to be the man who called
for the glass of ale. Witness's wife wits in the cellar, and
w itoess himself took a poker out of the tap-room Are, and
ran up stairs to light a tire. Ou his return, which was in
about a minute and a half, the two men were gone. Three
pin, of the ale were left in one of the gla.iscs, and a small
quantity of the beer remained in the other. VI hen witness
left the tap-room to light the fire, the basket was is the bar,
but he did out think of looking for it until the guard came
to ask for it.

_ . .
Jacob Goodrich, a helper in the yard, said be was in the
tap•rourn at the same time (hr coach arrived. Three men,
named Bennet. Titmouse, and Charlton, who were well-
known to the house, were its the tap-room. They sat in a
box from which they could not see the bar. Two other
men, who were strangers to uitnass, sat in a box that had a
command of the bar, and a great coat Was spread upon the
table at which they sat. One of these men turned round to
look into the hot in which they sat, and upon meeting
eye turned quickly away. The other handed a newspaper
to Charlton, who sat in the opposite box. Mis. s was
skimming the pot at the time. %V it hin a couple of minutes
alter, the newspaper, which had not been asked for, was
given to Charlton. %V line% heard that the basket had been
stolen. There was snitie eliiterence be tween this witness's
statement and that ot• the others, as to the time anti colour
of the coal, he having stated that the rolh1). ry mist have here
committed ,non after tell, and that the me...a coat aus n very
dark one.

The Lord Mayor ord. red that the further evidence vitould
be brought before him nn M

GUILDHALL.— HARD WOOR UPON THR POOR BAR.
BRIM—Sir. J. Shaw wa: occupied with a MP which he
by no means relished. He was obliged to put into force
the Aet of Parliament which mist.% wills such peculiar
weight upon hair-d , and tine one for shaving a coo.
tooter after eleven o'clock on Sunday last.
The poor mail, whose mime is Morality Roberta, pleaded
for himself and his lumbar. with much era,. lolMarsehes.
ter the Magistrates hail declare d that shaving was an act
of necessity, and nobody could •ay that beards were not
as likely to grow in Lonrho, a: in the ministry. Ittsidesolie
barbers had but two slays in the week, Saturday and
Smulay. All the rest of the week was a dire noa,and what
B comfortable thing was a Oran f:ste, a ilmtg not to be
found without having first undergone the razor.
S•e J. Shaw a lid he hail not mode the Act; assn rtl•lhc
barber that no Sas should have beru improved upon Mau had

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be shaved before or alter church, and regretted the obliga-
tion to 11111/O\C Ilse pelt illy.
Roberts respectfully submitted that the neces•ity appeared
more Imperious when stage coat hes came into town in
church lime. The rrfosal to shave shone who hail just ar-
rived, might he visited With It more be, ions pmts-hinent than
earthly Magistrates could t, for the crime of presenting
people I'llllll gOilig to chinch might lie upon their lien,,!. lie
said lie should let the matter go to the utmost. lie should
nut p.ry the nor hut lel every thing go to wreck.
The inquest, who stated that Inc inhabi•ants of their
Ward acre constantly desiring them to do their duty by lin
illg working barbels, ate to WU( eed asainst ilotaliu by
formation.