The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-08-19 00:00:00

POLICE.

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Yesterday Albs'', Singly, a yoith 'Miami 1$ years of
age, win brought to the office, and underwent a long elm-
Ipinstinsi under, peculiar circumstances. It appeared that
• the Prisoner had lived as a servant at Hampstead far a yt ar
I and a half, anal had acquitted himself with credit ; however,
llrons a variety of circumstance*, he became eery much re-
: (laced, in fact to a state of beggary. Since last Thursday
I night, it was discovered that he had become respectably
dressed, haul a watch in his pocket, had given en entertain-
) meal to some old 'acquaintances, of fowls, Ike. *as spending
1 mosey profusely, entertaining people, and continued Bosh
of mosey, bank notes, &c. ; and on his being asked how his
cheap of good fortune haul so suddenly occurred, he was not
able to give a satisfacturSu account how lac became possessed of
1 his wealth ; it was therefore strongly sinupected that he had
committed a robbery to get possession of so much money,
and he was taken into custody 1/y Mr. Hoot, the constable
of Hampstead, at the Duke of Hamilton public-house, in
! Hampstead. where be had engaged a lodging, and was ea-
! tertaisaing persons there, anal brought to the office, and on
searching his person three 51. notes were found. The ac-
count he gave of himself was, that he had neither father nor
mother, his only relation was a sister, who was mar-
ried, and lived in St. Pancras. His father was engineer
a Number of years at Gifford's hrew-house, which is now
salted Coinbe and CO .'s . Not having been able to obtain a
place, or work of ally description, he was reduced to great
distress, and ans Thursday morning last, when he was travel-
ling in Essex ill search of work, within three miles of Rum-
&rd, he saw a small parcel at' paper by the road-side, and ues
picking it up, it proved to be four 51 said ten 1/. Bank notes,
and which he, like many other people, **apposed to be his
own prize, having f d them ; and he was an elated at his
email bis k, that he returned to town, and did not stop tall
he gut to Highgate, where he began to expend his &mud trea-
sure; and it has been with pits since, as the old proverb
expresses,. light come light go," funk* about four days he
lass expended 151. in the purchase of a watch 21. 10s. haul
some plain second-loud clothes; the reit he could only at-
timid for having spent in eating and drinking. .
The Magistrate was of op' ' that the suspicion waii not
sufficient to detain hint in custody, however unlikely his
statement of his being posaesie,l of the property appeared,
but he should detain the three five pound flank notes for a
week, in case of an owner being found, when the Prisoner
promised to attend.
It was admitted by several persons present, that there
,asak nothing auspicious against the Prisoner's character
before.

CUSjOUR ASSAULT. 13111

A yonag Gentleman named Cobb. who is a permit or con-
siderable property residing at Camberwell, was charged by
his wife with assaulting her.

The Lady, who appeared a little older than theGeutleman
stated, that he struck her a violent blow on the, preceding
algid. at her mother's ►near, No. 1, Kenoingtou.laoe ; she
did nut state any grounds of provocation for the assault.
The husband said that he Issil several children by the Com-
plainant, and lately to his misery he had discovered some-
thing which be did nut wish to explain isle ticularly. He
would only say, that the house No. 1. Kennington-lane,
was out her mother's, but ■he had a Gentleman there when
he went to the how, and be its his anger struck her Mrs.
Cobb, said, that the accusations of Mr. Cobb, were totally
false.

The Magistrate ordered him to find bail. He declared
that be would rather go to prison, and was committed.