The National Register.
London, England, 1819-03-22 00:00:00

GUILDHALL.

Vo[tce.

A to II &hie-bodied fellow, who gave his name SN'ithers.
was lirinight in the Justice•-roout tin Wein.. day,
in rus-
turlV of au officer, charged Willi steantle Iwo saws 1.111
of the shot) of Mr. Paul, carpenter, la, Old Fish-street.
The entrance to Mr. Paul's Shop is closed be a h4tcl►
door, which ss'as Shot by tits men till their to dui-
:ter, at 12 n'eit.ek ; the prisoner, svatenslig the oppottii-
oily of their absence. lelieti user the door, snit.. a saw
kiiitiging to one of the journey own, and went away.
lle returned again in a kw uuuotr., shit r aching over
1111 dune, look another saw ; Ibis Was observed by a per-
-on of the name of Pain, who kvilis a coal-shell liCtrr
ittior to Mr. Paul's, and halting no know lethte of his per-
tain as One oI Mr. Paul's own, he suspected he was a
iiiief, mid therefore foriowed and seized Min iti Fi iday.
street, with the saw in his hotid ; the oliicr liaW, first
stolen, Was Intuit conct•.tled on his veiblni
John Smith, one of .Ir. Paursinurnes men, identified
both the saws as his properly, and Said he lett them In
the shop when he went to dinner.
The prisoner said he was a carpenter, and had a wife
and 3 children. Ile pleaded great distress, hat•-
in been out of empliiy a long while, in COlisetintliCt; of
a siottlit :mark of lieuinatie gout.
S r W. Curtis.--.' Aye I that's as you tell us. You
were not so bad with the gout but you could leap the
door though. You are well e•nougn, it seems, for all
purposes Of mischief, thointli not quite well enough to
go to win-k. Ar'nt you asilailltd to rot) a fellow-work-
man 1 You should hate thought of your wile and fa-
mily when you were stealing the saws. 1 shall cont-
ain you."
Previous to the commitment being made out, Smith,
the owner of the saws, addressed the Magistrate, and
hoped his worship could give the initialler a milder pu-
nishment. lle Mil not wish hint to be sent to New-
gate.
. . . . _ .

Sir W. Curtis.---" Oh! you wish him to be let off, dO
you ? You speak for yourself'. You're but your saws,
nd want to have doue with it hut 1 act fur the pub-
lic.

The man has a wife and 3 children. Sir

Sir IV. Curtis—" Ile did not think of your children
whet, he %%4. Sterlitig toe saws. Are you a married
malt ?”

Si No, your worship."
Sir W. Cur us—" That 11611. l matter ; if you had eight
childr.m, he would have stole. the saws just the sante, or
any thing else more valuabli., if it had been there-fur
lion. If he had been in work, lie could have- canted ti
or 7s. a day, I suppose. But lie Can't get elll4/10-0 nu
—nothing fur call/Cliters to do now—testy IS iu the
spring—never. You seem a hard-working min, you
eau get employ. I wonder von should speak for such
a lazy, idle, pilfering fellow. 1 tell you fie is a bad fel-
low ; he ought to be !initialled, and it': must Ire punish-
ed, and he shall Le punished. (To the Clerk)—Bilul
Lint over to prosecute."
A very decent-looking matt, whose name we forbear
to mention, but who slated himself to he au agent in
the Insolvent Debtors' Court, and at present in great
distress, was next placed at the Oar, charged by a publi-
can with having curie toles ionise do Tiiewlay est:Mug,
and drinking it Mee half puns of porter and two glasses
of rum and water, without a stogie fanhiug in his .
' pocket to pay Mr them. The ptisl)tart handed op a letter
to the worthy Nlag.straie (Sir W. ('uitis), which he
read, and after a pause of a few moments, said, " I am
very sorry our your distress; 1 feel for your situation ; btu
you should tint du these illii.gs. If it had been for a bit
ui steak, or some bread and cheese, or soutettiiiig to ei.t,
' I should not have minded it; hut all this drink, it was
not necessary. Never lea distress trite you to be disho-
nest. Don't do so again. Go your ways. I'll lig), the
roan fur you this mice." AIM lie accordingly called the
publican to him for that purpose.
We did not learn the contents of the letter, for Sit

put it in his pocket, and appeared tit•iirotis of
aim:kitting front any tilise;saison which should lend to •
exiiosc the 1. risont•r. We have endeavoured .o follow
and should hose supprussiti lite crie alto-
gether, but for our &sire to record ni the saute oJii,e, rut
uununce of Ituat.stiity with one of strict and itnimfle.lt
justice.