The National Register.
London, England, 1818-05-04 00:00:00

MARLIIOROVGII STREET,

Monday. 3. Pearson, an elderly man, was brought np and
examined •baore H. M. Dyer, Lse,. on the fallowing charge
Emmerson, a master tailor, residing in the neighbour-
hood of Swallow-sr. stated,that on Sunday morning he left his
Louse awl shop properly fastened, and went sop into the.first
• floor-with his family. In the afternoon, whilst they were at
•tea, some bread was wanted, which his son wentdown to
fetch, aud in. a moment afterwards witness heard him cry.
•" Thieves!" -two or three tirne•s, upon which he ran down
ttairs, and fmind the boy, who is only fourteen years old.
straggling with the prisoner and another man, the latter of
whom ecutrived to get away; lest the lad kept deist hold of
the prisoner till witness seunred darn, and took•him to the
Watch knew.. AM his return he found smite waistcoats tied up
in the bag now proctored, which the thieves had parked up
to early away. W. Eminerson, son of the last witness, said,
that about four o'clock on Sunday he went into the shop for
some [aerial, and saw the prisoner and another man taking
down Wine toilenet, which they put into a bag ;-•witue4
• seized the prisoner by the threat, upue which the othetstrnek
him a blow on: head, and knocked him down, but he still
. !,ept his hull of the I:fit:osier till his father came. The other
• escaped. The ettilee:- proved that the thieves gained entrance
by forcing the iron bar and padlock. The prisoner made no
defence.—Fatly consmitsed.
CSC lIG It•OF Ff)ll6 Tatrill'idttC was charged
• With forging and Ettering a bill :of e:Arliange, purporting to
-be of the value of twenty pounds, with intent to detrandJ.
Juyce, a baker, itattupeat-street, Haymarket.
The prisoners v. as released at the Court for imoleent debt-
ors, a short time since, she having been opposer! by the pre.
• cent prosecutor, who charged him with freed. The prisoner
paid the bill to Mr. Jo?te, but it turned- cut, that the accept.
once was•forged, and there was no such person to be found as
the acceptor, whose name was subscribed to.the bill, anal the
prisoner as she drawer, had made a mark, instead of his
signatiore.—He was remanded.
Cribber, NVelsh,aurt Cline, were (-barged with ontrage and
riot, on Sasurday and Sunday, in Peter.streeL—The follow-
jug are the facts of the case :—Mr. Lee, a tradesman in P.-.
ter-st•-m.CSt. James's, was engaged in litigation with the bro-
titer of Cribber, and this led to a tumult opposite the door of
the prosecutor un Saturday, and which was repeated on SOH-
day, with the defendant Cribber at the head of an irii.ariated
- mob. They.proceeded to every extremity, except entering
the house, and Mr. Lee escaped by a back way, and obtain.
ed a warrant at this office. Plank and Bag:;ter served the
. process, when the other two deleadants assaulted Plank in
the exe•cuticn of his duty. Other witnesses corroborated the
facts, and the defendants were severally committed iu default
of jail.

QT triX-SQUARE.
Win, MR*, James Greenfield,- iiobert Selby, and James
Lociston, tour well known and desperate characters, were
charged by T, Turner, with robbing him of his watch and
3s. Oil. in silver.—The prosecutor stated, that on. 1 isesday
week, he went to Tethill•tietds to sec Abe bull-bait. He lead
not :seen long there before he found himselfassaileel arring of
fellows, who hustled and shoved him about, and at last pro-
ceeded to heat him about the lace and eyes. He particularly
observed the four prisoners at the bar, hut the most active
was the prisoner, Nlajor, whom he knew by their hosing been
school-fellows. Major struck liins several blows in the face,
so that witness repeatedly fulled out to• him, for God's-Like •
:sot to kill him, but all in vain, and he believed he must have
fallen a sacrifice to their fury,, had nut some humane per-
sons pelted him into a cart just as lie was sinking and faint-
ing theill usage of the prisoners and their gaeg, which
consisted of about It or.!::. When he got into the cart he
was so much exhausted that lie could only say he had lost his
watch, hut could give no acconnt of liie money. When fur-
ther recovered, he found the prisoner had taken (ruin him
:;s. f!. in silver. Win. Pocock, of William-street, Pimlico,
bakerolepused,that he went on Tuesday week, in the at
to see the boll-bait in Tothill-tields; that for the purpose of
seeing with-greater convenience he gut op into a cast, wh!'re
he had not htscts long heroes. he saw them made noon the
prosecutor by a numerous gang, siosecg the most active of
which were divines prisonse.s. lie tl•tu confirmed the whop
• of last witness's testimony, adding, that when the prosecutor
was driven by them near the cuthe was in, he prevailed with
•some persons below to assist in lilting prosecutor up, while
witness and others in the cart drew him in, and he believed
thereby sawed his life. T. Hugger, of William•street,
Pitu-
lieu, 0 %tier of the cart into which•proseotuor was drawn lip,
confirmed the testimony of both the former witnesses, with
the addition, that just as they were about to draw him up the
prisoner Major madv a desperate dash up to the prosecutor's
person, seised Isis wateli.ehaiss, pulled the watch oil of his
pocktt, and got it ; se gut it," sin whirls
the whole gang marched of. in the great satisfactiuu of wit-
ness and all astound 1 • . The priseuers wire Icily commit-
ted to Newgate for Wale-The whole :our behaved with the
greatest authority, and openly threatened the witnesses to du
. them mischief it Alley nippy:arm] against them.

%tiarwick, has been almost ianntleted
'.dming the late rainh the consequent d.uni, of the atmoapltere
was4o thugs[ veral Among which were those
of the Duke of Portland and Lord John Itrutiack, %cur ad-
% %dud by their phyaiciturto lease the place.