The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-04-28 00:00:00

COURAGEOUS CONDUCT OF A BOY.

Yesterday John Penrson, an elderly snail, was brought up
sad examined before Henry Moreton Dyer, kin. on the fol-
lowing charge:—
Mr. Enesnerson, a master tailor, residing ilk the neighbonr-
hood of Swallow-street, rusted, that oil s lay 1110C111111
left his house and shop properly fasteiied, and went up into
the first gout with his family is the afternoon. Whilst they
were at tea, Nome bread wits wanted, which his son went
down to fetch, and in a moment arks wards witness beard
loins cry " Thieves!" two or three lions, upon which he ran
down, stair., and found the boy, who is uwly 14 years oil,
struggling with the Prisoner and anotlsie mass, the latter of
whim connived to pet away, but the tail kept tight hold of
the Priomer till witness aeiriarill I i &&&& alit took him In the
watch-house. (In his reletu he found some waistcoat* tied
up iii the bag now produced, which the thieves bad packed
up to carry sway.
Was. Emmerson, sou of the last witness, said, that about
four tichiek on Sunday be went into 11w shop for some
tweed, and saw the Prisoner and soother lulu taking down
aurae tuileurt, which they pot into a hag ; • ituesis si 4.91 the
Prisoner by the throat, upon which the other struck him a
blow on the head, and knocked him down, but he still kept
his hold of the Prisoner till his father vitae. 'Elie tither
emaped.
The officer proved that the thieves gained entrance by
tarring the iron bar suit padlock.
The Primmer made uu iltfente. Fully committed.
RIOT.

Criblot. ;Veldt, and Mae, were charged with outrage
and riot, on Saturday and Sunday, in Peter-street
The following are tha facts of the rase:—Mr. Lee, a
tradesman in Peter.street, St. James's, was engaged in liti-
gation with the !anther of Cribher, sod this led to tumult
opposite the dour of the Prosecutor ora Saturday. which was
repeated 011 Sunday and yesterday morottig, with the de-
fendant Cribber at the brad of an lotto laird mob They
proceeded to every extremity, except entering the house,
and Lee escaped by a kick way, and obtained a war
rant at this Mice. Plank soil H,g4ter served the process,
when the other two Del..whorls assaulted Plank in the xr-
colon of his duty. Othe► witnesses corroborated the tact.,
■ad the Defendants were severally committed iu &Noll of
bail.

woRIIMIP-STRCET.

CRUELTY TO A CHILD.

A woman of mmeuline appearance am charged with
heating and committing varions acts of cruelty towards
Elizabith Leith, • child about 12 years of age.
he prosecution against the Prisoner, whose name is
soptk, was simn,toted by the parish officers of Spitalfielils.
li appealed by their materweiii, that the Primmer took the
child out of the workhouse :Moot three years ago, and she
was •pprontieed to her as • sea want.
The child, who is remarkable for her interesting appear-
once, though in • dreadful stale from excessive flagilatiou,
stated the various arts of cruelty which the Prisoner had
committed towards her. At one lime she beat her with •
thick rope, at another with a thick cane, and with the latter
se severely, that her head aim cot mem, tier body bore
marks ur violriive of n very serious
knob._ .

The Magistrate asked the Prisoner to areottnt for the att.
pearanre of the child's body, and she •aid that the child had
fallen dtiwnreprateilly, and had hurt herself.

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The child ►hewed her hand, whirls had a mark upon it,
and stated that the Priaontea tuts held her while Prisoner
thrust it agaiiii,t the fire.
The Marktrate, with inn feeling, of indignation, ordered
the Prisoner to find surelses tu noiswer for her appearance at
the Ses►iuns, a hick out being produced, ►he was couuaitted.
QC EEN SQUARE.