The National Register.
London, England, 1818-05-03 00:00:00

BO W.STRLET.

John Jones, a pauper, who had been frequently relieved at
the cifice of the Society for the suppression of Mendicity,
was brought up ouTuesday, charged with au act of vagraney
when one of the members of the society attended, and stated
to the magistrate, that the prisoner had applied to the over-
seers of his parish for further relief,. and had been refused the
same ; and that as this mares case was 0:10 of distress, and
not wanton beggary, he requested that the wtia!esome pro-
visions of the law, which pt. witi.a commitment of one day,
might be put in force, and that the reward of five shillings
might be ordered to be paid by the pari.b, which would pro-
bably act opens the overseers as means o 1 influencing them to
a more etfteient discharge of their duty. The worthy Ma-
gistrate (slr. 13irnie) committed the man for one day, and
granted en order on the overseer for the reward of rise
shillings, which lie will be obliged to pay oo presenting the
same.

Tu:saay, a young man. calling himself Henry Howard, of dec.!: t
apt earancc, and iti the undress of a military officer, was examined
Mere Mr. 'lntik on several charge., of fraud.
The first was preferred by the waiter of the Kcy.brotlicl, in Chan-
dos•street, who stated that the prisoner, in company with another
young rnm and two females, came io the Key and ordered supper.—
The prisoner's male companionetohl him he had only about 21., end
asked him if he had any objection to take a banker's clitelte to which
the witness. at first objected: but as had seen the young man before,
at last agreed to take it. Ile gave his name as Captain Armstrong.
of the Guards, }edging at the Clarendon Hotel in Bond-street, and
showed the chock, which was for tole drawn on Sir ;elm Lub-
bock and Co. Mansien-house-street ; he assured witness aas a good
one, and the prisonerobserved that he wished it was for 5,1xX)1. instead
of lel. Witness agreed to take it in the morning in payment fin the
bill. They both desired to be called early, as they must be upon they
on the miride, whieh was accordingly dune: and after Ineakfiest the
prise-ma's companims, after discharging the bill amountitig to 31. las.
received ed. 2s. for his check. On sending the draft to the hankers for
payment, the answer :vas, "no iikets. nor did they know any such
person na the drawer ;" fourteen checks of a similar description Lad
teen presented fur payment the proceed: me day.
Mary Wood, who keeps the brothel. No. 42. male-street, Laces.
ter-square, stow', that on the everit.g of Tuesday se'nnight, the pi i—
:e.ner, in «impiety with a yr oug :wan answering the description
given by the abuse witness, wearing. a military great coat, military
boots and spars. having mustachios, etc. came to her. house, and
entered the private parlous, which she thought a greed 'liberty. as site
I admitted no gcutleinen to her house but those ALUM also knew, «i
she told them The prisoner, however, made very free, said. ilthough
she did not kaow him. he was an officer hi the 10th regiment, Lnd
Lonl Hobert Manners, ('oh Quentin, and yettrg Burdett, were his
pattieular friends, and he wished to sleep in her house that nigl.t.
av did the priimier, who was teems. need as an officer belonging to ;110
Draeonn Guards, and she rons.daing them respectable, colleen; 1
to their remaining in her hoitee. Cm the next morning. in payment
fit the bill the companion gave tier a cheek for 101. signed by W.
Stanford, drawn on Sir ,I. Lutitsceit mid Co. ; she expressed a bore
that it was a good one: he assuresi her it aas a very good ere, snit
asked her if she supposed he would sacrifice his character in the regi-
ment for 101. The prisoner was rot pa stet when the cheek was pte •
seined to her, but bile bad I 1() t.ellbt hut the prisoner knew the k
was good for clothing : it was not mud. The prisoner and ids
pinion afterwuds went to the !throttle-. at Charing-cross, w':ete in-
termatiou hadibeea received of 2.1 r. Wood caving been swill:lied y

MAY 3.

tam young man answering their description, and nwasengers were
dispatched to Mrs. Cook to identify them. and for Donaldson. the
aonstable. They discovered, however, that an sotemat was made to
detain them in the house, and nutted out:. but the porter of the house
pursued thorn, calling, " Sop Oliver they separated at the upper end
o Cliariagamas ; the prisoner ran towards the S:rand, and his co:a-
im:tit/a towanle Coekspur-street. The prisoner was warred and
la'tea,at the corner of St: Martin'a-lane.
The priauner most positively denied arty guihy knowledge that the
cheeks were Ithriented : and dezlersal than all he knew of the young
man. who was; with him was, that he was =Wee-haute acquaintance
hit name was Mort, but he really did not know where he lived. It,
declined goiug to the h )%eli with him, as hie circumstances would
hat ad tit of his paying the expences. On his helm; called upon
to give as acce.s.e. Itasalf, he replied, he coat u gentleman. lie
was• an Officer is the East India Company's service at sat, he served
or. board the Weimer emi.h: and the Canuarthea, and bad diem to
India twice.
Time landlord, in whose house in Saha ha was lolgiama at the time
hr was apprehended, atteaded. and gave him a good eharaeter,lining
the tim ; had lived in his bens,: he paid every body, and be te-
e:awl a very good character w him front his termer lodging.
HATTON-G RUM.
W. Blake, a baker of St. Ptlllrr.l4, was charged with selling
a rposmitlov of breed deficient 221 owes of weight, and was
convicted of the mitigated penalty of a's. per ounce and cots,
yunnnilug Io 51. I Is. 311.
J. Tioampsou, a ha kerale Latham-glare, Somers-town, was
convicted in the like penalty, fur a delicieucy of 401-ounces,
amounting to 101. Is. 3d.
MARLBOROUGH STREET.
Manday, J. Ps-arson. an elderly man. was brought up and •1
ea:nisi:led before 11. M. Dyer, Esq. on the following caarge
Emmerson, a mastertailor, raaiding in doe neighbour•
lased of Swallow-sr. stated, that on Suuday morning he left his
Ouse mod shop property faslaated, and went up into the first
oor with his family. In the afsernoan, whilst they ware at
tea, some bread was wanted, which his son went dews to
fetch, and in a moment afterwards winless heard him coy,
" Thieves I" two or three times, upon which he ran down:
stairs, and found the boy, who is only Irmo-teen years old.
at:nem:bog with the poisoner and another man, the latter of
. Vi!icom contrived to get away; but the had. kept richt hold of
the prisoner till witness secured him, ale took him to the
as arch house. On his•retorn he found same waistcoat: tied np
in the bag now produred, which the thieves had peaked top.'
to call y away. W. Emmerson, con of the last tattoo::, said,
that about four o'clock on Sunday he went into the shop for
some bread, and saw the in ironer • and another Mall taking
• down some toilenet, which they put into a bag ; witness
seized the prisoner by teat throat, upon which the other struck
Lino a blow on the bend, and knocked knot down, but he rail'
kept his hold of the prisoner till his father came. The other
escaped. The officer proved•that the thieves gained entrance
by tioreing the iron bar and padlock. The ;prisoner made no
-defence.—Fully committed.
Gumtree on Volterra—Samuel Tunbridge was charged
-with forging-and uttering a hill of exelmuga, purporting to
be of Ike value of twenty pounds, with intent to defraud J.
.loyceast baker, in Rupert-street, Haymarket.
The prisoner-I.as released at the Court for iaaolvent debt.
era, a short time since,. he having been opposed by the pre ;
sent posaventerosto charged him withrfrand. The prisoner
paid the bill to Mr. Joyce, but it invited out, that the mierept.
:once was forged, and there was nu 0.101 person to be found as
the aoceptor, whose rime was aubseribed to the bill, and the,
prisoner as time drawer, bad made a mark, instead of his
•signature.— He was remanded.
Cribber, IVelstr,and •Cline, were charged arth outrage awl
riot,on Saturday and Sunday, in Peter-street.—The follow-
ing are the facts of the case :—Mr. Lee, a tradesman in Pe-•'
tir-strect,St. James's, was engaged in litigation with the bro-
ther of Ilrihher, and this led to a tumult opposite the door of
the promeettor on Saturday, and which was repeated on Sun-
day, with the defendant Gibber at the head of an infuriated
Haub. They proceeded to evesy extremity, except entering
the house, nod Mr. Lee escaped by aback way, and obtain-
rola warrant at this office. :Plank ARA! Bagster served the
Isumese, when the other two defendants assaulted Plank in.
the eftwericom of his dotty. ether witnesses corroborated the
facts, and the defendauts were severally committed in default
of hail.