The National Register.
London, England, 1822-11-17 00:00:00

The prisoners for part of a desperate gang who have
long infested the above neighbourhood, but who have
eluded the searches of the officers until Litely, when one
of otem, a man named Risrridge, was taken and commit-
ted to Maidstone gaol, A few days ago, the above named
prisoners Pre taken by S. Miller, an officer, of Lambeth-
divert police office. They underwent an examination
before the magistrates at Lambeth-street, and were sent
to Greenwich, where they were examined on Tuesday.
The following magistrates were present :—The Rev. R.
Davis, A. Constable, E. %V. Foreman, R. Smith, and W.
Waco, Emgra„
William Atkinson, landlord of the Britannia Tavern,
Woolwich, deposed, that his house was entered on Sun-
day evening, the lOth of September, between eight and
nine o'clock, at the back bed•room wiiiilow, by means of
a ladder, and that a coat and sonic handkerchiefs were
taken therefrom. On being bil..Wll a coat by Miller, the
°herr, witness could not swear it was his coat.
Charlotte Atkinson, his wife, deposed to the same effect.
Robert Atkinson, son to the preceding witnesses, swore
to the cost as being his fathers.
Miller, the officer, staled, that he went to the %V
Arms public home, in Baker's-row, Whitechapel, on the
19111 of Ocinhei ; in the bar he saw a coat, which he took
notice of; next day the coat was Belli to his Inflame, and is
the same now produced. lie afterwards received infor-
mation of the robbery at Mr. Atkinson's and according to
tin thee information, lie apprehended the prisoners Lewis
and Oliver.

Frederick Ingram, landlord of the Weavers' Arms,
stated, that he bought the curt of a Mall named kturridge,
fur 235., and he ottered it for sale at SOS. Several prr•
eons were in his Itou,e at the time he bought it, amongst
whom was Oliver, but Lewis was not there; witness
kuous both Oliver and Lewis.

John Clay, coachman to one of the Blackheath stages,
stated, that on Sunday evening, the 1.11111 of September,
between eight and nine o'clock, he drew lip his 4 °act' at
Deptford Broadway; at that place a man named Laws
got into some altercation with one of witness's passengers,
end for the purpose of abusing him he got upon witness's
coach ; wiliness mounted his box to push Laws oil, and in
the scuttle the former lost his watch, chain, and two gold
arab ; as soon as the setae ended, three persons, who
hail got on the coach, jumped of, and refused to go by
the coach; witness cannot swear to any of the prisoners
being then on his coach, bid thinks Oliver to have been
one. The watch now produced is his watch, having had
it Is years; the seals produced were not his.
William Crosby, allotment' to Mr Christie, pawnbroker,
85, Whitechapel, said, that the watch and seals produced
were pledged with him uu the lUth of October, in the
name of White.
Susannah Kent, of the parish of Charlton, deposed, that
that on the gist of October she went out to Charlton fair,
having previously fastened she windows and door of her
house; uetween eight and nine o'clock her son informed
her that her house was broken open. Among a great
many articles stolen were six silver tea spoons, one silver
table spoon. and some old coins.
Without Kent, the last witness's son, staled, that on the
Slat of October, about six in the evening, he went to his
mother's house, but found the door and w Milos,. closed ;
however, on trying the dour, it opened, and he went in ;
he found the room in great contusion, and suspecting
something amiss, he looked up the stairs, when he saw a
glimmering light ; witness called out " holloa," when two
or three men rushed down stairs towards the dour ; the
gala man struck at witness, who seized him, though struck
by the second; they both fell into the road together, and
then, by the united endeavours of the three, the first man
was extricated from witness's grasp, and they ran off;
witness pursued about 4 or 300 yards, when he was again
knocked down, but on being joined by a man named
Brooks, kept up the pursuit. The man who was pursued
at length became quite exhausted, and was forced to sur-
render ; this man was Burridge. Witness and Brooks
then took him to the watch-house; in his way thither he
took something from his pocket, which lie threw away ;
he also tore oft the laps and body of his coat. and threw
them away; when witness had lodged his prisoner safe,
he returned to look for the articles which had been thrown
away, and in the spot found some skeleton keys; to the
pockets of the coat which had been thrown away, lie
found some more skeleton keys, two pit ks, and a knife.—
Witness declared that Lewis was uue of the persons who
rushed by him in his nstother's house, and he has every rea-
son to believe Oliver was there also.