The National Register.
London, England, 1816-09-16 00:00:00

GUMMI ILL.

Saturday, F.. George, au old andntoturimis offender was charged
Knit att niiptimt to ride the pockets of several individuals in the neig.t..
b tarhoxi to lioib xn, on Fiitlay evening. A gentleman named Peas.
-seat:d, that he wa.s followed by the prisoner and two others, on the
ov.n:ing mentioned, from Smithfield ti iltilbtan, in the coarse of
time, the prnamer rushed suddenly agaitast hint. and the other
'te endeavoured to.draw or,t his picket-bank. Brown the otfieer
pa., ling by shortly afterwards, they w..re tbllowed.to a house in Smith.
tiAd, where the prisoner was seminal, Ills companions escaped.
prisoner *as fully committed es a reputed thief.
T. Addend, a respectable rung man, was ordered to find bail for
iIpIMALTIIIIZe at the Sos3totts, charged with a violent assault upon
r. a tavern keeper, in Cheapsitle. 'Ahie quarrel originated
v.-I:at is termed " a love affair,"
I4OW-STR EFT.
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Tnes.l.tv, William Ttulhunter, late clerk to Ato,sts. ilobarts, Cur-
+t';, aid (in. who has b:;:n in custody since July last, and underwent
6 v exaininations' was fully committed to Newicau, for trial, on
cliargcu of felony and embezzlement.
MARI.IIOIIOIiGH-STItEET.
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A few da7s since a man of the name of Win. Freeman Shilcavk
sderwert In ux:.minonott on a charge of bigamy, in intermicrying with
.4i 31i:4 Procter, of Alary-le.bsos, *hum he ran away with from her
foo'ter's house, where helodged Sit a short tune, his former vhe being
atill alive, ivid, with her two children, receiving alms of the parish
*Son.* at Birmingham. Nothing remained to be clone at this exarnins-
stion but to produce the record of the first marriage from the country,
't:ta second having been substantiated; but, st:ange to tell, no person
but the Ether of Miss Procter appea.--d. It turned out that. Mr. Proc-
-2,r, who is a wealthy tradesman, had procured the certificate which
alone was canting for the full cominitnient of the' prisoner, but on
Monday night the daughter (who is represented us a very pretty girl
xintl:r twenty years of ages, contrived to get the document from his
-.lrlssession. and she cloned again, and neither she nor the certificate has
,amce been heard of. The prisoner Was consequently discharged.
Daridge, Spikes, Gen, and Moore, were root:twined, charged with
tittering several houses, under pretence of being plttir.bers. to look at
'tin; pi e. and robbing the same. Susan Walker, servant to Pi. ketve,
in Bolton-row, stateti, that on the Itith ult. Davidge rang the Sell, and
said his noisier hail sent him to examine the pipes. Ile was aliewn
tiown stain., when he pulled out a rule to measure, and asked for write
chalk. The bell rang for her mistress's as and she left the pri-
soner below. On her return he had just got outside the door ; but she
leaf -re suspicion of him until a neighbour, whose house lie had tried,
apprised her Dial he was a suspicious character. and she then missed a
wl7cr tea-pot, which was in the kitchen when the prisoner was there.
On this charge Das idge was fully committed....-The next case was pre-
ferred by Hannah Barnngton, servant to Mr. Butler of Itruton-str-vt.
The prisoner, areompanied by another man, called with a similar story,
aid they got clear off with six *Meet spoons. Elavidge was also Cofn•
mitted on this charge.—M. Hallo, of Spring Gardens, had been robbed
of a quantity of plate in a similar manner ; but in the absence of his
w:evant, he could not identify either of the prisoners.—Lady Young,
151- Montagne-street. had also been robbed of a quantity of plate by the
salute stratagem....-The prisoners were remanded.
F. Murphy held to bail fur prtsenting a loaded pistol to a house-
k.s.iper in St. Giles's. On being asked how he got the pistol, he said
a-mesa of his knocked a patrule down in a fight on Sunday. and the
patrule let the pistoliall; so he took it for peace and quietness.

QUEEN-SQUARE.
Monday. S. Pearson, under 20 year, of age, waP brought up on a
e7large of highway-robbt ry. Mr. Powell, of Putney. !.aid, about two
years ago two men came uple him on die Wandsworth road ; the psi-
s owe was one of them, and bean a conversation, when he snatched
bit watei and appendages from lits fob. and ran off: Witness followed ;
iv)en the prisoner handed the waft to his comrade, who was after-
wards searruil. and transported for the dream. The prisoner got
away, and could not be met with until now. The prisoner's father,
w,lO is a respectable man, 1,3ir1, that his son had never been out of the
was; that be was innocent of the charge; but that Mr. P. wanted to
ca nprom'ae the matter on his being compensated. Mr. Powell denied
inis, and stated, that the father brought him two watches, which-he
01... red to him, on condition of his staying proceedings ; but he rejected
offer.---. Remanded. _ _

Mr. Hammel, a hoder in Conduit-street, was fined in the mitigated
l milt), of 131 18i. 9d. for selling Angola gloves.
A Gentleman, named Hawkins, was fined 40s. for not having the
number on his .Cart painted in large and l giblc characters, according
to the 30th of Geo. 111. which expresses that any person (saner or
r who shall drive, or muse to be driven about the streets of inn.
eon, any cart, waggon, Sze. with one, two, or more horses, shall forfeit
the sum of &4s. unless his name and nui.:ber he painted thereon. &c.
Mr. Fielding said, that h..! wishedtthe Legiihiture hail left the ana•unt
the fine to the discretion of the Magistrate, and in that eAlie he should
ha.c mitigated the present fine to less than five shillings.