The National Register.
London, England, 1817-01-20 00:00:00

QUEEN-SQUARE.

Mr. Joseph Lee, a respectable coaeltmaster, resitting in
Prince's-place, Westminster, came to trot Oboe in order to
ask the Magistrate's advice how he should act under the
following circumstances:
lie stated, that the evening before, the driver of one of his
coaches, No. b9l, had hems called, with las couch, from die
stand in Chaeles.strect, CAweatiardyn. to take up a tire at
dirlinsoifs a-la-mode beef s!top, tbe rumor of Clare-inleket
mud iliackntore-street; lie there took up • lady very gen. -
teely dressed, accompanied by a tzentle lia, and several
boxes were also handial into the roach, a lira he was ordered
to drive to Cie Voinitain, in torherine.street, where he act
then down. In about :rail .11i hour thy gentleman came out,
and desired Win to w.sit, sa;.•in; he should be back in less
than an boor; but he never returned all. After waiting
snout two hours, the lady came oar, and got jilt° the e.,aeli,
with Civec or four of her boxes Laving }eft the rr, t in the.
reap of the toaster of 11111 tit LLII2. Lie walkoi.titshl.to &Ore

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to thford-street, where he set her down at a public
vaults, and slit, drank several glasses of brandy. She then
ordered him from one place to another till she became so id-
toxieated that .he could not articulate, awl it being at leirtli
past one o'clock iii the morning, and supposirig she had a goo
deal of property about her, he took her to NI. Mary-le-bone
watch-house, but they would not receive her on account of
her boxes. After trying one or two more watch-houses, to
no better effect, he at last drove her home to his master's
yard, and put her upon some clean straw in the statute. Dur-
ing the time he was rubbing down his horses, she fel, asleep,
and he left her with her boxes. In the morning, about eight
o'clock, Mr, Lee, as was customary with him, went into the
stable, where he saw the lady; awl hi, hostler informed him
Cott on his et, J iig there at five o'clock, she complained of
being cold, said she had no money, but gave him a handsome
silver knife, in a red morocco ease, to get her a glass of wain,
brandy and water, which he did, and afterwards a glass or
brandy itod milk. Mr. L. immediately invited her into his
house to eat some breakfast, and ordered her boxes to be
taken thither. When arrived theist., she took fit:co one of
her buses a pearl necklace of considerable value, and de-
sired him to keep it as a security for his coach-hire, a, well
a; any other expeuse she might hereafter cause him. She
silo said she would put a gold chain into his hair 6,
on feeling for on her neck, she perceived she had lust, and
on searching the coach, it was bunt at the bottom.
Mr. Fielding said, he thotight, from the weight, it must be
worth from nine to ten putouts.
Mr. L. said further, she had several other trinkets. which
appeared valuable, and in one box there were several parch.
mews. She told him the gentleman she had met with at
Johnson's had obtained from her a ring to-pledge' which was
worth SU or 6 guiueas, lint had never estate back again. She
also informed him, that Mr. Nichols, solicitor in Watford, was
her trustee; and wished he would take a letter to 1010, this
was on Friday sennight ; and she had then gone to bed, and
he came there for advice.

Mr. Fielding highly approved of the coaclunaster's conduct,
and appointed a private examination in the evcoing, and the
lady, being then sober, gave such an account of herself and
connexions as indneed Mr. Fielding to write to Mr. Nichols,
and to send Mr. Lee himself with it to Watford. Mr. Nichols
answered Mr. Fiehliug's desire to see him, by appointing
Thursday last, at ooe o'clock. In the mean time the lady
has been driving about in one of Mr. Lee's hackney chariots;
has lodged at his house, and behaved very well; only drank
too freely.
Mr. Nichols appeared at the office on Thursday List, at
two o'clock, and informed Mr. F. that she is a married
woman, separated from her husband, who is now living at
Halifax, in Yorkshire. She had a good fortitue left her by
her father, the late Mr. Joseph King, of ‘Vatford, maltster,
ssltich she is temandering away very fast. Himself and a
friend of his at Watford, are executors of her father's will,
and he had paid her 12U1 oa Wednesday se'nnight, to settle
bids for rin4s, trinkets, and other extravagamies.
Mr. Folding advised him to get her to Watford as soon as
possible; and he left the office with Mr. Lee, to pay her a
visit at his house, and to follow the Magistrate's advice of
getting her out of town without delay.