The National Register.
London, England, 1814-08-28 00:00:00

.536

POLICE.

BOW.STkr..E.r.
Win. was vesterAav hronvin tip to the office on a charge of
ii•Ning in In, pus-es,ion a .101. 13• Ink of Eti4lnnd note, taken front the
rocket of 1141 r. James nark, of 13 otersea.fields. as he was standing nu
Ludgate-16i' on the taih 4,1 June last,
.to see the Sovereigns go to din-
net nt rolildhll. Mr. Clark now attended and identified the note,
No. 1? to.-Pt, DR !icing the note which he lust amongst others also in his
pricket•hia k n th.4t rhiv. Vickery, the officer, prov-d that the not,
was in Cook's possession at the ti•ee of his apprels• nsion on the 140
•if this month. Ilse prisoner declined savnig any thing now and re.
berved his defence till his trial. lie was hilly committed.
,Lici Jones and Thomas Sermon were brought up by Vaughan,
ho d tected il.cto picking pockets on Sunday morning at the fire in
Eno! street, Holborn, the ofEeer saw them deliver their plunder to a
l'ackiley emu:lnn:in named Dania's, who, however, then escaped, but
was 01 F 4 irloy tii.zlit taken into costo.ly for knocking off a gentleman's
bar iu the strcet and ctideavoutiug to run off with it. The prisoners
were all fully' committed.

MANS t or4-Hays —John Robinson was further examined, charged
by Mr. Adams, of tl.e Ship tavern, Leadenhall-street, with stealing
three silver table t,pnons, his property. On Saturday, prisoner went
to, the sai.l hinise, had his dinner and half a pint of wine. Some sus-
picions arisine, the waiter placed thre table spoons on the table,
which he missed before the prisoner left the room. The prisoner paid
,bis bill, and was going away,- when the prosecutor stopped him, say-
ing he believed he had some of his property about him, on which a
constable, who was in waiting, came up, searched the prisoner, and
the spoons were found in his possession. Several other tavern keep-
ers who had lately lost silver spoons were present. They had se n
the prisoner repeatedly at their houses, but had nothing aeamst 11:m
hut suspicions. One of them had lost thirteen table spoons within a
fortnight. —The prisoner. a respectable looking man, upwards of 69,
burst into tears, and assured his Lordship, that it was distress that
drove him to the deed. He had a wife and thirteen children, and dif-
ficulties had made him swerve from those honest paths in which he
.had trodden for more than 59 years, during which he had maintained an
irreproachable character. He must throw himself on the prosecutor's
rn: rcy.
The Lord Mayor was sorry to see so respectable a man, at his
year., in so serious and disgraceful a vituation. He felt for that as
well as for his family ; but as so many persons resent, who had lost
property in the same way, had strong suspicions of him, he could no'
advise the prosecutor to shew the mercy implored.—The prisoner was
fully commit ted,

INTER FS! IRCLIMSTA NCE.—A fine boy, about eight years of
age, was on Friday night set down on London Bricl,e from the Dover
coach, apparently ui.knowing ann unknown. He seemed much
alarmed at his situation, and cried with great vehemence. On being
interrove.l by two gentlemen, who were accidentally passing, as to
the cause of his grief, he saiu he had got up on the coach near Rye.
gate, with the view of having a short ride, but falling asleep, he
awoke net till he was in London. He could not tell distinctly the
imuc o! the v:lrage where he lived ; bur, on being brought before the
lord Miyor, directions were given that he should be taken care of
till his pai,-;nt cats be discovered.

UNION HAI t..--\lO es Clark, the wan in custody on suspicion of
I,avitlg been concerned in steding a parcel id' Cirencester Bank-notes
from the rilioudwater coach in November last, was again brought lip.
S.'vcrat other charges in addition to tlio.e formerly brought against lino
by Kes,,rs. Book ai:d Brad lord of putting off these stolen notes were
now le.::llbrtit against Hill. Two tradesmen in Oxford-street, rutted,
that the prisoner, accompanied by a servant iti livery, Cann: to their
Nl4(p4, and pun:hi:sin:4 sortie trifling reticles at e.cch, tenderer! Ciren-
cc!-ter notes for iOl. each in parment and re;.eived the change;
tliee notes proved to be innongst tlio,e stolen. The prisoner in each
instance wrote a fictitious address on the back of the bill.

it now appeared, however, Frain tha statement of Collingbourn, the
officer, that at the time the robbery took pLice Clark was a prisoner in
Herbetnovaer-lan; gaol for another offence. 1111',. Adolphus, who 110
attended for him, contended therefore that lie could not he concerned
in this robbery, and thereli rog the pr.:sent charge against him must fall
to the ground. The 11 qistrate being of the same opinion the prisoner
was discharced.
The liagistrate advisad all those who had taken any of the notes to
9111);l• to the bookers at Circtiee.ter for payment, who, hr said, were
bound t-t pay every one the amount of the of which he could
rove himself a bohajide holder.

Tii.kmrs PosACE-OFTICE.—The person mentioned as being com-
mitted from rite Thaiiies Police office on Friday, of the name of
Se ivy, on a charge of mureler, w•As Johan tie Silva, who was not com-
st:t tett upon any matter re. mcling the horrid murder of the William-
s ii ,hit on a charge h • murder of Thomas Davis, on the night
of t::e !I of December, AB.O, in Nightingale lane. The cvidetice