The National Register.
London, England, 1817-04-21 00:00:00

POLICE.

• ROW-silt)E'r.
Ent nezzteNtewe.—Friday
vectauit• 11,4).4:wee, itta.l qewatil, ice. to (icolgt
II 4,111, it gentleman of considerable Ideated itto-
-,l•rt, lo.ttwero tiatticiti and Hertford, was cltArg, .1 %ilk
entlootillog invert) to a couNiderablt• amount, belottging to
his ot.i•ici..

It appeared that 11r. Ganssan, on Thursday-, discovered
that the to isoirr had 51.11 i .evcral 40481111 k, of corn for 111814.11
age, sums gum he had carried to a4.4.0u1it ; he mtutioned
:“4, eircuntsta ea to the prisoner, and deliired an ti planation
of the tralniate ions, wisliflig to avoid the exposure of him, on
aunt air h'realwet lade family and eutnie%i,,ns: the tot
sour prowl* to give a toll explatattioa of tau oltule; of the

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trausactiom on Friday mornemt, but iuctead of that, is was
ascertained that he went to the house where he resith a, swar
o;lllS‘Nfl'A Scat, and In a ~hurt time 'tier he ao„.eiiri..d
from WI home. Upon Mr. Gasman dio.covering thi%, he hat
no doubt but that she embezzlesueut of Isis property by the

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prisoner was to a 111111.1 t greater veleta than he at torsi !MS..
peeled ; and wpm) enquiry he learnt, that the prisoner had
sold to a neighbouring inhabitant timber and wood to the value
of 601. and had only carried to his accomit 2111.; and that he
had committed various other frauds, which lie hail no doubt
would amount to latted. bes:des manufactured receipts, which
it is suspected MOM be construed into forgeries hat, owing
to the Immunity of Mr. Gatissan, they are not proceeded
upon. The prisoner's flight was traced through Hertford-
shire into London, where the place of his retreat was lost (tar
some t• .; but hrough a correspondence with a friend cf
his, telling hint to be cautious of the Bow-street officers, he
was traced to the Dell and Crown Inn, in Holbo,n, o hick
place he hail left, though it was supposed lie wools! restarts
there. Mr. had obtained a warrant against him
early ou Thersday morning from a Hertfordshire magistrate,
and brought a licrtfordishire cousts hie with bito to execute it.
0.1 application being made to Mr. Birnie, he backed the war-
rant, and Adkins esus dispatched with the Hertfordshire coo.
stable in pursuit of the prisoner, sad he was at length found
at the inn, coolly drieltiug brandy and water alter tan early
dinner. He was taken into custody, brought to the ctfiee,
and ordered by Mr. Binge to be taken into Hertfordshire to
be examined by the magistrates at Hatfield. The whole was
so well managed, that from the commencement of the pursuit
he was in custody and on his way hack into Hertfordshire is
the course of eight hours.
The examination of Sarah Joseph and Joseph Natharl/4
charged with robbing Mr. John Pearle, lately from the coon.
try, of haul; notes to the amount of 1591. at a house in Suir-
court, in the Strand, was appointed to take place for a second
time on Thursday ; but the prosecutor not appearing, they
were discharged.
Monday a lung investigation took place at this Office befima
Mr. Conant, the Sitting Magistrate, respecting an extensive
robbery committed in the house of Mr. Penton, of Lineutit'a,
Inn-fields. The depredations, it appeared, had been carry.
ing ou for a considerable time by two of the prosecutor's own
servants, a girl and a black boy. The latter had ceuveyed
some of the stolen property into the hands of a female, the
servant of another person, whom he described as his sweet-
heart, and upon whom he lavished money and other presents.•
The other prisoner, in like manner, was discovered to have
been privy to the robberies ; and she had ako bestowed upon
her tusk admirer some articles of value, the produce of the
plunder which had hero practised. This last mentioned per.
son and the two girls were taken into custody ; but the prio-
ri/ell dcliuqucnt, the black boy, has for the present escaped.
The robberies committed upon the prosecutor was discovered
by the circumstance of a check for 801. Its. ed. being torn
from his draft book, and which was paid at the house of has
bankers, Messrs. Williams, of Birchin-lane, to one of the
accused parties. Two Bank cotes of 401. each were a frw
days before the discovery shown by" Biackee" to lois sweet.
heart, who. however, had no idea that they weir the produce
of the robbery in question. This was Wide so evident to the
Magistrate by circumstances, and the gill having reeeis eil a
most oublenii,hed character from her mistress, that she was
discharged, upon a promise to appear when the two otket
prisoners should he re-examined. The Magistrate thew gas-s
directions to the officers to exert themselves for the purpose
of discovering the black boy, and the two prisoners were re-
manded. _ .

The black boy who robbed Capt. Peyton, aLincola's-rmn•
fields, of a 1001. note, was on Saturday brought to the othee
by a soldier, whose eyes being quicksued by the proffered
reward of 101. recognized the culprit through the disguise
of a midshipman. The poor creature, Who seemed quite
unconcerned at his dangerous situation, said he had spent
his share of the 1001. on eating, drinking, and a Mademoi-
selle Margaret. His fellow servant (a female) and her sweet-
heart had, it is suspected, the rest of the plunder.
Houses or ILL. FA/AC—The parish of St. Cement Danes
oontinues to be dreadfully infested by houses of ill fame,
which are a shocking nuisance and disgrace to the respecta-
ble inhabitants, and tend to the corruption of the morals of
the rising generation, as well as forming receptacles for
daring robberies and depredations. They are principally
inhabited and conducted by Jews and Jewesses. Anothit
instance occurred on Tuesday last in this parish, where one
of the most daring and flagrant robberies was committed that
has come to light for a considerable time. Sarah Cooper,
alias Jessop, J. Nathan, and Sarah Joseph, were charged at
this Office with robbing Mr. J. Pe,ilc, a gentleman from the
country, of his pocketbook. containing Bank of England
notes to the automat of 1591. He appeared to be a respectable
farmer, and stated, that on Tuesday evening last he had
dined %silly some friends, and was returning home to his lodge
logs, near Hungerford-street, about twelve o'clock, and met
the prisoner, Sarah Cooper, near Temple-bar, who asked
him to treat her with some liquor, which be agreed to, and
they went together to a public house in the Strand, the sign
of which he did not know, where they hail some gin to drink.
He afterwards agreed to go to her lodgings, No. 4, Star-
court, as she represented, where he stated he was positive
he had his pocket-book with Rank notes to the above amount
stolen. It was thought right by Mr. Conant, the Sitting Ma-
gistrate, to admit Cooper, alias Sarah Jessup, an evi-
dence for the Cr. wn, that the ends ot' publie justice might be
answered, who apps tired to give a very candid statement or
the transaction. NIII• stated, as her reason for assuming the
name of Cooper, that she did not wish to disgrace her family ;
she emitirnied the statement of Ma. Pearle, the prosecutor,
and said, that when they entered the house, No. 4, Star-
court, which was kept by the prisoners, Sarah Joseph and
J. Nathan, who cohabited together, they had halt a pint of
gin; after that, Sarah Joseph asked fur more liquor. and
moeey for the use of the room, which prosecutor gave her
silver tor. White she was sitting with prosecutor, Sarah Jo-
seph asked her in the Dutch language, is Well she understood
a little fr having lived a good drat with Dutch Jewx, if the
prosecutor had money or Bank notes about him, and if she
credo pet them, she would ding the pocket book (throw it
away), and avOrek (share) every farthing; of the contents. She,
ill vooselot lire of this persuasion, took the pocket book of
the pr..seentor out of his side coat put ket ; and on opening it,
Sarah Joseph snatched one of the mites front her, which she
ittof•rstood to he a 1001. time, she not he hug able to read only
[thrill piloting; she snatched it from her, and pretvailvd to
return it it, the prosecutor, but in tact gave the whole to Sae
Joseph;rub she conducted the prosecutor to the spot in a+
atrati,l where site first met .v itli him, 31111 I here hit him. She
and saint, J,,4•1111 then went 1n a wait: house in Shire-lane,
the sign of v loci, slit did not know, hut it was opposi e to Ulb
Bible piddle lillilbe ; it piovt (1 to be the si;oi of the Duke of
York, Where the landloid of the house esi411111(1 a mite pro-
duced by them, and which they had taken Onus the titusectt-

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tor, and he told then, it was for 1001. They returned to No. 4,
star-court, where the prisoner J. Nathan was in bed they
teld him shat they had got; be, in conaeiptence, -got np, and
said he world go out and get the 1301. note changed, and be
secordiligly went out. He returned between six and seven
o'clock, and acid he could not get it changed any where. The
prisoner then add he was going to shoed: the explanation of
which site gave was, that he was going to the Jewish prayers.
She denied having any thing to do with the pocket book or
Bank notes after she bad taken the book oat of the proseen.
so:'s side pocket, and said the prisoner, Setrkl:l Joseph, con.
crated the 1001. note in her atm pit. Iletwcoa eleven and
twelve o'clock on Wednesday, the prisoner returned to No. 4,
Star-court, accompanied by a young man, whom he called
his brother, and said he had got rid of the 1001. note, bat
had only been able to obtain 301. for it, and that his brother
had introduced him to a fence (a receiver of stolen propel ty).
He told her there were only two 11. notes iu the pocket book,
in addition to the 1001. note ; she was entitled to 161.; his bro-
ther was entitled to 11. from each as a brokerage for intro-
daring bun to the freer, to purchase the 1001. note. 'lbis she
agreed to, and took 131. as her share, with which she had
taken clothes out of pledge, and purchased others; she had
paid a 51. note at Mr. Wises, a pawnbroker's, in St. Giles's.
When Nathan returned the first time without bringing the
change for the 1001., he said he dant get it, or they should
all be hanged or transported. On Saturday night the robbery
having been traced, Murray and Cooper. the constables, went
to No. 4, Star-court, where they found upon the prisoner
Nathan, and in a tin ease in a cupboard, Bank notes to the
amount of 321., supposed to be part of the change of the 1001.
mote.

Mr. Isaacs attended for the prisoners, and contended that
nothing had been proved against Nathan, and that he there-
fore was entitled to his discharge ; or at any rate he could
only be made an accessary after the tact, and was entitled to
bail. The application wag resisted, oo the ground that more
evidence would be produced against Nathan at another efca-
Initiation. The giving up of the notes found in his possession
was also retitsed, it being supposed they would turn out to be
the produce of the robbery. Joseph and Nathan were com-
mitted, and Sarah Cooper was detained to give evidence.
Richard Tookey was bi ought from Union Hall, where he
was in custody, on the charge of au assault, and was put to
the bar on suspicion of a murder committed in heisted. He
deities the charge, but in answers the description sent from
Dublin sufficiently to induce the Magistrate to detain him
till farther information cast be obtained.