The National Register.
London, England, 1818-11-30 00:00:00

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I.I)HALL.
George Deane was brought before the sitting Alderman,
Sir %Von. Doniville, for pieki;.g a gentleman's pocket of hi.
pocket-ii.milkerelliel, in Fie,.l-.trect, on :Monday night.
31r. C. Camerfort, solicitor, No. lb, Copthall-court, 'flung.
inor ton-street, sail, lie WAS passing in Fleet.sirert, towards
Clifford's-inn, on business, when he fels a sudden tug at his
pocket, and, on turning round, saw the prisoner with one
end of his silk-handkerchief in his hand, which he let go
immediately no finding himself discovered. A watching!)
being near Ike spot, the prisoner was !Aim into custody.
heitig particulatly questioned, Alr. Crincrfort said the
handkerchief was nes er entirely out of his pocket ; the pia.
sinter had hold of out' ruin of it, but was detected br fore he
obtained complete posse,don.
The worthy Magistrate held that not to be a suiri..:ent
ai:il ac:•mdingly committed the prisoner to take iii, trial foi
the iilisdelileAllutir
Mr. S. a rasp. etabie married gentleman, was fanlight tip
by the parish officers of St. Nicholas ()lave, on a warrant of
EliZanctli nOcktuaster, the 01 on whose evidence the
warrant had been granted, was in appearance a mere child,
although she stated herself to he 17 years of age. She had
herd st!rvatit in :Mr. S.'s family for a short time.
Mr. S. said he shmlil scarcely have known the girl by Sight,
and had never taken the slightest familiarity with her. She
WAS hired by his wile, and discharged by her a few days after
as an idle, good-lot...nothing girl. The hiring, it api,eared,
took place on the :WI of August, and she left his service on
the tit of September, since which period lie hail never scout
or heard of her. Sire was stated to be in the Maid mouth► of
her pregnaey.
'l4c oath was then administered, and the girl. with an ef-
frontery murk beyond her years, persisted in the evidence
she haul given.
Mr. S. declared she had perjured herself, and was de-
ter! ii iii ed to have the case fully investigated. Two respectable
gentlemen then entered into recogwhance for his appearatiee
at the Sessions. .

PAWNSIZOKERS.—NIr. Gray, a re=pectable pawnbroker in
Fleet-street, Was summoned to auswer the complaint of Mrs.
Jane Shepherd, net, Upper Thaines-street, for unlawfully ill'.
raining I silver table-spouu and 6 tea mimeos, her property,
contrary to the statute.
'flue complainant stated, that some time iu Angnst last, hav-
ing occasion to go out for a short distance, she left the door
half open : and in her absence some person unknown entered
the house, and stole the articles in question. Judging that
the property was very likely to be pledged, she made ill_
quiries at several pawnbrokers' shops, and at length discovered
the property at Mr. Gray's in pledge for JOs. iii the name of
Elizabeth Green, loi!ger, in Thaines-street. No person of
that name was to be found deburiltil4 to that address, and
Mr. Gray roused to di liver the property, unless paid the

sio ttttt int lent by him upon them. .
r.tiray, and several persons in Cie trade, on his part, con.
tended he could not know that the prelim ty was stolen ; the
spoons had been legally pledged with hint, and he had lent
neatly the value upon them. Ile was humid to know or
allow that they were the property of Mts. Shepherd, Instil
that tact was proved, on the prosecution of the °Girder, and
ilia he had a right to detain them for the purposes of such
prosecution. .
Ots reference to the Act of Parliament, it appeared, that in
the case of property patched without the privity of the owner,
whether storm' or otherwise, the party to olioin such property
belonged WAS entitled, on making oath before oue Mageitrate
to the tact, to his warrant to search for the same ; and curb
Magistrate was fully authorized and empowered to order
such property, if tumid, to he delivered to the owner or
owners thereof, on pt out' of the ownership being made before
him, on the oath of one disinterested witness.
Mts. Shepherd's sister then made oath that the table spoon
was the property of the complainant but she would not swear
to the tea-spoons, there being no mark on theist by which she
cent(' positively identify them as her sister's property. The
table-spoon was, theiefore, by pr der of the Magistrate, de
livered to Mrs. Shepherd, and the six tea-spoons were re.
, tattled by Mr. 614 y.