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POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.

PRICE sd.

went he was charged with having admitted into the stock
of one Ewar, at Liverpool, 120 gallons of foreign brandy,
on a counterfeit permit, well knowing the same to be
counterfeit. In a second count lie was charged with fa-
bricating the said permit.
Verdict Guilty—Transportation for 7 years.

Saturday a female named Wilson, of respectable appear-
ance, who keeps a dancing academy in the neighbourhood
of Aldgate, was summoned before the Loan MAYOR.
A young mariner, named Coley, of Magdalen-row,
Great Prescott-street, went in the last week of May last
to the house of the defendant to learn to dance hornpipes,
without having had any previous acquaintance with her, and
paid a sovereign for six lessons. After having taken these
lessons, he made a fresh agreement, and paid 6 guineas to
be taught all departments of dancing, and paid the money to
the master who gave the instructions for Mrs. Wilson, and
afterwards invited him upstairs to play at cards with that
lady. He consented, and going up, found the lady and two
gentlemen at the game of 100, and agreed to take a hand, al-
though he said he was not a proficient. The stakes were
two shillings, and he lost four sovereigns upon that occa-
sion, two of which he borrowed from the lady. Next
morning he called and paid Mrs. Wilson, and in the even-
ing he was asked up to play again. He accordingly went
up stairs, and sat down to the same game, and lost five so-
vereigns to the lady and a gentleman who lodged in the
house._ He continued playing with those persons from
time to time, and although he occasionally diminished the
amount of his debt he never took a farthing from the table.
At last, upon telling up his losses, he found them to amount
to upwards of 4001.

The LORD MAYOR—Had you anything to drink while
you were at play ?—Coley sometimes took a glass of ale or
spirits and water, but never to any excess. The last time
he played was in the second week in August, but the rea-
son he left off playing was that he had no more money.
Cross-examined by Mr. Clarkson, the barrister—Had
nobody as a keeper to take care of him, and had ceased
to amuse himself in that way since August. Had played
at billiards and whist occasionally. Had been left a pro-
perty by his father in the stocks, and he sold out to pay his
losings and his hornpipes.
Mr. Clarkson—Are you sure you paid any money to
Mrs. Wilson ? Coley—Yes ; on the 7th of July I paid
her fifteen sovereigns, the amount of two evening's play, and
I paid as much to the gentleman who played with us. I
made a memorandum of my losses every night before I went
to -bed, but I could not keep a memorandum of what I
won, for I never did win.

Mr. Clarkson—What have you been doing with yourself
since ? Coley, lam not in any employment, but am sup-
ported by my friends.
Mr. Clarkson—Why did you put off this application till
now ? Coley, I did not tell my friends till lately, and they
advised me to pursue this course.

The LORD MAYOR—Did you dance by yourself when
you took those lessons? Coley—l danced sometimes with
one of Mrs. Wilson's daughters, and with a young lady who
sometimes 'came to make up a quadrille, and an elderly gen-
tleman used to take lessons.

A Mr. Combes saw the complainant at play at about
three o'clock in the day with Mrs. Wilson, and upon re-
turning at night saw him clear away from the quantity of
silver, which he called cartwheels. Witness knew Mrs.
Wilson to be a respectable woman, with nine children,
whom she supported by teaching people to dance.
The LORD MAYOR—The case is a very gross one, in-
deed. It is evident that this foolish young man was regu-
larly introduced to be stripped of his property, and I shall
take care that the house shall be looked after by the police.
Several respectable persons appeared to give Mrs. Wil-
son an excellent character, and declared that they never
dreamed that she was a card player.

Mrs. Wilson—The statements made by Mr. Coley are
false. He declared, upon corninc, to my house, that he
would never go to sea again until he lost every farthing of
money he had.—(Laughter.)
The LORD MAYOR—Let the case stand over till I re-
ceive the opinion of the City Solicitor as to the propriety
of indicting these parties.
The case excited a vast deal of interest.