The Sun.
London, England, 1813-01-18 00:00:00

POLI C

Bow-staßer.—A ease cat sing,nlar depravity and
wickedness came on to be inve:,tigated on Saturday:
a lather, a mother, and a son about twelve cr thir-
teen yeati- of age, named Mills, were 'placed at the

It appeared that. a few days since, the house of
Mr. M'Cormic, in Grenville-street, was robbed of
a watch in the tlayrtinte, and there was no doubt,
entertained but the robbery 11;-al bon committed by
some person enteriog by the area; the gate of which
had been left open. The rolibery was tra.ced,
have been comnsitted by the boy, by a con,,aahlt;
belonging to Christ Chitrelt, .Surrey. The boy
was working for a carver *tad gilder ~then he was,
takervinto custody. _The hey confessed that helniti
fnmmitted the robbery.jie did not l+ ow the name
of the street, }tut on his • being,abewn the,housc,
he acknowledged that it. was front thence he had
stolen the watch he said-he gave the Watch to
his father', who sent his mothtrto paWn it. The
paaarkloa,,kar.at'whose house the ayineh was found,
corroborated statement, th
mother to be the person whopletig.o the ..Witt (h.
The farther Confessions of the boy wcre.of the
most horrid nature, as they proved that. his pa-
rents hathtlitored him. to commit criaws, i,articu-
larly the father, by whom the boy ~tatcd, he was
itistructed to net in the following mann cc:—
The father ,farnialaal him with petitions,- s:.at-
ing extrelne easel of di t'c'; Ile aya.,:, to get hitt,
any house of a respectable appearame that he
could If he met any'person, he was to shew the
petitiOn;andasklOr charity; ti lie nut not meet tvith
any one; be was to steal Whatever be ct,trltl so!, waw-j
taking, and Waato make off with it honteins fag as
poSsible; which he had done. itt. the present in-
stance_ ; be-hati. got as far as the hottSerlitceper;s.,:.
room, and stole her watch., When , he - stole
any thing valuable, :and : took it home, his
father patted hire on his ,beittl, aml said,
avas a. good boy when be was ttuatecessful,
:and could not steal any thing, father used to
dxfat him. *.attterly, sit:lce-the boy flu d got ampa6y,„
I.le frequently refused to go out thieving, us fa-
:titer 'wished bhn, anti be:.waf. induced to act $o t,v
advice of his sister, who is a prostitute in tLe
sticcts. The boy had one of tip; maunfacittna d
petit ions on him when he was takt..n.
the most false but apparently grievous cttse.
repretentcd the boy to ,a'.; ;Afflicted with lit; ;
that his father and mother had lived respectably ;
that the fatherliad lately duelsudd.!nly, amid it ad
left' his mother with five await children that wcie
helpless, and their. weather was abiieted w, idi the.
dropsy, avhich rendeted her iacapahle 00414,
any thing to .-get a ,living:,, !•-everal names- were
`Sinned'; to it, with vitrioas
them. :rani scent
take the mother intonostOdy, h,e found in her
apartment,fiVe other petitinr,,,yritivn ire tile.
Soule
111,111 d as that the boyhadrwith difierezit btlaffinents
of distress',: worded,:in language calculated to
cite the cOmpassion:of theedtaritabk The fatiier
stated himself to he to gilder by. trade; but
wilien the 'constable :took him Into ctistwly; he
was in the company ©f thieves and ptippet7show-;
men.. It was shill:kit-Ivo hear the father, mother;
and son, when at the, bat, charging each
other with the commission of crimes. The boy ie.:
pentcd the confession of, thy,ctithe: he Itad cote-
incited at the instiption of to father, in his pre-
settee, as be had done :to the , constable, Tba,
father denied'the chart* ;i said his boy. Was a very
bad one that: he had frequently ana away, and
4 ate aonlitrnot ketra hint frottreolumittitig deprada_
t -nun her said, het .delenee, t hat, foia
',km! !wen driven to her conduct. tinougb eNtteme
distress, a-true: pi(,!tnre of whiek the constable saw