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seven others, for having seats otherwise than upon the room to his bed-room must have heard it. Besides this,
roof of the coach. the complainant remained to finish what she had to do,
Byers called his witness, Digby, and proved that, on a received payment for it, and left the house without utter-
particular day, a pair-horse coach, running to Walton, of ing a word of complaint against him.
which Mr. Robin Gray was the proprietor, carried one The complainant admitted this, but stated as her reason,
more outside passenger than the law allowed him, unless that she did not wish to say any thing about it to
lie had seats five feet wide in front and behind on the roof strangers. In corroboration of what she had stated, she
of the coach. It was admitted there was a seat on the said, that the hands of the doctor would be found dis-
roof in front, but the offence was assumed to he created by figured, in consequence of her having scratched them in
the seat behind being at the back and not on the roof. the struggle.
Mr. Timms said the 40th clause was that portion of The Magistrates here desired Prendergast, the officer,
the Act, which appeared to place coach proprietors in their to examine the defendant's hands, and see if they were
present dilemma. The 38th clause is the one to he con- scratched, as alleged by the complainant.
strued strictly ; and the 40th, which is a proviso, pointing The doctor exhibited his hands to the officer, and there
out exceptions, ought to he construed liberally. The oh- were certainly some wounds on them, such as would have
jest of the two clauses is, if the coach take additional pas- been produced by scratches; but he accounted for them by
singers, the seats must be five feet in width, in order to Baying that they were burns, which he received in trying
allow four persans to sit a-breast on them conveniently ; some chymical experiments.
and if the 40th clause is carefully considered, it will be The complainant went on further to state, that the de-
found that it does not prohibit seats being placed lower fendant, not content with what he had done in the house,
than the roof, which must add to the general safety of the came out with her, and accompanied her as far as Shore-
coach, but it directs that the seats, if placed on the roof, ditch church on her way home. On their way thither,
must not be less than five feet in width. he endeavoured to prevail on her to take him home to her
Sir GEORGE FARRANT concurred in this view of the house ; but she reused, and left him. On getting home,
question ; and mr, coerAer, after assenting to the con- she told her husband a part of what had happened to her,
struction, and on the next day communicated the whole to him, and
Mr. Timms, having succeeded in establishing the prin- he insisted that she should take out a warrant against the
ciple, that it was not necessary to have both seats on the defendant.
roof, if they were of the requisite width, retired. In reply to the questions of the Magistrates, the corn-
MAR YL EB ONE. plainant had been married about 15 months to her husband,
Contous CASE.—Yesterday, a decently dressed man who is a harness-maker, and previous to that resided with
who held a confidential situation in the family of the late her father, an extensive farmer residing near Birmingham.
Mr. Parts, of the firm of Pares and Heyeate, the bankers The Magistrates believed her story to be perfectly cor-
in Bridge-street, was re-examined, under the following cis- sect, and conceiving the assault to be of a very aggravated
curnstances :—Alderman Atkins, on the first examination, nature, convicted the defendant in the full penalty of Si.,
attended for Mrs. Pares, who is his sister, and said that or two months' imprisonment.
she, on the death of her husband, went into Leicester- At the earnest solicitation of the doctor, that the persons
shire, leaving her house in Gloucester-place, Regent's in the house where the assault was alleged to have been
Park, under the care of the accused. After Mr. committed might be heard before the penalty was imposed,
Pares's death, all the valuables were placed under the case was aajourned until this day.
lock and hey, and, for further security, pieces of leather HAT T ON- GARDEN.
were placed over the key-holes of the escrutoirs
On Monday night, just after Mr. LAING had taken his
an I other depositories, and sealed with the family
seat upon the bench, two elderly ladies were presented to the
crest; the wine-cellar, which was stocked with
Magistrate, for the purpose of becoming bail for Cox and
the choicest description of wines, was secured in a
_Burton, at present confined on a charge of conspiracy,
similar way, in addition to the door being fastened with
and whose bail was previously refused.
one of Bramah's patent locks. On the return of the Mr. LAING ordered that one of the old women should
family to town, it was discovered that several of the seals
be taken out of Court while he examined into the qualifis
affixed to the various drawers and papers, and also to those cations of the other.
on the door of the wine-cellar had been broken off, and
Mr. LAING inquired whether she was a housekeeper ?
sealed up with another coloured wax, and an impression
She replied that she was, and she let apartments to lod
totally different to the one originally imprinted. Irs.
ere, and gained 1/. per week by it. g-
11
Pares not knowing what extent of property the various
Mr. LAING asked her what she would let the house for
drawers contained, became alarmed, and the accused, who
if she was about to leave it ? She replied 321. per annum.
had the sole care of every thing, was given into custody. A gentleman' who represents himself as the authorized
In his possession was found a seal corresponding with the
agent of a regular solicitor, here asked the old lady whether
impression on the red wax, though he denied all knowledge
she had a lease of the house ? She replied that she had.
of the original seals with the family crest having been Mr. ...T‘ AING Pray, who are you ? Agent—l attend
broken. He was then remanded. Yesterday he was
here in support of the bail.
brought up for re-examination, but Mrs. Pares having de- Mr. LAING—Then I beg that you will not interfere.
alined proceeding further, he was dischared. Mr. Flower, from Mr. Harmer's office, questioned her,
Q UEEN-S 0 UARE. and it appeared that since Friday last, she had paid hem
y rent and taxes, in order to render herself eligible. A man named Wm. Bishop was brought up in custody
by a police consta'le of the L division, and placed at the The agent was about to put another question, when
bar before Mr. MARRIOTT, charged with selling the Poor Mr. LAING in a peremptory manner ordered him to lie
Man's Guardian, an unstamped publication. silent, and told him to walk out of the Court, or he should
The constable saw the defendant selling the publication be turned out.
on the Surrey side of Westminster Bridge, and he took him Agent—l prefer walking out (taking his hat).
into custody. Mr. LAING (with great warmth)—Officers, I order,
Mr. MARRIOTT, after looking over the papers, asked the that whenever that fellow (pointing at the agent) comes
defendant what he had to say to the charge?—The de- here again, never admit him.
fendant had no employment, and must either starve or Agent—l am not a fellow; and depend upon it I shall
rob, if he 'lid not earn a trifle by selling the papers. make it my business to-morrow morning to represent your
Mr. MAnttiorr observed, that all those persons who conduct to niebt to the Secretary of State.
were brought before him fur similar offences had the same Mr. LAING—Turn the fellow out.
story.—The detendant said, that what he had stated was The agent quitted the Court of his own accord, and
noshing but the truth; he had no other way of getting a shortly after Mr. LING said, " Officers, if that scoun-
living. drel should ever show his face at this office again, turn
Mr. MAantorr committed the defendant for 14 days to him out; he is no solicitor, and he is well known at most
Kineston gaol. of the offices, from which I e has been turned out."
On Friday last a miserable looking being, named John Duke said that he had been turned out of Bow-street
Cavenagh, was I rought up in custody hy Colley, one of some years ago.
the pers, ns employed by the Stamp office, and placed at Just at this moment the agent again entered the ()thee,
the bar, before Mr. WHITE, ch urged with selling the to inquire after a paper which he thought he had left be-
Cosmopoliee and the Poor Man's Guardian. hind, and on leaving the office he walked towards the Ma
Colley was about to prove his ca..e, when he was inter- giatrate's entrance.
rupted by Mr. WHITE, who, in very wilt m terms, &Pre- Mr. LAING again ordered him out, anti said, " Don't
sated such proceedings. let him go out at that door;" but the agent had arrived
Colley was regularly employed by the Stamp-office to there, and slipped out.
apprehend all persons selling unstamped publications. Mr. LAING did not examine the other old woman, who
Mr. WHITE would not hear such cases ; he was of the remained outside the office, but refused the bail.
same opinion as the Magistrates in the city, that the
THAMES-POLICE.
Stamp-office ought to go to the fountain head, and pro-
ceed against the persons who printed and published the Monday Thomas Farrell, a tall and stout middle-
papers, and not against the poor creatures who were aged man, whose appearance was that of an excavator.
tempted to sell them for a trifling gain. was charged with uttering countereit sixpences.
Colley again attempted to address the Bench. The prisoner was an honest labourer, and lived in Cock
Mr. WHITE would not hear such charges, and the pri- lane, West Smithfield. He was not aware the sixpences
soner was discharged. were bail ones.
The prisoner appeared quite astonished at his escape, the officer sail the prisoner was formerly a noted re-
and left the office laughing. surrectionist, and was well known at a c. rtain house near
JUVENILE DELINQUENCY.—Yesterday a boy named the place he had mentioned, where the Burkers Bishop
Vallis, of most miserable appearance, and whose age
and Williams, and other body-snatchers, used to frequent.
certainly did not exceed nine years, was committed for
The service., of the body-snatchers being no longer want
trial for stealing a pair of small copper scales, valued at ed, in consequence of the passing of the Anatomy Bill,
two shillings. the greater part of them had commenced operations as
The prisoner was an incorrigible depredator, and be- am ,shers.
longed to a gang of young thieves, who nightly infest the The Magistrates directed that the Mint solicitor should
New Cut, Lambeth. He was seen by a woman to enter be made acquainted with the merits of the case, and re-
the shop of Mrs. Knowles, in James-street, New Cut, on mended the prisoner in order to give time for others to
his hands and knees, and take the scales from the counter ; come forward against him.
but finding he was perceived, he threw them down and LAW OF SUlClDE.—Yesterday a young woman, named
ran off. A policeman followed him for about five hundred Morgan, aged 22, was charged with attempting to corn
yards, when he lost sight of him. Knowing, however, mit suicide. It appeared that she had been unfortunate
the prisoner could not be far off, the policeman continued for the last seven years, and lately lodged in the house of
his search in a timber yard, when he heard some one a labourer in the London Docks, named Jones. Having
sneeze, and being confident the sound issued from a water met some disappointment, she made on Sunday and Mon-
butt in the yard, he looked into it, and there found the day two attempts to destroy herself by means of oxalic
young urchin secreted. Fortunately, there was not more acid, but the wife of the landlord watched her motions,
than a foot of water in the butt, into which it would ap- and saved her life. Orr Monday evening she left the house
pear the prisoner jumped at all hazards. secretly; tint Jones followed her, and was only in time to
Mr. WHITE observed it was truly deplorable to be catch her as she was getting over the railing to the swivel.
obliged to send such a child to prison. He, however, had bridge at the London Docks.
no alternative, and should commit him. Mr. BALLANTINE said, the crime of self-murder was
WORSHIP-STREET. forbidden both by time laws of God and man, and though
Monday, a fellow, who gave his name IVilliam Mills, he had no desire to act with harshn, ss to the prisoner, it
was brought before Mr. Twvrottn, by Stroud, a police was his duty as a Magistrate to punish her for an offence
constable of II division, on a charge of skinning live cats. which the laws of the country said she should not commit.
The constable was on duty in Spitalfields on Sunday He then ordered her to find good bail to answer the charge
night, and watching the prisoner, who was lurking sus- at the Sessions, and in default committed her to Clerken-
' piciously about, saw him catch up a cat that was running well prison.
past. He immediately began to strip the skin from the Doer PEDRO'S ExeEntrioN.—Edward Mitchell, a sea•
unfortunate animal : which he did so expeditiously, that, man belonging to the Commerce steamer, was charged with
when the constable came up, and took him into custody, stealing a quantity of beef and two wooden bowls, be-
he had completed the operation, and thrown the cat's car- longing to Don Pedro's sailor,.
cars into the road, where it was afterwards found atilt
Lanni,: o
n e r
way scarcely
odu et aodf.
work,
oSrki x,
aother
endeavouredskins,
whi
An officer, named Judge, said that he stopped the
soner with the meat tinder suspicious circumstances. It
tc
oh pai c k
peered quite fresh, were found upon him. P. appeared he had brought it from the Commerce, which had
pri-
warm,'fhtaken a number of Don Pedro's recruits down the river,
up a livelihood by cullectiug skins. and the beef was for their consumption.
The officer said he was well known, and was convicted Mr. Levy, a Jew, who had appeared very anxious to
at Union-hall of dog-stealing some months ago, since
speak, here got up and said, " Yes, I sent the men out to
which he had taken up his abode at Huxtun. Don Pedro, and put the beef on board."
Mr. Peel's Act, 7 and 8 George IV., c. 29, was re- Mr. BALLANTINE sat there as a Magistrate, and he
ferred to, which enacts severe penalties for stealing " dogs, dot of care
id n a farthing for Don Pedro or Don Miguel ;
beasts, or birds orainarily kept in a state of confinement,"
but if it was proved before him that any person was hiring
men for either, or sending out stores and ammunition to
or for possessing the skins of such animals when stolen.
This, however, was deemed inapplicable to the present them, it would be his duty to hold the parties to bail for
case, and it appears that there is no law for the protection a misdemeanour for infringing the Foreign Enlistment Act..
of cats. He therefore cautioned Mr. Levy to be cautious in what
Mr. TWYFORD, determined that the prisoner's bar-
he was saying.
barity in stripping the skins from living animals should Mr. Levy took the hint, and said, he only hired the
not pans altogether unpunished, convicted him in the pe- Commerce to take a few men to Gravesend, where they
were put on board another steamer, bound to a Foreign
throwing the carcass into the street), and in default of
port.
nalty of 405., under the Paving Act, for a nuisance (viz.,
payment sent him to the tread mill for a month. The prisoner said, that during the passage, Don Pedro's
beef at each other, which was lying about all parts of the
men opened the casks, kicked up a row, and chucked the
A young man named Martin Dumphy, a lawyer's
clerk, was placed at the bar by Attfield, the officer, on a
vessel, and he was directed by Mr. Levy to pick it up and
charge of robbing his employer, Mr. Lee. He was re.
mantled for a we. k. keep it. The bowls he intended conveying to Mr. Levy's
LAMBETH-STREET. house.
in Hayrion•square, Minories, was brought before Mr. Levy said the beef and bowls belonged to him. He
Monday Mr. John Burnstine, a medical practitioner
bought the stores of Mr. Lee, of Leadenhall-street, and
trheseidsiitutgine, Magistrates, Messrs. WALKER and GARFORD, had the receipts. He certainly did tell the prisoner to
on it warrant charging him with assaulting the person pick up the beef, as he had stated.
Mr. BALLANTINE had no doubt neither bowls nor
of Mrs. Maria Youard, with intent to commit a capital
beef would have reached Levy's house if the prisoner bad
felony.
The complainant, a very good-looking young woman, out
and who was accompanied by her husband, a respectable: not been stopped ; but after his explanation he
charge the prisoner. Whether Mr. Levyvyas
be
was not
not
looking young man, sated that on Tuesday last, the doctor an equipment for Donbut PiteadnroinofrorDmi,ntion Miguel,w h
were laid against
called upon her at No. 1, King's-place in the Hackney- f?lngheu3suhqouuilrde ;feel bound to hear it, for the law forbade
road, and saying that she had been recommended to him anything ingof the sort. -
by his work yeoman, who resided in the neighbourhood, '' t 1 - • ,MME
~_
r• quested that she would call on him on the following day
to do some jobs for him. She accordingly went on the
following day to a house in Hayden-square, Minories, fittingmust ills-
where he rented apartments, and he (the defendant) took
her to his bed-room to do come repairs to a mattress. She
had not been long there, when he kissed her, and com-
menced to take indecent liberties with her person, and
offered leer a quantity of wearing apparel belonging to his
wife, who he had lately buried,
if she complied with his
wishes. She, however, relu,ed his advances, upon which
lie used much torce and violence, and it was only by great
personal exertionsthat she was enabled to defeat his object.
The defendant, who is a foreigner, and speaks the English
language but very imperfectly, denied the charge through
a friend and interpreter, and said, that if he had used the
force as stated by the complainant, the persons in the neat

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cannot by
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