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London, England, 1828-04-28 00:00:00

time, having seen him similarly affected on former occa-

The prisoner immediately commenced a vague
conversation on his pecuniary affairs, and adverted to a
long-pending suit, which he said was now on the eve of
decision, and would produce him 5001. or 6001. At -pre-
sent, he said, he was in want of 100/. for a peculiar pur-
pose, and proposed, or rather demanded, that the prose-
cutor should advance that sum, or become security to
that amount. Mr. Watts, knowing that hie brother's
head was occasionally filled with visionary schemes, de-
clined ; and to prevent further discussion on the subjeet
was about to leave the room, but he had no sooner
turned to the door than he was alarmed by the report
of a pistol, and felt something pass close to the side of
his head, and which struck the wall. On turning to
the prisoner, he observed a pistol in his right hand, and
his left in one, of the pockets of his small-clothes, as if
in the act of drawing another. Prosecutor rushed rai
him, called loudly for assistance, and, while struggling .with
the prisoner, the second pistol fell from his pocket. The
maid-servant, and also the prisoner's wile, who had arrived
in the interim ran to his assistance, and the former secured
the fallen pistol. A third was also found in his bosom
and, on being disarmed, he became quite passive, and
constable was sent for.

sions.

Mr. LAIN° asked the prisoner if he wished to say any
thing in his defence, observing, that as it was his (M, .
L.'s) intention to commit him on the capital charge, he
had better reserve what he had to say until before a Jury.
The prisoner, who appeared much agitated, comm2n-
ced a long history of family grievances, but was interrupt-
ed by the Magistrate, who desired him to confine himself
to the charge against him.
Prisoner—When he refused to assist me with the money
or security, it took away my senses, and I don't kno%t-
what I did.

Mr. LAING—But you were prepared with loaded pistols.
To this observation the prisoner made no reply, and

shook his head.

He was then fully committed to Newgate, sod the
parties bound over to prosecute.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—Three persons, named
Elizabeth Browne, a laundress, Wrn. Browne, her son,
and John Charles Mustered, a shopmau, have been id
custody for some weeks past, charged with being concerned
in a series of robberies committed on the property of Mr.
Fenwick, an extensive and most respectable linen-draper and
mercer in the Regent-circus, Oxford-street; but owing to
the sudden and continued illness of the woman Browne,
the case was adjourned from time to time until Saturday
last, the earliest day on which she could with safety be re-
moved from St. James's Infirmary, where she had been un-
der medical treatment.
From the nature and intricacy of the ease, it was found
neoessary to admit the woman Browne as an evidence for the
prosecution, and she was not now therefore placed at the
bar, where her son and the other prisoner were brought for
final examination before H. M. DYER, Esq., the sitting
Magistrate.

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cularly miss any property ; but in the early part of this
month (April), in consequence of some information he re-
ceived, he obtained a search-warrant at this office, and pro-
ceeded with Clements and Goddard, the officers, to the
lodgings of Elizabeth Browne, No. 31, Harrow-strut,
Edgeware-road, where on searching they found a vast num-
ber of pawnbrokers' duplicates for property of various sorts,
such as he sold at his shop; and on proceeding to the,
pawnbrokers to inspect the articles, he recoguieed them aU
as belonging to him. He then had the woman Browne,
and her son taken into custody, and the prisoner MussereA
was subsequently apprehended.
The young man Browne, Mr. Fenwick said, had alsu
lived in his service as porter at the same time with Alns-
sered, upon whose recommendation he hired him.

A nunber of pawnbrokers attended from various parts of
the metropolis, and produced quantities of silks, printed
muslins, stuffs, calicoes, &c., that had been pawned at their
shops by the woman Browne, in her own name, and all of
which property, with but little exception, Mr. Fenwick
identified as baring been stolen from his shop.
Elizabeth Browne deposed that she had known the pri-
soner Mussered for about twelve months, and all the time
that he was in the service of Mr. Fenwick as shopnion.
Previously to her son, the other prisoner, going into the
service of Mr. Fenwick as porter, Mussered used to C4OlUe
occasionally to her lodgings, and bring her pieces of silk,
&c. to pledge for him, saying that they were his own pi
perty ; and on her observing to him that she hoped he was
not doing anything wrong, he said that he was dok
" nothing more than all shopmen did."
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articles now produced by the pawn-brokers were, she said,
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pledged by her, and the same sent and given to her by
Mussered.
Clements and Goddard, the officers, stated that they
ings, as described by Mr. Fenwick, and they afterwards
ded the prisoners, Mussered at the shop of a.pet•-
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son named Clfft in ~ -sheet, and the others at home.
mmasred, who is a genteel-looking young man, declined
wing any thing in his defence, and was fully committed
for trial.
Mr. DYER, addressing the young Man Browne, sail.
that as there was no evidence in the case to affect him, he
found the duplicates of the
should be discharged, butt he (Mr. Dyer) was by no
means satisfied that he was altogether morally guiltless in
these transactions. Nis own conscience would, however,
tell him if it were so, and he ought to take a lesson from
this proceeding, to guide him in the paths of honesty the
rest of his life.
The prisoner bowed to the Magistrate, and was dis-
charged.

A young man named Richard Young was also charged
with robbing and defrauding his employer. The prisoner
was remanded.
Information was given at this office of a daring burglary
committed some time on Friday night last at the house of
Colonel Mears, Nu. 120, Park-street, Camden-town. It
appeared that the burglars gained admittance by forcing
one of the area-windows, and so entering the kitchen.
from which they proceeded to the parlours, and packed' up
a large and valuable quantity of plate, wearing-apparel,
&cc., which they succeeded in getting clear away, without:
disturbing any of the family, asleep at the time in the
house, and effectel their escape by the same way that they
entered.

The name of Captain GEORGE READ, R, N.,
was omitted b) mistake in the list of the 1)1<mi:1v-room
preseutmicio.