Star.
London, England, 1830-11-08 00:00:00

POLICE REPORT&

Bow.a.razsz—Hronwror ROBBERY.— William Pwrithiford, a
desperate-looking fellow, was c6ar. with highway robbery, attended
with auelty, under the following ammatanas :-
1 James Frost, • constable of the perish of Finchley stated that
about ten o'clock on the night of the lOth of October, heymu passing
through a place called Fortis Owen, between Finchley and Hannay,
when he heard the cries of some person in distress. He tan towards the
spot, and saw the prisoner coming from an outhouse near the road side;
be followed and took him into custody. The prisoner threw away a
tremendous bludgeon, Witness held him a short time, bat the prisoner
being a much stronger man, succeeded in gating from him, and run.'
impala . Witness, on going to the pleee from whence the cries
found a man, named Jonathan Parsons, near the outhouse
bleeding Profusely, and' in a state of insensibility. On recovering him.
self, be stated that be had been knocked down and robbed of some sa-
ver be had in his pocket. The man has since recovered from the laja.
ties he received. he prisoner was retaken on Friday night by two of
the dismounted patrol after a desperate resistance.
The prisoner admitted his guilt, bet said that he wee so drunk that
he did net know what be was about.

The bludgeon was produced ; it was one of • moat formidable do-
scription.
The officer stated that the prosecutor was unable to attend, and the'
prisoner was accordingly remanded.
A Maw Ix Posasestox.—A little fellow, about four feet high, was
charged with assaulting another man, about twice his size.
The complainant stated, that the defendant met him in Lincoln's Inn. i
fields, on Friday night, and, without any provocation, gave him a good
drubbing.
Defendant (in a great passion for a little man.)—.The feet is, this
fellow (complainant) is what they call • " • man in posensd=;" and I,
happening to be unfortunate, got into " quod," and he was sent to take
possession of my goods; but lax your Worship whether he had right
to take possession of my wife too ?
Mr. Hau.s—Certainly not.
Defendant—Well, then, he did, and he slept with her every night,
and I heard of it while I was iu "quad," and I swore l would
well whop him when I got out: and meeting him last night, I gave
him a bellyful; and I think I served him right.
Mr. HALLS.—But you must not take the law into your own
hands.

Defendant—The law took me into its hands, and put me in " %node'
so, at all events, I only returned the compliment.
Defendant was ordered to find ball.

Henry Passer was brought up for final examination ; and there
being no witnesses against him in attendance, he was dischared.
HATTON4MILDEL—Margarst Ryan, an Idshwonian, was brought
up by the Parish Officers of St. Pancras, d:stpd with haring abandoned
her infant, aged two months.
John Owen, butcher, of Fitiropenarket, stated, that en Friday week
he saw the prisoner lay down the child at the doer of No. 26, Hertford.
street, and run away. He pursued her, but could not overtake
B. returned and found the infant lying, almost naked, on the cold stones,
and scream
Mary y stated that she sew the prisoner with another woman
pass along v ord-etreet, and when they came opposite to No. 26, the
prisoner said to her companion, " I'll be d. if be does not hose the
child, whether it is his or not ;1 and she laid the Child on the stones,
and ran away.
Another witness corroborated the above statements.:
Police Constable Morley took the child to the workhouse of fit.
Pancras.

John Boyle, a parish constable, took the prisoner Into custody on the
following day.
The parish authorities stated that the reputed father was a Wawa;
a married man, named Keefe. The woman had, subsequent to the Meth
of the child, applied to the parish for relief; and Keefe had been taken,
on a warrant, before the Magistrates of Mary-le-boue, and they had de-
clined making an order of affiliation against him, on account of the in-
sufficiency of evidence.
Capes, one of the parish officers, stated that they had twice passed the
prisoner to Colebrook, on her way home to Ireland, but she had
returned.

- The prisoner, in her defence, acknowledged haring ban passed on
her way home, but said she was ashamed to go in the sitnadea she was
then in. She declared that Keefe was the father of the child, as wdl m
of another that she had, twayeats old.
Price, the soda( ovinear, la answer hey d question, said that so many
UM of the same kind maned, that they had determined to make an
example of the prisoner.
Mr. LAIWO said, that such a wretch deserved any iu_n tit
could be inflicted on her. She was souteaced to six weal' imphealasat.
Saturday, William Wards, who keeps a new Met shop .died rho
Marquis of Anglesey, in Tonbalgemfeet, Drenswiek.equees, appeared
u sammens, before Mr. Lamm sad Mr. Rogan, M enema as
la adss laid against him by Mr. Last, est of the Inspectors et the

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par Division, for keeping open his house during hours prohibited by act
ofliament.
Mr. List stand, that in ansequsece eifideranden be ntaived 'that
the defendant's Muss was very Ingseperly enabsendv he went thete on
Wednesday nightattibet a gnaw to twelve edifite• antempaablestkil by
Sergeant BeU,siiil Wee of company is Seim In
upon which the ennui the deer, bet sedng hie he his
uniform, she attempsed to dues the door agsMag kik and had he
not forced his way, she mat have succeeded la keeping him out.
Perceiving that the company was up stairs, se soon nbe en-
tered be endeavoured, with Sergeant Bell, to make his way
up stairs, but the landlady opposed him a sexed time, end
be was under the nanny of pushing her aside, in order to
get to the stain. When at length he mended and sawed the front
room on the first Soar, and found fifteen men drinking and smoking
there, and some of them playing at cards. One man, who had the
cards in hie hands, endenown to conceal them under the table, but
Sergeant Bell rushed forward, and having seised, secured them. There
were four pots of beer on the table at the time. He hnsiedistdy with.
drew, and, as It too frequently occurred since the opening of those new
beer shops, that riots and disordem of a very serious nature took
Aim in the streets, which gave the police immense trouble, he was
determined to repress nano of the kind, and be laid the present hi-
formation against the Admin.
Sergeant Bell catrebneand die elaleinen et Ide inspector.
Mr. Harmer attended an Inbar of diedeendant and aose.namined
the witnesses.

Mr. Lento fined the Moist 4111. and told him if the information
had been laid for card.pliging, be would be fined 101.
Two retailers of beer, ender the New Act, were brought up on the
information of Atkinson, fa not having painted over their doors, the
exact words of the Act of Parliament, their names, licensed to sell
beer by retail.
The magistrates ordered the defendants to-pay the expenses, au.
tioning them that, ifs similar information were laid at any future
period, they or soy other parson in the business, should be fined in
the lowest penalty, 101.
LAKSZTI44IIIZZT.-.414 Iteeorromp—Ametti the numerous pan.
pen that presented themselves before Mr. Walker, for parochial relief,
was a young man of respectable appearance, who sought assistance from
the overseers of fit. Mary's, WhitechapeL
Mr. Fouls, an overseer of Whiteebert, stated that on Friday after-
noon the pauper applied to him for r deciariag that be bad been
without food for 48 hours, and theta peen loaf was the last nourishment
he received. Under these circumstances gave Wm es order for some
bread and cheese. About two hours after, the pauper retained with a
recommendation from Mr. Wyatt, to take his ease into coesideratkon,
and be, (Mr. l'oule) gave Wu a shilling.
Mr. Davis, an assistant overseer of St. Omes, said that the
pauper applied to him on Friday morning for k.f• telling him that
litewas famishing for want of food, not having tasted any thing for
48 bouts. He referred him tol.Mr. Knight, the overseer, who gave
him $ shilling.
In reply to questions from Mr. Walker, the pauper said his name
was Richard 'Thompson, and the had been a clerk to Messrs.
IBrown solicitors, Forayers Inn, and Mr. Johnson, a solicitor of
Charlohe-street, Fitzroy-square. He bad been Aided with a serious
lifinesa for some time, had been out of employment six months, and
was destitute of every thing save the clothes in which he then appeared.
He had not tasted any thing foe forty-eight hours when he applied to
Mr. Haight.
Mr. WaLamt said, that unless the pauper bad committed some
criminal action, he would not have assistance,—
Whyneeded
did he not apply to the persons with wMutule bed lived far so
many years ?
Tbe pauper replied, he had scrupulously kept his distressed situation
from the knowledge of his late employers, as )14 was apprehensive that
it would prevent his getting another &astern.
Mr. Wat.unt—Pooh, pooh, nonsense.

WYATT—I tell you, that you have received money under false
pretences. When I signed my name to the summons, I did so under
the persuasion that you were half famished. But at the same time, it
appears that you had a shilling in your poessesioa, sad had a quantity
of bread and cheese, and yet you awe here with a Us in your mouth,
that you had not tasted food for two days.
Pauper—Mr. Davis told me not to say any thing to the overseer of
Whitechapel above the ludo of a shilling from Mr. Knight.
Mr. Davie explained, the/ Mr. /Knight gave the pauper a shilling,
from the persuasion that his tale was correct. Having slept in
Gower's-row on the preceding night, he told him to apply to the over-
seers of Whitychantis as Govr er's.mw was in Whiteehapel parish. He
had no idea that the pauper intended to apply to Whitechapel parish the
same day.
This explanation proved satisfactory to the Magistrates, who desired
the pauper to go about his Madness, and never to apply for relief again
under similar circumstances, or he would be sent to prison.
Urrtort-Hata.—On :Saturday Madge% Prise, a woman in the
service of Mr. Shenton, landlord of the Turk's Head, in the Bent.
road, was brought before Mr. Haus, charged with stealing a table-
cloth, the property et bet master.
Mr. Shelton stated that the prisoner bed been twelve menthe In
his service, and that during the latter pert of that period, emend
small lams of money had been missed. Owing to the repseted thefts
that had aka piece, the whole of the servants were emir sold,
ar
but less snepleten was all along entertained against the
then any of the others. On Friday morning, however, tiellad
occasion to send a quantity of silver up stain so Mrs. Shentan, in
order to have sovereigns for it. Mrs. Shorten was in bed at
the time, and the silver was placed upon bet dressing-esese...
Shortly afterwards, her breakfast was taken up stairs by the pet.
sonar, and on the departure 'of the latter hoar the room these half-
crowns were miming from tire silver en the dreseing-cese. On this
discovery, Mr. Shenton, convinced that no individual had entered the
room but the risme: from the period the mousy was placed there un-
til it was taken, mantis/1a that site was the thief, instantly warned
her out of his house, an order which she was about to obey with ales.
crity, when Mr. Huston suggested that her hoz should be searched.
The prisoner having exhibit d some confusion, • pelian was sent
ler, and in his presence heel box was main* and amongst its
contests was found • Urge table-cloth, with Mr Ithenton's name
written in full open It, mid also the number. In her room were also
found some stop and other articles belonging to Mr. Shenton.
The prisoner, in bee defence, said that she had taken the tab/e-
-cloth up to her room with the intention of mending a bole in it.

Mr. Bows observed, that she should bare as oPponsmity of making
AM shims balm a jury of her many, but he was of opinion that k
wank haw bat Ntde weight with ism. If she took the cloth with dm
Mimi= of oodles it, Ithe wish Mg ham packed it sway in her box,
and but for Mr. Ilkomen danemft to see the contents of her box, it
never would hare bees Woad was committed.

Twines Pouct..... ariggs was charged with entering the
dwelling-house of Mr. lams Isekway, Wellington-place, Stepney,
and stealing sundry articles thorsimn.
The prisoner in his defence said, he was asked to carry a bundle for a
stranger, who told him to throw it on the first person who stopped
hint, and he obeyed the ardars to the very letter.
Captain Itroasztt told the prisoner to tell that story to a jury,
and committed him to Newgate for trial