Star.
London, England, 1830-11-22 00:00:00

POLICE REPORTS

Maxsiox.xnusx.—Several boys were brought before the Loup
Avoit in the course of last week, charged with having committed
robberies. In some instances, the prisoners were accused of having
encouraged other children to rob their parents and masters, and there
perhaps never were exhibited more deplorable instances of the total
absence of moral feeling. The acknowledgments of guilt were made,
and the details of the various cases of plunder were told, with as much
indifference as if they formed part of the sanctioned education of the un-
fortunate poor creatures.
George Wood, a boy about 14 years of age, was charged by his
master, Mr. Barlow, of 47, Cannon-street, with having appropriated to
his own purpose the sum of M. 111. which had been given to him to
take to the Stamp-office,
Mr. Barrow had taken the prisoner into his service two days before,
without, however, making the necessary inquiries as to character, and
accordingly upon the very first opportunity the boy took advantage of
the confidence placed in hot, and upon being sent to the Stamp-office
to pay the abovementioned sum, walked off, and joined a set of vaga-
bonds. The police got notice of his conduct, and some days after the
transaction found him under one of the dry arches of the Southwark.
bridge, in the company of several young thieves. The boy bad pre.
viowly lived in the service of the complainant's father, and it was be.
hewed had plundered that gentleman.
I he prisoner, upon being asked to account for his absence, said that
as lie was going to the Stamp-office he met a new police officer, who
prevailed upon him to go into a coach, and robbed him of the money.
It was stated that the prisoner bad purchased a new hat and coat,
that he had money in his pocket when he was apprehended, and that
when he went into the service of the complainant he was not master of
a halfpenny.
The LOAD Maxon committed him to prison for trial.
The cases against many other boys were not strong enough to send
before a jury, but it was palpable that they had been carrying on a re-
gular system of plunder, and encouraging those of more tender years to
rob their parents or masters.
At such a timeas this, when the number of young offenders is daily
increasing, the society hich Lord 13elgrave and Mr. Wilmot Horton
advocated and established a few days ago for the reformation of juve.
nile offendere, will, no doubt, be produuctive of the greatest possible ad.
vantage.
OuILDHALL.--A genteel-looking middle.aged man, named William
Wilson, was brought up from Union-hall, charged with stealing a
watch. Severil charges of purloining articles from poor couples of the
Society of Friends (to whose dwellings he had introduced himaelf:with
some fictitious story) had been preferred agal in Surrey, but the
Magistrate considering a ease which had in the City to be the
clearest, had directtd the prisoner to be taken before the sitting
Alderman.

John lice, who stated himself to be 7b years of age, said that he oceu.
pies one of the ahns.houses in White's-alley, Coleman-street, and that,
on the 7th of October, the prisoner called and went over each of the
alms-houses, pretending that he was sent by Mr. Wyatt, the church.
warden, to ascertain what repairs were required, but, in reality, to ob.
serve whether there was anything worth stealing. He professed a
great deal of consideration and kindness towards the aged ;
and after learning witness's age, said he _was eligible to receive'
a gratuity of 41. and be would put him in the way of,
obtaining it. He came again the following day for that pur.
pose, and was shown up into a room on the first floor, where
he wrote a letter, which witness was to deliver personally at the Feo-
fee'e.wifice, in the Temple, prisoner accompanying him to show him
the place. They started immediately, but on reaching the New Post
office, prisoner told him to goon, and wait for him at the Temple. He
waited there, however, for three hours, without meeting with him,
when, having some misgivings, witness returned home, and found the
prisoner had stolen his watch. After parting_with him at the Post.
office the prisoner had returned instantly to White's•alley, and repre-
sented to his wife that he bad left a pair of gloves up stairs. She of-
fered to fetch them, but he cried, " Oh, no, poor old creature, I can go
up quicker than you ;" and up he went, and returned in a moment,
with a glove swinging in his hand, haying, " I have got it." When
she next went up stain to Sell what the time was, she missed the
watch. . . .
Martha Lee, the wife, who was so old and decrepit she could scarcely
toddle, corrobora,ted.tbe last witness, and declared that no other person
than the prison* bad entered the house from the time when she saw the
watch safe until she missed it.
The first witness said the prisoner's story of having been sent by Mr.
Wyatt wee entirely false ; but as Wis. Wyatt was net in attendamo to
personally negative the statement of the prisoner, he was remanded
until Tuesday.
Charles Cullen, a young man who had formerly been employed so •

porter by Mr. Davies, a hosier and draper in Aldgste, was charged with
obtaining goods under false pretences. It was stated that there were
several cases against the prisoner, but two only were entered into. In
one of them, it appeared, the prisoner had, on the 12th inst. obtained
two large table-covers from Messrs.Ward,Bretde, and Ward, of Wood.
street, upon an order purporting to be written by a shopman in the ser-
vice of Mr. Davies. In the other case, he had obtained two large coon-
terpanes trom Messrs. Lainson's and Co. of Bread-street, on Saturday
morning, by uttering a similar order.
Mr. Davies proved that the prisoner was discharged on the 21st of
June; that he had not been authorised by him, or any one in his ser-
vice, to obtain these goods; and that the orders were in the prisoner's
own hand-writing.
The prisoner declined saying anything in reply to the charge, and Mr.
Alderman Baowx committed him for trial.
Bow.svaEzT.—Saturday. Townsend, the senior officer of this esta-
blishment, who has latterly been attending Royalty, came to this office
yesterday, and communicated to Mr. HALLS that a young woman had
begged relief of him in the park. He was about to have ha taken into
custody, when the affecting story she told of distress endured in conse-
quence of her having been deceived by her lover at Wootenedge, in
Gloucestershire, arrested his attention, and being eventuallconvinced
of the truth of her statement, he collected 51. fur her in the Palace, and
now wanted the assistance of the magistrate to send her home.
Mr. HALL. complimented him on the humane part which he had
taken, and complied with his request.
LAMBETB-STREZT.SilltUrday, a number of paupers were at this
office claiming relief. Among them was an aged black, who hobbled
into the justice-room, and, on approaching the bench, exclaimed, '• Vel,
masse, what me do now ? No work, no money, no grub, no noting.
Mc vent to the pooree-house, St. George, and they'd give me no more,
nor a little sixpence."
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Mr. WALKEa—But don't you do something for your living ?
Applicant—Yes, masts, me blackee shoes.
Mr. WALKER—That must be a good business in the dirty weather.
I dare say you can earn a good deal of money at it ?
Applicant—lndeed, me don't, mama. Me only blackee two shoes
to-day, and only four on Sunday.
Mr. WALKER—But the people are very kind to you, and give you
plenty to eat and drink.
Applicant—No such a ting ; me can't get a bit.

Mr. WALIEI said that u the applicant had been in the parish toe
years, and u people could not do without clean shoes and linen, be and
his wife being known, might, if they liked, earn a comfortable sub.
sistence. He would leave him in the hands of the beadle.

That functionary desired the poor black to go outside, and that be
would relieve him with a sixpence.
QUEZN.SQUAIIeiMPORTANT Cass.—Tarcis or Baoxtas.
—Saturday William Hall, a broker, of Blue Anchor-yard, York-street,
Westminster, well known at the office, was placed at the bar on the fol-
lowing charge of felony.
Margaret Painter, of No. 4, William-street, stated that she bad
lodged with her husband, at No. 11, Holland-street. On Monday
morning last, a man named Collins came to their lodgings to distrain
for arrears of rent, due to their landlord, Mr. Luff, amounting to 41.35.
In about two hours afterwards the prisoner came and made out an
inventory. which be gave her, and the goods were all removed into
a back-room. There was a feather-bed, five chairs, and some other
articles, which were not mentioned in the inventory. These she valued
at about 21.

It was stated that the bed had been cut down, and about 10 pounds
weight of feathers taken out.
The prisoner, in his defence, said he was not aware that he had seized
a feather bed.

Mr. Osznotti E.—Your best plan is to endelvour to makes jury be-
lieve your story, for I shall commit you to Newgate for trial.
Prisoner—What ! Commit me for trial ! Good GOD !Is it poulble
you are serious? You cannot mean it, good GOD !
The parties were then bound over to prosecute the prisoner fur steal-
ing. " For GOD'S sake," exclaimed the broker ; I hope you will
take bail."

" Indeed I shall not," replied the Magistrate. "If you had been
an honest and respectable man I might have believed that you had
committed a mistake in not inserting these goods in the inventory; but
you have been here so often for these tricks, and have been warned of
it by me, that I consider it high time that a stop should be put to such
a practice."
The prisoner was then removed, exclaiming, " Good dos 1 commit
me for trial—a respectable man to Newgate. Good Goal"
Quzzx-sQuaas.—Miss Mary Fitzgerald and Miss Elisabeth
Woodlake, as they styled themselves, were charged with assaulting
John Rawlins, a police constable of the L divison, Na 100.
It appeared from the evidence that the ladles at the bar having in.
Bulged themselves very plentifully with cheap beer and Hodges's
best, In the New Cut, were met by the constable, who took
them into custody. Miss Fitzgerald fly showed fight,
seized the constable's arm with her tooth, sad tom a piece out of
his coat; and Miss Woodlake at the same time pummelled him with
all her might. The ladies all cried out, "Down with the New Po-
lice, and liberty for the women i" upon which a mob of upwards of
three hundred persons assembled, and It was with great difficulty
that the ladles were taken to the station.house to answer for their
misdeeds.

No defence was made to the charge, and Mr. Marriott observed
that as females had commenced attacking the police, he should inflict a
fine of five pounds each. In default of payment they were both stint
to the House of Correction for two months.
MANES Poraca.—Tkoasos Adcock, a man in the employ of
Messrs. Hoare and Co. brewers, was charged with strain' a Quantity of
solder, the property of his employers. He wasconvicted of unlawful
possession, and fined a sum of M. in default of payment of which he
was sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment.
klearox-GattnEx.-,A fellow named Jean Bricker, was ordered to
find bail for an indecent exposure of his person, in the neighbourhood
of Torrington-square, at the kitchen-window of a gentleman. The de.
tails were disgusting in the extreme.

WORM IP-11TRIEET.—.4dreardIlla and Alice Laren, woo
brought up for re-examination on a charge of having robbed Mr. Hewn,
who had unhappily fallen into their clutches, and died under draw.
stances which made it suspected that he had been " hocussed," that is,
some stupyfying drug put into his drink, preparatory to the robbery.
A Coroner's Jury, however, returned a verdict of apoplexy.

Wright, the police constable, said he had reset Tea information that
Jemmet had before been in custody for attempting to " hocus" a young
man, who was severely beaten for refusing to take the prepared drink.
lie was ordered to search out the parties, and bring them forward.
The prisoners were again remanded.

COVETOUSNESS.—" The desire of stoney (says Timothy)
is the root of all evil ; and they that lust after it, pierce themselves with
many sorrows." Austin describes it, a madness of the soul; Gregory,
a torture; Chrysoatorn, an insatiable drunkenness; Solomon, a con.
untied plague and vexation of spirit. Damasippus, the Stoic, proves
that all mortal men dote by fits, some one way. some another; but that
covetous men are madder than the rut; and he that shall truly look
into their estates, and examine their symptoms, shall find no better of
them but that they see all fools, as Nebel was. They are commonly
sad and tetrick by nature, as Achab's spirit was, because be could not
get Naboth's vineyard. He is of a wearish, dry, pale constitution, and
cannot sleep for cares and worldly business : and though he be at a ben.
quet, or some merry feast, he sighs for grid of heart (as Cyprian bath
it) ; he is sorrowful in plenty, unhappy for the present, and more un.
happy for the life to come. He is a perpetual drudge, restless in hies
thoughts, and never satisfied,--a slave, a wretch, a dust.worm ; and the
more be bath, the more he wants, like Pharoah's lean tine, which de.
voured the fat, and were net satisfied. They are afraid of template, for
their corn ; they are afraid of their friends, lest they should alt some.
thing of them; of their enemies, lest they should hurt them; of thieves,
lest they rob them; they are afraid of war, and afraid of peace,—afraid
of rich and of of poor; afraid of all. Last of all, they are draw
of want, that they shall die beggars, which makes them lay up Wu,
and dare not use what they have • and were it not that they are loth to
lay out money on a rope, they would hang forthwith, and die to save
eharges.—Burters.

LAWYERS: OPPOSITENESS OF THEIR INTEREST TO
Tea thrivitassx byrzazsT.—The opinion of lawyers in a question
of legislation, particularly of such lawyers as are or have been peao.
tieing advocates, are peculiarly liable to be tinged with falsity by the
operations of sinister interest. It is the people's interest that delay,
vexation, and expense of procedure should be as mall as posaible:-.lt
I. the advocate's that they should be as great as possible. As to un-
certainty in the law, it is the people's interest that each man's se-
curity against wrong should be as complete as poseible ; that all his
rights should be known to him ; that all acts, wilt& in the case of his
doing them will be treated as offences, may be known to him as such,
together with their eventual punishment, thathe may avoid committing
them, and that others may, in as few instances as possible, suffer
either from the wrong, or from the expensive and vexatious remedy.
Hence it is their interest, that as to all these matters the rule of action,
in so far as it applies to each man, should at all times be not only
covetable, but actually present to his mind. Such knowledge, which it
Is every man's interest to possess to the greatest, it is the lawyer's in.
tern; that he possess to the narrowest extent possible. It hi every man's
interest to keep out of lawyers' hands as much u possible ; it Is the
lawyer's interest to get him In as often, and to keep him in as long as
pinelble t thence, that any written expression of the words necessary to
hap nes-lawyers out of his hand, may u long as Possible be prevented
fran esig im existence, and when in existence as long as possible
kept It
boil present to his mind, and when present front staying
there. It is the lawyer', interest, therefore, that people should con-
tinually sulk for the aon.observance of laws which, so far from having
received efficient promuliratioo, have never yet found any authoritative
expression in words. This is the perfection of °lli yet propose
that access to the knowledge of the laws be affoTtreallyttneans of a code
—lawyers, one and all, will join in declaring It impossible.--BrwTstau.
Book of Fallacies, p. 87.

FATAL ACCIDENT.-STEAM-BOILER BURST.

From the Leeds litielligetwer.

Monday afternoon a shocking accident occurred at Stone-bridge.seill,
near Fernley, in the occupation of Messrs. Pawsoo and Son, cloth ma-
nufacturers, by the bursting of the engine-boller. Nine of the workmen
employed on the premises were scalded
and otherwise injured, and they
were immediately conveyed to the Infirmary. Their names were Wm.
;dole, 93, Worthy; Frederick Barnsby, 18, Birsfall ; James Clap-
ham, 16, Fernley ; James Fletcher, 63, Fernley. Joseph Galloway. 17,1
Wortley ; Martin Bretherick, 18, Bramley ; Rdwin Sowden, 18, New
Wortley ; James Saville, 58, Wortley ; and Joseph Saville (his son,)
13, Wortley. Frederick Barnsby died at the Infirmary on Tuesday
I forenoon, and William Starkey yesterday morning. Yesterday evening
an Inquest was held at the Griffin Inn, to inquire into the cause of the
deaths of the two unfortunate men, when the following evidence
was taken
Richard am fireman to Messrs. Pawson, woollen manufac-
turers at Stone-bridge-mill, in the township of Wortley, and I attend
to the engine at that mill. On Monday last, about 20 minutes past 4
o'clock in the afternoon, I came out of the firing-place, having been in
to open the fire doors. The engine had been standing about six mi-
nutes, and we were just going to set it on. We had stopped it because
we could not keep the steam up, as we had very poor cai. The mo.
meat I had got to the engine-house door it blew up suddenly with a
loud noise. It blew up the Rues round about, and the steam.ehest
at the top of the boiler was broken. I was about six or seven yards
from the boiler, and was not hurt. I went towards the boiler se.
veral times, and was beat back again by the violence of the
steam and water. As soon as I could get to it, I found that
nine workmen at the mill were scalded or otherwise injured.
—The boiler was in the dry-house. Only one of the men,
James Fletcher, had been in the habit of working in the dry-house; all
the other men (but one, who was a cloth miller) were giggers, and when
the engine stopped they went to the dry-house to warm themselves. I
had seen the cloth miller just before it happened; he was on the engine
house steps when I last saw him. I had not seen the two deceased
men ; they were both sinus. I have not been able to satisfy myself
as to the cause of the bursting of the boiler. We were then two inches
and a half below the standard which we generally wrought at. The
boiler, in my opinion, does not appear to have been a very good one.
It has been in use four years, and has been constantly used since I have
been there. I have known boners of that description in use for 18 or
18 years. Steam did not escape from the safety-valve before the acci-
dent happened. When I came to the situation, I observed that the
seating, or under part, of the boiler, was much burnt, and they set
about having a new one immediately. We should have bad it put up
in a fortnight. In the afternoon of that day I observed that the water
escaped very fast through a defective part of the boiler, but not the part
where it burst. The safety-valve on the boiler which was burst was
loose on Saturday night, and I found it loose the morning after the se-
cident ; but 1 cannot say that it had not been fast in the mean time.
The water and steam came out at the bottom of the boiler. The top
was sound.

The house-surgeon at the Leeds Infirmary gave his opinion that the
deceased had died from inhaling the steam. All the men were very
severely injured, and one of them, James Saville, he feared could not
survive the night.
John Fat , cloth-dresser, who had been 13 years at the mill,
spoke to the care which had been always taken to prevent accidents at
the mill. He said that the persons injured were all able to walk away
after the accident, except the two boys, Edwin Bowden and Joseph Gal.
loway, who were fetched out of the boiler-bonse.
After consulting together for a few momenta, the Jury returned a
verdict of " Accidental Death, with a deodand of One Shilling upon
the boiler."