Star.
London, England, 1809-09-02 00:00:00

POLICE, fee.

HATTON-GA/MEX.—Yesterday Hydf, a dealer
in metal, was charged with offering a quantity of
Printing Tv,r. ET sale, to Mr. Smith, Printer, of St.
Taes's' which Mr. S. deposed had been stolen from
him. The principal not being in custody, the cri.:
soncr was admitted to bail.

bumonata..—Yesterday —Matthews, a Police I
Officer, belonging to 'Hatton-garden, was charged
with assaulting Anson, a porter to a Mr: Jack-
son, dirtier, of Little Windmill-street. Anson stated,
that passing near. Hatton-garden he asked the priso-
ner to direct him to Saffron.hill. When he got to
West Smithfield he dragged him into the Blacksmith's
Arms, telling him he was an officer, and wanted to
search him. He told the prisoner he had no property
about him but what was his master's, and that he
would not be searched, unless he sheaved him his au- 1
thority, which was not done. He then told the pri-
soner
that the place they then were in was not proper
to search any one; on which he was taken into a back
parlour, where he was searched, but nothing found
on him except some bills of his master's, which he was
carrying to the Ban ker's, when he was suffered to depart.
—This statement was corroborated as far as related to
the dragging him into the public house, by a person
wbo was there at the time. Matthews's defence was,
that police officers had a tight to search such as they
thought suspicious characters ; but upon being asked
by the Sitting Magistrate what proof he had of An-
son's being a suspicious character. ? he only asserted
that he had seen him at the Maidenhead, and Turk's
Head, in Dyot.street, which was positively denied by
Amon. .The Sitting Alderman said, however much
he-might be inclined to support officers, yet he could
not conceive it proper for them to assault his Majes-
ty's subjects, or even search them, without having
reasonable cause of suspicion against them ; and or-
dered Matthews to find bail for his appearance at the
next Qtiarter Sessions.

MANsioN-Hous-a. —Yesterday four men, named
Barber, Leonard, Jennings, and Finch, were charged
with a violent assault ou•Moses Potock, who stated,
that he was, on the preceding evening, standing at
the door of the Mitre public-house, at A idg::!e, smock-
ing his pipe, when Barber pus/led Leonard so vio-
lently against the pipe, that he drove part of it into
the roof of hi; itiontb. He immediately seized Bar-
ber, when Finch and Jennings rushed upon him, and
attempted to rescue their companion, saying they
were armed, and would shoot him, if he did not let
Barber zo but with the assistance of the watchmen
he got them secured.—Samuel Meredith corroborated
the prosecutor's statement.—A constable also spoke
to their outrageous conduct. .Bat ber stated that he
is a Sheriff's Officer, and had been to serve a warrant
upon one Alexander, whom he expected to meet at
the Mitre ; that he had taken the others with him ex-
pecting some resistance ; that upon not finding him
there they were going to another house ; that the
complainant jeered them very much, and lostowe.,i
many opprobrious epidwts.--The Magistrate said,
that noL7iing had been offered wl,ich could justify so
violcin an assault, the man's mouth being much cut.
He then discharged Leonard who, it appeared, had
not taken any active part, after'being pushed against
the prosecutor, and ordered the others to find bail.

-At the Gloucester Assizes, John Jones, alias King,
charged with robbing Mr. Aldridge on the highway,
near Bristol, pleaded guilty. Upon being asked why
sentence of death should-not be passed upon him, he
said—" he was sensible he had committed -a-crime
against society, by which his life was forfeited, but
that he had been impelled by the distress of his fa-
mily."—Judge BAYLEY, in passing sentence, was 110
affected, that be was obliged to turn his face froin the
people, and whilst repeating the usual words, ag to be
taken to the place from whence you west brought—
aud—.you know what I should say, and what I mean"
—and wept. The other part of the sentence was
scat cely articulate. . .