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London, England, 1809-06-23 00:00:00

was charged by a man named George Gumbey,
paper-maker, from Bolton, in Lancashire, with hay-
ing obtained from him a Jl5 Bank note, with a frau-
dulent intent, and refusing to restore it. "
It appeatel that the Complainant had come to.
town on Tuesday night by the stage-coach ; that he
went to St. James s-park to see the King's Palace; and,
on asking some questions of the Prisoner, discovered
himself to be quite a stranger in London. The Pri-
soner iindly offered to shew him the curiosities ; and,
on the Compla nant expressing a wish to return from
the Haymarket to the Swan and Two Necks, in Lad.
lane, the Prisoner told him the distance was four miles,
and persuaded him to take a coach, and he would
accompany him. When 'they arrived in Lad-lane,
the Prisoner kindly offered to take his five pound, note
to get change, which the Complainant *as simple
enough to give him; but- after a variety of ma.
nteuv:es, the Prisoner pretended the note was a bad
one, and refused to return it.
The complainant gave him in charge to a constable,
and when before the Magistrate, he gave up the note,
and was discharged, but with a strong admonition.
llenjamiss Wiliam:, a boy of 16, was charged by a
Gentleman, who is port-gauger at Portsmouth, with
having picked his pocket of his handkerchief, at the
window of a print-shop, in St. Paul's Church-yard,
yesterday morning.
The circumstances of the charge were clear against
him ; but the Magistrate, at the earnest solicitation
of the boy's father, who is an industrious taylor, and
the request of the prosecutor, sent him on board the
T-ender.
The Shopman of a respectable Mercer, upon Lud-
gattichill.- was charged with certain fraddulent em-
bezzlements of money received for goods in his mas.
tar's shop. The sums were trivial, and the Prisoner
said, the charge originated in error, which he could
preve if opportunity were allowed him.
He was remanded for a future day's examination.

MaNum-Housz.—Yesterday, J. Wildman was
charged with stealing_ a brush and some other trifling
things from the King's Head Tavern, in the Poultry,
when on confessing the fact, and pleading its being
his first offence, the Lord Mayor was about to dis-
charge him, but the Keeper of the Poultry Compter,
from whence he was brought, informed his Lordship
that he had stolen the rug off the bed in which he had
there slept, and which was found in his bag; his
Lordship therefore ordered him to the House of Cor-
rection for a month, and to be whipped at his en-
trance and dismissal.

MA RLEOROUGIII-STIZET—A labourer named Grogan
charged a fellow labourer named C °moor, with fobbing
him on the highway of a dollar, a half-crown, add
four shillings. The prosecutor stated, that he knew
the prisoner about six months since, dud having met
wish him by chance on Monday last, was persuaded
to go haymaking. with him. Wednesday night when
theywere on their return home, the other side of Pad-
dington, the prisoner suddenly demanded his money;
be resisted, and a scuffle ensued, when be threw down
a leather purse, which contained his money, and ran
of. Having obtained assistance, the prisoner was se-
cured, and searched, and in a box in his pocket were
found ten guineas, a dollar, a half-crown, and some
ether silver • but none of whirl belonged to the pro-
secutor.—Tbe prisoner, in his defence, denied having
ever robbed any one, and. said he had saved the mo-
aer from his earnings, while he worked at an iron
factory at 14Wington. The prisoner was fully com-
mitted for trial, but ordered to be brought up again
on Monday, to answer any ether charge which might
be brought against hiM, or to afford him an opportu-
tinity of proving how so much money came into his
possession.

POLICE.
OVlLDUALL.—Yesterday a Soldier of the Guard

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