Star.
London, England, 1830-10-15 00:00:00

POLICS ESPOI7 S.

01. —J. Botfield, a greengrocer, Addle-street, Wood-street;
Philip Pyle, a porkman, in Sliver-street; and the shopman of Mr. Cot-
trrell, an oilman at the corner of Milk-street, attended before Sir PE.
TAR Lausis and Alderman C. SMITH, yesterday, upon summonses
to answer the complaint of the Inquest of the Ward of Cripplcgate With.
in, for having defective weights in their possession.
The beadle produced the weights and one pair of scales, and Mr. Rice,
the foreman of the jury, proceeded to state, that at the house of Botfield
he found that the balance of the scales was false, besides which, there
was a piece of lead in the weight scale, which the defendant ad-
mitted he kept constantly in that place. It was, however, removable.
and if removed, would give a considerable advantage to the seller. In
addition to this, the 71b. weight was deficient by nearly half an ounce,
the 21b. weight by nearly one quarter of an ounce, the lib. weight by
nearly one quarter of an ounce, and the alb. weight by more than three
quarters of an ounce.
Sir PATER Levitz asked whit goods were sold by weight by the
defendant?

Mr. Rice replied, chiefly potatoes.
Mr. Alderman SNIT IR remarked that it wu the poor then who had
been robbed.
Sir Psra■ asked if he did not hold an office under the Ward ?

Botfield said he was the Inspector of the Watch, and with to
the scales, they had been accidentally Woken, and to correct therefiXetem
of the balance the lead had been used, which a dishonest man might
certainly remove during the weighing, without inconvenience. As to
the weights, they had been altered since they had been passed by pre.
vious inquests, and their deficiency was immaterial, as every buyer of
potatoes insisted on having lumping weight.
The Foreman of the Inquest said the defendant had a large family,
and it was his first offence.

The Magistrate convicted him in the mitigated penalty of 10s.
Mr. Pyle was charged with having in his shop a 71b. weight, deficient
ounce; a 41b. weight by os ; a ell,. near a quarter of an ounce; a
deficient by something less than a quarter of an ounce; and a two
ounce weight also deficient.
Mr. Wilson, one of the Inquestmen, said the defendant had notice to
get his weights regulated five months ago.
Defendant said he had caused two weights to be regulated, and he
was not aware that the rest were deficient.

The Magistrates said they must disgrace him also by fining him 10s.
The case against Air. Cotterrell was, that he had in use a lib. weight
deficient by a quarter os and a half lb. weight by not quite t oz.
Mr. Wilson said these weights were in the same state hr. months
ago, when the inquest desired they should be rectified.
The person who appeared in place of Mr. Cotterell said the shop was
at that time in other hands. Mr. Wood, of Smithfield, was paid four
guineas a-year to adjust the weights and scales.
Sir Pzilia Lavatz said the contract with Mr. Wood could not be
received as an excuse for using defective weights, and he and his brother
Magistrate had agreed that they must protect the public by disgracing
the defendant with a fine of 10s.

If this was my case, (observed Mr. Wilson,) I should charge the fine
to Mr. Wood.

The fines were paid, and the weights and scales were ordered to be
destroyed.

BOIV.STREET.—MargareI Neale, a good-looking young woman of
the town, or more properly speaking of the country, was charged with
having robbed a man, dressed in a smock frock, of three sovereigns, In a
field near Hounslow.

The money was missed on the instant, and the prisoner given into
the custody of two of the mounted patrol, who were conduct-
ing the prisoner to the cage, when they were set upon by several
soldiers, who not only rescued her out of custody, but inflicted
considerable injury on the head of one of the officers, which was enve-
loped in bandages. The soldiers are all under arrest in the barracks,
until the pleasure of their commanding officer shall have been ascer-
tained.

The prisoner hat ing no effectual defence to offer wat committed for
trial.

ROMIZRY AT THE WITRAM Baxi.—An elderly man of very
respectable appearance, who is, it appears, the father of the young man
named Jenkins, who absconded from the above bank with a large sum
of money, exceeding 2,0001. has been in custody for these two last days,
on a charge of being concerned in the robbery, or rather an accessory
after the fact. The solicitor to the Witham Bank, auisted by Mr.
Wooler, attended before Mr. Halls to prefer the charge against the pri-
soner ; but Mr. Halls did not think the evidence (which was heard
in private) sufficiently strong to warrant him in detaining him. He
however, u the charge was of a most serious nature, held him to bail:
himself in 5001. and two sureties in 2501. each, of which he was to
give 24 hours' notice to the solicitor for the Witham bank.

Mr. Jenkins, who was apprehended in London by Ruthven, the
principal officer, is very respectably connected, and the father of no less
than thirteen children, of whom, we understand, the young man who
has absconded is the eldest.

David Fowler, a decent-looking man, was brought before Mr.
HALLS, on a charge of having deserted from a requiting party six years
ago, and taking with him some articles of wearing apparel belonging to
the corporal of the regiment.
A police constable of 0. division, No. 188, preferred the charge, and
stated that about six years ago he belonged to the 48th Regiment of
Foot, which was quartered in Northampton. A recruiting party of the
37th Regiment was likewise there, to which Corporal Henry was at-
tached. The defendant was enlisted by him, and placed amongst the
recruits, whom he (witness) saw march out of the town. On the route
to London, the defendant, whose person he fully recollected, managed to
run away, and take with him a pair of trowsers, and some other articles
of dress belonging to the corporal. That morning he met him in the
streets,whcn he recognised him as the deserter, and took him into custody.
The defendant, a native of Ireland, flatly contradicted that he was the
deserter and asked permission to cross-question the officer. On this
being given to Mm, he said to the witness, " Now, will you swear
that you saw me enlisted ?"
" No; I will not," said the constable; " but I will swear
to you as having been among tire retruits, whom I saw march
out of the town. Besides, I knew you very well before you enlisted."
" By my soul you did not—cunning as you are," exclaimed the
defendant : " you are as innocent of that as a child unborn, and that is
saying too much for you. Do you, your Worship, addressing Mr.
Halls,) think that lam a deserter, from this man's evidence?"
Mr. HALLS—No; I should not convict you from that alone—but I
think it is sufficient to warrant me in keeping you till the documents
and the Hue-and-Cry are examined.
The defendant, seeing that Mr. Halls was determined in this, very
wisely refrained from saying anything further, and walked of with the
gaoler, saying, that they would undoubtedly find themselves in the
wrong box.
MAnyLEsows OancE.—John Coffins, a chairmaker, in Somers
Town, was finally examined yesterday, before Mr. Hoskins, under the
charge of having stolen the body of a child, as stated in a former pa-
per, and preferred against him by Wm. Price, a constable of the me.
uopolitan police, No. 139, of division S.
The prisoner aas brought to this office on Monday, and remanded,
and Price was ordered to make enquiry, and ascertain, if possible, to
what place the body belonged. At Hendon he was sent to Kingsbury,
for there a child had been stolen from the churchyard. He brought Geo.
and Mary Anne Martin, the parents of it, who live at the Hyde in the
Edgware-road, and they then proved its identity before Mr. Stir.
ling, the Coroner, and an Inquest Jury, at the Elephant and Castle, in
the King's-mad, St. Pancras, on Wednesday night, and they gave evi.
deuce there, and yesterday, before Mr. Hoskins, that the child was born
about a month ago ; it was ill from its birth, and incapable of taking
the breast, which accounted for its emaciated state, and it died, and the
body was buried on Sunday week, and some one stole it in the night of
the following Sunday, and left the coffin exposed at the side of the
grave, and the bed-gown and cap in which it had been wrapped blowing
about the church-yard.
The prisoner said he was sorry to be in such a condition. He went
on Sunday below Finchley to gather blackberries ; he fell into the corn.
pany of two other men in the evening, and walked with them towards
London ' • he was not acquainted with them, and did not know what
they had got in the sack only by their own talk, and he was quite in.
nocent of the charge of being concerned with them.
The policeman said he found a willow stick upon the prisoner, con
responding with others glowing near the church-yard at Kingsbury ; it
had been scraped to get the rind off, and there were willow scrapings
near the grave.
Mr. HOSKINS told the prisoner lie had no doubt of his guilt. lie
was found in company with the others, and the word " body-snatcher"
at the tip of his tongue, and he committed him for trial.
The prisoner asked if he might give bail ?
Mr. Hoszixs replied, yes, two sufficient persons in 501. each will be
taken.

QUICEN-SQUART--Yesterday, Harriet Shale was charged with a
dreadful assault on Mary Cockerwight, who was unable to attend the
examiration, on account of the serious injuries she had received, which
had endangered her life. A dispute arose between the prisoner and
the complainant about some person, whether he belonged to the Ports-
mouth or Chatham division of Marines, and the prisoner was called a
w—. The prisoner struck a blow with a quart pot ; the complainant
bled profusely from the head. Mr. Ord, surgeon. stated that between
11 and 12 o'clock at night the complainant was brought to him. He ex.
:trained her head, and found the. middle branch of the temporal artery
half divided. He called Mr. Lynn, the surgeon, who was in the house,
and he divided the artery, which was the only safe way to atoi the
hemorrhage. Had it not been divided, she must have bled to death.
The prisoner was remanded.
John Cl irks and Mary 111-.llanus were brought up for final exa-
mination, the former charged with stealing a portmanteau, containing a
valuable violin and other articles, belonging to Miss Robinson, and the
latter with receiving the same, well knowing the property was stolen.
The prisoners were fully committed fot trial.
Wousair-s ritErT.—Yesterday, Joseph Kendall, in the employ of
Mr. Battely, a retail brewer. was finally examined, charged with em.
besslement. From evidence now given, it appeared that in the comae of
t 8 months he had received front 31r. Singleton various sums,:to the'
amount of 301. 7s. Bd. no part of•which had been accounted for to his
employer. The prisoner was fully committed.

UNlON.NALL.—Yesterday, Pedro Mamie, one of these hiserani
organ-players so numerous about town, was brought before Mr. Hone.
on the tbllowing charge.
The complainant stated, that as he was passing the end of Unioo.
street that morning, he observed the defendant with a red-faced monk y,
which was dancing and capering about to the music of the organ. T
animal wu :confined by a string, which, however, was of such a
length as to give it an opportunity of getting away in th,
course of its freaks, at least five yards from the owner. A crow.:
was very soon collected to witness its gambols, and amongst th •
rest a little boy, who, desirous of rewarding the performance, pro:
anted a halfpenny to the monkey for the amusement it afforded him,
Jacko, however, instead of taking the copper in his usual manner, and
making his grand salam to the donor, flew at the poor hale fellow, rrl
gave him a severe scratch down the cheek with his long and sharp finger
nails. The complainant added, that having witnessed the various pro.
penalties of themonkey, he remonstrated with the defendant for givin4
it such a length of string, but was laughed at, and he therefore brought
the defendant, music, and monkey, to this office.
The defendant, in broken English, declared that the monkey was
tormented by the boys, and that he never displayed a vicious disposition
until he visited this country.
Magistrate—Then why did you not stay in your own country, Instead
of coming to England ; there are already too many of you about the
streets grinding your discordant music.
Defendant.—l can get noting in my country, de people see so poor,
but maccaroni ; here I can get both macaroni and root beef, sir, and
dat is de good reason sure.
At the request of the complainant, the defendant was discharged;
and previously to leaving the office, the latter shortened the string at.
cached to the monkey, who, as a proof of his dislike to such restraint,
gave his master a severe pinch. For this piece of misbehaviour on the
part of Juko, his master punished him, for as they were leaving the
office together, his loud and piercing cries were heard from within.
TwastEs-POLICE.—James Gregg, a lumper in the Docks, was
charged with violating the person of Elizabeth Brock, aged eleven
years. The mother of the child is the wife of a sailor now at sea, and
the parties reside in the same bowie, in Martha-street, St. Oeorge's.in.
the-East.

Mr. BALL/WTI/1Z said the prisoner was a most atrocious scoundrel.
He had been guilty of a very bad offence.
The prisoner was committed for trial.
John Lamella, master of the collier Vigilant, and John Jamaton,
one of his seamen, were charged with having in their possession a chest
of gunpowder tea, which they were attempting to smuggle ashore.
Mr. BALLANTINE told the prisoners they had tendered themselves
liable to a heavy penalty, and ordered the chest of tea to be sent to the
Custom-house.

Thomas Hutchinson, master of the Susan trader, from Archangel,
and Sanderson John How, master of the Collier Thames, were charged
with attempting to smuggle ashore 401bs of flour and three foreign
tongues, which had not duty paid. The goods were sent to the Cus.
torn house.

LAMBETII.BTREET.—Yesterday, William Alurplig, a policeman
belonging to K division, was charged before Messrs. WALKER and
WYATT with assaulting Mr. Cheese, one of the Churchwardens of the
parish of Bow, Middlesex.
Mr. Cheese stated that, on the previous night, as he was return.
ing home through a bye-street, he observed the prisoner coming to.
wards him. Perceiving him to be in a state of intoxication, he en-
deavoured to avoid him ; but as he was passing by, he (the prisoner)
placed himself right before him, and commenced questioning him.—
Seeing that he was very drunk, he made an effort to pass him, but the
prisoner pulled out his staff; and commenced using it on him. Finding
that a quick retreat was the only chance left him to avoid his violence,
he ran from him as fast as he could, but the prisoner followed, and
kept striking at him with his staff. Having at length reached a sta.
tion.house, he called for assistance, when a sergeant came out and took
the staff m his assailant.

Inspector Drew confirmed the statement of Mr. Cheese as to the in.
toxication of the prisoner.
Mr. Chem further stated that the policeman was not on his duty in
that district, as he belonged to another beat.
The policeman came forward, and said that he was ashamed tic
his conduct. He had been with a few friends, and had taken too
much of the cheap beer, which caused him to miss his way . • and he,
finding himself in a lonely street had a gentleman coming towards him,
he stopped him for the purpose of questioning him. He was sow ready
to make any apology or submission, which he hoped would satisfy Mr.
Cheese.

The Magistrates refused to inflict any fine on the man for dranken.
nese, remarking that the course which Mr. Cheese must pursue, was to
make his statement to the Inspector, who would report to the Com-
missioners, and the punishment of the man would be sufficiently heavy,
as he would in all probability be dismissed.
Mary Smith, a gaunt, wretched-looking female, was charged with
stealing an infant six months old.
It appeared that, about five o'clock on the previous evening, the pri-
soner observed the infant in the arms of a little girl, near the residence
of its parents, in St. George's In the East. She sent the girl on k^
errand, and during her absent* carried off the child. At six o'clock en
that mottling, however, she was given in charge to the police by a muter
butcher, who suspected the child was not her's, having been roaming
about all the previous night with it.
The butcher being unable to attend, the prisoner was remanded until
this day.