Star.
London, England, 1830-12-03 00:00:00

POLICE REPORTS.

GVILDNALL.-Mr. Greta, the landlord of the Fountain wine-vaults,
in Golden.lane. Mended before Aldermen Venable and Winchester,
upon a summons, to answer a complaint of permitting notoriously bad
characters to assemble at his house.
The complaint arose out of a noted resurrection.man, named Phil-
lips, being brought before Mr. Alderman Thompson, on Tuesday, on
suspicion of stealing a pocket handkerchief from a person, between one
and two o'clock in the morning, in this house. The Alderman, learn.
ing that the house was constantly open after midnight, was resorted to
by persons of bad character, and that the neighbourhood was frequently
disturbed in the night by parties who came out of this house, ordered a
summons to be issued to the landlord.
Tucker, the superintendent of the watch of Cripplegate, deposed that
be found 25 persons in the house, between one and two o'clock in the
morning on the 29th ult. The housei was resorted to by bad charac-
ters, and was open later than the other houses ; but since the summons
had been issued, the defendant had closed at twelve o'clock. His plea
had been that be could not live, in consequence of the competition
against him, unless be kept open later than the other houses.
Mr. Alderman Vawant.za said it was unfair to permit this horse to
be open while the rest were closed. Defendant must not live by break-
ing the law, nor could he be suffered to harbour bad characters till the
dead time of the night, theist° go forth right and left and rob the public.
Defendant rested upon his closing the door now at 12 o'clock.
The magistrate fined him 401. and costs.
Quxxx.stattaas.--Charfes Morley was committed to the House
of Correction for three months as an impostor, he having pretended to
the Rev. Mr. Wool, preceptor to Prince George of Cambridge, that
he was deaf and dumb, and produced several forged documents from
the Deaf and Dumb Society in recommendation of him.
Richard Collins, his wife and four children, were charged with beg-
ging in the streets. They all exhibited a most ragged and dirty ap.
pearance on the outside, but on being uncased they were found to be
warm and comfortably clad. On Collins and his wife were found 81,1 s.
in gold and silver, besides 16s. fid. in copper halfpennies, and a few
pence was found upon the children. They were committed for one
month to Coldbath Fields prison, and the Governor was directed to ex.
pond it in their support while in prison, and whatever remained, if any,
was to be given to them when they were discharged.
LAIIIDLTH•ST tier.— William Phillips, a drayman in the employ.
meat of the Messrs. Charringtons, ale-brewers' in the Mile-end-road,
was summoned before Messrs. Wyatt and Hardwick, for having wan.
tonly overturned a chaise cart with his dray.
The complainant, a respectable female, stated that she and another
person were in a light chaise, drawn up within three feet of the curb,
opposite the Pavilion Theatre, when the defendant, instead of passing
on the side where there was room enough for half a dosen drays to
drive abreast, drove between the chaise and the curb, and overturned
it, throwing herself and the other person out, but, fortunately,
neither of them were severely injured.
The drayman, in defence, said tbae was not room enough for him to
pass, but he was contradicted by a policeman who witnessed the whole
transaction. _ _ _ _

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Mr. HARDWICK remarked that this was a species of offence for which
no Act of Parliament was sufficiently severe. Men in occupations
similar to the defendant were but too fond of exercising this description
of low street-despotism. To check, if possible, this nuisance by
wholesome severity, he should fine the defendant 40a. or commit him
to the House of Correction fur one month.