Star.
London, England, 1823-09-25 00:00:00

M ARLBOROUGII-STREET.

Mr. Earle, the Vestry Clerk, and Mr. Taylor, the Collector to
the Parish of St. Giles in the Fields, attended for the purpose of
receiving evidence to enable the Parish to indict the house, No. 9,1
Maynard-street, St. Giles's, where a countryman was said to have
been precipitated into the street, from a two-story window, by two
prostitutes, named Fitzgerald and Su/limn, now in custody. Bart-
lett, the Beadle, introduced seven very young girls, lodgers in the
house, who clearly proved, by their statements, that their dwelling
was a horde for prostitutes and infamy of every description.—Sarah
Perry stated, that she occupied a room on the first floor. On Tues-
day afternoon she saw Fitzgerald and Sullivan go into the room of
the former, with a man dressed in a fustian jacket; some angry
words ensued between Fitzgerald and the man, of whom she
demanded a shilling for the use of the room, which the man re-
fused ; after this there was a scuffle, and the man said he would
open the window and call the constable; and presently she saw
him falling into the street.—Sarah Hubitsrd, a forlorn girl, corro-
borated this testimony.—After the totkiness had terminated, Mr.
Csuctier, the Magistrate, accompanied by Mr.J.lishop, the Clerk,
repaired to the Middlesex Hospital, where the deposition of
.the
unfortunate man, who is 60 years of age was taken. He said his
name was Barnes; he livedrat Bletcbingley, in Surrey, and was a
husbandman. He went home with Fitzgerald,and, in consequence
of refusing to give her a shilling, she called in several other women,
who forcibly prevented his departure. He then opened the win-
dow, to call for a constable, and presently found his legs out of the
window; but whether he put them out himself, or the girls put
them out, he could not say. He hung by his bands from the cill as

long as he could, but at length dropped, by which both his .ancles
were dreadfully sprained; but whether the bones were broken the
Surgeon could not at present ascertain. The most active of the
party was a robust woman, apparently about 50. Mr. CONAN? said,
it did not appear that there was any proof of the women having
thrown him out, but that they had endeavoured to extort money
from him under threats was plain. He would advise the Parish to
apprehend the mistress of the house, whom he would hold to bail,
that she might be indicted at the Sessions; and the case should be
further inquired into on Tuesday, when the Surgeon hoped the
poor man would be able to attend.
UNION-HALL

Stoctutan CHARGE or SWINDLING.—A person of very respectable
appearance and address, named Thomas Cor Rackarow, a resident
of the house Lambeth-road, was brought before R. G.
Cnaatacts, Esq. under the following circumstances.
A Gentleman named Seaman stated, that on the 12th September,
he went to the house of the defendant to demand cash for a bill for
151.wbich had been passed to him by the defendant and dishonoured.
Upon that occasion the defendant threatened to murder him. This
waa, however, a charge of trivial importance compared with one in
which not only the individuals injured, but the whole Public were
deeply concerned. An advertisement appeared in a Morning News-
paper on the 9th of March, to the following effect:
6. A person of respectable connexions, wishing to obtain a hand-
some income by a professional employment, without encountering
much trouble, has now an opportunity seldom to be met with, by
applying to the advertiser. It will. be requisite the party applying
should possess 501. at immediate command. Respectable references
will be given and required, also real name and address. Address
(post paid) to B. H. Twopenny Post Office, Fish-street-hill."
On reading this advertisement, the complainant said he sent off a
note directed according to the instruction ; this led to i meeting, at
which the defendant told him he was master of two branches of
',tinting, profile and flower, the former of which he should have no
objection to resign in favour of some discerning person. The wit-
ness was told that for £5O he should be made, in the short space of
six weeks, a perfect master of the art, and be enabled to put from
£2OO to ,300 a-year in his own pocket, and £4OO or £5OO into
that of hispreceptor. The £5O was paid down, but be found that,
instead of any new mode of teaching, the defendant taught him by
the old mode of DrAironlaston, called camera !undo; and three or
four lessons proved that little faith was to be placed in the skill of
the advertising quack. Application was then made, in vain, for
the £5O, and at length a court of criminal law being held on% as a
menace, the defendant thought proper to promise to refund £25 of
the £5O, and the bill alluded to above formed part of that
The complainant put the bill into circulation, but it was dish°. I
noured and returned to him, and on applying at the house of &he
defendant, he was refused any reecompence, detained against his
will an hour and a half, and threatened, if he used any of those
epithets which naturally spring out of bad treatment, with that deci-
sive violence which separates soul from body. Upon regaining his
liberty, he was i•i formed that a great nurn,er of young men and
women were duped exactly in the same manner.
Here several respectable young men stepped forward to corrobo-
rate the description given of this despicable impostor.
The defendant,ln answer to these cases, complained of the dull-
ness of his pupils.
The defendant's solicitor contended that the case against his cltent
was merely a breach of covenant.
Mr. CHAMBERS said he should.adjourn the charge of fraud, that
other persons who had suffered from this profligate system of imposi-
tion might attend and bring forward their charges. Ile then
ordered the defendant to feud bail for assaulting and threatening
Mr. Seaman.