Star.
London, England, 1831-05-11 00:00:00

POLIO E REPORTS.

OunnuaLL.--John Dobbs was charged yesterday with stealing •
saddle, the property of the Rev. Mt. Long, of Hunger, Norfolk.—
Titer. was a second charge of stealing a horse out of Norfolk.
Mr. Dufl a saddler, in Lung-lane, deposed that the prisoner on
Thursday morning said he wanted to exchange a saddle fur some halters.
Witness showed him six. and prisoner asked what he would give to
boot. Witness offo.red him a sovereign, and asked him if he was
known in the neighbourhood. Prisoner said his name was
John Brown, and ha was lodging at the Fountain, at Clapham.—
In tl'c evening the prisoner come again to the shop, and said
he was known at a public-house in Albemarle-street' Clerkenwell, and
witness offered to go immediately there with him. This, however, he
declined, and being asked his name, and giving that of John Dobbs
(not Brown, as before), witness suspected he had stolen the saddle, de-
tabled him, an& traced the owner.
The Reverend Mr. Long said, the prisoner lived as under-groom in
his service, about two years ago. He bad been about the premises
lately, and been suspected of stealing this saddle on the 27th ult.—
The bone was stolen ham another party.
The prisoner was accordingly committed on thischarge, and remanded
on that of stealing the horse.
Bow-Srnitsr.--Roaanny IT SERVARTlVelttelday, two females,
named Mary Taasby and Eugenia Colville, the latter of whom is a
moire of France. and a man noosed Gash, were brought before Sir
R. Birnie and Mr. Halls, the flagill WO shagged with having robbed
their master, Mr. Hawn, the neelemiler, el the Strand, who is also
musical conductor at the &JIM Opera, of a quantity of wine, and
other articles.
The Frenchwoman was admitted approve, sad deposed that she
suffered Tansby to put several bottles of wine Into her box, without
knowing how it had been procured.

The prisoner Tanaby did not deny the fact, but endeavoured to in.
eulpate her fellow servant.
Oc was fully committed to take her Mal for the offence; hut oh,
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LAMICET/I•llTlEzr.—Yestftday, AMU and John Oren, tither sod
discharged, in consequence of the slightness of ti,
most, were charged with breaking into the dwelling-house of me r
beri, at West an, on Sunday night, and stealing theraeo, vari7u.
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articles of property.
Samuel Gulbrage, a Bow-street patrol, stopped the prisoners not
their residence. in the Irish-row, on the Ilford road, and on exaentoi,
a sack which the father carried, he found it to contain a great ono:
which had been stolen from Mr. Lambert's ; but though he .ear,,,d
the house minutely, be could not discover any more of the stolen po.
PertY•
The prisoners, in defence, said they found the cost in a field, as
were going to work, on Monday morning; but on examining rites
repsrately, they so varied in their story, that the Magistrates ec
nhsadut
them for a week.
Untox-sait..—Jomes Wood, a retail beerseller residing at Bach.
side, was charged with suffering gambling in his house, contrary to tb,
tenor of his license.
Gill, the officer, stated that on the evening of the 29th ult. there ism
several persons in the taproom, who appeared by their dress to he out
and hop porters, and six out of the number were seated round a tali,
and playing the game of all fours; they had beer in pots before thou.
The defendant said that he was ignorant that permitting wen to 1111 y
cards, when they did not play for money, was an offence against tine sea.
tote which regulated the new beer shops.
Mr. Staples the chief clerk, roul the copy of a former conviction
against the offender, by which it appeared that a fine of 40s. was inflicted
on him the 30th of September.
The Rev. Mr. Mann, residing at Backside, stated, that no house of
the description could possibly be worse conducted than that of the de-
fendant. There was noise and confusion therein from morning um
late nt night, and if such a nuisance was permitted to elk, he (11,.
Mann) had no other alternative than to leave a house in which he had
resided for a great portion of his life, without being subjected to that
about which he now complained. He added, that he never heard or
saw any of these goings on at the houses of the licenmd victuallers who
dwelt in the immediate vicinity of his house, and such was the Won.
venience to which he was now subjected, that he could not enter his
study, which was situated at the rear of his house, owing to the rice
and disturbance in the defendant's beer.shop.
Thu magistrates decided that the MSC was satisfactorily proved against
the defendant, and as this was his second offence, they should inflict a
penalty of rd. and costa. For the third offence, they informed him that
ne would render himself liable to a fine of not less than 2til. besides
being disqualified front selling beer for two years. On the defendant',
application, he was allowed until Saturday to pay the tine.
John Church, another retail beer seller in the New Kent-road, pleaded
guilty to an information, charging him with keeping open his house
and permitting hoer to be drank after 10 o'clock at night. This being
the defendant's second offence, he was also lined dl. togethet with the
payment of acts; the magistrates giving him the same caution with
regard to the punishment for the third offence, as they did the defendant
in the tonnes case.