Star.
London, England, 1822-10-21 00:00:00

GAMESTERS.

Coxssrvarner UNDIII Tali Naw V./mama Acv.--Saturday,
Haley Thompson, Louis Luckeny, John Rua4miU, William Janes,
Henry Ogle, Jahn Smith, Joseph Wheeler, Augustusnasal, Wil-
ham Batchelor, Robert Saunders, Henry Williams Thomas Brown,
Jahn Francis, Thomas Henry Jones, and Frederick Adam, all re-
spectable looking men, were brought before the Magistrates at
Bow-street, by Bishop, one of the principal Officers, Ellis and
Herring, Conductors of Patrol, and others, charged with being
found at a common Gaming-house, engaged in playing at an un-
lawful game.— Mr. ALLeY attended on behalf of the accused.
The strtement of the Officers was, that having a warrant to
search the house No. 16, Bury-street, St. James's, they went
there about eight o'clock on Friday evening, but found as they
expected, the door strictly watched by persons stationed outside
for that purpose. Finding it impossible to gain an entrance by
stratagem, they resolved to effect it by force, and having pro-
vided themselves with sledge hammers, they approached the
goor in a body, and in less than a minute battered it down.—
They ran up stairs, but another door.stopped their way, which
they also removed by the same forcible means, and got into the
grand receptacle, where they found a roulette table and apparatus
complete, with the exception of the Bank, which the players
hearing the " dreadful note of preparation" below, had taken
care to remove. The players themselves, too, were gone. Not
a soul was in the room, and all in the house seemed as quiet as
the grave. Tne Officers, however, bad taken precautions to
prevent any one from quitting the house. They proceeded to
search the " holes and corners, and in a garret they found
some of the prisoners; some were found in the bed-rooms con-
cealed in a curious manner, while others, Oh ! vile resource !'
were discovered in a coal-hie, half covered over with the dingy
material. The apparatus having been secured, the prisoners were
taken equal care of, and lodged is 3 yratalishouse for the night.
It being necessary, according to the decision of the Magis-
trates of this Office, in a recent case of a similar kind (reported
in our Paper four weeks ago), that persons should be identified
as having actually bees engaged in play, to bring them within
the meaning of the Vagrant Act, the informer was now Called
for, and a Mr. Campbell answered. lie stated that be had re-
peatedly played at the house in question, and was enabled to
point out four of the defendants as being actually engaged in the
business of the house. Mr. Campbell then pointed out the ful-
liming four individuals by name, viz.—Frederick Adam (a
Frenchman), John Bushell, Henry Ogle, and Augustus Wil-
liams. The first named, he said, acted as the Mater of the
' Gaming Table; and the other three were his assistants. lie
amid nut speak to the other defendants.
Mr. Aux: addressed the Magistrates on behalf of the de-
fendants. -
The Magistrates, after some consultation, ordered the four
defendants named to be committed, under the stew Vagrant ACC,
a rogues-sod vagabond*, us the House of Correction for out
monte, there to be kept so fgard labour, which sentence includes
the amusement of the Tr Mill,.