Star.
London, England, 1830-11-17 00:00:00

POLICE REPORTS.

Maxstow-novez.—Jaeolo Memoder, • native of Breslau, was
brought before the Loan llama, charged with having been concerned
with a swindling firm in Sheffield, and with having assisted in drakes&
ing tradesmen of their property there.
31r. John Roberts, pearl button.menufacturer of abeffield, stated,
that a short time ago a person who stated he belonged to the Inn of
Bison and Co. called at witness's house, and, Preftsing to be • ro-
amer with ready cash, gave en ceder for some pearl buttons, which
be said should be paid for on delivery. The goods were sent to the
firm of Eliseo and Co. in filleffield, and each was paid down imams.
diatdy. About ten days afterwardsLanother gentleman, in the same
firm, called at the shop, and said be was a partner in the hp=stedi
wanted to see some buttons of the same sort that bad been
on the fanner occasion. Witness amid not give an immediate supply
of 100 gross which his customer then ordered. Subsequently the cu..
tomer called. and ordered home some other buttons, and said they should
be paid for together with the large quantity. In due time the whole
order was seat down to the firm, but the warehouse of Meson. Elmo
and Co. was closed. and locked up, and there was no admission. Witness
immediately concluded that all was wrong, and, upon making inquiryramp, he
found that the firm had pecked up bag and baggage, an & d ed,
having paid some profitable visits to other tradesmen in the town. The
defrauded tradespeople deputed the witness to go upon the look at. and
he traced the goods to a steam-vowel, and finally to a wharf her Thames..
I street, where he caused them to be ped. They had been shipped in
, the name of It. }Lawn, and ordeM -to be dehvered to that person.
The witness, sow after the arrival of the suans.vesod, went down to the
Custom-house. and caused the Weeper to be apprehended just as he
been to inquire foe the pa loges In the named R. Bicknell.
The Loan MATO! thought the plan of taking a warehouse and as.
aiming the appearance of traders, and then. as soca as a quantity of
goods were got, running away. was a very effectual way of dung a good
deal of business.

The prisoner said he knew nothing of any intention to defraud. He
bad been applied to by Mr. neon to go Ito the Custom.houa, and re-
ceive the goods. and take care of them fee a sheet time.
The Lona MAYOR asked where Mr. Edson was; but the prisoner
declared that he did not know where the gentleman was to be found.
The rinser was then remanded
Jests Nicholls. a sailor, and a native of Italy, was brought up a few
days see, dimwit with having robbed Lfeutenant.Colonel John Camp-
ba ura gold peek chain, and seals, value 351. at the corner of Duke-
street, in AW.W.
Colonel Campbell stated, that as be was passing through Aidgate at
11 o'clock L die Hewes% be sew a crowd of persons assembled, and be
felt a hang at his tab, aid es putting his hand to the place, dim:owned
that his watt wen acne. Upon looking round he saw the prisoner 11111,
fling in the (Emden of Whitechapel, and he punned and called oit
" step Met" bet he fell down and did not see the prisoner until he was
in custody.
Mr. Jams Oliver, builder, Pnichardhstreet, stated, that be wee
on the opposite side of the street at the time of the robbery, and saw
the Wieser throw the watch down at the end of the iliatwies, which
be picked up. The prisoner ran as hard es be emelt! towards White.
chapel, and when apprehended wade a great resistance. An Ace
wee soon procured, sad be was taken into custody. Elf. Oliver further
stated, that he had not lost sight of the rimier from the moment be
took the watch up to the time he win taken ilia custody.
The prisoner, who spoke very bed English, said that be found the
watch on the pavement, and took it up.
He was fully committed for trial.
Bow aziT.—lreeteeday, Jule Feliwee, an Ad man re.
as re.
epecieblo was brought before Mr. Ifinsithst, by
tjaaig —iyames„ mated Perkins, with a die
talkoldni
_dosurrosnete_:—
Mu. Patine strasi, that ondiellay of the late IDegan(itnetal. her.
14 bac limbenk, and sort friends, were paring the evening at the

Bayswater tea-gardens, when the defendant ioined their con or
and in the course of conversation he spoke es t his great relatioe;
and said he had interest to procure bee husband the situation of lerutri,,,
waiter in the Customs. but that as he should be at some pains to "
Ithe appointment, be should expect the sum of 1001. beferehand for his
trouble. It was accordingly arranged that this sum should be paid.
and witness's husband gave the defendant 401. on account, proorierng to
pay the remainder in a abort time. The defendant having poebAed
the money, held out hopes from time to time that the negociatioe
with his friends was certainly most favourable.
At last, however, be very suddenly and witness aerie
laid eyes upon him until last Saturday, when she caused him to be takes
into custody. Since then, a portion of the money had been returned
to her, and she would DOW have so objection to the defendant's
disrilrfileittenum. said, he would not consent to any such =augment
and ordered the witness to being bar husband forward. .
The defendant was then remanded for a week. He stated to the ma.
estates, that be belonged to the sown of Leicassr. of which he was the
oldest freeholder now living. He also stated, that he was the person who
saved the life of George 111. when be was attempted to be assassinate;
by Margaret Nicholson.
Mainr.t.a-noutix.—lfonday, Mesas Chunk, a young man, who
stated, that be belonged to the establiahtnent of the Dubois of Bur,
was charged, before Mr. Houma, under the following rather singular
eiranstinses.
Mrs. Ann Mackay, a very pretty women, apparently not yet twat,
years of age, said that her husband, to whom she bad bees mimed
only a few weeks, was employed at a hosier's in c Great Russell-street,
and spot all Sunday witblaer' Her husband was obliged to sleep every
night at his master's, and left bee about ten o'clock on Sunday night
last. At one o'clock she found herself touched by same one in bed
with her, and supposing it her husband returned, after becoming
intoxicated, she spoke to him. His voice differing considerably front
her liege lord and maser's alarmed her considerably, and she awoke her
mother-in-law, who lay on the other side of her, and requested her to
strike a light, as she believed Basil (her husband) was either drunk or
mad. The old lady sprang out of bed, struck a light, and it was di..
covered that the prisoner bad usurped the place of Basil. The other
kidrwere alarmed, and he was given into custody.
Bosuns; asked her if she had ever seen the complainant before
Mrs. Mackay replied in the negative.
James Scales, a lodger in abs bouts, said that, when called into Mrs.
Mackay's room, be found the prisoner sitting on the side of the bed,
aptly quite unconcerned, and conspletsly undressed.
prisoner, in his defence, said he bad been to the City. and on
his return was accosted by a young woman, who invited him to the
house. She requested him to be very cautions, and, leaving the door
ajar, went up stairs, promising to come down immediately. Thinking
teat she stopped too long he went up stairs, and found his way, he
could not tell bow, into the bed of the complainant.
The Magistrate sent for the complainant's husband, and, when he
came to the office, consulted with him what course he wished to pursue.
The husband said he was determined to prosecute the prisoner, and
the latter was accordingly held to bail, to answer the charge at the
sessions.

Tnmens PoLece.—Riehenet Driest was charged with being in the
dwellisphouse of Mr. Harrison, a chandler, in Upper Chapman.street.
tit. George's East, with intent to commit felony. The Magistrates
sentenced the prisoner to three months' imprisonment, and harts labour
at the treadmill.

Yesterday a professional gentleman applied to Mr. HARDWICK. the
Sitting Magistrate at Lambeth-street police ice, to request that he
would order the restoration of a valuable silver watch, at present in the
hands of one of his officers, to Captain Armstrong, paymaster of the 6th
Dragoons. From the contents of a letter from Captain Armstrong,
which was handed to the magistrate, and the applicant's own statement,
it appeared that about the month of April, 1826, the shop of Mr.
Armstrong, jun. at Liverpool, was broken into, and property, consisting
of watches principally, amounting to over 6001. stolen therefrom.--
11n about ten days after, the notorious Ikey Soloman, who wan
then wanting, for receiving the produce of various extensive
robberies, was apprehended at Islington by James Lea, an officer be.
longing to this office ; and among a variety of valuable articles found on
111: poem, was one of the watches stolen from the shop of Mr. Arm.
ssttrtoonegg. Mr. Armstrong subsequently attended at this office, and having
lidentiled the property, was bound over to appear and prosecute at the
Old Halley. In consequence, however, of Sons having sot:ceded in
::irfrom the officers of Newgate, no trial could of course take place:
tiabgaing hoped that Solomon would have been retaken, and the east:
of Mr. Armstrong being the clearest against him, the property was
ordered to remain In the hands of the officer. During Solomon's exile,
Mr. Armstrong, having obtained a situation in India, was obliged to
sell for that country ; but previous to leaving England be made te.
pealed applications fee the restoration of the watch, which wu refused
on disponi helm Meted—the probability that Soloman would be
brought to this osentry for trial ; and the watch continued in the hands
of Dm. Theommds for the present application was, that Armstrong.
jun., was indebeed to his father in a large sum of money, and having
his interest in the watch In question to him, he hoped it
7rioltrbeddeltvered up to him.
Mr. Osman, the Chief Oka, remarked. that there were seven appli.
cations of a similar nature to the present, madelby other parties. One
of them, a parson in St. Martin's.lane, produced an usignment in writ.
bag from Mr. Armstrong, authorizing him alone to claim the watch
in question. There was, however, much difficulty in ascertaining to
whom it could with safety be delivered. Soloman had been found
guilty under a certain act of parliament for receiving stolen property,
but a point was reserved for the consideration of the twelve Judces,
es to whether a conviction could take place under the act in question.
and their Lordships had not given any decision on the subject. He,
flolontons, was however on another ewe found guilty of larceny,
which subjected him to seven years' transportation ; and it therefore
was clear that be could claim no property in the watch.
Lea, the officer, remarked, that the late Under-Sberiff Young had
also claimed the property, as being forfeited to the Crown.
Mr. HARDWICK said that there did certainly appear much sneer.
tainty as to the legal ownership. If, however, Capt. Annstroog could
produce any documents to show a more recent transfer of the property
from his son, and by making affidavit of the fact, and giving the officer
such an indemnification as would secure him against all ulterior pro.
endings, be should have no objection to order the property to be given
to him.

The applicant said he would write to Captain Armstrong, and In-
form him of the magistrate's wish, which he had no doubt, be would
most readily comply with.
DIABOLICAL MURDER.—On Monday last a murder was
''committed at Mortimer West.end, about sine miles from this town.
which, foe the auelty used in perpetrating it, is almost without parallel.
The facts of the case, as far as we have been able to learn, are these :
Charlotte Wilma, an orphan child, about eight years of age (and who
was under the protection of a person named Ford, residing in a cottage
at a small distance from the spot), was on her return from school she
was in company with two other children till she arrived on a hill, where
they left her to go home, and she was shortly after met by a woman, which
was the last time she was seen alive. The =stagers whom she lived
with became alarmed at bee abuse, so loog after school boors, and were
out all that evening and the nest dry searching for her; but to no par.
poet, far they could Dot bear the least tidings of her. On Thursday.
however, a young man who was looking for a sow which had stray.il
away, went into a hedge-row, and in a pit there, filled with underw'ml
and thick bushes, discovered the corpse of the child, mutilated in the
most horrid manna ! The bead was split or% std scalped ; the body
was cleft from the throat downwards, the bowels tabs out and laid on the
=; one leg was actually cut off; the think lidecated, and the other
ken in two places ! presenting almrsaier a spectacle that mikes
the human frame shudder with horror. The pit Is close to a field
through which the child had to pass ; and it is supposed the fiendish
vier have laid wait for his innocent victim, and seised her 15
she approached the fatal spot. That part of the parish where the
murder was committed lies ia Htimpeldre, so that the authorities had
to send to Winchester (Mr. She of Basingstoke, being from
home), for a Coroner, and up to this monist the inquest has not horn
held. Suspicion having fallen on a man named Miles, who has beer,
absent from the village since the deed was perpetrated, many peaces of
the neighbourhood went in pursuit of him, and be was apprehended
this day at Mattingly, a short distance from Mortimer. It is a singular
incident, ideal the deceased's father and mother, and three of their
children, were all buried in one day, having died of the small-pti••••
Reading ifererry.

BIRTHS.
The 14th Ist. at Puntington, the lady of Lieut... Cool. W. Hewett, of
a son—Tho 13th inst. at ikanwick. NorthamptOSire the lady of R.
Wilkins, Esq. of a son.—The 16th inst. in ford-row, Iles. J. B.
Cludak, ea daughter.

MARRIED.
The I Ith *at. at Romeo, Lieut. Col. Manly, 78th
regiment, to
Kate Cheek* daughter of the Hon. F. A. Prints, M.P. fot the county
of Tipperary..-. The I Ith ism. at &. George % Bissmobery, W. Btu"'
Est. M.D. into of Madras, to Letitia, yeomen firieser of the late
tar. Rlennsehassett, of his Majesty's service.

DI ED.
The 11th lost.* his seat, Childwick Bury, sear St. Alban's, Herts,
Lomax, Esq. in ths 68th year of his age....Eattaday, Mrs. Lieu*.
ley, many years matron to the Foundling Hospital, which office sho
tilled with credit to herself and satisfaction to the Governors.—The 13.1 t
Inst. at her father's boost In Aldgate. Jane, wife of Lieut,Colotici II
Jones, Royal Inglosers--The 16th inst. Mr. David Anderson. jun.
of Gray'r.iiin.laeoagid 27.—The Ilith inst. in Rockinghaen.row. New
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