Star.
London, England, 1812-10-21 00:00:00

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POLIC.A.
Mestamanuoi-entarr.--A man of the name of
Morrow, was charged with brealing and entering the
dwelling house of Mr. Ward, a butcher, in Great
Chapel-street, St. Anne's, on Sunday last. It ap-
peared, by the statement of a young man, who had
the care of the house, that, wlele his master and mis-
tress were ar church, there were two knocks at the
door, which he did not notice ; but shortly after he
heard footsteps up stairs, and, on going into the pas.
sage, the prisoner and another man rushed past him
out at the door, and the latter escaped. It turned
out, that the robbers hid effected an' entrance by a
pick-leek key, half a dozen of which were found on
the prisoner. The till was removed, but thty had
not time to get it away. The prisoner was committed
for trid.
HATroN GARDCW.—REsynaDettON-jezw.—Two of
this obnoxious chess, named Barmen and Light, were
charged by the Sol.citor and parish officers of St.
Gilts, with hiving stolen three dead bodies out of
• three coffins, placed over, each other in one grave, at
theft burying-grotind, with only half a loet of mould
or earth ever tbe,opitermost coffin. Light was lately
indicted for a limner ilence, and Hartnett Mas his
bail ; bet he absconded.from trial. He was ordered
to find double bail, and Hartnett to find single bail,
the 'former being taken up under a Bench Warrant,
for eluding trial. Both. Were committed for want
of bail
GuartnALL.--Yesterday, a porter employed at the
sign of rh;•White Bear, Barbican, was brought be..
fete Alderman Sir M. BLosAtt, under the circum.
stances following :—Martha Dimbleby, a young wo.
man from the country, shoed, that she carve to town
on Monday, by the Northampton coach. She got off •
the roof in Aldergate street, at. three o'clock in the
afternoon, and in the evening went with 'her box to ,
tie White Bear in Barbican, to take a place in the
Homey stage, in order to be conveyed to a family ,
which had hired her as a servanti The prisoner stood
at the door, and considering him to be the porter em.
played by the hawse, she gave her box, which he
took to place it, as she supposed, in the coach. Ia
lets than ten minutes after he returned to her,
ei-
claimin I'll be d-rd if it is not gone." It was
then understood that her box was lost. It contained
wearing apparel, and all she had. The young wo.
lain described herself to be a stranger in London,
without friends, and regaled that the defendant, or
his employers, would at leak instill her a compenea.
Iron for the loss of her property. Notwithstanding her
entreaties, ma satisfaction was afforded, and acting ,
under the advice of the crowd, which assembled in
cosseo" *tenet of her misfortune, she sent for a con-
stable, by whom the defendant was taken into cus-
tody. In answer to the charge, he said he had been
five years as porter atthe White Bear, and could'
bave a good character for hbsesty. He admitted
that he received the box from the complainant, and
that be.ptit it on the boot of the coach, from whence
k was stolen, as he suspected, by the driver o3f:
haclmey -coach. The mistress of the White lea
blamed the young woman for not having brought
the box to the bar, where parcels were usually re.
eeived for the Coach. She Admitted, however, that
the defendant was her servant.
The Alderman repressed= opinion that be could
sot jam away the young woman without redress..
It was a hard case for a servant corning many M*
from the country to lose her all, and perhaps bee
place, by the negligence of porters employed to take
tare of goads intended for conveyance. On the
whole view of the case, be ordered the defendant to
pay the girl forty shillings, (the value of her box.)—
Otrexpressag some reluctance to comply, ha was re-
manded for farther examination this day, and infix-
med, that be shotild not be discharged before he had
made proper satisfaction.
',boos HALL—FRAUD AND FORGERY.-4:aaw Ler.
gaff and Ain Banos were yesterday brought before
the Skting Magistrate by Holmes, on a charge of for.
gery and fraud. It appeared, that frauds to a consi-
derableextent have been committed of late upon the
several Pmformers at the Surrey Theatre, by persons
atterAing at the doors on benefit nights, and selling
forged tickets. Steps were taken, if possible, to de-
tect the perpetrators of this cheat; and on Monday
evening last, it being Mr. Gibbon's benefit, two per.
sons were stopped at the box entrance offering two
forged tickets, by Mr. Payne, one of the Performers.
On inquiry, they said they bought them of a woman
at the door. Mr. Payne went out with them, and
they pointed out,a woman named Kirby, who was
taken into custody by Holmes, the officer. She had
then in her poesession.four other box tickets, which
also on examinationproved to be forged. She stated,
that she bought them of Leggett the prisoner, the six
for 12 shillings. She pointed Leggatt out to Holmes,
and on his being taken Into custody, be confessed he
forged the tickets, and sold them to Mrs. Kirby.—
Soon afterwards, the other prisoner, Barnes, came up
to Mm. Bid*, and offered her six pit tickets at half
price. • She took them from him as if going to
chase them, -but, instead of paying him, called Mr,
Payne, as bad been agreed on. Hearing this, Barnes
attempted to match thettickets from her, but failed.
He then ran away, but was pursued by Holmes, and
secured. Mr. Gibbon attended; and proved that both
the Pit and 'Box tickets were forged. The prisoners
were bosh fully emensitted for trial for the ftaud.
Woßsine-srftscr.T. Sc.N, charged w itli obtaining
money, &c. under *fake pretences, was yesterday
brought up fir farther examination, when several
witnesses appeared against him. It appeared that not
less than ten or twelve persons had been imposed upon
by small sums between 14s. and iel, besides pods.
The prisoner was fully committed.
CNILD STZALING.—Two fine little boys, the one
about five and the other four, years of age, the& thil-
dren of Mr. HUDERSON, of Kensington, were decoyed
by an old ft male wretch into Kensington. Gardens, on
Monday morning, who took them amongst the yew
trees, and in defiance ot , their cries.and entreaties,
stripped them literally nuked, and in that state lot
them exposed to a heavy shower of rain which tell,
immediately afterwards. The poor infants were at
length found under the yew trees, where they bad
got for shelter, by one of the gardeners, anticonveyed
to the house of their parents. The inhuman monster
Mho robbed them, although minutely described by
the children, has not yet been discovered.

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