Star.
London, England, 1824-03-27 00:00:00

CORONER'S INQUESI:

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REMARK ABLE CASE.

Thursday afternoon an Inquisition was taken beforc.
J. W. UNwttr, Esq. Coroner, at the Five Belli, 0:d
' Ford, ott a view of the body of Patrick Sohimon.
Thomas Everett swot n.—Witness works at the viti ial
manufactory of Mr. Smith, at Old Ford. Tuesday
morning, about half•past eleven o'clock, he f;unJ the
deceased lying flat upon his face, near, the boiler where
he had Veen at work. his business was to stir il!e gas
liquid with a broom, in the process of making vitriol.
Witness picked him up, and called to the workmen for
assistance, and then a doctor was sent for. Witness
never knew an) thing of the kind occur before. DeceaseJ
..vas about 13 years of a and had worked or; the
premises only four days; the work that he was employed
at was always pertntmed by boys, who were so en-
gaged from mottling until night; and during the two
years which he has worked in the factory he never
knew any person to be unwell from the effects of the
steam ; he thinks he had seen the decedied• about a mi-
nute berth e in good health.
The Coroner and .lury, after censuring in very strong
terms the practice of allowing persons to work at such
dangerous• employment without giving them the ne-
cessary instructions which would probably be a means
of guariing against accidents which might otherwise
occur, and after making some further comMents, agi eed
to a verdict of— A ccidc..iial Dcrith; being recorded,
iginating from the deceased having inhaled sul-
phuric hydrogen gas."

POLICE Ix I ELLIGENCE.

Bow-STUEET.

A Frenchman, named Jaques Rupert Igprinuth, alias lames Ruberg
Learmouth, was brought before Mr. Ilar.s.s, yesterday, in custody
of Ituthven, charged with having stolen a valuable gold-mounted
snuff-box, the propel t y of the Earl of Lauderdale.
The Noble Part did nut attend, as it was understood he did not
wish to prosecute, being desirous of having his snuff-box restored
to him, and leaving the prisoner to be dealt with as the Magistrate
might see fit.
It appeared by the evidence of one of his Lordship's servants,
and other witnesses, that hts Lordship delivered the hoz in questioir
to a courier, who *as about to proceed to Malta some weeks ago,
and after the courier had lift town his Lordship received a letter
from him, stating that the box had been stolen trom his hag, as he
supposed, whilst-be was waiting for the couch at a tavern in the
Haymarket. The circumstance was immediately made known at
this Office, and Ruthven discovered that the box had been pledged
by a Frenchman, named Learmouth, at Messrs. Laurence and 1
-Magwood's, pawnbrokers, in Drury-lane. Ile also discovered that l
the same person had pledged two pair of razors at a pawnbroker's
in Pickett-street, and it was afterwards ascertained that.these razors
belonged to the courier, and were stolen from him at the same time
with his Lordship's snuff-box. Search wail then made for the pri-_
scatter, and he was taken into custody.
In his defence before die Alagistrate, he said that the courier had
often employed him in little affairs, and just at the moment he was
setting out on his journey to Malta, he sent him up to his bed-room
for a purse of eighty guineas, which he had left there ; in looking fur
the purse, he found the courier had also left his hair-powder bag on
the bed, arid lie put it in his pocket intending Cu deliver it to him
together with the purse ; but, unfortunately, in the hurry of the
moment, he delivered the purse only, and the bag remained in his
pocket until the courier was gone; and'then, "to his very great
chagrin," he found the hag to contain the superbe tabatiere produced,
anti ltlimsicur lc Couri:r's' razors. He assured his Worship lie had
no intention of steicling these things, as his punctual delivery of the
purse of guineas must sufficiently demonstrate.
The Magistrate told him this would have been a very plausible
defence if be had nut happened to pawn the property—or rather to
l ss// it .; for after haling pawned the snuff-box for rwenty-five shil-
lings, he went back to the pawnbroker next day, and sold the
ticket to'bim for twelve shillings—thereby 'relinquishing all further
claim to it. " However," continued his Worship, 4. as the evi-
-1 deuce against you is imperfeCt, in consequence of his Lordship's
absence, I shall remand you for further examination on Tuesday
next ; and if you should happen to escape prosecution, let me advise
you to go back to your own country immediately, and never again
attempt to pocket the property of other people."
The Frenchman, with tears in his eyes, said his Worship might
rely on his following his advice ;• he was then removed by the jailer.
Attc:zis v. SPILLINGI4—One Mr. Spilliugs was brought up on a
peace warrant, charging hint with having threatened the life of a
Mr. AUchin. , -

Mr. All-chin is a publican—and a very much misnamed one, for
his nose is beyond all comparison the most predominant feature
about him. He deposed that Mr. Spillings came into Lis house
with another person, and demanded a glass of'orange shrub; and
because he refused to serve them, Mr. Spillings told Lim—firstly,
that he ought to be ashamed of himself for refusing to serve a bro-
ther bung; secondly, that he would arrest him, as he had many
another Zang ; thirdly and lastly, that if he would come out into
the street, he would unscrew his ugly nose for him! "Hearing this,"
continued Mr. All-chin, " I rushed out into the street after him,
thinking to give him in charge to the watch, but Mrs. All chin,'
poor thing, came hanging about me ao, and begging of me not to'
be rash, that' I thought the best way would be to go another way
to work with him. So I let him go, and came here next day and
got a warrant for hint."
Which warrant charges him with threatening your life," said
his Worship ; " and I have heard nothing yet but his having called
you a brother bung, and a nonsensical threat of pulling your nose."
" I beg your Worship's pardon—he didn"t say he would pail my
nose—he said be woold unscrew it 1 That was the word he used ;
and I can bring forward many respectable neighbours to prove It."
Ilia Worship said lie really did not know what was meant by,
unstressing a man's nose; but as it did not appear that his life lfad
been threatened, he should discharge the strati-At. And it was dis-
charged accordingly—thc defendant, Mr. Spillings, and other wit-
nesses, having first offered to prove that no threat at all had been
used, and that Mr. All-chin was all talk and fury.