Star.
London, England, 1830-10-26 00:00:00

POLICE REPORTS.

Gues.romeat..—The time of the Magistrates wasoccupled yesterday
for three hours in rehearing the case of Price, a policemen, charged
with assaulting Dennis Lewis, a watchman of fit Andrew's, Holborn.
The ease has already been reported in this Paper, and disposed of, and
the rehearing was gone into to sat* the Commissioners of the New
Police.

Aldermen Copeland, Laurie, and Walthman, delivered their
opinions.
Aldermen COPELAND said he saw se reason to alter the decision be
came to on a former occasion. He then dismissed the case, because there
was no evidence which satisfied his mind as to who had given the first
blow. With regard to what followed, be thought the watchmen were
in fault. The policeman went from the piece, and was followed by the
watchman, and a witness had stated that he was knocked down by a
blow on the poll of the neck. There were masks of violence on his per-
son, and the evidence of respectable witnesses that he was maltreated.
The treatment Mr. Tilney had received at the watchhouse was a sample
of the brutal disposition of the watchmen.

RIAILLIOROUGH-llTlLlZT.—Saturday, a young woman of highly
respectable appearance, and dressed in the first style of fealties, was
brought before Mr. ys• by Valentine, charged with stealing eight
Etench cambric pocket handkerchiefs from the shop of Mr. Williams,
linen draper, of Oxford.street.
Smith, shopman to Mr. Williams. said that, about six o'clock
on Scturday afternoon, the prisoner came Into the shop, and requested
to be shown some white silk gauze. A variety of patterns were ac-
cordingly laid on the counter, from which she selected • piece, and
having completed her purchases, which amounted to Se. 6d. she left
the shop. and he immediately discovered that a piece of French cambric
handkerchiefs was missing from the counter. Suspecting that she
had taken them, he followed and brought her back to the shop.
where he charged her with the robbery, but which she most
neatly denied. Valentine. an ofEcer, was then sent for, and in
the meanwhile she drew the piece of cambric horn her pocket, and
offered whatever sum of money they would demand to fbrego any
charge.
The ofllcer stated that on his taking the prisoner into custody, she
wept bitterly, and gave her name as Mary Smith, but which she after.
wards altered to Eliza Smith. He had since ascertained where she lived,
and, on going thither, he found her to be se she had represented,
highly respectable, and living on an income allowed to her by her
Mr. DlMS—What Sarno do you give now P—The prisoner, who ap.
peered excessively agitated, replied Eliza Smith.
She was then asked if she had anything to say to the charge She
replied in the negative; on which Mr. DIMS observed, that however
painfhl it intuit be to him to commit a res le person to prison, he
had no other alternative left. As the evftwas complete, she must
take her trial.

The prisoner, on hearing this decision, burst into tears, and was sup.
ported from the bar.
MAITLIIIIOII6.—On Saturday George Hamelin, a deputy grave.
digger in Sr. Pancras, was charged, before Mr. Griffith, with stealing
a quantity eflead. weighing about 1121bs.
A paler constable, No. 160, division S. stated that at half-past
six on Saturday morning he perceived the prisoner standing near
the old church of St. Pancras, and endeavouring to conceal
a large beg from the constable's view. The otostable went up to him
and asked him what the bag contained, to which the prisoner replied,
" Oh, nothing !" This explanation being by no means sideway,
the constable insisted upon examining Its contents, when be found it to
'contain an excavator's bock, in . which four pions of lad were
wrapped. This being " something," the prisoner accounted for its
coming into his posemakin by saying he was employed to dig a
grave sixteen feet deep, In St. Pancras church-yard, and in his
descent he came in contact withlthe lead, which he considered his fair
and legitimate perquisite. He pointed to a cottage at some distance,
whither, he alleged, be was carrying it but when the constable accons-
palsied him to the cottage, the Inhabitants knew nothing of him. He was
taken to the station, whets be asserted that the Sexton knew
that he bad taken the lead away ; but the sexton, when sent for, denied
all knowledge of the matter, observing that lead found under the dr.
cumrtances stated belonged neither to him (the sexton) nor to any per-
son employed to dig a grave.
Mr. Garrrten directed Webster, the officer, to examine the lead,
and ascertain If it were old lead likely to be found as stated by the
prisoner.
Webster was of opnion It was very old.
"At least 90 years old, your Worship," exclaimed the prisoner;
" it is part of an old coffin."
The prisoner, in his defence, repeated what he had before told the
police constable, adding that his wife was confined to her bed without
the means being in his power to procure her the necessary nourishment,
and that lie was going to dispose of the lead to buy with the proceeds
some food for her.
Mr Ottertau told him to consider himself committed on this
charge however, he ordered him to be remanded for a few days, to
afford time for making inquiry whether there may not be other charges
against him.
LAKIITII•IIIIIZT.—Jobs Knight, aprivate belonging to 1E di.
vision of Polito, was brought before the Sitting Magistrates, Messrs.
WYATT and WALIEII, is custody of Henfree, one of the beadles
belonging vo Mile End, In order to his finding security to indemnify
that Hamlet for any expense it might be put to in the support of a
child, with which a young hinge named Elisabeth Jones, is at present
pregnant. He was committed for want of bail.
A German named Terms* was charged with being found working a
private still, and was sentenced to six months' imprisonment.

TBAMILS OM hundred persona of both San WON
brought up by the new police during the day, charged with being
drunk and disorderly on Saturday night and Sunday morning, auault.
ing the officers in the execution of their duty, fighting, making a die.
turbance and other acts of outrage and disorder.
Fourteen labouring men were tined in various penalties from five to
forty shillings each, for assaults arising out of the public.house rows
and drunken brawls.

George Blackburn was committed for trial, fur stealing a sample
bottle of rum from the window of the Gulden Eagle public-house, Rat-
elite Highway.

CORONER'S INQUEST.

On Friday night an inquest was held before Mr. Payne. at the Can.
tabury Arms, t.n.strect, Southwark. for inquiry touching the death
of Mr. Edward Anthony Sherrard, the Vestry Clerk of St. Nave's pa-
rish, aged 36, who raided at 3%), Cantabury.squire.
The decesesd, it appeared, was found at six o'clock in the morning,
encoded upon the flax of his dressing town, dead. His clerk. who
was examined, stated that he last saw him alive the pleading evening,
and he then appeared in his usual state of health.
Mr. Wiltshire, • surgeon. said that he was sent for to the house of
the desired, whom lie had known ter several years, and found him
quite dad taro the door of his-roans, adjoining the apantnent
In which the jury viewed the body. There were no marks of violence,
sad the opinion of witness was that he dad in to apoplectic it. That
opinion was confirmed by a subsequent examination of the body, a
quantity of estravarated fluid being found mash% ups. dm brain.
The decessed, who was well !mown so the jurors, was spoken of as a
if intense application to his profession as an attorney, which
rilt:roans supposed might have had some sea in inducing an attack of
apoitessi.mosse
obaseved, that hot. what he bad beard of the ewe per.
Timely, he had hastily thought as lowa
woes,
t but be instituted
the inquiry to satisfy tba Weds et the seighbaues.
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