Star.
London, England, 1815-08-04 00:00:00

POLICE.

MANSION Hause.---Youvitrut DELINQUENCY.
Yesterday Charles Jams, a youth under teti years of
age, was charged wilt obtaining a quantity of goads
under false pretences, from the shop of Messrs. Kent,
in the Poultry. It appeared that on Wednesday
evening the prisoner went to the house of the prosecu-
tors, and presented an order, purporting to be signed
by Mr. Betson, of Tottenham-court-road ; upon this
he received a quantity of painting brushes, and other
articles, to the amount of about three pounds. He
bad scarcely left the shop when the forgery of the
order was di&overed, and he was pursued, brought
back, and interrogated. In the course of this eeami-
nation he evinced such cunning and prevarication,
that it was deemed necessary to give him in custody
to an officer. This circumstance seemed for a mo-
ment to operate upon him, and he stated that he had
been sent with the order, by a man then waiting for
him in the street, to whom, when he brought the
goods, he was to receive od. for his trouble. Officers
were immediately dispatched with him to ascertain
the fact ; but this also proved a falsehooil... Upon
being pressed closely by the LORD MAYOR, to declare
the truth, he repeated the last story, from which,
however, he subsequently differed by other statements.
The LORD MAYOR thinking solitary confinement
likely to produce a change in his conduct, ordered
him to be kept apart from all other prisoners in the
Compter, for a week, and, at the.espiration of that
iime, again to be brought befoie him.
Janus Wilson, an aged and well known offender,
was brought up in custody of Hodson, the officer,
charged on suspicion of robbing the City Chambers,
of considerable property. The parties, however, were
unwilling to swear tdhis person ; but Harrison, the.
City officer, stated to the Lord Mayor that he had in-
formation of a case of robbery ...gainst him, commit-
ted in the neighbourhood of Smithfield, where, by
means of false keys, he had entered the apartments of
a widow, and carried off all her property. The priso-

ner was remanded.
GUILDHALL.--EXTORTION FOR DOLIVORT OF PAO•
bat.s.—Yesterday Joseph Saloon, a porter belonging
to the Saracen's Head yard, in Friday-street, Was
charged by his employer, with forging several tickets
for parcels, and extorting money, in yond the regular
charge. The prosecutor stated that this practice had
become so frequent and so notorious, that he found it
necessary to watch the donduct of his porters, and he
had lately detectki the prisoner, in committing the
offence in several instances. In one of these the pri.
soner bad been entrusted with a parcel for A Captain
Stell, when-he destroyed the original ticket, and for-
ged a new one, adding the additional sum of 3s. 61
beyond the regular charge. The prisoner was re-
manded for a final examination.
Town HALL, Sournwanx.---Yesterday William
Walker was brought before Bit Joint EAMILIt, and un-
derwent a tinal examination, chargedwith embezzling
various sums of money, the property of Mt.. Joseph
Dibley, of Tooley-street. The prisoner was in the
service of the prosecutor, who having lately had rea•
scn to suspect his integrity, he was watched, and a
discovery made of his having received several sums
of money, for which he passed receipts in the name of
his employer, but appropriated the money to his OWS
use. The prisoner was fully committed for trial. •
BOW-STRROT.—Costans, Stc.-By the exertions of
Vaughan aild J. Smith, patroles belonging to• the
Office, a gang of coiners and titterers of counterfeit
sil;er has been discovered. They detected two
women,. Mary Elliot and Mary Quenlin in uttering
counterfeit sixpences to Mr. Pike, toe landlord of the
Pitt's Head public house, in the Old Bailey, and to
Mr. Chasterton, a publican in Smithfield. On search.
ins;, several counterfeit pieces were Mind upon both
of them, a woman who used to go to these women's
residence in Whitecross-street daily, to sell them coun-
terfeit silver coin, for them to pass in the course of the
day,lvas watched and followed toe house near Welling-
ton-street, in the Whitechapel-road. At a convenient
opportunity the officers found meitis to enter the
house, when they found the woman whom they had
watched, in the act of coining, with two men. In the
room was a sheet of metal, out of which round pieces
had been stamped, evidently to imitate shillings and
sixpences. -A quantity of the clippings of mixed
metal, two bottles of liquid, which '.felr. Powell, the
Solicitor to the Mint, who attended their examination
on Wednesday afternoon, proved to be used fur the
colouring of metal: They were committed for re-ex-
amination.

HATTON GANDEN.A few evenings since, a re-
spectable tradesman was examined at this office, be-
ing charged by a Laster, with having robbed him of
two sel Bank notes, entrusted to him for the purchase
of rice. On the person of the accused were found
one AS and three £1 Bank notes, besides silver, for
which he accounted, as having received them Of
Lady at Islington, which was confirmed. The
accused stated, that coming from Islington the same
afternoon, he met the complainant, who appeared to
'be in, great distress. He gave Itim eighteen pence,
and treated him with drink at a public house that
after they came out, the plaintiff said he was robbed,
and gave charge of him. There not appearing any
sufficient evidence against the tradesman, he was dis-
charged. A messenger was dispatched from the
Magistrates to Mr. Gould, keeper of the Lascars, to
know if the complainant was possessed of se2 at the
time that he said lie was robbed. The answer was,
that he had no money, so that it was clear that tlle•
above charge was false.
Unton HALL—The driver of a hackney coach
was summoned before the Sitting Magistrate by a
Lady named Wilks,-charged with extorting from her
more than the legal fare. .The defendant had ap-
peared on a former day, and alleged in his diience
that there must be some mistake as t.) the number-et
the coach ; he had but one number, and always
drove himself, and he defied the cm naplainant to say
lie was the person who had overcharged her :—the
complainant admitted he was not, but yet she was'
positive as to the number of the coach. Under these
circumstances the matter stood over till yesterday,
when the parties again attended, and the Lady stat-
ed. that since the last investigation she had made it
her business to go unexpectedly to the defendant's
yard, where she saw the same man who had driven
her and taken the exorbitant fare, employed in clean-
ing the defendant's coach. The defendant admitted
the man in question was in his employ, but denied
that he had ever to his knowledge driven the coach.
The Magistrate observed be was quite satisfied as to

the merits of the case, mid should on •ccocnt of the
defendant's attempt to deceive, inflict the full pe-
nalty and colas, which were accordingly paid by
defendant. _ _

QUILEN-SQUARE.—Yesterday, Thomas, AshevorM was
charged with robbing a soldier in the. Guards, under
rather aggravating circumstances, as the prosecutor
had been the means of keepinn the prisoner from
starving. It appeared, that Ashworth had been a
soldier, a sailor, and a variety of other occupations,
but never had prudence enough to rescue himself
from poverty by retaining any employment by which
be could get a living. The soldier, wgeslier w.th
some of his companions, took the prisoner into their
mess, till something could be done for him, and after
having remained in this situation for several weeks,
having been fed and clothed, he disappeared, and
with him also 14c. &c. belonging to his benefactor;
The prosecutor, however,, not returning to the office,
the prisoner was discharged, after Mr. CoLouttoug
had commented in severe terms on the abominable
ingratitude GI Ashworth's conduct.
OUTR AGEOUS COSDUCT.-71 Ifiddi was charged by
Gillmore, the officer, with tiding in his cart, drawn
by two horses, without having any reins to the same,
to the great danger of the passengers. (Atmore said
Hudehl was driving in Dean-street, Westminster, at
a most furious rate, the people running to avoid the
cart, and he sitting in it, in a very unconcerned m;sn.
tier; and It
.was with diflizulty that the officer bins.
self avoided being run over.
' Mr. FIELIMEG lattierlted th At the law e.id not allow
him to punish so aggravates an offence wit') Jeso
and six months' imprisonment. instead of tl,e untail
and inadequate fine of lOs —Foie loss and c,,,t5..