Star.
London, England, 1824-11-06 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

John Brown, alias George, was bto_ught before Sir R. Ham,
charged with robbing Mr. Jones Abram of his watch, on Wednes-
day evening.
Mr. Abram stated, that on Wednesday evening be went to the
pit of Covent-garden Theatre, for the purpose of seeing the tragedy
of Macbeth... During the latter part of the performance, he observed
that the prisoner pushed against him, and a few minutes after left
the Theatre. He had scarcely got into the lobby, when he missed
his watch. He immediately followed the prisoner, and by the as-
sistance of an officer, named Rice, took him into custody. On him
they found nothing, but near the spot where he was searched, Mr.
Abram's watch was discovered.
The prisoner, in his defence, said be knew nothing about the
matter, and denied what the prosecutor had stated, that he had
left the pit before the curtain had fallen.
Two witnesses proved, however, that when he had been taken
into custody, and when they went back into the Theatre, the cur-
tain was still up.—He was fully committed for trial.
HATTON-GA RDEN.

J. Pritchard, a poor lad, was convicted, on the information of
Charles Berry, of hawking earthenware, in Islington, without a
license, and was sentenced to pay a fine of relo ; which being totally
unable to &stile was sent to be the companion of rogues and thieves
in the House of Correction for one month.
Michael Connor Mane, an athletic Irishman, a stonemason by trade,
was brought up in the custody of Read, jun. charged with assault-
ing Mrs. Tripple, a respectable housekeeper, of Wihou-street, Gray's
Inn-lane, under the following circumstances :
Mrs. Tripple, a young woman of very delicate appearance, stated
that the prisoner was a lodger in her house, and on Monday night
last, the prisoner, in the absence of her husband, entered her sitting-
room, where her children were with her, and proceeded to take the
grossest liberties with her in their presence. On her resisting his
base overtures, he hit her a tremendous blow on the left breast,
under the effects of which she still ccrntinued to suffer. Some
respectable females in the house came- to her assistance, when
the prisoner, instead of being deterred, proceeded to still grosser
indecencies -in their presetice. The prisoner, with an affected air
of rational simplicity, denied all knowledge of the circumstances;
he " might probably have been a little hearty."—He was ordered
to find bail, and give twenty-four hours' notice of the same.
Mr. Thomas Jackson, of Chichester-place, Battle-bridge, ap-
peared before the Magistrate of this Office, to prefer a complaint
against the proprietor of the Angel Inn, Angel-street, St. Martin's-
le-Grand, for the late delivery of a parcel left by coach at his office
on Sunday last —The case having been beard,
Mr. Routes observed, it appeared to him that the porter had used
all doe 'diligence to find out the place, and, if the name thereof was
not set up; he was certainly not to blame for not making the delivery.
The Complaint was therefore dismissed. The penalty, under
the Act, is not less than qtr. more than 20s.
Exonnovs R02131111T. --lir consequence of information received
.at this office, of a robbery to a large amount having been commit-
ted in the house of R. B. Sugden, Esq. (ring's Counsel), in Guild-
ford-street, Reed, jun. was appointed to make the necessary inqui.
ries. It appears that the family being out of town, the care of
the house was entrusted to the wife of one of the footmen, and this
woman, and a char-woman, who occasionally looked in about the
time of the robbery being committed, were taken into custody,
but nothing was elicited from either, likely to lead to a discovery
of the property, which was mostly taken from' drawers and other
lock-up places, and consisted of valuable articles in gold and jew-
ellery, coral and pearl necklaces, several dresses, composed solely
of French lace, besides other wearing-apparel of considerable va-
lue. The drawers and presses were all locked, and it is therefore
presumed that they were opened by means of picklock keys, the
' manufacture of which has attained such an extraordinary degree of
excellence, that nothing can be termed secure, when they are ap-
plied, no matter how Intricate the wards of the loch.

MARY-LA-BONNE.
Mr. Woodham appeared to an information exhibited against him
by Mr. Whyte, the district surveyor, for having made windows in
the party walla of a house which be bad recently erected, contrary
to the provisions of the 2.1 d and 46th sections of an Act passed in
the 14th of Geo. 111. entitled" The Building Act." The object of
the Act is to prevent houses being built of improper materials, or
in a way calculattd to afford facilities for the progress of fire ; and it
is on the latter account that party-walls are required to be built,
without any openings whatever; from the importance of the object
the enforcement of the enactments bad been confided to the distric;
surveyor. In the present instance, the offence was admitted, and
It appeared that through ignorance of the law on that point, Mr.
Woodham bad so constructed his house, that the blocking up of the
windows (which he is compelled to do) will be attended with se-
rious inconvenience to him.
Mr. Rawinmost and Mr. Galenists joined in expressing their
opinion, that as many new erections were being made in all parts of
this district, and m others might err equally inadvertently, it would
be advisable to circulate a brief summary of what was, and what
was not allowed.
Mr. Whyte remarked, that be knew of no way by which that
object could be so well obtained, as by the publicity which Was given
to cues brought to Police•Mfices, by the Daily Papers. As re-
spected the ease then before them his only object was the due dis-
charge of his public duties, and if Mr. Woodham would undertake
to block up the windows, be would give hint a month for so doing,
and in the meantime the information might stand over, with an
understanding that it would be withdrawn ituntediltely on the al-
terations beiormade.
Mr. Woodham expressed his thanks for the forbearance atewn
him, and gladly accepted the proposed arrangement.
QUEEN-SQUARE.
&trek Evans was brought before W. A. A.-Wnten, Esq. For
passing bad coin.
The prisoner vehemently asserted her innocence, bet gave a very
unsatisfactory and , contradictory account of herself, and behaved
with the greatest effrontery. She sald—" Goo pays debts without
money, and I hope she (the prosecutrix)will be paid that way;"
and-as she was being taken out of the office, she broke forth in a
volley of abuse and most disgusting lanvage.—She was remanded.