Star.
London, England, 1823-09-26 00:00:00

POLIO INTELLIGENCE.

Dow-sTßaar.

Tat Bouts' At:V..4l4r RiewAan Brume was yesterday again
engaged fir nearly thfelt honra let deciding spat informal:bans laid
against different bakers under the New Bsikers' Act.
The first defendant was Mr.Joknstone of the Strand, and the charge
against hist, u well as Skeet *the, foliOrtid, wee for selling a loaf
under the denomination of a ball-quarters loaf. This person, it ap-
pears, was one of tb hinters of the Act, and of course one of its
most strenuous suppotteft
The witness, Byers, suited, that he tsmkt into Johnstone's sbop on
Monday the kth, and steed a woman who was in the shop if
she sold bread? sho inlhe allbinative. He then said he
wanted a loaf. Sbe asked if he wanted a quartern or a half-quar-
tern ? He answered, aitaff-quartern, and sheput down two loaves
for him to take his choice, }kook one, and weighed it the same,
night ;it weighed llb. leos. The weight of a half-quartern was
Obi. ?oz. so that the loaf is questforfwas neither a half-qnartern nor
a two-pound loaf.
Mr. Johnstone, in his defence, said, that ever since the New Act
had passed, he had given strict cordon that no loaf should be sold in
his shop of the denomisatien of s peck, half-peck, quartern, or half-
quartern, and he had his young woman in attendance, who would
swear she had never sold a loaf under any of these denominations.
Sir RICHARD BIRNIX asked, whether she could swear that she did
not sell the loaf in question ?
The int:it woman said she did not recollect the witness ; but
was satisfied she never had sold a loaf under the denomination of
a half quarters.
Sir iticaAaa Bzaxis said, that evidence of general practice was
not an answer to the particular fact charged.
Mr. Johnstone was then fined forty shillings and costs, with a
recommendation that lie should, get his Act repealed as soon as pos.
ible.—Mr. Johnstone said he should appeal.
Mr. Howse, of Pickett-street, &rand; Mr. King, of Bedford-
court, Bedford-street ; Mr. Webb, of High Holborn ; and Mr.
Mopes, of St. Martin's-lane, weir also fined in similar penalties for
the like offence.
Sir ittemAan Brame remarked, that they had made the rod for
their own pimishment, and they ought to submit to its provisions with
becoming philosophy. Lawmakers ought not to be law-breakers.
Faun.--Jobt Brown and Clara, his Wife, together with a young
man, who stated his name to be Tkonsas Baker, were brought up,
the latter charged with obtaining, under false pretences, and the
former with receiving, a complete piece of superfine double-milled
drab cloth.

jt appeared that the prisoner Baker went to the shop of Mr.
Custard, a woollen-draper, in Bedfrrel•street, on Monday, the
15th instant, and stated that he was sent from Mr. DaUman, the
tailor, who was a customer of Mr. Custard's, And asked for some
patterns of drab cloth, which, he added, a Gentleman was wait-
ing to see. The shopman instantly cut of some patterns, and
he went away. In an hour afterwards he retiii-ned with one of the
patterns, and said that Mr. Dallinati-bad.-desircd him to get the
piece from which that had been cut, and that when lie had taken
what he wanted, he would return what remained. This being a
very common practice, and the shopman having no suspicion of
fraud, at once parted with the cloth, and the prisoner decamped.
In a week afterwards he called upon Mr. Dalhuan, to know if he
had done with the cloth, when that Gentleman denied ever having
gent so Mr. Gustard; nor did he know anything of the prisoners.—
Subsequent inquiries led to the detection of Brown and his wife,
who had pawned part of the cloth with different pawnbrokers, the
rest being found at their lodgings. They said they had received it
from two young men whom they did not h,sow, but whom they
accidentally met at a public-house in Chandos-street. The prisoner,
they said was not one of those men, The prisoner was apprehended,
from private information, in Westminster, and was well known to
the officers. Dlr. Gnstard's sheprtuut swore positively to his person.
—The prisoners were all remanded.