Star.
London, England, 1813-08-14 00:00:00

POLICE.

BOW- STTI EET.—YesterdAy J. Taylor was fully tom.
mittrJ, charged with -stealing a silk handkerchief
from the person of Mr. \\Tinter, of Clifton-street,
while passing the Treasury. •
111. Hall was committed as a rogue and a vagabond,
being detected in. coming out of the cellar of Mr.
Cleveland, in Fullwood's-rents, with a variety of
house-breaking implements in his possession.
GeII.MIALL.--Yesterday E. Comendall was char.
ged by his brother, with most violent and outrageous
conduct. On Thursday evenin., he went to the house
of his brother in Bride-lane, abused his mother in the
grossest manner, threatening to put an end to her and
his wife, and actually sounded a man in his brother's
employment, who attempted to secure him, with a
knife. This violence was attbuted to intoxication,
and as he had not yes recovered, he was remanded.
G. Charnel, a well known character, was charged
with defrauding a poor countryman of LW by the
stale trick of ring-dropping. His examination was
deferred to give him an opportunity of bringing for-
ward the man who bad the money.
M Alt LIIORO VG II - STR LET.—Yesterday D. Collins was
charged with aidingin liberating six prisoners from
the custody of Johnson, a constable, and woun-
ding the said Johnson. It appeared that the con.
stable was coaducting the prisoners to the House of
Correction, when, in passing near the PantheoryCol-
lins at the head of a numerous mob, snatched the
staff front Johnson, and beat him severely therewith;
and the six prisoners were released, but were after-
wards
secured in a shop. Johnson, who was knocked
down, also received several kicks from the mob ;
when his cries of murder induced a Magistrate, who
was passing, to apply to the officers at the Pantheon,
who came to his assistance, and secured Collins. He
was committed for re-examination.

Limos HALL—Yesterday C. Concorme/, the man
who was stated in a former Paper to have been ap-
prehended and detained for attempting to murder
his wife, was again examined before Mr. litnNlL-
-1 Mrs. Conconnei, who has been in the hospital for up-
wards of a fortnight, being considered out of danger,
attended, and was examined. She stated, that in
consequence of the previous ill-treatment of her bus.
i band, she had been obliged to apply to a Magistrate
I for protection, and he was committed to Horsemon.
- ger-lane for.trial for an assault, at the Sessions. In
consequence of the contrition ,he expressed, however,
she did not appear against him, and he was dischar-
! ged, and returned to his former residence, to which
she accompanied him, and the evening passed is per.
feet good humour on both parts. She had re-
• tired to bed, as had every other person in the house,
except the prisoner and a girl about 14. years of age,
who, though unknown to the prisrner, was in an ad.
joining room. The prisoner paced the room several
tones, and at length approaching the bed, declared he
would do for her, and instantly plunged a small pea.
knife, which he bad in his hand, into her body, in
three different places. Her cries alarmed the girl,
who called'in the watch, and the prisoner was secu-
red. The witness was conveyed to the hospital, where
her hurts were for some time considered dangerous.
On questioning the prisoner as to the cause of bis
cruelty towards his wife, who was a vet y decent young
woman, and to whom he hadbeen married•upwardsof
a year i he answered, in a vague manner, that he
knew nothing about it. It was also stat‘d, that he
had for si me time past exhibited strong symptoMs of
derangement, and particularly that he had three
times in that period attempted to destroy himself ;
once by taking a large quantity of opium, once by
stabbing hitn3elt; and once by plunging into the
water from tl:e centre of London Bridge. The con-
stable also proved that his conduct, whilst in confine-
ment, hid been most incoherent. Under these cir-
cumstances, the Magistrate ordered him to be detained
under the Act, called blargaret Nicholson's Act.

A Coroner's Inquest has been held on the body of
tho poor Woman, tound murdered in a lane near
lirixhara, in such a putrid hate, that no truce of her
vi,age could be seen, when am Officer of the 28th
regiment, and several women, recognized. her, by
her cloadas, LA be the wife, of Good, a erivate,
just scot Ova join the second battalion serving ur.-
der Lurd ‘,l7,:llington. It seems, the poor woman
had been gu:ity of some little misdemeanour, and
was turned out of the garrison, when she fell into
the hands of a ruffian, who had lately been confined
in gaol, and on whom strong suspicion has fallen.
Great exertion.; have been used for his apprehension ;
and, it is stated, that he is confided on board a cutter,
the Lieutenant suspecting him, as he prevaricated in
the accounts of himself. The Jury have returned a
verdict— yaw Murder.
Yestaiday an Inquest was held at the SWan.with-
-I'wottlecks, Malley, on the body of 3.l;eincfn, who
*was shot by T. Man,a pirate in the 9th Light Dra-1
• .
goon i, .whost harrow log an a .field on Wednesday
evening., 1 *eared, that a Servant ondlOur pti-
vatef were escorting ,a deserter from the Sa4oy to
Northamptonland, theirnrrival near the eight-mile
stone, Moon and one of his comrades stopped a little,
the party went on a. %Olen MOon, who was fresh
With liquor, took aim anddischarged his carbine, the
hell of which went throng!' the body 4 the' deceased.
Coaluis,, the master of:the overtook the
party at WhetstOne, and secured Munn, whciip piece
wal..unlantaled. Verdict was
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