Star.
London, England, 1830-12-20 00:00:00

POLICE REPORTS.

MANSIuX•IIOI7SE. TUE BITEIII Josins ADT
Aciazw. The well-known Joseph Ads, of Houndaditch, who for
many years has industriously employed himself in finding fortunes for
the poor, was placed at the bar on the charge of having refused to pay
the carriage and porterage of a parcel from Wolverhampton. The
porter to the Swan with Two Necks, lad-lane, said he went with the
parcel, which came to 2". E. He asked Mr. Ady for the porterage
and carriage, which the latter said he should certainly pay.
Mr. Ady—But it was a hoax. I have had six hoaxes played off
upon me within a few days. One was a basket, as I hoped of game, a
hare's head sticking out at one end, and a hare's foot at the other. There
was no body though to the hare (loud laughter). In another basket
was a part of a dog (continued laughter.)
The 1•011111 MaYoit—Let me see the parcel. On his Lordship un-
folding various pieces of coarse paper, out tumbled one of Mr. Ady's
letters (Mr. Ady had not paid the postage), stating that if the party
forwarded a certain sum of money. he (Mr. Ady) would tell him of
something to his advantage. The letter was signed " Joseph Ady, 26,
resident in Houndsditch, and personally known to all the Aldermen of
London."

Dlr. Alderman LUCAS, who was present, and the LORD MaTort,
laughed heartily at this; and after sonic consideration, on a reference to
the Aet of Parliament regulating the carriage of parcels, &c. ordered Mr.
Ady to pay the demand, with iis. costa, in all 10a. 2d. Mr. Ady looked
much confounded. and said he should appeal against the decision.

GUILDHALL.—Mr, Gresham, the solicitor to the Commissioners for
raisin* an annual sum, to be paid to the Rector of St. Andrew's, Hol-
born, in lieu of tithes, applied for distress warrants against some inks.
bitants, who had neglected to pay the composition-rate.
Mr. Alderman FAREIIIOIIIZII enquired whether the Rector was in
attendance, to chew that the money had not been paid to him personally.
Mr. Gresham explained that he did not apply under the general act,
but a local act for settling a dispute between the parishioners and the
Rector, according to which the latter received his stipend not direct from
the inhabitants, but from certain commissioners.
The Alderman, after carefully looking through the local act, admitted
he had no option.
This warrant and some others were then granted.
HATTOW-GAIDEW.—Thomas Wal, a dealer in British wines in
Chichester-place, Gray's-inn-road, appeared to two informations,
charging him with having, on the 9th and 10th lost, sold and allowed
to be consumed on his premises two gills of elder wine.
The defendant, who pleaded guilty to the Hist information, was fined
M. and costa. By the consent of the informer the second information
was withdrawn upon payment of 4s. ed. costs.

John Dartey was charged with the following offence :—Jane Dareey
stated, that about ten o'clock yesterday morning, the prisoner called
upon her during the absence of her husband, and claiming relationship,
pretended that he was sent from the country to bury her child, which he
heard was dead, and make her a present of two sovereigns. She invited
him to take breakfast with her, which he readily accepted. From the
prisoner's conversation she ascertained him to be an impostor. The pri-
soner told her to deliver the child to him, and he would bury it at his
own cost, and on Monday he would bring her the sum he had mentioned.
She gave the prisoner into custody.—The Magistrate said he had no
doubt that the object of the prisoner was to get possession of the child
fur unlawful disposal, and ordered him to find bail. Not being prepared
with the necessary securities, he was committed to prison.

Qozwit-stivana.—George Hill, a dealer In marine stores, at Para-
dise-row, Chelsea, appeared before Mr. Matt stiovv, to answer an in-
fotenation laid against him by Byers, for purhasing some iron, and not
asking the necessary questions of the seller, nor entering an account
of the purchase in a book, accordinf to the Act of Parliament.
Mr. Ma antot w convicted him in the penalty of 101. and costs.
Thomas Malham, a marine store dealer, of White Lion-street, Chel-
sea. was also fined 10L for a similar offence.

LAMIETH-11111EZT.-A stout-looking, weather-beaten tar, applied
to Mr. WALLER, the sitting Magistrate, for his assistance, to compel
the overseers of St. Ann's, Limehouse, to relieve him.
Mr. Lilly, one of the overseers for Limehouse, promised to get him
a ship, and in the meantime to relieve him and his family.
Mr. WALKER, in a conversation with Mr. Lilly on the subject of the
Poor Laws, remarked that, from the rigid system of economy observed
for some time past both at this office and by the different parochial
officers towards paupers, • very great saving would be experienced.
lie should think that this system, which in reality benefited many
persons who were in the habit of depending solely on parochial re-
lief, as it threw them on their own resources, would cause a saving
throughout the district of not less than 20,0001. per annum.
Mr. Lilly remarked that the benefits of the system were generally
admitted in the parish to which he belonged.
Towx HALL.--Jawsee Demist was charged with an aggravated as.
sault upon Ann Martin.
The prosecutor stated that she was servant to Dr. Ashby Smith, 12,
Bloomsbury-square. On Tuesday evening she came from Croydon by
the stage; at the Elephant and Castle the coachman left to re.
turn to Croydon, and the prisoner took charge of the coach and
drove her into the City, where he said he would take her
by a nearer way than she knew of to Bloomsbury.square, and
placed her inside of the coach (she had previously rode
on the box). The prisoner, after driving through several streets, stop.
ped, got into the coach, leaving another man to drive, and commenced
taking the most indecent liberties with her person; ;be screamed, and
the prisoner then pt out, taking her parcel, containing a bottle of wine;
and an officer hearing her cries, came up, and took her under his pro.
tattoo.

Air. Alderman ANSLEY ordered him to give 48 hours notice of ball.
Tasiess-Pouct.—Mr. Sparks. a barge.owner, was charged with
unlawfully navigating a barge for hire and pin, ha not being a freeman I
of the watermena company, by which be had incurred the penalty of
101. He was fined 101. and gave notice of appeal.

George Baaks,a dredgerman and noted:river pirate, sou charged with
stealing a beat, the property of T. Barton, a Waterman, some rope, and
a pair of main-stay sheets, from the ship Neptune, lying of Bell
Wharf, Shadwell. . . .

Air. venonzair committed the prisoner for trial on all the charges.

INQUEST ON THE REMAINS OF A MURDERED
WOMAN.-DEATH OF THE SUPPOSED ASSASSIN.

Saturday afternoon, a Coroner's Inquest was held at the Black
HOMO Queen-street, Seven Dials, before Thomas Stirling, Esq. Co.
roster, for the purpose of inquiring into the circumstances which lad
to the death of the deceased female, whose teal name is Caruline Ma-
tilda Cooke.

Henry Green, of 22, Queen-street, Seven-dials. sworn.—Was a la-
bourer, and lodged in the same house as the deceased, who resided in
the adjoining room to his with a young man. On the alarm being given
that a woman had been murdered, he proposed calling in an officer, and
went with the beadle to the door of the room. lie had previously heard
high words between the deceased and her companion.
Philip Riley. a parish beadle, went with the last witness to the
room where the deceased lay. He deposed as follows: I °band the
door of the first floor to be open about six inches. I found the deemed
so doss to the door that I could namely enter the room. On going in,
I saw the deceased, who appeared to be partly dressed. She was per.
feetly dead and stiff. I then looked to see if there was any other per.
son in the room, and I discovered a man in bed, covered with the
clothes. I roused him about a good deal, and he, after some tints,
made a noise like a drunken man ; he was lying on his face, and I
tunnel him over on his side with his face towards me; I then saw a
quantity of blood in the bed ; and on looking at his neck, I chained a
drudful gash ;on finding that the man wee living, I proceeded to the
workhouse for assistance. In about 10 minutes I returned with Ms.
Buss, the surgeon, and two overseers. After the wounds of the men
were dressed, he was conveyed to the workhouse. The room was de-
luged with blood.
The Jury here proceeded to view the body of the deceased,
which presented one of the most appalling spectacles we ever wimessed.
The deceased appeared to be a very tine young woman. On entering
the room she was lying on her back, her face and hair stained and
clotted; the room was smeared with blood. The bed presented a similar
appearance; on a clipboard there was lying open a history of the murder
of Wears.
The Coroner then arrived, and threatened to commit e pew
who was not on the Jury. After the room was clawed, kr.
the Superintendent, who was very anxious to be called to give his Sri.
denim, was desired to enter the room, and remained with the Jury for
nearly an hour.

M. J. B. Dix gave evidence as to the Boding of the body. He caused
a surgeon to be sent to the man. In the window was a bona
with stains of blood upon the edge of it, and the water slightly
disco-
loured. The man's shoes were lying at the further part of die room,—
On the table was a hat with a nightcap and a peg of stockings in it. I
directed a box on the other side of the room to be opened, and I found
a numb. r of letters written to a person of the name of Jana, which were
in the hand.witing of Jefedca. The letters do not bear upon this in-
quiry but they were of an amatory description, being such as
man would write to a female with whom he was intimate. Those
letters an directed to Mies Burroughs. I have seen the man se-
veral times since at the workhouse, and I have questioned him as se
circumstances connected with the murder. Yesterday Jefferies made
• the following sternest to me stated that • Caroline Burroughs was
jealous of him. In the early part of the day (Thursday) he was ow I
but at half-past eleven o'clock she came home, and asked him whether
be bad brought any money for the tort ? He said not. She said, I
must go out and get nuns. She did go out, and I went to bed. She
returned again at half-pest one o'clock. When *be came in, I was not
awake. She awoke me, and I told her to come to bed. She then said
that she had my betters to sleep with, but she brought no man into the
room with bee. Sbe afterwards came on the bed, but was *et un-
dressed. I turned round and said, case Into bed. Upon dud.
in she would net, I named myself mend again, and Imo to
sing„
I was rowed up by her cutting my throat, sad she wit eat of
and went to the window. then heard her fall, and home

she went round to the window, I mid twice, " Oh. my dear !"
and twice attempted to get up, but could not. There was no light in
the room, but the gas shone into it. I never heard any one at the door
that morning. She was drunk when she first came home. She had
often taken a knife in her hand and said that she would run It up as far
as it would go. The stockings found in my hat were not those I had
worn. I was in the habit of throwing my clothes on the floor. In the
presence of GOD, and this reverend gentleman ( Mr. Charnpneys), I did
not cut my throat; It was Caroline Burroughs. Jefferies was asked if
the razor was in his hand that night, and he said it was not. He then
called for some paper, and wrote as follows t—" I was going to shave in
the afternoon, but I did not." There is one remark which I should
wish to make—the head of the deceased appeared to me to have been
moved after she was dead.
Juror.—You have said there was some clotted blood on the coat ;
now, was the coat in that situation that the blood could have got on it
from; the stream
Witness.—lt could not.

Juror.—How did it get there ?
Witness--If you ask me my opinion, I should say, that it appeared
to me that two persons had been struggling ; and upon the person find-
ing the blood urn the coat it was thrown down. This morning, while
Jefferks was at the workhouse, I observed there was blood upon his
feet. The right arm of Jefferies's shirt was completely saturated with
blood.

Mr. Themes, the superintendent, sworn—Yesterday morning,
examined the room in which the deceased was lying, and observed In
one corner of the room a broom, which was smeared with blood, and
some human hair, of the same colour as the deceased's, adhering to it.
The rest of Mr. Thomas's evidence was a repetition of the former
witness's.

The Coroner here observed, that there were two or three circum-
stances in the case which had been corroborated. Jefferies, in his
statement, had stated that the deceased was jealous of him ; now, in
the papers which had been found, It appeared that the deceased had
some cause to be juices, for in a letter dated the 10th September, he
had appointed to take the deceased to one of the Theatres; but this
promise he had not performed, although be went to the Theatre, and
met another Caroline, with whom he went home and remained. He
had also promised to marry her, but from some cause this set had not
been performed. The Learned Coroner began to advett upon the evi-
dence in chief, when one of the Jury said he should wish to hear
further witnesses.

Mr. Thomas Buss, surgeon, was accordingly examined, whose evi-
dence was merely corroboratory of the other witnesses. Upon being
questioned as to the nature of the wound on the deceased, be gave it
as his opinion that she must have died after the wound had been
inflicted.

Juror—How long do you think the deceased had been dead when
you saw her ?
Wlineu.—l should think the deceased had been dead ais or seven
hours.

During the time Mr. Buss was giving his evidence, a message
came stating, that Jeferles was in want of food. A medical gen-
deman went immediately to
.attend him. In the course of twenty
minutes, a messenger came to inform the Jury that Jeffries had
just expired.
Several other witnesses were examined, none of whom stated any ad-
ditional facts to what we have given above, excepting Mr. Reid, one of
the surgeons, who deposed that be bad no doubt of the criminality of
the man, as he was much longer answering any questions which re-
fleeted on him than on the deceased ; and from the nature of the wound
on the woman, it was impossible for her to put the razor into her left
hand. If be was called on to give an opinion, he should say that the
female did not cut her own throat.

The Jury was now re-sworn, to inquire Into the death of John Jef-
ferias. The whole of the evidence was re-taken, after which—
Mr. TurnerJo( the Borough, with wham the deceased lived, came
forward and stated, that the deceased had lived as foreman with him
for some years ; that he was a married man, and had a wife and
five children. The unfortunate woman has only been recently confined
of her last child in Bermondsey workhouse, and at present is not aware
of the dreadful end of her husband.

The Coßows' briefly summed up, on which the Jury returned the
following verdict :—" That the deceased C. M. Cooke was murdered:by
Jefferies, who afterwards committed feb de sc."
The Coto): ea informed the parish officers that he would send the
warrant for the Interment of Jefferies, as it must be done Ina parti.
cular manner.

Jefferies, h Is stated, was once in good circumstances, and kept his
horse and chaise. He is said to hue met the deceased at a theatre, to
have been struck with her, and to have succeeded in persuading her
to live with him, which has led to the above catastrophe.