Star.
London, England, 1825-08-13 00:00:00

POLICE .MTELLIGENCE.

OVILDIIALL
Among the prieseerelk ro-esamlnation at this office yesterday,
before thnSitting Magistrate,,Mr. Alderman Co:, was,one George
Proctor, a journeyman shoemaker, in the employ of Mr. Arthur,
Little Moorfields. The circumstances which led to his detection
and apprehension were somewhat singular. Mr. Arthur was waited
upon at his own house, on _Thursday morning, by Air. Sowerby,
pawnbroker, of Chiswell.street, who requested him to furnish him
with the names of all the workmen in his employ. He did not
state at the time his precise object for making the application, but
intimated that he might probably be able to communicate to hint
some impottant information. Mr. Arthur bad ho hesitation, in
giving their respective names, and among them was that of the
prisoner George Proctor. Mr. Sowerby then stated to him that he
had reason to*think that he had been robbed by Proctor. A man
of that name had recently pawned at his shop several pairs of new
shoes, which he (Mr. Sowerby) suspected had been dishonestly
obtained; and as the man had given his address, No. 11, New-
court, Moor-lane, he had made it his business to call first upon him,
as nearest tradesman of that deicription to the prisoner's lodging.
Mr. Sowerby, as we understood, then 'hewed Mr. Arthur some of
the articles pledged, which the latter identified as his property.
Under these circumstances, though Proctor bad b4en some time in
his employ, and no suspicion bad ever attached to him, though
property had occasionally been missed, Mr. Arthur fetched Harri-
son, the Marshalman, from this office and gave him in custody.
This was late in the afternoon, and as IVir. Sowcrby could not then
attend, the circumstances were mentioned to the Alderman, and
Proctor remanded till yesterday.
Several frivolous cases occupied the attention of the Alderman
till past two o'clock, when, just at the moment that Proctor's case
was about to be called on, his wife, a very decent looking young
woman, in the last stage of pregnancy, who had been waiting appa-
rently in great anxiety, and in a state of dreadful suspense, during
the whole of the morning, in the outer room, suddenly fell hack
from the seat where she was sitting, and expired without either
a groan or a struggle. Medical assistance was sent for, with all dig-
patch, and two professioral Gentlemen were procured, one of
whom attempted to bleed her, but without success, the vital spark
being totally extinct. Immediately that it was known who she
was, Proctor was let out of the lock-up room( to her, and his almost
frantic agitation, joined to the shrieks and cries of two female rela.
Lions who bad attended with the deceased, exhibited a scene too
painful to describe. When the shock which this awful circum-
stance had occasioned had somewhat subsided, Mr. Arthur de-
shred his unwillingness to 'proceed in the prosecution against
Proctor, who was brought before the Alderman, and told he was
discharged; but his state of mind seemed to be such as to render
him scarcely sensible of the circumstance.
Mr. Alderman Cox, on inquiring into the situation of the poor
fellow, and learning that he had a family of six small children to
maintain, and that distress bad probably driven him to the act of
which he was accused, very humanely gave bins a sovereign out of
his pocket, to relieve his present wants.