Star.
London, England, 1830-10-25 00:00:00

POLICE REPORTS.

LAIIIIETHZTRIET.—ALARMIKG INCREASE OT PAIIPERISKI
Saturday, a number of poor persons congregated about the door, and
crowded the avenues leading to the justice room, for the purpose of ap-
plying to the magistrates to compel the overseers to afford them relief.
Among this unhappy group were seven blacks, six sailors, most of them
able bodied, and a female who is closely allied to a noble family of dice.
tinction, end a descendant of the celebrated Archbishop Usher. To
1 such of the applicants as were single, though their appearances be.
tokened the greatest wretchedness, Mr. Walker refused to order any
relief, telling them that they might procure a good and honest live.
lihood if they would, adding in many of the cases, that the appli.
cants ought to be ashamed to make a request for parochial relief.,
Mr. North, of Mile-end Old.town, who bad served as overseer and
churchwarden of that hamlet, had interfered on bellall of a poor woman'
and four children, whom be represented had been so neglected by the
Akers of Whiteelsapel, as to be in a state of absolute starvation.
Mr. WALKER, alter a somewhat stormy debate between him and
Mr. North, oo points of humanity, told the lade/ that he would not
suffer any individual belonging • to one parish to interfere in the govern-
ment of another, and was about to order Mr. North out of the office,
but be, taking the hint, retired.
Quzuw-assuass.—Tar Diustaix WATCHMAKER awls errs
Coatozza's GOLD WATCB.—T. Dais a Chelsea pensioner, was
charged with having in his promotion a gold watch undo very swept.
does circumstances. Information was given to the police that the
sonar had been offering a gold watch for sale about Chelsea, which be
said had been gives him by a lady is Itsdiap is s, moduli:Nay of Wm
gratitude for saving her life from a tiger, which was just upon the

point of springing upon her, when he kvellud his musket, and shot the
ferocious animal. lie also Ada that he had only artived from India
about three days ago. This story, though well told, wu not credited
by some of the Chelsea folks, and one person informed Grossmith,
the inspector, of the circumstance, who gave directions to have the
dger-killer taken into custody, but on being apprehended the watch was
gone.
The prisoner told the magistrate that the watch belonged to Mr. Wise
a chemist and druggist, at Sanford, Essex, who had entrusted it with
him to mend, that he had got drunk with a man named Randle, who
got the watch from him, and pawned it for 11. 15s. Randle gave
him 16s. and kept% the pound himself, and he had never seen him since.
Mr. WHITZ ordered him to be remanded. . .

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WORSHIP.STAZIT..---Mni, Jones, who keeps a new-beer-shop, in
Hoxton-square, appeared before Mr. TWTTORD and Mr. BENET!,
upon the informatba of Johnson, charged with having her house open
after the hour mentioned by the Act under which such houses are
licensed. _ _ _

The offence charged was, that beer had been sold on the premises at
a quarter to eleven o'clock at night, as the Act does not allow of the
sale of beer after ten. Of this the poor woman was ignorant, not hay.
inqri:d the Act.
The
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Magistrates were reluctant to convict, but considered the had no
alternative. Eventually, however, they adjourned the proceedings till,
they could ascertain whether certain charges preferred against J
were true. _

An information preferred by one Wyse was dealt with in the same
manner. _

TNAKLIS POLtcs.—BittrTAL OUTIACIE•••4AVAGE AB WILT
OF • Son ox NIS PAIIENTS.—J. Kincsid, a tall young man, a
coal potter, of Eihadwell, was charged with cruelly beating his father
and mother, and inflicting injuries of a serious nature on the former.—
The old man, who was formerly In the navy, and is now living on his
pension appeared to have been dreadfully punished. A deep wound
was visible on his forehead, his head was bandaged, both eyes were
blackened, and his face was bruised and disfigured. It appeared that
his moo was brought home intoxicated on the previous night by a police
constable. In return for this attention he knocked him down, and went
up stairs for a poker, to inflict further punishment upon him. The old
couple left their bed to prevent further mischief, when the defendant
struck them several violent blows with his clenched fist, and knocked
them down. He then seized an iron frying-pan, broke it to pieces over
his father's shoulders, and cut his head open. The police, alarmed at
the cries of murder, rushed into the house. and found the old man in
a gore of blood, which was flowing from a deep cut in his head. After
a determined resistance, he was lodged in the watchhouse.
Captain RICHNILL and Mr. BALLANTINN said the assault was a
most atrocious one, and amerced the prisoner in the highest penalty of
61. and in default of payment sentenced him to two months' imprison.
ment and hard labour.