Star.
London, England, 1822-04-05 00:00:00

POLICE.

MARLIPAROCCII-STRTZT.—Yesterday Captain R. R. Johnson, a
man of dashing appearance, was charged with stealing a A'2o
Bank-note, the property of Mrs. Probyn, of Hampstead. The
prosecutrix stated that the prisoner visited at her house, and the
note in question was deposited, with two others of £2O each,
and two smaller ones, in a pocket-book, which was placed in a
basket in the drawing-room, some months since. The note was
missed on a morning when Captain Johnson took Mrs. Probyn's
son out for a walk. On his return she made hint acquainted
with her loss. Ile was under some pecuniary obligations to Mrs.
Probyn, and she often entrusted him to pay her bills. She made
an entry in her hook (which was produced) of all sums paid or
lent by her. The £2O note lost was never advanced to the pri-
soner. The note was traced to have been paid by the prisoner
to a pawnbroker, who identified his person. Mr. Atter, for
the prisoner, attempted to skew, by examining the prosecutrix's
niece, that she (Mrs. Prubyn) had lent the note to the prisoner,
to redeem a watch. Mr. HARIIEL, on the other side, cross-exa-
mined this witness, and urged that a clear case had been made
nut against the prisoner, whose conduct was the more culpable
from the elevated sphere in which he moved. The Magistrate
said be had but one course to pursue, viz. to commit him for
trial; which was done accordingly.
llow-sraerr.—J4n Brandon and Thomas Jmcs, two well-
known characters, were brought before Sir Raritan° BIRXIK,
who, it appeared, when they could not succeed in robbing the
living, had recourse to robbing the dead. It appeared from the
evidence of S. Dutamell, Thomas Brett, and John Lappau, pa-
trols belonging to the Office, that soon after three o'clock yester-
day morning, they observed a horse and cart standing near St.
Pancras Church-yard, and observed a watchman and three dogs,
who, they had no doubt, were keeping watch for the thieves.
In a short time after, they observed the prisoners come towards
the cart, one of them carrying a bag; and one of them said to
the other, " It is all right"—no doubt, meaning that there was
no one to intercept them. The patrol, however, made their ap-
pearance, and said they must be satisfied all was right, seized
them, and on examining the bag, it contained the corpse of a fine
boy, about three or four years of age, supposed to have died of
an halm:nation on the chest, from there being evident symptoms
of five leeches having been applied. The prisoners were secured
and lodged in the watch-house; and on its being known the of-
fence with which they were charged, the street was filled with
people, who followed them with horrid threats and imprecations,
particularly by females, who pelted them with mud, &c. of which
the officers came in for their share, as well as for some severe
blows. Sir Ittenseu Brame, on hearing the case, detained the
watchman in custody, as a proper object for prosecution, and
sent for the parish officers for that purpose. A crowd remained
at the door, to assail the prisoners as they came out.
Gurinnats.—Gearge Adams was charged with felony.—Mr.
Honeysett, the landlord of the Bull public house, in Moor-lane,
stated, that the prisoner came to his house on Wednesday even-
ing, and enquired if he could have a bed? 'He, in consequence,
slept there, and, on coming down in the morning, the prisoner
being a stranger to hint, he (Mr. lloneysett) went up, and
missed the sheets from the bed. He returned directly, and the
prisoner, who was standing at the bar, hearing his footsteps, in-.
stantly ran off, and was pursued up Moor-lane; at the end of I
which he was met by a City officer, who, after a desperate I
struggle, secured hint ; and, on searching him, three sheets, two
from the bed in which he had slept, and one from an adjoining
room, were discovered round his body.—The prisoner allowed
that he was not drove to the commission of the crime by dis-
tress, as was Indeed evident from his having a good silver watch
in his fob, a gold brooch in his cravat, and ten or twelve shil-
lings in his pockets. What could have possessed him to commit
the robbery be desisted he did not knout, and thought it must
have been the Devil. lie is a tailor by trade, and is not known
as an offender by any one of the odicers.—The prisoner was
committed to Newgate for trial.
QUZEN-SIVARL--.G. Pearson, and C. and J. Cherry, were
charged on suspicion of having broken into the house vi Ides.

Badger, of Chelsea, and robbing and threatening to murder that
Lady, al stated in a former Paper. Mrs. Bulger stated that the
prisoners resembled the robbers, but abe could not swear to
them. Cooper, the officer, stated, that in consequence of the
description given of the parties, be =Vetted the prisoners, and
seem/411am en the Parade. On one of them he found a chi'.
eel, used in house-breaking, which fitted the marks that had been
made In effecting the entrance to Mrs. Badger's teem. Mine**
had tried the shoes of the priaoners. which corresponded with
the marks in Mrs. Badger's garden. He also compared the chi*•
eel with the marks on-the drawers that had been plundered,
which perfectly corresponded. One of the Cherry's gave hint
the key of his room, but his brother, who was hi the °fete, ran
off, broke open the door, and removed what be pkasod, before
the officer arrived. On being called on for their defence, Pear-
son and the elder Cherry said they could prove an alibi at the
next examination, and the other said he would say nothing tilt
then.—They were remanded.
J. Thompson, one of the drivers of Cloud's liamriersmitb
coaches, was charged with violently assaulting J. Tamer, of
Camberwell Grove, who was to go in his coach from St. Patti':
Church yard; and after being kept in the coach for 40 minutes.
he determined on getting out, when the prisoner violently as-
saulted him, and in preventing him from closing the door, mr.-
terially injured his head, of which evident proof remained: The
prosecutor agreed to suspend the prosecution on condition of Lie
begging pardon in the public papers. Ilia defence wai, that
he should be liable to .85 penalty if he let Mr. Tanner out of
the coach.
T. Premier, a driver of cattle, was convicted in the penalty of
for cruelty to a bullock, lo driving it, in the neighbouthoos
of Knfehtsbridge, to the great terror of the inhabitants; and kt
for not having his badge on his arm, as directed by the Act. Ile
is a master drover, having six men in his employ, and ought to
, have known better. The complainant was the Bev. C. Berkley
I Kennett, who was most grossly insulted by the prisoner, who
I asked Wan it be wanted.to get money to buy a Sunday's ditinve?

BIRTHS.

At Coley Park, Berke, the Lady of J. B. lionck, Esq. M. P
of awn. _ _ _ _ _

Monday, Lady Frances Ley, of a daughter.
March 26, at Montrose, the Lady of Capt. Hunter, of the
Sir David Scott Indiamsn, of a son.
March 26, at Montrose, the wife of the Rev. Dr. Paterson,
of a son.
March 22, at Montrose, the wife of the Rev. Andrew Wil.
son, of a son.