Star.
London, England, 1824-11-18 00:00:00

UNION-HALL

A Flemish egg-merchant, named Pierre Arrin, was char,-1:1
having committed assaults upon three different Ladki.
One of the Ladles Stated, that as she was walking alung Grey;
Charlotte-street, the eggrmerchaot came up to her, and without arly
kind of ceremony gave her a desperate blow on the eye. The t,
here eihibited the mark of the blow. which had completely
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up the eye, and blackened it. She added, that she gave hint
offeoce, nor had she ever seen the man before in her life.
Two other Ladies also proved assaults against the defendant, htt
which were net so severe iu their nkture as that committed upon
the tint witness.

The Magistrate asked the defendant what he had to state in ha
defence? The poor estintrchaat merely shook his ►ead zed
shrugged up his shoulders. He was-then. discharged, upon mitt
the first witness 101. for her black eye, and fos. to each of the eth,,
females, together with the expenses.
WORSHIP-STREET.

Philip Chambers and Elizabetls Loyd, the servants of me.:
Mullett, the upholsterer, of Finsbuty-house, in custody on a clam
of robbing their employer, and Wet. Pearson, the broker,
tikes
Afary,his wife, charged with receiving some of the property or me
-Mullett, knowing it to have been stolen, were yesterday
beauty.
up fur a final examination, before . Mr. Basin. -- /thrall.*
Striven, the approver, in addition to his former evidence,deTovd
Pearson having on one occasion pointed out to him Mr. Alotket...
private mark on a table, and ordered him to erase it. ife
stated, that above three months ago, Chambers brought to si
house, in Type-street, three yards of Brussels carpet, in two pi,„
and told him he must give as much as he eoukl possibly afford fat
them, as they belonged to the cook (the prisoner Lloyd), and be
gave hint 6s. for them. The next day he brought another piece et
two yards, for which he gave him 4s. and he afterwards sold then'
all three to Mrs. Pearson. The piece
_hat mentioned w.„ f,,„,,4
in Pearson's house, and is the same which is now produced. lie
added, that there were many other articles of every kind delivered
to him at various times, from Mr. watehotoies, wiu
he ha 4 taken away and sold, the dates and other particulars si
which he could nest accurately recal to his recollection.
Martha Downie was then sworn, and deposed, that during t
last ten months she had been in the habit of attending Seriee„e
house almost every day to work as a charwoman. knows
Mr. and Mrs. Pearson by sight, and has &egotist!), seen them z
Scriven's house. On one occasion, she saw money pass from Itlrs.
Pearson to Striven, but she does not know how much, nor oil
what account it was paid. She saw Mr. Pearson, on one occasion,
take away a carpet and a table from Scriven's house. but she does
nut recollect any other instance of his taking anything away wit
him.—Mr. Brickland, the attorney for the prosecution, said he had
no further evidence to offer. Mr. Beware said, there was not be-
fore him evidence to go to a Jury, touching the prisoner Lloyd,
she must therefore be discharged ; the other prisoners he fully com-
mitted for uiaL-.—Mr. Humphries and Mr. Price, who attended
for Mr. and Mn. Pearson, applied for an order that several articles
of furniture found at Pearsou's house, and removed there, on a
supposition of their being the property either of Mr. W. Sadgrove
or of Mr. P. Mullett, but to which neither of those Gentlemea
had sworn, should be delivered up to Mr. Pearson's family.—Mr.
Bastin said, that where there were such strong grounds for pre-
suming property,found under such circumstances to have been a
part of the property carried off from the prosecutor's warehouser,
he could not take upon himself to make such an order as was now
applied for.--Elizabeth Lloyd was discharged, and the other pri.
soners removed from the bar, to be conveyed to Newgate for trial.