Star.
London, England, 1810-10-11 00:00:00

CANTERBURY, OCTOBER 9.

At the General Quarter "Sessions of the Peace for
the Eastern Division of this County, held on Friday
last, at the New Sessions House, St. Augustin's, Sie-
Mai Fox, 'for an assault on Hannah, his wife, was
ordered to he bound on his future good behaviour,
himself in £lOO, and two sureties in £2J each, or one
in £5O.

Thomas Brown, convicted of stealing three sacks,
&c. tha property of Wm. Baker, of Knowlton, to be
imprisoned 14 days, and kept to !bird labour.
114 n. Price, for having absconded and left his wife
and family chargeable to the parish of Kennington,
to be imprisoned four calendar months and kept to
hard labour, and once within that time publicly whip.
pcd one hundred yards in the town of Ashford.
Thomas Leewii, and Bri.l~►et his wife, charged with
an assault on Wm. and Patience Dudley ; H,:nr7 Scan
Roberts, with stealing oysters at Queenborough ; and
Henry Monk, with stealing beans, the property of
Walter Whitehead, were acquitted.
Several minor cases of bastardy and removals oc.
curred, not worthy of record..

On Wednesday se'linight whilst the Aurora brig
was unloading a cargo of wood at Chatham Dock-
yard, a young man, about 15 years of age, who was
on board, fell backwards into the hold upon the tim-
ber, when he received a severe fracture of the skull.
The young man continued perfectly sensible, and bore
the operation of trepanning with great fortitude; and
there is every reason to hope that he will do well.
M A SMON HOUSE.—Yesterday J. Forster was char-
ged w ith forging a check upon the banking-house of
Sykes and Co. of Mansion House-street, for ACM.—
But as there is reason to suppose that others are con-
cerned in the fact, we forbear giving the particulars
for the present. The prisoner was reminded.
J. Ralph was charged by a City Patrole on sus-
picion allaying some tongues in his possession, which
had been stolen, and not accounting for the same
to the satisfaction cl the LORD MAYOR, he was re-
manded.

GuiLDHALL:—Yesterday William Baton and E. Mad-
den, two boys, apparently not more than 14 years of
age each, were charged by Sam. Wigley with steal-
ing an inkstand, his property.
The prosecutor stated, that he is a turner in Long-
lane, and that the prisoners came into his shop, on
Tuesday night, offering a toy, called an ivory devil,
for sal:, at is. 6d. which the prosecutor knew to. be
worth 12s. Tn consequence of this he refused to pur-
chase it, and the prisoners went away ; shortly after,
he missed his ink-stand,-and, on following them, found
it on Bolton.

The father and mother of Bolton stated, that till
lately he was a steady industrious boy, but that within
three months, Madden (who is well known 'to the of-
ficers
as a most notorious young thief) and others of I
his gang, have so pestered him to leave his work, and
so tormented them (his parents) that his mother con-
ceived
hersrlf to be in danger of her life through them.
The Alderman (Fluwea) ordered Madden to be
sent to Bridewell for a week, and well whipped ; and
that Bolton be sent to Bridewell, and whipped, and'l
then immediately delivered over to his parents.
A Cyprian, of the towest order, was charged by B.
Burton with steeling his watch. . '
The prosecutor stated, that he was going home,
about two o'clock in the
morning,
when de met the
prisoner at the encl of Fleet-market, where they had
some coffee together at that hour. After this, the
prisoner, another girl, and himself, adjourned m a
gin-shop, where they had some liquor, and they that
came to the end of Shoe-lane, where the prisoner
pulled his watch out of his fob, and handed it to the ,
. other girl, who instantly made off with it. He ad.
mitted that lei was more drunk than sober, yet he
offered to swear to the prisoner being the person who
snatched the-watch out of his pocket.
The Alderman was of opinion, that he had not
made out his case, but sent the girl to Bridewell for a
fortnight.
A journeyman carpenter, named Trigge, charged'
six of his fellow workmen ( Lancaster, Norris, Tuck,
. Gilbert, Core, and Fitche) with conspiring to get him
discharged his master's employment. • ,
1 According to the statement of the complainant,
• Lancaster accused him of telling another, who did
not appear, that he (Lancaster) had worked but two
days and a half, yet had received wages from their
r master as for three days. This the complainant de-
nied ; but, because he would not :conform to their
mode of trial, &c. they told their master they would
; all strike unless Trigge was discharged. On this their
; employer wrote Triage a note (which he produced in
I Court) stating that he was very sorry to be obliged
i to discharge him, and enclosed his wages in the note.
The Alderman here again was of, opinion that the
' case was not proved, and that those men had a right
to say they would not work with, him if he made
himself obnoZious to them. He, therefore, .dismissed
the complaint.

A complaint was made against a night-cart of Mr.
Clarke, of the,City Road, by the officers of Cripple-
gate parish, for a nuisance.

A watchman stated, that hearing carts coming
along he hid his lanthorn ; and also hearing some-
thing dropping from them, he stopped the horses an.]
seized the man who drove them, while another man
belonging to the cart, went round and shut a small
door in the back of the cart, throunh which the soil
had been allowed to drop on the street. '
The defendant declared that he knew nothing of
the soil dropping ; and Mr. Clarke, his employer,
gave him a good character, declaring also, that be
had but that day, been sent to drive this cart.

The Alderman therefore.censidering they had not '
got the culpable man, dismissed this charge, appa-
rently much against the wishes of the parish office's.
The constable, however, altering hts position, at-
tacked the enemy afresh ; and stated that lie had
lodged the cart and horses in the. Grlen Yard:l4 not
having a number on the cart. Mr. Clarke declared
that lie was perfectly unconscious 'of 111;s being the
case, on which account he was allowed tiil tn-morrow
to ascertain the fact, and make his defence, befuie the
penalty .was exacted. •
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