Star.
London, England, 1826-09-26 00:00:00

GUILDHALL.

.fokos itsithogron, the driver of the hackney-coach No. 1008, was
charged by the well-known Mr. Duncan Campbell with wilfully bin-
! tiering the flee passage uf his Majesty's subjects in Cheapside, and

With unlawfully escaping, being iii.bliettetaily for the said offence
The defendant appeared on a summons, but as soon as be entered the
office, Mr. Campbell seized hint, and had him lo_cked up till the
case was called on.
Mr. Campbell stated, that he was riding through Cheapside in a
cabriolet, following close behind some carts, when the defendant
broke in,drove the horse of the cabriolet on the pavement, and broke
the springs of the vehicle. He immediately jumped out, mounted
the coach-box, and touching defendant on the shoulder, told him he
W.'S in custody, and must follow him. Some Gentleman, however,
told him this was not a legal arrest, and the defendant, lashing the
horses, and at hint, drove off. The course he (Mr. C.) bad
pursued, was that directed by the 30th of Geo. IL cap. 22, which
enacted, that if the driver of any carriage whatever (and therefore
Gentlemen's coachmen as well as carmen were liable) prevented or
interrupted the free passage, "any person" who n sees" the offence
committed " shall" seize the offender, and deliver him to a
constable; so that if he bad not been himself aggrieved, be still
must have apprehended the defendant, or he would have been
open to an indictment. Singularly enough, under this Act, the
complainant (and those who were aggrieved were only likely to
complain) was disqualified from giving evidence by having a moiety
of the penalty awarded to him. To prove his case, therefore, he
calks' his son, and the cabriolet driver, but they could not prove
that he touched the defendant's body, although they heard Mr. C.
tell him be was a prisoner; nor could they identify the defendant
as the driver.

Mr. Lee, a coal merchant, in the Minories, said, be understood
Mr. Campbell had obtained a warrant against him for an escape,
because he merely delivered his opinion, that as Mr. C. was not an
officer, he had no authority to apprehend the man.
Mr. Campbell waived bis charge against this Gentleman, that he
might make hint a witness against the defendant ; and he at once
proved, when sworn, that he was the driver. He said, however, a
coachman was so easily made amenable, by taking his number, and
getting a summons; and it was so hard to make a coachman, who
had passengers, lose his fare, as well as pay the fine, that he thought
Mr. C. must be mistaken in his law.

The defendant pleaded ignorance of the law, and that there was a
sufficient opening fur his coach.
Sir JOHN PINNING said, when all drivers were aware of their
liability to instant capture for misbehaviour, they would become
more cautious. The Public wanted a few more men of such energy
as Mr. Campbell, and, for example's sake, he fined the defehdant
10s. and 17a. costs. The coacb owner was then fined 10s. for not
'registering his abode in Guildhall.

BO W-STREET.
Yesterday, James Pratt was charged by Mr. Brookes, stationer,
421, Oxford-street, with obtaining on false pretences, three ledgers,
on the 2d July.
The complainant stated that the prisoner came to his shop and
said that he wanted the above for a person named Marlette; witness
had known the prisoner before, but would not have trusted him on
his o.vn account; he had pawned the books immediately after ob-
taining them. Shortly afterwards he endeavoured to procure a
writing desk on the saute pretences, but the witness had made some
enquiries, which led to the discovery of the fraud and to the pri-
soner's apprehension.-11e was remanded.
R. Ranks, who vends prints in James•street, Covent Garden, was
ordered to find bail for attempting to violate the person of Margaret
Sullivan, eleven years of age.

WORSHIP-STREET.
Yesterday, Jostys Pegrios, a saw yer, was brought before the Ma-
gistrate by Isaac Cook, a constable of Islington, charged with a
aeries of violent assaults, and Susan Pritchard was placed at the bar
with him as particcps crintitais.
The female was discharged conditionally, that if Mrs. Pegrini
appeared to prefer any charge against her, she should again come
forward tb meet It.

Tuc Btrutist.-cassx Ouvaaoss.—Yesterday morning two ill-
looking fellows, who stated their names to be Lisse.-ett and Bond.
presented themselves at the Police Office in Worship-street, and
having !Token to one of the officers, admitted themselves to he con-
nected with the gang that have been so long the dread of the inha-
bitants of Betbnal-green and its neighbourhood.

One of. the individuals (Bond) said, they had come up to surren-
der themselves, as they knew of the attack and rubbery of Mr.
Fuller, the Surgeon, for which James Boyce and George Houghton
were now under sentence of death in New•gate. They had come
for the purpose of proving that George Houghton W:l9 innocent of
the crime of which he had been convicted, and therefore to endea-
vour to set aside the verdict of the Jury.
Mr. Twvroeo said, that he could not listen to any thing in the
present stage of the business that would at an affect the verdict that
had been returned by the Jury; and he would caution the persons
at the har to take care of themselves, as it was the determination of
the Magistrates to punish every offender that may be brought
before them with the utmost rigour. He would not detain Bond
and Lisserett now, and therefore they were at liberty. They then
left the (Nice.

The names of several of the leaders of the gang are In the posses-
sion of the Magistrates.
A bullock was taken from Smithfield yesterday morning at ah
early hour arid driven into the marshes. The whole of the patrol.
horse and foot, went on duty at twelve o'clock yesterday forrilocn,
it being market day. at