Star.
London, England, 1821-11-29 00:00:00

BOARD OF EXCISE. NOVEMBER 28.

Mr. George Elphick, a respeitable tailor, residing
in Jermyn-street, was charged with having had in
his possession a quantity of foreign wines and spirits,
which were charged to be smuggled, whereby he
had incurred penalties to a large amount.
Two officers of the Excise stated, that on the 28th
of July last they went to the house of the defendant,
',upon information. On searching it they found two
ankers of brandy, in smuggled ankers, with slings.
,They also found some Hollands, in smuggled casks
or ankers; '27 bottles of foreign white wine, not
French ; 38 of Part, 50 pints of Madeira, a quantity
of Burgundy, and some Champagne; for all of
which there were no permits. Whilst the witnesses
were searching the cellar, which was sumptuously
stocked with other liquors, for which there wire per-1
mits, a child who stood by informed them that there
were some more tubs in the yard. They there found
some empty smuggled ankers sawn in half. They
found a small quantity of rum, which was not per-
mitted, in addition to the goods enumerated.
The defendant, in his defence, said he was in the
habit of purchasing his liquors and wines from dif-
ferent wine-merchants, in such small quantities as
did not require permits, and that, in this way, his
stock had accumulated ; but although he had re-
,ceived permits with some part of his stock, he had
not thought it worth while to preserve them. lie
had given up the spirits found in the ankers, which
he said he had bought of some promiscuous. persons,
and who, he had reason to believe, were those who
gave information against him.
Four respectable wine-merchants were called on
behalf of the defendant; and stated that thy were in
the habit of supplying him with wines of the descrip-
tion seized, but they could not speak positively as to
their identity. One of them swore to the rum, and
another deposed that he believed the Champagne
seized to be a part of some which he had sold to
Mr. Elphick.
Mr. MaYnew, the Solicitor of the Excise, con-
tended, that the whole of the.goods ought to be con-
demned, as there was not sufficient proof of their
not having been smuggled.
The Board, in giving judgment, expressed their
regret that persons of respectability should expose
themselves to heavy.penalties, aad loss of goods oil
which duty
.had _been paid, by purchasing of iti.
nerantsmugglers, and thereby defrauding the fair
trader; who paid rent and taxes on the one hand, and
the revenue on the other. They could not but infer
that those wines which were not satisfactorily ac-
counted for were smuggled, as well as the spirits,
which were atknowledged to be so: they therefore
condemned the claret, the Cape, the Burgundy, the
brandy, and the llollands ; but mitigated the re-
salty to I:10. • The Chantgagne and the rum were
ordered to be restored.
An old man, named Joseph Merrydeto, was charged
with having manufactured candies in an unentered
place, whereby he had incurred the penalty of £loo.]
Two Excite Officers stated, that on the 13th of
August last, they went to the house of the defendant
who lives in 131 i xton Causeway, and on searching the
premises they found on the first floor a complete
candle manufactory, where there were five frames
containing 130 pipes in full operation. They ap-
peared to have been at work in making sperm can-
dles, as there was a sperm pan at work. They seized
the whole apparatus, together with a quantity of
candles which were newly manufactured. They saw
no one on the premises besides the defendant's wife
and daughter.
The defendant, in his defence, said that he had let
the premises to a man who had paid well for them,
without being aware of the danger attending the bu-
siness which he carried on. The defendant urged
that he knew noting of candles himself, but how to
burn them; he hail been all his life a Gentleman's
coachman, and now subsisted upon a superannuated
pension. lie called no witnesses.
The Board were inclined to believe that he had
been made a tool of by some experienced hand ; but
as he had brought no evidence to corroborate hi,
statement, they condemned the whole of the goods,
and mitigated the penalty to £2O.

• POLICE.
Bow-STREET.—yesterday 'llamas Ingram, Thomas
Caddie ;lon, and Edward Caseman, privates in the
Coldstream Guards,were brought up inconsequence °III
the complaint of Mr. Chambers, a salesman living in
Broad-street, St. Giles's, who stated that the prisoners
had been drunk all the morning, and insulting every
person they met in the streets. They were guilty of
the most disorderly conduct, and broke two panes of
glass in Mr. Chambers's window. He then had them
apprehended, and it required four or five constables
to take them into custody. One of them, Ingram,
struck him two or three times, and also struck one of
the constables. No charge appearing against Cad-
dington, he was discharged. Ingram having pushed
Caseman's shoulder against one of the panes of glass,
and Caseman having broken the other with his fist,
were ordered to pay .ss. 6d. each, the price of the
glass, or be imprisoned for fourteen days; and In-
gram was farther ordered to find bail for the assault.
Mr. Chambers stated, that his neighbourhood was
greatly annoyed by the numerous soldiers of the
Guards, who were constantly drunk from morning to
night, and behaving in the most disorderly manner.
William Collins was charged with stealing a copper
boiler, the propertyof some person unknown. Bolton,
a patrol, met the prisoner and another man carrying
the boiler, and suspecting from tkeir manner that
they bad stolen it, he determined to apprehend them.
He first took the prisoner, and gave him in charge at
a house; and then pursued the other man, who had
run away. Upon overtaking him, however, the fel-
low turned round and knocked the officer down with
an iron crow-bar, cutting him desperately in two
paces over the temple. Some persons having pur-
sued him, he was taken, and handcuffed. Upon being
searched, a bag was found in his possession, contain-
ing a number of housebreaking articles, such as ske-
leton keys, &c. but dexterously contriving to slip his
hand out of the handcuff, he succeeded in effecting his
escape. The prisoner said that he knew nothing of
the other man, having merely undertaken to carry
the boiler for him, when he met him near Cow-lanv,
for which he was to have paid him sixpence. He was
remanded for farther examination.
A young woman named Montinden, charged George
riomas with violently issaulting her. The defeVant,

she said, bad sworn his life against.hisown wife; not-
withstanding which, he found his way into Mrs. Mon-
tinden's house, demanding his wife, and assaulting the
complainant. The defendant said, that his wife
would be one of the best in theworld, if she were let
alone by her relations, of whom the complainant was
'one ; but such was the effect of their society upon her
disposition, that she had attempted to cut his throat
whilst she thought he was asleep. It was in conse-
quence of this, that he had sworn against her : bet
wishing afterwards to be reconciled with her, he went
to the complainant's house, where she was, to bring
her home. He Was directed to find bail.
FRIENDSHIP, ROBBERY, AND CEDE. CON.—Jere-
wick Simpson was placed at the bar, charged with
being an accomplice in robbing Sampson Holbrook,
and also with feloniously receiving the property
stolen from the said Sampson. Mr. Sampson Hol-
brook, who is a tailor, told a long and remarkably
incomprehensible story, about gratitude and gold
rings, broad ribands, a £lO note, satin spencers, kid
shoes, " and caps, and ruffs, and fardingales, and
things," all of which, he said, had been stolen from
him by Mrs. Simplon, aided and abetted by her hus-
band, the prisoner. But he ended by declaring he
had " no wish to hurt him."—" Then what did you
bring him here for ?" asked the Magistrate ; to which
Mr. Sampson Holbrook replied, " Only that your
Worship might give him a little bit of advice about
giving me the things again." The prisoner, Jeremiah
Simpson, better known by the melanCholy appella-
tion of 66 Dismal Jerry," now claimed to be heard,
and his speech threw a considerable light on Samp-
son Holbrook's obscurity. He spoke of having had
at one time a warm heart both for love and friend-
ship, and of his susceptibilities in those matters hav-
ing been grossly outraged. He had taken unto him-
self a wife, who was dearer to him than his life ; and
a friend whom he valued beyond all things, except
his wife. That friend was Sampson Holbrook! In
the sincerity Mlles own heart, he had taken Sampson
into his. own house as a bosom counsellor, and Samp-
son had availed himself of this confidence, by crini.
ton.ish attacks upon his wife, dazzling her eyes and
bewildering her brain by the splendour of his pre-
sents ; and at length persuaded her to elope with
him to a lodging he had provided for her in a dif-
ferent part of the town. Repentance, however, took
possession of the lady, and she returned to her hus-
band, bringing with her all the presents she had re-
ceived from Sampson, her seducer. This, doubtless,
cut Sampson to the heat t, and in his rage he charged
her with stealing the said presents, and her unfortu-
nate spouse with receiving them. In conclusion, he
declared, that though Sampson had thus injured
him, he freely forgave him, and had no sort of ob-
jection to admit him once more as his friend.—The
Magistrate observed, that this being the case, be
would recommend them to depart in peace.—The
seducing Sampson instantly extended the right hand
of fellowship; " Dismal Jerry" received it with a
.hearty shake, and they departed the Office arm in.
arm, to the great amusement of all present.
QUEEN SOU Alt E.—Yesterday, Joseph Barker and
Jas. Field, alias Silver, were brought lip for re-exami•
nation, charged with robbing Mr. Stanleope's house,
in Sloane-street, of plate and other valuable property
to the amount of several hundred Founds. Our
Readers will recollect that we stated on a former oc-
casion this robbery to have been committed on the
evening of last Friday week, and the two prisoners
were taken up on suspicion of being concerned therein.
It appeared from the evidence, that Field was ob-
served lurking about the neighbourhood the day the
robbery was committed ; and Barker was in the habit
of visiting one of the female servants, under the pre-
tence of paying his addresses to her, whenever the
family were absent from home. The officers have not
been able to trace any of the property, and the Ma-
gistrates discharged the prisoners.
MA RY-LA• Bo N IC E.—Yesterday, it Gibbards,
Edward Evans, and Elizabeth Williams, were exa-
mined on suspicion of robbing Mr. Thompson, a
farmer at Elstree, who was meliby some footpads at
the end of West End-lane, about twelve o'clock on
Tuesday night, and robbed of two sovereigns and
some silver. They first drew his smock-frock-over his
head, and then knocked him down with a bludgeon,
and beat him till he became insensible.. Staples, an
officer, healing of the robbery, enquired into the cir-
cumstances, and learned- that Tnompson had been
drinking at the Bell, at Kilburn, till near 12 o'clock;
that the prisoners were time, and had left the house
when Thompson did ; and that Gibbards assisted in
leading him to the Red Lion, after the affair. On
meeting with, and questioning Gibbards, he hehaved
with great violence, denied that he had ever seen
Thompson, and declared he would not be taken.—
Ellis, the Bow-street patrol, however, coming up, he
was secured with some difficulty. On the road to
town they accidentally met the other male prisoner ;
the female was taken by a parish constable. Mr.
Thompson was unable to attend, and on the prisoners
being asked what they had to say ? Gibbards stated
that he was innocent of the robbery. He WAS coming
past the end of West End-lane about half-past five
o'clock in the morning on horseback, and saw a man
lying in the ditch, bleeding from his head, and that
he pulled him out and took him to the public-house,
and after that he went by the spot, and there found
a stick and handkerchief, which he brought back to
the house where the man lay ; and that was all he
'knew about it. Evans endeavoured to prove an alibi,
by stating that he was in the City with a man named
Humphries, at the time of the robbery. The female
prisoner denied all knowledge of the robbery, but
admitted having-been drinking with the prisoners at
the Bell public-house, at the time Mr. Thompson was
there. The Magistrates remanded the prisoners for
further
and
herexaimiuimnapthr
examination, in
with whomnorder that
Evans said h
thelandialord ofe
wasthe
in the City, might attend.

Tuesday, Mie,SHARPI, of the Bridge-street Asso-
ciation, tendered another bill to the Middlesex Grand
Inquest against the Proprietor of the News, which
shared the same fate as its predecessors—it was thrown
out. The bill was founded on comments on former
bills, inserted in the News of the 28th of last October ;
the same alleged libel for which Mr. SHARPE, the
other day, wished to hold Mr. PRIPPS to bail at Bow-
street. 'Ili: makes the seventh unsuccessful attempt
which Mr. SHARPE and his Company have made
against Mr. PHIPPS, all grounded oft the insertion of
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