Star.
London, England, 1826-09-08 00:00:00

MARY-LA-BONNE.

Jaws Moeinseitien was charged with assaulting kit wife. She
stated, that her husband was is the habit of beating her for some
time back; and the preceding night, in particular, as they were in
bed together, he struck her so severely as the face, that the blood
sowed profusely ; they have three meg children. Mrs. Austin
stated, that the and her hesised bodge in the same house with the
prisoner; as the night resedsesd, she was awakened by the cry of
murder from the prisoner's room ; she went in, and saw Mn.s
Maclaucklan's head bleeding. The prisoner admitted the charge,
but promised that be would never do it again.—Committed.
Henry Gamin was charged with assaulting a little boy in a vio-
lent manner. -

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It appeared, from the boy's statement, that he gave no provoca
doe twain pawner. The prisoner acted in a most violent nanny
before the Magistrate, which left An impression that he wa► tithe

drurilt or mad. He answered th• Magistrate ih a laconic mane,, r,
..nd the case excited tr.ueh laughter.
He was discharged, and on quitting the Office the father of the
boy committed a most Vi alert assault upon the prisoner, who r•.
turned covered with blood, and a warrant was instantly granted for
the assault.

Wednesday night Miss Townsend broUght up an Italian, named
Francisco Manigettis en suspicion of defrauding her of 41.
She said she formerly resided in Orafton-itteet East, and Fran.
cisco applied there to hire apartments for hil Captain. The land.
lady was out, but as the servant knew the witness was acquainted
with a Captain, she thought he must be the same, and accordingly
introduced Frandsen to her. She soon discovered the mistake, but
Francisco produced a watch, which he said was gold, and a valuable
shawl, which he said he had smuggled from the ship, and he would
get the witness to lend him 4i on the security of these articles, to
pay the duty on some ether things the Captain had brought home.
She fell into the snare, the articles proved worthksa, and she beard
nothing more of the Captain or Francisco tiU that evening. when the
latter came to her present residence in the Hampstead Road, and
began with his usual enquiry about the apartments that were to let,
and she had him secured. She was tolerably sure be was the same
man, but thought he looked much older and thinner than before.
The Clerk produced a memorandum of a Lady in the lidgeware
Road being tricked in a similar way by two foreigners.
Francisco, in reply, said, the affair in Grafton street happened IS
months ago, while he had only been It months in England Ha
was looking fur lodgings in good earliest for his master, who was
acquainted with the Dukes of York, Susses. Portland, Buckingham,
&c. and who now lived in St. James's•street. His master was
Mr. Eberlyn, a German Gentleman.

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Mr. 01111M111 said, if he had given a true account he should be
discharged, if false he would be detained.
An Officer made the enquiry, his story proved correct, and the
Lady, therefore, it was evident, was mistaken.—lle was discharged.

LA NI BETH-3TR SET.

Joseph Richards, a lad employed in the Mint, was charged with
stealing a blank piece of gold, intended to receive the impression of
a sovereign. The prisoner offered it for sale at Mr. Campion's, the
pawnbroker, in Whitechapel Road, who suspecting that it came
from the Mint, detained the prisoner, and traced out that he was a
workman there. Mr. Atkinson, a nromeyer, stated, the prisoner
had been employed since February 1623 ; on the day he was stopped,
nine such blanks were missed, and several bad been stolen before.
They used every precaution ;bet there was on that day foil 100,0001.
in course of being coined.—The prisoner offered no defenoc.-,-
Committed.