Star.
London, England, 1829-12-05 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BOW-STREET.
A poor creature, who stated that she had not slept in a bed for
six weeks, was brought up by a police constable, who found her in
the streets about two o'clock in the morning. It appeared that she
was one of the bread and ebeese poor of St. Giles's. Sir RISHAID
ordered her to be taken to the Overseer of that parish, with a re-
quest that she might be admitted ; but the officer who accompanied
her stated, on his return, that a shilling was given to her by the
Overseer, who instantly dismissed her.
Sir If icuA an observed, that be intended the poor creature should
be taken into the house, and not treated in this way, as she ap-
peared to him to be a real object of compassion. He supposed, how.
ever, that this shilling was given bar with a view of saddling her on

Ate other parish, as-that ;as now the practice of Overseers.
A fellow, named Andrew Bell, was charged with having been
concerned in a violent assault committed on two genteel young men,
brothers, who stated that, as they were walking under the Piazzas
the night before, the defendant struck one of them in the eye. Not
wishing to get into a fight, the party injured requested his brother
not to mind the circumstance, observing that the defendant and his
companions were nothing more than pickpockets. This expression
bad scarcely been uttered when the brothers were attacked by the
defendant and four other ruffians who beat them in a most dreadful
manner, and would have murdered them in all probability but for
the interference of the police, who only succeeded in confining the
defendant. The brothers lost their silk pocket handkerchiefs in
the affray.
Sir RICHAILD BMUS said it was a very gross case. The object
of the parties could not be doubted ; and he therefore ordered the
defendant to find bail for the assault.
M A RLBOROUG H-STREET.

Anne Drumnuntd was yesterday placed at the bar before the Pre.
siding Magistrate, J. E. Commis, Esq. charged with stealing a few
articles of plate, the property of Mr. Henry Moore.
The prosecutor did not attend, but the circumstances of the
case adduced before the Magistrate were briefly these. A
private watchman deposed that be was standing upon his beat
about nine o'clock on Thursday evening, when be saw the female
and a gentleman (Mr. Henry Moore) standing on the pavement
in earnest conversation, and they immediately afterwards walked
away ; but the gentleman returned in about an hour's time, and in-
forme the watchman that the female had robbed him, and that if
be (the watchman) saw bee again, he was to take her into custody.
About an hour and a half afterwards he saw the prisoner, and ap-
prehended her. Upon searching her at the watchhouse the articles
of plate which Mr. Moore had mentioned were found upon her.
In defence the prisoner gave quite another version of the affair.
The gentleman, she said, had met her, and had insisted upon her
going home to his house to partake of some supper. She ac-
quiesced, and after the banquet was finished, the gentleman, turn.
ing to a sideboard, said, " Here, rake what you like best of this
plate, as I intended to have made you a present in money," and the
prisoner in continuation observed, " and of course I took those
things which were offered."
The worthy Magistrate, after paying great attention to the case.
remanded the prisoner until Tuesday, granting a summons for the
attendance of Mr. Moore.
Mr. Davies, an opulent tobacconist, residing in the Quadrant,
appeared yesterday at this Office for the third or fourth time, to
answer an information laid against him by the parish officers of St.
James's, for selling cigars on Sunday evening.
Mr. Davies did not deny the offence, and was convicted in the
penalty of ss. and costs.