Star.
London, England, 1826-09-05 00:00:00

BOWSTREET.

.1 ~An Anent, a little blind old man, meanly dressed, was yesterday
brought beft.sre Mr. HALLS, at the instance of Messrs. Coutts, the
bankers in the Strand, who that morning gave him into custody,
upon his prestnting for payment a cheque for 50/. drawn by him-
self upon their bank, upon property which he alleges wilfully or
erroneously to have been there deposited by him ; but for which
allegation Messrs. Coutts affirm there is not the slightest foundation.

A clerk in Messrs. Comte bank attended—not so much in sup-
port of the charge, he said, but to have the defendant prevented
from annoying them with his cheques in the manner he had that
morning done, as well as repeatedly before.
In reply,the defendant contended that he was right in asserting
that be had money in Messrs. Coutts' bank ' • and be went into the
details of the circumstances, hut obit suchrapidity of utterance,
that it was very difficult to gather what he said. It appeared from
his statement, that for sometime previous to the year 1814, and
before be quite lost the use of his sight, he resided in Clue-street,
°Wiens (Oakhampton), with one Thompson, a relation of his, who
was the owner of a small vessel, called the Betsy, in which he
traded to the Coast of France with contraband goods. This man
was very rich; and he told the defendant that when he died be
should leave him a great deal of money—and when he did die, he
left him one hundred and three thousand pounds, he being his
nearest relation.
Mr. HALLS here interrupted him, and asked if it was left him
by will.
Defendant said no ; and he was asked how he knew that it had
been left to him? lie replied that Thomson told him he bad left
it for him ; and besides, he saw the money himself, for it was be-
fore he went quite blind. There were, he said, 75 one thousand
pound• notes, and 56 five hundred notes. All these he took himself
to Comte bank ; having first got a man, named Jones, who then
lived in St. Martin's.lane' to accompany him, for the purpose of
slowing him the way to tbe bank, and to see that be was not im-
post d urns. When they got to the bank it was between seven and
eight o'clock in the morning, and they were introduced to Mr.
Conn' himself, who entered the numbers of the notes in the book.
Messrs. Coutts' clerk said the defendant must belabouring undue
some strange delusion. It was quite improbable that the defending•
should ever have seen Mr. Courts at all under such circumstaneell,
and if the numbers bad been entered, as the defendant bad so posi-
tive! y asserted, the honks would have shewn it, but they did not.
The defendant said be could not be mistaken, and he very cir-
cumstantially described the counting house in which this interview
with Mr. Coutts took place, and repeated a conversation they bad
she it the money. The most material part of this conversation is
enstaiattl in the following affidavit, which the defendant made a
Jew years back, when Mews. Courts disputed his claims upon
them. It ran thus :
" I, John Anglin, of No. 76, Ewer-street. Southwark, depose,
that I went to Mr. Coutts and Co.'s banking-house, in the Strand,
in the city and liberty of Westminster, in the latter end of the
month of May. In the year 1814. I then and there deposited In
the hands of the late bk. Coutts and Co. the sum of one hundred
and three thousand pounds in Bank of England notes. I made an
agreement with the late Mr. Coutts to receive floe per cent. interest
on the whole property. The first three months interest, viz. for
June, July, and August, in the year 1814, was drawn by a Miss
Murray, of River-terrace, Islington.
(Signed) "JOHN ANGLIN.
" Sworn before me, at the Mansion House, 25th day of
October, 1844, " 11. WA ITH M A N, Mayor."
Messrs. Coutts' clerk said it was impossible bit. Courts ever
could have made such an agreement.
A Mr. Macdonald was then proceeding to enter into the de-
fendant's ease. when—
Mr. Haw asked hint if be was a professional man, and if so,
how he could take in hand a case of such manifest absurdity?
Mr. Macdonald said he was not a professional fnan ; and he
knew nothing more of the defendant's ease than what be had told
hint. He bad interfered at the desire of a friend of the de-
fendant's; and be thought the defendant was not altogether mis-
taken. He begged to know if his Worship would desire Messrs.
Coitus to let him examine their books?
Mr. Hares said certainly not, and expressed his surprise that
such a question should have been asked.
Messrs. Coutts' clerk repeated that they had examined their
books, and they could find nothing in them relating either to the
defendant or his money.
Mr. Ewa said the defendant was evidently labouring under
some strange delusion. He asked the defendant where Jones, the
man who was with him when to paid the money into the bank,
Was? He replied that " he might be somewhere in London, but
he couldn't find him." He then said that be had often given
cheques en the bank to Junes and a man named Nicholls, and to
bliss Murray mentioned in the affidavit, and they had been paid.
Mr. HALLS—How do you know that?
Defendant—Oh, they told me so.
blr. Um= asked him if he had ever got any money himself for
his cheques, and he replied that he had not.
Some further desultory conversation ensued. Among other things,
it appeared, that the defendant cohabited with Miss Murray, who,
he said, would have killed him, if be had not got away from her.—
And on one occasion he came to London with 8,0001. of which she
vent 4.000/. and he another thousand.
Dlr. Das! s said, though this was a case in which he bad no juris-
diction, he had listened to it that the patties might have an oppor-
tunity of explaining; and as it was, he should discharge the defend-
ant, who, if lie still meant to persist in his tlaim, Must have recourse
to the law : and if he again issued dtafts on blesses. Coutts, be
w nu Id render himself liable to be apprehended for the misdemeanour.
The parties then retired.
The driver of one of the mail carts was summoned to answer the
complaint of a poor woman whose son bad been run over and con-
detahly injured in consequence of the furious manner in which
t'sk- cart was driven.
;lr. Waterhouse, the coach proprietor, sent a person to the office
to defend the case. It appears that he is the contractor for these,
cans, and in ord. r to excuse the furious matinee in which they are
driven, the defence set op was, that they were allowed only
t.O minutes to drive from the Posto ffice to the White Ilorse Cellar,
Piccadilly.
Mr. Ilaabs, the Magistrate, would not listen to such an excuse
to defend a practice of such a dangerous description.
The poor woman, after a great deal of trouble and much shuffling
on the part of the person who represented Mr. Waterhouse, oh.
tained the remuneration of if. to compensate her for the injury sus-
tained by her soil, who was considL rably injured by the accident.
Taylor, a tailor, in Bear-street, Leicester-square, whose do•
recstie glans were a short time since brought before tLe public at
the isitaiun I louse, was yesterday brought to this ofli.c, charged

with bienoty, on the information of " Thomas Thompson, merchant.
of Buckiersbury," for feloniously intermarrying with one Mary
Bond, his wife Ann being then living.
The prisoner admitted the second marriage, bat declared that at
the time he had good reason to believe that bin first wife was dead,
and at that time she had left him fourteen years or more ; and she
was a woman of very bad character, for after she left him she lived
with two persons,—a Mr. Tibbett and a Mr. Bragg, by both of
whom she bad children. He was admitted to bail.
An application was afterwards made by Taylor's solicitor to be
permitted to have a copy of the information. He assured the Ma-
gistrates that this charge was a conspiracy on the part of certain
persons to suit their own purposes.
Mr. Hatt.s, after some demur, granted the application.
I►IAItLBOROUGU•STREET.

John Sattpders, a long raw-boned carpenter, with an amiable
stupidity of •countenance, rolled up to the Bench, and charged a
neat little pet;t female emigrant front Pye-street, Westminster, with
having extra/tea a silver watch front the it dark abyss" of his calico
watch-pocket. Ile was in a state of single blessedness retiring to
his couch on Saturday night with his week's wages snug in his poc-
ket, and his watch in his fob, when be was accosted in Oxford-
street by the prisoner. Ile found her so well calculated to amuse,
by her attractive powers of conversation, that he did not part with
her till after an amusing tree-a•tete. in Oxford-road, when he found
that she had not only beguiled hint of his carts, but at the same
time of his watch. On discovering his loss he politely requested
the Lady to return it; her amusing conciliations were instantly
changed to the yellings of a fury, which were only quieted by her
being placed under the protection of the Cerberus of the watch-
house.—The Lady denied all knowledge of the watch, which had
not been found, and was ordered to find bail for her good behaviour.

Mr. George amity, hair dresser and billiard table keeper, of
Pickering-place, St. James's, appeared to a summons, at the in-
stance of Mr. Golding, for exercising his worldly calling on the
Lonn's Day, contrary to the provisions of the Statute.
Mr. Cleasby admitted keeping the house, and having a table, but
did no more than the whole of his neighbours. The Travellers'
Club played every Sunday evening ;so did all the clubs. His could
not be called a public table; he gave no public intimation—it was
not written up that he had a billiard table; he never took any
money for Sunday's play ; certainly he did on other days. Surely
he might play privately with a few friends, just to pass an hour. Is
he liable to an information if he strikes a ball on a Sunday ? lie did
nut understand the summons; it said fur working on a Sunday.
Mr. CONANT told the defendant, it was not moral for a man, with
a family, to suffer gambling in his house on Sunday. It signified
nothing l is not writing it up; the frequenters of his rooms knew
very well that be kept a billiard table. There was no liability in
his doing that ; but the play must not be carried on on Sunday. As
the matter was not pressed, on his undertaking to discontinue the
play on the Sundays, be should dismiss the information, on the pay.
ment of the costs-3s. 6d. _

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Mr. Cleasby having nude the promise, paid the 3s. 6d. and the
parties separated.
MARY-LA.-BONNE.

LUDICROOS Itimaza.—Yesterday, an old man, named Craunston,
was charged with committing a most violent assault upon the per-
son of Miss Bradshaw, on her road to Chapel.
Miss Ann Bradshaw (who is an antiquated maiden) stated, that
as she was going to Tottenham-court Chapel, on Sunday morning,
dressed in her silk gown, red shawl, and Leghorn bonnet, the de.
fendant laid violent hands upon her, tossed her shawl twice round
her neck, and almost strangled her by holding it tight under her
throat, threw her down, dragged her across the street, all in the
mud; and by his violent shaking, repeatedly struck her in her
bgsom. The bonnet, gown, and shawl being produced, bore strong
evidence in favour of Miss Bradshaw's testimony.
Mr. Booconvori—This is a singular charge ; what provocation did
you give him ? Miss Bradshaw—None in the world, Sir, I never

iaw him before with my eyes.
Mr. BROUOIITON—Did he want to get your money, or offer to kiss
you? Oh! no, Sir! (said Miss Bradshaw) he did not attempt to
rob me nor even to kiss me.

Mr. BILOVOIITON--.I should suppose not ; I think you are rather
gone by that time of day ; but all this renders the thing still more
mysterious.--64 1 can explain it all, your Worship," said a female
in the back ground. "I am glad of it," replied Mr. Broughton,
" we will hear you presently."
Mrs. Mary Ann King, of Charlotte-street, Portland-place, said,
that at about half past ten o'clock on Sunday morning her attention
was aroused by a most piteous cry of, " Oh, Oh ! help, help!" She
went to her window, and saw the old man dragging the elderly
lady across the road, and at the same time shaking her with great
violence. Thinking it to be a quarrel between a man and his wife,
carried to a serious extreme, she went into the street, and repri-
manded him for his conduct, when be turned round, gave her ax
oath, and at the same time a blow on her mouth. She believed him
to be tipsy.
Mr. Baotioneos called for an explanation from the female behind.
Margaret Evans---I beg pardon, your Worship, Mr. Craunston
is a very industrious man • he is a shoemaker, and no relation of
mine • but he has had a little money left him, and be is near-
sighted; and if you please, your Worship, his wife is most in fault,
for she wears a Leghorn bonnet, a red shawl, and a silk gown, and
she is the very picture of that Lady, height and all; and she took
his money, and ran away from him, on Saturday; she is more to
blame than he is • and if you please your Worship, he hit this
Lady instead of wife ; its only a mistake, your Worship, that's ail.
Mr. Baoutuivou—This is a strange mistake, and a singular ex-
planation; what have you to say for yourself (addressing the de-
fendant)/ Why, Sir, my wife robbed me, and the Lady's shawl is
very much like my wife's shawl—And you were drunk (said
Mr. Baouonton), and could not tell one woman from another. I
shall commit you, and you must go to prison, unless you can make
your peace with Miss Bradshaw.