Star.
London, England, 1816-10-15 00:00:00

POLICE.

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MAtattfil MIXT •
Dicheramet was bro, tto ilgOa.ctist! !ttor?,,,brieti r
officetripors a • of sold books get.-sr,
its!, "wont *set the officer said, he' d
receivedlnforira thit the istisooer's trade was that
of selling indecent publicatiohs of all kinds, and that
he,duzck the prisoner in the act of disposing of
two to the gtiard of a coach, who 'was exa-
Ininifig -the pictures, to which 'there were notes fully
explanatory.—The prisoner %aid that poverty had
driven him to the trade of exbibiting*the books. but
denied that be had whiney. - lie 'was immediately
ordered to find bail. • .
A Waterman, named Braised, was summoned by'
J. Patrick,lor having cut a rope in the river, which
fastened a sloop to a „ pile near Sills's wharf, in the
neighbourhood of the Southwark bridge, as he was
rowing across the river. It was proved by others,
as well, as acknowledged by the waterman, that he
had cut the rope ; but it was also proVed that the
waterman had. called- to a person in the sloop to
lower the rope ; that -the sewn% was refused, and
that if he had not cut it, fatal consequences might
have ensued.—The proprietor of the wharf stated,
that the sloop shat fastened to a pile which he consi-
dered his private property, and that the waterman
had no right. to pass beyond the barrier which' the
rope presented.
The Lotto MAYOR having observed, that the refit.
.sal of the person in the sloop to lower the rope, from
which so much danger was apprehended, wits twist
inhuman, directed the water bailiff to ascertain Who-
-tlier the part of the river to which Mr. Sills chimed
a private and exclusive right was the King's highway.
The water bailiff decided in the affirmative; the
waterman. of course, is subject to no penalty.
Nine fishermen were brought lip by the deputy
Water bailiff, en a charge of having used unlawful'
nets, called bait 'nets, in the river, between Black.'i
wall and Barking Creek. The nets were proved to
be calculated to destroy the small brood and fry of
fish. Seven of the nom were fined Ws. each, the
fines of the other two Were remitted, in consideration
of this readiness with which they gave up their nets.

QUJAIN Rueßeßt tird-Oaamm.—Jeueer
.Crawford, a boy 12 year's of age, knd. John Norris,
;aged 11, were charged •by Mrs/Watten, a lady re-
siding at No. 4, Lower Sloane:street, with robbing
her garden of half a peck of pears. • Witness stated,
'that the wall of her garden • was ten feet high, and
lhad 'Man spikes•On it; but all was unavailable against
the continued attacksand depredations of the two pri-
soners and inher boys in that neighbourhood ; she
said she could not walk in her garden in any degree
of safety—these boys were constantly throwing stones,
saucepans, old candlesticks, oyster • shells, and
other missiles, to knock down the pears; and there
was at present a heap of these swept together that
would fill a bushel: She did not see the prisoners
Commir this robbery, but one 'her neighbottrs did.
Mr. R. Gardener, 6t George-street, Sloane-Square.
builder, 'deposed, that his front windows commanded
a vitas, of the garden of the prosecutrix that last
bletiday morning, about sit o'clock, he saw From
his bed-room window the pear.treel in said garden
Making violently, and as there was little or no wind
he supposed somebody was niatkidg free with the
relit'; he therefore dressed hitnielf its speedily at pos.
iible, and on going to his door i few minntes after,
be saw the two prisoners come over the garden wall
aforesaid, with pears in their hats, pockets.' &c. and
another lad named Lovell, older and stouter than
the prisoners, waiting for them outside the wall t
they were eating pears and liughtrig, 'if they
thOugln they' had done a giod thing: knew them all
eery well for years past. He stated, that the damage
done to the pear trees by their branches beinghroked
Was much more in amount than 'even the value of
'lnsisters, besides the irOntpikeshioken from the dip
'Of the wall.— Prisoners were remanded tor a weet'to
;give time to find Lovell, who his absconded, as they
bad also done ever since they found they Were disco-
Vieted, and were only taken yesterday morning.
• UNION;IIALL,Rnive j'llAres.—lt is a well known
circumstance, that robberies of Late have 'been fre-
quentoa the River, both above and helots; bridge,
and that the perpetrators of them were a desperate
'gang of eillaina, who to a certain client have set the
POliee at defianee. and on. many. occasions hive even
lasiuitled'their dress and character to assist them in
their schemes, gadder. Lately. Mr. E. Shaw, of
•Buff..WhistiThiniegetreet, 'gave codex at this effice,
that st bargefielorigingt# hint, lying in the Aver, hid
beed'plundared of it No of goods, containing tour
rolls'of superfine ;Torts, and sivesal other valuable ar-
tieleahe also described she Perrin of the men who
he suspected had been:Concerned in, the robbery. In
conseethence of hit information May, Goff, and Hall,
the tallfiCeri. apprehended the five following persons.
Sateen Stout resistance._ at one of their houses of resort,
on the Surrel-side of the bridge; namely—Dunkley,
-Pipet, thomai.Duffin, and Armstrong, and brought
them before Mr.. EVANS% when May WON to them
its teptlitint thiirela and further deposed, that he sus.
.peCtetiftei*
_of hating concerned in divers rob-
blr on the *tier and elsewhere. As
.however, were not yet ready with their
eigialkee./..the prisoners Were committed for re-eta-
Ad-rstiberoa —A beggar lately taken before the
NtakilltiatiA Itt.lakedia,ind in .whom possessil-n was
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of /told as noticed. in this
egt xonlVgalt 4Wd"at his grandson's house
ra dao:since, in the fitSl year of his
fie; hi hip 040 to the moment of hi,s
ao 'o)d, bag, which. contained silver and cop.,
;peel-and after* hii demise, on'his waistcoat being
• taidefroni-the body, it was found to contain ga'ness,:
half-guineas, and seven shillings pieceh to the
inioUneof'/E7i4 separately stitched in the lining,. so
;asitiitortis a &tante or girdle, and upwards .at t6O
tnoiie found other 'part. of. his garment in crowns,
'hait.cfoitnst .shillingsr and iizienvea .

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