Star.
London, England, 1828-06-19 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE

GUILD II A LL.
Joseph Weaver, a boy about fourteen years of age, was ►brought
before Mr. Alderman VENASLIS, yesterday, charged with stealing
eighteen ounces of giver ore from the premises of Messrs. Brown
and Wind, refiners, Wood-street. Mr. Brlnd stated, that the.
prisoner was in the habit of coming frequently to their counting-
house to purchase fine silver, and having been suspected foe some
time, witnesot observed his motions closely yesterday mornirg,
When he called to buy some silver, to the amount of about Ss. 10d.
While his head was turned from the part where the prisoner was
standing, he noticed that lie snatched something out of a tray on
the counter, and immediately left the place. Witness opened a
window, and called out " Stop thief;" upon which some of bis
servants pursued the prisoner, and overtook him in Addle-street,
Wood-street, he having just before thrown away two pieces of ster-
ling silver, which were picked up. The pieces could nut be singly
identified, hut they were silver, in the same state as the rest in the
tray, and upon the contents of the tray being weighed, there was a
deficiency of eighteen ounces, which was precisely the weight of
the pieces in question. The value of them was above 90s.—The
prisoner was committed fur trial.
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Louisa Armstrong. a girl of the town, was charged with stealing
two 5/. Bank of England notes. Mr. John Smith, a respectable-
looking middle-aged man, stated that on Monday afternoon he met
the prisoner by accident in the street. and being pleased with her
per-on, and still more with a romantic story respecting her birth
and family. and believing her to he the daughter of a Devonshire
Magistrate. he took her to a public-house and treated ber with ale.
They afterwards repaired to another public-house, and there the
circumstance occurred which gave rise to this charge. The prose-
cutor, it appeared, accidently drew from his pocket a parcel, con-
taining two 5/. notes, and it fell at the feet of the defendant. who,
picked it up, and after she had examin. d it, and declared the notes
were not worth twopence. she returned a tat!ot's bill to the po o-
secutor, and said she would keep the money unlit she was !Nought
, before her betters. The landlord of the hou-e *.a:iit for an officer,
who searched her, but the notes were not tumid, She was coin.

witted to Newgate for trial.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
William Jackson, a young man about twenty years of age, who
described funnel( to be a sailor, recently returned from the East
Indies in the Buckingham East Indiamais, was charged with com-
mitting the following daring extensive burglary at Addison House,
Kensington, the residence of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Richard
Fox, eldest soh of Lord Holland, and son-in-law to the Duke of
Clarence :—Col. Fox, who was accompanied to the office by Lord
Bingham. deposed, that on the preceding evening be returned home
from Holland House about Owen o'clock, and rambled in the li-
brary until half.past one, when he retired to rest. He was awoke
about six o'clock by one of the servants, who told him that the
house had been broken into: and on proceeding down stairs he'
found the panels of the outside door had been forced open with
a centre-bit, and also the panels of an inner door, through which
the thieves had effected their entrance iutu the house. On going
into the drawing-room he missed two French clocks, worth about
eta and a portable silver inkstand ; and on entering the library he
found that a pair of silver candlesticks, a silver inkstand, and two
silver forks, had been taken away, besides a variety of articles,
consisting of French bijuuterie belonging to Mrs. Fox. The Colo-
nel estimated his loss at nearly 2001.
About four o'clock in the morning the prisoner was stopped by a
patrol in Piccadilly, who insisted upon searching a bundle which he
carried under his arm. The prisoner said the bundle contained his
clothes ; but on being examined it was found to contain two silver
candlesticks, two silver forks, a silver inkstand, an ornamental work
box, a scent bottle, and some Ladies' trinkets, all of which were
identified by Colonel Fox. The workbox had Mrs. Fox's maiden
name," Mary Insclarence," engraved on the cover. Colonel Fox
exprssed his surprise that a little spaniel, which lay close to the
inner door, had not alarmed the house, but it was stated by the
patrol that the burglars might have given the dog a preparation I
on a piece of liver, which bad the effect of silencing the animal
without doing him any injury. The prisoner said that be saw three
men digging under a hedge that morning, about four miles from
Uxbridge, who, on seeing him approach, ran away, and lett the plate
and stock of the centre-bit behind, which he picked up.—He was
remanded for examination.
WORSHIP-STREET.
Johnson and Co. were at this Office yesterday in support of two
informations against Mr. Matthew Milton. proprietor of a Windsor
stage. The defendant did not attend. Johnson called William
F.ssex, who proved that on the 26th of May and the 2d of June,
the defendant bad 13 outside passengers on his coach, being one
more than his Humber. Defendant was convicted in the penalty
of U. and 1 ts. costs on the first; and 51. with Bs. costs on the second
information.
Lewis Dankly and Thomas Hill were brought up by West, a
Bethnall.green constable. It appeared that on Monday evening a
fight took place in the fields, and the officers and watchmen inter-
fered, when the prisoners made a brutal attack upon a private watch-
man, named Sears, whom they beat unmercifully with his own thick
stick, and left him in a dreadtul condition.—They were remanded.
LA M BET 11-STREET.
Thomas Walker was charged with the following highway robbery :1
Joseph Spencer stated, that he was returning home along White-
chapel on Tuesday night, when be was surrounded by five or six
fellows, and robbed of his pocket-book, containing a number
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bills of exchange.—Edward Winter,* watchman, heard the cry of
stop thief, and saw the prisoner running away: he pursued Was,
and took him to the watchhouse.—George Webb, another watch-
man, saw the prisoner throw the pocket-book away, which he now
produced, and was identified by the prOsecutor. He was fully
committed.—The prisoner was locked up in Whitechapel Watch-
house about two months ago, and contrived while there to pick the
packet of a fellow prisoner, an Officer of the Customs ; but being
obliged to go to Ireland, he could not prosecute, and he was then
'sent to the House of Correction for a month.
TOWN-HALL
James Taylor, an honest poor fellow, who gets his living by selling
v•letables, was summoned, at the instance of the Commissioners of
Pavement ft.r the East Division of Southivark, under Michael
Angelo Taylint's Act, for exposing a basket of cabbages for sale on
the foot-path on Saturday night.
Alderman J. J. Siam thought a promise not to repeat the offence
would probably suffice, but Mr. Cutto said the orders at the Com-
missioners were peremptory; and the Magistrate having no power
of mitigation, the penalty of 40s. was inflicted. "I am not in pos-
session of as many farthings," said the defendant, " or any property,
except the clothes on my back ;" and there being'no other resort,
I be was committed to the Borough Compter for seven days.
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Wednesday night the farm house at Snipe House,
near Alowick, occupied by Mr. John Marshall, .vas de-
stroyed by fire.
Sunday the bar. of the Globe Tavern, Moorgate,
was robbed of 8001. in notes, cash, &c.
A well dressed Lady lately cheated several jewellers
of Manclie,tet and Liverpool, by selling to each a silver
chain, strongly gilt, for gold.
LIVERPOOL, JUNE 16.—Thursday the master and
mate of a vessel, lately arrived here from Bahia, were
brought up to the Town Hall in custody, to be exa-
mined before Aldermen %V. Nicholson and Thomas Lit
tledale, Esquires, upon an information, chat ging them
(under the statute 7 George IV. cap. 48, sec. 16), with
having been round on board the said vessel at the time
of her becoming liable to seizure and forfeiture, in con-
sequence of a quantity of brandy being-found on board
thereof in smaller packages than is allowed by law, the
same not being for ship's use. Mr. Richard Brooke,
solicitor, attended to prosecute the information on the
part of the Board of Customs, and Mr. Hall, the bar-
rister, appeared as Counsel for the defendants. It ap-
peared in evidence (the witnesses being Mr. Edmond.,
the Tide Surveyor, who rummaged the vessel on her
arrival, his boatmen who assisted him, and several of
the crew of the vessel), that on her being searched on
the Ch instant a considerable quantity of brandy, in,
quart bottles, was found stowed away in different parts
of the vessel, where places had been ingeniously con-
trived and fitted up for the purpose of concealment.
which was seized. both the detendants being present.
The vessel thereby became liable to forfeiture. and the,
defendants, as belonging to the vessel, subject to a pe-,
nalty of 1001. each, or, being seafaring persons, to be'
sent to serve for five years on board some of his Ma-
jesty's ships or vessels of war. The Magistrates, on
hearing the evidence, being convinced of the privity of
the defendants to the concealment of the brandy with
an intention of smuggling it, convicted them both, and
sentenced them to serve five years in the Navy. On the
application of Mr. Brooke, they were committed to the
Borough Gaol, to remain until arrangements can be
made for conveying them on board one of his Majesty's
ships of war.