Star.
London, England, 1826-10-28 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

Marlin Hughes, the landlord of the Blue Pons, in Brewer-street,
was summoned for suffeting boys and girls to gamble in his house,
and for late hours.

Tuesday morning, Samuel Harris and Ames Aaron, two appren.
tiers, with a little girl of 15, named Elisabeth Horabs, were taken
up by the watchman, in St. James-street, at a quarter after one in
the morning, and taken to the watebbouse as suspicious characters.
—ln the morning, before Mr. CONANT, they stated that they had
been to a dance at the Blue Posts, where there was a fiddler and a
raze, for which they paid 6d. that there were 50 or 40 of them,
boys and girls, women and men ; they first danced, at eleven bad
the raffle, after which two soap were sung, and at a quarter to
twelve they departed, and were going to see Ann Dunn home, the
young girl who put up the nine, when the watchmen took them.
The master of the lads and the mother of the girl were present, and
said obey went to the public house without their consent.
Mr. CONANT ordered summonses against the landlord, wbo plead-
ed guilty to the gambling with dice; the information for late hours
was abandoned. The witnesses were heard in aggravation; after
which, the Magistrates reprehended Hughes on the demoralizing
effects of permitting such young persons and apprentices to gamble
and remain in his house to such an hour, and fined him W. and
Bs. 6d. costs.

Yesterday, Elizabeth Evens, the young woman whom we reported
on Wednesday as having lost her parents when very young, and
whose mother died on the same day her father was buried, when
herself and two sisters were left unprovided for, was brought up on
a charge of robbing a baker of various sums. From the reluctance
of Mr. Jackson, to whom she was apprenticed four years since, to
take her back after the examination on Tuesday, and who was pre-
sent yesterday, Mr. Commet, the Magistrate, supposed him insti.
eatery to the present charge ; but after an explanation, the Magistrate
said be was glad of the opportunity of conecdng his surmise.
Rowe, a baker in Saffron-hill, and who has a house for the
sale of bread in Gray's Inn-lane, stated that about five weeks since
he hired the prisoner to attend his shop in Gray's Inn-lane, where
she was to sell bread and flour, and account to him at the week's end.
At the end of the first week, the prisoner was deficient in her account
10s. which he overlooked, on her excuse of having sold the bread
under price, and supposing she might make mistakes the first week.
The next week she was 18s. short, and could not account for it.
He told her there must be something wrong, which he could not
suffer, and applied to a man she called her uncle, who said if be
would try the girl another week be would be answerable for her.
His wife being ill, and disappointed in groin another, he continued
her the following week, with a caution that if the accounts were
not right then he should discharge her. For several days be saw
she was going on wrong, and got another. His wife went to Gray's.
inn-lane, and asked for the key of the till to get the money? She
said she had it not, and that her uncle had the money, which was
false, as be could prove. He was sent for, and the man she called
her uncle came, whom he gave Charge of as a party to the robbery;
but at the watchhouse he consented to his discharge, on an under.
standing that the money should be accounted for. Altogether she
was deficient 2i. 81.6 d. for bread and flour, and 6s. for rent.

Mr. Gough, the uncle, whom Mr. Conant complimented on
Tuesday for his moral feeling for a girl of seventeen, said he en-
gaged the girl with Rode, at is. 6d.-per week, to serve and sleep in
the shop. A fortnight after the girl told him her master bad turned
het out. Ile went to Rowe, told him he was sure the girl was
honest, and would not rob him of a penny. He replied her accounts
were wrong; be could not account for it, and that he might take
her away if he liked. He agreed to be answerable for her honesty,
and to keep the girl in place, agreed to pay Rowe a sovereign,
and gave him a note, acknowledging so much as a debt. He re-
monstrated with Rowe on his sending for money in the day, and
making a girl like her account to bins for a week; but to prevent
any more mistakes, consented to cast up the account every night, and
return the money in the morning. After this arrangement, Mrs.
Rowe came so the shop in Gray's-inn-Inne, and took away the
money. Displeased with this, witness went to Rowe to know the
reason? he said he did not know why she did it, she must be either
drunk or mad. Mrs. Rowe returns* abused the. girl, and raised a
mob. From information he received that Mrs. Rowe meant to make a
disturbance, be placed himself in an opposite house to be in readiness.
A fight ensued between Rowe and his wife • she chased him round
the shop with a knife, swearing her husband was connected with
M the girl ;in the scum the wife's fingers were cut across. Mrs.
Rogers, to whom Mrs. Howe went, said she took 30s. out of the
till, and told her husband it was 205. Witness took the girl away
that night, and returned with her the next morning, and explained
to Rowe that when the girl said she had no money be had taken it
for safety. Witness took the girl to Mrs. Cockerell's, at Gray's
Inn-lodge, where Rowe came with a baker, as a constable, to ap-
prehend the girl ; he promised her to be forthcoming at Hatton-
garden, and the baker laid he would take his word. At nine o'clock
next morning Rowe brought a blacksmith, and said be was a con-
stable. Witness said he would keep his word to be at Hatton-
garden at eleven, and they went away. He took the girl to the
office, and kept her there all day, but Rowe never came. The bread
was mouldy, the loaves were sold in pieces at 4d. a loaf, and at the
end of the week were reckoned to the girl at 7d. This occasioned
the deficiency for which be had been induced to give the note for 20s.
Mr. Comaser (to Rowe)—You never told me anything of the note.
What right had you to take it? The bread was sold underprice.
Ilowe—lnever authorized her to sell it cheaper, and never said
my wife must be drunk or mad.

Mrs. Cockerell, wife of the porter at Gray's Inn Lodge—When
Mr. Gough came he went to Rowe, who was standing behind his
counter, and said kis wise must be drunk or mad ; and told the uncle
to keep the money that was taken, and account to him, but not to
give it to his wife._

Mr. Conaliv—,Why not follow up the charge at Hatton-garden,
instead of letting it lie over for a fortnight? Rowe—l deny pro-
mising to meet them at illiton-gardPit.
Mr. CONANT.-.You made the charge; and when the uncle was
there you did not go to meet him.

Gough—Did not Cooper, the baker, tell you he was ashamed of
the btidness ? Rowe-1 do not recollect.
Gough—Did not Cooper agree with you to meet us at Hatton-
garden? Rowe—No; I don't recollect.
Gough—Don't you recollect the row when you said your wife
was drunk or mad ? Rowe—l never said she was drunk or mad ;
she was never drunk in bet life ; there was no row.

Gough— Were not your wile's fingerieut across? Rowe—l
don't know that they were cut; I did not we it.
Gough—Was there not a mob round the door, and the watch-
man railed in ? Rowe—The watchman was at the door.

Mr. CONANT--HCIC is a poor friendless girl, without father or
mother, that you make a charge against without any foundation,
and one against the uncle you do not choose to follow up. That
Lady (Mrs.:Cockerell,) a respectable-looking person, swears that
you gave him permission to take the money, and not give it to
your wife. Unless you can bring forward additional and better
evidence I shall discharge the girl. I hope the master of her will
not suffer his mind to be prejudiced by the charge.
Mr. Jackson, the muter, said it was not in the least; and the
girl was discharged.