Star.
London, England, 1821-11-22 00:00:00

POLICE.

MANSION. House.—Yesterday Josi-pli Norton, n
hackney-coachman, was.charged by: sixteen brethren
of the whip with defrauding them, by selling them
seals as gold which were only base metal.—John
Conlin stated, that about nine months' ago the de-
fendant-sold him a seal for 18s. which he said a Gen-
tleman had left in his coach. Some time after the
complainant was informed that it was not gohi, in
consequence of which he returned it to the defend-
ant, who took it back, but never returned the money.
Since then he bought another from the defenda;:t for
eight shillings; which, he said, had been given him
by a friend to sell, and was certainly gold. This the
complainant produced ; and several other purchasers
also produced theirs, all of which resembieJ gold.
All the cases were exactly the same ; and, in conse-
quence, no more were gone into.—ln deftnce, he
said, he was out of employment, and took up the bu-
siness of selling seals. The person from whom he
bought them would prove that he had not more than
a reasonable profit on the sale; ar.d he solemnly de-
clared, that he never told his customers that the seals
.were gold; but merely as good as gold.—J. Max-
well, of Rose-alley, Bishopsgate-street, said he made
the seals ; they were petit-or. The one the defendant
sold for Bs. he bought of him for 75.—His Lordship
said, he did not think the evidence of the prisoner
passing them as gold was complete, and therefore
dismissed the charge, to the mortification of all the
complainants.
61.1ILDRALL.--Joseph Nightingale was put to the
bar, when John Whitehead, a countryman, stated,
that he put into the Dolphin public-house, Ludgate-
hill, on Tuesday, and had a shilling glass of spi.its
and water ; he had no money in his pocket but a £5
note, which the landlady was unable to give him
change for. The waiter was sent out to try to pro-
cure it, but returned ur.successful. He then offered
to leave his watch, at the same time laying it on the
table. The prisoner, who heard this conversation,
said, that if he would go with him to the Belle
Sauvage,. he could get him change. The country-
man consented, and on their rising the prisoner's
friend snatched the watch off die table, and ran off
with it, and the countryman detained the prisoner as
an accomplice. The landlady spoke positively to'
having seen the watch in the hand of the prisoner's
companion on his running out of the house. She did
not know the prisoner nor his companion.—The pri-
soner, in his defence, allowed the truth of the facts,
but declared his innocence of the whole affair. The
young man with him was an ungrateful cousin of
his, and to the best of his knowledge and belief, lived
servant at the Stone's-End Coffee-house, in the Bo-
rough. He met hint by accident, and they had merely
gone into the house to take a glass together. He
described himself as a married man with a family,

lodging in Baker's-court, Holborn ; that he had lived
as a porter a short time since, at the Belle Sauvage,
and left only on account of his inability to get
through the work.—Bruce' the officer, who had him
in custody, however, produced no less than thirty-
eight duplicates found upon him, seven of which
were for watches.—The prisoner accounted for these
by stating, that on his coming to town he had a little
money, and had been induced to give £2 for the du-
pl.cates of the watches, to the person who had them
in pledge. The other property was his own and his
wife's wearing apparel, which distress had compelled
him to part with.—He was remanded.
BOW-STREET.—Yesterday Mr. Edwards, a Gentle-
man residing at the Bedford Hotel, Piazza, Covent.
garden, was brought from the watch-house, on a
charge of assault, preferred against him by Mr.
Morton Wilson, woollen-draper, of Newgate-street.
Mr. Wilson's statement was, that on Tuesday even-
ing he had occasion to pass through the Piazza, at
a time when there was a considerable closed about
the door of the Bedford, and in his way thiongh the
crowd he was robbed of his watch. He naturally
felt vexed and indignant at the robbery, and he went
I up to the door for the purpose of remonstrating
against the permission of such a crowd ; he told seve-
ral of the people they had no business there, and
ought to be dispersed. While he was doing so, the
defendant came from the door, and said, I suppose
you are one of the. fancy, if you are, I am your mane'
or words to that effect, and at the same moment he
put himself in a fighting attitude. The witness re•
plied, that he was not one of the, fancy, and was
turning away, when the defendant struck him on the
head and knocked his hat off, and, while he was
stooping to pick it up, be kicked him in the side, ac-
companying these acts with language of the lowest
description. At length,-after some very high words,
and rather a serious disturbance, a constable came,
and Mr. Edwards was taken to the watch-!rouse.A
private soldier of the Guards, who happened to be
present at the affray, corroborated Mr.Wilsou's state-
ment, and said he had seldom heard such language
as Mr. Edwards made use of; even in the lowest parts
of Westminster.—ln answer to the charge, an elderly
Gentleman, who stated himself to be the father-in-
law of the defendant, said, that they had been dining
at the Bedford with some friends, and were sitting
there when some musicians came to the door, and
played several popular airs with more than ordinary
skill. Witness sent them some money, and went out
himself to tell them to play a favourite air of his in•
a particular manner, when he found the complainant
very loudly abusing and telling them they had no
business to be playing there, collecting a crowd. He
advanced to the complainant to remonstrate with
him, when Mr. Edwards came out, and thinking him
(the witness) in danger of some personal violence, he
placed himself between. Mr. Wilson's hat might
have been pushed off by accident, but Mr. Edwards
did not strike or kick him.—Mr. Edwards positively
denied the blow and the kick, and also the low lan-
guage which the witnesses had imputed to him.—
Mr. Wilson, in the most positive manner, persisted in
his statement, and said that the elderly Gentleman,"
when he first came out, did him the honour to tell
-him he was a d—d scoundrel for interfering with
his amusements! He (Mr. Wilson) did not know
that any musicians were there when he first came
up, for they were not then playing. The elderly
Gentleman denied the terms imputed to him, and
Mr. Wilson swore as positively that he did utter
them. Mr. White, the proprietor of The hotel, stated
that Mr. Wilson's behaviour was by no means of the
quietest kind, for after the affray was terminated, he
came into the coffee-room, and with great warmth
insisted upon knowing the name of every Gentleman

there. Mr. Mtststfutt, the sitting Mio;:trae
.
it was not at all surprising that Mr. Wilwn ,hould
irritated at his los,. He wcrild advise the partie,
settle the matter amicably if they could; a:A if tht
was not practicable, Mr. Edwards muq put in brit
The parties retired, and it was after wards understood
that Mr. Wihon had acceded to terms which wools
reader further proceedings unnecessary.
Mr. It— B—, a Gentleman well known in
sporting circles, appeared to put in bail to arnwerie
an indictment which had been found a7ainst
a Mr. Frederick Oldfield (under the Statrepß,
biting gaming for money, above a ceitain 31%1,
for having won at one time a sum exceeding
from one Francis Powell, at a game tis•.eu
twin A certificate of the finding of the indictinem,
signed by the Clerk of the Peace, was put in,andfic
defendant was held to bail, himself in LA and tws
sureties in £25 each.

The wife of a respectable baker, in St. Maoin's ps.-
rish, was brought up, charged by the constables with
creating a great deal of thscrdltness and uproar, 16
husband, who was in attendance, said the charrese,
n
but too true—" When he maled her i'the kirk
Scotland, he thought she was a dainty lassie, but ste
had turned out clean contrary—for the last three
months, or there awa, she thought 0' northing bet
trashy draps o' the gin bottle, and when she get
dtap too much she was quite unsonsie Thep %
fellow went on to say, that she had once aheaj
" ruined him right out by her di iakir.g. ;" and the
when he was from home, she would have his she?
shut up in the middle of the day, whilst she atel
her sister, recently arrived from the land 0' cake%
were taking " draps o the bottle" up stairs. Other
witnesses deposed, that when she had taken a drop
too much she was in the habit of sallying ti:!1 iete
the street, and abusing every person who pas:,d,
the great disquietude of the neigbbourhockl, &c. The
Magistrate spoke in terms of commiseration of the
husband's case, and ordered the wife to find sccnritin
.for keeping the peace " towards all the King's sub.
jects," &c. But she had not been locked up mu
than three hours, when the husband came forwal
and offered to become bound fur her future good be.
haviour. His undettaking was accepted, and sie
was delivered to his ca:e, with an instruction to his
to keep the gin bottle out of her reach.—" Aued,
your Worship, I'll do what I can," he replied, "Ira
I canna expect muckle guid sae lang's the till o'the
counter's at her commands"

Some days ago we stated, that a notorious drffer,
dressed as a sailor, and accompanied by a Jew, hal
cheated a country bumpkin, from Hertfordshire,
iaducing him to give five guineas for a flash watch,
not worth twenty shillings. The soi•disont sailed rag
fully cornmitted for trial, and orders were given the
the Jew should be looked for. Accordingly
Cohen was now placed at the bar, andthecountrytaaa
identified him. s the very Jew who had assisted de
sailor in cheating him. Honest Wolfe, however,
stoutly denied the fact—" Your Worship," saidle,
" it's all what he's pleased to say and nothing elt,se
help me Got—Let him look well at me, your Wor-
ship-I'm a remarkable man in all my points—so to
markable as any man in all Vitechappler fie alighl
have added, or anywhere else, for he had a head as
large as his body, a pair of large heavy eyes, sur-
rounded by a broad circle of bright scarlet, anose of
prodigious volume, and his legs were like two eel-
skins stuffed ! Notwithstanding his protestations, and
his challenge of inspection, the bumpkin swore posi-
tively to him, and he was fuily committed to takehis
trial with his companion.
MA lILBOROUGH-STREET.—There are no less eon
nine persons in custody on the charge of burglar!. x
Mr. Orde's, in Berkeley-square. The plan of their-
bery has been rarely exceeded :—The house was Id
in the charge of a female, who had a suitor, a ea
of the name of Jago, a principal in the robbery.: be
was before known to the Police. To carry his plan
into execution, he married the servant in care of&
house, and introduced the other prisoners at vanon
times, five of whom are youths, and the othersfe
Males. Plank, Jefferies, and Wales, have traced put
of the stolen property to the shops of parenbrckers
and others, and many of the prisoners are identilad
The property lost amounts in value to several ho
sired pounds. The prisoner,: were remanded.
Wonssur-STREET.—Yesterday, the sitting Vage-
trate was occupied the whole of the morning lir the
examination of eight fellows, some of whom wee
notorious thieves, and forming part of a most formi.
dable gang of pickpockets, who in the most barefaced
manner committed numberless robberies, attended
with great violence, at the conflagration in Church.
street, Spitalfields, the preceding night. The prisoom
gave their names, William Atkinson, John Chap^
John Oliver (who a short time since made his escape
from the Borough Compter, where he had been con.
milted on a charge of felony); Thomas Ridley, MO
niel D. Haswell, Daniel Letter, Samuel Shored!, TJ
John Castles.—Mrs. Elizabeth Wade, an aged Lady,
who resides a short distance from where the firercei
place, identified the prisoners Chapman and Oaser
to be of a gang of six villains who attacked her lvar
her own house, and robbed her of a pocket-boc.
containing £4O. They were accompanied by a.m.°
boy, who, whilst her confederates pinioned her arms,
crept under her petticoats, and with a sharpn.strie
ment cut her pocket from her hips, containing her
property.—The Magistrate ordered the two prisorell.
to be remanded till Tuesday next.—William Atilt
son, Nath. D. Haswell, Daniel Leter, John Caslier
Samuel Showell, and T. Ridley, were charged by&
officers with various outrageous acts at the me. At'
kinson was committed, under the Police Act, to 1.4
House of Correction for three months; Haswell, Let-
ter, and Showell, were permitted to find good ball'
and Castles was discharged.

DIED.
Nov. 13, at Windsor, the widow of the late Dr. Trindst
Nov. 13, at I lousehill: Renfrew shire Colonel liotti Dug*
Nov. 15, at Sheerness, aged C 6, Mr. 'John 11.,,ker, 1:1
years quarter/Inn of shipwrights in the DozL-yaid at ~itecrato
Nov. 19, at Plaistow, aged 42, 311ry, the wile of the IteS
Lacey, of Salter's-hall.
Nov. 15, at Drightwell Rectory, Oxon, Einiaa, wife d
My. J. K. Ra •tit.ll, and chtughtcr of tine LW Jos. I/agog('
Peoili•.-bout;e, Kent. Lei
Octobvr CS, at Venice, aged C 3, Mr. George Forster..--
University College, Oxford.

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