Star.
London, England, 1819-01-09 00:00:00

POLICE.

MA NSION•HOUSIL—•-•CautiOn to Perblicves.—Yester-
day several Publicans appeared to answer summonses
granted against them, for permitting tipAag at aa.
early hour on Sunday morning last, in their respec-
tive houses. Against some of them the proof was
, deemed insufficient, but against two it was droned
conclusive; and they were accordingly fined in the
mitigated penalty of 10s. each. The LORD MAYOR
told them to beware how they offended in a similar
manner in future ; because, if he had chosen tai
press the severity of the law against them, he could
have prevented them from keeping any public-housel
during the next three years. His Lordship then re-
ferred to an Act of Parliament, 21 James 1. c. 17. s.
4, which is to be found in Burn's Justice, Vol. 11.
p. 59, and which contains, among others, the follow-
ing clause If any ale-house-keeper shall suffer
'any person or persons to continue drinking or tip-
pling in his house," except under specifications which
are previously described at great length, " he shall
be incapacited from keeping any tavern, ale-house,'
&c. for the space of three years next ensuing." His
Lordship then added, that he should recommend the
officers, whenever they discovered any publican with
his house opened at improper hours, to report it to
the Magistrates on Plough Monday, and he him,.e!f,
would then use his endeavours that the delinquent
should be properly punished by the loss of his license.

MAItLBOIIIOIIOIII-STREET.—Curious Application.—
A respectable-looking couple applied to the Magis-
trates: the Gentleman stated, that himself and his
wife could not agree, they therefore vi ished that the
Magistnues would separate them.
Magista ate—" Separate yourselves—one go one
way, and the other another !"
The parties, however, strongly persisted in their ap-
plication, and it was with some difficulty they were
at last convinced that t!.e power of the Magistrates
did not enable them to dissolve matrimonial contracts.

UNION-HALL—John Smith and Joh u I ullavt,
decent-looking men, were charged with robbing the
stables of the Rev. A. C. Onslow, at Newington ; of
George Almon Hill, Esq. of Duke street, Blooms.
bury ; and of W. L. Robbins, Esq. Lincoln's Inn-
fields, of several sets of chaise, coach, and horse har-
ness, and several saddles, their property ; and a very
respectably-dressed man, who keeps a shop in the
Lambeth-road, and in a very large way of business
in the coach-harness line, was charged with being an
accessory.—The prisoners were all fully committed.
Jilhit Smith, charged with robbing and beating
Mr. Lynn, at Bookham Common, Surrey, was on
Thursday accused by a Serjeant with being a de-
serter from the IBth Regiment of Dragoons. May
and Goff, the Police officers also said, they had
grounds of suspicion that Smith was concerned in
the murder of Mr. Taylor at llornsey. The priso-
ner was remanded.

WORSHIP•STREET.—Yesterday 117//iala Juhnson,l
Alias Wise, and Dorothea Nearrs, a very inteiesting
girl, about 17, who lived with him, were rharged
with uttering forged notes, purporting to be of the'
Bank of England. The prisoner's (Johnson's) me-
thod of passing the notes was at once hold and inge-
nious; he hired a }urge bane, 79, Golden-lane, and
' passed himself off to the neighbours as a respectable
man; brit his assumed characters when he went
about the town to pass the notes were as numerous,
as various, as often laid off, and as quickly assumed,
as most of the famous Old Patch. He passed two notes
in one day to Mr. Cooper, a publican, in Golden;
lane, as a gentleman's servant. In an hour or two
after ho was at Lamb-street, Spitalfields, as one of,
the first Dandies of the day : soon after as a servant I
in livery, and lastly, as a country bumpkin ; and in
each case he proved serccessful. Finding, however,
that the notes were daily returning from the Bank,
and that his retreat was getting extremely unsafe, he
one night decamped, and succeeded in concealing
himself till a few evenings back, when he was appre-
hended by J. Armstrong, the officer, in Jtadnor-
street, St. Luke's. The prisoners denied having passed
any forged notes knowingly. They were remanded
for further examination.

SHOCKING Deetravvry—An elderly man of respec-
table appearance, nearly 7t) years of age, was on Mon-
day fully committed from Lambeth-street Office, for
robbing Mr. Twarrs, of Sugar-loaf-court, Swan-
street, Minories, where he was a lodger, of a valuable
brooch and a gold ring. On searching him thirty-
four duplicates were found, amongst which was one
for the ring. The brooch he had sold to a publican
in Ratcliffe-highway, for 14s. In his apartments
were found upwards of 501 b. of melted pewter, and
several publicans pots ; he is respectably connected,
and a few years since kept his carriage.

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