Star.
London, England, 1826-11-20 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

Three youths, of respectable appearance, named Henry Pink
Clarkslk, and Ames Anger, the oldest not above 14 years of age,
and the youngest not more than ten, were charged with a variety of
robberies, upon as great a variety of persons.
It appeared that the two first named boys were in the service—
one as an apprentice, and the other as errand boy—of Messrs.
Strand and Lincoln, hatters, in Sackville-street, Piccadilly, and the
last named youth, an apprentice with Mr. Gerrard, also a hatter,
in Piccadilly. Mr. Lincoln having for some time past frequently
missed property of different kinds from his house, suspected the
honesty of Pink, theAppreadee, and mentioning his suspicions to
Kelk, the ether boy, 1E asked him what he thought on the subject ?
Kelk, thus consulted, at once confessed that Pink was a thief, and
that he himself, at the instigation of Pink, was a thief also. Mr.
Lincoln now sent for Clements, the officer, who, an searching
Pink's box, found abundant proof not only that the boy was a thief,
but that he did not confine his depredations to his employers alone,
for the box contained not only hats Ina finished and unfinished state,
but a collection of razors, knives, snaff-boxes, books, boat-books,
Ike. site. Pink, thus detected, also made a confession of his
guilt, and gave a full explanation of the system of robberies carried
on by himself and the other two prisoners. Kelk and himself, he
stated, made it a rule whenever they went to any shop or Gentle.
man's house to deliver hats, or any other business, to lay hold
privately of any article of property within, their reach, and put it
inter a bag which they carried. They were frequently sent on busi-
ness to the hat manufactory of Messrs. Bowler and Co. in the Bo-
rough, and on those occasions they always managed to bring sway
some " roughs '—unfinished bats. Whenever they passed through
Exeter 'Change, they made sure to lay contributions upon Mr.
Clarke, in the way of knives, razors, &c. Frees the house of a Mr.
Powel they purloined a silver snuff box; and eves Secretaries of State
could not escape them ; for Pink contrived to carry of, on a
visit he made to the house of Mr. Plana, a beautiful morocco.
bound Bible. The hats which Pink and his companions managed
to steal front Mr. Bowler and others, were always deposited at a
certain hoses in Swallow-street, where the third person, Anger,
called and took them allay to dispose of as he could, so that he was
the receiver and agent in the business.
The case was fully supported by evidence, and several witnesses
having Identified the property prothsed, the three prisoners was
committed for trial.

MARY.LA4bNNE.
W. Wilms alias .Floesi, was remanded, charged by the Hon. Mr.
Cliford with sending him a fictitious letter, in order to obtain
charity.
J. Wins stated to the Magistrate, that be had belonged to the
Society of Friendly Brothers fifteen years; that having fallen sick,
he had declared on the boa, and that be bad been scratched out for
the following heinous offences he had fetched a little water
from the pump for his own breakfast ; Ydly, be bad carried a small
packet to his grandchildren; and !idly, he had walked to his
Doetot's before breakfast.
The Magenrate said, such conduct was disgraceful to any Society ;
and unless applicant's name was instantly restored, the Society
should be indicted at the Sessions.

QUER N-SQ,UA BE.
B. Tiff, a coschnah in the employ of T. Flood, Req. of Beaufort-
row,
row Chelsea, ins charged with robbing his master of cools ; and
BS Reed as an accessary.
A Patrol met Heed with the coals, who said they had been given
him by Turco carry for hint. He took them to Mr. Flood, when
it was discovered that Tuff had rubbed him of both coals and corn
five times within the last fortnight.—Fully committed.
Mr. Martin, M.P. has been in attendance for several days to bear
a case of alleged cruelty to a horse, which was said to have been
killed by one Barney Dogherty, plunging a pitchfork into his belly.
The bone, it appeared, had been half.starved, and died in conse-
quence of the ill treatment of the complainant more than any thing
else.—The case was therefore dismissed.