Star.
London, England, 1827-08-21 00:00:00

GUILDHALL

Yesterday, no kss than foor.atid• twenty prisoners, "all in a row,"
were brought up from the Compter for elimination, mostly on
charges of being disorderly in the streets on the nights of Saturday
and Sunday. One couple of this description of prisoners were
charged by the watchman with baying been taken in the street,
like the woman in the Scripture, in the very act.
The Worthy Alderman did not think proper to inflict any
punishment, but, in imitation of t to highest authority, desired them
to "go and sin no more."
I Waliana Barren, a young ma', was brought up, charged with

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liming been hi the area of a house in LMeeridane, at one o'clock
on Saturday nlght,witb intent to commit'a
A Gentlemen, named Hooper, stated, that he was passing by the
house named, about one o'clock on Saturday night, and heard the
breaking of glass, as if cautiously done, in the area. He alarmed
the watchman. who knocked at the door, and, on its being opened,
went with the person in charge of the house to the area, where they
found the prisoner.
The watchman and the servant proved that a pane of glass in
the area door, near the bob, was broken, and the pieces of glass
lying on the ground.
The prisoner, in his defence, said that his hat had fallen into the
area as he was passing by, and he went after it.
The Alderman committed him for three months loth, tread-mill.
Price Thateoped was charged with having stolen a horse off Ep-
ping Forest. the property of Henry Eve. Mr. Eve turned it out
on the 17th of October last. and a few days ago he found it in the
possession of a person of the name of Mills. Mills bought it of
William Lovegrove, a chairmaker, in the New Kent-road, The
prisoner came to him with the pony in October last, and after
apeting to bey a cart, asked permikion to leave the pony, stating
that be would return in a day or two for it. He did nut return
again for a fortnight afterward.; he did not then take it away, but
asked to be allowed to leave it fora further time. He never after-
wards returned to take it away. Lovegrove kept it at half a guinea
a week for 16 weeks, at the Lotd Wellington public-house--then he
advertised it three times for sale, bat not immediately finding the
purchaser, he worked it himself until he pined with it to
Thorogeod was apprehended on Sunday by an °Meer at a public.
house in the Kent-road. He said he bad got it In exchange for
another rt Maidstone Fair, of a person calling himself William Jones,
of Tunbridge, and asked for time to endeavour to find Jones.—
Tbe prosecutor stated, that the fait was on the 12th of October,
and that the pony was not taken away till the 17th.—Ilananded
tip Friday.
BOW-STREET.
Yesterday a young man, in the dress of a sailor. named Geordel
Ashore, was brought before G. R. bliesnort., Esq. charged with
the following fraud :—On Tuesday last the ptisoner called at the
shop of Mr. Wilma, a hair.dresser and perfumer in the Strand,
and stated that he came from Captain Turner, of the East India
Service. who lived in flittemehary-square, and who had been a
customer to air. Wilma. to request that be would send a latge
sized dressing case, WWI clashes brushes, and other article, of
which be stood in eed, foe his inspection. The prisoner said be
bad another place to call at, and requested Mr. Wilms to prepare
the things for his lad to take by the time be returned, and he would
accompany him to the Captain. The prisoner did return as he
promised, and Mr. Wilson sent his apprentice with him, with
the articles which be had enumerated. When they got Into Hol-
born, the prisoner said he wanted to deflect a message for Captain
Turner at Furoival's Inn, and the lad accompanied him there. He
was not mere than two minutes in the Inn, and be then said be must
call at another place in Holborn for a letter for the Captain. In
Holborn he pretended to go to a house in a court for the letter, bet
gave the lad the slip, and leaving him standing in the street ran with
iall speed back to Mr. Wilson, and informed him that Capt. T. had
taken the dressing-ease and some brushes, and that he also wanted a
case of a smaller size and two clothes brushes of a particuLte
description. He added, that be had left the apprentice with Captain
Turner until be (Owner) returned. Mr. Wilson had not the
least hesitation in giving the prisoner the anicks' and be went away
with tbem. In about an beer the poor lad (his apprentice) who
had stood in the street until he was tired, returned to Ms master
and the fraud which had been practised was discovered. The
apprentice fortunately bad not parted with the things which his
master bad given him. On Saturday the apprentice caught sight of
the prisoner in Westminster, and having watched him to a public
house, gave information to his master, and one of the day patrol
apprehended him. The prisoner bad nothing to say, and was
remanded for another examination.
In the course of the day an Irishman was brought before the
Magistrate for breaking some windows. He was locked up until
he paid for the damage dose. Whereupon he sent fur his wife,
and desired she would bring with kith* money to release him. In
a short time kis wife, a little Irishwoman, came to the office and
said she had brought the money to pay for the windows, and de.
sired that her husband might be released.
" Pay the money then.' said Mr. Mnissuu.
" No, your Honour," she replied," let Paddy be brought before
me ; let me see that be is at liberty, and then 111 pay it:
Her request was complied with, Paddy was brought from the
lock-up room, the money was paid, and the loving pair walked away
together.
HATTON GARDEN.
W. Tneellian and ,Mn Benson, aged 14, were charged by Henry
Grey, Rag. with steaks from nu garden a large quantity of peaches
and ether fruit, on Sunday morniog. The ptiseners were detected
by a watchman with the property is their powerless.--Committed
to the House of Correction for IS days.
Jots Dennison, aged 14, was charged on suspicion of having
been concerned in a burglary in Gray's Inta-kma bast week. When
taken, there were found on him a number of pawobrekers' dupli-
cates of valuable property, and among the rest. about 16 silk
handkerchiefs. The prisoner denied any knowledge of the bur-
glary, and said the duplicates belonged to his mother, who had left
them with him for safely. This, however, the mother denied,and
the prisoner' was remanded.
• MARY. LA-BONNE.
Two sweeps, named White and Worley, were remanded. charged
with scaling the garden wall of Mr. Eery, at St. John's Wood,
and stripping the trees of unripe nectarines.
As was M. Hawley, twelve years of age, son to a laundress, for
obtaining eleven shirts and a silk handkerchief, from the house of
T. 1.. Brook, Esq. under pretence of taking them to his mother to
wash, and selling them to a Jew for Ss. 6d.
bi A RLBOROUG H-STREET.
Yesterday two young fellows, named Thomas Awes and Cowie
Butler, were brought from St. Pancras watchhouse. before Mr.
Rea, the sitting Magistrate, charged with the tollowing highway
robbery :—A lad, named Vousden, the son of a washerwoman in
Chenie Mews, about fourteen years of age, stated that on Saturday
evening, about half-past eight o'clock, he was passing in the neigh-
bourhood of the New London University, near Gower-street,
Bedford•square, on his way to deliver two paresis of washing
things belonging to persons for whom his mother washed, when be
met the two prisoners, and James immediately forced the two
bandies of clothes from bins, and delivering one of them to the
prisoner Butler, both ran away in different direction': Witness,
however, pursued Butler, calling out stop thief, and after a short
run he was stopped by a woman and given In charge to a watch.
man ; but the other prisoner for the time escaped. Butler was
not long in the watchhouse before be told who his companion
was, and in the course of the night James was also apprehended
—The: witness added, that be bad frequently before met James
when taking home clothes for his mother, and he booked at Mot
in such a remarkable manner that he was always afraid of him.
—The clothes contained in the bundle found on Beck, when
stopped, were identified and sworn to by a Gentleman to whom
they belonged, but the bundle carried off by James had sot been
recovered. Butler signed a confession of the robbery, and that
James was the person who committed it in his company. James
denied, notwithstanding this, all knowledge of the robbery, and
assisted the Magistrate that he was u innocent as the unborn babe.
Both prisoners were fully committed for trial.
LAMBETH-STREET.
Atkinson, the Informer, and his man, ?edger, attended to sup-
port two informations against the draymea of Mr. Tickle, the
brewer, and a third against Mrs. Boyce, the owner of one of the
Romford Stages. Podger saw the men riding on their drays. with-
out having any reins, and consequently no contrail over their horses,
which subjected them to a severe penalty; bat an informality ap-
peared in the Information, the offence being alleged to have taken
place in the parish of Great Ilford, whereas the Oice specified was
West Ham. This being considered fatal, the information was die-
cherged. The other case met the same fate, in consequence of a
little informality.