Star.
London, England, 1828-02-21 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

GUILDHALL
Yesterday Jabs Flessin, a man stout 60 years of age, was charged
with vending scandalously obscene prints. John Copeland, a waiter
at a tavern,stated that about two years ago the prisoner offered him
some obscene prints for sale, which he then purchased, and had since
continued tis make similar purchases from hits.—The Alderman,
Sir Pnsa LAURII, asked the witness why be bad so long refrained
from bringing the prisoner before a Magistrate T—Copeland replies',
that the prisoner had summoned him fur 41.185. to the Court of
Requests, which he did not owe him ; and on taking the advice
of a lawyer's clerk, who waspresent, he bad the prisoner appre-
hended, and his iodgings searched by the officer. The officer who
apprehended the prisoner produced a bundle of most disgustingly
obscene prima, that he had found at the prisoner's lodgings.—
Copeland,stated that the prisoner had told him that he had been
sent to the treadmill for three month* from Union Hall for a simi-
lar offence ; and that he would not have been punished if he would
have given up the name of the printer. Copeland also stated, that
he gave his watch and 51. to the prisoner, in payment of his pur-
chases from him, three weeks before. The prisoner said Copeland
was as great a trafficker in the prints as he was, and he hoped the
Alderman would do bins justice.—The Alderman told him he
should have justice, and committed him for trial
UNION-HALL.
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Captain J. l• Huthort,of the German Legion, was brought up by
Snow, the beadle of Newington, for•the purpose of baying a bastard
child :,)ciliated en him.
The mother of the child, a fine bouncing lass, on being sworn, de-
posed that the defendant was the father of her oMpring.
The defendant, who is a foreigner, and a man of exceedingly di-
minutive size, un hearing the declaration of the woman, shrugged
up his shoulders and shook his head, which the Magistrate observ-
ing, said, that now was his time to state any thing he had to say
reTecting the business. " Don't you think," added the Magistrate,
" you are the father of the child she has sworn to you ?"
The defendant again shrugged up his shoulders, and, in broken
English, said, '• Look at my face, use ne like the child. Upon my
conscience I think there is one other father besides me."
The woman was desired to describe when the intercourse took
place between her and the defendant, in reply to which she stated
that she had been living servant with him at the time.
• The defendant here produced a paper witb the woman's signa-
ture to it, the I:airport of which was a declaration that she was not
in the family way by the defendant, and that she never intended to
swear a child to him even in the event of her becoming so.
The mother of the child admitted the signature to be her hand-
writing, but said the defendant induced her to sign her name to it
by making her tipsy.
Snow said that the defendant hid always kept his payments up
for the maintenance of the child until within the last fortnight.
• Magistrate—That fact is an ackowledgment of his being the
father.
Defendant—She very much frightened me by saying she would
expose me, and to save my reputation I did pay money.
Magistrate—What allowance is the defendant able to make? we
must know his circumstances.
Woman—He is an independent Gentleman.
Defendant--I have only Captain's half-pay to live on,- and sup.

port six childgcn.
'Magistrate—Are all those children horn in wedlock?
Spew—They are all bastard., Sir ; and should any thing happen
'to the father, they will all become chargeable to the parish.
Mhgiltrate (to the defendant)—Do you. deny having had Inter-
course with the woman?
• .Defendant.—No, no; I no deny that; but I do think somebody
else have one finger in de pie as well as myself.
The Magistrates ordered the defendant to.pay da. dd. a week for
the support of the child:
• M A RY- L A-BON MX I_,A •
The Right Reverend Lord Bishop of Path•abotWellsi General
Burton, Pascoe Grenfell, and many more distingulsbed jadividuals,
were yesterday convicted in penalties according to the merits of each
case, fur suffering the snow to remain upon the foot-way, opposite
the walls of their houses, contrary to the statute. Most of the
charges were occasioned by the disobedience and negligence of au-
/ants, and under all such, Mr. Rawttuvon recommended that they
should pay the fine; "for (said he) servants now are so much above
their business I should nut wonder to see Gentlemen sweeping
their own doors."