Star.
London, England, 1827-08-13 00:00:00

UNION•HALL

Ssicnotxso cogent Tnamas.—The filegistrateeofthis Office were
on Saturday engaged in the investigation of a case brough: by Cus-
tom House officers respecting fifty bales of foreign tobacco, weighing
5,9841b5. which were discovered in a barge worked by two ni!n, in
the river, near Battersea. The individual against whom the accu-
sation was brought for having the tobacco in his possession, is named
Marsh Basler, and the evidence affecting him may be thus briefly
summed up.—Saturday morning, the 4th inst. a lighterman and,
his sons missed their barge front its moorings, but presently recog-
nised it, baying on board the prisoner and another individual, both
of whom they took into custody. On examining the vessel they
found fifty bales of tobacco. The witnesses immedi ,rely made a
Custom House officer acquainted with the latter fact; and the
tobacco was .11 taken to the wharf of Alfieri. Francis and White,
Battersea. The officers of the Custom House depose/ to the
tobacco being foreigo, and the duty was not paid.
The prisoner was convicted in the penalty of 1001. and in default
of payment, committed to Kingston jail.
Thomas Slaws was then Charged with removing the tobacco in
question from a vessel called the Deception, to the barge.
This fact was proved by a person named Ross, tke individual
who was taken into custody with the prisoner Barber. Ross, it
seems, is a porter, who labouts generally in Fleet-market, and was
cog:4rd by Barber on the morning in question to work the barge
up the river. . .

Stagg, whose singular appearance and rough manner excited con-
siderable notice, declined giving any account of the owners of the
Deception.—Ele was remanded for another examination on Wed-
'nesday„

iVOSHIP-STRICET. • .
SIIIIMILAt CASS or Rl/1123Z1.13i1111%—Thoisas Doyle, a smartly-
dressed chubby-faced lad, of 14 or 15, and a boy rather younger,.
named Seery Connor, were brought before Mr. Twvroan, under
the following singular circumstances :=About one o'clock on I.llday
morning, the two prisoners were in the Kingsland-road, and told
a watchman, who accosted them, that they were looking for a kid&
ing. The watchman, having some suspicion. searched lloyk's pock-
kets, and found some silver and a number of sovereigns. The lads
were then taken to the watchhouse.

Orturd, the night constable, produced a pocket-book, which
he loon& on searching the prisoner Doyle. It 'contained sove-
reigns and half sovereigns, amounting, with the money already
mentioned by the watchman, to the sum of 291. 7s. The prisoner's
name and address were written in the rover of the pocket-book,
which contained alto • card of address, •• Charles Edmonds, 9,
'Change-alley, Agent, &e. The officer kept the boys at the wrtch-
house, and in the morning proceeded to No. 9, 'Change•alley, to
make inquiries, and discovered that the lad Doyle had absconded
with two tin cash boles, one of them containing 321. 151. in cash,
and the other filled with documents of various descriptions,
uid to be valued at several thousands of pounds. Upon this
discovery, Orford, and another constable, named Smith, re-
turned to the watchbouse ; and Doyle at length told them, tnat
if they went to $ spot which he described, near Ball's Pond,
Islington, they would find the boxes concealed under some bricks.
They accordingly went there with him, and found one box con-
taining the papers, and the inner part of the other, but the case of
she latter was gone, supposed to have been found by some boys
playing about the spot.—The officers said, that they believed that
Connor knew nothing of the robbery. They understood that Doyle
proceeded tolsilagton with the boxes, where be broke them open
in search of the money, and deposited them where they were found,
and afterwards fell into company with the other boy, whom he
treated to the Coburg Theatre in the evening.-Doyle was then
remanded for another examination.