Star.
London, England, 1828-01-14 00:00:00

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Saturday a journeyman silk weaver, named Tait, was charged
with embezzling sixty yards of silk., value 91. which bad been en-
trusted to hint for manufacture by John Shedd, of Hant-street,
Mile-end, New Town, another journeyman silk weaver.
William Feeder, a journeyman in the same employment, and who
slept with the prisoner, stated, that on the 20th of December the
prisoner left the wekshep, after cutiing out the silk, with which he
absconded.
The Magistrates committed him for three months to the Douse
of Correction, and. to be once publicly whipped 190 yards, in
the parish *here the offence was committed. Two respectable
looking men endeavoured to obtain a mitigation of the disgraegfiii
put of the sentence; but the Magistrates said, they were deter-
mined to ezercive to the utmost cant, the powers vested in them
to arrest this alarming and increasing evil. .
UNION HALL.

liassualt Miami, a young girl of prepossessing appearance, In
her eighteenth year, who was on Saturday liberated from Brixton,
presented herself efore Mr. Hone, requesting that an asylum
might be furnished her, as she had no one in London to whom to
apply, excepting the mistress of a house coral fame.
The Magistrate, en a former day, having learnt the history of '
the young girl's misfortunes from her owu statement, and finding
that her father was a man of untie property in the country, directed
him to be written to, informing him of his daughter's troubles, and
suggesting that she should be once more received under his roof.—
No answer was returned ; and on the girl being made acquainted
with that fact, she burst into tears. She was questioned whether
she would return to her father? but she said that she dared not.
The Magistrate told her, that if she pleased to apply to the pa-
rish of Rochester, where her father lives, she would he supported,.
and her parent would be compelled to make her an allowance.. --
The girl replied, that she could not return to the parish as a pau-
per, having been in better circumstances. -
Your present course of life, said Mr.lioua, will certainly lead
you to destruction. Take my advice, and leave London. You shall
have the means furnished to take you to your native place.
She would no:, however, listeu to the kind suggestion; bat quitted
the office. • _

A youth, namcd Bentley, who is a pot boy at the sign of the
"Alargate Town public house, Boresontisey; was charged with steal-

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lag a goose, the property of a Mr. hieratic:l.
There was n4retence for calling the act of which the boy was
guilty a theft; it having arisen out of s foolish boas or trick; prat-
used on the accusing party: • •
Friday night Mr. hlarsden, in tb...Sbspany of a party of
tradesmen, was seated in a room at the public house above
named, when some conversation arose respecting Christmas pre-
sents. He said that he had then two fine geese in his house.
Certain of the company thought that it would be no bad joke to
have mks of these geese sent for, and cooked for supper the fol-
lowing night. A message was sent by the pot-boy to. fetch' the
goose, as though Mr. Marsden had sent home for it• The goose was
not then retuined; but after a second and a third message being
taken, the goose was given the pot boy. Mr. Marsden, on reaching
home, found what had transpired; and being indignant at the party
who had taken the liberty with him, gave Bentley in charge to a
parish constable.
Mr. Hose, in dismissing the case, remarked that It Was one of
the num contemptible charges of theft which had ever been brought
before him.
The goose in question, it was said, was to be smoked that evening,
and Ur. Marsden was invited to supper with the company.
LAM BET 11-ST REET.
Saturday Edward Jahn Nkhols and John &Wits were charj4
witlessly:ring-the premisestif a poor man, named Smith, Weise,.