Star.
London, England, 1827-08-10 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.

Yesterday Marianne Dove and Enguieth Dove, the latter a young
woman of geineel appearance, were brought before the Loan
Meows upon suspicion of being connected whit a gang of tbieves,
who, a few days ago, broke into, and robbed two houses its the City,
of property to a large amount.
Mr. Nobler, jun. appeared for the prosecution in one of the cases,
and Mr. Humphreys for the prisoners.

Daniel Forrester, it appeared, went in consequence of informa-
tion which he bad received, to a house in Paradise-street, Windmill..
street, Finsbury, which was to be let in lodgings. He there saw
Marianne Dove, who appeared to be the woman of the house, and
upon making inquiry of her respecting the apartments, was shewn
up stairs. After having looked about for a short time, he pointed
to a particular room, which be desired to see. No, said Mrs. Dove,
you can't see that; it is locked, and I have nat the key.--it islet to
a man. The officer told her that he must search the room, as he
had positive information that a coach bad stopped at the door of
the house a few nights ago filled with stolen goods. The
woman then said, that she would go for the key, and she left
'the house for that purpose. Before, however, she returned, he
went to his brother officers, who were outside, mounted upon their
shoulders, and entered the closed room, in which he found a large
quantity of broad cloth, the corners of which had been cut off.
Having heard a noise up stairs, the officer Fulled the door open, and
went up. He then saw Elizabeth Dove, the cousin of the other
woman, holding something in her hand, covered up in a towel.
Upon being asked what she had concealed, she replied dirty linen,
and refused to let him see it, but be was not to be denied, and upon
eaantining the bundle, he saw the ends of the broad cloth which he
had found in the lower room, marked and numbered. By this
time Marianne Dove returned, and lie wished to see what might be
in a closet in the room which he had entered at the window. The
key of the closet, however, not being to be had, he broke open the
dour, and there he found about three hundred and a half of cochineal.
The Loao 10•TOIS. WAS the7re any dirty linen in the bundle?
Daniel Forrester replied, th..t there was part of a woman's dress
along with the ends of the broad cloth.
Mr. Dobler, jun.—Did she tell you who were the persona who
took the room?

Daniel Forrester---I asked her, but she said that she would say
no more. It was admitted, that a man had been just at the house,
but had gone sway.
Hurdsfield stated, that he broke open the door of another room,
and found a basket containing a quantity of new buttons.
The property which had been found, was produced before the
Lord Mayor. It is supposed to be worth between 300/. and Md.
Mr. John Hobson, of Cornhill, stated, that he was in partnership
with his father. They had a warehoose which was broken open
between eight o'clock on Saturday night last and nine on Monday
morning, and rubbed of broad-cloth and buttons, Ike. kc. The
lamount of the stolen goods might be between two and three bun-
died pounds. Hese the witness examined the cloth, and deposed
that the whole of it was the property of the Urns. He had put it up
himself, and had shut up the warehouse. On Monday morning
when he went to bu-ineu the door unlocked as usual. There
were no symptoms of a burglary, but the things seemed in great
confusion, and it was soon perceived that thieves bad been in the
premises.
Mr. Humphreys submitted to the Lord Mayer, that Marianne
Dove being a married w•man, the property found in the house was

clearly in the possession of her husband. and that no retponsibrity
lay upon her.
It had been stated in the course of the investigation that this pri
loner RA, a married woman.

Hobler, jun. argued that !be woman mug be detained. inas-
much as she mien havelieen in posses-inn of the property unknown
to ber husband, in which case .be must take the consequences to
herself.

A man of respectable appeatance assured the Lord Mayor that
the younger prisoner, Elisabeth, was an innocent girl, just arrived
from the coqntry, quite simple.
Mr. Charles Webb Smith, of No. 80, St. Mary Axe, drysalter,
gave evidence in the second case of burglary and robbery. He
stated, that between Saturday night week and Monday morning his
warehouse iri St. Mary Axe was broken open and robbed. There
was an empty house at the back of the warehouse, and a bole was
broken through that house into the warehouse by the thieves, who
entered at the aperture, and stole nearly eight hundred weight of
cochineal; in fact, they totally cleared out the warehouse. The
value of the stolen property was about 600/.
The prisoners were then remanded for further examination.
GUILDHALL

Yesterday three women of the town were brought up in custody
for robbing a respectable female, between ten and eleven o'clock
the night before, in Hosier-lane.
The prosecutrlx stated, that as she was returning home from
speuding the evening at a friend' house, she suddenly became faint,
and sat down on the step of a door where she fell asleep, on awak-
ing she found that she was robbed of her shawl, and of two gold
rings, which were taken off her fingers.
The watchman who took the prisoners Into custody, stated that
he was informed by some other women of the same class, who de-
scribed the prisoners, that they had seen them taking something
from the prosecutrix's person as she dept; and from their de,cription
he took them into custody. From the finger of one of the prisoners
he took one of the rings produced; another of the prisoners let drop'
the second ring immediately on being taken into custody ; and they-
had all three been at a shop in Field-lane, to sell the rings, but amid
not get as much for them as they wanted.
The prosecutriz identified the rings produced as those stolen
from her person while she was asleep.
The Alderman observed, that there could be no doubt of the
prisoners guilt, but he wished to have the evidence of the women
who saw them take something from the prosecutrix's person while
she was asleep.
The watchman said he did not know where they lived; and
though thsy told him what they saw, they would not come for.
ward to swear against one another.

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The Alderman observed, that as they were probably as con-
stantly on theta beat as the watchman, be could have no difficulty in
finding them ; and when he found then they must attend to give
evidence.—The prisoners were then remanded to wait foe the evi-
dence of those witnesses.

Two boys were committed for stealing pocket handkerchlefi
One of them, with great indifference, said he had no other mesa
of living.

HATTON-GARDEN.

Michael Cleary was brought before the Magistrates of this Mice,
yesterday morning, by Waddington the officer, on a charge of rob-
bery, under the following circumstances:—Waddington stated,
that about eleven o'clock that morning be observed the pawner
and another man, both of whom he knew to be thieves, apposite 64
house in Peter's-lame, St. John's-street, trying to take down some
meat front a hook at a butcher's shop, when all in a moment they
gave op their design, and looked significantly at his house, as if they
had just recolletted where he lived. They then passed on. He
(Wathangton) came out of his house, and followed them. They
stopped opposite the door of Mr. Clarke, who keeps a butter and
baton shop in Albion.finildings, St. John's•lane, and observing him
(Mr. C.) leave his shop and go into the yard at the back of his
►ouse, Cleary went into the shop, passed round the counter, And took
something out of the till, which he put into his waistcoat pocket.
He (Waddington) instantly ran into the %hop and seised the pri-
soner just as he was in the act of conveying a handful rat coppers into
his coat pocket. Mr. Clarke hearing the scuffle ran in. On the
prisoner being searched three sixpences were monad in his waist-
coat pocket, which Mr. Clarke believed to belong to Mtn, as the
moment before he left that sum of money in the back part of the
till, and which, on his return, he missed. Mr. Clarke corroborated
Waddington's statement as far as he was acquainted with it. The
prisoner not being able to say any thing in his defence was fully
committed for trial.