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

POLICE INTELLIWINCE.

GUILIMALL.
Thomas Robinson, who beeps a turner's shop in Goswell-road,
was charged with stealing 301. from a country farmer, who bad
come to London to receive payment for his butter. The country-
man was first accosted in Holborn by a person who claimed to be
also a farmer, and who hoisted on treating him. At the public-
home they were joined by the prisoner in the character of a drunken
fool, just come into the possession of a large property. A game at
tossing the halfpenny will proposed by the sham farmer to the pri-
sorter, and to it they went. The farmer gaasmoned tie complainant
to produce 501. which he had just received, for the purpose of merely
convincing the drunken gentleman that he was not in the company
of scamps. When the notes were produced, the farmer threw them
into the prisoner's bat, who was instantly declared to have won the
game, and who immediately tried his best to run away. The pro-
secutor's eyes were now open ; he seized the prisoner's collar, and
hitained his hold until be promised.to return the money. This
helnade a show of doing, throwing down to him a handful of sham
501;notes upon a Barber's Bank of Falegaitte. The countrymail,;
however. knew, by the feel (his orates being new) that these were
not his own ; and although he was hustled down by two of the pit.:
Goner's associates, be mad: pursuit early enough to cause bins to be'
stopped, when he threw away the SOL in genuine notes, which bet'
lunged to the prostcutor.—The prisoner was committed be trial. •
%V-STREET.
Saturday, a young man of genteel address and respectable cos-'
nexions, was brought Into custody from St. Martin's watebbousok
charged with assaulting several watchmen in Leicester-square ors
Friday night, and punching the eye out of one of them with the:
point of his umbrella.
It appeared that the prisoner was returning through Leinestera
square from; a dinner party on Friday night, when be grew
quarrelsome, in consequence of which several watchmen made-
their appearance, all of whom be attacked with great fury,
and one of them, named M'Carthy, wbo had previously lost'
an eye in the, navy, received a thrust fiord the prisoner's
umbrella in the eye which remained to him, the force of which ac-
tually poked it out. The pour man was immediately taken to in
hospital, and according to the certificate of the surgeon, he will
lose bis sight for ever, although no serious apprehensions are enter-
taioed of his life. The poor fellow is suffering great agony, and to
add to his misfortune he has a wife and children who depend upon
him for support.
The prisoner seemed greatly affected, and expressed his willing-
ness to make the unfortunate man any reasonable compensation for
the unlucky accident. He was attended to the Office by several of his
Wends, wire were willing to bail hem to any amount ; and as the
life of poor M'Carthy was not stared to be in danger, the prisoner
was discharged from custody, having previously given bail to an-
swer the assault.
MA RL BOROU G H-STREET. . I
Saturday Mr. Charles Rogers, the proprietor of the Paris Hotel,
in the Haymarket, appeared to an information for allowing wines
and spirits to be drank in his house, contrary to law.
Mr. Rogers, in his defence, banded the Magistrate his Excise
licence, for which he paid 101. per annum, and said. he had alersys.
acted under the impres.ion that the Excise licence authorised hiss'
to retail foreign wines and spirits.
Mr. Dyes— Yrs ; you may retail wines' portably, but they aria
not to be drank on the premises. •
Mr. Rogers inquired whether be could send out for wine if
money were given to him fur that purpose?
The Magistrate replied, that he could not allow wine to be drunk
in his house without infringing the Act of rarliament ; and a similar
case was decided at that office a week or two ago, awl the party
convicted would not appeals for otberconvictions which had taken
place before the Magistrates of Bow-street had been all affirmed.—
Mr. Rogers was convicted in the mitigated penalty of 101. and costs.