Star.
London, England, 1827-10-17 00:00:00

WOOD V. rAvry.

This was an action of assault and battery. The
parties are both shoemakers, residing at Walwotth—
, the plaintiff a very little, and the defendant a very
large man. It appeared tharon the 16th of April last,
some high words passed between these rivals, which
even. wily led to blows. The plaintiff, however, asserted
that the defendant commenced the assault by giving
the first blow, and afterwards kicking him while down.
.1.5 e defendant denied this charge, and said that the
plaintiff had first struck him. Witnesses were called
on both sides, but their evidence was most conflicting.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICR left it to the Jury lo:'say
which they could. believe ; for his-own part, he thotight
those for the plaintiff had told the most consistentAnty.
Adverting to the evidence of the defendant's baying
struck the plaintiff while down, his Lordship said," f
detest the idea of a man kicking another when down;
I have said so in another place, and always will, that
am convinced no true English boxer would do it."
The Jury immediately returned a verdict for the
plaintiff—Damages 51.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
BOW-STREET.
The Landlord of a public-house, Hungerford-street, Strand, was
yesterday surrhisned by tine of his customers to account for the dis
appearance of five sovereigns, which the complainant alleged t-
have lest in the house in question on klondsy evening last.
It appeared that a number of persons, amongst whom was the
complainant, were assembled in the parlour. lbey were all tipsy,
and the game of bagatelle was played ►y some of the party. The
balls belonging to the table !Living been missed by the landlord, one
of the company proposed that a general search should take place,
and by way of example he turned his own pockets inside out. While
undergoing a like ordeal, the complainant alleged that he bat hie
five sovereigns. There being no evidence, however, to establish
the fact against coy or the party, the complaint was dismissed, but
the Magistrate asked the landlord if he had ever taken the trouble
to read the recognizance which he entered into on obtaining hi.
license.—The landlord confessed that he never looked into it.

" Then," said the Magistrate," I shall just trouble you to hear
the words of the Act of Parliament which are there quoted.'. He
then read the passage, by which the landlord binds himself not
to allow tippling and drunkenoess in his house, and not to suffer
cards, dice, bagatelle, or any other games to be played therein ; and
then fined the landlord 51. for not obeying the terms of his
recognizance.

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ISrrs. Biggs, the landlady of a public-house in Round-coon, la
the Strand, was summoned by Howell,4 fireman, belonging to
the Westminster Fire Insurance Company, and Murphy and ano-
ther man, in the employment of the British Fire Insurance Com-
pany, for the usual reward for baying extinguished a fire alleged to
have takes, place in the house of the defendant, en Monday even-
ing last.
The defendant, who is a widow woman, loudly complained that
the firemen bad tendered her ho-assittance wfistever, and that in
fact there was no occasion for their presence, the fire having been
extinguished befdre they arrived. She brought witnesses to establitll
this fact, one of whom admitted, however, that part of the soot was
eh Ere *hen the men came with their engines.
Sit Thenaitis Ilium said be believe' it Wis too much the custom
for firemen to claim rewards for having extinguished fires, when,
in fact, the exertions of ethers had removed the cause of danger, if
any such flatted, before the firemen bad time to anise. In this
case it appeared there was tittle or no danger; and although he wap
bound; triim'the admissien of the defendant's own witness, to order
some remuneration to the firemen, he 'liquid visit the defer.dant
with the lowett penalty he bad ever inflieted in similar casts, and

should therefore order her to pay to Howell, the n.an trio f.
wrist d, 10s. and : elf that rum taints two assistants.
H ArflYN-4: A R HRH.,
•
• J Smith anti J. tra.tvr were vorneskred. chaged by llatk ouphoi
landlord of the Hare and Hounds, in Bt. Jirm's-street, with sine.
%icons Ids parlour oine bagatelle balls, value 325. as was E. )4,4.;
for sttaling from the shop of Mr. J. Ferguson, on Saffron-bhl,
at
tight day Clock.
M A R LBOROU GH- STRIERT.
Yesterday Aim Elaineydwies, wallet at Hatehett'S Hotel; rfcc,
dilly, was Mouthy to this °lce, charged with having robbed kit
ttnploytr of glasses, tumblers, decanters, and Inlets and forts to
considerable aninfint.

Thomas Chester, head waiter at the hotel, stated that the holm.
keeps r hiving had Al. in money stolen oat other drawee, sibkiad
fell upon the prisoner; and that he (Chester) and Schofield, tt,
Deicer, proceeded to Henrietta-street, Minthester.seplare, the lodg.'
legs of Mary Cheeseley, who had b. en a chambermaid at the kart
and to whom the prisoner was tnown tts babe been attached, Id
her room were found many of the articles, glasses, &eaters &c.
now produced, which air. Chester recognized to be ibcp,„pert#
4 his employers. There were also foamd some pawstbrokers ticked
for loivet and forks; and the pawnbroker's clerk from Gilbert.
street, Ifinchester-square, on having the tic►ets prevented to kiss;
said that the knives and kirks bad been painted by :►e sand Maef
°neselvy.
When taken up, Mary Cheeseley turned Eines evidence, anti
swore that it was the prisoner, who had been payinz his eldrelael
to her fcir •two years, had brought her all tin: articles esceyt
tht
knives Ind forks, which she said she had bad in her possession fee
upwards of two years.
The maker of the decanters and glasses attended, and proved.
that be had made those of this shape and Agute for ilatchett's Ha:
gel, and-fur no other.
The prieirser was advised by Mr. lii.mpbries not to say say
thing so his defence, and was fully committed.
Al AR Y. A-BONNE.
Henry Perrot, a man with sine arm, who professes to let
Viiblk Agency Once," and to collect debts, was charted Ott
obtaining k i ss. from Mr. Veinier, a baker, in Little Maryiv.
bonne-straet, for the alleged purpose of taking oat sernmeases
against various persons, at the Court of Retpieus, in Kis/tre.
street, Holborn, and converting the same to his own use; sad wets
embezzling Li 19s. 6d. which he was entrusted to Least for a
widow.—He was committed for trial.
LAM BETH-STREET.

Yesterday Bernard Beatjamin, alias rulßa mew, a person well
known to the illettoplanan Police, who has Letitia custody tut'
some days part, on a charge of havint in his possession a watch, and
various articles of property, of which he niused to give a sandat.
torynccount, was brought up for final examinatios.
Mr. Pierman, a Gentleman resisting in the Strand, attended,and
stated that on the night of the 13th ult. whi'e walking with his
mother in-I,w, in Holborn, they stopped at the winnow of a pawn-
broker's shop, between Brook-street and Gray's Ina lane; whiles
standing there a man came up, and nithout uttering a syllable,
struck him a violent blow with his clenched fist in the chest, which
felird him to the ground, and before he cotddrecovet himself, the
tuffi..n snatched his watch from his fob, ran up a narrow coon, lad
got clear off. Mr. Pierman tow identified the watch produced as
the same Which was inolen trom him on that occasion.
Air. Anderson, a watchmaker, who had repaired the watcher
the prosecutor previous to the rubbery, identified the *raki, and
Van and Keys, the officers who apprehended the prisoner, Mott,
sworn to finding it among other 'nicks on the ptisoor, ht the
fully committed to Newgste to take his trial
WORSHIP-STREET.

Yesterday Wirt. Davis, well known in this district Rime of the
most eepert of resurrection men, was placed at the bat before lit.
llsouoisson. It appears that I young female, wbo had died n 4
private madhouse, was interred a day or two since is Winton's
burying-ground, Golden-lane, and, owing to some meant, ht
the case,whiel the meinbets of the faculty are ansion to ineestigns,
tbe place has noes been constantly beset by felllifeaks irk lie
guineas, it is said, baying been olfeeed.fer the body. A 'met wank
Ina, however, been kept, and defeated all direct attempt. upon the
grave ; but on Mooda.y evening it was discovered that the primer
•and another had broken into asfempty house, three hotues Mum
Irons the ground. They were provided with the necessary apts.
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ton for disinterring the body, also with two laddees, aod, hot twthi
discovery, they would doubtleu have effected their purpose, by
passing over the two houses adjoining, in the dead of the night. The
prisoner was seined, and brought to the ottke that mini%
1 le was ordered to give bail, himself in £5O and two swedes lb
4'25 each, and committed in default.