Star.
London, England, 1826-11-18 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.

For several days past the lists of prisoners for examination before
the Loan MATOZ have been lengthened considerably by cases of
juvenile delinquents, the numbers of whom are daily increasing.—
The day before yesterday, four were brought up, two for stealing
boxes of jewellery from the shop of Messrs. Ayres and Barnard, and
two for robbing the shop of a bardwareman on Fish-street-bill.—
Yesterday five were brought up, two for attempting to rob a haber-
dasher's shop in Bishopegate•street, two foe stealing a leg of pork
from a pork shop, and one for robbing a tobacconist's. There has
been, we understand, a similar influx of this description of cases at
In most of the cases examined before the Loss MATOI4 the boys
had been at work some weeks since, none bad work when appre-
headed, and all had lost the protection of their parents and friends,
who were too poor to take care of them. The boys have been
thrown out of employment, wandered about the streets, and began
with the petty pilferings of meat, &c. which led to more serious
offences. There were two instances where they had acted in gangs
to rob the shops. In these cases it generally occurred that one or
two, who are unknown to the police, were found acting in concert
with a trained thief. No doubt is entertained by the officers wbo
superintend the police department, that the increase of this descrip-
tion of offences and of crimes, arises from the late distress of the
working classes.
The Loan MAYOR declared, that of several of these cases, he
scarcely knew how to dispose. They could not be permitted to
go at large, for they had no apparent resource to obtain a livelihood,
except to recommence the course of life from which they bad been
taken, and if they were sent to prison, they perhaps lost the chance
of returning to honest employment, and were turned out without
character, and became confirmed thieves. His Lordship, in the
cases of petty pilfering, where parents could be found, sent for them
to give security that they would take the children off the streets,
and make exertions to obtain honest employment for them. The
more hardened offenders he sent to the treadmill, or committed to
Newgate.
GUILDHALL.
The potter at the Bull and Mouth Inn, appeared to answer the
complaint of Mr. Dhoogb, of the firm of Messrs. Allen and Co. in
Noble-street, Falcon-square.
The defendant delivered a parcel at Messrs. Aliens' on the Sth
instant, at nearly half-past four in the afternoon, which bad been
brought to the Inn by the Nottingham coach, as early as one o'clock.
• The porter, when asked to explain why there had been so much
delay in bringing the parcel the very short distance from the Inn to
the complainant's house? said he had but just returned from a circuit
with his cart, round Lambeth, Newington, &e. and Mr. D. of
course supposed his parcel bad travelled that route, and declined
paying the carriage, with a view of obtaining some explanation
before a Magistrate. The porter, however, snatched the parcel off
the counter, and carried it away, and Mr. was therefore obliged
to originate the proceeding before the Alderman himself.
As the parcel had been delivered within dx hours of its arrival
at the Inn, the Alderman had no jurisdiction over the case.
Mary Peeldii a widow, 40 years old, was brought uy by the
Officers of St. Bartbdonew the Grea, to swear to the father of
an illegitimate child she had lately borne. She refused to swear,
complaining that she ought not to be interfered with, as she had not,
and would not, ask any parochial relief. Continuing so to refuse,
and being unable to skew she possessed property from which it was
improbable the child would at some future time become burthen-
some, she was committed to the House of Correction for one year,
as a lewd woman.