Star.
London, England, 1827-08-09 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

DZIMILitI Cleetaoe.—Last night, a powerfullookingioong lean
In the drew of a mechanic, named Jana Maciwilowt, was brought
to this Office, followed by an immense concourse of.people, and
examined on the charge of having forced Ms wife, Haonah Mae.
malaon, out of a second Boor window, and severely injuring her.
Mary Parker, of Psinting.house-yard. Coleman-street, the wife
of a Printer, deposed that she was passing through Nottlagham-
court, near Long Acre, that afternoon, when she beard the cries
of murder proceeding from a room on the second floor of No. $,
and looking up, saw the prisoner having hold of a woman's head
by the hair,. and heating it with great violence against the sill of the
window. He bad hold of the hair in the front, and was beating
the back part of her head against the wood. She was crying out
dreadfully. He kt her go for a moment, and she suddenly sprung
out of the Window, and fell upon the pavement and broke her leg.
Witness saw her put upon a shutter and conveyed to the hospital.
Anne, the wife of John Wood, a Zeiler, in Vinegar-yard. deposed
that she was going through Nottingham-court, when she beard
things breaking, and a great cry of'" Murder—help—foe GOD% sate
kelp !" proceeding from a second Boor window. She saw in a
moment after, the prisoner beating his wife's head against the
window frame. She heard her cry out " for Gou's sake let tome
one come up and break open the door, or I shall be murdered." In
a moment after she saw the pi ironer with a weapon in his hand,
which looked like a poker, but she could not distinctly see what it
was, and he was holding it over her bead. Allat‘once she made a
spring fervrard and jumped out upon the pavement. Witness's
husband assisted in picking her up and conveying her to the hospital.
John Wood, the husband, deposed to the same effect.
Mary Cox, of Nottingham-court, heard the noise, and saw the
prisoner's wife with her head hanging out at the window, and the
prisoner beating her as described. She heard her say, " I hope to
Goo some one will come up atd break open the door, or I shall be

Anne Jackson deposed to the same facts, and said, she saw the
woman fall front the window, but whether she was thrown or
jumped out, she could not telL
Jennings, a patrol, stated, that he was going that way at the time,
and seeing the woman cone out of tho window, he ran up stairs,
and found the prisoner coming out of the room. lle stopped bins.
and on examining the room, found all the plates, dce. broken, and
every thing in contusion. ilelound the loker iu the middle of
the room.

The prisoner, in his defence, said, that he went home to dinner
at the usual hour yesterday, and found that his wife was out. He
was told she was gone to a public house, at the corner of Plumtree-
' street, with another matt. lie went there, and found that she had
gone. Ile returned home, and lauding her there, asked for his din-
ner, but she said there was none, and he might g.s aisewhete and
, find a dinner. l le said he would, and was leaving the room, when
she abused him, and he returned back, and gave bet " a slap."
ife was again going down stairs, when she again abused him, and
he returned once more and gave h.:r hoot her slap, and site all at
voce. jumped out of the window. He had not the least idea that
lsin was going to do such a thing.
Mr. flauw--All that you have stated cannot be trtw. Ton seem
to make very light of the matter; but let me tell yo:, that if any
[thing happens to this woman you will be in • situation of J

rkwartl kind. Nothing that you. Baru sS Is any.
your conduct.
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I'rhoner—l roun hear the smart air. •
Mr. HALLS ordered thevrimoer to hr remanded for a.weelion,'
directed the officer to procures certificate doe morning in ,n,
Surgeon of the H.Apital.
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M A IILBORIMGII-STR F FA%
The brother to the man who cAII4 himself a (baker, and wag
Lately apprehended, being found in the street without coat anti
wadrecoat, and• said be was engaged at the P.vilion Theatre, White.
chapel, applied, to the Magistr.te to have hint confined in a tn_d„
hoax, Le having lately tseJped from one in the COUlltry. Afr.
Dem said, should he he actin brought there, he Should he det-th.
ed, and notice sent to his Waders.

J. Lowry was charged with stealing a looking-glass ea' of a .hop
in Greek.streel, Soho. The complainant stated, tbat be left his
shop, and in the course of an hour rethened, when just as be reached
his door, he saw the prisoner come out, with the 1uuki0,,..14,
der his arm. He called a boy to follow the prisonerosho..eciar,
he was watched, went into a public horse, pot the glass I,i the pas,
sage, and ran uIT; when the boy tailed me, " Step thief !" and hi
was taken in Mead's-court.--Fully committed.
M A RY- LA. RON N
V. Sires was charged by Mrs. Awed. of Prime's-form,
Grove, with obtaining fls. 6d. lay fraud. It appeared
had ncca.ion to withdraw two recognitancts at the Clerkenwa
Sessions, which the pri.oner, who repre-ented binoelf as a Bow.
strict Officer, undertook to do for her. art.! received es id. wit.
the papers, and the Sunday following 7s. more, fur the payment of
expenses, when he said the reccrznizances were withdrawn; but In
a short time. she received notice from the Clerk of the Peace, that
unless the recognisance, were withdrawn by a certain day, they
would be esteemed. In defence, he denied tailing lanneit a Bow.
street Officer, and said, be was prevented by illness front halldling
the engagement. This, however, proved to be fallacious., and he
was locked up in default of hall.
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Ellsabeik liwaerds, a single woman, thirty-nine years old, was
charged with concealing the birth of a child. It appeared that she
delivcred herself at her lodgings in Great Ogle•street, on Tauraday,
without assistance ; and her mother, who came to ste her two
hours afterwards, • had the child Untied In St. James's Ctiapd
ground, in the lilampstead-road. She was sent to the Infirmary,
until the body shall have been examined by a Coroner's Jury,
WORSHIP-STILEET.

Armes, a labourer in Spica!fields Market, was charged with
!Laving in bit possession a quantity of counterfeit coin. Haring
lot into a tow with a countryman, and taken to the watt►►nose, he
was seen to throw away a parcel which contained 10 bad shillings
and four half crowns—Committed for want of bail.

Yesterday Johnson appeared before Mr. Barmier, to enforce the
penalties of the law against George Lee, the timer of ore of
liames's Yarmouth stage coaches. Tee offence alleged to have
been committed, was the carrying of one more than the prescribed
number of outside passengers. The defendant pleaded that the
extra person was the book-keeper Of one of the him, from whole
passage ne profit was derivable, either to the, proprietor or drive of
the coach. The Magistrate held the plea to be invalid, a en3chman
not being allowed to carry more than his number, under any Ciro
conestances whatever. The defendant was, therefute, convicted la
the mitigated penalty of 5/. and ss. costs.
TOWN-HALL.
A watchmaker, In Tooley.street, was summoned by W. Thin,
to slim cause for refusing to deliver a silver watch, left with hot
to repair. It appeared the repairs were completed, but be.,,a Ike
complainant called foe it some vrikaxwo person paid fur tilt repairs
and had it delivered to him. The complainant swearing he wm
totally ignorant of the Mud, the Aldetmati said he must be paid
the value, which wadi settled at ti. los
UNION-HALL

Friday last Mr. Cobb*7tt attended at this .taket (or the purpose
of obtaining ninety summonses, under the 3.1 Gets. IV. c..p. 112,
we. 30 and Al ; also, 'under another clause in the same Act, cap.
126, Sect. 53, against seventeen Toll Collectors, stationed at gates
in the county of Surrey.—Nraterday, the cases should have came
on for hea iog, but an arrangement took place, and no further pro.
twedings were adopted.

COROWIR'S gentsy afternoon a Coro.
ner's Inquest wa. held at the Aberdeen Arm., in New
Church-court, in the Strand, before Thom s a HIGGS,
Esq. Deputy Coroner for Westminster, on the b ,dy cat
William Ross, who ca me by his death under the fa lowing
circumstances :—Mr. Thomas Best, of Taw istoc k.streat,
surgeon, stated, that about a fortnight :in e, the
deceased came to him for advice. He appeased :o be is
the Jest stage of consumption. Mines• gaire him' such
medicines as he 01401 necessii,y, but had no hopes of
his recovery. Witness saw' hint at intervals, and the
last time was on lriday, when he recommended his,
removal to the Hospital, bat to which bi would not
agree. He had seen the body ghat', but discovered
nothing remarkable in its appearancec Harriet lions,
the wife of the deceased, stated that she-left him about
three weeks since to go to Camber weal, in consequence
of the death of her mother ; the deceased was then in
perfect health ; she saw him about a week atteiwards,
when he appeared indisposed, and complained of a
want of appetite ; she recommended him to hase medi-
cal advice; did not see him again until arat his d:ath.
Sarah Warmiss stated, that she knew they dceested,
and attended. him during his Mies:. He gradually
became worse, and on going to his bed-side ota Nlonday
morning, she found him a corpse. Verdica—.. Natural
Death." The Irquest was held in cOnsequence fan
unfounded report in the neighbourhood that the a..e•
ceased had taken poison.

MEETINGS OF-CREDITORS, BASINGHALLSTRCZT,

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S. Benzevlllis, Henley-upon-Thames, Halsted and Braintree,
Essex' and Basinghall-street, silk manufacturer . 5 9
W. Donald, Brighthelorstone, Sussex, furrier . . 510
C. Field, Craubourne.street, Leicester-square, hosier and
glover . 511
I. Abraham, Stewart-street, Union-street, nampagate, tom-
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chant . . 3 10
E. Wickham, Islington•green, apothecary . 3 1
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P. E. Stroehling, Stratford-place, Oxford-street, artist . 3li
J. W. Coster, Princess-wiett, Spitalbelds, drysalter . 3 S
J. Bastable, Church-street, Hackney, chemist and drierist 3 IS
T. Pharaoh, Carshalton, Surrey, and Ponder's 1111 d, Middle-
sex, cern dealer and millwright
J. Ballivant, Eaton.square, Pimlico, hay salesman
E. Franks, Formes, Hants, glass-dealer
W. Carpenter, Broad-street, Bloomsbury, bookseller
C. P. Boyce, Princes street, Haymarket, stove-maker
T. Barnes, Wittersbam, Kent, linendraper .
J. Window, Craig's-court, Cbaiing.cross,,agent
J. Dugdall, Portsmouth, coach proprietor .
E. Cropley, Frith-street, Sobo-square, merchant
It. H. Turnley, Lad-lane, Alancbester and woollen ware-
houseman . . 110
•G. Letts, Nine Elms, Battersea, barge-owner and lighterman 1 I

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BIRTHS.
The 11:t met. Lady Dunbar, of Northfield, of a dagebter.
The 50th ult. at Rotbesay, the Lady of Captain Stirling,of a eon.

MARRIED.
Rev. Stephen rope, Fellow of Emmanuel College, C:,mbridr,
to Eleanor, daughter of William Agnew, Esq. of Russell .qusre.

1)11W.
At Edinburgh, in her 97th year, Mn. Janet 13eckwith, relict of
Major General John Beckwith.
At Aimatto Itay, Jamaica, in December last, Andrew, youngest
son of Lieutenant Cheap, R.N. kluratisland, aged 24 year, WS
mate of the Phecnix.
Drowned, while bathing, at Gravesend, on the 47th ult. Mr,
John Buchan, London, eldest son of Alts. !loamy, Di/I.stia.t:ti
lilinburgb.
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