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London, England, 1817-11-04 00:00:00

diately informed by Robeit Rawles, another of his
shopmen, that some money had been taken out of
till. An officer was sent for, all the shopmen were
searched, and from the prisoner a three.shilling
token, marked gg Tay," was taken. Gough was con-
veyed to Marlborough-street, and on his way thither
he said lie would tell how he became possessed of
three-shilling token. Witness, however, declined,
saying—" I know how you came by it." He had
great confidence in the prisoner before this affair, and
in consequence had raised his wages.
Robert Hawks, another of the prosecutor's shop-
men, stated, that business began about a quarter past
seven o'clock. On the morning of the 17th of Oc-
tober, there were twenty shillings in each till. At
breakfast time he went down' tairs, leaving the psis°.
ner in care of the shop. The prisoner was relieved
by a Mr. Davis, a fellow-shoprnin ; and so.in after
witness himself went up, looked in both tills, and'
found that a three-shilling token had been taken out
of one of them. No business had been done, lie was
certain, in the shop, as in one till there were twenty
shilling; and in the other only seventeen shillings.
It was the custom of the shopmen sometimes to give
small change out of their own pocket, and take an
equivalent sum out of the till; but that could not
have been the case in the present instance, as the same
species of money was found in the till as had been
placed in it over night. There were four half-crowns,
two three-shilling tokens, mid four shillings, and out
of that money a three-shilling token had been taken.
No other coin had been put in the till. Witness in
formed his master of the circumstance when he came
home.—Cross examined. Did not observe whether
his master counted the money or not upon his retuin.
He had himself an opportunity of taking the money
out of the till. There was uo enmity existing between
himself and the prisoner.
Samuel Dennis, the Officer, proved that he was
sent for by the prosecutor on the morning ot the 171 h
of October, and searched all his shopmen. A three-
shilling token, marked 46 Toy," was found upon the
prisoner.—An excellent character was given to the
prisoner by several witnesses—Verdict Nut Guilty. -
Sontiod Powell, and Killian; Henry Store, alias San-
diland, were convicted, the former for having unlaw-
fully in his possession a certain copperplate, upon
which was engraved put of a promissory note for
purporting to be the note of Robert Copeland
Pease, Richard Dunn, and Henry Pease, of Mahon,
in the county of York, bankers; and the 'after for
having aided and abetted in the same, without any
authority for so doing.
John Baptiste, a Frenchman, was found guilty. of
stealing wet linen to the value of fifteen shillings,
from a line whereon it bad been hung to dry.
The business of the day was devoid of prominent
interest. Eighty-six cases still remain to be stied.

HATTON GARDEN.—Yesterday a man, named Bur-
nt, was brought to this Office, by a Mr. Anderson,
who kept an Academy, in Islington-road. At 12
o'clock at noon, this Geutleman was disturbed by a
sty of thieves in the upper part of his house ;—he
immedirely rushed up stairs, and on entering NO
apartment, occupied by a lodger, he found '!'e bureau
open, ao.il of the cleavers itf.s:d. fie cow, atten-
sl-J by tn.,: 't his atilt:4l4nm ',fent up to t'.e garret?
where they drAgged die prisoner from under the bed.
In the Led is as. fins three shirts, part of the con.
' n .40ffieiglikte hod htion vent& The
piA.oner, w :lry moat batch, ced insol ;ace,. prt.tested
641 ht was na in the boost ,at Ile was amen-
ded' for fu.:4:zr examination act Thorsda,y, that the
owner of thewpartment may identify the goods.
MaRLIIIROVAWSTAIIT.••••A servaat&l applied to
the Magistrate for a warrant to apprehend her mis-
tress, for nsaliefously firing off a pistol at her. The
complainant stated that her mistress lived at Maida-
hill, Mary-la-Beane, and she gave her half a holiday
on Sunday. She was to return at a certain time in
the evening, but she was rather later-than she ought
to has been, and on her ringing at thp area gate to
get in, her.mistress asked who was there ? She had
not Kell answered, when the Lady discharged a pis.
tol at bey- irons the first floor window, but no mis.
chief ensued. The Magistrate observed, that her
mistress might have fired the pistol from an appre.
hension of robbers bring about ; and as there did not
appear to •be , any.malicious intent. be refused the
warrant, but said the servant might have a summons
for letting off fireworks. The girl went away per-
fectly satisfied.
UNION HALL,.—Saturday May, Hall, and Goff,
arrived is town from Norwood, with four persons in
custody belonging to a gang of about twenty daring
fellows who infest the woods of Norwood, and have
fur the last twq months committed numerous depre-
dations in robbing hours, bleaching grounds, and
persons on she highway: The names of the pi isonets
are, Thome: Hera William Braden, Th,,r.a: Bell
and Mary Ben, his wife. The' prisoners are all young
persons, and live at Norwood, in small cottages on
the road side. They were ordered for re-examination.
Saturday tile
.Beadle of Christ Church observed
two boys, dreised in the French costume, in Black-
hiars-toot• tbe.one about,.twelve years of age, she
other ten. The younger was crying bitterly, and
the elder urging him to proceed,' which the former
said, frgai the, state of his feet, wit impossible. The
Sessile asked he cause of their lamentable condition?
and-from their answers, was induced to bring them
to this Office ; when the eldest said, their name was
Walker ; their father lived at Tyrone, in Ireland,
and was an Officer of Dragoons. About four months
ago his father received a letter from the father of his
wife, a Frenchman, residing near Amiens, stating,
that he was dangerously ill. and wished to see his
daughter before he died. His mother took him and
his brother to France, and their grandfather died two
days after their arrital. About a month ago their
mother died also ; when a female acquaintance of
the old Gentleman's took • their mother's little pro-1
perty, and after clothing them gave them a trifling
sum, which she said was all that was left and direc-
ted them on the road tit Boulogne. On arriving at
that place they were totally destitute; and on repro-
-seating their case to the Captain of a Dover packet,
be gave them a passage to the latter place. where
they arrived about a week ago, and begged 'their
way to town. He added, that if they could get to
Dublin, they should find friends to convey them
borne. The Overseers of Christ Church, with a
promptness that did them caslit, undertook to take
due care of them, end when they had recovered• to
forward theta on thek journey.