Star.
London, England, 1828-11-22 00:00:00

lIARLBOROUGUI-STUItla.

Yesterday. Eizubeth Murphy, who bad been in the service of
Mr. Verrey, the Swiss confectioner, in Urgent street, at the time
Mr. Verily had the misfortune to lose his daughter, wider the
alllicting circumstances that are already known, was brought be-
fore Aft.. Coxoter for final examination, on a charge of having
white in Mr. Verrey's establishment, plundered the house of every
thing almost she could lay her hands uov, including, both in her life-
time and since her death, a great variety of articles of dress, worn
by pour Miss Verrey herself.
A vast number of pawnbrokers attended, and produced sheets,
table cloths, towels, dm together with wearing apparel, of dif-
ferent kinds, belonging both to Mr. Verrey himself and to his de-
ceased daughter, which the prisoner had pkdgell with theta; and
all these articles Air. Verrey, who gave his evidence by means of
an interpreter, identified as having been stolen front his house.
Valentine, the officer, said that be had, on searching the prisoner's
boxes, discovered a great variety of other property, which the
prisoner hod stolen from other families in which she had also been
employed.
The prisoner said, that she had nothing to urge in hsr defence ;
but that, if allowed to du so' she would make up the value of the
things to Alf. Verrey, which she admitted she had stolen.
Mr. Commit said, that the prisoner was a person of all others,
of whom an example should be made: While Mr. Verrey was
suffering under the severest domestic slEiction, the loss of his
daughter, and even while he was confined to his bed by abuts, in
consequence of that loss, the prisoner was plundering him of every
thing within her reach.—The prisoner was committed fur trial.

TII A M ES—POLICE.
Yesterday the landlord of the King's Arms Tavern. Blackwell,
appeared before Captain. lircisaam, to answer the charge of a
young man, named John Murray, who described himself to be a'
pawnbroker, who alleged that Mr. Allen had detained 4s. 611. bis
property.
John Murray stated, that on the 49th of October he went to
Mr. Alien's house. and bad not been long there before be was
accused of stealing 4s. ed and that sum of money, which he had in
his band, the bar maid took from him. Ile at the time said the
money was his own, and denied having taken it from-the tifl, and
solemnly declared that the money was his own, which he had only
a few minutes before taken from his pocket. The landlord detained
him a short time, and then turned hint out, when be was dreadfully
ill.treated by a crowd of coachmen and cads.
Mr. Allen declared, that the complainant was detected by the
bar maid in the very set of stealing the 4s. ed. from the till. She
saw him open the till, take out the money, and seised his hand, with
the money ht it.
Miss Mary Allen, the niece rf Mr. Allen, proved that Murray
stood outside the bar, a few yards from her ; she turned her back
just at the time he was raising a telescope with bis right hand to his
eye; she had only a few minutes before put four shillings in the
till, which contained at the time only sixpences. While her back
was turned she heard the till opened, and saw the prisoner move
his left arm act o•ii the counter; she immediately opened the till
and missed the foist skilings; she instantly accused the prisoner of
the rubbery, and (petit% his hand found the four shillings and a
sixpence, which the took front him. Another person also proved
that he had stolen the four sin:longs from the till.
Captain llicseant., immediately after hearing this testimony,
directed Murray to step into the bar, and the depositions against
him bring regularly taken, he was fully committed to Newgate
fur trial.