Star.
London, England, 1804-01-06 00:00:00

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i famine Roust. Yefterday Vitra Flefehise
ant Yam. Smith were charged with attempting to
Rea I a theft of tea; the property of Melfrs. Fry and
Co. wholefale tea dealers, in Mildreccs.conrt, Poul
try. Flom the evidence of the airman and porter
from this houfe it appeared. that they were fent with
a cart load of tea, to.be delivered at different inns ;
that they flopped while they were delive. jog a chell
at the Caine Inn, Wood-lireet, about five o'clock on
Wednefday evening, when the carman faw the pri-
Inner Hefeltine upon the copfe of the cart, lifting a
chell of tea, while others fur rounded the cart. On
taking him into citflody, they all made off but the
prifoner Smith, who was 411;1 apprehended.
Ia their defence, they denied the charge, and pre
'tended to be entire firangers to each other.
Smith was fent on 'board the tender, and Hcfeltine
was committed for trial.
William Smith was charged with attempting a de-
fraud, in uttering a (hip's note, for wages dire to
William Smith, baker, of the Thames EAR India-
man. It appeared, that the prifoner's name was Wil-
liam Smith, and had been.in the capacity of cabinet.
maker, in the fame (hip, but the baker's wages being
much more than the cabinet maker's, he had got the
note, either by deign or millake, which is not yet
afcertained. He was remanded for farther exami-
nation.
HATTON Goiemin.--Yeaerday a conflable of the
name of White, feised in an errand cart two hares,
feveral pheafants and partridges, without labels or
dircaions upon them, which the Game Law requir-
ed, under certain fines—the cafe being heard, the
game became forfeited, and the mode of fine was 1:11
to a future confideration.
A man of the name of Swan, of a refpeetable ap-
pearance, Rating himfelf to have been owner of feve-
ral veffels for years baik which had been (hipwreck-
ed at fea, was examined as an impoltor, charged with
going to different families with begging, petitions, by
which he derived confiderable funs of money, as ap-
peared by a lift of benefaaors in a book found upon
him. His unlucky (tar direaed him to the houfe,of
Mr. Randeigh, an eminent Attorney, in Hatton-
Garden, where be prefented his piteoully written tale,
when he was immediately recognifed by that gentle-
man a.; having been committed to Maidßone gaol by
his brother, a Magiftrate, under the Vagrant Aa.—
It has fame appeared that he had•been taken up at
Wapping, and examined at Whitechapel Office for
the like offend about a year fince, and was paffed to
his place of fettlement An Thorne, in Yorkthirs, as a
vagrant. He was on this occalion fent to the Houfe
of Correaion to be tried at the Quarter Setholls,
Wifirecuaras.—Yeßerday Bealawis Caves was
charged with robbing Thomas White of threowaill--
coats, and other articles. Upon hearing feveral wit-
neffes againfi him, he was committed for trial.
Maribor L Os was charged with being in the prac-
tice of palling bad Myer, and committed for trial.
Wotan:, rrayer.—Yetterday a genteel looking
woman, named Smith alias Brown, was charged with
Reeling achair from a chair maker's in the City-road,
which (be offered for fate at a broker's (hop in Old-
Ikeet-road ; the matter of the (hop fufpeaed that it
was Stolen, having fome knowledge of the prifoner ;
and that (he had, on a former occafion, Stolen from
him a knife cafe, which (be had fold to another bro-
ker in Kingpin:l Road, he fent for the purchafer,
who recognized the prifoner. All the parties (wear-
ing to their property, (he was committed for trial.
lvtaaLsoaouna-rraser.—Yefterday an old offen•
der, a Jew, who cries bad (killings about the Rivets,
was charged with having defrauded a young woman
of half a guinea.
The profecutor is an ignorant girl, who had jug
come from Ireland, and whom the Jew had perfuad-
ed that Re had a bad half guinea, and prevailed on
her to fell it. The girl fold him the half guinea,
(which was a good one) for sd.
On her relating this Rory to a countryman, he
found out the Jew, when he Paid he had fold it for
sis. 6d. to a refiner. An Officer who was prefent ex
amined him, and found the half guinea in queltion.
He was committed until he Should pay the girl and
the expences.
James Belcher (the bruifer) made application to
the Sitting Magiftrate for the recovery of a fum of
money, which he had been fwindled out of by a per-
fon of the name of Grant, who has hitherto efcaped
juflice.
Grant had ufed Belcher's Inure, and had left fame
duplicates of articles pledged, (as a fecurity for a
debt of five pounds and upwards) which appear to
have been Stolen from different perfons, who had laid
claim to them. The Magiftrate thought they had a
right to fettle with 13elchei, before they received their
goods.