Star.
London, England, 1817-01-16 00:00:00

POLICE.

BOW4TREIGINSWINDUNG, &c.—Yesterday George
Deanery was brought to the Office, and underwent a
second examination before Mr. Htcxs, the Sitting
Magistrate, being charged with sestral acts of felony
and (rand.

In addition to the former witnesses, Elizabeth
Malcolm, of Artilkry.street, Bishopsgate-itreet, at-
tended and stated, that having seen in the public
papers an account of the prisoner's being in custody,
she suspected him to be the man who had robbed
her house, and on seeing him at the bar, she had no
doubt of his person. He Came to her house about
four or five months ago, and looked at some apart-
menu she had to let. He approved of them, but
said be had appointed a Gentleman to meet him
there, and requested permission to wait a little for
him. He said he was faint, and requested to have
some porter; she told him sbe had no servant in the
house to fetch it, and if be had it he must go and
fetch it himself, which he did ; and as he said he was
well acquainted with her late husband, and was well
known to the Solidtors of the Bank of Eqgland, and
he was in the law himself, she gave him some cold
rout mutton, also a book to read. After he had
left the house, abs discs/tread that he had taken a
silver spoon em a closet, and her spectacles.
Mr. Westwood, the solicitor to the Bank, was pre-
sent, and said be knew nothing of the prisoner, but
knew the proseeutriz extremely welt t her late hus-
band had been a clerk in his office.

Another charge against the prisoner was for steal-
ing a great coat from a prisoner in the King's Bench
prison, where be bad gained admittance by a Gibe
representation.
A number of other perioes attended to make
charges against the prisoner for obtaining property
by similar means. He was again remanded.
Robert Nell was charged with stealing three pieces
of cloth from tbe.shop door of Mr. White, a linen-
draper. •The prison was seen acting with other
lads, and ran away with the linen. He was follow-
ed to a house in a court near Temple-bar, where
the property was found. He was committed for fur-
ther examination.

16164 and Lloyd, three lads, were charged
by Jatersou and Jones, two Constable., with attempt-
ing to rob a Gentleman, and commit other felonies,
in Holborn, yesterday morning, near Red Lion-street.
They were committed for further examination.
QUXII3I.4OMaIG—Mr. Joseph Lee, a respectable
coach-master, residing in Princes-place. Westmin-
ster, came to the Office, in order to ask the Magis-
trate's advice bow be should act under the following
circumstances

He stated, that the evening before, the driver of
one of his coaches, No. 892. had been called with kis
coach from the stead in Charles-street, Covent Gar- I
den, to take up a fare at . Johnson's a-la-mode beef
shop, the corner of Clare-market and ISlackmore-
street ; he there took I. p a lady. very genteelly dressed,
acconipasiied by a gentleman, and several boxes were i
also handed into the coach, when he was ordered to
drive to the Fountain, in Catherine-street, where be
set them down. In about half an tour the gentle-
man came out, and desired him to wait, allying he
should be back in less than as hour, but he never re-
turned at all. After waiting about two hours, the
lady came out and got into the coach, with three of
four of her boxes, having left the rest in the care- of
the master of the house. He Wail ordered to drive to
0:hod-street, where he set bet down at a public*
wine vaults, and she drank several glasses of brandy.
She then ordered him from one place to another till
she became so intoxicated that she could not arti-
culate, and it being at length past one o'clock in the
morning, anal supposing she bad a deal a pro-
perty about her, be took her to Ar.°l(!idary-la-lionne
watch-house, but they would not receive her on ac-
count of her boles. After trying one or two more
watch-houses to no better effect, be at last drove her
home to his mas!er's yard, and put her upon some
clean straw in the stable. During the time. be was
rubbing down his horses,'llie fell asleep, and he left
her with her boxes. In the morning, about eight
o'clock, Mr. Lee, as was customary with him, went
into the stable, where he saw the lady ; and his host.
ler informed him, that on his coming there at five
o'clock the complained of being mid, said she bad no
money, but gave bim a headlong silver knife, In a
red morocco case, to get. bee a glass of' warm brandy
and water, illicit &g did, and afterwards a glass of
brandy and milk. Ms% Lee inimedielely invited het
into his house.to eat some breaktasto and ordered her

boxes to be taken thither. When arrived there, she
took from one of the boxes a pearl necklace of coo-
siderable value, and desired him to keep it as secu-
rity for his coach-hire, as well as any other capeolse 1
site might hereafter cause him. She also said Joe
wnuid put a goat! chain into his hands, winch un teat.
ing for on her neck, she perceived she had lust, and,
on se arching the coati:, it was found at the bottom.
Mr. Fatconao said, he thought, from the weigh►,
it must be worth from nine to ten pounds.
Mr. Lee said further, she had several other trinkets
which appeared valuable; and in one box there were
several parchments. She told him that the Gentle-
man she bad met with at Johnson's had obtained
limn her a ring to pledge, which was worth fifty or
sixty guineas, but had never come back again. She
alsa informed him that Mr. Nithols, Solicitor in Wa-
ttle d, was her trustee ; and wished lie would take a
letter to him : this was on Friday morning last : and
site had then just gone to bed, And he came there for
'udvice.

Mr. FULDING highly approved of the coachman.
let's conduct, and appointed a private examination
in the evening; and the lady, being then sober, gain:
such an account of herself and her connexions as in-
duced Mr. Fielding to write to Mr. Nicholls, and to
'send Mr. Lee himself with it to Watford. Mr. Ni.
chills answered Mr. Fielding's desite to see him, by
appointing yesterday, at one o'clock. In the, mean
time, the lady bas been driving about in one of Mr.
Lee's hackney chariots, has lodged at his house, and
behaved very well, only drank too freely.
Mr. Nicholls appeared at the Office yesterday at
two o'clock, and informed Mr. Fielding that she is a
married woman, separated from her husband, who
is now living at Halifax, in Yorkshire. She had a
Igood fortune left her by her father, the late Mr. Jo-
seph King, of Watford, snaltster, which she is squan-
dering away very fast. Himself, and a friend of his
at Watford, are executors of her father's will, and he
I had paid her reISIO on Wednesday last, to settle bills
for rings, trinkets, and other extravagancies.
Mr. l'istaxmo advised him to get her to Watford
as soon as possible; and he lett the Office with Mr.
Lee, to pay her a visit at his house, and to follow the
Magistrate's advice, of getting her out of town with-
1, out delay.
GUILDH A LL.I3II7.ALING A TWA AlLST.....Yefter-
day, a young man of respectability was charged with
stealing a Testament in the following way :—lt
ap-
peared, that doting-the time the Lord Mayor had
been engaged in swearing in Constables and other
Officers on Tuesday last, for the ensuing year, the
prisoner was observed to continue an anxious spec-
tawr. Oa the latter day, however, taking advan-
tage of the. Officer, who administered the Oath, turn-
ing his back, he seised the Testament, concealed it',
beneath his coat, and was about t. quit the room,
but being observed by S. Cadman, the Officer, from 1
a distant part of the room, the prisoner was inter-
rupted in his egress, secured, and the bock taken
from him. The prisoner pleaded extreme distress,
and the respectable sphere of life in which lie bad
formerly moved. In this he was borne out by evi-
dence. He added, that the act he had imprude:::ly
committed was is itself a punishment, as it. brought
' with it all the horrors of remorse and shame ; mod he
promised, that even starvation, or the fear of death
itself. should not again induce him to comm:t such
an offence. After a suitable admonition from tic
Magistrate, he was discharged.
MA R LlO RlNtill-STBRIKT.--.- MalitiCe KClSltedy was
'charged with fr.tmlulehtiy obtaining of Mr. Burridge,
linen-draper, Old Bond-street, a piece of linen (•lti
yards). The ptisooer was remanded.
Harron-GARDEN.—Yesterday Harsh Mitchel was
charged by the Landlord of the Hog in Armour.
Great Saffron-hill, with defrauding him of tea shil-
lungs in the following manner :—On Saturday night
Mr. Bartholomew Wintle, a skin manufacturer, in
the neighbourhood, came to the prosecutor's house to
get change for a two pound note to pay his journey.
men ; the prosecutor gave him one pound in silver,
and tea shillings in. copper, and Mr'. Windy was to
send one of his men for the remainder of the change.
Shortly after the primmer came to the prosecutor dlid
told him he was Sent by Mr. Wintle for the remain-
ing ten shillings, which the prosecutor paid him in
two five shilling papers of tiallpelice, and the pri-
soner then went away. The prisoner, appear-
ed had been in the employ of Mr. Wintle come time
ago, and who bad been loitering about the premises,
is supposed to have overheard we conversato.n. The
prisoner was committed for trial.

• Tuesday se'nnight, a counting-house in Trnngate,
Glasgow, was entered by a false key, two desks
forced open, and about thirteen pounds, the whole'
cash in the desks, carried off.
A few evenings since as Mr. Banos. of Pembroke.
street, Bloomsbury, was passing the corner of Bed-
ford-street, about half-past six o'clock, a man sud-
denly came up to him and seized his seals and chain,
and at the same time another man knocked him
down. They made off clear with the seals, *ace.
BaLrAsT, JAN. 10.--Tuesday morning, as Mr.
Gawiler. the suhconstable, was wing how., lie tnund
the driver of a returned chuise quarrelling at the
Donegall-Arms with a man he had just brought trim
Doaaghadee. The man struck the driver, upon which
Gawley 'took him into custody. conveyed him to the
police office, and on searching him they tottnl a most
excellent pair of silver mounted pistols, Laded, and
powder and balls, tints, a bullet uteuld, &c. also 33
p'eces of base coin, intended for shillings :tad six-
pences, most of them carefully wrapped up iii pairs,
with a fold of paper between each, and an oil stone,
upon which semen usually dress their bad money.
He had also a silver watch, chain, and pawn-
broker's tickets, dated in Whiteliaven, the one tor
five yards of jane, the other for a piece of green cloth.
On hum was also found a new red leather pock.
book, containing what purported to be an order on
the War• Office, dated Peel Town, Isle, of Mall, Jan.
10, 1817, and which authorised the payment of
£l5. Vs. on the 24th of June, u signed by the widow
of the law Captaiat M‘Guffey. The pistols are narked
with the maker's name, " Wallace. He says his
names is Thomas Morrow, agd that he is a labourer,
and was born in the parish of Clonfeckle, near Moy,
leounty Tyrone. He acknowledged that he had been
in gaol in the Isle of fitlan, and that he had been for-
, mealy tried at Capickfergus Assizes for passing bad
money. He was committed to Carrickfergus gaol:
There were slaughtered at Cork, to the 24th of
December last, 20,087 bead of booed caulra