Star.
London, England, 1826-12-01 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

GUILDHALL.

Jose' tb6 case Mr. Edward Jones a caalanerehaat
is White.friars, appeared upon summons before Sir Presa Latium,
Ito answer the complaint of Mr. Thomas Jones, landlord of the
White Hone hut letter-luxe, who accused him of unlawfully de.
seining four bills Of ft:chasm value 2004 and upwards, which had
been entrusted to him to discount.

Mr. Harmer attended fur the complainant, and a Mr. Castle for
the defendant; and there was much examination and crom-examl-
oath= of witnesses, and not a little altercation between the princi-
pals; but the case itself lay in a nut-shell, and was briefly thus—
Mr. Thomas Jones bought his coals of Mr. Edward Jaws, and
there are some outstanding bills between them, partly accommoda-
tive sat& partly real; but they were old acquaintanees, and Mr.
Thomas Jones had no reason to suspect that Mr. Edward Jones
woull.do any thing illiberal He therefore proposed to him to
diecount four bills of exchange for 2001. dec. which were about to
come into his possession ; and Mr. Edward Jones readily undertook
to give bin cash foe them • but when they were sent to bias for
that purpose be returned 301. only, and detained the residue u a set-
off, or security, against his coal account, and tile other outstanding
matters above-mentioned,
It thus appeased, that Ir. Edward Jones had at least a colour-
able right to detain the bills, and therefore Sir Puna Lain dis-
missed the complaint as not cognizable before him ; but he re-
commended hint to restore them. To which recommendation Mr.
Edward Jones replied, that he should leave the affair entirely to
his solicitor, ana thereupon the parties withdrew—the one threaten-
ing an action at law, and the other promising to defend it.

MA R LBO R OU .STREET.CIH •
An invalided pensioner of the 6ah Regiment, of the name of
Williams, lately returned from the West Indies, with a wife and
two children, was stationed at the Depot at Chatham, till regularly
discharged, whence be removed to a lodging in Jews'-row, Chelsea,
preparatory to his going to Ireland. Another soldier of the same
name lodged in the sang house, whom the complainant employed
to spew him to the Bristol Waggon Office, which. be did, and after.
wards took the complainant's chest, containing all his little property,
to the value of 154 Williams owed the prisoner, booked his
chest, and returned home. On their way the prisoner said, " If
yoar chest is not at Bristol when you get there, go over to Ireland
just the same, it will be sure to follow." In an hoer after the,
prisoner returned to the White Bear booking.ollice, is Maar,
told the clerk the soldier was going to remain in London a week
longer, and obtained the chest. The poor -fellow travelled with
his family to Bristol, and there learned that the waggon bad at..
rived without his chest. He left his family At Bristol, and tea.
veiled to London with only four shillinp in hirpocket, and arrived,
on Monday at Chelsea. He went to the prisoner, who advised
him to go back again, telling him it had gone down, no doubt,
while be was coming up. Williams not being satisfied, asked the
'prisoner to go to the White Bear, and speak to the clerk for him.
Atm some time Imitating, he went, but on the road made excuses

for, the eapplainant to wakon, and %elms. they tot to be o!h•
went Jowls the yard, I a pretence. and persuaded
go ia by himself, where,he learned the fate of his hoe, am;
advised us give the prisoner in charge.
Mr. CONANT heard the case, anal sent (or the clerk :a the White
Bear, whu swore posititely to die prisoner being the man who
brought and took away the trunk, and said. as the prisoner had
been the spokesman in the business, he let hint have the chest
suspectingly.—The prisoner admitted taking the trunk to tke bac.
but denied fetching it away. An officer being sent to search i:
lodging, a shirt belonging to the prosecutor was found, and the pr.,.
sopa was folly committal fur trial.
DIARY-LA-BONNE.
Yesterday Janes Rill and George He nclij were brought Wait
Db. Giuermi, in custody of Gibbs, the °racer, charged with do
murder of Henry Tiers, a child only four years and a half dd.
The prisoners are young men of rather decent appearance. Big
was, up to the time of his apprehension, groom to General Sir Wm.
Henry Clinton, )4 P. and the other prisoner was employed as as:
sistant in the stables in Mary-la.boune Hews.
Gibbs, the officer, stated, that in the early part of the mornipg ii
was informed that a child had been killed the preceding evening .j
taking a quantity of gin, which had been given to it by the prise).
nen at the bar. Witness made inquiry at the Portland Arms pida-
lic-house, Great Mary.la.hunr.e.street, from whence the gin was
said to have been procured; and questioning Mt. France, tits laud.
lord, be ascertained that the report was correct, and that the L:litr
of the deceased child was coachman to Lady Carolii.e Barham, uf
Queen Mine-street, and that he lived at No. 26, Mary-la-bocce.
mews. Ile immediately proceeded there, and on entering the tikes
saw the child laid out, The mother was present, and toad ban itak
the prisoners, who lived in the mat staale, had given the Lhsl4
quantity of gin, which caused its death.

Garret stated that be was "pot•boy at the Portland
Arms. Between four and five o'clock the preceding evening he
took a quar►ern of gin, which bad been ordered by the deceaseu
child, to the stables in filary.ta bonne Mews, where he saw the
prisoners. When he went there he nearly filled a glass with gin,
and Hill took it and handed it to the child, who drawl' it all. Wit.
ness poured out a second glad-full, and Hill havir.g thank a little
out of it,filled it almost to the top, and then gave it. the chJd, wha
drank it all. The tidier prisoners were present. The child, atter
swallowing the contents of the last glass, seemed rather giddy. Bin
asked hint how he liked the gin ? and he replied, •• very well."
Witness was then desired by Hill to brirg another quarterit tit gin,
and when he returned with it, the prisoner 11111 gave the child an-
other glassful!, all of which it drat.k. ‘Vitness filled the glass again,
and he believed Hill drank the contents. The remainoer was then
given by liill to the child.
Here Mr. GRITIITY, and every other person in the Office except
the piseners, uttered some exclamations of horror.
Mr. MALLET, the Chief Cletk, observed that the witnesses said
nothing abort the prisoner flanclilf, but that he had been present
when the gin was given to the child.

Mr. GILIFFIT)S said tarot it was proved that he bad been present
during the whole of this nefarious transaction.
fluckridge, the officer, stated, that the child was as fine a boy as
could be seen, and was in perfect health on Wednesday morning.
Mr. GUIFITH said, that with respect to Hill there could be no
doubt of his guilt, but as to the other prisoner there might be some
shade of difference. For the present he should (Inland them both
for further examination.

The prisoners were then removed from the bar, and notice was
sent to Air. STIRLING, the Coroner, in order that the necessary steps
should be taken for holding an Inquest on the body of the child.