Star.
London, England, 1826-10-25 00:00:00

POLICE nrrzucENCE.
MANSION:MOUS&

A waterman appeared, to answer a charge of having taboo More
than his fare, and -using abusive language.
A Gentleman went with the defendant front Rntberbithe to
Tower Stairs, and offered him a thrning, which be refused, d—ing
him for a mere humbug, and refusing to let him go for less than
eighteen-pence. The Gentleman paid the money, but insisted on
taking the defendant's number. and gat into the boat for that pur-
pose. It was then near nine o'clock at night, and it was extremely
difficult to find the number. As he was poring about the boat for
the purpose, a waterman's •apprentice gave it a tilt, and threw the
Gentleman's bead into the water; he narrowly escaped going in
all together. Finding be could not get at the number, he went as
far as Billingsgate, to procure a 'anther/4;nd the defendant accom-
panied him, and " jawed him" all the way. When they returned
to the Stairs, the defendant jumped into the boat, rowed it off, and
left him on the Stairs with the lanthorn in his hand, telling hint to
get the number how he could. Having, however, recognised the
person of the defendant, he persevered on the following day, and
found him out.

The Loan Maros fined the defendant 201. and on Ms declaring
its inability to pay it, committed him to prison.

BOW-STIIRET.

That notorious old pickpocket, Tit gale, was brought before
Rif RICHARD Brame yesterday, charged with having picked the
Ipocket of Richard Paul Jodrell, Esq. of Portland place, of a purse
containing nineteen sovereigns, and with having attempted to steal
his watch.

it appeared from the statement of Mr. Jodrell, who is a very
old Gentleman, that he and a female friend went to the English
Opera House, where there was a performance for the benefit of
the widow and children of Mr. Connor, the actor, on Monday
evening ; and when entering the Theatre by the passage which
leads to the pit from Exeter-street, he was hustled and pushed
about by more than a dozen fellows, who suddenly surrounded
them; though, when they entered the passage, there were no per-
sons there but themselves. When he and the Lady had in some
degree extricated themselves from these fellows, Mr. Jodrell leaned
against the wall to rest himself, ana then the prisoner stepped up
to him, and whilst pretending to assist him forward, took hold of
his watch-chain, and was endeavouring to draw it from his pocket,
when Miss Mills, the Lady who attended him, seized "Mister Tit"
by the collar, but he got away front her, and disappeared In the
crowd. Mr. Jodrell wis not till then conscious of having lost his
purse, but when he put his hand to his pocket, supposing it to be
secure be discovered, muck to his surprise, that it was gone. He
and Miss Mills then took refuge in a frulterer's shop; and having
described the person of the prisoner to a constable, be, in ten mi-
nutes after, apprehended his in the crowd, at one of the entrances
to the Theatre, and bright him before them. He (the prisoner)
begged very hard for mercy, and said, " Oh, let me go—for the
sake of my wife and family, let me go, and my brother will make
it up with Me Gentleman." What he meant by saying " his brother
would male it up with the Gentleman," he could not explain; bat
the officers said there was little doubt that be had robbed Mr.
Jodrell of his purse, and this expression of the prisoner was in
allusion to it.

The prisoner was committed for re-examination as Friday next,
to give time for the production of farther evidence.
In the course of the Investigation a Gentientan recognised the
prisoner, as a man whom be saw about the Theatre on the same
evening, In company with several persons, who were pointed out to
him (the Gentleman), by an °Geer of this establishment. as noto-
rious thieves. There were amongst them a man named Hammond,
a abort, slight young man, with a sharp visage, and resnarlibly
genteel in his dress and general appearance; and another of the
name of Smith, who, front his bulk, is known animist the pollee
by the cognomen of The Bligagast.

Two well-known young pickpockets, named debases and ri-
&est, were brought up by Morris and Purism, who found them
lurking about the Theatre on Monday night, and who very pro-
perly took them into custody. They were committed for three
months, under the Police Act, to the Tread. Mill. Two other
pickpockets were committed fur a month.

M A RLBOROUGH-ST RE ET.
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• Yesterday, an elderly decent-looking man was placed at the bar,
before Mr. COMMIT, the sitting Magistrate, upon the following sin-
gular charge:
Withers, sea. 'the father of the youth who some weeks ago pre.
'erred a charge against Colonel Archdall, at this dice, stated, that
the man at the bar came as* perfect stranger see night last week to
sleep at the public-house where he (Wither) lodges, in Holborn,
and the next day the prisoner thought proper to charge him with
having robbed him during the night of a sum of money, because
they happened to.deep in the same room, and the prisoner has ever
singes:wee ragniarly every day to the house, causing a disturbance
`and loudly charging him (Withers) with the robbery; and when
, asked to gist bis name and address, he refused to tell either; so
that at Leith he (Withers) thought it proper to give him into cus-
tody, until •be should give some account of himself, because he
, (Withers) had a sarong suspicion that the prisoner was set on to
make this accusation, on account of Colonel Archdairs business.
Mr. Conant asked the prisoner who and ghat he was ?
He replied that his name was Richard Enos; that about a week
ago be had loft the service of a Gentleman named Abbott, residing
•at Church-end, near Harrow; be left there in consequence of ill-
ness, and arrived in town the day before the night on which he
slept at this public house, and if he could have known beforehand the
son of accommodation be was to have had there, no consideradon
should have induced him to sleep there, for he was eramnied into a
small miserable room with two other men, one of whom was
Withers. He put his trousers carefully between the bed on
which be slept and the matting for safety, as one of the pockets
contained Li iii. but in the course of the night be bad occasion to
get out of bed• several times, on account of illness, and the next
morning he found his trousers not where he had placed them, but'
thrown upon the door, and the money that bad been in the pocket
vanished from theses; he was satisfied, be said, that Withers was
the permit who took it, because at a very early hour in the morning
be observed him fumbling with eonsetking on the foot near to where
the trousers were found.

Withers positively denied the charge, and said that he bad merely
stooped towards the floor to bundle up some linen that was to be
given to the laundress. This charge, be repeated, was pan of a
conspiracy against him to injure his character before the trial of
Colonel Arch&ll.

Mr. COstarr asked what had his character, be it good or bad, to
do with the trial of Colonel Ardsdall ? He was no witness on the
occasion ; his son was the person to give evidence in the case.
Witness said yes, that was true, but still the friends of Colonel
Archdall had an object to serve by blackening his character, if
they could, with a view of shriving that he was a likely person to
urge his son to make such an accusation for the purpose of extorting
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money from Colonel Archdall.
Mr. Cosatrr told the man at the bar, that be did not see any
pounds for accusing Withers of this robbery. particularly as a third
person had also slept in the room. The matter was then dismissed,
and all the puttee went about their business.