Star.
London, England, 1829-05-21 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

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MANSION HOUSE.
Yesterday a young man, apparently about L or 19 years of age.
named Mown Warta, wee put to the bar, as a charge of having
intend a forzed check at the Ban% of England, knowing it to be.
Oise of Mr. Fresbeeki's Clerks conducted the prosecution en
behalf of the Bask.
Wißam Obadiah Wheeler, one it the clerks it the Bank, at,
raped:dm on Saturday afternoon the prisoner presented what par.
'ported to be a cheek trans, Messrs. Parrinton and Bon, accountants,
Xing-street. Cheapside, (or the sum of 41. Ise od. The seine was
written Perdido, or the to was fanned like an I. The witness con-
sidered that the forgery was not at all like Messrs. Parrinum's
mode of drawing checks, and that it could hardly have been snc-
cessfuL The check was directed to be paid to Mr. Ridgway or
bearer. Witness asked the prisoner if be was Mr. Ridgway? He
sold be was not. Witness then asked him if he had received k
from Mr. Ridgway? Prisoner replied that he had. Witness had
him takes Into custody.
The officer who apprehended the prisoner deposed that the latter,
When questioned about the cheek. stated that be found it on Snow
ME Witness asked him whether he knew IParrintoo and Sens. The
ptiscanes replied that he did. Witness west so march the prisoner's
lodging, at Queen. strette-Iffilbeen,. sod there be fund a quantity
of blank Bank of England checks. These checks were In sheets,.
containing sack a certain Dumber of checks, numbered coosecu-
Neely. One skeet of the blank cheeks was one check short. 'floe'
hissed check predated was the counterpart of the shoot. It fitted
it exactly. and was of the number next to that of the check which
followed.
Richard Strickland. who keeps a coffee booms or coffee shop, in
talaten-street,, Holborn. deposed. that the prisoner had slept at his
home about ten days. He had slept one 'debt there before be be-
gan to sleep there regularly. Oo the morning following the ser.
vast found in the bed room a skeet of blank bank checks. The
witness sent it to the bank.
A clerk to Messrs. Perelman sod Sops proved the check pro-
duced to be a forgery. He stated that the prisoner bad beau in
their employment occasionally as a sort of light porter.
The witness was asked whether Messrs. Parrintos had ever per-
mitted their blank checks to he about or come within reach of a
servant like the prisoner ?—The witness replied in the negative.
and that aisle bad bq them bees missed.
A clerk of the bank proved that the slinks found upon the pri-
soner had bees obtained by means of a forged order.
The primmer, when asked whether be bad anp thing to say.
stated that he for the proem decline making any &Mace. •
He was remanded at the request of the prosecutors for further
examination.

BOW—STREET.
t Yesterday Chemin said Opietawy, the two young men who are in
custody on a charge of having forged checks, and uttered them,
were re-examined. Every thing was strictly private, and nothing
of the slightest moment that occurred was suffered to transpire--
Mr- Gate*, the Solicitor to the Society of Bankers, attended oo
behalf of the prosecution; and Mt. Butler was engaged for the de-
fence—After a lung examination they were remanded for a week.

WOES H I P—ST RE ET.
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. Yesterday Jahn Mb was roesandoed before Swaim Twvreao.
Esq, on a charge of maliciously dgstroying one loom's work .t silk,
value 101. the property of Jobn Edmunds.
Mr. Edmunds stated. I delivered one loom's work to ate pri.
softer the 10th of April, to make three Angle ; be was to bars As-
pence per yard, the trade price, for it. Yesterday morning, about
eleven o'clock. be came to my house and salt his work bad been
cot. I asked hl* how he suppesed it was done? His reply was,
be hoped that I should not be offended, but that he bad been ad-
vised not to say any thing, and be supposed be must take his chance
along wick the rest. '
John Edmunds, sen. stated-I went to the prisoner's house
Wolvarley-stroet, Ilstbnal.green.road, and saw the work. wide;
was laid loess on the floor; the silk that was unweve was cut off
(rent the reli. and was scattered about en the floor. The bacons
bad been cat through la three places, and iontetbica had been
jobbed into the reed, so as to render it unfit for cue; the weights-
were also en the Sow. - _ _ _ .

the=Dusky, a shoemaker, living in the same bone with
stated, about a quarter before ten o'clock so Monday
eight, the prisoner came and knocked at my room door, and said,
!‘ I am el--d if my work is not cut all to plane." and asked me
V I beard any body come to the door. I told him I thought I
heard two persons going op stain a few minutes ago. but thinking
It woe his wife- and goo, I took De notice of it. I then went
ion the priseser's room, sod saw the work lying on the treadles,
and cut to pleas. The risoner appeared very pale and frightened.
The prisoner said, that about half put nine o'clock on Monday
night, his wife went out for something for supper, be went into
the yard to the privy, and stayed there about ten minutes; he
Wad a noise, and on his return found his work cat to pieces.
Inwas discharged.
In the afternsonsental bills were posted up in the vicinity of
Bethnal-green, calling a meeting of the journeymen weavers, to be
holden in Hare-streehlMilds, for the rupees of proposing a strike of
the hands in the employ.[ several of the. underpriced nunufac.
mere; hoarsen four and five thongs* had amembled at Ave
o'clock, and kneediate intimation was given to the Magistrates of
this Mau About alz o'clock Mr. Baum, antral' the dicers on
' the estabilimaK, with a large body of Bow.etreet patrol, arrived
on the spot, end lensedlately dimpersed the weavers. They homed
and oineed very muck; a large portion moved of to a place called.
Temple about four miles from llesbnaliren, and in the
county of lam, where it was maned they would meet.