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London, England, 1821-10-13 00:00:00

she was in conversation with her mistresir, a fete nights
ago, at a late hour, her master burst into the" room,
seized her by the throat, pushed her down the stairs,
and,' in the endeavour to turn. her out of doors, abused
her, so grossly, that she had been under a surgeon's
care ever since. The defendant declared that the
statement *was exaggerated; that the' provocation he
had received, was nothing less than an attempt to
corrupt •the inind of 'his wife; 'and that any man
woad lie mcstculpable in permitting her to remain
under the same roof another moment. The girl said,
her mistress had asked her some questions, which she
thosight it ter duty to answer; and that the conver-
sation took place when they thought the defendant
was in bed and asleep.. She Contended that he had
no right to listen through
_the key7hole. As to her
haVing *done anything impeoper„ her mistress, so far
from thinking so, had endeavoured to protect her,
and was averse to her leaving the house. The defend-
ant declared, that no circumstance would induce him
to allow sech a female to enter into his house again.
He did not wish that the matter should be farther
agitated, • and Was willing 'to recompense her for any
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injury her clothes had received, and to pay her her
full wages. The LORD. Mayon advised the girl to
accept the chnditiOns, but he positively refused; and
*said she would bring forward witnesses pp support
her charge. The defendant said, 'he would bring
forward his witnesses, and both left the Office in this
temper. The defendant, however,. subsequently te-
'turned, and informed his Lordship that the matter
had been settled. .
Bow4STßiST.—ft. Durham, the young man who
was charged with stealing two silver spoons, the pro-
perty of W. Allen. Esq.orWest-equare, as stated in a
former* Paper, was brought up for re-examination ;
and the person charged with receiving the spoons
"also appearel Endeavours were made to prevail
on the prosecutor- to. forego a prosecution, and
many argumehts used to induce him to comply, but
in vain ; the prosecutor observing, that he acted from
motives of kindness,.in order to save' him from a
worse fate, as he was so linked wih a nest of thieves,
and so completely initiated in their ways, that all
belies of his reform were nugatory. Even his mother
was convinced of this fact, and was an advocate for
his prosecution, in hope that he might be sent to
some asylum, where, freed from his vile companions,
his reform would be no longer hopeless. The Magis-
trate remanded him for a week, to give time for the
parties to reflect on the matter.
.1. Josephs, a pawnbroker, in Drury-lane, Was sum-
moned to answer the complaint of M‘Michiel and
Leach, for taking one farthing more than the legal
interest upon a pledge. The case was proved, but
Mr. HARMER said, that by the Act a moiety of the
penalty went to the Officers of the Parish wherein the
offence was committed ; and it was necessary that the
Parish should be specified in the information. Now
in the one before hint the offence was laid in the
Parish of St. Giles's, and there was no such Parish in
the County of Middlesex. The Parish of St. Giles
was known to everybody, but there was no such
Parish as "St. Giles's." Mr. Miesnuee observed,
that this objection was not sufficient with him to
quash the information. All the difference was, that
there was a superfluous letter in 'the name of the
Parish ; the informer 'should have used but ones, and
he had used two. Mr. HARMER observed, that this
additional a, with the aid of the apostrophe, altered
the name altogether.' Mr. Miesnuee said, .he was
not to know anything about apostrophes; there were
no stops, no points, no apostrophes, recognized in
the law ; they were literary distinctions. 'I he name,
as it was given in the information, was sufficient to
satisfy him what Parish was meant. The defendant
was convicted in the penalty of 40s. Mr. HARMER
said, that he was so certain of the legality of his ob-
jection, that he would advise his client to appeal to
the Sessions ; when lie would prosecute the, appeal
gratuitously, provided the Magistrate would return
the convietion in the precise form of the intirmation.
Mr, Miesnuee said, he would take care that the full
number of letters should be returned, but he would
not
.pledge himself to give the apostroPhe. Mr.
HARMER said, he could not venture to appeal with-
out the aid of
_the apostrophe. It was upon that he
mainly relied. If, in an indictment for felony an ad-
ditional letter was introduced into the name of the
accused, which gave it a different pronunciation, the
indictment could not stand ; and the same rule would
apply to the present case. Mr. Missnuee was of a
different opinion.; and Mr. HARM ER observed, that
as he could not go into Court without his apostrophe,
he would submit to the conviction.—the penalty, was
accordingly paid.
Gueesosittaern—Mary Hopkins, a very respect:-
able widow, brought her daughter Sarah, about nine-
teen years of age, before the Magistrate, under very
distressing circumstances. Mrs. Hopkins procured
several situations for her daughter, which she as frs-
quently left, after having committed various acts of
theft upon her employers. Her last situation was in
the family of Mr. C. Kemble, the tragedian, from!
which she decamped a few days ago, after robbing
a fellow-servant of a sovereign. She was now put
to the Bar, along with R. OjThr, a private of the
Guards, with whom she associated. On their per-
sons were found, when taken by the constables, some
razors, knives, and scissors, of which a pedlar had
been robbed, and the soldier was about pawning
someof these articles when apprehended. The almost
distracted mother stated, that while her daughter re-
mained with her present companions, neither her life
nor property was safe for an hour, and earnestly re-
quested the Magistrate to commit her to prison.-:
Offer and the girl Hopkins were remanded until Wed-
nesday next..
UNION-HALL—In consequence of the daring con-
duct of a gang of desperate thieves that infest the
neighbourhood of St. George's-fields having excited
the terror of the inhabitants resiuiug inthat part of
the Metropolis, the Magistrates were induced to
consider of the adoption of some means to abate the
evil, and put a stop to the alarming outrages com-
mitted. For this purpose the advice of Holmes,
Hall, Coflingbourn, and other officers of experience,
has been taken ; and it is determined to have some
additional patrol stationed near garden-row, Dover.
street, and the posts contiguous : and so situate as to
enable them to intercept the robbers in their retreat
across what is termed the " reins," this being the
route taken when any effective resistance is made,
and they are obliged to " cut and run," the many
hiding places rendering it impossible for them to be
taken, it they can get safely lodged there. It was