The Statesman.
London, England, 1811-10-24 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

An extraordinary discovery of property took place
on Monday, by Mr. Young, the watchmaker in' the
Strand, who had taken an account of his stock last
May, when he missed a gold watch of the value of
fifty guineas, which Mr. Young was confident he
had not sold, as he always booked every. watch that
was disposed of, but how it had been lost he could
it
not account fof. - On Monday *corning two Men we
to his shop, and: asked Irrit if he would pufflias a;
watch, lie replied hi was. not in the *habit of ur:
chasing watches fronistrangers, however he old
look at if; and on exaniinia& thl watch, it' pryied
to be one-of his awn making, and that it was tho.
valuable watch which had bien missed./ lie asked.
where they had got it,- one of them answered froins,
his. wife, and said she told him sho bad got it' from'Newgate ; the other man said he had merely accom-
panied his friend to seltflPillitth, and had advised
him to take. it: to the maker; a.ifo doubt be would
give more for it than anybody-else. Mr. Young;
conceiving it.. to be a very plausible- tale,. and that-
they would not have taken tho witch tQ hintlfti salet.
if they had stole it, did nOt-ittempf to4oleta atetoi
only. •tiliok* their Denies aid address; But said he,
should k,eop the Watchi, except they could make ii,
good :tide to it, and for this putipose:appointed thee
to attend at the above Office on Tuesday, oveninVs•
which they accordingly did, and also one of their
wives; who acknowlettgilittrite gave, the wateb,
to her husband to WI; baying teelited--it froni. ter
brother, • a young Man.-tif the name *oaf SitnpiCtiO
who. was under sentence of -transportation:in New,-
gate. No other, title being offered by, the:pat-440 Ilit
the watch, Mr. YOupg_was justified, 41 detaining it
.... ...
as his property.
PICKPOCKETS. -'- ',.:,;*! -,'" -.--
John Miller was committed for ,tiilt ire; pickint
the pocket of Mr. Brown, ofa.valuable-silk partite'
handkerchief, in St. James's Park, at the tifnetha
power of some engines were being tried before Ibid.
Dukes of York; Kent, and Cumberland. . -- '-'"'*
The Prisoner was seen-taking the handkerchief
out of the Prosicutor's pocket by one of the patride
belonging to the Office; he immediately took hint
into custody .
George Bicknell and Scott, the well-known pia-
pockets, the former upwards of twenty years upon
thetown, are to be brought ip et the Westminster
Sessions, which begin this day; ou Mr. RE ID'S con-
viction of them as reputed thieves, under the Polk!
Act, to be confirmed.
HATTON-GARDEN. .

Yesterday ;Micas Deamer was charged before
the Sitting Magistrate, with various frauds upon his
masters, Messrs. Day and Martial of Holborn.—
It appeared, that the Prlsoner had been employed as
porter to Messrs. Day and Martin for these four
years past, and they had the greatest confidence in
his integrity, until some circumstances coming to
their knowledge gave rise to suspicion g ; and, upon
investigating their books. they discovered he had
been defrauding them for the last twelve months
of various sums of money, by- altering receipts for
goods and porterage: receiving, for instance, six-
teen, - _ -