The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-08-14 00:00:00

J'O LICE.

G mon Am—Yeti/pray JAN Dsgerd underwent
I long «zooloati..o o.fore Mr. Ald►rmen RoTowtu..
an a chow of robbrai Ills moster, Mr. Robert Bros-
toolop.poonbroker, moor of W►otton'aeootfr 1101.

horn-hats.
This was one of those depredations to which
'f4d•Sfaflo who keep an open till, ate so constantly
liable. The Pri,oner was a wettest in Mr. Bests.
champ's eapplits, and smelly attending the horse,
kr. at his residence at hiiligtoo, haring het little to
do at the shpp hot In shot sold epee the shatters; Mr.
Beauchamp had taken him, a reentry lad, from the
pinegh is Ewe, and he had lived in the sitestioo
above a par and a half. Money had frequently
boyw missed from the till; suspicion at length fell
open the Poisoner, sod in order to detect the thief,
the silver in the till was consoled on Wedneselsy night
last. and on tt e srhortday atoning, it was found Its
he 7.. short. For the purpose, however, of esakiog
the fact guile closer, a little before the Pohlman came
to shut upon Thorsolay night,4l. worth of sihrer,con.
slating of 21 balf.crowns and 20 shillings, were
worked with the fi.tores 47, the number of the boas.,
and put in the till, the rest of the servants, with the
inception of George he, the apprentice, were seat
oat of the way, and Mr. Beauchamp waited the re.
suit of Oho eaperiment outside of the door, to the
court. Ire purposely left the Prisoner ales@ iu the
shop, sad shortly after, heard the Ow rattle in the
till ; he thee returned to the shop, and sending the
Prisoner for a pint of porter, coonted the silver in
his absence, and missed sloe half.crown. When the
Prisoner came beck with the porter. Ise left bias
alone again and went into the yard, whet" he heard
the Prisoner again at the till. The sigma wee thee
ogiven, Ice opened the door to his master, and told
him of the hilt-crowns being gone. Mr. Beauchamp
then asked the Prisoner if he had soy moos., 1 he
replied. no. He thee told him he might as well put
the half-crown down which he had token fens the
till ; the Prisoner accordirogly produced one half.
crown. ilia master theft asked hint if he had any
Imore? to which he again sosweorrod in the negetise.—
The silver in the till wet then counted, sod foiled t•
be seven half.crowns and three shillings deficient, all
which were Intend its the possemion 94 the Pti.onet,
who also acknowledged to have taken the 7s. the
, night previous.
The officer who took him into custody produced
the money. 11. fia.; the math on each piece was
identified by Mr. Ifilesschanisi and his apprentice.
The Prisoner appeared to feel Iris sossation ; he
wept hitiedy, and said he had nothiog to say for
himself.—Coonnoitied to Netagate.
A case of a similar new", bet more aggravated,
from the situation of the party, the confidence re-
posed in him, and who, from his education and re.
spectability, might have been espeeted to be throat
the commission of any str.tio offence, was neat enqsir-
ed into.
The Polyester in this nue was a matt dressed
plane man. under 20, clink to the widow Emits and
liareard, gold and silversmiths. No. 9, Ave Matin.
lane ; the name he goose at the Camper was Johnson,
hat his rest ease was +toted to be Thomas Asks
A ichois.
Dostlam. of East•street, Wsliroerb.
man to Eases and Barnard. statist. that for some time
Ipast he sosperted the Prisoner of purloining silver,
and therefore look more palticolstr notice of a quan-
tity of silver which was weighed oat for the Inviter
en Iloorsolay ; there was a lot of 200 ounces, prin.
tipsily dollars and fie" franc pieces. Wag in the
counting-hoe4e ; he left the rfiSoliff 410114 there ref
four or five minutes, sod en his return he jodpol,
from the flurry be appeared to be in, that he bad
stolen part of it ; for the pwrposo of detecting him,
'
be contrited to mod bin on so roast! to. the flatting.