The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-10-18 00:00:00

POLICE.
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Masstox House.—Three men, the first of whom was
James Thompson, who staled himself to be a coachman,
the second a young man of respectable appearance, was a
millwright, and the third a weaver, all Scotchinen, applied
to Alderman GARRATT, for relief, as they said they were in
a starving condition, and certainly their appearance, which
presented a picture of the last degree of misery, corrobo-
rated their statement. They said they were part of a num-
ber who had been landed recently by some ship, trading to
Honduras, from whence they had come, the remnant of
about 200 persons, who bad been induced be the most
atrocious representations to emigrate to a place called
Poyais. Such of them as bad escaped the mortality, and
were now in this country, were in the most destitute con-
dition. They wished to return home, and the three appli-
cants for themselves, new prayed present relief, and pas-
sage back, to their homes in Scotland.
Alderman ARRATT said, he had read the case of the
unfortunate people as it appeared in the pnblic prints, and
it was really one of a very deplorable nature, hut the' Chief
Magistrate, for wham be sat, had no power to give them
relief, or a passage home. The course they must take,
would be to apply to the parish officers of the parish where
they had slept.
Some small pecuniary relief was then given to the• mita
firers, and au officer was directed to accompany them Is
lthe parish officers. The applicants, however, appeared to
feel a strong objection to being passed home to their friends
as vagrants, and would almost prefer begging tbeir way
were they strong enough to undertake the journey. Theta
is hardly one who is not labouring under some disorder
contracted in consequence of the hardships they endured.
The last ship, the Ocean, Captain Whittle, arrived in the
elver on Monday, with the last of the emigrants. Some
few, we understaail, from those who have arrived, were left
Is a hopeless condition in the hospitals of Honduras and
Belize ; but of the whole number that went out-200 men,
women, and children, but 45 were embarked in the several
traders, and of the latter nurubera a great many have died
on the passage. The greater number have been landed io
London, some have been put on shore at Bristol, and not
wore than 30 have been as yet heard of.
6ti LIMA LL.—Noebe Allen o as charged with wounding,
with intent to murder, her husband. She was brought up
on the morning she committed the act, hot her husband
was too ill to attend, being confined in St. Bartholomew's
Hospital ' • and it was not anti' yesterday that he was de-
eared so far out of danger as to be able to give evidence.
John Allen stated that Le was a waiter at the Horse Shoe
sad Star -public-house,i-ten and Chicken court, Fleet-street.
The prisoner is his wife. She had been charing at tile
public-house (where she had been fa: merle a servant, but
was discharged for bad behaviour) for a feu days. On the
morning of the 20th September last, witness web cleaning
the windows of the bar, when the prisoner threw a large
knife at his head, which lie avoided by turning it aside.
The knife passed through the window and went to the hot.
tom of the house. The prisoner picked up the knife again.
Witness went on cleaning the windows, an I when he had
finished them he went into the tap to get his breakfast.
The prisoner was then cutting bread and butter; and be
bad not been many minutes in the room, when she seized '
the knife and made a plunge at witness's breast, but forte.
stately his fellow-servant prevented her. She seemed to
grow more composed, and the young man hit her go ; but
she presently snatched up the knife, and declared, with a
horrible expression, 44 1 shall do for von," making at wit.
nese in a desperate manner. He held up his arm, and 4-
ceived the blow upon it. Feeling himself wounded, be has-
tened out of the house, and was taken by his fellow-servant
to a surgeon, from whose shop he was taken to the hospital.
The prisoner has been witness's wife for six years. She is
an habitual drunkard.
William Smith, porter at the Horse Shoe and Star, at the
time, confirmed this testimony.
Robert Tanner, dresser at St. Bartholomew's hospital,
said he saw Allen when he was brought to the hospital on
the 20th Sept. Mr. Vincent attended upon him ; he bas
left the hospital. Witness saw the wound :it began above
the elbow in the back part of the arm, passing forwards
and deeply wounding several arteries below the elbow.
The principal artery in the upper part of the arm was
wounded. io the opinion of witness, the wopod would
have caused death, bad it not been speedily dressed. Ana,
tber wound was made in the arm before the arteries could
lie taken up and secured.
. The prisoner, in her defence, put in simper, from which
It appeared jealousy was the cause of her violence.
The Alderman said be must commit her for trial under
Lord Ellenborough's Act, which was accordingly done.
Bow STazaT.—Yesterday, Louisa Evans and Mary
Smith, two prcstitutes of the lowest description, were
brought before 0. B. birreseuaL, Bsq., on a charge of
stealing a 101. bank-note from the person of Mr. Charles
Trufort, a respectable shoemaker, residing in the City
' Road, whom they had inveigled into their lodgings while
In a state of intoxication, and when nearly senseless from
the effect of the potent libations lie had swallowed, they
contrived to possess themselves of the note in question,
and also of a bench of keys. On coming to himself, he
discovered his loss, and immediately applied to the watch,
who after much difficulty succeeded in taking the prisoners;
but on searching them, neither the note nor keys were
found.—They were remanded.
chiltgff Sonaitt.--Aasterday, Jolt* Hollowell, a baker.
of Sutton (sound, Westminster, was sammoned "for sell
ing bread to his castomers, without weighing it previous
to its leaving his shop.
The complainant stated, that on last Monday evening,
lie went into the defendant's shop, and asked for three quer-
tern loaves; a young woman in the shop served him.—He
asked her if it was net usual to weigh the bread in the
presence of-the buyer; she answered that they sometimes
did, hut oe the present occasion, it was quite onolcessary,
as she seas sure the loaves weighed four pounds each.
Complainant, on his way home, went into a grocer's
shop in Regent Street, and had the loaves weighed, one
was half a pound deficient, the other two, 2 oz.
Hollowell, in his defence, said that he did not make all
his loaves of au exact weight, he usually said it by the
pound, some loaves weighing 4 and I less than others.
The defendant was convicted in the penalty of ten shil-
lings sad costs.
LtAIHETII•S rREET.—INDZCENT EXPOSURB, AND Tea
Ana OP Remo:v.—Yesterday William Brown, an elderly
man, living near the Globe in 5111 e-end-road, was brought
to this Office, chari.ed with very indecent language, and
exposing his person in an indecent manner to Mrs. Hannah
Pim., a very pretty decent-looking young woman, who
brought into Lourt with her a smiling cheerful infant.
I Her evidence nn oath was quite distinct as to the most
scandalous abuse and ealutuay on the part of the defendant,
aid as to the exposing of his person ; it was, lawever. of
a nature unlit to appear in our Journal. Mr. Prior, the
fins-band of the complainant, stated, that the defendant had
caluusdated ilia wife, who he had every reason to believe
was a most faithful, virtuous woman ; that she had cow
munitated to him, iunu:diately or his return, the indeccu•