The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-05-29 00:00:00

POLICE.

Irtfw-vrtert.—Saturday John garics, a Jew, was
brought before R. RIRXIE, Esq..chorged with having
sr' len from the person of John Kennedy Sttong,
Esq. a gold watch, chain, and three seals. It ap.
peered Oaf 'Mr. Strong went into the Salutation
Coffee-house, Tavistock-street, on Friday itight,.be-
• ween eleten and twelve o'clock; the prisoner was
in a box, into which Mr. Strong went, and a conver-
sation ensued. After taking some liquor together,
Mr. Strong, being a stranger in town, walked out
with the Prisoner, and they had not proceeded fat-
' thor.than Newcastle-street before the Prisoner tripped •
up Mr. itrong's heels, and felled him to the ground,
then took from his fob, his gold watch, chain, and
seals. As soon as Mr. Strong recovered from the
.fall, he pursued the Prisoner, crying " Stop thief:"
II- was stopped by a Mr. White, at the corner of
11. Iles-street, and taken to the Watch-house, where
he was searched, hut the watch could not be found..
Ile was full) committed for trial.
Abraham de Larco. Benjamin Henry, and Solo-
mon Samuel, were fully committed for uttering
counterfeit money. The parties had been to Epsom
races in a cart, and on their return passed ten bad
shillings to a man who sold beer under a hedge near
Mitcham. Suspecting he was defraud-IF he pursued
and overtook them at Sutton. In the cart was found
1 quantity of counterfeit shillings and sixpences, to ,
the amount of 481. besides a considerable sum in good

money.
Listox-lIALL.—The neighbourhood of Newington
and St. George's has for a considerable time been in-
fested by a gang of desperadoes, who have hitherto
escaped detection. May and Goff have been some
time looking out for them, and six of them were
brought before Mr. CHAMBERS by those °Ricers,
charged with a highway robbery. The Prosecutor,
Air. Richard Albert, stated, that he was passing
down Kent.stieet about 12 o'clock on Saturday
nig'it„ when one of the Prisoners came up and struck
b;ro a vicletit blow in the face, and, at the same
ti. .e. he felt a pull at hit, watch. lie was staggered
bs the blow, but seized the person who struck lilt';
several others came up and attacked bias, but he still
porsovered in holding the one he had seized, at the
• iame time calling for help. Goff, May, and Heron
coming up at the time, secured sia of the party, and
conveyed them to the watch-house.
.One of the Pri-
soners. Josaph Knipe, was fully committed for trial
at the Assizes, the others were remanded.
Bevjantirs a. Jew, was brought before Mr.
cualtsaes, by Goff, charged with selling a number
of counterfeit tokens. A poor woman, named Peters,
stated, tbet she had applied, by direction of Goff,
to the Prisoner to purchase some counterfeit tokens
with money marked by Goff; and the bargain being
completed, the Prisoner was apprehended, when the
marked awn was fouod on his person.—lle was
committed.
Woasere•svnEET.—A woman of genteel deport-
ment,, about the middle age, who said her maiden
rime was Abby, was brought before Mr. Gifford,
'on Saturday the 27th, by the parish officers of Beth.
*al-green, who said she applied to them a few days
*seek detailing a long tale of woe and misery, stating
,k ow she was reduced to her preaept state of itbcli-
genre, from bee former ellluence..by the neglect of
her husband, Mr. Stone, en inhabitant of their pa-i
Ash, who has a family, and is in very respectable
. circumstances.; but na theb application to him in heir
.behalf,. bs Omitted' being married to her formerly,.
but denied being her lawful husband, as she had then.
living several husbands, or, persons to whom she had
been married 'previopsly; in consequence of Ilia
matement, they were induced to, take the preset*,
Ilep, in order to relieve thens-eirs,(rom; her incur*.
trance. /Of. Stone, who attendell trough the
Ilium of his Ceuesel, prOi.eeclitd:to,stMs.from varioua
&consents, token from difieppi ospfish registers, that
the lady. had beer; first murtedits.lSol,,ltiliancasteti,.
to a man Ultra Joey on , who; on tiding out: her moil-
etiteretl on board a tyros which
he was discluirged in.] spp, anit 04tteti iutq Green.
with Hospital, *lsere b 4 riled in 1811 bithe mean
•• 9 /
time she was marred to one MUrphy:;,from him She'
ran away with another, •nd wog mewed again
„is
1808, at Glasgow. Afterwards she hart two more'
husbands, before• she niet Mr. Stone, in 1808, to'
whom she was married in St. Afargaret's Church,
Westminster ; but having learned her form# 'pro.
ceorlfsig, he (as a respectable man should feel under
such circumstances) was sensible of the disgrace she
might bring upon him, and thought the most prudent
line to act upon was to remove himself from such
disgrace. Now, having no snore charms for aurae-
end finding him respectably situated, she still
Callon s to plague-him. The Mngisirseeiaid hewn..