The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-09-11 00:00:00

LONDON SESSIONS.

yesterday these Sessions were opened before .the'
Lord Afr:yir, the Sherlifi, Aldermen T. Sastiu,
RIFT, ATKINS, Cox, and Vatiantas.
FligleViNT awn ALAININO STRIZT ROMPERTICII.
The COMMON SICILIZANT; in chirgbyi. the (hand
Jury for the City of London, said, that in looking over
the Calendar be was glad to perceive that the list of
Prisoners for trial for offences committed in the City
of London was light, compared with the list of those
to be tried for offences committed in the county of
Middlesex. But.though the mi the London side
was light in point of number, biuelis sorry to find that
notwithstanding the vigilance of A* Miristrates. and.
the prompt activity of the Police, the number of Pri-
soners on charges of highway robbery' had increased
to a most alarming and unprecedented degree. To
check this evil, some extraordinary measures must
undoubtedly be resorted to, and be wished that the,
Jury and the Public might be aware, that if any of
the cases were clearly proved, the Court would feel it.
their duty to visit upon the convicted the hill sentence
of the law.

POLICE.
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HATTON•GARDEN:YesSerdIIy. Edward Hancock, a
constable, residing at Battle-bridge, brought a fine,
boy, only eight years old. before the silting Magistrate,
to •whom be related the following particulars. About
eight o'clock on Saturday night, the boy was found
crying in Maiden-lane, by a woman of whom be was
enquiring his way to Romford; he had on neither bat,
shoes nor stockings, and being asked how be came
there, be gave the following account of himself s-.41e
stated that he had no mother and that his father was
at sea; he was placed at Mr. Perry's boarding-school,
at Romford. Last Wednesday week he bad a ho-
liday to see the fair, where he met a man in a brown
coat who gave him a penny, and desired him to come
with him, and that he would give him some ginger-'
bread, and sbew him the shows; he accordingly went
with the man who took him to a caravan where hen
shewed him a rattlesnake, there were three other men
and women in the caravan. One of the men blew a
trumpet, they kept him all day, and at night drove,
off, taking him evith them, and beating him if he,
cried. That night he and the man slept on Leyte*.
stone Forest, and they sent the woman and the other'
men to London with the caravan; next day they re-
mained in the forest picking blackberries, and he lived
upon theta, some wheat and a piece of red herring.--.
They slept on the forest all that week, what the men
did in turns he could not say; but ins night lee !Ot
the watchman and he called to him, one of the mitt
told him to hold his tongue, or he would usartler him.
One of the men robbed him of his new shoes, stockings,
hat, frill, and black handkerchief. On Saturday they
arrived in London, and at night deserted him in %lal-
- where he began to inquire his way to Rom-
ford, when he was brought to Hancock, the consta-
ble, who had kept him ever since, and gave him shoes
and stockings to appear in. He is a fine fair-beaded
child, and appeared well educated, and accustomed to
company. The Magistrates made him sit on a chair
between themselves, whilst they examined him very
strictly. He did not vary in the least from the state-
ment delivered by the constable. He was handed ink
and paper, and desired to write his name, and the
school from whence he was enticed away. He wrote,
in a very fine hand, " Mr. Perry's Boarding-school,
Romford.—William Brown." The Magistrates ex-
pressed their surprise that Mr. Perry did not advertise
bint,..as he had been taken away a week last Wednesday.
Tlseofficers intimated that they bad &strong suspicion of
the parties who took away the child, and thought they
could apprehend them. The Magistrates ordered the
officers to make every effort to take them ; and de-
sired Hancock the officer, to keep the child that he
might be brought forward to prove the case, particu-
larly of robbing him of his bat, shoes, stockings, and
neck-kerchief, and proceed instantly to Romford and
acquaint Mr. Perry, which he promised to do.
FRAUDULENT REGISTER-OFFICE.ThOIIII.2B Treslar.
who kept a register-office for hiring servants on Clerk-
enwell-Kreen, was brought up in the custody of Win.
Read, jun., for a second examination, charged by
Elizabeth Moffat with unlawfully, knowingly, and by
false pretences, obtaining of her 3s. her money,
intent to ;heat her and defraud her of the 'sante, 'lllt.
appeared. from the statement of the complainant, an,
interesting looking female, that she had paid the per-
soner 3s. to procure her a situation ; that he had sent
her to a Mrs. Sedgwick, Manor-place, Walworth ; and
upon her application there, she learnt that Mrs. Sedg-
wick had never been in want of a servant, nor had
s} e given instructions to the prisoner to provide her
one. Three other charges of a similar nature were
preferred against the prisoner, who was remanded till
Friday next, when Mrs. Sedgwick and the ether par-
ties were ordered to awnd. It is expected many
other complaints will be preferred against the i;risoner.
MAIRLBOROUGII-STREET.—.-FORTUNATS AFFRSURN.
stun OF • at:mum—Yesterday Thomas Narroway
was charged, first, for causing a nuisance, by allow-
ing a drove of pigs to wander about the streets, which
subjected him to a penalty of 405.; and, secondly,
with a robbery under the following circumstances :
It appeared that about one o'clock on Sunday morn-
ing, the prisoner, persuaded a private watchman,le
Carmarthen-street, to take charge for Some time (until
hi should refresh launch) of some pigs, abide- be
came with, along Tottenham-court-road ; he abandes-
ed them until ten o'clock in the morning, when on
costing to demand thew, he was taken into custody on
suspicion of having stolen them', by Ciensissis,4 eon-
stabie cif Pineras; and lodged in the iiattisberwee.. Oe
being "tpten belbre e Magistrate, and io 'viands ap-
pearing to' MUM 'hit detention for felony, be iris dis-
charged without even being convicted for the` mai-
sante; hut had not long been Out of the office. when
Mr. Well., farmer,'residing at .-Heinlon, and who

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