The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-11-21 00:00:00

POLICE.

Harrow WADlM—Yesterday Aforgeret Joistow and
Sarah Lawry's* were brought op to this office, in the
custody of Joseph Casty, a constable, charged with stealing
divers articles from the shops, of three different persons,
all of whom attended to prosecute.
Elisabeth Davis keeps a straw-bonnet shop at No 16,
Cromer Street ; the prisoners called ot. Tuesday last, and
looked at several articles, but made no purchase. Soon
after they bad left the shop, an officer came in and asked
witness if she had lost any thing that day. Sbe was at first
not prepared to reply, but on examination,she found that a
diaper table-cloth which lay on the further end of the
counter when the prisoners came into the shop, bad dis-
appeared.
The officer produced a cloth found on the prisoner
Johnsen, which the witness identified as the on. stolen
from her shop, being marked is the corner with the letters
" J. D."
Anne Alexander fifes with her father, at 15, Tunbridge
Street, Who is a .clealer in marine stores. The prisoners
were in the shop some time on Tuesday, looking over
various articles, bat went away without buying any.
Soon after, she missed a small mahogany time-piece-case
from off a side board, where it stood, and entertained no
doubt but that it was taken frost thence by one of the
women who were in the shops.
The articles were then produced by the officer and
identified.
Samuel Gill, of 51, Cromer Street, broker, deposed that
the same women called at his shop on Tuesday, under a
pretext of examining some damaged china, none o
which suited the description resiutred. The constable
Cooly, soon after returned with the two women in custo
dy, and showed the witness an opera glass and small box
of weights, found on the person of Johnson, which witness
identified as his property.
They were both fully committed for trial at the Old
Bailey sessions.
VAGRANCT.—A sturdy younslbeggar, who stated himself
to be a native of Glasgow, was brought up on the complains
of a Mr. Smith, a respectable shop-keeper In the neigh-
bourhood of Hatton Garden. He stated that the prisoner
came into his shop, where his daughter, a delicate young
woman, was attending to the business of her father;
and on demanding charity, in a very impudent
tone, and being refused it, he immediately exposed his
arm, which was a shocking spectacle, being one mass of
disease and ulceration. Mr. Smith, on being apprized of
the circumstance of the case by his daughter, followed him,
and found him repeating the same offence in another shop.
lie said be did not wish to press the case upon the mere
asking of charity ; but, be observed, that, if fellbsrs were
allowed, with impunity, for the sake of exciting commis•
aeration, thus to shock females with their disgusting
exhibitions, the consequence might sometimes be most
serious.—The Magistrate fully concurred in hisobservatiens
and committed the prisoner, for one month, to the House
of Correction.
In consequence of no less than fire burglaries having
been committed within the last week at different sets of
chambers in Lincoln's Inn, application was! made at this
Office, and a watch kept by Wainwright, an officer, for the
last two nights. During the first night, notwithstanding
the officer's vigilance, a set of chambers was broken into
and plundered. Yesterday evening, about six o'clock, his
attention was attracted to a man, who he observed down
the area of use of the houses in the New Square, looking in
at a window. The man. on observing the officer, ascended
the steps into the square; Wainwright followed and
questioned him, and, out being satisfied with his answers,
brought him to this Office. On searching him a phospho•
ros box, a dark lantern, and matches were found. The
man was put to the bar. lie gave his name James
Lawrdnce; his appearance and manner was that •of i
respectably educated young urea, Wainwright stated the