The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-12-23 00:00:00

POLICE.
Bow-rrazur.—Yesterday John Baker, Joke
Lee, and Robert Blake; were brought before Mr.
azAn, from Covent-garden watch-house, and
charged by liumphriest the messenger, with being
asisembled in the Piazza, at Covent-garden, fur the
perpose of picking pockets. Humphries stated,
that he watched the Prisoners on Thursday nightt
when the company were coming out of the The-
atre, and observed them make several attempts to.
pick gentlemen's pockets; but did net perceive
that they accomplished their object in any one in-
stance.

The Prisoners nut being able to give a satisfac-
tory account of themselves, the Magistrates or-
dered them to be conveyed on board the tender.
One of the Prisoners is a very desperate cha.
reeler ; and was one of those who was tried for
breaking open the house of the Countess Morton,
but was acquitted. Yesterday, on his being put
under confinement, at the Brown Bear public-
house, previous to his being sent on board the ten-
der, he procured a large case knife, by means of a
woman with whom he cohabited, with which he
cut his hands in a most dangerous and shocking
manner, so as to disable him from being sent on
board.

UNION HALL—Yesterday Maly Masson, alias
Minton, alias Melinda Gray, was brought before
the Sittig Magistrate, charged on suspicion of
waving colon-lined divers felutties. It appeared
that in June last, the Prisoner applied to a lady
named Watts, who lives in Arnold-place, Wal.
worth, and °fend herself as a servant, giving a
reference fur character, tinder the name of Middle-
ton, to Mr. Jeremy, a linen-draper, in the Strand;
a young woman of that name having recently
quitted Mr. Jercmy's.aervicc, he supposing the
Prisoner to be her, immediately gave Mrs. W. sack •
character as proved fully satisfactory, and the
Prisoner went to her place on the Saturday even.
hog following. Daring Saeday, her conduct was
such as did credit to the character which Mrs.
%Vans had received from Mr. Jeremy ; but on
eumiug down stairs, on Monday morning early,
that lady found the Jour open, it,ld her servant
gone. The Prisoner, it appeared, :iossever, did
not go away empty-handed; a large basket of table
linen, and a considerable quantitl, of wearing ap.
pare!, kc. to the value of 201. basing also disap.
peered.
Mr. Dignurn, of New-street, Covent-garden,
recognised the Prisoner as having lived with him,
fur two days, in February last. She left his house,
however, on the evening of the second day after
she came, and contrived, with the assi,tance of a
man, whom she called her husband, an'', its soch,
admitted into the house, to take away a qmsotity
of wearing apparel, Asc. to the value of several
pounds. The husband has, since tint time, been
sent on board the hulks, for another °Bruce.
From the statement of Mrs:Carter, of Chan.
crry.lane, it appeared, that having occasion to be
absent from hums on a day in February Inst, the
Prisoner, who was known to her, tiered to come
to the house during her absence; her otter was
accepted, and Mrs. Carter having left her'alone in
the house, she decamped, taking with her a coat,
tiro waistcoats, two gowns, a black silk cloak,
&c.
Several other charges being expected to be made
against her, she was rectialided fur another exan I.
nation.