The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-08-07 00:00:00

PO LICE.

Bow-STREET.—On S'Aterday Lteph SOl/1/1
brought to the Office, charged with robbi
Murray, a bookbinder, of Princes-street,
ter-square, who stated that the Prisoner ww
prentice; Mr, Murray having ascertained
was continually being robbed, in order In (It
robber marked his money, and some tyke,
found in that state by Godfrey., belt:ought
Office, in the Prisoner's box, and between I
ing and his bed.—The Prisoner was coma

Georg- e Scar, the landlord of the Puny;
public-house, in Holborn, and ?'homes S,
son, underwent a final exam;tiation. clisigrd
picion of being conceritid in open
nicg the warehouse of Mr. John Fan, in I,
and ;,lso the two warehouse-
Mr. ANDREWS attended for the Prisoners,
deavoured to show that no criminality cott:d
the father, merely from the stoion prupert.
found in his house, to which the sou had flee
and hoped the Magistrate would not m.il.e hi
viable to a higher tribunal for any pait
fence. As to the son, he confessed that I
not say so much for him, as other ciromsont
against him.
John Edmund Wilson, one of the Parrot,
hog to the Odice, whose evidence wall not g,
on the first examination, stated that ho sea,
lower part of the father's house, w4il the o
firers were searching the upper part, sod
George Scar, that he must see what was in
in the back tap-room, to which Scar rellit
was nothing in it that he was looking after,
would go and get the key. Wilson, ho wee',
ed it, and found three parcels of liAon tiod
large silk handkerchiefs, part of the %to:en pt
and in a drawer a pound of brown thread, wi
Prosecutor believed do be pert of the stolen po
Notwithstnding this evidence,Mr. A ndre ws age;
for George Scar, the father, not to be sent '
Mr. BtRNIlt, the Magistrate, in reply,
was always ready to show lenity where a pro
presented itself, but in this case he thought lo
not be- doing his duty to the public if he
send shim to be tried by a Jury. Ile was
ingly committed for receiving the property, "
it to l!ave been.stolen, and his sou was commie
stealing it. •
James CF./ford underwent a second cyst
charged with knocking Thos.Stesens.dovwtii
Inn-lane, in the day time, and robbing hint
101. Blink Of .England notes, &c.
It was proveddhat the Prosecutor and
stripped and fought in Gfay!s
robbery sVai said to have been committed, sel
Prosecutor did.not Say any thing to the by,
about his having been robbed. There were
to he collected on the occasion 1000 people..
-:The Prosecutor persisting in his charge
robbery, the Prisoner was committed for trir

IlArrox-oAtioENT.—On Sitortlay, IV.
who keeps * bookseller's. shop in Bishop
-Chancery-lane, was -brouirlit up in the eus!
John Linotorick,
,the Officer, charged cm sasi
buying a Tart. quantity Itf parchment from
Stevenson Il
.ill, al•preutice to Nle.iiors. R.
and C. Wave, law..t.tationers, in Chenrery
knowing the same to be stolen. it appearetre
apprentice was examined on Friday, tin Plil/41
stealing a quantity of parchment frnin his
and was commitied for further examinatim
which he confessed that the Pris,itnir Wein)st
him to steal the parchment, and sditl tie she
it. In consequence of this statement, a •et
rant was obtained, and .1. I.iloolorick. sear'
Prisoner's house and shop in Ilivhoii'a-court
he discovered a large quantitt• of p•u•rhm•'ut
,and cut up and statntied, which be

together with IVemyss, to the Wire. Th.,
the skins lost by Messrs: Peacock and Da wse.
3.51. Mr. Peacock identified the parchment p 1
by the Officer as his property.—lhe 1)16.4
remanded for Tuesday nest.
111.sat.sortoUGLI STREET. IV. Towne)
brought up on a charge of entering the house
Alders, Duke-street, Blnomshory. The sot
Prosecutor staked, that his father end hion
working jewellers; that on Saveloy last his
and another went out to (limier, and left him
of the hone. In the evening he met the
and two "dther lads, with whorn he went to
the Wheatsbeaf public-honse, in Drury-la
had previously locked the house door, and I
key no a place where his father, shoold be ret:
fore him, would know where to find • it.

course of convorsation he mentioned where
put the key. Shortly after this. the Prisan
one of his other calmnious. W. Merry men
out, hut said he would return immediately.
at ha If.pasteiglvt. The Prisoner did not tedurt
but Merryman returned in an hour in a great ht.
at eleven o'clock witness went borne, where, ou
rival, he found that his father and mother had got
before him, and had fonoti that the house inn
robbed; three cases of gold brunchesa °them
'articles basin.; been carried off. 'the father way;
affected by the circumstance that he ltd ores
been coafined to his bed. The citcuolvauce
Poisooer not returning to the public.lsouse
time apiminted, added to his ;wing. seen with ;
man in Duke-street about nine o'clock on thi
in question, excited a suspicion that be had c(
ted the rubbery. The witness consequently
his lotlgin.,4s, and on going up stairs he San a
bird, u hich had also been stolen from Ids

h0u..0, flattering about the back window. T;
scaler was t70.,n into custody,, 03 afterwards
woyet-bouse he told Is it ness, that if be catkici ti
mouey fur which the things had teen sold, be,k.
try and get them. It nit* further appearety.
Merryman had sutisequentle met the Officer,
had Ike riisonni in custody, abused bha
grossly, and laid tie would not be able to mad
thing or the, charge.—The Magistrate desired
Merryman, who is an cUthief, might tak'
custody, and remanded mita Prisoner for a

examination on Tuod.ir,

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