The Statesman.
London, England, 1824-01-23 00:00:00

POLICE.
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nOILONALL.-••NOPIL lifitTOOD OP ROOBIRY BY A SKR-
PANT.—The Contrivances for carrying on depredations by
servants upon their employers are so varied, as to barn-
all ordinary ptecautions; for, however well watched
workmen and servants may be as to their egress and
regress to and from the premises, there. are other methods
of conveying away property, which no common place
suspicion can guard against. as is exhibited in the follow-
ing cave, which occuried before the Sitting Magistrate,
Mr. Alderman 111AGNAT, yesterday. Two fellows named
William Palmer end John Uett, were charged with rob-
bing Mr. Smith, whalebone-cutter, Pall-street,Wood-street,
Of a qeentity of horse hair, under the following circum-
stances:—The prisoner Palmer was in the employ of Mr.
Smith, and worked by himself io a room at the top of the
house; and his muter hiving occasion one evening after
dark,' to give him some directions, was scrorised, on going
Into the room, to find his man not there, and the lighted
candle. which should have been on the work-bench, stuck
among a quantity of what they term rifling! (whalebone
shavings). From the situation of the candle, and the
inflammability of the materials around it, which seemed to
have beim piled up foe the primp, Mr. S. at first snspeand
an attempt-to set-Ore to the presdises, and while in the act
•reeneving the candle to prevent this danger, be was
startled by a man making hie way from the parapet wall
intlt.the window, which proved to be no other then the
Trimmer,
fli William_ Palmer. Tins tuts. state of. the case
streck 40 ms's,4op mind, ;poi erithtekwahiag. to ztritto mastalts nut dawn took onset
biejtmeintputen with -him. weat-Koad be the back of the
premises, where. they found and naked eile-pvisoner Hatt,
in the ass of getting over the paling, with do large
bandies of boese-Mir in: His 'petegaelbp. *Tifistreperty,
wimlek 'llitr.Satitb Was 'sallied to swear to, together with
Otn-clitoote, no dosibt, for aireteitierable quantity on Us-
mination Wes Weed front the Meat in which Palmer
worked, bad been throWn:dowo by him to Hatt, to elan
which it was necessary for him to gm slam the coping to
some exteotzansitle-tharwlittlow was within- Ow view .of time
street, the rdpiop we, piled up irouod the Amodio to
threw hiArroor, might not be obtereati
by the plateedgmrs. • Volinesesta, tbaa- detected in the
very fact, awed len defame, and were committed fir
Wald.

flow•SToorr —dafkony Bryan, the proprietor. of one
of the St, Albin's stage-coaches, wee fined 51. and costs,
for itfyisg far hire With his coach as a haekney-goacb
on the pared streets, the same not being a hakbey-
coach.
A 101.0 rater.—:Abzscekles young lad, named Jabot
Aprt, was bromidic re Sir Itteasitp, on Wednesday
sight, charged with barlag attempted to pick the pocket
of a brother Magtstrate—Q. afinsuuLt,, Igsg, as be
was kmvitig the Ogee, at the close of the afternoon bit-
sisals.
John Short was stopped short in his attempt, how—
Ego, •by two golitielnen who iseppeoed to be oraihilip
belied the Wierfitv 'lllarstrate; and, as it appatot
this was 01towilit,
us out hie friends ore o'c7
,* ileitple, he was suffered to deport with a rePn-
.
Ti. Yams.—Yestentsy 'ohms tke torontet tittfulai