The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-10-11 00:00:00

POLICE.

Arrstnx.nocsg.—A fellow, named Mei?, who pre-
terited to he mad, was brongbt before the Lonu MAYOR,
charged with haring committed a robbery on Thursday
List. in a ticking boat, lying off Itillingsgote.
Thomas Ingram, one of the owners of the boat, called
the Prince Regent, stated, that on that morning he left
the boat before eleven o'clock, and upon his return found
the cabin broke open: his box also broke open, and 3/.
stolen. Another box was likewise forced open, and the
contents taken away. There was missing., besides the
money. some of the witness's clothes, and the register
and license of the boat.
An Officer stated, that he apprehended the prisoner
in a public-house in Dark-house-lane. with the clothes
f ene of the complainants upon him ; be had no
money.
The prisoner, upon being asked whether he had any
thing to say ? began to talk nonsense, with the view of
p ming for a madman, but soddenly stopped. on being
told, that be was perfectly well known. He was com-
mitted for trial.

GUILDHALL-1i outline ET SERTANTS.—ivey Par•
a as, a motherly looking woman, ■nd a young fellow,
her pretended nephew, who had styled- himself Sa-
,4lsel Parsons, but whose real name it has since been
nseertained is Stokes, were charred before Sir Cu
EK, the sitting Alderman, under the following sir•
inm.tanres:—

'l'6 e female prisoner was engaged in attending as
nurse upon Mrs. Spriggs (the wife of a hosier, 62, Fleet-
market), who has lately lain in. and Stoker, her pre-
tended nephew, was in the habit of calling there very
f,equentiv to see his mint. On these occasions, instead
of inquiring for her in the front shop in Fleet-market,
he generally went round and knocked at the back door,
He had been told of this before, and was again desired
.!.rare to come to the front door. Upon his paying one
5.` his usual visits there, shout 9 o'clock on Wednesday
•vcning, nurse was called down to him, and after •
short coo v e aaa tion together,she borrowed 611. of Spriggs,
which she gave to the nephew, in order, as it seemed, to
get rid of hint. He was then evidently drunk, and his
splitting, Nurse begged her master,if the nephew should
c again that evening. to say she was not at home. He
did call again about half an hour after, rather more
intoxicated than before, insisted on seeing his aunt,
would not believe else was gone out, and, in short.
conducted himself in so disorderly a manner, that it
was found necessary to hare Lim taken to the watch-
house.

it is a enstom in the City of London, to search prison-
e' when taken to the Compter ; and in performing this
piaratiou upon Nurse's nephew, two pair of storkitaas
err found in a bundle he had with him, which Mr.
Spriags recogn'sedss his property; and on his person
three thiplicates, two of them fur property which, on in-
qaity in the morning', turned out to have been stolen
1. ale. Spriggs' shop. One of the pledgee, a remnant
st vrry fine flannel, had been previously missed, and
search made for it high and low, but of course without
?rarest.
On this discovery, as the fellow hail never been per-
mitted to go into the shop, it was concluded that he
could no otherwise have become possessed of the pro-
perty, than by the assistance of his aunt, and a constable
was immediately dispatched to take Nurse into custody,
a ad bring bee to the office.
in the interim the fellow's lodgings were traced out,
There it was soon learned that Norse and he were not at
r. lated, and she had been in the habit of enpplying
lam for the last six weeks with the means of defraying
the rent of the apartment.
Stokes prudently bell his tongue, but the female pri-
soner was extremely voluble, and had prepared herself
with a very plausible defeace. She she had
gives the fiansol to Stokes to pledYst, the kmd
sought it of a Mr. Stone, tire person whom Mr. Spriggs
had succeeded in the strop, and whose stock he had taken.
It was no wonder. therefore, her master thought it was
his, as it was probably cut off the piece, the remainder
of which was among the stock Ile had subsequently pur-
chased.
Unfortunately for the success of this very specious
tale, Mr. Sprier was enabled to swear that the flannel
Lad never formed part of the stock of Mr. Stone, but had
been purchased airbsequently by himself. Under these
I ,rcunistances, anti as Mr. Sprites stated that various
ill articles had been missing latterly, the prisoners
were remanded for a few days, in order to give time for
lie necessary inquiry whether any thing further could
be traced to their possession.
119.4.8TREec.— Yesterday William Hughes, a " shab-
by genteel" looking young man, was brought before
the sitting Magistrate, Sir RICHARD BIRNIE, charged hr
M r.Tate, a silversmith, in Salisbury-street, Strand, with
Lasing defrauded lain of a quantity of :direr and plated
goods.
'lire prisoner was some months ago chief clerk to Mr.
(tray, a silversmith of eminence, it& Sackvilleaareet. Pie-
cuddly. On the ISth of May he called at Mr. 'fate's,
and selected silver ;and plated goods to the amount of
about 10/., which he wished to have for sale to a person
that he knew, upon commission, a mode of doing busi-
ness very common in the trade. Front his former rre-
peciabilitr, witness had not the smallest hesitation in
letting Mir have the good-, the condition being, that hr
slaonhl return them, or bring the purchaseanoney ;Ire
following day. He called two days after, without either
the lands or the money, but made what appeared a very
:tit famine apology, and requested to be furnished with
another lot of goods of higher value than before, which
was very readily acceded tn. He never made his appear.
once again at Salisbury-street. lie was not seen by the
witness until yesterday morning, when he met hi in in
l'aelfortibnry, and cave him in charge to an officer.
'l'lle prisoner said he should not make any remark at
present.
Mr. 'fate said his principal object in bringing the pri-
soner op was that the trade might be guarded against
Lint, Sro he had every reason to believe that Ire bail prac-
tice., this system of depredation upon nearly half the
stirerstniths and jewellers of the metropolis; the cir-
cumstances of his haring been at Gray's, and his sup-
posed high character giving him a facility in obtaining
gouda which no man otherwise situated would have pos-
sessed,
The prisoner was remanded until Tuesday next.
Fwd. 31• Williams and eltarlo:te 211.1rilliams, all as
t': awe, were brought up by Bond and Davis, two of the
!two!, charged on tile folluning statement, as I.; i VOll in
evidence by the witnesses. On the nialit of 'fuertlav
the lath September. Mr. Samuel Skelton, n
upper King-street. Bloomsbury. went to bed at Iris
hour. first fastenina every part of the honer, lie
got op about seven in the morning without having been
disturber! during the night. and found his parlour door
hulterS lust 'e, And upon going out at the front door he
found the window open. lfe discovered that the house
1.1.1 been pinntlered of a silver tea-pot, some spoon', and
jewellery, to the antionnt of tatla Soma bundles of '
-in ill pencils need to put into silver cases were also
taken 'may. Information was given to the police, and
same persons were apprehended on suspicion of being
eon& tried in the berglary, botwere discharged for want
of proof. Within the last two days, however, the officers
got fresh scent, and obtained such information as led
them yesterday morning to Draper'samildings, Burton-
crescent, in search of the prisoners, who have been
liv-
leg together as man and wife, but are not married.—
sas they approached Draper'shuildings, they saw
she prisoners conning from the court, and stopped them,
all asked which house they occupied ? They both an-