The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-10-09 00:00:00

POLICE.

NANSION-tfOref.—.-Vivefigherm,n werecharged wit)
having carried on an unlawful and destructive system
of fishing in the Thames.
Thames fishermen. from Oreennich towards the
hledtray, hare recently sdopted a system of fishist.
hich is calculated to destroy the young fish. The
system is this. A number of host• provide them-
selves each with a wide mouthed act, and distended
by iron rods, and attached to a beans tea feet la length
which floats on the surface. A number of &Mott
boats lay across a stream with these nets. wl ids must
take all that COMM even to the smallest fry. The
practh e had •his temptation too for the fishermen. that
they might be In their beats sad smoke their pipes.
what's their destructiee work was going on = and

that it only required Of them that they should empty
the nets at the end of the day, and keep a good look
for obi Nelson, the Water Bailiff, that be might not
interrupt them.
The fishermen declared that they were forced, by
their extreme poverty, to make use of unlawful Beta, to
sfare their families from starvation.

The LORD 1141•von condemned All the sete, and the

tackle attached ro them. The fisherman who ran to
give intelligence of the approach of the Bailiff
was fined 505., is addition to the forfeiture of all Ms
tackle.
HATTON OARDIN.-MrL, the wife of a very
emioent coppersmith. was brought op in the custody
of a constable and underwent a very long private ex-
amination on a charge of sealing a piece of gingham
out of a linen draper's shop in Holbert S 1
friends of the primmer were present. The lady was
committed to CI. sicsnwoll prison for another examina-
tion to morrow ; 10,0110/. hail was offered for her ap-
p aaaaa ce. which the Magistrate refused to accept.
Ceo. Irilms,Catherine Aor.rie, and others, io all
four men and thirteen women. all takes out of a
house kept by a man of the name of Sommers, in
Itreseres-yard,West Smithfield, were brought up under
the following circomatanres :
James Saunders. a sailor, was picked up by Cathe-
rine Norris. one of the prisoners, on the preceding
night, sod he accompanied her to the above-named
home, where they went to heti ; they bad not long
been in bed when the prisoner Norris got up, and
taking his watch, which rose him four guineas, ran
out of the room, and lucked the door to prevent him
following her. lie went to the Tt indow, and gave the
alarm to the watchman. The bonne Was entered and
as ached, and the prisoner Norris was found in bed
with George Wilson in another room. Both were
token and searched, bnt the watch was not found on
either of them, but on George Wilson was fouled
71 19s. Robert harry, Robert Ram, Elisabeth
Green, and Sarah Baker. were all four lying in one
bed ; the other ten female prisoners slept singly. All
were lodged for the 'tight in St. Sepulchre's watch-
Fouse,Cow-crosr, and brought op yesterday fot examina-
tion ; all denied knowing any thing of the sailor's
watch. The complainant swore positively it was the
prisoner Norris who robbed him; she was committed
for further examination. The 7/. 19s. found oa the
perm; of George Wilson, was money. he stated, be
had saved in the Saving Bank, and which be deed out
oo Saturday last ; tie was roprinsanded and discharged.
but the money was kept from him, in order to make
enquiry whether be received it at the Saving Bank.
All the other prisoners were severely lectured and di*.
charged ; and Mr. Sergeant Senor* told Burnley, the
hemilo, to inform the Churchwardens of this infamous
house, in order that it might be indicted, whis.b
he did.

The young woman examined bete on Thursday
)ant, charged with the robbery committed in the house
of Mr. Haynes, of Pentonville, with whom she lived
Fervent, was this day re-examined. The young man
(her bother-in•law) who was admitted to bail at the
last rxaminatior, attended. Mr. HUMPHRIMS, the
solicitor, attended for the female prisoner.
The husband of the nurse, who attended Mrs
Haynes in ber lying-in, spoke to the fact of the male
person being at the house of the complainant, on the
night preceding the robbery, and that lte and the fe-
male prisoner wore In conversation in the parloar for
some time.

The complainant was called, but did not answer,
ard Limbrick told the Magistrate that he understood
Mr. Haynes did not intend pressing the matter farther.
The prisoner was then discharged.
111 Q: FN•SQVIAII.—Mary Loughlin, a girl apparently
shout 14 years of age, was brought up to this office
by Isaac Mayhew, a watchman in Broad-street, in the
City, who stated that having seen the girl in the
City-road, surrounded with bad characters, on Mon-
day afternoon, he stopped to observe what they would
do Y. ith her. Some person baying mentioned Long-
lane, a woman of suspicious appearance said she was
going down Long-lane, and would show her the way.
Ile foliowed them into Smithfield, where the woman
directed the girl to go along Holborn to Bow-street,
and then left her. He took the girl back again to the
City-road, sad was proceeding with her to Worship-
street Police-office when he met a Mr. Knobbs, whom
lie believed to he a Parish Officer, who, on hearing the
girl's story, advised him not to go to Worship-street,
Lett rather to bring her to Queen-square, and he there-
fore took her home, and left her at his own lodgings
fur the night, and In the morning conducted her hither.
The girl being now questioned as to her history, with
an imposing air of artless simplicity, stated that her
father, whose name was Patrick Loughlin, had been
living for the last three years with a woman named
Mitchener, in Lady Dacre'ti-gardens, York-street, West-
minster; and that on Sunday afternoon the woman heat
her for no other cause than some trifling quarrel be-
tween herself and her brother, nine years old. She
told the woman she had no right to beat her, but that
her father should do it if she deserved it. The woman
then told her father that she was saucy, and had abused
bee; rind her father kicked and beat her, and then
turned her out of doors, and following her, beat her all
the way to Westminster Abbey, where he left her, tell-
ing, her to go to Whiteehapel, and never to see his face
again. She scent as far as Charing-cross, where she
met three girls, to whom she told her story, and the
mother of one of them, who lived in a little alley near
Charing-cross, prevailed upon a lodger to take her in
for that night. On Monday morning she went to
Whitechapel, and walked about till she at length
found herself in the City-road, where she met two girls,
who told her they could take her to a place at Hackney,
n here she might work and earn two shillings a week
A gentleman who was passing, told her not to go with
them, for they were bad girls, and would lead her to
ruin; which caused the people to gather round her, some
of n hour advised bet to go Worship-street, but oue woe

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man told her she had hatter go to Bow-street, sod as
.he was going down Long-lane, she would show her thi
may. She went with that woman as far as Smithfield.
Ind the person who had brought her to the office fol-
lowed them and took her home.

This tale she repeated twice over to the Magistrate
with the greatest coolness and deliberation; awl May
the watchman, said it perfectly coincided with
Ant she had before stated in his hearing. It was there-
tore deemed proper to despatch Banks, the nificer, with
t warrant against Mrs. blitchener for the assault, with
arden to bring up the father also if he could be found.
The officer shortly returned with Mrs. Mitchener, an
elderly female of respectable appearance, who was plated
at the bar, and the girl was then brought forward, awdo
having been sworn, was desired to repeat her story lis
that person's presence. She looked at her for an instant'
And then covering her fate with her apron, sobbed
heavily and burst into tears' saying "She beat me in the'
bed room," but preserved the most determined silence,*
to the canse, though repeatedly urged to proceed.
Mrs. Mitchener was then asked to trzpiain the matter,
and said that the girl's father wide hie two children
came to lodge in her house, two years ego last July.
She took much notice of thechildren, end recommended'
the girl to Mr. Bowler, a soap-boiler and tallow chase
ler, in Tothill-street, in whose senk• she lived up to
Sunday afternoon. She (Mrs. Mitehener) woe smilfer
on that day, and found the girl in the custody ofnibleri
stable, for having secreted and packed up fee rezeimillii
variety of articles to the amount of fol. in vales, subidii
on being questioned, site said she intended to take Id*
to Mrs. Mitehener. The property being all seamed;
Mr. Bowler did not wish to promote the girl; but as
she had before been detected is staging, and pardoned es
her (Mrs. M.'s) intercession, be seta her bone- birsi
Mitchener admitted, that being much incensed at the•
use which the girl bad undo of her name after all elm'
had done for her family, she did beat her, and desired
her father to leave the liaise as soon as be could, aid two
find another place for the girl, whom she would neaf.
allow to sleep under her roof-spin; but gave Iser• shit-
ling to procure a lodging. Her father then best her,
and turned her out of doors, and afterwards hearing that
she was gone to the Al spry to look for a lodging, he
followed her thither, and beat her again ; and hiking
her as far as St. Margaret's clinch, be there laft her. Oa
Monday morning he left her house, to Meader
ment ; but what direction he took she lamer unlie=lllZ
had not since returned. H. had bees eight umpoirout
of work, and was gene away very much in hardivlssro
ing his little boy, nine years old, behind bid, el *hem
she would take care till she beard of him again.
The Magistrate asked if she would Cot receive the
girl again, rather than see her, at her-age, abandoned
and cast forth apon the world without a character to is-
evi table ruin.

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She replied that she bad done ell is bet power to
reclaim and provide for the girl I. vale, and she could
never conseut to her entering her hostas again.
The warm& against Mrs. Mitchener was then dis-
charged, and the girl was ordered to be taken care of,
until some arrangement csnld be made with the parish
officers for her proper disposal.
MART-LC-DONNE Ornes.—Yesterday a ragged appren-
tice girl was brought before the Magistrates by one of
the officers belonging to Mary-le-bootie, who charged bee
master and mistress with creel treatment.
The girl elated that on Saturday last she informed leer
mistress she was unable to do the whole of the house-
bold work, when her mistress beat her most unmercifully
with the hearth broom, that she was compelled to leave
Itbe house, and was in the street all the night. She bad
to do the whole of the week, Hieluding 'washing fee
seven, besides herself, and wittyepeatedly best by her
mistress.
An elderly lady bees stenri ferwardtaed said, that
the child on Sunday morning vas sitting at her door in
a must miserable condition's eke took her in, and gave
her an asylum until the followiag day.
The parochial officer in attendance said this was not the
first complaint that had been made.
The Magistrate observed, the statement of the girl her-
self and her appearance were folly sufficient to prove that
she had been most shame treated.
The master who appsal!! to the summons, said be
knew nothing of the transaction, and his wife was unable
to come on account of her family.
The Magistrate ordered that the girl should not
go back again to her mistress, and that the master
should refund to the pariah the premium, of 3/. Is. given
with her.
Messrs. Daltleish and Taylor, coal-merchants, were
convicted in the mitigated penalty of 4/. and costs, for
not having a bushel measure on or is their waggon,
according to the statete.—Notice of appeal was given.
Another coal dealer was also convicted in the sum of
40s. and costs, for short measure.
M • 111.130ROCGC STIMET.--Jahm Lamb, who was
charged with robbing his employers at 3lanchester (the
particulars of which have been already stated) was again
brought up.
Mr. Samuel Parqnot, a clerk of the Bank, proved to
having changed a 1001. bank post bill„of Hart, who bad
received it from the prisoner in payment of clothes.
He was again remanded until farther particulars are
known.

L . •STREET. A respectable looking woman
was charged with practising the following species of
fraud.

it appeared that the prisoner being the wife of a sai-
lor, named Jones, in his Majesty's service, some time
back deceased, was entitled to a pension on that ac-
count, from the Trinity-house Pension Pond, so long as
she thought proper to remain a widow. It was however
discovered by that establishment, that she bad married
about six months ago, a man named Wicks, and since
received two quarters pension of the charity, in the name
of her former husband.
The prisoner admitted having intermarried, and in
mitigation of punishment said, Ae was involved in debt
at the death of her late husband, and was promp!ed to
art as she had done in order to meet the demands of
her creditors.

An Officer of the Trinity House attended, at whose
instance the charge was preferred. He said the au3ount
of pensions paid from the Trinity Howse, was about
3,5001. a year, and that it was feared many frauds of
this kind were practised.
The prisoner was remanded.

UNION-HALL.—Yesterday' the Purser in the navy,
Mho had been remanded since last Thursday, on a
charge of stealing 15 suvereigns, and six silver spoons
out of a tea caddy, in the house of Mr. Marlow, wbu
keeps an eating-house in Newington Causeway, at
which he was in the habit of dining, underwent ano-
ther examination.

Mrs. Marlow gave precisely the same evidence as on
her first examination, and which we have already
sta•ed.

The Magistrate. Mr. CHAMBIRS, desired her to re-
collect herself, as to whether other persons bad Out
been in the coffee-room below stairs daring the time
the prisoner was above stairs is the first floor dining.
room, as he bad been informed that some suspicions
characters were actually in the room below at the saute
time.

The witness still persisted in saying that no per-
sons went op stairs during the time the prisoner was at
dinner.

The MAGISTRATII asked, darieg the threelearteri

of an bone the prisoner was is the house, bow many
persons she bad served Is the shop.
She replied, that rho believed three or four, and add-
ed, that all the persons who dined there on the day in
question were most respectable gentlemen from their
appearance.
Pople the officer wbs bat been diligent in his inquiries
after the thieves, stated that he saw a person who had
informed him that three sespeeted men bad dined
is the complainant's house on the day of the robbery.
and witness', informant bad bees told that the person
accused was innocent.

The prisoner bete was pennited to read a detail
of all the circumstances connected with the charge,
of which he declared mos• solemnly his innocence.
The ilaglatrate consulted. and observed that there
was no evidence whatever against the Gentleman as
the Bar, whom they regretted to see in the sitaatioe.
That the complainant had made a mistake there was
no doubt; and immediately discharged the Parser.
who, they said. west from that Bar without the sligh-
est imputation on his character as an Officer aid a
tientlnnen.

The Parser statedbis deterosinatioo tobriog an se-
ams against his ace 00000 .

WORIINIMISTR KT.—Cs LIMON TO
sequoias of the numerous complatet• which have arisen
through the inatteetion of publicus. to the last Act of
Parliament respecting Licensed 'Victuallers, the Magis-
trates have directed all landlords to be summoned who
shall he found to suffer tippling at unseasonable bean.
According to this determination, no less than twenty-
three landlords of public houses appeared yesterday at
this office charged with the above offence. and after •
patient investigation of each case by the Sitting Magi*.
train, Mr. Seethe and Mr. Bay sari', the whole wens
disposed of as follows:---.Samuel Taylor, of the thiamin
Oak, Baltic-street, St. Luke's; Samuel Hewitt, Jacob%)
Well, Church-street; Barker, the Butchers, Nowise.
ton; —Cochrane, Crown and Cushion, Grub-street;
Joint Parringdon, Black Dog, Church-street; Thomas
Edwards. Duke of Wellington, Three Colts-lane; Abra-
ham Barker, King and Queen, Here-street; Barry,
Bell, Shoreditch; and Wm. lien, Ship, Baker-street.
ware found guilty, and sentenced to pay each a fibs of
30s. with 61.64. costs. Joan Adams, Burl's Head, The.
mas-street ; Crispwell, Coach and Horses, Newing-
ton; and Sarah Henderson, Admiral Keppel, Church.
street, fined each 235. and tutu. The ethers were dis-
missed with a reprimand. and cautioned not to keep opera
their houses late at night.
Mr. BITILL observed, in the course of the investiga-
tion, that under the late Act of Parliament, Publicans
were bound to shot ap their houses at a seasonable boor
of the night, and it was for the Magistrates to decide
what should be termed a late hoar. and it was his opt-
Dion. in which the other !Magistrates concurred, that
eleven o'clock was a proper time when all peddle houses
should be closed. home consideration was due to Sa-
turday night, when masters paid their men at a public
house, and perhaps at a late hoer, therefore it was allow-
able that the time should be extended to he'll/ et dives
seeissek. 'Merely chaffing op their houses were not safe
ardent; there must also be no persons driskiog or re-
modeller in the house after the time already mentioned.
One Publican suggested that be had a parlour fre-
quented by most respectable persons, and be wished to
has* if it was incumbent on bin to see that those per-
Otriteleft his house precisely at eleven ?
BATILL said, there was no disposition to press this
*ilia extreme ewe. bat it was desirable that labourers
wed mechanics should not be kept drinking and spend-
ing their money at a late hour in a public house. At
the same time, in administering the law, there could be
no
distinction of persons.
• A Licensed Victualler (Hr. Stokes) stated be kept a
house where waggons came at all hours of the night,
and where persons came to go by them, and often had to
wait for their arrival, and he wished to know if in fa-
tura he was bound not to admit such persons, or suffer
them to continue in his house?

In eon-

Mr. BSMi.—No ; these persons are travellers, they
do not coots within the weaning of the Act, and you are
bound to receive them.

Nine young lads, and these girls, found io a house in
Flower and Dean-street, were brought up. The officer
stated, that last night, about twelve o'clock. a person
applied to him to assist in taking into custody two ap-
prentices, who were attending a raffle at a house in
Flower and Dean-street. Spits Melds. He wont, and
found all the defendants, with about thirty more. who
bad escaped. There were frequent complaints made
against the above house for encouraging apprentices to
what they termed "a Cock and Hen Raffle." The other
officer continue.' above statement, and added they
were raffling for s.: yards of silk. The prisoners were
discharged.
Tu AM BS Poxica.—The Captain of the "Earl of Egre-
moat" was charged with unlawfully possessing a musket ,
the property of his Majesty.
The officer produced the musket, and stated that on
the 3d instant he found it on board the defendant's
vessel.
The defendant stated that be purchased the musketpf
a Mr. Sutherland, a gun-maker, in Brook-W.44, Rate
cliff, who assured him that it was not a King's musket,
and called Mr. Sutherland to prove the fact of the
purchase. .
The Solicitor of the Ordnance Department stated, that
the mere possession of the article laid the defendant
open to the penalty, and having called Mr. Bailie, Mas-
ter of Arms, who swore to the musket being a " King's
musket," he urged the Magistrate to enforce the penalty.
The Magistrate sentenced the defendant to pay
Edward Welch was charged by Mrs. Brant with a
most shameful exposure.
Mrs. Brant stated that she had indicted the accused for
committing an assault upon her, and' he had since done
tall in his power to annoy her. On Thursday last she
was standing at her mother's door, when he committed
the gross act she complained of.
The prisoner denied the accusation ; but the fact being
proved, the Magistrate said that the offence came within
the new Vagrant Act, and committed the prisoner to six
weeks' imprisonment, and the treading wheel, in the
House of Correction.