Police.
The Times, 1824-07-29T00:00:00

MAwsXolN-IIOusE.-Yesterday Air. Hoskins a groce: whose premises adjoin Petticoat-lane, (the new name of which is iiddle- sex-street, the inhabitants being ashameed of the old one,) A%pesred to anawer a charge of keeping a ferocious dog unmuzzled, to the great daner of His lajesty's subjects. MIrs. Alexauder stated, t4at on Friday last, as she was passing tbrough Petticoat-lane, she was suddenly attacked and bitten by a ferocious deg which was under a truck. She was so terrified. that she scarcely new what took place but sha believed toat sane perh eons, alarmed by her screams, pulled the animal away. Doing in a. bad state of health, she bad a great deal of lorthest upon iert znd thus, fortunately, escaped a severe wound, but she was ucrzonsty in_ jured b y fright. 31r. Hoskcns said he did not believe that tF.e -cozuplalflant had been bitten, and he knew the dog vas not ferocious. Ara. Alexarnder produced her clotbes, amongt which iere two thick flannel petticoats which the dog's teeth bad rent. The LoaD MAYOR expresse4 hIs surprise that a man clX hsle de. fendant's respectability should suppose for a moment that a rspect able female would deliberately swear a falsehood. Alr. Hosklns said t that if:-he had received any injury he would mako her a fair compensation. r he LODa MIAYOa said he did not thinl that thiB was V case Which ought in any way to be compounded. Thtose dogs, as be had before stated, Were an abominable nuisanee and he bdireved he should send zhe case to he sessions, and bindover the parties to pro_ Isec:ite, in ordertoshowthe public thattheylhould be erototetd. So lately as yesterdaY be had received zeveral lette-s complazning that ?TA5OlS bad been bitten, aDae cllinguo i oeecshsato Sityin estrinig he mnischiefi Ele. had no wishi to excite alarm, hudt he knew thjat great alarm exse tons hepbi; eea foi`sPe&s inquets hsa&'Aeclarea that persons.qa(d died of hydropho.. his," etocl h ie wsdtrie oise a-notice to all Persons who bad, singsl to cIftbinete,~ nt o tfe themn to go at-'Izrgaetin. `6ffl&(L . to f ~klthi oiewr o ttne o esi diwect -the: deaiteae for, one, tha th tb f os o be ate uedwth 3eadl,~ obigin thse ho kpt ogsto eplo nas. ultitudes of 'whomwerestaring.abbn Strees, ad wh coud bemaintatin.' Mr. oslens sok~With some warmth. -in favour of his dog, which he aid, as e lrtle un arilmalas any breathing.- hya dg5 th snater d'h~vaonce blttenbimselfvcry severelv that a the n tma r orwcnever cOuld be p-ersuaded to think 'i ORD A M eoItl6) him(self he coald be fierce to others. tt ttdththe shoulud, on Friday, after Ioa'klng over the ac=-e 'd htcoutrse! to pursue with respect to the &rcas,bt h ons ldimt mean time issue the necessary general GU1LDHj.L,.r-T0T,rs are among the'animals whichl the criminal law of' EnglAnd considi'rs nullliu.s valori,- to steal a dog, therefore, Js nolta felomnv An adventitious value, however, has been gi'ven to -them by. th.- statte' Oltb (ieo. 11i. cap. 18., which inflicts a penalty 'f '30L., W5il not less than 201., upon any. person who shall steal anty dOg,) Otr sell, buty, receive, tharbottr, detain; or keep any d*g, knowing theO --ne to bave, been atbjen. inder, this'statEtte, 'T4zonat Bayes n er,Niiiu e two ielltows sv6heiepersora niust be familiarlit4o all ethor4eyXwho-are tine thei l3abit oDf passing along thIe north sidle of St. PaUI's..ChUTChVA,rd, as 2ioted doz.hawkerg, were yesterday -chareed before thie LonD lIA yo3 and-the sitting mnagistrate,- Mr. Aldernman LUnCAS, (the statute requiring the presence of two justices>, wmith having stolen a clog, the proper'ty ofNkMr. Collerton, Hawkabury.cottage, Waklwortb. The prisoners had observed the dog,wbich wasfollow inglMr. Collertont and two ladies in Fleet-.market, and suddenly senatc'hed it up and Siatle off' th' uh one of the 'tHrnings towards Shoe-.lane. The ladieg followed them withi the alarm of " stop thief," and Sir. Cot0- lerion: ran up the market, In the ho ve of meeting them. on thieirnia'k. muR their wsatinto Fleet..stveet. They, however, got clear off, but z~ot without being Observed by a,boy nam dIsles, who works on The Prifi;h Traveller newspaper, i;ts tearan bythe oiliceadoor in Back llorte-.court; and by his descdPt01.o, -Foy, ain officer of Castle ~ay. tard 'W'ard, who kniew their 1,orsons well,'hbappenrng to meet them aev,en or eigh t days afctbrw41ds detained them, and eav01Mr. Coller. to;t notice. R e, ini t,C'interim. had regained the (log, by payinig a reward of two g'x1nes fAr it. The most importan't evidlence against themn -was the n or Isles,wito swore positively to the persons of both of them, P,% 'wel Im to the identity of the dog, in which last Particular he was not likely to hatve been mnistaken,. the ant. aiul being of a rena-rkablv smnall anda curious breed, not more bhai tein incese in lengthx, though full growni and two yearn and a !sslf old3 and upon his evidence the Afacistrates convictedl both the prisoners in the mitigated penalty of 201. mea. Thie statmte pro.. vides, that in case tire penal-ty be not forthwith paid, the offender shall be committed to ith common jail for any time, not exceeing twelve. nor less thian si3f calendar months ; and as neither Bayes nor lNightiingale had any means of paying the penalty, tlie-y weve seve- rally- conmmitted for six cale-ndar months each. The penalty for a second offence is 501., and not less than n01. ; a-nd in defauilt of pay.. mlent, imprisonment for eigh teen, and not less than twvelve months, and Ptublicly whipped. xaoxoUGstsTnEETJea~W'tld, one of thoie fellows called cads, who stand about the coaches in Piccadilly, to the great isuisanee of the public, and Obstruction of the street, was brought to this office yesterday upon a warrant, charged wvith grossly abusing 3Mr. Bartlet, proprietor of one of the Fulhamn stages, and collecting a crwd of more than 100 persons about him, oni Saturday evening last, in Piccadilly, to the annoyance and interruption of all thie peo- ple pasing. bir. 'Bartlet said that the language and ferocious threats of this f'ello'w we're really shocking, and described him and mnost of his class as COIDInon nuisances. Dledbury, the inspector, confirmaed the statement of Mir. BaTtlet; and M1r. Rog, the Magistrate, said, that upon every occasion whben any of thosefellows called catds should be brouaght before him for riot or interruption, he would hold them to bail : they were the greatest ritisancee at the west-end of the town.-..Theadefendant was ordered to find bail. Janzce f47are, a helper in the stables of the Earl of Tankerville, in Hil-street Berkeley-.square, was charged wvith robbing a young worman, w?so, from her decent appearance, one wvould not suspect ,of getting into such company,of'her reticule, containing a purse, and sevemal other articles. It appeared, by the statemnent of the girzl, that the prisoner anid herself hadl been together at some bouise in the neighbourhood of Bond-street, and when they c-ame out, the pris9oner snatched her retmicle with great violence fron her arm, and ran off'; but he was stopged by the wratchman, and secured. The pmsoner acktnowledged having taken the reticule as de-scrib- ed but said that he did so out of joke. Mr. Ro x said, it' was rather a serious joke, and askced if the pri. soner had been searched, and being aniswered in the negative' Or- dered that ceremony to be performed at the bar, wvhen a silver watch and two keys were found upon him, which, however, he said, be- lnerd to himself, thle keys being those of his portmanteaus. Air. Ro aid, that, under aU etrmunistances, he should remand hfim for another examinatton on WVesntsdkay next. Mrs. Hi Hoyod a very conasequential-lookingpersonage, who keeps adair in Ihskestreet, Bloomosbury, anid her daughter Cacroline, 'who k6epFsa school for young ladies, in the samne house, were brought to the office, upon a warrant, charged with violently assaulting Alrs. Green, a handsome interesting..looking woman, who, with her hus- band, are ledgers in the hiouse of Mlrs. Hopwood. -Mrs Green, who apiseared with various marks of talons uapon her face andi arrns, stated, that havinig been from home about some bu- asiness, she returned, and knocked. repeatedly at the street..coor, 'withoutt gaining admnittance, atui was 'kept therTe near- an hour be- fore it was Opened. At length Mlrs. HopweDa opened it, and cam- snencedi a torrent of abuse at her, for daring to knoeck so loud at lier door. 3Mrs Greeni said, that shie thought herfself was the person who had reason to find fault for being detained so long at itie door, and observed, that it would have been no great trouble frMiss Caroline to open Iit; upon which Aliss Caroline came out of the school-roomn, and boothi mother andI daugliter attack- ed the complainaiit, and tore her in thec manner desceribed. They also accused her of hiaving a child before her marriage, and being a wMan Of bad character. It was true, AMrs. Green sgaid, that about nine ycars5ago she had the misfortune to stray 1from the paths of rectitude, und had a son by a captain in the navy. The boy is still living, and is supported and educated by his father. Thiis, however, was the only imputation that could be cast upon her, and she in no mnanner deceived her husband upon the subject before he matrried her, and with whom the lives very happily. This charge, however, shec said, camne with a very ill grace from Mliss Caroline, whio, if the fame of the whole neighbourhood spoke truth, bad some timie ago gone to siojoumn in the country to dusin- cumber herself of the consequence of an amour. Miss Caroline assured the magistrate, that abe never did any such thing; the charge was altogether false, and it was sheer envy in Mlrs. Green, on account of her being eo virtuous. Mrs Green declared there was no envy on her part; and as to vir- tue, thy were on about a par in that respect. The dleferidants did not deny-the asault ; but_.iadthat Mrs. Green struck Mrs. HePWoe.d first. Mrv. CONTAWT,the miagistrate, said that3lirs. Greets seemed to have been very iU treated. Surely she had a right to admittance to her own lodgings ; and whatever alterceation occutred between her and Mrs. Hopwood, Mlisa Caroline at all events had no right to interfere. Mlrs. Green said she did not wish to press vindictively against them, and consenited to the warrant being discharged, On their pay- ing the expenses. SA1ftYLE1noi?E2.oFFcrcEBE,NErtT SOCtIrET......The rules of many- of these Societies and the manner in which they are fre- quently applied, have become asoturceof great evil. Instances have occurred If persons having contributed to the furids of a society of this kind duiring matdy- years of their lives, and yet at last~ when they have ex-pected to receive its benefits, some miserable quibble has been resorted to, some trifling informality allegeed against tbem, and they have been told that their names are struck off' the lists. A complaint was yesterday exhibited. before EB. GasRsFvses, Estr.by-asliscardeclmember,against die Commercial Friends Bene- fit Slociety, held in Oxford-markcet. It appeared that on the 24th of June, the comnplainant maet with an accident which prevented him from following his usual avocations, and that on the following day he declared oni the box, but finding himself on the enisuing niorn- ing mucht better, lie resolved on going to his wori, iand therefore sant a notice to the society, stating that he wast able to follow his busines, and that he only- claimed from them up to the preceding evening. This notice was delivesed about nine o'clock ot, a' Wednesday 'morning; antd-, the offenice aleged against the mnan wan, that of h.Mvng returned 'to his w6rk oni the same day, contrary to a rule of the society, which dleclared that steperson should be allowed, to returmnto his labour on the day on wsxelhedicelired ofFi For this offefic6tbey fined him two guineas, nad in default of payment, struck his name off the lists. - Inapswc-r to a que-stion from:Mr. GaRysFTsS,n the Stewards ad- mnitted that no-fraud had 'been attempted upon thenm, and that the whole afTair at the most resolved itself Into stn irregularit. Mra ssvvs'srnl-esr4~e oit o theve wifth-wvhich they- had acted, towards their member, a-ndoredbs re-adrmison to the privileges of which they had so unjustly de- Mr 8sirep pntued o a infrmaionat the inistance of John- ate,ehagin-hii wth crryng n te otsie of'his coachb-more The'isgltrat(Mr.H Osisra covicted him in the full penalty 'Mci.Wwodxeardj the -pioprietor of a HaMpftead etage, also ap.. pciuied oalun informatfon phargingher with a similr offence,, but en p1daftk~that thbe'wa&uapoor widow,and was whollyi.41orantof any ~uc' ~iFnc~bvlabe~acommttedby er servant, Mr. Ho0ssc'sy UNIONwAr..--.Tbe ew Vsren ActWas' yesterdiay (fot the Srsttme~ ut ito Optatin bythe Mgistatesat this office-, arnd'it 'wasextrmel wel aplied Ijwaed'of70 cdge(beggars) anti ~rotitte, wo avelog_ifetedKet..tret,inthe p-rih ofr A,ieWlng0n, anda been in toe 'iabit of sallying nkght and day to omnmit all sortust of depredationg; WeVe the persons selected for the iper0nient' ofrthe new act. 'rhe principal officers of-the establish- iiient,' with. HaIl,the' dhief'constable, at theirhel4d4 besieged the et.quaters of this gang of despraptelvatgabonds The: scenes hitherto exhibited',of fe in Londona:fll infltitely short-of the ex.' bibitions of Kent-street- 'yterday -aorning betweei the hours of twelve auntthrec. - - . . . . .'Tho' sonlenrwere irst int odtlced to the notice-of the Blagistratejt L .ALLS 3adt SOLOaOn DAYis,EBS.) They -ereaplaced an thi slip by dozentatame, and their cases weres eparately.exa- minedi, iiito. ' ' :aIl stiste~d hat, in consequenesof the continuatcornplain,s.na-d by thc respeda .e tar of ffte tinhabitants residingu in the-psrishes of ?t. Ueerge the Martyr and St. Mary,. Newington, of the nightly sacnes tf tlfefl, riot, abnd' dibaueherycsenried on, in their .espective dlghbourbbo4s,"y 'thieves, cadgers, 'and' 'prstitutes of tie very lowest diip0tlo0i tIiaadoceeded *ith his authorityi siid most of the offiers,byj6tI6gint to the cstablishmeai,t-to visit the lodging-hofim-rin Keat.street 'ind 'the Dover-ad -'Onenttering one)liouse of this - Jesenption in the latwrplace, e' roceeded up stairs,- amid,.in a sinall and:confined toom, le epreheh4ed most of thewomnen la dozen) at the bar; iany of thiem had bed.fellows; there- weri four or five bed. $te.al in the place, =n4 they were jamled 'o 'tightl< together, that it wj&s.impossible to.getintosthe'roorn, exceptvby walking over them. ,car:tuted theinsl 'Up, tbade them bundle on their-rags, and took, themto t e watseh-hMt.'. * 'Au;nWhlla, s.p,iSIof 15 years ofsge,one ofthose apprehesTlae& {in the ivay .desebed, stated, tiat' iF. s4te was- nllowed:to ga- home, ber iotle? would suipportlher, and she svoiildAnever enter:a house in Kent-street again. She had only been a few days in the ;situa. tion," and would take care to keep out of, bsd company in future. ?t was Stated, t~l~at this girras mother 'was a bhdorkg decent I woman, vwhom she was in the habit of stripping Of her clotbes and absconding with them. Her lhother lad frequently taken her,home again, but all her ciTorts to correct the eiil propensities of- her chifd proved unavailing.. Under these circumstancesbshe was committed to Brixton for a month. Somne other sitl'Ir cases were disposednf, after *hic two vity dleceht lkokin,ycung women were examined.Theofilers'stated, that tleyhad 'apprehended thens together at oneof those vile* houses in *Kei-street; thdy behavedy ry well on being taken Intotcstody abd were not kno an to any of the offic6r& present. The Isrls tated that they l2ad only jgst left their situations,- anft wet' entic6 into the housc bv some women, who described the rfe of g '.id of the town as a life of pleasure and gaiety the haid a mind tb try the experimrent and this was a speeimen o'F the plieasures. Vi they.were sufleredto departno-, tbey'-woulc take eare in futitre, andkeep their places. The t?agistrate, in discharging these two young wo. men, poinled out to tdeni the destruction whlich inivitablv'attends a state of piostitAtion , they tbat day saw sAfficieit 6taifplhs to deter | them from embarking,insuch alife of misery. M leavin the bar, tley shcd teas, and ppleated to-fiel deeply impressed with the ad. vice they had reetived. Several wbXiter were comnmitted for one one rxonth each to Brixtoni, and dthose who had the advantage of a peaceable character were bidtharged with an admonition). The men were now put to the bar, most of wlhomn were identified as rogues and vagabnnds c they were committed for one month each to the Houseof Cor1ertion. POLICE.