Police.
The Times, 1824-08-16T00:00:00

MAIowAieoUsE._On Sat-irday a young man natnedl Robert eWeitman, who holds the situation of " stamper" in the 'rwopenrnv Post-office, was brought before the LoRD AIA ror, and underwenit an eyamination ot a charge ofl having secreted a let-ex containing The Solicitor who conducts the prosecUtion for the Post-offlce was not prepared with the whole of the evidence wlhich he had to bring forward; bat he called another stamper, employeg in the tame office, who stated, that on Friday the prisoner, towar(ds the evenirg, was looking over a parcel of letters, which had arrived from Hatn- mersmnth, part of whicil were to be sent on to the Inland-office. Witness observed him atop at one which was directed to Truro, in Comwall,and which appeared to contain something hard. The prisoner put it aside in a mantner as if to avoid observation,and passed on witl the other letters. AWrlen he had sorted the wthole, he carried them nitnef t the Inland-offlIce, which was contrary to the usual practice. and which was not' his dutr. On his return, the witness asked him whetiter he had given in that particular letter ? The prisoner replied in the affirmative. but appeared confused, and got the key to go to thie water-closet. The witness communicated his suspicions, andt on the return of the prisoner, be was apprehendedl and searched, but no money was fotind upon him. On examining the water-closet, the fragments of a letter, believel to be that directed to Comwall, were found. It was stated that a writness would com]e forward to identify them. It was believed that the letter contained a sovereign. The prisoner protested that he knew nothing of the letter. Another person went to the water-closet after him, the search was made upon niln four times, and yet no monev was found. It was not possible th,at he could have gotrid of the mnoney if he had taken it. The Solicitor for the Post.office sait, that if the prisoner were re- marlded, heshould be enabled to bring fbrward all his witnesses. The lidit)D MAYOR remanded the prisoner, and advised hitn to get all his friends about him, with professional assistance, the next time he was brought up. MIARLBO1ROUGHfT1tET.._.A voung man of respectable ap- pearance, and wrho one would suppose to be superior to such non- senlse, mipplied to Mir. ROE, the magistrate, for advice how to act in the following " iiviful" (as he termed it) situation in which he w;.s placed. He said that a. lady in whose house he lodged for a consi- derable timer without eitlier having occasion ta find fault with the other, has within a few days, by some unlucky accident. lost, or says she lost, a 101. Bank of England note; and having in vaiin tned every bitman agency to recover it, or ascertain the cause of its absence, sbe has now had recourse to supernatural mearns to trace out the authlorol'herc~a1mity; and accordingly wentdowvn to the neigb bour- hood of Norwood to consult a Gipsy ftortune-teller,ofgreat repute, Upon the sub3ect. This sybil, after erforming sotne ceremony with aBible andl a key, fixed upon a certtn letter in the alphabet as the first let- ter of' the persons name who stole the note, and that letter happen- ing to correspnd with the applicant's name, the fortune-teller and the landlady i lmeiiatel--pointed him out as the delinquent,and tile lady now openl- charged him with having stolen the note. He! therefore begge to know what to do. Mr. RoLa.sked what were the ceremonies that he talked of about a Bible and a key * the thing was nonsense altogether. An old la dy, who happened to be in the office upon otherbusiaese, seeing both the magistrate and the complainant ignorant of these solemnities, stepped forward and said she would explain. Sbe knew the fortune-teller alluded to, and she was never wrong in her predic- tlons. The ceremony was this-a tible was placed upon one end on I a table, and on the other end the key of a street door was placed perpendicularly half way down amongst the leaves, wherever they chanced w open,and in that pogition the key is made fns by binding the Bible tight round with a string, so that no hunian poiver, with- out breaking the stringj sould turn the key round in the book. The l inspired woman then repeats dertain words, and makes certain magic signs over the Bible,when tise key is seen to turn round gradually in the book, and then,whatever large letter of the alphabet is nearest thc v-ards of the key, that is surely the first letterof tihe narne sought fbr. HAving given this explanation, the old lady turned to the complainant and said-." So, young wan, if the key sropped at a letter that your name begins withl, Iam tje?y sorry for you!"-" There. yotr Wor- ihsip," said the complainant, "ithats wthat they au say-that I must I be guilty; and what am I to do ?" "Why, (saiti Mr. RoE) I am really surprised to hear a young mnan of vour appearance talk seriously about such folly. The only advl,e Ican give you is, when your landlady, or any one else, 4peacs to you on the splbject, take no notice of them, unless it Is so laugh at them, but If yoso can lay hold on the fortune.teller who performed these ceremonies, and fiked this cliarge up)n you,we will see if we cannot find some ottier employn'ienL for her in the Heusc I of Correction."4 The applicant thanked his 1Worship, but .sad, 1e feared he Rhould have no peace 4 and as he was retising, the old lAdy in the office exclaimed.-. What a pity, so nice a young mnan sholid do such a thing."' tArtzhlONrossF'rcE._MrA. Ann Agnes Jervis, an elderly ladv, wridow of Captain Jervis, R.N., liying at No. 22, Beneres- street, appeared at this offlce on Saturday, to answer to the complaint Df Mr. John Lincoln, of Cleveland4treet. The complainant, wlho evidently labotured under extreme agita- tion of mind, stated, that his son, a boy about 14 years of age, had that rorning been bitten severelv in the leg by a large and very fero- r ious dog belonging to the defe&idant. The dog, he said1 h%d attack- d thle boy several times before. His sia was passiag qtlictly by M rt. Jervis's door wvven the dog rushed out and seized him. r1tss Jervis with an air of lofty Indignation, said, the dog was a rery fine spirited animJl, which she kept to guard her house and property, asd was a great favourite with her on account of the effl- ,ie4cy of his services in that r Thect tat very circumstance, she tlelieved, was the cause of the illwill of others towards him, rather than any annoyance which lie could in reality have given to the neigh- oura s'oP nmenever allowted him to yo out anattended. She was sure ite boyl rnttst have been teasing the animal, or it would not have fibred him any nolesealon, The conoplainant sald itbe boy was paseingsjuietly by theedoor with a latcel of books for his emptoyer,4 who occupies the next house to The defcndadi, iri a tene of high displeasure, said, it hap peied aedst nmdpleasantly far 11et, that the next house was occupied by a bookseller, whi1o0 keut four or TiVel boys that were constantly teasing the dog, and provohii htim to run A thEne, and when he bit any of them, ans outcrg was then raised against hi as if his vicious na. ture was to blame instead of thesrotchievoas (i1'spoition of the boys, writh whom he woald never meddle if they let him a done t The Magigrate (Mr. HOSKINS) observed, that the conduct of the &efendsnt, in allowing such ate animual to go loose, after the repeated complaitits of the mischief he had done, evinced a degree of indifftr. crce as to the consequences from which it was necessary that the pieblie Fhould bc protcted. fIe asked whether the boy was in at- tedace.moe Mtr. ,incoln said he was at home, in bed, and could not be moved without danger, lltr. ilewitt, veterinavy surgeon, said he hail inspected the wound, and had also seen the dog whose bite had caused it, and was decidedly of opinion that the nnimnal was not in a rabid state, and consequently that there was no danger of hydrophobia. He mukt,1 ho1wever, say that the dog was one thst ought on. no account to be allowed to go loole wittstut a muzzle, p=icularly at the present season. AlIr. J*V;i was held to bail, lit her own r2cognizances in 401., to answer any charge that may be preferred against her at the sessior.s. To*W-UrA.L-Ssturday,-t r. Nathan, a clothes-salesman in' the Borbugh iHigh-stredtc stated, that hia wife, who was in the eiglitlh month of her pregnaney, hea beeti, just before, bitten by a dog bc-. l6nging to AtMrs. tary Peel, a greea-grocer in the Borough Alarket, in . thc thigh, and whom he requcsted might be summoned before hiamt the reqaest was gr6nted, and in a, ahort time 1rs. Peel arttried in the office. lIr. Alderman SAwtsT called upoa Mrs. Peel to account for the unpirdopabletnegligence she had been guity ofin suiffering a furious dog q-be at large in opp&sitoir to 5he agiseraucs order. lirs, 4'eei denited thg.tbti dog w%a ferocious, and said that Mls. ,ktr3z lbadjtrod UppD ti1ed,ga'-foas-befo*e be turie4 ilpoDile. t# waspruved, lto'yever, by 11;e Cridenee of jgr. JcsepBs &bicbtnen,nc time backb-y the saamedAig.Ea.t. it-U ^f*oiaouc anni*1 ;snd ,that JMr& P~eet kept a zneicihat reedy to Ndn!rinter b Peesongso hP.tcfl&eocond& waa sRefth"ed6#fz4Ire2 TI. lU Pool pIc. ded gUiltnt nmnach ai -she.XgUds X e.Wive" Mr. Jomeph some ireernan's Bath!=g.r2tg *hd shealwasJi-tE the hoiFbnt hbat ir. Joseph r th atinstnneehikWced4the dqg- Mr. Rowley, the Rurgezon who had atteuded AMJi, lntAn, bere entered the office. and held a convereatin, of E0 ne ,laeItl with the aIlwstrate e expresepe a eish th-t it n4t boptte t the pub.. lie iihet bas e~rendy been psernioned ae the opinik;t of Sir A. Cooper on thesame subject-thiht there w7z no xecure.mreedy agalp:t iy- drophobia except by cutting awq the part bittea. Mi. Aldermian SMITr? a Oce.vaa, thzi the dogshaild be cou- iined for some daye,ond :n the.disgretion of the -meaureBIr.tovIq agreed; but be the result what .it=ny, the dok tobe destroyed. Thedog was then putirto thepossessionofMnty i'iitrictordera for ais guidance, and Mllr. Nathu left the efce vAdrthhe &Zrpsioi thet bc would indict the owneir at the sessions. PQLICB.