Police.
The Times, 1824-04-22T00:00:00

MAnLo30ROUGH.STREXT.-James Beeson, a working gardener, in the service of Mlr. Jenkins, of the nursery-grounds in the New. road, was brought to the office. upon a warrant by the officers of St. James's parish, to compel him to providefor the mnaiRtenance of his illegitimate ebild. Lucy Gordon. a very fine-looking young woman, the mother of the child, attended with the infant in her arms, and pointed out Beeson as the father. Mr. DYER asked him what he could afford to pay ?-He said he could not affird to pay any tliing out of his wages, which, for the last five years that he had been with Mlr. Jenkins, had only been lOs. a week. M.tr. DoEE said,that he could scarcely credit that; for-gardenera,if they worked regularly all day, were paid much higher wages than lOs. a week, as every body knew. Ble( M(r. Dyer) himself paid a man in his garden 4s. a day, and he beleved that good workmen could not be had for less. Bleeson repeated that his statement was true, but, said he, 'Your Worship, I can settle the matter without al this bother; the Young woman is a very good young woman, and bears a good character, and I wil marry her ;" and at the same time takingthe sirlby the hand he asked her " What do you say, ILucy, will youhave me ?" The young woman blushed with more modesty than might be expected; and holding down her head while her coun enace briahtened with joy, she faintly replied, I will with allm h J " Beeson then said, "I will make you as happy as I can, but dang it, girl, why did'nt you come to me, and we could settle the thing betbre, instead of staying away from me, and bringing ine here ?" He diem closely examined the child,and said, " I know, Jack (the child's name), you are mine, for you are the very imnage of me." Ar. DYER said, that this was certainly a very pleasant and sen- sible manner of ending the affair; and the parties left the office with the parish officer, who is to sec that the marriage ceremony takes place The warmth and affection of Beeson's mamier during this sceue, as well as that of the young womaia, gave great satisfaction and plea- sure to a crowded office. %lARYLEBO2E.-Daz;i Wianitz Stepheraon was charged with robbing his employer, M1r. James Pincott, linendraper, of 187, Ox- ford-street, and Ania Stevens and BzL-abet& Pegg, as accessories to the robbery. It appeared that the prosecutor's house has latety been under re- pair, and one of the carpenters, on raismg some flooring-boards in the kitchen found concealed a piece of printed cotton. . He com- municated ius discovery to one of the shopmen, who directly namcd it to his employer. AIr. Pincott, suspecting that he had been sVs- tematically robbed, left the cotton in its concealment, and bt- tioned a person to watch for the thief; and in less than an hour, the prisoner came softly down otairs, and moved off with the cotton. The individual who was placed to watch, perceived the female pri- soners loiteripg about the house, and knowing that Stevens was the prisoner's laundress, he caused her and the other to be detained, at the moment when theprisoner was giving to them two bundles of dirty linen. On searching one of them, he found the piece of cotton, and two shawl-handkerchiefs. On the woman Stevens being searched several pawnbrokers' duplicates of articles were found, which l,r. Pincott identified to be bis property. The trisozers declined making any observations. Stephenson was fully committed to take his trial; the woYnU StevcnS was re wAd,d1 ji4 ?fgg was discharged. VUEEN-SQUARE.L-ohn WilliaM., a young man rupectlbly dressed, was yesterday brought before AMr. Wnir E, the presiding maRiitratey bv Mtaybank, the watchbouse-keeper of Cbelsecharged with burgiariously entering thedwelling house of Mr. Stephen An- derson, a paper-maker. of No. 9, Cooper's-court, Lower Symonds.. street, Chelsea. Mr. Anderson and his family left home on Tues- day evening on a visit, and about9 o'clock, his btother-in.law and sister, named Brown, had occasion to call on a neighbour of Air. Anderson's, in doing which, they saw a light in Mr. Anderson's house: knowing that the family were out, they became suspicious, and went to the door. which on being touched flew open; they then made an alarm of " thieves," and the light was instantly extin. ruished. The prisoner came down stairs and rushed out of the houve; Brown pursued, and a most dreadful scuffle ensued, in the course of which the prisoner inflicted some dangerous wounds on Brown's head with a small crow bar or " jemmy," an imple- ment uced in housebreaking they rolled on the ground struggling until the neighbours secured the prisoner. Brown eras carried to aneighbouring surgeon, who dressed his wounds. The "jemmy," on being fitted to the marks of violence in the door exactly corre- sponded, and on searching the house and where the scuflle took place, the prisoner's hat and handkerchief were found, as well as some nliosphorus.boxes. He had not had time, it appeared, to pack any thing un, but some metal (plated) candlesticks were removed, wlhich it is probable he mistook for silver ones. The witness Brown during the examination wa.s in a very weak state from the loss of blood, and had his head tied up. The Mlagis- trate complimented him on the signal service he had rendered to public jiistice.-The prisoner was fullv committed. LAIABETH-STIVEET.-Yeste-day Mr. Vines, of thefirm of Vines and Pitt, extensive salesmen in Whitechapel, avpeared before Mr. WYATT, upon an information against him by fr. Lord, of Tooley- street, for selling bim a load of hay which upon examination proved to be adulterated with rubbislh. hr. Lord stated, that on the 8th inst., he purchased from the de- fendant a load of hay for five guineas, which was the fair price of the day for an article of the best quality. Upon its arrival at his house, Mrs. Lord (in his ahsence) sent for a Mr. Finn, a corn-chandler in the neirhhourhood, to receive and examine it. ir. Finn stated, that at the request of AMrs. Lord, he examined the lsay, and heing in a hurry he opened only three truses, which he found to be atuffcd in the centre with rubbish. He subsequently, with Mr. Lord, examined 13 more, and found them composed of the same materials. hlr. Lord then stated that independent of that, the hay was 159 pouuds short of weight. The *Mfagistrate observed, as the informations wcre not laid under the clause of light weight, he sbould tberefore confine himself to that clause whicis inflicts a penaltv for selling hay so composed; and as he considered the case clearly established he would visit the defend- ar.t with the full penal.y of (is. for each o? the three trusses first ex- amined. He was accordingly fined in 15s., with costs. POLICE.