Police.
The Times, 1824-01-14T00:00:00

.llAsLfOROUGE.sTTnEET.-Yesterday William Stradwick, a journeynman in the service of Air. Beazley, a respectable butcher residing at No. 100, Jermyn-street, St. James's, was brought to this office, charged by his master with robbing him of large quanti- ties of meat at various t ies. Mr. Beazley stated, that for a considerable time past he has. daily missed a large portion of the stock of meat in his shop ; and in order if possible to ascertain the cause of such deficiency, he has lately taken the precaution of weighing thc whole over-night, and again the next morning, when he always found a deficiency, with which the receitts in the till never corresponded. This convinced hi m that he was plundered by senme one in his service. and determined him to watch the proceedings of his men more closely; and accordingly on Saturday morning last, at six o'clock, he placed himself and Buckland, an active constable of St. James's, in concealment, so as tO command a perfect view of Mlr. Beazley's shop, and in a little time they saw the door opened by the prisoner, and two men enter; who afterdelaying some time, returned out, and walked aw ay evi- dently burdened with some of Ir. Beazley's property. 1ir. Beazley and Bucltand pursued them, and brought them back to the shop, when they found in their possession several prime joints of meat, which they at once acknowledged they had purchased from the pri- sonerStradwick, atthe rate of 4d. per lb., although the market.price of such meat at presentis ls. per lb. These two men, whose names are Charles Delaport and George Johbson, were detained in custody until an investigation of the case yesterday. On a search being made in.the trunk of the prisoner, there were found a large assortment of valuable wearing apparel, and 15 sovereigns in money, which Mr. Beazley has no doubt are all the produce of meat stolen from his shop. MIr. ADOLPHUS attended on the part of the prosecution, and in examining Delaport and Johnson, who were admitted as witnesses against Stradvick, lie asked the fornier if he was not the eminent professor of chalk-writing, who bedaubed all the walls of the metro. polis and the cosntr y too, with the distinguished names of Dr. Eady, and W1essrs.1 arren and Turner, the blacking men. Delapart acknowledged that he was, and in point of talent in that art he said he vwould not yield to any man in the countrv. It appeared in the course of the examination, that the prisoner Stradwiek was in the constant practice ef exchanging his masters meat at avery law price with a tailor intheneighbourhood for clothes. The prisoner having no defeheeto make tothe charge against him, he was tully committed ortrial. Before he left the office he applied to tlte Maistrat to have his money and clothes retumed to him ; bpt Air, CoxAT r said that he could have no possible use for 15.so vereigns in prison, but the money should be givetl to the governor, and he should have it given to him as his wants required. Mfelinda M11asters, a young and well-looking femalevwith au infant about nine weeks. old in her arms, was brought forii Sr. George?s watcbbouse, charged on suspicion with en intention to destroy or desert the child. Lacy, the watchmzan, in Blenheimn-street, Bond-street, said, that about two o'clock on that mnorning he found this girl standing in B.lenheim-street with the infant in her arms almost naked, and nearly famished by the inclemency of the weather; and suspecting she had a design of leaving the child on the steps ofsome street-door, as had been latelyddone in two instances a{n Grosvenor-square, he con- veyedher to the'wasehhouae,which had he not done at the time, he is sure the poor child could not have survived an hour longer. t app,eared that sb^hiad, in the early part of the same night, been taken to itlarylchone watch.house, but was discharged on a prorn-,e to take the child home immediately, which, however, it seemed she had not done. Bir. DYEit the magistrate, questioned the unfortunate girl as to her intentiors in keeping her inifant out at such an hour in such weather and -asked who the father wae?. To this last question she hesgitatl for some timne to givc any answer; but at once deiiied any intention to destroy or desert her child. She at length coufessia that the father w4s a iiaster-baker, who, had resided in Ditury.lane, but now liyeA in C)-elsea. The reason, she sAid, that she had not sworn the chtld to the father was? that she herself had tufficient means of supporting It. This, hwver5 her sister, who attended at the of ce, deaii4and dedared that she haid no means whatever to supportit, herm thtrwas dead, and in onsequence of her having this child her flatber had entirely discarded her. She (the sister) h.ad been for soine time in vain, endeavouring fo procure her somae Ir. Pwicst now admonished the unfortunate creature in the mild. est termst and strongly advised her to swear the child iinediately to the fatnet, who, it appeared, WaS very well able to pay for its sap- port.DARer considerbde hesitation, shc consented to do this, and nDYEshumanely gave her a lettcr to oncof the princlpal officers of Alarylebone parish, where, it seems, the child las horn; and she left the office with hersistcr, very gteeful for the kindness the Ma- gistratc had 'shown ber. ' TowKv:.JA Z..A voung creatures 13 years of age, was brought beofre. A41edrinin .1. LETri, by John'Kinsey, the officer, who stated to'thenagistirate that he yesterday niorning iwent irn quest. of het, Inbonsequence of ber abscotding froi'n her parents on the pre- viouga night, and found hev 'i the first floor of a house of the most infamous description, No. 20, Klnt_street, in the parish of Newington, kept by one Griskin, surrounded by prostitaqts,thieves, anid ~e?gus 'on the knee Of one of the latter of whom she was. sit. ting. apparently delighted in her situation and the scene before her. tllterc was no darniture in this den ef aifimmy? other than two beds thrown on' the floor;and the nire hetyrg whicla they sat made betwreen pilew oF old bTickk . n0' (rqnt thh p~lace she was removed by force The d s,rnseA:njotiher and. grandmotber of the infatuated girl, whose tather holds a respectable situation in a public establishinent, reluclantly gave the 'magistrte to nnderstand, that this was the fifth instanee of-the kind; the first of which took place from a boarding- school wheittbe Was barely 11 years of age. That on the Last pre- vious occasion, her father, whose hopes in her were utterly destroyed, bad, on theTeceipt of a pmeitent letter, written in the hour of d.s. tress,yreceived her again in the face of reiterated assertions never to see hermore,'en&tbe present was the return she made him. 'Aldermen SSiTn said, 'there w%s nothing before him as a msags- trate, that he cbl*l acktriioa but irged-the proprietv of again takmng tht tibhhaapygir.home, and using renewed effiort to reclaim her. "To tris suggestioo.wasreplied.-ttht by thislast 'act,s theaafections Df her father had beconme exnansted and replaced by such strong feel. ings,of exasperation and horror at her conduct, tthat any persmtasion again to receive her was useless: he had given her np' in despair, and requestedthie magistfate to use coercive measures. Alderman SMI1TH again stated, that in. the presefit shlpc eb had' ao authority, drd addresued the wilful girl, byasking& X.Ealaher I e nets gWn e causec tZ1ceeIhen, ~'hw0 w g " .*Aderan m~Tse..-.MHave they trea*ed1 ~6a'with -kindness ".. a; eaver did ;"but i,n a SupprcseeDtoe "-on,'tgco back for J~erean afSceing~e took glace, the matber aiTdexing t6 her chil evry hin tbher coiniot, 'WhicEhThe othirreceivea -with sul- len indifference, and this victim of beadstrong pason left the Jjs- d 'ti c-o old afte r receiv ing from Mr. A lderm a i S mith every adm o- shoul caut e to ,turn e o t destructive path she pursued tha coldbe ivn, added to 'te assurance, that as ~evqry methoti faiedto ecaimhe,she must expect no mercy'whenever the law should autorize him in vfinjglher guiwth punLishuient. POLICE.