Police.
The Times, 1824-12-11T00:00:00

MAAtLnoRoRuan-S REET.-Yesterday a fellow named Sepi- I1nU ilrilliaos, who stated himnse4f to be a servant out of place, was brought from St. James's watchhouse, charged with the follow- ing scaunlalous assault. dr. William Blondon, a respectable tradesman residing in Jermyvrtitreet, SL James's, stated that about 12 o'clockon the night befbre, he was returning home from a friend's house, in company with his daughiter. Not being very well, he stopped for a moment, and iWffered his daughter to walk on a few yards before him; but she had not proccedea many paces, when he saw the prisoner come up to her, and suddenly selze her by the dress in such a manner as to expose her person most shametully. Dfr. Blondon immediately ran up to the assistance of hi daughter? and seizing the fellow by the collar, gave him in charge to a watc?nman. MWiss M\lary Ann B!ondon conflremed her father's statement. The prisoner denied that he had aetedi in the manner described, and said that he had enly spoken to the lady. He aas ordered to find bail for the assauilt, and in default he was locked up. IHATToiro-oAarxE.-A middlc.aged woman, respectably dressed, who gave her name on the present occasion Catkerinr Aldridge, but Who at this office, as well as others, appeared under the namne of 1'osse, Foster, WiUiams, Clarke, Jones, &c..; was brought up from Pentonville watch-house, charged with having defrauded innu- ruerable tradesmnen in that neighbourltood, by a systematic methad of gaining credit, in which long experience had rendered her per- fectly au fait. A few weeks aio thc same person made her ap. pearance at this offlce upon similar charges. She is in the habit of dresbsing her son as her groom, and wvith his sasistance, and that of a female accomplice, who appeats in the humble capacity of lady's. maid, shc sUcceedbs not only in-getting into fashionable lodgings, but also obtains-credit tf'on1 4rious tradesmen, generally driving about in a hired denner,her son beirip dressed in a handsome livery. On her former appearance at the office, the same number of complainants appeared; but as thev chiefly consister of bakers and butchers, and otliep venders of persihable articles, the presiding Magistrate, Mr. LAING, could nOt insist on the restitution of property, with the exception of the case of aw rnill4nej who identified the bonnet, shawl, cap, &c., on the prisouer, as being her property; and accordingly she mwsb stripped of her borrowed plumer beforFe quitting the office, to the ptreat merriment, if not substantial satisfaction, of the numerous suffrers. Whenl turned out ef the offlce on that occasion5 rshe made use of an expression which, it seems, shte strictly attendea to-, You may nll laugh at me; but I'll soon refit my wardrobe again." 'l'he circumstanceswhich led to ier apprehdnrion were as follows: -It appeared that she had engaged a lodging on White Conduit- terrace some days since, and ordered home a hat for the mock groom, frorn Mr. Jesse Stanley, 88, High-street, lslington. - She contrived to getsession of the hat without paying for it, underthe excuse of ordering a particularly fashioned gold band for it; and on Alr. Stanley's attendimg with it, he discorered that she had abscond- ed. He afterwards met the mock groom with the hat on him, a-d on interrogating him as to his mistres's residence, he not only re fused any explanation, but ~proceeded to assault him; for which le w,as btoueht to Marlboroiigh.streetofflce on 'Thursday last, and or- dered to ind bail. The difficult?y o his procuring bail led to adis- closure as to thea?tusi residence the -pri~oner, vhich was discovered to be in NWhite Lion-street, Pantonville, there:occupying aa attic ipartment. As the pursuit f -her was very general, she vas taken into-custody, and conveyed, to the watchhonse. The scene at the dfRce was precisely similar to that-an the former ecension. -There seemea to be a representative from the varipus 'u!ids-bqtchers, bakers,- coal.merchants5g; een.trocers,fishirongers, &c., vyinlg with each 2ther for'atpreference iP gaSning a patient hear. ing frot the magistrate-of ther sifflelngs. As an example of the scale on which she gave her orders i# the course of five-days; she got iegetables to the 4nmountvof193. 6d. The geeer-grocerf in a con- ference with the butcher,piotested that'shee must=be ire than hunian if she-could consume an.imal feed in' proportion. - - - - - - 'The principal complainant, however,was Mr. Smith, livery-stable keener,inroline-mews, fildford-treet. He stated, that sonce sago the prisoner engaged his horse and dennet on hire, al thle rate of tbree gineas grnd a half per 6ewk Oa ghishostler going, at the expiration of the weeh to,heflietresideicg in terc-ktrel8 Itathbone-plaee, he was- inforn3efhbat theparwtznhil alsiondVe the ladvy having gone out inthegg towar tfiebenefit of the air, carryine with her, ac appeared'br the.testimony ofa b cuit baker, six drzen of biscuits to support the tone of ber-stomnach on the excomrirn. On Mfr. Smith, howerer,- publishirg hand-bidzi# an offcring a rewvard, -the horse and deonet were.sent-hokiesonie pipes and t.obacco beinF found in the gig, which the 1ady vaacdied' essentjia t comfortable travelling. The horse, wvich Mr. Smith valued at 50 guineas. received so much iDl-usage, that he hais since been almost useless to himz. Several of the creditors stated, that they hal received information. that a cart attended every night to carry olFfrom her fashionable public lodgings aU superfious articles to her secret depot, from which she afterwards ven&td at her leisure. When cdled on by the Mlagistrate toaccoant for herslf, she stated that she astd been -n business in London with her hasband; but having sustained heavy losses, she was cormpelled to act in ' the humble capacity of nurse, and her husband to settle himself in De- Yonsbire as a farmer. Mr. UuOsRS.-Wy haveyou adopted the nameof Aldridge ? Prisioner.-Aldridg!et Heml 1 Why, to be candid with VGu, Slr, my charancer has suffered so-much with the public throug thi-e rne- drum of those oe'ious police reports, that, in fact; to support my rc-- spectability, I wias compelled to clangemy name. 1Mr. Romsrs replied, that it was unfortuntae for thtose herest tradesmen, that ber character had not gained still nereaterpublicity s and was proceeding to express his regret that he dia not consiaer ic in his oower to give them any redre., when the prisoner lterrupteci him-n " I thank you, Sir," saidl abe. " It ig but justice to you to say, that you have treated me in a much kinder pnd more polite mah- ner than the miagistrate on a fornmer occasion, who ordered me to be stripped." Mlr. RoGERs assured her, that if it were in his power 7e would probably deal with her more unmercifully than his brother magis- trate; but as there was no case of fraud whicik came withi tlheopera_ tidi of the statute, he was reluctantly compelled to discbara her. TOWN-sALL.--A womr.in, habited in the garb of misery4 about 4.0, made the following extraordinary 2pplication to Alderuan J- J1. Ssrrrse. She said her atne wa HEarriett Jollie, and that sbe was bore in the vicinity of Blackheath, on the estate once that of Sir John Van- bargh, and w hich stil retains the niame of Vanburgh's-field. The town residence of her father, who was at the time a Turkey mer- chant, was in Threadneedle-$t-reet, but his affairs inhappily becom- ing dieranged, she sought an honourable subsistenme as goveemess ia the families of persons, of the first distinction: was with Lady Kin- lock, of Gilmerton, near Haddington. in Scotland; in the family of the Rev. Brooke Bridges, a branch of the Radnor family, at Van- bury in Essex, in which latter situation she remained five years at a pension of 5V gaineas aRnually, from whence she removed- to others of no less respectability, the last of which she forfeited fiy an imprudent attachment to a young gentle- man who visited the famiiily; since which her life has been one tiSsue of misfortune. For some time she supported herself by rnaking bead purses for shops; from that grade she descended tealower, ti'l now, shrouded in misery and pinching want, she sotught the racna to sustain existence. Aldernan J. J. SMYT it bestowed the most patient hearing to this sad detail, and requested the applicant to give in writing the address of the honouerable persons she haAi mentioned, which she did in a. manner convincing of her qualifications as a mistress in that branch of education. Aldermatn SmiiTif then desired the parish oflicer of St. Geerge the Miartyr, in which parish she last sIept, to afferd temporary reliaf until her case could be inquired inte, whicb wvas acquiesced in, and received in a becoming manner by the wretched apphcant. POLICE.