Police.
The Times, 1824-02-06T00:00:00

,1IAN sloN--lo1;sr--ane Moe, housemaid in the family of Nr- Kirwran, nLrchiait, in Riches -couart. was brought u for iinal examination chiarge w ith having stolen upwards of 25 worth ot pla:e, tie pirouerty ot her master. From the evidence it appeared, that whlile Mir. Kirwan and hi& wife werc at the theatre, the prisonier, who is supposed to have had communication with some man in the court (a suspicious-looking fellowe having been s-e-en larking about the neighbourhood), went up to her master's room . an ltrippeI Iiis piat-c-hest of every article it contained. bhe was seeni ransackin-a die clest by a dellow-servant, who watched her fiom the leads ot the house, and detc.ted her while on the point of gOinm to the dloor with a bun(dlc of the plate. She appeared rather terrti6d, and cudeavoured to hide the bundle. Afterwards she ran up sta-rs, -nd out upwn the leads, and it was supposed that she intended to thtroa herself from thc top of the house upon the pavement, but she was prevailed upon to return, and bhe then in tears declared that the distress of her husband had compelled her to be dishonest. Mr. Kirwan appeaTed extremely unwilling to prosecute, and som3e of the circumstances were, in tlle first instance withheld. The LostD s MAyian, howecver, having determiied that sH dlagrant a case of robbery shoLtld not go unp nisihed, all the particulars were entered into upon this ocecsion. It wtes stated, that after thc first bundle of plaie was found behind the prisoner, who stood in a position calculated ut bide it, auother bundle, containing a still greater quantity, had bese let down by a cord, and was hanging wvithin reach of any passer br. This bundle she pointed to herself, and loosed traisn the cord: it consisted of silver mugs, sugar stands, asa stands, ishl knives, &c.; and just before the robbery was discovered, a fellow had been seen walking or rather sneaking up and down the court. Mr. Kirwan still was tm^uch disinclinted to ptosecute, and his wit- nesses seemed to enter into his feelings; for every one of them laid creat stress upon the apparent contrition of the prisoouer; but the hord llayor paremutorily ordered that she should bu comnsitted for trial, expressing his surprise at the disposition to forgive so flagrant a robberY, and his opinion, that a marn who cosild think of affording another opportuinity of plundering to so wholesale a specutator, would deserve no protection from the law. Tbe parties wete bound aver, antl the prisoner was sent to Newgate for triaL UEEx-seUA ItE.-Yesterday the driver of the bacntc.caca No. 96 was fined in the penalty of 103l, with costs, for belngabsent from his coach wlhile in attendance at the King's Theatre fo asparty, on the night of the24th ult. In delEveri^g this decision, .llr. lVFUTE, the presiding Mlagistrate recited a clause of the Hackney-coach Act beforc little known, we believe, to the public, for the regualation of those vehicles *hile attending at places of public amusement. This dautse directs, that if any hacktiey-co5ch or clhariot, so attending, whether hired or not, shall be found lithout the driver, such car- riage mat be driveti awvay to the neaTest greenyard or place of de- posit, and that a fine not exceeding five pounds shell be imptsed on the owner, for detraying which, if not pal,', the said carriage and horses shall benmade liable. Nlr.WvsrEfirttedthe deredeontin this iase lOs. on]1v' because he vas willing at first to try by lenient means to remove an evil equally treat to the parties retaining the coach and to the public in general; but if that was tsiid inadequate, he must have recourse to thle full pcnalty. %e' There is another inconvenience connected %iab hackney- coaches, which requires a remedy, esp'ecially during the aTtteaswn of the year: w;e allude to thie fithy condition which, in spite.Ftbt' act of Parliament, so many of these vehicles exhibit. A ppbliF.spbitcd individual would be well employed in the correct ion of tlis evl. POLICE.