Star. — 1809-12-29 (London, England)

UNION-Hatt—Wedneiday a female pauper, named, tor then extricated himself; but was followed again Brown, charged the wife of one of the Overseers of by the prisoners, who knocked him down, fell on St. George's Parish, with an assault. Mr. Overseer, him, and drew from his waistcoat pocket a dollar and it appeared, considering his wife, from the natural three shillings. He immediately gave 'notice of the softness of her sex, as most likely to feel the distresses eh cumstance to Adkins, the officer, who went to the of the poor, invested her with power to act in his abHarleqain and secured the prisoners. sence, and she, being determined that the parish - A hackney coachman drove an extraordinary cha- should have no reason to complain of her dissipating racter to the Office on Tuesday evening under the fol. , their property, when Brown produced an order of relowing circumstanEes :—The coachman stated, that lief, signed by-a Magistrate from this office, attacked he had taken tip the Gentleman in his coach at the her violently both with her tongue and hands, and Garrick's Head public-house, in Bow,street, a short having reduced her to a prostrate state, she, with the time previous, and he told him to drive to No. 20, in assistance of her journeyman, turned her into the the Strand. When he was driviog down Southamp- ' street, using at the 'same time such threats towards ton-street, the Gentleman called out murder, so vio. her, that in her fright she left her cloak, almost the lently and repeatedly in the coach, that he was obli- only garment she had to cover her, behind her; the , ged to stop the horses, and a great number of people condition of the poor woman's arms bore ample tes- ' assembled, to investigate the cause of his crying mur- timony of the truth of her statement. Mr. EVANCE, der so violently; but as there was net any person in the Magistrate, animadverted in severe terms on the the coach with him, they were soon convinced conduct of the defendant, and expressed his determino violence could have been offered him. The nation that the question should come before a Jury, i Gentleman then told the coachman not to go , and therefore ordered her to put in bail. to No. 20, in the Strand ; but did not know the! Yesterday Nathaniel Scott alias Jamey Johann, and number when the coachinan enquired of him ;he ;roam Bell, were charged with robbery. A young then said he would be driven to Montague-place.— wornan named Lucas, stated, that on the evening'of He, however, varied his directions ao often, that the the 16th inst. she went into the John o'Groats, public coachman concluded that he did not know where he ' house, near Christ's Church, Surrey, in company with wanted to go, and suspecting him to be deranged, ' another woman, had a glass of liquor, and left the took him back to the Garrick's Head, where the house immediately, when Johnson and two other men landlord, entertaining the same opinion, refused to ( followed, and at a little distance Johnson came up to take him in, and said all he knew of him was, that :her' and confined her arms, whilst another of them he came there in a coach, a short time previous to his turned her pockets inside out, and took from her Bs. having this one called, and only staid to drink a glass ! a handkerchief, and the shawl off her neck, and then of brandy and water. .-The coachman not knowing' ran off. She knew Johnson, having seen him before. what to do with him, drove him to the Office, where The statement was corroborated by the young wo. it was a considerable length of time before he could man who was with her, and the prisoners were rebe prevailed upon to get out of the coach ; and after minded. a long investigation before Mr. NAREs, it could not A woman, named Brown, was fully committed, be ascertained.where he lived. He had no symptoms , for taking a piece of beef out of a butcher's shop ; and of intoxication, but his memory appeared to have en- a man, charged on suspicion of stealing a quantity tirely left him. He said his name was Barker, and 'of butter, was remanded. that he belonged to the 7th regiment of Light Dra- I