Two women of low character, and William Oxley, a journeyman
butcher, were committed on Saturday from the Marlborough Street Office, on a charge of stealing 54/. from Mr. William Noble Brewster, of Titchfield Street, on the previous Friday. The prosecutor had -gone with one of the women to a brothel, when he was robbed. The whole of the property was recovered, through the agency of the Police ; and the thieves were secured.
Charles Reynolds was brought up on Wednesday from St. George's Hospital, and placed at the bar before Mr. Gregorie, at Queen Square Police Office, charged with wilfully and maliciously shooting at -and wounding Sarah Perry. After an examination which led to no mate- rial result, he was remanded.
William Storer, an elderly man, was charged at the Queen Square Office, on Tuesday, with firing a loaded gun at a boy named William Upjohn. The boy and two others on Monday evening, were pelting frogs in a ditch, in Mr. Cubitt's fields, Willow Walk, Vauxhall. On a sudden the prisoner, who is watchman on Mr. Smith's fruit grounds, jumped up from behind some trees, and, without giving the boys notice, fired amongst them. He was then about six yards from them. The contents of the .gun struck William Upjohn at the back of the head, who, with great difficulty, ran across the field. The prisoner, after firing, said, "What, I have caught you at last!" and, without stopping to see what he had done, walked away. The boy was taken by his -companions to a surgeon, when he was found to be seriously injured. The prisoner said, he intended only to fire over the boys' heads, to frighten them. He was remanded for further examination.
At the Queen Square Office, on Thursday, a young man named Hunt was examined, on a charge of defrauding Mr. Warburton the timber-merchant and member of Parliament, of timber at various times -to the value of 2001., by means of forged orders. As there were several -other charges against the prisoner, he was remanded. Mr. Laing fined two omnibus-drivers on Monday, at the Hatton • Garden Office, for stopping up the way in Holborn. He said they had ,no right to stop for passengers, unless called to do so.
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