RECORDER'S REPORT.—The Recorder made his report to the King on
Wednesday. All the criminals were respited during pleasure. Among the number was Mends, for forgery.
ROBBERY.—On Tuesday, a Captain Salter, of the Navy, charged two men named Morgan, brothers, with a serious assault and robbet y. The Captain had gone to see an old acquaintance, a tavern-keeper in the vicinity of Old Street. After dinner, he repaired for a short time to the parlour. The prisoners came afterwards into the room ; and George Morgan, who was dressed as a sailor, with a straw hat, entered familiarly into conversation with the Captain. About eleven o'clock both the pri- soners left the house. In a quarter of an hour afterwards, the Captain departed also; and in passing along the Curtain Road, the prisoners came up to him, when one of them said, " Captain Salter, we are going your road." They accompanied him along Worship Street,- and by Spitalfields Church, into Brick Lane; where he was suddenly knocked down, his arm broken, by the blow or by the fall, and robbed of all he had about him—three silk handkerchiefs, a pair of spectacles, two Snuff- boxes, a hat, Ins. Gd., and an umbrella, with which they got-clear off -Captain Salter was quite positive that the Morgans had spoken to him on his road home, though he could not well recollect what followed. It was proved that he had drunk six or seven glasses of brandy and water. Geotge Morgan had, it appeared, a straw hat on when apprehended ; but he had afterwards been permitted to change it for a black ofie. They were both remanded by the examining Magistrate, Mr. Broughton, of Worship Street Police Office.
ROBBERY AT BRISTor..—A man, charged with the extensive robbery of Mr. Abrahams at Bristol, was apprehended in Valentines Place, Blackfriars Road, on Tuesday. Mr. Abrahams identified the man, who is named John Walker, as having called three times at his shop, a short time before the robbery. lie was given over to the•Bristel constable- His wife and mother, who had been arrested along with hike.; Irma dis- charged.
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A DUTIFUL Dauonnut.—A young girl was picked up by the watch a few nights ago, sleeping, with some equally abaudoned and destitute companioni, under one of the dry arches of London NeW Bridge. On being questioned about her relations, She said she had run away from borne, -lust she -should be killed by her mother, who had miirdered her Sister with a knife, while sleeping in :tier bed, along with.the runaway
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in question. The tale has since been investigated, and found to be without the slightest foundation. Sirsteontlis at the tread-mill, and _half a dozen of sound whippings, would be a slight punishment of such an offence as that committed by this profligate little wretch. But we are so accustomed to the lying of the great, that the lying of the little passes withaut notice.
Mits. DONATTY'S MURDERER.—Lake Farm, Van Diemen's Land, August 8, 1829. " I must not forget to mention that the bush-rangers paid us a visit, in July last year. They were four in number. Of course we were very much alarmed. They made us women open all our trunks and boxes, and took what they liked best, but offered no vio- lence. The same party had committed several- robberies before. They were taken a few days after visiting us, and we recovered nearly the whole of our property. They were all hanged last January. One of them, after being condemned, confessed he was the murderer of Mrs. Donatty ; and that, after committing the dreadful act, lie cut off her finger to se- cure some valuable rings. His name was Joseph Moulds. He Must have been very' young at the time, as lie did not appear more than twenty-three. years old when lie visited us." MURDER. IN SCOTLAND.—A murder of a most atrocious nature was perpetrated on Saturday last in the county of Banff. The unfortunate victim, a woman of the name of Jane Chalmers, belonging to Keith, had been attending the fair held at Turriff on that day ; and the general im- pression is, that the murder had been committed by two men who had been seen with her in the evening. She was discovered on the following morning, lying in a ditch near the town. Two of her ribs were frac- tured; and her face was dreadfully disfigured. Every exertion is making to discover the perpetrators of this horrible deed ; but hitherto, we regret to say, without effect.—Elgin Courier.
.ANOTHER MEDICAL MANSLAUGHTER.—At Stockport, on Friday last week, a surgeon named (Gulden was found guilty of manslaughter, fi,r injuries done to a female named Margaret Sykes, in procuring abor- tion when she was in the third month of her pregnancy. Sykes lingered a few days, and then expired. Goulden, says the Staffordshire Advertiser, is a disciple of Carlisle—the bookseller, or the surgeon ?
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