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    cleared of all but the jewon * officiary ! concerned . The floor -was kept up by the timbers themselves , and no one Btistained any damage . - ¦>• • - ¦ ,-... ¦ ¦¦ ¦ -. A Savage Act . —Two men are now in custody at Liverpool , charged with pouring a kettle . of boiling -water on the back of a blacksmith with , whom they bad tjuarrelled . : One held him down , -while the other applied the torture ; ' The result is-that the blacksmith lies in a state of frightful suffering . Both the assailants were soap-boilers . - A Rbxukned Convict as a Prosecutor . — Mary Ann Moore , wife of James Moore , a publican in Liverpool , ¦ was charged at the police-court of that town with forging , the name of Martin Macquire , a convict , for the

    purpose of obtaining 64 / . 5 a . 5 d ., lodged in his name m the Liverpool Savings Bank . In the year 1850 , Macquire Was transported , from York , for fourteen years , for receiving stolen property . When seat away , he left a box in Moore ' s house containing 300 ? ., and in the savings bank the sum of 64 / . 6 s . fid * While Macquire was at the penal settlement , Bermuda , Mrs . Moore presented a letter , purportiagtobe from , him , authorising her-to draw the money , which was thereupon paid to her . In October , Maqq » ire returned to Liverpool under * ticket-of-leave , and , on going to the sayings bank , he was made aware of Hfrs . Moore ' s previous visit . He gave , information to the jolice , and she was taken Into custody . ifr . Pemberton , who appeared for the prisoner , contended , that Macquire , being still a convict , could

    not hold property , and that the charge , if any , should I > e made by the Crown . . Mr . Dodd , f or the prosecutor , replied . that , however the question might be with regard to the money , the . prisoner , could not evade the charge of forgery , He alao intimated that Moore , the husband , would be held , responsibleyfor the 3 O 0 Z . left in his ore . The ? ca 8 e : wa 3-then remanded . , On Tuesday , she was brought up again , and admitted to bail ; and , on the same occasion , Mrs . Moore ' s husband , was charged -with obtaining by false pretences the sum of 5 07 . from a Mrs . Bennett ,, on giving up to her a deed securing 1 Q 0 L to Mapquire after certain ; deaths ; but he was discharged , the case not being strong against him . Macquire pathetically told the magistrate that " he had been robbed by . the prisoners , sir , in a most scandalous manner !"

    Foroeries . —A man named James Anderson-was brought before the Lord Mayor last Saturday , charged with having been concerned in a . great number of forgeries upon London bankers . He had been examined on a former day , but the evidence was taken privately , upon the representation of Mr . Mullens , the solicitor to the Coramitte of Bankers for Protection from Forgeries and Frauds , who stated that if the name of the accused , or the circumstances under which he had been apprehended , became known to the public , a man , supposed to be his accomplice , who was soon afterwards "taken into custody , would adopt measures to evade the officers of justice . The apprehension of James Townshend Seward , " the barrister , " as he was called by Agar in the l

    evidence on the bullion robbery , or < Jim the Penman , " as he was designated by most of his acquaintances , rendered the concealment of the facts no longer necessary ; and Anderson was , accordingly placed at the bar of the Mansion House . His plan appears to > have been similar to that of many other utterers of forged cheques . He employed persons to take the cheques for him to the respective banking-houses , and bring back the gold j and he thus , for some time , evaded coming into contact with the clerkaof the several houses which he victimized . At length , however , a cheque which he endeavoured to get cashed at Messrs . Hankey and Co . 'a was discovered to be forged , and proceedings were taken which led to the arrest of Anderson . He was remanded to this day ( Satur-Edward Montefiore

    day ) . — Horace was brought up at the Mansion House on Monday , charged on remand with having forged billa to the amount of 5300 / . This having been prov « d , Mr . Rjbton , counsel for , the prosecution , brought forward ; a second charge , tf > the effect th-at the acoused , h « d forged two letters of credit uppn the London and , Westminster Bank , which he had presented at the Caps , of GrOO , d Hope Bank , in Capo , 1 own . On the 6 th of June , 1855 ( saidMr . JEtybton ) , anapplication wasruade to the Lon 49 a , an 4 We 8 tipin 8 ter Bank by a . peraon who . called tamself James Silvery for , a , . letter of credit for 10 £ payable attue-Cape ,, of ,, Good Hone , Bank , Capo Town , to the creditaf ( Richard Rqwe , and th , & Jetter , was granted . , Nq , application , for payment ,, however , had been , nwdo either » t th fl Cape , or in London , an d tbe letter of credit had , no , d « mbt ; been obtained by tyontqfiore , or a confede-I _ 1 ' ¦ ' .--t ~ 7 . ~ : r —y ^ , u «^ muis ,. UI 41 , lAJIlltiUeratoof hfe

    ..,. for the purpose pf oooDUng them to , obtain the , signatures ; of the , managers and directors of the bank , that th ^ mi ghA imitate the ( signatures in the documents which wer ^ subsequently , presented at the Capo a * Qood Hope . Some time a * . ^ 0 , latter c ^ d of June , or ihe beginning qf July , Mpntefiore was , in . Edinburgh under tbo name of William Lyqaa , where ho , wrote several letters . On the 7 th of July ,, ho lef t for tbe Capo , and arrived there on the 24 th of August , in th « ship Lightning . On the next day , hq qalled at , the Capo ofGood Hopo Bunk and loft there a letter fov thedfrectora . Tliia letter ( which purported to bo signed by J . W , Weldon , pro General Manager of . the , London and Westminster BanlO introduced the boaror , Mr . J ? dwar 4 H . Montofior , ^ stated that ho had with him draughts of his own friends , with the endorsement of the London and Westminster Bank

    and requested that he might have any pecuniary assistance he might require . By the next post , the Cape of Good Hope Bank received another'letter , ostensibly from Mr . J . W . Weldon , stating that a letter of credit , No . 998 , dated the 6 th of June , had been mislaid by , or stolen from , the Mr . Richard Rowe in whose favour it was drawn , and directing that , in case of presentation , the Cape Bank was to withhold payment until the presenter should be fully iden tifi ed . The letter thus concluded : — " I am also directed to enclose the duplicate of a special letter given yesterday to Mr . Edward H . Montefiore , who carries draughts of his own friends on China to the sum

    6 f 5300 f . sterling—viz . j 5300 ? ., endorsed "by this bank ; for these as well as / or Mr . Montefiore personally , I have to claim particular attention . " The Cape of Good Hope Bank , having no idea of a fraud , furnished Montefiore with a cheque-book , and he drew from the bank several sums , amounting to 800 / . At length , tbe frauds were discovered > but the expense of bringing over witnesses from England was so great that no steps were taken against the accused at the Cape . He was warned , however , to leave the colony ; and , coming back to England , he was apprehended . He was on Monday again remanded on the second case .

    Reckless Driving . —Christopher StanuaTd , the cabman cliarged with causing the death of a young woman , owing to his own drunken incapacity ( the particulars of which case were related in these columns last week ) , was again brought up at the Marylebone police-court on Monday , and was committed for trial . Gabottikg a Government Clerk . — Charles Williams , John Bryant , and Dennis Foley , -were again examined , on Monday at Southwark on a charge of committing a murderous assault on Mr . Charles Hagan , a clerk iu the Board of Works , and robbing him . The

    additional evidence was that of a woman , the keeper of a lodging-house ia Falcon-court , Borough , who heard ? Williams and Bryant confess to the assault and robbery . She said that on Wednesday night , the 17 th ult .. she went to the theatre and returned home about twenty minutes to twelve o ' clock , when Williams was in bed , and Bryant was on the form in the , kitchen . Foley had just gone out to purchase a pie . About half-past twelve o'clock a man catne to the house for Williams ; and Bryant got up , and they both went to the bedroom and fetched him down . The man who came for him was a

    stranger to her , but she heard him distinctly say that he wanted Williams to go and do another garotte job . She had heard Williams say on a previous occasion that he had garotted several persons , and that the last was a woman . Mr . Burcham , the magistrate , asked whether they were in the habit of talking about such deeds in the lodging-house ? The woman replied that they were ; it was quite a common thing among thieves , as they did not expect any one to ' split . ' After Williams and Bryant came back and were having their "breakfast , they had some words about the robbery , and Williams exclaimed , " We nearly killed the , but we did not have all the stuff from him . " Bryant told hitn he would have killed him outright had not Williams called out , " Don't choke him 1 " Foley was discharged ; the others were committed for trial .

    Gakotte Robbery in a Disreputable Hotjsk . — Mary Ann Taylor and Emma Crosbie , well-known thieves and prostitutes , were finally examined on Monday at Lambeth on a charge of being concerned with a man not in custody in robbing Charles Flenof , a German . The prosecutor said that on the morning of Sunday week he met Crosbie in Blackman-street , Borough , and $ asked her if she knew any place where he could get . something to eat . She said she did , and took him to the house where she lodged . At her request , he went up-stairs with her , but had not beon many minutes in h when it

    er room was entered by the woman Taylor and a man , when Crosbio blew out the candle . The wan seized him by the throat and pressed his thumbs so violently against his windpipe as nearly to choke or suffocate him , while the womon rifled his pockets , and took two half-crowns from his left band trousers pocket . All three then ran away , but , soon after , the woman Taylor cape back arid asked him what he did there . On reaching , the street , ho was telling a constable how he had ooen robbed and , treated , when he saw the women -walk past , and he at once gave them into custody . They have now been committed for trial .

    Abovction . —The Rev . Morris Yescombe , a Bath clergyman , has brought an action in the Bath County Court against a Mr . John Webb Roche ( a , married man ) and Mrs . Eliza A . Madox , his mothei-in-law , for the abduction of a Mademoiselle Koch , a governess ia the house of Mr . Yescombe . Mr . Roche poid great attentions to the young lady , though the clergyman and his wife romonstrated with him , and at length , forbade him the Jiouae . At length , however , he and J \ fjs . Koche induced the , governess to leave with t ; Ucm , and olie was taken to the houso of Mrs , Madox . Mr . Walter Savage Landor the author , was subpoenaed as a witness ou behalf of the defendants ; but he sent medical ccrtiGcates of lua inability to attend , and a declaration of liis own , to the effect . that ho had nothing important ( o communicate that he entertained the highest opinion of Mr . Ycacombe and that it was his belief that the summons was "litigious , voxutioua , and nugatory . " TJio ca ^ o was <

    ul-Faxsb Pretencks . — -Mr . John Bryan , a genttemanljilooking person , . described as a manufacturer of electroplated goods , of Dyer ' s-buildings and Sheffield , was brought before Mr . Combe , charged with fra udulentl y obtaining the sum of 3851 . from Mr . Attenborough pawnbroker , Bridge-house-place , iNTewington-causeway * under false pretences , by depositing a large quantity of plated goods , stated by him to be first-class electro-nickel plate , whereas they were only common metal barely covered with silver , and not worth half the money . He was remanded . —Thomas Hay , a person who , as we related last week , was charged at Guildhall with attempting to obtain money under false pretences , has been sentenced to hard labour for fourteen days . —A man ,

    named Charles Edkins , described as an agent and process-server , was charged at Guildhall with attempting to defraud Mr . Johnson , a cabinet-maker in Moorfields , of 24 / . 14 s ., by obtaining from him a bill of exchange for that amount under false pretences . Some time ago , Mr . Johnson chanced to meet Edkins , who stated that he was rather "hard up for " money , " and Johnson therefore agreed to a proposal to accept a bill for 24 / . 14 s ., and to allow Edkins 21 . as his commission for getting it discounted . The latter accordingly procured a bill purporting to be drawn by a person named " F . A . Ford , " who he said was his brother-in-law , and Mr . Johnson accepted it . This waa done at the office of a Mr . Wells , solicitor , 1 , Ely-place f and ia presence of his accountant , Mr . Weston , to whom Edkins was very well known , and whom they afterwards requested to discount the bill for them . At first , Mi

    Weston declined to accede to their request , as he did not know anything of the acceptor ; but ultimately , after a . consultation with Edkins , and some inquiries into Johnson ' s means of meeting the bill when it was due , he advanced 51 . on Johnson ' s acceptance . Edkins , previously to this , had been repeatedly iu the habit of receiving suqs of money from Mr . Weston on loan . Johnson objected to the present proceeding on the part of that gentleman , and Edkins then persuaded him to give him ( Edkins ) tie 247 . bill of exchange in return for an acceptance of bis own for a similar amount , as security uutil Ford ' s bill was discounted . After leaving Weston ' s , Johnson xegretted having patted with his acceptance , and demanded it again of Edkins , -who , however , refused to give it up . The bill was subsequently negotiated , Mr . Weston ' 3 name being 011 the bill as the person circulating it , and Johnson , on being sued upon the bill , paid the whole amount , and in addition 91 . costs . He never obtained

    any money upon the bill , and Mr . Wells , the solicitor ,, had retained it , notwithstanding that every claim bad been paid upon it . After he had received the bill from Edkins , Mr . Weston took it to Dr . Richardson , a surgeon living in Drury Lane , and asked him to discount it fer him ( Weston } . Dr . Richardson immediately advanced 10 / . upon the bill , and at a subsequent period 10 / . more , and he gradually paid the entire amount of the accept , ance to Mr . Weston , before it arrived at maturity . He knew nothing of Ford , the alleged drawer of the bill , and therefore made inquiries about him . Mr . Weston had previously been told by the accused that he was a surgeon living at Croydon . When the bill came into Dr . Richardson ' s hands , he paid it into hi 3 account at

    his banker ' s ; hut when it became due , it was dishonoured . Hia solicitor , Mr . Wells , therefore sued Johnson for the money , and obtained it ; but the till was not forthcoming . After hearing the whole of the evidence , Alderman Rose , remanded the prisoner for a few days , and directed that summonses should ia the meantime be issued for the attendance of Wells and Ford , and a Crown-orBce subpoena for Dr . Richardson to produce the bill . Edkins was again brought up on Wednesday , when , after the reception of further evidence , Alderman Rose discharged him , observing that he -wras sure no jury would convict on the testimony received , but adding that it was a piece of grave suspicion against all the parties concerned .

    An IMPOSTOR , —A man calling himself John Daniell , and asserting that he had formerly been connected with the , press , has recently obtained several sums of money from various noblemen and gentlemen on pretence of being engaged on a literary work which ho was unable to complete without a little pecuniary assistance . Among other persons from whom ho got money was Alderman Wire ; but that gentleman ultimately discovered that he was an impostor . Child Murders . —A . young woman , the wife of a workman living at Kennington , has murdered her two children—the one about fifteen months old , the other three years and a half—and has attempted to kill herself

    by cutting her throat . The crimes appear to have l ) een committed on Monday evening , and were not discovered till half-past one , p . m ., on' the following day , when tho murderess herself and another woman called in a policeman . Mra . Bacon , tho mother of tho children , said repeatedly that a man had como through the . window and committed tho murders , and she also asserted that ahe had been insensible tho whole night ; but it would seem from her mannor that she is insane . Her huabimd at tho time was away from homo , working at Roigntc—Maria Beckett , an elderly woman , residing in the village of Wing , Buckinghamshire , has murdered her daug hter ' .- ) infant in ita crudlts by cutting its throat with a knife , bhc had made some incoherent remarks a little while

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 3, 1857, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_03011857/page/8/