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Our Civilization. —?—Curiosities Of Pris...
spector Tvitness ' " " a moat painful and degrading sight . " The chaplain of Salford New Bailey denounces the number of beershops and licensed singing saloons as the *• chief incitements to crime , especially -with boys . " The inspector of the Folkingham ( Lincolnshire ) Gaol suggests the addition to the library of a few books " professedly of a religious character , " as likely to be beneficial . At KIrton-Lindsey , the prisoners " pass too much time in bed . " The same evil exists at Spilsby , ¦^ he re they are locked up in cells without light or means of employment at four p . m ., and rise at seven . A . M . So at Bury St . Edmund ' s and Ipswich . At Wal-8 ingham , the use of the bath in winter is strongly deprecated , as " fraught with many evils . " At Northallerton , the common lodging-houses are reported as hotbeds of crime and foci of moral contamination .
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gave evidence to the same effect , though with some degree of caution . The last-named witness said ho had tried the bath for eight minutes and forty seconds , and Tv , as glad to got out again , na it , was " very disagreeable . ' * ' But then , " said Mr . Clarkaon ( who appeared for Mr . Snape ) , " you did not go in as an excited lunatic , I proeume , which , makes all tho difference . " Dr . Elliotson afterwards added that tho effect , even in tbe comparatively high temperature of June , was " vory dreadful . " "It was not bo agreeable as meaineriam , " , suggested Mr . Clarkson . V By np moans , " replied Dr . Elliotson . " I should like you to try tho . difference . " Some laughter wag elicited by theso not very decent witticisms .
, i Mr , Snapowas committed for trial , until which time his defence will . bo reserved . Bail wu . s accepted . i In the course of Dr . Dimond ' a examination , it appeared tliat some of . tho patients had discussed tho facts connected with Dolloy ' a , death , and that one hud said ho woidd novejc ,. roat > until ho had got tho shower-baths ap ' olialiud . , n ,
' , In the examination on Monday at Bow-street ,. Dr Dimond stated , as the result of various invesgations into the state of the deceased ' s remains , that , in his judgment there was no disease to cause death ' :. this , ho attributed to , the shower-bath and the oinetic ' His son , Mr . Dimpnd , expressed tho same opinion , and in cross-examination added : — " The thickening of the aortic valve ia a disease , but insufficient to account for death . I cannot say whether I pointed it out to my father at the post mortem examination , saying , ' Thero In disease of the heart . * " Mr . John Pagot , surgeon , Mr . Henry Hancock , surgeon to Charing-croaa Hospital , and Dr . Elliotaon ,
When Mr . Dimond , junior , cut through the pericardium , Mr . Snape said , " There is evident disease of the heart . " Dr . Dimond rejoined that . he did not think so . On leaving the dead-house , Mr , Snape observed , " I suppose ¦ we' way safely say that the man died of disease of the heart ; to-which Dr . Dimond replied , "lu my opinion , there yvaa nothing there , to shorten a man ' s ! '&•" j ^ k . day or two afterwards—namely , on tho 12 th of April ' - ~ iSx r , Snape requested Dr . Dimond to attend tho ing . ups 1 b . ' Dr . Diniond ' asked , " Now , do you not think that , if the man had not had the shower-bath , aud the emetic afterwards , he would bo alive now ? " Mr . Snape answered , "I cannot say that . " " That is my belief , '' ejoJLned Dr . Diniond .
anything about the emetic which had been given to Dolley after he was taken out of the showeT-bath ; but Mr . Snape asserted that he had mentioned the circumstance . It was then agreed that a post mortem examination should be made . Mr . Snape requested that Dr . Dimond ' s son , who had just passed the College of Surgeons , should conduct the examination ; and this was assented to . On commencing the operation , it was found that the head and chest had been opened . Mr . Snape remarked that Sandy ( one of the attendants at the dead-house ) had done more than he was told to do ; and Dr . Dimond observed that , owing to the head being opened , a portion of the fluid had drained out of it .
THE ALLEGED MANSLAUGHTER OF A ... , LUNATIC . A further examination into the facts connected with the case of Mr . Charles Snape , resident medical superintendent of the Surrey County Lunatic Asylum , who stands charged with having caused the death of Daniel Dolley , an insane inmate , under circumstances related in the Leader of June 21 st , took place on Monday , before Mr . Henry , at Bow-street . Dr . Hugh Dimond , resident medical superintendent on the female side of the asylum" , gave some important evidence . Mr . Snape , it appears , informed Dr . Dimond of the death of the lunatic in the course of the day ; and Dr . Dimond snggested that it would be as well to avoid a coroner ' s inquest , aa it would be " an unpleasant business , " and he therefore advised Mr . Snape to write to the chairman of the visiting- justices , and treat it as a case of sudden death . Having afterwards seen Dolley ' s body , which lie found peculiarly white , he wrote a letter to Mr . Snape , which ran thus : — " I fear that Dolley ' s case is rriorer unpleasant than at first appeared , and that you will be obliged to have an inquest—which will be dis- agreeable , but less so than otherwise . " Mr . Snape agreed to this . Dr . Dimond taxed him with not having said
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t Tjhb Convict PALMion .-t-Au improbable story with Jreapect to the lust hours of Palmer is told by the Obwrt wv which , jBtatoa that , ' at the ordinary moating of the visiting juaticea of Stafford Gaol , on Thursday week .
the Reverend Mr . Goodacre , chaplain of the prison , presented a report respecting his interview with the convict . The report is made up of extracts from the diaiy of the reverend gentleman . No order has been given respecting the publication of it . We understand that the chaplain found Palmer not infrequently suffering intense mental agony . He was particularly so on the Thursday morning previous to his execution . The reverend gentleman gave him the best advice he could , showing the distinction between private sins and public crimes , and pointed out that the latter demanded a confession before man . Palmer seemed to feel the force of the chaplain ' s remarks , and made use of the words : — ' If it is necessary for my soul ' s sake to confess this murder , I ought also to confess the others , ' adding , after a short pause , 4 1 mean my wife and my brother . ' He then threw himself on the pallet in the cell , and buried his face in
the clothes . The chaplain proceeded to ask him whether he was guilty of the murder of his wife . Palmer made no reply . The reverend gentleman then asked him whether he was guilty of the murder of his brother . A significant silence again betokened the prisoner ' s guilt ; and when the chaplain could not forbear uttering the ejaculatory prayer— ' The Lord have mercy on you !' he responded with a deep sigh . He shortly afterwards somewhat rallied , and , evidently calling to mind what had passed , observed to the chaplain that he must not take advantage of what he had said , for he had neither denied nor admitted his guilt . An application has been made to the chaplain for permission to publish the report or some of the extracts . " Pending the publication of these documents , we cannot avoid doubting the story , as being inconsistent with abstract probability , and wholly opposed to what -we know of Palmer ' s character .
A Dog and his Master . —Mr . Walter William Wombwell was charged at Clerkenwell with beating a . boy named Israel Hyman , and setting a dog on him . The boy went by mistake Into Wombwell ' s yard , and , when about to leave it , was pushed , struck , and kicked by the man , who finally set a dog at him . The dog leaped up at him twice—*< he first time striking him in the face , and the second time biting him in the ear . He bled very much , and was obliged to go to the hospital to have the wound dressed . It appeared from the evidence of one of the witnesses that the dog had bitten a boy once before , and that on tliis occasion also the master had set the animal on . The magistrate proposed to send the case before a jury ; but it was arranged between the counsel on both sides that Mr . Wombwell should pay 51 . and all the expenses . The boy ' s father then presented a guinea to the poor-box .
A Commercial " Ticket of Lkave . "—The pernicious system of issuing what are called " truck tickets" in payment for labour , received an illustration in an action brought on Monday in the Court of Queen ' s Bench . A bricklayer , named Ingram , sued one Barnes , a railway contractor , for the recovery of the sum of about 90 / ., being the balance of an account of several hundred pounds due to Ingram for making bricks . Barnes supplied all the materials and Ingram all the labour , for which the latter was to be paid at the rate of so much per 1 , 000 bricks . Barnes set up a truck shop , and paid his creditor partly in tickets for provisions . One of these tickets was produced in court . It had the figures " 2 s . < M . " one aide , and on the other the words—" This ticket is
issued to the bearer , by request , for his accommodation , and ia not compulsory . " According to Ingrain ' s evidence , the taking of the ticket was compulsory , for ho several times applied to Barnes to be paid in money , but he could not get it . Ho had received 823 ? . in all , of which as much as 79 / . had been paid b } - these truck tickets . The main question now was whether he could recover the sum of 79 / ., which he had , in fact , been paid , but only in the form of truck tickets . After Bome legal arguing , a verdict was taken for 38 / ., being about half the amount churned ; leave being reserved to the defendant to move the court to enter the verdict in his favour , if the court should bo of opinion that tho plaintiff was not within tho act of William IV . bearing on the
question . The iLKi-KYMonmsK . —Tho man Holmes , who has been in custody under suspicion of murdering Mra . M'Knight , haa been committed for trial on a charge of robbing , with violence , a young girl , four duya after tho doath . of the lady . Mrs . M'Knight ' a purse has been traced to a neighbouring town , but the chain of evidonco against Holmes ia not complete . The detective ofliccr sent from London to investigato the case has gone in search of a gang of gipsies who were near llkley on the day of tho murder . Holmes i * s a farm labourer . Ho has been discharged in connexion with Mrs . M'Knight ' s case .
Another Roiwisky ofSmcTAGLKH . — -Joseph \\ lutty , a tickct-of-lcnve man , has been committed for trial on n charge of ( matching a pair of spectacles oft" tho f « co of an elderly lady while walking in a street in Hackney during tho afternoon . He was proved to huvo boon sentenced in 1818 to ten years' imprisonment for felony . The singular feature of the case was that the accused spoko to an acquaintance of his , a hairdresser , on tho subject of tho robbery , tho day following its committal , observing that the flpootnoleo were only washed over with gold , and ho could got no more than iivo shillings for thorn . Tho " friend" then gave information to tlw police . . . , ¦ Tan MunnicK at SmWJXCtf , —The two Irishmen and
a sailor in custody on suspicion of causing the death of Mr . Stone have been discharged , after examination before the magistrates , there not being sufficient testimony against them . Government has put forward a reward of 100 / . for the detection of the murderer , in addition to the sum offered by the inhabitants of the locality . Sir George Grey also says that he will advise the grant of a pardon to an accomplice , not being actually the murderer , who shall give such information as snail lead to the desired result . Collusion . —Thomas Smith was charged before the Lord Mayor with feloniously assisting a girl in stealing a purse , containing money , from Joseph Holman , a silversmith . The evidence of the prosecutor was interesting . He said : — "I was passing the Mansion-house at half-past twelve o ' clock in the morning , and a girl came up and spoke to me . I would not speak to her ,
but she would not go away , and she took hold of me and pushed me into 'Change-alley . We then went into Abchurch-lane , and she pressed me against the wall , and I pushed her from me . The prisoner then came up and took hold of my coat , and said , ' Can you tell me the way to Cannon-street , City ? ' I told him I did not know Cannon-street , City , but I knew Cannon-street , Commercial-road , and as I was answering Mm the girl ran away . He then said , ' All right ! I shall find it . And he walked two steps from me and then began to run . Seeing him run , I felt in my trousers-pocket and missed my purse , and I ran after him and overtook him in Lombard-street , where I seized him and gave him in charge . "While I was with the girl in 'Change-alley , she coughed as if for the purpose of drawing the attention of somebody , and it was then the prisoner came up and asked me for Cannon-street . " The man was
com-mitted for trial . A Young Fool . —A young man , of the name of Wharton , said to be the son of a clergyman , has been fined twenty shillings by the Lambeth magistrate for annoying a gentleman residing at Stockwell . The foolish youth was in the habit of going to the house in question , ringing the bell at unseasonable tours , firing pistols , and injuring the trees in the garden . There appeared to be no motive for these freaks , excepting what the young man himself called " a piece of fun , or a lark , " the folly of which he admitted .
Robbery by a Hotel-Keeper . —Augustas Hastier , manager of tie Pavilion Hotel , Folkestone , is now under remand , charged with having absconded from the hotel , with money to the amount of 1600 / 1 , the property of M . Alfred de la Motte , a French gentleman , who was staying at the hotel , and who placed the money , which was in a bag , in the hands of Hastier , for safe custody . Attempted Murder at Liverpool . —A quarrel took place a few days ago "between two sailors at Liverpool ,
one of whom twitted the other with exhibiting a want of strength and skill in breaking up some old iron . It was ultimately agreed that the two should fight ; and , after the exchange of a few blows , Mitchell—the man who had been mocked by the other—was struck , down . He exclaimed , "I am stabbed ! " and such . pioyed to be the case . He had been wounded in the left breast with a Jcnifc , the progress of which was stopped by the ribs ; so . that the injury , though serious , was not fatal . The ruffian escaped , in the confusion . . . , .. ' ..
. Starvation Wages . — A woman , employed by one of the " sweaters , " " middle-men , V . at starvation wagos , has been charged before the Worship-street magistrate with attempting to drown herself . \ She employed a -woman to assist her , who improperly disposed of some of the materials . Overcome with despair , tho accused swallowed a largp quantity of opium j but she was recovered by medical aid . The magistrate tiisoharged . her . Frauds by a Solicitor at Newcastle-on-Tyne . — The affairs of William Edward Brockett , a solicitor , recently practising in Newoastle-on-Tyne , but now an outlaw , have just been investigated before the Bankruptcy Court in that town . Ho appears to have misappropriated large sums of money entrusted to his care .
A Ruffianly Policeman . —A policeman at Windsor has been fined 1 / . 7 s . aud cofita for falsely accusing a gentleman of passing bad coin , « nd for brutally illusing him wJien on his way to the station-house . STAnniNn at Devonporx . —A coloured man at Devonport , while in a stato of mad intoxication , stabbed an unoffending young man in tho side . TIio wound id of a very scrioua character . Tho culpri t is iu custody . Manblaimjhtich , neak SToummiDGic . — Tho Lyo waste—a disreputable locality near Stourbridge—has boon the scene of a shocking crime . A nailer , named Elizabeth illward
John PUipsoii , had a quarrel with M , also a nailor , who hnd irritated tho man by throwing sonio coal-dust in his face , in revenge for his hay ing drunk bouio water belonging to , her . rhv ^ peon , in a moment of pnseion , drew from tho forgo a piece of redhot iron , about two foot in , length , and pointed at tho end , and either threw or , thrust it , »^ tho -woman , whoso s » do it cntored , to tho depth of four jnchee , and , burning ita way , dropped out upon , tho ground , Millward died very . shortly Afterwards . ! , The magiatratea havo committed Phipaon , for trial on a charge of Wilful Murder ; tho oorpnqr ' a jury on , a verdict of Man . slau # h , tar .
A STUKK-r iScKNK . —rJDcnnia Lenry , a cpatormonger , has been examined at Bow-atrcot , on suspicion of atoaling a diamond ring from tho body of ono Kobwt Stocker ,
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Leader (1850-1860), July 5, 1856, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_05071856/page/9/
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