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    968 THE XEAPEB. [No. 342, Satubpay,

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    More Womem Suicides.—A Young Irishwoman ...

    again . Mr . Yardl « v then admonished her , and directed that she should be taken to tie Probationary Refuge for Penitent Girls in Thomas-street , Mile End . She appeared to be extremely dejected and ill . —The wife of a policeman living near the Mile End-road has killed herself by swallowing a . pennyworth of oxalic acid . Her mind appears to nave been deranged . —Sarah Smith , described as a prostitute , was charged at Clerkenwell with attempting to throw herself into the Regent ' s Canal , jealousy appears to have been the motive . She said to the magistrate she was sorry for the act , and had a child to keep , whose father had gone abroad . Mr . Tyrwhitt Addressed a few kind words to her , discharged her , and gave her a trifle fo * the child . —Marion "West , a respectable-looking young woman , has appeared at the Marlboraugh-street police court , charged with twice attempting to hang herself in the police cell of the Vine-street station . She pleaded intoxication as her excuse , and was committed to prison for seven days .

    Attempted Suicide by a Man . —Thomas Burdett Howe , who said he had been employed for ten years in a printing-office , Tvas charged on Monday at Bow-street with jumping off one of the river steamboats at the Adelphi Pier . He was got out of the ¦ water by the captain and two others , and , according to the witnesses , seemed very glad of it . He was drunk at the time , and alleged la his defence that he was confused by liquor , and by an attempt which had . been made on board to rob him . He was discharged . —A man has committed suicide t > y throwing himself from the top of the Surreyside shaft of the Thames Tunnel . —An . elderly man was brought before the Clerkenwell magistrate on a charge of throwing himself into the New River , Stoke Newington . He said he was bwne down , by difficulties ; and a gentleman who knew him having promised to be answerable for him , he ' was discharged .

    Crminai , Youths . —Edwin Walker , about twenty years of age , was charged at Clerkenwell with stealing a quantity of gold and silver from his employer ; and a watclicase maker , who carries on business in Albert-place , City-road , was at the same time charged with receiving the pro-perty , though well knowing it to have been stolen . The former confessed his guilt , but said that another apprentice was equally bad with himself . The man who had bought the plunder was discharged , though not without a severe lecture from the magistrate , who observed that the entries of the goods bought by him of Walker were very slovenly and obscure / and not such as a fair and houes"t tradesman would have made . In future , he must be more cautious , and make inquiries

    under suspicious circumstances . The receivers iu these cases the magistrate regarded as worse than the thieves ; for it is owing to the facilities . they offer that robberies are of frequent occurrence . Walker was sentenced to the House of Correction for three months . —The same sentence was passed on George Williams , a boy of fourteen , who was charged with stealing a timepiece arid a pair of boots , and who also admitted his guilt , adding that h . e wished to be sent to some reformatory . The magistrate s 3 id he would be sent to school during his imprisonment , and , when the term had expired , he had better call at the court , and something should be done for him . The boy thanked the magistrate , arid was locked up .

    Tub Lord Justice Clerk ok Strikes and Inti 3 hdatioet . —At the close of the Glasgow circuit on Thursday week , the Lord Justice Clerk , in addressing the Sheriffs of Lanark , Renfrew , and Dumbarton , made some remarks oa the state of the law- bearing upon intimidation arising from workmen ' s strikes . His Lordship's observations were caused by the recent report of the Commissioner for the Mining Districts , in which it was stated that , during the late great miners' strike in the west of Scotland , certain sheriffs-substitute

    expressed the opinion that they could not interfere to repress great assemblages of men held for the known purpose of intimidating their fellow-workmen , unless violence had been actually committed . This opinion was emphatically denied by his Lordship , who said he thought it was very injudicious and indecorous in any judge to put forward such an interpretation of the statute , whicli , besides being entirely erroneous , was calculated to induce workmen to believe that there is a want of consistency and firmness in the administration of the law .

    Murder in Xorthomberxand . —Two men—Marie Cunningham , a native of Durham , and Michael Cawthorn , a pedlar belonging to Warden—were drinking at a public-house at Hexham , when a quarrel arose , having reference to sonic alleged cheating at cards . Qunningham struck at the other , and then proceeded to his own lodgings , followed by Cawthorn , who resumed the quarral ; ' and , suddenly pulling out a large knife , stabbed Cunningham tlireo times in the lower part of the bowels . Medical assistance was called , and the wounds were pronounced to be deadly ; but tho man , being of a strong constitution , Hugged for three or four days , when innammatlon ensued , an < i he died > Cawthorn is In custody , ™ *! £ * w " ? oved to Morpeth Gaol on a coroner's warrant , charge -with Wilful Murdor

    Assaults m Pobuo-hoobes A private in the Ge-ra » a Legion , * amodGoorgo , ; f IZch ^ at tL Worship-street P ^^ court with attempting tf " tab l . o landlord of a pubhc-hoiue in Botkn ^ green , and « 1 o

    • with severely wounding three other men who came to the landlord ' s assistance . Braun entered , the house one evening in a very wild and excited state , and called for drink . Tlie landlord , perceiving that tie man was intoxicated , refused to let him have any , upon which the accused took a knife out of his pocket , and deliberately aimed a blow with it at the landlord , across the counter . The lattei fortunately drew back time enough , to elude the blow , but Braun , exasperated at his failure , sprang . on to the counter , and attempted a second time to stab the landlord . He would probably have succeeded in Ms endeavour , if three men , who happened to enter the premises at the time , had hot seized the ruffian , and thus rescued the . landlord from harm ; but in so doing the men received several severe wounds from the

    knife ; one of them nearly had a finger cut off . Ultimately a policeman was called , and Braun was given into custody . When brought before the magistrate , he stated , through , an interpreter , that he was so drunk as to be scarcely conscious of what he was about . Mr . Hatnmill fined him 51 . Not being able to pay the amount he was sent to prison for two months . —A seaman , a native of Peru , calling himself Thomas Eoyal , was charged at the Thames police-court with assaulting Mrs . Biggs , landlady of an ale and beer shop in St . Leonard's-road , Bromley . The accused went into the shop , and ordered half a piut of beer , and , on' its being given to him , asked for some tobacco . The landlady told him that they had none , but gave him a light on his requesting to liave one . . After this , the man began abusing Mrs . Biggs irt broken English , and , when she told him to leave the shop , he seized her mouth with one hand , while he inflicted a violent blow on the side of her

    head with a large stone which he held in the other . A severe wound " \ vas caused , and the woman fell to the ground , stunned by the blow , and fainting from loss of blood . She had suffered immense pain ever since . In his defence , the man stated , through a policeman who could speak Spanish , that he struck Mrs . Biggs because he thought she had mixed water with his beer . This the landlady denied . He then told the magistrate that he had been confined for some time in a lunatic asylum . Mr . Selfe , the magistrate , said that , though the action he had committed was very like that of a madman , he must treat him as a sane person . He therefore committed him for three months , with hard labour , to the House of Correction . —Daniel Driscoll , a ticket-of-leave man , has been committed for trial on a charge of attempting to rob the till of a public-house at Pickle Herringstairs , Bermondsey , and of violently assaulting tlie barmaid who interfered to prevent him .

    The Bankruptcy op G- F . Lillicrap . —The certificate meeting of this bankrupt ( the particulars of whose insolvency have already appeared in the Leader ) took place on Monday . The court had ordered the bankrupt to be indicted for having abstracted property with a view to cheat his creditors . He was acquitted . It was now urged that the court could not take cognizance of the specific offences of which the bankrupt had been acquitted by a-jury . Mr . Commissioner Goulburn said ; " Tho Xords Justices , in the case of a bankrupt named Martin , had decided thut it would be unfair towards a man wlio had been once tried to put him again in jeopardy for the same offence . He should take that

    view of the case ; and , the bankrupt having been already eighteen months without a certificate , he considered that a sufficient punishment for the recklessness and improvidence of which he had been guilty . An immediate certificate , third class , " would now , therefore , be granted . " The Height of Impudence . — -The shop of a lawstationer in Harewood-place , Oxford-street , was recently entered , and several legal documents , of no use but to the owner , were carried off . Shortly afterwards , a paper-was received by the stationer , containing an advertisement intimating that , on the receipt of 80 / ., all that had been , stolen would be given up . An answer was reqxiestcd . Accordingly , 81 . were offered ; but , tho proposal has not been accepted .

    Scoundrels Eightly Punished . —A Mr . "Webster , living at Holloway , was summoned at the Clerkenwell police-court on the charge of causing ; tho death of a St . Bernard dog by ill-treating it . lie came across the animal in the streets , and deliberately kicked it with great brutality . The poor creature on going home vomited a great deal of blood , and , though attended by a veterinary surgeon , died in tho course of a few days , when it was found that the bladder had been ruptured . The dqg was of great money value , being of a race which is celebrated in Switzerland for saving tho lives

    of persons lost in tho snow . Mr . Webster admitted having kicked the animal , but alleged that it had run among his children , unmuzzled . He said he had no objection to settle with the owner for tho loss ; but , the compromise being rejected , tho accused ( to hia great surprise ) wns sent to prison , with hard labour , for a month . —Michael Hayes , a costermonger , has also boen sentenced to a month ' s hard labour by the same magistrate for beating his donkey with great brutality . He had repeatedly struck it with a thick ash stick over the hips and back .

    A Clerical Apologist for Wivr-htsatixg . —The Rev . George Bird , of Whitohaven , has publicly preached in favour of wife-beating , which ho holds to bo in accordance with tho law of God , perfectly Scriptural , and

    necessary to enable a man to rule his own | household Encouraged by these views , a member of Mr . Bird ' s congregation beat his wife most unmercifully because sherefused to attend the same place of worship a 3 he did Upon being brought before the magistrate , the offender asked if he was to obey the laws of God or of man . He \* as sentenced to a month ' s hard labour ; and the Rev . Mr . Bird then delivered a course of lectures , in which ho chirped foTth his wife-beating and Scriptural doctrines .

    Forgerv .- —Thomas Clark was on Tuesday brought before the Lord Mayor , charged with having forged and uttered a cheque for 101 . 10 s ., with intent to defraud Messrs . Cooper , Lee , Bevan , and Co ., the bankers . The cheque purported to be signed fcy Mr . T . Roper , wholesale druggist , Falcon-square , City , who had an . account at the bank ; but the writing was not his . Clark , who had given the cheque to a boy to be delivered , was committed for trial . —A respectably-dressed young man attired in deep black , who seemed to feel his position very acutel } -, and who gave his name asTlomas Freeman , of 46 , Britannia-terrace , City-road , described en tlie police-sheet as a lithographer , but passing for a Methodist preacher , was brought before Mr . Corrie , at Clerkenwell , charged with knowingly uttering two forged orders on the 27 th of September , one being for the sum of 71 . 7 s ., and the other for 1 / . 19 s . He had paid the first of these to a tailor in quittance for a bill he owed

    him , and the other he got the same tradesman to casa for him . Some time previously , he had gone to the printer of the cheques , and asked him to let him have some of them ; but this was of course refused . How > ever , he would seem to have stolen some of them . He was arrested at Lewes on Sunday . A remand until Monday was agreed to by the magistrate . —Richard Crump Barford , a man in a smock-frock , is under remand at the Mansion House , charged with uttering forged notes , purporting to be notes of the Bank of England . He vent four times to a ham andbeef shop in Leadenhallstreet for small purchases , and each time passed a forged 57 . note . At length , he was suspected ; and , on going a fifth time , he was given into custody . He wrote his name and address on the notes he tendered ; and lie referred on each occasion to a neighbour . The last time , he seems to have designed passing a forged 10 / . note , as this was the only thing in the shape of money found on him . ; .

    Robbery by a Soldier . —Joseph Woodford , a private in the Fusilier Guards , has been committed for trial on , a charge of stealing three . 107 . Bank of England notes , and ten sovereigns , the notes belonging ; to the Hon . Colonel Cliarteris , and the gold to Pay-Sergeant George Stewart , of the same regiment . A Pig and Bull Story . —Two young men , James Cardwell and William Cross , have been examined before the magistrates at Rotherham , and committed for trial , on a charge of stealing two sheep and some wheat . It also came out that they had endeavoured to steal a pig , which escaped from them in a very singular manner . They were driving the animal along a narrow

    footpath , and , coming to a field gate which they desired to cross , they thought they would kill the pig first . One of them took out a pocket-knife , and commenced cutting its throat ; but the creature escaped , jumped through the bars of the gate , and ran off , loudly squealing , across the field . The thieves pursued , but wer * soon forced to retreat by the sudden apparition of a ferocious bull , which , aroused and irritated at the noise , ran full tilt at tho invaders of its domain . They narrowly escaped being tossed , and , after lingering about for some , time in the hope that an opportunity might present itself for retrieving their fortune , they were forced to go away without their prize .

    The Case op Slandering a Ladv . —Mr . Arthur Henry Welch , the barrister , summoned at Bow-street to answer a charge of sending slanderous letters to Miss Colquhoun , a young lady to whom ho had been paying his addresses , appeared again on Tuesday , and signed n document agreeing not to molest the lady any more , and to relinquish all claim to her hand , lie also offered , through his counsel , an apology for his conduct . Wife-Beating . —Charles Hanham , & man wearing the Crimean medal , and Samuel Crow , were respectively

    charged at Marlborough-8 tr « et with assaults on their wives . The first was sent to prison for six months ; tho second was ordered to fiud one surety to keep the peace for three months . —At the Worship-street office , Edward Wayne , a journeyman brushmaker , was sentenced to two months' hard labour for beating and illusing his wife . At the termination of his sentence , he is to find bail for good behaviour for another six months . He was in tho habit of getting drunk , and frequently acted towards his wife with gTeat brutality ; but she , as usual , desired to screen him , probably through fear .

    Middlesex Skssions . —Tho October Quarter Sessions commenced on Monday . —James Green , described as a stableman , has been found guilty of stealing a mare , value 40 / . Ho was sentenced to pennl sorvitudo for six years , being proved to be an old offender . —George Mitchell , twelve years of ago , and Charles John Mitchell , nineteen ( brothers ) , and Mary Ann Mitchell ( their mother ) , pleaded "Guilty" to stealing Bix knives and other articles , the property ef John Miers , tho master of

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• Citation
  • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 11, 1856, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_11101856/page/8/