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^ ajtitaby 13, 1855.] T HS. B LEA HER! 3...
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POLICE CASES. " Our Civilisation" as we ...
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At Clerkenwell, Joseph Cheotham, a rcspe...
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Love.—At Worship-street, Frederick Knowl...
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Horrible Treatment of a Chili>. — On tho...
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King, tub Police Tinkp-trainer.—This cas...
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THE REV. MR. DAVIES AND THE LONDON
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CARDINAL WISEMAN AND THE IMMACULATE CONC...
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" Memorandum. " The Cause Of My Desperat...
bert had promised to give her as sweetheart a Sardinian young man , who was to be lodged in her house . * When Mr . Lambert did know my ' accident' with Madame Williamson , he came to me and acted as if I had been a thief and an assassin , expelling me on the instant from his house , and having rib regard to the state of my health . Upon this I called Mr . Lambert a ruffian and a thief . ' And I can prove this , as he let apartments to a certain Mrs . , first prostitute of -Regenfratreet , who , to iny knowledge , kept two gentlemen with her until daybreak . And I will show him to be a thief , as he robbed a golden bracelet and a ring , which he says he left on a bed belonging to Mr . Smith , who resides at 35 , Newman-street , Oxford-street . Mr . —
and Madame Williamson are witnesses of this theft . I say again , Mr . and Madame Lambert are , in effect , two ruffians and two thieves . It was not enough for them to have had the satisfaction of expelling me from their house , but they have said to everybody that I am a rogue , a thief , and an assassin , and all the worst calumnies that could be uttered they have applied to me . Ah ! I , who am the offended—who was forced on to a love for which I am now suffering , and to be insulted for it ! Abandoned by my sweetheart , I lost my reason and became a madman . I resolved to destroy myself , but , before doing so , I said within myself , I will see those
who have despised me ( gui me mepriserenf ) —those who have caused me to lose entirely my senses . I resolved to speak to the Lamberts , and after that to die in peace . Oh , my brains ! I lost myself . God forgive my excess . I am lost . I am a dying , desperate man . God forgive the great many faults of which I have been guilty . The Lamberts have made me an assassin . I recommend to you my daughter , because the little one is innocent . I am a Roman and an honest Italian , as you will perceive by my certificates . Since I am in England they call me a thief and an assassin . By doing so they cause me to act as such . I shall be able to say that I have been assassinated by , of , in Kent . Open my flesh
after I am dead , and you shall certify how I have been treated . Yes , open my lacerated flesh and you will be astonished . If I have done wrong , it is the law that must punish me , and not the doctor nor the priest . Ah ! yes—you did assassinate me , and you have occasioned new crimes . You have my life— what do you want more ? Oh ! good God ! pardon in this horrible moment and I die content . _ ~ ' . ' .= ¦" - ' "Luigi Bahanelli . " Baranelli is a tailor , and when residing at Penshurst followed that occupation . The latter portion of his statement is actually aimed at a medical gentleman who , Baranelli alleges , had wilfully treated Mm wrongfully for cancer .
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Police Cases. " Our Civilisation" As We ...
POLICE CASES . " Our Civilisation" as we have called it , has been illustrated in various ways this week . At Worshipstreet , John Martin , a carpenter , in Green-street , Bethnalgreen , was brought before Mr . Hammill , upon a charge of cutting and wounding his wife . The complainant , a delicate-looking young woman , who appeared with her left arm suspended in a sling , and was evidently in a state of extreme suffering and debility , " stated" that she " ¦ ira ^ 1 raTy"TDe " e ^ "S ^ n" 6 ri '''"" time married to the prisoner , with whom she had lived upon such unhappy terms that she was compelled to separate from him a few weeks since , and had since depended for support upon her own unsustained exertions . On the previous evening , she accompanied a female friend to the Standard Theatre : on leaving they entered
an adjoining public-house , but observing the prisoner . standing in front of the bar , she hastily retreated into the street , feeling apprehensive that he would subject her to some personal violence . She soon heard footsteps advancing rapidly behind her , and was immediately after overtaken by the prisoner , who exclaimed with an oath , " Take that , you , " . and made a violent blow with some sharp instrument in the direction of her left breast . She felt satisfied that the thrust was intended for her breast ; but it took effect in the upper part of her left arm , on which the head of her infant was resting at the time , and inflicted a dreadful wound from which the blood poured down so furiously that the front of her dress was completely saturated . The prisoner hastily ¦ made off as soon as he had stabbed her ; but she raised the cry of "Police , " and " Murder , " nnd ho was brought back almost immediately in the custody of an officer .
On being asked if ho had any observations to make in answer to the charge , the prisoner said : " I know that I did it , but I Hope that you will deal with me as leniently as you can , as I was greatly provoked at the time . " Mr . Hammill said it was a very serious case , and he should order the prisoner to be remanded for the > £ onnal completion of the depositions .
At Clerkenwell, Joseph Cheotham, A Rcspe...
At Clerkenwell , Joseph Cheotham , a rcspectablydressed young man , an apprentice to a builder , was charged on summons before Mr . Corrie with assaulting with intent , and administering a deleterious perfume to Emily Lowo . The prosecutrix , a quietlooking country girl , Btiid : — M I at present live at Lowe-streot , Chingford , Kasex . On tho 14 th of December I met tho defendant in
Upporstreet , Islington . He was at the time paying attention to my sister . I asked him how she was ; he then asked me to take a walk with him . I told him I could notit was so late . He replied , Oh , there is a friend come from Chingford , and if you get leave for hah' an hour I will take you to your sister . ' I then went and asked my mistress to go out to see a friend for half an hour ; she allowed me to go , but when I got out of doors I could not at first meet the defendant . At last he came up , and we walked along until we came to a dark place in Highbury ; he then pushed me up against the wall . " [ The witness here entered into some particulars of the alleged assault . ] ' He then put something to my mouth and I became insensible . When I recovered , I got up and went home . I did not tell my mistress what had happened to me . "
This is the main fact . It appeared in examination that the girl did not complain to her mistress , although asked what had happened , as " she presented the appearance of having been poisoned . " Her mistress -wrote to her mother , and she went home , but made no examination , nor did the doctor do so . The doctor treated her for poison . All this is very vague and unsatisfactory ; some doubt having even been cast on the identity of the prisoner , who has a great character for being a reader of the Bible . The magistrate could only dismiss the charge . He said : —
" This is one of the most extraordinary tales , if true , that was ever related by a young girl ; if untrue , it only shows to what curious cunning and danger persons are exposed when such charges are preferred . The evidence of the complainant is wholly unsubstantiated as to the identity of the defendant ; for although the boy ( a witness ) has sworn that he was the party , he said , on an after occasion , he was doubtful of it . Again , if the girl had been violated , there was no trouble taken to ascertain it at the time the circumstance happened ; and from the length of time that had intervened no jury could decide that it was really the defendant who had committed the offence . I do not , therefore , think that I can commit the defendant for trial for the offence . "
Love.—At Worship-Street, Frederick Knowl...
Love . —At Worship-street , Frederick Knowles was charged with having threatened the life of a young woman named Eliza Usher . The prisoner had formerly paid his addresses to the complainant , who , on / finding he was a married man , refused to have anything more to say to him . The prisoner , however , had continued-to molest her , and one evening , was found by complainant ' s brother paci n g to and fro before the house where she was in service , in Buccleuch-terrace , Upper Clapton . He had a loaded pistol in each hand . The complainant ' s brother was in the act of remonstrating with him when the prisoner rushed to the door of the house and commenced ringing the bell , which was answered by complainant ' s master , under whose direction he was secured . During the struggle the prisoner threw down two pistols loaded with powder and ball .
Police-constable Cooke , No . 267 , stated that the prisoner was given into his custody by the complainant's master for having threatened the life of his servant , and , on hearing the charge , he exclaimed , " Yes , I meant to put one bullet through . her heart , and the other through my own . " On being called upon for his defence , the prisoner , who , shed tears and exhibited extreme agitation , earnestly disclaimed all intention to injure the complainant , and said that she was well aware of the affection he entertained for her , and that he would not hurt a hair of her head .
Mr . D'Eyncourt said that the desperate intentions of the prisoner were rendered sufficiently manifest by tho whole of his conduct and demeanour , and he should order him to enter into his own recognisances in 200 / ., and to produce two substantial sureties in 100 / . each , to be answerable for his good behaviour for the next twelve months .
Horrible Treatment Of A Chili>. — On Tho...
Horrible Treatment of a Chili > . — On tho evening of the 28 th of December , a policeman on duty in Greyhound-court , Strand , heard a moan , and on looking down found an infant lying quite naked in a pool of water , which was freezing round tho child ' s head . It was a remarkably frosty night . The mother , Harriett Nelson , was found , and taken to Bow-street , when Mr . Jardine committed her tor trial .
King, Tub Police Tinkp-Trainer.—This Cas...
King , tub Police Tinkp-trainer . —This case has been further inquired into . With reference to the prisoner , it should be stated that ho never was one of the organised force of " detectives , " although always permitted , for some reason which requires explanation , to perform the duties of hie office in private olothos . It also appears that tho prisoner was not actually in the force at the time of his apprehension upon tho present charge . He had just been dismissed by tho commissioners , chiefly in consequence of the part he had taken in the prosecution already referred to , 'Ho then immediately opened a coffee-house in King-street , Soho , which is still boing carried on by'his wife . The case was adjourned until next Thursday ,
Serious Charge against , the PoxiCE .-r-A . man was charged at the Middlesex Sessions with assaulting a policeman , but he defended himself on the ground that the policeman had kissed his wife . The evidence was conflicting , the policeman denying the charge , and the man with other witnesses affirming it . The jury were puzzled , but ended by acquitting the prisoner , but " without imputing perjury to the policeman . "
The Rev. Mr. Davies And The London
THE REV . MR . DAVIES AND THE LONDON
MISSION . With the termination of the proceedings brought against the Rev . Mr . Ainslie , for his ill-starred "Defence of the Innocent , " we thought we had heard the last of the case of Mr . Davies , the unlucky letter-writer , who has had the misfortune to scandalise the whole London Mission by his epistolary effusions . It seems , however , that though Mr . Ainslie yery prudently backed out , with a significant declaration that he had lost confidence in the veracity of Mr . Davies , the latter has retained sufficient confidence in himself to proceed . Thus , during the past week , those who take an interest in
missionary matters , and the alleged frailties of holy men , have been regaled with another edition of the evidence , consequent upon Mr . Davies bringing an action against the JBanner i for the very decisive opinion it has expressed touching the charges against him . All the particulars respecting the letter from Wellingborough have been once more raked up and sifted , as if for the purpose of piquing the prurient curiosity of the public , and making us wonder what it can be that a missionary could possibly write to his wife , which could only be alluded to , and not so much as named , much less published . Much more creditable would it have been for the London
Mission , and those who manage its affairs , if the matter had been hushed up , or quiety suffered to die a natural death , instead of being submitted to double arbitration , lasting thrice as long as an investigation in a court of law , and entailing an amount of expense out of all proportion to the object to be gained by the inquiry . The character of Mr . Davies had need be very precious to justify the outlay incurred for clearing it in the eyes of the religious world . ~ — —
Cardinal Wiseman And The Immaculate Conc...
CARDINAL WISEMAN AND THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION . A pastoral from Cardinal Wiseman , of which the following is an abstract , relative to the recent definition of this doctrine as an article of faith , and dated from Rome , was read on Sunday in all . the Catholic chapels of London and the surrounding district : — " Nicholas , by the Divine mercy , of the Holy Roman Church , of the title of St . Pudentiana , Cardinal Priest and Archbishop of Westminster , to our dearly beloved brethren and children in Christ , the clergy secular and regular , and the faithful of the said diocese . ' " Health and benediction in the Lord . " Although in the ' eourse of " afew" dayswe hope to begin our journey homeward , we cannot resist the earnest desire which we feel of making you partakers in the consolation and joy which we have experienced in the few last days . Neither can we . consider it becoming , dearly beloved in Christ , that you should have to receive through tho ordinary channels of public information tidings of events most interesting to every Catholic heart , or that you should learn the important decision pronounced by the Sovereign Pontiff from any one but your own pastor , -who had announced to you his intention of assisting at it , and who had the happiness and honour of hearing it from the very lips of the Holy Father .
" You are aware , then , dearly beloved , that upon his paternal invitation he hastened hither to join our most eminent and illustrious brethren in the great cause of tho Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Mother of God , which , having been already examined and discussed with great maturity , was about to receive its final examination and decision . " After detailing the preliminary measures adopted by the Holy Pontiff to ascertain the sense of the living Church , no less " the pillar and the ground of truth" than that of tho first centuries upon the doctrine plainly held on tho subject of the Immaculate Conception , the pastoral states : —
" Having at length determined that the time waa come for dogmatically pronouncing on tho subject , ana desirous of giving all duo publicity and solemnity to this greatest exercise of the sublime power conferred by our Lord on tho prineo of tho Apoatlea and their successors , the Sovereign Pontiff invited to Rome a certain number of prelate * from each country to ™ Prc 9 en ^ hiorarchy . At tho snmo time he expressed his readiness to soo as ninny others as could conveniently qomo to attend the noble function appointed for tho 8 tU of 1 * 3-combor . " After stating that beyond all anticipation were the results of this general intimation of tho Holy
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 13, 1855, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_13011855/page/9/
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