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      Central Criminal Court. Thus May Session...

      victed at a previous session of having forged a label having reference to some patent baking powder . The conviction -was quashed in the Court for the Consideration of Crown Cases Reserved , the offence not being considered to amount to forgery . The prisoner now pleaded Guilty to the charge of obtaining money under false pretences , and the prosecution consented ( considering that Smith had already been imprisoned some weeks ) to his being liberated on entering into recognizances to appear and receive judgment at a future time , should he be called on to do so . John Beal , a brassfounder , was tried on a charge of being concerned with some other men ( now undergoing sentence ) in a garotte robbery committed on the night of the 2 7 th of last July on a publican in Bear-street , Leicester-square . He "was sentenced to fifteen years ' penal servitude .

      The Rev . George Ratcliffe , a clergyman of the Church of England , was tried on Tuesday on a charge of forging the signature to a transfer of stock ; and , being found Guilty , was sentenced to ten . years' penal servitude . He appeared to be overwhelmed with anguish . Several forgery cases were tried on Wednesday . — Arthur Gramolt , a barrister ' s clerk , pleaded Guilty to three indictments charging hini "with uttering forged cheques ; and sentence was deferred . —George "Wombwell , cattle-dealer , was found Guilty of uttering a forged 5 ? . Bank of England note . For the defence , an alibi was set up ; the chief witness for which , being asked in cross-examination if he had ever uttered any forged game certificates , said be should decline "to answer the question . Mr . Justice Crowder , in summing up , made some severe reflections on this man ; on which the

      latter attempted to address the court , saying that he " felt hurt" at the observations which had been made . The Judge said he could not help that , and ordered him to hold his tongue . Womb well was sentenced to six years' penal servitude . —John Shield , a seaman , pleaded Guilty to a charge of forging an acceptance to a bill of exchange for 27 ? . He was sentenced to four years' penal servitude . —John James Hall , a servant , was indicted for forging and uttering certain receipts for the payment of money . He was convicted , and sentenced to penal servitude for ten years . —George Hammond and George Barrow , stationers , were indicted for forging and uttering acceptances to bills of exchange with intent to defraud . Barrow pleaded Guilty , and Hammond was found Guilty . Both were sentenced to fifteen years ' transportation .

      John Jones -was tried for the manslaughter of Thomas Blandell , near the New Cattle Market , Islington . Being found Guilty , lie was sentenced to one week ' s imprisonment . — -A similar case , where one John Huston , a labourer , was indicted for the manslaughter of John Nelson , ended in a verdict of Guilty and a sentence of one month ' s imprisonment . Both deaths resulted from drunken quarrels after the parties had left publichouses .

      A boy , named William Selless , and an inspector of the Thames police , named Henry John Hambrook , were tried for the manslaughter of John Thomas Bolton , a lad . The two youtlis were fighting , and Hambrook suggested to Sellcsa to strike Bolton under the ear . He did so , and the boy almost immediately died . Both prisoners were found Guilty , and the boy was sentenced to the nominal punishment of one day ' s imprisonment . Hambrook received a good character , but was ordered to be kept to hard labour for three months .

      "William Lakey , a mariner , was tried on Thursday on a charge of having wilfully sunk the Clipper , a vessel of which he was the master . He was convicted , and sentenced to eight years' penal servitude . Patrick O'Brien , the police inspector , was on the same day Acquitted of the charge of stealing two pieces of ba « on from a shop-board . On hearing the result of the trial , he fell down in a fit . Louise Montet , the woman charged with robbing Messrs . Hunt and Roskell , lias pleaded Guilty , and been sentenced to six years' penal servitude .

      No. 425, May 15, 1858.] The Le1pee, 465

      No . 425 , May 15 , 1858 . ] THE LE 1 PEE , 465

      Gatherings Ittom The Law And Police Cour...

      GATHERINGS ITtOM THE LAW AND POLICE COURTS . The liability of husbands for the debts of their wivea is a question which has soveral times come before tho law courts for decision . The Court of Exchequer has just delivered judgment in a case of this kind—that of Johnatone v . Sumner . An action was brought by a milliner aX tho West-end against the defendant for goods supplied to life wife . Mr . and Mrs . Sumner were married m 1849 , and in tho following year separated by mutual consent , tho defendant allowing his wife 200 / . a year , derived from her father

      . In 1851 , Mrs . Sunnier was introduced by her mother to Mr . Johnstone , who supplied her with various articles of apparel in that year amounting to lG 6 i Tho bills were sont to Mrs . Sumnor through her mother , and no claim was made on the defendant up to 1850 , at which time his wife had gone to America , where she had obtained a divorce , and married again . Tlie defence at tho trial was , that the wife hnd no authority to pledge her Jbusbund ' a credit , and Uio Judge ho directed tho jury , who returned a verdict tor tiio defendant . A rule nhi was tmbsequontly obtained to set aside tho verdict and for a now trial , on tuo ground of indirection . Against thia ruk cause

      bad been shown , and the Court had reserved judgment . Their Lordships were now unanimously of opinion that the wife , who had voluntarily left her husband ' s roof , had no authority to pledge his credit , and that the mling of the Judge at the trial was right . The rule to set aside the verdict-was therefore discharged . - Henry Whetstone , Thomas De Puzey , George Cherry , Margaret Picket , and Samuel Benjamin , were again examined and remanded at Marlborough-street on Monday , on the charge of being concerned in the great robbery at Lord ITolcy ' s . The evidence was strengthened by the testimony of several other witnesses , including the driver of the cab in which the spoil was conveyed away . —Another man is also under remand as an accomplice in the robbery .

      Signor Mario , the eminent vocalist , has been incidentally connected this week with a law case tried on Monday in the Court of Common Pleas . In September , 1856 , one Captain Cotton leased his residence , Park House , Fulham , for three years , furnished , together with the garden tools and implements and the services of the gardener , to Signor Mario , at a Tent of 3507 . a year . A Dr . Beggi , an Italian medical gentleman , acted as a sort of manager for Signor Mario ; and at one time he made a complaint of Reeves , the gardener , to Captain Cotton , on the alleged ground that he had been talking to the maid servants and paying attentions to Madame Grisi ' s maid . The captain , having inquired into the matter , found that Signor Mario and Madame Grisi were well

      satisfied with Reeves , and that the charges were frivolous "; " for , " said Captain Cotton , " I should have talked to Madame Grisi ' s maid myself , had I been a gardener . " The man , therefore , was not dismissed ; but Dr . Beggi appeared to entertain some grudg-e against bim , and was not long before he found an opportunity of doing him an injury .. Reeves was directed by Madame Grisi and Captain Cotton to sell some apples , and accordingly he did so . Dr . Beggi thereupon gave him into custody , on a charge of having stolen the fruit ; but , after the case had beeu remanded * at the Hammersmith Police-office , the man was discharged . Signor Mario was at that time in France . After Reev « s was in custody , Dr . Beggi-went to a man engaged in painting the greenhouse , and asked him if he had heard anything about the gardener , adding , " I have caught the

      thief , and will give him six months . " An action for false imprisonment wa 3 therefore commenced ; but , towards the close of the plaintiff's case , Mr . Edwin James ( who appeared for the defence ) said that with the assent of Signor Mario , who , though not the defendant , would in all probability have the expenses to pay , he must express his conviction that the plea of justification could not be supported . There was no pretence for it , and he withdrew it with an expression of regret that it had e-ver been pleaded . He retracted altogether the charge of dishonesty ; and , with regard to the damages for the false imprisonment , his learned frien < l had assented to take a verdict for . 107 . Mr . Justice Byles said that Signor Mario and the learned counsel had acted very judiciously and properly . A verdict was then taken for the plaintiff for 10 ? . damages .

      The Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes sat in full on Monday for the first time , and pronounced in favour of dissolution of marriage in six cases , four of which arose out of petitions by husbands against wives , while the other two were by wives against husbands . Among the former was one case in which the parties were in humble life , and the wife , besides committing adultery , had been addicted to drinking One of the cases in which the petitions -were from wives was that of Mrs . Charles Horn , the actrea 3 and wife of tlie vocalist , whose husband had deserted her for some years , and had even been guilty of bigamy . —The Court has pronounced for a divorce of Hr . and Mrs . Tourle , on the ground of adultery committed by the wife .

      A mother brought an action for ejectment against her son in the Court of Queen ' s Bench on Monday . The son , George Bryan , kept a pork butchor's shop at No . G , Berwick-street , Soho ; and the mother , a Mrs . Twiner , was the lessee of the house . The arrangement was that Bryan was to pay each of his brothers 1007 ., and liis mother the same sum , for tho good-will . The money , however , was not paid ; the brothers quarrelled ; and Bryan , the defendant , took sole possession of the pork business . Mr . Justice Coleridge directed the jury to find a verdict for the plaintiff " . Tho relations of a boy who was employed at a hemp manufactory at Poplar have recovered 30 / . as damages for injuries received by " the lad in placing some yarn in one of tho engines . The machino was not properly fenced ; the poor boy was drawn in , and both his arms , besides one of liis thighs , wore fractured .

      The Irishman , who recently cheated aome papers jitid gulled tho publicb y pretending to bo an Italian and to givo reports of an Italian Conferenco which never met , lias been apprehended , and waa examined on Thursday nt VoW' -strcct on a charge of obtaining money undei false pretences from the Morning / Star . He was committed for trial , and bail was refused .

      Naval And Military. Movicmkjsts Oi«- Snn...

      NAVAL AND MILITARY . Movicmkjsts oi « - Snn \ 4 , & c . —Lord Lyons , in the Royal Albert , with tho Centurion mid Conqueror , has returned , pursuant to telegraphic order , from Corfu , and

      has been cruising in Malta Roads . The Princess Royal has left for Alexandria , with 654 rank and file of the 57 th , for India .. A reinforcement of 3700 Ottoman troops , in a steam lirie-of-battle ship and transport , passed Corfu on the 7 th for Kleck , on tbe Adriatic . Mb . Peter M . K . Godfbey , late Lieutenant on board the ^ Formidable at Sheerness , has , by an Admiralty order , been struck off the Navy List , in consequence of his having deserted from his ship while under arrest in his cabin , pending a court-martial ordered upon him .

      Artificers at Portsmouth , & c . —The wages of the dockyard artificers at Portsmouth are to be forthwith increased one shilling per week . All the artificers at Skeerness are to be henceforth , until further orders , put on what is termed job and task work on unlimited earnings , and all labourers now employed , -whether on ¦ the establishment or temporarily hired , whose weekly wages do not amount to 14 s . per week , are to have their pay raised to that sum . All extra time to be paid for . A similar arrangement has been made at Woolwich , 79 \ here the wages of 14 s . a week are to be raised one shilling .

      Capture of a Slaves . —The gunboat Jasper , Lieutenant and Commander H . Pym , has captured , on the north side of Matanzas , a full-rigged and fast-sailing slave ship , of 750 tons burden , with a full slave-equipment and provisions for their sustenance . She had also on board specie in gold to the amount of 2260 ounces , or about 8500 ? . sterling . A chase of four hours and a half preceded the capture . On the previous day , the Styx had taken a prize .

      Mercantile Marine. The James Baines.—The...

      MERCANTILE MARINE . The James Baines . —The wreck of the James Baines , partially destroyed by fire a few days ago in the Hus-Icisson-dock , has been pumped dry , and is afloat ; but it is impossible yet to say to what extent the hull has been . injured , or whether she can be rebuilt . The Loss of the Cakdace . —The steam-ship Candace , on lier homeward passage from Africa , was lost , in consequence of a . collision with the barque Ida Elizabeth , on the 4 th insti The persons drowned were J . H . Rolt , commander ; James Ryall , second engineer ; Frederick Keen , boy ; Captain Goodhead and George Davis , passengers . The officers and purser -were to proceed to Southampton in the packet on the 16 tli inat .

      M I S C Ell Aneous. The .Court.—The Quee...

      M I S C ELL ANEOUS . The . Court . —The Queen and the Queen of Portugal went on Saturday morning to the Crystal Palace , at Sydenharn , accompanied by the Prince Consort , the Prince of Hohenzollern , and Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern , and attended by the ladies and gentlemen in waiting . Their Majesties returned to Buckingham Palace at one o ' clock . The Queen of Portugal held a diplomatic reception at three o ' clock . The Queen and Prince Consort , with the Queen of Portugal , the Prince of Hohenzollern , and Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern , went at twenty minutes before six o ' clock to the Palace of Westminster to inspect the Houses of Parliament .

      They returned soon after seven o'clock , aud subsequently went to Her Majesty's Theatre . —The Queen , on Monday evening , gave a State Ball at Buckingham Palace , to which a party of about 15 ) 00 were invited . —Tlie young Queen of Portugal left London on Tuesday , to join her husband . —The Queen and tho Prince Consort , accompanied by the Princess Alice , went on Wednesday morning to the Royal Botanic Gardens , Regent ' s Park . The Prince Consort , attended by his Equerry , inspected in the afternoon the model lodging-house near the Strand , opposite Somerset-house . The Prince of Iloheazolleru returned in the afternoon to Buckingham Palace , from Plymouth .

      Equalization ok Poor-rates . —A very numerous deputation , introduced by Mr . Ayrton , M . P ., waited upon the Earl of Derby , ou Monday , in Downing-street , for the purpose of impressing upon him their views respecting the expediency of having one equal and universal poor-rate for the whole of the metropolis . Having listened to various speeches , the Prime Minister admitted that various evils resulted from tho present system , but thought that the proposed reform would create even worse . If they altered the urea , of rateability , ho feared that tlie interest in good local management now felt by tho inhabitants of each district would disappear , and that we should soon return to all the frauds and abuses of the old poor-law . Onco establish a uniform systom of rating in tho metropolis , and ho did not see how it could long bo withheld from the whole country , when all individual interest in . the management of the rutes would be destroyed . Ho conceived that the President of tho Poor-luw Board hnd promised to refer to n select committee , not Mr . Ayrton ' s net , but tho practical working of an act passed some years since , respecting tho rating , but which had sincft been allowed to bo a ucul'Ictter . " 13 m Ukn . " —Tlie new bell for tho clock tower at Westminster had been taken out of the mould in a perfectly sound state , and promises to bo in every respect aucccssftil . Loui > Macaulav was inaugurated aa High Steward of Cambridge on Tuesduj' . The hi . storiau is in delicato health , and consequentl y spoke very brieilr .

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), May 15, 1858, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_15051858/page/9/