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The Rugeley Poisonings. {From Our Sjwial...
f gMM ^ M SSZ ^ HfcJ Or 45 ! JtaT «»*» S t » at they are TlUated iV ^ Sfalte " . babiu of totemfenmce-a good P' «» f tbeyoot cbarcei « n additional premium on account of his ^ r » KubtS O S » . t old Mr , M . JJ sffi ^ ffli ^ ssrs r < L « ° s ^ g on a civil process , to defray his own expenses ^ It is pro-Sbte that Sergeant Wilkins villbe retained . The solicitor , Mr . John Smith , of Birmingham is peculiarly ? f * e ° in such a case , having a familial knowledge of the medical ^ Th ? inquest on Walter Palmer will be ^ f *?*} ™ Tuesday next ; not Wednesday , as reported in the daily naDers The inquiry will then be of a double nature . In thf & st place the prosecution has to prove that poison was actually administered to Walter Palmer ; and , failing in positive evidence to this effect to infer such an act orx the cui beno principle . As yet , there is nothing to show that Walter Palmer died of other cause than apoplexy , nroduced bv excessive drinking . Nor is it even demoneneciea i
strated that the policies on his lite were uy vv - liam Palmer , or for his benefit . It was from Mr . Pratt that the proposal apparently emanated . 1 hese are the points to be elicited at the adjourned inquirj-.
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Murder In Bedford Row. Mb. Wavgh, A Soli...
MURDER IN BEDFORD ROW . Mb . Wavgh , a solicitor , of Great James-street , Bedford-rowj was shot by a person named Westronat the corner of the row on Wednesday morning about baltpast ten o ' clock . Westron had apparently been waiting for some time in Hand-court t and , as Mi . Waugh-svas proceeding to his office , the assassin advanced , presented a p istol , and fired it point blank . Mr Waugh gave a sudden bound in the air , and exclaiming , " Oh God ! take him—hold him ! " instantly fell dead on the pavement . The shot had passed tlirough the heart . - # Mr . Abraham , one of the managing clerks of the office , ran out and seized Westron , who made no effort to escape , and , in answer to a question , replied , " Mr . Waiiglx has ruined me . " He repeated this ile lias
several -times / adding , " compelled me w ^ bread and cheese for ten days at a time . " To the street-keeper of Bedford-row , who helped to secure him , he observed , " Mr . Waugh ruined me , and I will be the ruin of him . " He asserted , that Mr . Waugh ! wanted his money to go abroad with . To one of the j by-standers he said , - " I did it . I have not got a friend in the world . " He had another pistol with | him at- the time , and a large clasp knife of the dagger ' description , which he gave up . When being con- j veyed in a cab to the station-house , he told the police j inspector that Mr . Waugh had brought it all on him- ¦ : self ; that he had cheated him of his estate—some j acres of land ; and that he had married into his ( Westron ' s ) family . He concluded by saying , " Now lam satisfied . " ' Mr . Waugh-was about fifty-six years of age . Ihe prisoner ( who was brought , on the same day , before the Clerkenvvell magistrate , and remanded until Wednesday next ) is a very respectably dx-es 3 ed person , with a hump on his back . At the station-house , a silver watch , the half of a five pound note , the half of a ten pound , and £ 1 12 s . iu cash , were found on him . He attd Mr . Waugh were concerned in law proceedings ; and , as ho had frequently threatened his victim , it had been thought ncce & eary to bind him over to Trflpsn t-. ljfi neace .
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OTTR CIVILISATION . Mobe " Pabdon" Cases . —Askham Eyre Tennant a chemist and druggist , who was recently found guilty at the Liverpool assizes of a rape on the person of a girl of'fifteen , has received her Maiestv's " pardon" after strenuous exertions lxad teen made by his counsel and others The judge on the trial , summed up for an acquittal , on account ot certain testimony which bad been given by two boys , showing that the girl ' s habits were depraved : buti the iiixT to the surprise of every one , found Tennant euiltv Oth « r facts have since been proved against the girl ; and the result is the " pardon" just accorded . — William Rushworth and John Boys , who were recently found guilty of robbing a sergeant of militia near Hoston Church , have also received ihe Queen ' s " pardon . " The judge who tried them entertained , together with their counsel , strong doubts of
ih « ir quilt ; and their sentence was accordingly respited foB ^ wo sessions , and is now vemoxed . Factory Revenge—Mi-. Ebenezer M'Kmlay ihe manager of a spinning mill at Glasgow , has been « h « t by Robert Anderson , one of the men who had been employed there , but who bad been discharged . The wound was serious , but not fatal . Anderson is in custody . ,-. - The Late Charge of Murder at Padding-ton . —About six months ago , a man named Henry Watts , th e keeper of a beershop in Praed-street , Paddxngton , was committed from the police-court , Morylebone , on the charge of having murdered his wife . He was tried and , being found guilty of manslaughter , was sentenced to transportation for fourteen years . Subsequently to the trial , Sarah Browning , the principal witness against the accused , was tried for perjury in a case which had been preferred by her against the father of Henry Watts for an alleged violent and unprovoked assault upon her . Mr . Handley , managing clerk to Mr . 'Foley , solicitor , Welbeck-stveet , who had conducted the ' defence , used his utmost exertions to obtain a commutation of the sentence passed , by memor ialising the Secretary of State for the Home Department , and sotting forth that Watts s conviction took place entirely upon the strength of the state-. _ n . 1 * iu . ^»«« .-w * l % » s \ wTftiii < r wllA Vlfl . il ViPfVll 111 * 0 VGO .
bv ulterioi- proceedings to be almost , if not entirely , unworthy of belief . On Saturday , Mr . Foley received an official notification from the Home-office to the effect that Sir George Grey had taken all the oircums-taneea of the case into consideration , and that \\ atts s Bontonce was commuted from fourteen years' transportation to two years' imprisonment , to commence from tho period of hia trial and conviction in September l ' . We confess wo do not understand this . To sav nothing of tho plain fact that tho woman ' s perjury in the ense of the elder W atts does not prove that she poriured herself in that of tho son , it is obvious that Watts cither did or ( lid not kill his wife . . Jf ho did not , why tho two years' imprisonment ? If he did , can thatb « punishment sufficient ? a Hum-wniiKiNO Man . — George Edwards was
| charged at tho Mansion House- with stealing two pocket liaixdkorchiefa from tho pocket of a gentleman . Ho loudly asserted his innocence ; said he had picked up tho handkerchiefs , and that tho gentleman wua interested in tolling a lio , aa ho would thus get , possession , of two handkorohiofs whioh did not belong , to him . A . policeman said this was an old excuse of hia Edwards further demanded why he should thiovo , as ho could get his living by hard work , amd was , mdood , fond of haivd work , " and no mistake ' " Aro you I aauJ Aldovmau Cardon ; " thon I shall give you » ix wooksof it . " A Fiuht with Bu « oi . ak » . —The null oi Mcshi-h . Q . Crowthor and Co ., of Churohwoll , Iihh boon broken open by hIx mon , five of whom aro now m custody . Tho robbery being » u » pootod boforohuncl , hIk con-8 tublc » wore not to watch , and , about nix o ' clock on Sunday morning , tho thiovoa woro booix to wauo lronx tho promiHoa . A dosporato oonlliot onnuod between
. , them and the police ; burg , p ; and finally the police , who appear also to have been armed ; , shot one of the men in the thigh , and , -with a single exception , they were all captured . The wounded man -was taken to the Leeds Infirmary , where he has since died . An inquest on the bod y ; I has terminated in a verdict of "Justifiable Homicide . " Christmas Sport . —Mr . Cornish , a student in St . George ' s Hospital , who was recently fined £ 3 for wrenching off knockers in Ebury-square , has again been summoned afc Westminster for having knockers in his possession . According to his own statement , he had been induced to take the kuockers by some playful observations which had been made by a Mrs . Major Phibba and her daughters . Major Phibbs vehemently denied this , and said he did not know Mr . Cornish , who , however , had been introduced to his house by his son , a youth of fourteen or fifteen . The kn ockers , it seems , were deposited at the Major s house ; but , when Mr . Cornish was in custody on the former charge , he sent a letter to Mrs . Phibbs , telling her that if she did not become bail for Iiim it . would Alter he utu
be the worse for her . naa procurea , uu went to the house , and , crying in a half frantic manner , implored them not to ruin 1 dm by producing the knockers against him . Subsequently , he called on Mrs . Phibbs , and said that she must pay him £ 13 for his expenses , or he would bring her forward for having the knockers at her house . The investigation of the affair before the magistrate occupied considerable time ; but finally Mr-. Cornish was fined £ 5 and COStS . „ , ' ' ' -I-. i . rrru A French Author in Trouble . —Ernest Theophile Guignet , a foreigner described in the policesheet as an author , is under remand at Guildhall , charged with conspiring , with a person now in custody in Paris , and others , to obtain goods to the amount of £ 10 , 000 . and upwards under false pretences , with intent to defraud . It appears that there is a large gang of these swindlers in Pans ; but Gui" -net ° promises to make disclosures , and asserts that ° he was innocently entrapped into ^ complicity . When , he was arrested , he escaped by leaping out of ami
a first-floor window ; was again seized , again escaped by slipping out of his coat , which he left m the officer ' s hands ; but was finally secured . Another foreigner is also in custody in London on tlie same G Bckglary btt a Wojias ,-Mrs . Doughty , the wife of a commercial traveller at Manchester , was roused one night , duiiing the absence of her husbaad , by a rnasp on her throat . The intruder possessed a tall , slight figure , and , in a smothered voice like that of a woman , demanded money .. Mrs . Doughty resisted and the thief produced a rope and began to pass it across the bed ; but , on Mrs . Doughty jumping up and knocking for assistance , the intruder ran off alarmed . Shortly afterwards , tlie servant , Anne Coulter , ran into the room with a gag across her mouth and her arms bound . She said that she had . been bound by two men . Inquiries were made by the police , and the result was that the girl s mother was arrested as the principal , and the g irl herself as an aC w Way to' Obtain Credit . — Thomas Stevenson is under remand at the Mansion-house , on a charge of forg ing an acceptance for £ 3 & , and ot obtaining goods under false pretences . He had set up in business without any capital , but at length
succeeaea in gexuuy mvy jt ^ " . " ^ " ~~ o- - _ by drawing a bill -which his wife accepted . He also obtained goods by giving , as a reference for his character , the South London India-rubber Company , with which he had had dealings . He was not authorised by the Company to refer to them ; but he did so in soveu or eight cases . Upon discovering the fact , the mnnagor of the company demanded what his mean * were ; when bo said he posseted ± 400 at the time he set up iu business , and retorred to his fathoi . Mr . Turner , the nmnagor , wrote to the hither , and received a satisfactory reply ; but it would seem ^ that this was penned by the accused himself . However , ho had paid tho company all ho owed thorn . More Poison ^ q . — Thomas Rol . son , a /« w William Wilson , ha * attemptedl to poison U ^ wife and o noth ^ leuow \
woman , nor »» ' > ' »<"; » " - *~ ' , ~ * , * , The man had enlisted in the army , but had been himrht out by his wife . Three vroekH afterwards , ho oTifteVin the Cold-twam Clu . rd ,, ft-n which ho Hhortlv dosertod . He thon employed hunsolt m Sour living apart from hi « tvlfo , 1 ml corresponding vShci aiS Roaring to bo o ^^^ J ^ Tlio woman ¦« - «« m oorvico . On tho fa t ot Wecoinboi , ltobson viflito * . hi « wife , and , on parting , puUod out a Stin of ' whibkov , which ho wild was a pi-esont for h w f , Uo ; n . ? lo nhnro it wi * hop fellow Borvwrt , Sho romarked a thick white look in it vrhioh ho a £ counted for l > y naying he had mixed it with milk to nrovont , it » intoxioating her , and ho made a protono . of drinkinK « omo . Mm , llobson and tho other womaw 12 a mmithful of tho liquid , shortly became very sick and ill . A subsequent olunmoal osuminatiQ » detootod sugar of load . Itobflon hnn uinco l ) ocn appr * hendud , and in now under remand .
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•* yr — —— — j ^ - A WHITE HUSBAND AND HIS BLACK CHILD . . A Ma . Aldribob , known to the theatrical world as " Tho African , Roscius , " under which name he has played in the ' provinces , has made hit ) appearance , during the past week , in the Court of Queen ' s Bench , in the character of the seducer of hia friend ' s wife . Mr . Stotkard , tho plaintiff , is now carrying on business as a surgeon dentiBt ; but in 1849 , when ho -was about eighteen years of age , ho took u fancy fo r being an actor , and introduced himself to Mr . Aldridgo to -bo taught " tho histrionic art and mystery . " Soiling a reversion to which he wo , b entitled for a small auin of money , ho gavo £ 50 to the black Eoaoius , who sent tho youth to various provincial towns , and shortly ai j
ijnierwaraB mirouuuuu mm mj u . vna . ugu ; uuvr » ««« " * ho was induced to marry . Stothard then went on a professional tour into wales , and Mrs . Stothard was sent to live with her mother . Her husband eai'ncd no little that he could not afford to keop her ; but it would eoera that he did not oven writo to her . An intimaoy in time sprung up between Mrs . Stothuuxl and Aldridgo ; tho birth of a Bonii-negro child biong tho x'OBult . During tho lady ' a pregnancy , nho ro ( joi"vod a lottor from Mr . Aldridgo , imputing tho " wisfovtune " to the huabunda visits , and inquiring whotlxer any questions had boon askod iu connexion witli him . Aftor Mr « . Stothard ' a confinomont , ho wrote thin lottor from Q-ormany , whoro ho was performing : — "Dear Mudam , —You would not havo boon xioglooted , b \ it I bud hoxuo uoiainuxilontxonti mudo to mo of most imprudent eoixtkvot oix your part which vox-y ftuiclx annoyed mo and owusod mo not to adtdrons you again . I do ho now , howovor , and if you give mo tho
assurance thai the child is ' of colour' and that the SESfthe person yon name 0 ^ -J ^™ ™ £ stand me—both you and your child shall not be negated . Is it a ' boy or a girl ? Write by return ^ enclosing the same in the envelope I send you . heal Sne up l and then direct it to me . Do not pay the postage ! Tell me , does your mother know whose chiS it is / and is she unkind to you ? Dxd your aunt leave } ou anything ? ( ^^ « IRA . " On his return from Germany , he was taxed by the landlady of the house in which Mr . Stothard lived with being the father of the child . He replied that she had a husband . Mrs . Burgess , the landlady , said " I know that , but white men don't beget black children . " Mr . Abridge inquired , " Axe you a mother ? " and Mrs . Burgess pithily answered that she had had nine children , but had never had a black one The child had since died . Mr . Stothard , it was shown , had not lived with his wife for sis years . The jury returned a verdict for the plamtiti : damages , 40 s .
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 19, 1856, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_19011856/page/7/
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