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OUR CIVILIZATION. ¦ . ¦ _.—-?— . ¦ . . ¦...
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CENTRAL CRIMINAL qOUKT. The December Ses...
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^ [ No , JiO & , Becember 19 , 1857 . ^ ——^—— - - - '' « ¦ ' « i—
Our Civilization. ¦ . ¦ _.—-?— . ¦ . . ¦...
OUR CIVILIZATION . ¦ . ¦ _ . — - ?— . ¦ . . ¦ . ASSIZES . ' Andrew O'Brien , a publican , has been tried at Liverpool for the murder of Ellen Molyneux , at Woolton , on the 1 st of November . Ihe case will be -within the recollection of our readers . The man was an habitual drunkard , and had got into a state of delirium tremens . One day he was in company with Mrs . Molyneux , who was his mother-in-law . Suddenly , he thought he saw the figures in the pictures on the walls moving ; and , in a fit of uncontrollable fury , he beat the eld woman's head against the floor , gripped her throat with great vehemence , and killed her . He was now Acquitted on the ground of insanity .
Much laughter was excited in the course of a trial for bigamy at York . The prisoner , Thomas Hitchin , aged forty , was undefended , except by himself . The case seemed to be clearly proved ; but Hitchin cross-examined the second wife with a good deal of keenness , though in thoroughly Doric language , with a view to showingthat , though he had been to church with her , he had said , in answer to ' parson ' s' question as to whether he would have tho woman as his wife , " Iaha ' u ' t ; " that
he had then been ordered to ' stand down ; ' that he nearly fell in doingso ; that there were nine couple being married at the time ; that one Billy Walsh was present , and said he-would marry the girl ; and that on a subsequent occasion Billy put the ring on heriinger . All these things the girl admitted ; but the Judge said it was evident that she had perjured herself in order to screen Hitohin . He was therefore found Guilty , but recommended to mercv 4 on account of his ignorance . ' Sentence was deferred . '
Thomas Willis was tried at the same Assizes on a charge of cutting and wounding a girl with whom lie had been living . She bad hoped h , e would marry her , but , on finding herself disappointed , she left him , which so moved his jealousy and wrath , that , on meeting her in the street , he dashed her violently against a wall . At the same time he said , he could not bear this , and exclaimed , "Oh , what shall I do ? " Following her , he cried , " Come , Polly , let mekiss thee ; thou know ' st that I love thee . " She refused , and he then twice stubbed her and himself with a penknife , saying they should both die together . He was then taken into custody , an . d afterwards appeared deeply sorrowful . He was found Guilty , and sentenced to a year ' s imprisonment , with hard labour .
John Jordan -was indicted for a burglary at Scothern on the 18 th of May . This was the affair in which the daughters of Mr . Pinder Worth behaved with such noble courage and devotedness . The other burglars Avere tried and convicted at the last Assizes , but Jordan was not then in custody . He was now found Guilty , and sentenced to twenty yeara' ponal servitude . Thomas Wright , wine and spirit-merchant , was indicted at Lincoln for embezzling and stealing 30211 . 9 s . 9 d ., the moneys of the Stamford , Spalding , and Boston
Banking Company , by which he was employed . He had for twenty years conducted an agenoy bank at " Wainfleet , but in . the course of last September it was found that his cash was short to the amount of the sum specified . In what way he appropriated this sum , or how he applied it , was not cleariy made out . This was the ground of defence ; but the jury found him Guilty of larceny , it being their opinion that he took the money from tixe strong-box after it had been received from the customers . He was sentenced to six years' penal servitude ; but there is a possibility that the legal question iv ill be argued before the Court of Criminal Appeal .
Hannah Wright , aged nineteen , a servant , was indicted for attempting to murder her child by suffocation . The Judge having summed up the evidence , the jury immediately returned a verdict of Guilty , and his Lordship sentenced her to twenty years' penal servitude . Sarah Cherrington was tried at Stafford for the manslaughter of Susannah Cartwright . The case was rather peculiar , and of a very painful nature . Mrs . Cartwright was a poor woman -who , on'the approach of her confino * - ment , hired Mrs . Ohewington to attend on her , as she could not afford to pay a medical man . An error , howeveT , was committed ; hemorrhage ensued ; and tho poor ¦ woman died . 5 t was clearly proved that Mrs . Cherrington Is a rnoet humane and excellent person ; and the
Judge Baitt tlie only object of the prosecution wa » to teach others that they must not undertake such responsible duties without due qualification . The woman was then discharged on her entering into hor own recognizances to appear and receive judgment if called upon . Elizabeth JLittlehales was tried for manslaughter . This caee was very singular . Tho woman ' s huabund was much addicted to drinking ; and one day , while he was chasing hor out of a house where she had taken refuge ; from his violence , she threw at hint a poker which ahe had In her hand . Tho lninsile fell to tlio ground , rebounded , and struck a child with auoh violence that he waft killed . The woman was found Guilty , and sentenced to two months' hard labour .
George ** rleat , an engineer , lms been Acquitted of a charge of cauaipg tho death of Aaron Davioa . Ho was winding up tho . deceased from a pit at Dai'laston } and , the speed being too great , the vehicle wan dashed about from aide to aide , and Davlea -was thrown out and
killed . It appeared that the employer lad enjoined ^ he particular rate of speed , and that a former engineinan had left the place because the practice was dangerous . Mr . Baron Martin observed that they had got the wrong man ; and the jury , acting on the same view , exonerated Priest . William Owen , an innkeeper at Stone , has been tried on a charge of causing the death of James Wilson . Wilson was a man of extraordinarily intemperate habits , and one day , as he sat beneath the table at Owen ' s house , the innkeeper turned a stream of six successive liquors into his mouth—but onlv the witiifisses said fnr uiji tue witnesses
. as n « *«* „ «« o u , , —UUI , vuiy , us saicj , ior an instant . However , shortly afterwards he had an apoplectic fit , aatl died . A medical man said he was lipe for apoplexy before the circumstauce in question ; and the jury Acquitted the prisoner , Henry Buxton , a labourer , has been found Guilty at Derby of assaulting a Miss Bagshaw on the high road , intimidating her with threats , qnd stealing valuable property from her . lie pleaded Guilty to several other offences , and was sentenced to twentv year * ' neual servitude . * '
Thomas John Ouseley , editor and proprietor of the Liverpool Herald , afurious Protestant paper , was indicted at Liverpool on Monday for a libel on Mr . Robertson Gladstone , the well-known Liverpool merchant , and brother of Mi \ Gladstone , the member . Mr . Robertson Gladstone had made iii the Town Council , on Saturday , the 3 rd of October , some observations condemnatory of the then approaching Fast Day ; attributing the revolt in India to the wrong-doiugs of the East India Company ; and denying that we are bound to humiliate
ourselves for their sins . lie also remarked that , if the fast was to take place at all , it should be on a , Sundav , as the Roman Catholics had arranged for themselves , " not on a working-day . Hereupon , the Liverpool ' Herald accused Mr . Gladstone of being a Sepoy , au infidel ( or ; what was worse , a Papist ) , a blasphemer , a turncoat , and a ' brutal specimen of humanity . ' The case was now arranged by . Mr . Ouseley consenting to sign an apology drawn up by the Judge . Henry Suiith Bright , the Hull merchant , has bee n tried at York on nine indictments charging him with having forged and uttered transfer deeds and other instruments . He was found Guilty on the first indictment , and tlie others were withdrawn . The Judge sentenced him to ten years ' penal servitude . Ann Plant , ayoung unmarried woman , has been found Guilty at Stafford of the wilful murder of her male child ; and sentence of death was recorded . John Doherty surrendered at Liverpool on Friday week to take his trial on a charge of having , on the 13 th of last May , by false pretences , obtained from the Borough Bank of Liverpool certain bills of lading , with intent to defraud the bank ; also with having , by false pretences , obtained from John Bingham and another , their acceptances to two bills of exchange , drawn by himself , of the value of 2950 / ., with intent to defraud . The case , however , failed for want of an important witness whom it had been impossible to find . JDoherty was therefore discharged . Philip . Clare , a , miner , was tried at Oxford for the murder of Elizabeth Hopley on the 29 th of last April . The facts of this case are already known to our readers . They are extraordinary from the circumstance of tho chief witness against Clare being a watchman who say « he saw the murder committed , but for a long time said nothing about it , out of fear . The medical man inclined to the opinion that the woman was drowned accidentally ; and other evidence waa adduced to show that Clare was not on the spot at the time of the alleged murder . The statements of the watchman were therefore unsupported , nnd the jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty . A convict at Dartmoor Prison has been tried at Exeter for an . assault on one of the warders . It appears that the man had . put on him a body belt , which is a covered chain , whereto are attached two handcuff's , in which the prisoner ' s wrists are placed , giving him five inchea' play for his hands . This , and 90111 c alleged violence , seem to have been the provocation * to tho assault ; and Air . Justice Willea at linrt strongly condemned the application of such an instrument ( which is sometimes kept on for six weeks at a time ) , and appeared to consider its use as a great palliation of tho outrage . It was stated that the punishment is authorized by the Governor wod tho Homo Secretary ; but the Judge said he waa not aware of . any Act of Parliament justifying such authorization , lie also condemned the infliction of corporal punishment by order of tho Visiting Justices . Subsequently , however , he rcUuctcd his condemnation of the body belt ; and tUo prisoner , having been found Guilty , was sentenced to fourteen yeara' penal servitude . It appeared that he -was an old and inuarrigiblo offender . Jonathan ltoose was tried at Exeter , ou Thursday , for a foloniouii asaault 011 Juno Stoiia , at Torquay , with intent to murdor . Tho cose presented features of a most frightful character . Koo . so is a man of good education , and hus lived in a , respectable uphcro of life . He aaducect the girl Juno Stono j tUon told her to put off tlio aonsequoncoaou his uncle or any othoi ? man , gavo hor modi , cine with a view to procuring abortion , and finally nmr- » dtiroualy attacked her , in , the garden of a cottage whoro she wa » living . It was on tlio night of the llth of November , and tboy wttlkfid About tb . t * gaxdoa for auine
me , talking rather angrily . At length , Roose threw the prl down , knelt on her left side with great force , thrust us hand as far as be could down her throat , and pinched her nose so as to prevent her breathing . She gave a suppressed scream , which appears to have been heard by a little pet dog in the house ; for it barked furiously . The people in the dwelling becoming alarmed , issued forth , procured assistance , and discovered the girl in a dark part of the garden , making a low moaning . The ruffian hgd fled but not before he had consummated his atrocities by re- ' ducing the poor girl ' s face to a mass of bloody and » n
recognizable flesh by beating it with a heavy stone , nina pounds in . weight and a foot in length . It lay beside the victim , broken into two pieces . The only defence was that the act was committed in a sudden and vrago-. vernable lit of passion , lloose was found Guiltv , and ¦ sentenced to . penal servitude for life . ''¦"'; A young woman , named Tanny Speed , was tried on Thursday , at York , on a charge of having poisoned , her husband . She was Acquitted .
Central Criminal Qoukt. The December Ses...
CENTRAL CRIMINAL qOUKT . The December Sessions commenced on Monday , but no case of great importance was heard on that day . The liecofder , in charging the grand jury , said there were fewer cases than usual , and that those which had jieen sent up for trial were , with a few exceptions , of a comparatively trivial nature . William . Attwell , Edward Jackson , and his wife , were tried on ' Tuesday for the extraordinary robbery of the Countess of Ellesmere ' s jewels , with the circumstances of which our readers are familiar . Attwell , the informer , of course' pleaded Guilty ; Jackson was convicted , aai his wife acquitted . Jackson , being known as an old , offender , . was sentenced to ten years' penal servitude ; while Attwell , in consideration of the assistance which his confession has given to the police , was only condemned to six months' additional imprisonment to the sentence lie is now undergoing for a separate offence . The Recorder , on the same day , made an order that a warrant should issue for the apprehension of Edwarji Auclimuty Glover , the ousted member for Beverley , against whom the grand jury had returned a true bill for misdemeanour in having made a false declaration to the House of Commons as to his qualification to sit as amembeT . lliomas Fawn lias been found guilty of a murderous attack on his wife with a life-preserver . At the time the occurrence took place the man was cohabiting with another woman ; and , as this greatly aggravated tlio offence , lawn was sentenced to ten years' penal servitude .
Robert Scott was charged -with stealing a cheque for 5 / ., the property of Mr . Spicer , a solicitor , by whom Scott had been occasionally employed in copying . A question was raised as to identity ; and it tamed on a curious point . Had the prisoner ever worn a beard or whisker .-, and eliaved them off since the alleged commission of the offence ; or was lie devoid of those hirsute adornments ? Tho prosecutor and his clerk swore that he did wear hair on his face ; while the person who shaved him in prison gave it as hia opinion that he never had any hair to wear . A medical gentleman in court examined Scott ' s face , and spoke in favour of the existence of hair ; but tlie jury gave the accused the benefit of tho doubt , and returned a verdict of Not Guilty .
Iwo miserable-looking youths , named Williams and Green , ploaded Guilty to an indictment charging them with a singular misdemeanour . They had been committed froin the Guildhall police-court , Williams for twenty-one days ' , and Green to three mouths' , imprisonment in the Holloway Gaol . While in the cell at the court , Williams , who appeared to be a poor houseless boy , agreed with Green to personate him , and remain in three months , as he should be letter oft" in prison than out . They were overheard , and the Governor was informed of their intention . The Common Serjeant sentenced them to three months' imprisonment .
Joseph Uingham , attorney , was on I hursday indicted for perjury . This was tho enso in which Stowoll , tho informer , was tho prosecutor . There was some legal flaw in tho management of tho case , and the accused was discharged .
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IIoLvwictn-sTitKETP IN DinixiN . —Tho Dublin police have made an extensive seizure of books , prints , casts , & c , of a most atrocious nature . Tlie proprietors of tho houses where tho filth was found have been summoned before the magistrates . Mumiiiuous Assault . —Frank Smith , a marine , belonging to the Peruvian war frigate Amazonian , lying in tho East India I > ockH , wan , on Tuesday , brought up on remand , at the Thames jioHco-ottice , clinrgcd with and with
attempting to murder a police constable , assaulting several other pemons . An atr'rny arose botweon some American and Peruvian sallora in ltatcliflbhighway , lust Saturday night . TUo neighbourhood was disturbed for several hours , and nine or ten persons wero injured . Thoro woro about twenty Peruvian * belonging to tUeAmaa 0 . nia . 11 in a publio-houdu , all armed with kuivefl , dirks , and daggoi-a , and they » wt « numbor Qf Anvtriottjo . aeamou whuyo liunUu were covered , with WQftnojBS called knualckxluflto ™ , made of braw , wUU
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 19, 1857, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_19121857/page/6/
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