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10*6 THE LEADE It. [No. 396, October 24,...
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NAVAL AND MILITARY. Shipwr.eck.s-—A ship...
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Middlesex Sessions.—John Healey Has Been...
Iowa the bills that had been already posted up , others violently assaulted the two men who had nailed them to the wall , aad finally expeUbd them from the room by poaia force . Mr . Deaae aad some members of the committee afterwards entered , accompanied by four policemen , and a waiter , who was pointed out by several visitors as Laving made himself more conspicuously offensive thau the rest , was apprehended by the constables ,
but not until after a desperate attempt ha < i been made l > y many of his fellow-waiters to rescue their comrade . The man who urged the others to the rescue was also taken into custody , and so was a third waiter , who called aloud to his colleagues to resist Mr . Deane . An attempt was next made to turn the visitors out of the room ; but this "was successfully resisted , and order was soon afterwards restored . Cutting and " Wounding . —John Crow , a crossingsweeper , was charged , at the Mansion-house , with stabbing a gentleman named Witham with a table-knife .
Mr . Witham was taking some refreshment at a coffeehouse | n Botolp ! i-Iane , and asked Crow , who was sitting at the same table , to hand him the pepper . The Utter upon tliis uttered au offensive remark , for which a young man , who was also seated at . . tho tablq , approved h ' un . Crow then took a knife from the table , and brandished it at his companions , saying that was how he served those who interfered with him . Being remonstrated with , he laid down the knife , but immediately afterwards took up a stick , and at last struck the young man a blow on the head . He was about to strike h im a
second time , when Mr . Witham rose from his seat and prevented him by standing between him and the young man , upon which the ruffian flung down his stick and again seized the knife , with which he inflicted two deep wounds in Mr . Witham ' s hand , one inside the paltn and the other across the ball of the thumb . He then attempted to escape , but was detained by the young man while a policeman was sent for , when he was given into custody . Crow was committed for trial . The Late Tragedy at Wakleigh . —Thomas Miller , the mau accused of murdering Andrew Border and his wife , has been examined before , the Warleigh magistrate , and committed for trial . There appears to be little doubt of his insanity ; uis father is now in the lunatic ward of the workhouse . Miller , the accused , is now recovering from , the effect of the wounds he inflicted on himself .
Attempted Murder . —A man named Burke , employed at the warehouse of Messrs . Findlaters and Co ., ale and porter merchants , Tooley-street , Soutlnvark , made a murderous attack on Wednesday on a young man . employed ut the same place , who had been finding fault with him . He afterwards succeeded in making his escape , and was not arrested up to yesterday . His victim lies in St . Thomas ' s Hospital in a very dangerous state ..
10*6 The Leade It. [No. 396, October 24,...
10 * 6 THE LEADE It . [ No . 396 , October 24 , 1857 .
Gatherings From The Jlaw And Police Cour...
GATHERINGS FROM THE JLAW AND POLICE COURTS . Mctch amusement was created , last Saturday , at a Bitting of the judges of the Middlesex . Sessions to hear appeals against convictions , by the determination of an elderly man , named Kirby , to have the payment of his expenses made certain before he gave evidence . The appeal was by Charles Thorp , formerly of 124 , Jermyn-Btreet , now of the White Bear , Piccadilly , against a conviction for keeping a betting-house , under which lie was sentenced to two months' hard labour in the House of Correction . Kirby lives on a little property at Boston , Lincolnshire , but is in the habit of coming to London and of betting at Thorpe ' s house . On being put into
th « witness-box , he said he wanted to know who was to pay his expenses . Pie had been kept in town four days , and his expenses were 13 s . 6 d . a day . Superintendent Hannant said that he went to Boston to serve Kirby with a subpoena , but he found he was in town ; so that when he was served he only received Is . with tho subpoena . Mr . Bodkin ( who appeared in suppwt of the conviction ) told the witness that the Solicitor to the Treasury would pay all proper and reasonable expenses . Witness : " Well , give , me his address ; but stop—I don't know any Solicitor to the Treasury , and before 1 begin I want my expenses . " Mr . Bodkin : " l ou will find - Solicitor to the Treasury , Whitehall , ' on the back l > f > pur subpoena . Let nje see it . " Witness : "Hero it is ; but there ' s writing on it of mine which I don ' t -want you to ace ; it ' s tho items of my expenses . I want
tho money , sir ; that ' s my ticket . " ^ Lauyhter . ) Mr . Bodkin ( to the Bench ) : " Sir , here is a witness before you whose fair and reasonable expenses arc guaranteed by tho Solicitor tq the Treasury , and , if he refuses further to , give his evidence , I shall ask you to commit him . " "Witness : " Well , rather than bo committed , I'll begin ; "hut the Queen i * better able to pay my expenses than I am to lose them . I waa « had' once before in a horse caae ; I waa summoned thirty-seven miles , and was only laughed at after all ; I don ' t mean to bo laughed at agpin liko that . " Serjeant Uulluntino ( who appeared for , the appellant ) : , " He does not appear to hmve mucli confidence in her Majesty's Treasury . " Witness : "Not a bit > All the confidence I ' ve got is that I'm confident I Clean to . 1 > Q , paid . " { Loud lauyhter . ') The representative of the Solicitor to tlio Treasury here handed the wjfyniflss , 5 / ., with which . iio acemed : ¦ ' . ¦ ¦ , , ,,. •; ., .., . . ¦ | ^ " ' ' ¦ ' . i '¦ il ' . 1 . 1 . . it (¦' .. ¦ . . i'I
very well contented . "'" He" then gave his evidence with respect to the betting at Thorp ' s house , and , in crossexamination , said : — "I was once a farmer , but failed . I never had eleven days through falsely stating that I was an inspector of weights and measures . I was once at the Assizes eleven days , but I do not know , and never did , rightly , what it was for ; but this I know—I was acquitted without the aid of either counsel or solicitor . "
Serjeant Ballantine : " That ' s a libel by inference upon the entire profession . " ( Much laughter . ) Kirby added that he went to the White Bear the preceding evening , and saw the appellant ' s solicitor . " He ( Kirby ) did not say he would stop away from the court if 20 / . were given him , but he said if Thorp would pay him the amount of his bet he would be out of the way . Whv should he not ? He had no ill-will against Thorp , but he wanted his money for all that . " Serjeant Ballantine : " You are from the north , are you not ? " Witness ( winking ) : "I should say I was , a bit . " { Much laughter . } The conviction was affirmed , and Thorp was taken into custody , to undergo the sentence .
A case of great interest to persons belonging to benefit societies came before Mr . Prenclergast , Q . C ., at the C . » ty . Sheriffs' Court last Saturday . A working man , named Elms' I > anurl < lge , sought to recover n sum of money from the Wellington Life Assurance United Company and Sick Fund Relief Society . He joined the association about three years ago , and paid a certain , weekly sum , which . he was informed would enable him , when ill , to receive 1 / . a week . Last June he was laid up , and for the first week was paid that amount ; but he found great difficult y in obtaining it on tlie second week , and was at last told that he was only entitled to 6 s . 8 d . He now sought to recover for sixweeks at 11 .
a week . For the defence , it was urged that Dandridge should have produced his certificate earlier , and that , while he was ill , new rules had been passed , certified by Mr . Tidd Pratt , which only entitled Dandridge to Gs . 8 d . a week . Mr . Prendergast here said : — " If that is the defence to this action , I will frankly confess that I never heard such a defence urged before . It is no defence . Some benefit societies seem to think they are dispensing charity instead of repaying moneys entrusted to them for the benefit of the contributor . * I shall only further express my opinion by giving a verdict for the plaintiff , and costs . " This was hailed by a burst of applause .
At the Taunton County Court , on Monday , the Hon . Cecil James Gordon , commonly called Lord Cecil Gordon , whose former petition for hearing was dismissed on the 7 th September on a legal technicality , and who had remained in prison , was heard on another petition . His Lordship was opposed by a number of creditors resident at Bath . Tlie debts on the schedule were 2 C 39 / ., and the insolvency was attributed to the non-payment of about 2000 / ., as rent , to Lady Gordon , from some property in Ireland , to the diminution of gifts from friends , and to having a family of nine to support and educate . The opposition to bis Lordship's discharge was on several grounds—contracting debts without reasonable expectation of payment , obtaining forbearance , and disposing of property . At the conclusion of tlie examination , the Judge declared Lord Gordon entitled to the benefit of the act , and ordered him to be discharged .
The certificate meeting in the bankruptcy of Sndgrove and R * gg , cabinetmakers and upholsterers , Eldonstreet , Finsbury , took place before Mr . Commissioner Holroyd on Tuesday . Mr . Mayuard , the accountant who had been employed by the assignees to examine the bankrupts' books and accounts , states in his report that the partnership commenced in August , 185-1 , when Sadgrove had a capital of 936 / ., and Ragg of 10 GG 7 . Since that period , they had dealt in accommodationbills to the extent of 80 , 378 / . Their practice was to get parties to accept in blank , and they afterwards filled up the acceptances with such amounts as they desired . At the date of the bankruptcy they owed on these bills 12 , 57 *}/ . ; to trade creditors , C 4 G 8 / . ; to W . Sadgrove , ¦
sen ., 36311 . total , 22 , 073 / . There were also liabilities of 654 G / . on customers' lulls , which it was expected would be nearly all paid by the acceptors . The estimated assets were 14 , 812 / . ( There have been two dividends on the joint estate , amounting to about ( is . Gd . in the pound . ) The total amount of bills discounted was 95 , 271 / ., for the discount of -which 3005 / . bad been paid . Their profits had teen 15 / 222 / . ( upwards of ten per cent , on tho amount of their transactions ) ; trade expenses , 15 , 698 / . ; losses , 480 * 4 / . ; drawn out by Sadgrove , ' 2427 / . ; by Ragg , 4 Gt / . ; unaccounted for—cash , 483 / . ; bills , ( innI . Mr . 3 ' aglcy opposed for the ; assignees and for Mr . Moore , a largo creditor . The main
charge against the bankrupts was that they had , during nearl y the whole of their partnership , carried on n system of trafficking in fictitious bills , which did not represent nny real trade transactions , and hud kept bad booku . In 1855 , they had circulated accommodationbills to tho amount of 87 * 22 / . ; nnd in thci following year they had thrown upon the market no le . sa than 29 ,: ) 5 U / . of such bill * . Sonic of the names on tho bills were nltogcther iictitiourt , and othcra were wrongly described . A very largo amount had been accepted l » y one Tnylor , who turned out to be a -workman in the employ of the bankrupts . Itugg gave hia evidence with a good deal of ellrontery , and admitted that one of the acceptors of
the accommodation-bills was a Mrs . Irons , a dressmaker in his employment at eight or nine shillings a week . In theso transactions she passed as a Mr . Irons . The bankrupt also said that some of the other names in connexion with the bills were purely fictitious . A Mr Smith , of the Isle of Wight , was in the habit of accepting bills for Mr . Ragg at one shilling per bill , and of signing them in bundles ! A poor man living ia London , who figured A 3 a gentleman of Torquay ,
accepted twenty "bills ; and a Mr . Brown , of Stratfordterrace , was similarly obliging , and even authorized Mr . Sadgrove ' s nephew to sign in his name . On behalf of Sadgrove , it was submitted that he had always through a long life , borne an unblemished , reputation , and that he was wholly ignorant of these bill transactions , as he was restricted by the articles of partnership from interfering in the counting-house department ; and this appears to have been the fact . The consideration of the case was adjourned .
A singular case of mistaken identity has occupied the attention of the Marylebone magistrate during the present week . Mr . John Probert , a wealthy farmer at Llanfelly , Abergavenny , was charged on Monday with stealing property to the amount of 100 / . from tlie shop of Mr . Stradth , a jeweller in London-street , Paddington . The oifence was-alleged . . to < . have taken place on the 3 rd inst ., and last Saturday Mr . Probert was given into custody by Mr , Stradth ' s servant girl , who swore positively to his identity with the thief . The shopman also spoke with equal confidence . The case was adjourned
to the next day , and bail was refused ; but on Tuesday an alibi was clearly proved by a friend of Mr . Probert and by two persons in his employ , besides which , a letter w-as read from the rector of the parish where he resides , speaking highly of his moral worth . It appears certain that he was at Llanfelly on the day in * question . Tlie counsel for the prosecution consequently withdrew from the case , and Mr . Probert was discharged . Mr . Stradth , it waa intimated , will have to sustain an action for false imprisonment , which will undoubtedly be a hard case , as lie was in no way concerned in giving Mr . Probert into custodv .
At the Surrey Sessions , on Wednesday , the Court was occupied in hearing applications for the renewal of music anil dancing licenses . A license for music and dancing was granted to the Royal Gardens , Vauxhall , but with the restrictions that there should be no balloons , and that the gardens should be closed at twelve o'clock . A similar license was granted to the ltoyal Surrey Gardens , the same conditions being annexed to it . Some licenses were refused , on the ground of dancing having taken place , though not permitted by the previous license , and of the places being frequented , by disreputable characters .
John Marks , Samuel ' Marks , and Abraham Simmonds , were finally examined at Marylebone on Wednesday on the charge , already detailed , of disposing of property subsequently to the issuiug of a fiat of bankruptcy against the first named . They were committed for trial . William Clarke , an engine-driver on the Eastern Counties line , has been sent to prison , with hard labour , for six weeks , for driving at the rate of niue miles aa hour past a danger signal , while intoxicated ; the result of which carelessness was that a collision ensued , though without any damage to life .
Naval And Military. Shipwr.Eck.S-—A Ship...
NAVAL AND MILITARY . Shipwr . eck . s- —A ship , supposed to be throe-masted , and of 300 tons , foundered with all her crew at the southwest point of the island of Ushant on the iHli inst . A plank , on which the name " Symmetry" is inscribed in gilt characters , and a strip of the English Hag , hav « been found on tlie shore . Sonio broken pieces of raisinboxes , on which are written the name " Vincent Gaboila , Denia , " part of a mizenmast , and a dead body have likewise been washed ashore . —Twelve bills of lading , three churtcrpartics , and forty-eight letters , which belonged to tlie English sloop Adventure , of 59 tons , Captain Crispin , were found on the coast near Conquet . According to these papers , the vessel was ladeu with Spanish wine . —The American barque Warden ban been wrecked at Saunton Sands , liideford , witli the loss of seven lives . Tho captain , with the remainder of tho crew , three in number , got aafoly on shore . The cargo of iron , worth 4000 / ., way not insured . An auction was held on Monday on Hauntou Saudu , when the remains of the vessel > vcre sold , and fetched 120 / . A WUBT lKI > IA l & KQIMICNT IN ENGLAND . - —TIlO first detachment of a West India regiment which has completed a course of instruction in the Knlield rille at the School of Musketry , Ilythc , arrived at Chatham last Saturday afternoon , the draught being comported of noncommissioned ofliccrd and men of tlie 2 nd Went India Regiment , in charge of ensign L . M'A . do l . uiieey , of thiit corps . A number of Lhe privates are men of colour . On their return to the West Indies , they will bo employed In instructing tho inon of their corps in tho use of the Knficld rille .
Couht-Maiitiau—A conrt-mnrtiul has assembled ot Chatham garrison , to try Lieutenant George William Vonslttart Ynle , Royal Knglnecro , on charges of absenting himself from duty without leave , of behaving
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 24, 1857, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_24101857/page/8/
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