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76 THE LEADER . [ No . 305 , Saturday .
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wickj therefore , -was a creditor for £ 1 , 000 , for which he obtained a warrant of attorney , issued execution , and arrested William Palmer on the 12 th of last December . During the time Palmer was thus in custody , he was removed from the care of the sheriff ' s officer and taken into that of the criminal officers . The defence waa that the signature of Mrs . Palmer as acceptor was a forgery ; and the principal -witness in support of this was Mrs . Palmer herself . Her evidence is of sufficient interest to be given in full : —
" I am a widow , and aoi more th . au sixty . I saw this bill for the first time on Saturday last There is not one letterdn nay writing . It is not nay acceptance . I first heard of this bill on the 12 th of December . No application had been made to me before for payment . I never gave any one authority to sign that acceptance for me . About three years ago , I accepted two bills for my son William , - The two did not amount to £ ? 00 . I had security for them . ^ I never accepted for so large an amount as . £ 1 , 000 . "
Cross-examined . — " One that is nob a forgery is not yet paid . I accepted one in favour of Mr . Buckstone , a grocer at Stafford . It was to oblige my son William . It might be seven or eight months ago . My son applied to me "to accept it . My security , I dare say , wouDd cover that . It was on real property in Staffordshire for .= £ 5 , 000 or ^ 6 , 000 . It was for advances of money made at different times . I did not know who the last bill was to be given to at the time . My son assured me I should not have to pay it . I have paid . £ 260 towards it . I Believe I never accepted more than three bills for him . I did not give a check in favour of Mr . Padwick for . £ 3 . 000 . I have hanked
for ; many years at Bugeley and Idchfield . In December , 1852 , 1 did not give a check in favour of Mr . Padwick . My son George had all to do with the money . I don't know that * I gave him a check for £ 1 , 000 , payable to Mr . Padwick , I am sure as to whether I drew such a check . The whole of the money I advanced for William was £ 5 , 000 or £ 6 , 000 , and it was upon the Ldchfield Bank . It was advaneed to hun more than tbj- ' ee years . Indeed , I do not know whose handwriting this acceptance ia .
These receipts are mine . I never was asked to pay on any other hill than the one on which I paid the £ 260 . I have never given iny son money to pay bills . He is indebted to me now . I don't know "what he owes me . I have not made a calculation at all . I did not know a claim was made upon me for £ 1 , 000 upon a " bill drawn by my son upon me . I never heard of it . I found the money to pay the bills I accepted ; but I did not expect to be called upon to do so . I have not made promissory notes for my son . "
Mi * . George Palmer , and Mr . Thomas Palmer , sons of Mrs , Palmer , Sarah Pajnier , her daughter , and various other witnesses , were examined to prove that the signature was not that of the defendant . William Palmer , who had been brought up from Rugeley , strongly guarded , was then put in the witness-box , and the ensuing conversation took place between him and Mr . Edwin Jaine 3 , counsel for the prosecution : — "Take that bill of exchange for £ 2 , 000 in your hand . Is the signature to the drawing and endorsement yours ? " "Yea . "— " You applied to Mr . Tadwick to advance money on 'that bill ? " " I did . "" Who wrote the -acceptance , 'Sa , rah Palmer ?'" "Ann Palmer . "—" Who is she ? " "She is now dead . "— "Do you inean your wife ? " "Yes . "— "Did
you see her write it ? " " Yes . "— " You may now retire . " William Palmer then retired . Mr . James immediately afterwards intimated that bus client would withdraw from the case . Mr . Serjeant \ VUUin 3 ( who conducted . the defence ) said he was bound to svlnrit that Mr . Padwick had acted with great propriety , and lira . Palitioi , accordingly , would not press for costs . The Sorjennt , in his opening speech for the defence , alluded to William Palmer as lie victim of " most infamous calumnies "—of " wicked .
unconstitutional , and cruel attempts made for weeks past , by those who ought to bo the protectors and guardians of our liberties and l-ights , " He also reproved M > . James for having alluded to Palmer ' s " catalogue of crhne 3 ; " which , no doubt , waa injudicious , considering that the accused is not yet tried . But Mr . Wilkius ' s pathetic appeals to public sympathy in favour -of his client , as an injured and calumniated being , was equally uncalled for , and lies open to the extra ohsirgo of being simply ridiculous .
The appearance off William Palmer in the witnessbox was in no respeob singular . ¦¦ Tho -vicinity of the court waa donaely crowded ; bub , owing to tho oxovtiona of a largo body , of police , tho courb itself was nobinoonveniontly filled . A largo number of persona waited outaide to sco Pnlinor brought forth ; but a cab having been stationed at ono door , as a sort of dummy , tho prisoner was brought out at another door , and driven rapidily oil' in a vehicle which there awaited him .
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OUR CIVILISATION . An Epitome op English "Civilisation . " -The contrast is a strange one between the destinies of the little well-born , well-nursed , well-weaned , well-f rocked well-trousered , well-whipped , well-beLatined , wellbeGreeked child of the wealthy and opulent , and those of the stunted , deformed , pallid , unclothed , unwashed untaught little vagabond , whose father and mother have nothing to bestow upon him but thumps , kicks and curses . The healthy influences which the rich can bring to bear upon their children are very numerous . There is the bevy of nurses—the coral , with its golden peal of bells—Noah and hia progeny in ' their
stately ark—a dissected map of Europe—a French governess—a German ditto—admission to the dinner table at half-price , with oranges and bon-bons as the rewards of infantine virtue-r-Dr . Portly and the Catechism—a grey pony—Mr . Softly and the verb " I love , " in the Latin tongue—the Eev . iEueas M'Whack and the verb " I strike , " in the original Greek;—Eton or Harrow—the Midsummer holiday at home in the old Manor-house , with the first glimpse at the divine Sophia , rising fifteen with the brightest eyes and the most captivating blushes;— -Oxford with a good allowance—the continent ' with a larger allowance — "the London . Clubs with the largest allowance of all
—a seat in Parliament , and some thousands a-year , more or less . —and , to crown all , the identical Sophia of the schoolboy ' s dreamland converted into a portly matron in ruby velvet , at one end of a rich dinner table , while -the unflinching gladiator in the school of alltb . e virtues sips a glass of unexceptionable Burgundy at the other , and descants upon the frightful propensities of human nature , and the -vices of tbe poor . So much for young Hopeful ; now for young Hopeless Born of a cadger and the heirefts of a dog ' e-meat man in the back attic of a back street behind Glare-market , or haply in Bethnal-green ; wrapped in a ragged dishclout , his little lips placed at a breast which wall
yield little but adulterated gin ; wean <* i over a cabbage-stall ; untaught in any acionce save sharpness , and that sharpness the sharpness of London thieves ; ignorant of any distinction between himself and tie street curs , save that he kicks , the dogs , and the dogs bite him ; familiar from infancy upwards with the choicest phraseology of blasphemy and obscenity ; taken by his mother on Saturday night to witness the ceremony of pawning the flannel petticoat and stolen kerchief at the sign of tho Thi-ee Balls ; well-grounded from Mb earliest years in the rudiments of pioking and stealing .- ^ -removed in due course to Mr . Fagia ' s Finishing Academy to practise on the mamiikin with
its larcenous bells , —rfauiiliar with the police-court , in which he lisped his earliest public lie , —with a stall at the penny theatre , when he has succeeded in stealing the penny ;—of his Sophia and of their courtship we dare not speak : the world is first made acquainted with the story of their loves when young Hopeless is placed at the bar charged with having smashed in the nose , blackened the eyes , broken the head , and fractured two of the ribs , of the object of Iub affections . Why pursue the dismal tale ? The Quarter Sessions and the Assizes , the Hulks and the Penitentiaries , Norfolk Island and Calcraft , need not be painted itn . — Times .
The Attemit to Poison a Wipk . —Thomas Rob-Bon , a mnu who attempted to poison his wife with Bugar of lead , has been committed for trial . Itap ' peored that he had mude offers of marriage to a girl named Jaue Timpcrley , to whom ho represented himself as a single man . This was his motive for desiring to got his wife out of tho way . . Woman Skating . —John Jenkins , a bricklayer , has boon committed to prison for four months for a brutal assault on hie wifo , whom he knocked down
in a public-house , and kicked savagely . Before the Lambeth magistrate ho blubborod a" good deal , nnd said he wan drunk at the timo , or ho should not havo done it . — -At the Clerkenwell polico-ouioo , a master shoomnkor has been Bontoncod to a mouth ' s imprisonment for an outrageous aBBnult with » Hoick on hi * wifo . Tho sentonoo would havo boon lieavior , but for tho intercession of tho injured woman , who said ihorr could not bo a " bofctor-hoartod man , " but that ho hud boon ill lately and had got intoxicated .
Thieving Souansna' Clothing . —Solomon fJoirports ; , » Jew milenniaii in tho neighbourhood <»' ' Whitouhapol , him boon charged at WorHuip-Htroot with being unlawfully in ]) oshohmoh of a quantity <> t military clothing , the property of tho Quoon . No loon tlmn ono hundred ami fifty diil'oront nrtiolo » woro found on hi « promiaoH by tho polioo . Tho Jew « " nortod that ho had bought thorn at tho porMKliw'l Hales ; but this wiih evidently fulno , an homo of t »« garment * woro now . Ho wan therefore onli'j ^ l to pay penaltioH to the amount of £ 41 4 n . ( S < 1 . A Counjsh lliYAii TO A . L 1 OK Chuiv . —Si . » iuo lhu'i '
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Giles ' s of Bath—a neighbourhood inhabited by the most desperate characters . He was thirty years of age ; and his wife , vrho carried vegetables about the streets , had reached the same time of life . Four children had been born to them ; but they are all
dead . In the course of last Saturday evening , the man and hia wife had been drinking together at a publichouse called the Seven Dials . They quarrelled ; and Howell struck his wife a back-handed blow in the face . He afterwards left , and the wife went away with another woman . About midnight Howell returned to his room . Some lodgers in the adjoining chamber then heard him talking , apparently to himself . He muttered , "I will kill the cow ; I will kill her . God strike me dead , I will do some mischief . " The event showed that he did not speak idly . While he was in this mood , the wife returned , and said outside the
surauce office , after the death of old Monaghan , waa refused . The prisoners were remanded . —Another case is under investigation at Manchester , in which two children , whose parents would be entitled to £ 6 each from a burial club at their death , are suspected to have been poisoned .
door , " My dear Jem , have you come ? Are you inside ? " He answered , " Yes , I am . Where have yo \ i been all night ? " The wife said she had been looking for him , but could not find him . Howell pushed her into the room , exclaiming , "I'll give thee something . " The sound of two blows was then heard by the listeners in the adjoining room . —a labourer named Bro-wij , and his wife . Something fell heavily , and Mrs . Howell exclaimed , "Jem , you have killed your child , and you have killed me . " The woman was pregnant and near her confinement . She
added , " Jem , look about you , and see what you have done . " Howell ran down stairs as fast as he could go , and his wife called out to ^ Mrs . Brown , " Missus , for mercy ' s sake , come in to me . " This request was acceded to ; and Mrs . Howell said to her friend , "• He has killed me , " and screamed out . The woman Brown , uttered an exclamation of "Murder ! " and her husband , following Tier into the room , found the floor covered with blood , and Mrs . Howell prostrate in the midst of it . He was frightened , and , taking his wife away , called out to the neiglibotirs and the police .
On leaiving the house , Howell went to the residence of Mrs . Webb , a midwife ; knocked up the landlord of the house , and with many oaths , asked him to bring the woman out , or his . wife would be dead before she got there . The man said she must have time to get her clothes on ; buiP Howell , who seemed to be intoxicated , and who was naked with the exception of his trousers and boots , urged the midwife to make haste . Being frightened at his manner , she went half dressed . On the road , the man said , " Make haste along , and I ' ve got a noggin of gin for yon when you get there . " "When she arrived , Howell lighted her up stairs , artel s « d , "You may take- me , or do what you like with me ; 1 don't care . " The wife was then nearly dead ; and , shortly after the arrival of medical men , she expired . A lacerated wound at the
bottom of the abdomen had been inflicted , and Bhe bled to death . The body was quite blanched . After her decease , the Caesarian operation was resorted to , and a male child was taken forth , quite dead . The probability appears , to bo that Howell kicked Ms wife in the abdomen ; but of this there is no direct proof . MuitDEB at LivjERPOOTi . —A girl , named Drummoud , lias been murdered at Liverpool by a ruffian with whom she had lived . The motive seems to be that he suspected her of having given information which led to tho apprehension of some of his disreputable associates . Her head was nearly severed from her body ; aud Ferguson , the murderer , afterwards went into ft public-house , and boasted that he "had done the business for his weuch . " When before the magistrates ( by whom he has been committed for trial ) , he exhibited great dejection .
Mubdbb . near Kiohmond . t—Mary Ann Peacock , a widow , and her child , have been found drowned in the Thames , near Teddington Look . An inquest has been "opened , and twice adjourned , but has not yet come to a conclusion . It would seem , from the details already known , that Cloovgo Ford , tho mate of a barge plying between Kingston and London , wna paying court to the woman , and had some oauao to bo jealous of another man . About a week proviouB to the discovery of the body , ho induced Mtb . Peacock , hf threatening to stab her if she refused , t < o go with him on board the bargo , and pass tho night there . She wont , together with her' ohild , and neither were over pgain aeon alive . Ford , and n man named Jackson , tho captain of tho bargo , aro now in custody , and under remand .
Poisonings at Manciiesteii . —PoisoniugH , for tho sake of deriving money from the doathn of insured porsona , ib foai-fully on tho inorouso . Four men—Thomas Bull Holland , a surgeon , James Monaghan , Qeorgo Barry , and Edward Dunn—aro now ia custody at Manohentor , charged with poittoning tho lather of Monaghan , whouo life ivns insured for £ 300 in tho Diadem Insurance Company , of which body Holland was tho Burgoon . Tho latter hn « turnod Quoon'h evidence , and , on tho examination bofox-o tho Manohostor rnagiHtratoB , ho was put in tho witnoHB-box , but provancatod oxoewivoly . It appears that ho told tho other prinonora that mixing sugar of load with whinkoy would prevent its being dotootod , and ho hart novoral oonvoraations with thorn of n kind which ulioulil havo arouH « d hiH HxiRpioions . Tho application to tho
iu-A CHOP OF MURDERS . WlffB MUUDKa IN DA'EH . James Hoyteix , ac ^ atormongovntBalh , haa murdered Imh wifo under oiromnstimoofl of moro than usual Htrooity . Tho man livod in Avon-atroot-tho St
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 26, 1856, page 76, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2125/page/4/
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