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actuary from , the savings-lank . One could understand how a poor old man , seeing the prisoner in such peril , might give -way to temptation and perjure himself to save his own eon ' s life . The ' three constables said the old man had stated that Ms son had only a few shillings ; but then they all differed as to the questions which , had been put to the father . The father must have known that four sovereigns were found on Ms son . If the old man's story -was false , would he not have said lie gave him four sovereigns , and not three sovereigns and Jialfa-sovereiga ? Would not that go some way to satisfy them , that the old man ' s story was true ? Pie had thought it right to make these observations , and they must deal with them . ' " Nation was -found Guilty , and sentenced to death . The execution has been , iixed for next Tuesday week , the 21 st inst .
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MORE ABOUT MODERN WITCHCRAFT . A singular communication appears in the Times of Tuesday . It is from a country magistrate , who does not give bis name or place of abode , but who sets forth the substance , and even the minute phraseology , of an application made to him during last November by a farmer " in the parish of Hockham . " The farmer ' s wife was bewitched , and the symptoms were of this astonishing character : — " Continual worrying ?—like wind teasing her , and like a sow with all her young pigs apulling her to pieces . " They had spent every shilling in doctors , but all in vain . Therefore , the farmer wanted his worship to grant a warrant "to have the witch proved" — -that is to say , to cause her to bo swum . " I've heard say that , if they be witches , and if yon take
a line , ( not to do them any harm , but just to swim , ' em ) , they won't sink . I've heard say that there -was a gentleman . at— - —who had one swum in the liver . I don ' t Ttizow exactly how it finished , hut . I ' heard she didn ' t live long after it . . . . . . I do hope your worship will grant the police to take old Mrs . C . all of a sudden ;—by surprise like— .-arid take her to a pit and swinvher ( not to hurt her ) . If she ' s an upright woman , shell sink , and if she don't sink it'll prove her guilty . " This statement was followed by a metaphysical discourse between the magistrate and the farmer on the subject of demoniacal possession , the magistrate in . vain endeavouring to cure the applicant of his superstition . Finding he could not obtain the Judicial assent to the trial by 1
drowning , the farmer asked his worship to take' the supposed , witch into a zoom , and have her stripped , to see "if she had anything bad about her . " Being asked ¦ what she was likely to have about her that was bad , the man replied , " Why , sir , some say that they have imps about them ; but 1 don't know . ''' " What is an imp ?" asked the magistrate . " I don ' t know , sir , " answered . the farmer , whose faith seems to have struggled with some doubt as regards details—" unless it be sumo bad spirit or other from the power of old Satan ; bid I never seed one . " He then gave the following relation of the way hi 'which the source of hia wife ' s ailments was traced to Mrs . C .: — " My wife was advised to send for the woman — - — , of , who is wonderful cLovor in these things . She came and told us to take some particular liquid and put it in a bottle with sumo of the hairs out of the noddle of rny wife ' s neck , and the parings of lior finger-nails and toe-nails ( these wo cut quite close ) , and some old horse-shoe nails . ( These > 3 'ou see , air , are little schemes which go from one generation to another ; tfiere ' s always so ? rusthin to be learned out of the weakest and ignorantest . " ) Well , sir , we put th < 3 bottle oa the lire , and wo waits while it ' s boiling and burning , and what not ; and when it bursts wo looks out of the window , and the evil-disposed person stands before us . Last Friday night was a mouth that my wifu did this ; and , after sho done it , she got out ofb « d , as slie do sometimes , to take a drop of drink or a little magnesia , and she looked out of the window , and there she saw the woman C standing- before the window , at a . most unscalable hour , in the moonlight , in an agony sort of state . " It
does not appear what became of the old lady wlio thus presentod herself " at an misealnblo hour ; " but , from information laftorwards obtained by the magistrate , it appears that , you resolutely refuse to speak to tlie witch yrhan thus forced to appear , she will go home and die . In the course of further conversation between tlio magistrate and the furmor , a very prosaic monetary reason , for suppressing witchcraft was advanced by the latter . " Sir , if our squire know that thero was any such bud things as witchcraft in the parish , ho would have it alteredbecause
; , you know , sir , I have to pay the rates and taxes , hard and fast : ' But , finding ; he could not obtain an ordor for the watery onioul , he hit upon a very strange > substitute . " Can ' t you at any rate have herhttchedto the Union House ? That might be a benefit . " Iho magjstrato aftorwarda had some conversation with thei occupants dCa neighbouring cottage , who gave him further particulars of the black art , and argued the theory upon abstract grounds . The . Times lion had a leading articles on the subject ; but ^ o confess wo should have boon bettor aatiaued lmd a few . names beon given .
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MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . Joseph Petit , a Frenchman , lias bcuu tried on several charges of robbing hotels . He would take a bedroom at some woll-knowii house , would rausack several of tlie rooms , and depart with Inn booty . He wns furnished with a great many disguiues , iucluding- artificial'beards nudumoustach . es , and seoins to liave exhibited much-ingenuity in his thefts and evasions of detection . Hio dofonce waa that ho Jiad Butl ' ered illness and money losses in the East , aud that hid . brain , vas juToeted ; l ) ut lie wns found Guilty . He has beau , sentenced to penal servitude * for live years . John Borman wns coavictod of robbery at an election meeting , and , being an old ouemlor , wats ¦ eoiitonccd to four years' ijuuuI servitude .
A case of ingratitude un the part oi ' ji tiokel-of-lea va man , similar to ono we reported lust week , was tried on Monday . ( Jeorgo Corbi « hl < iy , «¦ lespoctablu-looking , middle-aged man , of good education , was chargud vntli embezzling four suiuh of money , amounting hi all to 188 / . lla ., from Mr . lioulmti CourUvull Orimtorex , an architect and builder , . iu whoao emplovniont bo lived « w
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on John , Paine , fit iBrieiol , on the 9 th of last . January . Jtfaine , wha-is an old ; man , was in-the employment i > f some coal merchants at IBristol , and was proceeding , witia a ; . packet of money .. belonging . "to lis master ,. 'to theibouse of one of the partners a-t Kingsdown , vVhen he was met by three men ( two of -whom" were the prisoners ) , who took the money from him , aud beat him violcrrevy . ^ a ^ c ^ aa the face . One of the witnesses at the trial- ^ -a man aiamed Thomas—was apprehended under suspicion of ieing the ¦ . third man ; but he turned Queen ' s evidence . His testimony , however , was doubtful , and it was not even certain that he was concernedin the robtery ; for a man , named Manning , absconded shortly after the jtfiair , aa if from a guilty knowledge . The case being fully proved against Stillman and Hayes , and a previous conviction having been established against the latter , the one was sentenced to twenty and the other to fifteen years'transportation .
A Mi . Shellingford bas obtained 8 O 0 ( . damages from the Chester and Holy head Railway Company on account of an accident on their line , from which he received injuries on the hip and head , io such an extent as to deprive iim of a post worth from 300 / . to 350 ^ . a year , - which he held . at the railway post-office . The company did riot dispute the allegation of negligence on the part of their servants ( the accident arose from the wrong turning of the points in the . Bangor tunnel , so that the carriages went off the right line , and came into collision with some railway trucks ); but they left tiie question of damages to . the decision of the jury .
The case of ill usage of English sailors oa board the American ship James L . Bogart was tried on . Friday week at the Chester Assizes , wliere Peter Campbell , one of the men of the vessel in question , was indicted for shootiiig James Chrystic , an . English sailor . Charles Tanderpole , another English , seaman , said tliat , on the night of Saturday , January 17 th , he and Chrystie left Birkenhead in a boat to go on board the Robin Hood , to which they belonged . They were taken on . board the James L . Bogart instead , under pretence of that being the right ship . " I was wakened next morning , between five and six o ' clock , " . ' . continued Vanderpole , "by the second boatswain , and was sent to clean the top-gallant forecastle . Campbell then called us to breakfast . After
brealcfiist , we vrere standing up , and Campbell told the second boatswain to go to the forecastle and take some men with hira . Chrystie told the second mate that he did not ship for that vessel . Campbell laid bold of him by the back of the n ? ck . Chrystie ran away . The second mate ( the prisoner ) had a six .-barxelled pistol in hi 3 hand . Furber , the chief mate , then picked up a billet of wood to strike Chrystie > vith . He threw it at the latter , and tlien picked it up again . Campbell was chasingChrystio as well , and he cried out , ' Shoot the—— if they won't work . ' He lired throe times at Chryatie . The chief : miate fired as well . After firing , they went off . Chrystie then came and stood by me . The prisoner and the chief mate came to us , and said ,
THE ASSIZES . Joseph StUlman and William Hayoa luvo boon found Guilty at Gloucester of a high way ral > b « ry , with violence ,
' Will you work ? ' We replied , 'We will ,-if - you-will treat us like men . ' Campbell then fired at me , but did not bit mo . I heard a ball whistle past , lie then fired at Chrystie , who cried out , ' Oh God , I ' m shot ! ' Before iiring , Campbell said , ' I'll shcot every one of you . ' Chrystie stood still sifter being shot . One of the men then struck the chief mate , and he fell on the deck . The chief mate was struck with a hiuidpike . When he fell , he was bleeding very much . Tlie pilot and steward then ran up a gigua . 1 of distress , and soon after tho officers came . on board . The chief mate and Chrystie were taken to the hospital . " Ghrystie couiirmed this statement ; and Campbell , being found Guilty , was sentenced to transportation for life .
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the Begent ' s Park , -after being driven -to despair an . t apparently to insanity , by * he desertion of her fcUZ child s father , and by . the state . of -extreme povertvT . which she was reduced . She attempted shortly stLr wards to drown , herself , but was ¦ prevented by a police " man coming up . Her blood , she-said , was all tarned u cold water , and she added that she felt it cold round her loins at the : inoment she was speaking . -STi « also stated that the child was suffering from diseased kidneys arid that ihat was one of the reasons ; wh y she killed it ' and she said she wished she was where it was . A verdict of acquittal w . as pronounced , on the ground of insanitv Alander Clark American and
ex , an a Jihotogranhic artist , was indicted for the manslaughter of Eliza Bunn The woman had had a photograph of her little bov taken at Clark ' s house , Uat there -was a subsequent quarrel with respect to its not being-sent an , though the money had been paid . After high words on both sides a scuffle ensued ^ and Clark was severely handled by the woman and a female friend-of hers , both of whom were very violent . He -was thrown < lo « -n into a pan of water , but got up again , seized a hammer , and struck Mrs . Bunn on the head , of which blow she died . At his trial , Clark said lie had acted in self-defence ( it appeared , indeed , that there vras a great 4 eal of strugglin g for the hammer ) , and he expressed deep contrition for what he had done . He was found Not Giviltv .
John Tobin , John Davis , John Femon , and Georo . Erodrick , were tried on Tuesday for stealiug certatn pieces of hide from Jtfr . Waring , a hide and skin nier chaut in Dermondsey ; and Alfred Uevington and James Proctor , who are glue merchants in the same neighbourhood , were charged with receiving-the property , knowing it to have been stolen . The hides n-ere offered to and purchased by them at a price far below theix proper value ; and this was the principal point relied , upon in support of the prosecution . But it was elicited in the course of the case that every . transaction with Tobin who was the seller of the pieces , was regularly eniered
in the books , and that there was not the slightest concealment in any respect . It also appeared that Tobin was known to be a man who went about the country collecting small lots of tlie article in question for the purpose of disposing of them to wholesale dealers , and that the sales were effected by sample ; and there was no proof that Messrs . Bevington and i Proctor ever saw the article that was delivered in hulk , oritliat they were aware of its quality . They were therefore Acquitted . AH the rest were found 6-uiity .-. Tobiii was sentenced to eighteen months' hard . ' . labour , " Vernon to twelve , Davis to six , and Urodrick to four .
A man named Fowler has been sentenced to transportation for life for coining . A woman assistant was at the same time condemned to isix -months' imprisonment . Lewis Evans , an old seaman , was found Guilty of defrauding the East India Company under circumstances which appeared in our paper last week , lie was -sentenced , to three months ' , imprisonment . William . Webb , alias Philip Cohen , alias Philip N " ueay , a young man only nineteen y « ars of age , was tried on Thursday for the murderous ' assaulton Mr . Alfred Buckler committed in a railway-carriage on th « 3 5 tli of March , lie was found Guilty , Ms counsel admitting that tlierc was no possible defence ; and" , although convicted on tlie minor count of wounding with intent to do bodily harm , instead of tlie lirst count which declared the intent to bo murder , ho iivis sentenced to transportation for life .
CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT . The April session commenced on Monday . Tho trial of . Thomas Bacon and his wife for the murder of their children was postponed to noxt session . Tho firat case tried was that of William Smith , a lad of fif teen , indicted for perjury in . having falsely procured tho oonviction of another lad , whom 3 ie charged with an offence for which sentence of death was recorded . Suspicions of Smith ' s veracity having been entertuined , steps were tnkcn to put it to the proof , when he confessed that he had told a lie Tho sentence , against tho other lad was then reversed , and he was declared Not Guilty . Smith was now convicted , and sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment , and then to 1 ) 0 kept in a reformatory school for three yean ? .
Two lettor-earrieis in the employ of tho General Postoflico have been found Guilty of stealing letters containing monoy , and have beon sentenced to four years ' penal servitude . —Another postman was oliarged with misdemeanour in d day ing to deliver certain letters committed to liis charge . When ho avus ilrst questioned with ¦ rospect to tho letters , ho said ho liml concealed thorn in a field , an * l ho showed the pluco . Ilia excuse waa that he , . waa too tired to-deliver thorn overnight , but meant to do so the next day . I lo was found Guilty , and condemned to hard labour for eighteen months .
Sarah ¦ 3 ? rico , a aniBorablo-looking young woman , ' was triad for tho numlar of Jher infant child . She threw it , with u lignturo tied round tho throat , into tho canal in
Abraham Kechtherd , a Germim , -has been found Guilty of the attempt to extort money from his employer , Ayhcr Stern , under a threat of accusing him of committing arson , of which we gave the details last week . Tlio trial of tho two other persons concerned with him was postponed till next session ; and so also was the sentence on Ucchtherd . lioberfc M'Donald has been sentenced to six yoaTS penal servitude for a murderous attack on an African seaman at Wapping . Another man -who waa charged with participating in the offonce was Acquitted .
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Leader (1850-1860), April 11, 1857, page 342, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2188/page/6/
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