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GATHERINGS FROM LAW AND POLICE COURTS.
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» Free Trade-hall , Manchester . " 7 15 p . m . —Mr . Bright is up , and smiling affably . " Mr . Punch dipped a pen into ink , and prepared for action . « 7 30 . — -Mr . Bright announces that he will not de-. tbrone the Queen , whom he compliments . " Mr . Punch despatched a message to Osborne to relieve the minds of the . Royal party . " 7 45 . —Mr . Bright will not touch the House of Lords , and , indeed , considers it beneath the notice of practical men . It is moribund . " Mr . Punch wrote brief notes to the aristocracy , congratulating them . " 8 p . m . —Mr . Bright reminds the audience that it is not he and his friends who have raised the question of
Reform . Mr . Punch made a comical face . " 8 5 .- —Mr . Bright states that he never saw the British Constitution . " Mr . Punch made a contemptuous face . « 8 15 . —But considers that it was not meant solely for the monarch on his throne , or the peer in his gilded chambers . " Mr . Punch nearly yawned , and thought of replying " Get on . " " 8 20 . —Mr . Bright abases the county proprietors . " Mr . Punch observed , " Connu . " " 8 30 . —Mr . Bright abuses the boroughs . " Mr . Punch quite yawned , and sent out for some snuff . ht abuses the of
" 8 35 . —Mr . Brig House Commons . Mr . Punch took a good deal of snuff , u s 40 . — -Mr . Bright abuses the Gafne Laws . " Mr . Punch agreed , but didn ' t see how hares could vote , even with the protection of the Ballot . « s 45 . —Mr . Bright announces that Reform is not only necessary , but inevitable . " Mr . Punch again took up pen . " 8 46 , —Mr . Bright states that it is the Independent Liberals who habitually save the country by making Government impossible . " Mr . Punch smiled intolerantly . « a 50—Mr . Bright has decided that he will grant the Ballot . " Mr . Punch took a note , but wished to hear more . " 8 52 . —Mr . Bright has decided that He will grant Household Suffrage . " Mr . Punch , who only lives in splendid lodgings , felt furious .
" 8 55 , —Mr . Bright taunts the aristocracy with being afraid of American institutions , when they gladly paid 10 / . to the American , Mr . Rarey , for teaching them the secret of horse-taming . " Mr . Punch remarked " Bosh !" " 9 p . m . —Mr . Bright compared himself to M . de Montalembert , whose praise of England was treated as Mr . Bright ' s praise of America is . " Mr . Punclnrepeated " Bosh !" " 9 10 . —Mr . Bright admits that he has only given the faintest sketch , of his intentions . " , Mr . Punch growled .
" 9 20 . —Mr . Bright strongly urges upon the people of England to consider whether they really want Reform , and , if they do , what Reform p and then to hold meetings , and petition , and let him kno \ y what they would like , as ho sees great difficulties in hia way . " Mr . Punch cast off the wire , and mixed himself an exceedingly strong glas 3 of brandy-and-water , during the imbibition whereof he uttered several significant sentences , touching fish out of water , promises and performances , case of real distress , &c , and finally got rather maudlin in his compassion for J . B . —Punch .
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CRIMINAL ; RECORD , Suspected Foul . Play . —An inquest haa been held at "Walthain-cross on the bodies of a young woman and nn . infant which were found in a pond . There can be no doubt , from the medical evidence , that both had , met with foul treatment , ThkAsdovkb Murdrr . — This crime is still wrapped in mystery . Emma Banks , the wife of the man already in custody , hns been arrested , and both prisoners have been committed for trial , protesting their innocence . The theory of the prosecution see ma to bo this : —Mrs , Banks had attempted to steal a dress out of Mr . Parson ' s shop . She was anxious that he should deny the fact , tho rumour of which had gone abroad . They had
interviews on the subject , the result being tlwit on tho night of tho murder Parsons had gone to moot her in a retired spot for an immoral purpose , and that tlioro tho husband , who was cognizant , with tho wife ' s privity , came stoalthily upon him , and killed him . Tick Muudbuous Attempt at Birmingham . —At tho Warwick Assizes o young man named Tfinms was tried on tho charge of having attempted to murder Mrs . Owen , ft young woman to whom ho was ong : i # od . Ho was convicted , and soiitonood to panal florvltiulo for lUe . MuKDicit at NornnaiiAM . —A Mr . Woodliond , landord of a public-liouso near Nottingham , was fulled ( load n hia own houao , on Tueaday nl tf ht , by aomo uuknovm assassin , w ho had eoiiooiiloil himself , iu ono of tho top rooms .
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part of one juryman , returned a verdict to the effect that Mrs . Keats had committed adultery with Don Pedro de Montezuma , that Mr . Keats had not condoned the offence , and that Montezuma should pay to that gentleman damages to the amount of 1000 ? . — -The Rev . Henry Che . rry , rector of Biirghfield , near Reading , has instituted proceedings against Mrs . Cherry for the restitution of conjugal rights . " Some time ago Mrs . Cherry exhibited articles of the peace against her husband , accusing him of violent and brutal conduct towards her , and declaring that to protect her life she was compelled
to conceal herself for two years . The husband was ordered to enter into sureties to keep the peace , and he now seems to have brought the case "before the Divorce Court in order to defend his own character as well as to get his wife back again . Mr . Cherry ' s petition was decided in favour of the reverend gentleman . — A most revolting case came before this Court on Tuesday . A man petitioned for a dissolution of his marriage on the ground of adultery on the part of his ¦ wife , but the jury actually found that the petitioner had condoned the offence , and had received knowingly the
wages of her infamy . A very important case as affecting the conduct of the police has been brought before the police magistrates . Two young nien charged two constables with having improperly interfered with them in the streets , and with having locked them up on a trumped-up charge . The case was investigated with great care by Mr . Corrie , who sharply reproved the policemen for their conduct , and fined the one who was chiefly responsible for the outrage . . . Robert Johnston , the individual charged with inhumanity towards his children , and especially his daughter Frances , by which she was driven to attempt suicide ,
tion of guilt , the case might be attributed to the overcrowded dwellings of the poorer classes of the metropolis , and to this point he wished specially to direct the attention of the benevolent and the humane . He also spoke of the evil of prize-fighting , and remarked that the parties who employed men to fight were the inoot deserving of punishment . —The boy , Edward Herbert , who was committed for breaking open his master ' s desk and stealing oil ., and then by a pretended revelation implicated three old and faithful servants , was sentenced to four yeaTS * penal servitude . —James Baylis was tried on a charge of uttering a forged bill of exchange . lie had applied to some agents to discount two bills , one for 201 . and the other for 40 / ., offering as a collateral security a policy
of assurance which was admitted to be worth 721 . The charge of forgery could not be supported , and the judge directed an acquittal . Baylis was permitted to have the bills impounded , with a view to proceedings against a person named George Marshall , of whom he wae stated to have been made the dupe . —Mr . William Hudson Guernsey was arraigned on the simple charge of stealing a few sheets of printed paper belonging to our Lady the Queen , or to the Secretary for the Colonies ; and after it had been proved that he did so , just in the same way as it was proved before the police magistrate , his counsel , Mr . Serjeant Parry , contended that there was no case to go before the jury , as there was no evidence of felonious intention in the act of taking the papers . This was an admission that the prisoner certainly did take a copy of the despatches from the desk of Mr . Miller in . the Colonial-office . In reply , the
Attorney-General contended that the act was a larceny ; but the jury did not think so , and the gentleman , was acquitted . —Samuel Asquith , who killed George M'Donald in a prize-fight , has been sentenced to three months' imprisonment . —The trial of Boper , on the charge of defrauding the insurance company , arising out of the burning of his house at Greenwich , has been postponed till next session . —Henry Rudledge was charged with a felonious assault upon his own daughter , and hia second wife , the girl's stepmother , was charged with aiding and abetting him . The girl's evidence was of the most revolting character , but the jury discredited it , and returned a verdict of not guilty . — George Simpson was charged with stabbing Henry Goodwin , one of the warders of Coldbath-fields Prison . The jury found the prisoner guilty of intending to do grievous bodily harm , and the judge sentenced him to twenty years' penal servitude .
At the Court of Bankruptcy , the choice of assignees has been determined in the case of W . Lemon Oliver , stockbroker , of Austin-friars , whose case has been recently before the public in . connexion with the fraud upon Miss Dance . It is stated that his debts exceed 10 , 000 / 1 , while the assets are but of trifling amount . —An application for certificate by Mr . Payne , formerly lessee of the Strand Theatre , made bankrupt as a bookseller , was totally refused . — On Wednesday , a renewed hearing was given to the application for certificate by Davidson and Gordon . Further evidence was given , eliciting , however , nothing of a novel or material character , and the sitting was again adjourned to the 23 rd inst . At the Liverpool Assizes , Stadtmuller and Wilhelm were arraigned on the charge of murdering a young woman at Manchester by attempting to procure abortion . Stadtmuller was admitted as approver ngainst ¦ Wilhelm , and the facts of this tragical and revolting crime were then proved . The prisoner wns found guilty , and sentenced to death ; but as it appears the jury would have returned a verdict of manslaughter had such , a verdict been possible , it is not likely that the capital sentence will bo carried into effect . —Pollard , the proprietor of the Wigan Examiner , pleaded guilty to the charges of forgery preferred against him . Sentence , eight years ' penal servitude .
having completed his term of imprisonment , made a public appearance in the City on Saturday afternoon , and stated the case from his point of view , in a way which impressed the audience in his farour . It appeared pretty evident that Sir Robert Carden , who condemned him , had done so hurriedly , and , by refusing the application for an adjournment of the investigation , had prevented the defendant from calling evidence in his favour . The defence which Johnston made imputes bad conduct to his children . Before the meeting closed he replied to a number of questions put to him by the audience ; and the proceedings terminated with a resolution expressing the conviction of the meeting that he had not recommended his sons and daughters to lead a
life of infamy . The police report affords another instance of the danger of . jumping from trains while in motion , which occurred on the Greenwich line . The promptness of the station-master , in all probability , saved the offender , a female , from being crushed to death . The magistrate fined her 10 s . . A mother and daughter have been charged before Mr . Selfe with poisoning a child with gin . They had given the poor infant five or six glasses , when it fell down motionless . The child is represented to be dying , and the prisoners were remanded for a week . At the Marlborough-street police-court , Mr . Earey , the horse tamer , attended to complain of the conduct of a firm at the West-end , who had used his name in connexion with some new food for cattle . lie stated that his name had been improperly used .
At the Mansionr-house , > v . H . Cory was committed for trial on serious charges of forgery and fraud . At the Guildhall two men , Perry and Browning , were charged with renting a house , and then removing and selling the fixtures and everything in the house that it was possible to make away with . Even the lead on the roof was not spared . The prisoners were remanded . Kochanowsky , tho Russian Baron , and hia alleged confederate , have been committed for trial on the charge of being in possession of three engrossed plates intended for the manufacture of forged Russian notes . Higgins and Davia have been charged with attempting to defraud and swindle Mr . Grunberg . Committed for trial .
GATHERINGS FROM LAW AND POLICE COURTS . The Court of Queen's Bench was engaged on Saturday "with two crosa actions , lt Weatherjey v , tho Duko of Beaufort , " and " Tho Duko of Beaufort v . Weatlwrley ;" tho first for assault , and , the second for false imprisonment . Mr . "Weathorloy was present at the last Brighton races . Ho was on horseback , and in endeavouring to make his way through a crowd , his horse pushed his Grace of Beaufort , who wns engaged in playing at tho game of "Aunt Sally . " Tho Duko immediately struck at tho horao and his ridor , and eventually uuhorsod him . Mr . Weathorloy thereupon sought for a policeman , who brought the Duke before tho chief constable of tho town , and the . matter resulted iu these trials . Tho jury found a verdict for tho plaintiffs in both
cases ; for Mr . Weathorloy in tho action for assault , damages 1007 . ; and for the Puke of Beaufort in tho action for false imprisonment , damages ono farthing . In tho Court of Probate and Divorce an important oaso , KaRts v . Keats and Montozunin , has been triad . Mr , Koats , who was recently Sheriff of London , sought n dissolution of his marriage with Mrs . Koats , on tho ground that she had committed adultery with a SpanisA music teacher named Don Pedro do Montozuma . Tho defence sot up was that tho conduot of tho lady arose mainly from ill-troatmont on the part of hop husband , and that ho hnd forgiven and condoned tho offence . The Judge's summing up was strongly in favour of tho petitioner , and the jury , after a ooneidorftblo dolftv . arlfllna 1 fmm n . diffhrflnnn nf nnlnlnn nn tliA
All attempt wns made to murder a wife on Tuesday , at Wellington-street , Stepnoy . Tho victim , Sarah Goodcy , has been separated for some two or three months from her husband , and was in bod when ho gained admittance to hor room , locked the door , and attacked hor with a razor . She mado her escape after being severely wounded , and was conveyed to the hospital . Tho man was apprehended and taken before the magistrate- at tho Thames police-court , when ho was remanded for a wook . Tho Rov . Alfred Poolo lately took proceedings ngaiust tho Hon . and Rev . Mr . Baring , with a view to obtain a
publio investigation into the charges brought against him . His solicitors mado nn application that the writ served upon Mr . Baring should remain in abeyance until it was known whether tho rule nisi obtained iignlnat tho Archbishop would induco his Grace to investigate tho case . Woro that done , tliero would bo no necessity of another investigation in a court of , law . This proposal -was declined by Mr . Baring , but upon a hearing nt Chambers time was gran tod upon tho plea . The sessions of tho Central Criminal Court unvo boon opened . In common ling upon tho calendar , tho Recorder mado sotno important observations . With regard to ono oase of alloffod immorality ho said that , upon tho asaurap-
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No . 456 , December 18 , 1858 ] T HE ^> A 5 ^?! Li- ___ : _ .- ^ :.: _ 1 B 73
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 18, 1858, page 1373, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2273/page/5/
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