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The Pi4 Tb . Robbery; Ht * The Strand. D...
THE PI 4 TB . ROBBERY ; HT * THE STRAND . Daniel John Shaw , ( a boot and shoe maker , ) Jas . mdeoek , ( also a hoot and shoe maker , ) Eliza Shaw , / wife of the first-named prisoner , ) John Gardiner , a ^• ell-known cracksman , ) Mary' Ann Cheruneau , ( with whom hbcbhabits , ) George Buncher , ( another notorious cracksman , ) and Mary Ann Buncher , ( his wife , ) were placed at the bar at Bow-street Pokee- (» nrt oh Saturday last , wift Charles Clinton , « n errand boy ; charged with being concerned in stealing a quantity of plate and jewellery from the Shop of Messrs : Williamsana Clapham , 13 , and H , fitrand , on thepfevic-us Monday night , value about £ 2 . 000 ^ Oa the ' exMwination of Charles Kelly , the « atchmah- and porter , on the previous day , the
errand boy gave his evidence m such an equivocal - janner . inat the misstate thought he had some CTbsfemtial reason for reserving the whole truth . Inspector Jsoso , of " the " detective force , having produced avoluntary statement In writing made by ^ je prisoner Clinton , said that , in consequence of in formation he had received , lie went to the house ofthe prosecutors on Friday afternoon , after the tearing of the charge against Kell y * the porter , irhere he had a conversation with Clinton in the Uraren Hotel , at the rear of the premises , * and Javing told hhn of circumstances that he had yery recently collected ^ he stood for a few minutes without uttering a word , and then said , " What Badcock aid about my meeting Join , on Saturday-1 think is
& lse : lharuly snow . what to say , but the best way is to confess it .: I was "to meet the party ; I don ' t jnow . what they . were , ' or where they lived . Mr . gaaw was certainly ' implicated in it . He told me Ihat they wer £ to meet on Hurigerford-bridge . I xaethim a fortnight ago for , . the first time for the purpose of the robbery ! at theplace on Saturday - evening , and then arranged to meet them on Monday to let them in « -Idid so , andadnutted two men Shortly after Kelly left the shop . Iadmitted them fcefore Kelly , the porter , ( amem , and that was tbe vsy it was effected ( the robbery , I mean ) . Charles felly was innocent of it , and I said nothing to implicate ; him at the examination . One of the men was nnder the counter and the other nnder the
mats . I got the impression of the keys , and gave them to the two men . I met tho men on the . bridge , and they knew me . The ' first one of the men was introduced to me hy Shaw . I met them in Tilliers-Btreet . Mrs . Shaw-told hie she had . seen her husband in the city "the last ; time .-. The- last time I EaVShaw was Saturday-week . -,. I ~ told . Badcock it was coming off on Saturday-ni ght , ( I mean the robbery . ) Badcock was -to -baye ; a share bf . theproduce . . They ' were to meet some night going home , and they " would give ine something , how : much ! don't" know . I have hot seen Badcock since the robbery . J cannot describe the men ,-but should Jjbow them , again . They are about live feet seven inches high , respectably dressed in . dark clothes
¦ 01 coarse I hope that Kelly will aience-he set at liberty / ' upon which witness ; conveyed him to the station-houseirrMr . ; Henry inquired if . the prisoner made any further remarks on his way ' to . the station . — " m ^ riess , . said he did not ,, as they came in a cab , and he could not very well hear him if he was so mclinedl ' On leaving the station he proceeded to a public-house over the water , where he went into tho psrlour , the prisoner Badcock being in front ofthe bar , and the moment he left the parlour , the . prisoner seemed to know what was about to-. take place , and hastily left the . house , but he overtook him at the corner of the street , and ' when . the prisoner returned to the . honse he apprehended him , when he said he knew nothing of the charse . ' and
remained silent all the way to the station . ; Witness then went to the White Hart , Fetterdane , where he found Shaw in the parlour , and having called him out and told him his business , he said -he Iknew nothing whatever about the robbery , that he had BOt seen Clinton for soma time ; npon which . he searched his lodgings , hut found nothing relating to the property . " ' " ; - - - : - ' . " . . - ¦ - - ¦ ., - .-: - . The prisoner Shaw said , that he could bring for--jardwitueases to ^ rqye that he was either at his lodg ings or at the White Heart every day . during the last fortnight . . ' - ' ; ~ :. The witness said , . that , from inquiries he had ascertainad that the prisoner left word at his lodgings that he was going to Southampton , and . that fce had done no work for a considerable time . c . : . The prisoner Badcock said , he had not seen
Clinton for some time , and he had no question to put to ether of the witnesses , : ,- ; -,. ' Sergeant Thompson , F . division , said that on Saturday last ; about twelve o ' clock be apprehended Gardiner and Cheruneau , walking arm in arm in the WeMminster-road , near the Circus . He told him that he _ was charged with breaking . and entering a dwelling-house , in the Strand , to . which he made no answer , and He handed the woman over to West , another officer . Atttre station the lad . Clin--ion was brought in the yard , and Gardiner being brought into the yard also , hewas asked if he was not one ofthe men he had let into the house , previous to which ho had seen him through a window , when he held down his head , aud said he was very
like the man . but , being told to noldnp his head , cd , and lookstedfastly athimjhe said , "fes , he is ; " upon which Gardiner cried out , " Good God ! I never saw the boy before in my-life ; "' and , 'seeing that Clinton persisted in identifying ' him , Gar ? diner declared that he knew nothing at all about him . The prisohe ' r . thehTefused '; to say where he lived , and said his business was thatof a hawker . On Saturday morning witness went to Peartrbw Borough-road , where he found the prisoner Buncher , who occasionally wehtbythe name of L ' uxton , and having- told him the nature of the charge against him , his wife , who was present , turned but her pockets by ^ the directions of witness , ' when , among other things , he found the piece of paper produced , and a pawnbroker ' s duplicate for a gold
ring , pledged on the 2 oth mat ., at the shop of'Mr : Barnett , St . George * s-circtis . Upon taking the ' duplicate "from her , she held the piece of pap i er jti » hily in her hand , and , on her attempting to put it into her mouth , he -wrenched it from her hand / -when she Eaid , '" Tis about J . ioaMpandTihrn ' ot wish him ( meaning her husband ) tff know anything of it . " There was a list of jeweUery , suchlas watches , diamond rings , & c , writtenTn pencil , upon the paper . Ihe mate prisoner was shown to Clinton at the station , and , being asked if he . was one of the men who had spoken to him about the roobery , " he at price said that he was . —Mr . Henr ^ -inquired if he" made , any observation upon hearing himself identified ;? The Witness : He exclaimed ,. " Lord , ; Jesus : Christ ! " ' •* - «•
Mr . Henbt asked if the pifaonerJJheruneau . iaid anything-when she was . apprehended ;? Sergeant West said'ffia ^ wHenlCbe ^ Tinean was in custody " she atiemp ' fed / to ^ y /^^ prevented by <^ du &?' ; : anpVat the station she . sajde & had nothing in her pocket ; bnt " whenshe-was asked if . 8 hV : had anyjnoney about her she said ^ she had , hut it was no matter how -much "; and ; having expressed a willingness tb be searched , she took from "her bosom -tbe bag produced containing « £ 15 S 10 s . ingold . _^ _ '' " " •"" ' ' - The prisoner GABBrsEB ^ ehied that the hoy identified him , in { he ^ firrf instance , ^ nntil he . was prompted by the officer , ' when he shook his head . Sergeant West added , that ? Cheruneau said she had got part of the money from her father , who was in America' by a post-office order , or something- of j ¦
, that-kind ^ ' ^ -j ^ - - : '¦; * '; ""• '"" ' " " ! :, " ~ ., ' \ ' : Mt / Hbhbt directed that : the prisoners , " except Clinton , shouldbe removed from the bar and kept Eeparkte ;" an'dy ; m answer to questionsput , toClin-j ton byjftp C 4 uOT » - he . said he was seventeen years of age , andlfrfed Between two ; and three years at 66 , Brunswick-street ; Bfeckfriars , andhadnothmg . to . say to the ' charge except that Gardiner and Buncher werethe-two . men ; -bnt ,-- onthe night of the fob- ' he ^ liQ / did hot see Buncher , another man haying COmeliPith-, < Sardiner , whom he p laced nnder the mats , and the other not in custody behind the
counting-house door . . The . prisoner Buncher was first brought to him -by . Shaw , and then they-met over Hungerfbrd-bridge , when Shaw was not pre-Eent , hut Buncher was , and the man not yet in custody . The man not in - custody ; camV to bay- a pencil-case , and it was at a public-house "turning out of the Borough-road ; where theyi'told him ; he ^ ras to take the impressions of the keys . Ho next met Buncher and the other on the bridge , and on Sunday evening , he met Gardiner andBuncherwith the third man , and that was aU he had to say ' about it for the present . ' ; Mr . ' Hesby desired that the prisoners should be agamphjced at the bar singly , to give an account of themselves . . - . ' - ¦"
The prisoner Shaw said he was thirty four rears 01 age , and resided ia Piongkcourt , Fetter-lane , -and ,. bemgcaufaoned in the usual way , said he would reserve what he had to say till the next exiimination .- - - wt !! S ^ % ** ^ as , ^ nty years of age , and hadresided firemonthsatlS , Ch arles-street , Backihars-road . Had nothing to say to thl charee except that CFmton told hhn , when the rSr « ame ofi , he would make himapresent of sometbinff aandsome ; 'bufc he did not know when it was < S Trhereifc ^ aa to be . - GiBDrsEB said he was twenty-six years of aee f ? . hawker without a license , residing in Martini kL c kfriars " roa < J ' hntheconld not tell the number of the hou « e ; He was innocent of the charge . " ¦ - - Chehdseau saidthat she was the wife of Henrv Chernneau , r ^ gimenattSirorTwho was abroad * , but she did not know where ! She resided in Orang ^ urtrDrurj-Iane , ; withher aunt , and was anunfortanatev-- - « - ' --was
Busc ^ Bud ^ e tweniy-eight ywsofbge : ^^^^ ' ^^ meait ^ tasfe t to S > e ^ uTerent public-honses ; and declined , by theadyige « f hw solicitor , to ^ y anj | bmg to the charge . The . m ^ ner ^ l h « l frwa ffie . ^ with the exception of Eliza SSaS « 5 « ML *« l « im the . inspector said he $ S ^* * M ftrther evidence ; and # Si > fnm
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On Wednesday the prisoners were again brought up for further examination , nohe . of the stolen property had been , discovered , and the only evidence of moment was that of Henry Little , brass finisher , living ia Banbpry-row , Blackfriars-road , who said he worked in the same shop with Shaw , and he also knew Badcock , with whom he had frequently seen him . He recollected hearing a conversation outside their door , when Badcock told Mrs . Shaw that he had seen Charley , and that the robbery would come off on Saturday evening ; that Charley had told him he had taken impressions of the keys , and had given them to the men , He also said that he ( Badcock ) was to meet Charley ; on Saturday evening and he would give him ( Badcock ) something . —Kelly , the porter , was . admitted to bail ; himself in £ 200 and two sureties in £ 100 each , one of whom was his employer for several years , to / attend in . a week . The other prisoners were remanded . .- ¦
The Burglary In The Regent's-Park. It Ap...
THE BURGLARY IN THE REGENT'S-PARK . It appears that the man supposed to have been killed by the pistol-shot and slugs fired into his head by the butler , Mr . Paul , has been traced to the house of an old Woman , ' , with whom he and others of the gang to which he belonged was connected , and it wasthe report of this ' om woman that " Jem " was dead , which misled the police into ah impression that such was actually •; the . case . This has since been proved to be " a falsehood , and was a ruse , no doubt , adopted to enable the burglar to seek further security . On being interrogated , she admitted that she received him into her house , and that a medical man took seven shots from his head , a number exactly corresponding with the amount of perforations in the hat found nn the lawn after the burglars had escaped ; but she refuses to state who the medical man-was , ' or where the party shot is * .
Her tale is , that he / left -her place on Monday evening , and that as she has ' not since ' seen or heard of him , she thereforesupposed him to . be dead . The way in which . the' twp men ( both believed to be wounded ) ' effected their escape is thus accounted for : —The loud cries of " police , " and the springing of rattles , naturally drew all the policemen in the direction of the noise and towards Mr . ' Holford ' s grounds ; and it . 'is presumed that they managed to xonceal , themselves . until . the police had all arrived , thus leaving the roads in the direction of London clear of the police . It is also surmised that they crossed the Suspension Bridge over , the Regent ' s Canal , which is but a short distance from . ' the eastern aide of . Mr . Holford's villa . ' . and the Macclesfield Bridge , and , " Baving climbed the fence ;' : got into the Albert-road , ; leading up to the York and Albany Tavern , ' near which they met . the cab inte which both tho men got . "''; ,, : r '" ,
' Two additional men were on Sunday nigfit apprehended by Sergeant H . Barry , 455 M division ; assisted b y Evan Jones , 255 , a constable of the same division , on suspicion of being' concerned with'Dysoninthe robbery at ' Mri Holford's , Re- gent ' s-paTk / and were immediately cohveyed to the Albany-streetpolice-station . . T ' . . ' •' The ; prisoners were brought np on Monday-at the Marylebohfrpblice-court They were well dressed , and looked strong healthy young iheh ;' : ' ,: ' ¦ The magistrate having read the charge , •"¦" - '
" Mr . Paox , the butler , recounted the events ofthe robbery , and the firing at . the rpbbers , with which our readers are . already acquainted ; , ;; - : ' ^ " ' Supermtondent HATKBs .--These ; two men who aire brought this : morning ¦ werXseen in company wittDyspn in a house -in the ; 'Miht' at ten o clock ; and the woman wholiyed with ' Dyson has been'in daily communication with the other two' prisoners . There is a cabman here also . " ' r ..: ' HesbtBabbt , sergeant in the Mdivision . —About ten . o ! clock ' raSnnday ; week ; , the , 13 th , I went ; to the George , Lombard-street , in the Mint , accompanied by 250 of ' the M ' s , and saw the three p risoners in the tap-room with several others : 1 was in plain clothes , as well asi the other oflScers ; , Ikhowtbeni
all . Dysdn keeps almnse , a receptacle for thieves , in Martui--stf eet , and I iad a man who lodged ' vnth him in custody m the case of Mr . C ^ torf . ^ B yson was present at the examination of the * man cHarged in the cases of Cureton . ' Mahon has been in custody for having skeleton keys . ' ; _ His ^ ^ right . 'h &' melis Jairies Holindale . ¦ / 1 hkte-seen him daily flibeeinoompany witb thieves ; - . I know Robinson also , and he is an associate of thieves , but hot'in custody . They were aUdrmkingin ' . the ^ GMrgeVaridkhowme . ' -rl took them [ into ^ custody at a quarter to twelve last night ; at Hoxton . ^ Itoldthem why Itook them . ' hutheither of ttiein said airyftnig about the robbery , " btit they said'they would ' gpwithnie anywhere ; " I ap- - prenerided Mahonlrst , arid he said he had , no / one
with him , but the otherconsJable took Robinson afterwards . —Mahoh : Was this mahm mycompan ' y ? Witness : $ To ;; fqi ' he ; went away round the corner . " Was not in your , company , but he had been' ihthe beer-shop with ybii . - The woman that was in . the house with them was the woman who kept Dyson ' s company : From information 1 received . 1 was told MahonVas wounded in the hand , and Oh'examining it I found the mark of a . shot- ^ a iqng-otripe , aa ; of a spike . ' .-- ' . ' . : . .. " . ; __ J —p .- ^ l , ' ^^^ "Hesht Iiocock , cabman ; ^ lT . -rThecabPdrive is not my own . ' I know ^^ ^ 3 ar .-Hplfqrid ' s house ; and , heard tins dav fortnight there ' had been ^ ajroobery there . ^ kerhyvhM ^ Men ^ hun ^ TS " ^ Hiisnitaltoidentifria mantBa ¥ wasffieirm ® iafi
who ga ve him a'ipb : at ' the Yo 1 ^ ffd ATb ^ B ^> sif middle prisoner , ilahbn , ; wa 8 ^ p fesmg , * * n 3 : I . a 8 ked him if he wanteds cab ; and he said ho ; and added , "I have > heen hitjby •& . "dog , " and . the _ blood wasirunning down from . the palm of his hand ; very fast . " ; t said to him' he ' rVis" ajjmmp , and' ypuhad . better ^ ash your hand V . ah'd while I ' . wassp ' eakmg . t / rhmi ainaneamejieros ? from * 'flie ' railing . withbu ( p > hat , and bleeding . Mahon saiff ^ he would go | to ' the pnmp , and did so ' . ! i Tfieot ^ r man' wfiowas ! bleeds ing froni ^ e head'gSfinto th ^^ S ) j , arid > aid ^ 'drive ine to the ^ Strana . . ' Tliey . 'didnbtyip ^ k ' to one anor ther . : ^ bmVonisinot tHe m ' ahTwhd ^ ras bleeding from tfie ; h £ adr ; He got out of ; the ? caH ahd ( said ; he was so faihV-he ' would ride' putside ^ biit ' 'he '; 'did ; hbt
do so , bnt ran '"' on ; ' There was ' a . eah eomihgibehindr Ha then rode onthe boxl and s > id ; for God's sake drive ph ' as . fast ai jqu ; can ^ Waferloo > bndge , I pnlied' ^ n * y ^ handkeVhiefto ' pnt round ^ hisliead : I asted'nini ^ hajr ' was" the . inatteri / . and - wh ' ere his hat was ; 1 jut ^ e gave no answer , ^ raaijl fo Mmyou nad pettorgo * to' C dpctori ^ . and he '; saWhe , ; would drive " on ; vWhM' ; weVgbt ; . to Wellin 0 pn ; -street , ' he g ^ e ^ e ' l 8 ? 6 d : * and ' he , 'Veht away . 'The bleeding inan wasleftW ^ fia ^ ed by % la ' ay ahd ^ gentleman ; "I asked 2 s . 6 d . j but he ' cayj ^ gaVe ^ lrne' ls . TJd . ' He . never explained anythlng ' t 6 4 inoai alL He was fifeedingvefymuch frhnfthb ^ denfthe faceV ¦ ' ' " . '"" " ~ . ""' . ' ' : \ V .
; j ^ Sa ^ 'dnVhan dsTrere exam ined . - VOh hisleftthere : * ai a cat anda , shot , mark on the right hand . . 'He ¦ saidWhad'feipeived themthy falling ph . the ; gravel ^ hlmVfifttw ^ u . fjbmglhome drunk ; the , other night . -Mahoh denied " that he , ever saw the witness ' ., - ;' ; . ' ¦ The . wita ' ess when he saW ^ Mahon instant ly recog zusedhim . . . -.. . - ., „ ,-,. '; JoOTs , policWonstable 250 ' M . r : On theeyeUihg of the i 3 th , I TisitedHW Georgeat ' teh o ' clock ^ The burglary took place oh" Monday " mdr aingi " "; I ;' saw th ' eth ? ee , prisbner § in ; cbnrpany with three ; hi four ojtheri . 'Dysoii ^ nqdde'd . ' atme .. . Tfieyvwere sitting . Mah ' onand R ^ inson werecIose ^ tq . Dysoh / They were in conversation " ,, put 1- did nbt . hear ' what they skiff' there'was ; a" quart not bri'the table ; they
were all 9 Jbe ' r .-. " * l s » dd ^ hothirig to'them . " I kubw them weir ; ' thdy ^ rVassociates of ' thieyes . 'I always suspectea them , liiobhison did riot work , and when l ! t ^ k ' . huii ' -last , iiiglithe'' said ^ e ' was' unfortunate . ; We ^ werit' tb" tneBeanstalk , in ' a . back . street at Hoxfon ;? ahd took ^ ahon . * rBaiTy . told him'he was in custody ^ oh ; suspicion of . the ; burglary , and he iaid ^ he . ^ onld id withliim' quietany where he'liked . I ' thehTeturneaandtopk-Bobihsoii into Custody . ' I saw ; him coming ont .. bf -the , beer shop before , we took Mahon . '' I told him he ^ was in my custody , and that Mahpn .-was . " | h custody with Barry . ; He said hehad . ' nothing to do withjothers if they were wrohg , ^ ahd- it was no reason ^ 'that he ; should be ^ en , b & eUuss ; he ; was unfortunate ,. When'T brought
the ^ pnsoher'Eobinson into the ^ eatherstone-street statidh ^ Mahbn - said , ' " You had no'business to bring that man . h | re ; he-has nothing to do . with it . " Robinsohkeptsaying he was innocent . When ' we " were all ; in 'the cab coming to Albany-street ; Robinson said , '' That ' s , not my racket '; . that ' s a scale higher than my „ doings . " Mahon said nothing in answer .,. I handcuffed both ' . ' ot therh .. 1 looked atMahon ' s handi . andsaw a . wound , and he . said , ¦ « It is a inishap I had . falling on . a glass . " "' " Mi . JosEPfl . was of opinion ' that . the ; wound was the ' result of a , spent shot . There is an orifice , but no shot ' underneath . ; ' Something round must have produced the wound ; and the wound , on the other hand must have beeh , done within a , fortnight , t 1 him
. Joses : —Mahon lived in Friarrstreet .. I ' saw with ^ 'female . ' .. ^ ^ Ih ' eardof the . bnrglaryonMonday , ' the litb . and I have since then been looking for Mahon , bnt could not find him , although we > iaited the Geor g e two or three times ; a day . ¦ ^ 0 and SiS ^ ed tdbe at the George . When I heard of the burglary , I had »^« ^ a ^ have heen all over London Beeku ^ fbr them .. 1 believe the landlord dpes ; serve Mahon . . IJU 1 not know that Robinson was out of LondpuWfien I told Robinson about the burg & ry ,. he said I was at Southamptonat ; the time . ' ¦ _ - . ^ Robiksos .- ! c an prove to you that ! was ^ in b e ^ that nighfc I left the ;« eorge at a quarter to- eleven thatnigbt . ' ;; . . 1 , - T . r , The hat was here produced . ¦¦ . : Jones . —T know toj & om the hat belongs . ,
. . . . SEKOEAsisri ) . —Went to the house . on tha mornr ing of the rooberyj arid saw Dyson on .. the ground , jidid not see any traces of blood . I proauca a hat ' wb , ich is shot through , in several places in the * 9 re head . There is ' blood , on it . Ipiefcedit / up near Hqlfotd . House ,, where . Jonea " fired , rinder , the bush ; :: - "' ' -r ; : ' ' . '"• .- ! '' . ... . - .. . ' ¦ ..: Paul ieoalled > rIdidno J 8 eBitpicaedup . ' SiBOBA 3 JT 8 i D . —Whe »^ j found'flbnat , we Wood irainaninsfjcoait .
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Mr . BBouoHrgif .---TBerdi « agfeafcdeal more-erldence , but there w no riebessity for going into that . ' Do you wish to say anything . Mahoh . —I have no wish to say anything . ~ UoBatBOK—I know nothing about it , Mr . BBouoHTOif . 'r > The appearances are very strong against you both , particularly Mahon . You were found together at the' George , and Dyson , is found on the spot . You are afterwards missed from your usual haunts , and you two-are again found together in a'difierent part of the town on Sunday night , and what Robinson said in the cab is very important , and a . remarkable . thing for a man to say , and more especially what Mahon had said at the station-house , that Robinson knew nothing about it . The blood is traced ! from , the house .
The Inspector . —The blood on the paddock of the Zoological Gardens is supposed to have been from oneof the birds . . Mr . Brouphion . —Mahon goes up to the cabman and washes his hand at the pump , and then another man comes . np arid is faint , ' and brought to the Strand in . a cab . I shall commit you all to prison , ' and | you shall be brought here . again this day week . The prisoners were then remanded .
1 On Tuesday , a man who gave " , his name John Mitchell , was brought up to the Maryleborie police court froin the Albany-street ' station-house , Regent ' s-park , arid placed at the bar , on the charge of having been concerned , with three others underro-i mand , in the above burglary . The prisoner , wasi described on the police-sheet , as a labourer , and was , ' so weak as to . be Unable to stand while the evidence was being ; gone into against him . ; His ' left arm was in a sling , arid he presented altogether ! the appearance of one who had been seriously injured . . , , , Mr . Pauit , the butler , repeated the statements which he . had made upon former occasions relative to the affair . He could riot identify the prisoner in connexion with the burglary , although he was about the same height . ; ; : The prisoner hung down . his head as if about to faint ; and was supplied with a glass of water .
. The hat perforated with shot was produced , and placed Upon the . prisoner's head ,-. when the prisoner said , "It is of . ho use . trying it on any more , for I know itfitsine . " ; . ' - ! " .: ' ..-, ' . :. ., ' .. .. ' .- : ' . ;;; Hsnot Locock , the cabman , was reexamined . — Mr . Broughtbn ; : Look at tbe prisoner closely , and tell me if ryou know him . Observe him well , and take timebefore you speak positively ? , . Witness He is the mari , and I can swear . it , who got into my cab and ordered me to drive him to the Strand . — Mr . Broughton : When he ordered you to drive him had he a hat on at the time ?; Witness :, He had not , ' sir . —Mr : Broughtont Was . ho . bleeding ? Witness : Yes ; , blood was running down his face , arid it appeared to . nie' that it-came from wounds in his head . - ^ Mr . Broughton : W ho sober ? Witness : I think he was ; he seemed very weak arid fatigued . "
p ' Mr .. Beoughion ( to the prisoner ) : Have you anything to ask of this witness ? ; . pBisoiffiR . —I don't deny that I am the man . for I'rii guilty- ^ great sensation , in court)—but the cabman has sworn falsely ; it was riot his cab that I rode in , and . I know nothing about him . However , ' although he hasswornwhat is not true , I say that I am guilty .. . . " . . , ' . ; ,,. " Sergeantj'Bahrt , 432 : M , next stood up . —Mr . BfoughtohrDo you know the prisoner ? Witness : I do , sir , by sight ? but thera is an oflScerhere who Has known him for . some years ; He ( prisoner ) was que of , a / party ^ who , had been in . the habit of freqiiehtirig ^ the George public-house , ? iri Lombardstreet , Mint , Borough , kept by a man named Gallo way , whose * house was the constant , resort of de « -
peratethievea : and : ProstituteS : qf the : lowest ; grade TT-he , ( Galloway ) had been -many-tijries . fined , —Mr . Broughton VWneh i ) ysori ( onWof , the ; prisoners who stands ' remanded ) , was taken ihithe house of Calloway , did ; you see the prisorierVtherei ^ Witness ' :. I did . 4 % - Broughtpri ? ' :- "What wer £ , they doing ? Witness : ^ Tt ' ey ,, were talkingitogetSerfin the tapr rooini —| If . " Broughton : Did you speak to them ? Witness : ; No ; ' sir . —Mr . " Broughton : Had you seen thejprisoner frequently- . in the neighbourhood before tbeijurglary . ?„ WitHess : Yes , your worship . —Mr ; Brb ^ h ~ ton : ; SJrice fthe burglary have . yOu ^ misBed b ; ihi ? { witness : Yes ; arid ; J . - ' have wondered what b ' ad becbme of hirii , hot ; . seeing him at his : usual places ' of fe 86 rt . ^ Mr . .: 5 roughton \\ . When and at
what time ; was . he « take » . iritq , cu 8 tody 1 Witness ,: At twelve o ' clopk ^ ori ; Monday riightj at ; 23 ,- Little I Surrey ^ stree ^; TrTar-street , ^ Blackfriars-road . _ I and Sergeant Breritford wenttogether ; irijidaip-clothes , a ' nd . in thefifst-floor back-room we found the prisoner sitting up in his bed . V : A female at tho . time wag poulticing hk ; wourid |; t I , tqld , hiriif he inustcorisidei ' himself in custody for the Wrglafy-atMr . Holford'Sj arid " that . . we iaust takeliirii away with us upon the charge . ;! HoTsaid , " Very well , -I'll , go . " ,. He , 6 eqraejl ; extremelyVill , andnsked me tohari £ abottle to hiiny whiciiVwas bri a chest of drawers close ; by .- I ; did so ? and ; p 6 u « d ; out ,, at his . request , ; iwqglasseB . of port , whichio a * ont .- ^ At the station-house a doctor-was calletl 10 look at liis wpu . iidg , and hereceived every
^' attention : "He had WOUnds on the back part ofhis h . ead ,-his ears , and . other parts . of his . personyandhetoldme ' that , some of the . shots were coming , from hnder ; hia ^ tongue . ; , He also , tbldine that h © had jB ^ w ! §^ $£ ii ^ em ^ S ^ SerieariK' BaBiiKFono , ; 12 '' . ' -M ,- : c 6 rroborated / ithis 8 tatement . r-.-i ^ i-r' , fiJiV ; i » iyV . -2 i'BL- ¦ '"' ' ¦ // J ) iav '; . ; . ; i . . Mr . ' EvinEsr ,. Superintendent of the . Rochester . Police , said that he had . for a longtime known the prisoner ^ and-thai ; otners . charged with him , and he h ^^ gqqd re ^ og fqr ^ ^ believing that the prisoner was connected . wl ^ -afgang . who had committed numerous brirglaries in tha county of Kent ; - -, ¦ ¦ '• ¦ - ; . .. ;¦
• " ' -iEvajjs Joses 250 M . —On the night of . Sjinday , the 13 tn-4 il ' t ., I visited the Gqcrge , and saw Dyson there with the prisoner . To the-hest of my belief prisoner had ' on the hat ( the one . before mentioned ) produced . v < Since the burglary , ! hare not seen the prisoner » nntil ' , tliis . ' time . . ' -l v hen ^ r last saw him rw i . th Dyson he"l ^ ked quite freshHiploured , and as different as possible from what he doe ' s now . , ^ , ,. . ; ., . OtheieVidence ; corroborative of that which had been previously . , gone , into was-given , and the prisoner ,: who-hadvnothing to say , was > femahded till Monday . next , . upon " which day he will be brought up with : the , other ; three : who :. already . ' stand comnaitted ;' < . "v . . ¦ - •'¦ : ¦ . : > - ¦ -, ¦ ¦¦ :: ;¦>!¦?< ¦ .
The Late Murder Of An Old Lady /I: : .-_...
THE LATE MURDER OF AN OLD LADY / I : .- _ V riKEAR ABERYSTWITH ; ;; ' ; . ; , ;• , The death " ofMrs . , Jones , supposed ; to ' havelbe ^ n caused by arsenic , ; . adriihiistere ' d ; to daughter-iri-law , ' liasibeeri . theiubject . of a searching inquiry bythe' ^' agisitratesyarid . the '' f ollowing additional particularshav $ ^^ been ' pbtained : I- . - ;; ,. . r . ¦ I ^ Johri'J oriM ^ df . 'Caenmeu ^^ ^^ be remem-. bereai " gaye " at . tne ' preyi ; tb r ^ " rstatemierits ,, has added the : iollq ^ ing- to his . former , ' eyiaenc ' e ,. sayirig ' th ' athe ; re all when before exariiined >; butdid ^ ribt h ^ e ^ iiame it ; He . adriiitted - that he ^ wen t -ip , the shop . ' of Mr . Hiiuiphreys , * druggist , and stated that the arsenic which hehadV p ireviouslypurchas ^ had b eenibught . b £ ^ ' at ! ' tlie "iristieatiori . ' ^ f Mrs . Hopkins ' 7 prisorier ' s
mothef ) , ' and ; who promised him a cheesejanU ; who w ent with" hinvid ; the " shop . l The 1 75 hee ; se-was . . tp ; .: be given ' to hiriVfdr saying , he / had ' . bought ] the : poison 1 for hiinseJf ; . 'Alter fie purchased the arsenic 01 Mr . Huriiphreys'VshVpirian toi , kiir . ratSj ; . he yentj the same night jtb ^ Broriberrari ^ and . rsaw ^ . the prisoner . Told herthat ^ he . had ' -goVithe " stunVapd jasked ( what she iriteided tordo ^ w . itli it . j He then-took "it home with , huri , to -fjaehmqur , _ Tho . following , day . . the prisoner EUzabeth " Jones came oyer , to . him ! at . Caerimieur . ' :. ! Shetol ' dhiriithat she ; was free . enough ' -jtb do . Boinethirig- " to / , Ahhrjohes .- Ho . said to : , hsr , I'iWbat ' is Jit ; yb ' nTintend ; doing ? " arid she relied ; i 'Beyou silent , " , , Witness told her . thathe feared that : she had' some evil , intention , to . which she
replied , " Kever yon mind ,. there . W " . l be . no . call afteryou . " ; All . this ; took place on ., the Tuesday before Mrs . Ann Jones ' s death . ; On ; the , day ; aftei ! r wards witness went oyer . to CrcriberrlJan -for , the purpose of gjin'ding a . reaping-hook , and as he was grinding it Elizabeth' Jones ( the prisoner ) came and spoke to , bim . In . tho : coursej ' of 4 thc . ; cpnversation , she said " The old woman ( meaning deceased ) and Charles Jones want to make a sale , but , I will pre ; vent them doirig ' it . " Witness said to her , 'f that he hoped she would do no evil , " ; added , ;" that if she . did- so ,. Cardigan , ( tha _ county assize town ) would' be the place where itwoiild Be found out . " . The prisoner ' said ; . '' * 'If I was to do ! so , there is . rib one to swear ; upon ; ine . ' */ Oh-the'Priday ' mbrnuig
| , the deceased , was ' takon ill , and the prisoner , sent for witness , tb , Crbnberrllatf , arid told hiin that she wanted hhri to ' go dqwh to ' . Cecklas , ' ... arid -inform thein there of . it .. " He ' said' ho' hoped . she had not done anything tb the old . lady . !; She replied , that she'had done something , arid rsaid thatJt ¦ . wiis , her brother . who had flrs'tiput the notion in ' toiinetjnead . She also , ' said'thatit ^ was iri . the : t & pbtj , arid ^ shb . had putjjt in * . When witness gaVe tlib / arseriic . tbjihe prisoner ; he did it iH ' the . fibld'by . hiahpuse ; it was before the tiriie wheii . hei ' . 'had / t ^ e ! cbriversatipn . : While grinding ' his , hbok , his . Vb ' rother ,. Richard Jones , his sister , Mary Jories ; apd Jeremiah ; Jones ,
of Caein ' ady . ' saw them in ' the ' field together , but were at a distance from them . „ . After the' prisoner : was arrested ; - she spoke'to him ( witness ) , . and said if he ' would circulate a-reportthathebadpurchased the poison'for Anri- ; Jbnes ( the deceased ) , he . would save her life 7 ° The polibemari'did ^ riot hear this . He was standing'fy tho ;' fire , 'arid'she wasM the ; table . The fireplace'rs " thre ' e or four yards from the table , arid " she spoke iri ; a , whisper . ; The ; witriess was ; questioned ~ & i to' the reason why he withheld thi 8 testimony '" at the previous examination , but he gave no BatiBfactbry exp h ^ tip ri . ; ; ' ' ; ' The magiatrates havef aujourriedthe examination for several days to ; procure" the atfcridanco of Mr . HeranktbAho analytical cheroist , ' ^ Pisto l ; and to afford time for fwt & w lP * wqri I
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_ Charqb Of ^ Absaumino Ihb Pohc*. — Two...
_ Charqb of ^ Absaumino ihb Pohc * . — Two highly respectabl e-looking elderiymen , one of them 76 years ot age ,, named John Brooks and William Purchess , were indicted ; the latter for . ^ assaulting two polwe constables in the execution of their duty , andtheformer for assaulting one of the constables , and preventing the i lawful apprehension of the prisoner Purchess . —The facts of the case , both forthe prosecution and the defence , may be detailed in a few words , although 1 the investigation of them lasted from ten ! in the morning . until nearlyisix in tho evening . .: O n the part of the police' thoy were proved to be these :-Between-the hours of eleven and trrelreon the night ot the < 6 th of last month , as _ police constables Cooper and Fisher . 112 and 117
of . the Q division ; were passing , along : - Great Warner-street , m plain clothes , having .. two pickpockets in their custody , the defendant Purchess , who was coming along in a different direction , dr m gams t Cooper , and then collaring him , said , "You are not an officer . " He then followed him , and struck him on the hat , and tripped him up .- topper , having g iven the two prisoners to Fisher , followed Purchess , who ran away to his own house in the same street , and saw ; him run down the area , and he called out to some one inside , ' Here is the police coming . " Cooper no sooner gotrotothe kitchen than he was seized by Brooks and some women , who commenced struggling with him ; and in . his attempt to follow PurchosBithey forced his hand through a window iri
the backkitchen door . by which his hand and arm ; were much injured ; and it wasnot until some further , assistance was obtained that he was released , and the partiestaken to the station-house ;—For the ! defence it was proved by several respectable witnesses that , as far as the assault in the street was concerned , it arose in this way : —Purchess accidentally Tan against Cooper , ' who struck him on the head and tripped him up , and then handed his prisoners , to Fisher ; again struck him , and upon his remonstrating and - going down the steps home , ! . Cooper followed him in a minute or two after ; aridj Purchess having passed through thekitohen to His bed-room / Cooper—who according to the-various witnesses' statement ^ was ; mad ! or drunk—seized hold of iBrbokSj . whb was having his-supper with
his family , and began beatinghim about the'head , saying thatihe was his prisoner , ' and in the scufile his hand got forced through the ' glass ^ - ; The persons in the house -and some of the -neighbours , ,-nearihg the cries bf murder from : Brooks' - wife arid hieces , who were also assaulted by- Cooper , ' who ' struckat them with a pair of haridouffs hehatfinhis handj cutting the women on the face arid ^ haridsi came into the kitchen ; arid Goopor seized one'bfthemi a man , and tried tolhandouff him ? ! 'Som 6 ' one' then ' not knowing lCooper tobo an Officer , and to ' prevent further- ' -violence , called in th ' e ' cbnstablbs on duty outside . —The witnesses , upon cross-examinai tion ; contradicted themselves ;] in many material points ; but agreed generally as to Cooper ' s ' conduct being . like that of-a- < violent madman . —A medical
gentleman of Grajrs-inn Hospital ; to whom Cooper went within ashorfc period after he had , ' gdt his hand hurt ; said Cooper v > did -not appear to h ' aVe "' been drinking . —A humberof * highly respectable trades ^ men gave the . ' defendants ( who are half brothers , and had been' < injbusihe 3 s as master buikiers 'for many years iriiWarner-Street ) the' hi ghest character for generalgood conduct . —Mr . Gurney having summed up / tbffju ' ry consulted- forabbut a minute , arid acquitted lifem ; i--Mr . ^ Clark said Cooper had bee ^ some yearaSri'the '^ force , and had been rewarded'for his good an tb ' iteinp . erate ' condu ctl- ^ The ^ defendants were then : discharged ; and upohJ-gettihg , '; outside the . 'court : were greeted with Jorfd cheers frbmtheir friends . wV ^ ' : ' -.- ' ' - - '¦' ¦'¦¦ ¦¦¦•'>' ¦ - •¦' ¦ ' - ' - "• : ¦ . '" - ' - .- ChAKOB OF : MANSt'AUbnTER AOAIN 8 T A PoLICEMAJf .
- ^ Nathaniel ! Eatbnt . Bushell ; 26 ,- euVreh'dered to take his ^ trialivupon ; acoroner ' s'inqu ]' 8 itlqri ;; charging himlwith . the manslaughter of Jamea Geary ' , by ' striking and beating him '• ¦ with a pbli . oemair ' s staff ; and . by casting him'omthe ground a " ndkickirig him ; —A bill oPindictriient had been ; preferred ; against theiprispri ' er ' for the same offence , but it was ignored by : theiigrarid-jury . —Several witnesses were ' ex--aminedibaibehalf of the prosecution "; from whose testimohy-Mttfrippeared ; that at'twelve o ' clock at night bri ' fSaturday , AiigU 9 t } l' ? tb , ; tb & prisoher arid the . deceased ' . m ' an ; 'who-was a plasterer ; and resided in Coriwayrcourt ; Marylebqne , a place ihUabited by the" : lowef »^ order vof" -the ^ "deceased's " cbuhtrymen ^ vrefe ^ seettliri-High-street , ' Maryiebone , - the latteri : beingsmsfljus ' tpdy' ofthe prisoner . ''At this
time the 3 ecea 1 ( Bd «» as ; presented to have been lying uponthe ' - 'gWund with : his head ' over the kerbstorio ; andthep ^ isoiiervwas stated to havcheerikheelih g upon' hisrchestfvith his : harid-iri" > his ' nebk ' erchief ; . The sister ^ f th « : dweased went up ' and endeavoured to assist himj'buttlle prisonerordered . 'hef bff , ; arid Ifojd'her sfie'had ; bette ' r keepout of ' trouble . . 'iSome otherconstables then came up , and the deceased got upon his feet , ' ' and he -was then shoved against the ' street" > ailin ' gs , ; and ; according to-the evidence ; ' tho ? prisoner sfeiick ^ him a great many'violent blows with ' hiS ' staff upon the head , shoulder ^ arid almost ove > y ^ thbr . part % f the < body ; and . 'some of the - ' wits ' ( nesseri ^ l ^ d ^^ Sfte ^ also . 'kicked him 'withJgreaf ivibleri ^^ te ^ gllJtedeposed ^ b ^ tnat-wiiUo Iman WSi ^^ ff 4-SgalcfS" £ ftiB ) manner ] his 1 lirother
i ^^ P ^^^ pS *^ fnWnutHft ! : Mp ^ daV' ^ ^ m ^ r ^ m ^ M ^ m ^^^ MM ; ba ¥ -exprewft 1 i ^ tthfesa 1 n ^ 1 ime ; ^ constables to take him into '' bustody , 'an'd ' ; h ' e wJ ; s ' also lodged in tho ^ station-hoUse : ' The'hext tobrnihg the'decea ' sed mari ^ was-bailed 1 out , arid when' he came horiib Ke ^ cottiplained ' Of great ' pain ' aH ' over his body , and ho was found to be ¦ severely bruised ,:, He ' waB'inhedth ' e greaterpartof . Suriaay . arid'bri ' the following'morning tho deceased ahdhis brother Maurice were'examined' at ^ the police-office ; when the ' imagiBtrate ^ disehargedthe i deceased ' onaccount as it'was alleged , bfhis ' . having received some injury : during the affraV , biit - his brother 'was fined 'ten '
shillings for resisting the police in the execution of their duty ; J The deceased man , it'ri ' ppeareu , was unable to go to his work for a-fortni g ht- lifter the oc currence ; when'he ' again'Tesumed ; his bccupatiori but could not contiriuo'at' it morethan teri ' - 'days ; When he agaih'tbbk'tb ' his ; bedarid remairiefi ' yery ill until the ' -26 tK of September ; when he : died . ' These were'the-niainlfacts" bf the ^ case , " but some parts of the . story told by the . witnesses were very improbabley and ! there' we ' re also ; many glaring discrepancies in ' their bvidehce . f-During , the cros " ^ examination of ^^ the ' witnesses by Mr . ; BaIIaritirie , '' several of them gave' siich bvasive answers and fenced with the' questions th ' afwei'e . puttotherii in-such'a manner that thb learift'd' ^ udge' thoughtW his duty several' times' 'to interfere ; arid * insist that- they 1
should give direct' answ"ers .- ^ Mr .- O'Plaherty ; a- surgeon residing -iri' the' ^ neighbourhood- of Coniways . treet ; said he -did ^ ribt think the ' injuriesih' this case hadanythirtg ^ b / db witlfthe death ' . If brie of the ribs' had'heeri''broken , and hadirijured' the pluera , that wbuWhaye accounted' for tw inflammation at bncej- 'brit-that wfts 'riot'thefcase in tifiisinstance ,- arid irihis ^ opinion 1 if the deceased : Kad nbt - " caught ; 'cold . wheri 'he' went to . ' his ; work ' after "keeping-his ' ; bed f 6 rafortriight , he would have ' v Burvivedi ; 'arid' ' the' . injuries ' > Ke ¦ rebeiyed had'birtaihly ^^ nothing directly to'dbwitli ! his ' 'death ; Mr ? B ' allaritirie ; having addressed "' the jury ;; called James M' CraVi' ' a-serge ' aht of tho same division ' as the prisbnbr ; who ^ iipon the- night 1 iri question was tho ' niff ' tihVr in ' sTipnfnr '! % ftririeared'fr ' om'his evideniib
that while goirig his rouridsbri the night in question he'heard an alarm" by" theprisbribrl'and upon going to a place called Grbttorpassage , some 'distance' from Highistreet ' . ' he'fburid Bushelllyingupbri the ' grourid and the de ' eease'd was bri the top' of himj and ; they were strueglicg together . He- prilled the deceased off B ' ushellKarid'tljerlattor ' said ; * ' See h ' ow this'fel- ' , ldw ; 'ha 8 "b * een '" Berving ; ihei " - at the same time point- ; ing tbhis coat ; wpohwastoim quite away from the cbllarV' They then laid hold or ' the !< decoased , and were about tblfake ^ hiin -to the station house ; but . wheh he had go'ri < 5 ' a short distarice He became very Violent ; and struggled and kicke'd and' tripped them both rip at leas 6 a dozen times . : Thoy succeeded in pettirie him as'far asHigh-streeti and tiri to this
time no n violence' whatever had been used to him . 'In that street , . however ; a crowd ' of tho deoeased ' s cbuntryirien had " 6 ollected , ' arid they ; were hooting ' arid yellirigi , aiid'thfe'deceased again Struggled : desperatelyto'getaway'frbm thbrij ; arid repeatedly exr claimed ; *' that ; nb ' two —p- of pblicemeri-should take hini to the statiohi" 'He then pub his hatfd ; into witness ' s stock' and nearly choked hiin ; and riot having a staff of hiVowii , he called oiitlor one , ' arid anotherconstabre' wiur had come' up , ' gave ; hirii ; a staff , arid hestr ' uck'lhe ' . deceased on thearrii with it to make liirii'lbQsqhis'hbld ; ^ Deceased then caugh t hold of Bu ^ h ell iri- ) thb isame ttiannerj and helstruck bim agairibn the arm ; tb riiake Himleayego . ' During this time ; Busheli atid -himself were struck ; several times / aiid the deceased ' s . brother was excitihg ! . the mbb to attack thorn , ' arid release the deceased , ; 'arid u ^ drf Ms flayirfg ' tb the ; prisoner , ' . "Bushell , you . tt-H' you ' shall hear ; Of thi ' s aribtherrdayj ' . ' ^ andat the" s ' ariib momerit'laving hold of him , he . ordered
himiritocustod y . ^ 'He' denied most'positivelythat thbcbrisbrier' ' strriek ' -thb deceasedl—Several / other ^ coriMablesjwere ' exaroiried , aftor whicH the jury re ; , ' turned ^ vl 6 | dict bf NbtlGuilty , ;';''; : ; ¦' ¦ ¦ ¦ w .. Tiie' ' RbDB ^ Rx ' oF BMcks ' . ^ Cliaries Obley ,. M , labourer ; ; Wm 4 ' fJo ' ddatdV 54 , . lahourer j ^ ndi Johij Savage ^ 25 ; ' barman '; ' were severally .. indicted for stealing ;^ large ^ quantity of brick ?; the property ^ Geoilge Iiocke' / aiid ^' . Thomas' Nesham . frind , William Robert ' tbombv 'Was iiioicted for ! ro ' ceiving ' , them , . well knowing them to have been stolen ;—The jury acbjiitted Coomerl »" nd"OhleyragaiTis " t"Whom the : evidence' was ! very . , weak .-- ; Goddara , :. who : had- been seventeen lyears in ; Mr .. Bugbee ! s ! service , ; was _ son terioed ; to six ,- and Savage . to ' four mbhtbtf iimpnsonmentaild-hardjlabour . -hU , ! i :: ^ - ? . - ' M - " V- H ;^'> ; Sbbious' CuABbK of ; AssAui 1 T , ~ . Henrjr / D ^ haiHU 33 , was indicted forfelohiously- ai 9 Barilting--ThomajJ Miller , being at th ctime accompanied , by other per-, wnsi s « d w » ed with an vffenslvo weapon . r-Mr
_ Charqb Of ^ Absaumino Ihb Pohc*. — Two...
ThomasMJIle ^ Ithe proseoirtor , deposed thatrhe carr ied on the business of an I artists ' , colourmamm long-acre , and on the 2 nd of August he was on his way home at night , after having been to Chelsea on business , and he was passing the endftf Hose-street , in Long-acre , about a quarter or twenty minutes past twelve o ' clock . , Just as he was upon this spot lie was accosted by three or four men , one of whom pinioned his arms-from behind . He then observed a man standing in front of him , and three men . on his left hand ; and a'fourth , who held what ho called " an infernal machine , " was on his right hand , Tho man who be identified as the prisoner ,- who came up to him ; and while he iwas pinioned in the way described , ' placed something round his neck ; theeffoct of which-was to cause almost immediate suffocation .
Hi ' scoats , were , wen forced open , and he felt his waistcoat pockets being rifled- ; but , as he imagined , upon some alarm being given , he was dashed to the ground against the curb-stone ; by which one ofhis teeth waabroken , and his chin was severel y injured , and his assailants then ran off . He was . a short time before he recovered ; and he then saw one man in the act of running away . He gave chase to that man for a quarter of a mile , but ho succeeded in effecting his escape , witness being unable ; from tho injury he had received upon his neck ; by the instrument he had referred to , to call out or . to give any alarm . The gas lampof the street shone directly upon the face of the man who used the instrument to him , and he was quite positive the prisoner : was that man . In consequence of reading an account in
the newspapers of the examination of the prisoner at the , Mansion House , upon the charge of being concerned in a . similar . outrage upon ! Mr . Cureton , in the city , ho went to the . Mansion House , and the moment he saw the prisoner he recognised him . as one of the gang of ruffians who had attacked him in the manner described . —Mr . Bodkin here . handed to tbe witness a twisted flexible stick , loaded . heavily at one , end . with lead , and > which was capable of being twisted quite double ; and he said he , had no doubt : that it . was by means of such an instrument as thathe was . nearly suffocated under ; the circumstances described on the night in question . —Michael Haydbn , one of the city of London detective policeconstables , . deposed , that he apprehended the prisoner upon another charge on the / 2 nd' of October .
At this / time ho knew nothing of the present prosecutor , but from information he afterwards received , ho cpmmunioatedswith him , and it was arranged that he should go to the Mansion Home . to see . ithe accused party . The . prosecutor gave him adescription of the man who had attacked him , but witness did not in any way describe- the prisonev , ; who was in custody . There . were . two . otherperBonss . tanding in the dock with the prisoner , and . the prosecutor identiiSed . bim . immediately . ; The instrument that had been produced was found jn the house of a man at Hoxton ., This mian was taken into custody upon suspicion ; Of being concerned in the attack upon Mr . Cuireton " ,- and the prisoner , was also charged , with
that , offence .-r . The learned- Judge , then summed up , and , the jury immediately , ; returned a ; verdict of Guilty . —r ' Tho prisoner , asserted , his ; innocence ,,- and declared that at the time , he , was alleged . to ' - ; haye committed : the ; offerice ; he was ill inbed . with a . fever and had his , head shaved .- ^ Ho -was sentenced to be trarispoftedfortwentyyears ; ;;;; , C ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ : . -. ¦? . i , n- < m \ ¦ Assault- upon a ; Child . —Henry Johnstone , ; ¦ J £ t , wasiridiotedforafelonious assaultupon CJatheririe Davis , a child five years of age .- i ; Mr Piatt prosecuted , and , Mr . Ribton defended the prisoner .- .. The evidence : completel y ^ established the charge .-., The jury ; ifourid ' the prisoner . Quilty ,, and- he was sontencedtbbej . transpprted for , life ., . ;
" . " . RoBBKBYOF iPiAM ^ rHenry , Collins ,. 30 , servant , was" indicted . for > stealing a , coffee-pot , Bixty-: one fbrks ^ '¦ fifty-sixi spoons , , and other plate , valued at £ 180 , ' ., the ,. ' proporty ) of Edmund , Hush worth and another , bis masters . —Mr . Edmund Rushworth , of the firm' bf , Rushwbrtb and Jar . vis , auctioneers , Savillorrow . , said that about three , years ago the prisonerLentered , their service ,, arid remained so unUl , Ju ; neY 1840 ,, jBn . en the arttclealn . questipn were sent ifrom Mr . Thomas , of New : Bond-street , to them fori salW : They were ' brought on Saturday , . thejSQth
of june ;; by aporter ,, and ; . delivered tp ; tho , prisoner , whb ; took them ihto i thewarerbom arid locked ; them up ;' :- 'W ^ heri . witness gbt ' thCT the prisoner gone andl ' the ' place locked up ; and ^ he pl ' alie , ' . takeri . ' -TrRohert Cheekly , 16 ; H , said ho ^ -met th 6 . " prisorier the 16 th ' of ; this month in th . o ,-W ; hite chapcr-road , ; aridtook'hirii , into ;^^ custody , ; . On . their road to . the station-h ' ouse . rfie , asked what the plate liaebbeeri . valued ' at , ' ^ ap d was : told £ 200 .,- He added it . jyaH'gobdTday'si ^ brkfo " ^ . Tie-juryjfouriXhim ^ he was transported forVsevfin-yearSj : »; . ?; ^{ .. iM ? :,. ^ : ! ^ $ iL . ^ ; ? - ¦ forhseven-yearsj : . ; .,.., j ; : ;^*^ :,. ^; . '> ^ i . " ^ ; ^ ' ward ¦
' .. RetubniijO ; ,-fkojij TB ^^ BTATroN . rriEd . G . Bajcrrngtbrir ^ wlib 4 as ' cbnyicted last session ; o £ ; return ^ -from ;^ seiite'rice ; - The . pwsori ' er ; it will bo , recollected ,-had almost seijed ^ he ^ mVf ^ W hich i he hadjbebn sent 6 ufc ;' and-had ; re ^^ ed \ what was stated to be a free pardon , ; . wHich'hol ' hadrdesU ; oyed upon leayirig r the cblbriiesVhe ' hadj Served as ; tt seaman ^ againstthe Bprrieari . pir ates , sjarid ' . .. retufne ' d ; to . this country ; bringing :- with .. ; hunlani excellent character and a large amount pf Jprize-mohey , with which he had gqne : ; intba-iwpeotable wa ^ b . f- ; bus'ineBB . ^ mqhrSergearit said , he bad , np ; alternative but to again , order him to be transported , and the sentence was tniithobeiimprisoned for six months , and . then to be transported for seven yours . He would ,
however , be ableto . iay . his . o . ase netore ins ^ w ^ ry = " ? . i Sta ' te ,-wbp . wouli have ' ^ fmWH *^ - ^^ , <& - ^ Ke ^ son ^ ' ^^ MreadfuUy ^ Isbprier heard tKe ; seriienbo thanhe . . stnmk'histhanb > iviolently on i ' tho , front jof ? i the .- ;( io 6 k ,, and ; said'h ^' would sobrier . bb . de aa ' thariiagain transported-and ' drawing a-penknife-he ' ijad / secreted , made an at * . tempt to cut bis throat .: ' : The -ofiicersin the dock , - howeyer , mariagedto seiz ^ . him . beforehe ; could do hiinself any grievbusH hj ' ury , biit it . wasnot without much difficulty ; that th e weapon could bo ; got from him , and he forced ; fromthe dock . The excitement was much heig htened by the . frantic screams . of a woman in the gallery , said % o be his wife , ; and-who could ; scarcely . . be restrained from throwing , herself over into the ; dock . ¦ ; :- ;; , , . v ' . - ; . ' : '; - ; : ; Edward jLovell Dwycr ,. who was convicted of a simiiar . offence , , ys $ a sentenced ; to be imprisoned for : twelve . montbs , ' and again transported for , seven ,
years ., v ; ,-, f- . - ; -r- , ^ ::: - > m-: •_ , - - ^ -. - > r :: B ' uROLiRT . ^ Henry , Thomas Taylor , lT . cpnnter , Charles G ' oslirig , ; 24 , ; painter , ; George Adams , 32 , light ^ rmap , arid . James Cqstello , olios . . Adams , were indicted . for , breaking into arid entering ' . the dwelling house . ofGeorge . S tiff ; and . stealing ; t . herqin . a gold sriuffboH and t a : quantity bf , p ] ate , valued ; at # 70 , his property , - and :. gold : and silver : monies ; of the value bf £ 30 , the : property , of , Fanny Plowman ;_ = in the s ' e'house . —The statement of the witnesses , nearly twenty an muhber , went , to prove that the prosecutor is , a ' publisher . in the ? Strand , and ; pro- ! prietor Of'the . ^ Ve ' eUy , Times and . London : Journal , and ifesides -at Streatham-place ,: Brixton , . near ,-. to which place ' he iad a ' printing . office ,. . where / the latter mentioned . . publication is . printe , di . ; - . Qnitlie
Saturday preceding the day of tho robbery , the 24 th September ,-theprosecutor was fromtown , andremained aviay . for sonie . Jew-days , leavjng the . two MissesPlowman to , take , care of . the , house ; and it wa " s known to the prisoner that the only porsori-in the . house during , tho daytime was ITannyjPlowmah . fOri the ^ ithepf September , the prisoner left his work , aboutfiveo ' clock ; in the afternoon , the other . workmen , not'leaving until nearlyjShv o'clock , and about a qnarterrpast five , some , men ; wenbtoproseoutor '§ house , and asked . if . that : w . aB , vMr ., Stiff ' s , and having been teld ; that it was , said , to the housOr ' keoperioFanny Plowman ,, " Some one you know in the Strand , in gattingput of an . omnibus , has had something fall upon ; her headr and you . must take a cab and goI ' there . ''; , The . consequence iwas , that oouiuto
8 he . took- > cab , ; and c . a , me as quietly as' sne the Strand , whore ; she found-the statement , to be false , upon , which she went back with her sister and . one of the men from the'Ofiicoas fast as she ; could , and found that tho place had . been broken into , by forcin g an entrance into a stable at the side , and thenb ursting'the ' a 6 bf'irisuiewithacrowbar . The place was urgreat disorder ; and'the ' . ' house rifled of all that could ho forin'd ; and amongst other things was a ^ golfl snuff box that had been presented to prosecutor by his workmen , and ,. whick for safety was kept . hidderi in the , top of the piano . Upon an inquiry about- the robbery' being instituted by the police , " circumstances came 1 . to their knowledge which led to the apprehension of Taylor , who it appearedIhadjaerifc a letter to Cbstellq ( at onetime a the after
workmaribf the pvosecutbr ' s ) on morning theTODbery '; but when questioned about , him said bo did not know where he lived , and ; beat the boy whorii he h ' adseht to post the letter , for having said anything- about it . —At Cbstellb ' s house , when searohed ; severity " -twb skeleton keyswero found . — The only-evidence against Gosling was that he looked like a man who was . leaning on the railings 5 6 f the proseoutor ! shouse at the time . —Taylpr , ; who is ! the son of a'highly respectable ; tradesman , had Several witnesses" called't ^ his character . - ^ Tho jury , under ^ ^ tne direciioribf the' learned jddge "; a cquitted Gbslirig . corivicfccd the bthers ^ ithareoommenda-, to mercybrithe part of : Taylbr ^ Costello ;; it w « is further . proVed ; had been . cohvicted'in 1818 for . obtaining ' goods % ith ; forged ; ' orders ,-He was , noj sen tehe ' ed ; to teri veafs * transportation , _ Davis , to
seyeriVears ; arid Taylor to twelvemonths inipwsorimentwitn ' hard'labqur ; , ; ,, ;; ,. ; ., ;; \ . ItoBBKBT . . fbom A DwELUNd- 'ribusK . — Edward Siriith ' and Thoriias Hardy wore - convicted ot breakin ' " and entering ., into the dwelMng-hquse / vof Mary Hfgg ' uis " , " arid' stealing- a quantity of wearing apparel . — Mr ' . Carteeri ; prosecuted , and thecase ,. ex-: co ptlpg the characters , of the ; men ; was of ordinary descflp tibri /; 'Hardy Kadbw arid sbrvbd ioveri . ' years ,- * h ^ . d ; s 1 nCo then'b . ee ' n'in Readiugga ' . ol , Resides , other fconyictions , and soriYe acfliiittals . " . The other ; was equally . Well' known ' , ' a jCniviAj , CHAnaB . —Joseph o Cohen ; , 29 , was indicted for feloniouslyreceiving a , small quantity of 5 b > ass , the property of John Bpooner . —It appeared ifrom the statement ot the learned counsel for the prosecution , anit & e widens that was adduced in 4 & i X' ' . "'" " . '
_ Charqb Of ^ Absaumino Ihb Pohc*. — Two...
support of it , that tha prosecutor was a coaohmakep , m Whitechapel , and , 6 F the 18 th of October , a - j » v ' named Poxi was taken into his service . am ' 'the same afternoon he stole ' an axletree-oap . and two a ^ letr ee-iiuts from the workshop , and took them totho defendant , who keeps a marine store , shop , and sold tho articles to him for fivepence . In cross-examination : of the witnesses it turned out that the articles . in-question were old and almost useles ' and the little Ta ' scal who stole theni ¦ 'had broken , up one of the . caps : in order to make it
utterly worthless , except as old metal , and in that State fivepence per pound would have been its full value . The prisoner appeared to have previously borne a very good character , arid when he w as questioned upon the . subject he immediately admitted having purchased the brass of the boy , and said that bo told bim that : his , father , liad sent him to sell it , arid that he was very ill inbed , and wanted the money . —The jury , under these circumstances , stopped the case , ' and returned a verdict of Not Guilty . —The- prisoner was ordered to' be ^ 'immediately discharged . ;* W ; ; . ' - '< ' : •>•••;; ,
Another Fire At ;Graveset-D.— Supvi. -;,...
ANOTHER FIRE AT ; GRAVESEt-D . — SUPvi . - ; , -V ' POSED INCENDIARISM . ¦ - . - Mabout two o ' clock ' oti , ' Suhdii y afternoon Inst smoke was discovered'byseveraf-persohs , passing at the tinie proceeding frbmlthe-iron grating over tho front . cellar , of the . hous ' e-Nb ; : 5 , in Ilarmerstreet , Grayesend ., So much suspicion was , attached to ; trie origin of j this firbj that . bh the , infprriiation of the police superintendent ' . and .. his officers ' . the borough magistrates thought it incumbent on them to institute an inquiry into the matter . Accordingly , onMonday ,-Messrs . Oakes ( chairman ); and Spencer , Smith , and Tickner held an investigation , when the following facts were elicited;—Mr . Samuel
Harder stated , after the usual caution against saying anything that might tend to criminate himself , that about seven o ' clock on the previous ( Sunday ) morning , he had , withhis wife , ' servant ,: and a gentleman who lodged with him , got up and prepared to gb ; by .. tho train to London , but on arriving . < at the station they found themselves too late forthe train . ' They therireturned to No . 5 , the house lie occupied , and prepared to go by the nine o ' clock boatfromthe Terraco Pier : ^ Whilst ) so preparing , ho took a candle in a bedroom . candlestick , and went . downto the . cellar to ^ get some coals , and wood , to have ready to make ; a , fire when they should return-in the evening . ' While in the cellar he heard , the bell announcing the time of the boat ' s
departure from the . Terrace Pier ringing , ; arid hurried up , leaving the -lighted candle hedid .-not know where in the cellar . Mr . Marder went / on to give a ' statement of all that he " . alleged , , ! tb . hav , b occurred between se ' yen o ' clock ^ and' th ' e time ' of going by the steamboat on . Sunday ' morning so ' irii coherent that it was impossible to find out from it anything that could fix . theVtime of his and his fatnil y ' s ; departure from the house and the origin of the fire;—Tho first . witness . ^' called ' was » porter , in the Diamond Steam-packet Com ' pariy ,. whb deposed that 011 ^ Saturday i evening , late , he was " called to attend ; at 5 , ' Hiirmerrstreot , and to reniove-frbm there ., three large ; boxes to . the , ; Diamond-packet office , tb'be sent up by the first boat on the followr
mg morning . , He removed them with the assistance of another porter , ' and on the following morning , at a ' quarter-past'eight o clock , the riian ( a tall . and thiii : man ; not . ' at - all like Mr ' . Mavder ) who de ^ liver ed the boxes to him at No . 5 , came to the o £ Qce , and superintended their removal to the boat about to start for ' . London ' ... He should " know 7 the man again if he saw him . He " went hy the boat on board of which the boxes' were put .- ^ Mr . Marder here said . ' thathowas . the'last person who left the house on Sunday , morning , and ; that the other man , whose name , as his lodger , he ; could ; nbt recollect , and left that morning , ' by the rail way ;—Mr . Oakes again cautioned Mr . Marder not to say anything that might commit himself , as it would bo
taken down in evidence against him . —Mr . Marder proceeded to state , . ; in reply . to TMr . . Oakes ' i that he had insured his stock ( haberdashery ) for £ 250 , ¦ his furniture ; for * 250 , . and some ¦ . glass oases in his shop for £ 50 , on " or about the 5 th ult . through the medium of Mr .- 'H ; -Newman , of Gravesend , agent for the Phoenix office / and was also insured ; , but to what amount . h ' e did not mention , in the . Metropolitan Insurance-office . The receipt for " the p reiriium of irisurari ' co inthe . Phoenix-ofiico ho produced , and said 'hisi wife , had' it ' in ; her ; . pqcket , and that he had not preserved any other reeeipt ; or voucher , or document whatever . —Police-constable . Wiokham deposed ; : that about ; two o ' clock ion thb afternoon of Sunday ; the [ 27 thTinst . ;; his attontion was drawn to snibka issuing fro ' m ' the grating above
the cellar window of No ,. 5 , Hijrmer-p , treet , ; Finif ing there was nobodyiri' the hbuse , 'he ; called ' ror assistarice , and entered ~ thC ? house-throji " gh a window atthe rearrppening intofthe- gard ^ qn ' ^ Finding ; the smoke proceeding frdiri ' . tholD ' aseme ' nt story he went do . wnaud , opened , a door which led into an intermediatb | cellar . between , the back and front kitchens ^ and which formed also si sortof lumber-room . The . shioke rushed with ' siich violence '; out of the door that he was forced to ' go . baqk ' jiarid . he " then . wenfi jfttoTKe'back kitchen ; foiirid a bucket of ; water in it , returned tothe collar , . and poured the . water on where he saw some fire . - He then had assistance , and the fire was putbut ; VThelarge box now produced bvlblti ? . andnartiallv burnt , was ' thA firnt
iiiiH ^ Ko ^ removed out . 01 ~ vitu v . u „» _ jr ho Bmaller , bbxhe found-close-bytbe ; partitiori ,, with the cm .-: d ! estick in itas it n 6 . w , ; appeared ,. and'with therernisKns ^ bf burnt " wadding' extinguished by the water ,-he-h ' ad ' . th t'own . oniit ;; The . candlestick twasquite hot " . ;( The , candlestick , " a brass chamber ; one , was > inserted into the " side , . brit might ; be the upper end of ; the box ,- of which two sides or ends , arid the stuff con- ' tained'iri it , were burnt or . reducedto tinder or cin-: dei *; The candlestick could by no apparentpossibility ; have accidentally got . irito the position in the box in which it was found , ) Witness wenj ; on to state that ' he found a quantity of hooks and other-combustible materialslyingbri the . floor round and in contacts with the , box in which the . candlestick and , the ; expired , snuff of a candle we ' re found by him and ;
the other persons who , came tq his assistance . In the . bedrooms he fburid the . . wardrobes—three in r riuhiber—all empty !; one ' -bed was ; tumbled : as if : slept on but there , were no bedclothes but an old . blanket and counterpane . On a . bedstead in another ; roprii there ' was a mattress , but no bedding . -- .: Inthe ; i shop he found n 6 thirigbut ; a fe w trifling . articles . of r little value , ' such as gloves arid some bonnet frames . ' The whole house seemed to have been left in a state of . great confusion , and with but little , value in It . Mr ; Mardet had returned , lato in the ' . night , but he . T . ( witness ) had had no cbmni ' unicatibn . ' witb ; him , ! other than telling him how the fire was discovered . ; Witness had no doubtthat , tut for the timely dis- cbvo ' ry of the fire , the houseVwould have been soon : !
in flames . ' There was a quantity of broken timber arid -other combustible riiaterials behind the partition against which the box ' with the ' candlestick in it lay . '' Above , the box ; ' on" a sort , of shelf , , was a quantity of books arid papers ^ Some of them were partially burnt . Some of the books and ' papers © 0 the flour were partially burnt . ; , The partition itself was burntthrough nearly , up , to the Ceiling . It was , immediately ' undeV the ' shop , —Other witnesses having been exariiined , tho prisorier was remanded . The prisoner was brought up , for "further examination oil Wednesday , ' when thoab ' ove evidence was recapitulated . : Application was' made , to admifc Mr .-AIarder-to hail , which was refus ' ed , the m ' agisr trates expressing their intention of committing hirii for ; trial on ; the ' . charge bf arson . ; The prisoner was again remanded . — : : ' ¦ V . : ¦ :
; A Cabman's Tnicrrrthe Rewards Paid-To ...
; A Cabman ' s TnicRrrThe rewards paid-to cabmenu ' pon tho immediate , restitution of property left ini thoir vehiclesacqidentally / lead tothe exercise of - the ugly ingenuity of that ; brotherhood : in many ways ,- A gentleman had .. occasion to : write to the depot in . Broad-street . some days ago , under tho following circumstances -. —He hired a cab to take him ' arid his luggage ,-amongst which" ; was a gun case , frbm . Euston-squave to the railway station at ' . Paddington . Tfhen he arrived ' at tho : station tlie cabman , with the most obsequious activity , proceeded to unload , and very quickly drove off upon receiving his fare ;; but scarcely had : the . cab disappeared when the gentleman missed his gun case . The consequence was , that the journey ; wasrpostponea , and the gentleman returned to , his own house , but on his . way ho was informeH :. by a policeman that tha cabman who had just . leffc him at thestation was by
that time in Broad-str . eet , depositing , the gun case which had been left . in the cab , and to ' a considerable portion of the valued which / the driver , would be entitled for his honesty in giving it up ..: The owner ofthe property- wrote-to the commissioner in Broad-street , representing , the factthat the cabman had made the . " mistake '' intentionally ; for the purpose of establishing a claim'to the ^ reward , and received an answer from the depot' expressive of positivebelief that ' the ' ease was exactly asthe complainant had described it ,. ; but' submitting' that tha delinquent must still ho rewarded ; in the apprehension that a refusal would aggravate : the Bystem ' of robbing which the plan of restitution had been made to diminish .. The : complainant was then obliged before he leceiveiihis gun ease ; to phy'the ( under the circumstances ) reduced penalty of ten shillinga : as arecompense to the fellow ; b y whom he had been put to expense and subjected'to disappointment .
• A'lus should never put a fence of words around ' Jus ideas , because many , who' would otherwise give hinva fair ; hearing , lack resolution to climb over such aruggedenciosure ; ¦¦ - Hollowat ' s Piits , ' an iKTAtiiBtE CnBE foh Female CoMPiiiisTs .- Women at different periods of life are sub- ject to complaints which require a peculiar medicine to verivove , and it isnow an ostnblislied factthat there is none so suitable as Jlolloivi ' iy's , 1 'llla , then ; purii > "ig . ' ]« a ] ittes render' them invaluable to the . maiden , the mother , and the riiiddle-aged ; they are searching- cleansing , and yet uivigorating , so that femeles of aU ages may take them with perfect safety : and it is truly astonishing to find the cedent that is derived by taking a few doses , which speedUy remove every species of Irregularity In the system . arid establish health on ft Arm basis , ' »
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 2, 1850, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_02111850/page/7/
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