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BBnYbnYCr Lawless , M . P . forClonmel , wasthenex eeakteaker . He thought the leaders of the Alliance jjre tare the cause ofthe disunion , The rent was anmunciunced to be £ 1013 . < Oc'Oot-Doob IIeuef . —There are no persons now ceeiveeiving oat-door relief in Ireland , under any lalecaled order of the Poor-law Commissioners alliongough applications for such orders have been made jy * v tome of the boards . The out-door relief now iibnJForded ( and in a few ofthe more distressed unions ue cie claimants are still very numerous ) is given uneer tier the first section of the act , which directly em-39 we 3 wers boards of guardians to grant relief out ofthe ra : k'o : khouse , to certain classes of disabled pror . There
ii in in extraordinary contrast between the northaistastern and south-western anions : and the subject sas eas excited a good dedl of attention since the publiiatication of the recent pamphlet of Mr . Sbarman Wra + awford , M . P ., the object of which was to show ihathat , in the most prosperous districts of Ulster , lherhere is a more dense population , and a more minute lub-ub-division of the land , than in the most impo"erireri « hed and pauperised counties of the south or wesivest . The argument of Mr . Crawford , so far at ( eascast as the comparative freedom of the north-Hastastera counties from pauperism , has received very i itriitriking corroboration from a statement in the last iranramher of the Bownpalrick Recorder , as to tbe ijonxindition ' cf the workhouse of that union—one of
: hoiose particularly referred to by the honourable mememuer for Rochdale . The Bownpatrirjk union wosvorkhouse , that journal remarks , was erected to ac-:: otcommodate one thousand paupers , but the inmates » t pt present are only 630 . and there'arc not five abletiio 6 odied men amongst the entire . Thus Downpatrick intOKorkhouse is little more than half full , and the rate [ » vover the entire union is but llf d . in the pound , iniclrjcludingtherateinaid of 6 d ., whilst several ofthe innunions of the south and west are overwhelmed with ( pauperism and bankruptcy . The Bownpairick Rjcicoicorder remarks : — " The entire support of thepaujpepers in tbe union , salaries and every other' charge iinrinclnded . dors not amonnt to as much as the rate in laidald . The ratepayers of this union are therefore con * itritributing more to the support of the paupers in the isosouth and west of Ireland than it takes to maintain Iththcir own poor .
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TTQE LATE GENERAL COURTS-MARTIAL . Nottingham . — Sunday . — Yesterday the sentences on privates Ball , Buttworth , and Knox , tried iuin thi * town by general conns-martial on the 6 th , 7 l 7 t ! i , and Sih of Jfovember last , were communicated ft from Sheffield to Nottingham , having been officially a announced to the prisoners in the former town on the p previous day . The unsentenced prisoners were ren moved to Sheffield at the time the s- ' -veral troops exes changed quarters a few days ago . —As it is usual in Si such cases , the official minutes of each trial were read ii in lhe presence of the assembled troops . The fallowing is a brief summary of each case . —
- > o . / 87 , Private Robert K < ox , charged with havii inL ' , on the 14 th of October last , left the Nottingham I Barracks when confined there ' o , and not returning t until the 15 th ; also , as a second offence , with raising 1 his hand , in « bHi was a large stone , against Ser-£ geaut-Major Davis , and uttering insubordinate words i in a menacing manner . —The fi st charge was adi mitted . To prove the second , Sergt .-Major Davis < deposed : I was sent in charge of a picket in search i of men , of whom the {• risoner was one . I went to 1 the Gate public-house in Brewhouse-yard , and was i endeavouring to secure two of the absentees , when the prisoner and another ran away . My party gave i chase . On going close to them , private Knox turned round ; be raised his band , in which , to the best of my belief , was a large stone , and exclaimed , * ' Do , you b , " or words to that efftct , as if in defiance of my securing him . I knocked him down with my sword , aad troke it I cut him across the head . Civilians afterwards rescued the prisoner .
Witnesses were called who swore that the sergeantmajor ' s sword was broken' during a row that previously occurred in the Gate public-house , and that when he struck Knox it was with a short piece of the broken sword , the prisoner having his back towards the sergeant-major at the time , and not making use of any menace or expression of defiance whatever . The prisoner ' s age was said to be 2 C , his service two years , and his character very good . — " Guilty" of the first charge ; " not guilty" of the second . To be imprisoned and kept to bard labour for three calendar months .
No . 607 . Private William Butrerworth , for breaking out of inrracks at Nottingham , when confined thereto , on the 14 th of October , and not returning until brought back by a picket on the loth ; and secondly , for insubondination in seizing the detained Troop Sergeant-Major Davis in the Gate publichou ? e whiUttwo prisoners escaped , savins meanwhile , " I will not hurt you , serjreaDt-maj . u ; but I will hold yon . " or oords to that effect . —The evidence for the prosecution and iii favour of the prisoner was very lengthy . —The prisoner ' s age was described as 2 S years , his length of service eight years , and character indifferent . — "Guilty" of the first charge , and partiallv guilty ofthe second . To bs impri-oned and kept to hard labour for twelve calendar months .
No . 849 , Private Edward Ball , charged , first , with breaking-.. ut of barracks when confined thereto at Nottingham , m the 14 th of October ; secondly , with escaping from a party by whom he had been captured the same night , and not returning until the 16 th of the same month ; thirdly , with using insubordinate language to Sergeant-Maj .-r Davis on the 14 th , and saying , "You are no man . Sergt ant-Major , " or words to that effect . —From tlie evidence it seemed that the prisoner was one of those who escaped fr-m the Gate public-bouse at the time Sergcant-Major Davis was endeavouring to capture some of the absentees , on the evening they ab-enled themselves from barracks . On leaving the public-house he went a circuit round Geutou , and was at Radford , in lhe
vicinity of the barracks , when a second picket observed him , and gave chase . He ran down Derbyroad , and entered Nottingham market-placs , when Sergcant-Major Davis and his party met him . Boh pickets pursuul the prisoner up Park-street , when he took refuge in Mr . Shuttleworth ' s passage , which was very darkat the time , lie was observed to enter by two policemen , who gave information to the pursuing pickets , the commanders of which ordered the policemen to follow , with their liahts turned on . They then entered themselves , followed by their men , when the prisoner was observed lying on ihe ground at tlie top ol the passage . Lieutenant Whitby ordered his party to "handcuff hira ; " when the " prisoner exclaimed , " I will « : o peaceably , but will die rather than be handcuffed . " Serseant-Major Davis cried
to his party , " If he stirs , cut him down ; " aud suiting the action to the word , he cut the prisoner across the head with his swoid , and Corporal Sturgessat the same moment thrust the point of his sword into the prisoner ' s mouth . " Then it was , " said tbe prisoner in his defence , " that I made use of some remark to the effect that they were not using me as a fellow-soldier , or as a man . " He was , however , secured , aud given in charge to a small party , whose vigilance he e uded at the Park corner , a dark place , and a second time escaped—not returning to the barracks until two days afterwards . —The prisoner ' s age is 27 rears , length of service three years ; charac ter indifferent . - "Guilty" of all the charges . To be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for twelve calendar mouths .
During the late unhappy troubles , a great proportion of the men composing two troops of the 3 rd Dragoon Guards have been punished for insubordination and misconduct in one way or other ; three have been tried by general c-nrts-njartial , thirteen by district courts , :-. bout thirty have been disposed of summarily , two were fined i y the Nottingham magistrates , and one escaped . Lieutenant-colonel Arthur , to whose illegal order for confinement of the troops to barracks the Duke of Wellington has attributed the wide-spread spirit of insubordination which followed , is under ordersit is stated in the regiment , to dispose of his commission by the 10 th of March next-All the offenders sentenced to imprisonment have heen removed to the milita r y gaol at Weedon .
A Cautobsus Advextoher . —A Mr . John Evans of Totnes , left Teiguniouth about two years ago , in the vigour of twenty-four years of age , to seek a commercial clerk ' s " situation in St . John ' s , Newfoundland . It did not suit him , and he got into the United States . His Devonshire friends have lost sight' of him ever since , till now , when a letter arrives dated from the Gold Region of America , Au ° nst 22 , in ^ bieh he states that he arrived there last Julv , and in six weeks he was the possessor of six or seven pounds weight of gold ( worth £ 300 ); he and his partner , working in the sands of the river could collect three or four ounces daily , which as cold is worth in civilised countries about lucrative labour
£ 3 17 s . 6 d . per ounce , seems very , but then it must be remembered that food , clothing and lodginsare enormously dear there ; little or no coin is used " , and one pays in a shop with gold dust —sothat "down with the dust , " is no longer a figurative expression . Mr . Evans has also comincnced searching in the" diggings " m the mountiun hot had not , at the date of his letter , yet Scked op any solid lumps of gold there . Other per-Kiave "at large solid masses in the digging * , ^ Vwd"hinir Mils . -Mr . Evans journal atti ofe ¦ „ ' iwfcv Mountains , and took two horses with Wm lie says hemeansto return to England when lThas amassed fifty thousand dollars . TiPT Boxes , of the Royal Horse Artillery has Gift . . co" > Sctive lighting carcase , to be S-1 the nuTover an enemy ' s position , so as to fi the au- o « * ^ vements „ the
ST J « Mrf It burns in the air at a great » nia S ' hi hert point an explosion took place ^ itl he i Snatirig of a rocket in the air , and similar to * ueJ" ! „ 5 fuUv SIX feet in diasieter , } nfe , T ? t b ^ "SS pl suspendingabrilliant ifld f Tf K apparatusfloated to the . sou-h-east jlne light- * W » aff . f Woolw ; cu Common under 1 baiS * Bff »^ % Xt nearly equal to that of ad around it , wjj . ^ „ ' . . : t full moon « n Clcarfl o '
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TUB LATE USXATUBAL MURDER l \ \ ; HARLEY-STltEET . " ' On Saturday , long before the usual period for commencing business ' at the Marylebone police court , some hundreds of persons congregated in the vicinity in the hope of seeing the woman , Sarah Drake , who was remanded on the 7 th inst ,, upon the heinous charge of having murdered her child , Lewis Drake , aged two years . At half-past twelve the prisoner was placed at the bar , aud , upon tie application of Mr . Herring she was allowed to be seated during the inquiry . She held her handkerchief to her face , and scarcely any one iu tho court
could , from the commencement to the- close of the in vestigation , obtain a sight of her features . It will be remembered that a box containing the dead body ofthe child was sent off by the prisoner from her masters ( M * . Uuth ' s ) house , So . 33 , Upper Harley-street , addressed to Mr . Theophilus Burton , her brother-in-law , a blacksmith , residing at North Leverton , Notts , and that from the appearances which the body presented no doubt could exist as to the child having been brutally murdered . An inquest was held by the coroner , ana adjourned for the purpose of enabling the officers to get up the evidence .
Mr . Phiups , the clerk , read over the depositions taken down by him on the 7 th inst . At intervals the prisoner sobbed intensely , and it was quite apparent that she felt acutely the awful Situation in which , from the confession of her guilt that she had made to the searcher , she was placed . The additional evidence taken was as follows : Sarah Powell examined . —lam housemaid to Mr . Huth , of 33 , Upper Harley-street , and I remember Wednesday , the 28 th of November . About a . quarter to eleven that morning a friend came to see me , and , wishing te tike her into the housekeeper ' s room , I went to the door of it , and found it locked . I called out , " Nevermind" to the prisoner , who , 1 believe , was inside , and I did not hear her answer anything . I did not see her go into or out of her room . I saw the door open in the course of an hour or two afterwards .
Mrs . Jask Jonxsox was next examined . —She stated that she was the wife of a policeman , residing at Shirley ^ fommon , Croydon . In the » month of January , -1 S 4 S , she was desirous of having a child to nurse , and she applied to a Miss Harrington , " who then lived at Chelsea ! ' to do all in her power' to recommend her . Shortly after this prisoner was introduced to her hy Miss Harrington , and she took the child , which was three months old , with an understanding that she was to bring it up by hand as if it was her own , and she was to receive 6 s . per week for its support . -For the first three months witness was paid by the prisoner , and in the course of visits which were ad interim made , she understood from the prisoner that the father of the child was a Roman catholic , and she knew the child by no other name than that of Lewis . She was not
then in possession of the prisoner s name . In Juno the child became very ill , and she had it baptised in the name of Lewis . The payments ceased in April of last year , and in February witness saw Mrs . Drake at Shirley-common , where she ( witness ) had removed from PeckhaSh . She then said she would take away tb , e child and get it into an institution established at Boulogne . She gave me a sovereign , and said she would pay the rest as soon as she could . She took the child away then , and I did not expect to have it returned to me again . I saw her again next day between eleven and twelve at night . I was in bed when she returned . I got up and took the baby , and the prisoner told me that she had been to a doctor , who told her the child had got the water on the head , and that it would not live long , and that she had better bring it back to where the child had
always been brought up . She said she would not take it away any more , and that she would do the best for the child , if I would hut keep him again . I did not say anything to her then , or at any other time , about her having taken different names . I took the child back again . She then paid me lis . more , iu liquidation ofthe old debt , and I told her then I would keep the child for . os . a week from that time . I did not sec her afterwards until I received a letter on the 27 th of last month , which was dated the 20 th , and which caused me to go to Harley-street on the 28 th . Last August I received from-her £ 10 , and she had sent me £ 2 previously to that , which did not pay the whole of the debt . I do cot recollect the amount ofthe debt then . The last letter referred to was then put in and read , and was to the following effect * : —
" Mrs . Joussos , —It is with a trembling hand and broken heart I write this letter to you . You will be sorry to hear that 1 have been obliged to sell the chief part of my clothes to pay my expenses . I am a poor creature , very weak and ill , and when walking in the Park on Saturday for the benefit of the air 71 accidently met with " Mrs . , whom I knew when I was living in a family at Manchester , and she told mc she would take me with ha- to Madrid . I hope to sec you before I go . I shall not write to you , for they are all strangers tome here , and I do not wish them to know iiiy address . You say I am not true to the child ! I hope you will never have the trouble Ih ' ave had about him . I have suffered greatly on his account , and I do not wish you to get more for him than I could pay
for . It will tike mc some time to pay what i already owe . 'My wages are not £ 15 a year , and I am not able to bring " him up respectably " . It is not in my power to do anything more for him than 1 have done . I wish him to go to the parish , and if I return I will do all I can for him . If I die , all nothings shall be sold , and the money sent to yon , but you must say it was money borrowed from you , for if the truth was known , my parents would curse me in my grave . If I had not doiie this [ accepted , wc suppose , the alleged offer to go to Spain , ] I must have been starved to death . If I am spared you shall hear from me in a few months ; it may be six or twelve months before I return to England . If I leave , it will be about six o ' clock this evening . I hope yon arc all well . GSd bless you . " i ours sincerely , S . Drake . "
The witness Johnson said the letter was dated " 22 , Edward-street , Dorset-square , Nov . 26 th , 1 S 49 . "—Mr . Long : When did you receive it ?—Witness : —The next day , the 27 th , and I went on it to 23 , Edward-street , . and from information I got there I went to Upper Harley-street , but did . not know the number of the house , . I went to Nos . 24 and 25 , and several other houses , hilt did not find Mrs . Drake that night . On the next day—Nov . 28 —[ this is the day on which the child ia supposed to have been murdered , ] I went again , aud foimd the prisoner at Xo . 33 , Upper Harley-street . I saw her there , and had the child with me . I saw her in her room , and there was no one present but ourselves . She said she did not know when sho was
going abroad , and that the family had put it off until April or May next . I said , " Mrs . Drake , do not say that ; for you had never any intention of going to Spain . " She then asked me if I would have anything to eat , and I told her no ; and she then said she thought the child was very much better than when she last saw him . I said he was quite well , and a hearty little fellow . I told her I must not fciko him home any more , for it was the second time she had deceived mc ; for when she went into the country she said she was going to the Isle of Man , when in reality she was going to Nottinghamshire . She then asked me to take the child back for a week or so , until she could get some one to take care of him . 1 told her no , that my husband
said I was to leave the child with her and not bring him back again . The sum of £ 9 10 s . was due to me at this time , She then came to tlie area door with mc without the child , whose hat and things she had taken off before I left the room . At the door I told her my husband would take out a summons against her for the money . I went up tbe area steps , and when I got to the top of them she called me back again , and said " How much is it I owe ?" I answered " £ 910 s . " I then went away , leaving the child with her ; and I saw no more of her until the following Friday ( the 30 th ultimo , ) when I went to the house in Harley-street again . She had written tome in the meantime , and sho asked me if I had received her letter , and I said " No ; but that no doubt my husband would receive it that day at
two o'clock . " I brought the child ' s things , and told her there was a note and a bill in the parcel with them . She said " Verv well , I will read them by and by . " She said she had got the child out of the house , without anybody knowing it , to a friend of hers , who would lend her money as far as the debt went When I got home I found a letter from her . —The letter was produced , and the substance of its contents is as follows : — " Mrs . Johnson , I have got a friend who will lend me the money to pay you the first week in January . My friend ' s money is out , and I cannot pay you before . I have
none of my own until I have earned it . If yon summon me I cannot pay it , and I do notknow what advantage it will be to you to cause me to lose my character . Providence has so provided for me that I have concealed everything from the person in this house , and I hope you will not- expose me . —S . Uuake , Harley-street ^ Nov . 29 . "—Examination of tlie witness resumed—I have had no further communication with the prisoner after that . I went down hist Saturday morning to NorthLcverton , a " mtj saw the child there dead . I am sure it was the child I had been bringing up . —The' witness then indt'iitifit-d the clothes ' foinid iu the box as those
worn by the child when living . Evidence was next given as to the receipt of the box hy prisoner ' s brother-in-law , Mr . T . Burton ( before referred to j ) the said box was fully and completely sworn to as being that which was sent from Mr . Huth ' s house by the prisoner for conveyance into the country by the London and 2 ? ortb Western Railway . Mr . Fkaxcis Blabg examined—I am a surgeon , and reside at South Leverton , and have been in practice since the year 1830 . I was called in to examine the body ofthe child , and I was examined as a witness at the coroner's inquest held on wat the Royal Oak , North Isverton , on the 3 rd inst . It was the body of a male child , from IS months to two years old , as I judgad from its appearance . It
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seemed to have been dead only a very short time ; not longer than a' week , perliaps not " so long . On viewing the child I observed great redness , amounting to lividness , of the face and forehead , and particularly . of the eyelids ,. which were swellcn . The tongue was compressed between the teeth , the hands clenched , and the noils blue . I observed a bruise on the left side of . the forehead , and there was also a bruise on the lower part of the left ear . By the direction of Mr . Falkner , the coroner , I opened the head , and on turning back the , scalp , 1 discovered extensive bruises corresponding with those I observed on the outside of the left part of the head . —Mr . Long : Were they such bruises as might have been inflicted by blows or violence
?—. Mr . lilagg : Yes , by a blunt instrument . —I should say by something obtuse . On removing the scull , 1 discovered corresponding marks on the membranccs of the brain and on turning back the duna matter I found a considerable quantity of extiavasated blood on tho left hemisphere of the brain . I also found extravasated blood in the ventricles ofthe brain , and at the base of the skull . The brain generally was congested . I then opened the body and took out the stomach , and found in it about half a pint of . fluid resembling gruel . I also found several portions of undigested meat . It appeared to have been cured or salt meat . The stomach was perfectly healthy , as were all tho abdominal viscera . I then opened tho chest , and
found the right lung completely collapsed . The left lung , with the exception of the lower part , was in the same state , and I found there a very small quantity of air . I ought to have said that there was a handkerchief tied twice round the neck of the child . . A part of tbe handkerchief appeared to be tight . There was a mark round the neck , and abraised skin by the side of it , and also considerable ecchymosis in the situation of the mark . Violence would have produced the effects I discovered in the brain , and in my opinion they could not bo produced except by external violence , and such violence , in my judgment , was sufficient to cause death . —Mr . Long ; Did the appearance of the neck indicate such a degree of pressure on it as must have produced death ?—Mr . Blagg : Yes . sir , and led mc to suppose that the child had been hanged or strangled in addition to receiving the blows . -1 am of opinion that death was caused hy one or the other of them , or by both together . Sergeant Whitcher said that on the Gtli instant
accompanied by Superintendent Kinler , he went to Harley-street . and on searching the house found three white linen aprons , marked " S Drake , " in black ink , and numbered " 10 , 18 , 24 . " lie had compared them with the apron found in the box , by constable Smith , and they corresponded in name , make , and texture . He had received a bunch of keys from the prisoner , one of which unlocked the box in which the dead child had been found . Mart Ass 'Wionell identified the box as the one she had : brought down . It was the only ono the prisoner had unpacked when she came to her place . This witness also identified the wrapper . Mr . IlEnnixo , who , in the present stage of the proceedings , deemed it unnecessary to put many questions to either of the witnesses , applied for a remand , principally with the view of having an opportunity of perusing the whole of the letters to which allusion had been made .
Mr . Loxo saw no objection to this course , and remanded the prisoner till SiituBday ( this day . ) Sarah Drake is the eldest daughter of a respectable cottager , named Thomas Drake , of North Leverton , at which place she was born in August , 1813 . Her father and mother are still living , but the latter is blind . She was the eldest of four children , three daughters ( one of whom is dead ) , and a son . Having received a scanty education in the village , she was sent out to service , and for some time wis in the employ of ths late S . Kay , of Sutton-cum-Lound , at the period When he was murdered , on the 27 th of December , 1832 . Shortly afterwards she lived in the
family of John Walker , Esq ., of Lourid : but after having , in order to avoid a prosecution , signed a piper acknowledging herself to be culpable , she was discharged in disgrace . Wc next find her in the service of tlie Rev . John Mickle , vicar of South Leverton , and soon afterwards in that of Mr . F . Blagg , surgeon . In the year 1836 she left Leverton , under the pretence of taking , a situation at Manchester , and was absent for several years , during which time her friends were in total ignorance as to whether she was living or dead . ' - ' . . ^ During her absence she has said that she was in ' the East and West Indies , and certainly fassed part of the time on the Continent .
On the 20 th of December , 1 S 44 , an inquest was held by Mr . Falkland , coroner for Nottingham , on the body of a new-born male child , which had been sent from Euston-square Station , London , to Nottingham , thence per Queen coach to' Ketford , add by carrier to N-rth Leverton , directed— "Mr . T . Burton , North Leverton , near Retford , Nottinghamshire . " . This circumstance , at the time , excited considerable interest , and many wore the surmises as to whence such a present could be sent , and for what particular purpose . After si post mortem examination ofthe remains , however , the surgeon tave
it as his opinion that the child had not been born alive , and also , from various . appearances he believed the moiher had delivered herself . The jury corsequcutly brought in a " general verdict— " That the child was sent , but it did not appear by whom , and that whether it was alive before , at or after its birth , to them was unknown . " After tlvs investigation the body was interred , and the gossip which it had excited s ^ on died away ; and had not the recent despatch of auother dead child " tefreshed the memory of the past , " aud pointed in a similar "dircctjoji ,. jt would not have been thought necessary to notice the
circumstance . A few months after the burial of the child in question , Sarah Drake returned to Leverton , but only stayed a short time . In 1843 she visited her father and mother for the second time , and remainrd with them for nine or ten months : and it is believed that she would have continued to do so , had not her poor old mother been continually teasing her about the other dead child with which she had previously troubled them . Soon after her first visit to li-. 't !' ord she went to live as servant with Mrs . ltani' -ay , of Tosmore House , near Bicester , Oxfordshire , in 1 S 43 , with whom she remained until July , 1847 , when slie
left that lady on account of being enceinte by , as she said , a person of the name of Lewis , or L- < uis , a Frenchman , who was butler in the same family , and after whom the unfortunate child received its Christian name . The child was br > rh . on the 9 th cf Octnher , 1846 , but by whom it was nursed until . Mrs . Johnson received it in January , 1818 , there are now no means of ascertaining . Soon afterwards Sarah Drake was known to be in ( he keeping of an officer in the army at Chatham ; but they not agreeing long the then took a situation in the establishment of Lady Ann Gore Langton . On her leaving that lady she was well recommended to Mrs . Huth , iu whose service she was when apprehended .
After the examination of the wretched woman , Sarah Drake , Mr . Herring , her solicitor , made application to Mr . Long for all the property belonging to his client to be given up , in order that sufficient funds might be raised for efficiently earning on the defence . The magistrates acquiesced in the request , and Superinten ' ent Iviniler , of the Nottingham constabulary , handed over to Mr . Birring a g 0 ] d watch and about a pound ' s worth of silver , which were found in the possesion of the prisoner when searched by Mrs . Bridge , at the Marylebone-lanc station-house . Serjeant Whichcr , of the-Detective Police , also uava up
to the learned gentleman the keys of the prisoner ' s boxes , which were then at Mr . liutb ' s ( her late master's ) house . Shortly after Mr . Long had made the order alluded to , Mrs . Johnson , the female who had had the charge of the murdered child , « nd to whom many pounds are still due for the care which she took of it , spoke to Whitcher upon the matter of the debt , aud on the matter being made known to the magistrate , he thought it right that a portion of what belonged to the prisoner , and which was still in he ' boxes , should be kept back for the benefit of Mrs . Johnson , ' whose peculiar position in the melancholy affair entitled her to much commisseration and
sympathy . On Tuesday Mr . Herring , who was not aware that the magistrate had altered his decision in the first instance given , entered the court and addressed Mr . Long in reference to the insufficiency of the means afforded him for defending his client , at the same time stating that the worth of what had been given up to hira did not exceed £ o or £ 6 . Sergeant Whitcher came to the court and held a communication with Mr . Herring , who ascertained
from him that the boxes containing the prisoner s clothing , & c , had been taken away by him ( the sergeant ) from Mr . Iluth's premises , and that in his opinion a sufficient sum might be realised t » compensate . Mrs . Johnson , aud also to furnish the accused with the means necessary for . her defence . The solicitor gave this information to the magistrate , av . d said that he had made an arrangement with Whitcher to meet him in . Scotland-yard , when the boxes which were there would be opened , and the contents thereof careful ) v examined .
Mr . Long said he was glad to hear the ad > " ption ii ciurse of which he entirely approved had been agreed upon . Mr . Herring said that he had examined the whole of the letters produced on the last inquiry , and ! wd selcffd two wh ich be -considered tn br . « f mufiji importance , but it . was not his intention to cross-examine Mrs . Johnson with regard to them , as he ( Mr . Long ) had no d-ubt made up his mind to send the prisoner before a jury . Mr . Herring thanked the magistrate for his attention , aad then withdrew .
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M . ix DnowxEp i . v Bed . —Last week a sailor , named W . ' Lathom , on board" the sloop Turner , lying on Duddon Sands , took out a plug in the vessel ' s bottom , in order to allow the leakage water to escape . He neglected to , replace the plug , and went to bed . As the tide rose , the vessel filled with water , and drowned the poor fellow in his bed . Mr . Garcia is appointed Solicitor-General at Trinidad .
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York. Ciunce Op Avir.Rul Murder. —'Benja...
YORK . CiuncE op AVir . ruL Murder . — 'Benjamin George Ucald , 24 , was charged with the wilful murder of William Heald and Elizabeth Hoald , at Knottinglcv , on the 13 th of July last . —Mr . Blanshard and Mr . Beothby were counsel for the prosecution ; Mr . Overend defended the prisoner . The grand jury ignored the hill against the prisoner , who was now placed upon his trial on tho coroner ' s inquisition . — It appeared that the prisoner , and his father , mother , and brother , and the two deceased , who were the children ofthe prisoner ' s brother , resided together at Knottingley , near Pontefract . Two or three months previous to the commission of the offence the prisoner met with an' accident to his spine , whilst he was at work , and the consequence
was that he was prevented from following his daily occupation for several weeks . One of the results of the injury was that the prisoner ' s mind became much depressed , but , he so far recovered as to be able to' resume his work , and he got engaged upon a line of railway . At this employment he remained for some time , but the work beiug too hard for him , the injury he had previously received to his spine was much increased , and he was again compelled to desist from work . His mind was more impared than before ; he gave utterance to expressions of fear of being thrown upon tbe parish , and evidently showed signs of insanity . On the 13 th of July , whilst the father of tlio two deceased was absent , the prisoner went with the children into the garden , situated at a short distance from the house . In a
little time he returned to his mother , whom ke had left in the house " , and said that the children still remained in the garden . His mother said that he should have brought them into the'house , and bis reply was , " I have killed them both , as I thought it better to do so than let them pine to death . " His miithcr was much agitated at what ( she heard , and exclaimed , "Oh Benjamin , you surel y haven't , " and tho prisoner's answer was , ' " Yes . I havo ; we are going to be sold up to-morrow , and that was the reason I killed them . " There was an entire absence of motive for the act , as the prisoner had always shown the most extreme kindness and affection for the two children . Mr . Wightman , the surgeon , who attended the prisoner when he was confined owing to the spine being injured , gave instructions
to the family to keep their eyes upon htm , as he was not fit to be trusted , his mind being affected , aud he might do himself an injury . The little boy and girl were found dead in the garden ; their heads dreadfully beaten , death must have been effected with a thick piece of wood . The jury returned a verdict of " Not Guilty , " on the ground of insanity ; and the prisoner was then removed . Cutting ano IVoundixo . —John Cryor was indicted for having , at Gargravc , ' on the iflth of Oct . last , feloniously cut and wounded William Beccroft , with intent to murder him . —It appeared that the prosecutor , who is only sixteen years of age , resides with his two sisters and two brothers at Gargravc , the prisoner living next door . About seven o'clock
on the 19 th of October , as the prosecutor and his sister wore returning from work at the mill , where they were employed , tho prosecutor observed that his shoo was untied , and as he was stooping down to tie it , the prisoner having an axe in his hand , rushed out of his houuo in a great fury aud struck tho prosecutor a violent blow on the side of the head , with the edge of the axe . This rendered him insensible , and on being conveyed homo a surgeon was sent for , who dressed the wound , which was of a serious and dangerous character , having made a fissure in the skull . It was endeavoured to bo shown that constant quarrels had taken place between the two families . —Verdict " Guilty . "—Sentence of death recorded .
Abmixisteking Puisox . —Richard Cludelav , was indicted for having , at Leeds , on the 15 th of September last , administered to Ruth Horsfield , a child of the age of ten months , two cocculus indicus berries , with iutent . to kill and murder . —It appeared from the evidence of a youn ; , ' woman named Mary Iloi'efield , that she resided " with her father , who was a printer ,- at . Ilolbeck , near Leeds The prisoner had courted her for some time , and the result of an illicit intercourse had been the child to whom tho prisoner was accused ofVminislering poison . . The child was ten m > nths old in Sf-ptonta- hist , and had been unwell from cholera in August : on the Sih of the followiu month , ( Si-pt-inber ) lie prisoner came tn the house of Maiy Iloi-tfield ' s father , where she resided with the child - , the mother left the
h ' -use tor the purpose of going a few doors off after a bonnet , leaving the prisoner alone with the child . When she returned , in about ten minutes , she found it unwell from vomiting !" which , upon taking it up , fill upo .-: her dress , the baby ' s frock , and likewise upon a cloth with which sho wiped its mouth . The next day the child had recovered . But a few days afterwards ( the 15 th of September ) the prisoner was again at the house , and the mother , having occasion to go to her aunt ' s , a few doors off , left lhe prisoner alone with tbe infant again ; when she returned in about ten minutes she found lhe infant sick , and its mouth bloody , and taking it up in her arms , she
said , "Oh , my bairn ; " and then the prisoner said , "What ' s the matter ?—I ' ve done nothing to it . " Shcreplied , " You have . " The child then vomited ; and what appeared to be a pill fell from its month , which afterwards turned out to be a cocculus indicus berry . She picked it up , when the prisoner tried to talte it out of her hand , but she prevented him , aud said she would show it to Dr . Scott . The prisoner left the house , and the next morning it was discovered that the child had evacuated ano her cocculus indicus berry . —The jury , retired , for about twenty minutes , and returned , bringing ; in avcrdiet of " Guilty . "—Sentence deferred . ' :
Violent Outrage on a Lady . —Edward James Perks , 2 " , and John Taylor , 20 , were indicted for having , on the 17 th of September , at Huddorsfield , feloniously assaulted Mrs . Ellen Bradley . The prosecutrix , Mrs . Ellen Bradley , is a widow lady , with two children , residing at Gledliiil-tcrrace , Iluddcrsfield .- Ou the 17 th of September last , she spent the day with her brother , Jlr . Edwin Jowett , of Springstreet , and returned home about ton in the evening , Indoingsoshehad topass aplace called SpringWood . On going along this place she was accosted ' by two men , who seized her from behind , and threw her on to the railway embankment . At this moment footsteps were heard , and the men left her . Prosecutrix cried out for help , whereupon the prisoners came up , having with them a large brown dog .
Mrs . Bradley exclaimed , " It you arc men , help me ! " Taylor replied , " I'll soon show thee the help I'll give thee , " and proceeded to take oft' her bonnet and sfeawl . She cried out "murder , " and then Taylor placed his hand over her mouth , anil swore with an oath that " lie-would despatch her soul if she cried out again . " The men then proceeded in the most brutal manner to perpetrate the violence charged against them in the indictment . After tho prisoners " had effected their purpose , prosecutrix implored her brutal assailants to spare her life for the sake of her children . To this Taylor replied that he would have some money , and the two then took her forward to a light , when Taylor made use of a very indecent expression and repeated his former violence , and called on his companion to
follow his example . Taylor then searched her bag , but finding nothing but some stockings he gave her them back , at the same time using a most awful imprecation . He swore lie would have some money or else he would have her li f e , and she said , " if ho would only spare her life and go with her home , she would find him money and also meat and drink . " Taylor asked where she lived , and having considerable presence of mind , she misled him on this point . Ifc agreed to go with her , and she conducted him towards her brother ' s house . When they got opposite to this house , Taylor began to have misgivings , and observing there ' was a light in tho hoiisof ho said , with an oath , that " prosecutrix was a liar , that she was going to deceive him , and if . she did deceive him , he would stick a knife through her
heart in a minute . " Having got close to the door , she told him he must release her right arm , lor she could not open the door . He did release her , and she succeeded in getting hold of the handle of the door , but finding the lock fast she cried out" Murder , " which brought her brother to the window , and then Taylor released the unfortunate woman altogether , and made his escape . Steps were immediately taken which led to-the apprehension of both the prisoners very shortly . Taylor was found under the bed in his father ' s house , and Perks was apprehended at hfs lodgings in Manchester-road . As to the question of identity , the prosecutrix made no doubt about the prisoners being the men , for , in addition to tho night being starlight , and the length of time thev were with her , they each
during that time addressed the other by his name . The jury found both the prisoners guilty , and a previous conviction of felony was proved against Taylor . His lordship sentenced the prisoners to be severally transported for the term of their natural lives . : Alleged Attempt to Poiso . v . — John Laverack , 20 , and Hannah Laverack ; 2-1 , were cha-ged with having , on the 1 st of November last , at Armin , feloniously mixed white arsenic in a certain quantity of tea , and administered the same to Abraham Laverack and Hannah his wife , with intent to poisen them . —Mr . Overend stated the case . The prosecutor and his wife , Abraham and Hannah Laverack , were labouring people , and lived at Armin , near to the
Goole . The male prisoner was son prosecutor , and the female prisoner was his daughter-inlaw , and they both resided with tho old people in the same house . On the 1 st of November last , about six o ' clock in the evening , the prosecutor and his wife , who had been engaged at field labour during the day , rcturncd'home and took tea . The female prisoner was in the -house , and before her father and mother-in-law camo home she had prepared the tea . The prosecutor and his wife drank their tea , and very shortly afterwards they became violently sick , and the suggestion on the part ofthe prosecution was . that poison had been put into tho tea-pot by the female prisoner , at the instigation of her husband , the other prisoner . — "Verdict , " Sot Guilty . "
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Allkokd Concealment of Cijud-isiktii at Ho « - mmY . —Ejpnma Graven , a well-dressed and highly respectable-looking young lady , "as indicted that , on the 0 th of Ausrust last , at llorbury , she was delivered of a mate child ; and her fatlicr , Edward Craven , who was a retired tradesman , was charged that he , knowing that his daughter had been so delivered of a child , endeavoured to conceal its birth . There were other counts in the indictment , charging both the defendants with having endeavoured to conceal tho birth . After evidence had been given , the jury returned a verdict of "Acquittal , " and the defendants were at once liberated .
Alleged 31 order at North Bierlkv . —George Watson , 26 , was charged with the wilful murder of William Brown , on the 23 rd of August last , at North Bierley , It appeared that the prisoner and several other men were drinking at a beer-house on the 23 rd of August last , when a quarrel took place , in the course of which the prisoner stabbed the deceased with a knife . The latter fell to the ground , and , when taken up , he was found to have eleven wounds on his hody . On tho 2 ot ! i of the same month he died , and it was proved in evidence that his death was caused by the severe wounds he had received . Verdict , " Guilty of manslaughter , " sentence , twenty years' transportation .
LIVE Ii POOL . Child Murder . —Mary Ann Page , aged 27 , was charged with the wilful murder of an " illegitimato male child , at Manchester . —About the Gth or 7 th of August , the prisoner went to the house of a person named Phillips , at Chorlton-cum-Hardy , near Manchester . On the 4 th of September , not appearing in good health , she requested Mrs . Phillips to go to a person at Banktop , in Manchester , to purchase her some herb tea . Mrs . Phillips went , but , on her return , was alarmed at some appearances , and suspected the prisoner was in the family way . The prisoner' denied it , but Mrs . Phillips indignantly called upon her to leave the house . The prisoner begged to be allowed to remain over night , and her request was granted . Twice during tbe night the prisoner was observed to go to tho yard , and to stay there for a considerable period . At half-past five , the prisoner rose , went to the back vard , and
again remained for a considerable time . Shdrtl y alter this , she asked a son of Mrs . Phillips to get her a pair of scissors , and went up stairs . The boy laid them on the stairs . Mrs . Phillips found them there , and asked the prisoner what she wanted with them . To cut a knot in my st-iys was the reply . Mrs . Phillips was alarmed from the position in which the prisoner was sitting , and called in a neighbour , Mrs . Silgrim . The prisoner denied that she had been delivered ; but the room was searched , and in a large bandbox the body of a newborn child was found . The prisoner owned to a polL-eman who was brought that the child was her ' s . Tho jury found tho prisoner " Guilty" of the minor charge , acquitting her of the graver charge of murder . His lordship sentenced her to imprisonment with hard labourfor two months .
MANSLArjoiiTEK . —Francis Harrison , aged 25 , and Joseph Harrison , aged 18 , ( brothers ) , wore indicted for having killed and slain Michael Shorrock , at Over Darwen , on the 12 th of November last . Verdict , "Guilty ; " but tbe jury recommended the prisoners to mercy . Sentence , six months' imprisonment each with hard labour . Poaching . —James Lloyd , John Tavlor , William Roscoe , James M'lntyre , William Walker , William Tether , and Thomas Seddon , were indicted for night poaching at Altcar , on the estates of the Earl ofSefton It appeared that on the night in quesa person named Warner a gamekeeper to the Earl of Sefton , was , with a number of his assistants , watching on tho land in question , hidden near the corner of a field iu the occupation of Warner . After being there some time , they saw several men come into the field , and they remained a short period
talking together . Two of the men remained at the gate , and the others proceeded through the field . They hud a dog with them , which was hunting in the field . On Warner and his assistants rushing towards them he was struck with a bludgeon by Seddon , and it was seen that several of tho others were armed gin the same way . Warner succeeded in securing Lloyd , and a struggle took place between the other poachers and the gamekeeper , which resulted in the capture of the whole of the prisoners . —His Lordship having summed up , the jury , after some deliberation , said they thought the prisoners were on the land with the intention of taking game , but they were not satisfied that they vfcve armed with offensive weapons . —His Lordship said that the latter ingredient was necessary to constitute the offence alleged , and the prisoners were acquitted . This concluded the business of tbe assize .
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The December sessions of the Central Criminal Court commenced on Monday morning , before the Right lion , the Lord Mayor , the Common Sergeant , Aldermen Hunter , Finni * , and Garden ; the Shcriffsi Messrs . Lawrence and Nicoll ; the Under Sheriffs , Messrs .-Millard and Wire ; and the usual city officers . —The calendar contains the names of 100 prisoners for trial at the present session . CiunoE or Conspiracy . — Thomas Barnard M'Carthy , 44 , George M'Carthy , a young lad , his son , James Grady , ( Vl , and Gcorgo Grout , 33 , surrendered to take their trial upon an indictment , charging them with unlawfully conspiring together to defraud Henry Bart- of certain goods aud chattels . The defendants were acquitted .
RonnRRY by a Discharged Servant . — Alfred Lipscombo , IT , was charged with stealing twentyseven sovereigns , the monies of Cornelius Phillips . —It appeared that the prisoner had formerly been in -the service of tlie prosecutor , who is an upholstcrer at Islington , but had recently been discharged . On the evening ofthe day mentioned in the indictment , Mrs . Phillips , the wife of the prosecutor , hearing a noise in the bedroom , went there , accompanied by her servant maid , and on tho latter looking under the bod the prisoner was discovered
concealed . An alarm was given , and he rushed out and made his escape , and it was soon afterwards ascertained that an escritoire in the bed room had been broken open , and the amount mentioned stolen therefrom . Tho prisoner was taken into custody the same night , but none of tho money w ; ss recovered . —The prisoner in his defence asserted that the witnesses were mistaken as to his identity , and declared that he was innocent of the offence with which he was charged . —The jury returned a verdict of " Guilty , " and he was ' sentenced to be kept to hard labour for one year .
Embezzlement hy a Ci . kmc—Samuel Mar-low Phillip , 20 , a youiig man of gentlemanly appearance , pleaded guilty to the charge of embezzling money belonging to his employers . —Mr . Bodkin , who appeared for the prosecution , said he was instructed to recommend the prisoner to the merciful consideration ef the court . —Mr . Clnrkson , who was instructed to defend the prisoner , said , that as he observed by the indictment , there was a charge against him of having been previously convicted of felony , he thought it his duty to inform the court that fifteen years ago he was so convicted , and was sentenced to one month ' s imprisonment . Since that period he had been abroad ; and , ho was informed , had entirely retrieved his character by his conduct , and he had served with honour for sonic
time in tho American army , lie had returned to this country , and obtained respectable employment but , haying recently married , a temporary' pressure , arising from that change in his position , had induced him to make use of his employer's money , in the hope that ho would have been enabled ro replace it , in which , however , he was disappointed . Under these circumstances , he trusted the court would think it was a case in which the prisoner might have another chance afforded him of becoming a respectable member of tociety . —The Common Sergeant said the sentence ho was about to pass was a very lenient one , considering tho character of the offence , and he hoped it might satisfy tho justice of the ease , without operating as a had example . The prisoner Ind been recommended to mercy by
the prosecutor , and he appeared to have bovno a good character for a long period , and under these circumstances he should only sentence him to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for four month ! - ' . Manslaughter by Stabbing . — William llickey , 28 , labourer , was indicted for the manslaughter of William M'Carthy , by stabbing him with a knife . It appeared-that on the 0 th of June , the prisoner and the deceased quarrelled and fought , and upon the former getting the worst off in the struggle , he was observed to draw a knifo from his pocket , and to stab the deceased in the left side , and ho then ran away and succeeded in making his escape . The deceased was taken to the University Hospital , where he remained for three weeks , and was then discharged , apparently cured . He subsequently
enlisted into the army , and soon afterwards he was found to bo suffering from some disease of the'lungs , and Uc died on ' tho VlihSov . The surgeons who were examined stated the immediate cause of death was an abscess in the lungs , but they , at the same tiror-, ex pressed a confident opinion that this abscess was the result ' of the wound that had been originally inflicted hy the prisoner . —The jury found the prisoner " Guilty . " —The Common Sergeant , in p . vsii : . i sentence , said that the un-EnglMi practice uf using the knife rnu-. t be ivpicsscd by severe punishments . There was no end of such cases in every calendar , and he considered they were a disgrace to the country ; and , as far as he was concerned , he was determined to put a stop to them . Ho then sentenced the prisoner to be transported for seven years .
Murderous Assault and Rodbery . —Johanna Brown , 21 , ' a tall masculine Irishwoman , and Margaret Forbes , 18 , were indicted for' the capital offence of robbery upon William Williams , the indictment alleging that at the time of the robbery the prisoners cut aud wounded tho prosecutor . It appeared that the prosecutor met Brown in Westminster , and accompanied her to a notorious brothel in Castle-court , where they were joined by tho other woman , and upon his refusal to comply
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¦ ¦ "MIIW . H 1 I 1 IW . HMW' . M .. 1 IIIIMIIIIII . - 1 . . 11 ¦ 1 1 ^^^^* . " ? . " * ' - ~? with their demand for money , they made ; i st murderous attack upon him with a poker , sii" ; nut his head open and inflicted severe injury ttjiot •« , and at the same time robhed him of a half- vri and some other money . —The jury found but' risoners " Guilty . " —The Common Sergeant it was a very serious offence , and he had . ' no al- native but to order judgment of death to bo roe " cd against them . —The prisoner Brown upon li > ...- ng this began to bellow most stoutlv , and as si uffc
the dock she shrieked out , " Oh , shall I be 1 :-. ; r > ? Am I going to bo hung ?"—Judgment of deal ; -, --as recorded . Embezzlement . —John Bartholomew , 29 , p ! -v .-led guilty to a charge of embezzling divers sr--v of money , the property of Daniel Pratt , his nun-.- ; . : . — The p ' rosccutor , who is the proprietor of the . .: ish Banner newspaper , recommended the prist : •¦ : ¦ - : to the merciful consideration of the court .- ¦ iccount of his previous good character . —The _ > ailiion Sergeant sentenced him to be imp ; :- iied and kept to hard labour for one year .
A Scoundrel Dktf . cted . — \ V . Tarbtic ! .. 23 , tallow-chandh-r , was indicted for folonioniy 7 tth menancus demanding of William Russell tho -iuin of £ 2 , with intent to steal the same . —The mhrr . er , a tall effeminate looking man of dissipated api' -arance , in a mincing tone pleaded "Jfot guil ; -. ' - — The prosecutor , who is in the service of ?¦!• : ors . Lewis and Allenby , the silk mercers of lo .- , "; iitstreet , stated at about nine o ' clock in the eve : >; :. !; of the Sth of this month , as he was returning . ¦ mo from Knightsbridge , he had occasion to" eM :. r a , place of public convenience , where he s : > v the prisoner , who spoke to him . Prosecutor u-.-r : af . ly left , and walked away , intending to cross th .- v . rk ; but finding himself followed by the priso-. .- . ho turned round with the intention of getting if > the
main road again , when the prisoner came i . ^ , ipd catching hold of him in a most improper ]! ; . i . ' . ncr said , " Youare a gentleman , and must (?' . ¦ ¦ : •¦ me £ 2 . " Witness tried to get away , and called r ' . r tho police , when two officers came up , and he ; v . nca stated the charge , when the prisoner throat ; .. i .- | to give him in custody for indecently assaulting ; im . —The constable who took the charge said <¦ had seen the prisoner for some long time hangii .., .-out the secluded parts of the park . When sear . \ - I at the station , a small packet of rougo was l "; cud in his pocket , a duplicate , and a few pence . —Tits jury immediately found the prisoner "Guilty . " — The prisoner , who said he could bring a clergy : •; .. > to speak to his fornu-r good character , was e ; - .-. Ted to bo brought up on a future day to ' .-I'leivO judgment .
THE ATTEMPTED PARRICIDE , v \" CHISWICK . Wednesday . —II . B . Moukhouse , 28 , describ-.-1 as a mariner , was indicted for feloniously shoo * .: i : r at John Farmer Moukhouse , with intent to i . ; .. rder him . In other counts his intent was laid ; .: ..: « to do grievous bouily harm . Mr . Bodkin prosecuted , and Mr . Ballat-.- ' .-ir . ; -: de * fended the prisoner . The learned counsel for the prosecution ¦ " -. ; ing briefly opened the case , tho following evidoa-.. wag adduced :
William Axdeiiton deposed that he w ;; . - ; , cab . driver , and on the 4 th of October ho was en ? . * ,. ; -. ¦ I by the prisoner , in the Minories , to go to Ch-. ^ ick , and witness agreed to take him there for ! - . At this time the prisoner appeared as though r . hap been drinking , and before they started { '' ¦*¦ had some liquor together . On tho road to !' :: '" : < vick they stopped at several public-houses , arO v . ness and the prisoner'had drink at all of thero . : r 'opfc the Black Lion , which was the last hoi ! -:-. , |; ey stopped at . When they arrived at Chi . ? ri .. - . the prisoner directed him to stop at tho hots ? . .. ' tho prosecutor . It was then about ten o ' clock * ' : > . ;» ht , and quite dark . The prisoner , when he j .-. ' l ! . up , told him to ring the bell and ask for A :.-. > . -nk-¦
house , and say that a gentleman wished tt : •••;•• :. { tp him . Witness did so , aud tho servant shut ¦!» ,- aro and went in . She returned in a minute or i • • : md said tho gentleman must send in his nanio . . " .. v .- the pyisc-viev then said he would go himself , aiv ' . ;' . reod his way into tho garden . Very soon afv « • ¦ -. rdu witness heard the report of fire-arms , ami b i minute or two the prisoner swaggered out of ' . ' :., ; ato and mounted the box of the cab , and toll I- ! r-t to go to the top ofthe lane . AVitncss asked hi .- ! viout the rcpoat of the fire-arms , and lie said it w :..: not there . Ho then pulled up at a public-hov .. -- - and demanded his fare , and tho prisoner said th . i . . 'he drove him to the Bell , at Ealing , he woiv ¦ ; ive him a sovereign , and witness agreed to do > .- : and as they were going along the prisoner rolled . ; . ut % good deal , and witness told him to mind >' ..- he ]¦
did not fall off . When thev arrived at th > . ' ¦¦ :. I the prisoner invited him to diink again , andt ' : o / oth had a glass of brandy . The prisoner thou : m icd him to drive him to his brother ' s house , wiv ,- - -. he said was up a lano close by , and lie drove »¦ : ?• - ' . 'ing to his direction , and they rang the bell at or . ' : > the houses in tho lane , but received no answ ^ md witness drove back again to the Bell , wlieio t . . prisoner asked the landlord to give him a soy ; i ' ^ n , but ho refused , and at this time a pohcoinr ? , mc up and the prisoner was given into custody . Elizabeth Baynes , servant to the pi < . ?> - orj confirmed tho evidence of the last witness v . ; regard to the conduct of the prisoner in rtis ; ¦ - ; . : isfc
her towards the house , and said that as : t : ; . ; ed her he exclaimed , "lam a Moukhouse , :. r * ' , I'll speak to him . " She looked towards the I ; . "„ .. : nd saw the prisoner standing in front of ln-t- ; :. . > r , who was on the hall-steps , and at the same \\ r ;; : nt she saw a flash , and heard the report i ' : tol and just as her master was falling then- : ; a second report . The prisoner was standing ¦• : ¦ . by Jhe prosecutor at this time , and after he ! , ;;• . . red he turned round and came towards her , ami ¦ „ he passed her he said , " There , " and he went vay , and she , saw no more of him . The pro ^' ci . rat this time was crawling upon his hands ami i . mes towards the footpath . Mr . J . F . Monkhouse said : The prisoner < my
second son . I bavn ftve children by a first in a r . « e , and one by a second , I remember a ringing .. the boll of my house on the night of tbe 4 th " <>> ler , and after my serviu . t had brought me a mc ige , the prisoner rushed up to me and shot me . . ' -, ) t a word passed between us before it happen" ¦ . I heard the reports , but Idid not see the we .. ; -nth . which he shot at me . One of the shots i ... . ecfc in my throat , and I fell to the ground iimi . ' . " ' . . -ly . I did not hear the prisoner say anything < -pt , that ho was a Moukhouse . I hail seen tin-pi ner ' about a week before , when he came to u . y . r . se ,, when I told him he should not remain th : ' . We > were not exactly upon good terms . The / : -.. nei " is a sailor , in the merchant service . I irr . ¦ . . ivo i ¦
served in the royal navy , but left it in ]¦ •' .. The s prisoner was first apprenticed to the se :.. L is now twenty-eight years of age . —By Mr . B ; " ¦ .. ' ' . ne :: The prisoner's mother died in 1831 , ami 1 "• ; j cve j tho disease of which she died was brain ft-v .-. ' ourr others of her children besides the prisoner »< ¦ _ , . ¦ livee when she died . The prisoner was bound ap | ¦!• :. ; ... ¦ ¦ ;• . . too learn the sea , but 1 don ' t know what they nm . ' .: . ' iim . i . Since he has been out of his apprentices , !;! :- . . . be-ilievc the prisoner has been to " sea as a ¦ : aonn sailor . 1 don't know where the prisoner v -. ¦ . - ponn his last voyage . lie was away a year at taif . f . I was never a common sailor myself . V- ' ¦ . heio was apprenticed the prisoner was at a your .: : .
tlc-c-man ' s school at Hammersmith . His mc ' .: - is a a gentlewoman , but 1 believe she had no . ' . ¦•; me . e . Upon the occasion I have referred to , th ;• ¦ ncrerwanted to sleep at my house , and for ce ; :, ¦ roa-asons I refused to allow him . —By the dm : Theic reason I refused to allow him to sleep was , ' .: at 11 thought he ought to have sent mo an ajiolo ^•;• foror his conduct prior to his going to sea the last . me „ e , —By Mr . Bodkin : lhe prisoner was between six « x « teen and seventeen when ho was apprenticed . Myly first wife had only a small fortune . I deri >; thehe property I am nowposscsscd of from my gran . -V . . her .-r . IIenky Beesen , a police constable , dof-. j .-l toto apprehending the , prisoner at the Bell , at i . tingyg , about twelve o ' clock at night on the 4 th of 0 .: ber ^ r . Witness asked liitn if his name was Monkhov . ;' -. andndi he said it was not . lie then told him ho su ; v -itededl
ho was the man he wanted , and he must cph - himimi to the station-house . He was then taken ' . thehe ! police station . He appeared to have been dvi sinpc ; a great deal . "When he was searched a pht ., . vitlitlj the barrel separate from the stock , several '••• . ets ^ ts ,, which fitted the pistol , and a small quantity ' : uminpowder and some percussion caps , were Ik ; .. ' ' ipoiioi ; him . On the Sunday following witness y-:. t t ( t ([ Ealing and received another pistol and some - ^ unun powder from the landlord of the Bell . Thty vcrtcrti fellow-pistols , and both had percussion lock .-,. Ai Ai \ he was taking the prisoner to the station-house , hi hi \ said that if he had a pistol he would blow his bt-ain & ini ! out .
Mr . Williams , the landlord of the Bell , deposetseti that when the prisoner camo to his houso on thttbti night in question he produced two pistols , and laidahjf them on the table with some gunpowder , and witvitv ness took them up ami put them in a drawer , lit 1 I <( afterwards saw one of the pistols in the prisoiici- ' iei- ' n hand , and directly afterwards he was taken it : t « t : t « custody . Witness subsequently delivered thtthti ¦ second pistol to the officer . The prisoner appeateoten to be very much excited , and walki'd wildly abou » otfi the roiiin .
Mr ; T . W . Perfect , a surgeon , residing at llamami iiii-is ' iiiiih , deposed that he was railed upon t < t « attend the prosecutor tit the-nig h ; , of the 4 th oh o > October . Be was suffering from the effects of lof ii gun-shot wound , faint and trembling , and he expecpcCE ted he would die almost immediately . Mrs . Monsonki house and the servant were holding a bason to hi hit mouth , from which a quantity of blood issued . H IM undid the collar of his shirt , and found a gun-shosho ) wound , with a large blackened siirface , upon thi thi throat , The ball appeared to have entered imm « im « d lately in front of the neck ; and the stiffening of thf th » stock appeared to have had the * effect of dnrortinrtini its course into the cavity « of the throat , and thon up xi \\ wards , where it must haye touched the base of thf ( to skull , or some other hard substance in the hca < hca « ^ f & mmm
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 22, 1849, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_22121849/page/7/
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