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MJOISIOS HOUSE . Satukdat . — Examination of William Bcbsxss , jss Bahk Cube . — The Lord Mayor sat at ten o'clock- After & number of tie ordinary charges Ji&d been disposed of , " William Burgess , the Bank clerk , who had teen TAught lack from America by John . Forrester , on the charge of forging a transfer t £ £ 8 , 000 Three per Gent . Consols , and absconding ¦ pith the proceeds of the same , was "brought in and placed &l the har . The jaisoner is a TreU-dressed and respectable -looking man , of about six-andtweniy ; and although of a healthful and ruddy Complexion , appeared to be suffering severely from trepidation and anxiety of mlml . He walked lame , and stooped forward as if from weakness , and at first leant upon the front of the bar ; but he iras immediately afterwards accommodated -with a chair . Mr . Freshfield , the solicitor to the Bank of
England , then proceeded to state that the officer , John Forrester , had just arrived -in town with the prisoner at the bar , -whom he apprehended at Boston , m America , under a warrant granted bv Sir William Hagnay , on the charge of uttering a forged transfer of .- £ . ^ 090 Three per C-ent . Consolidated Annuities , htA -aging to a gentleman named William t- ; c ? n : ; -rd . The prisoner had arrived in town onlj tli ;< morning , and he ( Mr . FresMeld ) thought , under these circumstances , that his lordship -vroolJ ¦ probablr fhrnk it proper to remand him to a future thy . Bin if the prisoner wished it , he "was readv to proceed with the case , and thought he could probably conclude it at om-e . —John Forrester : "' He-wishes to be remanded , mv-lord . "—Mr . ^ Y .
Gxenfr-rd stated that he resided at John-street , Bedford-n >\ T , and was an official ajrent is the Lous-room at rh- > Custom-bouse , He had £ 8 , 0 ' - «> Three per Cent . Consols in the Bank of England . Un lookin ? at the transfer-book Rovvprodueed 7 he could distinctly state xhat he had never executed any transfer of that slock . Neither of the signatures pointed out were his . Mr . Thomas Ingall stated that ne was a clerk in tite Bank of England , and attested the signature of the supposed ilr . Osenford to each of the transfers . The prisoner at the bar was the person who " identified"' the supposed Mr . Osendford as that gtntlenan . The Lord Mavor . looking towards the lie to
E nsoner , told him ^ mt proposed remand Ira until Wednesday next , but as there was plenty of time before the next session of the Centrd Criminal Court , he had no objection to fix anv other day -svhich the prisoner prefenvc . The prisoner spoke to Forrester in so low a lone of voice that his reDly could m > t be beard , but the -oideer stated that he had no objection to that or any other day his lordship might think proper to appoint . The Lord Mayor accordingly fixed Wednesday next , ai twelve o ' clock , for ihe prisoner ' s being again bronght up , irhen he will , in all probability , be Jnllv committed for Trial .
iIorn > AT . —Possession S > frGGiED o ' oods . —A great deal i > f inieres : was t- * ci ; e < 3 In the drtails of a ease « ef possession of smuggled goods , upon an information chargrap . ' aiaes and Sarah Gregson , the latter of whom is a liiost notorious contraband dealer , in Barki-jg Churchyard , tvith the ostnee . Hr . Fotbnr \ . from the office of the soBckor to the Cnsioms . amended for the prosecution , and ilr . HoMrr for file c-. irzice . li was quite o"brioxis from the manner iu which parts of the evidence ¦ were received , that a srood many interested in the trade were present . The Lord Major and Alderman Pirie presided . Thr defendants pleaded " 5 ot guiltr . *
iix . ? % > iburj stated , that the tiro defendants were included in the one information with having had in their possession , on the 25 th of October , a quantity of tohacco and cigars , a gallon and seven pints of brandy , and six i > ottles of Eau dc Cologne . The proceedings were instituted for the recovery of the penalty of £ 100 from each of the defendants . Coie ' tK Atkin-on Daris ( Custom-house officerj stated , that between two and three o ' clock on Friday , the 25 th of October , as , he vn ^ walking up Tower-street towards the Custom-house , he saw a child leave Mrs . Gregson ' s shop "Rith a bundle nnd ^ r Ms arm . He followed the bov to Seezhiajr-lane , and then stopped and asked him whence lie earn * -. The buy said he came from Mrs . Gregsoi / s , ¦ aad -witness acrompanaed him lack to ljer shop , a
tobaCcom > : " » . -nhieh had been long Imofrn to him . The bov then staled in her presence that she had given the handle to him . aad that he -sras to deliver it to a man in Set-thing- - lane , ic 3 she did not deny the statement . The bundle coniainr-il two paper pared * of tohacco , containing eijrh : pounds -Ttdziit , and » o 'bottles of French brand . v . The tob-itro -was fnll of lamps and compressed , and part of it % Ta ^ qnire -warm . "Witness then sent a brother officer who nas with him to the Custom-house for assistance . W hll- ; - be was wailing' in tl ± shop a foreigner entered and passtd into the Dark room , and the Triliies--. seeinir that heiiad sc-aietTrrng talky aboa : him , follo ^ red and tried tu search him , but a ^ he vms a ptnverfnl man he put witness aside and ran oat . Wimes * then pursued and brought him back , and took from him two pom : ds of fortijrn t-is » ri ilrs . Cre ^ son ' s brother trndeavoured to prevent him from searching the foreigner . snJ -rcas aried £ o ; V ilit ol « structioij . -. TtJJe the lant-r - » tts Sut-d £ 2 !(>* . ft . r the iKj-se « sii » u
TTIt == s ? niierrrartis Tieut to search the U « u *< -. ami found thej iiad locked tlie ik » v o : ' one u £ the room * , ivjiich he accoTjisK--v forcrtl Jirs . Gregson ran « ith a handle jrhk-I ] she had in her apron to the water-closet , and witne = s fjj . jiTfd , Lui could not prevent her irom pmrinj : sometLisg d .-p . ^ . la the scuJSe they ton- up the seat betWi-eii liisfin . She liiin iiK » k a"bncket of water , and emptirtJ 21 iiiio ilic war ^ r-clo&t-t . sajiup , * — Do your worst and J 0 H 7 O . -I HOTS . " Wiu . t > i U > Jk a candle am ] Jcx -lied iovm . and ] -: iciived ^ hai had been thrown down had ; r . » ii < - into ^ e - ' " **¦ ' , which «^ s running : but be saw vyme pieces of tobacco about ibe » cat . He rerurned to the back roojn , and assL-tanre caring arriied , he-procet-ded in the sean-h . Up-ji : : he ari-iir :-.. u-id a .-aut-epan with boilinz v . aier . and a strainer and i < - - ^^ i tobacco ready foresteamins—a process DSoI "O j reTilit ihe snide £ r > jin breaking . 1 "» . stairs he ioiniQ a jar confining a jjalioa of French brandi . and In * a _ < = Lr-iant fouiid > ii bottles o : Eau de Cvloznr
In In- ions CT ! j 5 « - ^ saJuinatii > n b \ Mr . Hobier the v .-itness f ^ n ^ iCL-abl y strfc ? thtEetl hL- case . He staU- < l that hr had K- ^ 3 nineu-ti year ? an t . Snr . and had kuowu Mr > . Grt ^ rs . ^ the ^ bole unit . He had never visited the boost "but vht 3 hs v . as wauvdeg ::. Hr . Eobler . —Have you not beea in the habit .. f .-motin ? and drjnkmg m Mrs . < Jre =-son " - hoose ' ^^ ititess- —1 EiA ^ r sinokt ^ i in the Lo use but wire in my life . ; ii € ! re witness look a b-x > k from his pocket and read it . ) It was on Monday , 19 th September , 1 * 43 , about ten © Vlork in the eveuins . I had been watching ii from seven ti = ten , and I went in and paid for a cifrar and lizhted it . Us . Gibson was xhsi-e ; ami there was a bortle and a
glass on the counttr . He said - * 'Will toU taie a glass of frine , ilr . Davis V I was surprised at the invitation , and took up the glass . At that moment , in walked two men , and 1 followed them ia : o the back room , and said to them * ' What have yon got there V They , supposing that 1 belonged to the hou = e , replied ' Only a little leaf . '" I then told them I was Davis , and I called on Gregson , in the Ezli- ' s name , to go for tb- iioHce , -nhlch he at length Telctnaudj Si Tie men iul 1 about them o lb . of leaf tobaii-a andl KaJ rbern convicted in the penal ry oi" . each , 1 went into the house to --moke the cigar for my own pnrj >
ose-Ht . Eohler . —Ktiyou never seu-l persons to her bouse to purchase brandy and ! t'barr «>^ "VV irn ^ ss . —Xtn-rin idj life . C . II . > abine . a Cnitom-ht » us < ogicer , cc-1-r .-borait-d the statemtnts mads by th , _ - la ^ t -R itnes ? . It was stated tha : the duty on Hit- tuba' -co was . —15 is . 3 d ^ and that ur « on the spirits vras £ i 5 s . Mr . Hobier said , he was vnstrneted thai the principal ¦ Bitness for the prosecution , who -n-as a deeply interested one , inasmuch as he -Bonld in case of conviction be entitled to a large share of the penaltv , couJd be pr » v ,- < j to liave bitu on terms of intimacy in the family of tbe Ore ^ - sons , and used frequently to smoke aud drink in the house . Mr . Fotbury said the officer ' s character was too well known mi the Cnsiom-b .. cse aTithoriries to be in the riightes ; degree affecie-1 by accusations fif-ucha . le-crit > - tiotu
Mt . Bc-bler . —Mr . Itavis . do you knon one Mrs . Rost ' Davii . —Ptirfectlv well , she threatened to knife me She is ore of the pam . Sarat Rose { for ihv driVnce ) stated , in answer to QuesnoBs from Mr . Hobier . that she kneW Davis . and lad fceen him several rime > si Ht * . Gregson ' s before that defendant was imed . Witness had been servant to th * G-regsons , and had tnown Davis to be as one of the family , drinking brandy anj smoking cigars as off-n a ? te thought proper to rail -She knew sea-feriu- j «^ t , ] e to CaB and ask whether the ; , bought u , bacL-o , and when she saad ~ no , " they said Davis had sent them . She knew Davis to bring parcels of tobacco . Sne did not receive tbe parcels , tor she had no right to interfere with what belonged to Mr . Davis , trat thev smelt of tobaa-r .
The Lord Mayor askt-d the witness several questions . the answers to which gave the lie to her previous declarations , and convinced every person , not interested for the smugglers , that every word she uttered ajrainsl the jwineipal -witness for the prosecution was a fabrication . Another female witness , not satisfied with denvins : the troth of Davisr " s evidence , swore that be used Mrs . Greirson in a most indecent manner . The lord Mayor . — ¦ JTb y . what did he do t o her * "Witn&ss . —He knocked her head against the door , and £ he was Hack aboat the place for a fortnight afterwards , so help me God . The lord Mayor asked irhether the Bimess ' s husband Iras not one of the persons trho had been convicted in penalties else-sv ^ gpe ? She Teplied that he had been lined for an assault , but not for smuggling . ifcPotbnry said , that her husbana had been fined for assisting a smureler .
nteae&s- —Mr . Davis starched the house without showing Ms "warrant and he had no rjgit to do so . The Lord Major and Sir 3 . Krie discharged James firegson , fceiiig of opinion that the eridence-was not sum-< 3 eat to jastiiy a ^ onriction in his case , "but they agreed fliat there-was not the shadow of a doubt of the guilt of Sarsi Grcgsoii , yfhom fliey therefore adjudged to pav the jepa ^ ytjffim Doris reguested , that as such imputations had been tilTDWn pOt ^ g » hiHt Mfi ^ "hKnitrtfT by the solicitor to the defendaata , Ms lordship wouia sav whether he believed ZBfpait of 12 k ststements made by the women f - The lord Hayar . —So , i ' not one -word .
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Sir J . Krie . —We are quite sure they have Dot spoken a word of truth , and we are as sure that you have done your duty most faithfully , yfXDVXtVAJ . —7 VXTBEX EXAMINATION OF ^ RCIOESS . — This day , Burgess , who committed the forgery aad rob"berj upon ihe Bant of England , was brought , in the custody of John Forrester , before the Lord Mayor for & second examination . The prisoner , who , it appears , had been a few months ago placed at the bar charged ¦ with haying beaten and otherwise scandalously treated a young woman who accused him of having seduced her , walked into his old place with what is called a doubled-up appearance , and requested the accommodation of a chair , upon the plea of feebleness and exhaustion . Mr . 'Weir , of the house of Freshfield and Co ., solicitors to the Bank of England , attended for the prosecution ; Mr . Salomon , a solicitor , appeared for the prisoner . Mr . "William Oxenford Tras then called "by Mr . "Weir . He said that he was
an official agent in the Long-room of the Custom House , and resided in John-street , Bedford-row . On and prior to the 3 rd of September last he was possesssed of the sum of £ 9 , 800 Three per Cent . Consolidated Annuities , and which was standing in his name on the books of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England , by the description of "William Oxenford , gent . He had looked at and examined the book kept at the Bank of England for assignment and transfer of the Three per Cent . Annuities , produced by the solicitors for the prosecution , and it appeared from that book that the sum of £ 0 , 305 3 s . 5 d ., part of these annuities , was on the 3 rd day of September assigned and transferred from Ms name to the names of George Sbum Storey . John Petty Muspratt , William Cotton , and Matlhi'W Whiting , all oi the Pelican Lif .- Offitv , Lombard-street : aad that on the mudc iluy thi sum of £ 1 , S ? 4 <; s . Td . Three ]> er Ci-ut . Annuities { both sums making together : ht sum « f £ s , S ( mi Consolidated Annuities ) w ; i > transferred fhim his name To rhe name of Ilenrv Mortimer .
of the Stock Exchange , by some person whii us . 'd his iumr . lie < 2 i < i n < -: i- \ i-cii ' c the assignment or transfer . They nere tonjed , ami the iwu several signatures , "' Win . Oieuford , " subscribed to the assignment and transfer were nut his signatures , aDd he net ernuthurised the prisoner or any other person to sell or transfer any part of that stock . Mr . Thomas Ingall said he lived at No . 16 , Park-road , Stockwell-park , Surrey , and was a clerk in the Consol . O ffice of the Bank of England . On the 3 d of September the prisoner , who was then a clerk in tbe Bank of England , introduced to ) um at the counter , at the Couso ] Office at the Bank , a person whom he did not then know , but whom be now believed to have been oue Joseph Elder , for the purpose of executing an assignment aud transfer of two sums of £ 6 , 305 3 s . i » L , and £ J , si ) 4 l ( is . 7 d .
Consolidated Three per Cent . Stock , standing in the name of William Oxenford , of the Custom House , gentleman , in tbe books of the Bank of England produced by the solicitors for the prosecution . Bursts * requested him to witness the transfers , and he accordingly saw the person whom lie now believed to be the Joseph Elder alluded to sign the two several transfers in the book in the name of William Oienford , and be also saw the prisoner alh ' x his signature to the foot of the transfers as the witness to the identity of the person introduced to him as William Oseuford , the owner of that stock -. and he afterwards subscribed his name to each of the transfers , as the witness to the signing and execution of these instruments . The signatures - W . Burgess" and " Wm . Oxenford , " attached to the transfers , were subscribed bv the prisoner and the person
whom witness believes to be Joseph Elder , in his presence . The signature , ' * T . IngaU , " was in witness ' s handwriting . This witness was cross-examined > at some length , but notiring particular W 3 S elicited Mr . Thomas Tokely , of i » O . 5 , Grange-road , Bennondsey , said he was a stockjobber in the City of London , and knew the prisoner , bate a clerk in the Bank , for twelve months past , or a little more . A few days before the 3 d of September the prisoner applied to him , and stated that he had a friend who wanted to raise about £ 8 , 000 money . The prisoner afterwards told him that bis friend was possessed of £ 8 , 200 stock : and on the 3 d of September the prisoner called ou him , and requested him to sell £ 8 , 200 stock , part of the fund called Consolidated Annuities , standing in the public books kept at the Bank of England in the name of VTm .
Oienford . Witness accordingly arranged with Clement Smith , a stock-jobber , to purchase the stock for the sum of £ 8 , 107 15 s .. and received the directions of Mr . Smith to nave the stock assigned and transferred in two sums to two parties . ( Here the witness named the parties described in the evidence of Mr . Oxenford . ) Shortly before one o ' clock on that day the prisoner came and informed witness that the stock hail been transferred to the tiro several parries , and produced the osuaj stock receipts given by the clerks of the Bank of England on the transfer of slock . The prisoner then stated to witness that he and his friend would go to th ? Auction Mart Coffee-room and wait for the money . Witness then went to Mr . Henry Smith , the son of Mr . Clement Smith , the purchaser of the stock , and gave to him tbe stock
receipts : in a ft-w minutes afterwards Mr . Clement . Smith bronght to him the cheque for £ S'K > O , ( here the cheque drawn by Charl e * Keyser upon the house of Sir John Lubbock and Co . was produced ) , two Bank of England notes , om- for £ 1 < K \ and the other for £ 5 , and £ 2 15 s-. in ca ~ h . Witne *~ immediately took the cheque , notes , and money to the Auction Mart Coffee-bouse , where he found the prisoner and his friend sitting together in the coffepr < "Om . He delivered the cheque to the prisoner's friend , whom he believt-d to be Mr . Oxenford , the owner of the flock , and the notes and cash to the prisoner . The prisoner's friend , upon receiving the cheque , said it was lor £ " » i » > _ anJ witut-ss staw < J to him that it ua ? for £ w > - > 0 , if he would look at the body of" the cheque . Tinwitness believed all was right , a- the pri .-oner was concerned in it . Here the cheque for £ s 0 W > . was produced .
Witness identified it . He knew i : by tin-dash at tbe O The prisoner ' s friend took the cheque and put it in hi . « left-hand trousers pocket . He was in the habit of obliging the liank clerks , and w& > frequently obliged by them . He charged the prisoner notliinp for the dealing . lie iras not a st-wrkbroker . John Forrester stated that lie ¦ . vas one of thr principal p"hY ' .- officer ? of thr Mansion House of the City of London . J : i pursuance of a warrant issued for that purpose hj the late Lord Mayor , on the 2 nd of November he apprehended the primmer on a small islami called JSrewsterV l > l ; mfi nn « - of tin-dependencies of the United - " ^ tritt-s of Anicricn . ami situate in the Atlantic Ocean , about eleven milt ? from the main law ! "f America . : md in j > ursuam-e of the warrant brought hint to this country . The prisoner was then remanded till Weum-. * - tlay » c-Xt . He appeared t" be n > it in the sliifhtvst drgri-e iiffecu-d .
( . rlLUIIALL . Mo . ndat . —> TEiList . Coats . —A sagncioiis-looking boy , named George Hayward , about thirteen year * of age , was char-zed before ilr Alderman Wtrf . u with stealing two great coats from ! hv Otfiii-s of ilr . Abbotl * , i } . n « -u . r , in Di-an ' s-court . Dm-lors' Commons . Mr . Abbotts stated that <> n Friday last he found the Ihjv in bis lower office , begging from the clerks , and be turned him out . At this time the complainant ' s office door on the floor above was unfastened , aild the prisoner . in .-. t « -ad of jroinjc out of the house , went up stairs , and , finding no person in the room , took tbe opportunity to carry off the two great coats . There was a silver . snuff 1 k >\ in the pocket of one of them . In a chair the prisoner left behind him a paper he hail exhibited below in the clerk ' s office . The paper was
handed in : — " Please to phy a ( leaf and dumb boy who has no tongue . " Mr . Alderman Wood asked if he was sure tbe prisoner was the boy . It was necessary t « ask this , as he was not taken at the time i Mr . Abbotts said he could not swear pusitively . but it was such a boj ns the prisoner . The Alderman askt-d if t ? ic property had been traced ¦ The policeman stated that it had been . The prisoner , affecting some astonishment at the charge , said he was not dumb . Una .- not him at all . Mr . Abbotts observed that his clerk could identify him . Benjamin Henry Brooker said he was in the lower office , and the primmer was the person who exhibited tin- paper . The prisoner said the clerk had identified him at the station ; but said prisoner did not wear the same hat or tbe same coat us now . He would rail his mother to show that
hidid wear the same coat on Friday as now , and therefore hr was not the buy who stole the Coat . Elizabeth Pierey . the mother , said tlie boy certainly wort- tin- same coat on Friday as to-day . It was a prison dress . lie was only uisehamed from pr ison vn Wednesday , after five months ' confinement . Mr . Alderman Wood asked for what hehad been imprisoned t The mother * aid it was for acting a deaf and dumb boy . Mr . Alderman Wood observed , there was ii « donbt he was a bad boy , but he would not pain her feeling * by asking any < -ther questions . Policeman George Wardle stated that the prisoner had been committed three times mtliin ten month * . Mr . Al \ bott& stated thai he could produce another witness whi > saw the b *> y in the clerJ-. ' s office . The prisoner wa > remanded till Thursdav .
Wednesday . —Stealing Bfc £ AD . —Thomas Coues , a country lad , about seventeen years of age . was brought before Mr . Alderman Wood , charged with stealing- a 4 tt > . loaf from tbe shop of Mr . Hrett , a baker , in Shoe-lane . Mr . Brett said tlie prisoner came into the shopil ) the *•» ening , and before witness could get ou ! of tbe parlour the prisoner helptd liiniself . and walked out . Winiuss followed him , took tbt loaf from him , and gave him a knock on the head . This was tlie fifth loaf that had been stolen from hi * shop within a fortnight . Mr . Alderman Wood inquired whether tbe prisoner had come from the country ? The prisoner said he had . He was in want . He arrived in London the same day he stole the loaf . The Alderman asked him how he gvi his living ' ¦ —The . prisoner replied bj begging . Mr . Alderman Wood inquired if his parents were living f—The prisoner said they were not . The Alderman sentenced him to be imprisoned fourteen davs .
MARLBOROL'GII STREET . Fhidat . —Attack on a Gambixsg House . —The police on Friday morning- made at attack on a house , r ^ o . B 4 , St . James ' s-street , in the occupation of Mr . Utmt , billiard-table maker , and took into custody a number of persons on suspicion of being found in a house which was used as a common gambling-house Their names as thev appeared on the police sheet were —Charles Hunt , Charles Lilly , William Saunders , John Lewis , John Nicholls , Thomas Howard , George Shaw , Alexander Vincent , George Jones , Henry Jackson , William Johnson , George Jones , Thomas " Wood , and John Fitzwilliam . Many of the names were assumei The casa occupied some time , but the result was , that Mr . Hardwiek decided -that there was no legal proof that the house in question had been used as a common gambling-house ; he therefore dismissed the complaint and discharged the defendants .
" Wztsisdat . —Destetutios . — A joung woman , mere skin and bone , was brought into court by JPring , one of the constables belonging to the Mendirirj Society , and charged wifli having been detected in going down the areas of several noblemen and gentlemen in Grosvenor-street . The defendant , who said her name was Ann Thornton , admitted
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the truth of the constable ' s statement , and alleged , in excuse , that it was to beg some broken victuals for her three sick and famishing children , that she applied at the wellfurnished kitchens of the rich . Mr . Hardwiek told her it ¦ was a supicious and improper mode of exciting charity to go from area to area . If she was in the distress she represented herself to be , why did she not apply to the parish ? The young woman said that no application had been made to the parish , because it was believed that snch an application -would be ineffectual , as her husband had no settlement in London . Her husband was a harnessmaker , but had for months been out of employ . For some time past her husband , herself , and her three children , one an infant at the breast , had endured the most bitter distress , and to add , if possible , to their misery , two of their i children were attacked by hooping cough , and at that moment they stood in need of medical assistance . Not I bavinj ; a morsel of bread to give her children that morn * ; ing , she had slipped out £ and had just commenced ! her
new vocation of asking chanty , when she was taken into custody by the police . Mr . Harding directed Pring , the constable , to go to the woman ' s lodging , at No . 18 , Old Compton-street , and ascertain by inquiry whether her miserahle statement was true . The constable returned to court , and informed Mr . Hardwack that he believed the poor woman had not exaggerated her case . He had seen the half-starved children , and had ascertained there was nothing in the shape of food in the possession of the family . The landlord , when applied to , said the husband was an honest man , and when he could get anything to do , was also a hard-worktng ^ nan . Latterly he had not been ablu to get work , and his family were consequently reduced'to great distress . Mr . Hardwirk said the case appeared to 1 * one well worthy of compassion . He should see that the sick children had an opportunity of obtaining proper medical relief , and that something was done in the way-joi temporary relief fur the- family . Mr . Tlanhvirk tlll'Il < lirCrtl'd ( . 'loniwit-s . the i-liief u . shw , u > give tin- | Kiur lViJllliHl " is . fiMin the poor box .
r . MO . V HALL . KniiuT . — The . \ i j-idevt at tijk Mamqj euaiik .- — Fivderirk Thomas ]' assjiiore , the coiuniissiou-agent of Star-fourt , Fenrhmvh-siiwt , who , it wan alleged , had caused t he death of ; t younij man named Slade , and feriinifth" injuring another individual named Kinj , ' , at the Montpelier Tavem , Wnlworth , on Monday hust , was brought up for re-examination , lie having'Wif confined in the county gaol since the unfortunate occurrence . The constable informed the magistrate that a coroner ' s inquest had been bold on the hotly of Mr . Slade , and a verdict of " Accidental Death" returned . Tho TOagfctrate addressed a few admonishing remarks to Passmore and discharged him .
Monday . —Defrauding a Uatlwav Compant . —William Latham and James Simmouds , two respectable looking men , were charged with refusing to pay the difference between the first and second class fare from Kingston to Xine Elms ; and the former defendant was also charged with using indecent language in the carriage , whereby he had incurred u further penalty uf -10 s . Mr . Davis , the superintendent uf the carriage depart mem . stated , that ou the preceding night the defendants uanie up from Kingston in a tirst-class carriage , and on alighting at tlie terminus at Ninu Elms they produced second-class tickets only , and when called upon to pay the difference they refused . Tlie other passungers in the carriage , amongst whom were two ladies , complained that one of the defendants ( Latham ) had , during the journey , made use of the most disgusting language , and that when remonstrated with , he became still worse , and continued so up to their arrival at the terminus .
Mr . Trail ] inquired if any of the parties who were in the carriage at the time were in attendance . Mr . Davis said that the jrentlemeii would have come forward , but thev were conipellud to leave town this
morning . Mr . Trail ) said he much regretted the circumstance of the absence of some persons who were in tha carriage at the time , to prove tlie offence , as he considered it was of a much more serious description than the other charge ; that the situation of ladies in a carriage with such a person , who was described as hating used abominable language , must have been irksome and unpleasant in the extreme , and that bad a witness of the fact been present , he should have inflicted the full penalty on the offender . Inspector Dalby stated , that when the defendants were taken to the station-house , Latham ' s conduct there was very , bad , using language unfit to be repeated . M > . Traill said , that although he could not punish Latham for his disgusting conduct in the carriage , he would fine him for u « ng indecent language in the station-house . The defendants were then asked what they had to say in answer to the chanre .
Both defendants said , that with respect to the charge of defrauding the company , they had no such intention . That , as they werr not in the habit of travelling by railway , they went into the first-class carriages , thinking they were the right ones . Mr . Tndll said , that it was most improbable they could have mistaken tim for second class carriages , and that they were bound to liuva known , or to have paid the difference m the fares when it was demanded of them . The magistrate then inflicted a fine of 20 s . on each defendant f <> T that oftVnce . and an additional 20 s . on Latham fi > r bis indc-cent condurt in tlie station-house .
Attempted Sikidx . —Jam- Perry , a young female recently in the service of n family at Keiinington , was charged with attempting to destroy herself with sugar of lead . It appeared the unfortunate girl had formed an acquaintance with a man named Berks , b ) whom . she was seduced , under a proinisi 1 of marriage . Finding , however , that she was ilisappointed in her expectations , and that s ^ he was deserted by the man . she bueaiii * - very much depiViRcd in spirits , : hh 1 while in that situation she nwal-} iin < . *( l a ( juantity "f * uj ; . ir <> f !< -nei , and «< ts fotitttl falxiuTing under the cllVrts in tlie street by a policeman , who conveyed her to the hospital , where jiowerful antidotes having been used , she w : is saved from almwt inevitable in
death . A ) uu ^ letter Mils found possession addressed to the man mentioned , upbraiding- him for his unfeeling conduct towards her , describing her intention to commit suicide , and ending with these words— " No pt-n caii write , no tongue can till , my arhing heart that bids you farewell . " The policeman said , that since th .-occurrence the defendant had manifested jrrent contrition , and that she eipre « scd a strong desire to be admitted into an asylum until she retrieved her former character . The unfortunate jiirL when In-fore the magistrate , evinced the deep regret she fflt for 5 i : ^ in ; j atuniptcil to deprive her-Sl ' ll ' Of lift 1 : and as it i- ; probable her admission into the Magdaien may b ;> obtained in a few days , she was , there - fore , sent back to the hospital .
TCE 8 DAT . TUE LVTE SHOCK INC ACCIDENT ATA ilASQfERADE . —Robert Jones landlord of tlie Montpelier Tavern , at WaJworth , vwis summoned for permitting drunkenness and disorderly conduct on his premise- ; im the occasion of a masquerade , when a young man named * l « ide was killed , hv falling down stairs ; , and another s <> severely injured that his life was endangered . The easthaving been heard , ilr . Traill said that he should inflict ' a fine of £ "• and costs on the defendant , and he trusted iu future , that should any entertainment be given at the Montpelier . proper arrangements would be * made , so as to prevent such a dreadful occurrence as that which happened on the morning in ouestion .
ii ed . \ esdat . —Urutiil Assal-lt . —Thomas M'Galloway , the master of a trading vessel , was charged with conlinitinjf a violent assault on Elizabeth Button , whose rigUt arm -was broken in consequence of the violence used towards her . Thv comi / hunant stiitvi ) that her husband is mate of a ship , and at present abroad . That tlie dufendant and another seafaring man , both acquaintances of her husbaud , called at lu-r house , and she treated them with kindness on that account . That they had not been long in the house before they began t <> treat her with great rudeness . She , however , successfully resisted their attempts , in doing which her arm was broken . The defendant ' s compani' >!> had siuci- gone to seji . The coul-V laiuaiYl aduet \ that t ' lie h : iu been eonnnert to her house nearly ever since . Tin- prisoner said he was intoxicated on the night in question , and that he had no recollection of -wliat took place . Tbe magistrate then inflicted the full pcnalp of £ -t » on thf prisoner : and , in default of payment , iw < r 0 tanthfe > inipriM > nin < - ' nt .
CL-EIULENWELL . iloNDAV . — Ei-fipts of Oki-nken Habits . — A cast strongly demonstrative . » f the t-vil effects of drunken habits came this day before Mr . Greenwood . Joseph Abel , a haggard , miserable-looking old man , was charged with having been drunk and creating a mob in the public street . The prisoner sonic years ago was one oi the most opulent jeweller .- in ClerisDHWell parish , and had an extensive jewellery establishment in Rosamond-street , and ha < 3 a large number of men employed . Ho used to render himself-conspicuous by wearing a gold watch and a huge chain-of the same metal , valued at 100 guineas . He was the father of a large family ; four of his sons have been transported , and it is said that their ruin is in a great
degree attributable to his pernicious example . IIo was , drunk almost daily , and his violent conduct when so brought him under the cognizance of the police . Ife per ^ sistedin these habit .- until himself and his family / became so utterly destitute that they were obliged to resort to I'lerkenwfl ] workhouse for relief . On Sunday night the prisoner was expelled from the Loudon Spa public-bouse , in Esmouth-street , and to revenge the insult he struck an unoffending man in the street . Inspector Perring begged of him to go away , but he in the grossest manner abused the inspector , who in consequence of the crowd attracted there by his disorderly conduct removed him to tlie stationhouse . The prisoner was wiitimeed to five days' imprison ment , without the pov \ er of releasing himself by the pay ment of line .
THAMES OFFICE . Monday . — Wor ^ DiNG a Policeman . — Mcbdekocs Assatlt . — James Lucas and Charles Taylor , seamen , were brought before Mr . Broderip , the former charged with feloniously cutting and wounding Charles Macgregor , a police constable , No . -fll K , with intent to do him grievous bodily harm , and Taylor with being an accessory after the fact . It appeared from the evidence that , on Saturday night , at a late hour , Macgregor was on duty in Cannon-street-road , and saw Lucas committing a nuisance against the door of a house , and Taylor halloping and making a great noise . Macgregor stepped up to them ,: and desired them to go awav . They refused to leave , but
after some time he removed thorn . A few minutes afterwards they again returned , and began to abuse Macgregor . The policeman took Lucas into custody , and told him he must go with him to the station-house . The prisoner , without uttering a word , pnlled out a large sea knife from his sheath , and endeavoured to force it into Macgregor ' q side . The knife was in such a position that he must have been stabbed if he had not caught the knife in his right hand and prevented it entering his body ; but it cut his fingers severely , and his band was completely disabled . Taylor wns standing close by , and when Macgregor ' s hand vas cut , he took the knife from his companion , ca » sjiit hold of the policeman's coat , and pulled him down , a B d Lucas wa » released and got away . The mob then fell
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upon the policeman , kicked him in a most brutal manner , and incapacitated him from pursuing either of the prisoners . On escaping from his cowardly assailants he went to a doctor , and got bis hand dressed . On Sunday morning he ascertained where the prisoners were , and , accompanied by Lee , a police constable , No . 268 K , went to their house in the Back-road , Shadwell , and took them into custody . Lucas at first said he was quite ignorant of the transaction , but afterwards said he recollected having been in a row , and he was very sorry for it . He also said he was drunk , and that if he had . been sober it would not have happened . After he was taken to the station-house , Lee returned to the house and captured Taylor , who said he recollected being in the scuffle , that it was a very serious thing- to use the knife , and that he did not believe Lucas cut the policeman : iuteo-tioually . Mr . George Betson , a surgeon , of High-street , Wapping , stated that he dressed Macgregor ' s hand on Saturday night . He found three incised wounds on two of his lingers and his hand also
cut . The hand was completely disabled by the wounds , Lucas , in defence , said he came homo on Saturday , and being overjoyed after a Jong- voyage , he took a glass or two with his friends and got tipsy , but whether he had a knife in his possession or not it was impossible for him to say . Taylor denied having taken any part in the outrage , nor did he interrupt or maltreat a single person . He had returned from sea for a long time . Mr . Broderip committed both prisoners for trial for the felony in cutting and wounding with intent to-do grievous bodily harm—Lucas us the principal , and Taylor as an accessory after the fuct .
MARY LENOXE . Monday . —Chakge of Fur <; ekY . —A , \ onng man . who described himself as tlie liaron Mausill Mortymci-, and said that he derived lii . s title from tin- Emperor of Austria , was placed at the bar before . Mr . HawHnson , upon a charge , of forging u certain paper i-- < mtai > img a [ iruinise of pa . wnent of a debt . Mr . Itattciiberry , a hatter , residing at 21 , Snutlmiultoustreet , deposed , tlmt on tin-Kith ult . the primmer took ready furnished apartments at Iiis house , having- with him a female whom he . represented to be his wife , and on taking the rooms he said he was an tivtist . On the 20 th he decamped with the lady , havinx previously sent away
his trunk for the alleged purpose ot having thu lock repaired , and as lie neglected to return , prosecutor exerted himself day ui ' tev day with the view of finding him out . He at length traced him to 44 , Charlotte-street , 1 ' ortlandplacc , and on Tuesday last he repaired thither , vthen he demanded £ 1 2 s ., the amount of a week's rent . He said he was unable to pay it thou , but promised that tho money should be forthcoming in the ne . \ t week . He ( prosecutor ) remarked that he should not quit without the Cash or satisfactory security tor payment Of his claim , when the maid servant , who was present during the conversation , went up stairs with the prisoner , and presently brought down a written paper purporting to be signed by Mrs . Spencer , the landlady . It ran thus : —
" Mrs . Spencer will see . that the Baron Mortymer ' s . account shall he paid next week . '' Emily Spencer . " Prosecutor added , . that he went to the house again for the purpose of ascertaining the particular day on which ho should receive his money , and he then learned from Mrs . Spencer that she knew nothing whatever with regard to the document above referred to . The servant admitted to him ( the prosecutor ) that the prisoner had written the note himself . Mr . Kawlinson . —When did you give the prisoner into custody ? I ' rosccutor , —This morning , Sir ; and on my stating to him that lie hnd committed a forgery , bis wife offered me twenty or thirty duplicates in payment of what was owing to mt ; 1 have undertood that tlie prisoner has had three or four lodgings in . as many weeks , and if he is remanded for a day or tiro , other cast's of n similar kii ? d may very likely bu brought against him .
Harriett 1 oung , the servant , said that she saw the Baron write this note produced by the prosecutor . The prisoner ' s answer to the charge was , that he left the lodging in Sbuthmolton-strect in consequence ot the landlord having insulted him . Ilis intention was to pay the . rent as soon as he could , and he certainly did take the liberty of writin );; tlie note in Mrs . Spencer ' s name He . was renuinded till Wednesday . BOW STUEET . Tcesdat , —Shoplifting . ' ' * —A middle-aged woman , respectably dressed in deep mourning , and appearing to walk lame , was charged with the oft'euce of shoplifting . She had given the name of Leah Mary Roper , and stated that she resided in . Fleet-street . The evidence went to show that , on Monday evening , tho prisoner entered the shop of Messrs . Hardwiek and Co ., drapers , , High Holborn , and , after looking at a variety of articles , made a few small purchases , at the same time expressing her
admiration of -some rolls of satincttc which wore laying upon the counter . She gave tlit assistant half-a-soverrign , and requested him to gise her a bill of the goods cbc had bought , for which , with the change , she said she would presently call a ^ ain . Her agitated appearance on leaving tho shop excited the suspicion of the yniuj , ' man , whu then examined tin * pieces of satinettc , one of which , fortv-eight yards in length , and worth about £ n ., he found missing . She was shortly after taken info rustody , and the property was recovered at a pawnbroker ' s . The prisoner it appeared was an old offender , and was remanded f « V further imj-uirt . LAMUETH-STBEET . 'Ft KSDAV . — " A Case of mbkk 1 > eht . "'—William Shore , aluig Colonel Schoults , a middle-aged man , with fullgrqvtn mustachios , and altogether of a must remarkable appearance , was placed within the felons' dock , before Mr . Norton , on a charge of defrauding Mr . Davis Liom-I Ra-iley , a cuflee-liouse-kfcptr in King-street , Tower-hill , uj' £ )? j by false representations . Tim complainant stated that on the I 3 th of July last tlie prisoner came to hih house , and represented that lie had just landed from a Boulogne packet , and that his luggage and valuables were seized in consequence of a lace dress of foreign manufacture being i ' uund amongst them . This unexpected circumstance , lie said , placed him iu an awkward and « mbaira . ssiuK situation ; for , notwithstanding his having a
princely furtuue iu America , he was b \ it made almost l » . iiiiil « ss , and asked him whether , after thus fru » kl , > admitting his situation , h < w .. uld trust him with board and lodging until his remittances arrived . Believing , from hU gentlemanly manner and the apparent sincerity of his declaration , that he was what lit represented himself to be , he ( witness ) at once complied with hU request . The prisoner subsequently represented !! : •!> he was the owner of considerable landed property in the Tinted States , as well as the proprietor of shares in almost i-vrj bank suid line of railroad in America , mid that , in fact , his income was i" 3 , ooo sterling per annum , lie also wrote a number of letters addressed to the secretaries of several banks aud railroads in that country , urging them to convert his shares in their various concerns into cash , and transmit
the latter , without delay , to this country , as lie had made up his mfnd to take up his permanent residence hero . These letters lie was in tho habit ofgiring witness tu make a copy of them , and the ori g inals , he said , he forwarded to America , through Mr . Heerbohm , a gentleman residing in Austinfriars . These representation ! , from what had since transpired , he was confident were a tissue of falsehoods , and , so far from his being a man of fortune , lie believed tile prisoner to be a penniless cheat and a swindler . Mr . Moore , an ale-brewer , in Old-street-road , and alsu the proprietor of the St . Katharine Dock Tavern , suit ) that from inquiries he had made about the prisoner , as well as from what he had observed of him himself , lie believed him to be one of the most accomplished and plausible impostors that could be well conceived . He ( Mr .
Moore ) had become acquainted with him through an advertisement which he had inserted in a newspaper , about letting t \ ie st . Katharine Dock Tavern , and so plausible and insinuating was his manner , that he was confident he would impose on the most suspicious . In the first place , he represented himself as not only holding the rank of Colonel in the American army , but possessing a property in that country of £ 3 , 000 per annum . He stated that his object in purchasing ) or intending to purchase , tho tu \ em , was to establish Bailey , who accompanied him , in the bouse , . 'iiid added that should they not settle on the terms , it was Jits intention to make Mr . Bailey a present of at least £ 500 for the kind manner in which he had behaved to him . When talking of the terms upon which the tavern was to be let , the prisoner said that he had £ -2 , 000
in the hands of his' agent in town . The prisoner denied having said ho . had the money ; what ho said was that he expected it . Mr . Moore declared be was positive he said tht- money , £ 2 , 000 , was in the hands of his agent , and , moreover , hi expressed himself fortunate at purchasing in at 9 } . Mr . J . E . Beerbohm , general merchant , of 26 , Austinfriars , deposed that about seven years ago tlie prisoner was introduced to him by Mr . Elderly , a friend , as Colonel Schoults . He then represented himself as being possessed of property of different descriptions in America , amounting iu the aggregate to £ 30 , 000 , or £ 40 , 000 ., and said , he should write to have the greater part remitted from that country , to be placed in his hands . About that time he , Mv . Beerbohm , advanced him about £ 60 , and from that period to the present he had not heard anything about him . Nor had he forwarded any letters for him to America for the last twelve months . The prisoner , in
reply to the charge , said , that he was , as had been stated , the owner of vast property in America , but that during the panics of 1835 , 1836 , and 1837 his affairs became deranged , and being since grossly mismanaged in his absence , he was unable to get any money from them . He was , he said , n native of Pennsylvania ,, bad been a colonel of a volunteer regiment there , and had travelled all over the world . He added , that it was not his intention to wrong the complainant of a single farthing . Mr . Norton believing the . matter to be one of mere debt , discharged Jhe prisoner ; but , at the same time , cautioned him against making use of such gross misrepresentations , to impose on hard-working and industrious persons , like the complainant . The prisoner , who is rattier under the middle size , sallow complexion , rather bald , speaks the English language rather fluently , but with a slight foreign accent , and is altogether a remarkable looking person , was then discharged .
Wednesday . ~ f ) og Fightiiig .- 'WilViam Benjamin , a journeyman baker , iu the employ of ilr . Nbrris , King-street , Whiteehapel , appeared before Mr , Henry , charged by Mr . Thomas , the secretary of the Jloy . il Society-for the Pre - vention of Cruelty to Animals , with having wantonly illtreated a dog . Mr . Thomas stated that on Saturday last the defendant was passing through White's-row , Whiteehapel , followed by a black bull-terrier , and as he passed the house of a Mr . Thompson , he made a noise which bronght out a dog belonging to that person . The defendant kicked his dog towards the other and endeavoured to set them fighting ; but as Mr . Thompson ' s dog was more disposed to run away than to fight , the defendant took up the bull-dog by the neck and tail , and dropped him upon the other . This proved successful , and a desperate fight took place , in which the defendant ' s dog sadly punished the other , inflicting several severe wounds about its head
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and body , and under the cheek bit out a piece of flesh , making u hole large enough to insert two fingers . Among the crowd assembled to witness tho brutal scene was a ¦ sender of cat ' s meat , who called loudly on the defendant to take his jdos * away . He , however , refused to do so , and threatened jto knock off the head of a woman who kindly endeavoured to separate the dogs . The fighting continued until the dealer in cat ' s meat despatched his son for a policeman . This had the desired efl ' ect . The defendant pulled off his dog , and , having been compelled to give his naine and address , walked off . Mr : Henry fined the defendant 30 s . ; in default , fourteen days' imprisonment in the house of correction .
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JCENTKAL CRIMINAL COURT . Wednesday . — Cutting and Maiming . — William Sadd , aged 17 , labourer , Henry Clow , aged 22 , porter , a \ ttd George Henry Vaughan , aged 29 , porter , were indicted , charged for feloniously cutting and -wounding John Augustus Lock with intent to disfigure him . It appeared from the evidence that the prosecutor , who is a . police constable , on tlie 21 st of October , whilst on duty hi Thames-street , took a drunken mail of tbe naijie of Corney into custody ; that _ the prisoners endeavoured to rescue Corney , when another policeman lintertbred . Lock was , however , ultimately knocked down and otherwise severely injured , from the effectsjof which his life was endangered . The- jui'A ' , after some time , acquittod Sadd and Vamrluiii , ; and returned a verdict of Guilty of a common assault jitrainst Clow , recommending him , from jiirvjou . i irood character , to the niercy of the Court . i
Lord Dcnmari spoke with « reat severity upon tinbrutal conduct of the jirisouev , b \ U « wm < - to the strong m-ommendatkin of the jury , from his pivvioiw good behaviour , ! he should sentence him to six months' imprisonment , with hard labour , and at the expiration of that time to enter into his own recognisance in 501 . to keqp the peace for two years . A Si . mii . ak Offence . —Patrick Gannon , atred 25 , labourer , was indicted for feloniously cutting and wounding keorjje lli { , r gens , a police-constable , with intent to do him some pricvoiis bodily harm . The jury returned a verdict oi'Guiltyofa common assault . Sentence as in the preceding case .
TinusDW . — Rai'e . —Timothy Conner , a labourer , aged 29 , was indicted tor a rape on Ann-Bolen . The offence was proved , and the prisoner sentenced to transportation for life . The prisoner struck the front of tlie dock , and exclaimed with fijreat vehemence— " All I can say agin it is , that I ' m as innocent as that board . " ( iitoss lhii'HAviTY jiy a Se . kva . vt . —Ann MTormick , aged ' i ' 6 , was indicted upon swo separate indictments , the first charging her with stealing one sovereign , the property of lieah Aarons , and the second with unlawfully , by fraud , enticing away Julia Silva , a < rod about ten , ami under eleven years , with intent to deprive the parents of the lawful care- of such child .
it appeared by -the evidence , that -the prisoner was in the senice of tlie child's father , Mr . Silva , and Leah Aarons was her fellow-servant , in whose box was placed asoyereign and sonic silver , the former of which the prisoner stole by breaking the lock . No doubt could be entertained but the object idle had in -view in taking the } money was to promote , more successfully , her abominable designs upon tlie child Julia Silva , whom she induced the next day to go out for a walk , when , after buying her some cakes and other trifling things , she placed her in a cab and caused her to be driven to ! Charles-court , in the Strand , a locality well-known as the resort of the moat profligate and infamous characters . The poor child remained there some time in one of the common brothels in that court , wheii she found an opportunity of writing privately to inform her sister , who at once came , and fortunately took her away before she was subjected to anv ill-usage .
The jury , without a moment ' s hesitation , returned a verdict of Guilty . The Conimon-. Serge « ant said it was most essential in this cascf , in which , was displayed so much depravity , that a severe example should bo made of t ^ te offender , for the protection of the public and the general causij of morality . In the eyes of the Court , independent of the robbery , nothing could be more deserving of the severest punishment than to entice a child of tender age from the protection of its parent ; and the sentence of the Court , therefore , was , that the prisoner be transported bevond the seas for
seven years . Fkjdav , Nov . 20 tb . —Mtrdeb . —Alfred Edwards a man of very respectable appearance , and who was described iji the calendar as being by trade an oilman , and his a . < ji > to be 24 years , was placed at the bar , charged with tho wilful inurderof Jane Gregory , Uy administering to her a largo quantity of sugar of lead . The decased , it appeared was a wonmnof t he town ,. whom the prisoner was m the habit of visiting .- The night befni-e deceased's death she had partaken ot some brandy bitters with the prisoner , which was supposed to have contained the poison described in the indict ment . Tlit' deceased exhibited !> efbreand after death symptoms of having been poisoned , but the medical evidence on tlie trial shewed that this was at least a matter of ; great doubt . Under these circumstances the t'urv returned a verdict of " Not Guilty /'
U [(; . \ MV .-i-IIenry Hamilton , aired 08 , was indicted i ' ov unlawfully Jind feloniously interniarryiri'jr with AutK- Wilson , his wife by a former marriage being then and n ( nv alive . The prisoner stated that having made somo inquiries aboht bis first wife , and being unable to hear anything of her , be thought he was justified in marry intr a second time . A verdict of "Guilty"' was returned against the prisoner , and lie was sentenced to nine months '' imprisonment and hard labour .
Satchoav . —MansLapohtkr—A younir man , named Samuel Simms , was indicted for having , while in command of the Waterman steamer , No . 6 , improperly run 'down a small boat , rowed by Edward Kvcivtt , a ilicensed waterman , and containing four passrngei-s . ; by which the said Edward Everett and another person were drowned . The body of the firstnamed person was afterwards found , and these proceedings w ;> re instituted in consequence . The evidence of the witnesses occupied some length of time , " at the conclusion of which the jury retired , but not being able to agree upon a verdict were locked up .
A D-vxtifjitoi ' s "Sprke . "—A respectable-looking youns man ; named Alexander Webb , was indicted for stealing a coat and waistcoat , the property of William Dtckson , under the following circumstances : —It appeared that ; tho prosecutor and the prisoner had been drinking together during tho whole of the evening , when , both- parties being drunk , the former about twelve o ' clock invited the prisoner , as he alleged in his defence , for a " spree , " who put on the articles named in the indictment , with which he walked out of the door . lie was , however , followed by some friends to the prosecutor , who gave him into custody . The jury returned a verdict of . Yot Guiltu .
S ' TKAUxti ! -SroAR . —Edward Warren , Fhilip Roberts , and George Mowers * , were indicted fov stealing one hogshead ofjsugar , the property of the London Dock Company . I The prisoner Warren pleaded guilty to the indictment . Evidence having been adduced at great length iu support of the prosecution , Mr . Clarkson took a I technical objection to the indictment , which having been allowed by the Learned Recorder , the jury , by ; the direction of " the Court , acquitted the prisoners Roberts and Bowel's . Edmund Warren was then placed at the bar for judgment , and sentenced to be transported for seven years . MoyDAY , Dec . - ' . — . John Ogihie , alias Want , aged 19-, was indicted ( for feloniously threatening Frederick Louis Mievillo to accuse- him of having attempted to commit with liini an infamous otfence , with intent to e . ttwt from
him his goods and monies ; and that lie , by imimiilatinj ; him , tho said Frederick Louis Mivville , by the said threats , did feloniously extort from him Jive sovereigns , one half sovereign , a go \ i \ watch , value £ 30 , and one f ^ uard-cluiin . ; value £ rt , his j ; oods and monies . In a second count , the prisoner was chsirpcd with highway robbery . The facts of the case wore brought home to the prisoner , who was undefended by Counsel , but who denied thu statements of tlie prosecutor with considerable fciet and self-possession . The jury found him { juilty : and Die Court sentenced him to be transported for life . It was stated ill court that the prisoner was a nephew of the notorious ftreenacrc .
SrRKEY ADJOURNED SESSIONS . Dec , \ th . —Extensive Plunder of Heady Furnished Lodyituj ! . — Thomas Woodcock , aged ' 20 , a young man of shabby genteel appearance , who described himself as a clerk , was imiicteri for feloniously stealing at the parish of St . George the Martyr . J Smithwark , on the 5 th November last , a quantity of wearing apparel , linen , shoes , and other articles , the property of Ann Milder and others . From the evidence it appeared that the prisoner has for a length of time been in the habit of taking ready furnished lodgings for the express purpose of plundering them . It was proved that in the { short space of four days he had taken three separate lodgings , and had plundered them of an immense deal of property , uarrjing off every possible article he could get in Iiis possession . The jury , without the slightest hesitation , found the prisoner guilty . The chairman informed the prisoner that he was too dangerous a character tn be suiTiired to remain in this country , and sentenced him tf > seven years' tra importation .
! MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . Tcesdat , \~ Dec . 3 . —These sessions commenced at Clerkonwell to-day , before the Assistant-Judge and a numerous bod y jof the magistrates of the county . 'A number of prisoners who had been convicted at the previous sessions , but > vhose sentences had been respited in order that some enquiries might be made respecting them , were brought up for judgment . The Judge then delivered the following seuteuces : —Edward King , for uttering counterfeit coin , transportation for seven years ; Thomas West , for pot stealing , six months' imprisonment in the House of Correcthn , and hard labour ; James Williams , fov potato stealing , to three months in the same prison ' .
Stealing .- ^— A fine able-bodied young man , named George Knight , was indicted for stealing a coat , of the value of 19 s ., ] the property of Thomas Marshall , It appeared by thei evidence , that the prisoner entered the shop of the prosecutor , and taking up the article named in the indictment , ran off with it . He was , however , eventually taken into custody , after a sharp run , Tbe Jury at once returned a verdict of " Guilty , " and the Court , after cautioning the prisoner , sentenced him to three months'imprisonment with hard labour . The Prisoner : My lord , i I
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I entreat of you to send me out of the country . I have lost my character , and for the last three years I have found it impossible to earn an honest livelihood . The Assistant Judge : Have you reflected sufficiently upon the matter before you make the request . Prisoner : I have , and I think if L went to another country I might eventually earn an honest livelihood . The Assistant Judge : If this be your wish , I shall respite the- sentence until next session , when some course will be adopted if you still be of the same opinion . The prisoner was then removed from the bar , after thanking the Court with every appearance of sincerity .
MIDLAND CIRCUIT . Coventbt , Monday . Evening . —Mr . Justice Patteson came into court at ten o ' clock this morning . There were tweuty-two prisoners for trial , but in consequence of the second postponement of the charge for murder against Susannah Jarvis ( aged only 14 ) , the calendar presented no cases of general interest . On the opening of the Court , Mr . Miller applied to the learned judge for the postponement of the trial of the girl . The learned counsel stated , that Mr . Humfrey , who was retained to defend the prisoner , was , in consequence of his engagements in London , unable to attend the Winter Circuit ; and the prosecutor , together with the friends of the prisoner , had not the slightest objection to the proposed postponement . Mr . AfelJor immediately acceded to the application , and the case was postponed until the next assizes .
WokkhoLSE Offence . —Mar > Darlington was indicted for stealing a gown und other articles of wearing apparel , from the Athi-rstone t ' uion Workhouse . The prisoner was a pauper in the house , and on the morning of the Hth of No \ ember , about seven o ' clock , she was seen leaving the worUJiouse by a tVUow pauper . The prisoner at once admitted that si > . » - was ubovit to run away , and was taken in possession of the clothe- belonging to the board of guardians . The jury found the prisoner "Guilty ; " and Mr . Justice l ' atteson sentenced her to three months' imprison .
meut . Incexdiahisji . —John Ketland , aged 58 , stood indicted for feloniously setting fire , on the 19 th of November last , in the parish of Kingsbury , to a stable in the occupation of lUchard Sudbury , contrary to the statute . Tho facts appeared to be as follows : —On the 9 th of November last the prisoner was at the house of the prosecutor , and in consequence of offence given at cards , the prisoner , who was intoxicated , was heard to say to the host and hostess of the house , " Beware something does not happen to you in three or four hours . " During tbe night the stable was set on tire , and evidence was given to show that the prisoner , who lived close to the house , was seen near the stable previous to the conflagration . Mr . Inspector Hall , of the Birmingham police , likewise deposed , that when he apprehended the prisoner , and told him he was " wanted , " he replied , '' What for ? tlie fire , I suppose V Mr . Justice Patteson summed up tlie case with great care , and the jury returned a verdict of "' Not Guiltv . "
Bvrglary at Xi'neaton . —The greater part of this afternoon was occupied in the trial of two young men , named Thomas Buckler and Joseph Martin , charged with a burglary at Nuneaton , on the night of the 2 ( ith of October last . The ease was singular , as showing the want of wit on the part of one of tbe prisoners ( two notorious characters ) , and the consequent conviction of both . The prosecutor is by trade a shoemaker . On the night in question the family went to bed about ten o'clock , aud left upon the table down stairs a quantity of cheese and butter , of which they had partaken at supper . When the
prisoners were taken they were found in possession of cheese and butter ( the latter of the same quality and quantity ) as that stolen from Mr . Smith ' s ( the prosecutor ' s ) house . Another fact , as proved , was still stronger against Buck * ler . When in gaol he wrote a note to his father , in which he stated that if he ( lus father ) would go to a rick in Robins ' s field , he would find " some things . " The police , as a matter of course , took possession of this note , and upon repairing to the place mentioned , they found-a large quantity of boots and shoes , stolen from Mr . Smith ' s shop . The jurv found both the prisoners " Guilty . "
NORTHERN CIRCUIT . York , Dec . 2 . —Coisisg . —William Phillips and John Maclean , who were attired as mechanics of a superior order , were charged with feloniously having in their possession certain metal dies for the production of counterfeit coin . The evidence was very voluminous , and left no doubt whatever that a most extensive system of fraud was in contemplation , large sums of money having been expended in procuring tlie dies , &c , and great ingenuity having beeu displayed in the whole of their proceedings . The prisoners did not attempt to deny having had the dies , inc ., constructed , but they pleaded in mitigation that they were the innocent instruments in the hands of others , having no intention themselves either to coin or to pass counterfeit money . They
alluded also to the information which tbey had afforded to the police , and pleaded hard on account of their wives aud families , that they might not be transported . Mr . Justice Coleridge , in passing sentence , observed that this was not an ortiinary case by any means ; it was very different from that of persons in a low condition of life with their common plaster of Paris dies . This was a much more serious case—that of attempting to seduce a man from his honest trade to make , with a great deal of pain « and skill , and at considerable expense , metal dies , the intention being to distribute to a very large amount base coin with so much silver in it as to tie not easy Of detection ; and yot containing such un amount of alloy as that the makers would reap great gain and the receivers suffer great loss . As the evidence appeared before him
at present , he thought he was justified m making some distinction between the prisoners ; they must , however , both prepare fov a sentence which would no doubt be most painful to them . He had listened to their story , and it certainly was painful to him , as it must be to any good man , to separate husbaud and wife , father and children . ( At this period the prisoner Phillips fell down in a fainting fit ; or . being restored to animation his lordship continued . ) The course of justice could not , however , be arrested by such appeals—tlie ivife and children should be a pledge for the good and honest conduct of a man , instead of being bronght forward by way of palliation after the commission of crime . The sentence of the Court was , that Phillips should be transported beyond seas for fifteen years , and Maclean for twenty-one
years . EXTRAORDINAUY . ( .-AMBLING TaANSACTlON 8 . CoCBT OF Qvken ' s Bench , Saturday . — ( Before Lord Denmau and a Special Jury . )—Hill v . Stratford . —The plaintiff , Mr . Henry Hill , is well known in the sporting world . Tbe defendant . Mr . Iiugh Stratford Stratford , son of tlie Rer . Hug-h llanmer . Morgan , a canon of Hereford . The action was J . roug-ht to rcco-ter the sum of i . ' i > , 3 y 9 , in six bills of exchange , accepted by defendant , who , among several other pleas , had pleaded that he lost money in gambling at one sitting to a greater extent thaw £ 100 , and that the plaintift ' , when he discounted the bills , knew they had been given" for such losses . Mr . F . Kellj , with Mr . Willes , appeared for the plaintifV , and Mr . Jervis , with whom was
Mr . Sergeant Shea , and another learned gentleman , for tho defendant . The hand-writing of defendant having been proved , Mr . Jervis addressed the jury at some length for the defence , stating , that plainth % who was formerly only a waiter , afterwards sold lish , and ultimately became an agent for betting on commission . It would appear that a person named Coghlan got , through plaintiff , three £ 1 , 000 notes for the bills , and afterwards , meetting a Mr . Willingale , paid him therefrom a debt of honour of upwards of £ 2 , 000 , and who , by good fortune , happened at the time to have the exact sum of £ 840 in his pocket to give change . The whole appeared like a plant . John Wynde Cooke was then ' examined ; he stated that he was a prisoner in the Queen ' s prison , but was formerly an attomev in Clifford-street , Bond-street . Knew defendant ,
both being from Herefordshire . Acted as Mr . Stratford ' s attorney in 1842 , by conducting two suits in Chancery against a Captain Page and'Dr . Bernard , which were arranged by paying Captain Page £ 3 ,. o < Kt , and about £ 709 to Dr . Bernard in lieu of the whole amount claimed , amounting to £ -J $ , tiOO . Afterwards became on intiniatw wnns with defendant , and played with him at ein ^ t-et-un at hi lodgings several times . Objected to say what be won ' or whether ho won at all . Witness went to Cheltenham in August , 1 H 4 ;> , when defendant gave bills to the amount of £ 3 , 500 for money which he had acknowledged to be due . Stratford often met defendant , and also Mr . Coghlan , Mrs . Coghlan , and Mr . Evans at the Wellington Arms , Strathtield Turgis , Strnthtieldsaye , and ° ^ ' - ' * April thev ( ladv and all ) played at " blind hookey / ' The
play was kept up till about twelve or one o ' clock . Began after dinner with silver , but afterwards played for a large amount , and Mr . Stratford rose from the table a loser of between £ . ' 10 , 000 and £ 11 , 000 . The next day all went to Reading ; stamps were bought , and the bills drawn chiefly by witness , and made payable at his office in Clifford " street ; the total amount of the bills accepted was £ 10 , WThe next day the bills were divided between witness and Cog-hlan . On the Gth of Afay an injunction was served at the office in Cliftbrd-street . Mrs . Hannah Howard , landlady of the Coach and Horses , Down-street , Piccadilly ; George White , her waiter ; William Tattoo , the waiter at Hatehett ' s ; and other witnesses , proved the intima 0 ? subsisting between plaintiff and Coghlan . It was also found that tlie money had passed from plaintiff ' s bankers to Cohglan , and that-plaintiff ' s balance two days be fore ha < J been only £ 7- \ S , but had been drafted the very day tb 4 * the alleged discount took place . The three £ 1 , 000 notes
were exchanged at the bank on the 10 th of May , 1 K 4 H , for Mr . Willingale , for six nve hundreds . A sheriffs' officer and two or three attornies proved that Mr . Charles William Francis Coghlan had been sued for several debts and judgments , but no money , daring these last eight or nine years , and that he had always contrived to keep out of the way . Mr . Kelly having replied , the learned judge summed up , stating that the question was , whether plaintiff' knew for what the bills hao been given when he discounted them . In the transaction there was nothing commercial ; Coghlan appeared to be nothing but a pauper Xo inquiry was proved to h&& been made by plaintiff previous to discounting the bill * - If Coglilan told plaintiff uotliing about the bills , CogbJf might have been called into the box to prove it . If * jury believed Coghlan had said nothing about the bills ; to plaintift ; he was entitled to the verdict , but otherwise defendant was entitled to a verdict , the jury , after a bnei consultation , returned a verdict for the defendant .
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Office in the same Street and Parish , for the frppnewi FEABGUS O'CONNOR , Es « ., and published by wo ? uah Hewitt , of No . 18 , Charles Street , Brandon street , Wai worth , in the , Parish of St Mary NeH ^ ton , in Ithe county of Surrey , at the Office , No .- # * ^ Strand , in the Parish of St . Mary-le-Strand , & City of Westminster . ...::. ' Saturday , December 7 tb , 184 * .
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a THE NORTHERN STAR . I December 73 1844 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 7, 1844, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1292/page/8/
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