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ALBION PHALANX BENEVOLENT EMIGRATIOlf ASSOCIATION . PERSONS are respectfully invited to attend the Meetings of the Society , held at the Hope Coffee # ou 6 « , Farringdon Street , every Thursday evening , at Eight o'clock ; and Lecture and Conversation Meetings on tit first Thursday of the Month . The Second ANKPlt TEA PARTY will be held at the Temperance Hil ^ "Waterloo Road , on New Year ' s Day , when a report of t&J past year ' s proceedings , and the future prospects of $ » Association will be given . Tickets : —Gentlemen 9 d ., Ladies 6 d ., Children Half Price . Tea on the Table at Six o'clock . Ticket * to be and at the Temperance Hall , Waterloo Road .
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A PRACTICAL WORK ON SMALL FARMS . Price Two Shillings and Sixpence . fTSHOSE persons desirous of bettering their conditional X of becoming " Independent Labourers , " by entering t& ' " Productive-labour" Market , will do well to read "i Practical Work on Small Farms , " by Feabgus O'Conhoi , Esq . "It contains much useful information , invaluable to the parties for whom it was written : and Old Farmer * will find many useful lessons in the new system of i" * ** bandry , wliich they have jet to learn . The work dispUJ 4 great practical knowledge , and is written so that any oM who reads may understand . Mr . O'Connor seems not W have uBed either the old or ' new nomenclature ' - in H » work ; he has not buried his meaning in chemical ** ' * "' * . calities , which very few understand , but which mo » writers on agriculture seem so desirous of using . Perhaps they do not understand the practice of Farming so-well ** the theory ; and , therefore , mystify that which they cann ° « explain , by some long chemical term , which the-pi *" reader may pass over as a " hard icord , " hard t 0 ^* nounce , and harder to understand when it is pronoWK" *?" The reader will find that Mr . O'Connor has avoided" * those hard names , and suited the language to-the f * ing labourer , whose college is generally the worksl" * ^ or , at best , the Sunday School . Though the work i « written for holders of Small Farms , yet no AJlotmf * Tennant ought to be without it ; the valuable infor matiOB it contains respecting tilling and cropping is alike as eai to all . " " This really useful little volume ought to be intW hands of every one at all connected with agricaiw * pursuits . " —Lloyd ' s Weekly London Newspaper . ¦ ' May be had of all Booksellers , in Four Numbers , P « £ Sixpence each ; or neatly bound in Cloth , Two ShiW and Sixpence . « Also , Price Fourpence each , Numbers I and f " THE STATE OF IRELAND , By AaiBCE O'CoflKOK . No man can understand the position of Ireland , ° r £ bearing of Irish questions , who is not conversant with ub » perfect picture of Ireland ' condition , the causes of » degradation , and the remedies for her manifold cvili-All persons desirous of completing their sets of LANCASTER TRIALS , may yet do so , as afe « copi » still remain on hand . ' London : Cleave , Shoe-lane , Fleet-street : and bj ^ Booksellers and Agents for the Star in town and counffj *
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. Satukoaj . —Riot-35 Chkistchtjbch Wokkhocsb . — Seven able-bodied , robust looking young fellows , covered J-fitli reman and fiKfipwfc * placed at "the tar before Mr . <} ott 5 iigham ,-c&arged "with creating a disturbance at the above -workhouse and threateningthe life of the porter , "who stated that the prisoners -were admitted into the casual ward on the previous night . A&soon as they were left with the other paupers ( about fifty in number ) they commenced a complete ¦ uproar , "and iH-nsed some of the old men that ¦ were with them . At eight o ' clock in the morning he turned them all o ' ut -in the yard , ¦ when the prisoners , who had been tried and convicted st the sessions about four months ago for tearing up their eloQies , began to abuse him . Oneofthemthrewa
pa 3 Df water over Mm , and in attempting to seize T » tti the others knocked him down and kicked him . He eventually got away from them , and was in the act of calling for assistance , when one of them threw apiece of coal weighing-about three pounds at his head , and grazed Ms right ear . At thai time the police came to Ms assistance , and prevented the priaonerHrom iloing ftnther mischief . They all threatened to . do for him , for giving evidence againstthem at the sessions . After thevlikd been locked up in the fctttfon-house he discovere « I thai nearly all the blankete in fhe casual ward had been torn up by them . One of the officers connected with the workhouse aid that the inhabitants had complained of the noise
made by the prisoners , who kept up a continual uproar daring the night , by calling out " Murder" and Tire . " The prisoners , " one and all , denied creating any disturbance , or assaulting the porter , who they said was a perjured tv »» ti The porter said that all ¦ of them had been" frequently brought to this court for tearing up their clothes and disorderly conduct . Mr . Cofctangham said he certainly had some recoBectioa of them , and a more debased set of characters he nerer saw . Had the coal stniek the porter there was no doubt it would have killed him , when they would now be before Mm on a charge of murder . It Tras useless to lecture such vagabonds ,-for they onl y laughed at his advice ; he -should , "therefore , commit e&c * a- of them to the house of correction for one month .
3 IQ 5 B 4 T . —Atxejdt . at Selj-difzecctjom . —Michael \ fp-rtrn _ RTgTrrgTVR'Kl y tgTl -m ^ -r ^ usually called the "Lambeth Giant , was charged with attempting to throw himself off "Wftterloo-Dri&ge on Saturday night . Policeman 172 1 stated , that TvhDe on dntj on the bridge , the preceding night , about twelve o ' clock , he observed the defendant and another man walking irom Waterloo-place . They were talking Jondly , and the defendant ' s friend was holding him , "Hriile ie trzs maiiog erery exertiaB to break atray , ¦ which he -ultimately did , and mounting the parapet of the Bridge was . about to throw himself into the river , ivhen he ( the policeman ) ran forward , and , seizing the skirt o / hi » toa . t , dragged him down . The defendant appeared to niin to lave-been drinking , and he expressed his determination to aroTm himself saving , that many abetttr fellow than himself had done so , and that the bed of the river should be his bed that night . The defendant said that he had
been at one of the theatres , where he had "witnessed a T « iy lamentable accident , and that on quitting the house he had the foBy to go -afterwards into a tavern and aoduhje in too much "brandx-and-waler ; * "V ?^ t ixe li&d no TecoEection of naring moimted the parapet of the bridge to throw nimself off ; and that he now shuddered at the idea of nis having attempted sc « h an act . Mr . Traill asked him if he had anj person to be answerable for Mb not making a similar attempt , as he was -determined to make parties -who actedin such a manner find bail or go to gaol . The defendant answered that he had not afonned Ms iriends of hi ? situation , aud that none erf them -were aware of the dilemma into which he had fallen . 3 Ir . Trail : —Then yon must be locked up until you can ppocnr ? sureties not to act again in a rimiiar manner . Tie defendant "was then locked up , in default of procuring Uieneeessarv ba 3 .
Tcisdat . —Cure *! oj ix Illicit Glass alisutactoit . —Four men , named Pear , Elliott , Carr , and Dono-Tan , were placed at the bar before Hr . Traill , charged with being concerned in manufacturing glass in an unlicensed house . Tie prisoners were found in a dilapidated house sear Bnssell-street , the doors of which the police forced an d rushed into the house . On the upper floor they discovered a complete glass manufactory in full work , with every requisite for making common decanters , chemists' bottles , scent . bottles , and ornaments , several of which were -SrA = Tt « ri The prisoners rushed om of the -windows on to ihe Toot , and attempted to escape , bat they were pursued tj ib » police and taken into custody . Hr . Traill inflicted the penalty of £ 30 on each of the prisoners . In default of payment they were committed to prison for three months .
WORSHIP-STREET . 3 IOXD-&T . —tunas Bute Mosk , ajb SniS « uu-T 105 MODrCED XI SWOXLOWEiG X PeHST-MICX . John Harmon , alias "White , a notorious " smasher , " or utterer of base money , was charged on the police sheet with uttering a counterfeit half-crown to Edmund "Walters , a ¦ butcher , in Bnrham-street , Bethnal-green-road . From tbe ^ stsieroent of poHce-sergeaitt . S B , it appeared that on Saturday evening the prisoner entered the shop of the complainant , and in payment of some trifling article that it purchased tendered a half-crown piece , which Mr . "Walters immediately discovered * to be spurious , and on looking at the nttererat once recognized him as being the tune person -who had practised a similar imposition upon him on the dav preceding . On being charged with the
fact , the prisoner maae a sudden attempt to re-possess himself of the coin , but in the struggle it fell to the ground , and the buteher , the better to secure it , placed Ms loot upon it ¦ the prisoner , ftiding his intention foiled , caught up one of the cleavers from the chopping-block and made a tranendoos rat at the butcher , -winch , had not tie prosecutor fortunately sneceeded in evading the blow , roast to a certainty have produced fatal consequences . A violent struggle took plaee , and the prisoner was overpow « red and given into the custody of a policeman . "WhOe the charge was being taken against him , the pri soner TQ 2 . de another attempt to snateh the base coin from the band of the proseentor , bat , instead of obtaining possession of it , he grasped a large penny-piece of the reign of G-eorge III _ and , without r ^ amrn ' m ^ r j ^ immediately put it into his month , and made an energetic attempt to swallow it . The prisoner , bowever , was shortly after observed to be nearly black in the i&te , the penny-piece
having got fixed tightly in his gullet -, and , although a glass of crater was given him , and the omrers struck him on the back , and violently shook him , it was all -without effect , and he -was therefore plated in a cab and conveyed in a state of strangulation to the London Hospital , -where , -with considerable difficulty , the coin was'dislodged , and -forced into the stomach . He is lying at the hospital , if ijotin s preearions state , at all events in sncB a condition as atpresent to preclude the possibility of his removal . It was intimated to the magistrate by two of the other officers that-vrithin a very brief period the prisoner has suceessfaBy Tattered -upwards of twenty spurious halfcro-wBS and fe-e-sh 31 ing- pieces -to tradesmen in that naghbouxhood , and that on searching > i ™ ai the stationhouse a . quantity of base coin was found in his possession . "Mr . Broughton gave directions to the sergeant to keep Ms eye upon the case , and when the prisoner had sufficiently Tecorered to bring him to tie court to answer the charge .
THUA-Y . —EXIftA 0 XDI 3 A » T CASE . — KlTUSlL CL 4 TJU totajscz . —ilicbael Myers , Jane Myers , his "wife , and a man named Benjamin Harris , Jew dealers in old clothes , - were charged before Mr . Bingham with having feloniously receired possession of a large quantity of ¦ wearing apjexel and other artiiies , tae property of Mr . John Ayres , a -warehouseman in the ( Sty ; but residing in Union-street , . BoJtoa-sixeet , Hackey-Toad . —This charge arose ont of a tbrecun . " Or . Ajres * s house having been robbed of rarious articles , his isife dreamt that a part of the propeny , consisting of a dress , Ac ., was at the Myers ' s shop , and on proceeding ihither , there , sure enough , she found -what sh « sought . "Without demanding the goods , she proceeded -straightway to -the police office ; the © Sieers -were sent , found the stolen artides , and manv
other suspicious ones . The'ilyers declared that they ¦ b ought ibem of Harris , who disowned the soft impeachment , and the whole were apprehended . — -Mr . Bingham said he should certainly send all the prisoners before a jurv , bnthad no objection to take erLbstantzal bail , to the amount of £ 200 each , for the appearance of the male prisoners . —Sergeant Bnbois : intimated to the magistrate that on searching theprisoners' house he found secreted a large bundle of linen and table cloths , some of which were marked -with the names of- " Bleadon and Briggs , " and as he -was satisfied this property was the produce of other robberies , he requested that the prisoners might be remanded to give time for inquiries . —The prisoners wencommitted on ihe present charge , but will be brought ¦ np again next-week .
CLERKESWELL . TtrESDAT . —Scxjr ? betwxes a Mothxk and Sox . James "Webb , ag-ed eighteen , -was ebarged with stealing a gown , fce property of his mother , a poor -widow living in John-street , Tottenham-court-road . The magistrate asked the mother if she wished to prostcnte him ! The mother , after some hesitation , asked ihe magistrate if he could not inflict some ynmmary punishment t The magistrate said he had it not in bis poweT . He must either lend him for trial or dismiss him . During this time the prisoner was sobting , and , when he saw his mother he-Ctate , implored her noi to let him be sent for trial , promising never to offend her again . The mother , whose feelings and judgment seemed to be struggling for the mastery , at length said : — " So , James ; yon have been a bad son to me . "When 1 bad but little you stole that little from me . I hare often forgiven , bat I will now prosecute jotl" The prisoner again besought her , "but she turned
a deaf ear to his entreaties . - The Magistrate : 1 on are then determined to prosecute him ? Mother : Tts . The Prisoner , -when he saw her purpose fixed , became desperate . " Ton w 2 ] prosecute , will you ! " he said , turning to } ik parent -, " then I must declare von have been my ruin . Ton threw meinto vice and crime , and -when I -jraa earning my "bread honestly you threw me out of my employment . " The magistrate asked him if he couia proTe that ! Prisoner : Prove it ! yes ; she looks very mfld , but the truth is , she keeps a common house . The mother , Trho seemed shocked at the accusation , solemnly denied it , bat the magistrate ordered ihe police to make some inqniries before the final disposal of the ease . In ojnries were made , from which it appeared that the pro-= . secutrix is a hard-working poor woman , earning an honest \ jivelibood . She had formerly been in good circumstances , and the prisoner contributed raj much to her ruin by his constant ihefta and habits of profligacy . The son ' s charge -ft *! false . He -was felly committed for trial .
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MAXSICXX HOUSE . "Wxdsxsdat . —The J \ at . il Accident in Thbbad . siedlk-strext . —Richard Sargood , the driver of aB errand cart , was brought before the Lord Mayor , charged with having been instrumental to the death of a man named Dean , jn ^ Threadneedle-sireet , on .. tli 6 ^ evening . of Tnesday . The particulars" of this case will be found under Uie head of " Accidents , Offences , &c . " Among the witnesses examined -was Thomas Kyte , one of the labouring men employed by Mr . Chadwick , the surveyor , to repair Tbxeadneedle-street , who stated that he placed the stones in the street , and they might have projected into the carriage-way about two feet , but there was a great deal of room for all vehicles . Th e' Lord Mayor : 1 do not see that 1 can allow you to be sworn , as your statement is -calculated to affect yourself , Subsequently the liord Mayor ordered Kyte into custody , who was remanded till Friday . Bail was taken for the appearance of Sargood .
FlIDAT . THS TBMAlmXJrDLE-STJlEET ACCJVXXT . Kyte , the servant of Mr . Chadwick , the surveyor , and Sargood , the driver of the errand-cart which caused the death of a poor man named Dean , in Threadneedle-street , a fewdays ago , by turning over upon him when he was drawing a truck , underwent another examination before the Lord Mayor . Mr . Chadwick attended , and stated that he deeply lamented the accident , but he could not see how it could have been avoided . The Lord Mayor : It is a serious case . A poor man , who has left a -wife and children , has lost his life evidently inconsequence of the manner in which stones werelaidin the carriage-way . Theforeman of the jury has been with me this morning , and told me that the stones stood nearly a yard upon the carriage-wav , and that the
jury were for a considerable time in doubt whether they should not return a verdict of manslaughter against Mr . Chadwick ' s man . "What is to become of the family of the deceased ?—Mr . Chadwick said there was no other place in which to deposit stones intended for mending the pave . mtnt , and that the stones -were pOed up as carefully as possible . —The Lord Mayor : Then certainly notice ought to be given to drivers that repairs ^ were going forward by means of a lantern . It is quite evident that in this case the driver did not see the stones . But the matter shall be represented to the commissioners of sewers . —His lordship having been informed that the verdict was " accidental death , " discharged the prisoner , but again called the attention of Mr . Chadwick to the deplorable condition of the wife and children of the deceased .
QUEEN-SQUARE . Tobsbat . —Extbsbite RoBBEHns . —Sarah Smith , amiddle-SLged woman , underwent a lengthened examination on sereral charges of robbery . The prisoner had been for the last four or five years engaged as a charwoman at the houses of several respectable persons at Chelsea and Brompton , and availed herself of the opportunity so afforded to plunder her employers to a considerable extent . The police found in her house upwards of £ 50 in gold and silver , an acknowledgment for £ 110 , lent by her to a friend , a gold "watch , some gold rings , and a great deal of property of various descriptions , amongst which were many articles identified by her landlady , and Bome of those who had employed her . Several persons appeared and gave evidence , and identified their property . The gold watch had been stolen from a ladv . The prisoner was committed for trial on three
cases . MARLBOROVGH STREET . Wednxsd . it . —RoVAvn in Tkibclation . —A stout ¦ well-dressed man of colour was brought into court charged -with having severely beaten one of his countrymen . The defendant , when asked for his name , in a stentor-like voice , said , " 1 am Prince Christophe d'Hayti , broder to de " King of Hayti . " The complainant , John Harris , oi Poland-street , said he liad tie misfortune to become acquainted with his sable highness at a time -when his exchequer required replenishing , and feeling compassion fora fellow-countryman of his own complexion , he was in . duced to take him into his house and provide him and his suite ( among which was a female attache ) nntil a debt had "been created amounting to £ 150 . "Pit highness promised to liquidate the amount as soon as he obtained possession of those revenues * acred to the scions of Haytian royalty , and more particularly when he got about a million and a half of money
¦ which he declared his late Majestv , his brother , had lodged in the Bant of England , and lvft him heir . He subsequently left the country , and the complainant had heard nothing more of him until he accidentally met him in Piccadilly the day previous . The complainant demanded Mb money , instead of which he got several blows from the defendant ' s umbrella , by which his face was laid open , and he was otherwise injured . The prince was required to state why he had conducted himself in such a plebeian manner towards his benefactor . Sare mag i * - traat ( said the prince ) , 1 only speak some lnglij dat is broke . 1 strike him face , ven he call roe blackguard . Hah ! date word { gnashing bis teeth with rage ) \ ery bad word in England ; very bad word in Hayti ; very bad w *» rd for prince ; very bad word for a broder of a king . Complainant : Ty , you nebber pay me . Prince : Dere ' s de law for you , in de Bench of de Queen . Complainant : Ha ! ha ! ha ! Sue him beggar . —Mr . Maltby fined the defendant £ 3 , and in default of payment he was committed to prison for one month ' s hard labour .
THX Law OF DistbUNT . —A very poor woman came to Mr . Maltby to state that all her small stock of furniture and clothes had been seized for rent the previous day . Her husband , who worked at a coal-wharf , and who had last been employed at the Ranelagh-wharf , Kmlico , had broken his ancle , and this had thrown him out of work for some time . The children , too , had been seized with the smallpox , and the consequence of these heavy afflictions was that they had run into arrear of rent amounting to 52 s . "While « he was out on Tuesday afternoon , lending a charitable hand to clean the room of a sick neighbour , the landlord put in a broker and made a levy , leaving a man
in possession . There was besides ihe 52 a . for rent a charge of 3 s . for ltvy , and although the man in possession had only entered upon his office about four o ' clock the previous day , and it was not more than one o ' clock yesterday when the poor woman made her application , a period of about seventeen hours , he had contrived to make out a claim of 5 s . for two davg' possession , being at the rat « of 2 5 . 6 d . per day . Mr . Maltby directed inquiry to be made into the case , which was done and found to be one of great destitution . The constable was commissioned to make the best terms he could with the landlord , and the applicant received 5 b . for present need , with an intimation that jomething more substantial should be done for her .
Friday . — " Chabqe ! Chxbter , Chas . ce •"—Edward Murray , a veteran soldier-looking man , between fifty and sixty years of age , was charged with being drunk , and incapable of taking care of himself . Police-constable 3 ? o . 87 of the C division , stated that between twelve and one o ' clock this morning he found the defendant in Waidour-srreet excessively drunk , and supporting himself against the shutters of a shop window . Witness asked > irm if he lived there ; he replied " No ; " but afterwards said he resided up the street . Witness said , " "Which is the house V The defendant said , " The glorious 42 d :
Waterloo ! Charge ! charge ! " "Witness seeing "him so disorderly , charged him accordingly at the station-house . Mr . SardwJek : "What ba-re 700 to say , sir , in answer to the charge against you of being drunk and incapable of taking care of yourself ? Defendant : My good sir , the factisthis ; I served in the 42 d—that is , I had thehonour to do so—with many brave fellows , at the memorable battle of Waterloo . It is , I believe , allotved that the -12 d did their duty there . Mr . Hardwick : I shall discharge yon -, but don ' t come here again in the game character . Defendant : I thank you , sir ; but I hope yon will have the candour to admit that the -42 d always do their duty .
THAMES POLICE . ThemdaT . —A 11 aED Casz . —A man , who gave no name , addressed his worship , stating that he wished to make a complaint arising out Of the loss of the Hero , which had been wrecked on Sunday night off Harwich , when all souls on board , except one , who was then present with him in the court , perished . Here the applicant turned round and pointed to a . weather-beaten looking seaman , who seemed to nave -undergone much hardship , and proceeded to say that the account of the calamity as it appeared in the papers was altogether incorrect . The" truth of the matter was , that the captain , who was ill below , gave charge of the vessel to the mate , and that person , being in liquor at the time , crowded loo much -sail , -vs-nich led to the loss of the xessel and all those who perished with her . —Mr . Ballantine :
How do you know ? Ton were not on board , I presume ? —The applicant ) said he was not , but his son was . His son was the lad who had been described in the account in the papers as one of the last persons seen clinging to the jib-boom . The poor fellow , who , as he ( the father ) had seen bv the papers , would have been saved if he could have held a little longer , had never been to sea before , and considerable expense iad been incurred in fitting him out . ^ Notwithstanding the representations made on this head to the owners they refuse to pay the wages which were due to his son , and he wished to know whether there were any means of compelling them . Mr . Ballantine said it was a case in -which he could render no ast-istance . The applicant then withdrew , saying it was very hard that he should not only lose his son , bnt alsojose the wages which were due to him .
T 7 AXDSW 0 RTH . Mokdat . —Chaxgi or Rape . —Mr . John Haycroft , a grocer and beer-shopkeeper in the Devonshire-road , Chiswick ^ "was brought up from the Hew Prison , Clerkenwell , and placed before Mr . Paynter , for final examination upon a charge of feloniously assaulting Hannah Andrews , a girl only fourteen years of age , who was living with him as a servant . There were two distinct charges of rape sworn to by the girl , but Mr . Painter observed , that the prisoner had better be indicted only for the first , inasmuch as in ihe second case the complainant had not made such resistance as might have been expected from her . The prisoner , -who seemed thoroughly ashamed of himself , reserved his defence , and was fully committed to Newgate for trial .
ThuxsDAI . —A Sisottla-S . Case . — Yesterday John Bignell and Anne BigneD , described on the charge-sheet as man and wife , were placed in the dock , before Mr . Paynter , charged with stealing a large quantity of wearing apparel , the property of Thomas "Warr , of Beufont , Middlegej . ' The singularity in this case was that the owner of the properly , when he discovered his loss , instead of acquainting the police , employed a young -woman to go in pursuit of the thieves , and the tact and perseverance that this female -exhibited wouldiave done credit to any constable in the metropolitan police force . Mr . Paynter remanded the case until Tuesday , at the same time remarking that the woman Legg had performed a most extraordinary action , and that she deserved great credit for what she had done .
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BOW-STREET . Fbidat . —Robbekt in | the Pabk . — This day , two young females , named Maria Rose and Maria Wetherall , who have been repeatedly in ; . the custody of the police for various offences , were brought before Mr . Jardine . -charged with stealing from theperson of John Hardy , a tailor , residing in Brewer-street , Golden-square , a silver "watch , value £ i 10 s ; , while he was passing through the mall in St . James ' s Park , on Thursday night . The prisoners were fully committed for trial .
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MIDLAND CIRCUIT . Nottingham , Dec 16 . —/ The Late Fatal Railway AccinKKi . —This morning , on his lordship taking his seat upon the bench , Robert Xightfoot , stationmaster at Nottingham , was arraigned ontliB coroner ' s inquisition for that he , on the 21 st of Ndttember * last , in the parish of St . Mary , did kill and ^ lay John Dean . The prisoner , in a firm and distinct voice , pleaded not guilty , llobert Lightfoot , and Jonathan Haven , station-niaster at Beeston , were then arraigned on the coroner ' s inquisition for manslaughter , the former as causing the death of James Bolestridge , the latter as being present , aiding and assisting :
therein . The grand jury for the town had ignored this bill on Saturday . Both prisoners having pleaded not guilty , Mr . Wildman , who held the brief for the prosecution , stated that in that case the jury were aware the bill had been thrown out , and under those circumstances it was not usual , unless there were some peculiarities about a case , to proceed with the inquiry . Certainly he ( Mr . WUdman ) did riot find any circumstances in the present case that would justify him in departing from the usual course , afi his own opinion was , that if the inquiry was proceeded with he could not reasonably expect , after censuming a great quantity of time , to lay before them such facts as would induce them to come to the
conclusion that beyond all reasonable doubt the prisoners had been guilty of gross and culpable negligence ; and if there had been nothing more than an error of judgment , it would of course be their duty to find a verdict of acquittal . He ( the learned counsel ) , on looking at the evidence , could not but feel that in that case , although the prisoner Lightfoot might have been guilty of an error of judgment , stilj It was an error of judgment in which his own life whb as much risked as that of any other person ; for it appeared that so far from wishing to neglect his duty , he left the place where he might have continued , and exposed his own person in order to prevent the possibility of a disaster occurring , which it was no part , of his duty to prevent . Under these circumstances , feeling that Mr . Lightfoot might have been , and perhaps
was , the cause of the accident under a most unfortunate error of judgment , still it was impossible for him ( Mr . Wildman ) to say on his own private opinion that the prisoner had been guilty of culpable negligence : therefore , he should not offer any evidence against him , and it would be the duty of the jury to find a verdict of not guilty . Mr . Justice Patteson observed , there being no evidence offered ,, the jury could do none other hut return a verdict of acquittal in favour of both parties . The foreman of the Jury" ; Not guilty , my lord . Mr . Justice Patteson then addressed Mr . Lightfoot as follows : —Mr . Robert Lightfoot , you understand the proceedings in this case ; that there was an indictment preferred respecting the death of James Bolestridge to the grand jury
of the town of Nottingham , which indietment they iimoi-ed . No evidence is offered against you with reference to the coroner ' s inquisition which sat on the body of James Bolestridge , and none will be offered , I dare say , in the case of Dean ; indeed , I think it probable no bill will be preferred in " . tliat case , though that was in the county . Mr . Wildman -. ^ -i-No , my lord , no bill will be preferred . Mr . Justice Patteson : Then the recognisances may bo tliBcharged , so there is an end to this prosecution . I am very glad this inquiry has taken place . I am quite sure that the termination of this prosecution is that which law and justice fully require . I cannot protend to say there was not an . error of judgment on your part ; but it is clear everything that was done by you was done to prevent the mischief taking place which did occur , owing probably to i a misunderstanding between vou and another person .
It seems to me tkat everv person on a railway , and in almost every other situation in life , would do well not to step out of the strict line of then- duties . If you had not done bo , this accident might not have occurred , as I understand it was no part of your duty to have left the Nottingham station at all . " That was an error in the first insta « ce ; and the second error , if there was any , seems to be this , that althoug h feeling persuaded , and as far as I can judge with very good reason , that the train corning from Nottingham would come on its proper line , and that that line would be free , still you did not wait to make it quite certain at the Beeston station . It would have been better to have waited , as it appears the train coming from . Nottingham , whichever line it came on , was overdue at Beeston station , therefore it would have been better had you waited a few minutes . Mr . Lightfoot then stepped from the dock , and immediately left the court .
NORFOLK CIRCUIT . Buhy St . Ei ) Muxi )' b , Dec . lt > . — The Gisleham Mukdeb . —William Ilowell , aged 28 , was indicted for the murder of James M'Fadden on the 30 th of July last , and Walter Howell , aged 21 , and Israel Shipley , aged 38 , stood charged with being present , aiding and abetting in the said murder . This trial , to which great public interest and importance were attached , was at length brought to a close this day , after having occupied the attention of the court and jury for nearly three days . The unfortunate man , whose death was charged " have been caused by the prisoner , was by birth an Irishman , by persuasion a Roman Catholic , and by occupation a policeman , his station being on the coast of the couiitv , at Kessingland , around which
lie the villages of Gisleham , Mutford , and Hulver : the latter being the residence of the prisoners , who occupied two cottages under one roof . The neighbourhood was well selected for a " station , " as it was known to be infested by a gang of thieves , whose depredations were characterised both by their extent and audacity , us well as by the unusual numbers supposed to be engaged in them . It became , therefore , a primary object with the police to put down their doings , and , as a means to this end , there is very little doubt that the deceased , who was distinguished for his address and activity , had gained the confidence of a woman namedHarriet Botwright , whose brotherwastried and transported for arson at the assizes for this county , and whose connexions might very likely be supposed
to be among the members of the gang . Accordingly , information was given , no doubt by her , that the burglars had formed a design of attacking , on a large scale , the premises of Mrs . Button , a lady who occupies an old moated farm-mansion , known as Gisteham-hall , in the month of July , soon after the trial of their associate ; so little eflect would the punishment of others seem to have on the courses of professed thieves . A watch was therefore Bet almost nightly on the hall , it being understood between the police and their informant , that she should give such more precise intelligence of the movements of the gang as her acutencss and observation might place within her Teach . Nothing , however , occurred till Sunday , the 29 th of the month , when the expected information was given ; and , that
being so , it is to be regretted , for the sake of the deceased , that to a single individual was intrusted a duty which required numbers for its adequate discharge . He alone , however , repaired to the hall at nightfall , and , bidding the folks good night , commenced his " watch and ward . " The hall is somewhat peculiarly situated , there being a double moat around it ; the outer one embracing among other buildings a large barn , in which there was a quantity of undressed wheat , the produce of a long thrashing ; a fact no doubt well kno \ vn to the marauders , whose depredations were generally confined to such objects . This barn was left on the Saturday afternoon safely locked up as usual , and , exercising his secret intelligence , M'Fadden placed himself within a gate leading into the garden ,
whence he could command the only approach to the barn , either from the house or from the country beyond the moat . Nothing was heard or seen of hiiri by the family till half-past Uvelve or one o ' clock in the morning , when Airs . Button was aroused from her sleep by a noise wliich , in her alarm , she not unnaturally construed into an attempt to break into the back kitchen ; but her niece , who lay with her , not only recognized in it the voice of their protector , but also correctly surmised that he was speaking in pain . On their going down stairs the poor fellow was found without his greatcoat and boots , covered ' with dirt , and stretched across the door-way , almost insensible , and weltering in his blood , which flowed freely from his bodv . His first exclamation was , " 0 ' , I ' am
shot—I am dying : they have shot me . " On being questioned he further stated that he knew the man who had shot him and mentioned the name of " Howell . " Being immediately placed on abed and strengthened with some brandy and water , a doctor was sent for , and at an early hour , at his earnest request , and with the sanction of the doctor , he was removed on a featherbed in a tumbril to his lodgihge at Kessingland , where he arrived weak , exhausted , and much depressed in spirits , constantly asserting that " it was all up with him " - " that this would do for him , " and shaking his head with a groan , when a second medical man cheered and encouraged him to look forward to his recovery . Gn being examined , his wound did not , though a very severe one .
warrant any serious apprehension of ' a fatal result . It , however , appeared to have been inflicted by a discharge of largish smot from a gun which , must have been held above and within a few feet of his left thigh , as there was a large hole . of two or three inches in it near to the hip-joint , while there were marks of a few single shots around it . From the time of his return home , every exertion and attention was called in to his aid which human skill could » uggest ; but towards the afternoon of Tuesday it was evident to the surgeon , Mr . Prentice , that he could not long survive , as emphysema had taken place , for air had been introduced into the wound , the result of inflammation , while his nervous system had sustained a shock too powerful for it to overcome .
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Just before that time he bad adieu to the wife and infant child of his inspector , the latter of whom he shook b y the hand , saying , ;•«! shall never see you again , my mah ^ " ana eventually expired at nine o'clock on that . night . During the « arly part of that and the preceding day , he had made repeated statements to Inspector Lark and others as to the circum stances attendant on his wound , which the learned judge did not deem to be admissible , as not coming within the . principle which made such declarations evidence ; but about two hours before his death , after the surgeon had advised that he should make a deposition before a magistrate , Lark , the inspector , again spoke to him , when he expressed his readiness to do so , and added , " not yet . " He was then asker
whether he would like to send for a priest ; to which he said " no ; it would be no use now . " Lark then informed him that the magistrates had given orders that " every care should be taken of him , and that they had resolved that if he survived and lived a cripple , provision should be made for him . " In answer to this the d ying man said , "it ' s of no use ; I shan't want it . " Soon afterwards Lai-k said to him , " You are dangerously , if not mortally wounded . " ¦' . On which he grasped his hand and turned his head aside—conduct which impressed his officer with a belief that he was sensible of his approaching end . Under these circumstances it was proposed generally to give in evidence the declarations of the deceased , but his lordship rejected at once
all those which preceded the last two hours of his life leaving it to the learned counsel for the defence to call such evidence as they mi g ht think proper , in order to determine the collateral issue as to the admjssibility even of those later statements ; accordingl y there was called for the prisoners , the Rev . H . Brigham , who deposed as follows : ^ -I am Catholic priest of this town . It is certainly incumbent on every Catholic who knows himself to be dying to send for a priest to receive extreiae unction ,, provided he wishes to make his peace with God , Previously he would receive confession and the holy communion , if there were time , and if he be in a state which requires confession . Every Catholic would do so , unless he were dead to all sense of religion . Cross-examined by Mr .
O'Malley : —Extreme unction is not necessary for salvation , nor accounted so by the strict doctrines of the Church of Rome . If a Catholic refused it when offered , I should say he was not in a way of salvation , or not a Catholic . The value of that ordinance is not diminished by insensibDity . If there had been no expression of repentance , or a wish to see a priest , I should hesitate , if I knew that the person had not confessed or conformed to the Catholic faith . No pious Roman Catholics differ in their estimation of the value of confession , communion , and extreme unction . There are different degrees , of course , of p iety and adherence to forms in ours , as in all other churches . Re-examined : Catholics , in danger of death , however lax in their faith , always send fora priest I
never knew of a ease to the contrary . Mr . Gurdon having called a witness to show that the deceased had attended a Protestant and Methodist p lace of worship on several occasions , and that the priest nearest the station was many miles distant ; Mr . Prendergast then submitted that the statements of the deceased were not admissible under the circumstances , as he had declined the offer of a priest ; bv no act done , or testamentary direction given by him , could it be clearly and unequivocally asserted that he was impressed with the- belief of approaching death . The learned counsel cited several cases in support of this opinion . Mr . Justice Williams overruled the objection , and expressed his determination to receive the statements of the deceased , reserving a case for the
judges it necessary . James Lark waa then examined as to the statement of the deceased not long preceding his death , and he proved , that having asked him it he was correct in mentioning the individual he had before named to him as the man who had shot him , the deceased answered , " Yes , it was Ilowell [ the Christian name had been previously mentioned and was excluded by the learned judge ' s ruling ] ; he lives at Hulver . The man that shot me wore an old policeman ' s hat and a long velvet coat to his knees . I should know him if 1 saw him again ; such and such persons [ who were suggested to him ] might have been there , but Howell shot me . " In the course of this , and indeed of all the other statements which were excluded , it is to be observed
that the name of Harriet Botwright was never mentioned by the deceased as having been present with him in the garden , nor was any account given of the circumstances which attended his death . As to the latter , they may be gathered from the evidence of two men in the employ of Mrs . Button , who found the barn had been plundered when called up at one o ' clock in the morning , and soon after discovered in the garden the upper coat and Blucher boots of the deceased . On searching the premises beyond the outer moat Iun cutlass was found in the adjoining close , much battered with shot marks , and lying close by a sack of wheat ; further on , just on the brow of a ditch , wore seen the indentations produced b y the figure of a man , with liis arms stretchinj ; upwards , as
if he had fallen back . In the bottom of the ditch were traces of blood , and on the top of the opposite bank were footsteps of several people , and a quantity of wheat , which had evidently been shofr from sacks . It would thus appear that the deceased ha 1 observed the completion of the robbery , and , taking off his coat and boots , had dodged the thieves till he was discovered , or disclosed his presence , as they were making off with their plunder , and doubtless received his death-wound from some one standing close above him , as he was endeavouring to ascend the bank in pursuit ; after which ho must , by slow degrees , and with great agony , have dragged his bodv round the moat to the back door , where he aroused Mra . Button with his groans . On the Thursday after his death a
verdict of Wilful Murder was returned against William Ilowell , who was forthwith token up . For some time after that i \« further stops weve taken by th <) police ; but in con sequence of information from Harriet Botwvight , Shipley and Walter Howell , as well as five other men , wore apprehended on the 5 th of November last . At that time , however , the girl only stated that she had seen them altogether about eleven o'clock on the fatal night , and the last named parties were dischfii's * - ' ! . She afterwards made considerable additions to her testimony , the result of which wns that Walter Ilowell and Shipley were again apprehended . and finally committed
to take their trial with William Howell . The woman Botwright and several other witnesses were examined for the prosecution , who p lainly proved the guilt of' the accused . Mr . i ' rendergast addressed the jury for the defence , and this day ( Monday , ) his lordship summed up . The jury retired , and , after a short absence , returned into court with a verdict of—Guilty . His lordship then , in the usual terms , passed sentence of death upon all the prisoners . At the conclusion of his lordship ' s address , Walter Howell emphatically asserted that all the witnesses against him were . liars '; but the other two , especially Shipley , seemed quite overcome by a sense of their dreadful situation .
Nobwioh , Dec , 19 . —Incendiarism . —George Dye , aged 17 , was indicted for -wilfully and maliciously setting fire to a wheat-stack , the property of Daniel Watson , of Larling . The prosecutor is an innkeeper , and on the night pt the fire the prisoner and five other men had been spending the evening at the prosecutor ' s house . Shortly after leaving the house the wheat-stack was discovered to be in a blaze . The prisoner was apprehended on suspicion , but afterwards discharged , Subsequently he confessed to a constable that himself and two others were engaged in the fire . He also confessed to the commission of several other fires , not being aware that the party he was confessing to was a constable . He was consequently again taken into custody . On his trial the prisoner told the jury that the constable had spoken falsely ; but the jury thought otherwise , and found the prisoner Guilty . Sentence deferred .
Another Incendiary . —William Medlar , aged 37 , was indicted for wilfully and maliciously setting fire to a stack of wheat , the property of Robert Samuel Thome , Burgh next Aylsham . The prisoner had been apprehended on suspicion , a few hours after the fire . Tne prisoner ' s shoes were taken off and compared with the impressions in the field , and they corresponded in every respect . The cottage of the prisoner was searched , and part of a box of luciformatches was found on the mantel-piece , and the matches corresponded in colour and dip with one that was found in the ditch of the wheat field , near the gap leading from the stack-yard . The jury found the prisoner Guilty . Sentence deferred .
WESTERN CIRCUIT . Exeter , Dec . 17 . —Iscendiaribm . —John Bendle , a miserably-clad arid lame man , was convicted of having , on the night of the 27 th of September last , set fire to a rick of oats , the property of John Land . He was sentenced to be transported for life .
NORTHERN CIRCUIT . Liverpool , Fkidat . —Wilful Murder at Manchester . —George Evans , aged twenty ( could read and write imperfectly ) , was arraigned on an indictment , charging him with the wilful murder of Jane Millen , at the borough of Manchester , on the 14 th of August last , by striking her with a certain iron bar . There was another count in the indictment charging him with having committed the murder b y strangling the deceased . The prisoner , who exhibited a more respectful and becoming demeanour then he did when before the committing magistrates , pleaded not guilty . The evidence was altogether of acireumstantial nature , but so conclusive as to leave no reasonable doubt of the prisoner ' s guilt . We gave the facts of the
murder in full at the time of its occurrence , which -were as our readers will remember briefly these . The prisoner lodged at the house of his victim , and on the morning of the murder had been left in bed ( he having been drinking for some days previous ) , when the husband of the murdered woman and other parties residing in the house iwent to their work . At dinner time the husband and a lodger returned home , when finding the door closed , against them they got in at the window , Avhen they found the poor woman in a closet dead , with every appearance of having been strangled ; besides which , her lip was cleft in two , and there was a wound at the back of the head . On searching the house , the prisoner was found to be missing , and three suits of clothes , a watch , and other
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property I had been taken away . The prisoner hail been seen to leave the houae with a heavy box in the course of ^ themorning . He wastracedto , Liverpool , am subsequently arrested with most of the stolen property in his possession . ^ These were-the principal- facta of the case , ] as detailed in the evidence . Mr . Pollock defended j the pr isoner , speaking about an hour . At half-pastione o ' clock the jury retired , and , after a quarter jof . in hour ' s absence , returned into the court with a verdict of Guilty . The judge then passed the usual sentence of death , which the
prisoner heard -without apparent emotion . York , j Dec . 13 . —Sentence of 3 . S . Maddison , late Superintendent of Rural Police . —His lordship ( Mr . Justice Coleridge ) sentenced Maddison , convicted * on Monday last of embezzlement , to eighteen months' imprisonment and hard labour ; The learned Judge , in the course of his remarks to the prisoner , observed that he should certainly have transported him had it not been that the Committee of the Rural Police Association had exhibited considerable carelessness iii their money matters .
Sentence upon the Bradford Rioters . —John O'Brien , i Thomas Hogan , Baniel Donovan , Daniel Power , and William Quin , convicted at the last assizes of ] manslaughter at Bradford ,- and also John M'Cann , ' convicted at the present assizes , were called on to receive sentence . The learned judge ( Coleridge ) addressed the prisoners at some length , -remarking that their crime was manslaughter of the most grievous ^ description , which called for the heaviest punishment the law awarded for that offence . They were wholly unfit for the society of this country , and wholly unfit to enjoy the liberty they had once had . They would live in a foreign land , in a condition little better than that of slaves , but he { the learned judge ) trusted they would remain there long enough to ; repent having caused the death of a fellowcreature . I Ihe sentence upon them was that they be transported beyond the seas for the term of their natural lives .
Alfred Hawke and Thomas Woolhouse , who had been out on bail , were charged with having , at Sheffield , thrown some explosive substance into the dwelling-house of Joseph Alinond , with intent to murder or do him some grievous bodily h « arm . The indictment also contained a count for a common assault . The prosecutor , on being examined , would not swear to the prisoners ; the case was accordingly at once abandoned , and his lordship intimated that he should not allow the prosecutor's costs . Liverpool , Dec . 10 . —Murder at . Saxford . — Thomas Stew was indicted for the wilful murder of Alice Nolan , at Manchester , by cutting her throat . It appeared from the statement of counsel that the deceased worked at a flax mill in Salford , and that
about ten jo ' clock on the night of Sunday , the 7 th of July , she jwas seen to put her hand to-her throat in Brig-strcejt , Salford , apparently in great pain , and that on reaching Harrington-street she fell . On examination it was found that her throat had been cut almost from ear to ear , and that , from its appearance , the wound could not have , been inflicted by herself .. In order jto shew that the prisoner was connected with the transaction , it appeared that the deceased and himself had been acquainted with each other for some time !; that he kept her company with the view of inarryiriff her , and that he had applied to her to know whether she would become his wife . On Sunday , the 7 th July , they passed the whole day together , and about six o ' clock on that evening they went to
the house M" a Mrs . Sarah Shepherd , in Cook-street , Salford , where some few words , not of an amicable nature , seemed to pass between them . Presently , however , they made up their differences , and were i as good friends as ever ; and then the prisoner rushed out , and borrowed a razor and shaving-brush at the house of a neighbour named Hugh Brqadhurst , with the intention , as he said , of shaving himself . Ho then returned to Shepherd's , and aboutl nine o ' clock the same night deceased and himself left together , and after that time the young woman was never seen alive by her friends . What became oft them from nine to ten o ' clock was not exactly known , but about ten a man and a woman were seen at the corner of a street , and one main inquiry
in the ease appeared to he whether the persons then standing together wore the prisoner and the deceased . Thore was no doubt that the female was the deceased , and the description of the man exactly answered that of the prisoner . The convei-sation that passed between them was partly overheard . The man called her by the name of Alice , and she addressed him by the name of Tom , and those were the usual terms of familiarity with which they called each other . The subject of conversation haa reference to their marriage . She said she would not marry him for six months at least , and this answer appeared to have disappointed the prisoner . Very shortly after , the deceased was seen to put her hand to her throat and to fall inj the street , and at the same moment the
prisoner was observed to run in the direction of Shepherd ' s house . About ten minutes after ton o ' clock he passed up Shepherd ' s entry , singing and dancing 'i' Jim along Joe , " and then he . rushed into Shepherd ' s house , crying out , " Here goes it—here I'll die . " Immediately after having said this he made a sort of a stumble forwards , and inflicted a deadly wound on his throat with the razor he had borrowed ¦ from Broadhurst . The wound , though not fatal , was nevertheless a very dangerous one , and it was only late ]} - that he had recovered from the effects . Several witnesses were examined to prove the case . Mr . Jamek addressed the jury for the prisoner , going minutely through the evidence , and contending that there was- { nothing in it that could justify the jury in saying , beyond any reasonable doubt , that-it was " the
hand of the prisoner at the bai- which inflicted the wound of ( which the unfortunate woman died . On the other hand , if satisfied on the point , they must consider whether the prisoner was of sane mind when committing the deplorable act . The learned counsel at great lcingth contended that the prisoner had been in a state bf insanity ; and in support of this opinion called Mr . lChalmers , surgeon to the gaol , whott-stifieu as to his belief in the insanity of the prisoner during a considerable portion of the time he had been under his care , j Ills lordship summed up , and stated that of late years the plea of insanity had been set up on very we « ak | grounds « If a man showed any peculiarity , or had any unreasonable quarrel with hts relations or friends , it jwas made a ground for representing him as
insane , lo establish that plea , however , they must be satisfied that the party was at the time the offence was committed unable to distinguish right from wrong . His lordship then went through the facts as they bore jupon the question , whether the prisoner had , in faet , caused the death of the deceased . The jury , after ; a short absence from the box , returned a verdict of-j— Guilty . His lordship then proceeded to pass sentence upon the prisoner . Towards the close of his lordship ' s address the unhappy man sank back , apparently par tially insensible , in the arms of the turnkeys , i At the dose of the sentence ho seeme < lto wake , as it were , from a dream , and clinging to the front of the dock , endeavoured to address the court , but a few hoarse unintelligible whispers were all that could be heard—his tongue refused its office , and he was led half fainting from the dock . At the same moment some person at the back of the ' dock was seized with a fit , apparently of epilepsy , and his cries
and struggles were appalling . The crowd endeavouring to rush to the spot increased the confusion , and it was only by great exertions on the part of the officers inj attendance that the unfortunate man was carried from the court , and order finally restored . Durham , Dec . 17 . —Shooting with Intent to Kill . —Robert j Brown , aged 25 , and George Muckleroyd , aged 28 , Were charged with having , on the 25 th of July last , ! at Waldridge , feloniously fired off a gun into the House of John Walker , with intent to kill the said John Walker and Isabella his wife . On the night in jquestion , between twelve and one o ' clock , the prosecutor was awakened by the report of a eun fired in at the window of the room where he and his wife slept , and he immediately perceived that he was bleeding , iand that he had been wounded in different parts of the body ; and that his wife also hijd received several wounds . The jury found the prisoner Brown guilty , but acquitted Muckleroyd . Brown was sentenced to ! be transported for fifteen years .
j OXFORD CIRCUIT . Stafford , Dec . 16 . —The Audley Murder . —Paul Downing ^ aged 19 , and Charles Powys , aged 17 , were indicted for the wilful murder of William Cooper , at Audley , 611 Sunday night , the 4 th of August last . The deceased , a sawyer by trade and 23 years of age , resided vvith his father , Thomas Cooper , an undergamekeeper to Sir Thomas Boughey , on the baronet's estates at Audley , about five miles from Newcastle under-Line , where he was in the habit of accompanying the Ikeepers in their hazardous duties . The prisoners ! are cousins and the sons of labourers , also living at ; Audley , a parish of considerable extent , in which they are all well known as poachers of considerable audacity . The prosecutor , Thomas Cooper , had on four occasions laid informations against
Downingjfor offences under the Game Laws , and this pr isoner was released from Stafford House of Correct ion after an imprisonment of two months , under one of these convictions , on the day preceding the murder . Powys and a still younger brother were also brought before the magistrates , for trespassing in pnrsuit of game on the lands of Sir Thomas Boughey , but the charges were not pressed on account of their youth , and they were subjected only to aj reprimand from the magistrates . On the night ef : Sunday , the 4 th of August , about twenty minutes [ after twelve o ' clock , the father of the deceased was disturbed by the report of a gun , accompanied by a piercing scream in the direction of his back-door , and on coming immediately down stairs
discovered the lifelesB body of his son stretched across the threshold , with marks of blood on the door , the wall , and the ground . Several neighbours were speedilv summoned , some of whom went on the wellmeant but useless errand tor a surgeon ; some starfed tor the police , and others remained to comfort the agonized ! parents . The spot on which this atrocious act had been perpetrated was im enclosed yard , overlooked by no window from the cottage ; and from a jWell-executed model of the premises produced on the trial , it was evident that the iatal shot could have been fired only in one directionover a low wall behind an unoccupied dog-kennel On immediate examination of the premises foottracks were discovered , and it was speedily ascertained that the murder had been committed by two
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persons , who had made their escape by a circuitotu route across the meadows , where their eou * £ through the Jieavy dew <« ould be , easily , tracked by t £ immediate ' pursuers ; " * On this alleged Kne of retreat which--took Sidiree " tibh towafffi ^' tfie ^ Tiouse ^ bf tM father of the prisoner PowyS i footsteps ,- more or 1 ^ perfect , of two persons , wearing shoes of different sizes , had evidently been made by the murderers and some tracks were found in a less pterfecistate m a direction towards the spot whence the gun was fired . To affect the prisoners by these steps , iinptfej . sions tv ere made alongside these original foot-tracks all of which as to width , length , and nail-mark *' in the opinion of the coroner , the police , and oth& parties , exactly corresponded and appeared to ' them
to have been made by the same shoes . The evidence which was wholly of a circumstantial character an ! peared to satisfy the jury as to the guilt of the a £ cused , as , after an absence of nearly an hour . ' the ? returned into court with a verdict of Guilty against both prisoners , accompanied with a recommendation to mercy , " as far as mercy was consistent with the ends of justice . " The Learned Judge then passed sentence of death on the prisoner ? . He eonld hold out to them ho "hopes of' mercy * . The trial occupied the entire of Monday , and until five o ' clock on Xue& . day afternoon . During the whole of the proceeding the prisoners evinced the utmost indifference not was their firmness in the least shaken whea the awful sentence was pronounced .
Stafford , Dec . 19 . —The Wolverhamfton Case —Child Mubdeb . —This case , which appears to have created a great sensation , not only in this county , but throughout England , came on for trial this morning after being twice postponed . Jane Railton , aged 32 * was indicted for concealing the bir th of her childj at Wolverhampton , in the month of October last ; and John Sheriff , aged 28 , and James Hildreth , aged 38 were charged with aiding and abetting her in such ' concealment . The particulars must be fresh in the recollection of our readers . The result of the trial was , that after the examination of a great number oi witnesses , Miss Railton , not being a poor unfortunate like Mary Furley , and the other prisoners being , lik « Mrs . Tyrwhitt , "highly respectable ! " were Acquitted .
MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . Dec . 17 . —The second December session for the county of Middlesex commenced this morning at the Court-house , Clerkenwell-green . Fortcne-tbiaing . — -A repulsive-looking Woman , named Keziah Marten , ageof thirty-three years * -w at indicted for stealing a shawl , the property of Sarah White . This case presented the usual features o { gullibility on the one side , and of artful and cunning deception upon the other . The prosecutrix , a remarkably pretty and interesting-looking girl , about seventeen years of age , was in the service of a gentleman named Moore , who resided in the neighbourhood of Old Brentford , and on the 2 nd of the present month the prisoner went to Mr , Moore ' s house and
was brought by the prosecutrix into the kitchen . The prisoner , after going through the usual cant and legerdemain with cards , wliich is one of the principal items of the stock-in-trade of such impostors , demanded some money . The poor simple girl replied , ' that she had only 2 d . about her , which she gave to the prisoner , who then said if the proseeutrix would have lialf-a-crown for her in five day 3 she would come back at the end of that time and ensure her a most respectable and " likely" young man as a husband , with a large property . At this time the shawl was lying upon a chair in the kitchen , and wa « missed almost immediately after the departure of the prisoner . The jury , after a short consultation , returned a verdict of Guilty . —Sentence respited .
Suffolk , Friday . — Murder b ! a GRANimotBBK of her Grandchild . —At the Suffolk Assizes , 00 Friday , Mary Sheming , aged 51 , was indicted for the wilful murder of John Sheming , a male infant child , the natural son of Caroline Sheming , single woman , of Martlesham . It appeared from the evidence that about ten days before the death of the child the prisoner had bought arsenic of one John Hudson , who kept a " general shop . " On the night of the murder her daughter ( the mother of the infant ) -went to Woodbridge ; at the time of her leaving home the child appeared to be well , with the exception of
a slight cold it had caught a few days previous ; she wan absent but three hours' when on her return the child was dying , exhibiting every symptom of having being poisoned . The child died ' that night . Mr . Moore , surgeon , subsequently made a post-mortem examination , in which ne discovered the presence of arsenic . The prisoner solemnly denied that bhe poisoned the child ; and declared that she had not fed it for two or three weeks before its death ; she also said , that the arsenic she possessed was taken out of a &hed . where she had placed it , by her youngest daughter . The jury found the prisoner Guilty , and the Judge ordered her to be executed at Ipswich .
Corn-Exchange , Friday ,. —The supply of English Wheat here was very limited , owing to which , and the fair attendance of dealers , the demand for that article was steady at full Monday ' s quotations . Foreign wheat , free of duty , was in good request , and previous rates were steadily supported . The quantity of English barley was not large , yet the trade was dull , without any variation in ' price . Foreign barley was plentiful , and the distillers supplied themselves with the best sorts at previous rates fhe best tender malt was . in request , but other qualities were dull . Owing to the contrary winds , the arrivals of oats are small ; yet buyers held back , in anticipation of good arrivals . Other grain as on Monday .
Smithfield Cattle Market , Friday . —For the ime of year we had a fair average supply of Beasts , both as respects number and quality , while the Beef trade was firm , and Monday ' s quotations were steadily supported . Scarcely a single head of foreign stock was offering , while the receipts from Scotland were small . Sheep , the supply of which was good , met a sluggish demand , yet we can notice no alteration in prices . In calves very little was doing , yet tlu- rates remained stationary . Pi g s were a duS sale , but not cheaper . Milch cows sold heavily at from £ 16 to £ 1 « each .
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3 THE NORTHERN STAR . j Decembeb 21 3 1844 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 21, 1844, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1294/page/8/
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