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COURT OF BASKROTTCT . JIomuy — The Wi « T « u « . —I * be Jaevis asb Jauvis —A sub-division court was appointed to lie held tMs < 33 r for the purpose of the farther eiaminafioa of a Mr James Beckenham , of York-road , Lambeth , cigar manufacturer , between whom and the bankrupts there bad been extensive dealings in wines , &c ; but the accounts relating to which were deemed so unsatisfectory by tbe learned conunissiontr ( Mr . Commissioner Goulijura ) , before whom the case in the matter of Jarvis was heard ! that the present hearing was considered to be necessary . The endtace of the witness was in substance as follows : —My name is James Beckenham , and I hav « carried on business for the last four years as a cigarmerchant in the York-road , Lambeth , and as a wine , merchant Sn theBelvidere-road , and the only books I used were a ledger , an order-book , and a banker ' s book . The
only account my ledger contained was that" if there was any customer whom I regularly served , and to whom gsre credit , that I tliere kept an account of it , " and the order-book contained the orders 1 received from my customers ; bat I hare not these books here to-day . I began to deal with the bankrupt Jarvis on the ' 26 th of March , ISii , nn < l my law transaction with him was oa the 3 rd of January last , " according to the statement which haa been delivered to me . " ., I have no means of testing the accuracy of that statement ; but I have receipts from var \ i 3 , and memoranda in my banker's book , of payments which 1 made to him . At the time the gouds were delivered , I kept Uie Invoices until I'sctileu with him , when I paid the / balance due to him , and received a receipt in fulL In the nine or ten months of your dealing with Jarris , what was the amount of wijes which you received from him t—The invoices might be between £ 5 , 000 and
£ G , 0 l ) 0 , buUlie value was very little . These \ nnes were delivered iu different parcels , and at different times . I purchased by " sample , " and we agreed upon a price when I" tasted , " but our daaling waa principally one of barter for agari , and some money . The wines delivered , however , did nut all accord with the samples . Then why did you not return them' — -Because , having taken ^ heni in barter , 1 was bound to keep ilium . The examination of this witness was proceeded with . at great length , as to the amounts purchased at different periods from Jarvis , but ha could not speak , positively . He had borrowed £ 100 from Jarris , to whom he subsequently lent , but could not recollect if Jiehad any voucher ! for either transaction . He had paid Jarvis for the wines about £ 700 hi Cftsh , and the difference in cigars ; the invoice price of the purchases being about £ 5 , 700 . He had supplied Jarvis with a great
many thousand pounds weight of cigars , and he sent him some previously to the settlement of the 2 nd of October , perhaps a month before that time ; and he bought them , to the best of his recollection , from a person of the name of Strong , of Watlingrslreet . They were Eait India cigars , and were sold at about 18 s . per pound without the duty , although the market price would not be more than one-half that sum . He bought the cigars in barter , and hesoiathem in barter . The delivery of the cigars to Jarris could be very easily ascertained . He received the wines at his own vaults , and they were delivered by Jarris ' s own porter , or bj his wine-cooper . Witness here detailed the periods and amounts of his payments to those parties , and his examination having concluded , Mr
Commissioner Fonblanque : What is it you atk , Mr . Wilkins ?—Mr . Wilkins : —That this man , sir , should be committed for having given about as unreasonable and improbable an account of his transactions with Jarvis as it was possible to imagine . Here was a man havinglarge transactions in trade , who said he had no bill-book , no cash-book , and if the interests of trade were to be protected , this man ihoold not be allowed to escape scot free . The learned commissioners having consulted for a short time , each declared that there was not euough in this case to justify the commitment of Becfteuliam , though , upon further inquiry and examination , they might feel it necessary to resort to such an extreme proceeding .
Whkjesbat , Nov . 26 . —Extraoebisikt Doihgs ih tjb Wine Tsade . —Is be Beat asd Beat , Bank-XUJT 5 . —The bankrupts in this case had carried on business most extensively as wine merchants in Mark-lane , City . Their debts and liabilities together amounted to , £ 219 , 000 , and theirassets to between £ 33 , 000 and £ 39 , 000 . The estate is expected to pay a dividend of between three and four shillings in the pound . The bankrupts came up to-day for then ; certificates . The firm consisted of John Seay , sen ., and John Robert Reay , his nephew . In the case of-the latter no opposition was offered , and consequently hie certificate was granted at once . The certificate of John Reay , the principal in the concern , was opposed by Mr . Bovill , for the assignees , thebankrupt was defended by Mr , Edwin James . Mr . Bovill stated that the assignees opposed the granting of the certificate , on
the grounds of an improper system of ballaucing the books , which had been pursued by the bankrupt , a reckless system of giving credit , and extensive dealing in accommodation bills . It appeared from the books that between January , 1339 , and February 1 S 45 , upwards of £ 148 , 004 in bad debts had accumulated , while the bankrupt set down his profits during that period at £ 3 , 000 a-year . Another complaint against the bankrupt was , that he had practised a system of pl edging the property of his creditors by raising money on dock warrants to the amount of £ 70 , 000 , thus placing Euch property beyond the reach of the assignees . His stock of wines in dock had been sold under the fiat for £ 3 , 000 , out of which the claims of the dock company amounted to £ 7 , S 00 . He ( Mr . Bouvii !) was surprised that the dock company should trust a man who had so traded to such an amount . The
bankrupt had even at the hist moment , in February , 1815 , purchased wines to the amount o ! £ 30 , 000 , n fact of which the foreign cf editors heavily complained , and they were anxiously awaiting the judgment of the Court . With respect to the bad debts , it appeared that the bankrupt had credited a person named Wright , formerly dealing- in Mark-lane , but latterly the proprietor of the Turk ' 6 Head Hotel , in the Stand , at one time to the enormous amount of £ 3 i , 000 . In 18-39 Wright owed the bankrupt £ 7 , 800 ; in 18 * 1 , £ 8 , 300 ; and in 1842 , £ 31 , 000 . This amount was subsequently reduced to £ 11 , 000 , by Beay ' s taking a mortgage on the Turk ' s Head for £ 21 , 000 . This mortgage , however , had turned out valueless , the property having been previously encumbered ; and although the mortgage was effected in a registered county , the banirapi had neglected to make any previous Inquiries of
the register of Middlesex . The next case of reckless credit occurred in the case of a person named Blumettthal , formerly trading in Birmingham , and who had been bankrupt there . Beaj had trusted this man to the amount of £ 47 , 000 for wines for which the only security he had received was the acceptances of the Karon de Bode ' , to the amount of £ 37 , 090 . The Court would judge whether such acceptances could be looked upon as good and sufficient Security . The next man whom the bankrupt had taken largely into his confidence was Jarvis , whose casehadbeen sorecently before that Court . This man had originally been clerk to ' Messrs . Ailuutt and Arbouin , and in less than eleven months the bankrupt had trusted-Mm to the amount of £ 19 , 000 . I t might be as well here to mention that there was not a chance of a shilling in the pound for the creditors to Jarvis ' s estate . These were the three principal cases which the assignees wished to bring under the notice of tha Court , to mark how reckless'had been the bankrupt ' s conduct as a trader . It appeared that in 1 SJI the bankrupt had married a lady of large fortune ,
and , although it did not appear clear that he was solvent at the time , had made a settlement on her to the amount of £ 17 , 000 . He was now living in luxury , on the prodace of that settlement , at Wanstead . It appeared , further , that for a series of years the bankrupt had drawn accomodatiou bills on the parties with whom he had dealings , and as long as he could get them discounted his trade went on flourishingly , bat the moment bankers and brokers became cautious , the bubble burst , aad he was obliged to come to that Court . On all these grounds , then , an improper system of balancing his boeks , a reckless system of giving credit , and an extensive dealing in accomodation bills , he ( Mr . Bovili } called upon the Court either to refuse the certificate altogether , or at least to suspend it for a natuoev <> f yews . After Mr . E , James had heen heard in behalf of the bankrupt , his Honour said that , as the case was one of great importance to the mercantile community , and as there were several documents he wished to look orer , he should postpone giving a judgment till to-morrow .
Thcbsdjt . —This day the learned commissioner gave judgment in the above case , when , after a lung commentary on the facts above detailed , tbe commissioner con . eluded by giving judgment that the bankrupt ' s certificate be suspended for two years .
COURT OF QUEENS BENCH . Pamir . —The Duke of Bbtjsswick . t . Feabsos . — The Duke of Brunswick conducted his own case . —Mr . -Cockburn and Mr . Hugh Hill appeared for the defendant . —This was an action against the present proprietor of the Satirist newspaper , for two alleged libels on the plaintiff . —The Duke of Brunswick said that ever since bis arrival in this ceuntry , for ten jeftts past , he had been held up to odium in the Satirist . The object was to induce him to purchase a remission of these attacks in money , lie would not do so ; but at length the imputations became graver and more serious than ever , and he preferred an indictment in 1312 at the Central Criminal Court . —A discussion , here arose on the question whether the plaintiff was entitled to go into statements respecting previous libels , published , loo , by other persons , and not
by the defendant The Duke of Brunswick said that he referred to them , because the present defendant had stated that all that the former proprietor of the paper W said of him ( the Cuke of Brunswick ) was true . [ As the present declaration contained an allegation of the formor libels , and a 3 the plaintiff said he wished to refer to them , LordDenman thought that they might be referred to . ] TiIe plaintiff therefore proceeded . Thenrst indictment was in 1842 . The defendant ip . these various libels charged hiav' ( the plaiutiS ) with murder , with infamous crimes , and matters of that sort . He had been charged with having murdered Eliza Greenwood . He was ready to met that and any other
charge . 3 Ir . Cockburn objected to the plaintiff goinginto these previous matters . The declaration began . with setting outsomethingpublished by Bernard Gregory . To the extent of the matters thus sat out the plaintiff might enter upon the stweinent of previous matters , but not further . The plaintiff wanted all the case to be known to the jury , ihe subject of the present action was a libel contained in ™™ ^ Ow wP «» tait 8 . - It was published in the Paper of the 3 rd of November , ISM . Lord Denman read Tetter t ^ - ° v ^ B fcrmM Q 6 fendaat > Gregorv , being tio ^ he 3 ^ , haTe J beeneXpeCted aftM Aepersecuthen ^ d ^^^ of MS being about t 0 ^ t 0 ^^ mscts ;;*
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i i that the . defendant . Gregory . Jud Jtfcrpughout exhibited great strength of mind , " arid'ffiafSe ^ ad-beea ' enabled to do » p , beca ' use ' his conductJhad , \ fromjhe commencement , been sustained in'strong truth , ; , | . This seemed to be the paragraph which the . plaintiff thought amounted to a declaration , that all that Gregory hadjWritten of him was , in fact , true . ] Another paragraph referred to the proceedings in the Court of Queen's Bench [ in reading this Lord Denman said , '"I . think I ought to have been the plaintiff in this part of the libel" ] , and spoke of the plaintiff as a foreigner despoiled for his vices of home and country . The writer-took credit for gentleness of spirit , ' in noticing the follies of the duke , but described him as a wanderer ou the world ^ with no country in Europe but England that would receiva him : that he was shut out
from court , the clubs , andsociety . The declaration went on to allege other writings of the defendant to the same effect . It seemed to him ( Lord Denman ) that the plaintiff complained that this defendant had stated that all that Gregory had represented was the truth . " The Duke of Brunswick : That is to , . my lord ; and I have brought this civil action to enable him to pro »• e the truth ofit , if he thinks he can . . lie lias not tried to do that . — The plaintiff continued : There , was a whole series of libels , and he could not separate . the one from the other . The plaintiff proceeded-to comment on the . unceasing malice with which he- had : been ' pursued by the Satirist newspaper , and expressed his hope and belief that the
jury would treat this first ; paragraph as a libel . The second libel of which he complained was inserted in' the paper of the 9 th of March , 1815 , and sought 'by the . niost shameful insinuations , to connect his ( the plaintiff ' s ) name with the murder of-De la Rue . and the crimes' of Hocker . —Mr . Cockburn ; proceeded to address the court at greatlength in behalf of the . defendant : He justified the paragraphs in . the Satirist , and was extremely severe on the conduct of the duke , who , he asserted , was actuated by motives the moist vindictive and mean . ' After a reply from the plaintiff , lord Denman summed up , the jurors retired for about half an hour , and then brqughtina verdict for the plaintiff . ; Damages—One farthing . ' .
THE GASES QW . THE EELICIDADE AND : ¦ ¦ ¦?; V . UTHE ^ pniQ ; .. ; ; ' i- ' - ? SBRJEANTS ' . KN rHALLir . WBDSESDiT , Dec . 3 . Regina t . Sekta AKD , oxHEBS . -The case was argued by learned counsel of thftjCommo ' n law bar before the Judge at Westminsteron jthe . lSth / of November , arid a report of the facts of the' case , and of the arguments ; appeared in this paper of . the 22 nd , ' of . November , but the learned Judges having erpresseda desire tqhearafurther argument upon the points ; in-. question by learned . Civilians , they met'on'Wednesday , morning in'Serjeant ' a-inhhall for that purposes . Sir J . Dodson , Queen ' s Advocate ,
and Dr . Philliinore , appeared for the Crown ; Dr . ; Adaams for the prisoners Joaquim ; Ribeirq , MartinosV and Francisco ; and Dr . * Harding for ] the other ' prisoners , Serva . Majatal , arid AlveSi . The case occupied the-court the whole of the day ; The . speeches were mostly a repetition of the facts and arguments with which our readers are already conversant ., The Judges then , at 5 o ' clock , retired . Ho judgment is expected to be publicly given ; but the opinion of their Lordships will , be communicated' in the proper quarter . "If it be that the conviction is bad , the Home Secretary will be advised to recommend a free pardon ; if the contrary , the law will be allowed to take its course when the respite expires . .
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Monday . —Ccttino aud Wounding . —William Carney , Benjamin Barnett , ana William . Lewis , were placed at the bar , charged with cutting and wounding two police constables , Edward Burgess and Joseph Bray , whilst in the execution of their'duty , with the intent to do them grievous bodily harm . Mr . Bodkin " having stated the case to ttie jury ,-proceeded to call the witnesses . — Edward Burgess , police constable , 198 H , « aid he was on duty , in plain clothes , in the Whitechapel-road , at , halfpast eight o ' clock in the evening of the 13 th of November . As he was passing before the King's Arms public-house he saw a horse and cart stop before the door of the public-bouse . In the cart were two men , known as associates of thieves . In consequence of this he called a brother' officer ( Bray ) ' and left him in charge of the ' cart , whilst he entered the public-house . Whilst in the
publichouse he saw several men , all associates of thieves , but could not find the two men who drove the cart . He then came out of the public-house . He said to Bray , " Come along ; we must bring their cart and horse to the station-house . " They'had already laid hold of the horse ' s head , one on each side , when somewhere about twenty men rushed but of the public-house and surrounded them crying out not to let the constables take away the cart . Carney attempted to get up into it , but did not succeed in doing so . Lewis and Barnett were also amongst tbe crowd round the cart . Barnett said to Burgess , "It ' sBurgess , let go the cart , it belonge tohim " ( pointing to a roan of the nameof Myers , ivho was sitting : in the cart . ) Burgess said he should take away the cart , and whilst doing so he was struck two or three blows in the chest by Lewis . Immediately after Carney struck
him on the face and cut the end of his nose almost off , the end only holding by a small piece of skin . The blow was immediately repeated , and took effect on the left temple . He immediately fell / and was taken to a doctor by two of the persons present . He was afterwards taken to the hospital . The officer then stated that he knew all the prisoners at the bar as thieves aud associates of thieves . Joseph Bray corroborated the evidence of Burgess , He saw Carney open a penknife and attempt to cut the nose off Burgess . Mr . Henry Shirley Sauuders , surgeon at the London Hospital , stated that Burgess had been brought there on the 13 th , at ten o ' clock in the evening . There , was a gash on his nose inflicted evidently by some sharp instrument . The curtilage and the whole of the left wing of the nose had been separated . There was also a gash on the left temple . They were both clean
cuts , and might have beeniuflictedby a pen-knife , Carney , on being called on for defence , said he was innocent of the charge brought against him , and that he was along distance from London on the evening of the 13 th , No witnesses , however , were called in proof of this fact . Mr . Payne having addressed the jury for the defence of Barnett , proceeded to call witnesses ti > prove that Barnett was not the man who struck the constable Bray . ' hefiecoi-aei'having Bummed up , the jury , after some de . liberation , returned a verdict of guilty against all the prisoners . A former corn-action for felony was proved against Carney . Ihe Recorder then sentenced Carney to be transported , for the term of his natural life , and Lewis and Barnett to be transported severally for fourteen years . The prisoners were then taken away , loudly protesting their innocence .
Killing akd Slaying . —John Horrobm , aged 29 , was indicted for that he on the 22 nd of November , at St . George the Martyr , Southwark , did feloniously make an assault on Mary Horrobin , his wife , thathe struck her with both his hands on her head , face , and body , and inflicted divers mortal wounds and contusions , whereof she lingered until the 3 ith day of November last , when she died ; and the indictment further stated that he , the prisoner , did feloniously kill and slay . There were counts , one of which charged the prisoner-with inflicting divers mortal wounds with a certain knife . The prisoner also stood charged with manslaughter , ontho coroner ' s inquisition for the county of Surry . No counsel appeared for the prisoner , whose appearance indicated great distress and wretchedness . Mr . Platt stated the case for the prosecution , which was promoted by the parish
officers of'St . George's . Bryant , an intelligent li ttle girl , stated that she lodged iu the same house as the prisoner and his late wife . On tho night named in the indictment , she heard a noise up stairs , and something like quarrelling . High wordg passed , and as she thought blows . She at length wont up to the room , when she saw the deceased lying dressed on the bed , and the prisoner was in the room , and seemed a good deal excited . The deceased comp lained of ill usage . Witness then left , and went into her own room , where she remained for an hour , when the disturbance up stairs recommenced with renewed violence . Witness and her mother then went up to the room , and ether persons came in . Of the number who came was a Mrs . Bland , who found that the deceasedwas very bad , and appeared to have been beaten . She bled very freely , and , on examination , an incised
wound was discovered in the back . Mrs . Bland went m quest of a ' doctor , and witness went after the prisoner ' s son to inform him . The doctor came after her return , and examined the deceased , and pronounced her very badly injured . Several other persons wese examined , but their evidence did little more than confirm that of the witness Bryant . Mr . Commissioner Bullock called upon the prisoner for Ms defence . The prisoner laid he had little to say as to the facts which the witnesses had stated , since he had only put questions to one of them . He would not deay that an altercation took place , or that he had drank too freely on the night in question . He declared before God and nan , that he was innocent of
inflicting any death-blow . It was all accidental . She went out more than once in the course of the evening , and once she fell down , and she might , then hare in . jured her back . He had lived for the last five years with his wife , as his children ( now present ) could prove . He concluded convulsively exclaiming , "I loved that woman as I loved my life . Ideclareto Gcd , and you , my lord , I never killed her . " Mr . Commissioner Bullock summed up to the jury , and in the commencement observed that the case was one of a very doubtful nature . There was great confusion in the evidence of the first and most important witness as to the time when the injuries were inflicted . It would seem that the deceased made some
sort of declaration as to Low she came by her wounds , but that could not be used in evid ence ; it did not , however , appear , except in one instance , which cannot be received , that she implicated the prisoner . It also appeared that he manifested great anxiety ahout his wife , an'l sent for a doctor . The surgeon had discovered a great effusion of blood on the brain , and was of opinion that might have caused death . Some knives had been produced , but they did not appear to have been recently used , nor could an inference be drawn as to their having inflicted the wound on the back . The jury had heard what the prisoner had said byway of defence . He had declared that he lived on amicable terms with his mother , whom he supported and lodged . His lordship reiterated the doubts which surrounded the caie . The jury , without much hesitation , acquitted the prisoner .
Cutting and "Wounding . —Sarah Fowling , a very decent-leekiug woman , aged 35 , was indicted , for tuat sho on : ihe i > Gth ult did assault , stab , cut , arid wound , Hannah Connor , on her forehead , with intent to do her i , Tievous . bo < 5 ilybarni . Mrs . Connor ( the prosecutrix ) ia the wife of a shoemaker , residim ; atXo . lOJ , Moor-street , Bishopsgate , Her father , mother , and sister , live and lie
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in the same room ' ? ag- ' witness and her / husband .. ; She went down . stairsjfor ^ somejivater on the night in question } aadrariup . 8 tair 8 again Vitnout ' sLuttinl'theffontcloor , but , at her request her father . went down to shut , it . The prisoner met him in the , passage . aiid abused him . Her mother then went down / , and some , words ' took . place , be-. tween them . Witness was standing . near the . ' doori and theprisoner challenged her bycalling out-1 ' ^ Com * here . '' Witness approached ,, . and the . prisoner , ; then " took from behind her a small chopper , and struck ' her . oh' the forehead , and she fell down on tlio . nporv , ' The ; wourid' indicted bled profusely . She had . not spoken an annoying
word to her that night . —rTimothy , Ryan , the" landlord of the room , although suffering under a severe complaint of the lungs , gave his evidence with fine . Hibernian emphasis . " ; He said on . the . night in question . the Goodchilds and Connors were very n » isy aud quarrelsome . He was witness to the beating of the prisoner , before she in her defence Struck the blow .., Witness exclaimed , " By ¦ ¦ , they ' ve her down ; they ' re murthering her , ' surely ! " He called in the ? policeman . The jury returned a verdict of Guilty of a common assault . The prosecutrix recommended her to mercy ; The learned Judge sentenced the prisoner tobe confined in . the Wltspur Compter for three calendar months . ... /; ,
* 'FHidat . —Rape . —William Edward BeTird , aged 32 , arid described as a labourer , was indicted for a rape on the . " person Of his . own daughter , n little girl of eleven years of age . Mr . Cjarkson conducted the prusecution : The prisoner was ' , undefended . The evidence was of a most disgusting nature , and quite unlit for publication . After having been locked up for some time , the jury ultimately returned a verdict of guilty . Mr . Justice Coltman sentenced him to be transported for life . ; . ; . - ¦¦ ¦ RoBBEBY . —Geprge Gamble , aged' 31 , and described ns a watchmaker , , was charged with having stolen sixty watches , ten chains , and other articles ^ value £ 500 , the property of ' John Trench , 'his master , in his dwellinghouse and Adolphus William Bodill , with having feloniouslyreceived the same , well knowing them to have been stolen . The jury returned a . verdict of guilty ' against both prisoners . JJr . Justice . Coltman sentenced ' the prisoner Gamble t to be transported for the term of ten years , aud Bodill to be transported for the term of fourteen years .
. " , Pt te 1 hng Base Coin , — -The undernamed were ' charged with uttering base coin of every denomination below a sovereign " , viz .: —Patrick Bryan , Eliza Russell ; Catherine Hockells ,-Robert Doolan , Caroline Williams , Mary Baker , B . White , alias . Whiteman , alias Black ' m ' an , "and John Vials , alias Jefferies , alias Jefferies Doolan . \ The following ' were convicted and sentenced : —To . three months ' imprisonment , Eliza Russell ;> for one , year , Catherine Hockells . The other cases were postponed to give time for i Crown prosecution . of another description . [ It appearcd ; in the course of the inquiry , tliat ' the pollce'disguiso themselves , in- various ways in order to dodge ; and capture smashers . . One was attired as a ' cobler , and ' another as a costermonger , or " green-grocer . The Recorder inquired ( fqrth ' e' information of the public , he said ) wliethc ' r . 'th ' e commissioners always allowed of such disguise ? 'The replywas in the affirmative . They were not attached to the ¦ ; " detective force , " but placed on the " -plain' clothes list , " and they were allowed to wear such as they judged most likely , to effect their object . It > would seem that by resorting to stratagem a great number of persons are captured . ¦ . ¦ : ¦ : ; , ;¦ .. ¦ : ' ,.,
- Satobdat . —Alleged Robbery in a . Workhouse !—Henry James , 20 ; John Bualiell , 23 ; Henry Smith , , 17 ; Frederick Morrison , 21 ; James Lackihgton , 18 . ; aad John Brett , 20 , all paupers , were charged with breaking ana entering into the house of Giles . White , schoolmaster of St . Pancras workhouse , and stealing . therefrom three ' fourpenny pieces and other . moneys , tbe property of John Mylett : also a silver thimble , and other articles , belonging to John Hamilton and others ; and Brett was charged with aiding-and assisting the others to commit the felony . From the evidence it appeared that at the instigation of Brett , the prisoners broke a hole in . the wall of the oakum-room , where they slept , and thence passed through a window into the dining-hall , where a number of boxes belonging to the charity boys were . ' These boxes they broke open , took therefrom any little articles of value they could find , They were afterwards seen dividing money by the other paupers who slept inthe ward , The Learned Judge summed up , and the jury found a verdict of Not Guilty . 1
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SENTENCES AND SESSIONAL RESULTS . Subjoined is a corrected list of the sentences parsed upon the prisoners in all the three courts , to which is appended other adjudications aud results . .. Banishment . — The following were sentenced to bo transported beyond the sea for the periods set against their respective names , viz .: —• . . Jorii / e . —Wm . Edward Bearly , aged 32 ; T . Dixon ; W . Gurney . . ¦ ,, . > ' , . Fifteen Years . —Benjamin Barnett . fourteen Years . —Adolphus W . Bodill , 31 .,. Twelve Years , —D , Gibbs , 19 . Ten Years . —Elizabeth Herberts , 21 ; Ann Burns , B . Mitchell , J . Grogan , J . Burke , John Goul , 45 , and F . Cope , lJVjmstmen ; Paul Cooper , 20 ; J . Murphy , 14 ; Isaac Jessop , C . Lowe . ¦ ' .
For Sevsn Years . —Frances Payne , 31 ; Jane Hiscott , 25 ; Susannah New , 42 ; Mary Cotterell , 17 ; Caroline Bray , 24 ; George Gumble , 18 ; Wolff Trebzner , 20 ; Edward Chandler , 21 ; J . Buys , 21 ; A . A . Heai'ne , J . Evans , John Deane , 21 . IUPMSONHEN ' T . WITII TIIE ADJUNCT of UAED LABOUR IN ' THE liOUJE OF COBEECTION , For Two Years : —3 . Brown . For Eighteen Montlis . —Mary Ann Brown , Eliza Langley , T . Joyce , J . Prescott , H . Thompson , T . Leader . For One Year . —Mary Smith , J . White alias Whiteman , alias Blackman , Hugh Sanders , C , Phillips ' , J , Wisbr , J . Pearce , J . Anderson , G . Baxter , J . Braxton alias Baxter , J . Jones , T Purton . For Nine months . —Caroline Williams , Jfary Ann Sullivan , Mary Baker , G . Hammond , C . Barron , J . Knight , J . Jones , W . Pryor , T . Collinian . For Sir Months . —Martha Lynham , Ann Gardner , Jane Cribb , Ann Garner , Caroline Bay , J . Silk , J . Niers , A . Wilkinson , J . Dobbins , li . Aldridge , W . Prior , ! . Nicholls , Thomas Kibble , F . Davis , A . Dark , J . Brown , T . D . Wrench , T . Calendar , F . Deane , C . Gray , J . Smith , It . White , J . Wait , J . Owen , J . Woodward , It . Martin , T . Dobson . ¦¦ - . ¦ -.
For Four itfimtfts . —Elizabeth Brackenbury , W . Hammond , B . Werrow , J . Cronin , II Hemonens , J . Catlin , R . Whits , It . Green , F . Nicholls , C . Kingston , W . Hyde , it . Mills . . ¦ . , ' Three Months . —Mary Ann . VicWs , Ann IIamesw 6 i'tu , Mary Ann Winson , Eliza Russel , Rachael Lindon , Sarah Fowler , TV . Ogen , T . Watson , L . Benjamin , G . Marshall , J . Mann , J . Boddy , ft , Collins , 1 , Smith , W , Jones , J , Dodd , J . Wbitehead , J . 'WilHams , J . Houghton , W . Wyinan , J . Collins , G . Iteea , W . Smith . Acquittals . —The undermentioned were acquitted and
discharged : —Mary Ann Brown , Mary Ann Sherley , Mary Ann Baring , Mary Crawley , Mary Smiili , Alary Davis , Ellen Quinn , Margaret Kelly , Jane South , Sarah Sanders , Eliza White , T . Rusberry , J . Lawrence , T . Matthews , P . Bryan , J . Jessop , J . Popert , M . llakal , K : Tarley , M . Crawley , T . Brown , C . Powell , E . Smith , II . Smith , J , Elam , J . Wright , J . Ticks , "W . King , 11 . Wild , C . Lee , E . Andrews alias Brag , G . Mackerford , J . Vials alias Jeffreys , F . Merrington , — Lockington , J . Horrobin , \ V . Hall , Pierre Batty , R . Dowlan , J . Brown , H . James , J . Bre , tt , J . Sheen , J . Jones .
Ignored Bills , and Discharged ly Proclamation . — The grand jury ignored the bills preferred against the following prisoners , who were discharged forthwith !—Wni . Thompson , Ann M'Carthy , J . Crew , C . Kemp , T . Wilson , Catherine Barry , Eliza Grimes , W . T . Thompson . Minor Adjudications and Session . I Results . — Imprisonment for two months 2 , six weeks 1 , O 11 G month 4 , fourteen days and under 4 , three weeks 1 , judgments respited upon G , remanded and traversed 5 , discharged on suretio 9 , privately whipped I , confessed judgment 27 , verdict annulled 1 , surrendered for trial 3 , acquitted for want of evidence 1 , called on recognisance 3 .
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MANSION HOUSE . Thursday . — Extraoedinaby Case . — A seaman of very intelligent appearance , named John Potter , who stated his age to be about thirty years , presented himself at the bar iu the custody of Bradley , one of the principal officers of the Mansion-house , a voluntary prisoner . The followiug evidence was given on the . occasion : — James Bradley said : This day the prisoner' voluntarily delivered himself into my custody as an escaped convict . He stated to me that he escaped in December , 1839 , from Sydney , since which time he had been at sea . That he was tried and convicted ' at Shrewsbury , in the month of August , 1832 , was transported for life , and received ne pardon for Ms offence , und was actutted by a sense of duty to his God in giving himself up to justice . I have procured from John Bellamy , Esq ., the clerk of assize of
the Oxford Circuit , the certificate of his conviction at the assizes holdenat Shrewsbury , in arid for tho county of Salop , on the 1 st day of August , in the third year of the reign of his late Majesty King William the 4 th , by the name of John Potter ; and the prisoner confessed to me that he is the person referred to as John Potter in the certificate I produce , and which I saw signed by Mr . Bellamy . Sir John Pirie : What have you to say to this statement made by the officer , prisoner ? The prisoner : I admit that his evidence is in every respect correct . The prisoner then said he had escaped from Sidney about four years ago ; that he there witnessed the miserably immoral condition of his fellow convicts , whom , as he was now a reformed man , himself , he should earnestly wish to assist as much as lay in his small power , in reforming ; that he had been earning an honest living as a
sailor , firstm an American vessel , and thathe afterwards was employed in the Hudson ' s Bay Company ' s service , and sent to Africa . He said that , after a laborious service in foreign ports , he became a seaman on board the 6 liip John Grey , trailing from Greenock to Bombay , and on the outward voyage he was induced by a special providence to turn over the pages of the Holy Bible , which wrought such changes in his mind , affecting the good of his fellow creatures , that he was at once seized with the desire to do something for their advantage ; and he considered himself competent , from the experience he had had of a convict ' s pains and penalties , to read then a strong lesson upon the nature and effects of their crimei
and errors . There was one thing , however , to be got over before lie could think of making the attempt upon which his mind and heart were fixed . He had been guilty of a further violation of the laws of the country , by making his escape from his place of punishment , and he could not satisfy his conscience without delivering himself up to justice . He had , therefore , como to the determination to confess his escape , notwithstanding the horror inseparable from the idea o £ a convict ' s life , and the great probability that he never should be discovered in the character which he had performed so loug without having excited the least suspicion . After looking over the subject with the seriousness which belonged to it , he npplisd , through the recommtudauvn of a clergyman at .
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Calcutta , to whom he had mentioned the cause of his ' uneasiness ^ tb Sir J ^ hn Pirie , who attended to him with the-most ^ benev . olent ^ nterest , and declared tho utmosi willingness ;' , tp giyehim " employnieht" by whick-he COUhl earn ' a most respectable livelihood ; but considered , as a magistrate of tho city of London , that an eftbrt to shield him could not be consistently made without the sanction of the Secretary of State , The prisoner was committed to Newgate f 6 r the escape / and a : true bill was , yesterday evening , ' about an hour after his committal for trial , found against him byvthe grand jury . . ¦ ;'•
; i MAItLBOROUGH STREET . ^ THuisDiv .. —The becent . Robber ? of ' JeweTiLeet . in New Coyentkv-street ; ¦ — - Solomon Goldsmith was brought up for another examination on a charge of having robbed , or connived at robbing the shop of his master , Mr . Russell , in New Coventry-street , of between £ 700 and £ 800 worth of jewellery and plate . The robbery occurred on Friday , Nov . 14 th , between the hours of five and seven o ' clock in the evening . ? It was discovered by the prisoner , who made known the circumstance to Mr . Russell at his other shop , in King-street , but in consequence of the adroitness with which the robbery had been accomplished , and the selection of the valuable from the inferior , part of th » stock , it was presumed that the thief was some
one well acquainted with the stock and premises , and as the prisoner had only been a few week ' s in Mr . Russell ' s employ , and was hoc able to give a very satisfactory , account of his movements on the evening of the robbery , he ivas suspected , and given into custody . Mr . llussell stated to the magistrate that although he had used the utmost exertions to gain » clue tb any part of his property aud had even offered a reward of £ 100 to effect that object , he had not been able to obtain any information , and he was consequently not in a position to bring further evidence against the prisoner . The prisoner was then discharged . The . prisouer on . being told that he was discharged , declared before God that he was as innocent as the baby unborn of the robbery . He would give all the assistance in his power to Mr . Russell . totrace out . the thieves .
WORSHIP . STREET . . FBiDiT . —Dbeadful Case of . Stabbing . —Benjamin Freeman , a fellowship porter , was placed at the bai' before Mr . ' Bihgham , charged with . having stabbed a young woman named Mary Ann Webb with a clasp-kiiife , whereby her life was placed in imminent danger . It appeared from the evidence that at nine o ' clock on tbe preceding' evening police-constable Long , B ; 77 , was on duty in ' Co . yentry-street , Bothnel-greeu , when , he was abruptly accos ' ted'by twe boys , who requested him to hasten immediately to ' the house No . < 3 in that street , where a woman had just , been murdered by her husband . On reaching the house in question , and entering an ' apartment on the firstfl ' oor , be found a womanlyingupon tho bed in a state of extreme suffering and exhaustion , ' and attended by "a surgeon ! and in answer to his inquiries , he was informed that the ^ prisoner , ivith whom the ^ woman had cohabited for several years ,- and borne" him three children , had returned home in a state of partial . 'intoxication , and sat down " to supper , ' which' he invited'her to partake of , and
on her declining to do so the prisoner instantly exclaimed , "then , take that , " arid plunged ; the knife he was using into her left side . She immediately , lied for assistance to the house of a neighbour , and the prisoner , apparently struck with remorse at the act _ he had committed , hastened himself to procure the" attendance of tile surgeon who was then ' present . Upon hearing this statement the constable hurried down stairs to secure the prisoner , who was , pacing about in a state of excessive ¦ agitation in the room below , and he at once , surrendered himself into custody , The'injured woman , by direction of the surgeon , was removed as speedily as possible to the London , Hospital . In . answer to" flie . chai'ge , the prisoner , who appeard to be greatly affected , declared that he had inflicted the wound in a momentbf sudden passion , but that he had not the slightest intention to do the woman any serious harm , and deeply lamented ths unhappy , consequences that had resulted from his rash conduct . The prisoner was ordered to be remanded . ,
CLERKENWELL . Satdbday . —Assault . — John' Collins was charged with a violunt assault upon Thomas Mason , a foreman bricklayer , inthe employ of a builder in Islington . The assault occurred in Highbury-terrace . Iu this case a foreman was left by his master in charge of the men , with orders to report to the masterjupon hit return , the conduct of the men . Tho foreman reported to his master , in thi 3 case , that the prisoner had not done his duty , and he was , consequently , discharged . Finding this , the prisons treated the complainant in the most brutal manner ; knocked him off a scaffold eight feet high ; the complainant fell on the ground headforemost , and laid there insensible for some time , from the shock . Mr . Greenwood fined the prisoner £ i , or eight months ' imprisonment . —He was committed .
SOUTH WAItK . Fbiday . —John Watson and John Samuels , two welldressed men , the former about 45 , and the latter 30 , years of age , were placed at the bar before Mr . Traill , charged with stealing upwards of £ 50 in sovereigns and silver , and btsides watches , in a public-house called the Old Justice , in Be . mondsoy-wall , and slso with committing violent assaults , with a ltfe-preserver , * onpolicemun 237 hi division , and a young man , maned Samuel Brown , on taken them into custody . They were remanded . Satubday . —Seizure oj ? an Illicit Still . —Templu Loug , an elderly man , of very respectable appearance , was charged with working an illicit still , whereby he had incurred the penalty of £ 30 , John Lee , an officer of the customs , said , that about twelve o ' clock last night , from information he received , he proceeded to Nos . 11 and 12 ,
King ' s Bench-walk , near the prison , and having climbed over some palings at the rear of No . 11 , he entered the back yard , and found a communication with two houses , and having entered No . 12 , he found a still iu full operation , with a quantity of spirit , molasses , juniper berries , and carraway seeds . He searched the house , und found no person there ; but on entering the other house , he discovered the prisoner in the front room . He had placed officers in the frontand » t the rear , to prevent any person leaving the houses . The prisoner was convicted about eighteen months ago for a similar offence . The prisoner denied any knowledge of tho still , or being the tenant oi the house where it was found . —Mr . Traill said that it was quite clear he must have some knowledge of the Still ) its no other person was near it . He should , therefore , convict him in the penalty of £ 30 , or three months ' imprisonment .
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DREADFUL EXPLOSION AT TIIE BISHOPSWEARMOUTH IRON WORKS . Sunderland , TnuRS 0 AY . Novembee 27 . —Yesterday a painful sensation was occasioned in this town , in consequence of an awful destruction of human life by the bursting of a large boiler at Bishopswearmonth Iron Works , belonging to Messrs . Kichardson and Co . These works , which are situated a very short distance from Sundi'i'laiid , are very extensive . Upwards of 800 hanrtu are employed , and about 200 men and boys in that portion of the premises where the accident occurred . ' At eight o ' clock yesterday morning , most of the men employed at the works left for breakfast ; about forty ot fifty remained on the premises , the greater portion of whom were in the rolling-mill and the immediate vicinity , having their breakfasts brought to them . Five or ten minutes after tho men had left the boiler burst with tremendous force , and was shivered to pieces by the explosion . Some of the pieces struck the roof , which was broken to fragments ; others broughtdownalargeadjoining chimney , and were thrown to a considerable distance , doing damage
to the glass works of Messrs . Hartley and Co ., and the Hatton steam-engine adjoining . Several poor fellows who were in the mill , and at the forge , were buried beneath tlie ruins . Three of them were taken out dead . Two or three more were so seriously injured , that their lives are despaired of , and fifteen or sixteen received wounds and bruises . A boy , who was entering tbe foundry gates with his father ' s breakfast , was struck by one of the heavy pieces of metal which were thrown into the air , and killed on the spot . A woman who was near the place on the same ground , was knocked down , and hai bund and arm severely cut . Several persons had narrow escapes from accident ; but the following is the most remarkable : —The pumping engiuemau was sitting near his work getting his breakfast , having his two children , who had brought it , sitting on each side of him ; tho roof of the building was carried completely ott " , and yet not one of them was in the slightest degree injured .
The damage done to the premises is very extensive , and will entail a heavy loss upon the proprietors . The works , too , will be necessarily only partially in operation for some time , which will be extremely inconvenient , as the company have large orders for iron rails , ice ., ou hand . "Wo subjoin a liBt of the dead and wounded : — Names of the killed—Phillips , a boy ; Cornforth , a young man ; John Sugden , a boy ; Oxley , a man . The wounded are as follow ( 22 )—Mowbray , a boy : Chapman , ditto ; Pearson , ditto ; Boawell , ditto ; Metcalfe , ditto ; Wm . Carr , ditto ; William Bftilee , ditto ; Geo . Liddle , ditto ; Bushells , ditto ; Wm . Bell , ditto ; two gardener ' s boys ; John Oxley , a man ; Orwin Thomas , ditto ; Lumber , ditto ; Downey , ditto ; Wm . lewis , ditto ; John Shottin , a young man ; Almand , ditto ; Cornforth , ditto ; Peginan , ditto ; Thomas Pearson < 3 Uo .
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DEPLORABLE CALAMITY IN IRELAND . At a late hour on Tuesday evening accounts reached Dublin of the following frightful catastrophe : —The night-boat to Longford started on Tuesday afternoon , having on board eight passengers in the fore or principal cabin , and considerably upwards of twenty in the after-cabin . Upon reaching the neigbbourhood of Clonsilla , the steersman went below to dine , and unhappily committed the rudder , as we have been informed , to a boy employed on board the boat , This boy , either knowing nothing of the pro . of
per mode steering , or not attending to the serious duty unfortunately and rashly committed to him permitted the boat to run upon the bank of the canal ' which caused her immediately to capsize , and speedily to nil with water . The fore-cabin passengers were saved , as that portion of the boat lay almost out ot the water , which is , of course , shallow at the bank ; the unhappy after-passengers plunged into the ^ deepest portion of the canal , could not extricate themselves , and as no immediate assistance was at hand many of them have perished in tlie waters . Ihe number drowned is fifteen . — . . ... ^^ w . ¦
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Loss of Four British Ships by Fire . —During the week the under-writers at Lloyd ' s have received intelligence of the destruction of four English ships by fare the losses by which are stated to be very considerable . The vessels are tlie Achilles , Captain lnonipson , master , from Leith , bound to Calcutta ; . ie Aberfoyle , from the Clyde , of 41 V tons burthen ; heAbeona , of 500 tons burthen , from New Ross , bound ior IVaterlord , and the Harlequin treasure sslmoner , belonging to Calcutta .
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»— ' i — - — DETERMINED " AND DELIBERATE . MURDER . On Thursday evening , at about a quarter-past five o ' clock , * ne ; of-the , most . cp . ol _ and deliberate acts of murder that has been , committed inthe niefrbpolis'formany years , was perpetrated in Peacock-street Jfeiyington . At that time Daniel Fitzgerald , . 'a labourer in the employ of Mr . Queiineli 'arespectable builder / in Kennington-lane , aiid a countryman of his , named Onen M'CarWiy , were proceeding home after the labours of-the day , and as ' they turned into Peacoclc- « treet they were met , at rather a ' dark spot , by a person who came in front of them , and who , withdutthe ' slightest parley or . uttering , a sentence ,
' ueiiberat ' ely presented a pistol to toe breast of poor Fitzgerald , and discharged Ub contents into Iii 3 body . M'Ca ' rthy was' so affected with : the suddenness of tlib dct and the flash of the powder upon his face , that he became powerless for a moment , and the assassin would have escaped but for the promptitude of two gentlemen named Cotton and Allam , who , witnessing the murder , instantly pursued the assassin , wljo had taken to his heels . His pursuers , however , gained ground so fast upon him , that they sueceedsd in capturing him before he had got far dowu Kennington . lane , and after runningabout 500 yards or a little better .
On securing him those gentlemen took him to the police station in Keuuington-lane , and gave him over to LocUyor ; the gftolei' , fiuying that ho had been shootiug somebody , but they did not know , whether the man he shot at was dead' or not . The prisoner all this time never uttered a single syllable , and was taken into the station by Loekyer , whore he sat down apparently quite com ' posed . ' In a few minutes intelligence reached the station that Fitzgerald was no more , and that so deliberate was the act ol assassination that the uufortunate man never uttered a single groan . The body having fallen closs to tbe Peacock public . house , at the corner of Peacoek-street
and Kennington-road , was carried into that house , and Mr . Smith , a " surgeon in the nei ^ hbourhoed , was in immediate attendance , but the instant he saw the deceased he pronounced him dead . On examining the body he found that the ball had entered the left breast , passed through ( he had not the slightest doubt ) the heart , and eaine out at the left side of the back , . so that his death must have been instantaneous , and one of the policemen picked up the ball which had . caused the fatal wound at the bottom of the staircase of the Peacoek , it having fallen from the body while the deceased was being removed .
" The murderer , upon the charge being about to be entered against him , gave the name of Sjunuel Quennei , and it was then ascertained that he was brother of Mr . Quenuel , the builder , and , as well as the deceased , had been employed by him . While the charge was being taken ,, Mr . Inspector Carter asked the prisoner if be had the pistol about him ? and his reply was , thathe had not . Immediately after , however , the prisoner was in the act of taking something out of his pocket , when loekyer seized his arin , and found that ho had got a pistol in his hand , which was immediately secured . It was a good sized pocket-pistol , single barrel , percussion lock , and it was evident that it had been but just discharged . Upon the prisoner being further searched , some strong cording was found in his pocket , with twopenct * in copper , and some trifling article . '
On making inquiries as to the causes which led to so deliberate an act ! of murdor , it appeared that , for some cause or other , the prisoner had been discharged from his employment by his brother on Saturday last , and , supposing that Fitzgerald had been the cause of his dismissal , had been heard during the week to make use of the most violent threats towards Fitzgerald , and even go so far as to say that he would shoot him . . Poor Fitzgerald resided at No 11 , Peacock-street , and hU assassin resided close by , so that the unfortunate man met his death within a few yards of his home ; indeed , sufficiently near for his wife and five children to hear the report of the shot which deprived them of a husband and a father . The prisoner , who is a married man , is twentytwo years of age .
EXAMINATION OF THE MURDERER . On Friday morning , shortly after Mr . Henry had taken his seat on tho bench at the Lambeth court , and disposed of tbe night charges , the prisoner , Samuel Quennell , was brought from the police cells which adjoin the court , and placed at the felon ' s bar . The first witness called was Owen M'Carthy , a labourer , of N 9 . 10 , Queen-street , Walworth , who deposed that he had formerly been in the employment of Mr . Quennell , builder , of Kennington-lane , and brother to the prisoner . Was at work at Mr . Quesnell's the day before , and ou coming out s at his dinner-hour saw the prisoner standing nearly opposite , and closo to the Horse and Groom public-house . About five o ' clock he ( witness ) and Fitzgerald left Mr . Quennell ' s yard , went along Kennington-lane , across the Kenningtonroad , and got into the court leading to
Peacock-street . The deceased was a little iu front of him ( witness ) when he saw the prisoner come in front of him and point something towards his breast , and discharge a pistol at him , Witness ' s eyes were dazzled at the moment , aud he first thought it was something to frighten them ; but , at the instant , he saw Fitzgerald in the act of falling , exclaiming , " I ' m shot . " As soon as he vocoveved his sight , he saw the prisoner walk away , and lie followed and called out , " He has shot the man . " The prisoner then commenced running , but two gentlemen stopped him , and witness came up when tlie gentleman had secured him ; but he did not hear the prisoner say anything . Witness went to inform the prisoner ' s brother what had happened , and the prisoner was taken to the station . "Witness did not know what had become Of Fitzgerald , lie did not know of his own knowledge whether there had been any disagreement between the prisoner aud the deceased .
Mr . Wm . Henry Cullen deposed , that on the preceding evening he was passing along the liemiington-voad , when he heard the report of a pistol , and immediately after he saw the prisoner run , and heard some persons call out "Stop him . " He ( witness ) instantly followed and took the urisonpi 1 . Somo parsons eamo up at the timo , and the prisoner said , " Take me to the station-bouse . " Henry Martin Allam , a barge builder , in Agnes-street , Waterloo-road , corroborated the greater part of the evidence Of the last witness , In reply to Mr . Henry , this witness said the only expression lie heard the prisoner use was , " Take me to the station-house ; there is where'I want to go . " Ann Wesln-ooi , of No . ] , Peacfiek-Sli'eet , deposed that about a quartai- to five o ' clock , she was in her own house , and heard the report of a pistol , and on opening tlie door sha saw the deceased ljing close to her door all of a heap .
Frederick , Bunn , shopman to Mrs . Tubb , who keeps a broker's shop in the New-cut , said that on Saturday evening last , between seven and eight o'clock , a person , whom he believed to bo the prisoner , came to tlie shop and examined a pistol which was kunj » up for sale . The first pistol he examined he drew the trigger without the cap being on , and so injured it that the witness charged him 2 s . for the injury , and the prisoner bought another for 5 s . The pistol lie liad sold wag a new one , and similar to t / ie one produced , but he could not take it upon himself to swear that the pistol produced was the same .
Mr , John Marae , a gun-maker in the WaHvorth-road , deposed that on Saturday evening a person , similarly artirtd to tbe prisoner , called at his shop , and first asked for a bullet-mould to fit a pistol he produced . He guagod the pistol and found it corresponded exactly with the pistol produced . The prisoner ultimately purchased a quarter of a pound of balls similar to these produced , and then left the shop . The pistol then produced corresponded in every respect with , the one uo \ v produced , but he , witness , would uot take upon him to swear that tho prisoner was the man . , The witness then fitted the bullet which had inflicted thft fatal wound to the pistol , and said the ball was one of the same description as those which he had sold .
Mr . Wm . Papham , a surgeon , of Queens-row , Kennington-road , said that he was passing near the Peacock public-house , when he heard a loud report of a gun or pistol shot , and immediately after saw a person run out of the aourt , and heard a man in a flannel jacket say , " The man is shot . " He ( witness ) went into tho public , house , where he found a man lying on the table fast dying . He removed his jacket and shirt , and found a wound under , the blade bone of the left side near the seventh rib . He also found a wound on . the breast , and had no doubt that both had been caused by a gun-shot . lie afterwards probed the wound in company with Mr . Smith , and they were both of opinion that the ball had passed through the heart , and were perfectly satisfied that the gun-shot bad been the cause of death .
Mr . Henry said the grand jury at the Central Criminal Court uas up , and therefore it would be impossible for the prisoner t 6 be tried at the present sessions . He should , under the circumstances , remaud the prisoner until Monday next , The prisoner , who seemed a good deal affected , was removed from the bar .
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Savage Assault . —At the Thames rxilioo ^"* --charged with assaulting &mhvoundi aS IS 'ihecomplamant , who wasfar advanced in \ ¦ ! "" % and had the markofa severe wound OTerL-fr " ^ stated , that on Saturday night her 1 , 2 f ' S a sober , quiet man , and seldom frequentnl ' -S houses , was drawn iuto a row with the n ,- ^ ' '" 'ic his brother at the Lord Nelson public hm r M Hood-lane , Poplar . Being an Enelisl ,,,,. ; * ' Hi * number of Irish she was apprehensive fh-, t i ni ° » i ; i be killed , as they treated him in a W * HI manner , bit at his head , and tore tl ) e i , " "'^ moutlisful with their teeth . She succecdeil i Oll ! 'ft
geuing mm nome , ami afterwards wen * * procure some supper . In doing so she ni T '* -o prisoner , who was in company with twn l k One of the women , as she passsed , made an ^ ii"' ! 11 ' to complaint ' s situation , and , at the samet ; . ^ a kick at her . The prisoner , ivith manv imm- ' ""de swore he'd have some one ' s life that niWit T fS putting his hand in his bosom , he took out so , /*« with which he struck her near the left Ll > nearly stunned her .. He was about to repent 11 i ^ when two men came along wJiistlinrr n ,, Viii i "H the women cried out , "Uncle , ttierc i . T <> i coming . " and the threo of them ranaw ^ ' " % couidnot say whether'the weapon she ' w ' i- ' - ^ with was a poker ; but if it was it wll 8 a v ' * ' ^ k one . She was / however , quite satisfied tint t "'* a piece of Ij » n , and the blood flowed copiously m ?
-No ; they took care of that .. Had 1 liad t £ 'i ' , " ' blow aud been killed , no one would have been . ' of it but himself and the woman . Howe \^ was called to the complainant ' s house , 45 , We ' ll J ' . ' Poplar , and found the blood Mowing from a ten ' wound over the eye . He then went to the prison lodgings at Buffets-court , Robinhood-lanc , wWi found him sitting in a chair , and took him into 1 . tody . He said nothing at the time , buthe . it ' terwv swore vehemently at the station-house that he *? innocent of the charge . The prisoner , in his deten « again vehemently asserted that he was not th but complainant , being recalled , said she was mf . J certain he the Ihe '
was man . prisoner , in defa |[ . bail , himself in £ 4 . 0 and two sureties of ^ 620 ^ ' was committed for trial . . Quacks and ' Quackery . —On Saturday night fy Bedford held ah inquest at the Plough , Oarey-st ^ Lincoln's Inn-fields , upon the body of Mary ' llu * , ' aged 60 , late of No : 2 , Vere-stroet , Clare-iuai-kct Iconsequence of a report that the deceased had lust " ]^ life through quack medicines , the inquest-room » ' crowded with medical men , parochial officers , . iiitij * habitants , anxious for the result . An unusual uw ber of jurors haying been sworn , the coronerstatH that he felt it his duty to have the body disinteJ and examined by . the surgeon of ,. lung ' s Q \ u Hospital , in consequence of written and otherc ^]
mumcations which he had received respecting & cause of the deceased ' s death . Mr . Samuel Sum *! Dyer , house surgeon , King ' s College Hospital , stafej that he opened the body , which in all its p J and organs was healthy , with the exception of V right side , which was inflamed , and containe d 3 } J of fluid , which pressing upon the lung , caused ( W That lung was congested , and contained canetJ deposits . Cancer in the breast caused the iuHaninJ tion which caused the effusion that ¦ terminated 1 death . —By the coroner : He had not analysed a stomach as he did not deem it necessary , Jwrj found the cause of death . In his examination ka not detect the slightest trace of either mineral J
vegetable poison . Mr . Welsh , licentiate su v * from Dr . Walker ' s , Drury-lane , said that about i a fortnight ago he was suddenly summoned to attei deceased , whom he found stretched upon her Wh her- clothes , and quite dead . Upon inquiring » £ was her medical attendant , he was infurmed thst j woman named Eurdett had perscriueil for lier . mj that all her remedies had been mysteriously appiji The woman Burdett , and another woman wliowj the room , commenced a series of criminations ^ recriminations , in which each accused the other * ij | having given deceased wrong medicines , and burfe said , '• ' That ail was not right . " Her son , whod tered the room at the same time , said that his nitty had not been fairly dealt with . The medicines re also thrown away , and these facts , coupled with a
fact that she had been buried without n met certificate , her death being registered as the res of cancer , whereas it followed from the effusion up the chest , raised in his mind strong suspicious t her death had been hastened by the application ol'i proper medicines . Mr . Fitch , the district rcgistr said that he obtained the best certificate he couli he / death , and that he had acted in perfect accords with the Act of Parliament , and that he would nj , if as opportunity presented , act similarly , i coroner , Dr . Walker , and the other medical gcr men , and the jury , having consulted for a short ti : they arrived at the conclusion that an analysis of stomach was indispensably necessary . The iiiiy was accordingly adjourned for a week , in order I the analysis may be fully performed .
The Game Laws . —A Poacher Shot . —Pjjtwoi —Some considerable excitement has been caust this neighbourhood from tho circumstance 6 poacher having been shot in the night of Sunday by the head gamekeeper on liarkfold estate , in parish of Kirdford , near this town , the proper ; Mr . Richard Uasler , of Aldingbourne . Thet shot was a confirmed pftaehci , having been once iii at the Lewes assizes and sentenced to one iiiood imprisonment for night poaching with otliei-s , il
during the last spring tried by the local magisiis and fined in tho penalty of £ o for a similar offence , marking at the time he paid the money that lie k soon make that up again . The name of tho demj was Benjamin Remnant , a single man , 2 ' J y&uil age , The name of the gamekeeper is Tfej Denver . On Wednesday an inquest was iij which terminated in a verdict of " Manslaw against Denycr , who was thereupon cominitteii await his trial nt the ilext assiaeS at LoWDS . j
Shocking Death of a Female by Fine . —Ob i day evening Mr . Bedford held an inquest at George ' s Hospital , on the body of Hannah BlackbJ aged thirty-six . _ The deceased was ihe wilt ! ol M * and guilder , residing in tho Kew-horse-ruail , }\ inond , and about six o ' clock in the evening ol'h October 2 ± , was in the act of brushing the lirc-rl in which there was afire , when by accident tel caught lire , and her face , neck , and slioiildcRJ dreadfully burnt . She was brought to tlic » j hospital where she graduallysank under the ii ' . ' and expired on Monday last . Verdict , AccSl Death .
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CHARGE OF MURDERING AN AGE ? FEMALE . On Wednesday , Martha Browning , n yoimman apparently about twenty-five years of a ? - ' brought bclbve Mr . Bond , at (]««•'•? police-court , charged with the wilful wtji * Elizabeth Mundcll , an oiderly woman wiw '' she resided , , ,, The case is one of a raosb extraordinary fp terious character . The supposed victim » ' *;' soner ' s -violence was found dead by her < la # v Monday morning , and on the evcnini , "'"' . ' ; coroner ' s jury sat upon tlie body , ami " "'I ' !' , J diet" that the deceased had conimitt eilsuiewc'i
in a state of temporary insanity . " Since w some circumstances of a suspicious n ature iw' ^ , spired , tending to criminate the accused ®} 1 ¦ . -, derer of the deceased female , and oh her lrt £ ; on Wednesday afternoon in possession otaS | Jji note , which it was obvious she had consinfiffe as she had attempted to get change wf ' v ^ closely interrogated by the husband <« ® J daughter , who at once recognised it as com-y with one or two which the ill-fated >«» % ! seen to have in her possession the «> J . ^ death , and a desire on the part of the R -A possess which , supposing them to ^ ^ "L jjj notes , it was inferred might have iniatt ^ , A a period to the existence of their po ^ Sftr , ] cusetl ' R rp . nlies werfl nnvtliine but sate "'; \ d
she endeavoured to effect her cswp u'T ^* but was detained . The husband o ' . ' ^ i . " daughter insisted upon her accompany !"; . ^ station , and before their arrival there * « much agitated , and said , "Idul it : ^ Lk ' have mercy upon me ! " The prisoner , ' ^ appearance of a hearty young woman . v ^ the dock in an apparently senseless state , ^ after which she fell into a succession *^ between which she gave way to a W % 0 spair , and tore her hair . She aftenvar- ^ state of apparent insensibility , salTOli ; W restoratives were administered without .,, >; which the magistrate stopped the m ^ ordered the prisoner to be renia'f l' $ next . She was removed to Tothill-i » - - in a cab , still in an insensible state . J ,
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Chartist FunehAI . —On Sunday last the . mortal remains of tho late W . H . Bain were interred in a deep grave at the North-east Cemetcrj . In the course of the week the conduct of the parson , at Hackney , excited some surprise , by attempting to compel the widow to burv her husband on a particular day , which he named , and , on her non-compliance , declared that lie should not be buried at all . The Chartists of the Tower Hamlets , however , to their litnour be it spoken , were determined that the poor creature should not be coorced by the " man of God , " and resolved to bury their deceased brother at their own expense , at a suitable time and place . It was , therefore , arranged to assemble at the Green Dragon , Hacknej , where the procession was formed , and moved in the following order : —The undertaker and two mutes preceded the coffin , carried by eight men , supported by six pall-bearers and eight pages , followed b
y the widow and children , and a number of friends who had known the deceased a long time as a zealous , honest Chartist . It was very gratifying to witness so much respect manifested on this occasion towards our deceased Brother Bain . At the conclusion , the company adjourned to Mr . Drake ' s , and there formed a society called the "Philanthiopic Emergency Society , " whose object is to provide for all future cases of this kind independent of parson or guardian . Tlie proceedings of the day were very ably superintended by Mr . John Shaw , the 11 Chartist Undertaker , " whose arrangements gave the utmost satisfaction . The committee , in order to testif y their sympath y for the destitute widow and-orphans , in-Und to give them a benefit on "Wednesday , Dec , 10 th , at the ltojal Standard Theatre , Shoreditch , and earnestly request the co-operation of all " good men and true . " Messrs . Drake , Shaw , and Black would be happy to reeive any subscriptions for the relief of the family . |
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 6, 1845, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1344/page/8/
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