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      Fafe Info Jo Ke. Middlesex Sessions.

      fafe info Jo ke . MIDDLESEX SESSIONS .

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      Garotte Robbery . —Charles Coughlan , 25 , a tall powerfullooking man , was indicted for having stolen a watch , the property of Charles Faul , from his person . —On the evening of Sunday , the 22 nd August , the prosecutor , a steam-boat engineer , was drinking with some friends , amongst whom was the prisoner ' s father , at a public-house , called the Salisbury Arms , at Limehouse . During the time they were together the prisoner joined them , and asked his father for some money , which he refused to give , and the prosecutor treated the prisoner to some beer . They went to another public-house , called the Cape of Good Hope , and had more drink , but the prosecutor was so

      intoxicated while at the Salisbury Arms , that he recollecled nothing that occurred after going into the second house until the following morning , when he found that he had been robbed , and that his limbs were stiff and sore . In addition to this , his tongue felt as if it had been bitten , and there was a considerable degree of soreness about his chin and throat . —A carpenter , named Honaidson , proved finding prosecutor in Abbott ' s-fields , nearly strangled with a handkerchief and brace , and the prisoner kneeling beside him . —The jury found the prisoner Guilty of robbery , with violence . —A previous conviction was proved . —Mr . Witham said the utmost severity would be resorted to in

      all cases where this horrible system of Thuggism was practised . The sentence was that the prisoner be transported beyond the seas for the term of fifteen years . Robberies . —Wm . Holloway , 22 , was indicted for having stolen a copper , the property of William Dawkins , at Ealing . He pleaded guilty , and a former conviction was proved against him ! The learned chairman sentenced him to be transported for seven years . Henry Byder , alias Blizard , 18 , pleaded guilty to having stolen fifty finger rings , the property of George Hayles , in his dwelling house . A former conviction was proved , and lie was sentenced to be transported for ten years .

      Wm . Murray , 21 , and Frederick Foole , 21 , were indicted for having stolen a gold watch , value £ 16 , the property of John Cottrell , from his person . —The jury found the prisoners Guilty . — : It was shown that both prisoners were known thieves , and a former conviction was proved against Murray . —Mr . Turner sentenced each of them to be transported for ten years . John Rogers , alias Jeremiah M > ( rrath , 40 , saidiMka Williams , 21 , were indicted for robbing Woolf Pleinser of two sovereigns . —The jury found them both Guilty . —The male prisoner was then tried for stealing a silver watch , value £ 2 10 s ., from the person of Samuel Smith . —The jury found him Guilty . —Mr . Turner sentenced Mm to be transported for ten years , and ordered the woman to he remanded .

      diaries JEUis , 19 , was convicted of stealing a purse containing 6 s . 6 d . from the person of Leah Jacobs , and sentenced to seven years' transportation .

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      ILFORD PETTY SESSIONS . Exjropa and her Steed . —It wiil be remembered that the descent of the balloon which , last week , carried Madame Poitevin , " as Europa , " seated upon a wretched heifer , from Cremorne Gardens , was made in the neighbourhood of Ilford . The heifer was in such a state on landing that , in kindness , it had to be killed ; and hence a prosecution , by Mr . Thomas , the secretary to the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals . The magistrates , it was understood , had arrived at very strong conclusions , not only as to the folly , but as to the inhumanity of balloon ascents with animals ; and there was every probability that had the summoned parties not pleaded guilty ,

      sentences of imprisonment , permitted by the act , would have been tassed . As it is , nominal fines only have been inflicted : Mr . dimpson , the lessee of Cremorne , repeating the pledge he gave So the Westminster Court , that he would at no future time permit , so far as he is concerned , animal ballooning ; and M . Poitevin giving a similar undertaking . —In delivering the decision of the court , the Chairman said that they would not pander to the lowest tastes of the people by bringing forward detailed instances of barbarity in this case , and he was happy to say that the conduct of Mr . Simpson had enabled them to

      avoid doing so on the present occasion , and he hoped that Cremorne would no longer be celebrated for barbarous exhibitions , like many other places of amusement for the people . They had had a difficult case to consider , in deciding how far they could interfere in this matter without unreasonably curtailing the amusement of the people , but they hoped that their decision would serve " the cause of humanity , without injuring any one . The parties would each be fined £ 5 and the costs . He wished it , however , to be understood that in any future case the Bench could exercise its discretion as to the infliction of a fine or thre months' imprisonment . The parties paid the fines and retired

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      Throwing ( Gold ) Dust in the Eyes of a Publican .- — Samuel Embo and Jasli Toufferman , two Lascar sailors , were charged with obtaining money by false pretences from John James Rowland , beer-shop-keeper , Fetter-lane . —The prosecutor stated that on Thursday evening last the two prisoners came to his shop , and , showing an address card , on which was written 34 , Essex-street , Strand , asked to be directed there , but remained at his house for some time . They stated that they had no money , having come up from Liverpool , where they had left their ship , in which they had come from Australia . They

      had not been able to find a gentleman who had their papers . The prosecutor gave them a shilling each to get a lodging . In consequence of representations made by Samuel Embo , that he had a quantity of gold-dust in the Bank of England , showing at the same time a paper with the words " Bullion Office , Bank of England , " written on it , besides stating that they had letters to and had brought money for several gentlemen in the City from their correspondents in Australia , the prosecutor was induced to supply them with refreshments and money to the amount of 16 s . On inquiry , however , he discovered that they

      had no gold-dust in the Bank , and that they had not come from Liverpool , Embo being a cook on board a ship which arrived in the London Docks on the 21 st of August , and Toufferman , who stated that he had come in the same ship with Embo , had , in fact , only met him in Eatclift-highway on the morning of Thursday . The prosecutor gave a very humorous account of the plausible manner of the prisoners , who shed tears and turned up the whites of their eyes , evidently with considerable effect on him . —As there was ho direct evidence that the prisoners had not any gold dust ia the Bank , Embo was remanded , and Toufferman discharged .

      " Standing- to his Guns . "—Cornelius Harrington said . George Harris were charged with being disorderly in Guildhall-yard , during the sitting of the court . —Mr . Sewell stated that a number of persons had assembled in the Guildhall-yard , besides some militia men going up to be attested , and he saw several young men bonneting others , and the two prisoners began to fight . —Harris said that he was an old sailor , and had been in three general actions : and as he never feared anybody , when he found himself bonneted by some one who had taken a fancy

      to his hat , lie had returned the blow , for he always " stood to his guns . " He had been to see his son attested as a militia man . —Harrington said he was only larking He had just enlisted as a militia man . —Alderman Sidney thought he was making a bad beginning , and if he went on in that way he'd never be a sergeant . If he would promise to show more subordination in future he would discharge him . As to Harris , as lie was an old veteran , he could not blame him for standing to his guns , and he should discharge him also .

      A French Ciumkal . —Jacgues Anne Marie Solaman cle Gaston , of 103 , Mount-street , Grosvenor-square , was brought up by habeas corpus from Whitecross-street Debtor ' s Prison , where he was in custody on civil process , to appear to a charge of feloniously removing a number of shares and other property , belonging to "Le Mineur" Anglo Franco Californian Gold Mining Company . It appeared from the evidence given on a former occasion , that a company was established in France under the above title by one Vachon , who appointed the prisoner agent of that company in England , for the purpose of

      establishing a branch company ; and he was entrusted with a sum of money , about £ 700 , and a large number of shares of the estimated value of £ 50 , 000 . Offices were taken in King ' s Arms-yard , Moorgate-street , arid the company was in process of formation by De" Gaeton ; but Vachon having come over to this country and demanded an account , differences arose which ended in De Gaeton ' s taking away a number of shares from the offices to his private house , where he concealed them under the flooring of one of the rooms , the carpet of another , and in the stuffing of a sofa . He was then given into custody by Yachon

      on a charge of stealing the shares . The prisoner contended that he was the only responsible party in London connected with the company , and that , therefore , he could , at most , but bs prosecuted by the company in France for neglect of duty or breach of trust . The court being of this opinion , the charge against the prisoner was dismissed . He , however , remained in the custody of the sheriff's officer by whom he had been arrested . It was then stated that a French police officer was waiting to take him into custody under the treaty of extradition on a forgery . The French officer wajs called , and stated that lie was not about to take him into custody then , but that all the

      necessary documents were before the Secretary of State , whose authority he was awaiting . Expert Eobbery . —Two neatly-dressed young men named Lewis and Williams , were brought up by Daniel May , a detective police officer , under the following circumstances , illustrative of a system of robbery which , it is said , is very extensively practised by some of the higher classes of thieves in London . The officer charged the prisoners with being in a shop with intent to commit a felony . He watched the prisoners for some time looking into several shop windows in Fleet-streetand at

      , last saw Lewis go into Mr . Cmtchley ' s shop at the corner of Salisbury-street ; he was soon afterwards followed by Williams , Lewis being in conversation with Mr . Crutchley ; but as another person whom they could not see from the outside of the window was in the shop , they came out without purchasing anything . They were then taken into custody . The plan pursued is for one of the parties to go into a shop where there is only one person , and attract the attention of that person to a distant part of the shop , when the other enters and carries off anything he can

      lay his hand on . Mrs . Hemus , of Aldersgate-street , butcher , identified Williams as a person who came to her shop on Gfch of August last , while she was absent from it , and , on her return , asked for a small quantity of meat , after which she saw him join Lewis on the opposite side of the street . She immediately missed a valuable gold watch from the mantle piece in a back room which she had seen safe a quarter of an hour before . The prisoners were each sentenced to short terms of imprisonment in the House of Correction .

      BOW STREET . A Rejected Suitok . —Bohert Lawrance Walker , a gentlemanly looking man , described as a farmer , of Teversham , near Cambridge , was placed at the bar before Mr . Jardine , charged upon a warrant with having addressed a hostile letter to Mr . David Mathews , a magistrate of Canterbury , inciting him . to fight a duel . —It transpired , when application was made fo » the warrant , that both the gentlemen had been payin ^ their addresses to Miss Elizabeth Anne Elliston , a young lady resign « at the village of Arlington . The preference beW eventually given to Mr . Mathews , the present complainant , tie necossary arrangements were made for their marriage forthwith in Lon-

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      don ; pending which the lady was entertained in the 1 ™ , friend , residing in Hplborn . The weeing was fixS f ? of * day morning last , and was just about to take place 'f > Satlu '" bridegroom , who had been staying at Bidler ' s Hotel tllc the letter in question . It was dated from CanibrkW w ! Vetl the post-mark of Canterbury , and was couched in u ^ L ? l ) Ore anguage-the writer ' s » friend" being formally namo 1 ? blc " instruments" specified . The handwriting was ' ? * tified by the lady as that of her rejected suitoi 1 T » ^ was held , the clergyman was consulted , and the weSS n 0 postponed until measures had been taken to place the lu > r Was writer under such restraint as would prevent hfc W , ! i ' with their future happiness . Accordingly the hkhl , > groom sought an interview with Mr . Henry , the w ? ulc' - who granted a warrant for his immediate aWehension i ? 'atc ' km , an officer attached to the court , was dispatched \ J ) » * warrant to Cambridge , from which he returned with u * tendant on Sunday evening , when the latter was safeW lni m custody in Bow-street .-The defendant pleaded Ji I Hr charge , and his worship ordered him to enter his own L zances in £ 150 , and find two sureties of £ 75 each to 1-on 8 ?" peace for six months towards Mr . Mathews and all othp , wi Majesty ' s subjects . " othu& of lua

      MAELBOEOUGH STREET . Cmjelty to a Home . —John Carl , a labourer , residue , f INO . 10 , Oxford-market , was charged with cruelly bcitiiV horse on the head with an iron bar .-Eichard Price stated I * he was a brass-worker , and resided at 15 , < We-shS Clerkenwell Yesterday morning , as he was passing ^ S Marlborough-mews , he saw the defendant clcaniuo a \ " ^ He looked on for a short time , and saw the prisonerWike tt horse witli the curry-comb . He then seized hold of an iron W about three feet long and an inch thick ( which witross 1 fci 5 " * *? * to «?» VM ? This brutal t £ hL

      ^ . . . the prisoner followed up by laying hold of the iron bav with both his hands and dealing the poor animal a fearful blow on the side of its head , and knocked one of its eyes out . The horse i its agony , staggered and fell down ; and the prisoner " i manifested the utmost unconcern at the animal ' s suffering w-, , given m charge . —Mr . Bingham said he was satisfied that the charge had been fully proved , and as it was an extremely bad case he would not put it in the prisoner's power to liberate him self by payment of a fine , but should commit him at once to tlic House oi Correction for one calender month .

      An tjsmanly Ruffian . —Edward Cullen , a stout youiiff fol ow , was brought before Mr . Bingham , charged with violently assaulting Margaret Eeardon , of No . 4 , Clarke ' s-buildin-s , St Giles . The complainant , who appeared to be in a dreadful state of suffering from the treatment she had received at the . hands oi the prisoner , deposed that about 20 minutes to 12 on Tuesday night she was sitting in a public house in Dudlev-street , The

      prisoner and three other young men were there skylarking , and one of thein tore his ( prisoner ' s ) trousers . She laughed at the accident when the prisoner came over to where she was standing and beat her ; he then tore her bonnet and caught hold of her leg and tripped her up ; she fell to the ground witli ereat violence , and while lying on the floor the prisoner kicked her on tne side , and jumped upon her , and broke three of her ribs She was taken to King ' s College Hospital , where she was examined by a surgeon , who certified that her ribs were broken . She was now an in-patient of the hospital . Mr . Bingham remanded the prisoner for a week , and directed the injured woman to be conveyed to the hospital on a stretcher , that being the easiest mode ot conveyance for a person in her state .

      WORSHIP STREET . Ruffianly Outrage . -Two powerful young fellows named JJanid and IlicJiad Cochrane were charged with the following outrage : —Marsh , a constable of the G division , was on duty m imsbiuy at two o ' clock in the morning , when he heard such a disturbance m one of the adjoinin g streets as was calculated to ai oiisa the inhabitants ; and , on proceeding there to put a ston to it found the two prisoners engaged in a loud altercation with two other men . The latter appeared to be inoffensive , and trying to get away from them , but before they could do so the first prisoner caught up a heavy stone and hurled it at the head ot one of the men with such force that , if it had struck him , it would very probably have killed him . Witness told him he ought to be ashamed of himself to hazard a man ' s life in that

      manner , upon which the prisoner made use of some threatening expression and , grasping hold of another large paving-stone , at least 131 b . m weight , whirled it at him with all his strength . Witness leaped aside , and so escaped the full force of the blow , but the stone , notwithstanding , struck one of his le-s as it new past him , and inflicted such an injury as to almost paralyze tie limb tor some time after . Upon partially recovering from the effects of it , he attempted to secure the . prisoner , but the instant he laid hold of him the prisoner seized him by the collar ripped ins coat completel y down , flung him heavily upon his back the

      upon pavement , and as soon as lie had ' fallen , jumped with his whole weight upon his body . He again , however contrived to get firm hold of the prisoner , and maintained i , but as soon as he had got upon his feet the second prisoner iiisxiedoiit oi one oi the adjoining houses , and dealt him such a vindictive kick upon the lower part of his person that he ww Wlf i ° rel P ? ? to ^ sp of him , and both took to their heels and ran into the house the second had just emerged from , \ Yitnoss then sprang his rattle , which brought a number oi otnel constables to his assistance , and the house was entered and the prisoners secured and pulled out of it , but they resisted w a clctermln ation tl » at it was only after one of them had eceived a severe blow upon the head from one of the officers ™ retaliation for a similar violence inflicted upon . himself , thai tiiey were at length overpowered and lodged in the station tit ? f f ' aftcr animadverting upon the unprovoka W ? ii ?* aSSaults ' sentenced the second prisoner , as tin ilSi * W a penalty of 20 sor in default to stetf

      ^ * ., _ committed ior a fortnight to the House of Correction , and summanly committed the first prisoner , Daniel Cochrane , for oik month , without the imposition of any penalty . CWes Warren , a respectabl y dressed , middle-aged man described as a tavern or coffeehouse keeper at Dalston , ^ Placed at the bar before Mr . Hammill , charged with violating nis female servant , Lydia Smith , an intelligent and innocent looking girl of 12 years of age . The defendant having . expressed his intention to reserve his defence , the deposition ' wore taken by- Mr . Vine , the chief clerk , and he was foHj committed to Newgate for trial , tho magistrate positively » iuang to accept bail to any amount .

      MARYLEBONE , Charge ot ? MANSLAueHTEa . —William Waffia , a dvayif « was charged with causing the death of John Parsons , aged 4 by reckless driving , Mr , Dorian of 19 , Hawiey-oreWti

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      Prince Plantaganet Harrison in Germany , and had received the rank of marshal in Peru . He had received , from 1847 , about £ 1 , 200 from friends , and had won at play about £ 1 , 300 in the same period . He received , in the years 1844-5-6 , about £ 2 , 000 as military pay . —Mr . Commissioner Law remarked that the insolvency was attributed to the peaceful state of Europe . ( Laughter . )—The complaint of Mr . Bishop was , that in August , 1847 , the insolvent bought of him two guns for £ 77 15 s ., for which he gave a bill at one month , which was , of course , ' dishonoured . The insolvent pawned the guns about two days after ^ e ^ thein , and redeemed them soon after by pawning *~ f i $ ^^^ # tt | L ^ btained from Mr . Casswell and never paid for ; - = i V- ^ &v ^^^ S | P 9 iS were p awned again soon after and had never

      INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT . The Last of the Plahtaganets . —Ik re George Hekry be Sblvbolgie Neville Plantaganet Harrison . —This insolvent , whose description was very voluminous , comprising residences in almost every chief city in South America , as well as North America and Europe , he had been general of the armies of Yucatan and Peru , lieutenant-general of the Danish army , and the axmy of the German confederation . —Mr . Sargood opposed on behalf of Mr . Bishop , the gun-maker , of Bond-street , and Mr . Nichols supported . —The insolvent , upon being examined , said he was baptised as George Henry Harrison , but had adopted the names of de Shabolgic Neville Plantaganet , as being the direct representative of those families . He had been called

      £ * - kS ^ f ^ e ^ fe-Mr . Commissioner Law thought there could be $ fe '? PW ^ ffiJ S « ^ isho P ' s debt M not been Mrly contracted , £ ' tWafteilW 3 $ ered the insolvent to be discharged after cisht ' { - v njJ ! wlsffiSifl& ftpai ifee ggfc of the vesting order , " X v&v -S ^* wSbTC ; ' ' ¦ " ¦ ¦¦¦ ¦ ¦¦¦ •* . .. \ -:-v - ¦[¦ y z > - . c . - . ..-- ??; . ^ f -i »• i ¦ " - T ¦ ' t ^*

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 18, 1852, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1696/page/6/