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— 1 / CENTRAL CEIMINAL COURT . Alleged Manslaughter ,. —Richard Perry , fifty-four , was indicted for the ' manslaug hter of Jane Perry . —The circumstances of the case have already appeared in our columns . —The Recorder , in his summing up , told the jury that in this case there were two difficulties which must be got over before the prisoner could be convicted upon the present charge of manslaughter . In the first place it appeared to be very doubtful whether the injuries which caused the death of the deceased might not have been caused by herself , by falling about ¦ while drunk ; and even supposing they were the result of blows , there was no evidence whatever to show that the prisoner had inflicted a single blow upon the deceased . —The jury at once returned a verdict of "Not Guilty . "
Burglary . —William Rix was indicted for feloniously breaking into and entering the dwelling-house of Mary Lamb , and stealing five coats , and other articles , her property . —Mr . Cooper prosecuted , Mr . Ballantine was counsel for the prisoner . —It appeared that the prosecutrix was a widow , and resided in a cottage at Twickenham . On the evening of Sunday , the 17 th instant , she went out , leaving no one in charge of her cottage , and upon her return shortly afterwards , she was very much astonished at seeing a light in her bedroom . She gave an alarm to her neighbours , and some of them stationed themselves at the front door and others at the back , and in
a short time an attempt was made by some persons inside to open the front door . The people on the outside held the door fast , and an endeavour was made to force it open with a poker from the inside , and finding they could not succeed in doing so , there was a cry of " —— your eyes ! shoot ! fire ! " This had the effect of intimidating the persons on the outside , and they retreated a short distance , and two men- —one of whom was the prisoner—then rushed out of the house . A man named M'Cree laid hold of the prisoner
¦ who immediately struck him on the arm with a crowbar , and he succeeded in getting away a short distance , when he was secured ; but his companion succeeded in effecting his escape . Upon going into the cottage , the bedroom of the prosecutrix was found in a state of great disorder , all her drawers having been ransacked and the contents strewed about , and several skeleton keys were picked up in different paTts of the premises . —The jury found the prisoner " Guilty , " and he was sentenced to be transported for ten years .
The Result of Gambling . —Arthur Kendall , twenty-six , clerk , pleaded " Guilty " to two indictments charging him with embezzling money belonging to his employers . —Mr . Huddleston , who appeared for the prosecution , stated to the Court that the prisoner had been engaged in a confidential capacity in the establishment of a highly respectable solicitor ' s firm in Lincoln's-inn-fields , and he had taken advantage of his position to plunder his employers to a very large extent . In consideration of his former good character , however , and his respectable connexions ,, the prosecutors were desirous that the Court should deal as leniently with the prisoner as the
justice of the case would admit of . —The Recorder said he could not help looking at this case as one of the very worst possible of this particular class of offence . The prisoner was a man of education , occupying a responsible position , and , no doubt , in the receipt of a good salary , with a prospect of advancement , and yet lie had not scrupled to take advantage of the confidence that was placed in him to plunder his employers to a very large amount . It appeared that he had adopted the practice , which had been the ruin of so many persons in a similar position , of betting upon the turf—not for the pleasure of seeing the horses contend in the race ,
but merely rendering horseracing subservient to gambling of the very worst description ; and there was very little doubt that he had become acquainted and mixed up with the numerous body of blacklegs and swindlers who made such proceedings the means of obtaining a livelihood ; and in all probability he had been plundered by them of the greater part , if not the whole , of the large amount of money of which he had robbed his employers . He had been led into pursuits and habits totally beyond his means ,
and he observed that he had been present at one entertainment at which the cost to each person was no less than £ 2 18 s . 6 d . The system of gambling upon horseraces was most pernicious in its consequences , and he trusted that the Legislature would , so far as laid in its power , interfere to check this detestable course of gambling , which was so rapidly extending , especially among the humbler classes and persons in the position of the prisoner . The learned judge concluded by passing a sentence of transportation for seven years .
The Ruffian Sweep Capitally Convicted . —James Cannon , thirty-one , sweep , was indicted for the capital offence of feloniously inflicting upon Michael Dwyer certain bodily injuries dangerous to life , with intent to murder him . —The prisoner is the man whose name has been so frequently recently before the public , and whose brutality on so many occasions appears to have rendered him the terror of the neighbourhood where he resided . He was tried on Tuesday at the Surrey sessions , and sentenced to two years' hard labour , tor a violent assault arising out of the same transaction , and was removed to the gaol of Newgate by habeas to take his trial on the present charge . —The jury gave a verdict finding the prisoner "Guilty" of the capital charge .
The prisoner was brought up to receive judgment on Thursday , when sentence of death was recorded against him . Street Robbery . —Caroline Arnold , thirty-four , widow , was convicted of stealing two bank notes for £ 10 , and other moneys , from the person of Samuel Sterne . —The case was this ; Prosecutor had been stopped by prisoner on Tower-hill , and , she having robbed him , a man came up and assaulted prosecutorbut the police coming
, up , she was secured , the man escaping . —The Recorder , in passing sentence , said that he wished it to be publicly known , that if any men acting as bullies to the class of women to which the prisoner belonged were convicted before him he should inflict the heaviest penalty the law allowed . There was scarcely a worse class of ofience He should not visit this prisoner with the full power allowed him , but transport her for seven years . 1 " ! * j . -- «¦• * v * uv w uu y VsCllO *
rwiSi ? REAK 1 NG - --Edm ™ d Hasker , nineteen , tailor , William wertS ^ T / * v ' , - > y i Geor&e Lan S le y' twenty > labourer , Fmf 2 ff ^ glaiOTsly ^ the Poorhouse of St . Jrancras and stealing a quantity of clothing , the property of the directors of the . poor of that parish .-The ju ? y convS Churchill and Langley Hasker pleading « GuiHv . » -Langley was again in dieted with James Smith for a burglary in the dwelling-house of Frederick W--They both pleaded « Gnilty . " -sS , Hasker and Cnurchill , were then sentenced to twelve months' imprislS and hard labour in the House of Correction ; and Langley , hS been before convicted , was transported for seven years .
MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . m RoBBERi ' .--Thomas Nicholls , aged twenty , was indicted for stealing a silver inkstand , value £ 50 , the property of Peter Brandon in his dwelling-house . —The jury returned a verdict of " Guiltv "~ Thp Assistant Judge said he perceived from the return that the ' prisoner ^ o ^ ZT mily in prison > and sentenced him t 0 seve » y ™*' _ W orkhouse Robbery . —Mary Bennett , aeed fiftv rpvpti t ^« Onfflfb . a d 1 thirty-eight , and Rebecca GriX , ^ £ E ^ fee were indicted for stealing and also for reeeivnw a shirS n « fi mete , value £ 4 , ft , ytfofff the - di ^^' flS ^?^
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parish , of St . Pancras . —Mr . Metealfe appeared to prosecute on the part of the parish authorities , and Mr . Prendergast to defend the two Griffithses . —Mr , Metcalfe stated that the prisoner Bennett was an inmate of St . Pancras workhouse , and was a superintendent of the workroom . Her duty was to hand over the work that was done there to the matron , and to look after the women employed in the room . Suspicion being entertained of her honesty by the authorities , they placed two police-officers to watch her movements , and they
followed her one morning to the house of the Griffithses , who were marine store dealers , at 28 , Brill-row , Somers-town ; and found some of the workhouse property on her ; and on searching the house an immense quantity of goods was found , which would also be identified as the property of the workhouse . —The jury acquitted John Griffiths , and found Mary Bennett " Guilty ' * of stealing , and Rebecca Griffiths of receiving . —The Assistant Judge sentenced Bennett to twelve months' imprisonment with hard labour , and Rebecca Griffiths to be transported for seven years .
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MANSION HOUSE . . One who could not believe in his own Roguery . —A . Campbell was charged with having robbed Michael Barry , a young Irish tailor , of five shillings , the first money ever earned by the industrious boy in this country , in which he has been a very recent importation . —The prosecutor said : The prisoner , who is a tailor as well as myself , lodged in the same room , and before I went to bed about three months ago he pressed me to lend him the money I had , but as I wanted it myself I refused him , and 1 put it for safety under my head . In the morning I found that my money and my cap were gone , and that the prisoner , who had never got into his bed at all , was off along with them . —The landlord of the house in which the
prosecutor and the prisoner lodged said . I heard the prisoner ask the lad for the loan of money , and as I knew the poor boy wished to keep his first earnings in England , for good luck , I told my wife to lend Mr . Campbell a shilling , which she did . In the morning we found that the robbery had been committed , and I was told by the magistrate to give the thief into custody whenever I saw him . We never laid eyes on him since till yesterday , and then he was charged , and had the impudence to deny that he was a rogue . —The prisoner said that there was not a word of truth in the statement that he had
either wanted to borrow or to steal , and that the whole charge was mere spite against him because he refused to stay in the noisy quarter in which he had lately resided . —Alderman Hooper : And what did you do with the boy ' s cap ?—The prisoner : That was not worth a bawbee . I don ' t know what became of it . —Alderman Hooper ( to the prosecutor ) : What was the cap worth ?—The prosecutor : A shilling , your honour . — Alderman Hooper : We have the prisoner ' s own acknowledgment that he stole the cap , —The prisoner : No , your lordship ; I only clapped it on my head for fear
of catching cold , ' as I was leaving the room . ( Laughter . )—Alderman Hooper : There is no doubt at all that you robbed this poor lad , and if you do not return him the money and pay him for the cap , you shall go to prison for seven days . —The prisoner : It ' s vara hard upon me to have to pay for what I didn't ever receive . I ' ve no objactions to pay for the cap , but not the money . —Alderman Hooper : Young man , I dare say he will procure the money you have lost ; and if so , it shall be sent to you . —The prisoner was then locked up .
A Medical Man accused of Uttering a Forged Cheque .- ^ Gustavus W . Blanche , described as a medical man , residing in Qiieen ' s-place , Kennington , was brought before Alderman Lawrence , in the custody of Daniel Forester , the officer , charged with having uttered a forged cheque for £ 5 . —The prisoner , it appeared in evidence , went on Saturday evening to Mr / Molineux , of 114 , Bishopsgate-street , and asked him to cash the cheque which seemed to be a cheque upon Spooner and Attwood ' s banking house . Mr . Molineux not having the money in his possession went with the prisoner to the Flower Pot public-house , next door , and was there
accommodated with the change upon putting his own and the prisoner ' s names on the back of the order . On Monday , Mr . Lewis , the landlord of the Flower Pot , ascertained that the drawer of the cheque was wholly unknown at the bankers , and Daniel Forester , on Monday , went to the landlord ' s house and found the prisoner there talking to that person and Mr . Molineux about it . — Mr . Mullens said that innumerable fictitious cheques were passed upon publicans upon the pretence that the banks upon which they were drawn were closed for the day . —The prisoner was remanded . The Fraud on the Coltness Iron Company . —John Gerard
who was last week charged with having obtained £ 300 worth of iron tfnder false pretences , from Mr . M'Knaught , the agent of the Coltness Iron Company of Glasgow , was brought up for a second examination . —The justice room was crowded with tradesmen , most of whom recognised the . prisoner as having been concerned in defrauding them . Mr . Lewis attended for the prosecution , and Mr . Humphrey for the defence " . Some additional evidence was given against the prisoner , who was again remanded . —It is expected that several new cases will be brought against Gerard , who had , upon being discharged from prison , after imprisonment for robbery , commenced business as a merchant with the most daring effrontery .
An Incorrigible Thief . —Alfred Hurst , aged thirteen years , was charged with having stolen a pair of boots from a shop in Bishopsgate-street . The prisoner , who has been frequently im . prisoned and whipped for theft , was dressed like an errand-boy , and wore an apron , which was tightly tucked round his waist , but Could in an instant be let down and used as a bag or cover for property of large bulk . —Alderman Lawrence : Neither whipping nor imprisonment seems to have any effect upon you ; but I must try them both again . You must go to Bridewell for twenty-one days , and be there soundly whipped .
' BOW-STREET . Assault upon the Police . —Michael and John Barry , Irish labourers , from the neighbourhood of Bedfordbury , were charged with assaulting Police-sergeant Pocock , and another Irish labourer , named Matthews , who assisted him in the execution of his duty , in suppressing a drunken row at St . Giles ' s on Sunday night .-The charge having been proved , Mr . Hall fined the first prisoner £ 5 , or in default to be imprisoned two months , for the assault on Matthews , and fined the other prisoner £ 3 , or in default to be imprisoned one month , for a slighter assault on Matthews ; and for assaulting Sergeant Pocock , to be committed to the House of Correction for one month .
Fraud by a Frenchman . —Jacques Salaman de Gstan , a tall , stout , middle-aged Frenchman , was brought before Mr . Jardine , upon a warrant issued under the National Convention Act , charged with having forged several bills of exchange in France . —Mr . Lewis contended that the prisoner , in signing his Christian name only to the bills , had not committed a forgery , it being customary in France to trade in that way . —Mr . Jardine : If a man signs only half of his
name , and gets credit thereby to a large extent for goods , there is sufficient ground to place him before a jury for trial . " . I can have no hesitation , therefore , upon the evidence of the notary and inspector , to sign the warrant for his committal . —The prisoner was then removed from the bar , and the warrant officers , who had taken possession of the prisoner ' s papers and documents , were provided with authority to proceed with him at once to ? ranee ,
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Obtaining a Situation by False Pretences p jT ^^ a servant girl , was charged with having endeavo red t ' n D ** situation by false pretences . The prisoner pleaded W bt J charge , alleging as her reason that she had been out « f ty to the three months . Mr . Jardine ordered her to pay a fW \ ? PW fo in default , committed her to hard labour for two month ; ^ *'
MARYLEBONE . Fraud .-William Jarrett and Henry Keene were Wm t , Mr . Broughton for final examination , charged with hav' efo property to the . amount of upwards of £ 120 from MvV ^ 'N flour-factor , residing at No . I , St . James ' s-terrace H nock . a The evidence , which has already appeared at some Ip ^?" ^ . journal , having been read over by Mr . Fell , the chip ? l m tllis depositions were taken , and the prisoners committed fm . J . k > ^ CLERKENWELL . UIOr tr w . A Faction Fight . —James and Nicholas Qurke ( h athletic Irish labourers , were charged with outrage and ?* , rs )» the police , &c . On the previous day . at about half-past one n > i , Up 011 prisoners , with a gang of the lower order of Irish , armed w ' tK ' - pokers , brickbats , stones , &c , proceeded in procession t ! j . H buildings , High-street , Islington , when they called out J « n ' " Butler and Tim O'Connor , " who belonged to a d Z ™ / add y the Munster . " Butler and O'Connor not answeSo T ^ an attack was made by the opposite party upon the doors •»* ^ dows of the houses , which were speedil y demolished andV ; Vln * of , a most desperate character ensued between the DartiP °° involved the neighbourhood in the utmost consternation a / fusion . A great crowd assembled , when men , women andnrn ° * were knocked down indiscriminately and severely ' iniurp length information was communicated to the police of tiJ v /' sion , when a strong body of officers repaired to the spot to nn ) iii I !" riot . Their appearance had the effect of increasing he deZ !¦ of the Irish 5 d thfi violent nnH hlnmo ™ j uet > Peiation xiuuaim
an ™ « .,. u :. .. m me , we viweiKje ana diows on each side were m ) -i palling until a reinforcement of tfo police arrived , and the uri ?™ ' who were ringleaders , were taken in \ o custody and l ocked nn in ?* station-house . Several assaults were . proved against the pil * who themselves were severely punished through their vioLnp I Si resistance of the police , &c . Mr . Corrie said he could c mn " them to nothing but savages . He convicted them on several chlT of assaults , and sentenced them to three months' imprisonmen t 2 ? with hard labour in the House of Correction . They were convevtl to prison m the van . ^ uveyen
LAMBETH . Robbery by Omnibus Conductors . —JohnChamberlain aflashilv dressed , person , a conductor to one of Mr . Ball ' s Norwood omni buses , was charged with plundering his master . -Mr . Elliott 7 marked that there could be no doubt whatever that the prisoner ki been carrying on a wholesale system of robbery , and he should therefore send him for trial-George Wells , another conductor ? the serVlce- of Mr . Balls , was also charged with robbing his master At the request of the prisoner ' s solicitor , the case was adj ourned for a week / and the prisoner remanded . Extraordinary CASE .-William French , a middle-aged , sharo teatured man , was placed at the bar on the very complex charse made in the following evidence : —Mr . Charles Lucas deposed that he had been formerly a gardener , and at present lodged at No . 3 Wyndham-roadI Camberwell . In the month of March last he kept a beer-shop at Norwoodand at that time the prisonerwho in
, , was the habit of frequenting his house , made a proposition to join him m the business of purchasing pigg and horses , with which he said he was well acquainted , and that witness should find the money and lie ( prisoner ) the judgment . His representations were so flatterine that he ( witaeas ) had sold out stock in the Bank standing in his namelo the amount of £ 143 13 s . ] 0 d ., and also his goodwill in the beershop , amounting to £ 46 , and embarked all in the partnership , ine prisoner also purchased carts and other property , all of which Had been taken to his house in Pitt-street , and some time after his wile and the prisoner became so intimate and friendlthat they
y actually turned him out of doors . This was about two months ago , and in some weeks after his wife and the prisoner went away from the place , carrying with them all the property and every shilling ' s worth , of goods m the place , ' even to his wearing apparel . After much time spent in discovering them , he traced them to Deptfordlane , where they were living together as man and wife , and all the produce ot his property about them . He had also discovered that ins wearing apparel had been worn by the prisoner , and he gave him into custod y lor stealing it from his late residence .-Sergeant Godirey said that , at the request of the last witness , he went to the
premises occupied b y the prisoner , and there saw in the yard a number of pigs and two horses and two carts , all of which the prisoner claimed as his property . The prosecutor ' s wife was present attne time . Witness told the prisoner he must consider him his prisoner on a charge of carrying away the property of the prosecutor irom his residence . On examining the room in which the prisoner slept , and m which was the prosecutor ' s wife at the time , he found a pair of trowsers and a waistcoat , which the prosecutor identified as Ais property .-The prisoner , when asked what he had to say to ine cnarge , commenced abusing the prosecutor in the mostscurnious manner ;—Mr . Elliott ( to the constable ) : Did you find any the
money On prisoner ? Sergeant Godfrey : No , sir , I did not ; out arter i took him into custod y , the prosecutor ' s wife , Mrs . Lucas , siappe d her hand against her pocket , and said , I have taken care oi tiie money . " The prosecutor , your worship , is very much to be Piueu , ior he has not a penny to help himself , while his wife and the priboner ^ have robbed him of every sixpence he possessed .-Mr . Elliott ( to Godfrey ); You should have taken the money from the wile tor it is quite clear the property was that of her husband , fcoatrey : I have no doubt , your worship , I shall be in time to secure n . vL ? - ty iet ' "T , The P risoner we then remanded , and while Sll ? he JelIs was visited by Mrs . Lucas , who ordered him reireshments m abundance
rn ™ ^ WORSHIP STREET . Continuous Eobberies . ~ A young man named Alfred Cherry was charged with a continuous series of robberies . On the 14 th of this month the prisoner entered the shop of Mr . Charles Stilwell , a salesmen m Hi gh-street , Shoreditch , and asked if he was in the naDit ot purchasing ladies' victorines . The witness replied in the affirmative , and the prisoner went out , and returned the next night with ^ a victorine , which the witness purchased . On the following aay ne brought a teacadd y , which witness also bought ; but , suspecting irom . his manner he had become dishonestly possessed ot tne
Pr - y ' him matched . On the 18 th of the month the prisoner sow mm another victorine or lady ' s boa , and thinking it probable M would come again the next night , he sent for Sergeant Harvey of wj y J 1 ^ 81011 ' wn he secreted upon his premises at nine o ' clock , ana in halt an hour after the prisoner did come , with two more victormes or boas , and offered to sell them . The sergeant , however , pounced out upon him , and , seizing the boa , demanded where w got them . The prisoner replied they were his sister's , and , on being asked if he had sold such there beforepositively demea ciuic ^ wi j
ever goods , , v uuu cvca ouiu sumi guuus mere u j .- v ,. . that he had done so . Mr . Stilwell , however , at once contradic eu mm and as , on the road to the station , he accidentally let out tne tact that he was in the service of Mr . Lloyd , a linendraper in ex tensive- business in . the neighbourhood , that gentleman was communicated with , and unhesitatingly identified all the articles as J »» property . —Mr . Hammill considered the case conclusively established , and , the depositions having been taken by Mr . Hur lstone . the second clerk , he was fully committed to Newgate for trial .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 30, 1852, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1702/page/6/
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