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ring ? . Didn ' t I give you three . gold sovereigns ? " The lady began to shed tears , ar id give symptoms of fainting , when a bussman , who was near her , put his arm round her waist , and sinking gTadnally into his arms , the lady was led to a seat . The seaman continued : i gave her three gold sovereigns , and then she spelt for jnore . Our names were called out in the church ; the day was fixed , and all settled , when she wrote to say she was going down into Lincolnshire . Mr . Bond recommended her to give up the handkerchiefs and studs . Defendant handed them over . Mr . Bond said he would make no order about the shirt , but could not see what use a . ahirt could be to the lady . Defendant appeared to think it but little ,- and as complainant was leaving the room exclaimed , "Now , sir , to show you that I have no ill-feeling , take your shirt . " The tar did as requested , and the parties then withdrew . -
MAHLBOROtTGII-STIfcEET . Wedsisdai . —A Taw : of a Sior-PAIL . —A case of disputed proprietorship of a house-pail having occurred between Joseph Bannister and Stephen Edwards , a brace of butchers in Newport Market , Mr . Hardwick , the sitting magistrate , was called upon to give his solemn adjudication on the matter . The complainant entered at large into the statistics of his right to the paiL He had bought it , he said , forhis stable , twelve mouths ago , uudhad used it up to the time when he missed it , one day last week , lie discovered the pail doing duty in the defendant ' s yard , and on claiming it the defendant refused to give it up , alleging that he had purchased the fee simple , when now , of a travelling hawker , for Is . fjd . Complainant declared he could identify the pail in various ways , but more
particularly by a notch in the side , which had been cnt with a view to identification . " Is this your pail ? " said the defendant , untying a large parcel , and producing the chose in action . " I'll swear to that notch , " said the complainant , examining the pail ; " and here's proof enough as it ' sniine , " clapping to his nose something he had scraped from the pail with his thumb , and offering the same evidence to the by-standcrs . " Here ' s a lump of horse-dung which shows the pail must be mine , cos the defendant never keeps no horses . " ' * Your worship , " said the defendant , " this man ' s only a common costermonger , aud consequently aint to be believed on Ms oath . I ' ve got twp witnesses what 'U prove as this pail is mj pail . " The defendant first called his son , a sharp little boy , about ten vearsof age . The nature of the evidence which the boy
had to offer -nns what may be termed the '' proof personal . " It affords an illustration of the " wisdom of our ancestors" in prescribiug the practice of " bumping for bounds , " a process whereby a witness is sur ^ to hlivc a particular fact forcibly impressed on his mind by a corresponding forcible impression on a retentive part of his person . The Chief Clerk , however , in his first question , had nearly put the lad out of court . The boy was asked whether it was a good tbing or a bad thing to tell a story . Boy : " Oh , e . good thing , if the story is a rum vm . " Mr . Ilardwick suggested to the clerk theexpediency of varying the terms of the query . Accordingly , the boy was asked if it was right or wrong to tell a " lie ; " and having given a satisfactory answer , he was required to say whether he knew whose nail it was . Boy : " It ' s father's . " Mr .
Hardwick : " How do jou prove that t" Boy : " Cos mother gare me a jolly good hiding for cutting that there notch in it . " The daughter was next called . She said if the bottom of the pail were examined , a specimen of her abilities in line engraving with a crooked nail would be found . The pail was reversed , aud the hieroglyphics were discovered . Against this body of evidence it was impossible to struggle . The case was dismissed . The defendant shouldered the pail , and walked on' in triumph . Thursday . —Distressed Nkkblbwomkn . —A poor creature , shivering with cold , who said her name was Edwards , complained to Mr . Ilardwick that she was utterly destitute , and had been denied relief at St . Giles ' s workhouse , where she had applied for shelter . Mr . Ilardwick asked her what claim she liad on the parish . The applicant said her husband lost his life suddenly alxmt two years ago , " and since that period she had * been living " in St . Giles's parish . She had
endeavoured to maintain herself at needlowork , but the long hours of labour anil scanty pay had so ruined her health , that latterly she had been unable , when the opportunity of a job , which was now very seldom , presented itself , to do even as , much as would pay for lodging . She had sold her clothes , and been \ ouliged to part with her shawl the previous night to raise the price ot a bed . —Mr . Hardwick recommended the case to the notice of the parish . There was a society fur furnishing employment to distressed needlewomen , and as this appeared to be a case which came within the meaning and intention of such an institution , he should advise the parish to take the applicant into the house for a few days , let her liave medical attendance-, make inquiry into the truth of her story , and , if found worthy of encoui-aye ^ nient , give her a recommendation to this society , the managers of which would probably do something for her . —Cole , the messenger , wiid this should be done .
UNION HALL . SiiunDAT . —Riot in Christchtbch WouKiiorsB . — Seven able-lxxlicd , robust looking young : fellows , covered with vermin and filth , were placed at the bar before Mr . Cottinjrham , charged with creating a disturbance at the above workhouse and threatening the life of the porter , who stated that the prisoners were admitted into the casual ward on the previous night . As soon as they were left with the other paupers ( nbout fifty in number ) they commenced a complete uproar , and ill-used some of the old men that were with them . At eight o ' clock in the morning he turned them all out in the vai'd , when the prisoners , who had been tried and convicted at the sessions about four months ago for tearing up
ibpti ; clothes , began tomibasehim . One of them threw a pail of . -water over him , and in attempting to seize ifaji the others knocked him down anq kicked him , Ifg . eventually got away from them , and was in the ! a < j |' of calling For . Assistance , when one of them threvr W J > ieee of coal weighing about three pounds at his liead , and grazed nis right ear . At that time the poliep caiae trt-bj » assistance , and prevented the prisoners from doing further mischief . They all threatened , to do for him , for giving evidence against them at the session * - After thev had been locked up in the t > tation-bouse he discovered that nearly all the blankets dn the casual ward had been torn up by them . One of the officers connected with the workhouse said that the inhabitants had complained of the noise
made by the prisoners , who kept up a continual . uproar during the night , by calling out " Murder" and ' * Fire . " The prisoners , one and all , denied creating any disturbance , or assaulttns the porter , who they said was a perjured man . The porter said that all of them had been frequently brought to this court for tear ing up th < ur clothes and disorderly conduct , Mr . Cottingham said he certainty had some recollection of them , and a more debased set of characters he never saw . Had the coal struck the porter there was no doubt it would have killed him , when they would now be before him on a charge ' of murder . It ¦ was -useless to lecture sucl ) vagabonds , for they only Lurched at his advice ; he should , therefore , commit each of them to the house of eorreccion for one month .
"WANDSWOllTIt . " Wednesdat . —ExTBAOBniNABT Case . — James James , who was nine years in the M division of the Metropolitan police , and afterwards chief officer of the Banbury constabulary , was placed in the dock before Mr . Paynter for final examination upon two distinct charges of felony ; and Richard Tyas , described as a watch-case maker , but who was for some time in the City police , was also finally examined upon a charge of endeavouring corruptly to obtain reward for the restoration of the property stolen by the first-mentioned prisoner . The evidence taken \ s excessively voluminous . The circumstances under which the prisoners came into custody are briefly these : —Mr . Hurt , a cow-keeper , in Creseent-laue , Clapham , had a child's chaise and a truck stolen from his premises ; the chaise on
the 21 st of September last , and the truck six weeks aftorwardS . He heaTii nothing of his property until Friday , tile 29 th of November , when a letter was left at his house , which was to the effect that the writer would for a reward of five shillings tell him where the property was . The letter was signed Thomas Long , and the answer wag directed to be sent to a coffee-house in the neighbourhood of Finsbury-squarc . ilr . Burt showed the letter to Sergeant Emmerson , 9 V , * and that officer , by his wish , ans \ ered it , agreeing to the writer ' s terms ., On the morning of Tuesday , the 3 rd of December , the prisoner Tyas brought another letter , and in consequence of what was stated therein , Mr . Burt made an agreement to meet Tyas at the 'Walworth-gate , at ten o ' clock the next morning . Tvas kept the appointment , and took the prosecutor
to the shop of Mr . Wedge , a broker , in Trafalgar-KW , Walworth-coinmon , where be saw the chaise and claimed it . The man who called himself Long was to ha \ e met them to have showed Mr . Burt where the truck was , but he did not , and the latter gave Tyas a shilling for his trouble , and -went , home . On Thursday morninjy T jas went with the prisoner James to the prosecutor ' s house , and Mr . Burtidentified him as the man who had brought the first letter . Prosecutor and the prisoner proceeded towards Walworth , followed by Police-constable Minne , 70 V who was in plain clothes . When the party had reached the Brixton-road , James left them , telling the prosecutor to give the reward to Tyas . The prisoner afterwards took the prosecutor to Messrs . Carly and Son , brokers , Portland-row , 'Walworth-common , and there he saw his truck
he then gave Tyas into the custody of Police-constable Minne . Tyas , when before the magistrate on Friday , declared that he was innocent of any fraud ; he was asked by James to take Mr . Burt to the shops where his property was , and he did it as a friendly act . He gave the policeman Minne information as to where he would find James , and the constable succeeded in apprehending that prisoner on Friday night , at Islington . James was examined on Friday , and his defence was that he had heard . a thief ¦ bragging of "having robbed Mr . Burt , and . where he had sold the property . He wrota to that person , thinking to . do him an act ofkindness , and he asked five shillings for his trouble ; this he considered waB doing no harm . The magistrate said that the feet of corruptly
obtaining money by helping another to his property which had been stolen was a felony , and the attempt was a misdemeanour , supposing the fact of stealing the articles was not proved against him ; he should commit him for the misdemeanour . Evidence having boen heard in support of the charge , Mr . Payntor said he should commit the prisoner James npon two distinct charger of felony , and the prisoner Tyas would be separately indicted for endea-Tourins corruptly to obtain reward for helping another to stolen property , which was a misdemeanour under the 7 th and 8 tfc-George . IV ; , c ; 29 , The prosecutor could also , if he thought fit , mdict James for coMpiring with tyasfor thejifc «« ffeace ., tbeprisoiws were then rally ; committed for trial at the next session , . of the eutjrai ; Criminal Court .
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HOME CIRCUIT . CpEiiUswORB , SU . xirKD . Mr , Dec , 7 . —Sarah Johnson , 14 , was indicted-for feloniously setting fire to a stack of straw , value £ 40 , the property of William Bacon , at the parish of Hempstead . Mr . By land conducted the prosecution , and Mr . 0 . Grey appeared for the prisoner . The prosecutor deposed , that the prisoner was in his service as nursery-maid on the lGUi of August , and had lived with him for more than six months in that capacity . About ton or eloven o'clock on the morning of the day in question he was out in the field harvesting , when he observed some smoke in the direction of his stackyard , and upon going there he found a stack of straw on fire , and it was completely consumed . The value of the stack was £ 40 . On the morning of the fire ho had reprimanded the prisoner
/ or not paying proper attention to the children . She did riot make any answer when he spoke to her . Harriet Stock , a servant in the employ of the prosecutor , proved that on the morning , of the fire , and just before it broke out , she saw the prisoner come in a direction from the Stack-yard , with her master ' s baby in her arms . There bad been a fire at the neighbouring village of JJlagden about a fortnight before , and on the day it happened the prisoner said she liked to . see a good fire , and she should like to see her master's place on fire , adding that if the straw was fired it would be sure to light the buildings . On the day of the fire at the prosecutor ' s , she told the prisoner that the police had been there making inquiries , and had asked some questions about her , and oil her saying this the prisoner appeared very confused , and walked
away . Catherine Bumball , another of the prosecutor's servants , also proved that she saw the prisoner Come out of the stack-yard a very few minutes before the stack burst into flames . Thomas Moore , a police constable , deposed that he apprehended the pnsoner on the day of the fire , and she took him to the place where the stack had stood , and pointed out in the ashes where she first saw the fire . The prisoner was taken before a magistrate the next morning . Her mother was standing by her , aud she told her she was sure to go to prison , as she was taken on suspicion of having caused the ftro . The prisoner replied , "Nobody saw me do it , although I was in the stack-yard . " David Smith , an inspector of police , deposed that the prisoner was placed in ; his charge after she had been taken into custody , and he heard her say to a woman , named Kumball , who wad sitting up with her , " If I said I had
lighted the fire , peoplu would believe me , but I am not SO soft . No one saw me do it , and they cannot hurt me . " When the prisoner , was before the magistrates she said that she knew nothing about the fire . This was the case against the prisoner . Mr . Oroy briefly addressed the jury , but the evidence was too clear against the prisoner to give him the least chance of doing so successfully , Mr . Justice Williams Summed up , and the jury , af ter a short deliberation , returned a verdict of Guilty , but at the same time strongly recommended the prisoner to mercy on account of her youth . The Learned Judge ordered the prisoner to be called up for judgment , and after remarking that the conduct of the prisoner evinced great malignity , said he felt it his duty to sentence her to be transported for fifteen years . He added , that the recommendation of the jury should be forwarded to the Secretary of State , who might , if he pleased , direct the infliction of it milder
sentence . Highway Robbebt . — Joseph Tunbridge , 20 , John Hammond , 1 ' 8 , and John Brown , . , were convicted of a highway robbery , with violcncu , upon William Sorrell , and sentenced to be transported for seven years . This case concluded the business of the assize .
CHEST Ell . Dec . G .- ^ AwruL Case or Parricide .- —A young woman , aged 20 , having the appearance of a servant , v \ aa placed ( it the bar , charged with the wilful murder of her own father , Kit-hard Gallop , at Monk's Coppcnhall , on the 2 nd of Nov ., by the administration of arsenic . The Attorney-General , Mr . Temple , and Mr . Townsend , were counsel for the prosecution ; and Mr . Trafford for the prisoner . From the evidence adduced in support of the charge , it appeared that about eight months ago the deceased , who was a joiner , and his family , removed from Liverpool to Crewe , in thu township of Mouk ' s Coppcnhall , for the purpose of working tit the extensive works belonging to the Grand Junction Railway Company . The deceased and his wife did not live happily together , and
about six months ago the latter committed suicide by cutting her throat . After that the family consisted erf the prisoner , her father , the daughter of his wife by a former Uusbaud , tu \ d iv lodger , named WilUimi'SFrazev . After the death of his wife , the prisoner ' s father treated her with considerable severity , and , on one occasion , when she hlad roasted some potatoes too hard , he threatened to beat her with a strap . This she complained of to her half sister , and said ; tlmt , as she had no comfort at home , she would go to service . During thu time the prisoner was residing in Liverpool , she became acquainted with a young man named Duval , and about the beginning of Oct ., there being a cheap train from Crewe to Liverpool , the prisoner announced her intention of going by it , but her father was very angry With her , and refused to allow
her to go , as he said it was ortiy for the purpose ot seeing her sweetheart , and he disapproved of the connection . Shortly after that the prisoner purchased a pennyworth of urseuie , for the purpose , as she said , of destroying rats and mice . Subsequently she purchased a second pennyworth , and on-thv 2 nd of Nov . she purchased twopenny worth , About three weeks before the last mentioned day the father of the prisouor uecame ill , and so continued up to that ilay , when , after partaking of some arrowroot , he was seized with violent vomiting and purging , which increased during the night , and early on the morning of the 3 rd of November he died . A surgeon attended him during the night , and treated him for cholera . On the Sunday morning ft constablo , named lventv , went to the house and saw the prisoner . He told
her he had come for the purpose of making inquiry respecting the death of her fattier , and cautioned her . After this he proceeded to put a number of questions to her , which , together with her answers , he produced . Mi ' . Trafford objected to this evidence being admissible , as Ithnd been made by the prisoner under inducement , and he cited the case of the King v . Drew , quoted in the 2 d vol . of " Russell on Orimr , " p . 829 . The learned judge overruled the objection . The constable Kenty then read the statement to the court , from which it appeared that the prisoner admitted she had purchased the poison , but said it was -purchased by the direction of her father , for the purpose of destroying rats , and that she had Hpen a rat on the previous Thursday , and had told her sister of it . Whilst Kei > t \ was in the house the
prisoner took a handkerchief from a chest , which the constable took possession of , and in it he found a packet containmg nvx vomica . The prisoner afterwards placed a small paper parcel in a drawer , which the constable : Jso took possession of . In a cupboard he found two loaves of bread and a piece of cake . All these were placed in the bands of Mr .-David- Wildie , of Liverpool , fbr the purpose of being analysed . It was proved by the evidence of Mr , Stevenson , a surgeon , that the body of the deceased , on pott mortem examination , presented all the appearances internally of liaving been acted on by some irritant poison , and both he and Mr . Rayner , of Stockport , were of opinion that death was caused by the effects of arsenic . The half sister of the prisoner proved that ou the Friday before the death , the prisoner made
the cakes and the bread , and that she ( the witness ) , the prisoner , and Praaer , the lodger , all partook of the cakes , immediately after which they all were taken ill and obliged to go to bed . Mr . Wadle , the chemist , deposed to having analyzed the stomach of the deceased , and its contents , in which he discovered white arsenic . Ho also discovered arsenic in the cakes and the bread ; and in 20 U grains of arrow-root he detected 100 grains of arsenic . It was attempted to elicit , in behalf of the prisoner , that she was labouring under insanity ; but the only facts deposed to by the witnesses on this point were , that about six mouths ago , at the time her mother committed suicide , her conduct was rather strange ; that she did not sleep for a whole Treek , and that , during tlte time the mother of the prisorier was pregnant of her , she was
insane , and several times attempted to destroy herself . Mr . Trafford addressed the jury for prisoner at some length , contending that the case was enveloped in so much doubt that the jury could not safely convict . That the probability was , the deceased had taken the arsenic by mistake , and that if administered by the prisoner at all , the probability was that she had done so when labouring under the effects of insanity . The learned judge briefly summed up the case to the jury , telling them that if they believed the prisoner had administered the arsenic , it was their duty to find her guilty . As to the plea of insanity , his lordship observed that there was no evidence to support it . That was a species of defence too much relied on of late years , to the danger of public security , and the great hindrance of justice . The jury consulted together for about
five minutes , and then pronounced a verdict of Guilty , but begged strongly to recommend- the prisoner to mercy . The Judge : " What ! recomm « nd a prisoner to mercy who has been . guilty of the murder of a parent V The learned Baron having placed the black cap on , proceeded to pass sentence of death on the prisoner . His Lordship said , "Mary Gallop , after a long and patient trial , you have been found guilty by the jury , upon evidence which could leave uo dottbt , of the murder of your own father ; that murder committed by the most odious and detestable of all means—that of poison ; an act of deliberation evidently meditated some time before , carried into execution with perseverance , with great art and contrivance ; and I wish I could see any symptoms , in the conduct you afterwards
exhibited , of repentance , or any feelings of remorse for what you have done . It is impossible for me to showyou any mercy . Prepare fbr that-awful account to which you sent the author of your being with little or no preparation at all . Seek for the mercy of God—repent of this and all your sins ; arid by that means seek for that . mercy hereafter which it is not in my power , consistently with my public duty , to show you here . " His Lordship then passed sentence of death npon her in the usual form , and the prisoner walked from the "bar with a steadfast step , having manifested throughout the whole trial little or no consciousness of the situation in which she stood , beyond a wild and almost incessant roll of the eye , and an occasional flush of the countenance . *
Dsc , 7 . —Tbk Brutal Manslaughter at Stockpoet . — - Henry Jones , aged 22 , was indicted for killing bis wife at Stockport , on the 25 th ult . The facts of this case appeared in the Northern Star of Saturday Jasti Th ©; prisoner was found guilty , and sentenced to ten years ' transportation . Rape . — Joseph Hamer was found Guilty of a rape at Bawden ; Jaipes Bradbury was conricted of a similar oflfenco at Bollinfee ; and Thomas Hignett of a like crime at Marion . ¦ They were sererally sentenced to transportation for life . * J , . ~ ,
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Dec . 10 . j— Charge of M-wslaughteb against a Quack DoCtob . —Edwin James Port , aged- 49 , was placed at the bar this morning , on a charge of lulling Mary Harris , at Birkenbead , by the application of white arsenic to her right breast , which produced a sore or ulcer , and a mortal sickness , on the 11 th of October last , of which she died on the 24 th of the same , month . From the evidence adduced on the part of the prosecution , it ' appeared that the prisoner advertised in the papers that he had discovered a process by means of which he could extract . cancers from any part ot the body without cutting , which he had practised for upwards of six years . The deceased , Mrs . Harris , who was a respectable female residing at ! Aston Ilall , near Wem , in Shropshire ,
heard of the prisoner , and on the 10 th of October she took lodgings at Birkenhead for the pucpose of consulting the prisoner , who resided in that neighbourhood . On the 11 th the prisoner was called in , when , after examining the right breast of the deceased , he applied a plaster to it . He called again to see her on the 12 th : | and 13 th , but she was out . On the 14 th he saw her , and applied a second plaster , shortly after which she was seized with violent vomiting , And complained of a burning sensation in the stomach and throat , and looseness of the teeth . After this she became gradually worse until the 24 th , when she died , . and her friends removed her to Wem , where an inquest was held upon the body , and a verdict returned that the deceased died from the effects of
cancer . However , on subsequent inquiries being made , a coiiamunication was sent to the Coroner for Cheshire , Who being of opinion that the inquest held in Shropshire was a nuiJjty , issued his warrant for the disinterment of the body , caused it to be removed to Birkenhead , and ordered a po .-t mortem examination to be made . This order was carried into effect by Dr . Vaughan and Mr . J . C , Foulkes , of Birkenhead . These gentlemen described the internal appearance of ) the body to be in a highly inflamed state , and to have , all the sysniptoms of the effects of arsenic . Dr . Brett , professor of chemistry , and doctor of philosophy , proved that on analysing the breast of the deceased ho found about three-tenths of a grain in it . In the tissues of the stomach , liver , and spleen , he found about a quarter of a grain . From these facts , and the others proved in evidence , the doctor inferred that arsenic had been applied to the breast ,
and absorbed into the system . Mr . Temple addressed the jury at ^ considerable length for the defence , and eleven witnesses were then called on behalf of the prisoner , all of whom stated that they had been treated by Mr . Port either for cancer or tumour , and that he hail succeeded in curing them . The jury retired for about forty minutes * , and then returned a verdict of Not Guilty . Immediately on the verdict being pronounced there was a general burst of cheering from all parts of the Court , which was with difficulty suppressed . One person , who gave his name as liugh Hughes , an Excise officer , who was pointed out by the crier of the Court as taking a prominent part in the ' cheering , was brought before his lordship , and committed until the rising of the Court . His lordshi p then addressing the prisoner , said , "Take care ot yourself for . the future , you may not be so fortunate another time . "
j- NORTHERN CIRCUIT . York , Dec . C . —John M'Cann . was to-day put on bis trial , charged with the wilful murder of Benjamin Gott . Another count in the indictment charged him with manslaughter . ; This case must be even yet fresh in the' recollection of our readers , as it created , at the time of its occuj-runoe , I considerable excitement . Five other persons , uauitid Hogan , O'Brien , l > onovan , Quin , and Power , who had been concerned in the matter , weru tried at the last assizes , ! aud were convicted of manslaughter ; but in consequence of some legal objections being raised to the form of the indictment , judgment was respited , and those persons are still in custodj . Jl'Cann at that period was not apprehended , sir . UJiss aad Mr . Overend were for the prosecution , and the prisoner was defended by Mr ,
. « ' ilkins . The facts ; of the case were briefly narrated by Mr . Bliss , and were as follows : —On tYhit-Mouday last , the 27 th of May , there hadbeeu a procession of Orange lodges . On the occasion two bands were engaged , one of which was called tjhe Idle and Calverley band , and of that baud Outt ( the deceased ) was a musician . As they were passing throughjthe town of Bradford , the band played certain tunes , and ! arnongst others " the Boyne Water , " which gave great dissatisfaction to the Ivisli population of the neighbourhood , who fancied also that a still more offensive tune , . ciilled "Croppies he down , " had been played . Wht-n the procession , was over , and the musicians were returning home in u straggling inauner , a number Of Irishmen were seen coming behind them , having sticks and other weapons in their bunds , and making use of tlireatening language . ( The Irishmen commenced an attack , and the first thing they did was to knock down the man who was playing the drum . They then 6 . 41 ou Gott , and from the violence that was employed his death resulted . On a
post worttrit , t : \ anunation the deceased ' s skull was found to jhnve been most severely fractured , and death was j attributed to that cause . Amongst the people in tlje crowd was the prisoner , and he took an uctive partjin the proceedings . Thomas Thornton , the nrst witness , was undergoing examination , when Mr . Wilkins said he thought it would be idle for him to attempt to combat the minor ehargo against the prisoner , lie had read the depositions over twenty times , and he found no mean 3 of resisting it . He would , therefore , with his lordship ' s permission , wish to plead guilty , to the charge of manslaughter . Mr . Justice Coleridge briefly addressed the jury , informing them of the circumstances alluded to in the-commencement of this report , and rci-ominending them to tincl the prisoner guilty of manslaughter . The jury , without hesitation , pronounced tiie prisoner Guilty of Manslaughter , and sentence was deferred till the opinion of the fifteen judges could be had upon the legal objections before referred to .
Iue Ichn-out . —John Criteulow aud William Bolton were next placed at the bar , charged with having , on the ' - '• Mli ol'August last , at Sheffield , feloniously and unlawfully attempted to destroy a certain steam-engine , by-the explosion ofj a large quantity of gunpowder , the property of John Wilson , Thomas Dunn , William Jefleoek , and Oeorge Hounstield . This ease would have been tried yesterday , but Mr . Uraiuger , ou behalf of the prisoners , then objfcteil to the whole of the jury . A fresh jury was this morning empanelled for the trial of the prisoners . Mr . Wilkins ] Mr . Overend , and Mr . Smith were for the ]) ro 8 ecution , iand Mr . Grainger was for the defence . The j-nosvuutors jin this case were some of the largest coalpit owners j in the neighbourhood of Sheffield . In the month ! of May last there was a general "
turnout " of the colliers in that part of England , and the prosecutor * ' pits had beeu unworked from May until the date of this occurrence , in August . Towards the \ end of August there were symptoms of returning good sense on the part of thfc men , and ou the 26 ih , it was determined that some of them at least should return to their work . At the mouth of the pit there was , as is frequently the c . vse , a . steam-engine , worked for the purpose of hauling up the coal , as well as of letting persons in and out of the pit as occasion might require . This was the engine which the prisoners were charged with having blown up . The indictment was founded on { the 7 th aud 8 th of Guo . IV ., c . 30 , s . 7 , which renders it fe ^ louy for any person maliciously to pull down , destroy , or ! damage with intent to destroy any such
steam-engine . Jonathan Habershon was the first Witness called . He j deposed that he was under-ground steward , at No . 2 , Deeps-pit Colliery , near Sheffield . TJiere was a steam-engine at the mouth of that pit . The boiler , which weighed when filled about eight tons , was detached from the engine , and was surrounded yrith- ' brickwork . On the night of Sunday , the 25 th of August , witness , who lived close to the pit , was awakened by the report of a tremendous explosion , aud in about half an hour afterwards WiUiam Prince , who slept in a kind of cabin at the mouth of the pit , called hun up and took him to examine the boiler . On [ reaching there he found all the brickwork blown down ; and scattered about . The boiler happened to be filled with water , but no water had escaped . The steam-pipe , I however , had broken away from the
steamchest ; the pipe for the conveyance of water to the boiler had also been broken , and a small shed over the boiler had been blown-down , so that the steam-engine was put out of working condition . On removing the debris witness found two jcaps and a hat very much damaged , as well as a tin ease containing a collier ' s cartridge and some loose gunpowder . In the firehole were found several portions of ' ja barrel , and everything smelt strongly of gunpowder . ] Cross-examined by Mr . Grainger >—The pit had been worked twenty-two years . The boiler was about three yards from the steam-engine . Was quite sure that two caps were found . The cartridge found in the tin case was such as polUers commonly employed in the operation of blasting , and gunpowder was occasionally used for that purpose ill some of the pits near Sheffield .
William Prmce remembered the 25 th of August last . He was in bed ; in the cabin at the mouth of the pit , and shortly after eleven o'clock lie saw some men peeping into the cabin , through a small crevice in the door . In a few minutes after he heard an explosion . He thought there werejabout six men altogether . Cross-examined : —The night was dark . Couldnot see the faces of the persons who looked in at the door . Mrs . Ledger deposed that she resided about half a mile from the colliery . The prisoner Bolton was her brother , and had dined at her hoUBe on tlie 25 th of August . About twelve o ' clock on that night she was awoke from her sleep by a noise at the door , and she heard a moan apparently proceeding from a man ! in great bodily pain . She opened the door , and found her brother crouched down at the door . He was very much burnt on his head , face , neck , and hands , and was covered with black , and his clothes were torn . Witness obtained assistance , and put him to bed , when
Mr . Shaw , a surgeon , was sent fbr , who attended him for fourteen days whilst he remained confined to bed at her house . Cross-examined : —The prisoner appeared very much intoxicated wnen he got to her house , and he vomited a quantity © f spirits and ale . He was delirious also during ; the night , and continued so for several days . John Shaw , jun ; , a medical student , who was called in to see the prisoneri confirmed the last witness ' s statement as to ins condition at that time . Witness asked him how he had received the injuries about his person , and he replied by fire-damp . A woman present said it would be best to tell the doctor'all they knew about the matter , ana they then said they had heard a great explosion , apji that tKey . suapeeted the prisorier had tieen concerned in blowing up a steam-engf&e . ' The woman bejgjgedtijf witness riot to mention the circumstance to any one , and the prisrineir joined im that request . John Shaw , surgeon , of Attefcnffe , '»» r r 6 borateaithe greater part of this testimony , aad detailed « statement inadc to him by the priBonef , wherein' be con-
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fessed his participation in the act with which he was charged . They put some gunpowder iu a barrel which they placed in the fire-hole , and , setting light to a fusee , one end of which communicated with the powder barrel , they ran away to await the effects of the explosion ; but as this did not take place so soon as they had anticipated , they went to the fusee to blow it up . He had justReached the spot where the engine was when it did happen , how . ever , and he remembered little or nothing further . The prisoner Bolton had made this statement to witness Oft several different occasions . Cross-examined : —The prisoner told Mm that he had met with two men before the occurrence , who would not let him go till he had had a certain quantity of something to drink . He did not say that he was very drunk . William Maybury , a tailor
living in T odd-street , Manchester , deposed , that he met the prisoner Critchlow with two men , named Dixon and Stocks , on Tuesday , the 27 th of August . The skin was then all off his face . He said that lie . hid the wet scurvy , which accounted for that circumstance . He met the same persons together soon after in the Coach and Horses public-house , and he heard Stocks ask Gritchlow if he had been to a doctor , to which Critchlow replied , no , he was frightened to go to a doctor lest he should be found out . Critchlow then asked Stocks if he had seen that day ' s paper , and if there was anything particular in it . Stocks answered , that he had seen the paper , and that a cap had been found . Critchlow 3 aid that that was his cap , attd he then proceeded to detail the Circumstances attending the explosion , adding that he had before rery
large whiskers and a good head of hair , but when the powder went off it flashed in his face , and scorched it all off . He was otherwise also a good deal injured . Crossexamined . —Have not got much above tailoring yet . Thare was a rat-den at Davis ' s public-house . Witness did not provide the rats or the dogs . lie assisted Davis sometimes in keeping and obtaining the rats . He did pay for his board and lodging at Davis ' s . Was not in the habit of attending prize-fights . Had never been at one . Didn ' t teach boxing ; put the gloves on sometimes for a little bit of amusement . Had been in trouble once , about six years ago , for hitting a man in the shop where he then worked . Had never seen Critchlow previous to the first interview which he had referred to . Several other wit nesses corroborated the main features of the evidence
already given . Mr . Grainger addressed a long and ingenious speeeli to thejurr ou behalf of the prisoners , commenting , chiefly with regard to Critchiow ' s case , on the want of all evidence connecting the prisoners together . Mr . Justice Coleridge summed up , and laid the case before the jury in the clearest manner , who retired for a fewminutes , and then returned with a verdict of Guilty against Bolton , and of Acquittal as regarded Critchlow ^ His Lordship , in passing sentence , observed upon the magnitude of the crime of which the prisoner had been found guilty . It was especially a crime in a county . like , -that , where property of incalculable value was often invested in the engines of the description alluded to , which , valuable as they were , were particularly liable to the attacks of
vicious persons . In a moral point of view , the crime was very great , for if people chose to leave their work , then to band themselves together , and to go out at night taking barrels of gunpowder with them for the purposes of mischief—people who went so far as that would require very little inducement , he feared , to go much farther . The prisoner had , however , suffered already in his person very severely for what he had done , and it appeared that one of his unhappy companions on that night Ii 3 d paid a severer penalty still . Whta he should recall that to hi » remembrance , it might prove to him , perhaps , a more bitter recollection , and give him a great deal more pain than he was likely to suffer at the hands of the law . The sentence of the Court was , that the prisoner be imprisoned for eighteen calendar months , with hard labour .
A man named Thomas North Stocks was next indicted for harbouring John Critchlow , well knowing that he had committed a felony . As Critchlow had been acquitted , however , by the jury , the charge against Stocks was , of course , abandoned . Dec . 0 , —Embezzlement bt a Rural Police Officer . —It liaving been previously arranged that the trial of Joseph Steadnaan Mactdison should take plaice tlu ' s morning , great excitement prevailed in the city of York on the subject . The court was crowded to excess , and much speculation was afloat as to the probable result of the trial . The case presented many peculiar and interesting features . The prisoner was charged with having , on the 12 th of June last , in the city of York , feloniously embezzled £ 17 , the
property of George Swanu , Esq . Mr . Wilkins stated the case . If I am well instructed , he said , the case I am about to lay before you , in all its facts , is one 80 strong and overwhelming , that it seems to me the only hope to the prisoner of escape fronv the charge against him is in the legal acumen and ingenuity of his counsel . It appears that , in the year 18 & , ( he increase of crime in and about this neighbourhood hud been so rapid , that several gentlemen met togegether for the purpose of establishing a society , having for its object the protection of the lives and properties of those living in and about it . In the first instance , 1 believe , these subscriptions were small , but in the course of a short time the expediency and necessity of an institution of this sort was discovered ,
It was then determined by the promoters of , it that they should establish a police of their own / fthb > Tyere , I believe , to act as a patrol within the circumference of ten miles from the city . The prisoner Tvas one who made application for a situation under them , and I am free to admit that he came to York with testimonials of a very high description , aiid he vras in consequence appointed the snperintena ' eni of the police . Shortly after the appomtinen ^ or I beli eve contemporaneous with it , heAy'asinfottiM ^ Mtif . wag part of his duties to collect inthe subscriptions from the different parties who v ^ er e the sobsciipeis ; | o : ; this association , and that immediately on ;! $ & . receinfc of thenr he was to pay them over . to "' " Mr . Sfwann , f ffiff banker ¦; and so i ' ormaHv were those" -dtrties TtrSHei
known to . him-that a resolution was passed resmW ing them by the committee of the association , whirfjt was read over , and distinctly described to the : vwi- ; soner . He complained , I believe , at the tbjie tsjai ; his ' salary was not large enough . However , tKe ' gen- ' tlcnien comprising the committee thought it was , but niade liim a present of £ 10 ; and allowed him aprofit « f five per cent , on the whole of the moneyB he was to col- ; lect . It was his duty once a month to go to the bjmk , ; and take with him a receipt or voucher for acertain sum of money he would require for paying the policefttfen under his control . In short , the prisonei *"' continued to collect money up to th » ( ith of July last ; reewving every week large sums for the payment of thegpliw . / It will be shown that since the 22 n ( i or 2 ^ rd . of January ( although we shall show you aistlnctiyiHat he received sunis of money ) he never paid one single " farthing into the bank . It should be' borne in vmi that since the 22 nd of Januarv the prisoner had not
paid one farthing into the hands of Mr . SffSM Every month the prisoner received from Mr . SwanH £ 70 or £ 80 "with which to pay the police officers undff him . At length , oa the 6 th * of July ; when the prisoner went to get his usual payment of Mr . Swazuv that gentleman refused to pay anymore . Mr . Swanu . said that he had already paid more out than had come in . No subscription had come in since J » nnSrf /« M ; he refused to pay anything further . Th 4 l&uxiw counsel read a letter addressed by the . prisoBerto & ¦ H . Anderson , Esq . " , solicitor ^ to the policeforcej iflip clearly confessed ; the defalcation kid to his" cEarg ? - Mr . Wilkins concluded by calling adumber of wTtne& £ » in support of the charge . Mr . Bliss addressed thejttr / for the prisoner , and witnesses were called who t&ti&w to the prisoner ' s good character . The jury retiredwf three hours , and then returned with a verdict of Guilty , with a recommendation to mercy . —Sentence deferred .
NORTHERX CrRCUTT , Dec . 10 . —MuRDEB . —Wnil Kendrew , aged 22 , farm labourer , and JoJnV K « tdrew , 24 , shoemaker , brothers , were placed a * -tBfl bar , charged , the former by the coroner's inquisition -with the wilful murder of Mr . William Inchbald > » Dunsforth , in the parish of Aldborbugh , in the West Riding , and the latter with feloniously IiarbduriDg and maintaining William Kendrew , well knofmng liim to have committed a felony in shooting nffl-Inchbald . Mr . Wilkins stated the case to the jury and then called thirty witnesses , who clearly prqWi by a chain of circumstantial evidence , the case . t « e details of which have been recently before the public-The following additional evidence was given » f- * b * hither of the prisoners : —William Kendrew sail * : ?
remember the Wednesday night before Mr . Ineate- " was shot ; I went to bed at nine o ' clock that mgo > No one lives with me . My son William came to JBe about twelve o ' clock that night . He came to tflft door , and he would come ia , but I didn't want to « M him in at that time of night . He said , "Kioto ? - open the door he'd got a double-barrelled gun , awi he'd blow my brains out . " I let him in , and W slept at my house on that night , and on * " <}?* night next , Sept . the 27 th ; I went to work uv «« morning , and at night when , I returned William ¦ b » ,, gone , and I never saw him again until now . I &on i that a new fustian coat of mine was . gone . then ^ afl i « i + o Ttla /» n nrno nm f \ lA laaw nrvn"f . nf WllllfLTn-S * "<
son John , the other prisoner , brought back i&y C *^ to me . I was present when the police-officerscarclK " my premises . The gun was found in a pig-Bty ^ , had never seen that gun before . —PyWen ^ w * ; * " ] duced in suppext of the charge against John * ^ ' drew , but it did not appear to be conclusive . -- ^ jury retired , and , after an absence of . ten-ffl * 5 j ? S returned with a verdict of Guilty against JViu ^ Kendrew , and of Acquittal as regarded John 1 M « drew . —His Lordship , in- " -a most impressive ^ affecting manner , pronounced upon him the f ~ .., of death , and told him to give up all hope «•¦ " ** mercy . ~ The wretched man appeared wnoiiy ^» moved , and left the bar in the most afelef ; pu& «' exclaiming , as he went , " Thankye , if that beau-
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MA 2 fSIO 2 s HOUSE . WlDJrWDAT . —TlSAL ExAMJXATIOS OT VrLLIAM Uu * - CXBS . - Tbia daj Burges * was brought ig > for final p-ra-mi-MkJaon . / before Jhe . Xord Major . The public curiosity teemed to h » ve increased , if we are to judge from the crowds assembled in all the avenues to the justice-room , and in the justice-room itself . The - prisoner seemed to be rather oat of spirits , and drooped very much over the bar , in -which he -was seated , lir . Charles Chatham L&krence , of 5 o . 8 , Lincoln-place , JNew Iforth-road , Middlesex , stated that he -was & cashier in the banHng-honse of John Lnbbock and Co ., is Mansion-house-street . On Tuesday , the 3 rd of September , about twenty minutes before tko o ' clock , in the afternoon , the cheque prodnced , for tiie sum of JK . O 00 , drawn by Mr . Charles Kejser npon Sir Joim TT . X , xibl > ock and Co ., was presented to him for
payment by a . person who iras not known to him , but who ¦* ras accompanied by , he verily believed , the prisoner B ^ irgesE . Witness inquired the name of the party presenting the cheque , upon which the person who accompanied fee prisoner gave the name of Oxenford . Witness then inquired hoir Hiej -wonld liave ihe amount of the cheque , ¦ cpon wnicb one of them said in gold , or part in void , or v . ords to thai effect . "Witness then stated that , as ibej trauieu the money in gold , they had better get it at the Bank cf Snglaad , and lie wonld give them eight XI , 000 note *; and he accordingly gave the person who accompanied the prisonerthfi eight £ 1 . 000 bank notes produced Mr . Thomas Ager , of So . 15 , Edmund-terrace , PentonvBk , a Teller in the issue department of the Bank of England , stated that about two o'clock on the 3 rd of
Septem-¦ ber a person , who was a stranger to hnn , _ presented at the counter . the eight bank-notes for . £ 1 , 000 each produced , and required payment thereof in gold . Witness iras siiari of monev at the Time-, and determined to get j £ 10 , 000 -from the treasury , and , accordingly , went with Leonard Deane , one of the porters in the issue department of the Bank to the treasnryj which is an adjoining apartment , to get the gold . They brought back ten bags , each containing £ 1 , 000 in gold , and witness desired X > ease to laj eight of the bag ^ on the co unter before the jjeison Th © -was then standing t&ere , and who then produced two large canvas bags from a carpet bag which he hadTrith "hi ™ and put both the bags inio . lbB carpet bag , 9-nH then attempted to lift it , but was unable to do so , and "was ultimately assisted by two porters , who carried
the two bags for him ont of the Bank . . Mr , &aiomon said ie nad a JEsrr observations to make before the Lord Mayor decided upon- tHe course to be pursued towards 3 Ir . Bnrgess , Ids client . It would be seen by ¦ die evidence which had ieen adduced that Mr . Bnrgsss neither presented the cheqne norreceived the notes nor the sovereigns , but that the person who had been represented as an » ccompliee-within ^ had committed the forgers , and done all the subsequent acts , the blame of -which -vras transferred to the unfortunate prisoner . It would be observed that Mr . Burgess did not only not personate Mr . Oienford , but that he tad done no more in the matter of identification than an ordinary stock-broker or Bank clerk ¦ would bare done vrho supposed that the person -who bad applied to him was-in reaSity the individual he pretended
to be . Taere was no proof whatever that the prisoner had per&rcnSd any act calculated to show that he was aware that Elder , who had since destroyed himself , was any other titan the Mr . Oxenford he represented himself to be . Tosay thE . leastof thehistory of aithe-transactions , there -was sonretliing so ambig-aous in-them as to lead to a failure of aatisactory proof that the prisoner was conscious he was committing an act of delinquency . If the Lord Mayor determined to submit the case to another tribunal , he ( Mr . Salomon ) "believed it would be satisfactorily * hown that ihfeprisoner was deceived by ilder , who was a nuirh older and a more experienced , man , and belonged to the class of torse-Sealers , amongst whom were to be found several ia whose honour it would be unsafe to confide . TThax could Mr . Burgess gain ty engaging in an anair of
this iicd ' He was a young man , only twenty-four years of age . who held a fine situation , and had great prospects before >¦? - " He had been placed in that situation br a director of theJSank , "while "E * MgTl was a person who bad no reconnaendation of the kind , and was the individual by the acknowledgment of aD engaged in all the acts which had " betsa carried out , the regular instrument by which the plunder was effected . Mr . Bnrgess was , in tact , the dupe of Elder . It was jmuch to , be regretted that Elder -was no- ra the bar wlere Hie piisonerstood . Tbe prisoner had aettvi , no donbt , vnih a very culpable want of eaution , but he v >^ s a young man who , although possessed of an excellent education , was extremely inexperienced . and thonsniless , and was , therefore , just the sort of person to
be worked npon by such a man as Elder , who , by destroy ins ilni ^ elf , manifested "hi * decided opinion that there > ras no chaBC *; of escape for a tt <^ " who had not oalj 3 on- all the mischief , but subjected Mr . Bnrgess to the imputation of ~ bsnz Ms-accomplice . The Lord Major : 1 belie \ e the prisoner to be a guilty parucipalOT . If he had a g . > od situation in the Bank , why did he run away as th-e companion of Wfl < T T Or . Salomon : I can give a puod reason fox ins baring absconded , but I oo not consiilt r H protlentto-state it now . Tie Xioru ilayor : I shall * aj nothing xo prejudice the ca&e , but I . shall commit the prisoner iff triaL The witnesses having been all sworn to appear at-tbe Central Criminal Court to give evidence ygttVn « s tae prisoner at the next session , he was taken b \ 36 bn Torrester w > SewEaie . I
GLTLDHALL . A » sirxT . —On Mondaj , Sopcrt XSiSjrd , a journeviaun ^ arpealer , was brought before Mr . ^ Alderman jJ .- Johnson , charged with breaking a poliflecoari ' s any : * Sergeaui -TFMtt , 3 Tc 201 of She C ^ T ^ Hc ^ staiEd ihat ' the pi&onta -w » s liroE ^ rht toi&epeSic& ^ tatjga sbontTwxj o ' clock OB" 5 au-3 jjjaarascg hj £ jpjjH ^ Tran pa nted Saamcl . Covener , ind cfcajged - « iili aSssnlting him . ' The constable staled thai ittTjtss oa dnij "it the corner of St Martnr * svle-gran 3 and TSte ff giite-sZTtiet , and that the -prisoner came np and asked ' ^^ jriiri -was Sewgaie-streti ! The eonstable told bbn HsH * " Sewgaie-street . Thcprisoner said it -was a d—d lii , and jsveTum "whai is called the Itig , or wrestler ' s trip . Tie constable Jell , and-bis arm was so broken that the elbow was forced upwards half Tray to the shoulder . He * eat the mantothe hospital immediately . Mr . Alderman
Johnson inquired if any further provocation was stated to have beea given than he had " already mentioned , and asked if the policeman iras sober * ^ Witness replied , quite so . The Alderman asked if the prisoner was nlpo sober ? Ti » serjr ^ ant s be had been ^ riokiDg , but knew very well wh £ i lit "was about . Mr . Alderman Johnson inquired i .-hether the constable ' s statement was made hi the prisoner ' s presence I The sergeant said it v . a » . Tjre cerriacateof Mr . Eeid , the -fconse-surguon of St . Bartlx > loiatw s , stated that Samua . Corener was adraittod with , a iracr . ire of the bone of the l ^ fi . arm , ami the iujurv was bo serious that it was necessary-Jo make him an inpatient . The prisoner , in answer to the charge , said he ¦ was extrHntiy sorry . He was not sober . at the lime . The Aldcrmax lemandcdMm till Saturday , in die hope that the injured man may then be . able to attend and gi * t eridenoe .
CLEB . EENTTELL . PbidaI- —Escociagssxxt to Isdustsi . —Mr . Cohbi agalj *! —James Morgan , a grey-headed tjld man , ir a = charged with obstructing the public foottvay Tiy drawing a barrow thereon . Stanwell , a street-keeper , deposed that be saw the dffeTident wheelzng ' a barrow , with some bricks in it . in Church-passage , Islington , and told him to place soiseboaras "upon which to wheel the vehicle , but he Tefnssd to do so , or to desist from wheeling the barron . 3 tf . CocsDe said , as the passage was only a footway , Iw ^ ibought tiie boards Stanwell required would make
the iruisance greater . The prisoner said , he had not had a day's work fora month "before the day to -which the ^ officer alluded , and on that day he wheeled only two-barrows fun , at iis master ' s request ! - Stanwell said he . was-in constant work . The old man declared such was not the case , and said , except he carried the bricks in his hand ,- there : was no other mode of conveying them than tlie one -whichlie used- Mr . Gombe asked if thai -were the case ?—Stanwell admitted there was no other way by which he could convey the bricks to the place at which tiiejTrer ^ required . Mr . Combe fined the defendant five shiffinps and the cost * . Thp oM mjwi rsnir ? he . had not a
arthmf . Mr . Combe reduced the penalty to two shillings and costs . The money was not paid , and the defendant -was sent to One House of Correction .
-LAMBETH STREET . . PinuT . —Ex 3 Xiosi > rs-jL » T Appucatjok . —A solicitor , whose name did not transpire , applied to Mr . Xorton for his interference under toe following somewhat singular
Circumstances : —The applicant stated rtwi-r an aged lady of considerable property , and who had been sometime since an inmate of a lunatic asylum , was at that moment IP a frightful state of wretchedness in a small house in thB TiriuJtT of Old Pord , in which she occupied a single T ^ om ; and the object « f his present application was to request his worship wonld--give the assistance of one or ymp . officers -to accompany iim { applicant ) , a surgeon , # ad a- yby ^ rwn , and procure them admission into |^ e bouse and to the presence of the afflicted jjjjiy . The applicant added that Hie gentleman who ac-. MSipanied Mm , and who was a surgeon , had seen the lady , and wonld represent the condition hefoundherin . jThfi gentleman alluded to -earne forward , and said that be iid called at the bouse "where theladj was , for the pur pose flf seeing her , "but liad been refused admittance to li er jipartment . He , hoTrever , saw the lady herself on the rtMTslcsdias to herroom , and a more wretched spectacle
jfceiaalueTer beheld . Her whole covering consisted of a jgecg of saffVmgj as it appeared to him . Mr . >* orton said ie &i not consider the case one in which he -would be Justified in interfering in . fliemaaner required . Thecase Aarwa more properly , nailer the jurisdiction of the ^ Jourt of Chancery . He would not therefore interfere . The appli caat then wifhdrew . - feUGl or fijGCHG . — -On- HtmBaf Catherine Collins , aged 15 , a mwwW « WViT < creature , with scarcely any Oflia covering than an old plaid shawl , was charged with jbeggiiig . Harsford , the Mendicity officer , proved the . £ gbnce ; aod it appeared from the statement of this omcer
not , jgp £ 3 fce prisoner , her mother , and two sisters , inhabit a miserable room in Church-lane , St . Giles ' s . The wretched motor sends out these three girlB to beg . The other Xw 9 fre vf ^ Tt 9 pec ^ re aget of tight And ten yeKTS . The or ffOBfir b » d b «« i already twice committed for begging . ^ ThiTrooftieTi ¦**<> had f te face of an old toper , wa » called ^ tiu Ss diife «* 3 Ae 1 * 4 often applied for admi * rion to 8 t « H ^« wnrkhooje , fcnt was refused . She got an allowance ^ fttifi tioai ~ 'pa » ^ T'JSw vnsmm , -bat it wis totally ^ JuIm Le tor ^ TOnay tr fherstaf aaa chadrea . Bors-3 Ssr « &L V *« a he mrerteJi £ e pA on that ewirfnr ihe 1 ££ Afreri * * m : mi 1 ** ** fJs « WT to - the
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born in that parish , the overseer positively refused to receive her , and he was compelled to bring her before the Court . He did not blame the girl at all , she was compelled by her mother to go out to beg . The poor girl , who shivered with cold , and cried bitterly , expressed her anxiety to go into the workhonse , or any place to avoid the -misery she suffered . The Magistrate sent one Of the warrant officers with her to St . Giles ' s workhouse , requesting her immediate admission .
maktlebo : ne . Tcbbdat . —The Eccbstbig Frenchman again !—M . Suchoz Hilton , the tall Frenchman , who has upon more than one occasion attended at this court , as also at BoTr-fitreet , with the view of inducing the magistrates to use their best endeavours to prevail upon her Majesty Queen Victoria to obtain for Mm a large sum of money alleged to be due to him from the King of the French , forjvaluable services performed by him ( the applicant ) during the revolution at Lyons , waited upon mi . Long to request Ms advice and assistance under circumstances of a somewhat novel character-Mr . Long : Stand up and let me know what vou want . Complainant ( unbuttoning a large green Macintosh , and looking remarkably serious ) , —I have
been to the French ambassador , and I want Mm to give me an order to go to France , but he won ' t let me have one . Mr . Long : I can't help it ; what do you think I can do for you ? Applicant : All that I wish for is to go away from this country free . Mr . Long : 1 can't make the ambassador eive yon a passport ; he will , of course , do as he thinks proper about it . Applicant : Can't you call him here before you , sir ? Mr . Long : No . A pplicant : iNor his secretary ? Mr . Long : Certainly not ; stand down ; 1 haveoio power to assist you . Applicant : Louis Philippe has offered a large price for my head , and if I carry it to himself be must pay me the money for it . The Frenchman , whose singular application , combined "with bis peculiarity of manner , was productive of some laughter , then ' quitted the court , evidently disappointed .
GKEE ^ WICH . Moxdat . —SHOPiimso—xot is High Life . —Sarah Weatherby , the wife of a seaman , was charged -with stealing from the shop of ilessrs . Lershaw and Lowe , linen drapers , of Lendou-street , Greenwich , three pieces of ribbon , valus 6 s . A hid named TValker , in theservice of the prosecutors , deposed that the prisoner entered the shop between nine aud ten on Saturday night . She purchased some calico and other articles , amongst « hich was some ribbon , but not that constituting the present charge . Witness did not sell her anj of"that now produced . John Scott Anderson deposed that he also is in the employ of prosecutors . On Saturday night witness was in the shop , and distinctly saw the prisoner , whilst his fellow-sbopman's back was turned , secret two pieces of the ribbon
beneath her cloak . He immediately informed Mr . Lowe of the circumstance , who sent for a police-constable . Witness identified the articles by the private mark as prosecutors' property . Police constable Hay , 91 R , deposed that he was called upon to take the prisoner into custody . lie waited at the prosecutors' shop-door until she -came out , when he asked her to give up the ribbon she bad taken . The prisoner denied having any , when he saw her put her hand into her bosom , and endeavour to throw something away . He caught hold of her hand , and found in it the two pieces now produced . He then took her to the station-house , when directions were £ iven that she should be searched . The searcher subsequently handed to him the third piece Margaret Sprye said that on Saturday she was caUVd upon to search the prisoner ; prior to doing so she asked her whether she had anything about her she wished to give up . Prisoner answered no . She then proceeded to
search her . . whilst unlacing her stays , she observed prisoner thrust her hand into her bosom and withdraw something which she endsavoured to throw into the fire . She immediately laid hold of her hand and took the piece of green ribbon , which she subsequently handed over to the constable . Mr . Evans , solicitor , who appeared for the wretched woman , who seemed to feel deeply her dis . graceful situation , declined making any defence . She ¦ was then fullj committed , and the witnesses bound o \ er to prosecute-. Mr . Evans then made application tliat the prisoner might be held to bail , stating that she was very heavy in the family way , and in sueh a bad state of health that she was an out-patient of the Kent Dispensary , adding that he had unexceptionable bail present , who would become 1 k > uii * 1 in £ 300 , should the niajristrate require it . 2 £ r . Jeremy , after a little consideration , agreed to accept two bail , in £ 50 each for prisoner ' s appearance at the Old Bailev serious
WEDSISDlT . < iBOSS OCTBAGX TTFOX A CfflLS IS . RilLTTaT Cabeiaoe . —Charles Havers , a fellow disguised in the garb of a ^ cuxleman , residing at r < o . 2 , Park-place , East Greenwich , was placi-d at the bar "before Mr . Jentnv , charged with indecently assaulting Catherine Francis , a young female , . il » ont fourteen years of age . in one of the carriages »> f ihc L-wlon and Greenwich Railway . The complainauU a pret *\ and interesting child , bring sworn , Stated that she at present resides with her jrranihnoiiiur . ax Jdaidenstonc-hill , Greenwich , and that yesterday after coon she was > enr by her grandmother on business to her mother , who resides in High-street , Bloomitmry . Her mother accompanied her on her return a ^ iar as Skinuerstreel , where she left her to pursue her way to the railway Station at the foot of London-bridRe , where she met with
the prisoner , who a » keu her if she was going to Gretu-Kieh by the train . Being answered in the nffirmativv , lusaid he was going too , and would accompany her . Slit- rejected his oflVi , when he said it was all nonsense , he wanted a cigar and then they should both go together . She refused , whin he seized her by the hand and dragged her into a iobacconisfs . When -Oar came out , be askj-d her to go and uavi- some brandy and water , -which she refused , lie then accompanied her tdtbe ralbyay station , where he insisted on paying her fare , although she put down money for that purpose . He then folltnrtd her and got into the same carriage with her , and seated himself beside her , closing the shutters . On the journey ~ tlown the prisoner put his arm roun < l lirr waist and his "hand into her bosom . S 7 ie told him to be quiet , ami shifted her seat , but the prisoner followed . On arriving . it Greenwich shv claimed the protection of another person , who travelled in the saaje carriage with them . The cluwge
was corToiHiratvd by «>? her persons , who , suspecting the prisoner , tratched him , and witnessed his indcci-nt behaviour . The pri-M > nt-r , im beiug aslivd ^ hat lit had to sa y for his disgraceful conduct , &aid merely , "" 1 was mistaken in the persou : I took her for somebody else" Mr . Jeremy , in passing sentence , remarked , thai In the whole course of hi * magisterial « apacity he had never met a more disgusting case , and that he should / hot be doing his duty did he not put the law in full forte against the prisoner . It was rcaJIy a monstrous itatc of $ iings tbat a child , evun of such tender years , could not ^ scape the observation of a set of lewd fellows who infested the streets merely for the purpose of inveigling young females into their power for the gratirii-ation of their j-ensual lusts . It was the grossest case hi- had ever met « ith . He then sentenced the prisoner to paj a fine ' of £ 5 , and , in default , committed him for one month . The prisoner shortly afterwards paid the fine , and sneaked off . BOW STREET .
TdzsdaT Shoplifting . —This being the day appointed for the re-examination of Leah Mary Roper , who stands charged with stealing a roll of satinet from the shop of Uessrs . Hardwick , the court was crowded at an early hoar with silk-mercers , linen-drapers , and Others , who have lost property to a considerable amount ; by some of whom the prisoner was identified as having frequented their establishmente for the ostensible purpose of making purchases . It appeared from the evidence , that on the afternoon of Monday , the 2 nd instant , the prisoner entered the -shop of Messrs . Hardwick , silk-mercers , in High Holborn , where she made purchases of various articles , amounting to a few shillings , to pay for which she placed a half sovereign on the counter , telling the young man in attendance that ^ she had business a few yards away , and would call oa her return for the change . She then left the shop , and immediatehr after a roll of satinet , containing forty-six j-ards , valued six guineas , was missed from the counter . On returning for her change , she was apprised of the loss ,
but ihe denied all knowledge of it , and being taken into the warehouse , where she was again questioned > y the prosecutors , she admitted having taken the property , and pledged it at the shop of a pawnbroker at the opposite side of the itreet , where , npon being accompanied by an officer , the sDk was recovered , and she was given in charge . The prisoner was nest charged with stealing twenty-four yards of silk from the shop of Messrs . Harvey , of Knightsbridge , silk mercers . A shopman belonging to Mr . Stephens , pawnbroker , of Wardour-street , Soho , produced a remnant of silk , pledged by a female he believed to be the prisoner , in the name of Kerson , on the 18 th of Koveniber , for the sum of £ 1 15 s . Constable Thompson also said he had ascertained that , during the last two years , the prisoner was in the habit of paying her tradesmen with pawnbrokers' duplicates for silk goods , some of which he succeeded In obtaining possession of . The prisoner declined making any defence . She was fully committed for trial , but ordered to be brought up again in a week . QUEEN SQUARE . Tuisdat . —A Love ArrAia . —MaiHson Sarah
Shuttleworth , a very pretty-looking and smarts-dressed girl , about eighteen years of ag-e , was charged with unlawfully detaining three silk handkerchiefs , six cornelian studs , and one shirt , the property of John Miller , a rough-looking sea-fering man , who appeared to be about double her age . Defendant having admitted that the property was in her possession , Mr . Bond said , " what is yonr reason for detaining it ? " Defendant , ( in a simpering tone ) : He ued me for my hand and heart . I told him 1 could not consent to marry him . My friends objected to my union with such a person . Mr . Bond : Do you not think it dishonourable to detain these things , which were given to you by this person under the idea that you were likely to become his wife * Defendant : I'll acknowledge ifs dishonourable j bat be has cruelly persecuted me . He gave me into custody for stealing these things , and I was
immediately discharged . Mr . Bond ( to complainant ) : I suppose you were courting this young woman ? Complainant : Courted her ! ah , that I did . ' My choice was . made . I . set all my heart on her . I have not asked"her for half the things 1 gave ner . I gave her cornelian earrings ; I gave ner a silver ring from my own finger ; I gave her a row of beads . Defendant : You endeavoured to take away my character . Tou persecuted me . Complainant : I have walked the deck in man ; a heavy gale ; I iave worked hard tat everything I possess . If 1 didn't beara ' good character I coolant "be a ihip ' s officer . 1 ietm * "heart oa ^ her / anu thought I should fce happy , and diei tfelsea m ^' - / kf . Bond ( to defendant } : Do you admit KaTfaig Had tbesf present * ht « P * aks of ! Defendant Te £ iir ;; Bome ofthem , "Some of them , " exclaimed the « 6 n of Jfep t ane , " all of them , and more . Didn't I buy jouywxr wedding bonnet \ Dldn * t I give you your wedding
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 14, 1844, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct837/page/8/
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