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OUR CIVILIZATION. • ATTEMPTED MUUDER AND...
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lieved he was under an obligation to give the bank the henefit of the prooeeds . He would not recal that statement . The bank had no power to interfere with the irei-hts of the vessels . He had received a . letter from Mr ° Esdaile , dated the 17 th of April , 18 oo , requesting him to insure the vessels . By a memorandum , dated Mav 3 rd 1855 , he had agreed to register the ships in the port of London . That agreement was never carried out . " ( Sensation . ') . The Commissioner : " You seem to consider that as jm excuse which was in fact a breach of the agreement" T »•
. . ,, _ . , , Examination continued : " He was quite sure Mr . Esdaile did not speak to him about the registration of the ships . He could not recollect that he told Mr . Esdaile that there could be no injury in not registering the -vessels as they were abroad . In a letter , dated October 12 th , 1855 , he promised to get the ships registered , but ¦ he never did . Three out of the five Gloucester ships were mortgaged by him before that time . On the 2 nd of March , 1856 , he received a letter from Mr . Cameron , telling him that no more money would be placed to the after the account
* debil of his account . However , was . closed , he obtained a loan of 1200 / . Nothing could be easier . ( Much laughter . ) The loan was amply secured . It was an idle ceremony to ask him to pay the demands of the bank . ( Laughter . " ) He had protested against he issuing of new shares . Before the close of 1855 , he Jjelieved he had come to the conclusion that between fifty and sixty thousand pounds had been lost . In 1856 , the bank was represented us solvent . Beyond the securities the bank held for his debt there was little chance of their getting anything . " ( -1 laugh . " )
This concluded the examination of Mr . Humphrey Brown . An adjournment then took place to the following day . The first person examined on Thursday was Mr . Hugh Thomas Cameron , son of the late general manager ; but his testimony was merely "to the effect that his father was in Paris , and that Mr . M'Leod was ill . Mr . Linkiatersaid he did not propose to examine Mr . Paddison , as he felt convinced he "was not inculpated in the
transactions of the bank . Mr . George Gillott was next examined . According to the account he gave of his directorship of the bank , he was entirely unaware of the dishonest practices that -were going on , and had no conception , a few weeks before the bank stopped , that there > was anything wrong : in short , as Commissioner Holroyd observed , he appears to have taken everything for granted . Two other directors—Mr . Kichard Hurst and Mr . Josiah Butt—were next questioned ; aad the upshot of their statements was the same as that of Mr . Gillott
—that they were entirely ignorant oi the real state of things . The further hearing of the case was adjourned to next Monday .
,May 2, 1s57.T . The Xeaidre, R*M5
, May 2 , 1 S 57 . T . THE XEAIDRE , r * M 5
Our Civilization. • Attempted Muuder And...
OUR CIVILIZATION . ATTEMPTED MUUDER AND SUICIDE AT BKISTOL . Am Irish labourer in the stone-quarries , Black-rock , Bristol , named Cooney , about sixty-six years of age , lias committed self-destruction by cutting his throat after attempting to murder his wife . The perpetrator of this double crime is said to ha-ve beeu a very steady , sober man , who hardly ever druuk a drop of beer , Last Sunday , in the course of the afternoon , he went into an Apartment occupied by a labouring man named Crawley , lodging in the same house , and , after he had been there some time , Baid to Mrs . Crawley , "Ah , you will hear something one of these mornings that will frighten yon —you will hear of mo very soon . " There was nothing unusual about his behaviour that day . Next day , ho was observed to take a hatchet out of the parlour cupboard , and carry it into the yard behind the house ; but this circumstance did not cause any suspicion .- * . Between nine and ton o ' clock , Mrs . Cooney came down atairs , and gave her daughter money to buy some tea , for their breakfast . No sooner was tho girl gono on hor errand , than Coonoy seized tho hatchet , and , without any apparent cause , commenced a murderous assault on Ilia wife , striking her with all his force , on tho head and other parts of her body . Mra . CJoonoy strugglod violently with ihcr huabund , and at hiat succeeded in getting away from him and running into tho back j-ard . Shu was followed , however , by tho man , who threw hor down , nnd , forcibly holding hor , began attacking hor anew ; but some of the neighbours being brought to tho spot by tho woman's cries of " Murder 1 " Coonoy ran down utairs into tho collar . His wife was at that timo almost iunensiblo from tho numerous injuries » ho had received ; hor head , which was covered with wounds , was bleeding profusely ; hor body wan severely bruised in various places , several of her ribs were driven in , and one of her oyoa whs nearly choppod out . She wna'immediately removed to tho . infirmary . J . Lor husband afterwards committed suicide in tho cellar into which ho had rutrcatud . Ho was discovered by hid son , * at a tmhsoquunt f > eriod , weltering in hia blood , a -vary < luep and oxtonaivo wound having bo « n inflicted across hia throat with . ' razor , by which tho voinu and artorios of tho windpipe ami gullet wore cut completely through , and tho head nearly sovored
from the body . A large and formidable knife was found secreted in his clothes , besides the razor . An inquest was opened and adjourned for a few days , in order that the evidence of the injured woman might be taken , should she be sufficiently recovered to be able to attend .
Extraordinary Proceeding . — ' On the night of Wednesday week , about an hour after midnight , Mr . Mitchell , a resident at Sheepridge , was awakened by a knock at the door of his house , and , thinking the demand for admittance came from a member of his family , went down stairs and opened it , when in rushed about thirty men , who proceeded to break open the door of an inner room , which contained a couple of machines to be used in a process for turning and curling the hair in the manufacture of mohair cloth . After examining the machines and turning the handles three or four times , one of these unceremonious guests cut an end off a piece lying near . An exclamation of " All right ! " was then heard , and the whole of the party left the house as summarily as they had entered it . From what we can gather , the cause of this extraordinary proceeding arose from the alleged infringement , by the construction of these machines , of a patent belonging to Mr . Isaac
Beardsell , of llagg , who had a special agreement with ' Sir . JohnBrigg , of Huddersfield , for the exclusive working of the patent . Mr . Brigg not long since obtained in one of the superior courts a verdict against Mr . Beardsell , in maintenance of that agreement . A subsequent arrangement with Mr . Beardsell has , we understand , still further secured the working of this patent to Mr . Brigg . From information received by that gentleman as to the production of the class of goods which he supposed himself to be exclusively manufacturing , and their appearance at a cheaper rate than he could produce them in the American markets , it was suspected that a large commis 6 ion-house in Huddersfield had furnished the goods in question , and one of their former employes was supposed to have a principal hand in the construction of the new machines . To a neighbour of the last-named party the possession of the machines was traced , and , a friendly demand for their examination proving fruitless , the above mode of visiting this person was determined on .- —Leeds Mercury .
Wife-Beating . — Ezekiah Barrett , a journeyman hatter , has been sent to prison for three months , with hard labour , for an assault on his wife , an industrious woman , whose earnings he squandered in drink , and repayed her by continual ill-usage . Murder in Woolwich Dockyard . — Samuel Long , a corporal of the Royal Marines , has been killed by a seaman , named George Bave , on board the receivingship Hebe , moored off Woolwich Dockyard . Bave had been liberated from confinement below on the morning of Thursdav week , and on that very clay savagely
assaulted Long , cut the ship ' s buat adrift , so as to prevent all communication with shore , and sbubbed the marine in the groin with a bayonet . He then flourished the weapon above his head , and looked out for another victim . Several of the ship ' s company hurried on deck to the assistance of the wounded man ; and , after awhile , the-boatswain contrived , by a stratagem , to approach the murderer , and disarm and secure him . He was shortly afterwards given into the custody of the dockyard police . Long died last Saturday morning . The murderer boasts of hid crime , and declares his sorrow at not having killed some one else also .
Witchcuai-t . —The country magistrate who recently communicated to the Times an account of an application to him by a labourer for libei ty to put a woman suspected of witchcraft to the ordoal of drowning , again addresses that journal to asseverate the absolute truth of that narrative . lie thus narrates a conversation between himself and an old man on tho all-absorbing subject : — " ' 1 don ' t know , sir , whether we ' ve one on ' em in this parish nor .- ( though old Mrs . L , who died last year , tthe boro a very moderate character , and when Mr .
P , the fanner , ollbnded her once , ho had a colt went very awkward afterwards ) . lint old Mrs . Pointerwhen 1 whs ! a boy—uho wuz a real witch ! liar they swum . A long ladder was put across the rivor , and old Mr . Loveday stood on it , pushing hor under water ; but ' twas no utiu—up she come- every time . Then they pulled her out , and bogan to mob liur . Then she called out to bo weighed against tho church book , but the churchwarden sworo with a great oath that she should not come near tho Bible , and told hor " to go home , for a infernal old witch as she was . " And so sho wan ,
air . They used to hoc liar little things crawling about ncur tho " clock . " ' What littlo tilings ? " ' Mar imps , they called ' om . ' ' 1 want to know what an imp is like V " ' 1 never sec one , mr ; 1 was only n boy . But Pvo heard they was liko little inci-cu' ( mice ) . " AssAui / r . —Patrick Barry , n powerful-looking follow , who hus been in custody for fight weeks , wad on Monday brought before Mr . Combo , tho Southwark magistrate , for iinal examination , charged with committing a murderous assault upon William Kendall , n polioo-eonetublo , by kicking him and rendering him unlit for any further duty . Tho assault occurred in Uio conrso of a Hcuillo arising out of tho ruffianism of Barry towardu two other policemen . Tho man was committed for trial .
lfouuKUY ijy a Youth .. —Charles . Millars , u smartly dressed young follow , was examined laat Monday at
Lambeth on a charge of stealing from his employer , Mr . Cook , a cheesemonger in Walworth , 761 . out of a cashbox , which he broke open , and a writing-desk , in which there were some deeds and other papers . After effecting the robbery , he absconded and went to Paris , where he was apprehended . He was committed for trial .
Attempt to Poison Two Children . —Fanny Stanlev , a girl of-fifteen , has been charged at Chester with attempting to administer poison to two little children , the son and daughter of her master . She spread the poison over their bread and butter , apparently without any motive ; but it was discovered before the children had taken any of the food . The girl had only been engaged a week , and had been hired at the door . The poison she found in the kitchen , where it had been used to destroy rats . The case was remanded , and the girl has since been committed for trial .
Betting-Houses . —Thirteen men were on Wednesday charged at Marlborough-street with having been found without lawful excuse in a betting-office at No . 17 , Great Newport-street . The -police having entered the place found the thirteen men there , surrounded by evidences of betting . The shop was fitted up as a tobacconist ' s , but the cigar-boxes were dummies , and the only things real were the betting-books and the racing cards . One of the captured was the keeper of the place , a man named Gideon . This man stood behind the counter , and called out , " Bets here for those gentlemen . Be as quick as you can , and do not occupy the office longer than necessary , but make way for others . " The business done appeared to be very large . il Gentlemen" were perpetually putting down their money on favourite horses ; and in the various drawers the police found 405 / ., while Gideon took 138 Z . from his pockets .
In one of the books , bets were entered to the amount of 1100 / . Gideon ( who , it seems , has a " partner ";) said it was his first offence , and threw himself on the mercy of the magistrate . All the others were discharged , but Gideon was fined 50 / . —At the Worship-street office , Peter James Knott , the landlord of an ale-house in Norton Folgate , was charged with the same offence . Ko betting was going on when the police entered the place ; but they found several betting-books and racing cards . Knott , through his counsel , said he had only been tenant of the house a short time . He found some betting persons there when he took the house , and unwisely allowed them to remain . He was a comparatively poor man with a large family , and his wife was near her confinement . A lenient sentence was therefore prayed for . The magistrate , in consideration of these facts , reduced the full penalt \ ' of 100 / . to 25 / .
Akson . —Mr . Poclet , the proprietor of a large school at Morton , near Middleborough-on-Tees , Yorkshire , has been committed for trial on a charge of setting the house which he occupied on fire . The flames were found bursting out in five different places , and the furniture had been heaped up in the different rooms , as if "with the intention of favouring the spread of the flames . The owner of the house was not insured ; tout Mr . Poclet ' s furniture was , for 530 / ., the value being about 300 / . Bail was accepted for the appearance of the accused at the trial .
lliorous Women . —Two young women , inmates of St . Giles's workhouse , have been sent enced by the Bowstreet , magistrate to three months' hard labour for an assault on the schoolmistress , against whom they felt some ill-will , and whose head they beut on the flag , stones of tho yard till she was insensible and covered with blood . li , L ,-ua . voi 5 of A Stki * -ciiim > . — ICllen Connor , tho . woman charged ( us already related in these columns ) with ill-using her step-daughter , has been sent to prison for six weeks , in default vi . " being able to pay a penalty of ni .
A llonmcisY i $ y a Scotchman . — Simon Nelson , an ageil Prussian residing at Southampton , but at present in London on business , foil in with a Scotchman a few evenings ago in London , and was induced to go with him to a boer-shop in tho Waterloo-road . Tho landlord , who appeared to know tho Scotchman , invited them into the parlour , into which two other men wont . Tho landlord then closed tho door , when the Scotchman snizod Nelson , and gripped him fast , while the other two men took from him forty sovereigns which they . saw ho had about him . They thun rushed away , and . tho landlord prevented Nelson from following them . Tho three men have not yot been taken ; but Gengc , tho landlord , was on Wednesday examined at Southwark , and romnnded , that timo mny bo given for tho iirrcMt of tho othors . Bail was accepted . Gouge emphatioalh' denies all guilty knowledge of tho affair .
lluuaLAitY in the Strand . —During the night of last Wednesday , tho nhop occupied by Mr . Charles Dear , carver and gilder and dealer in miscellaneous goods , was entered , and a largo quantity of valuable property carried uwny , consisting of pictures , guns , pistols , silver-mounted walking-sticks , clocks , & o . Tho shop is n pnrt of Mr . Charles Grossmith ' a promises , at tho corner of Wollingtoii-street , Strand , and was entered at tho struct door , iminc ' ilialiily opposite which is a night cub-stand . It . wouM appear , therefore , impossible that the robbery could have boon committed without ; tho collusion of tho eabmon . Committal ok a i'hicuoo-Ouckoyman ron Foiujkky . t-A person named William Frederick Stewart , who was
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Leader (1850-1860), May 2, 1857, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_02051857/page/7/
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