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her and the other children , he said he would shoot the " biggest of them . " The girl told him that she was the ! biggest , and he-then eaid . that he would have a shotatlier , and "he immediately cKschajged the contents of hifl . gun , j Tvhioi was loaded with small gravel stones , at the child , inflicting a dangerous wound . She has since been under medical treatment , ^ but the gravel has been extracted , and flhfi is now -out of danger . A working man said : that , a / few hours -Ijefore the occurrence . took place , he was walki ng up the laae , when he saw . Minchin , and askecThim If had shot all the sparrows , to which he re- : . pliea , pointing to some boys who were near , " Those are the fellows that want shooting , and , if they don ' t mind their eye , I mJl shoot some of them- " Minchin admitted having shot the . girl , but said he did not do it intentionally . The magistrates committed him for trial , but consented to take hail .
A . BoyTorgek . —An extraordinary-case oF juvenile crinae has come before the magistrates at . the Auckland police-oourt , the culprit being a boy of fourteen , named John Atkinson , the son of very respectable parents at West Auckland . Several extensive forgeries , amounting altogether to upwards of 1000 ? ,, have recently been detected , and it is nowtflisoovered that they have heen committed "by this . youth , whose / parents were utterly ignoxant of the fact . He iad been employed as clerk in the oflice of Mr . ' Brown , an engineer , at GBank Top , Darlington , during . which jwriod he forged two cheques , one for the sum of SI . 14 s . 7 d ., and the other for 10 ? . 6 s . These cheques he , took at different periods to Mr . Dakers , a draper atJBWhqp -Auckland ,: and got them cashed . Mr .
Dak-ers shortly a & eiwards paid on © of them in to his credit at his tanker ' s , and in course of time it was returned to him dishonoured . ? Uhe other cheque was not paid aw ay . After the return of the first draft , information was given to the police , and steps were taken for the apprehension of the lad Atkinson , wio was ultimately taken into custody . Five . pounds of the money which he . had obtained from Mr . Dakars were found on the tiles-of an outhouse . The rest had been . partly spent in meerschaum pipes , cigars , a gold locket , & c , and partly lost in gambling with a man under the railings of Auckland Park .
Besides the two forgeries already mentioned , three other forgeries of cheques , amounting altogether to 10007 ., were committed by the young criminal , © ne of these drafts was . presented by Atkinson at the Auckland Bank for payment , hut the bank agent refused to trust so young a person . This cheque -was ibr 5001 . The signatures to all the cheques forged by Atkinson are but indifferent imitations of the signatures they professed to be , and might at once be detected as forgeries by anybody at all acquainted with the handwriting of the persons in whose names they are signed . The magistrates committed Atkinson , who pleaded guilty , for trial .
The Murder in the Hampsteae-jioad . —Cornelius Denny , the smith charged with murdering a young Italian in the Hampstead-road , was finally examined at Marylebone on Tuesday- From the further evidence it appeared that iBenzanelli had made several attempts to kick Denny before the fatal wound was given . On Denny being taken to the hospital to be present at the dying deposition of the youth , he confessed his guilt , and asked Benzanelli to shake hands with him . The other , replied that he would forgive him . if God would . The defence was reserved , and Denny was committed -for trial .
A . Case op Cross , Swearino . —On the information of a dirty-looking Jew , named Eliaa Benjamins , a young man was recently sent to the House of Correction as : a deserter . Benjamins said that he watched him into a public-nouse , and heard him bargain with two Jews for the sale of his regimentals ; and that he then gave him into custody . Before the magistrate , the young man conTessed that he had deserted , and said he had done so because his company was under orders for India , and he flifl not wish to leave his wife . 'Benjamins then undertook to find the two Jews who , as he stated , had bought fhe . rqgimontals ; and last Saturday he charged
one vPhilUpa with tho offence . Phillips earnestly proteatoa Iria innocence , and declared . that Benjamins was a convicteu-thief ; but h « was sent to prison for a month , ticing unat > lo to pay th \ o penalty of 57 . On Tuesday , a man named Samuela was charged by Benjamins with l > oh \ g the other Jew concerned in the purchase . ; but three or tour persona in court came forward to testify that they knew Samuels to be an honest man , whilo Benjamins was a notoriously . bad charactor . One of these persons , being Bworn , said fhat Benjamins had himsolF purchased tho regimentals . Tho magistrate , therefore , ordered the latter to ibo detained in custody While- investigations j » re made into tho affair .
Siiam Medicines . —A pretended doctor , named William Langlcy Kiley , lias been examined at tho Wakefield Courtrhouse , and committed for trial , on a charge of cheating various people by protonding to Boll various medicines which woro afterwards found to bo utterly Bpurious . For these he would chnrgo sums of money amounting in aomo causes to 5 s . 6 d ., while tho ' medicine ' would be some rubbiah . costing a faw pence , and wholly inefficacious . At on « placo ho represented himself na a medical-man sent by Govcrnmont for tho'benefit of tho poor ,-whom , 'ho said , ho would sitnplj' chnrgo tho price of tho medicine-stamp . By these transparent frauds he cheated a great numlmr df Himplo persons . ¦ WTFtt-BwATiNO . —Frederick William Brinnt , a furnKuto flecQor , has boon sentenced by tho Thames
magistrate . to feard . labour ^ brttwo . months ior . « . violent / assault on his -wife . He is an old-nflfenderinthie way . Embezzlement . —William WWdan , a -well-dressed . young man , formerly a clerk > iu the fiarvioe of the South Yorkshire Railway and River tDun Goal Company , , and who had been apprehended at Toronto -b-y a detective officer , was brought before Mr . Alderman Hale at the Mansion House , on Thursday , upon the chaTge-of having embezzled the moneys of his employers . Evidence having been -received against bum , he was remanded . A Butler Committed ran Theft . —John Jeffrey , butler to Mrs . Carey , Park-crescent , Portland-place , has been 'committed for . trial < o a a charge of -stealing a large quantity of plate belonging to his mistress . The magistrate warmly-condemned itbe conduct-of the pawnbroker -in . taking the silver in , pledge when there had been an-obvious attempt to erase the creat .
Aulegbd AaxEEiDPT to Poison a MoiHHB . —Anne > Burke lias tbean < examined-on , remand at the Clerfcenwell police-court , charged with attempting to . poison -her mother— -not . her sister , -as previously reported . One df her sisters now came forward , 'and said she was sure Anne had no intention to poison . her mother : the -words she -had used were merely an idle-threat . The magistrate thought these was . not « uffioient -evidence to justify v his committing the girl , and she was therefore discharged .
Mueder . in NorpMNOEtAMsaiKE . — A farmer named James Wright , residing at North Searle , Nottinghamshire , has Bhot one William Holland , a man with whom he : had had a quarrel about some property , and who hafl defeated him in certain law proceedings . After shooting him in the left knee , Wright said , " ; I have done what : I ¦ meant to do . If I can ' t have you by the laws of the country , I'll have you by laws of myown . " Holland ' 8 leg was amputated , but he sank under tha effects of the operation , -and died . Wright has been committed for trial .
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Gatherings Frotvi Tfte Law And Police Co...
GATHERINGS FROTVI TFTE LAW AND POLICE COURTS . A jhaxf-blind young Swiss has recently twice presented himself at the Marlborough-street police-court to bring his unfortunate citcumstance 3 before the notice of the public . His natne is Jacques Whackier , . and he belongs to Zurich . He arrived in this country about three weeks ago , with the intention of giving public specimens of certain extraordinary powers of calculation which he possesses . Soon afterwards he met with a person in whom le was induced to place confidence ; but this man robbed him of all his small stock of money , his clothes , and a packet of letters of introduction to persons of scientific eminence here , of whose addresses he retained no recollection . Ueing utterly without means , he wandered about the streets for a weok , wlien lie was at length taken by a . police sergeant to Mr . Albert , the interpreter at Marlborough-street police-office . On appearing for the first time before the magistrate , he gave a specimen of his powers . He calculated eight , ten , and twelve figures by four , six , and eight figures mentally , with unfailing accuracy , die extracted cube roots to six places of whole numbers , and as many places of fractions with facility '; and such appeared to be his power of mental calculation and mnemonic tenacity , that whenever a doubt about any solution was hinted he instantly repeated the whole series of figures and went over the calculation again . Mr . Beadon directed five shillings to be given him from the poor-box for Iris -present necessities . Last Saturday , the young man
appeared -again , and , in the course of conversation , said he became blind some years ago from over study , and then cultivated his calculating powers to their present extent . He had now , however , partly recovered his vision . His chieT inducement for coming to England waa thekind notice which had been taken of 'his case and powers 'by Mr . Dickens in ffo use 7 iold ' Words . Mr . Beadon gave "Winckler -five shillings more , and advised him to make application to the Directors of the Polytechnic or some other popular and ncientific institution . Tho young man camo forward a third time-on Thursday , to thank his benefactors publicly , and to'say that-he hud obtained offers from societies and individuals to give specimens oF his powers .
A -man , -Who refused his name and address , was brought up at ^ uildliall on Wednesday , charged with being fountl in -St . Sepulchre ' s church , apparently for tho purpose -of felony . The aoxton said : —" About half-past six o ' clock last niglit , I found the north door of St . Sepulchre ' s church open , and upon going in I saw tli « prisonor in tho pulpit reading tho Litany . He refused to come down When I told him , because , , ns he said , tho Almighty had sent htm thorc . After a short time , he camo down and got on tho steps of tho south isido df tho church , and commenced reading again from tho boolc
Prayor- . Ho themvent to tho south side of tho altar , whoro I aaw somovVhito artificial tosch . I asked him if they belonged to him , and'ho said thoy did , and inquired if I knew for whom ho had made them . I » aid II did not , niul lie then told rao ho h : wl made thorn fov tho Scarlet Lucly of Babylon , upon which I told him to tn . lt o thorn to her , tin we did -not want fhem there . T then took him by tho collar , nnd run him out of tho church : " On buiujr questioned by Sir Potcr Laurie , tho man , who wnt ) evidently out of Ins mind , said that , ho wont to the church because ho had ' , m enunciation oT
oreUgwre Aeling , ' wiuoh j oame upmufcim i & ttfhnaa . TT « explained this to he an irresistible desire to goTnX J £ fiburok , * nd there *« , and ^ rnach * aerSi ° S ^ ome-furOiereKamination ^ he ^ aB alloiMd ^ gZ ^
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EKENCH AND ENGLISH -IttSHEBMEN Lotjk Gxfforc , master of . the boat No . . 299 , af Dmm ^ and INicolas Germe , master of No . 348 , of BovSS which vessels had been . brought into the Tvne « nff day morning by the English cruiser the Otter forT « infraction of tire fishing regulations by fishing Sfc S lle * " * * ^ of the coart > ^ re brought befo » & S North Shields magistrates on Wednesdtv , whe ™ th « charge was proved Jy Lieutenant Simpson ana Sa ¦ I ^» i ^ *&< " f Sked Lieu tenant SiiapaS if be had many complaints from tho English fishermen witlx regard to damage done by Erench boats fisS upon English ground ? Lieutenant Simpson replied that complaints were incessantly . made to him of damage arising to English ; boats through the Trench vessels destroying their nets . The night beforeit was com .
, plained to him that a large French lugger had sailed through a . fleet of English fishing cobles with a grapnel over its stern , -which tore up and utterly destroyed five or . six of . the nets belonging to the cobles . ' The Frenchmen , Tiowever , he said , covered their number , and £ he English fishermen could not identify tie lugger , otherwise lie would "have "brought her in . The Mayor said the magistrates of the borough were determined to see that the fishing treaty which exists between this country and France is properly carried out . la this case , the defendants - \ vorild each be fined 107 . and costs ; but fee desired them to "tell "f tre masters of other French-vessels on "the coastthat , iff any more were caught breaking the law , their vessels would in all probability 1 je detained in port three months .
The Government employs only one small steamer , fhe Otter , to protect our fishermen along one hundred and fifty miles of a dangerous coast . Consequently , the most iarfly and deserving part of our population—the very nursery of out maritime strength—is left to suffer from these encroachments . This is scandalous , -when many af our steamers are lying idle , and when the'Government "finds no difficulty in supplying ^ vessels Tot the Court , forthe Admiralty , and for royal visitors . The encroachments are systematic , and are often accompanies by outrageous insolence ; but the'Government doesnothing to protect its own subjects on its own coasts . ""K a' strong Government thus fails in one of its ^ first duties , perhaps we hard' better try a-weak one .
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NAVAL AND MILITARY . Pkesitstation or a ¦ Silver Tankard . —A very handsome silver tankard lias been 'presented at Chatham to Colour-Sergeant W . North , 52 nd Light Infantry , who has been in bhe corps upwards of twenty-one years , sixteen « f which he has filled the responsible office of clerk of the regiment ha Bengal . The tankard was purchased by subscriptions received 'irom the non-commissioned officers of the corps in India together "with , those belonging to the depot . Collisions at Sea ;—Amongst the numerous casualties Teported at -Lloyd ' s last Saturday , there were -no fewer than four ships reported to have been run down off the coast . In two instances at is feared that loss cf life took place . A line -schooner , called the Truth , belonging to Goole , carne" into collision with a screw steamer , on the morning of the 3 rd inst ., off Cromer . The
schooner filled and went down in deep water , tho master and the whole of the crow ,-with the exception of one , perishing . Off the same coast , another ship -was mn down , and the crew have not been heard of . A 'threemoated vessel is reported as sunk in about seven or oiglft fathoms water oiF the Norfolk coast , tind several 'boatmen have gone off to the < vrreclc . The third vessel lort by ¦ collision was the Helenn , of Dundee , laden with -flax , bound to Dunkirk ifrom Archangel . Whilst keeping her course along the -coast , iahe was run into by tho harqnc Flavio , fuom Cork , and immediately sunk . The crewwere snrvod . The Isabella and Wllliom of London , Tor Amsterdam , wan Tun down'by a light brig oft" tho T ) oggorbarik . The crew escaped in thebonts . Up to Saturday , tho name of the barque run down with nil linnfls by tho American ship Western Star , off Scilly , ha < l flot been nscnrtainfijl . ha
Thk Ma . tTiA . —^ Tho Oifcy of Edinburgh Militia ve volunteered tihcrir services to recruit for the rogular army , and have . received authority to enlist for seventeen different rcgimonta . Notices 'have 'been issued culling upor tho 4 th Royal Lancashire Militia to nesetrtblo for embodiment at tho Militia Storehouses , "VVftnington , on Tuesday , September 22 . Tho Durham Artillery , under Lieatenant-Cohmol Stobort , will assemble at Sunucrlimd during this month for training : the TCgiment in suit ! t 0
bo very ofliciont . Loss- ' ok thk Mail Steamship EitrN . —Mr . TrnHl , assisted by Captain Sullivmi , H . N ., liold an rtfliciitl inquiry at tho Greenwich police-court 'lust Saturday nrto the loss of tho Peninsular mid Ori < fnti » l Steam Niivigation Coinpany ' ti ship Erin , df Hf > 0 tons burden , wbicli wub wrecked on the enst const of Ooylon , on t !«« < ; tl 1 ot Juno last , whilo conveying her Majesty ' s mail , treasure , apoeio , and a largo cargo of opium , to tho amount <» 200 , 000 / ., from Bombay to l ' oint da Gallo and China .
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 12, 1857, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_12091857/page/10/
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