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Januaby 17, 1857.] THE LEADER. S5
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PUBLIC MEETINGS, LOKI> rANMUKlS OS THIS ...
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If , under such circumstances , the prosecutor really believed it wasthe first offence , and yet refused to give the prisoner an opportunity of redeeming himself , it was not likely any one else would like to employ him . Mr . Smith said he could neither give him a character nor take him into bis service again . Sir R . W . Carden then Temanded the prisoner for a few days ., Garottbrs r > JEFEATED . —Some garotters lave been rougEriy handled at Nottingham by a young man named . Oregg . He was proceeding up Shakspeare-street , when three men rushed out of a passage on him ; one seized .
his tliroat , and the other two tried to secure his arms . Gregg told them they had mistaken their' ' man , as he had very little money about him ; and he then kicked one so violently in the stomach that he fell- He also called loudly for help ; and a policeman came up , springing his Tattle . The ruffians then made off ; but they were pursued , and one was knocked down and stunned by a blow from Gregg , and was secuTed by the police . It afterwards appeared , that the thieves were waiting for the arrival of a gentleman whom they intended to attack . —Another case of courasreous
odtjosition to garotters has occurred near Birkenhead , where a Mr . Saxby , a young medical student , has had a positive encounter with knives and sticks in the street , and early in the evening . He damaged his opponent ' s face with a pocket-knife very considerably , but at length received a stab in the side , and was then garotted , and left insensible , by a companion of the man he had been fighting with . Fortunately , his wounds are not serious . Garotttng at Cambridge . —Four men are undei examination at Cambridge , charged with having robbed and attempted to throttle Mr . Jonathan Ambery , an undergraduate of St . John ' s College .
Throwing Missiles at a Rail / way-trainv—Frederick Goodwin , a boy about twelve years old , was charged at the Marylebone police-office on Monday with throwing some heavy missile at a train , on the London and North-Western Railway from the bridge near the tunnel atKilbuxn . A policeman saw him place a large brick or stone on the parapet of the bridge , lift himself up as the train was going by , and push the missile over . Fortunately , i-t did no damage . On being seized , th « boy said at first that he had never done so before ; hut he afterwards acknowledged that he " generally met with some other boys on the bridge to pelt at th « trains . " He was committed for trial , but bail was accepted .
MLukderous Assault . —John Stamp , a dock-labourer , about forty years of age , surrendered on his recognizances before the Thames magistrate , charged- with cutting and wounding Henry Nubley , a young man who appeared in court with his arm in a sling , and in a very feeble condition . He is a basket-maker in the employ of Mr . Cutts , - who is also the landlord of the Globe and Pigeons public-house , in High-street , Shadwell . On the night of Saturday , the 27 th of December , Nubley was in an up-stairs room of the Globe and Pigeoua , when he heard a disturbance below , and , upon going down stairs , saw Stamp strike the potman of the house on the nose , and knock him down . Stamp then ran out of the house , and Nubley pursued ; but directly he
reached the street he was beset by three ' navvies , ' who attacked him and knocked him down . Nubley soon recovered himself , and continued the pursuit of Stamp , whom he at length overtook , on which the man turned round , took a clasp-knife from his pocket , and , after opening it , cut Nubley on the Tvrist , and then stabbed him in the side . Nubley called out " Murder ! " and a police-constable came up , and found Nubley weltering in his blood on the ground . Some bystanders had seized Stamp , and he was given into custody . The wounds received by NHibley were of a very serious description ; he lost a large quantity of blood , and was an in-patient of the London Hospital until Monday morning . Stamp was committed , bnt good bail was accepted for his appearance at th « sessions . _ How Saward Came to be a Barrister . —The questioa is properly asked , How did ' Jem Saward , who figuTea in tho ' great City Forgeries , ' get to the bar ? In the : Law List he is described as " James Townshencl Saward , Esq ., of the Inner Temple and the Home ¦ Circmt . " The date of his call is the 28 th of November , 1810 . He haa been for a long time the associate of tlueves . Who is he ? By what two barristers was he proposed ? By whom of the Benchers approved ? For , ¦ without this preliminary certificate of character , admission of a student ia impracticable . The Inner Temple hoaata of a sort of preliminary classical examination . Waa ' Jem Saward' subjected to this ? These oto questions which the society has a right to ask , and tho proposers might properly be called upon to state what wn 9 their knowledge of him . "—Lmo Times . The Mur & bk op a Wifr at Mrkthyr , — . The inquest on tho body of Mrs . Lewis , tho murder of whom was briefly described in our last papor , was resumed on Friday week , and terminated in a verdict of Wilful Murdw by the husband . On the day before tho inquest vraa resumed , John Lewis made two singular attempts at suicide in tie stntion-house coll . Pulling out a mail which secured one of tho fixtures of tho cell , l » o worked tho head of it into the -wall , so ad to present the point towards himself . Ho then ran his heavd
against it ; but the nail , being loosely fixed , dropped out , only inflicting a slight scalp wound . The man next seized the nail , and endeavoured to thrust it into his bowels ; but it was not very sharp , and , although it put Lewis to such pain that he fainted , it did riot cause any injury of a serious nature . . Murder in Scotland . —Peter M'Lean has been found Guilty of the murder of Thomas Maxwell , a miner , on the highway . He was sentenced to death ; and William Mansfield , an accomplice , was sentenced to two years' imprisonment . A woman , - who was charged at the same time with participation , was Acquitted . The Bank Fokgerees . —A further examination of Saward and Anderson took place at the Mansion House on Wednesday , when the testimony of Attwell , the convict , was confirmed by several witnesses , and -the case was again adjourned for a week .
Destitution and Theft . —A boy , about fifteen years old , applied on Monday to Sir R . W . Carden at Guildhall for relief ; and the alderman told him to apply at the West London Union , and furthermore gave him a letter to the relieving officer , who , however , on ascertaining that the lad had slept on the previous night at the Refuge in Playhouse-yard , referred him to the parish of St . Luke ' s , in which the Refuge is situated . The boy , in despair , stole a skittle-ball from a shop in Long-lane , and immediately afterwards g-ave himself into custody . It appeared that he had neither father nor mother , that he had been knocking about the streets , sometimes lying there all night , and living how he could . On being brought before Alderman Carden on the following day , he stated these facts , and the case was adjourned , that the relieving officer might be sent for . That person appeared on Wednesday ; and Sir R . W . Carden severely
reproved him for his neglect . The alderman then dismissed the boy , who will noiv be provided for in the union . —A charge has been brought at Worship-street against the porter of St . Luke ' s . Workhouse , of refusing to admit a woman Into the house on Wednesday night . The policeman to whom she appealed , and who tried in vain to obtain her admission , at length took her to the station-house , as he . said he could not bear to see a fellow-creature out of doors on such a night . A police sergeant said it was a pitiable sight to see the many poor creatures who lie at the gates of the St . Luke ' s vforkhouse . When the police knock , they are treated very roughly , and told to mind their own business . They have frequently been obliged to remove the destitute from there to the Shoreditch -workhouse . This testimony was confirmed by others , and the magistrate said he would consider the case farther on Satuxdav ( this day ) , when the master would attend .
Alleged Poisoxing of a Wife . —An inquest is now being held at Chesham , Buckinghamshire , on the body of Mary White , who is supposed to have l > een poisoned by her husband . The stomach , & c , were sent to Professor Taylor for analysis , and that gentleman has written to the coroner , stating that he has detected the presence of arsenic in the stomach , Imt adding that the sum given to witnesses for attendance at inquestsnamely , two guineas—would not remunerate him for his time and trouble ; and he is in fact now waiting to see whether he will be properly remunerated . Several witnesses were examined at an adjourned inquest , but some of them appeared rather reluctant in stating all they knew about the matter . The medical gentleman who made the post-mortem examination stated that he had found proof of the presence of arsenic in the stomach , and also that ho did not discover any other cause of death . The inquiry was adjourned to next Monday .
Accidental Poisoning . —The inquest on tbe body of Mr . Marcooly , a tailor living at Brompton , who was accidentally poisoned , owing to the carelessness of tlie assistant at the shop of Mr . Budd , a chemist in tho neighbourhood , has resulted iu a verdict cf Manslaughter against the assistant , accompanied by a reproof to- Mr . Budd for the apathy he had exhibited throughout tbe matter . Conviction of a Gan g of Swindlkrs . —Carolus Bond , Sarah Jane Bond , George Alfred Fennell , and Jemima Fennell , have been tried at the Surrey Sessions
for stealing property , consisting of jewellery , lamps , lustres , mantlos , aatin , clothes , wine , & c , valued at nearly a thousand pounds , from various tradespeople in different parts of the metropolis . The court was excessively crowded during tho trial with tho victims who attended to have- their property restored . There were fifteen indictments against the prisoners , on tho iirst of which they were found Guilty , and then pleaded G uilty to the others . The Chairman sentenced Bond nnd his wife to eighteen months' hard labour each , Fennell twelve months , and his wife six months iu Wandsworth House of CJorrGP . tir > n .
Higiiway Rojmi & KY at Halifax . —A master stonemason and shopkeeper named Kawnsley was robbed of the sum of 21 ' . )/ . on tho high road near Halifax on tho night of Friday week . On tho morning of that day ho went to Halifax to pay some accounts , and obtained cash at one of tho banks for a cheque for ISO / ., which had been paid to him as contractor for the Sowcrbybridge new town-ball . He visited several public-houses , and delayed his return until it was too late to reach Sowerby-bridge , aa he had intended . At about eight o ' clock in the evening he left Halifax by tho road
leading to Skircoat-green , and had got a few kundred yards past the las t houses , when he was pounced upon by two men , -who took from him a bag containing a 5 / . note and two hundred and fourteen sovereigns . Affray with Poachers . —A desperate encounter took place between twenty poachers and seven gamekeepers on the estate of Sir John Harpur Crewe , Bart , of Calke Abbey , Derbyshire . The keepers were onlyarmed with sticks , and three of them were dan "erouslr wounded . The Child-Mixkder at "VTalworth . —Mrs . Martha Bacon , the woman who stands charged on the coroner ' s warrant with the murder of her two children -was further examined at the Lambeth police-office on Wednesday . She had much improved in appearance ; and there is now reason to doubt whether she ia really disordered in her mind . Circumstances also have arisen to render it uncertain whether she is in fact the
murderer . The additional evidence was chiefly to . the effect that tbe children -were not heard to cry on the Monday preceding the Tuesday on which tbe murder was discovered , and that heavy footsteps were heard pacing about the house . On the previous Saturday n , matt was heard to speak crossly in the backyard . The worasu was again remanded . On the evening before , howev « r , Mr . Inspector Young attended with the woman ' s husband , and said that that individual had told him that he had left the house to go into the country early on the Monday morning , and that , during his absencea
, robbery had been committed , and several thing ? stolen , including a 5 / . note . These statements he repeated several times , but with continual and important variations , and , on being brought before the magistrate , lie rambled a good deal . He bad a cut on one of his fingers , for which "he did not satisfactorily account . He stated his belief that the murder had been , done by some one who had entered the house ; and he accounted for his confusion by asserting that . the police had crossquestioned him till he did not know what he said . The magistrateallowed him to . withdraw .
Iiie Cape Forgeries . —Edward Horace Montefiore was again examined at the Mansion House last Saturday , on the charge of committing forgeries on the Cape of Good Hope bank to the extent of 5300 / . He was also charged with having defrauded Messrs . Guthrie and Co ., of London , of 81 / . The case was again adjourned to Thursday . ;—On Montefiore being again brought up on Thursday , the Loid Mayor said he had come to the conclusion that he had no jurisdiction in the case , and the accused was therefore discharged . After le had left the court , he was arrested by a sheriff ' s officer for a debt of 250 / ., at the suit of a gentleman in the Isle of Wight , of whom he had bought a vessel for 300 / ., paying 50 / . in cash , and giving liis acceptance for the balance , payable at the Bank of England , wliere he had no account .
Robbery by ' Means of Chloroform . — A man , named Woodley ' , in the service of a gentleman living at Caversham Hill , near Reading , asserts that he was robbed , about seven o ' clock in the evening , not far from , the entrance gates of the railway at Reading , by three men and a woman . The men , lie says , pushed and held him against a wall , while the woman , applied to hi 3 nostrils something which he believed to "be chloroform , and which produced slight stupefaction . About thirty shillings were taken from him . The whole thing was very quickly doaie , and the thieves tlien made off . Woodley did not communicate the fact to the police till the following day . Tlie tlueves have not yet been discovered .
V jeudict op Manslaughter Against a Chemist . — A coroner's inquest at Stokc-upon-Treut , on the body of a Mrs . Ann Hancock , a ividotr , has ended 121 a verdict of Manslaughter against a Mr . Ilollis , a chemist , in whose house she lived , and by whom she appears to have been pregnant . Ilollis administered to hor a drug which had the effect of bringing on premature and violent labour ; and the ultimate result was that she died . CoNVrCCION A ^ l > SENTENCE FOR WlLIi FORGERY .- — At the High Court of Justiciary , Edinburgh , on Wednesday , Dr . Dionysius Wielobycki , who liad been convicted on the Friday previous of forgery and uttering of a fabricated will , was sentenced to fourteen years' transportation . The trial and its results have occasioned great sensation in Edinburgh , where the prisoner was extensively known .
Januaby 17, 1857.] The Leader. S5
Januaby 17 , 1857 . ] THE LEADER . S 5
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PUBLIC MEETINGS , LOKI > rANMUKlS OS THIS KBTOANSLA . TIOX OP THE lUBLE . Tiir War Secretary has been stating hia opinions on tho subject of a revision of the Bible at the annual meeting of the Edinburgh Bible Society , at which ho presided . He believed that any meddling with the roceiveel translation of tbo Scriptures would bo fraught with , danger to the Protestant llbortios of this country , and to Protestantism itself . He was glad to And that the American scheme for revision bad boon almost utterly abortive . It was quite true that in the present translation there were some misrondurings , slight in themselves , and not affecting any great principle ; but in a now translation there would bo danger of lotting in much worse mistakes , " partly from the criticism of orudition , partly for tho purpose of introducing dogmas . " It
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 17, 1857, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_17011857/page/7/
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