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370 THE LEADER, [No. 421, April 17, 185S
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THE ASSIZES. A 'nocctH island etory ' wa...
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CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. CHAR.LES Beunett...
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GATHERINGS FROM THE LAW AND TOLICE COURT...
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M I S C E L L A N K OUS. Tim Court—Tho Q...
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The Trial Of Bernard. The Trial Of Simon...
murder committed by Orsini and others upon Nicholas Battle and a person name unknown , and that it bas no jurisdiction to try the prisoner on the charge of -wilful murder as principal . Ninth , that the 4 th and 6 th counts , -which charge the prisoner as a principal , set forth that the alleged murder -was committed in Paris out of the Queen ' s dominions , and that the prisoner , being an alien , cannot be tried as a principal for an offence so committed . " The Lord Chief Justice : " There appears to be no objection to reserving any of those points except the seventh ; but that point , as you roust be aware , ^ was argued before us , and we were unanimously of opinion that the letter was admissible . " The Court then adjourned .
Bf r . Edwin James delivered his speech for the defence yesterday . He denounced in eloquent terms the changing of the charge against the prisoner from misdemeanour to felony , and said that the Government had sought , by means of a musty old law , to obtain from an English jury what they durst not demand from the representatives of the people in Parliament . Louis Napoleon—the real prosecutor—had himself conspired under shelter of this country ; and now he songht to punish the victims of his own tyranny for doing the same thing . What was the crime committed by Orsini compared with that of Louis Napoleon , who had let loose a drunken and infuriated soldiery on an unarmed mob , and who waded through blood to the second
Empire ? " He did not deny that the prisoner had assisted Oraini in obtaining grenades ; but that act was not inconsistent with the idea that he was taking part in the preliminaries for a general rising in Italy . Be that , however , as it might , before he could be convicted the prosecution must show beyond all doubt that the grenades used in Paris were those with which the prisoner tvas connected . Now , had they done this ? He contended that the identity of the grenades had entirely failed . None of the witnesses could swear that the grenades produced in the course of the trial were like those which the prisoner produced in London and Brussels . The evidence of identity was . in one respect suspicious , because the
witness was under arrest in Belgium , and on the -whole entirely defective . The descriptions given by the witnesses of those which were connected with the prisonera did not correspond with those found in Paris and now produced . After the attempt of the 14 th of January there was no disguise or attempt at concealment on the part of the prisoner . He took the pistols to the bookingoffice . He gave his own name . He declared the contents of the box , and while doing so he made a remark wholly inconsistent with the belief that he was a party to the insane act of Orsini . It was said , however , that there was a letter found at the prisoner ' s lodgings , which went to prove that he must have had some knowledge of it . This letter referred to a societv called the
Friends of Italy , and despite what might be said in courts of law about the illegality of such combinations , there could be no doubt that they do exist . And who could in his heart condemn them ? " Mr . James contended that the letter from Mr . Allsop proved nothing whatever against the prisoner . Mrs . Radio , notwithstanding the drilling of the police , had given her evidence in a very straightforward manner . Why was not her husband brought over ? " Why , because he would have told the jury that like Orsini he had aspirations for liberty , although a poor man , and he had joined an expedition to regenerate his
native country ; but that in a moment of impulse Orsini , who had undertaken its direction , turned away from the original purpose and made the cruel and dustardly attempt on the life of the Emperor . " The statements of the wretched prisoners in France exculpated Bernard , and the evidence for the prosecution did not make out the charge . It had always been the boast of this country that the exile is hero safe . Let it now be seen that an English jury would do its duty , even though six hundred thousand bayonets were glistening on . our shores . —These closing remarks were received with applause .
The court then adjourned for half an hour . On its reassembling , the Attornoy-General replied on the -whole caao , and in the course of his observations denied that the indictment was founded upon an old act of Parliament . It was passed in the lust year of George IV ., and the reason it had never been acted upon before was clear enough . Happily , this was tho first case of this nature that had over occurred in this country , and that was why the act had remained a dead letter until now . The Government luid not acted on any foreign representations , but on its own sense of right . Tho charge was changed when tho cnee was J ^ lfpjraJtllLQj & OTzfl ^ elicited . Sir Fitzroy roviowetTtlie whoieTof the evidence ^" and contended that it fully made out tho charge The court then adjourned . Tho verdict will probably be returned to-day .
370 The Leader, [No. 421, April 17, 185s
370 THE LEADER , [ No . 421 , April 17 , 185 S
The Assizes. A 'Noccth Island Etory ' Wa...
THE ASSIZES . A ' nocctH island etory ' was unfolded in an action tried n . few daya ago at Bristol , before Mr . Justice Crowdor . There la a email inland In the Bristol Channel called the Steep Holmes , which Is farmed by an innkeeper named Harris , who with his family , nro tho only
occupants of the island , which is the resort of pleasureseekers . On the 7 th of September , a party of ladies and gentlemen went to the island , among whom was a young Italian lady , named Besozzi . Accompanied by a gentleman , she went through a certain door pointed out by the daughter of the hotel-keeper , ascended some steps , and took one of two paths which lay before them . There was nothing to indicate any danger ; but suddenly a large bear leaped out of a kennel in which he was tied up , but which was close to the path , threw the young lady down , and bit her through her clothes and flesh to the very bone of the thigh . Mr . Gully , the friend of the lady , was quite unarmed ; but he seized hold of the bear With his hands aud tried to drag him off . The animal ,
however , retained his hold , and the screams of the victim brought up another gentleman with an umbrella . Still , the bear could not be beaten off , and it was not till a third gentleman arrived with a stick that the young lady was rescued . The beast then turned on the rescuer , who saved himself by rapidly leaping back . The young lady was terribly injured ; she was confined to her bed for nine weeks ; her nervous system was seriously shaken ; and it was feared that she would be lame for life . The defence was that the bear was generally quite tame , but had been irritated that day ; and that the young lady brought the attack on herself by going too near the kennel . The jury returned a verdict for the plaintif f damages , 50 / .
A woman has perished in a fire which burst out on Sunday night at a tavern in Bath . She had only come in on the previous evening , when she was discharged from the hospital as an incurable .
Central Criminal Court. Char.Les Beunett...
CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT . CHAR . LES Beunett , alias Townsend , carpenter ; Eliza Jones , spinster ; Kichard Tutt , dealer ; and William Jones , dealer , were indicted last Saturday , the female prisoner for stealing watches , jewellery , and plate , valued at 907 ., the property of Henry Carloss , her master ; the male prisoners with receiving the same propert )' , knowing it to have been stolen . The -woman Jones had obtained a situation as servant at the house of Mr . Carloss , by means of a false character . Mr . Carloss is
a plater and gilder in Clerkenwell ; . and , after being in his house about a week , the woman absconded , taking with her a large amount of property . Other robberies of the same kind appear to have been committed by the gang . Tlie jury Acquitted Tutt , and convicted Jones and Bennett ; the girl Eliza Jones pleaded Guilty . Tutt was then tried and convicted of having in his possession a watch stolen from a gentleman named Andrew Hay upon the occasion of the Princess Royal ' s departure , and found by the police at Tutt ' s house hidden under some barley in a jar upon a shelf in the parlour .
The trials of persons charged with passing base coin were brought to a close last Saturday . They bad occupied the time of the Common Serjeant three entire days . The list of prisoners so charged was fifty-two—just onethird of the whole number sent for trial this session , and the largest ever known . The cases were all of the usual character , and the countarfeits in circulation represented each class of coin , those of the lesser value preponderating . In one case , a prisoner was charged with passing two farthings of tho reign of George III . altered to represent shillings . The plan adopted was this : the furtbings were beaten out tho size of a shilling ; the edge was then filed circulur , and afterwards milled ; the obverse or Britannia side was completely obliterated , and each pieco was rubbed with a preparation of
mercury . Mr . Edward Auchmuty Glover has been found Guilty of the charge of giving a false account of his property qualification to sit as a member of Parliuinent . IIu was returned for Ueyerley at the lust general election , but was unseated on this ground . He Is now sent to Newgate as a misdemeanant for four months .
Gatherings From The Law And Tolice Court...
GATHERINGS FROM THE LAW AND TOLICE COURTS . Tiinrerc persons , described as warehousemen , were tried at the Middlesex Sessions lust Saturday on a charges of obtaining goods under fnluu pretences from a Mr , William Learoyd . That gentleman is n manufacturer at lluddcrsllcld , and towards the close of February he received a letter , signed by one of tho prisoners , but purporting to conic front tho linn of Bosanquet and l rescott , general warehousemen , Groan-street , lliitton-garden , requesting to be supplied with certain goods . Theao wore sent , but it wus afterwards ascertained that tho prisoners pawned the property directly it arrived in London . Mr . Learoyd , coming to town , nuuertaincd that tho " general warehousemen" had only nn apartment at tho dairy , i & jL tho wjio ^^ wore tried at tho lait session on u charge of stealing tho goods , but tho judge directed that that form of indictment could not bo sustained . Tho defence now set up was that tho transaction was merely one of debtor and creditor j but they wore found Guilty , and sentence was doferred till next session . In the Buth County Court , on Saturday , boforo Mr . J . G . Smith and a special Jury , nn action waa brought by Mr . Wilson , M . V ., of ( Jluvorton Manor , near Bnth , ono of tho Secretaries of the Treasury under Lord Palmorston ' H administration , » fi ? ainnt William Bolwcll , a miller , " of Woatbury Leigh . Mill , for tho recovery of
23 * . 16 s . 6 d ., two * years' rent of land rented bv vl" the parish of Wertbury . The defence WM Wei 1 ° dinary one—that Mr . Wilson had promised , at ST * tion of 1852 , to let the defendant have the land fr ^ rent , if he would vote for him , or if he should be iniT i or lose his customers in consequence of voting for v Bolwell , who had no legal adviser , was confirmed inT statements by his wife , who said she was present diiri 7 certain alleged interviews . On the other hand for Wilson swore that no such promise had been given ! The jury at once returned a verdict for plaintiff and th « foreman added , that they wished to express their unani mous opinion that no imputation rested in the slighter degree upon Mr . Wilson . His Honour thought the inrv were quite right in so expressing themselves .
Mr . Alfred Firminger , a merchant , was tried at the City Quarter Sessions Ia 3 t Saturday on a charge of assaulting , on the Corn Exchange , a Mr . William JW - geridge , brother of Alderman Sir H . Muggeridge , oaiL 26 th of February . The facts have already appeared in the Leader . The jury found the defendant Guilty , the court sentenced him to pay a fine of 20 L , ami to enter into recognizances to keep the peace for a year The money was at once paid . William Ash , described as a photographic artist-Hannah Ash , his wife ; and Charles Eaton , alias Montrae ' were tried on Monday at the Middlesex Sessions on a charge of breaking into the house of William Steward , a jeweller and watchmaker in High-street , Islington , [ on the 24 th of February , an d stealing a large amount of
property , valued at about 850 / . At the same time . John Bosworth , a hawker , was indicted for feloniously receiving part of the same property . The robbery had been contemplated for some few months , and the premises had been watched night after night in order to ascertain whether they were left unguarded . Somedelay also was caused in order that the confederates mighthave the assistance of an expert hand , named Ike , who , when the robbery was first designed , was in Maidstone gaoL This worthy having regained his liberty , and joined his friends in London , the robbery was effected . Jessie Norton , an ' unfortunate , ' who lived at the time in Mrs . Ash ' s house , gave a singular account of the business in the course of her evidence . Oil the night oC the robbery , about one o ' clock , Mrs . Ash came in with a large
bundle under her arm . " She came into my room , " said the witness , " and put down , a shilling , and said , ' Get something to drink ; it ' s been a long time about , but it ha . s come off at last . ' She h : id a ring on . and . I said it was a nice one : She said it was from the shoi > at Islington . She told me it would not have come on " , only Oliver purposely quarrelled with a prostitute and got her locked up , which was to get the policeman on . duty off his beat while the job was done . While the policeman was gone to the station-house , the robbery was done . Thej' sat up all night drinking and arranging to dispose of the property . Next morning she tolii me they had been having pints of ginger brandy and old ale all night , and she expected a gentleman whoni the corporal' [ Elton ] was gone for to call , ns he was going to buy the things . Presently the ' corporal caine with a gentlemanly-looking man , who went upstairs with them . The ' corporal' came in first , and left into
the door open j the gentlemun followed , aud went Ash ' s room . He was there two hours , and then went away . Mrs . Ash gave me some ginger brandy , and then said , ' I must go iip-stairs , as they arc dividing tue money . ' She had shown me a diamond ring , blie haa concealed some of the things from the others m Her bosom . She showed mo tho marks left on her breasts by her keeping them there . Mrs . Oliver did the same , and they were going to divide tho proceeds betweeu themselves . A woman numed Jett ' ries came with i > m . Oliver , but Mrs . Ash would not let her in , « * s " » afraid that , being drunk , aho would make a _ noise , ami the police might come in . She laid hold o « " JeuYiee , dragged her into tho passage , and forcibly too * something out of her bosom , which » ho had oonce ueg . That was part of tho plunder . " All the P » one l \ r * found Guilty , and it was proved that Ash »»« "" " ? wore old anu notorious burglar * . They were sentenced to penal servitude for fifteen years j the woman w « sentenced to ton years , and Bosworth to three years .
M I S C E L L A N K Ous. Tim Court—Tho Q...
M I S C E L L A N K OUS . Tim Court—Tho Qneon and Court returned to Bui « iugham Palace from Windsor on Monday . 1 «» '" ' of Walea , attonded by Captain the Hon . » " « $ ? Kos , Mr . Gibbs , and Mr . Minter , H . N ., k > " WlwteJ last Saturday for Ireland . Ho will n . nlco n . to nr about ton " daya in tho neighbourhood of ™™ > Lakes . — -The Queen has been pleased to send » i flontsof tho King of Siam for public u * ' ' ltlu "J , South Kensington Museum , and Lord I ' " " 10 H ? " | Tdaoirtonheirt-th-e-SlaraBse ^ word'or-BUtow-mkU -ijjj presented to hl . naelf . ~ lt is now definitely arroiig « ^ tho Queen will visit Birmingham in tho miuuio , oi . She will be the guost of Lord Leigh , at » " *** . Abbey . —The ( Jucon hulil a Loveo on WciIhc "" /
noon at St . Jmnoit a l ' aluc ' o . ,, jr nr | , AlAituiuRouail Coixicgu :. —Tho Council oJ » borough Collego have appointed ( ieorgo t ' rall . " " , lnle ley , M . A ., nflulatunt mnater of ttugby Soliocrt , a Follow of University College , Oxford , to be . M . « J Mnrlborough College , in tho room of tho Ui »'' ° l' » nato of Calcutta .
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Leader (1850-1860), April 17, 1858, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_17041858/page/10/
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