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The Supposed Mukdier. near Rothebham.-—T...
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of the public-honses to leave some of her money with him for safety , and at the same time took out the handkerchief in which it was -wrapped up , when Leary grasped her round the throat , while Powderhill snatched all the money from her . The two men then ran out of the house , but they were pursued by the woman , who caught Leary and gave him . in custody . The other man eaeaped , but was apprehend-ed early the following morning : When before the magistrate , Powderhill made a counter-charge against Sheen , who , he said , told him
that she had robbed a gentleman in the City of 47 & , of which the lol . he- took from her was part . On the trial , she was brought np in custody from Horsemonger-Iane Gaol . She refused to say , in the course of her cross-examination , how she had become possessed of the cash , but she added that the gentleman who had lost his money could not identify her as the thief . The defence was that the testimony of such a woman could not be relied on , and that the money , even had she possessed it , TVU 3 probably stolen by her . The men were found Guilty , and sentenced to six months' imprisonment .
Apri£ 18, 1s57-] The X3b Ad-Di, M7
Apri £ 18 , 1 S 57- ] THE X 3 B AD-DI , M 7
The Supposed Mukdier. Near Rothebham.-—T...
The Supposed Mukdier . near Rothebham .- —The adjourned inquest on the body of Jacob Lambert , a collier , lately residing at Greaeboroujrh , whose body was fbnnd in the river Don , n-ear Conisborough , under suspicions circumstances , has ended in an open verdict . The Glasgow Poisoning Case . —Miss Madeleine -Smith , the young lady who ( as stated in our last issue ) -was apprehended on suspicion of having administered poison to her sweetheart , a young French gentleman named L'Angelier , was committed on Friday week to take her trial on the charge of murder- So far as motive is concerned , th « s grounds of the charge are understood to be that Miss Smith was anxious to cast
off L'Angelier in consequence of having received and accepted an offer of marriage from a gentleman of greater wealth than the young Frenchman . L'Angelier is said to have possessed some means of blasting the young ladfa reputation , which , it was anticipated by her , he would exercise hi the event of her marrying his rival . Assault on the Police keab Brishton . —About seven thousand persons assembled on Good Friday at the Halfway House , midway between Brighton and the Devil ' s Dyke . In the course of the evening , there was a fight , and the police interfered , but were attacked so fiercely with flint-stones that several were seriously injured . Two of the rioters were examined the next day before the magistrates , and were sent to prison for four months , part of the time with hard labour . oi
3 ^ CONi > trcT 1 A Pomceman . ~ A chaTge of drunkenness and of assaulting a , policeman was brought last Saturday at Worship-street against Mr . James Bocking , a master wheelwright . There was a disturbance in Essex-street , Hackney , in the middle of the night , and Booking , as the police asserted , was in some degree concerned in it . The policeman took him into custody , and , according to the officer ' s . account * was assaulted by him , so that it was at length found necessary to strike him with the staff . Booking ' s version of the affair was that he was wantonly seiaed by the constable , without any cause , and that he was seriously wounded by the staff . Other witnesses confirmed this , and Mr . Bocking was discharged , the magistrate observing that the conduct of the policeman was quite unjustifiable .
The Kidderminster ; Riots . —About twenty persons were examined last Saturday at Kidderminster , on the charge of inciting and assisting , in the attack on Mr . Lowe at the recent election . Two of the accused were described as gentlemen 5 their mimes were—Mr . Alfred Talbot and Mr . Henry Chillingworth . Another of the number was a butcher named Pitt . These three seem to have encouraged the mob to throw atones . Somo of the other accused were tradesmen of the town . The evidence confirmed tho accounts already given of the dastardly outrage . Mr . Ebenezer Guest , tho county court bailiff , said that the most violent of the rioters " appeared to be bricklayers , masons , and stone-getters , and not weavers of Kidderminster . " The same witness , in cross-examination stated that at the nominationon
, , tlio day before th © riot , Mr . Lowo had addressed tho people , amidst much noiae , first as " gentlemen , " then as " ladies and gentlomen , " and theQ aa u caUdron . " A great many women and children wore present . Several other witnesses were examined ; and , tho caso for the prosecution having been concluded , an adjournment to Friday was ordered . —A subscription has been commenced for defraying the expenses of the prosecution . Strange to say , Mr . Talbot has offered 50 / . It is stud , that , had Mr . Lowe and his friends passed through a . certain street , they would have had boiling water and fcltliy liquid discharged at them . In tho same thoroughfare , also , some chimneys were pulled down , in order that tho bricks might bo thrown at the objects of this aavage conspiracy .
Another Murder at Liverpool . —An inquest was hold on Friday week in Liverpool , on the body of John Kilduff , a dock labourer , wfao died on tho provioua Wednesday , from a fracture of tho skull . A man named Patrick Kilroy resided in tho houso occupied Ly K-ilduff , and some arrears of ront were demanded , whioh caused Kilroy to fccl © . ( Fended , and ho waa heard to say uo would have blood heforo twelve o ' clock that night .
" While Kilduff was preparing for bed , Kilroy and another man came to his door , made use of an opprobrious epithet , and hid themselves in the entry ; Kilduff went to the door , and Kilroy felled Lim with a piece of timoer , from the effects of which he died . The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder , " and Kilroy was committed to Walton gaol . The Mckdee at Islinqtos . —An inquest was held last Saturday at Islington on the body of James Scott , a baker , who was stabbed , under circumstances detailed in the Leader of last week , by a lodger of the name of Robert Robinson Tripp . A verdict of " Wilful Murder " was returned . —A singular discovery was made by the police in searching the room occupied by Tripp . They
found , amongst some hay in a box , the skull , shoulderblade , and other bones , of a female skeleton , apparently about middle age . There were also portions of a bonnet , shawl , and other articles of women ' s clothing . —Txipp was re-examined before the Clerken well magistrate on Tuesday , when evidence was received confirming the original accounts , viz ., that Scott had gone into hb lodger ' s room at two o ' clock in the morning to ask for arrears of rent ; that a quarrel ensued ; and that Tripp Stabbed his landlord with a sword , and would have repeated the attack , had not another lodger , who had l ) ecn called to the room by Scott , warded off the blow . On being taken into custody * . Tripp ' repeatedly said that ha hoped his landlord might die ,. and . . that , had not the other lodger interfered , lie would have made the tiling
sure by a second stab . He was committed for trial . It is stated that he is sixty-three years ' of age , and that lie has been known for a long time past as a very violent and eccentric person , keeping several dirks and pistols in his room , and often playing wild pranks with them . He made a murderous attack on one of his landlords about eight years ago , but-was disarmed without doing mischief , taken before a magistrate , and sentenced to six months' imprisonment , in default of being able to > find bail . During the Peninsular war , he was in active service , and . was learned in the use of weapons . He has exhibited a fancy for anatomy , and Mr . Robinson , his legal adviser , stated to the Clerkenwell magistrate that the bone 3 found in his box were there " for purposes of study , " and that the clothes belonged to his mother .
Insubokdination at Sea . —Andrew George Gallagher , William Todd , and John Williamson , seamen on board the barque Marehfcness of Ailsea , were examined on remand last Saturday at the Thames Office , charged with insubordination during their passage home from the Cape of Good Hope . The men had complained of bad diet and of the \ -e 33 el being short-handed , and they refused to do any rnore work . The captain then threatened to put Todd in irons , when the others interposed , and menaced the captain , '' chief mate , carpenter , and boatswain , with deadly weapons . They were off duty for eighteen days , but at length resumed work , though not ceasing their rebellious demeanour . Mr . Yardley , the magistrate , sentenced Gallagher and Todd to four -weeks' imprisonment and hard labour for wilful disobedience to lawful commands , and Williamson to eight weeks' imprisonment and-hard labour for assaulting Captain Andrew .
Cruelty to a Child . —One of the worst cases of cruelty to a child by the father ever brought into a court of justice was heard on Thursday week at the Chapelen-le-Fxith Petty Sessions . The father ' s name is Peter Rowland , and he ia a tinman . The child is his daughter , about nine years old . He appears to have felt an unnatural aversion to her from her infancy , and he has already rendered her a cripple for life by an injury which he inflicted on her spine . Her mother is dead—killed , it ia said , during pregnancy , by the man ' s brutal usage . The child waa recently found , in a state bordering 011 idiocy , in the house occupied by her father : she was in a filthy condition , covered with sorc 3 , and apparently perishing for want of food . An attempt was made by tho vicar to got the child removed from her father ' s custody , but it failed , owing to some legal . flaws . Rowland then moved with his family to a sort of workshop ,
stated to bo a most unwholesome place , owing to its being pervaded with a sulphurous smoke , from some local cause ; and liere the child was locked up for hours together , without food . She was frequently beaten ; her body again became covered with sores and vermin to an extent too horrible to repeat , and her face is described as having tho appearance of something not human . One day , screams won ) heard in the street ; tho . neighbours entered the workshop , and found some red-hot cinders burning tho child ' s neck and breast , as she lay on the hearth . Rowland at that time was drinking- in . the neighbourhood . The girl was at once removed , anil placed under medical care ; but her restoration to health is doubtful , her recovery of the use of her limbs impossible . Rowland has been sentenced to six months ' hard labour , at tho end of which time ho is to find sureties for good behaviour for the same period .
Statistics ofCkimk . —Tho quarter sessions for tho various counties in the west of England liavc just been hold . Sir S . II . Northcote , aa chairman of tho Devon Quarter Sessions , stated in his charge to the grand jury that a decrease of crime was apparent in comparing tho number of prisoners for triul at tho present sessions with corresponding aerfsion . s in past years . Tho total number to be tried at tho Easter Sessions , 1857 , was 10 , and
last year there were 25 prisoners for trial . The number of prisoners committed to the gaol was considerably less than in the corresponding quarter . Last year , there were 331 committals , and in the present quarter there were 244 , showing a decrease of 87 . A decrease is apparent in other localities , while in some there is an increase . The diminution is in a great measure to be accounted for by the fact of the Spring Assizes having just sat , and cleared off a large mass of criminal cases ; so that whether there is reall y an improvement is very doubtful .
A Charge Fares to the Gkou ^ d . — William Stevens Hay ward , who stood reminded £ on bail ) from that day week on a charge of criminal assault on a girl , appeared before Mr . Jardme at Bow-street , on Tuesday , in discharge of his recognizances ; but , as the prosecutrix , Jane Uetlison , was not in attendance , and no communication had been received which could accouut for her absence , the magistrate saLd he had no choice but to dismiss the charge . MtntDEEOus Assault . —A man named George ' . Morris , living at ¦ Agar Town , was charged at the Clerkenwell police-court with having committed a savage assault on his wife , in . consequence of which , her life is considered in great danger . He receives good wages , but squanders them'in drinking- and debauchery , scarcely allowing his wife anything for the support of herself and the family . On coming home one morning , his wife , who was almost
131 a starving state , asked him for some money . At this , Morris became extremely furious , and struck the woman several violent blows on the side of her head with . his . fist : lie then kicked her repeatedly about the body , and knocked several of her teeth out . A policeman being called by her son , the ruffian was taken into custody-His wife followed him to the station-house to make tho charge against him ; but it was necessary to support her on the way ,, as she was extremely faint , and hardly able to walk , owing to the injuries she had received . She was still suffering greatly when the case was brought before the magistrate , and was therefore unable to appear in court . Morris did not deny having committed the assault on Ms wife , but alleged that sho had followed him about from street to street , and called him by abusive name 3 . Mr . Carrie remanded him for a week , in order that the j result of the woman's injuries might be known .
Attempted Wif \ e Mtntr > EK . —George Hollis , a young man whose real business is that of n ' gas-fitter , but who lias some connexion with the stage , was further examined on Tuesday at Worship-street on the charge of stabbing his wife . It now appears that the refusal of his wife -to make him a pair of stage trousers on a Sunday , because it was unlucky , w . is not the only cause o £ " his passion . He had taken some improper familiarities with his sister-in-law , for which his wile reproved him , though very gently and ahnost laughingly . The two
causes of offence coming nearly at the same time threwhim into a rage , and hi 3 hand trembled with passion previous to striking tho blow . He left shortly afterwards , but soon returned , and appeared very sorry . His wife then induced him to go away again , " as a policeman was after him . On' giving ' her evidence before the magistrate , she wept bitterly , and did the most she could to lighten the charge against her husband , saying that she had greatly ¦ " aggravated" him , and that she believed ho only intended to frighten her . Hollis was again
xemanded . Attempted Suicidic from Distress . —The wife of Michael Grant , the notorious railway card-sharper , who is now in custody for his ordinary offence , has been charged at the Lambeth police-oflice with attempting to commit suicide . She was found by a . woman hanging by a rope in her room , but was at once cut down , and revived . It appeared that her husband vrm at 0110 time corning a decent livelihood as a licensed hawker ,
but he had taken to card-sharping , and thenceforth had never prospered . They had been in a distressed state for some time past , and , oil her husband ' s apprehension the other day , she saw no prospect but starvation . Selling- tho remainder of her things , thoreforo , she gave her children something to eat , and then hung herself . It will be recollected that , when her husband was taken into custody , he bagged for mercy on account of his wife and children . The woman , who is a wretchedlouking creature , was ' remanded .
Tins Munoisn at Collingiiatu . —The inquest on tho body of Mr . Joseph Hodson , a retired farmer , living at South ( Jollinghiun , near Newark , who was poisoned by a mince-pic containing arsenic , has been resumed on two separate occasions . It appears that , before reaching the old man , tho pic had been loft at tho houso of his nuphow , Richard Hoddon , and it is proved that tho wife of the latter bought an ounce of arsenic at a chemist ' s shop on the 27 th of last December . A boy who took the pie from tho carrier by whom it was to have Leon delivered to tho old farmer , is believed to bo tho brother of Mrs . Richard Hodson ; aud it ia in evidence that hia mother told him not to say anything about taking tho parcel in which tho pie was wrapped up , should inquiries be made of him . A verdict of Wilful Murder has been returned against Richard Hodson and his wife .
Escape ov Piuboxicics . —Two moil , belonging to iho London swell mob , who hav « recently boon taken into custody at Colchester on a charge of stealing , escaped
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Leader (1850-1860), April 18, 1857, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_18041857/page/7/
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