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276 T HE LEADER. [No. 417, March 20,1858...
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OUR CIVILIZATION. —?—THE ASSIZES. An atr...
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Fatal Effects of a Sisaman's Violence.—C...
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GATHERINGS FROM THE LAW ANU POLICE COURT...
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ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS. Thk Rev. R....
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been recovered . The passengers included several of the Lucknow refugees . Cotjb . t-Martiai «—Mr . William Young , assistant paymaster of the ship Edinburgh , has been tried by a court-martial on a charge of being drunk and unable to speak intelligibly "when required as a witness at the examination of a defaulter . In his defence , he pleaded a nervous debility of system brought on by seven co n Becutive years of service on the coast ; and that he wa suddenly waked from , sleep and ordered to the quarterdeck . The Court decided that the charge was fully ¦ proved , and ordered the prisoner to be dismissed from her Majesty ' s service . The Duke of Cambridge at Chatham . —The Commander-in-Chief paid a visit to Chatham on Monday , and , having inspected the battalions of infantry stationed there , examined the buildings at Brompton Barracks . Sailing of the Spring Fleet of Colliers . —The immense fleet of laden coal vessels -which have accumulated in the north-east ports during the fortnight ending last Saturday , in consequence of the boisterous and adverse -weather , put to sea on the afternoon of that day . At least a thousand vessels got under weigh , and the sea between Whitby and Warkworth was crowded with them . A great many ships had run aground and been disabled during the gales . TVTARTtHMnyNr in the Army . —A General Order has been issued from the Horse Guards , instituting a system of prizes for good shooting among the infantry and embodied militia .
276 T He Leader. [No. 417, March 20,1858...
276 T HE LEADER . [ No . 417 , March 20 , 1858 .
Our Civilization. —?—The Assizes. An Atr...
OUR CIVILIZATION . —?—THE ASSIZES . An atrocious case of Tmrglary was tried at York last Saturday . John Hainsworth and Josiah . Williamson were the offenders , and the rectory of Gilder-stone , near Leeds , was the scene of the crime . M r . Kinsman , the rector , was awakened between one and two o ' clock in the morning , by hearing footsteps in the house , followed by a scream in the room where his niece slept . Five men were directly afterwards discovered , armed and disguised , Two wore masks , and another had his face blackened , with the addition of blue streaks on each cheek . The inmates were threatened with instant death if they did not give up all the money they had in the house . Lifepreservers were brandished , and pistols pointed at theii heads . Under the influence of fear , Mr . Kinsman went down stairs , and gave the men 251 . in notes , besides some gold and silver . The ruffians then departed , uttering menaces of what they would do if any alarm were made . Hainsworth and Williamson were found Guilty , and sentence of death was recorded against them . Another trial for burglary has taken place at Exeter . Only one person was concerned in it , and there were no circumstances of violence ; indeed , the robbery was not known till the following morning . The case against Robert Palmer , the accused , was one of circumstantial evidence ; but it was conclusive , and the man was found Guilty , and sentenced to four years' penal servitude . The-robbery took place at the Globe Hotel , Exmouth . It appeared that a door leading into the house from the outer yard , which is enclosed with high walls and gates , is allowed to be left open during the night , in order that the * boots , ' who sleeps in the stables , may call his master in the morning and get the keys of the malt-house . Palmer appears to have concealed himself in the yard during the day , and to have entered the house at his ease during the night . A large quantity of wearing apparel was missed in the morning .
A case of forgery , of a singular kind , has formed the subject of a trial at York . John Moore , the accused , was a cloth manufacturer at Pudsey , near Leeds . He and the prosecutor—one John Ripley , a cloth-finisherhad numerous business transactions , and , whenever Mooro paid money to Ripley , he ( Moore ) wrote the body of tho receipt , and Bipley signed his name on the adheeivo stamp , which was the utmost ha could do in the way of writing . There was a running account between them ; and one day Bipley found that Moore had set to his own credit four payments of 50 / . each , which lie said he had made to the other . Ripley aaid ho had not received any such moneys ; but Moore produced his
receipts for them , and was therefore allowed to set the Bums down to his credit . In another case , Moore claimed credit for 60 ? . j but this was disputed . Tho amount having been reduced to 501 ., to enable tho matter to be brought into tho County Court , a negotiation took place , and Mr . Bipley undertook to pay the 50 / ., provided tho receipt were given up to him . This waa done , and tho Bt « inp-waa ^ found-to . bo , a _ viQlct-j : ploMW ^ j 9 j \ e , __ . Bi ^ Jtli , C ! data of the receipt waa July 27 th , 185-1 , and no violotcoloured stamps were issued till tho end of tlie following year . It became clear , therefore , that tho stamp had been fraudulently removed from one receipt and affixed to another . Mooro waa found Guilty , but sontenco was deferred .
• A . third caao of burglary—that known as tho Blaok-Unda burglary—has been tried at Exeter . The partioularo Are alcady known to our readers . Mr . Braddon , tho gentleman at whose house tho robbery was committed , w « o horribly maltreated ! but the three prisoner * -were found Guilty of burglary only . They wore
sentenced to penal servitude for life . Two of them are lads of eighteen or nineteen . George William Yates , a lieutenant in the Coast Guard service , has been tried at Exeter on a charge of shooting at Nicholas Blank , a labourer of South Huish . There was some ill blood between the two ; but , on the 23 rd February , Blank went to the lieutenant to receive a small sum of money . This having been paid , Yates suddenly exclaimed , " Off ! I want nothing of you ; " and immediately afterwards snapped a pistol at him , and afterwards beat him severely with the weapon , so that he became insensible . He then told the boatswain under him to take care of the man , and he afterwards informed his captain of what he had done , saying he had only acted in self-defence . The defence took the same ground , and imputed provocation to Blank . The jury Acquitted the prisoner . in the Isle of
Mark Taylor , a labourer at Downham , Ely , has been tried at Cambridge for feloniously wounding Ms wife . The facts exhibited an unhappy scene of domestic broils . One day , the man came home from work , and desired his wife to put the dinner on the table . She told him to take it up himself ; on which he became extremely angry , and she retreated into the garden . He then put the dinner on the table , and desired her to come in ; but she said she would not until he recovered his temper . He then presented his gun at her , and , after missing fire once , wounded her in the face . He then followed her , and said he wished to fire at her again . The wife , in cross-examination , acknowledged that she frequently disobeyed her husband , and that he was a kind good man if she would give way to him . She thought that he fired the gun in order to scare her . The jury found the prisoner Guilty of the misdemeanour of unlawfully wounding , and he was sentenced to six months' imprisonment , with hard labour .
Joseph Green , a boatman , has been found Guilty at Stafford of cutting and -wounding one Isaac Bird , on the 26 th of last December , at Tipton . Several men , including Green and Bird , had been drinking together , and . the attack made by the former on the latter appears to have been without any provocation . Green was sentenced to nine months' hard labour . John Banwick , a labourer , aged twenty , has been found Guilty at Exeter of killing his sweetheart , in a fit of jealousy , by stabbing her in the throat . When arrested , he was found reading the Bible . He was sentenced to death . John Shepherd has been found Guilty at York of the murder of Bethel Parkinson , and has been sentenced to death .
John Sagar , late master of the Keighley Union workhouse , has been Acquitted at Manchester of the murder , by poison , of his wife . The evidence made out a case of great suspicion , but did not amount to proof ; and Mr . Justice Byles directed a verdict of Not Guilty . A man found guilty of burglary at Carnarvon hurled an inkstand at the head of Mr . Justice Crompton ; but it fortunately missed him .
Fatal Effects Of A Sisaman's Violence.—C...
Fatal Effects of a Sisaman ' s Violence . —Charles Billings , a seaman belonging to the ship Cheviot , has been brought before the Thames-street magistrate on n charge of having caused the death of James Kingate , a boy on board the same vessel , while on the high seas . Billings and Kingate had been on perfectly good terms for some time , until , on the 22 nd of last January , the latter began to annoy the former by throwing some pieces of guano at him . Feeling irritated by the boy ' s conduct , Billings jumped down into the hatchway where he -was standing , and struck him twice behind the ear with his fist . The boy Kingate immediately fell , and
was picked up by his assailant , but he never spoke again , and was dead in a very few minutes . Billings appeared very much concerned at tho boy ' s death . Mr . Ynrdley remanded him , but , in consideration of tho deep sorrow he felt for his act , which ho believed to be sincere , lie consented to take bail for his future appearance . Concealment op Bikth . —A poor woman at Liverpool has received a box , which was found to contain an infant , dressed in gay clothes . It was still just alive ; but , on being taken to the Dispensary , and put into a warm bath , it died . Tho police are investigating the circumstances .
Strekt Robbery . —A young man of nineteen , named Richard Luke , has been examined at tho Thames policeoffice , charged with stealing a watch from a Mr . William Taylor , at mid-day , on Tower-hill . He was stopping before a shop-window to look at a picture , when he was surrounded by a crowd of thieves , and Luke tore his watch away from him . Ho was immediately seized by Mr . Taylor , when ho dropped tho watch on the ground , and it was recovered , much injured . An attempt wus i ! IaJ 00 Jre 8 ejLe _ . LMkPi .. P \* t . \ P foiled . Ho pleaded Guilty at tiieT polico-ofllco , and was sentenced to six month ' s ' hard labour . Middlesex Sessions . — -Henry Glow , an omnibus conductor , has been acquitted of a charge , of participating ) u a robbery committed by two women in his omnlbuB .
MuujDiau at Pouthmouth . — -A very remarkable murder has been committed at Portsmouth . A man in a macintosh and aslouclied liat went for tho second time , shortly after twelve o ' clock last Saturday night , to the hou-Bo of a Mrs . Vick , in St . Thomas-street , and asked for an Intorvlow with a Mr . Howard , who lodged there .
Mr . Howard was m bed , but , on being told that some one wanted to see him , he put on a few things , and descended . On reaching the door , the man , with a brief exclamation , pointed at him what seemed to be a walking-stick . A slight hissing noise followed , and Mr . Howard fell mortally wounded ,, and shortly afterwards expired . He had been shot with an air-gun . The affair is involved in mystery , and the murderer has escaped for the present .
Gatherings From The Law Anu Police Court...
GATHERINGS FROM THE LAW ANU POLICE COURTS . Mr . Sandon , an architect and surveyor , has brought an action at the Stafford Assizes against the Hon . E . S . Jervis , late Sheriff for Staffordshire , and E . Daiu , his bailiff , to recover damages for false imprisonment , and for preventing ingress to and egress from his house , as well as obstructing supplies of provisions . A wine merchant had obtained a judgment against Mr . Sandon for the price of a butt of wine , and a warrant was placed by the Sheriff in the hands of the bailiff Dain for execution . The latter , being unable to obtain entry into the house , tied up the pump and the back door , fastened an iron lattice against the back window , kept guard
outside , in turn with another man , and refused to allow any provisions to enter the house . This continued for four days , and Mr . Sandon and his family were seriously inconvenienced for want of food . At length , the police interfered , and the men went away . Some mouths passed , Mr . Sandon still keeping his house ; but , one day in August , a -man named Woolrich planted a ladder against one . of the windows , broke a pane of glass , and , touching Mr . Sandon on the wrist , declared that he was his prisoner . He then , finding the other did not surrender , told him he had escaped , and ultimately the street door was broken open , and Mr . Sandon was taken off to gaol . Woolrich appears to have been a bad character ; but the
point with respect to him was , whether the arrest was legal or not . Was the window open ? and , if it was not , and Woolrich broke the pane in order to touch Mr . Sandon on the wrist , was he justified by law in so doing ? The jury found that the window was not open , but sliut , and that Woolrich put his hand through the glass , but that the plaintiff did not . They also found that the count for preventing ingress and egress was not proved ; and they then asked his Lordship what amount of damages would carry costs . Mr . Baron Watson at first hesitated in answering the question , but ultimately mentioned 51 . Is . The jury thereupon found for the plaintiff : damages , 51 . 5 s . Bank
William John Aitch " . son , a clerk in the Union of London , and the son of a member of the Common Council , and Fanny Hill , the wife of an architect , liave been charged at Bow-street police-court with stealing a purse from a Mrs . Harvey . The story told by the latter is , that the accused met her in the neighbourhood of Russell-square and made several inquiries with respect to the neighbourhood , though it has since appeared that they are well acquainted with it . Mrs . Harvey afterwards missed her purse , and , following the accused , observed them dodging about in a suspicious way . She therefore gave them into custody , and tho brother of Aitchison afterwards tried to compromise the case for money . Tho defence wus , that it was an instance of mistaken identity ; and certainly the respectability of the prisoners makes the charge a singular one . Mr . Henry , however , decided on sending tho case for trial ; but he accepted bail .
Accidents And Sudden Deaths. Thk Rev. R....
ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . Thk Rev . R . Jenkyn , curate of Vaynor , Wales , has been accidentally shot . He was out shooting with two young gentlemen who were on a visit at his house , when his gun went off . Tho charge entered under tho chin , penetrated the brain , and caused almost instant death . Mr . Jenkyn has left a widow and young family . Three pilots have been drowned off Point Lynas . A pvint was lowered from a pilot boat , for tho convcynnoo of a pilot to a ship not far off , when a wave upset the frail vessol , and the three persons in it were thrown Into the water . Every effort was made to save them ; but they perished .
A remarkable instance of long imprisonment , almost amounting to burial , in a snow-drift , occurred , happily - without terminating fatally , on the 7 th of tho present month to a young woman named Sarah West , servant to Mr . Nicholas Freeman , a farmer living at tho village of Nowbold in tho East Riding of Yorkshire . Tlio girl hail boen on a visit to her parents , who lived at tne neighbouring town of Market Weigh ton , and wnfl returning homo to Newbold tho same afternoon , wli » " s " ¦ was suddenly overtaken by a violent snowstorm ,
aocompmiocll ^^ vory"hlglrwlndr--Owing-to--the-hoa \ ' » no 3 a of tho galo and tho hilly stato of the surrounding country , tho spot being closo to tho neighbourhood of tho Yorkshire Wolds , tho snow drifted in many 1 »| BCW to a considerable depth , and , niglit having ovortalion »' young woman , she lost her way . She novortholoss , pushed on as long as she was able , but , being at oiifftn nearly blinded by tho snow , which was driven i > »« face by tho fury of tho wind , sho found it imposaiblo w proceed uny further . Shortly aftorwardB , her wholu boay became imrooraed in tho enow , and it was no muciifl " awe could do to keep her head above tho flurfaoo .
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Leader (1850-1860), March 20, 1858, page 12, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_20031858/page/12/
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