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Suspectkd Murder in Lancashire.—The body...
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Middlesex Sessions. The Keuoral Sessions...
cordingly received as to his sanity . Mr . Wakefield , the JSoi , ' and Mr . John Sims , the deputy-governor of JSe ^ S nse of Correction , gave it as their ^ opmion that Simpson was only feigning madness ; but the AssistantfudgTtho ^ ght differently , as he could not see what the man would gain by such an imposition . The jury decided that he was insane , and he will therefore be detained at one of the county asyluins . ~ ' m ' Charles Fewingsj a carpenter , was indicted on Tuesday for a murderous assault on a policeman who was taking him into custody for beating his wife . He was sentenced to eight months' hard labour . Frances Richards , a married woman , was indictedfor stealing a purse containing It 12 s . 6 d . from the ners & n ^ of John Sparkes . She was found Guilty , and , «| igi ee s . of former convictions having been given , tae Jglj § i || SSl 1 ? tenced her to four years' penal servitude ^ € jmglM M | gg | , the sentence , the woman fell on her kne *^^^^^^ £ instant took a silk handkerchief from her * 'l £ iiIgBE twisted it round her neck , pulling the ends w ™* fI ^ SS strength . The officers at once seized her by tnSSBg || and compelled her to loose her hold upon the hancTEH §| chief ; and , having removed her to a cell , handcuff *? were placed upon her to prevent any further attempt . A boy named Henry Price , was charged with stealing caps from his employer , a hatter ; and Edward William Harrison was indicted for feloniously receiving them , knowing them to have been stolen . The boy pleaded Guilty ; and he was then put into the witness-box , to eive evidence against Harrison . It appeared that the man incited the boy to commit the theft , and , being found Guilty , he was sentenced to hard labour for fifteen months . The boy ' s master then said he would take him back into his service ; and the court , therefore , though having the power to transport him for fifteen years , merely sentenced him to three days imprisonment , which " having already expired , as they dated from the commencement of the session , he was at once set at liberty .
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584 __ ____ g . H E LBADE R * t No- 3 ? 8 > Saturday .
Suspectkd Murder In Lancashire.—The Body...
Suspectkd Murder in Lancashire . —The body of an old woman has been found in the river IrwelL The skull is frightfully mangled , and there appears to be no doubt that she has been murdered . She left a lodginghouse at Ramsbottom , early a few mornings ago , at which time the lodgers were quarrelling and fighting with pokers ; and it is thought that she was followed by some of theae people , and killed . The Attempted Wife-Murder near Covestgarden . — James Geary has been finally examined at the Bow-street police-court on the charge of attempting to kill his wife in Great Russell-street , Drury-lane . The particulars of the case have already appeared m the Leader , and the evidence of the wife , who has perfectly recovered from her wounds , and who showed no sign of weakness during her examination , was now added to what had previously tTanspired . It appeared from Mrs . Geary ' s statement that , on the 23 rd of last month , she had been to see her mother , who lives in Whitecrossstreet , City , and , her return , she met her husband at the corner of the street , and asked him to take her to a concert at a public-house in Old-street . This he refused to do , but offered to take her to one in Drury-lane , that being much nearer home . Mrs . Geary would not consent to this , and , on her husband bidding her come home , she said she would not do so , and then seated herself on a door-step , and refused to stir . Her husband demanded of her all the money that she had about her , on which she gave him her whole stock , amounting to half-a-crown and some halfpence , which he had given her in the course of the day . Ultimately , Mrs . Geary consented to go home ; but , on their arrival in Russellstreet , she stood some time at the door of . her house , and refused to go up-stalrs . When , however , she did at length go up , she told her husband that she would not live with him any longer , but would leave him the next morning . He then took a knife from his pocket , and stabbed her several times in the neck and throat with it . He likewise inflicted a alight wound in his own throat . In giving her evidence , Mrs . Geary attempted to throw all the blame on herself , flaying that she had been ? aggravating ' her husband throughout the week . Mr . Heath , the house surgeon of King ' s College Hospital , stated that Mrs . Geary ' s wounds had been of a very alarming nature . She was wounded in seven different places in her throat and neck , and had , besides , three wounds on the back of her right hand . On the first night of her admission to the hospital , ho did not think she could possibly recover , but in the morning she rallied , and had gone on favourably ever since . Geary , who merely said that he was trying to get a respectable living for his wife , and that aho was not satisfied , was committed for trial . Two Cask ov Homicide in Wellington-street . — Frederick Hildebrand , the singer and dancer at Evans ' s Hotel , who was charged with killing a man in Welling " ton-street , appeared again at Bow-street on Saturday , in discharge of his recognizances . The magistrate fully concurred in the ¦ verdict given at the inquest , that the deceased was simply struck by HUdobrand in self-defence i and the latter waa therefore act at liberty . Criminal . Assauw on a Married Woman . —A middle-aged , gentlemanly-looking man , named Harris Michael , and described as a merchant , was charged , at
Worship-street last Saturday with a criminal assault on Mrs . Julia Lewis , the wife of a wholesale stationer , of Clifton-street , Finsbury , where Michael lodged . One afternoon , according to the statement of the young lady , who appeared to be in very delicate hea ^ th ^ -and in a state of nervous prostration , Michael *< wfe »^ rpSit 3 ^ the room , and , having closed the door aft f § g ||| gi | i her round' the waist . After throwing het ^ pM ^ pi bed , he applied to her mouth a stone bHHH her to swallow a portion of its contents , WM ^^ mS ^^ m throat and partially stupified her . He | Kli |^ p cries and proceeded to further acts of violetfc ^ HU &|| j ! Ji effects of -which she became totally insensible . On re- " covering her consciousness , she got back into her own room , where she remained till her husband returned | £ j | bv % iiom she communicated the particulars of the outnBfjO St ^ bael instructed his counsel to say that the ch « jjpBi ^§ g | ipi | hout foundation . He was committed for fj ( £ |||§ igpiaifW refused . . f ^ Hl Wl ^^^ fJ ^ , Arches of the Adelphi .-ThiSM * mBmT'lron-fr . nf riot and youthful depravity Mmfc SSS ^ iM ^ ays in the neigbourhood of th ^ B SiSeiSincUS *;¦ * I § G & elphi still continue , notwith | gjftfcfi Jo ^ Sunday , one of the *< $£ o tRSBBBEp 3 S ^ ° the foiiowingjSEl jsst fmn ^ r ® ^ MIBBfcsai the press , stated t ! i « 3 | ijJMpjw ^|^ fiPJF ~ pulld <^^ jP » was oneof the •«^ HHBNP « rable -iwE » Sunday after Sunday ^& Hp | g £ r ly the wM §§ M but especially in the afternoi g JMjSP ps of from fWflfJtji ^ 'jMfr fifty of these boys , einerginjpTrom the caverns ' *& ffi | £ debouched near " York-buildings , came swa-rmin ^ ijjfcpfcj that thoroughfare , yelling and blaspheming ifC ^ H ^ ner really appalling . The scene on these oc <| f )| Wi beyond description . The police did their be *||| oj ||| p | the tumult , but they got laughed at , an ^ f § fNi | Pf ? stoned , and , even if they succeeded in driv iN §|| ppV || away , fresh droves arrived soon after , and tHWijity §& m bad as ever . On Sunday , a person at one ; ° i ! li § i ? jii § Af dows of his ( Mr . Murray ' s ) house countedjo || tf | i || i | i and fifty of these boys passing towards the ^ $ pppft ^ i | the street in the course of half an hour . > $ ftj |||| $% | i | £ | of the street communicated .. with the ste 4 mp || pt JjppR |!' The boy ' s mother was in court , and dec ^ J | S |||| jf *§|| jN be ' a very good boy indeed ; ' but a np | j | | fla | | j ^ i » Bjfc ) that , when found tossing , he was sweafIfj | yj | j || P (| f 1 . 3 Mr . Hall , the magistrate , not liking < -o | , Jjbi ^ j | g ^ P | j to prison , fined the mother one shilling , yjg | j || j || g i gijj |§ i Manslaughter of a Sailor . —He | i tJig | B | p | g ^ tffi captain of tlie ship Martha Jane , of SundjgipHK ^*™)& E . Sevmour , his first mate , and William MtlWi »»• second mate , are under remand at Liverpool , charged with the manslaughter of a sailor , named Andrew Rose , on the voyage between Demerara and Liverpool . Rose was somewhat affected in his intellects , and some of his habits gave offence to the captain . He and his mates therefore beat him day after day with a whip and with ropes' ends , until his body was fearfully lacerated . They also frequently set on him a ferocious dog , which would tear the flesli of the unhappy man with his teeth . On one occasion , the most disgusting filth was forced down the man's mouth with a stick by the captain . His nose was stopped , and ho was put into a cask with the bunghole upwards , and kept there for twelve hours . At length he died , and the body , which presented a frightinto
ful spectacle , was turown me sea . Mr . IIuiu'Hbky Brown . —Mr . Humphrey Brown was removed to the Queen ' s Bench Prison last Saturday , in default of having perfected bail for 8000 / ., the amount ordered to be given by him . The attorneys for the prosecution have consented to accept eight sureties at 1000 J . each , instoad of four at 2000 / . each , as originally ordered . Mr . Hugh Hill , Q . C ., and Mr- Lush , have , it is understood , been retained by Mr . Brown for his defence . Stabimno in Church . —An extraordinary affair occurred at the village church of Knighton , near Leicester , on Sunday morning , when Mr . John Peck , the schoolmaster of the national school , was stabbed by one of the Sunday scholars . Soon after the sorvice began , the master observed one of the scholars , named Thomas Bod well , sitting on a seat , contrary to the rules of the school . He was ordered by the master to take his proper place , but refused , and drew a knife from hia pocket , which he opened . Mr . Peck then took the loy by the collar to remove him to hia proper place , when the lad resisted , and a scume ensued , in the oouras of which they both fell on the floor together . Wliilo they were down , the acholar Btabbed the master in the front of his right leg , and inflicted a wound at least half an inch deep . The Knife closed partly on his own hand « ni cut it rather severely . Rodwell , who is only thirteen yeara old , was b-ought before Mr . Pagot , a county magistrate , on Mond-iy morning , when a medical certificate waa given in , that the master , although not in any great danger , would be unable to appour for a fortnight . The boy was remanded . Twm Glasgow Jewel RoonraRY . — At the High Court of Justiciary , Edinburgh , on Monday , Dietrich Maliler and Marcus Borronhard , both natlvea of Prussia , vvcro charged , Uu > former with theft by means of houaobro « king ,
| | * | | and the latter alternativel y with theft or reset of theft ^ f the stolen property . The offence was alleged to have £ l committed on the 16 th or 17 th of last Marcht & £ j of-James Ranken Laing , watchmaker and foJSK ? Glasgow . A vast number , of watches , jewelleV ** ¦ ^ iclejj in gold and silver , were carried off Mahi |^^^^^^ u ^ nofb ?^ o ^ edofT * " ^ " » ! i lS ^^^ ^^ li ^ LU uU m TuSdV ^ " * ^« l * charged wlthwuei ^ g forged an acceptance of 36 / 10 s fid sjfejtfee name of Messrs . Little and Murray . Mr . ghat ' lUiP ^" ttornev * ° Prosecutors , and in the course IlllPip tfessional occupations had on several occasions ¥£ gm * $# r * jOn d ° an < * other places on their behalf- and « Wj | *' lay last he signed the names of little and W 8 S 8 £ & t LO the acceptance , which was passed into the IJIJI Mr . Cole at Bristol , where it was discovered ifcptp forgery . For the defence , it was urged that perjgg jpgp had been given to Mr . Shattock to attach the i fll gOji ^ Q ; the firm to the acceptance , the expenses of the | | g | U 4 gd : being larger than could be met by Mr . Little . tfcjeaftjii London . The counsel for the defence charac-¦ 'JFJIfjH the prosecution as most cruel and oppressive , in-! fp | itiRh as the bill had been met , and no person had : l ^ Pp | d . The payment of the money was admitted by ithjl ^' p'itnesses for the prosecution , but Mr . Mansfield ¦'& Hid . not do otherwise than commit Mr . Shattock for i jfgaE ' r .-E Alleged Cruelty at St . Olave ' s School . ^ ifiw- Theodore Dupuis , one of the masters at St . Olave ' s gjjyjmmar school , surrendered on Tuesday at the Surrey fusions to answer an indictment charging him with | mtelly beatiug a boy , -who was one of the scholars there , Im . 'the back , loins , and thighs . The fact of the beating Ms fully proved ; but the defence was that the cor-| g $ ctiori was not excessive—indeed , not more than u Ordinary in schools—and that the boy was insolent and ¦ Rebellious . The jury were so satisfied with this defence ^ that they would not hear any witnesses in support of ^ t , but at once found a verdict of Acquittal . In this Verdict the Chairman entirely concurred , though it had been proved by several witnesses , and not contradicted , that the lad ' s person was covered with black , blue , . and yellow marks from two or three inches long and an ¦ inch and a half wide . 1
| MURDEROUS ASSAULTS BY 1 UIS 11 MK > . — A WO ITSH labourers named Michael Farrell and John Sheen , were charged at the Lambeth police-court on Monday , with having committed a series of assaults on a sergeant and two constables of the police force , in consequence of which the former was unable to attend at the examination of the prisoners . A woman having complained to a policeman that Sheea had committed an aggravated assault on her , the officer attempted to take him into custody , on which he ran away , The policeman , however , pursued him to hia lodgings , where he again endeavoured to apprehend him , but the man shook the constable off , and then gave him a violent kick , which knocked him down . At this juncture a police sergeant and another officer came to the assistance of the injured man . On seeing them , Sheen armed himself with a poker , while Farrell , whi > happenad to be on the spot , took up a piece of bedstead , and with these instruments the two men threatened to murder any one who approached them . They were ultimately captured , but not until the constables had received many severe injuries , especially the aergeant , who was so seriously hurt in the scuffle that ho was totally disabled , and was likely to bo laid up for a considerable time , me prisoners were therefore remanded until the sergeant should be sufficiently recovered to be uble to appear and give evidence against them . Mviumbuous Assault in the E » wA't B : ^ r William Drage , a coachman in the serviqoof Lady uatowel , waa charged at the Marylebone police-courtwitj violentl y assaulting a cab-driver , named 1-Mjwooo . Drage , was drunk and trotting a horse down to Ldg ware-road , when , owing to his bad riding , tl e hino quarters of the horse touched the wheels of E ^ °° as cab . He then struck the driver so violently oi . theJace with the butt-end of hia whip that the man idI D «« insensible and bleeding profusely . Drago was remanded , but admitted to bail . rw /» in Erlam Thk Ahduction w Rosb GooDMAW . -Cuptain Lrtan was tried on Wednemlay , in the Court of Queer ,. B « oJ for the abduction of Hose Goodman , a young Je >« girl , under sixteen years of age . He flnt » nc vUU «' young lady in the course of her walks , and , after aevej interviews ; induced her to elope withi him . I kg * went on tho Continent , the Captain at first V ™™™* ^ marry the girl ; but ultimately , after ru * * £ & abandoned her at Mayonce , whence aho " ia The homo by her father , to whom » he had wiUem Captain had previously admitted to the young laay ho waa married . Tho object of ^ . ' ^ ^ ^ con-MSaa Goodman was to eliow that her father vas aenting party } but thta Mled . , Mr . Sj *» J _ gJi « j ' appeared for tho defence , « W ™*^ ^; iSuf taiFi » - and tho accused was sentenced ^ htw rnmua aenment In the Middlesex Houae of Correction .
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Leader (1850-1860), June 20, 1857, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_20061857/page/8/
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