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Capture of SwrsroiiERS.—James Allen, sen...
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Alleged Manslaughter Op A Lunatic. Mr. C...
charge of havingkilled Daniel Dolley , aged sixty-five , an inmate of the © stabliahment . ¦ a _ Deal : ed s &^ = Ms ^ = r ? S gggg £ g 3 # 2 $ Sto liSS ^ o with the key in his hand P ***^ J ? S toth door , Dolley became violent , struck Mr . gjS 2 % . W - > tS his ^ andran off , but-as « -.
overtaken and brougnt iorcioiy u »^ " -- * -- > according to the preliminary statement of Mr . Bodkin , " desired the attendants to strip him . They did so . Dolley then vent into the bath . The cold water was turned upon him . He was kept there twenty-eight minutes , and within fifteen or sixteen minutes after he was taken out he died . Now it was necessary that he ( Mr Bodkin ) should describe what that bath was . The Commissioners had directed the fullest inquiry upon the subject , and two gentlemen were appointed to make the requisite examination . They reported that the bath was so constructed as to form a closed box . There was no aperture for air or light , and the door was secured by a bar outside . Whenever a patient was placed Within that box , he was utterly defenceless . If the symptoms of illness or death came upon him , the attendant outside would remain ignorant of it while the door was kept dosed . By a calculation which had been maifio hvtlin two frentlemen referred to , it had been
ascertained that the water descended in a continuous stream in the proportion of twenty gallons per minute upon the head of the patient barred within that box . The orifices through which the water ran were unusually large , and , assuming the bath to be conducted in the ordinary way on the morning in question , there must have been nearly six hundred gallons of cold water poured down upon the head of the deceased during the twenty-eight minutes he was confined in the box . And here he ( Mr . Bodkin ) was bound to direct attention to a very remarkable observation which was made by Mr . Snape , and which , he feared . evinced the sort of animus that influenced his mind at the moment . He said to one of the attendants , ' I have never been struck by a patient before . Keep him in half an hour , and then give him a dose of the light-coloured mixture / It seemed to be part xtf * he system to follow up thebath by administering doses of tartar emeticwnicu
to the lunatic certain , were kept close to the bath , so as to be readily accessible to the attendants , without their having to go to Mr . Snape for them . " According to the evidence of Barnett , the attendant , Mr . Snape added to the speech above quoted , " and look to him several times . Barnett did so five times while he was in the bath . This witness stated that he had Often put patients in the bath for twenty minutes , and that it seemed to do them good . Dolley hacl > been in before for twenty minutes . The bath was ordertdVnDt aa a punishment , but "to allay excitement . " Dolley for a moriftarpast had been kept on gruel . When he came out of the bath , a " patient offered him a piece of bread , but he declined it , saying , " I am too cold . " He was shivering violently , But not more so than persons usually are when they come out of a cold bath . He held his hands over his head while in the bath ; but this is commonly done . The witness did not see any symptoms of distress when he looked in . The proceedings ( which were taken by the Gommissioners of Lunacy in consequence of an anonymous letter ) were adjourned for two or three weeks . Mr . Snape was not required to give bail .
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Capture Of Swrsroiiers.—James Allen, Sen...
Capture of SwrsroiiERS . —James Allen , sen ; , James 1 Allen ; j « n ., and Charles Boyce , have been broughtbefore the Leicester bench of magistrates on a charge of wholesale swindling . These men established themselves in Leicester some time * gof' and succeeded in imposing successfully < npon several tradesmen to the amount of several hundreds' off pounds . ! Tho elder Alleri took a house in the New Walk , dressed well , and described himself as a retired commercial traveller . He also took a shop in Soutbgate-street , and opened it with a large stock of grocery goods , which ho obtained from different tradesmen . / Being' a man' of' considerable address , he managed to carry on his operations for some time with-***** A £± * n * i *\* t hnt 1 i < a lim ah lan < ytlv Htinn nt-ronffwl faW
gethterwith his son and the man Boyce , and all three are now * - ' under vemand . The elder Allen has passed under nineaticuek . > . << ¦ ' ' < " - ¦ ' ¦ > : ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' ¦/ ' '' ¦ Oxsti » Ai < GaiMJHAii C © UBT .- ~ The Jane Sessions comnieidced on Monday * , on < . which day , Henry Edwards , a liie # Md viotuallaly waa found < 3 ullby of > receiving stolen goods , and sentenced to eleven ' months' imprisonment i « MH |» i : lib ( Mki' t land'WalMr SeottDowdtag , a clerk * , wa »^» gPw > n ) a"toItwelve'imoaibir imprisonment , for 'etnlMzyUuimfX-- BUnty > JPk « geral < li a respectables-looking youog > iaaiu > Mi 4 J »«[ ilAQqnUted of a charge of embezzlemefttw . An Mrj : ^ e % h , who * tended the aceuqeU , was ' leaving ! tftte « ourt , c < fe fcmwMitor Aaid' toy him , " J < shotfM Ilk * ip &** ' yb «> a a ( i »* f , rilaklna ^ i » Oti Mr . ' Sleigh com *' plainjbg ' of thhvtM jio ^ tttWMlwW ' detained in cetotWly > for « rtn « tiiboi when , ^ IW »)« kp « 8 ihig l ra ^ rM for w » httt h © fc * ttMO £ P h *» w ** « UaW « dWWt )^ 3 ohn JW friey wai fotftihCHUMgr tof coining ? « M' < Mfttt < mc « V ^ t 0 ' igiitt > yetttf ' ' - ^ Kft ' lDVrrii ?' 1 ' « -t'jfi < if «;* : * n »{« ' . '• ' ?) HA . % rtt \ lal- : ' -t . l < p J 'V * \ H . ' \ Idli I li *\ l 'pl ^ k' .-tfll 'i ( il lit tiffJ' ^ UK
penal servitude . Mary Marney , said to be his wife , was Acquitted on the same charge . —Edward Owen , John Ingram Owen , and George Smith Owen , brothers , pleaded " Guilty" to several indictments , charging them with uttering forged cheques , and also forged orders for cheque-books , with intent to defraud . Sentence was deferred till next day , when George was sentenced to be transported for fourteen years , John to be kept in penal servitude for four years , and Edward was ordered to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for twelve months . — Harriet Graham , who was found guilty last session of nttemntiner to discharge a loaded pistol at Mr . Graham ,
of the Princess ' s Theatre , her husband , was brought up and sentenced to four months' imprisonment . —William Lewes , a sailor , has been found guilty of the charge ( detailed in the Leader of May 31 ) of conspiring to take possession of the ship Stebonheath and to murder the crew . The defence was that it was more likely that the men who gave evidence against him were the really guilty parties , and that they now sought to make him the scapegoat . He was sentenced to transportation for life . —Spearman Lusick , a Prussian sailor , was sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment and hard labour for stabbing a woman . —Frederick Phillips , labourer , and William Jacobs , clerk ,, were sentenced to four years ' penal servitude for obtaining hay under false pretences . They belonged to the Rickaby gang . Mad Drunk . —John Costello , a rough-looking man , was charged at Westminster , on Tuesday , with being drunk and disorderly . He was endeavouring to force in \ jjuim
his way into a public-nouse jneisea , wueu a . -gman interfered . The ruffian knocked down the constable and ill used him to such a degree that he was obliged to relinquish his hold . Other constables then arrived ; but the man struggled desperately with them , threw them down , kicked them savagely , and was at length only subdued by being struck over the legs with a staff . He was sentenced to two months' impr isonment , and ordered to find bail for good conduct for two months . A Case of Assurance . — An action was brought on Monday in the Court of Queen ' s Bench by a Mr . Truelock , against the Householders and General Life Assurance Company , to recover the sum of 1000 / ., due upon a policy of insurance effected in September , 1854 , on the life of Mr . Joddrell , the son and heir of Sir Richard JoddrelL Bart ., of Chilwick Hall , near St . Alban ' s . Mr . Truelock had been a member of the Stock Exchange , -r / i -Hainn- intmrinpoH tn Mr . Joddrell . he advanced
, money to him with a view to keeping up two policies of 5000 ? . each , effected on Mr . Joddrell ' s life in the Medical and Invalid Assurance Company . Two premiums of 330 £ each were paid by Mr . Truelock ; and he then applied to an actuary to procure 14 , 000 / . worth of insurances on Mr . JoddreU ' s life , and , with that view , signed papers to be laid before the Kent Mutual Insurance- office . That office declined the proposal on the ground that Mr . Joddrell was a man of intemperate habits , but intimated that the offer would be accepted with an addition of twenty-ttjo years to the life . A proposal waa then made to th « Pouseholders-office , and the papers which had been laid / before the Kent $ oc . ie £ y were sent in to them . At first , the proposal was declined , but it was ultimately accepted on the condition of adding fourteen years to Mr . Joddrell ' s age . The policy being thus effected , it became , according to the principle of the society , " indisputable , " except only in the case of " gross fraud , " It appeared that in the papers sent to the Householders-office , it was stated
that Mr . Joddrell had recovered from the effects of Sm former intemperate habits , and that he had reformed hifl way of life . In the cross-examination of Mr- Truelock it was sought to show that , to the plaintiff ' knowledge , Mr . Joddrell ( who died last November ) had had several attacks of delirium tremeni , imd that he had been under restraint on account of insanity brought on by drink ; but Mr . Truelock denied all cognizance of these assertions . The Attorney-General , who appeared for the insurflnce-ofiico , contended that a gross fraud had been practised on the company .. Adverting to the irregular habits of Mr . Joddrell , he made the rather naive statement that " his mother thought the best thing to keep him siteady was to got him a wife , and accordingly , in the year 1848 , he was married to a daughter of Lord Mountcaehel . " It' would seem , however , that this did not have the desired effect , for in 1864 he had a renewed attack of delirium , tremeha . Among other documents , n
) letter , written by MrV Joddrell , waq read , in which the writer expressed a desire to find out and trounce the " seducer" of the scandal that he ( Joddrell ) had ever been under restraint . ' The jury returned a verdict for Mr . Truelock , as they conceived the plea of fraud had not been proved . — Another action was on Tuesday brought by Mr . Tfuelock against the Prince of Wales Life and Educational A ' saurance Company , under similar icireumstnhceB . The ' evidence was mainly the same ; and the verdict wan again given for the plaintiff , to the amount claimed ( 7000 / . ) Lord Cafnpbell earnestly and solemnly expressed his h & po that thia would be a warning' tc the insurance companies . One of the jurymen lobserved that ' . the totaotlcet' Of the modern insuranceolflSeek 4 s Wio * t tn ^ j udi daVahd'buts ' at the root of making Wvlslon fb * h & ipie » 4 ' Wmtlies . In thi « observation Lord * Catnjjbeli'Bato h <*' montAearttty concurred : ; ' ' ' ' ; ' - ¦ TBrrtw *' - ' i"MAN » ( i- 'l « y ( ib . ^ - 'John Dnggah , . * llfctt «* u , I ,.,,. „ ,., ¦ - , v ' ¦ • ¦ ¦ ¦>; : ¦/ . '>¦!¦••¦¦ ' : ' - '"" ¦ '¦ ¦ ¦ ' ' " , ni . (¦ .:.. /¦ \ , s > ,-i ,, t ' . " ; . i , UJ . < .. ' : ! . . >•¦ l •"
¦ P BBMW ^ " " **^ ^ ^ H ^ ^^ ^ H ^ whipper , has teeii examined at the Thames police office , and committed for trial on a charge of biting *> ff part of the nose of another coalwhipper named Dwyer , with whom he had quarrelled . Thb Seductions of Bjbttikg . —Ah Irish gentleman has applied to Mr . Norton , at the Lambeth police court , for advice under the following circumstances : —He and a friend were returning from Ascot races a few days since , in a second-class railway carriage . Here theywere followed by three respectable-looking men , one of whom took out a pack of cards , which he shuified , and , laying three of them , apparently with their faces upwards , cis uei uujuuuj uii ut couia not
on Knees , onereu . «> » ; point out the Queen of Spades . The applicant kept on betting until he lost all the money he had about him , amounting to 4 / . 10 s ., while his friend lost 2 ? . He was then repeatedly urged to . continue betting by a man sitting next to him ( probably an accomplice of the card sharper ) , who lent him 251 . for the purpose . Ibis was also lost , and the gentleman had to repay it to tie lender after he got home . Mr . Norton advised the applicant to give information of the occurrence to Mr . Bent , the railway inspector , who knew the parties . Deadly Comments on " Our Civiuzatioh . " —We find the following among the notes attached to the Registrar-General ' s Weekly Return of Deaths : — "At St . George ' s Workhouse , Little Chelsea , on 10 th and 13 th June respectively , a male and female foundling , aged five weeks , ' marasmus , want of breastinilk . ' These children were twins . Deserted . At 17 , Doris-street T ? . nCfL nn f lth June , a clicker , aced twenty-seven years ,
epilepsy ( six weeks ) . The medical attendant adds : — 'It appears that these epileptic fits were produced by the deceased having been robbed of his watch in a crowd at Islington on the 16 th April last . He was subject to fits in childhood , and had one about once in . twelve months since he has grown up . ' " Woman-beating . —Three cases of violence to women have come before the magistrates this week . —Michael Phillips was sentenced by the Lord M ayox to two months' imprisonment , with hard labour , for beating his ^ ife . —At Westminster , John Wright , a chimneysweeper , is under remand for assaulting hia wife with the stick of one of his chimney-sweep ing machines , and injuring her to so great a degree over the head that she was carried to the hospital . In this case there h . ad been provocation in the shape of the woman throwing a pint pot at her husband ' head ; but she in her turn had beea abusive kuui » w
irritated by language me «*—• , .. ^ ,-habited with another woman . —Charles Rush , a labourer is also under remand at the same office , on a similar charge . His wife was dragged by him out of a sick bed , kicked , and bitten . Her cries brought assistance , and she was rescued half dead . The man was Widow and no Widow . — Mrs . Mary Eliza M'Nair , a lady-like woman , forty-four years of age , has been tried at the Central Criminal Court on a chaige of obtaining money on false pretences , and with intent to defraud . She was in the receipt of a pension from the East India Company , wbich was only to be paid as long aa she should remain a widow ; but she continued to receive it for some ten years after her second marriage , during the whole of which time she represented herself as living singly . In the course of the trial , a document was put in , signed by the Rev . Mr . Redfern , curate of St . Pancras , which certified that he had seen and examined Eliza M'Nair , and he firmly believed her to be ** „» , « Mnvavantorl li ^ rAp lf to b < 5 . In reply tO
_ questions by Mr . Justice Coleridge , " Mr . fiedfern admited that he knew nothing of the person to whose identity he testified ; but he added that it waa the « soal cours « taken with certificates of that description . On the Judge remonstrating with him , he promised to discontinue the practice . Mr . Serjeant Ballantme made rather a strange defence . He observed that , hadthe prisoner chosen to " live a life of sin , " she might have kept the pension ; but she was too " pure and honourable-miuded" to pursue such a course . She was evidently ignorant of European habits , and h ad probably been instigated to the fraud by her husband , a worthkss fqllow who now deserted her , and left her to bear the brunt . The jury found her Guilty , and she was condemned to a year ' * imprisonment with hard labour . Bkttino Houses . —Not less than twenty persons have been summoned before Alderman Garden on a charge 6 * u .... V .. _ i „ . »„?> . h . ,, nMi fm- hnttincr nurposen , ineir *¦ —¦—
permitting uu »»<« « «»• > — --- " - . ,... in consequence of which they have rendered themselves llabTeto a penalty of 100 / ., or six-months' imprisonment The cases were disposed of in various ways ; two . ofjwe defendants were fined 20 / ., or two months' m prison meat , and in three instances the summftrtsea were _ dis missed . Most of the other cases wefre allowed to statm over , owing to the police not having been able to ascer taiw the correct Christian names of the parte- mm inoned . Warrants were likewise issued against some ^ the defendants who refused to appear . ., JHWBI . ItOBMttttY . —Henry Stevens , a pei * ° « . " * J « 46 years of age , was charged with havintf ~™ rj »" J moat audacious robbery in the ri * P of Mr . <*** £ « £ Jeweller , Ko . 48 , Mark ^ nei- He entered the « hop in { Levening . ^^ ethBi' with a companion , and , whUe m Ltter aelzed MrfcJdckayn * tightly by the throat , he pro ceedod'to rifle ^ tK *"« liop : Oh libing pursued and cap
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Leader (1850-1860), June 21, 1856, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_21061856/page/8/
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