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A WARNING TO SCAVENGERS, (loan, Tamo, an...
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STOLEN AND FOUND. In the month of April,...
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TOO NOTORIOUS Captain Shepherd, R.N., ap...
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A MODEL CRIMINAL. A 0IOO1) deal of intor...
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MISCELLANEOUS The Queen returned from Be...
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Mr. Rice, the American consul at thc por...
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Tho Duko of Hamilton and Brandon died at...
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Further Issues Of The Brighton Card Chea...
f r 200 ? . at seven days , because two of the others were of such a long date . A stamp was accordingly obtained , and the bill drawn ; and Sill then produced the other bills , and laid them on the table . John Broome , who was present at that time , asked to look at the 2001 . bill , and contrived to pick up all the rest and pocket them ; at which Sill became furious , and threatened that he would never leave them until he had tr ansported one of them . Other witnesses were produced , who confirmed different parts of this account .
Mr . John Sheerman , one of the witnesses in support of the charge against John Broome , who said he had got his living by residing with Mr . Hamp as his companion . Sill had told him that he had frightened Henry Broome by telling him of bis influence with the Secretary of State . Sill had several times tried to get Sheerman to make some money of the affair . Sill had told him that John Broome had had nothing to do with the cheating transaction , but that he had been brought in because he was a moneyed man . Mr . Secretary Walpole said he had never seen anythin _<* of Sill before that day , and it was certainly very unlikely that either of the two under-secretaries would take any notice of such a case as this .
The Recorder summed up the evidence , and submitted to the Jury the question whether the defendant had wade a false pretence to the prosecutor knowing it to be false , and with the intention to defraud him of his money , and whether he had in fact defrauded him by such means . The jury , after deliberating for three-quarters of an hour , returned a verdict of Guilty . The Recorder said he would consider what sentence ought to be pronounced .
Sill was brought up for sentence on Wednesday . Upon being asked what he had to say , he , in a speech of some length , declared , with great earnestness tbat , before God and man , he was innocent of the offence imputed to him , and in making that assertion he did not complain of the jury , or of the view taken by tbe Court , for , upon the evidence that was sworn to before them , they could not have come to any other conclusion ; but of the conduct of the witnesses and the prosecutor he did complain . He had been the victim of a deep-laidconspiracy , and the charge had been supported by perjury of the blackest dye . He regretted that his counsel had not taken the course he wished to be taken , and examined the witnesses he wished to be called for the defence , and also that he should bave been introduced to the jury as the associate of low characters . Such was not the
case , and up to the present time there had never been a blot of any kind upon Ms character . He referred to the indictment in the Queen ' s Bench , upon which he was acquitted , and the different nature of the present onea circumstance , he contended , of itself enough to show what a man he had to deal with in the prosecutor . Had he been tried in the Queen ' s Bench , the Lord President of tho Council , Mr , Justice Talfourd , and Mr . Charles Phillips could all have borne testimony to his character . Ho was prepared to show that his prosecutors were men not worthy of belief on oath .
Ihe Recorder said that there could not ho any interference with the decision of the jury , and he should not allow the prisoner to attack the character of the witnesses . If he ( the prisoner ) wished tho sentence to bo postponed , in order that tho Court might bo put in possession of facts to _oporato as a mitigation of the offence , he would consult the Judge upon tho matter . Thc prisoner said , if the Recorder pleased , he would file affidavits . The Recorder , having consulted the judges in the Old Court , snid that bo would respite judgment until next session . Mr . Parry , on the part of _lh-oonie , asked if , in tho event of tho affidavits heirf g n reflection on tho character of his client , they would be allowed to put in counter affidavits . The Recorder . —Certainly . The sentence was then respited until next session .
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A Warning To Scavengers, (Loan, Tamo, An...
A WARNING TO SCAVENGERS _, ( loan , Tamo , and Staple ton , three of tho Paelelington Ai 1 < 'ou , 'rH appeared at tho Middlesex sessions on Monday to receive ; judgment . Sergeant Adams , tho assistant judge , in delivering tho scntopco of tho court , wont over the history of tho circumstances connected with thoir conviction . Thoy wero convicted in tho year I 860 , on Hie prosecution of tho parish of l ' addington , of keeping in wharls in that parish , immense collection !} of refuse , _sweeping
, and < _lirtj M 10 effect of which was to create a puh . io : _iiiiistttico by tho stench arising from them , and ho , Willi tho consent and sanction of all parties , undertook no task of personally satisfying himself of tho stato of '"" ,, " _- rvos , on tho understanding that tho _dofoiielants yr" to a < lo _|> t an y _miggostions ho might rnako for the " _"ijtenmnt ol Uio nuisance , or tho removal of tbeir business o Jem , ob jectionable places . Ho found , on _geiing to _Htupfo " _ivtM * * Uml ' « m h « d appeared from tho evidence , tho ™ ; , / ' * th « _ralitaa from _Covont-gordeu market wua do-< Wh » ' 8 nd thttfc tho aten ° b arising from it was , no _"oudi , a _Borwua _nuisanco _, and tax _wmoywaco to tho neigh-
A Warning To Scavengers, (Loan, Tamo, An...
bourhood . Stapleton had then promised that such deposits should be removed , and the sweepings in future taken elsewhere , or the contract for clearing Covent-garden market should be given up . On a subsequent visit to the premises , Sergeant Adams was not satisfied with -what the defendants had done ; and as he was leaving he saw three cart-loads of the rubbish going to the wharf . Stapleton had said that it was only occasionally that Covent-garden sweepings were taken there when a cart might come in late at night , but he found on questioning the man in charge of the three loads , that the supply had been going on . Both Gore and Tame seemed now to have their wharves in a satisfactory state ; but as Stapleton had not performed the promise which he had made he must pay a very heavy penalty . The sentence on Gore and Tame was deferred till the 2 nd of November , but Stapleton was fined 300 Z ., and was ordered to enter into his own recognisance for 5001 ., _apd to find two sureties of 501 . each .
Stolen And Found. In The Month Of April,...
STOLEN AND FOUND . In the month of April , 1843 , a " tall , gaunt , and extremely repulsive" woman was brought before the Lord Mayor ( Alderman Humphery ) , charged with having stolen a boy of three years of age . She had been seen for some time begging about the streets with this child , and had at last been driven to apply for admission to the Asylum for thc Houseless Poor . It was then that the extreme contrast between the woman and child excited a suspicion which led to her arrest . At the Mansion House the child was taken from her , and when introduced to his lordship ' s children he seemed to be quite at home , and on hearing a piano played appeared familiar with its tones , and ,
approaching the instrument , spread his little fingers over the keys and repeated " A , B , G . " On being asked what a gold chain that was shown him was , be readily gave it its proper name , and said it was a watch-guard . He said he had two mothers ; his mother in the country was very kind to him , and loved him , but the naughty woman whom he called his straw-yard mother beat him and begged for money , fought , and got drunk . He said his name was Henry Saumarez Dupuis , and that the woman had often beaten him for denying that his name was Samuel Thompson . He remembered living at Canterbury , and that his mamma had a room like the one he was then in . He said the woman had burnt all his clothes in the fire .
Mr . Edwards attended last Saturday at the Guildhall justice-room with a well-dressed lad about thirteen or fourteen years of age , having a handsome and intellectual countenance , stating that this was Henry Saumarez Dupuis , that he had been educated at the expense of a few private persons , with the aid of contributions received when he was taken from the woman . All efforts to discover his parents had failed . Dr . Bouri , who had settled in Melbourne , Australia , had sent over for the boy , and he
was about to start immediately . Alderman Humphery said he hoped he would be successful in his new home , and that he would write to him to say how he got on . Finding that tho boy had only eight shillings upon him , the . Alderman ordered him to have 11 . from the poor-box . and that 57 . should be remitted to Melbourne for him . The woman , who was discharged on foregoing her claim to the child , has onl y been seen once since , when she made an attempt to regain possession of tho child . Ho sails for Australia from Southampton , in the Plackwall .
Too Notorious Captain Shepherd, R.N., Ap...
TOO NOTORIOUS Captain Shepherd , R . N ., appeared again at Bow-street on Saturday in answer to a charge of assault . When the case was called on , the Captain requested to have tho case postponed , in order to enablo him to summons as a witness a porter at the United Service club , who , he said , was not allowed to attend . Mr . Henry consented to postpone tho case on condition that tho Captain should pay the complainant 3 s . Qd ., and bis witness 2 s . After waiting vainly sometime for the money , Mr . Henry said bo must proceed with tho case . Captain Shepherd . —I havo sent a lady to my tailor ' s , in Rcgont-street , to borrow 10 s . As alio is also a witness , I shall loso both my witnesses , if you tuko tho case now .
Tho magistrate , however , wont on with tho case ; and Mr . Lomaitro , tho complainant , stated that as he was passing along Pall-mall , at 10 o ' clock on tho night of the 11 th inst ., opposite to the United Service Club , ho saw the defendant got out of a cab , and rush towards a small boy , whom ho commenced thrashing immediately with a stick , apparently without tho slightest provocation . Mr . Lomaitro followed him to tho club , and told him ho ought to bo ashamed of himself for beating a child liko that ; upon which ho beat Mr . Lomaitro . Tiio Captain was fined on a former occasion 40 . v . for tho assault upon tho boy ,
John Cook , who now confirmed tho testimony of Mr . Lomaitro . Captain Shepherd said tbat ho struck tho first boy slightly _becauso lie found him crouched up in tho supplicating attitude of a miserable beggar ; anel ho struck tho other hoy for interfering with him . JJ . ' o boggod to refer his worship to his tavern bill for the day , to show that , having only bad one ; bottle of champagne , bo could not havo boon drunk at the timo . Mr . Henry said it was a cowurdly assault , and fined tho Captain III . Tho lady was again sent ibr more money , but sho had not arrived when tho court _roso .
A Model Criminal. A 0ioo1) Deal Of Intor...
A MODEL CRIMINAL . A 0 IOO 1 ) deal of intorost has boon excited in Paris by the trial of the assassin Pradeuux . This miscreant , in tho space of _u single month , lust May , assassinated three persons , two of whom wero old women , and attempted a fourth murder . The resistance which he encountered in his lust crime happil y prevented its completion and led to his apprehension . Tho prisoner in 32 yearn of ago . Hit * parents wero connected with tho manufacture of artificial flowers . Pradeaux , before bo took to _asBaasination , bad been three times im-
A Model Criminal. A 0ioo1) Deal Of Intor...
prisoned for robbery and swindling . As soon as he had obtained 200 f . or 300 f . by some criminal means be spent tbe money in a few days , and then had recourse to a fresh crime for a new supply . His first victim was a cotton manufacturer , whom he murdered in his bed on the night of the 5 th of April to rob his chest , which contained some 700 f . About the same time he contracted an engagement to marry a girl named Dardard . To defray the expenses of the nuptial feast he committed a fresh murder . This time his
victim was a woman of 60 , the Widow Chateaux , of whom be pretended that he wanted to hire a lodging . He paid a visit at midnight , knocked down the old woman with a violent blow on the head , and strangled her with an handkerchief . He then rifled her effects , among which he found a bag of savings amounting to 300 f . Henceforth this became the pattern for _Pradeaiix's assassinations . He sought out the weakest victims , stunned them by a sudden blow , and then strangled them . Having murdered the Widow
Chateaux on the 25 th , he proceeded to assassinate m precisely the same w & y fonr days after a woman of the same age , Suan , engaged in the artificial flower trade . But he ransacked in vain the drawers of this poor creature , who , ' notwithstanding her industrious habits , was obliged to eke out her subsistence by the charity of the Bureau de Bienfaisance . The next day Pradeaux led his bride to the altar , decorated , perhaps , with some of Mademoiselle Suan ' s artificial orange-flowers . He passed the night wandering about the orchards , the walls of which he bad scaled to murder tbe cotton
manufacturer , and at daybreak entered the cabaret of an old woman named Naudin . He asked for a glass of brandy , and , while she was getting it , he struck her on the head with a bottle and knocked her down . He then attempted to strangle her with a handkerchief , as usual ; but the old woman bit him severely , and her screams brought tbe concierge to her assistance . The assassin fled , was pursued , and caught . The jury found a verdict of guilty upon all the charges , and the prisoner was condemned to death . The appearance of Pradeaux is insignificant ; his features are small , his eyes sunk , his complexion pale . His whole life seems to have been one tissue of crimes . As soon as be had
strength enough , he knocked down his mother and trampled upon her , and nearly assassinated his father with one of the tools used in their trade .
Miscellaneous The Queen Returned From Be...
MISCELLANEOUS The Queen returned from Belgium on Tuesday . The royal squadron left Antwerp on Sunday , but the severity of the gale obliged them to drop their anchors off Flushing . The Queen landed and drove through the streets , and the fleet weathered tbe night in the Roads . The next morning , the squadron got under weigh at six o ' clock , but owing to the fog , they were obliged to put into Dungeness Roads for the night . On Tuesday the squadron reached Osborno about mid-day .
Mr. Rice, The American Consul At Thc Por...
Mr . Rice , the American consul at thc port of Acapulco , has been illegally imprisoned . He was arrested by Mexican soldiers , but the Government deny any knowledge whatever of the arrest . The honorary degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred on M . Guizot and M . de Tocqueville , at tho Harvard University on the 20 th of July .
Tho Duko Of Hamilton And Brandon Died At...
Tho Duko of Hamilton and Brandon died at his mansion in Portman-squnro on Wednesday . Ho was cighty-fivo years of ago , being ono of tho oldest , members of tho peerage . Ho succeeded his father in 1810 . Ho was tho tenth duko of this title ; a privy councillor , a Knight of tho Garter , a Follow of tho Royal Society , and of tho _Antiqnariun Society , and President of tho Royal Society of Scotland . It baa been determined by the Liberal electors of Great Yarmouth to petition against tho return of Sir E . H . K . Lacon anel Mr . Rumbold . Tho electors of Bury will give a dinner to Mr . F . Pool , M . P ., on tho 8 th proximo . Sir James Graham , Mr , Cobden , and Mr . Bri ght , aro among tin ; guests invited .
Mr- Joseph Fletcher , one of tho Government inspectors of British and Foroign schools , has _dioel within the last fow days . Mr . Samuel Warren , Q . C ., has boon appointed to fbo recordorship of Hull , an office _filleel successivel y by Mr . Justice Crosswell , tho Right Honourable M . T . Raines , and the lato T . C . Granger , M . P . It is said that Mr . William Cobbett , Into of tho Queen ' s Bench prison , and brother of the present member for Oldham , is to bo a candidate for that borough in opposition to Mr . Fox . Sir James Parker , ono of the Vico-Chaneedle . rs , died last Friday night at his country seat , Jtothloy Temple , Leicestershire , at tho ago of fifty-one ; years . ' 1 ho cause of death was angina pectoris , from which ho has been suffering for about nine months .
Tho Globe says it is expected that tho office of Vico-Chuneollor , which him become vacant by tbe death of Sir James Parker , will bo conferred _^ upon Mr . Walpole , or , in _cano of his doolin ' _mg to accept it , will bo offered to Mr . John Stuart . Tho _Manchester Free Public Library has been presented to tho corporation , and will he opened on the 2 nd September .
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 21, 1852, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_21081852/page/9/
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