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There can be no doubt that "this is known to the police , but I do not think they have any means of stopping it or interfering . I may also observe that the principal place -where this traffics is carried on ia Hull , from which Manchester and Liverpool are both supplied . " D . E Luxatioo . —The Rev . James Charles Ward has appeared before Mr . Henry at Bow-street , on a warrant alleging that he is a lunatic . He had addressed letters to Sir George Grey and Lord Palmerston , as well as to the Queen , complaining that certain grievances of his had not received due attention , and that for six years past he had been the victim of a system of persecution . His landlady was called to prove his handwriting , but professed her inability to do so . A detective police-officer was then called ; but Mr . Ward , by means of a very long and ingenious crossexamination , Bhowed that the officer had only seen him write a few words . It was therefore ruled that he could not be considered a competent judge . Mr . Yardley , clerk to the Commissioners of Police , said Mr . Ward had called on Sir Richard Mayne , and that his statements were very rambling . He was * remanded for a week ; during which time he will be at liberty . De 33 ? kra . te Coiners . —Five well-known coiners have been examined at the Southwark police-office on . a charge of manufacturing a large amount of counterfeit money . The police surrounded a house in Unicorn-court , Borough , and two of them entered . Wlien on the stairs , they encountered three of the coiners , Jackson , Kitchen , and Brown , and a dreadful struggle ensued : Jackson was . extremely violent , kicking and knocking tie police inspector , and seriously injuring liim . Brown in . the endeavour to make his escape , jumped over the heads of the officers , and came in contact with Serjeant Brennan , who was running to their assistance , and they both rolled down the stairs . Another man was also seen to rush from the room , and he succeeded in making Ms escape by jumping out of the window . A body of police was afbei'wards sent for from the Stone ' send station to secure the prisoners ; after which , several moulds and other materials for coining were discovered in the house . The whole five were committed for trial . Sharp Practice . —A Mr . Smith , a lawyer , brought an . action at the Kingston Assizes against a fanner named Winder , to recover £ 1 , 500 , advanced upon a bond executed by Mr . Winder . The facts may be T-nwiQ-flvr ai- < i 4-ar $ 4-Vi-iia AT ** - "XV-511 ¦!«¦» m " \ X 7 * -Ti-w J nv . il . n J „ ¦¦ tin
-,,,. —¦ -- { ¦ rwiri _ Tr—L—11— . ^^ BM ^ n—d— Mi of the district , having received a wr itten complaint from several of the dwellers in the neighbourhood , through an officer of the Board of Guardians , he went to examiae Miss Rushton ' s premises . Having forcibly entered the house at the back , as he was unable to gain access any other way , he was sickened by the malaria of the place , and , on entering one of the back rooms , he found it full of cats . The animals were evidently in a wretched condition ; they appeared half-starved and affected with the mange . The whole house was infected as with a plague by the deposits of these animals , which appeared to be confined to the room in . which they were found . On seeing the cats , the inspector called Miss Rushton into the room , and asked her how many of those animals she bad got . She answered that she once had twenty , but had not then got above half that number . Mr . Willman informed the parish authorities , and also the parochial medical officer of the occurrence , when the latter visited JOss Rushton ' s premises , but , being unable to learn anything satisfactory from the owner , who seemed unwilling to make communications , and who appeared to be of unsound miud , the inspector was advised by the parish to take out the present summons . Mr . Elliott sadd that humanity towards the unfortunate woman herself should lead to an immediate abatement of the nuisance complained of , and he therefore ordered it to be removed within a week . An Unnatueal Son . —Stephen Stone , a ruffianly youth , who has frequently been charged with felony , has been sent to prison for twenty-eight days for endeavouring to strangle his father , and for threatening to cub his throat . _ The Murder at Exeter , —The ease of Mary-Weeks , the young woman who was convicted at the recent Assizes for the wilful murder of her illegiti . mate child at Exeter , and whose execution was staved in consequence of a jury of matrons having pronounced her " quick with chad , " has excited much interest in the- city of Exeter , and efforts are being made to obtain a commutation of the sentence . _ The iurv have memorialised the Queen on the ^ subject , stat ing that they believed the culprit committed the crhWWer the influence of Thomas Warren , the principal w itness against her , and to whom , it will be remembered , she was about to be married ; and that she was labouring ; under so much excitement and trouble at the time that she was temporarily irresponsible fox her actions . An opinion prevails in Exeter . . . it j . t ~ n- » n / . i < . << - <» 3 hiit . T . ho . f . her sentence not ub cictui
which his master presented . The father afterwards gave the prisoner money , to enable him . to leave , and Willes consented to go ; but , a few days afterwards , he was found in service in the neighbourhood , and he was therefore given Lnto custody . The jury found him Guilty . The prosecutor then said that the prisoner had been a very respectable servant , and had conducted himself in a very proper manner until this occurrence ; he therefore begged to recommend him to mercy . However , lie was sentenced to six years ' penal servitude . An Insolvent Fibe Insurance Office . —An action has been brought at Kingston by the Protestant Fire and Life Insurance Company against Mr . Beaumont , the managing director of the County Fire Office , to recover the sum of £ 2 , 300 upon two policies of fire insurance effected in the Protestant Office , and transferred to the County . It appeared that th « former company issued fire as well as life insurances , but that they were in the habit of transferring th « fire policies to other companies . Among those-handed over to the County Office in November , 1854 , were the two in question , which were effected by a person named Middleton upon his stock-in-trade and a building at Hull . The whole of this property was destroyed by fire on the 18 th of December last ; and it appeared that , upon Mr . Beaumont being called upon to pay the policies , as it was contended he was bound to do under his agreement , he declared that he was not liable . The present action , was therefore brought to try the question . The agreement was contained in a letter written by Mr . Beaumont , in which he _ consented to take the policies upon certain conditions ?; and it seems to have been afterwards understood thafc the arrangement should be- carried out . In the course of 1855 , several applications were made by Mr . Beaumont to the Protestant Office for the amount of the premiums that were due upon the policies transferred , to the County . At that time * according to the admissions of Mr . Bain , one of the Board ' -of . Directory when cross-examined at the trial , the Protestant had verylittle money at their bankers ; but he said they had " as much as £ 50 . " Mir . Cundy , the solicitor to the County , had told them that , if the premiums were nofc paid , " the company would not accept any fresh policies ; and he also threatened legal proceedings . The fire at Mr . Middleton ' occurred , as stated , on the 18 th of December , 1855 ; and on the 21 st of that month , Mr . Bain sent to the County Office a cheque for £ 49 . When this was stated by Mr . Bain on the
fcJA-AWX * . jr a * jaiV \*\ A . vuvau J . 1 A . & ¦ . TT III I f ^ i I I vy iwi UllO UC " fendant ' s son , had made arrangements some six years ago to purchase the Blue Posts public house in the Haymarket , London , for £ 1 , 500 . Finding he had not got the money , he applied to Mr . Smith , who is a solicitor in Chancery-lane , to advance that amount on property belonging to his wife . The lawyer consented , on Mr . William Wilder undertaking to give a mortgage . Shortly before the day for payment of the money , Mi " . Smith said he had not had time to prepare the necessary deeds , but added that he was ready to advance the amount if a bond were given him as security until th « mortgage was completed . A . bond was therefore drawn up , and executed by the elder Mr . Wilder , his son , and a . frieud . It appears , however , from their own admissions , that they did not read over the document , and that they Bigned it on the representations of Mr . Smith ; but they all understood that it was to be merel y a temporary security until the mortgage should be ready . About two or three months afterwards , a regular mortgage deed was executed ; but Mr . Smith never gave up the bond . Mr . "William WiI / Iah ( niKaoniiani-liT K >/> oma
_ tnat sn . e win , ^ , ~« - ~ - — _ --will be commuted to transportations oi- imprisonment ° ChilVmtjkder . — EmmaMussett , a married woman , has been sentenced to death at the Norfolk Assizes for the murder of her newly-born infant . There seems to have absolutely no motive for the act . —Elizabeth Reddell has been found guilty at Liverpool , of the murder , by a course of brutal ill-usage , of her stepdaughter , aged four years . Sentence vasxleferred . Standing m another Man ' s Shoks—Two . laboming men , named Pierce and Kyffiu , ha 4 a quarrel at a wedding at Llanfair Talhaiarn , a village in North Wales . Pierce subsequently disappea red ; and Kymn asked some men who were present if any one ot them " would stand in Pierce ' s shoes . " A man ¦ named Williams said Pierce had behaved very well to _ him , and therefore he would . A fight then ensued , and Kyffiu was killed , apparently from a kick . On the trial at the Derbyshire Assizes , the jury found a vevdict of Not Guilty , the foreman adding that thoy considered " the deceased ' s neck was broken by the / . ni » rrvT . _ t .. j „ . «« T » rv tmn Knlip . vfi . crentlemen , tnat
trial , Mr . James , counsel for Mr . Beaumont , said : — " Now I ask you , upon your oath , sir-r-and I advise you to be cautious—whether you sent that cheque until after you had heard of the fire ?" . Mr . Bain answered : — I had not seen any letter from Mr . Middleton , but I think I had heard of the fire before I sent the cheque for the amount of the premiums thafc were due . He had just before asserted that he was not sure whether the cheque was sent before or after the fire . ) " I think I heard the fire at Mr . Middleton ' s talked about in . the office ; but it was not on account of the " fire happening that I sent the cheque . The money ought to have been paid before ; but people do not always pay accounts the moment they are due , and this was the only reason for the delay . The fire > t Mr . Middleton ' was mentioned in the office , and then it was proposed that I should send a cheque for £ 49 to the County , It was my own private cheque , and the amount was paid out of my own funds , but I was the treasurer of the company as well as the chairman , and it was all the same thing . " In answer to further Questions , he said that he could not tell how much
a baukrupt , and Mr . Smith took possession of his property under the mortgage deed , and is still in receipt of the routs . Nevertheless , he brought hia action aga . io . st the elder Mr . Wilder , on the strength of the bond , for the amount that had been advanced . Previously to this , there had been a good many legal proceedings betwaon tho parties , and one of Mr , fcJmith'a bills for coats amounted to £ 600 . No witnesses weie called for the defence , but it was contended that tho bond was perfectly legal , and the claim just . Mr . Baron Alderson , in summing up , said it was a serious matter to destroy tho effect of a solemn Instrument such as tho Loud , and ho leant to a verdict in favour of Mr . ' Smith ; but the jury , after some deliberation , Baid they found a verdiob for the defendant , Mr . Wilder , toeoauae thoy woro of opinion that tho mortgage deed had nob boon acted on . Tho iudco deoliuod to roooive t . liin vaivIi- ^ . o » ri *^ A + k «
his death w as caused by the fighting ? ' Foreman : " Yes , ifc was ; but we think ho brought it ou , and that it was eutiroly his own fault . We think that the provocation the prisoner had is certainly something—The Judge : " If you believe that , then it is an untrue verdict . You . think death was caused by the fighting , and yet you find the prisoner not guilty . It seems to me that by such a verdict you are violating your own oaths . " A second consultation , occupying a few minutos , only resulted in a confirmation of the original -verdict . Hia Lordship then ordered Williams and the two seconds to be discharged . Thjq Muiudeu bit a Soldier in thij German LrcaioN . —Hans Hansen has been tried at the Bodmin assizes for tho rnurdei of Charles Jacobi under ciroumatanoos detailed in last week ' B Leader . Ho was found Guilty , and sentenced to death . A T >«« TM ^ nxfrvrtTi iT Ti \ i ai > rl n 1 ft 'Ri / 'kW Pr tlif * . ft HOV
they had got at their banker ' s at the time ; it was as much as £ 49 , but he could not say how much moie . He " believed" fresh , policies had been isBued within , the last few daya ; but he could not say to what amount . At this point , Mr . Boron Alderson said it seemed to him . that the examination was faat verging towards a criminal ctarge , and he therefore reminded Mr . Bain that he was not bound to answer any question that he thought might criminate himself . Mr , Bain further said , in anBwer to Mr . James : — " I know that an action was tried at York last week , in which Mr . Middleton sought to recover tho amount ot Ins policies from the oonopruiy , but lam not aware tnat the company pleaded that thoy had no money to pay him with . I havo lieard there was such a plea . I cannot say whether a claim for £ 12 , arining out of a fire at Plymouth , was made upon the office , and they wore unablo to pay ib . I am nob certain about it .
, jury they had bettor veoonsider tho matter , nnd that fchoy wero not bound to give any roaaoua for tho decision they might couxo to . They therefore again retired , and iu ubou , t a quarter of an hour oaiao into court a ecjooiul tinio , und , gave n . verdict for tho do fendaut . A Cat Plaqujs . —MUs Ruehton , a lady living in tho neighbourhood of Laraboth , who ia said to possess ttomo property , was Hurnmonod nb th < j polico-oiuco to anawor a oliargo of keeping hop house in ao filthy a Btato us to bo a nuiaanaw to the surrounding inhabitants , and Uaugorou * to tho publio hoalth . Sho appoareu with a wretched , diaoaaed cut under hor arms . In tho oourfio of a n » X . i » Qr long examination , it transpired that , in conooqueaioo of tho nuiaanoc-inspeotor
thirteen yoars of age , haa boon committed for trial , ohargod with breaking open a caehbox , and stealing a bundle of bills of exchange to tho value of £ 10 , 000 , tho property of Mr . Paris Sinanidos , morohant of Coloninn-atroeb-buildings , hia omployor . He was aleo ohargod with attempting to eat firo to the promises . A Pi . aoabi . iii Man . —John Willes has boon tried at Bodmin on a charge of orimlnally assaulting a little gii'l six yearn of ago , tho daughter of his employer . When tho fixthor was informed of tho ciroumatanoo , he told Wllloa that ho had committed an act that would transport him , but , as ho rospootod him , ho would forgivo tho offence if ho would leavo tho neighbourhood . Willoa uuid ho oould not go , and ahortly afterwards l » o maclo fin attempt to cut hifl throat ,
Mr . Elderton , seorotmry to the Protestant Uompany , admitted in oroHB-oxatnination that he hoard of the firo on t ho 19 th of December ; thnt the cheque was Bont on tho 21 fit ; and that it was not until the 24 th that ho Avrote to the County to iniorm them of tho firo , and roq uestod tbena to eond their surveyor to investigate tho matter , a » it waa owe of tho cases in which thoy -vvero intoreBtod . In hia speech for tno dofonce , Mr . Jamoa ahowod by the deed of aotblomont of the Protestant Company that the County could not legally enter into such an agreement aB tho one thab had boon Bugg ; ofltod , and that they had tho opinion of a high legal authority to that effect ; and Mr . Boauraont was called to prove that tUo peraona connected yrith the Protestant Company -were yer-
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m . »™ so . I 856 . I T Hi LEADEB . _ 293
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Leader (1850-1860), March 29, 1856, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_29031856/page/5/
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