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CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. On Saturday Jame...
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GATHERINGS FROM LAW AND POLICE COURTS. M...
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ALLEGED LUNACY OF A GENTLEMAN OF FORTUNE...
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NAVAL AND MILITARY. Sham Fight at Dublin...
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Criminal Record. Supposed Murder.—On Sat...
and as he passed through the streets he had a -woeful , wretched appearance . He is a young man . Poaching Affray . —On Sunday morning , about five o ' clock , several game -watchers -were on the aleTt after poachers on . the estate of Mr . Walker , of Babworth , near Ketford , when they saw two men trespassing in pursuit of game in a field near . John Scott ,-who was watching , came up with a poacher , named Samuel Golland , of West Retford , who immediately ran off . Scott followed in pursuit and overtook him . Golland stopped , and after some words , pointed his gun and shot Scott in . the breast , Anderson , another watcher , succeeded in capturing Goliand , and took him prisoner to Mr . Walker ' s house . In the evening poor Scott was lying in a most precarious state . His deposition has been taken .
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Central Criminal Court. On Saturday Jame...
CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT . On Saturday James Hisley and Joseph . Houghton were indicted for highway robbery , with violence , upon Edwin Brown on the 28 th July in Shoreditch . He was dragged into a court , and brutally treated . They were both found guilty . Hisley was a notorious thief , and had undergone twelve months' imprisonment . Hisley was sentenced to six , and Houghton to four years' penal servitude . The convict Borromeo was brought to the bar and told that information bad been received from Paris that nothing was known there of the persons whom he wished to have been " called as witnesses in his favour . The court adjourned till the 20 th of September .
Gatherings From Law And Police Courts. M...
GATHERINGS FROM LAW AND POLICE COURTS . Mart Neweul , the young woman charged with the murder of her child , by tying a bag of stones to its neck and throwing it into the Thames , and -who , it will be recollected , was detected by means of photographic likenesses of the deceased child being circulated about , was brought up for final examination at the public office , Beading , on Friday last . The prisoner now made a statement , which she signed , to the effect that she had been seduced by a young man at Beading , named Francis , and had given birth to the child about four months since ; she had been in Henley Workhouse , -which she left to go to Heading to see the man Francis ; that she saw him , and asked him for some money for the support of the child , but that he refused her , saving he did not care for the child or her either . The prisoner was committed for trial at the next assizes .
The Count of St . Alhans ( described as Alexander Mauduit , alias Alexander de Saint Albans d'Orleans , otherwise Count Saint Albans ) , of York , teacher of languages , was charged with having , on the 29 th ult ., in a xailway carriage belonging to the North Eastern Company , assaulted Mr . Joseph Swale , of Boston Spa . It appeared that Mr . Swale , at Thorp Arch station , attempted to enter a third-class carriage for Tork , in which -was the Count , who said there was no room . Mr . Swale got in and found there was abundance of room . Mr . Swale very properly told the foreigner that had he been in his own country he -would have been given into the custody of the gendarmes for his conduct . A quarrel ensued , in the course of-which the foreigner drew out
a dagger and used it menacingly , saying , " Me kill you . " A complaint -was made at the first station , the foreigner repeated his intemperate and threatening conduct with his umbrella , and the result -was that when taken before the magistrates they said they found it quite necessary , for the sake of justice and for the safety of the public , to fine the defendant the full penalty-allowed by law for the first assault , viz ., 51 ., including costs , or in default of payment to be committed to the House of Correction for . two months . As to the second assault , it showed them that the defendant was excessively irritable , and that it was necessary to require him to be bound over in his own recognisance of 607 . not to offend in like manner for a period of twelve months .
The Mormonites at Stepney have become objects of the popular indignation , and on Friday last a discourse ¦ was delivered in the street , outside their conventicle , by a M * . Hepburn , which had the effect of inciting the mob to an attack upon the elders and their followers , who irere at the time engaged in the mysteries of their worship . The affair became seriows , and the Mormons would have fared badly bat for the protection of the police , who tad great difficulty in escorting them to a place of safety . The antl-Mormonlte agitator and his lieutenant have been bound over to keep the peace . Planter
Mrs . , landlady of a public-house at Ratcllffe , charges her husband with assaxiltmg and beating her . She said he was formerly a sailor , and married her a Widow , about three years ago . He had spent her money pawned her plate , beaten her , and she had found him in company with prostitutes . His inhumanity had been Very great , and ho had been committed to prison , for one mdnth for a savage- assault upon her . Being cross-examined , she admitted that she had been married to four lttubfende , and did not know what had become of two of them . One of them , named Jack Harris , was in Australia . She had indicted him for bigamy at the Central Criminal Court , and ho was acquitted . Sho might have Kvod -With one only a fortnight . Would not swear elio
had not lived with other men . The husband , Planter , said he had been inveigled into an unfortunate marriage with this infamous woman , and was once co nvicte d , on perjured evidence , of an assault . This was an attempt on the part of the woman and her ser vant to get him back to the bouse . The gaoler of the court knew that Mrs . Harris , he meant Planter , had had nine husbands ( sensation ) , but could not say that she was married to all of them . She had been accused of defrauding sailors , and because he related her true character , she had threatened him , and was held to bail . The magistrate said that no good could result in the defendant Hying with his wife . He held him to bail in his own recognisance , and Advised him to go to sea again as soon as possible .
At the Court of Bankruptcy , on Tuesday , upon hearing a trade debtor's summons against the estate of Messrs . Felix Calvert and Co ., the Commissioner decided that it having been proved a demand had been legally made by the creditor , the Messrs . Calvert must either pay the mouey claimed ( 1000 / . ) or give a bond for that amount against an action which lias been brought by the creditor . The " nursing system" adopted by the General
Omnibus Company to drive their rivals off the road , has resulted in a collision between one of their own omnibuses and one belonging to another company . Mr . Henry , who heard the case , ordered it to staud over for a month , that they might have the opportunity of altering their time , so as to prevent what was becoming a dangerous nuisance . He said there were great improvements in omnibus accommodation since tbe establishment of the companies , but if the " nursing" ¦ were continued , he would direct the police to interfere .
It will . be recollected that a little girl , six years of age , was left at the bouse of a gentleman named Masters , at Dalston , during the absence of the family . Mr . Masters took the child to the Shoreditch Union . She was afterwards brought to the court by the reliev ingofficer of the parish , who stated that Mr . Masters had denied any knowledge of the child or the circumstances under which it bad been left in so extraordinary a manner with his servant . Elizabeth Barham , a young woman residing at Birmingham , was found to have been the person-who left the child , so she was taken into custodj' and brought to London ; -when she stated that Mi-. Masters was the father of the little girl , that his mother was well aware of this fact , and advised her to take the child to his house . Mr . Masters had paid towards the keep of bis daughter until
nine months ago , when she had married , and then he discontinued the allowance . She would not , however , have parted with the child , had not her husband required her to do so . When she -went to his house she told the servant it was Masters ' s child , and wrote the following note , —" As you have left off paying for the --child , and 1 cannot see it starve , I have brought her for you . " On the the other , hand Mr . Masters indignantly denied the paternity . The magistrate said that the only matter before him waa the alleged desertion , which bad not been proved ; she must therefore be discharged . Before the poor woman left the police-court she bunded in a -written statement of the circumstances of her seduction by Mr . Masters . She was pitied , and relieved from the poor-box with two sovereigns . She returned to Birmingham with the child .
Alleged Lunacy Of A Gentleman Of Fortune...
ALLEGED LUNACY OF A GENTLEMAN OF FORTUNE . Mr . Lawrence Ruck , a gentleman of property , of Sittingbourne , in Kcut , and Montgomeryshire , has been confined in a private lunatic asylum for some time . It is alleged on one hand that he is insane , and on tho other that he is not . The question is now submitted to a jury , at a commission presided over by Mr . Winslow , iu St . Clement ' s Inn Hall . The petitioner is Mrs . Kuck . The evidence given is to the effect that Mr . Ruck has behaved for the last two years like a madman , doing the most eccentric and foolish things , and accusing his wife of infidelity without the least foundation . The
inquiry was adjourned ; and on tho second day further evidence was given on tho part of tho petitioner . Mrs . Ruck ' s evidence is the most interesting . It is evident that the question of sanity or insanity turns upon this point — whether the convictions of Mr . Ruck with respect to his wife's infidelity wore delusions or were well founded . The evidence seems to show that they were pure delusions . Mr . Ruck has himself been called to give evidence , and his answers appeared altogether to bo like those of a sane individual recovered from a debauch . Ho admitted that ho had laboured under excitement and delusion arising from
intemperate habits . He denied having any recollection of much that waa attributed to him when under tho iuiluence of drink , and imputed lies to some of tho witnesses . Dr . Still well , in whose custody Mr . Ruck was placed , was also examined , and tho public will , wo think , como to tlio conclusiou that tho law applicable to the arreet of alleged lunatics must undergo grout change . On the fourth day of tho inquiry , some of Mr . UiicIc ' h private friends were examined , lor tho purpose of proving that hiri ex . ? « em « nt was not insanity but arose from hard drinking . Their testimony would go to show that tliid unfortunate gentleman ' s enemy is tho bottle , and he it * all right when
it 19 kept from him . Should this be the true state of ^ case , there was the law against drunkards Uichm ^ ff have been put in force against him . Dr . Sti ill ? ^ keeper , had entered upon his books that theiSanitJ ? f Mr . Ruck arose from hereditary predisposition IT 122 from drink . But his progenitors never were . m ^ T ? the doctor , on being asked where iJ ^ S . fa & Jf tion , was very puazled to tell . He fig said £ ! £ tt from the certificate ;' " but the certificate was nroXll and nothing of hereditary insanity was written ^ that document . The inquiry , wlii 4 has ISS five days , was brought to a close yesterday . ThTw after a consultation of only a quarter of an hour pr ? nounccd Mr . Ruck to be of sound mind , and quite CanT l ) le of managing his own affairs . q capa "
Naval And Military. Sham Fight At Dublin...
NAVAL AND MILITARY . Sham Fight at Dublin . —On Thursday the troons of tins garrison , to the amount of 40 a 0 men , had a erind field-day and mock engagement under the inspection of General Lord Seaton . Tbe troops consisted of . < 1 g tachment of the Guards , the 7 Gth aud other W regiments , and the Forfarslrire Militia , with a strong body of cavalry and artillery . The various manoeuvre were admirably performed , the scene of action bein « the domain of Colonel White ; of Woodlands . The general expressed his entire satisfaction at the smartness and appearance of the troops . Dkaths . — -Intelligence has been received of the death of Brigadier General Campbell in India after a short illness , brought on by over-exertion and anxiety —Lieut Colonel Yerbury , late of the 3 rd Light Dragoons died a few days since at Belcomb , near Bradford , Wilts , in his 55 th year . The gallant deceased bad seen much active service in India . —Colonel Thomas E . Kelly , the inspecting field officer of the London recruiting district , was found dead in . his bed , on Saturday last , at his lodgings in St . Alban's-place , Haymarket , from disease of the heart . " ' ¦/ : ¦ ¦ , ; , ¦ ' ' - . ' ¦' Commodore on the E . vst India Static * . —Captain Harry E . Edgell , late of the Tribune , hoists his broad pennant oh board the / Chesapeake , as Commodore of the second class , on the East India station , vice Commodore Watson , who comes home invalided .
Court MARTlAt . —A court-martial has been held on board the Victory , in Portsmouth Harbour , to fry James Balsam , carpenter , belonging to the Ajax , GO , screw block-ship , for drunkenness . The charge having been fully proved , he was sentenced to be reduced one grade and dismissed his ship . —The court reopened to try Mr . Ricliard N . Tanvnvay , second master of the Oberon , for drunkenness . The prisoner pleaded guilty , and threw himself on . the mercy of the court . He was sentenced to be dismissed her Majesty ' s service . Decokatiok fob India . —We ( United Service ii & zttte ) have heard that the-Maharajah . Sciiuliah proposes , of course with the sanction of her Majesty , to confer a decoration on the army , ' as a reward for the gallantry displayed by the troops at the capture of Gwalbr .
Hek Majesty ' s Return . —The Banshee Admiralty steam-vessel was to leave Woolwich yesterday for Antwerp , to form part of the royal squadron on the return of her Majesty and the Prince from Prussia . The . Military Lunatic Asylum , Tout Put . —The asylum is built within the fortifications , the situ being well chosen . At the present time it is filled . with patients , nearly tbe whole of whom have been sent home insane from India and the colonies . On Monday and Tuesday it was inspected by a Commissioner in Lunacy . The Commissioner spent several hours in the asylum , and instituted , & rigid inspection of every part of the
establishment . Several of the arrangements connected with the asylum appear to be faulty . The building itself is not largo enough to contain the number of soldiers who at present occupy it . Tho exercise-grounds were found to be coniincd , the patients having but a comparatively limited space in which to take exercise . The Commissioner made several suggestions to the authorities , having for their object the comfort of the patients . There are scarcely any amusements provided , and directions were given that various games should be allowedas billiards , bowls , and other things—to excite attention and stimulate activity . The entire establishment vos found to be in very good order .
Thk Victoiua Cnosy . —Tlio Queen has been pleased to confer this' decoration on tho under-mentioned officer n » d non-commiasioned otticers , who have been recommended for that decoration on account of acts of bravery performed by them in India . C 6 th ( Ghoorku ) Bengal Native Infantry—Lieutenant John Adam Tytlor j Jato of act of bravery , 10 th Fob . 1858 . 37 th Bengal Native Infantry—Sergonnt-Mnjor M . llosamond ; date of act of bravery , 4 tli June , 1867 . ' 12 nd Regiment—Colour-Sergeant William Gardner ; date of net of bravery , 6 th May , 1858 . Loodiuna Regiment—Sergeant-Miijor Peter Gill ; date of act of bravery , -llh June , 1857 .
A Russian Squadkon at PouxsMourir . —A small llnsBian squadron , consisting of two M-gun Hcrow corvettes , Hindu and Griden , ami tho screw tlospatrh g »»" vessel , of
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 28, 1858, page 862, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/ldr_28081858/page/6/
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