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greater secrecy . On Saturday , April 22 , 1848 , Mr . Graisford being from home , Mrs . Gaisford was seen to meet Mr . Karr and talk to him at his gate for some time . On that occasion , as she has since confessed , she made an appointment to meet him in London on the following Friday . On Easter Sunday , April 23 , the day after the above appointment , Mrs . Gaisford , received the holy communion from Mr . Karr , and on April 28 she called upon him at FJadong ' Hotel , Oxford-street , from which place she is said to have accompanied him in a cab to a disreputable house in Weymouth-terrace , Hackney-road . In regard to this latter transaction , the defendant endeavoured
to prove an alibi , which was not very successful . Mr . Justice Patteson , in summing up , directed the attention of the jury to the fact , that at the investigation in 1849 , Mr . Karr most solemnly denied having seen Mrs . Gaisford in London , whereas it was now admitted that he had seen her there . The jury retired at a quarter past five o ' clock on Saturday , the case having lasted three days . At half-past ten his lordship sent for them to his lodgings , and , on their saying that there was no chance of their agreeing if locked up for a month , discharged them without their returning a verdict .
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IRISH PAUPER IMMIGRANTS . Another case of death from cold and starvation on board an Irish steamer took place the other day . The victim in this instance was Mary Collins , aged forty-five , a poor Irishwoman , who came over from Cork , in the Duke of Cambridge steam-vessel , on the 29 th ult . She had been recently discharged from the workhouse in Skull , and walked to Cork , a distance of fifty miles , with two of her children , whom she brought over with her . The voyage lasted three days , and it rained all the way . She had to lie on deck , and when the vessel arrived in the Thames , the surgeon who was called to see the poor woman found her lying pulseless and speechless in that part of the boat appropriated for the cattle . She had nothing under her , and her clothing consisted of only a blanket , a ragged gown , and a chemise . The captain , who stated that he had brought over between 400 and 500 , at Is . 3 d . to 2 s . 6 d . a head , and was in the habit of bringing as many every week , said he had had a very boisterous voyage , and the immigrants had been exposed to the inclemency of the weather . One witness said the night the vessel arrived in the river there were upwards of 200 of the immigrants going about the streets shoeless , and in the most wretched condition . The surgeon of Whitechapel workhouse , to whicli Mary Collins had been taken , said she died on Monday last of typhus fever , which had no doubt been accelerated by the overcrowding of the vessel and the exposure to the weather . The inquiry was adjourned until Monday .
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A fl T It A N ( i K A K I ' A i U . A young needlewoman named Ann Harriett . Newman , who resides with hft parents sit Liinrhoiisr , w ; is found sitting <> " f' » e AU'V Ol > II < lo " itftt ** or fltupcfaetiofi in Little Nutton-Ntrect , ClerkenwHI , about half-pant on <> o ' clock on Tmmlay morning week . Her hands were bloody , but there wan no mark of violcm : *; on her person . She was taken to the Hoyiil Frvo Infirmary , Gray Viunroad , and , when miflieienlly recovered , gave the following
account of the oircumatanoi'N which led to her being found there : —She said that on Monday , the Jilnt ultimo , Hhe got a letter from a young innn named itiohard Huberts , who wan paying bin adilreinies to h «; r , making an appointment to iu «> ct her Unit afternoon at ( he Hen Jonson , IthodeHwrll , Htupnoy . Though the . letter wan not in his handwriting , nhe inmginrd that lie had got Homebody else to write it , and kept the appointment , going there between lour and live o ' clock in the afternoon . Instead of Roberts she mot a young man , who said , " Your name , in Nowrnan ; you arc waiting for Dick
Roberts ; come with me , and I'll show you where lie is . " He then took her round the corner , where a cab was waiting , and wished her to go on to the Ben Jonson s bridge , which was close at hand , but she refused . An altercation ensued , during which the young man and the cabman tried to force her into the vehicle , but some persons passing by interfered , on which the young man cried out , " What business is it of yours ? She is my wife , and I want to get her home . " Though she protested to the contrary , the parties adopted his statement , and she was forced into the cab . She had not been long there when he put a white handkerchief to her mouth and nose , and she became almost immediately insensible . On awakening out of her trance , she found herself lying
on a sofa in a large room , with a young woman sitting opposite her . The woman , who seemed to commiserate her position , asked if she felt herself better , to which 6 he replied , " I don't know that I have been ill , " for she did not perceive that any injury had been done to her . She asked the young woman where she was , to which the other replied , " You ' re in a ' low house . ' " Shockedat this intelligence , though she did not find that she had been abused , « he cried out , " I must get out at once ; " to which the young woman replied , " I do not think there is much use in your trying . If , however , you are a respectable young woman , and resolved to force your way out , here is a knife which may assist you ; but for God sake do not tell the old woman , who will soon come up , that I gave
you the knife , or any advice and assistance . " A respectable-looking old woman came up shortly afterwards with something in a glass , which she compelled the complainant to swallow . The draught had a strange effect upon her , and all after that seemed like a confused dream . She remembered seeing a gentleman in the room , who attempted to take liberties with her , which she resisted . She broke a quantity of glass , and had an indistinct idea of cutting somebody with a knife , but could not say who it was ; the fact might account for the blood on her hands . She vras then again forced into a cab , and remembered nothing more until she awakened to a sense of consciousness in the infirmary ; but she did not think that her person had been violated , an opinion in which
Mr . Robertson seemed to coincide . William Day , twenty-one years of age , late barman to Mr . Deacon , a wine and spirit merchant , was brought up at Thamesstreet Police Court , on Monday , on the charge of having been the person guilty of the outrage . The young woman distinctly stated that he was the man . The pri » soner said he could prove that he passed his time from four in the afternoon till twelve at night on Monday in such a manner as to preclude the possibility of his connection with the present charge . He was remanded till Saturday ( to-day ) , and the constables were ordered to exert themselves to discover the house to which the young woman was taken , and also to find out the cab in which she had been taken away .
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MURDERS AND SUICIDES . The trial of George Carnt , for the murder of Elizabeth Bainbridge , at Lnwshall , Norfolk , was brought to a close on Saturday . Carnt is an agricultural labourer , aged twenty-three , and bore a good character . He had been paying his addresses to Elizabeth Bainbridge , a woman aged thirty , who was married about ten years ago to a man who enlisted three years afterwards , since which time she lived with her father , a respectable farmer . On the 20 th of January , Carnt , who had been staying for a week at the Harrow public-house at Lawshall , was aeen in company with Elizabeth Bainbridge , who had also been there on < i visit to her sister , who was landlady of the house . They were seen conversing together very earnestly , and it . is surmised , although there in no direct evidence of the fact , that her refusal of him led to her untimely fate . In the afternoon of that day , she left the Harrow , with the intention of going home to her father ' s house . Soon aft or her departure Carnt left the house also , and it was afterwards ascertained that he overtook her on her way home . As she did not reach home that night , her parents became alarmed , but nothing could be learned concerning her mysterious disappearance . About Hcven that evening , Carnt returned to the Harrow much agitated , without n hat , and his clothes wet and dirty . He stood before the kitchen fire some minutes in silence , and then »; vid , " The halter is for my neck . It does not signify what , becomes of mo ; the . gallows is my doom . " Next day search wan made for the missing woman , and her body was found in a pond on the way home to her father ' s . The evidence was clear as to the guilt of the prisoner , and a verdict to that effect having been returned , he was sentenced to death .
Daniel Munday , a labourer , aged forty-six , was tried at the Oxford Assizes , on Tuesday , for the murder of Ian wife at Wooton-un «] er-Kdge , on the 2 . ' { rd of February , lie had been in the habit of beating and kicking his wile in a very brutal manner ; but , with the exception of one witness , who saw him strike her a violent blow on the client a few days before her death , no one had seen him kick or beat her fur a few months previously . " On tint morning <> T tin ; 'lay ( Sunday ) on ttliirli i-ho ilie . ri two wiliiCMM'H Haw her roiiK' out . of tin' tioiiHr anil stand ill ( Ih ' toikI wltli her head ilrnnpiii ^ down , ami Iwr whole body nlinking , in if «) itt ivhh in ^ rcal . bodily fijrony . A hIioiI . time uflerwimln , in t ho I'liurai- ill I lie tianni niiiiiiiii ^ , sin went , to ; i ni'i ^ ldxno ' H Iioiihc , liul what , passed then- wan excluded liy the ihIvh of evidoncc .
They , however , pcrnmided her to fjo home f , <> lied . About five in tin- uttcriioon a Innmlr neighbour Called upon littr , and found licr Hilling in tlm bed with tier i IdIIiih on , mid thin neighbour wanlu'd her liritd vvit . li iuniie vinegar , mid also Hiiuiiitlied her hair , and mud that hIhi did not < il ( nrrvr any ukiiKh ujion her neek . Another tViufilo neighbour , who ultto applied Home vun'i ^ ar tohur heml Hit ; biiiik- evening , (( live nimilal evidence Tim |> rinom : r mnv one of tlirno wiliu'HMcn , and ic i | innlc ( l her i ! lii : i wife tdiuiild ho worm ; in the iii ^ lit , to come In her if he should fetch her . These wilnc n « m left her ill lied about , luilf-punt tell o ' clock , there bemif no ( ith . 'l pcl'HoiiH In tilt ! houne IxiL Mm pi Inoner and two childieii , agrd r « -B | i « -cl lvcly right , mill lour yearn . About , two o ' clock In I lie morning the pilHonor mine l . o the . Iioiihc of the witnenH ho hud spoken to , anil urouHfil her , saying , ' Fanny whs worse . ' ami , irt the oouruu of llvo nnnutcM , and before the woman could drctm
herself , he came back and eaid , Fanny was gone . " The witness and her husband then went to the prisoner ' s house and foun d his wife quite dead , but not yet cold ; the mouth and eyes closed and the bed clothes quite smooth and folded up round the neck ! When the body was laid out , it was found that on the region of the bowels was a very large green and purple bruise ; that there was also a large braise on the side neat the hip ; and that there was a bruise and the marks of pressure oft the heck and under the ear . A coroner ' s inqueat wae held , but > e trance to say , very slight evidence wAs given upon thesa points , and the jury returned a verdict of accidental death . "
The jury found the prisoner guilty of an aggravated assault . Mr . Justice Tulfourd asked the jury which assault they referred to , and the foreman replied , " The assault on the Thursday before the death . " His lordship said , that being so , he thought , upon the principle of the decision in Regina v . Bird , the prisoner Was entitled to be acquitted , as the blow on Thursday clearly did not conduce to the deAtta , and , therefore , although the prisoner might be indicted for the assault hereafter , he was not liable on this indictment . The jury acquiesced , and the prisoner was thereupon acquitted . Patrick Lyons , who was sentenced to death for the murder of Margaret Fahey , a hawker , at Warrington , has confessed his own guilt , but he exculpates his wife from any share in the crime . His object was to get possession of the money which Margaret Fahey had on her
person ; but after the dreadful deed had been committed his spirit failed him , and he had not the courage to steal the purse from the dead body of his victim . He states that on the morning of the murder he hesitated a long time , struggling with the temptation ; that on Fahey coming down stairs he struck the blow with the butcher ' s cleaver himself , that bis wife rushed upon him and gave him a strong push away ; that he then threatened to do the same with his wife , upon which she ran up stairs . A representation of the facts of the case , with the statements of the prisoners , has been forwarded to Sir George Grey , in the hope of inducing him to recommend to her Majesty , as respects the wife , a commutation of the sentence of death . The day of execution is fixed for Satura day , the 19 th instant .
The examination of Ann Averment , charged with having caused the death of her mistress , Mrs . Ann Dearlove , of Leverington , by mixing arsenic in a pudding , was brought to a close on Saturday . The proceedings began on the 22 nd ultimo , and had been adjourned to the 24 th , the 29 th , and then to Saturday last . The magistrates decided on sending the prisoner for trial . The inqueet on the body of Esther Curtis , who was killed by her husband , at Gloucester , on Saturday , was brought to a close on Tuesday afternoon . The first witness called was Mrs . Wilkes , of the White Lion Inn , by whom the deceased was employed on Saturday , The prisoner , Edmund Curtis , was sitting in the kitchen , drinking , when his wife went to him and asked him to go home , complaining at the same time of the hard-hip of
her being obliged to work at the house for half a day while he went there and spent double the money in a . couple of hours . They then went outside the door together , and shortly afterwards witness heard a scream . Itunning into the garden , witness found the deceased on an iron hurdle , the prisoner lying across her , and beating her with his lint . She called out a man to the assistance of the deceased , and he was dragged from off her , and the woman fell insensible to the ground . She never spoke afterwards , but gave three hysterical cries and immediately died . Other witnesses corroborated this statement of facts , and added that the prisoner returned to the house , and when told that his wife was dying , answered , " She may die and be u , and the sooner the better . " The jury returned a verdict of Manslaughter .
A strange affair hus recently taken place at March , in the island of Ely . Edward Miller , a brewer and maltster there , having ascertained that two of his maid-servants had been pilfering his flour , told them of it , but agreed , on their promising better behaviour for the future , to look over the ofFence , and continue them in his service . This charge was laid by Mr . Miller on Monday , and on Tuesday morning Mr . Miller ' s two servants Were missing , and also a third , in the employ of Mrs . Jones ( Mr .
Miller ' s sister ) , who lived next door to Mr . Miller . Nothing was heard of them until dark on Tuesday evening , when it was ascertained that one of Miller ' s servants had died , her body being discovered under a hedge in a field at the back of the town . The other two girls were searched for , and found in a house contiguous to Mr . Miller ' s back premises , suffering from the effects of strong doses of laudanum . They were watched and attended during Tuesday night , and there in how hopes of their recovery .
Joseph Clarke , charged with killing his wife , at Buth on the 18 th of February , was found guilty of Man slaughter at Tiumton As . nizes , on Saturday . Mafia Clarke , agod twenty-two , who was committed to prison a fortnight ago for burying her infant child alive , was tried for murder at Norfolk Ansizi'H , on Saturday . An attempt was made to show that she wan not in her right mind , as » he had recently recovered from puerperal fever , hut the jury returned a verdict of guilty , and who was sentenced to death .
Robert Jamen llolworthy , residing at Wyrneswold , and who n few yearn ago wiih well known hn the proprietor of " llolworthy ' s pills , " in said to have poisoned five of liif children . It appears that hoiiic time buck ho became luduced in circuinutances . in J uly , 184 *) , bin children wero all apparently enjoying good health , but Hjnce then five of them have died , and the symptoms preceding death in eitch cuho bore so ntrong a re-Hemblance us to excite suspicion . Two of the bodies were exhumed a f « w days ago , and an investigation into the iiH ' . iir in now going on .
Thomas Turner , a waterman , of Mill Potld-ntreet , Hermondsey , xvun brought before Mr . Yardley , at TharneH Htreet , on Wednemluy , on a charg * Ot attempting , in company with two other men , to rob and murder J . J . Baldwin , a murinc-Htoro dealer , at Stepney .
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CRIME IN SUFFOLK . At the close of the assizes held at Bury St . Edmunds , last week , the grand jury culled attention , in their presentment , to tho {( rent increase of crime in Suilblk . " The number oi" commitments to the county gaols for the lant four years t . h <» w a rapid increase- of crime ; " and thay attribute this lamentable fact , " in great measure , to the want of employment from which the labourers are suffering . " They
call uttention alno to the great increase ot incendiary fire * , and the itisufliciency of the law to repress that crime . The cause of all thesu evils is tho depression of the agricultural interest . " Tho heavy losses sustained by the occupiers of land and other indtiBtrial classes have prevented them from giving the usual employment to the labouring population , and this is one of tho great eauaes which has crowded the uaolA in this county with prMoneria . "
The following in the relative number of commitments to the Uury gaol in the undermentioned years :- — Yiiurs emllutf Prisoners . 1 H 47 < > . ' < 2 lrtlH Wi ' -S 181 !) Ml 18 , 00 772 The numbers for the last quarter of the present year are comparatively much greater than those ; of any previous year ; in fact ,, nearly double .
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Leader (1850-1860), April 12, 1851, page 340, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1878/page/8/
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