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woman at Naples , by urging that proof , if obtainable at all , could easily have been obtained from the police records ; yet this had not been done . He contended that the document put in from the Inquisition only proved that Dr . Achilli had been suspended on account of his religion . He disposed of the charges that Dr . Achilli lived with the wife of Coriboni , and seduced the wife of Garamoni , by saying that Dr . Achilli ' s contradiction of them on oath was more to be relied on than their affirmation on oath by the witnesses . He denied that
immoral conduct had led to the dismissal of Dr . Achilli from the college at Malta . And as to the English charges , Sir Frederick made a clean sweep of them by endeavouring to show that the witnesses were unworthy of credence . He justified the refusal of Dr . Achilli to answer certain questions touching his continence in general , on the ground that he was bound only to reply to specific charges . Sir Fitzroy Kelly took up the same line of argument . The case was only part heard on Thursday , and was ordered to be continued on Friday .
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OXFORD CATASTROPHE : COMMITTAL OF KINCH THE GUARD . The monster inquest , at Oxford , on the late " accident" terminated on Monday . The evidence taken on that day was to the effect that trains are usually started by the whistle of the guard j but in this case no one heard Kinch sound his whistle . Mr . Johnson , the station-master at Bletchley , said that Kinch told him he did not know how the train came to start , but he thought that Tarry had mistaken the ballast engine for the coal train . William Beston , an engine-driver , stated that it was the business of the guard to start the train by his whistle . After the coroner had summed up , the jury returned the following remarkable verdict : — " That the deceased persons came to their deaths from a collision that occurred between a passenger train and a coal train on the Bucks branch of the London and North-Western Railway . That the collision took place in consequence of tbe passenger train being started without orders from the station-master , and they find a verdict of manslaughter against Kinch , the guard of the said passenger train , on whom the responsibuity of starting the train devolved , and they think the engine-driver worthy of blame for proceeding at a much faster rate than is usual at first leaving the station . It appears from the evidence that in consequence of repairs now going on at the Wolvercot tunnel the whole of the traffic between Oxford and Islip is now carried on upon a single line ; and the jury beg to express their opinion that in all such cases a pilot-engine should be employed , in order to lessen the probability of collision . They consider also that a policeman or
signalman should bo stationed between the swing-bridge and Wolvercot tunnel , as that part of the line appears to be at present quite unprotected , and as it includes a level crossing . It appears also that part of the line on which the accident occurred is in such close proximity to the Oxford and Rugby line that it is very difficult to distinguish on which an approaching train is travelling until it is close at hand ; and they think that some distinctive mark should be adopted by their rospectivo companies , so that their engines should bo immediately recognised both by day and night . And the jury bog especially to call the attention of the railway directors ana the legislature to the paramount importance of some means of communication being established between the guard and the engine-driver . " The Coroner immediately ordered Kinch to bo taken into custody .
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CRIMINAL RECORD . Barbour , the murderer of Robinson , the hawker , was executed at York , on Saturday . On Thursday ho was visited at his own request by Mr . Harcus , an Independent minister , whoso chapel ho had been in tho habit of attending . Mr . Harcus , in a letter to the papers , relates tho result of his interview . Ho told Barbour that thoro was no doubt of his guilt , everybody boliovod it , and urged him to make M'Corrnaek tho reparation of a public confession of his guilt . This ho indignantly resented , us indeed ho did whenever tho question of a confession was pressed upon him . I to said , " My religion is to confess to Godnot to man ; to confess to man is tho Roman Catholic roligion . " I told him that in his case both were required . Jlo said , "I liavo confessed all my sins , both groat and small , to God , and I will do no more , and I am quite propared to dio . " 1 Haiti , you must know that you would not only bo acting wickedly but foolishly , in going to God with a Ho in your right hand . This ho admit ton . 1 thon roferrod to his parents , and told him how thoy must fool his unhappy fate . Ho said ho hopod his mother would soon follow aim . I asked him if ho would liko mo to sond any moHsago to his parentsP Ho said , " Toll thorn I am proparod to moot my fate , and that I am an innocent man . " At ton o ' clock on tho morning of tho execution the chaplain could not mako any impression on tho murderer . At tho last hour , however , ho soul , for the chaplain . Tho reverend gentleman immediately obeyed tho summons ; and on entering tho room where the eulprit wan , ho ( Harbour ) said , " Do you think thoro is any hope for mo in this world ? " Mr . Sutton replied , " 1 believe none . " Harbour thon Hiiid , "I believe that you aro my friend ; " and Mr . Sutlon answered , " I believe thoro is nobody now in thin world who can bo of any service to you but myself . " Harbour then told the reverend gentleman that ho felt very much diBtressod on account of his paronto . He eaid ,
" They will feel my death very much . " The chaplain replied , " Yes , no doubt they will ; but it would be a great satisfaction to them provided they knew that you died truly penitent , and had confessed your sins . " Barbour said , " Will you write to my parents ? " The Chaplain answered in tne affirmative , and Barbour then said , " Well , then , sir , I am guilty ; and nobody had anything to do with the murder but mvself ! " The condemned prisoner then intimated that he felt very much relieved in his mind , and expressed a wish to receive the sacrament , which was administered to him by the chaplain , and from that time forward , up to the moment before he was launched into eternity , he continued to pray constantly , and apparently with great fervour and sincerity . Margaret Bell , convicted at Glasgow of murdering her infant , has been reprieved in consideration of the circumstances attending her conviction .
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At Liverpool , on Friday , an " Irish Yankee" sailor was robbed in an improper house . He swore a great oath that he would murder all the girls in the town ; and as one chanced to pass he immediately stabbed her about the head and face in six places . Milligan , tho sailor , was instantly arrested . Mr . Nicholay , junior , of Oxford-street , rescued a poor beggar boy from the brutal treatment of mendicity constable Fryer ; arrested Fryer and kept him in his shop until a policeman came . Fryer then gave Mr . Nicholay into custody . Fryer had been nearly strangling the boy , and bumping his head against the pavement . Scores of people saw it ; yet Fryer made Mr . Nicholay the defendant ; it was proved before Mr . Bingham that Mr .
Nicholay did right in restraining the constable ; yet the charge was dismissed simply , and Fryer came off scot free ' . Colonel Tovey , sitting at his dinner , was told by his servant that there was a man in the passage who would not leave . The colonel went down in no amiable mood as was natural . He found a fellow , dressed like a labourer , a sturdy beggar , who insisted upon being relieved . The colonel told him to be off ; whereupon he was told to go himself to Hades ! Seizing a club Colonel Tovey went to look for the police ; who , of course , were not to be found . Returning , the beggar struck the colonel , who returned the compliment with his club , and was repaid by a black eye , and several other blows . Shortly after the police came and arrested the colonel on the charge of
assaulting John Welsh , labourer . But as John Welsh was not unknown to the police , and as the evidence went against Mm , he was committed to prison for two months . William Watts , a kind of theatrical brigand of private life , was discovered , in Godfrey-street , Chelsea , on Sunday evening , ostentatiously armed with four pistols , two stuck in a " belt , " and one in each of his jacket pockets , and a knife . People looked at him curiously , and went their way ; but he soon found means of attracting attention . First he fired at John Soper , a gardener , who fetched policeman Carter . " Well , " said Carter , " how are you ?" " Oh , pretty well ; how are you ? " was the reply . After this courteous and diplomatic salutation , the two powers parleyed further . " What have you got there ? " said the
policeman . " Mind how you use them things . " " right , " rejoined Watts ; and ho familiarly offered to stand treat . But policeman Carter , wise in his generation , and desirous , as he avers , of getting nearer to the station-house , declined to take beer at that spot , and proposed another . Watts complied—by suddenly firing a pistol at Carter , who dodged the ball , but was stunned by the report , and had one of his handsome whiskera singed . Up got the valorous Carter , and retreated , in a menacing attitude , drawing bis truncheon—splendid tableau vivant ! " But , " said Carter , naively , in the police-court , on Monday , "finding , after going a . few yards , that Watts had turned another way , I wont after him . " And in tho interval , while Carter was
retracing tho " few" steps ho had mado in his advance backwards , Watts had got among a crowd , had iirod ofF another pistol , leaped ovor some area railings , and there stood at bay . Hero , spite of his knife , and one still loaded pistol , Isnall , a warehouseman , and two young men , leaped after and gallantly captured him—before Mr . Policeman Cartor had rotracod his stops . At tho station-house , ono of tho pistols was found to bo loaded . Brought beforo Mr . Arnold , on Monday , at Westminster , Watts said ho bought tho pistols to go to tho " diggings , " and did not intend any harm . Ho was committed for trial on Wednesday .
Enquiries have , for somo days , boon going on with rospect to tho conduct of Mr . Robert Ferdinand Pries , woll known on tho Corn Exchange , who stands charged with forgery to an immonso amount , causing tho firm of Collmium and Stoltorfoht to suspend payment . The seven documents on which this firm had advanced Mr . Pries OOOOZ . in cash , and 41 , ()( XM . in acceptances , rolato to 2 H , ( XX ) quarters of whoat . Mr . Pries was apprehended last wook on tho formal charge of having forged an accountable rocoipt for goods ; and , on bin second examination , Mr . Freshlield , tho solicitor of Messrs . Collmann and Stoltorfoht , produced forged documents , of the name character to more than tho amount of 50 , 000 / . Tho proceedings , owing to tho inability of tho injured firm to take a prominent part , were instituted by Messrs . Montcaux and
Co . Their counsel , Mr . Iiallantmo , described the practice of shippers , who have perfect confidence in the integrity of their consignees , sending two bills of lading . This practice enables a fraudulent person , after having disposed of tho ono , representing the entire cargo , to make use of the other also ; and it appoars that Mr . Pries han either forged bills of lading , or has parted with second bills to Ix ; rHons unacquainted with tho first transaction . Hills of ading , unlike bills of exchange , do not run first , second , and third , but aro all similar documents ; and in dishonestly employing the second , third , or fourth bill ( aA many being sometimes sent ) , a forged endorsement , only is necessary . Several witnesses proved that the names of firms to which thoy belonged , written across bills of lading , on which Mr . Pries had raised money , woro not written by them or by their partners . A lottor from tho prisoner to hia wifo
came out in evidence . He calls himself an impostor , swindler , and forger , and entreats her to bring up their child in ignorance of his disgrace . Tho end of these ex > traordinary revelations has not yet come . Pries is again remanded for a week . " Captain" Johnson was again examined on Tuesday . Mjr . R- W . Grey , Lord Palmerston ' s private secretary , proved that Johnson was no relation to Lord Palmerston . He had " heard" that Johnson was the son of Mr . Johnson , consul at Antwerp , a friend of Lord Palmerston . The evidence of Johnson ' s Bedford frauds was more complete . It appears his father had lived there for some time . Believing his son to be a gentleman , the tradesmen were verv . pressing in their solicitations to Johnson that he
should deal with them . He not only had clothes of Dawson , his tailor there , but rode and drove the tailor ' s horses ; until at last Johnson " borrowed" a valuable mare , "to go to Northampton ; " and never returned it . Johnson asked whether it was not Mr . Douglas who " borrowed" the mare—Mr . Douglas being one of the Johnson class ; but Dawson swore to Johnson . Beside this case of horsestealing , Johnson and Douglas between them obtained choice wine from a London house to the tune of 1091 . ; it was sent to Newport Pagnel , and re-directed to London A cabinet maker said Johnson had " borrowed" 101 . of him , besides obtaining furniture for his house . As a specimen of the mode of conducting business at Bedford , the following letter was put in by Mr . Parry , Johnson's counsel : —
" Sir , —I hope you will excuse me in saying that I hope you ¦ will allow me to supply you with fenders and fireirons , because I think you wnl consider that it is not proper in Mr . Wells , knowing as he does that I am an equal proprietor of Victoriaterrace with Miss Green , and that we built it partly to promote our respective businesses . It is , therefore , painful thus to be supplanted , as it were , upon one ' s own g _ round . If , therefore , you will allow them to be retained , I will supply them either upon hire or otherwise , and upon the best terms . Will you allow me or my son to wait upon you to receive your orders for any articles you may require , and you will much oblige , sir , your obedient humble servant , " John Howard . '''
Fancy the smile of the all-accomplished Johnson when he found how readily the simple folks of Bedford fell into the snare he had set for them ! Johnson was committed for trial on the charge of defrauding Mrs . Stewart ; and re « manded on the charge of horse-stealing .
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Pickett , landlord of the Plough Inn , Oxford , the man who drove the pony and cart from Oxford to London and back in twenty hours the other day , has been fined forty shillings and costs ! The cruelty to the pony was proved beyond dispute . Evidence was tendered showing that on the return i ourney Pickett unmercifully ilogged the beast ; that it refused food ; and that a leader was obliged to be attached in order to drag it along . The feat was undertaken for a wager ; and Pickett , who won his wager , very readily paid the insignificant fine .
Elizabeth Baker lived at Milverton , in Somersetshire . Her mother took in children to nurse . Lately Elizabeth . Baker so cruelly ill-used one of these little unfortunates that it died . Although only two years and a half old , tho cruel wretch beat the baby with a stick ; and on one occasion placed its little wet feet to dry against the bars of the fire-grate ! The body of the child was in a horrible state . A jury found no difficulty in bringing a verdict of manslaughter . Three children entrusted to the chargo of Elizabeth Baker have died .
At Arnos Vale , near Bristol , there is a convent of tho Good Shepherd . Last week , Emma Forty , aged twentyone , a penitent , was poisoned by an unfortunate mistako of Sophia Ryder , ono of the sisters , who gave her a poisonous embrocation instead of a draught . It appeared that Miss Ryder was tho sister who undertook tho duty of dispensing 1 drugs in the convent , and that she had placed a bottle of poison on the shelves of tho dispensary without a label . Tho jury recommended that a medical man should be employed in future in tho dispensary . The Superior concurred in the recommendation . Two men aro in custody for tho Will worth-road robbery . Thoy had been seen loitering in front of the shop about tho day before the exploit . A clasp knife , which had boon left in Mr . Princo ' s shop , proved to belong to ono of the * prisoners .
It appears that tho city soup-kitchen and hospice is no benefit to the adjacent tradesmen . Thieves abound in tho locality ; tho police have to work hard to repress their depredations ; all sorts of vagabonds swarm for relief . No doubt many really distressed persons apply for a ineaf and a few hours shelter ; but the proportion of bad characters is very great . Four of these loiterers have been , punished by Sir Peter Laurie . Their names were William Jones , John M ' Doyle , William Head , and . John Crocket , all of them of the ages of from 14 to 1 ( 5 , and they woro clyirged with being found on the premises of Mr . Morgan , a cheese-fact or , of Snow-hill , for an unlawful purpose . — - Mr . Morgan complained of the intolerable nuisance of tho hosts of those characters that infested the neighbourhood generally , and his promises in George-yard in particular — Sir Peter Laurie took this opportunity of inquiring if this nuisance arose in any way from the institution of tho
soupkitchen P—Mr . Morgan snid lie believed that the soupkitchen was the chief cause of it , as it attracted a vant number of disreputable , persons who loiterud about tho place both day and night , and he had been frequently robbed since the establishment of the soup-kitchen . —Sir Peter Laurie mud he was of the same opinion , hut ho had refrained from moving in the mutter , because he thought any complaint would come bolter from somo one in the neighbourhood . He inquired of tho acting inspector on duty if lie above establishment entailed any extra duty upon tho police of tho (! ity . The Acting-liiHpeator said , since the opening of tho soup-kitchen , about , nine montlin ago , the police hail had ii greater number of t . rouhloHomo diameters to contend with in that locality than before ; and , upon the whole , bo did not think the institution a beneficial ono , as far oh tho inhabitants were concerned . — Sir Peter Laurio said ho should commit tho prisoners iq
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January 22 , 1853 . ] THE LEADER , 79
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 22, 1853, page 79, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1970/page/7/
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