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charge of having killed Daniel Dolley , aged sixty-five , an inmate of the establishment . . ¦ ¦ Dolley was occasionally excitable , and it appeared that it was the custom to place the patients , while in that sta « t ia a cold shower-bath , with a view to quieting them . On the morning of the 9 th of April , Dolley was reported excitable , and Mr . Snape directed that he should be subjected to the cold-water-bath . On seeine Mr . Snape with the key in his hand proceeding to the bath door , Dolley became violent , struck Mr . Snape on the head with his fist ; and ran off , but was overtaken and brought forcibly back . " Mr . Snape , " according to the preliminary statement of Mr . Bodkin , " desired the attendants to strip him . They did so . Dolley then went into the bath . The cold water was
turned upon him . He was kept there twenty-eight minutes , and within fifteen or sixteen minutes after he was taken out he died . Now it was necessary that he ( Mr . Bodkin ) should describe what that bath was . The Commissioners had directed the fullest inquiry upon the subject , and two gentlemen were appointed to make the requisite examination . They reported that the bath was bo constructed as to form a closed box . There was no aperture for air or light , and the door was secured by a bar outside . Whenever a patient was placed within that box , he was utterly defenceless . If the symptoms of illness or death came upon him , the attendant outside would remain ignorant of it while the door was kept closed . By a calculation which had been
made by the two gentlemen referred to , it had been ascertained that the water descended in a continuous stream in the proportion of twenty gallons per minute upon the head of the patient barred within that box . The orifices through which the water ran were unusually large , and , assuming the bath to be conducted in the ordinary way on the morning in question , there must have been nearly six hundred gallons of cold water poured down upon the head of the deceased during the twenty-eight minutes he was confined in the box . And here he ( Mr . Bodkin ) was bouad to direct attention to a very remarkable observation which was made by Mr . Snape , and which , he feared , evinced the sort of animus that influenced his mind at the moment . He said to one
of the attendants , ' I have never been struck by a patient before . Keep him in half an hour , and then give him a dose of the light-coloured mixture . ' It seemed to be part « f ithe system to follow up the bath by administering to the lunatic certain doses of tartar emetic , which were kept close to the bath , so as to be readily accessible to the attendants , without their having to go to Mr . Snape for them . " According to the evidence of Barnett , the attendant , Mr . Snape added to the speech above quoted , " and look to him several times . " Barnett did so five times while he was in the bath . This witness stated that he had often put patients in the bath for twenty minutes , and that it seemed to do them good . Dolley
had . 'been in before for twenty minutes . The bath was orderedi ' not aa a punishment , but "to allay excitement . " Dolley for a morittr past had been kept on gruel . When he came out of the bath , a ' patient offered him a piece of bread , but he declined it , saying , " I am too cold . " He was '' shivering violently , 'But not more so than persons usually are when they come out of a cold bath . He held his hands over his head while in the bath ; but this is commonly done . The witness did not see any symptoms of distress when he looked in . The proceedings ( which were taken by the Gommissioners of Lunacy in consequence of an anonymous letter ) were adjourned for two or three weeks . Mr . Snape was not required to give bail .
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Capture of Swentdlbrs . —James Allen , sen ., JameS Allen ; j « n ., and Charles Boyce , have been brought before the Leicester bench of magistrates on a' charge of wholesale swindling . These men established themselves in Leicester some time 4 &goj < and succeeded in imposing successfully upon several tradesman to the amount of several hundreds' of pounds . ! The elder Allen took a house in the New Walk , dressed well , and described himself as a retired commercial traveller . He also took a shop in Soutbgate-street , and opened it with a large stock of grocery goods , which ho obtained from different tradesmen . / Being a man of considerable address , he managed to carry on his operations for some time without detection ; but he has at length been arrested , to- ' gethbr with' his son and the man Bdyce , and all three are now ' under vemand . The elder Allen has passed under nineaMaaek . ¦ f > .. . m \ ¦ ¦ i ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦ -, < ¦ ¦ .
OxstTKAii Gbimiha& Count .- —The June Sessions coronienced on MonttayV on < . which day , Henry Edwards , a licensed viotualUly -was found < JuiltJy of > receiving stolen gdods , and sentenced to eleven '' months' itripfisorimenti ajcHitaks ^ abodr {>< and < WalMr Seote Dowding , a clerk ! , W " ^ 5 K ! f l * Oea ( ** ' twelveMiwnrthif' UttprlflOnment , fot'embez ^ wntiinttU- BUrtitfMJFfojgeroldj * ritepebtdble ^ looking youog > io ^ h «* 4 J ^ Acquitted of a charge of embezzlenwirtu . A ^ MKis ^ eMi , wh < yr < d 4 fend « d' tba accused , wasleaving ! ttt **» ur % , c «» teroswutor said' to- hltri , < " X ' shotfM lUc * ^ gtv « jo . k a ^ Uhakln ^ ^ iu © n > Mr . > Sleigh oouw plajnfeg' . of thUvtfc * fk ^ ttuuimu ^ UAnea ^ a'cmtmy > h © fc * u « afl > b > w ** « UoW « d » or 1 b <* t )^ iJobn ttttrriey was foa * d < JdUty tof coliringy aM ^ Mtttraotf 't * > & £ > ye * rV ' - ¦' **« , " BVrriij ' ti-jniui : * imitu > ' . < l > H / v ; t ^ jnlaf- ' ,. l < p > <¦ >< U < - ' \ \\ i \ ' . u-Yf . yi . ftitum 'niX ul 1 , ? m : 'mh
penal servitude . Mary Marney , said to be his wife , was Acquitted on the same charge . —Edward Owen , John Ingram Owen , and George Smith Owen , brothers , pleaded "Guilty" to several indictments , charging them with uttering forged cheques , and also forged orders for cheque-books , with intent to defraud . Sentence was deferred till next day , when George was sentenced to be transported for fourteen years , John to be kept in penal servitude for four years , and Edward was ordered to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for twelve months . — Harriet Graham , who was found guilty last session of attempting to discharge a loaded pistol at Mr . Graham , of the Princess's Theatre , her husband , was brought up
and sentenced to four months' imprisonment . —William Lewes , a sailor , has been found guilty of the charge ( detailed in the Leadtr of May 31 ) of conspiring to take possession of the ship Stebonheath and to murder the crew . The defence was that it was more likely that the men who gave evidence against him were the really guilty parties , and that they now sought to make him the scapegoat . He was sentenced to transportation for life . —Spearman Lusick , a Prussian sailor , was sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment and hard labour for stabbing a -woman . —Frederick Phillips , labourer , and William Jacobs , clerk ,, were sentenced to four years ' penal servitude for obtaining hay under false pretences . They belonged to the Rickaby gang .
Mai > Drunk . —John Costello , a rough-looking man , was charged at Westminster , on Tuesday , with being drunk and disorderly .. He was endeavouring to force his way into a public-house iu Chelsea , when a policeman interfered . The ruffian knocked down the constable and ill used him to such a degree that he was obliged to relinquish his hold . Other constables then arrived ; but the man struggled desperately with them , threw them down , kicked them savagely , and was at length only subdued by being struck over the legs with a staff . He was sentenced to two months' impr isonment , and ordered to find bail for good conduct for two months .
A Case of Assurance . —t-An action was brought on Monday in the Court of Queen ' s Bench by a Mr . Truelock , against the Householders and General Life Assurance Company , to recover the sum of 1000 / ., due upon a policy of insurance effected in September , 1854 , on the life of Mr . Joddrell , the son and heir of Sir Richard JoddrelL Bart ., of Chilwick Hall , near St . Alban's . Mr . Truelock had been a member of the Stock Exchange , and , being introduced to Mr . Joddrell , he advanced money to him with a view to keeping up two policies of 5000 ? . each , effected on Mr . Joddrell ' s life in the Medical and Invalid Assurance Company . Two premiums of 330 L each were paid by Mr . Truelock ; and he then applied to an actuary to procure 14 , 000 / . worth of
insurances on Mr . Joddrell ' s life , and , with that view , signed papers to be laid before the Kent Mutual Insurance-office . That office declined the proposal on the ground that Mr . Joddrell was a man of intemperate habits , but intimated that the offer would be accepted with an addition of twenty-Jfcgo years to the life . A proposal was then made to thjpjousebolders-ofnce , and the , papers which had been laicFbefore the Kent SpcfcAy were sent ia to them . At first , the proposal was declined , but it was ultimately accepted on the condition of adding fourteen years to Mr . Joddrell ' s age . The policy being thus effected , it became , according to the principle of the society , " indisputable , " except only in the case of " gross fraud , " It appeared that in
the papers sent to the Householders-office , it was stated that Mr . Joddrell had recovered from the effects of his former intemperate habits , and that he had reformed his way of life . In the cross-examination of Mr- Truelock . it was sought to show that , to the plaintiff ' s knowledge , Mr . Joddrell ( who died last November ) had had several attacks of delirium trement ^ and that he had been under restraint on account of insanity brought oh by drink ; but Mr . Truelock denied all cognizance of these assertions . The Attorney-General , who appeared for the insurance-office , contended that a gross fraud had been practised " on . the company .. Adverting to the irregular habits of Mr . Joddrell , he made the rather naive statement that " his mother thought the best thing to keep him siteady -was to got him a wife , and accordingly , in the year 1848 , he was married to a daughter of Lord Mountcaahel . " It would seem , however , that this did
not have the desired effect , for in 1854 he had a renewed attack of delirium , tremeha . Among other documents , a letter , written by Mr . Joddrell , was , read , in which the writer expressed a desire to find out and trounce the " seducer" of the scandal that he ( Joddrell ) had ever been under restraint . ' The jury returned a verdict for Mr . Truelock , as they conceived the plea of fraud had not been proved . — Another action was on Tuesday brought by Mr . Ttfuelock against the Prince of Wales Life and Educational Assurance Company , under similar circumstances . The ' evidence was mainly the same ; an'd the verdict was again given for the plaintiff , to the amount claimed ( 7000 / . ) Lord Campbell earnestly and ' solemnly expressed his hope that this would be a warning' to' the insurance ' companies . ' One of the jurymen ] observed that . the toractlco < of the modern insurance' ajfRceb'ta WJOflt tnrejudldaVahd'cuiS'at the root of making 1 pVftVision fbYhfelpleBd'families . In-this observation Lord Caropbeliflaia h ^ 'mootiheartllt cdhcurred . ' " ' ' ' " ' ¦ TBmw * ' i "' MA » 'tf ¦" iftfiita . ' ^ - 'John Duggah , , *' t « H ' I . ¦ ,, ¦( , ,., ¦ " rv , it ¦¦ j ;;>> 1 v ' i-vi . 'it : / >¦ .. 11 ¦ ' ¦ ¦ . ! ' . \> - .: -. > U . (¦> . '¦>/¦ III ' . ¦ ¦) , ; l '•'•' . i , llJ . I .. ' : 1 . \ ' " , l */'
whipper , has been examined at the Thames police office , and committed for trial on a charge of biting off part of tie nose of another coalwhipper named Dwyer , with whom he had quarrelled . The Seductions of Betting . —An Irish gentleman has applied to Mr . Norton , at the Lambeth police court for , advice under the following circumstances : —He and a friend were returning from Ascot races a few days since , in a second-class railway carriage . Here they were followed by three respectable-looking men , one of whom , took out a pack of cards , which he shuffled , and with their
laying three of them , apparently faces upwards , on his knees , offered to bet anybody that he could not point out the Queen of Spades . The applicant kept on betting until he lost all the money he had about him , amounting to 47 . 10 s ., while his friend lost 2 ? . He -was then repeatedly urged to continue betting by a man sitting next to him ( probably an accomplice of the card sharper ) , who lent him 251 . for the purpose . This -was also lost , and the gentleman had to repay it to tie lender after he got home . Mr . Norton advised the applicant to give information of the occurrence to Mr . Bent , the railway inspector , who knew the parties .
Deadly Comments on " Our Civilization . "—We find the following among the notes attached to the Registrar-General ' s Weekly Return of Deaths : — "At St . George ' s Workhouse , Little Chelsea , on 10 th and 13 th June respectively , a male and female foundling , aged five weeks , * marasmus , want of breastinilk . ' These children were twins . Deserted . At 17 , Doris-street East , on 11 th June , a clicker , aged twenty-seven years , epilepsy ( six weeks ) . The medical attendant adds : — ' It appears that these epileptic fits were produced by the deceased having been robbed of his watch in a crowd at Islington on the 16 th April last . He was subject to fits iu childhood , and had one about once ia twelve months since he has grown up . ' "
Woman-beating . —Three cases of violence to women have come before the magistrates this week . —Michael Phillips was sentenced by the Lord Mayox to two months' imprisonment , with hard labour , for beating his ^ ife , —At Westminster , John Wright , a chimneysweeper , is under remand for assaulting his ivife with the stick of one of his chimney-sweeping machines , and injuring her to so great a degree over the head that she was carried to the hospital . In this case there liad been pro-vocation in the shape of the woman throwing a pint pot at her husband ' head ; but she in her turn had beea irritated by abusive language from the man , who cohabited with another woman . —Charles Rush , a labourer , is also under remand at the same office , on a similar charge . His wife was dragged by bina out of a sick bed , kicked , and bitten . Her cries brought assistance , and she was rescued half dead . The man was drunk .
Widow and xo Widow . —Mrs . Mary Eliza M'Nair , a lady-like woman , forty-four years of age , has been tried at the Central Criminal Court on a charge of obtaining money on false pretences , and with intent to defraud . She was in the receipt of a pension from the East India Company , which was only to be paid as long aa she should remain a widow ; but she continued to receive it for some ten years after her second marriage , during the whole of which time she represented herself as living singly . In the course of the trial , a document Was put in , signed by the Rev . Mr . Redfern , curate of St . Pancras , which certified that he had seen and examined Eliza M'Nair , and he firmly believed her to be the person she represented herself to be . In reply to Redfern ad
questions by Mr . Justice Coleridge , * Mr . - mited that he knew nothing of the person to whose identity he testified ; but he added that it was the usual cours « taken with certificates of that description . On the Judge remonstrating with him , he promised to discontinue the . practice . Mr . Serjeant Ballantine made rather a strange defence . He observed that , had the prisoner chosen to " live a life of sin , " she might have kept the pension ; but she was too " pure and honourable-miudcd" to pursue such a course . She was evidently ignorant of European habits , and had probably been instigated to the fraud by her husband , a worthless follow who now deserted her , and left her to bear the brunt . The jury found her Guilty , and she was condemned to a year ' s imprisonment with hard labour .
Bettzno Houses . —Not less than twenty persons have been tmrnmoned before Alderman Garden on a charge of permitting their houses to be used for betting purposes , in consequence of which they have rendered themselves liable to a penalty of 100 / ., or six months' imprisonment Th « cases were disported of in various ! waya ; two of the defendants were fined 20 / ., or two months' imprisonraene , and in three instances the summonses were dismissed . Most of the other cases were allowed to Btatitl over , owing to the police not having been able to ascertain the correct Christian names of the parties butUinoned . Warrants were likewise Issued against some or
the defendants who refused to appear . Jhwwl RobbbbV . —Henry Stevens , a person aboui 45 years of age , was chargea with having committed ft moat audacious robbery in the riidp of Mr . Cookayne , Jeweller , No . 48 , Mark-Nine : ' He entered th « shop m the evening , iSdgethBf with a cornpanion , and , while too latter aelzed Mr : -Ctlckayne tightly by the throat , ho proceedod'td ^ rifle ' ttt ^' ahop : On utfrig pursued and capj . . ¦; t ' i ' ¦¦¦ ¦ i . t rt : jl ' ¦ '¦
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Leader (1850-1860), June 21, 1856, page 584, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2146/page/8/
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