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spector witnessed " a most painful and degrading sight . " The chaplain of Satford New Bailey denounces the number of beersbops and licensed singing saloons as the " chief incitements to crime , especially with boys . ' The inspector of the Folkingham ( Lincolnshire ) Gaol suggests the addition to the library of a few books " not prpfessedly of a religious character , " as likely to be beneficial . At Kirton-Lindsey , the prisoners " pass too much time in bed . " The same evil exists at Spilsby , where they are locked up in cells without light or means of employment at four p . m ., and rise at seven A . M . So at Bury St . Edmund ' s and Ipswich . At Walsingham , the use of the bath in winter is strongly deprecated , as " fraught with many evils . " At Northallerton , the common lodging-houses are reported as hotbeds of crime and foci of moral contamination .
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THE ALLEGED MANSLAUGHTER OF A . LUNATIC . A further examination into the facts connected with the case of Mr . Charles Snape , resident medical superintendent of the Surrey County Lunatic Asylum , who atiahds charged with having caused the death of Daniel Ddlley , an insane inmate , under circumstances related in the Leader of June 21 st , took place on Moiiaay , before Mr . Henry , at Bow-street . Dr . Hugh Dimond , resident medical superintendent on the female side of the asylum , gave some important evidence . Mr . Snape , it appears , informed Dr . Dimond of the death of the lunatic in the course of the day ; and Dr . Dimond suggested that it would be as well to avoid a coroner ' s inquest , as it would fee " an unpleasant business , " and he
therefore advised Mr . Snape to write to the chairman of the visiting justices , and treat it as a case of sudden $ ea £ n . Having afterwards seen Dolley * body , which he found peculiarly white , he wrote a letter to Mr . Snape , which ran thus : — " I fear that Dolley ' s case is more unpleasant than at first appeared , and that you will be obliged to have an inquest—which will be disagreeable , but less so than otherwise . " Mr . Snape agreed td-this . Dr . Dimond taxed him with not having said anything about the emetic which had been given to Dolley after he was taken out of the shower-bath ; but Mr . Snape asserted tliat he had mentioned the circumstance . It was then agreed that a post mortem examination should be made . Mi-. Snape requested that
Dr . Dimond ' s son , who had just passed the College of Surgeons , should conduct the examination ; and this was assented to , , On commencing the operation , it was found that the head and chest had been opened . Mr . Snape remarked that Sandy ( one of the attendants at the dead-house ) bad done more than he was told to do ; an ; d . Dr . Dimond observed that , owing to the head being opened , a portion of the fluid had drained out of it . When Mr . Dimond , junior , cut through the pericardium , Mr . Snape said , " There is evident disease of the Leart . " Dr . Dimond rejoined that he did not think so . On
leaving the dead-house , Mr . Snape observed , " I suppose we may safely say that the man died of disease of the heart ; " to which Dr . Dimond replied , "Iu my opinion , there was nothing there to shorten a mao ^ life . " A day or two afterwards—namely , on the 12 tbr- of April —Mr . Snape requested Dr . Dimond to attend tho . inquest . Dr . Dimond asked , " Now , do you not think t&at , < if the man had . not had the show : er-bath , and the emetic afterwards , he would bo alive now ? " Mr . Snape answered , "I cannot say that . " " That is my belief , " eioined Dr . Diamond .
JtauthB examination on Monday at Bowr 3 treet , Dr Dimond stated , as the result of various invesgations into the . state of the deceased ' s remains , that , in his judgment there was no disease to cause death _ : this he attributed to . the shower-rbath and the emetic . His son , Mr . Dimpivd ,. expressed , tho same opinion , and in cross-exatninatiqw added :- * - " The thickening of the aortic valvo is a disease , but insufficient to account for death . I cannot say whether I pointod it out to my father at the post montetn examination , saying , ' There is disease of the heart . ' " Mr . ' John PugoJ ^ surgeon , Mr . Henry Hancock , surgeon to Charingrcross Hospital , and Dr . Elliotsou ,
gave evidence to the same effect , though with somo degree of caution . The last-named witness said lie had tried the bath for eight minutes and forty seconds , and was glad to gob out again , as it was " very disagreeable . ' " . But then , " said Mr . Clarkson ( who appeared for Mr . S , uapqX " you did not go iu as an excited lunatic ,. I presume , which . makes all tho differenco . "; ' Dr . Elliotaon afterwards adided that tho effect , even in tho comparatively high , temperature of June , was " very dreadful . " " 4 * was not so agreeable as moamoriam , " suggested Mr . Ctarketon . V By no means , " replied Dr . Elliotson . "I should like you to try tho difference . " Somo laughter was elicited by thoao , not very decent witticbuiH .
Mr , Snapo , was committed for trial , until which time Uiff dofflnce will bo rosorved . Bail wus accepted . , 1 a the course , of Dr . Dimond ' n examination , it appealed : that some of the piitionta had discussed tlto facta connected with Daley ' s death , and that one had mud ha would never rest . until ho had got tho showcr-batha bpliuhod . .,.,:,. v
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'' The Convict Palmicr . —An improbable story with respect to the last hours of Palmer Is told by tho Oh-Berver ^ which states that , " at the ordinary meeting of the visiting justiccu of Stafford Gaol , on Thursday week ,
the Reverend Mr . Goodacre , chaplain of the prison , presented a report respecting his interview withthe convict . The report is made up of extracts from the diary of , the reverend gentleman . No order has been given respecting the publication of it . We understand that the chaplain found Palmer not unfrequently suffering intense mental agony . He was particularly so on the Thursday morning previous to his execution . The reverend gentleman gave him the best advice he could , showing the distinction between private sins and public crimes , and pointed out that the latter demanded a confession before man . Palmer seemed to feel the force of the chaplain ' s remarks , and made use of the words : — ' If it is necessary for my soul ' s sake to confess this murder , I ought also to confess the others , ' adding , after a short pause , * I mean my wife and my brother . ' He then threw himself on the pallet in the cell , and buriedhiaiace in
the clothes . The chaplain proceeded to ask hjujJWrhether he was guilty of the murder of his wife . Palmer made no reply . The reverend gentleman then , asked him whether he was guilty of the murder of his brother . A significant silence again betokened the prisoner ' s guilt ; and when the chaplain could not forbear uttering the ejaculatory prayer— ' The Lord have mercy , on you !' he responded with a deep sigh . He shortly afterwards somewhat rallied , and , evidently calling to mind what had passed , observed to the chaplain that he must not take advantage of what he had said , for he had neither denied nor admitted his guilt . An application has been made to the chaplain for permission to pnblish thereport or some of the extracts . " Pending the publication of these documents , we cannot avoid doubting the story , as being , inconsistent with abstract probability , and wholly opposed to what we know of Palmer ' s
character . A Dog : axd his Master . — Mr . Walter William Wombwell was charged at Clerkenwell with beating a boy named Israel Hyman , and setting a dog on him . The boy went by mistake into Wombwell ' s yard , and , when about to leave it , was pushed , struck , and kicked by the man , who finally set a dog at him . The dog leaped up at him twice—the first time striking him in the face , and the second time biting him in the ear . He bled very much , and was obliged to go to the hospital to have the wound dressed . It appeared from the evidence of one of the -witnesses that the dog had bitten a boy once before , and that on . this occasion also the master had set the animal on . / rThe magistrate proposed to send the case before a jury ; but it was arranged between the counsel on both sides that Mr . Wombwell should pay 51 . and all the expenses . The boy's father then presented a guinea to the poor-box .
A Commercial " Ticket of Leave . "—The pernicious system of issuing what are called " truck tickets" in payment for labour , received an illustration in an action brought on Monday in the Court of Queen ' s Bench . A bricklayer , named Ingram , sued one Barnes , a railway contractor , for the recovery of the sum of about 90 / ., being the balance of an account of several hundred pounds due to Ingram for making bricks . Barnes s upplied all the materials and Ingram all the labour , for which the latter was to be paid at the rate of so much per 1 , 000 bricks . Barnes set up a truck shop , and paid his creditor partly in tickets for ' provisions . One of these tickets was produced iu court . It had the figures " 2 s . 6 d . " on one side , and oh . the other the words— " This ticket is
issued to' the bearer , by request , for his accommodation , and is not compulsory . " According to Ingrain ' s evidence , tho ' talcing of the ticket was compulsory , for he several times applied to Barnes to be paid in money , but he could not get it . He had received 3231 . in all , of which as much as 79 / . had been paid by these truck tickets . The main question now was whether he could recover the sum of 79 / ., which lie had , in fact , been paid , but only in tho form of truck tickets . After . Some legal arguing , a verdict was taken for 38 / ., being about half the amount claimed ; leave being reserved to the defendant to move tho court to enter the verdict in his favour , if the court should be of opinion that the plaintiff was not witliin tho act of William IV . bearing on tho
Robbeet by a Hotel-Keepee- —Augustus Hastier , manager of the Pavilion Hotel , Folkestone , is now under remand , charged with having absconded from the hotel , with money to the amount of . 1600 ? ., the property of M . Alfred de la Motte , a French gentleman , who was staying at the hotel , and who placed the money , -which was in a bag , in the hands of Hastier , for safe custody . Attempted Mukder at Liverpool . —A quarrel took place a few days ago ^ between two sailors at Liverpool ,
one of whom twitted the other with exhibiting a want of strength and skill in breaking up some old iron . It was ultimately agreed that the two should fight ; and , after the exchange of a few blows , Mitchell—the man who had been mocked by the other—was struck down . He exclaimed , " I am stabbed ! " and such proved to be the case . He had been wounded In the left breast with a knife , the progress of which was stopped by the ribs ; so that the injury , though serions , was not fatal . The ruffian escaped in the confusion . ¦ <¦¦¦ <
Starvation Wages . —A woman , employed by one of the " sweaters , " ot " middle-men , " at starvation wages , lias been charged before the Worship-street magistrate with attempting to drowit herself . : She employed a woman to assist her , who improperly disposed of some of the materials . Overcome with despair , the accused swallowed a large quantity of opium ; but she was recovered " by medical aid . The magistrate discharged her . Frauds by a Solicitor at Nk \ ycastle-on-Tvwr . — The affairs of William Edward Brockett , n solicitor , recently practising- in Newcastle-on-Tyne , but' now an outlaw , have just been investigated before the Bankruptcy Court in that town . He appears to have misappropriated large sums of money entrusted to his
a sailor in custody on suspicion of causing the death of Mr . Stone have been discharged , after examination before the magistrates , there not being sufficient testimony against them . Government has put forward a reward of 100 / . for . the detection of the murderer , in addition to the sum offered by the inhabitants of the locality . Sir George Grey also says that he will advise the grant of a pardon to an accomplice , not being actually the murderer , who shall give such information as shall lead to the -desired result . Collusion . —Thomas Smith was charged before the Lord Mayor with feloniously assisting a girl in stealing a purse , containing money , from Joseph Holman , a silversmith . The evidence of the prosecutor was interesting . He said : — " I was passing the Mansion-house at half-past twelve o ' clock in the morning , and a girl came up and spoke to me . I -would not speak to her ,
but she would not go away , and she took hold of me and pushed me into 'Change-alley . We then went into Abchurch-lane , and she pressed me against the wall , and I pushed her from me . The prisoner then came up and took hold of my coat , and said , ' Can you tell me the way to Cannon-street , City ? ' I told him I did not know Cannon-street , City , but I knew Cannon-street , Commercial-road , and as I was answering him the girl ran away . He then said , ' All right ! I shall find it . ' And he walked two steps from me and then began to run . Seeing him run , I felt in my trousers-pocket and missed my purse , and I ran after him and overtook him in Lombard-street , where I seized him and gave him in charge . While I was with the girl in 'Change-alley , she coughed as , if for the purpose of drawing the attention of somebody , and it was then the prisoner came up and asked me for Cannon-street . " The man was
committed for trial .. A Young Fool . —A young man , of the name of Wharton , said to be the son of a clergyman , has been fined twenty shillings by the Lambeth magistrate for annoying a gentleman residing at Stockwell . The foolish youth was in the habit of going to the house in question , ringing the bell at unseasonable hours , firing pistols , and injuring the trees in the garden . There appeared to be no m otive for these freaks , excepting what the young man himself called " apiece of fun , or a lark , " the folly of which he admitted .
question . The iLKxrcY MuitDER . —Tlieman Holmes , who has been in custody under suspicion of murdering Mrs . M'Knight , lias been committed for trial on a charge of robbing , with violence , a young girl , four days after the death of tho lady . Mrs . M'Knight ' n purse has been traced to a neighbouring town , but tho chain of evidence against Holmes is not complete . The detective oflicor sent from London to Investigate the case has gone in search of ft gang of gipsies who wore near Ilkley on tho day of the murder . Holmes is a fiirm labourer . He haa been discharged in connexion with Mrs . M'Knight ' s cam * .
care . A Ruffianly Policeman . —A policeman at Windsor has been lined 1 / . 7 s . and costs for falsely accusing a gentleman of passing bad coin , and for brutally illusing him when on his way to the station-house . Stabbing at Dkvonport . —A coloured man at Devonport , while in a state of mad intoxication , stabbed an unoffending young man in the side . The wound ia of a very serious character . The culprit is in custody . Manslaughter NKArt * Stouubridok . ¦—Tho JLyo waste —a disreputable locality near Stourbridge—ban been tho scene of a shocking crime . A nailer , named John Phipson , had a quarrel with Elizabeth Milliard ,
also a nailer , who had irritated the man by throwing Homo coal-dust in his f /> ci » , in revenge for his having drnnk some water belonging to her . Phipson , in a moment of pa-ssion , drew from the forge a piece of redhot iron , about two feet in lorrgtli , an * pointed at tho end , and either threw or thrust it *» t the woman , whoso side It entered , to the depth of four inches , and , burning its way , dropped out upon the ground . Mill ward died very shortly afterwards . Tho magistrate have committed Phipaon for trial on a-charges of Wilful MuTder j tho corotterV jhry on verdict of Manslaughter . A SritKrtr Scene : '—!> onniH Lonry , A coatermongor , has been examined at Bow-street , on simpleton of steuling a diamond ring from the body of one Robert Stocker ,
Anotuku Robbery of Spectacles . —Joseph Whitty , a tickot-of-leuvc man , has been committed for trial on a charge of ( matching a pair of spoctacloa off tho face of an elderly lady while walking in a street in llndcnoy during tho afternoon . Ho waa proved to liavo boon sentenced in 1818 to ton years' imprisonment for felony . Tho singular feature of the case was that tho accused spoke to an Acquaintance of hia , a hairdresser , on the Hiibjeot of tho robbery , the day following its committal , obsorving that tho Hpectaclcs were only washed over with gold , and ho could get no more than live shillings for them . Tho " friend" thon gave information to tho police . ' ' Tub MuiiDKit at Spondon . —Tho two Irishmen and
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Leader (1850-1860), July 5, 1856, page 633, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2148/page/9/
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