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a paper , in -winch he distinctly charged Mr . Suiter with , having forged the will of the deceased gentleman ,, and al 3 o stated that he had admitted the fact to him ; and Mr . Burnabv upon this consented to allow a notice to appear in the Police Gazette ., offering ..-a reward of 50 / . for the apprehension of the prosecutor . The affidavit also represented that Lane had made a charge at the Old Bailey against Mr . Salter of having- forged a mil , and that he had proved it to the satisfaction of the grand jury ; also , that Mr . Salter had obtained possession of a large amount of property belonging to Mr . Hood , and that he ( Lane ) had obtained a judgment in the Court of Queen ' s Bench for the restitution of the property . This judgment arose from the following circumstance : — Lane had brought an action against the Bank of England to recover a sum . of 139 , 000 ? ., - which he alleged was in their hands at the time of the death of Mr .
Hood ; and the Bank authorities treating the matter with , contempt , and not taking any proceedings , Lane " snapped a judgment / ' as it is technically called , for that amount . This was , however , immediately set aside . In consequence of the announcement which ap ^ - peared in the police Gazette ,: an . offices actually went down to Chard for the purpose of apprehending Mr . Salter ; but the inquiries he made speedily satisfied him that there was no foundation for the charge , and the prosecutor consequently escaped tin * additional annoyance .
The defence was that Lane , being an excitable , violent man , had acted rashly , under a real belief that the Tyill had been forged . At the same time , it was admitted by the counsel for the defence that the charges against Mr . Salter were altogether incorrect . A verdict of Guilty was returned ; bnt sentence was respited till next session . In the meanwhile , the prisoner will remain in Newgate .
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Threatening Ser Richajid Matsd . —A discharged policeman has been brought up at the Greenwich office for sending ; threatening- / letters to Sir Kichard Maync , chief commissioner of police . The man alleged in these letters that he had' been tyrannically ill-used and oppressed by Sir Richard for the last three years , and thatj owing to him , he had been unable , in spite of all his exertions , to obtain a living , however degrading : therefore , he vras determined to m . uke the chief commissioner " a living . memento of his vengeance . " During his detention in Btaidstone Gaol , Casey , the accused , wrote a letter expressive of contrition , and stating that he had made the threats while- in a fit of desperation , but that
having afterwards met with a friend who had instructed ' him in the means of getting a livelihood in the fishtrade , he had abandoned all evil thoughts , " whielr'Iiaa been induced by his deplorable situation . He further stated that the chaplain of __ £ h ; S-gaoi had conversed with him , by -which he Jvt ( tBenefited , and now saw the error of his ways , grf Richard Mayne not wishing to send the manfor irial , he was simply required to find heavy flure . ties for good behaviour for the next year . These , of course , were not forthcoming ; and Casey was removed , saying he should now be unable to follow his new course of livelihood for the benefit of his wife and familv .
A Romance of EpPEtG Forest . — "William Jennings , a respectable and delicate-looking lad about seventeen years of age , formerly in the service of Messrs . William Stevens and Sons , wholesale stationers , Throgmortonstreet , City , has been examined at Guildhall on a charge of stealing from his former employers a large number of gold pens , silver pencil-cases , and other property , to the amount of 2507 ., together with 20 ? . in money . He appears to have broken into the premises and carried away the property during : the night of Friday week . The police , having reason to suspect Jennings , arrested him
at his father ' s house , when he said he had hidden some of the property beneath a tree in Epping Forest . On taking him there , the police found that tho property liacl Vanished ; but the ground appeared to have been recently disturbed , and it is therefore probable that the things had been taken away . The rest of the stolen articles had been directed by the young , man . to a person of the name of Hooper , of Leeds ; but they were intercepted at the Great Northern ; Railway station . Jennings stated to the police that , during the preceding week , he had picked ferns , made a bed with them , and slept in Eppiug Forest . He was committed for trial . " *
FoROEBT . —Robert Wyatt , a gentlemanly-looking young man , who had been a clerk at a varnish manufacturer's at Battte-bridge , w * s brought before the Mariboroogh-street magistrate , charged with forging and uttering two cheques , one foe 2502 , and the other for 9 L l&hy on . the London and Westminster Bank , St . Janaea ' a-aquAre , He induced a fellow-clexk ( who was not then Aware that the accused had been discharged f * bift situation ) to get the cheque for 250 £ cashed at the bank ; and the imitation of the signature , which was that of one . of the firm , by whom Wyatt had . beon . em-P > y < Ki * Tjas bo good , thai both the clerk who took it to too cashed , and the peracraa . at the bank , believed it to be gew * hw . Another cferk at the varnish manufactory related , ia evidence beforo the magistrate , the extraordinary fact that be . hadfreqwmtl y , wben in tho coumting-hwis « , seen Wyatt feautetsDg the signature which he afterwauda attached to the cheque . The culprit waa
arrested by the police in a concert-room at Bath . He admitted his- guilt , and suid he was driven to it by distress , and that he was four days without a meal before he forged , the cheque for 9 L IDs . ' lie was remanded . Eobbeky near Cambridge . —A singularly daring robbery was committed about a week ag-o , at the works of the Fulbourn Lunatic Asylum , near Cambridge . When the foundation stone of that building was laid at the end of September , a-glas 3 cylinder , containing several current coins of the realm , was placed , together with a vellum scroll inscribed with the names of the committee of officers and visitors , in a concavity hewn out of a large stone block , on which the first stone of the Asylum
was laid . This was secured by a quantity of masonry and brickwork being built around and over it . On the morning of last Sunday , it was discovered that two courses , of brickwork above the comer stone , were demolished , supports being placed to shore up the remainder ; the stone itself was removed , and had been , evidently forced by some lever . The lower stone containing the coins , being thus uncovered ,, the glass cylinder and scroll of vellum were both stolen . From the skilful manner in which the robbery was planned and executed there is no doubt that the perpetrators were well acquainted , not only with the situation of the cylinder containing the coins , but also with brickwork and masonry . The wonder is that the robbers were not crushed by the fall of the-heavy mass of brickwork
above the stone , as the shores put in by them for supports , to enable them to remove the courses of brick , were not strong enough to bear the weight , and consequently the buttress parted from the portion of the main wall to . ' which it was attached , to the extent of an inch . The thieves did not , however , get nearly sufficient in the way of booty to repay them for the labour they had undergone , as the total value of the coins in the cylinder did not amount to more than . 2 L Is . 8 d . The vellum scroll was afterwards found in a hedge near the spot . The works of the building have been damaged to the extent of nearly 30 / . A watchman is usually appointed to guard the premises , but on the night preceding the I'obbery lie left at seven o ' clock . A reward of ^ 20 / . has been offered for the apprehension of the thieves . . '¦ ' ¦ .... : . - ¦ . •• ¦ •¦••¦ -: . ' ¦¦/¦ . ¦ . ¦
HotJSEBREAKisrG . —Two men have been examined at Exeter , and committed for trial , on a charge of breaking into a dwelling-house arid stealingweai'ing apparel , jewels , &c . The robbery was of a very audacious character . It appeared that the family locked up the house , going out for a temporary visit , on the morning'of Wednesday . At four o ' clock in the afternoon , they received intelhgefrcethat the house had been broken into . Going home , they found that the thieves had entered through a back window ; the rooms were ransacked , and an immense number of articles , some of them , of great value , had been stolen .
Attempted Murder lv . tiie Hoijlotvay Model Prison . —A murderous attack has been made on Edward Beavan , one of the warders at the 2 Tew Model Prison , Holloway . Thomas Dennis , the person charged with the offence , is a convict , who , after several summary convictions , was sentenced a short time ago from the Central Criminal Court to four years' penal servitude . He was taught the trade of shoeinaking , but had latterly become very sullen . Having been puniahed , at the instance of Beavan , for breaking the rules by talking to some of his fellow prisoners while they were in their walks , he conceived a project of revenge , and a few days ago , as the warder was quitting his cell , ho struck him on the back with some instrument which the
warder at , first thought was a hammer . A struggle then ensued , Dennis swearing that he would "do" for Beavan ; but some other warders camo to their comrade ' s assistance , and one of them took from his shoulder a sharp-pointed knife , on which blood flowed copiously . The knife had been given to Dennis a few days previously to aid him in * his slioomaking ; but he had sharpened it and added a handle , Hieing told some time afterwards that Beavan would probably die , he said it was a good job , and he hoped he might die . He was brought before the Clerkenwell magistrate last Saturday , and was committed for trial . A Bad Beginning of the TjiircriNo Shasox . —Two
men were given into custody n few days ago , by the proprietor of a linendrapcr ' s shop at Pcekham , on a charge of stealing handkerchiefs . When taken into custody , they denied all knowledge of each other ; but , after they had been locked up in different cells , a policeman heard one call out to his companion , " Thin is a bad job ; I would not have had it happen for 20 f ., particularly at tho commencement of tho season ; " to which the other responded , " Nor would I have had it occur for any consideration . " When searched at the station , no money was found on them . Having been brought beforo tho Lambeth magistrate , they were scat to prison for four months .
found , still naked , crouched in a -comer of a shed in adjoining empty house . She appeared half dead W cold and the effect ' s of violence , and had been conceal ^ there during- the whole of the night . Her person Z also shockingly bruised . The defence was that she w thievish ; but . this was disproved . The father was thT ordered to find bail in 20 / ., to be of good behaviour Z six month *; but , being unable to do this , he was con veyed to gnol . —George Bnifcy has been clmr / jed ^ t JMarlborougli-strcet with cruelty to a girl eleven year * of ago b y lifting her up and dashing her on the naw inen . t . The motive for this violence does not appearbut it was fully proved , and the scoundrel was sentenced ' to pay a line . 31 ,, or to go to prison for six weeks ¦ ¦
ATTEMivrKi > Murder at Ber . mon-dsey . - _ Patrick Grinin , a labouring man and a native of Ireland has been nearly murdered in ' . Thomas-place , Bermondsey b 7 three of his countrymen , named -. ftiehard- lJurchell Abraham J 3 urchell ( brothers ) , and Patrick Ryati ' Griffin's brother , John Griffin , a young man of twenty was also severely injured ; but he was sufficientl y weli to give his evidence at tho Southwark police-cou rt oa Monday . According- to his statement , some animosity existed between him and Kichard Burehel ] , who had beaten him five cr six . weeks ago . On his brother Patrick going to see him last Saturday evening , he mentioned this fact , and Patrick replied that Burchell would not have ill-used his brother had he been present , and he added-a threat ' of doing something to Burchell
which should not please him . The brothers stayed for some time at a beer-shop , drinking , and subsequently they went to BurchelFa house . John Griffin then challenged Burchell to come out , as his brother was there ; , and wanted to see him . The challenge was seou answered . Burchell issued forth , and , striking Joha Griffin over the left eye "with a large piece of brick , kno eked him down . He then appears to have turned hia attention to Patrick Griftin , -who had been shouting ; "Come out ! I ' m here for you , " and who was also knocked down , when , a fierce struggle on the ground ensued . Both the Griffins were beaten and kicked , and Patrick was stabbed in the side with a knife , Abraham
Burchell and Ryan assisting in the outrages . When at length . John Griffin rose from the-ground , he saw his brother stretched at full length . " I thought he . was dead , " he stated at the examination before the magistrate ;" and I fell on him and kissed him . Some women in the crowd were calling out ' Murder !'" The injured man was then removed to St . Thomas ' s Hospital , and on Sunday he made a statement in presence of Mr . Burcharn , the magistrate . According to this , John Gt , i S ^ . ., went . to , JiicbMd . BurchelL ' s house to fight him , and the deponent ( Patrick Griffin ) endeavoured to get him away , but was attacked . He added that he had been drinking , but was not drunk , and that he might have said he would have Burchell's life before he went
home , but that he did not think he had said so . — -The three prisoners .-were remanded . Child Murder at Dover . —A young woman aged about twenty-nine , living at Dover , and named Frances Wallace * i . i in custody under a charge of murdering her illegitimate child , a little girl five years old . The mother obtained her living as a laundress , and seems ordinarily to have been very fond of her offspring . The father of the child is the husband of the woman ' s sister ,
who has been kept m ignorance of the existence of the intrigue between the parties . Latterly , Mrs . "Wallace , the murderess , has been very intimate with a . carpenter named Hligh , to whom she communicated all the details of the story , even , mentioning the name of the child ' s father , which she had never done to any one before . Afterwards , however , she became possessed of the idea thut Bligh had gone up to London where her sister and brother-in-law lived and had revealed the fact of the
seduction to the wife . Under a kind of frenzy produced by this idea , she cut her child ' s throat with a table knife , and nearly severed the head from the body . A revulsion of feeling appears to have immediately come over her , and she rushed out into the street , screaming , and alarmed the neighbours , who found her trembling and with , bloody hands . She said she had murdered her child , and this was found to bo the case . On being taken into custody , she expressed great remorse for what she had done , exclaming to the policeman , as she held up her hands , which -were covered with blood , " Oh , what n hardened wretch I am ! " She likewise made repeated
inquiries ns to when the excursion train went to London , adding , " If that man goes to my sister ' s there will *> murder upon murder . " Alluding to the child in ternis of endearment , she related that it had said to her on tie preceding evening , " Put my slcevea in my frock , attl yours ia yours ,, to-night ; and then } -ou shall go t 0 heaven , ami not bo burnt . " She also observed , that tie child , on coming down the same morning , said , " Mother , why did you got up so early ? " On being exiimioea before tho magistrates , she exhibited grout distress , and fainted more than once . She was committed for trml oa a charge of murder
Iuu-uaAaii : ov Children . —Them . Sharp , of Trenches Fields , Doptfoid , "waa charged at Greenwich , with beating his daughter , twelve years of age , with a heavy strap to which a buckle was- attached . A woman living in the neighbourhood saw the man boating the child , who was entirely naked , one Sunday night . Shortly after this , the child waa missed , and . on Monday morning she waa
. , Thu Outiucuc in Paumamknt Stbbkt . — Bichara Cope , the shopman who was savagely assaulted on t" ° evening of Monday week in hia master ' s shop m I *" " mont-street , still lingers in tho hospital , and hopes a ™ entertained of hia recovery . Tiro culprit , who gives w assumed name of Jenkins , is a tickot-of-leave num . */
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 1, 1856, page 1038, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2165/page/6/
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