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a strange story , to the effect that she had been tempted to steal some of her master ' s goods by Roden , who said her husband was in trouble , and-wanted a little money to help him out . She was afterwards drawn more and more into the toils , until she was induced to be a party to the burglary . Subsequently , she joined the thieves , but was soon deserted by them , and left without a penny of the proceeds . She was sentenced to a year ' s hard labour ; the others to six years' penal servitude .
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THE GREAT BULLION ROBBERY . It appears that Tester left Sweden ( where he had been employed for some months past on the Royal Swedish Railway ) some three or four weeks ago , having been dismissed from his situation before he had himself received any intimation of Agar ' s revelations . He at once ( according to statements published in the daily papers ) decided upon returning to England , and accordingly quitted Sweden for Copenhagen , passing thence to Hamburg . Learning on . his way the danger of his position , and coming to the conclusion that the statement of Agar had led to his dismissal from his appointment , he passed from Hamburg through Belgium to Calais , and thence , hardy as it may seem , to Dover . "What followed reads like a chapter of romance , and is , in fact , one of the strangest episodes in the great gold epic ; for at Dover ^ without the intervention of any elaborate disguise , but
simply with the collar of his coat turned up , he remained upon the platform at the railway-station for nearly an hour , took his seat in the train , travelled up to town in the ordinary way , and passed through the Londonbridge terminus without inquiry , or even a suspicion being entertained that the man upon whom the company were , above all others , anxious to lay their hands , had so easily eluded pursuit . What makes this more singular still is the fact that that very night Mr . Rees , solicitor for the prosecution , travelled down the line to Dover for the purpose of endeavouring to gain some information as to the whereabouts of the fugitive from Tester ' s father , who resides there . After arriving at London , Tester had an interview on Monday with his professional adviser , to whom he asserted his entire ignorance of the charge , and stated his determination to surrender himself on the re-examination of Pierce and Burgess on Wednesday .
Oa that day , Tester made his appearance in courty&rta was put at the bar . Sir . Bodkin ( for the prosecution ) then said that , as the third party implicated by the evidence of Agar was now in custody for the first time , it would be necessary to have the evidence previously taken read over in . his hearing ; but , to save the time of several banking derka who were present , he proposed first to take their evidence with regard to the tracing of certain Bank of England notes , obtained at the Bank for
the American eagles , and one hundred ounces of gold sold directly after the robbery for 620 / . Agar had said that the gold so obtained was exchanged for notes ; and this was singularly corroborated by the fact that about thirteen days after the robbery six hundred sovereigns were changed at the Bank for six 100 / . notes . The name given at the Bank by the party who changed them was Edgington ; but this was no doubt false , as it could be proved that of these six notes for 100 ? . Burgess changed two , Tester three , and Pierce one . Evidence confirmatory of these statements having been given by a great many witnesses , the further hearing waa adjourned to Saturday ( this day ) , ^ vhen it is supposed the case will be completed .
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Loss of Puopebty ok a Raiiavav . —Mr . Keys , a traveller for a large London house , has lost a . case , containing nearly 20 00 / . worth of watches , while travelling by railway from Coleraine to Derry . It is evident that the case waa stolen , and one of the porters waa for some days in custody under suspicion , but he has been liberated on finding bail to appear again when called on . A Venerable Impostor . —A well-dressed , gentlemanly-looking old man , of rather venerable appearance , who declined either to state his name or address , was brought up at Bow-street , charged with obtaining money from Sir Walter Trevelyan , Bart , by false
pretences . The prosecution was conducted by Captain Wood , manager of the Mendicity Society , who stated that the man was the most successful impostor of the day . For upwards of four years he had pursued his present career without detection , tho officers of the Mendicity Society having adopted every possible manoeuvre to catch him without avail . He was at length tracked by Horsford , the uocicty ' a officer , who appears to have succeeded to the mantle of detective ingenuity left hitn _ by his father ; and the impostor -was apprehended immediately after receiving money from Sir Walter Trevelyan .
DESTITUTION AT TUB EAST OP LO 5 ) BON . Mr . Josiah Viney , Minister of Betlmal-grcen-road Chapel , writes to the 1 tmes aomo particulars of tho destitute state of the poor in his nei ghbourhood . Ho saye : — « In a room , six feet square , tho entire furniture of which is about 7 a . in value , exist nine persons—a man hia wife , and se \ rcn children . The man is Bcvorel y afflicted , unaWo to work . A no wife earns a precarious subsistence by washing and nwdlework . The entire proceeds of the family arc 5 s . p « r week , out of which 2 s . must be regularly paid for
rent , or their all would be seized . ' Why not go into ihe house ? ' The poor fellow replied , ' I cannot bear to be parted from my wife and children . ' I mention this case as coming under my own knowledge , and simply as an illustration of hundreds more . This afternoon I visited a policeman dying of consumption , the effect of blows received on duty . His young -wife had worked for three days , and , after walking to and fro a distance , of eight mile ? , with her heavy child in her arms , had received , as the prodnce of her labour , Is . lie , however , had a small pension , but , liaving overdrawn it ,, was' in the utmost distress , and had parted with his blanket and coverlet to obtain food and fire . " Subscriptions in aid of the poor , to be sent to him at the chapel , are solicited by Mr . Viney . ¦ ¦ " . Tiih Coxvrcr Marley . —Since the condemnation of
Marley , he has behaved with great resignation , and has confessed to the commission of the crime , which , however , lie said he did not contemplate a quarter of an hour before . He / was accidentally passing by , and seeing no one in the shop but Cope , the thought struck him that it was a good opportunity to commit a robbery , lie therefore went in , but the blows which he struck -were only given ( according to his own account ) to stun the shopman . The life-preserver , lie says , is a weapon constantly carried about by persons who are hi the habit of committing robberies , In the hurry of the moment , he snatched up (_ under the impression that it contained valuable property ) a basket lving on the
counter , wrapped iu a bltie bag , which , however , merely held a codfish . This he threw away shortly before he arrived at Bridge-street ; for he denies that he handed it to an accomplice , and indeed asserts that he had no accomplices at all . He appears to have received a good education , and at onetime he served in the army , and showed great bravery during the Kaffir war . Having afterwards taken to a life of crime , he was sentenced to transportation for hoiisebreaking , but obtained his liberty under the ticket-of-leave system . He states , however , that he had no chance of obtaining any employment , and that he was again compelled to resort to his evil ways . The execution will take place next Monday morniug .
Embezzlesi-ents at Liverpool .- —Liverpool has witnessed numerous instances of defalcations within the paststwelve months , and last week several other cases were batted to the catalogue . The most serious , and the one Avhieh will , perhaps , create most surprise , is tlie flight of Mr . James Shaw , agent in Liverpool of tlie District Provident Society , whose accounts exhibit defalcations to the extent of 2600 /; . How ' such' a large amount of money could bu withdrawn without awakening the attention of the auditors and the committee is an astonishing circumstance . Tlie committee appear to feel that their supervision has been somewhat lax , as they have themselves made up the required amount . This course was adopted at a meeting held on Thursday
week , several members of the body subscribing as much as 100 / . each to cover the deficiency . Sir . Shaw ' s office was at No . 4 , Queen-square , his residence being in Lovelane , Wavertree . —Another case has occurred within the past few days , the facts of which are thus stated : Mr . William Ellis , cashier to Messrs . Abram Gartside and Co ., woolbrokers , of Bretherton-Buildings , 10 , North John-street , was missing from his duties on Monday . He was accustomed to take the cash-box every Saturday afternoon to the shop of Mr . Jones , silversmith , Castlestreet , where it was kept until Monday morning . Tlie
box usually contained a large sum of money , but no deficiencies up to Monday hud been noticed . On the box being then sent for by Mr . Gartside , it was found on examination that about 300 / . was wanting , and subsequent inquiries have swelled the amount of defalcations to more than 1000 / . Ellis , whose quiet demeanour and gentle disposition secured many friends , had been in the employment of Messrs . Abram Gartside and Co . from his youth upwards , and had succeeded in obtaining their entire confidence . He was believed to be steady , sober , and 'a good churchman . '—Liverpool Albion .
HocusstNG on A Railway . —A gentleman was recently travelling to Reading on the Great Western Railway . While in the waiting-room at the station lie happened to show a large amount of gold and notes in his pocket-book , and having got into an empty compartment of a first-class carriage , he was followed by a fashionably-dressed man , who began to talk with him on the various topics of the day . At length , the stranger took from his pocket a flask and a glass , poured out dome sherry , and drank it , and waa about to return tho
flask to his pocket , when he begged his fellow nansengcr ' s pardon for not asking liiin to tnko a gluos with him at first , and hoped lie would do so then . The gentleman consented , drank , and immediately fell asleep , and did not wake till the train arrived at Swindon , when | he found himself alone , and minus GDI . ; but fortunately a larger sum , which wan concealed about his person , the thief hud pnssed over . It is supposed that the ilask was double , jind contained real sherry and some drugged liquid .
Fhauds ov Railway EMi > i . cnrns . —Wo believe we are betraying no confidence in stating that tho directors of tho Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway , impelled by tho repeated serious disclosures of ollicial men south of tho Tweed , recently resolved on instituting- a rigid
investigation into their affairs by a thorough examination of the books employed by the clerks at every station ™ their line . The investigation extends over a ueriod « f two years , and already , at some of the stations circum stances , we regret to say , have been disclosed sufficient to warrant the wise decision of the milwav din **™* . Alba Advertiser . - ' uu : e " — The Dead among , the Xiving . —Two shopkeecers residing in King-street , St . Saviour ' s , attended before tho Southwark magistrate , and stated that in a room at No . 16 , the dead body of a y ouug woman had been ly ' toe nearly nineteen days in a cofRn . The room was locked up , the deceased ' s father , who rented it , and whoo-wed nearly 60 / . to the landlord , having gone awav ; and . the enluvia was so offensive as to be injurious to the inmates of the house and the neighbourhood . The applicants-w ished to know what could be done to remove the body . The magistrate advised them to apply to the parish authorities .
Embezzlement on the East Lancashire Railway —With respect to same alleged frauds on the East Lancashire Railway , we have received a statement from Mr . James Smithells , tlie general manager , who says that there have been some misrepresentations in the papers and adds : — " The facts are , that John Johnson , late our station-master at Ormskirk , was in September last discovered to have embezzled a sum of about twenty-nine pounds . He was then brought before the magistrates at Bury , and was committed to take his trial at the October Quarter Sessions at Salford . Bail was taken for his appearance ; he afterwards absconded , and has not since been heard of . Johnson , on his appointment , gave through the British Guarantee Society , the security invariably required from every servant who has charge of money , and this Company "will not lose one penny by his defalcations . "
Bukglary near . Shepfikld . — - Four men , a few niglits ago , broke into the house of Mr . Bradley , about two miles from Sheffield , and , going into that gentleman ' s bedrobnij while two other men were keeping watch on the lawn outside , made an attack on him and hia wife with bludgeons loaded at the end with lead . Mr . Bradley was severely hurt on the hand , and Mrs . Bradley on tb . 3 breast . One of the men was armed "with a revolver belonging to Mr . Bradley ; and , by means of threats , the thieves induced him to give them all the money he had in the room , amounting to nearly iOL in
casli , and a bill of exchange for 100 / . They also took away two gold watches , a quantity of jewellery , and othw valuable property . Mrs . Bradley's mother was lying sick in another room , which the burglars entered , threatening her with death if slie made any alarm . They likewise menaced the servants , and then left with their booty . Mr . Bradley's house was very strongly fastened ; but the robbers broke through all obstructions . A large and vigilant dog was kept in the yard ; but , as he did not bark once during the night , it is supposed lie was drugged .
A Boy Murdered a . t Sea . —The brig Mars , of Dundee , commanded by Captain James Burn , was driven by stress of weather on to the Cornish coasts a few days ago . After all hands had come on shore , some of the crew laid a charge against the captain of having , by repeatedjacts of ill-usage , murdered a cabin boy named Robert Beecroft , of from fourteen to fifteen years of age , who had been shipped at Lowestoft on tu « 3 rd of last June , while on their voyage from Dundee to Cuba . During the passage out , tho boy was uot
illtreated . He was healthy , but not very strong , and he wbb Bick for some days while in the West Indies ; but he recovered before they took ship home . On the passage back , the captain , finding that the boy did not do his work as quickly us was desired ( though he appears to have been willing , and to have done tho best he could ) , beat him savagely on several occasions—once on the day before lie died . After death , his body was found to be shockingly bruised and discoloured . Tho captain ( who seems to have been sometimes intoxicated ) has been committed for trial on a charge of . Wilful
Murder . The Italian Convicts at Winchester . — The Italians convicted at AV indicator for a murder on tho high seas , and now lying under sentence of death , having complained that some statements in justification which they were prepared to make were not listened to , a meeting has been held with the object of taking up their cause . An interpreter has been employed to take down tho men ' s statements in Italian and English , « id
these will bo forwarded to the High Sheriff . " 1 h « three prisoners , " Bays a correspondent of the Ttmet , " at first seemed in great distress of mind from an idea that their execution would take place immediately , but became more tranquil on boing told that at least fourteen days' respite would bo allowed them . Tho great distress of tho youngest prisoner , only eig hteen years of age , seema to arise from tho knowledge of tlie gvief his ignominious end will cause hia family , and to his brothers and aistcra , of whom , ho says , ho na »
seven . " TiikGueat IToimiEiiN FuAuns . — A further examination of Ucdpatli and Kent took place on Thursday , when the case against them waa strengthened by additional evidence . The next examination will bo on Friday , tho 19 th . ~ Some correspondence between tuo
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 13, 1856, page 1184, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2171/page/8/
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