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THE ASSIZES . Hknbt Catling , John Lewis , and John Caswell ( not in custody ) wereiadicted at Liverpool for the manslaughter of a man named George . A second count charged the prisoners with the manslaughter of a person unknown . George was a youth of eighteen , a native of France , but a citizen of the United States , who shipped for Liverpool on hoard an American vessel , hut wa 9 killed during th . e voyage by the brutal ill-usage ( as alleged by the prosecution . ) of the accused . Catling was Acquitted ; but a verdict of Guilty was given against Lewis . A doubt arose as to the power of an English court to try the accused , who are Americans . The question will be referred by the Judge who tried the case ( Mr . Baron Martin ) to the Justices of Appeal '; , and , should they decide that the trial cannot take effect , Lewis will be discharged .
give their names , Vaughau seized Smith , and another constable took the second man . Smith then stabbed "Vaughan , who . died from , the wound . The defence was that the policeman was not justified in apprehending the accused , and that therefore the crime was only manslaughter . Of this , Smith was found Guilty . He appeared to be relieved by the verdict , but had previously been sobbing convulsively . Sentence was deferred .
Another case of murder arising from ill-usage at sea was tried at Bodniin , where James Burns was indicted for causing the death of a lad named Beecroft , a cabin boy on board a commercial vessel of Pumice , of which the accused was the Captain . The particulars have already appeared in this journal . Burns was Acquitted , the defence , that the boy's death resulted from scurvy , and was not accelerated by the captain ' s usage of him , being held to be sufficient . Unless the witnesses perjured themselves , however , it was clear that the lad was shockingly ill-used .
Alfred Matcham was tried at Liverpool for the manslaughter of Mary Anne Jeckells , at Lotvestoft , on the 29 th of September . The accused is a medical man , having a large practice , and especially in midwifery cases , at Lowestoft , whoie he has resided , some five or six years . He was engaged last September to attend Mrs . Jeck « lls , who had borne four children , before , in her approaching . confinement , she being then only seven months gone . On the 19 th she was taken ill , and from that time to the 22 nd , Mr . Matcham was unremitting in his attendance . On that day , she appeared to the women about her and to the prisoner to be sinking from a very protracted labour , and the prisoner determined to resort to the use of instruments , and after three attempts the
child was . brought into the world . Mrs . Jeckells , however , died on the 29 th , 5 n consequence , as was alleged , of the unskilful way in TvMch Mr . Matcham used the instruments . When Mrs . Jeckells was within a few days of her death , her husband wished to have further advice ; but the accused said the lady was doing very well , and it was only when all hopa was gone that another medical man was called in . Mr , Matcliam was not qualified by an English diploma ; but he stated that he had a diploma from 2 $ exr York , and it appeared that he was in large practice as an accoucheur . The defence was that the charge was malicious , and had been brought forward through professional jealousy . The accused was Acquitted .
Nathaniel Serjeant , engine-driver , has been Acquitted at Monnaouth of the charge of manslaughter arising out of the railway accident which occurred last November at the Nantyderry station on the Hereford and . Newport Railway . It appeared that he was new to the business of engine-driving , and that he had acted to the best of his judgment . Elizabeth Oram has been found Guilty at Monmoutli of the manslaughter of her illegitimate son , a boy about ten years of age , by several acts of ill-usage and by starvation . She was sentenced flfc transportation for life .
Josiali Parker , a butcher , was tried at Taunton for the murder of his wife , whom he knocked down , and kept hacking on the head with a chopper . He was addicted to drink , and had become insane under a belief that hia wife was unfaithful to him . On this ground he was Acquitted , but will of courso bo detained in custody . "William Nelson and John Leach wore tried at Liverpool on Wednesday for the murder of John Cragg , a man whose body was found , on the 22 nd of last Fobruary , at tho bottom of a quarry a short distance from Lancaster . Tho evidence was altogether circumstantial , and tl »© accused wore Acquitted .
Mary Anne Reynolds , aged foity-sevon , was tried at Norwich for wounding her husband . Tho case was very distressing . For many yoara tho wife had been subjected to the most horrible ill-usage . from her husband , who was a confirmed drunkard . One night , 8 ho followed him to a public-house , where a quarrel ensued . The acoundrel struck hia wife a violent blow w tho eye on which she gashed him two or three times across tho face with a knife . He bled profusely , Xi £ ? H th Y th 0 ra to blnd "V the wounds . Mr . Justlco Erie warmly condemned the ruffianism of the and
man , sympathized with tho woman , on whom ho pasaod a sentence of only four days' imprisonment II « aleo withhold tho husband ' s expenses Thomas Smith , a labourer , agod twenty-one , was tried at < 3 heaterfor tho nmrJorof William Vaughan ' n Llico man at Birtenhead , on the night of tho 23 rd o ? last December Tho accused was making a disturbance a the door of a public-home at about half-pastono o ' clock in tho morning , whoa tho policeman came up and tried to porauade him to go homo , ai ho wm already in toxicatod . Ho and a companion accordingly moved on tho officer following . Finally , ontlietwo men rof using ti
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Middlesex Sessions . —The April quarter sessions commenced on Wednesday morning , when ( among otler cases of slight interest ) John Browning , a ticket-ofleave man , pleaded Guilty to a charge of stealing four silver forks and other articles , the property of Mr . Thomas Wilkinson , wlo had benevolently given him money , and endeavoured to get him . a situation . The facts have already appeared in this journal . He begged for a merciful sentence , hut was sentenced to six years ' penal servitude . Electors , Candidates , and Thieves . —A meeting of the electors of Finsbury was being held by the friends of Mr . Serjeant Parry at the Freemason's Tavern on the evening , of Friday week , when one of the gentlemen present felt a hand in his waistcoat pocket . He turned round , seized the thief , and forced him to return the
that he had been a gunner on board several of the Company's ships , and by those means he obtained a pension but there appears to be a doubt whether he really pos- ' sesses the claim . He was committed for trial . The Fratricide at Maidstone . — The final examination of George Kebble Edwards , for the murder of his brother , Thomas Edwards , took place before the Mayor and borough magistrates of Maidstone on Tuesday morning . After evidence had been received , the prisoner was asked if he had any statement to make . His answer was , "Ihave nothing to say about the case only that I am innocent of the crime . " He was then committed to take his trial at the next assizes , on the charge of Wilful Murder .
Suspected Mujuder . —The body of a collier , named Lambert , has been found in the river Don , near Conisbrough , " about four miles from Doncaster . Several wounds were discovered in various parts . The man had left home on the 3 rd of January , and had n ot been heard of since the night of that day , when he was drinking at a public-house at Rotherham , and got into a quarrel with same young men , but it did no / t appear that they used any violence towards him . The inquest was adjourned till next Wednesday . Murder At Deal — A young ensign of the 44 th Regiment , stationed at Walrner barracks , Deal , named
M'Garroll , has been murdered by a publican in the town named Samuel Baker . Mr . M'Carroll vent to Baker ' s house one morning between one and two o ' clock , and called for something to drink . Seeing that the young officer was already Tather intoxicated , the landlady refused to supply him with anything , upon which Mr . M ^ Carroll struck her with his cane and quitted the house . Being afterwards informed of the outrage committed on his wife , Baker started off in pursuit of the officer , and , having learned from one of the coastguard which way he lad gone , he returned to his house and aimed himself with some heavy weapon with -which he walked off in the direction which Mr . M'Carroll had taken . Mr . M'Carroll was afterwards found in the streets with a fractured skull , and he has since died . Baker has been committed for trial .
money he had taken . On the arrival of a policeman , the man wa 3 given into custody . When the case was before the magistrate , Inspector Mitchell said there were no police present at the meeting , as it is not usual on such occasions , and would probably give offence . The consequence is that a number of thieves get in , turn down the gas , and in the confusion that follows reap a plentiful harvest . One gentleman was robbed of a valuable gold watch not more than a yard from the spot where the prisoner had been at work . The man , after a little fencing , pleaded " Guilty , " and asked the magistrate to deal summarily with the case . Mr . Henry remanded him to ascertain if he had been previously convicted , in which , case he must commit him . The presence of thieves at such meetings presents a curious feature . They ought to ask the candidates what they mean to do with respect to the ticket-of-leave system .
Attempt to Extort Money . — About a fortnight ago , a fire broke out in the house of Mr . Stern , waterproof manufacturer , of Wellclose-square , in the absence of that person . It was put out , but in about half an hour afterwards it broke out again , and burnt some 4 : 001 worth of goods . Mr . Stern was insured in the West of England fire-office , by which company his claim was at once allowed . One of the persons who had been employed by Mr . Stern for three months previously to the fire , and who was thrown out of work by that calamity , was Abraham Rechthard , a German ; and , three or four days
after the fire , he went to Ms former master , and demanded 12 ? ., under tlireat of reporting at the fire-office that Mr . Stern had set his house on fixe , and of thus getting him transported . After a good deal of menacing , Rechthard consented to take 51 . ; and Mr , Stern gave him two marked sovereigns and an I O U for 31 . He then communicated with the police , and gave Rechthard into custody . The marked money and the document were found on him . He was examined at the Mansion-house , and committed for trial ; and two other men , named Barnet Greenbow and Mark Robinson , who had joined in the attempt , were also committed .
An Officer charged with Swindling . —Ernest Augustus Lloyd , an officer in the army , is under remand at Marlborough-street on a charge of obtaining goods by false pretences from various tradesmen . Bail was accepted for his reappearance next Monday . In the course of the day , numerous inquiries wcto made at the police-office relative to the accused . The inquirers were tradesmen . A Ruffianly Cabman . —Edwin Moseley , a cabdriver , appeared at tho Westminstor police-court on Monday , to answer a summons charging him with demanding more than his fare , and using insulting language . A Mr . Hagreen , cashier at the Nino Elms station of the South-Western Railway , rode , together with
a lady , in Mosoley ' s cab , from Chelsea to the foot of Vauxhall-bridgo . There they alighted , and tho driver demanded three shillings . Mr . Hagreen refused to give more than half that amount : on this the fellow made a disgraceful imputation , in which the lady was concerned . Ho then proposed to drive tho in to tho police-station in Rochoater-row ; to which they assented , and re-entered the cab . The man , however , drove them to a lonely spot opposite the Penitentiary , where lie stopped , and , admitting that his fare was in fact only Is . 6 d ., at . tempted to oxtort another oightcenponco by a repetition of the imputation ho had already made , adding , "I don't wish to expose you , and if you like to get out I'll say no more about it , " A policeman , however , was called , and the man was forced to drive to tho station . He
then set up a claim to tho overcharge by alleging that damage had been done to his cab ; but this was manifestly false , Moaeloy was sentenced to two months * hard labour in tho House of Correction , and to forfeit his license . Defrauding x « b East India Company . — Lewis Evans , alias Edward L . Evans , a venorablo-looldng man , seventy-throe years of ago , has boon examined before tho Lord Mayor , upon a charge of having fraudulently obtained , during aovoral years , orders for the payment of money from tho East India Company . Ho alleged
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. IISCELLANEOUS , Resignation of the Bishop of Nobwich . —The Bishop of Norwich , Dr . Hinds , has issued a farewell address to the . clergy of the diocese , on his resignation . After alluding to his long-continued ill health , \ v hich has estranged him personally from the clergy and the diocese for several years , the Bishop thus notices the circumstances of his resignation and the position of the diocese : —" Better had it been for the diocese and for you—I am painfully sensible of it—had the step which 1 am now taking been taken long ago ; and this would liave been the case had I acted in . adherence to my own views and wishes . It is now three years since—despairing of ever being again strong enough for the requirements of a diocese such as this is—I contemplated resigning . Friends , however , with whom I took counsel , were more ho-peful of my restoration to health and energy , and I permitted my own judgment to be overruled by theirs . "
Loki > Cowuey . —This nobleman , now ambassador at Paris , is to be immediately raised to an earldom , with the title of Earl Cowley , in consideration of his public services . The Lundhill Colliery Explosion . —The pit has been opened , and is being emptied of the water that was turned in to quench the fire . From the accounts published in the daily papers , we learn that lime is mixed with tho water drawn out of the pit as a disinfectant , to prevent any injurious consequences to the residents of the neighbourhood . Much anxiety still exists among the friends of the deceased as to the recovery of the bodies , and many assembled to witness the
commencement of operations . A waggon-load of coffins sent from Barnsley to Lundhill a fow days ago , to be ready when tho bodies sliall be recovered , created a very painful sensation in the intervening villages . The reveutilation of tho pit when empty will be promoted by two laTge fans which are being erected for the purpose , and it is understood tiiat the hazardous taslc of exp loration and recovering tlio bodies will be entrusted to a number of tho most experioncd miners who can ho found ill the district . The temperature of tho water in the pit not being yet quite uniform , it is said that some doubt still exists in well-informed quarters as to whether tho fire is yet extinguished .
Thus Hon . Mr . Stuart Wouti / ey . —The Solicitor-General is recovering from his late serious attack ot brain fever . Lords Palmerston and Malmuskuuy . —The following reply of Lord Pahnerston to tho letter of Lord Maltnesbury , of which we gavo portions last week , lias boon published : —* 94 , Piccadilly , March 25 . — My dcat Lord Malmosbury , —I have received this evening your lettorof this day . I have neither tuno nor inclination to renew tho China debate . I have used a right , which I do not deem myself deprived of hy my official position , to express publicly my opinion of the conduct of public men on an occasion of no small public importance ; » nu I have nothing to retract or to qualify . —t ' oura faithfully , —PALMicnaroN . " Tiuc Convict Rkiwath The leasehold residence , No . 27 , Chester-terrace , Regent's Purk . of Leopold
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324 , ; THE LEAPEE . [ No . 367 , Saturday .
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Leader (1850-1860), April 4, 1857, page 324, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2187/page/12/
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