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of the pHblio-bonsea to leave some of her- money with Mm for safety , and at the same time took out the bandkerchief in -which it was -wrapped up , -when Leary grasped her round the throat , -while Powderhill snatched all the money from her . The two men then ran out of the boose , hut they , -wore pursued l > y the -woman , who caught Leary and gave him in custody . The other man escaped , hut -was apprehended early the following moming . When before the magistrate , Powderhill made a counter-charge' against Sheeny who , he said , told him
that she had robbed a gentleman in the City of 472 ., of whieh the l&L he took from her ira 3 part . On the trial , she waa brought up in custody from Horsemongerlane GaoL She refused , to aay , in the coarse of her cross-examination , how she had become possessed of the cash , but she added that the gentleman who had lost his money could not identify her as the thief . The defence was that the testimony of such a woman could not be relied on , and that the money , even had she possessed it , was probably stolen by her . The men were found Guilty , and sentenced to six . months' imprisonment .
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The Supposed Murder neap . Rothebham . — -The adjourned inquest on the body of Jacob Lambert , a collier , lately residing at Gressborougb , whose body was , found in the river Don , near Conisborough , under susplcio-us circumstances , has ended in an open verdict . The Glasgow Poisoning Case . —Miss Madeleine Smith , the yonng lady who ( as stated in our last issue ) was apprehended on suspicion of having administered poison to her sweetheart , a young French gentleman
named L'Angelier , was committed on Friday week to take her trial on the charge of murder . So far as motive is concerned , the grounds of the charge are understood to be that Miss Smith was anxious to cast off I / Angelier in consequence of having received and accepted an offer of marriage from a gentleman of greater wealth , than tbe young Frenchman . L'Angelier is said to have possessed some means of blasting the young lady ' s reputation , which , it was anticipated by her , he would exercise in the event of her marrying his rival .
Assault ox the PoueB near Brighton . —About seven thousand persons assembled on Good Friday at the Halfway House , midway / between Brighton and the Devil ' s Dyke . In the course of the evening , there was a fight , and the police interfered , bat were attacked so fiercely with flint-stones that several were seriously injured . '¦¦ Two of the rioters were examined the next day before the magistrates , and were seat to prison for four months , part of the time with bard labour . Mjscoxduct of a . Policeman .- —A charge of drunkenness and of assaulting a policeman was brought last Saturday at Worship-street against Mr . James lacking ,
a master wheelwright . There was a disturbance iu Essex-street , Haekney , in the middle of the night , and Booking , a 3 tbe police asserted , was in some degree concerned in it . The policeman , took him into custody , and , according to the officer ' s account , was assaulted by him , so that it was . at length found necessary to strike him with , the staff . Booking ' s version of the affair was that he was -wantonly seized by the constable , without any cause , and that he was seriously wounded by the staff . Other witnesses , confirmed this , and Mr . Booking was diaeharged , the magistrate observing that the conduot of the policeman , was quite unjustifiable .
Tub Kidderminster Riots . —About twenty persons were examined last Saturday at Kidderminster , on the charge of inciting and assisting in the attack on Mr . Lowe at the recent election . Two of the accused were described a 3 gentlemen ; their names were—Mr . Alfred Talbot and Mr . Henry Chilliugworth . Another of the number was a butcher named Pitt . Thes « three seem to have eneouraged the mol > to throw stones . Some of the other accused were tradesmen of the town . The evidence confirmed tho accounts already given of the dastardly outrage . Mr . Ebonezer Guest , the county court bailiff , said that the most violent of the rioters " appeared to be bricklayers , masons , and stone-getters , and not weavers of Kidderminster . " The same witness , in cross-examination , stated that at tho nomination , on
the day before , the riot , M >> Lowe had addressed tho people , amidst much , noise , first as " gentlemen , " then as " ladies and gentleman , " and then , aa " children . " A great many woman and children were present . Several other witnesses were examined ; and , the case for the prosecution lutviag beem concluded , an adjournment to Friday was ordered . —A subscription has been commenced for defraying th « a expenses of tho prosecution . Strange to say , Mr . Talbot has offered 50 / . It is aaid that , had Mr . Lowe , and hia friends passed- through a certain street , they would have had . boiling water and filthy liquid discharged at them . In the same thoroughfare , also , some chimneys were pulled down , in order that the bricks , might be thrown at the objects of this eavago conspiracy .
last year there were 25 prisoners for trial . The number of prisoners committed to the gaol was considerably less than in the corresponding quarter . Last year , there were 331 committals , and in the present quarter there were 244 , showing a decrease of 87 . A decrease is apparent in other localities , while in some there i 3 an increase . The diminution is in a great measure to be accounted for by the fact of the Spring Assizes having just sat , and cleared off a large mass of criminal cases ; so that whether there is really an improvement is very doubtful . * .
A Charge Fallen- to the Ground . — William Stevens Hay ward , who stood remanded ( on "bail ) from that day week on a charge of criminal assault on a girl , appeared before Mr . Jardina at Bow-Street , on Tuesday , in discharge of his recognizances ; but , as the prosecutrix , Jane Bettison , was not in attendance , and no communication had been received which could account for her absence , the magistrate said he had no choice Imt to dismiss the charge . Muri > erou 3 Assauxt . —A man named George Morris , living at Agar Town , was charged at the Clerkenwell police-court with ' having committed a ' -savage assault on his wife , in consequence of which her life is considered in great ' danger , lie receives t ^ ood wa ges , but 'squanders them in . drinking and debauchory , scarcely allowing Ms wife anything for the support of herself and the family . On coming home one morning , his wife , who was almost
hia starving state , asked him for some money . At this , Morris : hccamVQ extremely furious , and struck the woman several . -violent'blows . on the side of her head with his fist : he then kicked her repeatedly about the body , and knocked several of her teeth out . A policeman being called by her son , the ruffian .-was taken into custody . His wife followed him to the station-house to make tho charge against "him ; but it was necessary to support her on the way , ' as she was- extremely faint , and liardly able to walk , owing to the injuries she had received . Sha was still suffering greatly when the case was brought before the magistrate , and was therefore unable to appear in court . Morris did not deny having committed the assault on Iris wife , but alloged that she had followed him about from street to street , and called him by abusive names . Mr . Corrie remanded him for a week , in order that the result of the woman's injuries might
be known . Attempted Wife Murdesi .- —G-sorge Hollis , a young man whose- ' real'business is that of a . yas-fitter , but -who has some connexion ¦ with the stage , was further examined on Tuesday at Worship-street on the charge of stabbing his wife . It now appears that the refusal of his wife to make him " a ; pair of " stage trousers on a Sunday , because it was unlucky , was not tho only cause of his passion . He had taken some imp roper , familiarities with hid sister-in-law , for which his wife" reproved him , though very gently and almost laughingly . The two
causes of oironce coming nearly at the same time threw him into a rage , aud his hand trembled with passion previous to striking tho blow . lie left shortly afterwards , but soon returned , and appeared very sorry . Hia wife then induced him . to go away again , as a policeman was after him . On giving her evidence before the magistrate , she wept bitterly , and did the most she could to lighten tho charge against her husband , saying that she had greatly " aggravated" hi in , and that she believed he only intended to frighten liur . Hollis was again remanded .
While Kilduff was preparing for bed r Kilroy and another man came to his door , made use of an opprobrious epithet , and hid themselves in-the ent ^ ' ; KildufF went to the door , and Kilroy felled him with a piece of timber , from the effects of which ie died . The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder , " and Kilroy was committed to Walton gaol . The Mceder at Islixotox . —An inquest was held lf » st Saturday at Islington on the body of James Scott , a baker , who was stabbed , under circumstances detailed in the Leader of last week , by a lodger of the name of Robert Robinson Tripp . A verdict of " Wilful Murder " was returned . ^—A singular discovery was made'by the police , iu searching the room occupied by Tripp . Tke \'
sure . by a second stab . lie was committed for trial . It i 3 stated that he is sixty-three years of age , and that he has been known for a long time past as a very violent and eccentric person , keeping several dirks and pistols in . bis room , and often playing wild pranks-with ' them , lie made a murderous attack oh . one of his landlords about eight years ago , but was disarmed without doin-g mischief , taken before a magistrate , and sentenced to six months' imprisonment ^ in default of being able-to find bail . During th& Peninsular war , he was in active service , and was learned in the use of weapons . He has exhibited a fancy for anatomy , and Mr . Kobinson , his legal adviser , stated to the Clerkenwell magistrate that the bones found in his box were there " . for . ' purpose ' study , " and . that the clothes ' -belonged to bis mother .
Insubordination at Sea . —Andrew- George Gallagher , William Todd , and John Williamson , seamen on board the barque Marchioness of Ailsaa , were examined on remand last Saturday at the Thames Office , charged . -with' insubordination during their passage home from the Cape of Good Hope . The men had complained of bad diet and of . the vessel being short-handed , and they refused , to do any more work . The captain then threatened to put Tqdd in irons , when the others interposed , and menaced the captain , chief mate , carpenter , and boatswain , with deadly weapons . They were off duty for eighteen days , but at length resumed work , though not ceasing their rebellious demeanour . Mr . Yardley , the magistrate , sentenced Gallagher and Todd to four weeks' imprisonment and hard labour for wilful disobedience to lawful commands , and Williamson to eight weeks' imprisonment and hard labour for assaulting Captain Andrew .
found , amongst some hay in a box , the skull , shoulderblade , and other hones , of a female skeleton , apparently about middle age . There were also portions of a bonnet , sliawl , and other articles of women ' s clothing . —Tripp was re-examined before the Clerkenwell magistrate on Tuesdaj' , when evidence was received confirming the original accounts , viz ., that Scott had gone into his lodger ' s room at two o ' clock in the morning to ask for arrears of rent ; that a quarrel ensued ; and that Tripp stabbed his landlord with ; a sword , and would have repeated the attack , had not another lodger , who had . been called to the room by Scott , warded off the blow . On being taken into custody , Tripp repeatedly said that he hoped his landlord might die , and that , had not the other lodger interfered , he would have made the thing
Cruelty to a Child . —One of the worst cases of cruelty to a child by the father ever brought into n court of justice was heard on Thursday week at the Chapelen-le-Frith Petty Sessions . The father ' s name is Peter Rowland , and he is a tinman . The child is his daughter , about nine years old . He appears to have felt an unnatural aversion to her from her infancy , and he has already rendered her a cripple for life by an injury which lie inflicted on her spine . Her mother is dead—killed , it i 3 said , during pregnanc 3 ' , by the man's brutal usage . The child was recently found , in a state bordering on idiocy , in the house occupied by hu > r father : nho was in a iilthy condition , covered with sores , and apparently perishing for want of food . An attempt was made by the vicar to get tbe child removed from her father ' s custody , but it failed , owing to some legal ilaws . Rowland then moved with hia family to a sort of workshop stated to be most
Attempted Suicn > i 5 from Distress . —The wifo of Michael Grant , the notorious railway card-ahurper , -who is now in custody for his ordinary oil ' unco , lias Leon charged at the Lainbctlx police-office with attomp-ting to commit suicide . Him was found by a woman hanging by a rope in hor room , but was nt once cut down , and revived . It uppeared that hor husband v : n * at 0110 time earning a .. ' decent livelihood as a licensed hawker , but he hud taken to card-sharping , and thenceforth had never prospered . They had been iu a distressed state for some time past , and , on her husband ' s apprehension tho other day , she saw no prospect but starvation . Selling the remainder of hor things , therefore , she gave her children something to eat , and then hung herself . It will bo recollected Unit , ¦ when her husband was taken into custody , ho begged for mercy on account of hU wifo and children . Tho woman , - who is a wretctaedlooking creature , was remandod .
a unwholesome place , owing to its being pervaded with a sulphurous smoke , from some local cause ; and here the child was locked up for hours together , without food . She was frequently beaUn ; hor body again became covered with soroa and vermin to an extent too horrible to repeat , and hor face is described as having the appearance of something not human . One day , screams were heard in the street ; tho neighbours entered the workshop , and found somo red-hot cinders burning the child ' s neck and breast , aa she lay on the hearth . Rowland at that time was drinking in the neighbourhood . The girl was at once removed , and placed under medical care ; but her restoration to health ia doubtful , hor recovery of the use of her limbs impossible . Rowland has beun sentenced to six months ' hard labour , at tho end of which time ho is to iind sureties for good behaviour for the name period .
luu Mukdbr at Cor . LiNOHAM . —The inquest on the body of Mr . Joseph Hodaon , a retired farmer , living at South Uollinghnm , noar Newark , who waa poisoned by a mince-pie containing arsenic , has been resumed on two separate occasions . It appears that , before reaching the okl man , the pie had boon left at tho house of hia nephew , Richard Hodson , and it is proved that tho -wife of the latter bought an ounce of arsenic at a . chemiat ' a shop on tho 27 th of last December . A boy who took the pie > from the carrier by whom it was to have Leen delivered to the old farmer , it ) believed to be tho brother of Mrs . Kichard Ho-Json ; anil it is in evidence that hla mother told him not to any anything about taking ; the parcel in which tho pie was wrapped up , should inquiries be made of him . A verdict of Wilful Murder has been returned against Richard Ilodaon and hia wife .
Statistics ojp Ciuinc . —The quarter sessions for the various counties in the -west of England hnvo just been , held . Sir S . II . Northcoto , as chairman of tho Devon Quarter Sessions , stated in his cliargu to the grand jury that a decrease of crime was apparent in comparing the number of prisoners for trial at the present sessions with corresponding sessions in past years . The total number to be tried at the Easter Sessions , 1857 , was 10 " , and
LsoAPis of Prisomeuh . — -Two men , belonging to- the London swell mob , who have recently boen , taken into custody at Colchester on a charge of ateuling , escaped
Asotukk . Muiudbu at Livbbpool . —An inquest waa hold on Friday week in Liverpool , on the body of John Juldutf , a dock labourer , who died on th © previous Wednesday , from a fracture of the skull . A man named Patrick Kilroy resided iu the house occupied by ^ JUluu , and some axrears of rent were demanded , which cauaed ICUrcy to fed offended , and ho was heard to say * o would have blood before twelve o ' clock that night .
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Leader (1850-1860), April 18, 1857, page 367, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2189/page/7/
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