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cordingly received as to his sanity . Mr- Wakefield , the surgeon , and Mr . John Sims , the deputy-governor , of the House of Correction , gave it as their opinion that Simpson was only feigning madness ; but the Assistant-Judge thought differently , as he could not see what the man would gain by such an imposition . The jury decided that he was insane , and he will therefore be detained at one of the county asylums . Charles Fewings , a carpenter , was indicted on Tuesday for a murderous assault on a policeman who was taking him into custody for beating his wife . He was sentenced to eight months' hard labour . Frances Richards , a married woman , indictedfor stealing a parse containing li 12 s . 6 d . from the persfen
of John Sparkes . She was found Guilty , and , j ^^ hce of former convictions having been given , the §||| MBfe ; tenced her to four years' penal servitude . . J §||§ ffiHM | the sentence , the woman fell on her kne «|||||| MP | Bl instant took a silk handkerchief from her ^ $ gpjpgjBg twisted it round her neck , pulling the ends winew ^» strength . The officers at once seized her bythmugm and compelled her to loose her hold upon the handltslw chief ; and , having removed her to a cell , handcuff were placed upon her to prevent any further attempt . A boy named Henry Price , was charged with stealing caps from his employer , a hatter ; and Edward William
Harrison was indicted for feloniously receiving them , knowing them to have been stolen . The boy pleaded Guilty ; and he was then put into the witness-box , to give evidence against Harrison . It appeared that the man incited the boy to commit the theft , and , being found Guilty , he was sentenced to hard labour for fifteen months . The boy ' s master then said he would take him back into his service ; and the court , therefore , though having the power to transport him for fifteen years , merely sentenced him to three days' imprisonment , which * having already expired , as they dated from the commencement of the session , he was at once set at liberty .
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Suspected Murder in Lancashire . —The body of an old woman has been found in the river IrwelL The skull is frightfully mangled , and there appears to be no doubt that she has been murdered . She left ' lodginghouse at Ramsbottom , early a few mornings ago , at which time the lodgers were quarrelling and fighting with pokers ; and it is thought that she was followed by some of these people , and killed . The Attempted Wife-Murder near CoventgardeN . —James Geary has been finally examined at the Bow-street police-court on the charge of attempting to kill his wife in Great Russell-street , Drury-lane . The particulars of the case have already appeared in the Leader , and the evidence of the wife , who has perfectly
recovered from her wounds , and who showed no sign of weakness during her examination , was now added to what had previously transpired . It appeared from Mrs . Geary ' s statement that , on the 23 rd of last month , she had been to see her mother , who lives in Whitecrossstreet , City , and , on her return , she met her husband at the corner of the street , and asked him to take her to a concert at a public-house iu Old-street . This he refused to do , but offered to take her to one in Drury-lane , that being much nearer home . Mrs . Geary would not consent to this , and , on her husband bidding her come home , she said she would not do so , and then seated herself on a door-step , and refused to stir . Her husband demanded of her all the money that she had about her ,
on which she gave him her whole stock , amounting to half-a-crown and some halfpence , which he had given her in the course of the day . Ultimatelj ' , Mrs . Geary consented to go home ; but , on their arrival in Russellstreet , she stood some time at the door of . her house , and refused to go up-stalra . When , however , she did at length go up , she told her husband that she would not live with him any longer , but would leave him the next morning . He then took a knife from his pocket , and stabbed her several times in the neck and throat with it . He likewise inflicted a slight wound in his own throat . In giving her evidence , Mrs . Geary attempted to throw
all the blame on herself , saying that she had been ' aggravating ' her husband throughout the week . Mr . Heath , the house surgeon of King ' s College Hospital , stated that Mrs . Geary ' s wounds had been of a very alarming nature . She was wounded in seven different places in her throat and neck , and had , besides , three wounds on the back « f her right hand . On the first night of her admission to the hospital , he did not think she could possibly recover , but in the morning she rallied , and had gone on favourably ever since . Geary , who merely said that he was trying to get a respectable living for his wife , and that she was not satisfied , was committed for trial .
Tub Case op Homicide in Wellington-street . — Frederick Hildebrand , the singer and dancer at Evans ' s Hotel , who was charged with killing a man in Wellington-street , appeared again at Bow-street on Saturday , in discharge of his recognizances . The magistrate fully concurred in the ¦ verdict given at the inquest , that the deceased was pimply struck by Hildebrand in self-defence } and the latter waa therefore eet at liberty . Criminal . Assault on a Married Woman . —A middle-aged , gentlemanly-looking man , named Harris Michael , and described as a merchant , was charged , at
Worship-street last Saturday with a criminal assault on Mrs . Julia Lewis , the wife of a wholesale stationer , of Clifton-street , Finsbury , where Michael lodged . One afternoon , according to the statement of the young lady , who appeared to be in very delicate h ^ a ^ th j ^ nd in . a state of nervous prostration , Michael s ^ feeqQf ^ ilSlirtd the room , and , having closed the door ^ t ^§ 0 ^^ mm . her round' the waist . After throwing hej ^ mn ^ m ^ bed , he applied to her mouth a stone hd& ^^^ MM her to swallow a portion of its contents , Wtm ^ flS ^ K throat and partially stupified her . He thjg ¦ SfeJSg cries and proceeded to further acts of viol ^ icerftwfe ^| effects of which she became totally insensible . On recovering her consciousness , she got back into her own ^ . roorn , where she remained till her husband returned j . ^ L ^ l bom she communicated the particulars of the outrttgpO grabael instructed his counsel to say that the chpijpte J ^ Swiawfchout foundation . He was committed for MtUi
iSSJ ^ fC ^ s . , tfgpg ^ g bE ^ PA&K Arches of Adelphi . —Th ? jgp |* jfj ^ i l ^ lArHfrof riot and youthful depravity MRM ¦ BBRraidK- * the neigbourhood of th ^ g | 'i ^ W ^ UM « r ^ ttta-Adelphi still continue , notwithittiiyO wMPHMfeMri&l " ? put on duty at th |^^ S ^^^^^^ g ^ Sunday , one of the n ^ of ^ e ^« S ^ y « r fti ^ nd . on the following dai ^ looking lSB ^ fig ^ and he bfS
the press stated t ^ ^^^ P ^ ^ g- ! ^ M ^ was one of the sufferea ^| Mffl |^|| blerable gggpteu " Sunday after Sunday , ^^ the *«« but especially in the afterntflKp | gpps of from prV ^ f ^ fifty of these boys , etnerging ^ Trorn the caverns ^ 3 gpj $ debouched near York-buildings , came swarmSn ^ . fjBpW that thoroughfare , yelling and blaspheming i ]^| 8 i || lfcj ner really appalling . The scene on these qc < £ jjglo | pl | H beyond description . The police did their bGftg || tol ||| pj | the tumult , but they got laughed at , and ,, f | f |< $ pm stoned , and , even if they succeeded in drivjh ^( jfig | | f i |^ away , fresh droves arrived soon after , and ft ^ W ^ f ^ B ^ ii ) bad as ever . On Sunday , a person at one ; oj £ p £$ ||| S *^ dows of his ( Mr . Murray's ) house counted ^ o |^| Mi | gj tt | and fiftv of these boys passing towards thoi-lo ^| p |( Bigi the street in the course of half an hour . 'E ^ Mm ^ S 0 t of the street communicated with the BtefiimMm . mmSi
The boy ' s mother was in court , and declafe * I | M ^ PBdp be < a very good boy indeed ; ' but » ^ MMM that , when found tossing , he was swe ^ ljUinRp 'Jfel Mr . Hall , the magistrate , not liking t < & : mfBm £ to prison , fined the mother one shilling , yMMKWMWJw Manslaughter of a Sailor . —He |»^^|^ fejgg captain of the ship Martha Jane , of SuodfgMp | pra | HNi E . Seymour , bis first mate , and William Altlwi hit second " mate , are under remand at Liverpool , charged with the manslaughter of a sailor , named Andrew Rose , on the voyage between Demerara and Liverpool . Rose was somewhat affected in his intellects , and some of his habits gave offence to the captain . He and his mates therefore boat him day after day with a whip and with ropes' ends , until his body was fearfully lacerated . They also frequently set on him a ferocious dog , which would tear the flesli of the unhappy man with his teeth . On one occasion , the most disgusting filth was forced down the man's mouth with a stick by ' the captain . His nose was stopped , and ho was put into a cask with the bunghole upwards , and kept there for twelve hours , At length he died , and the body , which presented a frightful spectacle , was thrown into the sea . Mr . liuiti'HRKY Brown . —Mr . Humphrey Brown was removed to the Queen ' s Bench Prison last Saturday , in default of having perfected bail for 8000 / ., the amount ordered to be given by him . The attorneys for the prosecution hare consented to accept eight sureties at 10001 . each , instead of four at 2000 / . each , as originally ordered . Mr . Hugh Hill , Q . C ., and Mr . Lush , have , it is understood , been retained by Mr . Brown for his defence . Stabbino in Church . —An extraordinary affair occurred at the village church of Knighton , near Leicester , on Sunday morning , when Mr . John Peck , the schoolmaster of the national school , was stabbed by one of the Sunday scholars . Soon after the service began , the master observed one of the scholars , named Thomas Bod well , sitting on a seat , contrary to the rules of the school . He waa ordered by the master to take his proper place , but refused , and drew a knife from hb pocket , which he opened . Mr . Peck then took the loy by the collar to remove him to his proper place , when the lad resisted , and a scuttle ensued , in the couras of which they both fell on the floor together . While they were down , the scholar Btabbed the master in the front of his right leg , and inflicted a wound at least half an inch deep . The Knife closed partly on his own haud « nJ cut it rather severely . Rodwell , who is only thirteen years old , was b-ought before Mr . Pagot , a counly magistrate , on Mond-iy morning , when a medical certificate waa given in , that the master , although not in any great danger , would be unable to appour for a fortnight . The boy wea remanded . Tmm Glasgow Jhwel Robbery . — At the High Court of Justiciary , Edinburgh , on Monday , Dietrich Mailer and Marcus Borrcnhard , both natives of Prussia , wore charged , tu « former with theft by means of housobroAking ,
i and the latter alternatively with theft or reset « f * k , " * the stolen property . The offence was S to havXf committed on the 16 th or 17 th of last SSrchinth ^ of James Ranken Laing , watchmake ? % * %£ * Glasgow . A vast number of watches iewrfii ^ # &to in gold and silver , were SSd ot ^ hl * BnttBfeiSTsrf . fL sttffi i . ! ir enc " »* >** SHSSBiBSI which he ' * sente ' need ^ VHpn'SSSS charged wTtfi $ i ** i % forged an acceptance of 36 / 10 , £ > iyhejiame of Messrs . Little and Murray . Mr . g ^* mm ^ Mtorney to the prosecutors , and in the c * „ athad 8 everal
¦ VJiTZHt ST oa occ ^ m £ mM l < oxu \ on and fcther places on their behalf- and ¦ Eft ; M » y last he signed the names of iftUe Xd « B 5 f - * ^ T Cept * «^\ . i ^ Passed int 0 «» WBSi Cole at Bristol , where it was discovered imm forgery . For the defence , it was urged that permWmP "ad been given to Mr . Shattock to attach the fymp ^ o / the firm to the acceptance , the expenses of the iWiipjd being larger than could be met by Mr . Little Jfc&foiii London . The counsel for the defence characif tggjpf the prosecution as most cruel and oppressive in || i £ jjph as the bill had been met , and no person had ipjpjjjgtd . The payment of the money was admitted by ^ Tjj | £ i $ vitnesses for the prosecution , but Mr . Mansfield $£ ii * l not do otherwise than commit Mr . Shattock for
m | ^ -MiWVE alleged Cruelty at St . Olave ' s School . — >!§» : Theodore Dupuis , one of the masters at St . Olave ' s 4 jjgj | jgmmar school , surrendered on Tuesday at the Surrey fu sions to answer an indictment charging him with SjgStelly beatiug a boy , who was one of the scholars there ^ Ijgg'the back , loins , and thighs . The fact of the beating * H » s fully proved ; but the defence was that the cor-• jfSction . was not excessive—indeed , not more than u Ordinary in schools—and that the boy was insolent and Rebellious . The jury were so satisfied with this defence ^ hat they would not hear any witnesses in support of ^ t , but at once found a verdict of Acquittal . In this ' yerdict the Chairman entirely concurred , though it had been proved by several witnesses , and not contradicted , that the lad's person was covered with black , blue , (' yellow marks from two or . three inches long and an inch and a half wide .
Murderous Assaults by Irishmen . —Two Irish labourers named Michael Farrell and John Sheen , were charged at the Lambeth police-court on Monday , with having committed a series of assaults on a sergeant and two constables of the police force , in consequence of which the former was unable to attend at the examination of the prisoners . A woman having complained to a policeman that Sheen , had committed an aggravated assault on her , the officer attempted to take him into custody , on which he ran away , The policeman , however , pursued him to his lodgings , where he again endeavoured to apprehend him , but the man shook the constable off , and then gave him a violent kick , which knocked him down . At this juncture a police sergeant and another oflicer came to the assistance of the injured
man . On seeing them , Sheen armed himself with a poker , while Farrell , who happenad to be on the spot , took up a piece of bedstead , and with these instruments the two men threatened to murder any one who approached them . They were ultimately captured , but not until the constables had received many severe injuries , especially the sergeant , who was so seriously hurt in the scuffle that ho was totally disabled , and was likely to bo laid up for a considerable time . The prisoners were therefore remanded until the sergeant should be sufficiently recovered to be ublo to appear and give evidence against them .
Murderous Assault in the Edowake-boad . — William JDrage , a coachman in the service of Lady ustowel , was charged at the Marylebono polico-court wita violently assaulting a cub-driver , named Lastwoou . Drage was drunk and trotl ing a horse down tie Wigware-road , when , owing to his bad riding , the hmU quarters of the horso touched the wheels of Eastwoods cab . He then struck the driver so violently on the lace with the butt-end of liia whip that the man iell boos ineeneible und bleeding profusely . Drago was remandca , but admitted to bail . _ . „_ , Erlam
Thm Abduction ov Rosh Goodman . —Captain was tried on Wedneaday , in the Court of Queen s Benon , for the abduction of Hose Goodman , a young Jo ««» girl , under sixteen yoa-rs of age Wo first met witu » ' « young lady in the course of her walks , and , afte r several interviews , induced her to elope with him . » ll 0 V"ie " went on the Continent , the Captain at first . I'W ^ f ^ g marry the girl ; but ultimately , after ruining J £ » abandoned her ut Mayonce , whence aho w « b »" homo by her father , to whom « ho had written . * Captain had previously admitted to the young lady wj ho waa married . The object of the oroHs-e « u « n nattoj of Miss Goodman waa to aliow that her father wwi * oo « anting party } but tula failed . , Mr . Serjeant Shce , wno appeared for the defonoo , ultimately tliruw up th « « "JJ . and the accused was sentenced to throe months Jmpn Bonmont in the Middlesex House of Correction .
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Leader (1850-1860), June 20, 1857, page 584, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2198/page/8/
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