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THE ASSIZES . T __ last case tried at the Hertford Assizes was an action for false imprisonment brought by a young man named Galligan against one Barford , a straw hat and bonnet manufacturer at St . Albans . Galligan was m the service of Bsrfbra until last December , and , being a good-looking young fellow , he excited some jealous feeling in the mind of his employer , who had married a second time . Indeed , both husband and wife were jealous of one another , the wife always accompanying her spouse when he went out , and the husband constantly suspecting his better half of an undue familiarity ¦ with young Galligan and with any commercial traveller who happened to go to the shop on business . Much ¦ wrangling consequently ensued between Barford and lled to blows
Galligan , and words not unfrequenty . Galligan would always take the part of the wife in any disagreement between her and her husband ; and the latter dismissed the young man on the 2 nd of last December . About two months before , a cash-box , containing Hi , was missed ; and , on the 10 th of December , Galligan was taken into custody on a . charge of stealing it . He was examined before the St . Albany magistrates , and Mr . Barford then . furthermore charged , him with stealing some wine . There appeared to be some reasonable cause of suspicion , and Galligan was committed for trial ; but , on the case coming before the sessions , no evidence was offered , and lie was discharged . The present action ended in an arrangement that a verdict should be returned for the plaintiff for 150 ? . —50 ? , as damages , and the remainder jbo cover costs .
Henry Waller was tried at York for cutting and ¦ wounding Robert Walker , a police officer who was apprehending him . Walker , on the night of the 20 th of last month , saw three men in a field , attempting to catch some sheep . He advanced towards them , when Waller attacked him with , a life-preserver . He struggled -with all three , and exhibited so much valour that he would probably have captured them had not five other ruffians hastened to the spot . These men , together with the first three , beat him so unmercifully that , when they left , they thought he was dead . However , he was enabled to crawl to a neighbouring house , where he was taken in . Waller-was subsequently arrested ; The defence was that it was a case of mistaken identity ; but the jury found the man Guilty , and a previous convietion . for felony was proved against him . Sentence was deferred . A reward of twenty guineas was given to the officer for his gallant conduct .
An action for slander arising out of the late Beverley election has been tried at the York Assizes . There was a contest between Mr . Denison , Mr ; Glover , and Mr . Wells . The plaintiff in the present action—Mr . Martin , a barrister , and the editor of the Sun newspaper—went down to Beverley on the eve of the nomination , and called a public meeting , at which he . challenged Mr Glover to be present , in order to answer certain statements to his discredit . A deputation then waited on Mr . Martin , heard what he had got to say , and asked for his proofs . These Mr . Martin had left behind him in his hurry on leaving London . Considerable disturbance then ensued , and Mr . Glover refused to meet Mr . Martin . He was afterwards elected for Beverley , together with
Mr . Denison . At a subsequent meeting on the 27 th of May , Mr . Hodgson ( the defendant ) made a speech in -which he denounced Mr , Martin as " a contemptible wretch of six feet two inches , dressed in a shabby black coat , and looking like a felon in the dock about to receive sentence of death . " Ho was also mentioned ' by Mr . Hodgson as " that man Martin , who , if he had his deserts , ought to have been sent beyond the seas long ago . " Mr . Baron Watson was of opinion that , as the words complained of did not impute to Mr . Martin any specific offence of a scandalous nature , there was no libel ; and the jury found a verdict for the defendant . — An action was then brought by the same plaintiff against the publishers of the JSeverleu Observer for publishing
Mr . Hodgson ' s speech , and making comments on it . In those comments occurred the words , ' the rubbish of the notorious Martin . " In giving his evidence , Mr . Martin said that , when at Beverley , " a handbill was shown to him which he was asked if he came to support , and ho said ho knew nothing about that handbill ; but ho said to them , 'If you ask me whether I believe tho statements in . it are true , I do believe a groat many of these charges , but I don't come to substantiate them , though , of course , as being an insolvent debtor , Mr . Glover cannot be' qualified to hold a seat in Parliament . ' Ho ( Mr . Martin ) had only one paper with him , which ho produced . It was an
unstamped deed- —a deed executed by Mr . Glover , and purporting to convoy a certain estate in Ireland to witness in consideration of advanoen ho hud made to liim ; and , on investigating tho title , witness found it to bo utterly worthless , and that ho could not got a shilling' advanced upon it . The deed was therefore not worth stamping 1 . " Mr , Baron Watson : " Am I trying the Bovorloy election ? This evidence might be very proper before an election committee" In his cross-examination , Mr : Martin said : — " H , © ehallongcd Mr . Glovor to moot him . Ho went down in consequence of a throat ho had made to Mr . Glovor that ho would meet him fuco to face on any hustings ho dared to appear on . Ho went down
bocause he believed Mr . Glover not to be a proper person to represent Beverley , and because he had < obtaiBed ; ims ( witness ' s ) money by false pretences and false securities . " Mr . Baron Watson : " Take care , take care ; you may have an action against you . " Witness : " I will bear all the consequences , my Lord . And I also went down because Mr . Glover sent me a very insulting letter when I was in the Queen ' s Bench and could not answer . " It further appeared that Mr . Martin had twice been obliged to go through the Insolvent Debtors' Court on account of bill transactions in which he had been involved with Mr . Glover thirteen years ago , and of which he averred that Mj . Glover had the benefit . The jury in this case gave a verdict for the plaintiff ; damages one farthing .
At the Oakbam Assizes ( Midland Circuit ) ,, there was but one case to be tried—that of a woman charged -with murdering her infant and with concealing its birth . The grand jury having ^ ignored the bill charging wilful murder , no evidence was offered on the coroner ' s inquisition in connexion with that offence . The woman 1 ; b _ en pleaded Guilty to the charge of concealment , and was sentenced to "nine months' imprisonment . The whole business of the assizes was over in two hours . A horrible case of child-murder was tried at York on Monday , when Sarah Jemmison was charged with murdering her illegitimate son , who was between two and three years old . The woman was in service , and seemed to be perplexed what to do with the child , her master
refusing to have it in his house . She then left to take it to a relation ' s , twelve miles off , and parted with a companion at the entrance to a large tract of moorland . Tho child -was never again seen . alive . This was during last December . Three months after , a shepherd observed his dog feeding on something , and , on inspecting it , found it to be the leg of a child . He returned home , taking it with him , and , on some one ' s suggestion , the dog was fastened up and kept without food for two days , and then let out . He at once went away to the moor in question , and returned apparently sated . He was then again taken to the moor , and led the way to a spot near where Jemmison had parted from her companion ; and
there a thigh and , not far off , the skull , of a child were found . Further search was made , and other parts , sadly mangled and torn , as was supposed , by the dog , were discovered . On the skull were traces of injuries , as to which evidence was laid before the jury by medical men , to the effect that in their opinion those injuries had been inflicted during life , and were not such as could be caused by the gnawing of a dog . The dress of the child was found distributed about , and some of the remains were lying at least a mile from where those first mentioned were discovered . The woman was found Guilty , but recommended to mercy on account of her destitute condition . She was sentenced to death .
A strange charge of child murder was tried by Lord Campbell at Aylesbury on Tuesday . Caroline Marson , aged forty-four , was indicted for the murder Of the female infant of her daughter , Emma Marson , at Olney , on the 13 th of last December . In the same bedroom of the house occupied by the prisoner , slept , on the night of that day , the woman herself , her son William , aged sixteen , the girl Emma , and an illegitimate child of hers , three years old . During the night William
Marson was disturbed by the faint cry of a newly-born baby , and , opening his eyes , saw his mother standing with a light near his sister ' s bed , the curtains of which were drawn . Immediately after his mother came to his bedside and moved the light across his eyes , as if to satisfy herself that he was asleep . The boy closed his eyes during tho examination , and then his mother returned to the other bed , saying , " He ' s fast asleep . " In about ten minutes the boy really fell asleep , and next day he noticed that his sister was not about as usual . In a few
days he talked about tho occurrences of the night , and , after some months , his sister made a statement that she had been delivered of a girl on the night of the 13 th of December , and that her mother had taken the child away , and had told her that she had thrown the body into tho privy of an inn where she worked . This turned out to be the case . Tho mother was therefore arrested , when she admitted that she had concealed tlte body , but denied tho murder , and , in a natural and unaffected manner , described the events of the night . Lord Campbell summed , up strongly for an acquittal ; and the jury , after a deliberation of ten minutes , returned a verdict of Not Guilty .
Charlos Finch , a sullen-looking young man , who had been with tho Land Transport Corps in tho Crimea , was tried at Chelmsford , on Wednesday , for tho murder of Harriot Freoborn , a girl whom he had been courting , but of whom ho was jealous , though apparently without foundation . He lay in wait for the girl on tho high road at Bivenhall , Essex , on Sunday tho 24 th of May ; and , suddenly springing out on her , out her throat . Slio languished till the 26 th of Juno , when she died . While
confined in tho Witham police-station , Finch mndo tho following horrible statomont to tho constable : ¦— "That girl has been tho ruin of mo . I got hold of her , and gave her a cut with the razor , and sho said , ' Don't do that , Charles ; you know I love you . ' She thon aekod mo to kiss her , and I out her again , and than wont away ; and sho said I was a blackguard , and I wont back and out her again . " Ho wan found Guilty , and scntoncocl to ( loath . Ieaao l . ushforth was tried at York for administering
seeds of Paradise to a young woman , for the purpose d procuring abortion . The case was similar to that of Harrison , the Leeds ' wizard , ' tried a few months ago . Rushforth also assumed the character of a magician , and the woman consulted him about her health . After giving her various nostrums ,-he said she would never be better until she had consented to admit him to certain privileges . She resisted for a long time , but at length consented , being then under the influence of some stupefying drug . She became pregnant , and he then gave her the seeds of Paradise , in consequence of which she had a miscarriage . She appears to have put absolute faith in the charms and conjurations of the scoundrel . He was found Guilty , and sentenced to eighteen months ' h ard labour .
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THREE MYSTERIOUS BOBBERIES . Information has been received by the metropolitan police of a robbery of money from one of the vessels whtch lately left the port of London . The screw steamship Armenia has lately cleared out of the new Victoria Docks on a voyage to the Mauritius . On Wednesday , the 1 st inst ., Mr . Robinson , merchant , of Tokenhouseyard , City , placed on . board , while the ship was still in dock , a small specie box , containing 2000 sovereigns , which was consigned to a gentleman at the port to which the vessel was bound . Thebox , which was about eight inches by ten in size , was delivered into the care of Mr . Macneil , the chief officer , and a receipt -was duly taken . The Armenia was also engaged to take out the
mails to the Mauritius , and had a considerable sum of Government money on board for the use of the authorities , amounting to something like 52 , 000 ? . The 2000 sovereigns were taken on board in the middle of the day , and placed in the captain's cabin . The Government money came down on the Thursday ; and Mr . Macneil , having seen the other money on the same morning safe , where he left it the day before , went to the cabin to put it away with the 52 , 000 ? . in the ship ' s strong room , but , to bis surprise , was unable to find it . A rigid search all over the vessel immediately followed , but without any satisfactory result . On the Sunday morning , however , the empty box was found in a water-closet , the door of which was locked . There is no clue to the
perpetrator of the-robbery . The sum of 390 / . has been stolen whilst in transit from the bank of Messrs . Head and Co ., at Whitehaven , to the Risehow Colliery , near Flimsby , in Cumberland-It has been the practice to send money fortnightly to pay the colliery workmen , and on Monday the cash was sent as usual b y the bank , locked up in a leaeher bag r one key of which was kept at the bank and the other at the colliery . There were 390 ? . in gold in a canvas-bag , placed within the leather bag , and 80 ? . in silver , loosely placed in the leather bag in parcels of 51 . each . The whole weighed thirty-six pounds . The bank clerk brought
the bag to the station at Whitehaven , and the railway guard placed it in his van . The train then proceeded to its destination at Maryport station , two miles distance from Flimsby . On the train arriving at Maryport the colliery clerk was not in waiting on the platform , and the guard left the bag in the station , as he had done before . In a few minutes , the colliery clerk , to whom the key of the bag is entrusted , and who had it then in his pocket , arr ived for the bag , accompanied by anothej ^ person ; and these two convoyed it to Flimsby , when it was found that 390 & in gold were missing . The 80 ? . in silver remained . The affair is involved in obscurity .
An extensive robbery of watches , gold guards , chains , rings , brooches , seals , keys , &o . —amounting in value to about 1000 ? . —has been effected in the shop of Mr . Greenhalgh , watchmaker and jeweller , St . Mary ' s Gate , Manchester . No person sleeps on the premises ; but the shop is strongly guarded by an iron-cased door , and a large part of the property was kept in a lock-up safe . A reward of 100 ? . has been offcrred for tho discovery of the depredator ; but at present it is not known how or by whom the robbery was committed .
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CENTIiAL CRIMINAL COURT . William Burgess has beon tried on an indictment charging him with creating a nuisance in tho vicinity of his manufactory in Bermondsoy . The defendant , a gentleman of considerable chemical skill , became in 1855 tho owner of a large plot of ground , now tho centre of a rapidly rising neighbourhood , situated in tho Bluo Anchor-road , Bermondsoy , closely adjoining the South-Eastorn Railway , wliero ho commencod the manufacture of manure from bones , tho inaidos of horses , trimmings
of raw hid 6 s and other offal . To effect this , tho bonos and offal aro boilod and subsequently mixed with sulphuric acid and gas refuse , a quantity of which has also boon allowed to accumulate upon the promises . Tho result of this was that from time to time noxious smells wore engendered . Tho jury found Mr . Burgees Guilty , and ho was thon ordered to ontor into his own recognizances to come tip when called upon , with an understanding that , if the nuisance complained of was abated , tho Court would not givo judgment . Tho trial occupied three days .
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MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . John Choscoo , a young man of thirty , was found Guilty last Saturday of a criminal assault on a g irl of
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OUR CIVILIZATION .
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oaa THE LEA . DBR . [ No . 382 , July 18 , 1857 , W& 2 S : : ¦ .. ¦ - ' - ¦ = ¦
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Leader (1850-1860), July 18, 1857, page 682, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2201/page/10/
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