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ori £ , " Oh , I ' m a dead man 1 I . have cut my throat . " A surgeon -was called in , Who saved the man ' s life ; but he lingered for a considerable time , and was only brought * > the Southwark magistrate last Saturday . He ii **^ * * t , « i . " " ^^ been induced to resort to that mode alleged tnat nt > ^ _ - vv reading in several books that Jf * TSSK 3 &si « i fe ^ "isftS in IMtU Dorrit in the case of Mr . Merdie . aQ ? T * JJ some disappointment , and had been drinking ; Du » ne expressed great contrition to the magistrate , and promised not to repeat the same offence . He was discharged with a caution .
The Attempted Murder in St . Mabtins-le-Gband . — -William Cox , the man charged last -week at Guildhall with stabbing his wife and one William Forty , was re-examined on Saturday , when Forty was brought from the hospital , and gave evidence . He admitted the connexion that had existed between him and the woman , but swore that at that time he believed her to be single . When he found that she was Cox ' s wife , he says he exhorted her to return to her husband . . The three had been sitting together at a public-house , and appeared to be very friendly for a time ; but suddenly Cox struck faceand then left
his wife a violent blow in the , Forty . He was immediately pursued by Cox , who stabbed him , and likewise the woman , with a dagger . On being cross-examined , Forty denied that he had made use of irritating expressions . One of the other witnesses was Forty ' s son , who confirmed the chief facts . As he was getting into the witness-box , a master farrier , named Pendry , whispered to him that he was to be sure and say his father always believed the woman to be single . He did not do so , however . Pendry was taken into custody for contempt of court . He admitted what he had said , but affirmed that he did not know he was doing wrong .
He was bound ' over to appear on the next examination , to answer any prosecution that might be directed " against him ; and Cox was remanded . Sentence CobiMUTED . —In accordance with the recommendation of the Judge who tried the case , Elizabeth Jemmison . convicted at York Assizes for the murder of Her child , has had "her sentence of death commuted to penal servitude for life . Capture op a Gang op Sheep-stealers . —Policeconstables Booth , of Cud worth , near Barnsley , and Shaw , of Darfield , "having' had their suspicions excited by the proceedings of a party of men early . on the morning of Friday week , followed them to a place called Storr ' s-mill , where they saw the fellows making
preparations to slaughter a sheep , which they had selected out of a flock belonging to Mr . Guest , of Cudworth . The policemen were armed with cutlasses , and they had with them a couple of dogs , which , as the thieves approached the constables' hiding-place , broke loose , seized one of the robbers , and so terrified the rest that they were captured almost without any difficulty . The prisoners , whose names are Thomas Simpson ( one of the men charged with being concerned in the Manor Oaks burglary ) , John Cope , and William Bennett , had on them two life-preservers , three sharp pocket knives , two butchers' knives , a saw , a crowbar , some gauze veils , striped slops , instruments for forcing locks , and other articles . They have been committed for triaL
Murder op a Pauper at Yarmouth . ^ - James Ablett , a pauper in the Yarmouth union workhouse , has been examined and committed for trial by the magistrates of that town , on a charge of murdering Angus Steward , an old bedridden pauper in the same asylum . One morning , at an early hour , Ablett went into the ward of which he was attendant , where Steward lay in bed , and , apparently without the slightest provocation , deliberately stripped him and struck him not less than sixteen smart blows on the back with a short brush . He then placed his victim on one side of the bed , in such a
position that his feet touched the floor , and struck him violently on both sides of the head . The defenceless old man implored Ablett to desist , or he would kill him , whereupon the latter seized the bed-board , and , after striking Steward with it on the head , throw him into a chair * He died shortly afterwards . The medical officer of the workhouse said that death had been caused by pressure on the brain . It was stated that the murdered man waa not cleanly in his habits , and this circumstance is supposed to have excited the wrath of Ablett , and thus led to the committal of the crime with which he stands charged .
Execution . —John Lewis , convicted at the late Glamorganshire Assizes of the murder of his wife at Merthyr , was hanged last Saturday morning at Cardiff . From ton to twelve thousand people witnessed the oxeoution . An application had boon made to the Taff Vale Railway Company to run special trains from Merthyr to Cardiff on too occasion ; but the directors declined to comply -with the roquost . Great numbers of pcoplo nevertheless came clown from Merthyr and the neighbourhood on the previous evening , many of whom , being unable to obtain lodgings in Cardiff , loitered about the procinota of the gaol during the night . Lewis died quickly , and conducted himaolf previously with decorum . Whilo admitting tl ^ afc ho had treated his wife with great brutality , ho domed tfrat to had murdered her , saying , in answer to an exhortation to confess , that he would not for ten thousand worlds go into tho presence of his Maker with a \\ q on hja Hpa . GAROTTIij RoDBERT AND MURDER AT MANCHESTER . —A Mr . William Yatea has hflen murdered at Manohos .
ter by three men named Traindr , Margison , and Wv-Jiams . lihey attacked him in Deansgate late at iright , kicked him in the stomach , and took from him seven shillings and a few pence . They have all been arrested and committed for trial . Manslaughter . —William Checketts , a labourer living at Pershore , "Worcestershire , and formerly in the Oxford Blues , has been committed to Worcester gaol on the charge , of manslaughter of William Johnson , who ^ as formerly a Hussar , and was present at the battle of WaterioJ Both persons are of advanced age , and had
. been in the habit 9 * joking each other about their mar .-tial experience . On T ^ prsday week they met at a public-house in Pershore , when the disputes between them were renewed ; and , although several men interfered , the words led to blows , until a regular fight took place between the two . Ghecketts struck Johnspn a violent blow on the side of the head , knocking him down upon a stone floor . He became insensible , and died on Sunday from effusion of blood on the brain . At the coroner ' s inquest a verdict of Manslaughter against Checketts was returned .
Charge of Poisoning a Husband . * —The wife of a farm labourer at Pontefract is in custody tinder suspicion of causing the death of her husband by poison . The inquiry is adjourned . A Nest of Assassins . —The neighbourhood of Hatton-garden has been continually alarmed for some time past by attempts at stabbing made by the Italians and French who reside in Baldwins-gardens and the vicinity . Last Sunday , two Italians were locked up for stabbing a man in the hand , and on Tuesday night , a person named Desanti Martini , also an Italian , drew a dagger , and without any provocation , made a fierce lunge at a young Englishman . The latter adroitly stepped aside , and such was the force with which the Italian rushed
forward that , on missing his object , he fell on the pavement . He was taken into custody by a policeman , though several other Italians were standing about with open knives ; and he has been committed for trial . Robbery by a Box . —John Kyan , a boy eleven years of age , is under Temand at Lambeth , charged with breaking into the premises of Mr . Cook , a general dealer in Hooper-street , Westminster-road , forcing a chest of drawers , and stealing a sum of ten shillings . Cook , who is a poor man , had laid aside the money to pay a debt with . The boy appears to have-divided the cash between his father , his mother , and himself , retaining by far the larger part for his own use . The parents , however , deny any knowledge of the affair .
Garotte Robbery in a Public-house . —Four men went into the Salisbury Arms , Bear-street , Leicestersquare , late on Tuesday night , and obtained ( from the landlord , Mr . Johnson , ) an advance of five shillings and a certain amount of liquor on a watch which they handed in as security . While they were drinking before the bar , Mr . Johnson suddenly missed one of them , and a moment after wa 3 seized from behind , and garotted . The others then came round , and rifled his pockets of his watch and 51 . in gold . He struggled and got away , but immediately afterwards became insensible . A man , named Goff , and two women who are supposed to have had some knowledge of the affair , are in custody , and under remand on this charge at the Marlborough-street police ^ office . Goff is also charged with attempting on the following night to steal a watch from a gentleman at a public-house in the Haymarket . He failed , and was at once secured .
The Escape prom Newcastle Gaol . — William Beamont Hays and John Harris , two of the men who escaped from Newcastle Gaol on Wednesday week , were brought back in custody on Monday evening by the police , having been captured that day at Petteril-bridge , near Carlisle . They have been living in the fells , a very wild region , from which they hoped to escape into Wales , Incendiarisbi . —Sovoral incendiary fires nave recently broken out in Norfolk and Suffolk .
Tniu Case of Abduction . —Tho charge against a young riian named Aarons of abducting a young Jewish girl—the main facts of which were noticed in our paper last week—has been withdrawn , the parties having come to an amicable arrangement . Tho girl has been found residing by herself in respectable lodgings ; and Aarons ' s object in removing her seems to have been simply that ehe might marry the person to whom sho was attached , but who was opposed by tho family . The relations have now consented to tho union .
SurQitSTrxioN and Crimev—An elderly man has been charged at Bristol with an assault on a person named Finch . It seoms that Finch had persuaded tho old man that ho was bewitched , and had suggested certain conjurations by which ho might destroy the charm . These had so worked on tho old fellow ' s mind thnt ho became Almost demented , and in that state committed tho assault . Ho was merely fined tho cost of the summons , and Finch was cautioned as to his future practises .
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GATHERINGS FROM THE tAW AND POLICE COURTS . Thrum bankrupts , who had boon in a largo way of businofis in tho City , and who were all foreigners , came up in tho Bankruptcy Court on Tuesday for thu granting of certificates . The first ; case waa thnt of Octavo Foa , a merchant of Old Broad-street . Mwera . Hart ' s
statement of his affairs showjs a capital in January , 1855 , of 11 , 258 ? ., and present unsecured debts about 38 , 000 ? ., the assets being supposed to be barely sufficient to pay a dividend of Is . 6 d . in the pound . Some discreditable facts came out . The bankrupt had obtained double advances upon goods , 'first at the wharfingers , and next on the bills of lading ; and lie "had received 900 ? . in February for the purchase of saltpetre , and had only purchased and delivered 52 ? . worth . The difference was proved against his estate . An adjournment was ordered to November . —The second case was that of
J . A . Pervanoglu , a Greek merchant of Union-court , Old Broad-street . There had been very reckless trading , and only a third-class certificate was granted . —The affairs of G . C . Franghiadi formed the third case . This bankrupt ( also a Greek ) was a merchant of Greshamhouse , Old Broad-street , trading as Pranghiadi Sons . The unsecured debts exceed 110 , 000 ? ., and there are liabilities to the further amount of about 60 , 000 ? . The available assets are about 25 , 000 ? . The failure appeared to have been caused entirely by the stoppage of the war . A first-class certificate was granted .
Charles Head , of Kennington-square , was on Monday charged by the police at Marlborough-street with creating an obstruction in Coventry-street . Since the police have made forcible entry into several betting-houses , the frequenters of these places have adopted the precaution of carrying on their betting transactions in the open street , and the consequence is that several public thoroughfares at the west-end are rendered nearly impassable jfor pedestrians during the day . Complaints having been made to the proper authorities , the police received orders to keep the pavement clear . This order was carried out in the case of Head , but he resisted , and was taken into custody . He was ordered by the magistrate to enter into his own recognizances in 5 / . to keep the peace .
The gentlemen of the law made some fun out of an action for breach of promise of marriage recently tried at Lincoln . The plaintiff was Sarah Hird , the daughter of a farm bailiff , and the defendant is a farmer at Ulceby , about forty years of age , and bearing the name of Davy . The chief witness was the plaintiff ' s sister , who , on . being cross-examined , said : — "I never heard my sister say she would have one of the Davys . I have seen her sit on his knee , and seen them kiss each other , and I believe I have heard her say to him , ' Poor lad it s time he had a wife ; ' but 1 did not hear Mrs . Boothby ( a mutual friend ) say , ' Ah , but he won ' t have you ;' or my sister add You don't know that , Mrs . Boothby . '
, Other people were present on these occasions . " Mr Justice Cresswell asked Mr . Serjeant Hayes ( who appeared for the plaintiff ) whether he thought the case ought to go on ?—Mr . Serjeant Hayes : " This sort of thing is not unusual ' in this station of life . " ( Laughter . ) The Serjeant then asked the witness whether it was noc a very usual thing at Ulceby for people who are engaged to be" married to sit upon each other ' s knees . The witness made no answer . Mr . Justice Cresswell : " You know she was very much shocked . "— Mr . Serjeant Hayes : " Yes , my Lord , but she may know the custom of the country . " { Laughter . ' ) Mr . Justice Cresswell ' * The custom is sometimes varied by special agreement . "
( Laughter . ") The plaintiff submitted to a nonsuit . Mr . Tucker , in the Court of Bankruptcy , on Thursday , renewed his application for an adjudication of bankruptcy in the case of Mr . Humphrey Brown . Mr . Commissioner Fane having perused the depositions and remarked that Mr . Brown bad been a shipowner , made tho desired adjudication . At a late hour of the day , Mr . Brown was brought up , and surrendered to the adjudication . An action has been brought at the Derby Assizes by the Rev . F . N . Highmore against the Earl and Countess of Harrington , for a libel uttered by the lady . Mr , Highmore was vicar of Elveston , in which neighbourhood the Earl and Countess live ; and it was asserted that the latter had accused tho reverend gentleman and his wife of being habitual drunkards , gamblers , thieves , liars , and dissolute livers , and had spoken of Mr . Highmore as a low and vulgar fellow '—with a great deal
more to the same effect . Lady Harrington said that sho had never applied those words to Mr . Highmore , but admitted sho had spoken in a similar way of two curates . She added , in reply to questions put by Mr . Justice Cresswoll , that she had doolined to take tho sacramont from Mr . Highmore , and thought him a wicked man , because ho had raised a terrier , and endeavoured to increase tho tithes upon the poor popple to an amount which tho archdeacon hftd pronounced to bo exorbitant , and on account of hia appointment of bad curates ; and that » ho had spoken of lus house as disorderly on account of what sho hud heard about his pupils . Tho jury found a verdict for the plaintiff ; damages , 750 Z . —There was another action by Mr . Highmoro against Lord Harrington for an assault , arising out of some proceedings at avtstry mcotng : but in this case a juror -was withdrawn .
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MISCELLANEOUS . Thm * Court . —Prince Albert arrived at Portsmouth on Tuosday evening on his return from Belgium , wboro ho had been prosont at tho marriage of tho Princess Charlotte to tho ArohdUke Maximilian of Austria . Tub Close op t « k Session . —It is believed that It
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730 T& % ) IEADE 1 . [ Ko . 384 j Arretrag I , * t 8 &K
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 1, 1857, page 730, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2203/page/10/
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