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was seonrecL The man . waa found by them without any shoes or stockings- on , these being ik his pockets . He had apparently entered or retreated through a skylight , for one was found ; broken , and the burglar ' s hands and feet were bleeding very much . On his way to the station , he said , " I should have done it nice and clean , Badu ' fc the woman got out of bed for the oil , and I really thought I must have laughed outright at hearing their conversation ; I was obliged to hold my hand ^ tight over my mouth to prevent it . It ' s of no use denying it , of course . I did take the articles from the box , but the watch I dropped in the street . " When examined before the Worship-street magistrate , he laughed heartily at the scene he had described to the police . He was committed for trial .
Neglect of Children . —James Cutler , a journeyman painter , has been charged at Lambeth with neglecting his four children . His ill-usage of them had been brought before the attention of the magistrate , who bad directed one of the summoning officers to go to the house and ascertain the facts . He did so , and found the children in a state of filth and squalor too horrible fox description . They were removed to the workhouse , and taken care of ; but , when brought up in court , their appearance was still very lamentable . Cutler , who ha 3 more than once been in custody for ill-using his wife ( from whom he is now separated ) , was remanded . Riot at Paisley . —The races at Paisley , on Friday week , were ' signalized by a very disgraceful and alarming riot . Some ' navvies , ' after drinking deeply , began
to conduct themselves in a disorderly manner . A policeman took a rough-looking Irishman into custody , when he was attacked with the utmost ferocity by the bludgeons of the ruffians , and was left dead on the field . The respectable bystanders then rushed after the Irishman , caught and handcuffed him , and removed him to Paisley prison . . Several fights succeeded , and the police got severely handled . Finally , they marched off the course , and left the ground to the ruffians and the respectable lookers-on . Towards the close of the day , a band of miners , numbering one hundred and fifty , and armed with * stobs , ' advanced in a phalanx , and made a desperate and altogether unprovoked attack on men and
woman . indiscriminately . Nearly a dozen persons received very serious wounds ; one , indeed , appeared to be on the point of death . At length , a number of gentlemen banded themselves together , and , armed with sticks , charged the scoundrels ; but three in front fell before the blows of the opponents , a » d the rest , seized with panic , fled . A cry that the military were coming -was then raised , as a means of intimidating the rioters , and it fortunately had this effect , for the ruffians walked off , though in the most self-composed manner . The wounded had their injuries attended to in tents which had been erected on the ground j and several medical men were fetched from Paisley for the purpose .
Attempt to Upset a Train . —Two wooden sleepers and a bar of iron were discovered last Saturday night on tbe London and North-Western Railway at Penwortham , near Preston . A train in passing received a severe shock from one of the obstructions ; and this led to the discovery of the infamous design . The perpetrator is not known . Attempted Suicides . —A young woman , named Sarah Freeman , living at Glasshouse-street , Rosemarylane , Whitechapel , has attempted to commit suicide by throwing herself into the water at the London Docks , Wapping , The woman had quarrelled with some of her associates at a public-house in the neighbourhood , where Bhe had been drinking , and on her return homo , she endeavoured to throw herself from one of the windows of
liar own residence . Having failed in this attempt , sue ¦ went to the Hermitage lock , and after raving wildly , and declaring ; aloud that she would drown herself , gave an hysterical laugh and leaped from the edge of the quay into the water , which is there more than twenty feet deep . A policeman who witnessed the occurrence , but who could not lay hold of the woman in tune fco prevent k > immediately procured tha drags and grapnels and got the woman out of the water . She was quite insensible , but was recovered by the aid of stimulants , and was afterwards taken before Mr . Yardloy at the Thames polico-oourt . She was still very weak , and seemed to suffer greatly from the effects of her immersion . In
attempting to answer when asked if she had anything to say- to-tho charge , she was unable to express herself . Mr . Y-ardley therefore remanded her to tho House of Detention for n week , and directed that the chaplain should attend her during that time . —Another woman , named Jan © King , was also brought up at the same court , and sentenced , to a week's imprisonment , for attempting to commit suicide .. She stated that she was a married woman . The evidence proved that shd had created a disturbance in the Oanal-road , Mile-End , while in a etate of drunkenness . She afterwards attempted to throw herself into the Regent ' s Canal , but was prevented by the police .
Gutting and Wounding . —A Chilian seaman , namod Wiguol PoroifA , a man of colour , was charged at tho i .. names nollco-office , on romand , with severely woundup i two ^ ngliah 8 a » ors , named Charles Bishop and John VVobstejy They wore walking together along Nopfcunp-OWaot , Ratoliftl highway , a little before twelve o ' clock at night on tho 18 th of last Juno , when , poroolving ; a crowd Assembled at the corner off tho street , they stopped to » oo what was the umtter , and had no sooner dono so
than the Chilian rushed at Bishop , and deliberately stabbed him , without the slightest provocation . The man staggered and fell ? ,, and Pereira then jumped upon and kicked bin * until he was insensible , and afterwards ran at Webster , and . statobed Mm twice , first under the left arm-pit , and again on the right shoulder . Both men were removed to the London Hospital , where they had been ever since ^ and they were fetched from thence to give their evidence in court . Pereira was afterwards tracked by the police to a house in the neighbourhood , in which were a number of Spanish seamen , and was there taken into custody . Two blood-stained knivea were found at the same time . Both the English sailors were in a very weak condition from their wounds , and Bishop is disabled for life . Mr . Yardley committed Pereira for trial , and he has since been found Guilty , and sentenced to four years' penal servitude .
Incendiarism . —Two Polish Jews , father and son , have been committed for trial at Newcastle for setting fire to their premises ' , with intent to defraud the Phoenix Fire office . They had carried on a small business as pawnbrokers , and it is stated that the class of goods they received was so poor that the premises could not have held 100 ? . worth . The policy they held was 30 ? . for the fixtures , 1001 . for the furniture , and 670 ? . for the stock . On the 19 th of July , the premises were discovered to be in flames . Neither of the prisoners helped to extinguish the fixe , which , however , was got under , and the premises were locked up by the police , who found in the shop a feather-bed and a child ' s garment , both saturated with naphtha . A few weeks before , the elder prisoner had gone to London and purchased several quarts of naphtha ' for a secret purpose , ' as he told a friend . He had made application to insure the stock for more than 1000 ? ., but had not been able to do so .
Suspected Poisoning at Pontkfkact . —After a long inquiry , repeatedly adjourned , before Mr . Foster , coroner of Pontefract , a young woman , named Fanny Speed , has been committed for trial on a charge of having murdered her husband , John Speed , by administering to him a quantity of arsenic . They had been married only eighteen months , and were both about twenty-eight years of age . The woman was known to have purchased arsenic ; to have expressed a wish that her husband was ' dead and stiff ; ' and ito have prophesied his speedy demise , though he was then in good health . Arsenic was discovered in the body after death ; and a paper containing some of that poison was found in the privy of Speed ' s house . The widow strongly opposed the post mortem examination ; and it' was shown that she was- intimate with a male cousin who had just returned from sea , and-whom , she had formerly promised to marry .
Manslaughter at York . —Margaret Burns , a girl aged fourteen , has been killed at York . On Sunday evening , she was standing in the street with another girl , when an Irish youth of the name of Conway commenced throwing beans at the latter . Burns , thinking they were meant' for her , remonstrated with Conway , and they commenced fighting . At length Conway struck the girl a severe blow- on the breast . She staggered and fell heavily en the flags , was rendered insensible , and died in about twenty minutes afterwards . The coroner ' s jury has fonnd a verdict of manslaughter against Conway , who has been committed for trial .
Robbery and Attempted Murder . —Charles Heather , a coalheaver , was brought before the Southwark magistrate on Wednesday for re-examination , charged with being concerned with others not in custody in breaking into tbe counting-house of Messrs . Cory and Sons , coal-merchants , Commercial road , Lambeth , and stealing 70 ? . in Bank of England notes and gold and silver , besides several shares in the Crystal Palace Company . He was also charged with being ooncerned in attempting to murder Henry Nowell , the watchman . Tho latter person was so cruelly ill-treated by tho thieves that ho was unable to attend to give evidence until Wednesday , though the affair took place on the 2 Cth of Juno . Ho was garottod and rendered insensible by chloroform ; a thick cloth was then fastened over his mouth , and his arms and legs were tied together . During his insensibility , the robbery was effected . Hoather was remanded .
Murderous Attack on a Policbman . —George Gyraor , a police constable , was taking a boy in oustody on Wednesday , when , just as ho reached the corner of Endcll-street , Long-acre , an Irishwoman of loose character , named Ann Donovan , rushed on him , and , in the course pf a struggle which ensued , stabbed him several times in the head and neck . The woman was brought before tho Bow-street magistrate on Thursday , but tho officer , who was in Charing-oross Hospital , was unable to attend , and the case was therefore remanded .
Thu Forgrry qf Admiralty Navy Pay-Biixs , — Charles Holloway , who stands charged with having uttered a forged navy pay-bill of tho value of 40 ? . 8 s ., purporting to bo drawn by Lieutenant W . G . H . Morgan , and endorsed by Captain Charles Frederick and Paymaster H , S . Dyer , late officers on board hor Majesty ' s ship President , 50 , paid off af . Chatham , umlorwonfc a final examination boforo tho Earl of Darnloy nnd tho county magistrates at Koohostor on Wednesday . Ho was committed for trial , and bail was refused .
Two Exiscutionh AT Maidhtonk . — Stophon Fox , found guilty of murdering his sweetheart , nnd George Kibble Edwards of murdorlng his brother , ' wore hung on
Thursday morning in front of the county gaol , Maidstone . Fox , who always admitted his guilt , and expressed great , penitence , died calmly , staging a hymn up to the last moment . Edwards , who only confessed 1 on Wednesday , was overcome with terror . Death , however , speedily ensued , in both cases . The criminals shook hands with One another before being pinioned . Edwards was only eighteen , Fox twenty-three , year 3 old . Fatal Fight . —A fight between two < navvies' in a field between Kentislr-town and Highgate , on Thursday morning , has resulted in the death of one . of the men . The other has fled . The neighbourhood was in a state of great alarm during the progress of the fight , which was of the most savage kind . The survivor is himself severely hurt .
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GATHERINGS FROM ! THE LAW AND POLICE COURTS . The improper facilities for getting into debt given by traders to young men at the Universities were again exhibited at the Insolvent Debtors' Court last Saturday . The case was that of Mr . Hardwick Evans , a temporary clerk in the Audit Office , whose debts amounted to 9832 . 18 s . 10 d ., and were nearly all contracted at Cambridge . The Chief Commissioner , in summing up the case , said that " the insolvent had got deeply into debt at Cambridge while an undergraduate . As he could not pay , the creditors complained of his conduct . The history of the young man was a very common one . He bad lived at a rate beyond his means , and the parties who had suffered the most were his relatives ; in fact , his family . After he had been three years at Cambridge , his parents , who were far from being opulent , his father funds
being a clergyman in London , disposed of some under their marriage settlement . What was now complained of was that this circumstance had not operated , as might have been expected , in making him prudent in . contracting fresh debts . On the contrary , he incurred debts faster than he did before , and he and some of tbe creditors who had been paid relied no doubt on a second payment of the debts by the father ; but this could not be done . After the insolvent left the University , a situation was obtained for him in a Government office at 100 ? . a year . It would have been better if his creditors had let him alone for a time ; but the landlord of the Bull served him with a writ , on whieh the insolvent ' s attorney went down to Cambridge , offering to set apart 50 ? . a year out of the 100 ? ., and the matter was entertained ; but the Bull was ' stern , ' and it went off . As nothing had been arranged , the insolvent was arrested by the hotel-keeper , and , being in prison , the question was how much longer he was to remain there . He ( the
Chief Commissioner ) could not help saying that there had been want of caution by the insolvent ia contracting the debts after his friends had paid them once . But was there no want of caution on the part of the creditors ? He thought that most of the want of caution was on their part . There was a jeweller who claimed 50 ? . for a necklace , rings , and other things , which the insolvent had given away as presents . Ho ( the Chief Commissioner ) must say that there was no circumstance of discredit in the case , as regarded the insolvent , except tho circumstance of getting into debt . There was no misrepresentation by him . He asked a jeweller for an emerald ring , and the jeweller was fool enough to give it to him . Then there was 56 ? . for cigars , which the creditor let him have , and he had no right to complain of the loss . " The Commissioner concluded by giving a judgment of four months , under tho discretionary clause , from tho 24 th of June , at the suit of two of the creditors . As regards tho other debts , Mr . Evans was discharged forthwith .
Tbe well-known gaming-house case in which oao James Adkins , the keeper of ' tho Berkeley Clubhouse , ' discreditably figured , was revived last Saturday at tho Croydon Assizes in connexion with an interpleader action , tho object being to ascertain whether a bill of sale , executed by James Adkins to tho plaintiff , a Mr . Lambert , was a valid instrument , or whether it was executed fraudulently la order to defeat a judgment that hod been obtained by tho defendant ( Mr . Sidebottom ) against Adkins . Mr . Sidobottom , who ia a gentleman of fortune , brought an action last Juno in tho Court of Queen ' s Bench against Adkins , who was tho keeper of a gambling-house at the west end of the town , called the Borkeley Clubhouse , to recover a sum of 0500 ? ., which ho alleged to have been won from him at hazard by means of false dice . Upon that occasion , ho dourly
established that ho had been plundered at the bouse an question , and Sir Mtaroy Kolly , who appeared for the ( lofondaut Adkins , consented to a verdict for the sum sought to bo recovered . Judgment was subsequently ontorod on , and oxecution was granted ; but , uj > on tho sheriff going to soisso tho property of AdkiiiH , who occupied a house at Brompton , called Wi ntorsoll-houao , Mr . Lambort claimed a right to tho whole of tlio property under a bill of salo . Tho loom , awl ft * rni J ttro 1 of , ^ houao wore valued at 1000 * . Mr . ^ ' « i b , ort , * ! " ° that ho had bow deeply engaged with Aclkl . m in bottihg transactions , lie advanced Adklnfl 1 * 00 / . in Juno on tho security of his Ibnao and furniture , flio ^ toneo was that tho whole irnn-aotlon was a Hliain and < v trick to cheat Mr . Sldobottom , mul prevent hla waving any bonoflt fioin tho verdict ho hadi ' Ji ulnocl against Adkins .
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 22, 1857, page 803, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2206/page/11/
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