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OUR CIVILIZATION .
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CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT . This court resumed its sittings on Monday morning , when James Moulton , a salesman , was charged with , the manslaughter of Christopher Wright . Both were inmates of St . Olave ' s Union Workhouse , and on the 6 th of February Moulton was teasing Wright by calling him a Yorkshireman , a name to which he had a great objection . They fought , but afterwards shook hands , and sat down to supper . In the course of the meaL Wright , who was previously paralyzed , fell down in a fit , from which he never recovered . The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty .
Harry Williams , a labouring lad of fifteen , was tried for firing a pistol at Mr . Beale Frederick French , under circumstances already related in these columns . Mr . French was seriously hurt . There appears to have been not the smallest motive for the act ; but the boy ' s mother said her son was rather eccentric ( though of a kind disposition ) , was fond of fire-arms , and had had some 1 words' with her on the morning in question . He was found Guilty , and sentenced to hard labour for two years . The trial of Mr . Edward Auchmuty Glover for misdemeanour has been again postponed , on account of the accused being ill . It is now fixed for the first Wednesday . of the April session . work
Alfred Feist , late master of the Newington - houf e , surrendered on Wednesday to take his trial on a charge of misdemeanour . It will be recollected that he was examined recently at one of the police-offices ; in connexion with the disposal of dead bodies of the paupers in the workhouse to medical , men , for anatomical purposes . One of the chief witnesses now produced against him was a Mr . Hogg , an undertaker in St . George ' sroad , Southwark , who deposed that the body of a certain female pauper for which he had provided a shell was changed by the order of Mr . Feist ; another body was substituted , which the relatives of the woman followed to the grave under the belief that they were attending the remains of the person in whom they were interested ; and the corpse of the woman was disposed of for dissection . Hogg had refused to answer any questions unless a promise were given him that he should not be prosecuted . On this ground , and for the further reason that he ( Hogg ) had an inducement for sending the bodies to in that he
the hospital himself , inasmuch as case got more highly paid , the counsel for the defence urged the jury not to credit the undertaker ' s evidence . Several persons , moreover , gave Feist a good character ; but the evidence of Hogg was corroborated by other witnesses , and a verdict of Guilty was consequently recorded . The jury then said , they were anxious to express their regret that , owing to the promise that was made to him by the guardians , the man Hogg had not been placed in the dock with the defendant . Mr . Robinson ( who appeared for the prosecution ) said that the guardians felt bound to adhere to their agreement , and probably the promise would not have been made if it h ' ad . not been felt that there would possibly have been a difficulty in making out the case without the information which was derived from this person . No sentence was passed on Feist , who was allowed to be at large on his procuring , ' sureties to appear and receive judgment in case the questions of law that are reserved should bo decided against him .
George Kichard RatclifFe , a youth of nineteen , was tried on Tuesday on a charge of uttering a forged cheque for 80 / ., with intent to defraud tl » o London Joint-Stock Bank . He was clerk in the service of Messrs . Mockford and Mesnard , merchants in Thamesstreet , and part of his duty was to fill up the cheques of the firm , keep the cash account , and bring back the pass-book at certain intervals from the banker ' s . A cheque fpr n 802 . was paid by the bank on the 19 th of January ; but none had been issued at that date by the prosecutors . There were several very . suspicious circumstances against the prisoner ; but , strange to say , the alleged forged cheque could not be discovered , and the case therefore broke down . Accordingly there was no option for the jury but to return a verdict of Not Guilty . The youth had since been tried on tho technical charge of stealing a piece of paper , found Guilty , and sentenced to two years' imprisonment .
Henry Edward Legge , a young man of gentlemanly appearance , surrendered to take his trial upon an indictment , which charged that he , being in the service of her Majesty as paymaster of the 2 nd Regiment of Royal Weat Surrey Militia , received in that capacity several largo sums of money on the publlo account , and that ho embezzled anuni of 1800 / ., a portion of tho moneys ao received . ~ A largo ambunt ~ Qf ' evldenco-wasrecclvedjrbut it failed to establish the charge , and it appeared furthermore that tho accounts wore very imperfectly kept . Tho accused was therefore Acquitted .
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Tkiajt ., for Aiihon . —Itnthor a singular trial for arson onmo ^ on at the Lancaster Spring Assizes on Friday week , before Mr . Baron Martin . George Thwaitcs -was Indicted with James II olden for sotting lire to a cotton mill at Buxton belonging to the drat numcci . Holden pleaded Guilty , nnd , having turned approver , was nut into tho
witness-box . He bad been employed in the mill , and was treated with more kindness than the other hands , owing , it was said , to Thwaites having an improper intimacy with the man ' s sister . The mill was burnt down on the 9 th of November , and Holden swore that he had been bribed by his employer to bring about the conflagration , which he did . The building was insured for 2670 / ., on which 2334 / . were paid after the fire . The evidence of the approver was not sufficiently confirmed , and Thwaites was acquitted amidst some demonstrations of applause . __ „ ' ., ¦ described
Wife-Beating . —Henry Handpn , a man as a stable helper , was charged last Saturday at the Westminster police-court with a savage attack on his wife . Having had a quarrel with her , he threw her on the bed , and beat her about the head and body , after which he struck her across the hip with a large poker . A few davs later , he repeated this conduct , and , jumping on her , fractured her ribs . He was sent to prison , with hard labour , for six months . The Murder of a Boy near Nottingham . —A man , at present under confinement in the Nottingham Lunatic Asylum , has confessed to having killed the boy Atkinson , who was found murdered in Nottingham Forest last November . The boy who was in company with Atkinson at the time he was decoyed away states that the lunatic very much resembles the man who induced Atkinson to go with him .
Murder near Faunborough . —A quarrel arose last Saturday night at the village of Cove , near Farnborough , among a number of young men of the agricultural class who had attended a club meeting , and afterwards adjourned to a tavern . Two of them fought for some time , and at length one stabbed the other in the abdomen with a knife . The injured man diedat three o ' clock the following morning . The assassin and two other men were arrested . Highway Robbery . —An Irish pig-drover , named Pindar , got into conversation last Saturday afternoon , at Nottingham market , with three men respecting some purchases they wished to make . He agreed . to ride With them to Derby in a vehicle they had got with them , and they left the town about half-past five . When they had driven about a mile , they suddenly sprang upon Pindar , who was somewhat intoxicated , cut out his pockets , which contained from 30 / . to 40 / ., threw him out of the vehicle , and drove quickly away . Two of the thieves have been apprehended .
Attacks ox the Police by Ijoreignkrs . —A Russian , of the name of Michael Sitkoe , has attempted to stab a police constable in Whitechapel , and has likewise ferociously attacked several other officers , severely injuring one of them . In these assaults he was aided by many of his countrymen . The policeman was on duty in Wentworth-street , between one and two o ' clock on Monday morning , when he saw a number of foreigners in a very excited state , one of whom was brandishing a broom . As they were very noisy , and caused a great disturbance , he endeavoured to quiet them ; but , as it appeared , from what he could understand from them , that they had been at the meeting in Hyde Park ' t he previous day , and had been ill-used there , he suffered them to proceed on their way , and left them . Very
shortly afterwards , hoiVever , he was met by a woman , who begged him to come into Commercial-street ; and , on his arrival there , he saw a furious riot going forward , and a policeman defending himself with his staff against a mob of foreigners who were , fiercely attacking him in a body . These outrages , it appear ? , were entirely caused by the constable quietly telling them to go peaceably home , when he saw them conducting themselves in a very noisy and improper manner in tbe streets , and insulting the passers-by . When tho former policeman reached the spot where the strife was going on , the accused , who seemed to take the most active purt in the
fray , drew a large andjformidable dagger-knife , and made a thrust with it at the officer ' s breast , but his aim was fortunately prevented from taking * lfcj intended" effect by tho latter making a dexterous leap on one side . Being thus foiled in his attempt , the rufllan and his comrades ran down a court , in which some of them live , and from the windows of their houses they flung several largo atones and brickbats at the police , ono of which struck their sergeant , and seriously hurt him . The chief offender was finally subdued and captured by a body of policemen , after making a fierce resistance , during which ho fought and kicked desperately . Ho was subsequently brought before tho Worship-atreot magistrate , and
remanded . Tub Scotch Mariuaoh Law . —A very extraordinary case of bigamy was tried at the Carlisle Spring Assizes on Tuesday . Mary Simpson Cnrruthors , a handsome woman , about thirty-six years of age , was indicted for niarrylng » agftin ~ wiaio ^ io , r ^ lrji | U ^ In May , 1888 , she had been driven in a gig fo Sarir tollbar , over Grotna-bridge , from Carlisle , by Richard Carruthors , a butcher of Carlisle . She was then only sixteen years of ago , and in the presence of tho driver , u man named Mooro , she was married by Janet Boatlio , the daughter of tho tollbar-koopor , uncording to tho law of Scotland . Thin event took plnco at two o ' clock in tho morning , and tho cross-examination olicitod that a great deal of iVolic and joking wan going on at the time , Oarruthers saying they had coma to bo married , and
Janet Beattie saying she could soon manage that for them , making them join hands , and asking them if they were single and willing to be married . The questions being answered in the affirmative , Janet Beattie declared them to be lawfully married . . It would appear that the girl lived with Carruthers about a month , and they then parted . She looked upon the ceremony as a mere joke and , believing herself single , had married a man named Wilson . Carruthers died about four years ago , and Wilson , after living with the accused nineteen years , desired to get rid of her and marry another woman . He therefore instituted this prosecution . The woman was found Guilty , but set free on her own recognizances not to annoy Wilson .
Murder in the Haywarket . —Eliza Tobin , a woman of light character , has been murdered at No . 8 , Arundelcourt , Haymarket . About half-past two o ' clock on Thursday morning , she was accompanied to her lodgings by a man . She had in her possession a large amount of money , a gold watch and chain , and other property . The man left the house about half-past five o'clock ; at half-past eight , some of the inmates knocked at the woman ' s door , and , receiving no answer , went in . The poor creature wa ^ s then found lying dead in bed , face downwards , with her hands behind her . She had been , strangled or suffocated , and there were evidences of a violent struggle having ; taken place . The murderer la known to be a German , and the police are on his track .
Murder in Cumberland . —Jacob Skelton has been tried at the Carlisle Assizes on a charge of murdering an old man of eighty-five , named Irwin , at Hay ton , on Christmas Day , as he was going to a prayer meeting early in the morning . . The facts appeared in this paper at the time . The prosecution alleged that the prisoner had an ill feeling towards the old man , and expected some money at his death . The counsel for the defence suggested that Irwin had been knocked down and run over by a horse ; and the evidence , which was purely circumstantial , was not considered by the jury sufficient to warrant a conviction * Skelton was therefore acquitted . This verdict excited expressions of disapproval in court , and it was necessary to keep Skelton in gaol during the night , to save him from the mob .
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GATHERINGS FROM THE LAW Atfl > POLICE COURTS . An action for bre&ch of promise of marriage has been tried in the Court of Common Pleas . Miss Appleton , the plaintiff ' , is the ; daughter of a tradesman , and Mr . Morse , the defendant , is the landlord of the Chester Arms , in Bunhill-row . There were no very remarkable features in the case , which exhibited only the ordinary amount of hcartlessness on the part of the man . Morse is five-and-forty ; and he appears also to have paid attentions to a Miss Wells , a barmaid , who had 500 / . Ultimately , however , lie married neither Miss Appleton , nor Miss Wells , but a Mrs . Sandal , the employer of the
latter , and a moneyed person about fifty years of age . The whole affair was a matter of sordid calculation ; but Mr . Morse has had to pay damages to the extent of 300 / . for his preference of the widow . —Another action of the same kind has been tried at the Spring Assizes at Lancaster . In this case the quarrel , between the lovers arose out of tho mother of tho young lady engaging a servant for her daughter at 12 / . a year , in anticipation of the marriage . The suitor said , he thought this was an unwarrantable assumption on tbe part of the lady ' s mother ; that he was not a gentleman ; and that he could not pay such a sum as 12 / . per annum for a servant . The lady retorted satirically , and after -a time the match was broken off . Tho same amount
of damages was given in this as in tho preceding case . Previous to tho reception of the evidence , an immense mass of letters from tlio gentleman was brought forward by the counsel for the prosecution ; on seeing which , Mr . Justice Bylcs asked , in a tone of despair , " Is that the correspondence on one side only ? " Tho answer in the affirmative caused loud laughter in court . Only a selection , however , was read . Tho epistles were very long , and wero written in a melancholy and devotional
. Cases of great hardship are arising under the new arrangement with respect to French passports , by which it is necessary first of all to obtain a testimony as to rcspectubility of a magistrate , who , however , will not grant it unless tho applicant is personally known to him . In ono instance , a young girl who had been living as lady ' s-maid with a family at present residing in France , and who had boon sent for by her mistress , ap ' pliod for tho magisterial cortitiuato ¦ , but , being a perfect stranger to tho court , and having no friends in London personally
acquainted with any of Us officials , her application was reluctantly refused . She urgoil that tho Kmnoror of tho FfoTwK' ^ uia lrairaiy ^ lIvein-fear'of-boing-a 8 » a » 8 i » atcMy— , a lady ' s maid ; but tho magistrate hud no discretionary power , and tho girl hns probably been co mpelled to abandon her Journey , although sho said who had taken her railway ticket In tho morning , not dreaming of auoh an obstaolo being raised . On Tuesday , a lady »|> pl « w to tho Southwark magistrate for a recommendation to tho Foreign Office for tho noaossary peniiirtslon to via " Paris , Her husband , an ICngliahinan , in living- there , and wishes her to Join him . Tho magistrate , howover ,
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200 T H E LEADER . [ No . 414 , February 27 , 1858 .
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 27, 1858, page 200, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2232/page/8/
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