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I lawn 11, WW. THE NORTHERN STAR 7 *
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DECLARATION OF IRISH MEMBERS. The follow...
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I Lawn 11, Ww. The Northern Star 7 *
I lawn 11 , WW . THE NORTHERN STAR 7 *
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Proclamation From The Lord Lieutenant Al...
proclamation from the Lord Lieutenant all ft ft . jj persons were called upon in the electoral >? ? > "f „ sof lvillymasney , Seacor , and Caravaddy in & c J ^ ' ^ j , ol Lel ierkenny : the electoral division of ' : " flicg » m tn . ^ ' on of Stranorlar , to dc-£ -i & e * ' nn varms which they may have in their postf ! ijif " < . n " or before the 7 th inst . ? - i . ^ . ^ . ^ iox of toe Xew Loan Mayor . —Tbe * ' : > nid JI . ivor ot ~ t ,, e new corporation of Dublin , ' * * i \ ! ernisn B . L . Guinness , principal in the emi-! : Jl- ' ^ y of that name , was sworn into office on ' ¦ " f ' -t ^ a v . ** ^ 'TcirtV . K F Ssr fKOCLAijrED . —Under this hcad" ' ¦ j ,, i ,. h : idcrrn Standard conbxins the
follows : ^* .. ¦ Without the knowledge of a single inhabipr ^ j- ' . Qioxn . Letterkcnny has been proclaimed i ^ , ; LVrd-Lieniciiar . t in Council , at the request ^ f !' , xvil magistrates . Into this small town a ^ 'f i fdrce of twenty police has been ordered , in fe s ^ -m io the ordinary force which is quite sufni- ^* ' , , ' ,, e ? . Tve the peace . This will involve an *^ . ! r of lis . in the pound of the Poor-law valua ^^^ eh we are assured will be utterly ruinous . * % V It may he asked , is such an infliction ^ I ' V on lietterkenny ? Das it become such a ^ f ' r . rVkrs and murderers , that this extraordi-^ -rii-ure is necessary to keep the inhabitants l il ^ rovia- ' one another ? Oa the contrary , for f : c . si < A ! . = ar 5 tnc town has been uniformly ( : . t . ^ M I ^ tJ't . * . , i _ * , rft , " its caJiwu imw
l ^ -uer-lcl for pnsceawc -r . was F ! cr * ' ere "' ^^' a e c n or r . . ^~ u ! t- sine ? , hut these were the deeds << f P " V " - -- ' . d i' is a monstrous injustice that the P ' ^ l . ^ 'Chihitants should be thus enormously r-Ci ' on " 'hVir amount . A meeting of the clergy , Kh mtf in *** , * »* olher ™«» liit » its « as held I U eUnV ' s Hotel b * t week , to expics their surtU ^ r . l " re-r « at the coarse his Excellency has ^ dvi ^ o take . The Eight Rev . Dr . M'Getti-^ "JratvniEST » " Ulster . — The Zondmufcrru } t ' ,-... / , in its agricultural report for the month of % "" ¦ -iniiergives a highly satisfactory account of
, sii decide tendency to recovery in that part of h "< - r . The winter-sown wheat , which has been I ' sm ?} to a considerable extent , looks thick and I ^ Uhv . Not withstanding the serious failure of the ftkkos crop last year , the farmers , on account of iJa oc-i rents and the otherwise consideiate confort of many of the landlords , have been enabled ^ accommodate themselves to the altered circum-^• aiees of the country ; aud it is stated that the j ^ rsl jtfpuhitiou have shared to some extent in the 3 r . T-eT . il prosperity of iho rest of the empire .
s iiaima . v OF the ViCEnorALTT . —Preparations jftia progress for a " demonstration" of the pubfr htsi'Tny to t ?/ e eomteniphted measure of aboli-J : v 2 of the V ; ceroy .- » lty . Several of the Irish jaeaibcrs who , hut a few brief months since , were fj ' ... ! ir . ib ! e to the extinction ofthe " sliam Court , *' l-. Tf , soiiwaow or other , changed their minds , and l-yonie ardent worshippers at the shrine on Corkf \ : u . A requisition to the following effect , addresf . 11 « the Lord Mayor of Dublin , is now in course
if signature in this city : — " We , the undersigned , ¦ ste-psr-si tiiat your lordship will be pleased to conijoie a meeting ( ' f the citizens of Dublin , and of = fcK- ' i of the nobility and gentry of Ireland as may g ' a -fck proper to attend , for the purpose of petitioner ;; ng . iitist the contemplated abolition of the Irish ijterojaky , aud of placing upon record their prodm ai'aiiut the system of centralisation adopted Awards Ireland , and which has already been so des-Srartivc of her best interests . "
I The "Catholic University . "—All efforts to It erate a storm seem to be nearly fruitless , and by She poverty of the subscriptions it would appear [| L : ; i the " faithful" are not in the mass inclined to filon Jon tho Queen ' s Colleges for the shadowy | re pect of au exclusively Romish university " , t ' iiith , to judge by the prevailing feeling in its fa-5- > ur , promises to become one of the institutions of Jit' country some time about" Tib ' s eve . " The jet . Vs contributions towards the project amount Jo about £ 10 , not a layman being amongst the " ^ f . iior * . BrMlICIIOX . —The limerick and Clare Examiner \ -a a statement of renewed destitution in some
fjam of Clare , and instances are mentioned of jKaxhs from want of food . Such cases , fortunately , Jt ' - vi now become exceedingly rare in every district : ? jj the west or south . " The Limerick union , fLie- abuts oa Clare , is still suffering severely from § fte burden of pauperism . If Tnt- Laxii ( jt'Esnox . —A landlord memorial to gjie h ^ ad of tne Irish Government , upon the pre-§ Jent admittedly defective state of the laws affecting | fte relations between the owners and cultivators ; JF the f-iiil , and specifying the measures by which | Le memorialists consider that such relations might * ir . ipro-ed , lias , it appears , emanated from the 'lending proprietors ia the county of Wexford . The fjc'L -uiiieiit bears the signatures of the Earl of
& ouriowii , Viscount Stopford , Lord Carew , and " itfirrs , who ( siiys tbc Aatfoit ) " are not the mere jquires or shoncens upon whose shoulders it is Jhiiioa-ihlo to lay the whole weight of extermiua-¦ lion , and any document with their stamp is a t *''¦ auiue landlord coin , and entitled to unques'iii ' i ' . e currency . " It purports to come from the pVv ' i . rl Lmi'lkird and Tenant Association , of ?» h ; c : i Lord Courtown is chairman , and ihe meino-^ aiists pray his Excellency , " that all le ^ al imjjM'i . 'fients mii'hr he removed , and that facilities iilBUikt be given towards the improvement of pic relations between landlord and tenant . " They 5 jr . iv him " to exert his influence" with the
| fr : r : > Ja ! srft f , > r Jus purpose . They pray that the Jlt r .-ue * : affecting ihe relations between landlordand geiiaiit be * revised , amended , simplifieil , and conpoh «! :-ti « l , " aswe ! las made " simple in form and ^ fe ' ieJy in operation . " They state that" the LandacrJ and Tenant ( Ireland ) Bill , introduced in the §* ' > e ^ -: on of Parliament , is faulty in principle and •&\ m : in jnceriiig the requirements of these ; ' - ' ^ . " Ami , in fine , they deplore " tbst a grcnt -iM-rihu « f the land—even i" this more favoured ^ 2 : ry—is deserted , the produce being carried off | jb < iuer >; :: )! - - < , whilst tsie rsinous effect is apparent | jn ^ .-i'i el : ;; se . s ; c * vn shopkeepers , tradcsn . cn , and ^ ' ¦• .: revs , doprivrd , as thf-y are , of the support Sp : ; i-- ! Mderived uom agriculturists , share iu this
| ® s : ii-.-s , " aud , "Mill worse , '" the tenants are Spi cojiiji ' i- 'tely exbaustiu < t the soil , " thereby inj ^ * 5 ' " ' " ^ " a " real : u "' wi
] Mi < - ivwral ehargt ? , however , is from Is . 3 d . to 3 < . ;^ l » t-AWvsTMSxf or II exts . —Seductions of lvnt ^* fc =-TiII fn-qu vntly aniijiiueed . The Monaghan ? i £ jri + hir . l si : uc > that the Rev . Dr . Carson , Rector - ? jff ' . ' -ivan , h is allowed his tennnts in the county of | M < i : i : t _ : i ; : !) ih 0 very large abatement of fifty per \*! ii . i . . . - i all rent- ^ paid up to this month—that is , to ^" .- ihe tenants a vcar ' s j-eceipt for every half-year's ifcM . W ^"~ Fj . ix Motsmext . —Meetings of a practical 3 bi- < 1 ure e ntiiiiicd , to promote ihe cultivation of | » .- «; d tasee-Mv the establishment of machinery % gf ¦ ' . < pre ; arition and local markets for its sale . ; 5 *" 'iout widch the fanners conld not be expected » i-i'ii-ark in ibis new branch of husbandry . On aSiUsih'V -tri'i'l ; Lord I 5 :-j-iinr < l . ~\ T P w ^ iilcd : it i -- « - ..- ^^
^ n . - —•— -, , »~ Siisiiisrans meetipg of Landlords and farmers in iSteiiu . It was determined to hold a general niect-•« - ; : i the same district en the Jit ! : inst ., to com-4 c- " " Tiie preliminary arrangements . It was anf ! ii : ioi r . t the meeting that , if one thousand acres i ^ x were sown in the district , the necessary ' : -. t- . i ivsalj he ready for the erection of a j-jill . and . W ' l-srchase of the produce . The Wexford Union f &^ 'K . ' ruivii Society , at a meeting on Wednesday 5 H . -ivtermised to obtain the services of a fl : ix * 'i"ui-ii .. r from the Ulster Society . Ifl' ^ Tiiicii vE Fire at Ucttox ' s Coach Factout . ^ l « iween one and two o ' clock on Sunday morning , W ™* destructive fire took p lace at Button ' s 3 h-h factorv . Summer-hil l , the oldest and most iSitfisjre estublishment in that line in this country , : aftll lrl . i .. l . — . —1 * 1 . .. ««^ :.. w *}\ n / lnr . i * 0 < : < 3 ; on l > f thp iii uuiii £ «^ ri -. »
*^ - " ; , uumuuM « : n » v . w " . !» " « % had continued to do a very prosperous busi-11 ?" - The fire railed furiously during the morning , | ^? a < not com pictciv extinguished tilllate in the 5 gy- It is supposed that property tu the amount of | fcl ^ . e :. iwcntT an j , - rty thousand pounds has | Srf ' Ci'stroyed " , but the premises were insured for i yr ~ - l- 'rge ' amonnT . Xo lives were lost . IfpnE Galtvza Vindicator mentions that complaints jwe iua-le of -he seizure of cattle for arrears of poor-5 U' * on lands hired temporarily as grass farms . It ^'• " * t 5 ? ai *' is 500 n as * - cattle ' are located the ^ 2 | t < ' ponnccs upon them , altkough " their $ ft W iw ? no more interest in the property on which I ls ae tiiau his in advance
fcf ^ ^ laying money m . - ' * ^ iss it contains . " ^^ CENDuuisj ; rx Ulster . —The Armag h Gazette f £ 51 i « two Hax scutching mills were maliciously ^ wyed by g re : il Tandragee last week . g <¦ -isiEi : Faihs . —The northern fairs arc satisfce-W- 'l'S n-gards pike . ' . At Moy fair , county Armagh , ( S " a :,, i s ' ee- * ' realised advanced rates , and farm S £ « « er « in hrfsk demand . Sg ^ - ^ fcTrMos Uxiox . —Last week a meeting ofthe Supers of the Enuistymon U nion was held in ML 7 ^ -house of that town , for the purpose , as Wb ^ a the requisition , of " considering the very gg »^ c :. Tid a ] arm n st taken by Jhe Commism Ji of the Poor-laws , ia tie dism- igsai of the
Proclamation From The Lord Lieutenant Al...
board of guardians of that union . " The Clare Journal , which contains a lengthened report of the proceedings states that there * £ i a"S 2 attenftiS ^** eI ^ d members ofthe S m « , ^ me rous assemblage of ratesi / erf UmT " clus v ° « en , Bart ., M . l ? , who prettSif ? th ° ^ J " char fi brought against the guardntns were either untrue or frivolous , or such as might have been easily redressed without delving the board . Mr . F . M . * Calcott , J . F . ( vicecnairmau of the late board ) , proposed some resolutions which had been adopted by the late board , and f ii » i r cx P ressin ! j indignation at the conduct ot t . ie poor Law Commissioners in dissolving the board and appointing paid vicc-guarJians , went on to state "that this unconstitutional exercise of power was resorted to without any justifiable
cause , ' and concluded by calling for an inquiry into the alleged mismanagement , aud into the reasons which led to the dismissal of the board . The resolutions were unanimously adopted by the meeting , which was subsequently addressed by Mr . Fitzgerald of Adelphi , Mr . Kenny , aud Captain Macnamara . Texaxi-kigut . Meeting in * tub County of Caiilow . —A meeting was held in the town of Oarlow on Monday in support of the objects of the Tenant-League , and for the formation of a Tenant-ri ght Association . The chair was occupied by Captain Carter . The meeting w . as addressed by the Chairman , Mr . Lucas , of the T « llet , Mr . Hugh Cullcn , Dr . Carey , Mr . P . Lalor Tinakil , and the Rev . Mr . Maker , P . P ., Carlow Grange . Amongst the resolutions adopted , was one pledging the countv to contribute £ 300 to the funds of the leasue . The other resolutions were similar in substance to those adopted at previous tenant-right meetings .
The Repeal Association . —Tbe usual weekly meeting of this association was held on Monday at Concilia-ion Hall—Mr . Cr . m > ton in the chair . Mr . John 0 'Council , in referring to the recent agitation in England , said he was happy to perceive that a nobler and better spirit had * been manifested in Leeds , where the Town-council declared they ivould uphold the principles of civil and religious liberty . Ho said there was also an admirable pamphlet from the pen of Lord St . Germans , who was formerly Secretary for Ireland . The party to which this noble lord belongs have given indication of retracing their false steps , and aiding to sustain the principles of religious freedom—( cheers)—and at any
time they were distinguished by a truer regard for liberal feeling than the Whigs —( hoar)—now that party has lost Sir Robert Peel , their great leader , and the moderator of their excesses , llad he lived and been ia office , he would have preserved the country from the dangers consequent on yielding to the rabid cry of intolerant bigotry . ( Hear , hear . ) Lord St . Germans would seeni to have caught Peel ' s mantle , and his pamphlet , from which he had selected a couple of extracts , showed that he and his party arc disposed to be friends to popular enlightenment and upholders of civil and religious liberty —( cheeri)—and proves Lord St . Germans to be qualified to fill a hi gh trust in the government , when Lord John Russell shall be driven from it in
disgrace and contempt . ( Cheers . ) The rent for the week was £ 20 lis . 6 d . The Proposed Meetixg or Irnsa Members . —A letter from Mr . Moore , the Roman Catholic member for Mayo , to Mr . John O ' Connell , has been published , in wliich Mr . Moore takes the opportunity of settling an account with Mr . O'Connell , for the charge which the latter had brought against him of assailing his father ' s memory . Mr . Moore writes as follows : — " Take my advice , my dear sir , and leave your father ' s memory alone—it can take care of itself . It is far too great to be affected by a sneer of mine , were I capable of uttering such . O'Connell has left behind him the memory of an illustrious
Irishman ; a memory which I verily believe that Irishmen of every party are inclined to treat with respect . Have better faith in your father ' s glory , and less confidence iu the virtue of such assistance as your own petulant advocacy can supply . As for the expressions which you have thought proper to apply to me—such as "Orange , " " paltry , " " unworthy , " « contemptible , " & c . —it would be inappropriate to call them " unworthy , " or even " contemptible "—they are simply stupid ; and I should be as great a blunderer as yourself , if I noticed them further . The tone of supercilious depreciation in which you constantly speak of all your contemporaries , does , however , somewhat amuse me j and reminds me of an illustration which I have
somewhere met with—of " a dwarf who had for some time kept company with a giant , and who , from seeing his companion looking down upon those who surrounded him , acquired the ridiculous habit of endeavouring to east down his eyes upon men , whose middle be could scarce reach when standing upon tiptoe . " With regard to the preliminary meeting in Dublin , to wiiieh you are so gool as to invite me , I think it right to remind you that the penal measures which are about to inaugurate tho parliamentary session of 1851 , are likely to apply , peculiarly , perhaps exclusively , to the English Catholics ; and that any measures that may be resolved upon , without their concurrence , would be necessarily imperfect , and possibly injurious to the cause which I believe you to have sincerely at heart . " I am , my dear sir , yours very truly , " J . O'Connell , Esq ., < fcc . " - G . II . MoonE . "
Declaration Of Irish Members. The Follow...
DECLARATION OF IRISH MEMBERS . The following declaration against the enactment of Religious Disabilities has been signed by tbe Members of Parliament whose names are appended below : — " AVe , the undersigned , deem it our duty at the present juncture to declare our unalterable attachment to the principles of civil and religious liberty , aud our determination to oppose by every constitutional means any measure , tending to interfere by legislative enactment with the discipline or doctrine
of any portion ofthe Queen s subjects : — M . J . Blake , Gtstlereagh , M . E . Corbally , AV . Sharman Crawford , J . T . Devereux , AY . Pagan , J . Pagan , It . M . Fox , H . Grattan , J . Greene , R . Kestiusic , C . Lawless , AA . Torrens M'Cuiiagh , X . V . Maker , W . Monscll , T . Tvlcagher , G . II . Moore , J . O'Brien , T . O'Brien , M . O'Connell , J . O'Connell , A . O , Flaherty , The O'Gorman Mahon , G . Ouseiey Iliggins , M . Power , y . Power , E . Burko Roche , J . Reynolds , J . Sadleir , Fras . Scully , J . II . Talbot . "
The Late Mcisder Jx L'Ams.—The Authoriti...
The late Mcisder jx l ' Ams . —The authorities have commenced a searching investigation into all the- circumstances of the murder of the aged female , Madame Lebelle , and the attempted , murfler of Madame Ribault , both of the Rue Bourbon le Chateau . It appears that after the assassin had gone away , Madame Ribaulr , whilst lying bleeding on tiie ground feared that she would die before assistance should arrive ; she accordingly attempted to trace in blood ou her chemise characters which would indicate the assassin , but , reflecting that they would not be legible , she , by a great effort , managed to crawl to a chimney-board , where she traced with her finger , dipped in blood , tho letters " Conmiis de M . T . " These letters are very
irregular , but arc perfectly legible , ; some others that follow the letter T . are illegible . After this Madame Ribault began to make as much noise as her failing strength would allow , in order to attract assistance , anil at last tho door of her apartment was forced open . The courage displayed by this old ladv was extraordinarily great ; for eight hours she rcinained lying on the ground in a nool of blood , and every hour became weaker and weaker , and , during illl this time , tho corpse of her murdered companion was ly ing near her . After Madame Ribault had been stabbed by the assassin iu different places , he attempted to thrust a piece of cloth into herthro . it , hue b'he succeeded in dragging it away . The cloth in question was—a naptin—was foudd ; it bore the marks of teeth and blood . It was believed that Madame Lebelle had been strangled ; but , on examination of her throat
by medical men , none of the contusions caused by strangulation could be discovered . In examining the nii . uth of the deceased , a black pin was found , and afterwards a piece of black ribbon was seen in the throat . By the aid of instruments this was with some difficulty pulled'up , and to it was attached the cap which Madame Ribault had worn on the previous evening . This cap had been pressed into a sort of ball , and thrust violently into the throat of the deceased by a stick , or some such sort of thing . Madame Ribault is in a serious state , hut there is reason to believe that she will recover . The assassin is named Laforcade , and the newspaper to wliich he belongs is the Petit Counter dee Dawes . lie has attempted suicide by opening a vein with a piece of glass , which he took from his window ; but he was discovered in time , and measures were at once taken to prevent any new attempt . — Galignanis Messenger .
Courosmox ou ihe Fuesch Xatioxal Assembly . —The . National Assembly of France contains , according to a ttatcment in the Monitew , 43 actual or quondam Ministers of Government , 22 ambassadors or persons who have represented France at foreign courts , 22 members of the Institute , 6 viceadmirals and rear-admirals , 3 i generals , 32 ex-peer * of France , 110 former members of the Chamber of Deputies . Ofthe 900 members of the Constituent Assembly only 330 were re-elected , and form part of the Legislative Assembly . The united ages of the members of the Leffwkitivc Assembly amount to 35 , 013 vcars , giving an average of 47 years to each member . The oldest member was born in I < 69 and the vouniiest in 1823 .
Rkxhsu-iows is the wst COTY .-Tkursday nieht some villains robbed the Kentish-town stage , Sri P pedtfeepass : nger oftheirmoney , watches , art buckL fe the hurry they spared the pockets of Mr Corbyn , the druggist ; but he , content to have neighbour ' s fare , called out ta- one of tto rogues , «• Stop , friend , you have forgot to take my money . "— Notet and Qutrits .
Conviction Of A Solicitor At Norwich. ^ ...
CONVICTION OF A SOLICITOR AT NORWICH . ^ 0 n ™ v-. , a 7 » a ^ Norwich city sessions . Jonathan Whitley Cooper , solicitor , aged 38 , was charged with having , on the 4 th of July last , unlawfully and by-false pretence obtained the sum of £ .. > Gs . from Ri chard Mills Burrell , hair manufacturer , of St . Mary ' s . This case was one traversed from the last sessions , and from the well-known position of the prisoner , caused considerable interest . Richard Mills Rurrell , the prosecutor , who was then sworn : I am a horse hair manufacturer . I was m July last in partnership with Messrs . llindes . Shortl y after that time , an action was brought by Messrs . llindes against me . I went , upon hearing this , to consult Mr . Cooperthe
, attorney , and stated the case to him . I gave him my cognivit to pay the cost by instalments . I left the matter entirely to him . Mr . Cooper sent for me on the Monday following . I went to him . He said . Do you know what you promised me ? I said no . He said , You told me you would bring an action against the Messrs . llindes . I said I could not think of that , as I was on such good terms with them . He told me I must do so , as they might transport me . I said they were the first persons who had ever brought a stain upon mv character . I showed him my books . He said , You will do anything to keep your character up . I said ves . * I saw him on the following morning , and gave him
floNn " ? ' procuring of a writ , which was * I J * . Kid ., and as he had no change , the difference I said he might have for a glass of porter . I received a note purporting to bo from Mr . Bailey , containing another charge against me . I havo not the note now . I asked what the further charge was for . He said he had better give him a sovereign to go and consult a counsel . He afterwards said he went to Mr . Evans . ( . Mr . Evans being in in court , denied this assertion . ) Ho told mo I must file a declaration , and I must give him the money to do so . He asked me for one guinea , which I gave him . I gave him the monev before tho declaration was filed . I saw him again after that . He told me of a replication , which he said
was necessary . He said £ 2 2 s . would be required for the replication . I gave him the two guineas . I saw him next day , when I paid him two guineas move . I have forgotten the name of the document which the £ 2 2 s . was for . I havo paid him about £ 21 altogether . I went to his office shortly after . I said to him , Now , there is nothing else " to pay . He said , Yes , there are the trial fees , retaining counsel , jury , A'C , to carry on the action . lie said £ 5 Cs . was the mm necessary . He told me he should not get a farthing by it . " He said the money was necessary , as the case could not go on without it . Ho told mc he had paid all the money for the purpose of carrying on the action . He was absent
abont twenty minutes . When he returned , he said he had paid the fees . I saw him on the Thursday morning just after this . He said be had good news to tell me . He called at my door at six o ' clock in the morning , and took me into his garden . He said he had influence with a clerk in Mr . Bailey ' s office , and he could go there when he liked , to see how things were going on . I received a notice of certiorari from Mr . Bailey . He told me he thought the Messrs . llindes were going to remove the action . —By the Recorder : The money was paid after you received the certiorari ? When I received the certiorari I left it on the table . Cooper sent for me , and when I went to his house the woman who lives
tnere showed me a paper with the word " certiorari " written upon it . When I went up stairs I told Cooper what I had seen . He was very angry , and asked mc who had shown it to me . I told him his good lady . He said he must reply to it , which would cost £ 1 lis . Od . After I left I sent my little boy with a £ 5 note , and the prisoner afterwards brought me the change . Mr . Henry Miller sworn , said : I am Registrar of the Cuildhall Court . All writs are signed and sealed by me . A writ was issued by the prisoner on behalf of Burrell against the Messrs . llindes on the 14 th of June . 2 vo declaration wai filed till the 23 rd of September , and in consequence no plea could be filed at all . No certiorari was ever issued , or could be . And no proceedings were ever removed . All the fees I ever received was 4 s . Mr . Bailey entered an appearance against the writ . — By the Recorder ; No replication was necessary . The case was not ripe for it , there being no plea .
Elijah Crozier Bailey said : I entered an appearance for tho Messrs . Hindes . I had a copy of notice of declaration served on me on the 23 rd Sept . I never entered any plea . 1 never obtained a certiorari . It was never mentioned . The jury , after a few moments' deliberation , returned a verdict of Guilty on the second count , relative to the replication . " The sentence of the court upon the prisoner wa » , that he be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for the term of twelve calendar months .
Middlesex Sessions. The January General ...
MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . The January General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the county of Middlesex commenced on Tuesday morning , at the Sessions House , Clerkenwell . The calendar was unusually heavy , containing the names of not less than 112 prisoners . Of that number 101 were indicted for felony , and 11 for misdemeanour . Paper Stsalino . —P . Short , 25 , was indicted for stealing a ream of paper , value £ 2 2 s ., the property of James Low and others . —The prosecutors were Messrs . Low and Pcwtress , wholesale stationers , Gracechurch-street ; and it appeared that on the 25 th of November , ten reams of paper wero sent by a porter to Christian-street , Whitochapel .
From information given by a person who was not now produced , a police officer who was on duty in Union-street , Whitochapel , called upon a cabman who was driving quickly away to stop ; and when he did so , tho pli-isoncr , who was setting on the box , got down , and made his escape . Inside the cab was found a ream of paper , which had been stolen from the prosecutoi's' cart whilst on the way to Christian-street , and the cabman , a man named Scott , was taken into custody as an accomplice in the robbery . He was tried at the last session of this court , but was acquitted . He was now called as a witness against the prisoner , and he deposed that he
was called from the rank in Union-street on tbe 25 th of November , by two men one of whom put a ream of paper into the cab and went away , and the other got upon the box , and told him to drive on . He could not speak to the prisoner as the person who was on the box with him ; but the policeofficer , who had known him for some years , clearly proved that tbe prisoner was that person : and , further , that the prisoner and the cabman bad been intimate friends for five or six years . The prisoner was what is termed in the cab profession a " buck . " —The prisoner was found Guilt }' , and sentenced to six months' hard labour .
Stealing from a Shop Door . —George Richardson , 45 , was convicted , upon his own confession , of stealing an umbrella , the property of John Cadman . —It was stated to the court that in 1 S 44 the prisoner was sentenced at tbe Central Criminal Court to a year ' s hard labour for felony , and that he was again sentenced at the same court in 1847 , beinir again convicted of felony , to four months' hard labour . Immediately after the expiration of that sentence he was again convicted of felony , and was sentenced upon that occasion to seven years' transportation . On the loth of last June he was discharge- ! from Millbanh Penitentiary in CftnscfvviMice of ill-health , and the officers deposed that the prisoner had been known for many years , as one of the most expert and successful thieves in London was infested with , and that he had been as successful as animposter upon the public as lie had been as a thief . —He was sentenced to one year ' s
hard labour . RoauERr bv a Cabman-. —Joseph Darley , 35 , a cabman , was indicted for robbing Mr . Charles Thomas Hill , a mechanical draughtsman , in Leadenhall-street , of a watch and chain . —It appeared that the prosecutor was at a supper party at iho Sun Tavern , Saint Clement Danes , on New Year ' s Eve , and that in the course of the entertainment a quarrel arose between him and the landlord . He challenged the latter , Mr . Whiting , to put him out of tbe house . The landlord , however , did eject him , and when ho was outside the house ho fell down in tho mud . As he was getting up the prisoner ran up to him , and said he should not strike Mr . Whitingand whilst pretending to prevent his
; doing so , by throwing his arms round him , he slipped his watch from his waistcoat pocket , breaking in so doing a silk guard by which it was attached to his neck . The potman , who was a participator in the affray , saw this done , and he at Mice seized the prisoner , in whose hand he saw the watch . Mrs . Whiting was present , and having had her attention attracted to the prisoner by his being accused of the robbery , sho saw him attempt to drop tho watch , and caught it in her hand . — The prisoner asked the prosecutor if ho was not turned out of the house . ? The prosecutor said he quarrelled with the landlord , whom he then
challenged to turn him out , and he did turn him out . —The prisoner : Oh , you did , did yo * ? Well , I don't think that very gentlemanly conduct , or very civil either to a man who had treated you to a supper . ( Laughter . ) The prisoner asked the potman if ho ( prisoner ) was not drunk at the time—The potman said he knew very well what he was about . He was not so drunk but that he knew very well that he was helping himself to another man s watch . ( Laughter . ) -Prisoner : Why , how you talk ! I had drank a pailful that night . ( Much laughter . )—The jury found the prisoner Guilty . Sentenced to six months' hard labour .
Robbing a Publican . —William Sharman , 49 , and Mary Sharman , 30 , husband and wife , were indicted for stealing three drinking glasses , the property of Henry Tolson - , five drinking glasses and a sugar crusher , the property of Robert Frost : and twe drinking glasses , the property of
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W . Rippon . The prisoners ,, it appeared , were drinking at the bar of a public house in Crowncourt , Soho about half-past six o ' clock in the afternoon of the 3 rd instant , when the attention of a private m the Grenadier Guards was attracted to the movements of the male prisoner , who , whilst pretending to be intently reading the newspaper , was endeavouring to conceal about his person the glass from which he had just been drinking . 1 he landlord , upon information given by the soldier , challenged the prisoner with the theft , upon which he at once dropped the glass « P » n tho floor , and not being satisfied with his denial that he had any other slass about him . the
lanu oru gave both him and his wife into custody . On being searched , there wore found upon the male prisoner no less than seven other glasses , each marked with the name of the owner , a sugar crusher and three table knives . One of these glasses belonged to the prosecutor Tolson , and the others were identified by thoir respective owners -publicans from whoso house thev had been ftolen , and at the lodgings of the prisoners , : so . l Lutfe Russell-street , fourteen other glasses were found , several of which were identified by otii . er Pelicans . The jurv found the male prisoner Guilty and acquitted tlie female . The court sentenced him to one year ' s hard labour . Uailway RonuEny . —William Dashman was indicted for stealing a nurse and two half-crowns from
tne person of Louisa Willard .-Edward Tottman deposed that on the evening of the 23 rd of December , about seven o ' clock , he was in plain clothes on the platform of tbc Great Western Railway , at Paddington , when a train was coming in . He saw the prisoner , in company with six others , go on the platform . The prisoner went up to a woman , and put his band into her pocket . He left her , and vent to another woman and put his hand into her pocket . He then went up to the prosecutrix , and he ( witness ) saw him put bis hand into the pocket of her dress , Tbe lady walked on , and the prisoner walked by her
sum with his hand in her pocket ; she then stopped , and he saw the prisoner draw the purse out of her pocket . The lady turned round and faced tho prisoner , and ho instantl y dropped the purse into her pocket again . Witness then laid hold of the prisoner , and asked him what he wanted with the lady ' s purse ? He said he had not got it . Witness said that ho knew that he had not , because he saw him drop it back again into her pocket , lie then searched him , and on him found , amongst other articles , a memorandum of tho times of the several railways . —Louisa Willard corroborated the evidence
ofthe policeman , and stated that on putting her hand into her pocket she found her purse quite safe . —The prisoner said that he know nothing about tbc lady ' s purse , and he denied that he had attempted to rob her at all . —Tho jury found the prisoner Guilty . —An officer of tho House of Correction informed the court that the prisoner was a well koown thief , and requested that be might be remanded , as he should then be prepared to prove several former convictions against him . —The learned Chairman then respited the sentence until next session * . An Alien Thief . —Peter Kausman , a German , was indicted for stealing a gold hair ring and other articles , the property of Ferdinand Schlos .-: er . —The prosecutor ' s wife stated , through tho medium of an interpreter , that she resided in ' Buckle-street . On
the 27 th of last month she went out , and did not return home until between seven and eight o ' clock . On going up stairs she saw light in her room . She left the door fastened when she went out , but sho found it open when she came home . On going into the room she found several things strewed about , and , suspecting that somebody was in the room , she called for help and a light . She got a light , and found the prisoner behind the door . She told him to go away , which he at once did . After he had gone , however , she discovered that- he bad stolon the articles set forth in the indictment—a ring , a pin , and a book . Upon this discovery sho at once proceeded to his lodging ; and , on going into his room , she found him in bed . She charged him with the robbery , and proceeded to search his clothes , and found some of the articles which had been
abstracted from her box . —Tho prisoner , when called on for his defence , said that it was very likely tho prosecutrix put tho things in his pocket herself , for he knew nothing about them . —The jury found him Guilty . —The Court sentenced the prisoner to three months' hard labour . Robbery by a Servant . —Mary Plinn , a neatly attired young woman , about 25 years of age , was indicted for stealing a night shirt and other articles , value £ 5 , the property of Alexander Lewis . In a second indictment she was charged with stealing a box and other articles , value £ 4 , tho property of the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company . The prisoner was also charged in a third indictment with stealing a victorine , the property of Mary Anne Stilesi The prisoner pleaded not guilty to the three charges . Mr . Sirr prosecuted , and Mr . Horry defended the prisoner . The first case entered into was that of the Bristol and Exeter
Railway Company . — Thomas Smith , a porter , in the employment of the company , stated that on the morning of the 13 th of December two ladies came to the booking-office . They had four boxes with them , which they deposited in his care . There was an address upon the smaller box , " Miss Davis , passenger , Bridgowater , Cannington Vicarage , Somersetshire . " lie placed them at the side of the office . About ten minutes afterwards ho saw the prisoner come in ; she had ' a small bundle in her band , but no box . She asked for a third class ticket to Loudon . This was not , however , given to her then , as it was too early . Shortly after the train was ready to start , and ho saw the prisoner with a box and the same bundle ns he had previously seen with her . The train started , and the witness then returned to the office , when be missed the box in question . lie then gave information to the superintendent , who at once obtained a pass ticket , and despatched witness up to Paddington hy the express train . He arrived in London one hour and a half before tbe
parliamentary train , and be , and nn officer who came up with him from Bristol , stopped on the platform until the train arrived . When the passengers got out , he at once observed the prisoner , who had changed her bonnet , carrying the box , and they then took her into custody . —Miss Elizabeth Bvaklesby Davis identified the box and its contents as her property . She was the daughter of a clergyman at Cannington , Somersetshire . —Tbe jury found the prisoner Guilty , and , by the advice of her counsel , sho pleaded guilty to the other charges . —Mr . Sirr said there was a further case in which tbe prisoner
was charged with stealing property , value £ 80 , but he was not instructed in that case , although he had to apply to the court for an order for tbc restoration of the property . —Mr . Collard , the superintendent of the Great Western Railway police , said the prisoner had been employed as servant in the offices of Messrs . Yox and Henderson ( the contractors for the Chrystal Palace ) , in New-street , and had a good character up to the time she left that situation . — She was sentenced to six months' hard labour upon each indictment , each term to commence and terminate at the same time . —The court ordered the property to be restored .
Robbery or Tradesmen . —Michael Morris , 10 , was indicted for stealing four boots , value 9 s ., the property of Henry Augustus Hyde—Richard Blissett , shopman to Mr . Hyde , of Finsbury-place North , stated that on the evening of the 28 th of December last his attention was called to tho prisoner , whom he was told had just taken four hoots from the door . Ho ran after him and found the boots in his possession , and ho then gavo him into custody . Tbe jury found the prisoner Guilty . — . The learned Chairman said that the history of the prisoner was that of a notorious thief , as he had no less than five convictions against him . Sentenced to six months' hard labour .
Donald in the Dock . —An itinerant Highland piper , named Donald M ' Pherson , was placed in the dock , attired in kilt , plaid , die , upon a charge of robbing a drunken man of a turkey , in Old St . Pancras-road , on Christmas-eve . He was acquitted .
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A Modern Jack SiiErrAno . — Seldom have we had to record a more impudent and daring act of burglary than has come under our notice tliis week as having been perpetrated at Spilsby , in Lincoln . The delinquent , whose name is Stephen Allen , and who rejoices in an alias or two , it appears has been twice convicted at Spilsby , and only in Jul y last was discharged from " durance vile" after an incarceration of eighteen months . Time hanging heavily on his hands in that rural locality , he conceived the idea of robbing tho House of Correction —with which , our readers will believe , he was quite familiar—and accordingly set about his task with the utmost coolness and ingenuity . Having arranged his plans , and weighed every obstacle , on Thursday evening or early on Friday morning he proceeded to carry them out . He first attempted to scale the walls by the aid of a ladder , which it is asserted he fetched a distance of a mile , but being unable to do so , he procured from an adjoining field , In which was a plough , a " coulter , " and , by the aid of a spade , it is supposed he undermined the outer wall to the depth of four or five feet , making an aperture sufficiently large to admit him within the prison yard . Once there , he proceeded to the under turnkey ' s apartment , which he forced open with the coulter , and , after regaiiing himself with such edibles as tho nlaco contained .
took £ 11 5 s ., a gold ring , a gold chain , several articles of wearing apparel , and decamped by the route he had so laboriously constructed . On entering at the usual hour is the morning tho turnkey was astonished to find that his impregnable apartment had been broken into and ransacod . He lost no time in conveying intelligence of the robbery to Superintendent Chambers , of Spilsby , and Superintendent Robinson , of Burgh-le-Marsh , and those two officers , after a strict search in the neighbourhood , succeeded in tracing the burglar to Hull , where he was apprehended at a public-house , with some ofthe stolen property in his possession and actually wearing part of the turnkey ' s clothes . — JMI Advertiser .
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The January session of the Central Criminal Court commenced on Monday morning . There are at present 109 prisoners for trial , and it is probable that there will be about thirty additional committals before the grand jury arc discharged . Charge of Perjury . —James Denton , a policeconstable of the E division , surrendered to take his trial upon an indictment charging him with wilful perjury . —The indictment against the defendant , it appeared , was preferred by u Mr . John Day , who carries on the business of a carpenter and undertaker in Hastings-street , St . Pancras , and the perjury imputed to the defendant was alleged to have been committed by him upon the heaving of a charge of assault preferred by tbe constable against the proseeutm '
at the Clcrkenwell Polico Court , on the 2 Cth October . It appeared that on tbe day iu question the defendant was on duty in Hastings-street , near the residence of the prosecutor , when he hud occasion to order a man who was selling groundsel and chick - . reed to go away , and it seemed that when he bud done so the prosecutor called to the man , and purchased some groundsel of him , and this lead to au altercation between him and the defendant , and at length blows were exchanged , and some other constables were called in ; and eventually Day and anothsr person named Soane wero taken into custody , upon a charge of assaulting the defendant , and resisting him in the execution of his duty , and the prosecutor and Soane were both fined by the magistrate . It waa alleged that upon this occasion tbe defendant had falsely sworn that
the prosecutor had crossed the street to him and struck him , and that he and Soane then dragged him into the prosecutor ' s shop , and ( here again assaulted him . The prosecutor swure distinctly that both these allegations were false , and his evidence was confirmed to some extent by other witnesses , but it was at the same time admitted that there had been a scuffle , and that the defendant had received a blow while it was going on . On the part of ihe defendant several witnesses were examined , who gave a totally different version of the transaction , and some of them confirmed the statement he had originally made as to the prosecutor having crossed the road and struck him in the manner bo had represented without Ids having given him any provocation . The evidence on both sides was of the mo ^ t contradictory character . — Tne jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty .
False Pretencks , —William Paulton , 45 , labourer , was indiuted for obtaining by false prctencas an order for the payment of £ 15 . —On the 2-lth of September last the prisoner called upon a gentleman named George Samuel Ford , u solicitor , of Ha : iriettastreet , Covent-garden , and introducing himself as Captain I ' aultou , produced a letter , and staled that he wished to ncgoiiate tbe sale of some reversionary property . He then went on to say that tho property , which amounted to about £ 20 , 000 , would revert to him at the death of his mother , who was in a very declining state and eighty-seven years of age , and that the opinion of the medical men was that she could not live long . He added that he was a captain on half-pay , and commanded in the 13 th Dragoons at
Gabnol , where ho was wounded ; that his father was Mr . Paulton , of Maidenhead , banker , and it was upon his will , and thsit of his grandfather , both dcai ! , that ho wished to borrow £ 1 , 000 . After syine further statements he left , and called again on two subsequent occasions , when he managed to borrow los . from prosecutor ' s clerk , stating that it was to enable him to go down to Colney Hatch to see his mother , who was then dying . He appeared in great distress of mind ; and on the 29 th he again called and saw prosecutor ,. and he then said his mother was dead , and requested that prosecutor would write to Mr . It . Harris , of Reading banker , his mother ' s solicitor , and the living trustee and executor to his father ' s will , and inform him of her demise . He then asked if prosecutor could recommend him an undertaker ,
and spoke about many other things necessary under such circumstances , and finally borrowed £ 2 , to enable him to go down to Colney Hatch . Ou the next day he again called , and managed to get £ lufrom prosecutor , to put himself in mourning , stating that he had seen his mother iu her shell , and had insula the usual arrangements , and handed in a list of monies coming to him . He also obtained another £ 5 making in the whole £ 27 . It then turned out that the whole story about bis mother ' s death was a fabrication , aud Mr . Harris had been dead some years ; but that he was tho son of the gentleman alluded to . —The officer who took him into custody said , that upon examining his person he found he had been branded as a deserter from some regiment . — The jury found him Guilty . —lie was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment .
A Jewish Promoter of Robbkry . —Moses Barrett , 56 , a Jew dealer , was indicted for feloniously receiving tour pounds weight of indigo , the property of Messrs . Wich , Newmen . and Company , well knowing it had been stolen by one Henry Sellers . —Henry Sellers , a lad who was brought from the gaol to give evidence , was first examined . He said that he was fifteen years old . He had been in the service of the prosecutors , who were iudi & o brokers , as errand boy , and bad filled that situation for about nine months when he first saw the prisoner in October last . At that time he was standing near the Commercial Sale Rooms in Mincing-lane , with another errand boy , when the prisoner beckoned to him from the opposite side of the road , and on his going to him he inquired
if he was not in the indigo trade , and on his telling him that he was , he asked who were his employers , and also what wages he received . He told him that while the indigo sales were going on be received a regular salary of rive shillings per week , but at other times be was paid one shilling a day , while he was employed . The prisoner then asked him if he could not get him some indigo dust , and on his telling him that he was not allowed any perquisites , the prisoner said he thought his wages were very low , and he knew younger and smaller boys than him who were getting a good deal more money , lie told the prisoner he should be very glad to find a better place , but his worlc was light and his master was very kind to him . The prisoner then said that he would tell
him how to get more money , and upon his asking him how , he said that he might take an ounce out of each sample indigo box , and bring it to him , and if he brought him a hundred ounces ho would buy them of him . Upon this occasion he toid the prisoner that he would have nothing to do with what he proposed , and he added , that an honest penny was worth a silver shilling . He saw tlie prisoner repeatedly after this ,, and ho always asked him if he had made up hi * mind . He shunned the prisoner as much as he could , but he continually threw himself in his way . On the 6 th of December he was not in regular employment , and as he was standing "thinking" in Crutchedfriars the prisoner carae up to him , and asked what he was " breakiuehis head " about , when the golden
ball was near his hand ? And he then asked him again if he had made up his mind , and he said that lie had , and he asked the prisoner if he should bring him some down the following maraing , which was Saturday . The prisoner told him not to bring him any at that tims , because it was his " Sabbath , " but he should like hi see Ivim down on Monday morning as early as possible ; and he at the same time told him that he lived in Grace ' s-allcy , Well-street . On the morning after this conversation took place ho went to the prosecutors' warehouse , as it was usual for him to do , to inquire if his ¦ ervices were wanted , and he took the opportunity of stealing five pounds of indigo , which he weightd and put into two bags , and carried away . Ou the Monday following he went
to the prisoner ' s house , which presented the appearance of an old clothes shop , and on his seeing the prisoner he put a pair of trnwsers into his hand ; he was confused and did not know what to say , and prisoner said , " Oh , I seeth » y won ' t suit you , como this way , " and he then took him behind the counter where there was some scales , and bo weighed tho indigo and said there were only three pounds of it . He told tho prisoner there was more , and the prisoner then said bo had made a mistake and would g ive him five shillings , which was a shilling a pound , and he went away . On the following day he stole four pounds more indigo , and took them to the prisoner , and ho wanted him to have a meerschaum pipe in payment , lie told him that the
pipe was worth six shillings and ho would take six pounds of indigo for it , and the four pounds he had just broughf should bo on account , and ho must trust to his generosity to bring him tbc other two pounds . He refused to buy the pipe , and told the prisoner that he wanted to mako too much of a market of him , aa he could buy as good a pipe anywhere for half-. " .-crown . After this he stole some cochineal , which the prisoner purchased of bim , and paid him a shilling a pound for it . The next day he stole five pounds more indigo , and when he took it to the prisoner he told him that he appeared to be going on any how . On the 10 th of December he went again to bis masters' warehouse , and stole ten pounds of indigo , and as he was going away
with it he was stopped , and he then tohl his master all that had taken placo between him and the prisoner . An officer was then sent for , and a portion of the indigo was marked , and he was directed to take it to the prisoner , and he did so . The prisoner weighed it , as usual , and gavo him 4 s . ; and when he came out ho handed over the money to the officer , who had followed him to tho shop . - Crossexamined—He considered that the proposition which the prisoner made to him was a very great msuit to an honest boy , but yet he never said a wora about it either to his master or to his lather or mother . Tho reason he did not tell any one about
it was that ho should havo strength enough in his own fortitude to keep away from doing what was asked of him by the prisoner . Tho conversations with the prisoner fook place m the open streets , He spent all the monoy ho received m "foolishness" —pastry , tobacco , apples , and nuts . —Frederick George Woodgate , the boy referred to b y Sellers , proved that he saw the prisoner beckon him across tbe road on tho day he referred to , and he said that the prisoner , after Sellers had gone away , entered into conversation with him . —Mi-. Appell , a clerk to the prosecutors , proved that ho stopped the boy Sellers with the indigo in his possession , and that ho afterwards accompanied the officer to the priso-
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ner ' s house , where he found the same indigo w bicb ho had previously marked . It was worth from fivo to seven shillings per pound . —Trow , the officer , proved that upon bis going into the prisoner ' s shop after Sellers came out , and inquiring of the prisoner how ho became possessed of the indigo , be denied having purchased it of Sellers , and said that ho had merely left it there . —His Lordship summed up , and tho jury , after a short deliberation , returned a vei ' iiiet oi Guilty . —Moses Harnett was brought up on AVednesday , " and sentenced by tho
Recorder to he transported for the term of ten years . —The prisoner , who frequentIv kept asserting his innocence , no sooner heard his sentence , than be said he had been falsely sworn against , and as lie was leaving the dock , suddenly stepped , and , clasping his hands , as if in prayer , said , with much apparent sanctity , " I am innocent ; " then , turning hi . s eyes upward , added , " I hope the Almighty God— ; " he then seemed unable or unwilling to finish the sentence—The Recorder : You had hotter say no more . —He then moved slowly and mochanicallv out of the dock .
Selling Svacr is i" * " - Crystal Palace . —Adam . Young , a young man of gentlemanly appearance , surrendered to titkc his trial upon an indictment for obta ' ninj : nioiiey by false pretences . _ The defendant pleaded Guilty . Mr . BaHaiitine , who appeared for the prosecution , stiid that the prisoner had pleaded guilty to a charge of obtaining Ihe sum of ten shillings by false pretenres . The prosecution was instituted by the Executive CommittfC for carrying out the Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations in 1851 , and it appeared that the committee had received information that an establishment was in existence , which processed to have the power of selling space for artichs io be exhibited in the building appropriated for that purpose , but which they were well aware was an imposition upon tbe publicas no such
, power was de l egated to any parties , they instituted the necessary inquiries , and the . result was that the present ctiargc was preferred against the defendant . The prisoner ami some other persons kept a sort of office , where it was represented llify had the power of selling portions of the space of the building for the Exhibition , and in the particular instance which was now under com ideiation , a sum often shillings was received from n p . jor woman who was anxious to havo a space of four l ' oet allotted to her for the exhibition of a pair of stays . —The Recorder directed that the defendant should appear and receive the judgment of the court upon the indictment to wludt " he had
pleaded Guilty , if he should be called upon to do so . Emukzzlkment .- William Gill , 20 , clerk , pleaded Guilty to an indictment for embezzling several sums of money belonging to his master , Alfred Hosting . — Mr . Ci'irkson , who appeared for the prisoner , and called several witnesses who spoke to his previous good character , saiila clerk from the firm of the prosecutor , who is a timber merchant , and one of the Surrey bench of magistrates , stated that the prosecutor had no wish to press for n heavy punishment . —The Common Sergeant said the prisoner ' s offence was a bad one , and it was wholly on account of bis previews good ehavftCer that the court passed tho sentence it did . lie was then sentenced to six months '
imprisonment . A Family of Veloxs . —W . ATeavcr , 10 , tailor , Emma AVcavcr , 10 , and AV . AYeavcr , the elder , their father aged 55 , a tailor , wero indicted , the two first prisoners for stealing two pairs of hoofs , a victorine , and a cloak , the property of AVilliam Ives , and tho cider Weaver with receiving tho victorine , knowing it to have been stolen . —The boy pleaded Guilty , and both ho and his sister , two wretched , squalid ,, and half-starved looking little objects , cried mcBfi bitterly while the trial was going on , and reneatci ly kept faying their father was innocent . —It appeared that on Saturday , the 2 lst of last month , a little boy and girl , the son and daughter of the prosecutor , aged seven and four years of age , were met in Church-passage , Spitalfields , by the girl and boy ,
who having told them they would bring them some nuts and cakes , enticed them up a cotirtj where they robbed them of their boots , and tho little girl of nor cloak and victorine , and left them sitting on a stop , where they were found b y a constable , who removed them to the station , and subsequently found their pn-eiits ; and having a knowledge of the boy from , the description the children gave of him , succeeded in taking the boy , and from ( hat circumstance discovered where the elder prisoner lived . —Ball , a polico-seigoant , said from what ho had heard ho wont to Union-court , where the elder prisoner lived , and he there saw him aud the girl , who had the victorine on her neck . The constable then said ha should search the place for sonic coats that had boon worn by the boy when the prisoner became
very abusive , and told tho officer it was no use to come there with his bounce , as he should not search his placo without a proper authority . The officer then commenced his search , but could not find what he wanted , aud on turning round to the girl found the victorine was gone from her neck . Ho asked where it was , when she said she had not had it , and folding her pinafore put it round her neck , which , she endeavoured to persuade the sergeant he must havo mistaken for tho victorine . Tho sergeant then asked the father what ho had done with it , and he said , " So help me God , I have not got it ; I know nothing of it . " Sot being able to find it , and feel ing convinced that prisoner must have taken it , he
searched him , and leeling something bulky under his shirt he put his hand in and found the victorin * next his skin . Prisoner then said , "Oh , God , see what dishonest children bring honest parents to . ' 'Tho little girl declined making any defence . —Tho elder prisoner , when called upon for his defence , affected to cry , aud in a canting tone pleaded his innocence , and during his statement kept looking at the children , who seemed frightened and cried bitterly , both asserting their parent ' s innocence . — Tho jury found them both Guilty , and said that tho conduct of the father was highly to he censured . — The Common Sergeant sentenced the two children to be imprisoned lor two months , and the father for
twelve . Tiik Sloaxes' Case . —The grand jury returned a true bill against George Sloane , and Theresa , his wife , for a misdemeanour . Assault and RoBtrcnY . —AVilliam Thompson , 26 , was indicted for having , in company with two other persona , unlawfully assaulted Aihdphus Dubois , and robbed him of a watch and chain , his propt r : y . — It appeared in this case that about nine o ' clock at ni ght , on the 18 th of December , tho prosecutor , who is a dentist , residing in the neighbourhood of Leicester-square , was walking along Upper Eustonstreet , A ' ow-road , when lie observed three men standing in a door way , apparently to shelter themselves from the rain which was at the time falling
heavily . At the moment he arrived opposite to them they ail rushed upon him , aud a rope or gag was placed round his neck so ti ghtly ss almost to cause strangulation , and upon his making an attempt at resistance one of tho men called out , " Give it him , " and the gag , or whatever instrument was made use of , was then pulled so tightly as to causa immediate insensibility , and while in that state the prosecutor was robbed of his watch and chain . Tho prisoner was clearly proved to be one of tho men concerned in the outrage , and he was shown to bays thrown the watch and ' chain down an area while endeavouring to make his escape . —The jury returned a verdict of Guilty . —Mr . Justice Patte ' son sentenced the prisoner to be transported for life .
Post Office Robbery . —William Burgess Swift , 22 , and Walter Scrivener , 21 , two Post-office clerks , pleaded Guilty to indictments charging them with stealing letters , tbc property of the Postmaster-General . —There were some ' mitigating circumstancus in the case of Swift , and ho was sentenced to bo transported for seven ycn » . The other prisoner was sentenced to be transported for ten years , Ciumse or WitFuLLT Damagixo a Smr at Sea . —Henry Hopper surrendered to take his trial upon an indictment which alleged , that while a certain vessel called the Mary was upon the high seas , and within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty of England , tbe defendant maliciously and felonious ' y cut and damaged the rigging of the said vessel , with intent to render her useless . —Mr . Bodkin , in opening the
case , said that the prisoner was a manner , and waa employed to put pilots on board vessels coming up tho river , and on the 15 th of December he was witn his boat off Dungeness with a pilot , and on the look-out for an Indiunuvn which was expected . Another boat , the Mary , was out with the same object ; and it seemed that it was the custom for tho pilot to be taken from the first boat which came up to the vessel ; and when the ship that was expected came in sight both the boats made the best ot theip wav towards her , and they both attempted to lay hold of her , but in consequence ol tho way that was upon the vessel they were unable to do so , and the pilots became entangled with each other , and while they were in that position tho prisoner cut the halyards of ibe other boat , the effect of which
was to cause tbe foresail to fall . The object ot the prisoner in doing this was possibl y to give his own boat some advantage m getting to tho vessel first , but he failed in that object , for the rival boat having a small one with her , it was made use of , and the persons in her succeeded in getting their pilot onboard the shi p . The question would be , under these circumstances , whether the act comnutted hy the prisoner ' was done with an intent to render the vessel useless ; but it appeared to him that it wouW be more reasonable to suppose that the prisoner only intended to disable the boat for a short period , to enable his own boat to get first
to the shi p , and that it would be straining tho law very much to say , that , such an act as that imputed to the prisoner amounted to felony within the meaning of the statute . The matter had been investigated by a justice residing in the district , and ho had felt it his duty to . send the case for trial , ; and the grand jury having returned a true bill , he was bound to appear and sttt 3 the facta to tlie jury ; but he apprehended that now he had done so , their lordships would be of opinion that it would not be necessary to proceed any further . — The Court ruled that the indictment could not be supported under the circumstances , and the jury therefore returned a verdict of Not Guilty . —The prisoner was discharged accordingly .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 11, 1851, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_11011851/page/7/
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