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MAXSIO 2 C HOUSE . J _* cx Ashohe . —Betsey R . eddin snd John Cox were charged on Saturday , before the Lord Ahm > r , under the following circumstances : —On Friday afternoon the female prisoner took Cox , -who was . a mariner jnst returned from sea , to a drapers shop to purchase lier a shawl . At first , however , slie could not xoake up her mind as to what kind vi * a shawl she ¦ would , hare , and lx > tli retired without making a purchase . Subsequently they paid a sevond visit to the drapers , and this time Miss Betsev fixed her
fancy on a fine showr coloured sha"wl . " The shawl tvas ¦ wrapped up in bro-vra paper -and handed , to Miss Uelssy , Trio inimedialelv took to her heels , leaving Cox , "who "was quite drunk , to pay for it . The shopkeeper suspecting . all -was not right , pursued the female and gave her into eustodv . iliss Betsey , in her defence , said Cox met her , an < i Tohontarily offered to Tray the shawl for her ; but Cox said he had co remembrance "whatever of the transaction- Ho , Cox , ¦ was paid off on Thursday , and had Tbeen ^ raising about ever since . Cox "was liberated with a caution " ; but Miss Betsey "was remanded for a character .
"WjESSXSDAT . TXSXL EXAJOXATIO * ' OT ' WlLLI-iSI BrB-6 ISS . —This day Burgess was nrongbt up for Anal tfiaminauon before the Lord Mayor . The public curiosity Kerned to hart increased , if we art- to judge from the crowds assembled in all the avenues to the justice-room , and in the justice-room itself . The prisoner seemed to be rather oat of spirits , and drooped very much oi er the bar , in Trhieh he vras seated . - Mr . Charles Chatham Law-Teace , < sl 2 so . S , Lincoln-place , 2 ** rw ^ orlii-3 x > ad , MidiUtr--Sex , staled rliat ie was a easMtr in the banting-house oi John Lubbock and Co ,, in Mansion-huuse-stret-t . Un Tuesday , the 3 rd of September , about twenty miuuics before two o ' clock in the afternoon , the cheque produced , for the sum of £ 8 , 000 , drawn bv ilr . Charles Keyser npon
Sir John Tv . Lubboek and Go ., was presented to him fur payment by a person who was not known to him , but ivho "was accompanied by , lie verily believed , the prisoner Uurgess . "Witness inquired the name of the party presenting the cheque , upon which the person who aeeom }» aided the prisoner gave tbe name of Oienfurd . 'Witness then inquired how they ¦ would haTe the amount of the cheque , upon which one of them said in gold , or part in gold , or words to that effect . "Witness then stated that , as they wanted the money in gold , they had better get it at the Bani of UngTand , and he would give them eight £ 1 , 000 BOtes ; and he accordingly gave tht-- person who accompanied lie prisoner The eight . £ l , "OOi > bank notes produced . Mr * Thomas Acer , of 5 o . 15 , Edmund-terrace ,
PentonviHe . a teller in the issue department of the Bank of England , stated that about two o ' clock c-n the 3 rd of September a person , who was a stranger to him , presented at the counter the eight bank-notes for £ 1 , 000 each produced , and required payment thereof in gold . "Witness was short of money at the lime , -and determined to pet £ 10 , 000 from the treasury , and , accordingly , went with Leonard Deane , one of the porters in the issue department of the Bank t © the treasury , which is an adjoining apartment , to get the gold . They brought back ten bags , each containing £ 1 , i . in gold , and witness desired 3 > eane to lay eight of the bags on the counter before the person who was then standing there , and-who then produced two large canvas bass from a carpet has which he
had with him , and put both the bags into the carpet bag , and then attempted to lift it , but was unable to do so , and was ultimately assisted by two porters , nho carried the two bags for hiai mil of the Bank , Mr . Salomon said he had a few observations to mtki- befure thr lord ilajor decided upon the course to l-e pursued towards Mr . Burgess , his client . It would be seen by the evidence which had been adduced that Mr . Bunrsss neither presented the cheque nor received the notes nor the sovereigns , but that iheperson who had bet- - represented as aj accomplice with hi-m had committed the foxyery , and done all ihe subseqnent acts , lie blame of iviiicli was transferred to -the unfurraaate prisoner . It would be observed that 3 ir . Burgess did no : onlv not personate ilr .
Oienford , but thai he had done no more in the leaner of identification than an ordinary stock-broker or Bank clerk would have dose who supposed that the person who had 3 ppSed to hini Tras in rtaiiry the individual he j-rettiidt-d to be . There "was no proof whatever that tLc prisoner Lad performed any act calculated to show that he was aware that Elder , who had since destroyed- himself , was any other than th = ilr . Oxcnford he represented himself u » br . To say the least of the history of all tht transactions , there - » va * something so acibigiioiis in Tturn as to lead to a faiioi" * of satiiiactorT proof that the prisoner ¦»
that the prisoner was deceived by _ Elder , who was a mu ^ -ii older and a mere aperienced Tnn-n and belonged to the cla--i oj" hcrso-deaiers , amongst whom wt-re to be f"Ulid several in whose honour it would be ussafc to conr . dv . "PThat could ilr . Burgess gain by engaging in an aifuir of thi * land ! He was a young ¦ mn-n , only twenty-four years of age , who held a fine situation , and had great yrospvcts " before Trim . Be had bten placed in that situation i >; . s fixrecior of the Bank , whSe Elder was a per .-ua who and so recommendation of the kind , ano was : hf indi vidua ! by the acknowledgm * -.: • £ ali i --. rased in all the at-:-, whii-h had been carried ov > , lie rvgular iiistrumt-nt by -which the plunder was edi-ctcd . Mr . Burgess Ttas , in fact . Hi-< Iupe o / Sder . It tvss much to Ik rezreited ' -hat Elder was not in the bar where the prisoner stood . The pris . -zi : t iad acted , no doub ^ with a rer ; culpable want ofcauti .-n . but he was ayonnsraan who , althoujA i ..---ie .-s-.-d of an
eicellent educanun , was tstremely inesj ^ erienced iiij thoughtless , and was , therefore , just the sort of pcrsua to be iForied opoa by = nch a ¦ nan as . Elder , who , by tieiiroving himself , manifested his decided opinion that there ms BO chance of escape for a man who had not only done all the mischief , but subjected 2 tlr . Burgess to the imputazioii cf bang his accomplice . The Lord iiayor : 1 brlieve tht prisoner to be a guiity participator . If he had a good ritn ^ nn ia tbe Saik , i-. iy did lie ran away as the companion of Elder 1 2 & ? . Salomon : 1 r ^ -n give a srtx-d reason for his having absconded , but T do not consider : t prudent to state it now . The Lord . Mayor : I shall sa ^ nothing to prejudice the ca = e , but 1 shall comnjit the prisoner for trial The witx-tsst-s having been all sworn to appear at the Central Criminal Court to give evidence a ^ alns ^ tit prisoner at the next session , he was taken t ) j John Forrester to 5 *?? rz 2 . ie .
GUILDHALL . Osz or the Heroes or Chisa . —John M'Chrystal , in tie tattered dress of the . 2 Grd Regiment of Jtative inianQy , but who was hardly afo ] e to wulk in consequence of " the rhenmaik-s , applied to Mr . Alderman " Wood for rt-lief , or to T >? admitted into one of the hospitals . 1 "he poor fellow stated , that on Friday lie applied to tlie City of London Union for a j ktle relief , and lie was " sent down to Feekhain fr ith the intimation that he was' to attend at Guildhall to be passed to Ireland as yesterday . TJnfortnnately , from having nearly lost the" use of hi ? limbs , he ^ id Jiol arrive until after the pass-ma- ^ ter had left ; beimj ill and destitute , he had no place to
go to , or a iarihing of money ; were he to -walk back to Pectham it "would be his ruin . Under these circumstances he "wished to get an asylum in one of tie hospitals tmtil he could be passed . Mr . Alderman Wood said he had no power to assist him , he had better apply to the parish aeain . In reply to several questions , the poor fellow said that ie had formerly been in the Madras Horse Artillery , but had his discharge purchased bv ^ he officers of the 23 rd Native Infantry , who made him the bandmaster . TVhen hostilities commenced with China he Trent ^ with the regiment , and was in all the various
engagements connected with the Chinese war . The victorious army often being obliged to sleep on the ground , he , amongst hundreds of others , got violently attacked with rheumatism ; so severe was the fe ^ er , that , "when he recovered , it was found that he would never obtain tie use of his limbs , on "which he was sent home invalided . Having some prize money to receive he had remained in London , but as that would not be paid for two months , he was completely "worn out and in -want , and at the present time was without a iarthins to get a lodginsr . X ' pon the poor fellow being again informed that nothiag could be done for hini , he left the office , remarking-, " " this is the price of dorv . "
-s-sS-itXT . —On ilonday , Robert Clifford , a iourneymtn carpenter , was brought before ilr . Alderman " j . Johiison , charged with breaking a policexunji " s s ^ -m . Serg-e ^ ni "White , ? ¦ -f the City Polict . suited tLat the prisoner -was brougnt \ v ie police-station about two o ' clock on Sunday morning by a policeman named Saniuel Cuventy , and charged wiUi assaulting him . The constable stated that he was on duty at the corner of St Hartia - v -le-grand znj Newgate-street and that the prisoner cai ^ e up and ask-d lum-trfaichwas Sewgate-street 1 The constable told hiui
that -sras Sewgate-ro-eet . The prison .. r saidit was a d d lie , and gaveTiiin what is called the leg , or wrestler ' s trip . The constable fell , and his arm was so broken that the elbow was forced upwards half ivaj to the shoulder . IU jest the man to the hospital immediately . . Mr . Alderman Johnson inquired if any further provocation was stated to iiat-e beex . given -ftra-n he had already mentioned , anil £ iied if ihe poKceznan was sober ? "Witness replied , quilt SO . The . Alderman asked if the prisoner was also sober ? The sergeant said he had been drinking , but knew verv
¦ well what he was about . Mr . Alderman Johnson inquired whether the constable ' s statement was made in the prisoner ' s presence ? The sergeant said it was . The certificate of Mr . Held , the house-surgeon of St . Bartholomew ' s , stated that Samuel Coveney was admitted "with a fracture of the boae of the left arm , and the injury vtas so serious that it was necessarv to make him an inpatient . The prisoner , in answer to the charge , said be "JFas extremely sorry . TT <» iras not sober at the time- The Alderman remanded him till Saturday , in the hope that the injured man may then be able to attend and give eridenee _
CLEKKESWELL . ItopsACEFCL AssArLT . —Mr . John Baker , a tradesman living in St . John ' s-lane , was charged -with assanMn ^ Mrs . Sheppard , a respectable married ~ wo-/ JQ ^ Jm nspi Smnner-street , ClerkenwelL Mrs . _ SfiegPatj q ^ posea that on Wednesday last she was -r £ J $ f £ f $ ? ty $ L&b St . John ' s-square , -Bhen the prisoner - '_ ^ witff ^!^ a ^^ png ' herhy ihe cloak , exclaimed , " I i r ^^^ *^| wJfiSiarge . *' - The lady exclaimed that she ^^^ Kgv&r ^^ HiiTjempe , and asked whyie should in' ^ ^^^ yi ^ tery ' ^ ntepnsoner said he-gas certain she ^ jpBi ^ pra ^ erSG ^^ iorBtoifi a sheet fromnnn . She again ^^ Vffiliirea' ^ piwfceisted she knew nothing "whatever aiwutiim . Irat he threatened to-giTe her in charge to
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a constable unless she accompanied him to his house . Greatly frightened , she complied , and "when there the wife and children of the prisoner declared she was not the person , and she -was set at liberty . Mrs . > liepTiard declared she had been ill ever since from the fright . The prisoner , in defence , said , a person whom he had treated hospitably had stolen a slieet from him . and he thought Mrs .- Sheppard was the person . Baker was fined £ 2 , and paid the money . Chasct . of Beggixg . —On ilonday Catherine Collins , avid 15 . a miserable-looking creature , with scarcely any other covering than an old plaid shawl , was charged with becjrinir . Horsford , the Mendicity officer , proved the offence-, and it appeared from the statement of this officer that the jirisoner , her mother , and'tvo sisters , inhabit a miserable room in Church-lane . S * . Giles ' s . The -wretched mother sends out these three girls to beg . The other two are of the respective ages of eight and ten years . The prisoner had been already twice committed for begging .
The mother , who had the face of an old toper , was called in , and > he said she had often applied for admission to St . Giles " s workhouse , but was refused . She got an allowance of bread from one of the overseers , but it was totally inadequate to the supply of herself and children . Horsford said , when he arrested the girl on that evening she was shivering with cold ; and the Secretary to the Mendicity , compassionating her condition , and not wishinp her to br ? rui to prison , sent witness vrirn her to St . GUii ' = workhouse ; but although the girl had been b >> m in that parish , the overseer positively refused to receive hc-r . and he was compelled to bring her before the Court . He did not blame the girl at all , she was compelled b _ i her mother to go out to beg . The poor girl , who shivered with cold , and cried bitterly , expressed her anxiety t <> go into the workhouse , or any place to avoid the miser ; , she suffered . The Magistrate sent oue of the warran ; i > lKcersivith her to St . ( iiles ' s norkhouse , requestin ^ her immediate admission .
UNION BALL . EiTRAOaDiSAHT Case . —George Ilazell Frazer , a yountr man of independent property , was placed at the bar before Mr . L ' ottingham , charged with stealing two half-crowns , two shillings , and a sixpence from the person of Mary Thorpe , the wife of an engineer , living in Broadwall . The prosecutrbc , a pretty-looking young female , stared that she was in a public house at the corner of tlie Mint , Suuthvrark , on Wednesday evening , when the prisoner came in , and , after accosting her , robbed her of the monvy ami a latc-h key . She gave him into custody , when two half-crowns were found on him , one of which was identified by the prosiecutrix bv having a mark on the rim which she swore to . The latch k ev was found in
his coat pocket . Ihe prisoner said that her statement was all fa ]<<\ He met her in a public-house called the * " Naked Boy , " near the Town-hall , when she accompanied him to a brothel . She said that her cousin kept the '" Talbot Inn , '' and a gentleman at the latter place had ill-used her . She was intoxicated at the time . Ik denied that the money found on him was hers ; and as for the key . he could not account for its In'ing in his pocket . She dropped some money in the street , and refused to pick it up , a few minutes prior to her giving him into custody . The pr isoner received an excellent character from several st-ntliiaen . Mr . Cottingham said the evidence was of so conflicting a nature that he should commit tbv prisoner for trial , but would accept Kail for his future
WORSllir-STREET . I ) aili . no Street Robdeet by a I'nosTiTrTE . —Jane Btirtoii n- 'i'tf Wyatt . a prostitute , John YYyatt , her brut her , and George Street , were this day brought before Mr . Broughton , charccd with the following rob-Wry . Ilonry Tapling , a carpet manufacturer , residing iu Wood-street , ( . "heapside , deposed that on the preceditiir ni-. ; ht , a little alter twelve , Ik- was returning home from a party at Hackney , and on reaching Eagle-street , tity-road . he met the female prisoner , who accosted him , riHjueasting that he would give ht > r something to drink . Tliis he refused , when she laid hold oi" him ai « d wi-hftl him to accompany Ikt home . This he aJ ~ £ > refuse *! , and having < li > oi 3 L . "ig ( tl himself f / -ojii ht-r . was al > out to leave , when she struck at ias he ihnu- / iit « a liditod cijrar which he then had in hi >
mouih , and walked a war . lie had cola sh » rt dis' . smi- when be found that >! : - ¦ bad taken a valuable breast-pin fn > m hisstix-k . Ho then rvturncd to the > treet . where be had ni"stmet her , and ai tin * comer snw lu-r talkin ; : to the two male prisoners . When > he >;>> v hini > hc pa . * - * ed tin- ]> in to Wvatt , who put his hands- into his coat pockets , lluviuc riven the alarm , i '; . c pulire ; canw up and they were takvn to the station-huuse ^ denying all kimwiedge of the pin . They . w > r » .- sean-hed , but nothinsr found . Serjeant Shee ibeii prove »* ilt ' d to the spot , and , alter a short search , taiiu ' . i the pin exactly wht-re the prifoners had l > ecn -Sanding . Mr . Iiruiigbton di-ci « ied on sending them all for trial , but Mr . Vine , the chief clerk , not dee-min ^ ' t hf cave srrong cnouirh agai «> t Street , lit * was ¦ ii-H-hanre » i . and the tithers fullv committed to
Newgate . GUEENWICH . M-- > -r > iT . —? ao 7 Lini >' ' i—not i * TIiGH I . itx . —Sarah T . ' raiherbT . the wife of a seaman , was charged with > teali ; : i- troin The -bop of Me ^^ r ^ . Lt-rsliaiv and Lou--, linen irap-r * . of L-nd-. n-strwt . <« re «! iiwich . three pit-ces of r ; l >!> "n . val u-- ' ^ A la J namrd Walk-r . in t ) ies < rvic . nf the ; rv---r < -ut < .. r-. < 3-.-j »» s € -d tbat tht- jiri * -on--r f r . ti-red : l » e < ho }> l" -tv .. ^ -n mi ,- iii-l "t-n o : i > : itur' \ av iii ; . ' ht . "^ he jiurthasvil «¦ -me c . i ! i-- > and other ar ' . irlc * , anio : )^> t whici » was some ribl » jn , bu : ; k > i that CL > u » ti : uTinc the present charge . V »" irj » r- ^ . i . ;¦ .. ! not > ell her anv of -La : ii' -v . jiroduced . John -= oj : t A ! : « Wrson d * - |> o ?; -f ! liar 2 i-r also is in the employ of { . ro ^ rruiur s . On - ^ arurtfa ^ i » i ^ -ht - « i : m-s . s was in the shop , i : id < Ii « rii : i-: lv > . " i « tin * jirij-oiier , whilst bis
fellow-shopniaii "? - but-k was turned . MCret tiiu pieies ol the ribbon bviuath ! : rr c ! ' -ak . He inimedialelv iufi-insid Mr . Lowe < : " the circumstance , who ^ ent lV > r a police-cons- ' a . ble . " " : ; iie 55 idtiitined the arnclt-s by thr private aiark as ) ir- « wj : ' -rs' j . roportT . I'olicv constable Hav , I ' l R , dei » . 5 ed thai he was called up < jn to taki th « .- jiru- ^ ner into cu ^ ttMis . He waited at the pro » rcutors ' & }) oj > -door until fhf- < -ame out , whtn he asked her to jrive up the ribbon fhr had talk-n . The prisom-r denied having any , when lit ^ a . ^ her jail her hand into hir bosom , and endrr-. voir •¦• throw something away . Up caught hold of 1 . ^ r iiaiij . and Joand in it Ibtr two pieces now jjrodueed . 11 ^ - th-u t-. Kik hvr to the station-house , when directions wi-r < - piv « n that she should be searched . The searcher sul' ^ e-jueiiiJv ha n'le-1 to him the third piec ** . Margartt sj ry- said that on Saturday she wa-s callt-d lipon tu search ' . he prisoner ; prior to doing so -he a * kfcd lit-r wLtriiit-r ^ h ^ lia d aiivtiiiiiir about lit- r t-be ^ is-ht-d tt > irive
uji . Prisoi ' . cr answered no . She theu proo « -vled i < j ± rz . rc ) : her , and , whilst unlacing her stays , ? -he observed pri ' .-ner tbrast her hand into h < -r bo'om and withdraw " > ni ( tliins winch she endeavoured t > . throw into the lire . ^• ie immediately laid hold of her hand and took the pit-ie ofsri-iT ) ribbon , which she subsequently handed over to the constable . Mr . Evans , solicitor , who appeared for the wretched woman , who seemed to feel deeply her disgraceful situation , declined making any defence . Shu was then fully committed , and the witnesses bound over to prosecute . Mr . Evans then made application that the prisoner might be held to bail , stating that she was very heavy in the family way , and in such a bad state of health that she was an oat-patient of the Kent Dispensary , adding that he had unexceptionable bail present , who would become bound in £ 300 , should the magistrate require it . itr . Jeremy , after a little consideration , agreed to accept two bail , in £ 50 each for prisoner ' s appearance at the Old Bailev sessions
WIDSESDAT . — GBOSS UUTlAGX VtOS X CHILD IN A Rail'hav Cakbiagz . —Charles Havers , a fellow disguised in the srarb of a gentleman , residing at No . 2 , Park-place , East Greenwich , was placed at the bar before Mr . Jeremy , charged with indecently assaulting Catherine Francis , a young female , about fourteen years of age , in one of the carriages of the London and Greenwich Railway . The complainant , a pretty and interesting child , being sworn , ? tatx-d that she at present resides with her grandmother , at Maidenstone-hill , Greenwich , and that yesterday afternoon she was sent by her grandmother on business to her mother , who resides in High-street , Bloomsbury . Her mother accompanied her on her return as far as Skinnerstreet , whtre she left her to pursue her way to the railway station at the foot of London-bridgt , where she met with
the prisoner , who asked her if she was going lo Greenwich by the train . Being answered in the affirmative , he said he was going too , and would accompany her . She rejected his offer , when he said it was all nonsense , he warned a cijrax and tlien th * - ^ ' sh ould both * ro together . She refused , when he seized her by the hand and dragged her into a tobacconist ' s . When they came out , he asked her to go and have some brandy au-1 water , which she refilled . He then accompanied her to the railway station , vrhere he insisted on paying her fare , although she put down mon «} for xhat purpose . He th-.-n followed lu-r and cot iiito the same carriage with her . and seated himself beriiie her , closing the shutters . On the journey down the prisoner put his arm round her waist and his hand into her bosom . She tuld him lv be quiet , and shifted her seat , but the prisoner followed . On arriving at Greenwich she claimed the protection of another person , who travelled in the same curiage with them . The charge
was corroborated by other persons , who , suspecting the prisoner , watched him , and witnessed his indecent behaviour . The prisoner , on being asked what he had to say for his disgraceful conduet , said merely , " I was mistaken in the person : I took her for somebody else . " Mr . Jeremy , in passing sentence , remarked , that in the whole course of his magisterial capacity he had never met a more disgusting case , and that he should not be doing his duty did he not put the law in full force against the prisoner . It was really a monstrous state of things that a child , even of such tender years , could not escape the observation of a set of lewd fellows who infested the streets merely for the purpose of inveigling young females into their power for the gratification of their sensual lusts . It was the grossest case he had ever met with . He then sentenced the prisoner to pay a finejof £ 5 , and , in default , committed him for one month . The prisoner shortly afterwards paid the fine , and sneaked ofil
BOW STREET . TnsDAT . —Shopitftisg . —rTMs being the day appointed for the re-examination of Leah iiary Roper , who stands charged with stealing a roll of satinet from the shop of Messrs . Hardwiclc , the court was crowded at an early hour with silk-mercers , linen-drapers , and others , who have lost property to a considerable amount ; by some of whom the prisoner was identified as having frequented their establishments for the ostensible purpose of making purchases . It appeared from the evidence , that on the afternoon of Monday , the 2 nd instant , the prisoner entered the shop of Messrs , Hardwick , silk-mercers , in High Holborn ,
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where she made purchases of various articles , amounting to a few shillings , to pay for which she placed a half sovereign on the counter , telling the young man in attendance that ^ she had business a tew yards away , and would call on her return for the change . She then left the shop , and immediately after a roll of satinet , containing forty-six yards , valued six guineas , was missed from the counter . On returning for her change , she was apprised of the loss , but she denied all knowledge of it , iui' 1 being taken into the warehouse , where she was again questioned fcy the prosecutors , she admitted having taken the property , and pledged it at the shop of a pawnbroker at the opposite side of . the street , where , upon being accompanied by an officer , the silk was recovered , and she was given in charge .
The prisoner was next charged with stealing twenty-four yards of silk from the shop of Messrs . Harvey , of Knightsbridge , silk mercers . A shopman belonging to Mr . Stephens , pawnbroker , of VTardour-street , Soho , produced a remnant of silk , pledged by a female he believed to be the prisoner , in the name of Kcrson , on the 18 th of November , for the sum of £ 1 15 s . Constable Thompson also said he had ascertain * il thnt . ( luring 1 the last two years , the prisoner was in llie habit of paying her tradesmen with pawnbrokers' duplicates for silk goodB , some of which ha succeeded in t . bt ; iining possession of . The prisoner declined making any defence . She was fully committed for trial , but ordered to bu brought up again * in a week .
QUEEN SQUARE . Tuesday . —A Love Affaib . —ilaillson Sarah Shuttleworth , a very pretty-looking and smartly-dressed girl , about eighteen years of age , was charged with unlawfully detaining three silk handkerchiefs , six cornelian studs , and out shirt , the i-roj . erty of John Miller , a rough-lookingj si-a-faring man , who appeared to be about doublo her age . Defendant having admitted that the property was in her possession , Mr . Bond said , " what is yonr reason for detaining it \ " Defendant , ( in a simpering tone ) : He sued me fur inv hand and heart . I told him I could not
consent to marry him . My friends objected to my union with such a person . Mr . Boml ~ . Do you not think it dishonourable to detain these things , which were given to you by this person under the idea th ; U you were likely to become . liis wife * Defendant : I'll acknowledge it's dishonouj-able ; hut ho has cruelly persecuted me . He gave me into custody for stealing these things , and I was immediately discharged . Mr . Bond ( to comx'lainant ) : I suppose you were courting this young woman ? Complainant : Courted her ! ah , that I did ! My choice was mad- ' , I set all my heart on her . I liavu not asked her for half tin ? things 1 gave her . I gave her cornelian
earrings ; 1 gave her a silver ring from my own finger ; I gave her a row of beads . Defendant : You endeavoured to take away my character . You persecuted me . Cunr plainant : 1 have walked the deck in many a heavy gale , ; 1 have worked hard for everything I possess . If I didn ' t bear a go-nl character 1 couldn ' t be a ship ' s officer . I set my heart on her , and thought I should be happy , and she tricked me . Mr . Bond ( to defendant ) -. Do you admit having had these presents he speaks of ? Defendant : Yes , sir , some of them . "Some of them , " exclaimed tie son of "Xeptuiif , " all of them , and more . Didn't I buy j on your wt-ililing bonnet ? Didn ' t ] give yon your wedding ring ? Didn ' t 1 give you three gold sovereigns ? " The ladv be ^ an to shid tears , and g ' ne symptoms of fainting ,
when a bussman , whu was near her , put his arm round her waist , and sinking gradually into his arms , the lady was ltd to a seat . The seaman continued : I gave her three giild sovereigns , and then she sjielt for more . Our names were called out in the church ; the day was fixed , and : iH settled , when she wrote to say she was going down into Lisu- ' -lnsliiri * . , Ur . Bond recommended her to give u- , < tiit hnmlkvrchit-f * and studs . Defendant handed them out . Hr . Bond said he would make no order about the shirt , but could not see what use a shirt could be to the lady . l » t-iVndnnt appeared to iliink it but little , and as complainant was leaving ihe room exclaimed , " Now , sir , to i-how you that I ha \ e no ill-ferlinf * ., Hike \ our shirt . ' Tli « tar ¦! . •! a ? - requested , and tht- parties tli--n >\ ithdre \ w
MAKLBOUOr < Jll-STHKKT . T \" ei >> . esdat . —A Tale ok a slot-pail . —A ease of disputed j . > r" ]< rietor . shii > of a hotw-pail having occurred between Joseph Bannister and Stephen Edward ? , a brace of buhh-is iu "Newport . Market , ilr . llanlniek , the . sitting magistral ' -, was called upon tu giu- his suUmil adjudication on vbe HvatUr . The cmiplainanl end led at largo into the statistics of his right to the pail . He had bought it , lie said , i ' orliis-. stable , twelve mouths ago , and had used i : up to the . time when he missed it , uiie day last week . Hi- t ! i > c .. vi-rt-d the puil doing duty in liiv d » leudaut ' s jard , and On claiming it the detend'inl ret ' used to give , it up , alleging that he had purchased the lee simple , when new , < jfa irnt' Jlirii . ' hawk- r , for Is . t ; d . Complainant declared h- inilil i . ii-ntify the pail iu Mirious itais , but more particular ! -. !•> a ii . uh in ilit ^ dv . "huh h ; td been cut with a
* ii-v > - !•» i-i . ] iti * i .-uii' -: j . "If- lliis y . ur pnil '" snid the deii-u'da .: !! . u ! it \ ing a large j . ire . l , iind jT-during the cho .- in Ktiim . " I'll swear to that notch , " -. aid the compia-nant , eiujjiiniiu- the )> ail ; " ami here ' s j > r "" f enough as it ' s mini ' , " clapping t » his nose something he had scraped from . the paii with his thumb , and ofivring the same evidence i" ihe b \ -stamWrs . " Hire ' s a lump tifhorst . * -dun ( « liicii •• lions lire pai ] must t > e mill ' , ros the , defendant iievt-r keeps no horsts . " "Yuur worship , said the defendant . " this man ' s only a coiniuc- > n co < t < -rmonper , and o . nsenueuth aiut t « i be livlieied < iii his oath . I've pot two witnesses uh . it 'ij pro \ e as ; his pail is my pail . " Tlic dcfriVdnut t-. r ,- ! oallnl liis sun , a shai-j > little l » . y , aKmt ti-ii \ ears of : »• _ '<• . The nature ol th < - vvideuee whieh the t »> v had to t / fl ' er "as uJiar may 1 *« ' tinned the " proof personal . " It affords an illustration of the " wisdom of our ancestors" in pre ^ vribinj : the practice of " bumping for boi : nds , " a prori-s-. wliereby a witners i = i sure to have a particular fact forcibly imjtressed on his mind l * y a
corresponding forcible impression on a retentive part of his person . Tb < - fhitf Clirls , liowiwr , in bis hrst fj \ ustibn , had nearly put the lad c > ut of court . The boy was asked whether it wa .- a good thing or a bad thing to tell a story . Hoy : till , a i . ' * i'j < l thing , if the story is a rum un . " Mr . Ilarduick suggested to the ck-rk thv expediency of varying the terms nf the query Accordingly , the boy was asked if it was right or wrung to tel ) a " lie ; " ami having given a tatisfaetory answer , he was required to say whether he knew whose pail it was . Hoy : " It's father's . " Mr . Hhrdwick : ' ¦ lion do y-. u jiro \ e that V Hoy : " C « s mother gave me a jolly good hiding for Cittiiip that there notch in it . " T ?> e duughter was lies ! called . She said if the bottom of tile pail were examined , a ' - ¦ M-c-inii-n of her abilitk-s in line engraving with a crook-e < l nail would be found . Tin ' pail was reversed , and the hieroglyphics were discovered . Against this liody of evidence it was impossible to struggle . The case was dismissed . The defendant rfjou ) d « red tJje pai ) , am ! walked njjin triumpli . '
VTAKDSWOFiTU . ¦ Wednesdai . —Extiiaobdisary Case . —Jam . es James , who was nine years in the M division of the Metropolitan police , and afterwards chief officer of the lianbury constabulary , was placed in the dock before Mr . Paynter for final examination upon two distinct charges of felony ; and Richard Tyas , described as a watch-case maker , but who Was for some lime in the Oity police , was also finally examined upon a charge of endeavouring corruptly to obtain reward for the restoration of the property 8 Uilcn by the first-mentioned prisoner . The evidence taken is excessively voluminous . The circumstances under which the prisoners came into custody are brie-fly these : —Mr . Burt , a cow-keeper , in Crescent-bane , Clapham , had a child ' s chaise and a truck stolen from his premises ; the chaise on
the 21 st of September lait , and the truck six weeks afterwards . He heard nothing of his property until Friday , the : 29 th of November , when a letter was left at his house , which was to the effect that tlie writer would for a reward of five shillings tell him where the property was . The letter was signed Thomas Long , and the answer was directed to he sent to a coffee-house in the neighbourhood of Finsbury-square . Mr . Burt showed the letter to Sergeant Emmerson , 9 V , and that officer , by his wish , answered it , agreeing to the writer ' s terms . On the morning of Tuesday , the 3 rd of December , the prisoner Tyas brought another letter , and in consequence of what was stated therein , Mr . Hurt made an agreement to meet Tyas at the "Waiworth-gate , at ten o ' clock the next morning . Tyas kept the appointment , and took the prosecutor
to the shop of Jlr . Wedge , a broker , in Trafalgar-row , Walworth-common , where be saw the chaise and claimed it . The man who called himself Long was to have met them to have showed Mr . Burt where the truck was , but he did not , and the latter gave Tyas a shilling for his trouble , and went home . On Thursday morning Tyas went with the prisoner James to the prosecutor ' s house , and . Mr . Burt identified him as the man who hod brought the first letter . Prosecutor and the prisoner proceeded towards Walworth , followed by Police-con stable Minne , 70 V , who was in plain clothes . When the party had reached the Brixton-road , James left them , telling the prosecutor to give the reward to Tyas . The prisoner afterwards took the prosecutor to Messrs . Carly and Son , brokers , Portland-row , Wahvorth-comimra , and there he saw his truck ;
lie then gave Tyas into the custody of Police-cons table Minne . Tyas , when before the magistrate on Friday , declared that he was innocent of any fraud ; he was asked by James to take Mr . Burt to the shops where his property was , and he did it as a friendly act . lie gave the policeman Minne information as to where he would find James , and the constable succeeded in apprehending thar prisoner on Friday night , at Islington . James was examined Oil Friday , and his defence was that he had heard a thief bragging of having robbed Mr . Burt , and where he had sold the property . He wrote to that person , thinking to do him an act of kindness , and- he asked five shillings for his trouble ; this he considered was doing no harm . The magistrate said that the fact of corruptly
obtaining money by helping another to his property which had been stolen was a felony , and the atteinpt was a misdemeanour , supposing the fact of stealing the articles was not proved against him ; he should commit him for the misdemeanour . Evidence having been heard in support of the charge , Mr . Paynter said he should commit the prisoner James upon two distinct charges of felony , and the prisoner Tyas would be separately indicted for endeavouring corruptly to obtain reward for helping another to stolen property , which was a misdemeanour under the 7 th and 8 th George IV ., c . 29 . The proseedtor could also , if he thought fit , indict James for conspiring-with Tyas for the like offence . The prisoners were then-fully committed for trial at the next session of the Central Criminal Court . ' rji n ¦ i j ~ rf a ~ f n ^^^^^^^^^^ ~ h **> d \^ * — * — — —
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HOME CIRCUIT . Chelmsford , Saturday , Dec . 7 . —Sarah Johnson , 14 , was indicted for feloniously setting fire to a stack ol straw , valuu £ 40 , the property of William Bacon , at the parish of Ilempstead . Mr . Ryland . conducted the prosecution ,, and Mr . C . Grey appeared for the prisoner . The prosecutor deposed , that the prisoner was in his service as nursery-maid on the 16 th of August , and had lived with him for more than six months in that capacity . About ten or eleven o ' clock On the morning of the day in question he was out in the field harvesting , w * hen he observed . some smoke in the direction of his stack-yard , and upon going there he found a staek of straw on fire , and it was completely consumed . The value of the stack was £ 40 . On the morning of the fire he had reprimanded the prisoner
for not pay ing proper attention to the children . She did not make any . answer when he spoke to her . Harriet Stock , a servant in the em / jloy of the prosecutor , proved that on the morning of the fire , and just before it broke out , she . saw the prisoner come in a direction from the staek-yartl , with her master ' s baby in her arms . There had been a fire at the neighbouring village of Blagden about a fortnight before , and on the day it happened the prisoner saul she liked to see a good fire , and she should like to see her master ' s place on fire , adding that if the straw was fired it would be sure to light the buildings . On the day of the fire at the prosecutor ' s , she told the prisoner that the police had been there making inquiries , and had asked some questions about her , and on her saying this the prisoner appeared very confused , and walked
away . Catherine Itumball , another of the prosecutor ' s servants , also proved that she saw the prisoner come out of the stack-yard a very few minutes before the stack burst into fiames . Thomas Jioore , a police constable , deposed that he apprehended the prisoner on the day of the tire , and shi : took him to the place where the stack had stood , and pointed out in the ashes where she first saw the fire . The prisoner was taken before , a magistrate the next morning . IIev mother was standing by her , and she told her she was sure to go to prison , as she was taken on suspicion of having caused the fire . The prisoner replied , " Nobody saw me do it , although I was in-the stack-yard . " David Smith , an inspector of police , deposed that the prisoner was placed in his charge after she had been taken into custody , ; uul he heard htr say to a woman , named Uumball , who was sitting up with her , " If I said I had lighted tile fire , peoplu would believe me , but I am not so
soft . No one saw me do it , and they cannot hurt me . " When the prisoner was before the magistrates she said that she knuiv nothing about the fire , This was the ease against the prisouer . Mr . Grey briefly addressed the jury , but the evidence was too clear against the prisoner to give him the least chance of doing so successfully , ifr . Justice Williams summed up , and the jury , after a short deliberation , returned a veriliet of Guilty , but at the same time strongly recommended- the prisoner to mercy on account of her youth . The Learned Judge ordered the prisoner to be called up for judgment , and after remarking that the conduct of the prisoner evinced great malignity , said he felt it his duty to sentence her to bu transported for fifteen years . He added , that the recommendation of the jury should be forwarded to the Secretary of State , who might , if he pleased , direct the infliction of a milder seiitenee .
Highway IteiiBEttY . — Joseph 1 unbridpe , 20 , John Hammond , , and John Brown , 1 . 8 , were convicted of a highway robbery , with violence , upon William . Sorrell , and sentenced to be transported for se \ en years . This case concluded the business of the assize . CHESTEK . Dec . C . —Awful Casd oi- Paheicii > e . — A young woman , aged * ' () , having the appearance of a servant , was placed at the bar , charged with the wiM ' ul murder ot' her own father , Kiclmrd Gallop , at Monk's- Coppeuhall , on the iiid-of Nov .,-by : th «' administration of arsenic . The AltoriK y- (; iiur ; iJ , Mr . Temple , and Mr . Twwiistiid , were counsellor the prosecution ; and Mr . Tratlord for the prisoner . From the evidence adduced in support of the charge , it appeared that about eight months ago the
deceased , who was a joiner , and his family , removed from Liverpool to I ' rewe . in the township of Monk ' s Cuppenlinll , for the purpose " of working at the extensive works belonging to the ( Jnuul Junction Kailway Company . The deceased and his wife did not live luippilv together , anil about si . x months ago the latter committed suicide by cutting her throat . After that the family eoilsisud of the prisoner , her lather , the daughter of Iris wife by a former husband , uiid : > . ledger , njmitd William l ' razer . After the death oi' his Wife , the prisoner ' s father treated h-t-r with considerable severity , ami , on one occasion , when she hati voiistvd soiiu ! potatoes too hard , he threatened tu beat her tvith a ritrap . This she complained of to htr half sister , and said that , as she had no comfort at home , she w . mld K ° to si-rvie * -. During tin time the prisoner
was residing i" Liverpool , she Ueeaint ii . c-4 u 11 i 11 tt .-d with a . voting man named l > uva ! , and about the beginning of Oct ., there being a cheap train from L ' lvwe to Liverpool , the prisoner anninineed her intention of going by it , but her father was very angry with her , itrnl refused to allow her to go , us he sui « l it was only for the purpose of seeing her sweetheart , and he disuppruved of the connection . Shortly nff-er that the prisoner purchased a pennyworth of arseiiii . , I ' m- the purpose , as she said , ot ' destroy ing rats and mice . Subsequently she purchased 11 second pennyworth , and on the 2 nd of Nov . she piirchusrd twopenny worth . About thrtf weeks before the last mentioned day the father o ' " the prisoner became ill , and so eotitimud up to that day , when , after partaking of some arrowroot , he was seized with \ ioleut vomiting and
purging , which increased during the night , and early on the morning of the ttrd of November he died . A surpeovi attended him during the nipht , and treated him t \> v cholera . On the . Sunday morning a constable , named Keuty , went to the house and saw the prisoner . He told her he hail come for the purpose of making inquiry respecting the death of her father , and cautioned her . After this he proceeded to put a number of questions to her , whieh , together with her ansivws , he produced . Mr . Trafl ' oril objected to this evidence being admissible , as it had been made by the prisoner under inducement , and he cited the c ;\ se of the KiuK V- Ui'ew , quoted in the 2 d vol . of " Kussell on Crime , " p . WO . The learned judge overruled the objection . The constable Kenty then read the statement to the court , from which it
appeared that the prisoner admitted she had purchased the poison , but said it was purchased by the direction of her father , for the purpose of destroying rats , and that she hud seen u vat on the previous Thursday , and had tohl her sister of it . Whilst Kenty was in the housu the prisoner took a handkerclijef t ' roin a chest , which the eonstable took possession of , and in it lie found a packet containing mix vomiea . The prisoner afterwards placed a small paper parcel in a drawer , which the constable also took possession of . -In a cupboard he found two loaves of bread and a piece of cake . All these were placed in the hands of Mr . David Wildie , of Liverpool , for the purpose of being analysed . It was proved by the evidence of Mr . Stevenson , a surgeon , that the body of the deceased , on post mortem examination , presented all
the appearances internally of having been acted on by some irritant poison , and both he and Mr . Rayner , of Stoekport , were 61 'opinion that death was caused by the effects of arsenic . The half sister of the prisoner proved that on the Friday before the death , the prisouer made the cukes and the bread , and that she ( the witness ) , the prisoner , and Fraser , the lodger , all partook of the cakes , immediately after whieh they all were taken ill and obliged to go to bed . Mr . Wadle , the chemist , deposed to having analyzed the stomach of the deceased , and its contents , in which he discovered white arsenic . He also discovered arseuic in the cakes and the bread ; and in 200 grains of arrow-root he detected 100 grains of arsenic . It was attempted to elicit , in behalf of the prisouer , that she was labouriiiK under insanity ; but the only
facts deposed to by the witnesses on this point were , that about six months ago , at the time her mother committed suicide , her conduct was rather strange ; that she did not sleep for a whole \ Ye , and that , during , the time the mother of the prisoner was pregnant of her , she was insane , and several times attempted to destroy herself . Mr . Traflbrd addressed the jury for prisoner at some length , contending that the case was enveloped in so much doubt that the jury could not safely convict . That the probability was , the deceased had taken the arsenic by mistake , and that if administered by the prisoner at all , the probability was that she had done so when labouring under the effects of insanity . The learned judge briefly summed up the case to the jury , telling them that if they believed the prisoner had administered the arsenic , it was their duty
to Hud her ( guilty . As to the plea of insanity , his lordship observed that there was no evidence to support it . That was a species of defence too much relied on of late years , to the danger of public security , arid the great hindrance of justice . The jury consulted together for about five minutes , and then pronounced a verdict of Guilty , but begged strongly to recommend the prisoner to mercy . The Judge : " What ! reeonunenda prisoner to mercy who has been guilty of the murder of a parent ? " The learned Baron having placed the black cap on , proceeded to pass sentence of death on the prisoner . His Lordship said , " Mary Gallop , after a long and patient trial , you have been found guilty by the jury , upon evidence which could leave no doubt , of the murder of your own father ; that murder committed by the most odious and detestable of all means—that of poison ; an act of deliberation evidently
meditated some time before , carried into execution with perseverance , wiith great art and contrivance ; and I wi . sh I could see any symptoms , in the conduct you afterwards exhibited , of repentance , or any feelings of remorse for what you have done . It is impossible for me to show you any mercy . Prepare for that awful account to which you sent the author of your being with little or no preparation at all . Seek for the mercy of God—repent of this and all your sins ; and by that means seek for that mercy hereafter which it is not in my power , consistently with nay public duty , to show you here . " His Lordship then passed sentence of death upon her in the usual form , and the prisoner walked from the bar with a steadfast step , having manifested throughout the whole trial little or no consciousness of the situation | n which she stood , beyond a wild and almost incessant roll of the eye , and an occasional flush of the countenance .
Dec . 7 . —The Brutal Manslaughter at Stockp ort . — Henry Jones , aged 22 , was indicted for lulling his wife at Stoekport , on the 25 th ult . The facts of this case appeared in the Northern Star of Saturday last . The prisoner was found guilty , and sentenced to ten years' transportation . Rape . —Joseph reamer was found Guilty of a rape at Bawden ; Jamea Bradbury was convicted of a similar offence at Bollinfee ; and Thomas Hignett of a like crime at Marton . They were severally sentenced to transportation for life .
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Dec . 10 . j— Charge of Manslaughter against a Quack IJoctor . —Edwin James Port , aged 49 , was E laced at the bar this morning , on a charge of illing Mary Harris , at Birkcnlread , by the application of white arsenic to her right breast ,, which produced a sore or ulcer , and a mortal sickness , on the 1 lth of October last , of which she died on the 24 th of the same month . From the evidence . adduced on the part of the prosecution , it appeared that the prisoner advertised in the papers that he had discovered a process by ^ means of whieh he could extract cancers from any part of the body without cutting , which he had practised for upwards of six years . The deceased , Mi's . Harris , who . was a respectable female residing at 1 Aston Hall , near Worn , in Shropshire , heard of the prisoner , and on the loth of October she
took lodgings at Birkenhcad for the purpose of consulting the prisoner , who resided in that neiglftourhood . On the 11 th the prisoner was called in , when , after examining the right breast of the deceased , he applied a plaster to it . lie called again to see her oa the I 2 td kml 13 th , but she was out . On the 14 th he saw her , and applied a second plaster , shortly after which she Was seized with violent vomiting , and complained of a burning sensation in the stomach and throat , andj looseness of the teeth . After this she became graduall y worse until the 24 th , when she died , and her friends removed her to Werii , where an inquest was' held upon the body , and a verdict returned that the deceased died from the effects of cancer . However , on subsequent inquiries being
made , a communication was sent to the Coroner tor Cheshire , who being of opinion that the inquest held in Shropshire was a nullity , issued his warrant for the dishiternient of the body , caused it to be removed to Birkenh ' ead , and ordered a post mortem examination to be made . This order was earned into effect by Dr . Ya . ugh . an and Mr . J . ( J . Foulkcs , of Birkenhead . These gentlemen described the internal appearajice of ) the body to be in a highly inflamed state , and to have all the sysmptoms of the effects of arsenic . Dr . Brett , professor of chemistry , and doctor of philosophy , proved that on analysing the breast of the deceased ho found about three-tenths of a grain in it . In the-tissues of the stomach , liver , and spleen , be found alxjiit a quarter of a grain . From these facts , and the others proved in evidence , the doctor inferred that arsenic hud been applied to the breast ,
and absorbed into the system . Mr . Temple addressed the jury at jconsiderable length for the defence , and eleven witnesses were then called on behalf of the prisoner , ail of whom stated that they had been treated by Mr . Port either for cancer or tumour , and that lie had succeeded in curing them : The jury retired for about forty minutes , and then returned a verdict of Not Guilty . Immediately on the verdict being pronounced there was a general burst of cheering trom al ) parts of the Court , which was with difficulty suppressed . One person , wiio gave his name as Hugh Hughes , an Excise officer , who * was pointed out by the crier of the Court as taking a prominent part in the [ cheering , was bruught before his lordship , and committed until the rising of the Court . His lordship then addressing the prisoner , said , "Take care of yourself for tin : future , you may not be so fortunate Another time . "
\ NORTHERN CIKCTIT . Yokk , Dtc . <> . —John M'Cann was to-day put on l . is trial , charjftd with thi- wilful murder of Henjiftnin Gott . Another cuunt in the indictment charged him with manslaughter , -j This east- must be e \ oii \ t-t fresh , in the recolleftjon ot ' olir lvaili'i ' s , as it crcaleil , at the time of its occurren < -e ,- ; considerable excitement , Five other persons , named liognn , O'Jirien , lionuvaii , Quin , iind Power , who \ iatl hvtn concerned in the matter , were tried at the last assuedj and were convicted yi ' tnan ^ lauj-hter ; but in consequence of some k-ptl objections being raised to the form i > ftiif ! iiutietnu-iit , judgment was respited , and those persons are ! still- in custody . . M'Cann at that period wa = not iij . prelKJmle'i . - Mr . Uliss and Air . Otercitd were fur the prosecution , and the prisoner was defended bv Mr .
Wilkins . The facts oi the ease , were briefly , narrated by Mi . liliss , and i \ eie as follows : —i > n Whit-. Monday last , ili ^ JTth Hi' May , there lia < l be .-n a procession ot'Oranp * - lodges . On tlie occasion two bunds ivnv nira ; , ed , one of lvhivli was culled | the Idle and Calverley band , and of that band Gott ( the deceased ) « as a musician . As they were }> a ? sing through the town of Bradford , the band plajed certain tunes , and , amongst others " ill' * Itoyne Water , " which gave great idissatlbfuctiiin to the Irish population of the neighbourhood , who faueied also that a still ihore-v-flv .-usive tune , C ' alled "Croppies lie doun , " had-been played . When the procession v . as over , and the musicians uere returning- In me in a straggling manner , a number of Irishmen were seen coming behind them , having sticks and other weapons hi tht- ' ir liainls , and making use of threatening language . The Irislini' .-u commenced an attack , and thefirst tilingithey did \ v : ih to knock down tlve man who v , ;\ s plaving the drum . They then fell o . i Gott , and . from tin * liolenif that was employed his death resulted . On a
j-Oit hiijrtfni examination the deceased's skflll wa ? found to i have been most severely fractured , and death was attributed to that cause . Amount thu people in tlu crowd was tin- prisoner , and he tofk an aetise part m the pmci-i-dings . Thomas Thornton , the first witneV-, was undt i-jruiri . ir elimination , when Mr , W UUins said he thought it would be idle for him to attempt to combat the minor charge against the prisoner . lie hail read the depositions over twenty , times , and he found no means of [ resisting it . He would , therefore , with his lordship '> permission , wish to plead guilty to the charge of uiausUiiightei-. ill . Justice Tu ' . eridgo briefly addressed the jurv , illfij : ming them of the circumstances alluded to in the ' oiiiiiieiici'jneiit of this report , and recommending them to find the prisoner guilty of manslaughter . The jury , without hesitation , pronounced the prisoner Guilty of M .-mslatitrhter , and .-eiiti nc-j was deferred till tli--opinion of the fifteen judges could be had upon the legal objections Iiefore referred to .
1 ' iiE Ti-RS-ocr . —John tritehtiiw and William Bol-. on Were next placed at the bar , charged with having on the " 2 ')\) i of August last , at Shellield , feloniously and unlawfully attempted to destroy a certain steam-engine , by the explosion of a large quantity of gunpowder , the property of Join Wilson , Thomas Dulm , William Jeftcoek , and George llGunstiehl . This case would have been tried yi » urila \ , | l > ut M > . Uraiiijrur , on behalf of the prisoners , then objected to the whole of the jury . A fres-h jury was this [ Horning empanelled for the trial of the prisoners . Mr . Wilkins , Mr . ( . Henud , and Mr . Smith were for the prosecution , and Mr . Grainger was for the defence . The l » ruMTUto- ; s in this ea > e were > omc of the largest coalpit owners iii the lit . iyhbourhood ot * >> httneld . In tile montii of May iast ther ¦ was a general '
turnout ' ol itho colliers in that part of England , ami the prosecutors' pits had beeu un worked from May until iheidiiie of this occurrence , in August . Towards the end of August there were symptoms of returning j good sense on the part of the men , and on the 'iUtli , it was determined that some of them at least should return to their work . At the mouth of the pit there was , as is frequently the case , a steam-engine , worked for the purpose of hauling up the coal , as well as of letting persons-in and out of the pit as occasion might require . -This was the engine which the prisoners Were charged with having blown up . The indictment was founded oh the 7 th and 8 th of Geo . IV ., c . 30 , s . 7 , which renders it ; felony for any person maliciously to pull down , destroy , or damage with intent to destroy aiiv such
steam-engine . Jonathan Habershon was the first witness called , lie deposed that he was under-ground steward , at So . " . ' , Deeps-pit Colliery , near . Sheffield . There was a steam-engine at the mouth of that pit . The boiler , which weighed when filled about eight tons , was detached from the engine , and was surrounded with brickwork . On the night of Sunday , the 25 th of August , witness , who lived close to the pit , was awakened by the report of a tremendous explosion , and in about half an hour afterwards William Prince , who slept in a kind of cabin at the mouth of the pitj called him up and took him to examine the boiler . On reaching there he found all the brickwork blown down and scattered about . The boiler happened to be filled with water , but no water hail escaped . The steam-pipe , however , had broken away froni the steamchest ; the pipe for the conveyance of water to the boiler had also been broken , and a small 6 hed over the boiler had
been blown down , so that the steam-engine was put out ot working ! condition . On removing the debris witness found two caps and a hat very much damaged , as well as a tin lease containing a collier ' s cartridge and some loose gunpowder . In the firehole were found several portions / of a barrel , and everything- smelt strongly oi gunpowder . Cross-examined by Mr . Grainger : —The pit had been ; worked twenty-two years . The boiler was about three yards from t ' je steam-engine . Was quite sure that two caps ! were found . The cartridge found in the tin case was such as colliers commonly ejnployed in the operation of blasting :, and gunpowder was occasionally used for ' that purpose in some of the pits near Sheffield . William iPi'ince remembered the 25 th of August last . He was in bed in the cabin at the mouth of the pit , and shortly after eleven o ' clock he saw some men peeping into the cabin , through a small crevice in the door . In a
tew minutes alter he heard an explosion . ' He thought there were about six men altogretln-r . cross-examined : —The night was dark . Cotikl not see the faces of the persons who looked in at the door . Mrs ! Ledger deposed that shejresided about half a mile from the colliery . The prisoner : Bolton was her brother , and had dined at her house on the 25 th of August . About twelve o'clock on that night she was awoke from her sleep by a noise at the door , and she heard a moan apparently proceeding from a man in great bodily pain . She opened the door , and found her brother crouched down at the door . He was very much burnt on his head , face , neck , and hands , and was ; covered with black , and his clothes were torn . Witness : obtained assistance , and put him to . bed , when Mr . Shaw , a surgeon , was sent for , who attended him for fourteen days whilst he remained confined to bed at her
house , i Cross-examined : —The prisoner appeared very much intoxicated when he got to her house , and he vomited a quantity of spirits and ale . He was delirious also dur ing the night , and continued so for- several days . John Shaw , jun ., a medical student , who was called in to see the pri soner , confirmed the last witness ' s statement as to his condition at that time . Witness asked him how he had received the injuries about his person , and he replied by fire-damp . A woman present said it would * be best to tell the doctor all they knew about the matter , 4 rtd they then said they had heard a great explosion , ana that they suspected the prisoner had been concerned in . blowing ap a Steam-engine . The woman begged of witness not to mention the ? circumstance to any one , and the prisoner joined ia that request . John Shaw , surgeon , of Attercliffe , Mrroborated the greater part of this testimony * and detailed a statement made to him by the prisoner , wherein he con-
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fessed his r ^ ticipation in the act v . ith which he was charged . They put some gunpowder in a . barrel which they placed in the fire-hole , and , setting light to a fusee one end of which communicated with the powder barrel ' they ran away to await the effects of the explosion ; but as this did not take place bo soon as they had anticipated they went to the fusee to blow it up . He had just reached the spot where the engine was when is did happen , how . ever , and he remembered little or nothing further ' The prisoner Boltou had made this statement to witness on ' several different occasions . Cross-examined : —The pri . soner told him that he had met with two men before the occurrence , who would not let him go till he had had a certain quantity of somet-hing to drink . He did not sav that he was very drunk . William Maybury , a tailor
living in Todd , street , Manchester , deposed , that he met the prisoner Critchlow with two men , named Dixon and Stocks , on Tuesday , the 27 th of August . The skin was then all oft' his face . He said that he had the wet scurvy , whieh accounted for that circumstance . He met the same persons together soon after in the Coaeh and Horses public-house , and he heard Stocks ask Critehlow if he had been to a doctor , to which Critchlow replied no , he was frightened to go to a doctor lest he should b « found out . Critchlow then asked Stocks if he had seen that day ' s paper , and if there was anything particular in it . Stocks answered , that he had seen the paper , and that a eap had been found . Critchlow said that that was his cap , and he then proceeded to detail the ci rcumstances attending the explosion , adding that he had before very
large whiskers and a good head of hair , but when the powder went off it flashed in his face , and scorched it all off . He was otherwise also a -rood deal injured . Crossexamined : —Have not got much above tailoring yet . There was a rat-den at Davis ' s public-house . Witness did not provide the rats or the dogs . He assisted Davis sometimes in keeping and obtaining the rats . He did pav for his board and lodging at Davis ' s . Was not in the habit of attending prize-fights . Had never been at one . Didn't teach boxing ; put the gloves on sometimes for a little bit of amusement . Had been iu trouble once , about six years ago , for hitting a man in the shop where he then worked . Had never seen Critehlow previous to the first interview which he had referred to . Several other wit nesses corroborated the main features of the evidence
already given . Mr . Grainger addressed a long- and in . gur . ious speech to the jury on behalf of the prisoners , com * tiwtiting , chiefly with regard to Critchlow ' s case , on the want of all evidence connecting the prisoners together . Mr . Justice Coleridge summed up , and laid the case before the jury in the clearest manner ,, who retired for a few minutes , and then returned with a ¦ verdict of Guilty against Holton , and of Acquittal as regarded Critchlow . His Lordship , in passing sentence , observed upon the magnitude of the crime of which fhe prisoner had been found guilty . It was especially a crime in a county like that where property of incalculable value was often invested in the engines of the description alluded to , which , valuable as they wtre , were particularly liable to the attacks of
vicious persous . In a moral point of view , the crime was very great , for if people chose to leave their work , then to band themselves together , and to go out at night taking barrels of gunpowder with them for the purposes of mischief—people who went so far as that would require very little inducement , he feared , to go much farther . The prisoner had , however , suft ' ered already in hi = person very severely for what he had done , and it appeared that one of his unhappy companions on that night had paid a severer penalty still . When he should recall that to his remembrance , it might prove to him , perhaps , a more bitter recolleetion , and give him a great deal more pain than he wa-S likely to suffer at the hands of the law . The sentence of the Court was , that the prisoner be imprisoned tor eighteen calendar months , with hard labour .
A man named Thomas North Stocks was next indicted for harbouring John Critehlow , well knowing that he had committed a felony . As Critehlow had been acquitted , liuw . tr , by the jury , the charge against Stocks was , oi course , abandoned . J > ec . i ) . —Embezzlement by a Hcbal Police Orfk-er . —It lutving been previously 'UTangod that the trial ot ' Joseph Steadman Madtliso ' n should take place this morning , great excitement prevailed in the cin of \ orkon t lie subject . The court was crowded t « excess , and niueh speculation was afloat as to the probable result of the trial . The case presented jn . 'uiy peculiar and" interesting features . The prisoner was charged with having , on the 12 th of June last , in tiie city of York , feloniously embezzled £ 17 , the proj-ictty of George Swann , Esq . Mr . Wilkins stated the case . If 1 am well instructed , he said , the case 1 am about to lay before you , in alt its facts , is oue so
strong and ovenvhelming-, that it seems to ine the only liope to the prisoner of escape from the charge against him is in the legal acumen and ingenuity of his counsel . It appears that , in the year L 8 £ 2 , " th « increase of crime in and about this " neigiibourhood had been so rapid , that several gentlemen met toge-- ether for the purpose of establishing a society , havinj tor its object the protection of the lives and properties ot' those living in and about it . In the first instance , I believe , these subscriptions were small , but k the course of a short time the expediency and necessity of a « institution of this sort was ' discovered , It was then determined by the promoters of it that they should establish a police of their own , who were , 1 believe , to act as a patrol within the ch-cumferevu oi" ten miles from the city . The prisoner \ vas oni who made application for a situation under them , and [ am free to admit that he came to York with
testimonials ot a very high description , and he was k consequence-appointed the superintendent of the polke . . Shortly after the appointment , or I believe contemporaneous with it , he was informed that it wa part of his duties to collect in the subscriptions fron the different parties who were the subscribers to this association , and that immediately on the receipt d them he was to pay them over to Mr . Swann , the banker ; and so formally were those duties made known to him that a resolution was passed respecting them by the committee of the association , whici was read over , and distinctly described to the prisoner . He complained , I believe , at the time that his salary was not large enough . However , the gentlemen comprising the committee thought it was , l | nt made him a present of £ 10 , and allowed him a profit of
live ; ¦!• cent , on the whole of the moneys he was to co leer . It was his duty once a month togo to the bank , ami take with him a receipt or voucher fora certain sum of money he would require for paying the policemen under his eontrol . In short , the " prisoner continued to collect money up to the 6 th of July hist , receiviEf every week large sums for the payment of the police It will be shown that since the 22 nd or 23 rd « January ( although we shall show you distinctly tU he received sums of money ) he never paid one sinjl * farthing into the bank . It should be borne in n 0 that since the 22 nd of January the prisoner bad unpaid one farthing into the " hands of Mr . Swam Every montii the prisoner received from Mr . SwaM £ 7 U or £ 80 with which to pay the police officers unda
him . At length , on the 6 th of July , when the prisoner went to get his usual payment of Mr . SwaMi that gentleman refused to pay anymore . Mr . SwsnJ said that he had already paid more out than had cobs in . Xo subscription hacf come in since January , » M he refused to pay anything further . The learned counsel read a letter addressed by the prisoner to B-11 . Anderson , Esq ., solicitor- ' to the police force , vim clearly confessed } the defalcation laid to his charge-Mr . Wilkins concluded by calling a number ofwitneS * in support of the charge . Mr . Bliss addressed thejW for the prisoner , and witnesses were called who tested to the prisoner ' s good character . The jury retired f * three jhours , and then returned with a verdict « Guilty , with a recommendation to mercy . —Swtfli *
deferred . Northern Circuit , Dec . 10 . — Mohdeu . — N , ? Ivtmdrew , aged 22 , farm labourer , and John & ® drew , 24 , shoemaker , brothers , were placed at p bar , charged , the former by the coroner ' s inqais ^ with the wilful murder of Mr . William InchbaJi * - Dunsforth , in the parish of Aldborough , in the" ® Riding , and the latter with feloniously harbonmS and maintaining William Kendrew , well kno ^ him to have committed a felony in shooting « " ¦ Inchbald . Mr . Wilkins stated the case to theJ 11 ^ nmi t . lipn naMpil t . hitrtv luifnocuoo Trim i- \ par \ f DfO ' v '
by a chain of circumstantial evidence , the ease ' , jr details of which have been recently before the paw * The following additional evidence was given by u father of the prisoners .- —William Kendrew « u ^' remember the Wednesday night before Mr . lucat ^ was shot ; I went to bed " at nine o ' clock that d-F " No one lives with me . My son William came to& * about twelve o ' clock that night . He came toj * door , and he would come in , but 1 didn ' t want tow * him in at that time of night . He said , " If I dijjj open the door he'd got a double-barrelled ^ ' fL he'd blow my brains out . " I let him in , an *" slp ' nt . nf mv hmico t \ n + ho + nirrlif a » iH Oil -t " . . *
night next , Sept . the 27 th ; I went to work id 3 morning , and at night when I returned ^ w ?} . gone , and I never saw him again until now . *• . %£ that a new fustian coat of mine was gone then , . in its place was an old jean coat of William s- - j son John , the other prisoner , brought back mj ^ to me . I was present when the police-officersearc j my premises . The gun was found in a yl % ~ s \ 'l had never seen that gun before . — Evidence was duced in snppert of the charge against John ^ drew , but it did not appear to be conclusive . -- ^ jury retired , and , after an absence of ten wW jjj , returned with a verdict of Guilty against W 1 j ^ Kendrew , and of Acquittal as regarded Jom ^ drew . —His Lordship , in a most impressive ^ ^ t mi
afiecting manner , pronounced upon mm m- of death , and told him to give up all hope of ean ^ mercy . —The wretched man appeared wlw- ^ f | moved , and left the bar in the most carek ^ T " exclaiming , as he went , " Thank ye , it that be a *
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 14, 1844, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct686/page/8/
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