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    No. 432, July 3, 1858. j THE LEADER. 633

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    GATHERINGS FROM THE LAW AND POLICE COURT...

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    CRIMINAL RECORD. Tiu: Daounjum Muiti>iat...

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    Accidents And Sudd Un Deaths. A Sai> Acc...

    gun at the port gangway , by some means unexplained , was fired before the men charged with loading it had withdrawn from the muzzle . The man was blown into the sea ; and , on being recovered , it "was found that his hand had been blown off between the wrist and the elbow . He was sent immediately to Haslar Hospital . James Macdonald , a workman at the saw-mill of Mr . Pratt , timber-merchant , Hunslet-lane , Leeds , has been torn to pieces by the machinery . He -was endeavouring to replace a strap on a drum while the latter was 5 n motion , when his arm got entangled , and he was whirled round the shaft . The machinery was immediately stopped ; but death , had already ensued , and the body was horribly mangled .

    Air . Greene , cashier of the Mount Osborne colliery , near Leeds , has been killed while out with a party of pleasure who had gone to the Strid . They occupied an omnibus , and at one time Mr . Greene got on to tlie roof , that he might the better command tlie scenery . While thus standing , the bough of a tree struck him on the head , and knocked him into the road . The back part of his head first touched the ground , causing concussion of the brain , from , which he died the following morning . An engine on the Great Western Railway at Bathampton got off the rails on Wednesday morning , and ran along the line , tearing up sleepers and rails before it . Ultimately it ran into a bank , which put a stop to its progress . The whole of the passengers in the train attached were a good deal frightened and somewhat shaken ; but no greater ill resulted to them .

    A mishap occurred on Tuesday evening to the express train which left King ' s-cross for Manchester at five o ' clock , by which , several persons appear to have sustained slight injuries . When near tlie Carlton station , in Nottinghamshire , the tire of the near driving wheel of the engine broke , and the engine and some of the carriages ran off the road into the fields , which are on a level with the line at that place . The guard ' s van , and the end of a second-class carriage next to it , were considerably damaged , and some of the passengers were severely shaken and bruised . ' ¦ -. - ¦ ¦

    A frightful catastrophe has occurred near the Chilhain station of the South-Eastern Railway- to the express train which left London at half-past three , p . m ., on Wednesday . The crank axle of the engine broke , and caused nine of the carriages to run off the line . The result was that several persons were injured ; about half of them seriously so . The rails were torn up for at least fifteen feet , and several of the carriages were completely crushed . Medical aid was promptly obtained from Canterbury , and every assistance was aiforded to the unfortunate wounded 5 but three of the cases are considered hopeless .

    No. 432, July 3, 1858. J The Leader. 633

    No . 432 , July 3 , 1858 . j THE LEADER . 633

    Gatherings From The Law And Police Court...

    GATHERINGS FROM THE LAW AND POLICE COURTS . A suit has been promoted in the Consistory Court , to the effect that the Rev . Henry Hampton , the party pro-C « eded against , might be admonished not to perform any ecclesiastical duties or Divine offices in an unconsecr & ted building called the temporary church of St . George , Tuffnell-purk , Holloway , in the parish of St . Mary , Islington , without a license or other lawful authority . It appeared that the re-v . gentleman , notwithstanding * notice from the bishop , had performed Divine service in the building in question on various occasions in the month of May . The Rev . Mr . Hampton , who appeared in person , fully recognized the bishop ' s authority , but complained that it had been oppressively exercised , the bishop having withdrawn his confidence in consequence of malicious and unfounded slanders . He had asked for

    a searching investigation into his case , and on its refusal had been obliged , moat reluctantly , to transgress the law of the Church by exercising his profession contrary to the will of the bishop , in order to save his family from starvation . Ho again asked for an investigation into the allegations against him , and prayed that judgment might be deferred until the result could be ascertained . The judge said he had no power to accede to the rev . gentleman ' s prayer , as lie was exercising a ministerial rather than a judicial function . The articles having been proved , lie was bound to ndmonish Mr . Hampton , to condemn liim in oostu , and to warn him not to offend again in like manner .

    A gentleman who is the owner of houses in Globefielda , Mile-end Old-town , applied to the Thames magistrate , last Saturday , for his advice . One of hid new houses had been hired of him by a man apparently respectable , who gave a reference to another housekeeper in Stepney , from whom a . high character was obtained . Iho man to whom he had let the homo had since underlet it to other parties at an increased rent , and they turned out to be a gang of swindlers , who had given , extensive orders to tradesmen for goods of every descriptk with of

    > n , a promise immediate payment . The tradesmen soon found out that they could not obtain « ither money or goods , and it was known that articles supplied to the gang had been directly afterwards sold for less than the invoice price . Mr . Selfe advised the applicant to consult his solicitor as to the best means of getting rid of his very objectionable tenanta , and to give information to the inspector of polico at the adjoining station of the doinga of the swindlers . The officers of the court stated that a gang of awindlcrs had taken

    possession of houses at No . 7 , Arbour-street West , Holmes-street , and No . 50 , Bromley-street , all in Stepney . Their plan is to give references to one another . John Dooley , a cabinet-maker in High-street , Stepney , has been examined at the Worship-street police-office on a charge of violently assaulting a Mrs . Elizabeth Lee , a widow , to whose daughter he was at one time to have been married . The intended match was broken off by him last Christmas , and on the evening of the 8 th of May he went to Mrs ,. Lee's house for the purpose of removing some articles of furniture which , during the time of his courtship , he 3 iad deposited there . Mrs . Lee

    opposed the removal ; whereupon , Dooley dashed her on the floor of the hall , knelt on her , and bit her left arm in five places . He then w ent up-stairs again , followed by Mrs . Lee , whom he again assailed , and flung her down stairs . While lying helpless , he trampled with all his force on her arm , until a policeman , drawn to the spot by the cries of "Murder ! " found his way into the house ; but on hearing that the contest had resulted from a disputed claim for rent , he declined to interfere . The injuries received by Mrs . Lee were so serious that it was not until last Saturday that she could appear at the police-court . Dooley -was committed for trial ; but the magistrate , strange to say , consented to accept bail .

    William Wilmshurst , thirty-nine , has been examined at the Mansion House , and committed for trial , on a charge of having uttered , at Tenterden , Kent , two forged cheques , one fox 457 / . 10 s .. and the other for 1500 / ., with intent to defraud the London and County Bank , Lombard-street ; and on another charge of stealing 61 . 10 s ., from a widow residing in Bartlett ' s-buildings , Holborn , where he was clerk in an . office . Charles Rees , a journeyman painter , was charged last Saturday at the Lambeth police-court , together with his wife , with neglecting and ill-treating his children . The attention of a policeman had been called to a little girl , about twelve years © f age , who had been seen by a baker ' s wife crawling about with her legs chained together , and begging for food . He conveyed the child to the workhouse , and then went to the residenceof her parents , where he found four other children in a state of great

    huh and almost total nakedness . These he took away with him , and apprehended the father and mother . On the prisonera being brought before the magistrate , all the children were present , and the chain on the little girl ' s legs was found | to be fastened by two padlocks . Her clothes -were very scanty and filthy ; her legs and feet wore bare ; and the flesh about the ankles , where the chain ' had rubbed , seemed much swollen . She said that she liad been chained so for abmit a week , but added that at night the manacles were taken off . The constable stated that he had ascertained from inquiries in the neighbourhood that both the parents are given to drink , and this has been the sole cause of their o-wn and their children ' s wretchedness . The father acknowledged that he earned nearly thirty shillings a week , and said that lie had chained the girl because she was in the habit of running away . He was remanded , and the mother and children were sent to the workhouse .

    A shipwright , named Henry Brady , living in Newstreet , Bermondsey , was charged before the Southwark magistrate , lasf Saturday , with beating his wife . For the last twelve months Brady had been constantly in the habit of ill-using her , sometimes apparently without provocation . One evening he came home and beat her about the head and face in a savage manner ; and he would probably have murdered her , had not the neighbours , who were alarmed by the screams of the woman , rushed to her assistance . Brady said that he had

    struck his wife in a fit . of passion , nnd he felt extremely sorry . He was sentenced to six months' hard labour in the House of Correction . —Two cases of a similar kind came before the Southwark magistrate on Tuesday , and the snme sentence as that passed on Brady was uwnrded by Mr . Combe , who said that wife-beating had been very prevalent of late , and who expressed n hope that the Legislature would take the matter in hand . On tlie other hand , tlie wife of an an oilman has been charged at Marlborough-street with ill-using her husband . She was bound over to keep the peace .

    An important action for assault has been brought in tlie Court of Queen ' s Bench . A lieutenant in the navy , on half-pay , named Kennedy , wus the plaintiff ; nnd the Kev . Mr . Hunt , a clergyman of the Church of England , was tlie defendant . The former opened a . school nt Torriuno-terrace , nnd tlio latter acted for n timo as liia head master . Differences nroso between them in time , and , according to the statements of Mr . Kennedy , th « clergyman abused him in very coarse language on one occasion , and , on another , struck him a . violent blow behind the left car , without any provocation whatever ,

    nnd rendered him insensible . The plaintiff' also asserted that Mr . Hunt encouraged the boys to insult him . Tlio story of the assault was confirmed by the Rev . I Iugh Nicholson , a friend of Mr . Kennedy ; but , for tho defence , Mr . Hunt sworo that , on tho occasion in question , Mr . Kennedy was excessively intoxicated ; that ho seized hold of Mrs . Hunt ' s hands , and kissed her ; and that ho ( Mr . Hunt ) then pushed his head on one side , but did not otherwise assault him . Mrs . Hunt Bworo to tho same effect ; so that tho point the jury had to determine was on whicli side tho perjury had been committed , for tho plaintiff emphatically denied , on his oath , that ho

    had behaved in any way rudely to Mrs . Hunt . A verdict was returned for the defendant . An adjourned examination meeting : > n the bankruptcy of Robert Hills , banker of Dartford and Gravesend , took place on Tuesday . The bankrupt passed , an « l October 19 th was appointed for the certificate meeting . William Dobsou has been finally examined at Marlborough-street , on a charge of stabbing his wife . The woman has been separated from her husband about fouv years , and since the passing of the Protection Act has obtained a protection order against her husband for property acquired by her industry , and also for considerable property to which she is entitled . The assault was committed on the 14 th tilt ., in Earl-street , and the wife was stabbed so seriously that she fell senseless , and remained in a -very dangerous state in the Charing-crosa Hospital for some weeks . Dobson has now been committed for trial .

    An action has been brought iu the Court of Exchequer by a Mr . Eastwood and another against a gentleman connected with the Surrey Gardens Company , as the endorser of a bill of exchange , dated July 24 th , 1856 , at two months , for 5001 ., and drawn on the company , which , it will le recollected , was formed on the principle of limited liability . The defendants on the record were the late Mr . James Coppock , the well-known Parliamentary agent ; Mr . Thomas Knox Holmes , also a Parliamentary agent ; and Mr . George Bain , all of whom were shareholders in the company . The bill in question had been accepted in favour of Mr . Scott , who had built the refreshment-rooms . Mr . Scott had endorsed the bill to Pritchard and Son , the

    sub-contractors , who liad in turn , endorsed it to the plaintiffs , who had supplied the bricks . Mr . William Ellis , the secretary to the Surrey Gardens Company , said , in crossexamination , " The body of the acceptance to this bill is in the handwriting of Mr . Coppock . He did not accept that bill in the lobby of the House of Commons . Mr . Coppoclc frequently brought me bills before there was any minute authorizing their acceptance . The company was registered on the 17 th April , " 1856 . Mr . Scott , the drawer of this bill , Avas a shareholder of the company . He held ten or thirteen-shares . The company got into difficulties

    from the date « f the first bill , I suppose . They have never been out of difficulties since . They were hopelessly insolvent before the bills became due . They had no funds to meet these bills except what came in * from the entertainments . " Mr . Edwin James , who appeared for the defence , submitted that the defendants were not liable , that no misrepresentation bad been jircved , and that no damage had accrued to the plaintiff , sis ihe company was insolvent when the bill was /[ received .- ' By the direction of the Lord Chief Baron , " a verdict was taken for the plaintiffs for the amount claimed , subject to ulterior proceedings .

    1 lie affairs-of' the notorious Windle Cole were before the Court of Bankruptcy on Wednesday . Mr . Linklater , on behalf of the assignees of Messrs . Davidson and Gordon , presented a proof for G 000 / . against the estate of the baiikrupt , who formerly carried on business in Birchin-lane . Mr . Murray , for the assignees , said the bankrupt alleged that Messrs . Davidson and Gordon were indebted to him in 47 , 000 Z . He proposed an investigation , and that the proof should be admitted as a claim . The court concurred . * An appeal lias been made in the Appeal Court from the decision of Vicc-Chancellor Kindersley , refusing to remove from the list of contributories of a Joint Stock Company , tl » e affairs of which were in the course of being wound up under the provisions of the

    Windincup Acts , the name of Mr . Jessop , in respect of four hundred and seventy-four additional shares . It appeared that Mr . Jesrfop had originally subscribed for one hundred shares , nnd had afterwards become the proprietor of three hundred and seventy-four shares . After tho company had fallen into difficulties , and various ineffectual attempts had been nuule to reinstate its affairs , the appellant had transferred his shares to a Mr . J . C . Spence . This transfer tho Vice-Chancellor had regarded as invalid in law , nnd , therefore , as not having- relieved Mr . Jessop from liability us a shareholder . Their Lordships held the transfer to have been vnlidly made . They therefore reversed tho Vico-Chanccllor ' s order , and directed the name of Mr . Jessop to be removed from the list . The ollicial manager is to be nllowod his costs out of the estate ; but Mr . Jessop is not to have any costs .

    Criminal Record. Tiu: Daounjum Muiti>Iat...

    CRIMINAL RECORD . Tiu : Daounjum Muiti > iat . —George BlewoIt , the farm labourer charged with Leing concerned in the murder oi the policeman near Dagenliam , Essex , in 1846 , was again examined nnd remanded at llford on Monday , The > vomnn Smith , who iirst gavo tho information , repeated tho statements she has already inndo to tht police . l'Vom these it would appear that her deceased husband Pngo was tho person chiefly concerned . He , in company with Blowetr , and two other men named Wood and Clialk , went out at night to steal corn from a burn . The woman Smith , then tho wifo of Page , waa also of tho party , and appears to havo served as a watcher . At any rate , she gave the alarm that the policeman was coming ; on which , Page , after u few words of parley , struck the constable several times with what is called a loaded stick . The othor three men then assisted in despatching the officer , and Pago ' s wife

• Citation
  • Leader (1850-1860), July 3, 1858, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_03071858/page/9/