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    November 8,1856.] THE LIE ADEB, 1063

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    oortation . The Recorder ordered that 21 should be eivcn to the witnesses who had atopped the thief , and that the like sum should be invested in a savings bank for the boy —George Brownman , a fashionably dressed young Creole , lias been tried on three indictments , charging him with forging an order for 3 / . 3 s ., with stealing three sovereigns , and with obtaining some shirts under false pretences . He alleged that he was in a high position in the East India House , "but this was false . He defended himself with great ability , and obtained an acquittal in the first two cases , but was convicted on the last , and sentenced to nine months' imprisonment . — Richard Gower has been found Guilty on a charge of embezzling several sums of money belonging to the South Eastern Kailway Company , by whom lie was employed , as station-master , at Forest Hill . He was sentenced to four years' penal servitude . —Joseph Lane , who was convicted before the Recorder of a libel , was brought up last Saturday for judgment , and sentenced to be imprisoned for two years . —The court , at its rising , adjourned to Monday , November 24 . The Case of Alleged Conspiracy , & c—George Fossey surrendered at the Central Criminal Court on Monday to take his trial with William Neary upon an indictment of misdemeanour and other charges of the same character . It will be remembered that Neary was tried last week , and convicted of stealing money belonging to the prosecutor , Mr . Walker , an iron manufacturer and contractor , at MUlwall . He was afterwards tried upon another charge jointly with Tossey for obtaining money by false pretences ; but the case failed entirely , and the defendants were acquitted . Mr . Serjeant Ballantine said upon that occasion that there were several other indictments against Neary and Fossey , and he -would consider whether he ought , in the performance of his duty , to proceed -with any of those indictments . The result was the laying of the present indictment , winch arose out of the same circumstances as the former , and the chief witness , as before , was Steele , the nephew of Possey , and the son of his former partner . There was very little , if any , confirmation of his testimony , however , and it transpired , as on the former trial , that legal proceedings were pending between the parties ; and that Fossey , who had since become bankrupt , had obtained an immediate second-class certificate after a full investigation of his accounts and affairs by the Court of Bankruptcy ; and that he had a claim of between 6000 £ and 7000 / . upon the estate of the , prosecutor , which , if established , would enable him to pay 20 s . in the pound to all his creditors . The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty . —In connexion with the offence of which he was previously convicted , Neary has been sentenced to nine months'hard labour . Strange Discovery of a Child . — -A short time ago , at the village of West Derby , as a carter living in . the neighbourhood was proceeding with his cart and horses Along a lane , he observed , in an adjoining meadow , two highly respectable looking women , dressed in deep mourning , engaged in an operation , which attracted his attention . Having finished their work , they walked off hastily across the fields . As soon as they were gone , the carter repaired to the spot where he had noticed them at their work , and at first saw nothing but a heap of fallen leaves . After a time , however , the leaves seemed to become suddenly animated , and the hand of a child ¦ was projected above the surface . The carter immediately removed the leaves , and found underneath them a male infant . He had it conveyed at once to the West Derby ¦ workhouse ; but , notwithstanding all the care and attention which was paid to it , the child died of convulsions in a few days . The police arc searching for the women . Garotte Robbery neak Halifax . —Mr . Norcross Burrows , a printer of Halifax , has been assaulted and robbed by three men , with blackened , faces , on the high-Toad within a short distance of that town . Mr . Burrows , ¦ who is a shareholder in a new mill lately erected in the locality , had been lately in the habit of going there once a week , often taking with him large sums of money to pay the contractors . One night , about a week ago , as he was proceeding on horseback to the mill as usual , ho was stopped by three men at a spot where two principal roads meet . One of the ruffians knocked him off hia horse , and he fell headlong on to the road . "While ho was in this situation , he was forcibly held down by two of the men , one of whom tried to throttle him with the scarf he had on ; and the third emptied his pockets of all the money they contained , which fortunately did not amount to more than a few shillings . Exasperated at getting bo small a booty , the thieves kicked their victim in different parts of his body several times , with such violence as to cause the blood to gush from his mouth , nose , and ears . Mr . Burrows called for assistance , anc the ruftlans , hearing the sound of footsteps approaching ran array . The injured man then attempted to romouni liis horse , but found that the saddlc-girth 3 had boon cut and ho once more fell to the ground . Although much bur by the blows he had received from the men , it is bclievcc that his injuries aro not fatal . Murderous Assaults iiy a Discharged Getimai Soldikr . —Ludwlg Thttiss , a German , formerly belonging to the disbanded German Legion , is in custody under i charge of murderously assaulting , with a s-pring dagger knife , a man named Moules , and a police-constable

    Some rudeness was committed by Theiss , to a girl at the corner of Vine-court , Spitalfields , about twelve o'clock last Saturday night . Moules interfered , and was struck by the German . The former then threatened to give the latter into custody , and the policeman ( Warner ) happened to come up at that moment . Theiss ran at him with his knife , and stabbed him once in the chest , and twice iu the thigh . He then broke away , and slashed Moules across the face . A working man , who was passing by , grappled with the ruffian , threw him to the ground , and broke the blade of the knife against the pavement . Several other policemen arriving , Theiss was conveyed with great difficulty to the station-house . He was examined on Monday before the Worship-street magistrate , and remanded . The wounded men are in a dangerous state . Robbery at the House of the Assistaxt ^ Judge . —Some impudent thief has committed a robbery at the residence of Mr . Pashley , Q . C ., the Assistant-Judge . He presented an official-looking letter at Mr . Pashley ' s house in Manche 3 ter-square , and said he was to wait for an answer . As the bell rang , the footman was bringing the tea-service down stairs , and he placed it on a table in the hall while he went to the door . Tie took the letter up-stairs to Mr . Pasliley , and when he came down the man was gone ; so were the tea-spoons , sugar-tongs , tea pot , and sugar-basin , as well as an umbrella . The thief got clear away . A Disgraceful Business . — -The town-crier announced a few days ago at Itetford , in Northamptonshire , that a married woman , of the name of Starkey , would be offered for sale in the public market on the following day . At the appointed hour , a large number of people assembled ; but , previous to this , Starkey went to the house of a man named Bradley , where his -wife resided , and presented a halter with which to lead her away . Bradley then attacked him , and bit his cheek very deeply . As soon as he could get away , Starkey returned to the iii 6 rket-place , related his sorrows , and was in the act of receiving the condolence of the bystanders , when two policemen made their appearance , and took him into custody on a charge of being a deserter from the militia of the West Hiding of Yorkshire . Committal of as Attorney i ' x Court . —Mr . Cooper , ah -attorney , was committed to prison one day last week , by the Chairinau of the Cheshire Quarter Sessions , for tearing to pieces an invoice which would have damaged the case of the client he was representing . The action was seen by several persons , and the pieces were recovered ; but the event cieated a great sensation in court , and the chairman said , he had never known an event so audaciously wicked . Mr . Cooper was discharged the next day : but an application will be made to the Court of Queen ' s Bench to have his nama struck off the rolls . The hearing of the case , thus strangely interrupted , was suspended . A Reckless Bankrupt . —Judgment was given by Sir . Commissioner Croulburn on Tuesday , in the Court of Bankruptcy , iu the case of W . Tingey , the proprietor of the Pantechnicon , Tottenham - court - road . His Honour said , " The case was one of a class which were increasing in number in this court . In June , 1855 , the bankrupt had a capital of 23 , 000 £ , including 10 , 000 / . at his banker ' s . On the 13 th of January , 185 G , he handed over to the official assignee 13 / . 5 s . 5 d ., being all the cash he had . Not only was the capital gone , but the estate was involved in heavy liabilities . The calculation of the official assignee was that the estate would pay from 3 d . to 4 s . in the pound . It was but just , however , to the bankrupt to say , that if his calculation had been realized the dividend would bo about double the amount . Now , what were the charges against the bankrupt ? They were—first , that he did that which was a great offence on the part of any trader : —viz ., that when close upon bankruptcy he transferred to another a portion of his property , the property being the Pantechnicon . The property was transferred to a i near relative at a time when the bankrupt must have known that lie was in failing circumstances . The next charge was , that intending to give hia sister a preference , i he had given her a charge upon part of his property . The third was , that ho had recourse to conduct which i must always bo reprobated—obtaining money by any i means . Take , for instance , his transaction with David i Leopold Lewis , who passed through the Bankruptcy i Court not very creditably , and obtained a third-class i certificate . Lewis had been a bankrupt once . He had ; also been an insolvent . The bankrupt had had recourse ; to Lewis in raising money in a manner which wan most [ improper . His own expression was—' The price is high , l but wo must have the money . ' The transactions with , Lewis occurred at the time when the bankrupt know I his position , and ought to have been husbanding the , property of his creditors . Rowland and Evans were t told to negotiate bills to the amount of 2000 / ., and tc , get money nnj'how , or at any price . Lewis at thia time t was an uncertificated bankrupt , and could have no pro-1 porty of his own unless he had perjured himself aiul retained it from liis assignees . The practice could not * be too much reprobated of procuring discounts in th < j form of artlclos of only nominal value . In this case a . there wero given , for the 2000 Z . of bills , cash undei - 200 / ., certain poisonous liquids christened for the nonce s . champagne ( a laugh ) , some railway sleepers which hat ¦

    realized 3 ? ., and some paintings , one of the best of which had been since sold for 12 s . Who were the parties to this transaction ? One was an uncertificated bankrupt , and the other a person just upon the threshold of the court . He considered the transaction an in * iquitous one , and unbecoming any trader . " The books of the bankrupt , however , had been well kept ; and tha commissioner therefore thought that the justice of the case would be met by a suspension of the certificate ( third-class ) for a year , with protection . Assaults on the Police . — -William Harrison , a rufianly member of the prize-ring , who has but recently been discharged from prison , has been committed for a month to the House of Correction for an assault on . a policeman , whom he struck and kicked on the sides and abdomen . When before the magistrate , he alleged in bis defence that he could not go about without being looked after by the police , and he complained of having been greatly ill-used . On hearing his sentence , he said , " Can ' t ybw worship make it a fine , because I can get the money ?" This was of course answered in the negative , and when leaving the bar , Harrison made use of a violent threat towards the constable , upon which he was brought back , and ordered by the magistrate to find bail for two months , to commence on the termination of ona montb- ' s hard labour . —Joseph Tomllnson , a j > rivate in the _ ,:. Grenadiers , and Deborah , his wife , were charged at the Marylebone police office , with a ferocious assault on . several policemen . Both the accused were drunk last Saturday night at the corner of Duke-street , Mancliester-sqtiare , and , on a policeman arriving , the woman said she would give her husband into custody for knocking her about . The moment , however , the officer toolc him in charge , the woman attacked the constable . Other policemen then arrived , and a fight took place , the" Grenadier and two other soldiers striking at the officers with their belts , and the woman biting them , with great ferocity . Ultimately , both were conveyed to > the station-house . Tomlinson , wlien brought "before the magistrate , said he was sorry for what had occurred ; but the woman , with a loolc of defiance at the magistrate , ask » . l , "Why don ' t you take my head off at once ?" . Both were sentenced to tlireee months' hard laoour . —William Gaffer and Eliza Gaffer , man and , wife , have been found Guilty . at the Middlesex Sessions of an assault , accompanied by'great violence , on two policemen on Saffron-hill . The 'former was sentenced . to- hard labour for a year , and the latter to one month ' s imprisonment . Attempted Murder at Holloway . — Samuel Lowry , a -watchmaker , carrying on business at Spencerstreet , Clerkenwell , but living at Holloway , has been charged at the Clerkenwell police-office with attempting to kill Thomas Poulson , a-labourer , by shooting at him . Some time ago Lowry let Poulson a piece of ground at Holloway , but finding that the latter was not regulaTin the payment of his resit , he gave him notice to quit last Lady-day . Poulson refused to do so , and Lowry , to prevent the other from occupying the ground , put up a giite with a padlock attached to it . This was knocked down by Poulson almost immediately afterwards , in consequence of which he was given into custody and brought before the Clerkenwell magistrate , who , however , declined to interfere in the matter , as it arose entirely out of a case of disputed possession of land . Since that time the two men had been continually quarrelling , and the police , on several occasions , were obliged to interfere in order to quell the repeated broil 3 and fights which had arisen between the disputants and their friends . One morning Poulson went there accompanied by a follow-labourcr named Wright , whom he sent for a si ) ade , and , as the man was going to fetch this implement , he saw Lowry , who twice threatened to kill both him and Poulson . After they had worked together for some time on the piece of ground , both the men loft to get some tools , when Poulson was shot at by Lowry from his bedroom window , and was wounded in the face , neck , and arms . The magistrate remanded Lowry for a week , that the result of Poulson ' s injuries might be known , and refused to take bail . FottQKitY . —Henry Sharp , a tickct-of-leavc man , went with a forged cheque for 20 ? . to Stuckoy's banking-house , Bristol , last Saturday morning . Suspicion being excited , the man was requested to . go with one of the clerks to the house of the firm purporting to have signed the cheque ; but he ran off while on the way . On the same evening , he went to the shop of Messrs . Ilyam , outfitters , and tendered in payment for some clothing a cheque on Stuckey's bank for 10 / . He was desired to call again in about an hour . lie left , and in , the meanwhile the cheque Avas discovered to bo forged . Sharp did not return , but ho was seen in the streets by i tlio cashier at Messrs . Hymn ' s , and wna told that the i good 3 ho had ordered were waiting for him at the sliop . i Thither , accordingly , he went , and was given into cuss tody . On his way to the station-house , he threw away a blank cheque-book of Stuckey ' s Banking Company , I from which two cheques had been taken . Sharp was t committed for trial on both charges . Ho was tried , at 3 Gloucester Assizes in 1852 for a similar oflfemco to that 3 -with which ho is now charged , and was sentenced to r ten years' transportation . Ho obtained his ticket of 3 leuve in May of the present year . I A YOUMO GlSNXLKMAJT AND HIS Ri : VIiL 3 . A

    November 8,1856.] The Lie Adeb, 1063

    November 8 , 1856 . ] THE LIE ADEB , 1063

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 8, 1856, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_08111856/page/7/