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September 13,1856.] THE Ij E A DEB.- 871
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OIJE CIVILIZATION ¦' ¦ ¦ ¦ •¦ * — : BOBB...
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CiiAitaE of Rape, —Monsieur F. Michel, p...
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September 13,1856.] The Ij E A Deb.- 871
September 13 , 1856 . ] THE Ij E A DEB .- 871
Oije Civilization ¦' ¦ ¦ ¦ •¦ * — : Bobb...
OIJE CIVILIZATION ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ •¦ * — : BOBBEKP AND FOBTUNE-TELLING . The chambers of Mr . J . B-. Holdswortli , Clement's-inn , ¦ were entered , daring their occupant's absence , on the evening of the 28 th of March . One of the drawers in the bedroom had been forced open , and a pocket-book inside , containing a 20 / . note-of the Bank of England and six sovereigns , was taken away- Four months afterwards , the note was paid into the Bank of England , and , upon inquiry , traced back to the possession of Mrs . Banes , baker , in Chandos-street , whose daughter , Isabella Banes , stated she had received it froru a young woman named Emma Toreman when she called to pay an account for her father , a respectable man , living in Harvey's-buildings , Strand , in June or July last . Foreman , in answer to the charge , mada a very extraordinary statement , implicating the ( laughter of Arnott , the lodge-keeper of the inn , at whose house Mt . Holdsworth had left the key of Ms chambers on the night of
the robbery . On her way to the police station , after being arrested , she said that , about the beginning of last April , a young ; girl of the name of Betsy Arnott came to her in Harvey * s-buildings and gave her a parcel to mind . It was sealed with black wax and stamped in . five different places . Arnott said it contained a broach given to her by a young man in the Temple-gardens . Foreman kept the parcel by her about three weeks , till one Sunday , on going up to dress for church , she missed it from her box . She told Miss Arnott this , when she called upon her next day , and she appeared much distressed at the loss of the parcel , saying it contained a 20 / . note . After this , they went together to a fortune-telling woman , named Dent ; in IBrydges-street , to confer with her about the loss of the note . This woman , whose lawful calling is that of a charwoman , was examined when Emma Foreman was brought before the Bow-street magistrate , and . made the following statement : —
" I know the prisoner Foreman by the name of Emma . Some time in April last , she came to me for advice , with the young lady now present ( Miss Arnott ) , whom I had seen once before , but whose name I never knew till now . Emma said , ¦ ' We have coxne for advice about a parcel which was taken out of my box . ' Miss Arnott then said , ' Emma never knew till this morning what was iu the parcel . There was a 201 . note and a sovereign . The note belongs to a French lady , a friend of mine , and I gave the parcel to Emma to take care of . ' I said , ' God bless me ! How could you put a 20 ? . note in . a parcel in that way ? Do you know the number of it ? ' Miss Arnott said , 'Mo , but I dare say the lady in France does . ' ' Dear me ! ' I said , ' France is a long-way off , and what must be done ? Is there anybody you suspect ,
or any one in the house who would take it for a lark ?' Emma said , ' Oh , no . There is only my sister , and she would not do it . ' I then said to Miss Arnott , 'Why did you not go at once to your mother and tell her ?' She replied , ' My mother knows nothing about it , and I would not have her know it for the world . If father or mother knew it , I would never go home again . '" Mr . Jardine here said that Miss Arnott must be placed at the bar , which was done , ftlra . Dent was then subjected to cross-examination , in the course of which she said : — " The girls came to me for advice , because I am a motherly woman . Thoy are not related to me . I have no relations . I do not profess to foretd . the future . How could any one do that ? I earn my living by hard work .
I have 3 s . a - week coming in , and I make up the rest by charing . I lost my husband and my daughter all the many years come May last , and it is well known how I struggled to rear her two children , -who would not have had a morsel of food but for me , sir . QCrying . ' ) I have lived a great many years in Bry dges-street . I am universally known and universally respected . I never heard till now that I am called a fortune-teller . Who ever said so ? I certainly have told fortunes by turning the cards or the teacups , in a social way , for a bit of fun . Women and girls like it ; and if you came to me with your wife , I might do the same for you—but only in fun . Of course , you could believe what I told you if you were fool enough to do it . " ( Laugitter . ')
The witness was hove cautioned by Mr . Jardiae to be cautious lest she should criminate herself , fortune-telling hclng against the law . Both Foreman and Aniotfc were aernnnded , and have since been committed for trial .
Ciiaitae Of Rape, —Monsieur F. Michel, P...
CiiAitaE of Rape , —Monsieur F . Michel , professor of foreign literature , has been charged at Bow-street with committing a rape upon Elizabeth Lyons , a servant girl , At tlio house where the accused lived as a lodger . The ofTcnco was committed , according to the allegation of the servant , oil the evening of Tuesday week , in the absence of her mistress . Sho did not tell her mistress till the following morning , previous to which she twice attended on M . Michel ; and slio then went homo to her mother , but said nothing of the occurrence . She asked her mother to call at the houeo of her mistress 5 the mother did so on the following Friday , and then first learnt the cause of hex daughter leaving . The girl said , iu crossexamination , that , when she was assaulted , " eho screamed and kicked M . Michel . Loud screams might be heard in the street . Sho might have scratched his eyes out , and now regrottcd that bug did not do so . Sho
did not like to scratch his face , it would have disfigured him so much . " There were some discrepancies between the evidence of tie girl and of her mother , and a very high character was given of M . Michel , - who , towards the close of the examination , cried bitterly ; but he -was committed for trisL . Bail was tendered and accepted . Faults on Both Sides—A decently dressed woman , with a child , applied to Mr . Beadon , at Marlboroughstreet , for assistance . Her husband had locked her out of his house , and had refused to receive or support her . He was in a good situation , earning good wages , but was of had temper and given to drink- In answer to questions from Mr . Beadon , the woman candMly admitted that there were faults on botli sides , that she was not one of the best of tempers , and that she had no objection
to take a glass of gin with anybody . Mr . Beadon said the only advice he could give the woman was to apply to the parish authorities , who would look into the case , and if necessary take steps to compel the husband to allow her a reasonable maintenance . The husband subsequently appeared , and gave various instances of the extravagance and dissipation , of his ¦ wife , who sold his furniture and her children ' s-clothes for drink . He also charged her with being nnfaithful to him ; and in proof of this he said he " cotcled" her once with a young man , eating periwinkles . Mr . Beadon -was * ' afraid that was not evidence enough to prove criminality . " " But , " added the husband , intent on proving bis own disgrace ,
" the frying-pan was hot , and I ' ve no doubt they'd just been having eggs and bacon . " The incredulous magistrate replied , " Eggs and bacon won ' t help your case . " The gist of the matter then appeared : — "I followed them out , and saw them sitting in Kensington-gardens , with their arms xound each other's waists . ' To this , Mr . Beadon answered :- —" There iiiay . be something in that . But I can only give you this advice at present , to let your wife apply for relief to the parish ; the authorities will then decide whether it is a case in .-which" they can interfere ; and iff they do interfere , the evidence on both sides will come before me , and then I shall be able to come to some decision . The husband then left tie . court . ¦ '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦¦ ¦ ¦ •" ¦
The Bankruptcy of Alexander Paine . — The bankrupt , an innkeeper , of tie King ' s Arms , Croydon , applied-on Tuesday iu the Bankruptcy Court for bis certificate . The accounts extend ynly over thirteen months , but show an amount of 35501 . due to unsecured creditors , with assets of between 500 Z- and 6001 . There were further debts to the amount of 78091 , secured by property valued at 63501 . The profits were 7011 . ; losses 3 C 89 L ; expenses 2031 Z . Mr . Bag-ley opposed for Mr . Donaldson , wine merchant , of Mark-lane , a creditor , who complained that he had been induced , by false representations of the bankrupt , to refrain from issuing execution against him . The creditor had obtained judgment on a bill of exchange given by the bankrupt ; but , at an interview oh the 30 th May , before the execution was issued , the bankrupt bad stated that certain
wme warrants held by other creditors weie bis property ; that his stock was worth 2 OOOf . ; and that his debts only amounted to a few hundreds . Influenced by this representation , Mr . Donaldson refrained from issuing execution , but consented to receive his debt by instalments of 30 ? . every fortnight . Before the first instalment was due , Paine became bankrupt ; and it was then ascertained that all these representations were false . The wine -warrants were held by his bankers against an overdrawn account ; the furniture was not his , but onlyleased to him ; and his debts turned out to be about 25 O 0 Z . niore than he had stated . His Honour suspended the certiGcate , second class , for twelve months , and refused protection until the bankrupt had undergone threo months'imprisonment , Mr . Donaldson having opposed the protection .
BtuitDEns at the Cape . —A Wesleyan missionary , living at the Cape of Good Hope , has been murdered by the Kafir tribes inhabiting the country Lcyond the frontier . Some natives in fho service of a Mr . Shaw having stolen some horses belonging- to Faku ' s people , the latter complained of the theft to Colonel Maclean , who lately visited their chief . That gentleman immediately directed that compensation should be given to the parties robbed . Not being able , however , to obtain any , they determined to attack Mr . Shaw ' s natives , who , when they heard of theihtention of Faku ' s people , fled for safety to
BeecJjamwood station . Here tho Jtcv . Mr . Tliomns , the mis-Bionary , was summoned , and no sooner did he make his appearance than he was stabbed by the Kafirs . On his telling them who ho was , tJiey exclaimed , " Why do you harbour thieves ? " and stafcbed him n second time , when the missionary immedintely expired . — A pianofor t e tuner , named Raynes , has also been waylaid and murdered by some of the same tribes , in tho Amagsilckn country , while travelling on foot from Grahum's Town to Natal . He was unarmed , and had 15 / . in bis pocket .
Supposed Twijit m- a Gipsv . —A young gipsy woman , also carrying on business as a hawker , named Alice Lee , was examined « . t the Thames Police-court on a charge of having stolen several articles of silver plate . She had been scon by a police-sergeant in a pawnbroker's shop in Limehouse , whore sho offered tlie plate in pledge . On being asked by tho constable where bIio got the property from , she answered that her mother gave it to hei
three years ago . This statement she repeated to the magistrate ; but she afterwards said that her mother ' s name was Brinkley . None of the initials on the different articles of the plate , however , stood for that name , as all were marked " J . H . P ., " " J . E . T ., " except three spoons , which were not marked at alL Inquiries were made of a man with whom the prisoner had lived for many years before she took to a gipsy's life , and he said that lie had never seen such plate in her possession as that which she was accused of stealing . TJie woman was a weU-known bad character , and belonged to a notorious tribe of gipsies and hawkers inhabiting a caravan in Bow Common-lane . Mr . Selfe remanded the accused . '
Forgery . —John Cooper , of the late firm of Cooper , Pike , and Co ., who stands charged with forging : and uttering three cheques with intent to defraud the Royal British Bank ( the particulars of which appeared in our last week ' s paper ) , has been committed for trial . At the final examination , some further conversation took place with Mr . Thompson , the prisoner ' s counsel , with respect to his giving up the cheque-books which Cooper had deposited with him . This he still declined doing , and asserted that there -were twenty precedents in LLs favour . An application by BIr . Thompson , -to the effect that the accused might have restored to him the money taken from him at the time he was apprehended , was refused . —Edward Chater , a printer and engraver , living at Birmingham , has been committed for trial on a charge of having in his possession , a large number of forged 5 / . Bank of England notes . The police , on entering the premises ., found all the instruments and materials necessary for carrying on the trade of forging . Mrs . Chater , -who was also arrested , was
discharged-Desertion of a Cuild .- —A ch . arge-of child-desertion was brought forward ^ at Lambetbv against a Mrs . Sarah Russell , a middle-aged woman , who purposely left her infant in the third-class booking-office of the South-Western Railway , Waterloo-road . The child -was found behindy > ne of the advertizing boards , and was taken to the workhouse , where the mother afc length presented herself , admitted the infant to be liers , and begged to be allowed to take it away . It appeared that in the meanwhile she had suffered greatly from remorse , and had been noticed by her landlady to be greatly dejected . She
was going to visit a sister at Portsmouth on the day when she dropped the child , anil , on returning ; at night , she said she had left the infant -with its auut ; but , in in about a week ' s time , she confessed the truth to the landlady . The child was illegitimate , the woman having been a widow for a long time ; and she was desirous of . concealing the fact from licr frieuds . On applying at the workhouse ,. she was given into custody , and was remanded by the Lambeth magistrate . The father of the infant was dead . —A very similar case "Was heard at the Thames office . ¦
Bank liouuEKY . —John Pratt , a young roan of nineteen , presenting a dissipated appearance , and who , till within the last few days , was a clerk at the Bank of Australasia , Tlireadneedle-street , ivas brought before the Lord Mayor , on a charge of having stolen , and absconded with , 98 / . 10 s . belonging to his late employers- He was arrested by the police in a house of ill fame , hat no portion of the money was recovered . He was remanded . Pawning Links . —Harriet Archer , a laundress , has been committed to haul labour for threo nionib . 8 by the Bow-street magistrate , for pawning 12 L worth , of linen which had been entrusted to her care in answer to an . advertisement she had put in the papers , and on the faith of a false reference as to character which she had given . She confessed to the lady whose linen she took
that she had pawned , the articles iu order to raise the moncj' necessary to redcoin the wardrobe of another lady , which had been previously deposited with a pawnbroker . The Law ok Markiacjk . — -Some comments on the English law of marriage and divorce are reported in the Liverpool Chronicle as having been delivered by the stipendiary magistrate in a case of conjugal quarrelling brought before him . Charlotte lfinuhett , a middle-aged woman , dressed in . rags , was placed at the bar and charged with assaulting her husband . It was shown that on several occasions she bad savagely attacked him and his workmen ; that sho abused tho cuetomor ? , and even beat them ; that- she was constantly drunk , and used tho most fearful language ; that sho stripped her childreu of their clothes , and sold them fot drink ; and that she made away with bedding , furniture , and article
every sho could lay her hand on , with the same object . Mr . Mansfield , th-e stipendiary magistrate , said the law of this country was so constructed that , if tho wife stripped her children ajid gold thoir clothes , sho could not bo punished as a felon , tho fiction of law hold * ing that she took her own property . By a superstitious notion , or , perhaps , lie might any , a delicacj of feeling , the sanctity of marriage wus so regarded that there was no power , however aboniinublo the wife ' s conduct might be , to obtain a divorce ; nml fur a man to be linked to such a woman as thin was a fur greater punishment than if he carried a eorj > 3 e upon bis back until it rotted away from him . The course he should take would be calling on the woman to find very heavy bail—namely , two surotios iu 60 / . each , and be bound herself in 100 / ., to keep the peace for twelve months . Hail , of course , w ^ J not forthcoming , aad she was removed .
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 13, 1856, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_13091856/page/7/
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