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      Anotiuhi Stookwbil Ghost Cask.— A Case S...

      S 5 m nesday , and committed for trial . The circumstautial evidence is drawn about him in a very close and complicated network . He gave a false account of his way home from work on the evening of the murder ; from the time of his departure to the time of his arrival , more than an hour elapsed , and the distance would only occupy about half an hour ; he was observed by a boy on the road to be lame , but did not say anything about this till twenty minutes after he got home , by which time he had changed his dress ; . he attributed his hurt to certain chumps of wood by the roadside having fallen on him , but they were found not to have been removed at all ; the next morning he worked in his best smock ( he had worn an old one the day before ); on being taken into custody , his knife was found to have a spot of blood on it ; his basket likewise was spotted with Hood , and between the wicker work was discovered some xed wheat mixed with barley , of a peculiar kind , and exactly similar to some which had beeu found in the field where the murder was committed ; some buttons had been wrenched off Carpenter ' gaiters and other garments , and the threads of the missing buttons were stained with blood ; a pearl button was picked up o n the scene of the crime ; a 11 % ¦ www ¦»¦— ¦*»

      UU . LLV 1 L vfll V ^ iJI . ucutyl O ux ^/ i * o ^ iii 3 < w **•«» w — tinged with blood ; and pieces of an old smock-frock , also stained with blood , were turned up by the police at Carpenter ' s residence , though not until some days after the first search , nor until Carpenter had been taken into custody . The accused was generally known to be a person of desperate character and great physical strength . A Ruffianly Assault , —John Usher , a private in . i 1 , n /~ lwsmn / lai-kW Ytlvi O ** il . 3 hiO KnQn QVQ miTlOfl Q < " WodflTl IT ) — iJ \\ \ 11 MW ¦ ! x

      LUC VjnCLICtUlWA VJI UC 4 A UJ | J-Ltli 3 ^ jAM . V ; . UA *» VU * SJV" «»* ster on a charge of assaulting a woman of the town under circumstances of unusual atrocity . Her screams brought another woman to her assistance ; but the soldier instantly knocked her down with , such violence as to render her insensible , and then escaped from the house , but was shortly afterwards captured by a policeman . Usher has been remanded . /—Henry Williams , a private in the Tower Hamlets " Militia , has been sentenced to six weeks' hard lahour for a series of savage assaults . lie was found bv one of his officers drunk ,

      and , on an endeavour being made to get him to the guard-house , he violently resisted . The police were then summoned ; but he struck them with his belt , kicked , and fought , inflicting serious injuries on the constables . It was not until a guard had been fetched from the barracks that he was overpowered . Muki > erous Assaxj LT . — A Mr . Edward Loveridge , clerk in a mercantile house in the City , left , some few weeks ago , a case of razors for resetting with one Robert Merritt , a hairdresser in Bridport-place , Hoxton . On iouna

      calling there on the night ol yesterday weeK , ne that the work had not been done , and therefore said he would take the razors away . Merritt then wanted to charge him with the resetting , though it had not been done . Mr . Loveridge rofuaeil , and , seeing that the other was about to seize hold of him , retreated into the street . Merritt followed , and struck Mr . Loveridge a violent blow on the face between the eyes . A great deal of blood flowed from three distinct cuts ; and it was afterwards found that the injuries' were caused by a glass perfumery bottle . Some fragments of the glass were driven into the flesh ; and 3 Ir . Lovoridge has been conuierritt \

      fined in the nospuai . waa e . uuuueu uw me Worship-street police-court on Monday , when he said that he had been much excited , and that he had struck Mr . Loveridge while unconscious that he had the bottle in his hand . He was remanded . A MuhdeRous Youtii . —James Reynolds , a youth of sixteen , has been examined at Lambeth police-court on a charge of throwing a little boy seven years old into the Surrey Canal . There was some quarrel between the boys , when Reynolds deliberately lifted up the child , and flung him into the water . He was requested by a woman , who knew he could swim , to get the bov out : but ho refused , and , running away ,

      told a woman who had charge of the child that lie waa drowned . A young man , however , had in the meanwhile got him out , though by that time lie was perfectly exhausted and insensible . Reynolds was sentenced to two months hard labour . Execution . —The man Davis , who killed his wife at Islington while in a fit of intoxication , was hung on Monday morning . He affirmed to the last that lie was

      perfectly unconscious of what ho was doing , anil that no loved his wife very much . A little before the execution , he said ho wi shed ho could bo shot by a company of her Majesty ' s Foot Guards , as then he should die like a Christian instead of liko a dog . lie died with calmness . An unavailing attempt to get his sentence commuted had been made by some benevolent persons . Robwkuy aud Muudku at Ashovek-iiim-m—A man

      named James Simpson , who keeps a farm at the village of Aahover , near Chestorfiold , has boon robbed and murdered in a wood within u very short distanco of bin own residence . On tuo morning of Friday week , ho went to Alfreton , about eight miles distant , to sell some butter at the market , and left to return home , afcer disposing of his farm produce , a littlo uftur three o ' clock . Ho proceeded along the high road until he arrived nt a wood about a hundred yards in extent , which borders on Aahover-hill , not above half u inile distant from Mr . Simpson's farm . The road at this spot is somewhat lonely , there being not tibovo two houses in the immediate vicinity . Soon after Mr . Simpson had roachot

      this part of tie road , the report of a gun or pistol , probably fired by a man concealed in the wood , was heard in the distance , but no notice was taken of this circumstance ; consequently , ten minutes elapsed before anybody arrived on the spot where the noise of the firing had teen heard . By this time , however , the proprietor of one of the neighbouring collieries passed the place on his way to the works , and he then saw Mr . Simpson lying on his side in the roadway , bleeding from a wound in the head . A farm labourer came up shortly afterwards , and identified the wounded man as Mr , Simpson . On examination it was discovered that he had been shot behind the left ear . He was not yet dead , but quite insensible . Assistance being obtained , lie was conveyed home , and medical aid was immediately called in , but it was of no avail , as Mr . Simpson expired about eight o'clock in the evening without uttering a -word . His porte-monnaie and watch were stolen from him , but some grocery articles which he had bought at Alfreton were found untouched in the wood -where he was shot . Owing to the length of time which elapsed between the firing of the shot at Mr . Simpson and the subsequent discovery of his inanimate . body , the murderer escaped , and has not since been heard of .

      No. 400, Noyembeb 21,1857.J The Leaped. ...

      No . 400 , Noyembeb 21 , 1857 . J THE LEAPED . 1113 ¦

      ¦ Gatherings From The Law And Police Cou...

      ¦ GATHERINGS FROM THE LAW AND POLICE COURTS . A singular action for false imprisonment was tried in the Court of Exchequer on Monday . The plaintiff was a labouring man named Shields , living at Kensington , and the defendant was a master baker , carrying on

      business at the same place . One night in July , they had met at a public-house called the Duke of York , when Shields won 8 s . and a bottle of wine in tossing , which Sheppard , the defendant , refused to pay , and told the other that lie would never toss with him again , and that he miglit take up the money whenever he could get the chance . On a subsequent night , they met at another public-house , when Sheppard offered to bet Shields a shilling that he would not win a glass of ale from him in tossing , and he placed a shilling upon , the counter . it in nis t

      Shields picked up the shilling ana put puc * . e , saying that he should keep it in part payment of what he had won at the Duke of York public-house . Sheppard said that if he did not return the money he would give him into custody for stealing it . All the persons present endeavoured to persuade Shields to return the money ; but he refused , and said that he would have it tried out . Sheppard tlien fetched a policeman , gave Shields into custody , and , against the advice of the inspector , insisted on the charge of felony being taken . It was Saturday _ r _ i . « . _ .., ! Ol .: ^ l / lo n n ^ nr ri i n rrl v w fl s Vpilt in P . UStodv Ulltll OUlCtUfc ¦

      J 114 MH- clHll <] » V- ^* J »«» . »«^» . " —• ' - »—j ' - --- — vthe following Monday morning , when the magistrate discharged him . A verdict was now given for the plaintiff ; damages , 5 / . In the Court of Bankruptcy-, on Monday , Mr . Lawrence , on behalf of the great Nothern Railway Company , tendered a proof against the estate of the notorious foTger , Leopold Kedpath , for a sum exceeding 200 , 000 / . Mr . Lawrence thus stated the circumstances under which the proof was tendered : — " The bankrupt had forged the company ' s stock or shares to the amount of 221 , 070 / ., and its dividend warrants to the further amount of i r , nnm i > . ii . i ; , iinr > iit . iin < i Tnnrlft the * forereil stock valid . \ f \ k ¦» ¦ ^_ A - (

      jl % j % \ f y v •* *• * ~ *• »» x . v *» **^^ ••—w •^ -- ^ — — ~ - — , , and the bankrupt ' s estate was indebted to the company in the sum of 236 , 070 / . The company , desirous that the bankrupt ' s other creditors should not sutler by a clerk in their employ having obtained credit by means of appearances which his forgeries had enabled him to assume , had satisfied all the claims against the bankrupt's estate . "With very few exceptions , the creditors had been paid 20 s . in the pound , and in those instances or exceptions 15 s . or upwards of 15 s . in the pound had been paid . Every other creditor having been thus satisfied , the company preferred the proof in order to obtain tlie sum which ltedpath ' s estate had realized ( about in tne oi uwiciui oai

      30 , 000 / . ) , as now nauus mu « Bn ^ . Mr . Commissioner Uoulburn deferred the proof , in order to examine into a doubtful point of law . Great is the assurance , infinite the wit , of Israel . A Jew , named Woolf Levy , was examined on Monday in the Insolvent Debtors' Court , and testified , with a face of brassy impudence , to th « systematic rascality of Ms life . He has passed , at various times , under several different ^ _„ _ .- 4 . ^ "K . 1 .. SI L

      . names , ujipuurs m na > u av- » . « - » -v » » o ** . ,. ~ - - v lofty impartiality over the greater part of the globe . Having quilted England in 181 U , when only nineteen years of age , he travelled , temporarily resided in Australia , in India , in the United States , iu vaiious parts of South America , in Hong-Kong , again in India , in Egypt , in Italy , and nt the Cape of Good Hope . "Wherever he woi » t , he appears , according to his own adf . .. A . .. 1 ..... ^ . nl . nniml Atfil ><^ ' / MIA iViMHI XITl \ ni 11 it WHS / itv

      llllSrtiOllS . tO ILHVO U 1 IU 411 UII . Viir » -Jl J v . »»¦ " »•• " -. w--- --possible to get any thing ; sometimes by means of obtaining goods , other times by getting- money on false ehcqui'H . "When at the Cape of Good Hope , ho wus tried on n criminal charge , but it failed . His most astonishing feat was performed in America . Ho entered into partnership with a man named Frasor , and travelled through the entire Union with American ' curiosities . Hero Mr . Commissioner Thillips asluxl , "What arc American ' curiosities' ? " Insolvent : "Wooden nutmcgB nndsuclt things . " ( LnuyhtcrJ ) CommiHsionor ; " Did vou sell wooden nutmegs for real apu'ts I Insolvent : > "« Wo did . " ( Continued laughter . ' ) Commissioner : And

      did you persuade the Yankees to buy them ? " Inaol- _ _ vent : " They didn't know the difference . We sold ¦ .. them in the cities of the West , Indianapolis , and other places . Others sold wooden hams , but we did not . '' ( Laughter . ' ) While in England , Levy incurred a debt of 35 / . 6 s . for stationery , & c , supplied by Mr . Rodrigues , of Piccadilly . The bankrupt had had his crest and arms stamped on letter paper ! The motto was read in court , and ran thus : — "Auro noh est ohmics . " The Commissioner said the English of this appeared to be— " Every one is out of cash . " The case was adjourned . Benjamin Nicholls , a very respectable looking man , the proprietor of a genteel lod ging-house at 15 , ' Marlborough-place , Brighton , has been charged at the "Westminster police-court with stealing a travelling-bag containing deeds , papers , jewellery , and other articles of considerable value , the property ' of Mrs . M'Alpin , of 108 , Eaton-square , and Castlebar , Ireland . Nleholls alleges that the bag came accidentally into his possession while he was in Ireland hi the service of a gentleman ; that he made every endeavour to find out the owner , but could not ; and that finally he pawned some of the contents . He has been remanded . Two fine-looking coloured girls were examined at the Southwark police-office on Tuesday , on a charge of begging . They were found wandering about the streets with a box into which passers-by put money . On being placed before the magistrate , they said they were fugitives from Kentucky , and that , on the death of their father , their mother " was sold to a distant plantation , and they too were about to be separated . They therefore escaped to Philadelphia , where some free coloured persons paid their passage to Greenock , whence they made their way to London . They had endeavoured to get into service , but had failed , owing to the prejudice against coloured people . They had recently lived with alabourer and his wife in a court in Bisbopsgate-street , and had gained a few pence by selling tracts . They could knit gloves , and , if they had money to buy wool with , they thought they could make a living . The magistrate gave them four shillings from the poor-box , and discharged them . . ¦ - ¦;'¦ ¦' . '•

      A second-class certificate was granted on Wednesday in the Bankruptcy Court to William Tyler , formerly the proprietor , and latterly the manager , of the Surrey Gardens . His debts are 7 G 00 / . ; assets , 560 / ., subject to a realization . . The case of Colonel \ Vaugh came on again in the Court of Bankruptcy on Thursday ; but the colonel did not appear , and it turned out that he is travelling in Spain for the benefit of his health . An adjournment was therefore ordered to the 19 th of January . uitu

      XVOOerc 'UHllcliy , n juoiiu « y * ' i' »» jjcnuc , nao "k the last assizes , upon an information filed by the Attorney-General , which charged him with corruptly , and bv colour of his office as a magistrate , extorting two sums of 1 / . each from two persons . At the trial , the defendant was found guilty , and he was brought up for judgment in the Court of ( Queen ' s Bench on Thursday . Mr . Justice Coleridge sentenced him to pay to her Majesty a fine of 200 / . ; to be imprisoned for one year , among the ; misdemeanants of the first class , in the Queen ' s prison ; and to be further imprisoned till the fine be paid .

      The New Chief Editor Of 'La Presse.' We ...

      THE NEW CHIEF EDITOR OF 'LA PRESSE . ' We rejoice to hear that M . Alphonse Peyrat has assumed the chief editorship of our Parisian contemporary La Presse . M . Peyrat has been for many years one of the most eminent and esteemed journalists in France ; eminent for all the qualities of the -writer , and esteemed for all the qualities of the man . A profound knowledge of European history and politics , and a rare faculty of powerful and luminous exposition , a style combining terseness and solidity with point and epigram , perspicuity and vigour with elegance .,.,, 1 wfinomiint .. mi . l . « . l ) ovo all . an unexcentionablo

      icrsonnl reputation , render M . Peyrat ' s accession to the chief editorship of the journal which has the largest circulation in France , and an influence in Europe scarcely surpassed even by the Times or the IJchnts , a subject of general congratulation . M . Peyrat was one of the foremost writers in La Pressc when M . Emile de Girardin waa its chief writer and proprietor , ami when iournalism was a power in France . After the

      events of December , 1851 , he was , wo believe , with dillioulty prevailed on to write under the new conditions to which political writing -was exposed . Certain it is thnt his nuine rarely appeared in the columns of La Presse , and only at the foot of articles of historical or philosophical controversy : on the public affairs of the iluy he remained rigorously silent . His letters from Enirlmid in the early l « u-t of the year 1855 were much

      remarked for their angacity and moderation , « i « l ¦ ™* their intimate knowled-jo of English public lifo . "h en M . do Girardin sold La Pnwc , M . IVyrat . loehned to serve under the new proprietary , although the chief editorship waa offered him on hi * own ternis . An occasional brilliant review in the SwcU- is oil that has appeurod for many months from liw jmii . \ S o *™ B ™ indeed to hear that ho luis boon por . mn . loil to rcumo at the head of the journal which owes bun half Ha celebrity ; we are porHiwidod th . it , ovenunder embarrassing political conditions , integrity and sagacity such as liis must bo felt in the direction of public opinion .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 21, 1857, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_21111857/page/9/