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      to Pierce , vlo answered , " Make -away with them—Sateovtliem *»\ L workman and a police inspector ^ Sg ^ hea rd t ^ is , but they disagreed as to the time S ^ te deSie trith of the charge . He added that he had known Pierce , but was not interested in the present case . The Lord Mayor said he would take measures to prevent such communications in future .

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      Central Criminal Court. J* The November ...

      CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT . The November sessions of this court were opened on Monday , when the first case brought forward waa that of John Pringle , a young man who was charged with Bending a letter to the Bank of London ( on which he thought he had some claims ) , threatening to make Oh- closures which -would be prejudicial to the concern , llis counsel now : appeared and offered an apology , stating that the young man regretted what he had done , and felt that there was no justification for it . The charge was therefore withdrawn , and a verdict of Isot Guilty was returned . _ Seliim Elizabeth Arriett and Emma Foreman , two respectable-looking young girls , surrendered to take their trial upon a charge of stealing a 20 / . note ami six sovereigns , the property of John Biggs lloldsworth , a gentleman living in Clementfs-inn . The facts of the case appeared in . this journal when the prisoners were before the police magistrate . Both were now found Guilty , and sentenced to three months ' imprisonment . Robert Charles Wyatt , a well-dressed , gentlemanly looking young man , who was stated in the calendar to be nineteen years of age , was placed at the bar to plead to two indictments charging him with uttering a cheque for 91 , and another for 250 ? ., with intent to defraud th London and Westminster Bank . He pleaded " Guilty to both charges , and-was , sentenced to four years penal servitude . ¦ ¦" - . ¦ ¦ ¦ „ "¦¦ ¦ ' v , Charles Buller was charged with setting fire to the house of a gentleman living at Peckham Rye . A police man discovered him one night in the grounds of this house , the officer's attention having been attracted by light which came from the dwelling , and which was afterwards extinguished . He took the man into custody with some difficulty , and afterwards discovered that hole had been burnt through one of the shutters of the house , and that this had been enlarged with a knife with aview to a burglarious entrance into the house The man now denied all knowledge of the fire , and said he had gone into the grounds in order to find some shelter for the night . , He was found Guilty ; and the Common . Sergeant ordered that sentence of death should "be recorded . This , however , of course , » only nominal Frederick Huggihs , a youth of seventeen , was charged with stealing property belonging to his employers warehousemen in the Cit }' . He was found Guilty sentenced to six months' hard labour . —John Bons pleaded Guilty to charges of kousebreaking and larcend at the Sailors' Home , Poplar . A great many robberies had been committed at the establishment , and several the servants had been discharged on suspicion ; but would appear that Huggins was the thief . A sentence of four years ' penal servitude was passed on Bond . Charles Hunter and Thomas Murty have been found guilty of t he garotte robbery committed in the Boroug upon Mr . Edward Mason , a banker ' s clerk , of which particulars have already appeared in the Leader . They were sentenced to transportation for life . The moment the sentence was pronounced , Hunter threw himself his knees , and with horrible imprecations declared Murty was innocent . Murty also asserted his innocence Both prisonersjwere exceedingly violent , and ; itwns some difficulty that they were removed from the dock Henry Franklin , was indicted for the manslaughter ¦ William Taylor . The prisoner , the deceased , and women who were related to the latter , were drinking & public "house at Kingsland on the 13 th of October , the whole party were more or leas intoxicated . A quar rel took place between Franklin and Taylor ; they into the street to figlit ; and the latter was knocked down , and , while ho was upon the ground , Franklin kicked him on the head and neck . Paralysis ens and Taylor died on tlie following day , it being alleged that tho kick on the neck was the cause of the death The jury found the prisoner Guilty , and ho waa tenced to fourteen days' solitary confinement . Sarah Nicholls , a pretty-looking young woman , to bo seventeen years of age , surrendered to take trial for concealing the birth of her illegitimate The infant was found dead in a box ; but there were marks of violence . Nicholls was found Guilty , but commended to mercy ; and was sentenced to one month imprisonment . , Emma Reynolds and Susan Hazeltino wore guilty of an omnibus robbery , and , being noted characters , were sentenced eac to nine months' prisonment . Henry NetheTcott , a letter-carrier , pleaded Guilty a charge of stealing a letter containing a half-sovereign a sixpence , and four yostage stamps , the property of Postmaster-General . Hla wages were only h illings a week , the Mghest . sum given to letter-carriers but . it appeared he was in the habit of getting int touted . He was aontonced to four years' penal servitude \

      J * ^ ^ ^ T ] tJj - ^ ac . ^ ^ - ^ . * £ , t - v ^ _ J ^ ^ - ^ a a i . . j . , and of it h the on ^ gp ^ ggg ^ iniHWWMHBMiBBi **"" * " ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Samuel Summers pleaded Guilty to a charge of es- caping from custody after being convicted of stealing lead . It was shown that he had conducted himself very honestly ever since ; and Mr . Baron Alderson said he could not regard the act in any very serious light , as " no- thing could be more natural" than for a young man to en- deavour to avo a sentence of a year ' s hard , labour , He had , however , done wrong , and he ought not to oh- , tain any advantage by such a proceeding . He was sentenced to be imprisoned for a year , and that sentence lie must still undergo , and , in addition ho must undergo a further imprisonment of one month for the offence to which he had pleaded guilty , making in all thirteen months' imprisonment . llobert Hawkins has been found Guilty of uttering a forged 57 . Bank of England note with intent to defraud , He was sentenced to four years' penal servitude . Thomas Gilmour , of-Ramsay " , Isle of Man , was on Thursday finallv examined on a charge of obtaining three bills of exchange for 2501 . each by false representa- tions . Mr . Capreol , of Gray ' s Inn , said he had been instructed by the friends of the prisoner to appear for the accused , and he had to state that arrangements had been made to the ' satisfaction of Mr . do Bots ( the solicitor for the prosecution ) , and they had . so exonerated Gilmour , that he would leave the court without a stigma upon his character . THr . de Bors added tliat . he declined to prosecute . Mr . Dayman , the magistrate , then said the ; " prisoner would" ba discharged . He was about to leave the court by the private door , when he was stopped by the gaoler , who pointed to the public entrance . At . this time , a sheriff ' s " officer was at the side of Gilmour , "ready to take him into custody upon-: a" capias , at tlio suit of Mr . Bennett , the watch and clock maker of Chcapside . Ultimately , Gilmour was allowed to go tlirough the ~ , private door to the cells , as lie had left a bundle there ; V but he was followed by the sheriff's , officer , and they were shortly aftcrward 5 > eon walking togctluT from the cell entrance into tlie road , tliebincor carrying the bundle . ¦" . . ' " llenTv Cliivcrs ' -pleaded . . Guilty to a charge : of bigamy , S It appeared that the second wife was / .. aware of the g existence of the first at the time of the marriage . The man was sentenced to four months' liard labour . —; ^ Frederick Trevass pleaded Guilty to an assault and robbery . This was one of tlie recent garotting cases . £ A sentence of transportation for fourteen years was f passed on him . —William Henry Wootten , Joseph Young , ' { Charles Cullen , Charles Homer , and Mary Anne Clark , were tried for a burglary at the house of Mr . Swire , a ' chemUt on Brixton-liill , and for receiving the stolen propcrtv . The particulars have been related but receritly j *" " in these columns . Homer was Acquitted ; the others , V were found Guilty . Cullen , Clark , arid Wootten , were ' sentenced to various terms , of penal servitude and hard ~ j labour , and the sentence on Young was respited till next , „ . session . —Another case of burglary , in wliieh a man f i named "Philby Fish wn s concerned , together with Herbert p " Fish and William Roberts , has terminated in the Ac-Q f quittal of the last two , and the conviction of the firstit named , who is an old offender , and who was sentenced ce to four years ' penal servitude . James Edwance , a respectable-looking young man , . a pleaded Guilty to an indictment for stealing a cheque of £ . the value of Gill . 10 s . belonging to his master , Mr . A . ! , Jones . Tlie . " prosecutor -recommended the " . prisoner to mercy , on the ground of his previous good character and * the act being one of sudden temptation- Sentence , Qn three months' imprisonment .

      Outrages On Wives. Cases Of Assaults On ...

      OUTRAGES ON WIVES . Cases of assaults on ' . wives have recentl y diminished in .-number ; but . we have tlirec to chronicle this week . A journeyman shoemaker , living in Ta'bernacle- 'walk , Finsbury , named Thomas Coiiolly , was charged at the Worship-street police-office with having committed a savage assault on . his wife and infant . child . The woman , had been married to him about six years ; but tea months after their marriage lie began to beat and illuse her , and had continued to do so uuintermittingl y ever since .: A few nights since , lie came home at a late hour very drunk , wlien his wife asked him for a small sum of money to buy some food , lie not only refused to give her any , but flew into a violent passion , and seizing the tea " -kettle " , which was on the lire at the time , tilled with boiling water , thing it at his wife ' s ¦ head . .- It only just grazed one side of her face , fell upon the bed close to where her infant was lying , and discharged its scalding contents over its face , neck , and arms . A surgeon was fetched , but he said that the child was so frightfully - injured - -as to be quite beyond the reach of hi * medical skill , and he therefore advised the mother to remove it at once to St . Uartholomew ' a Hospital .. This was accordingly done , and the child is now progressing favourably . Conolly , Lowever , still continued ill-using his wife in various way 3 and at . last , ' at the instigati n of a neighbour , she took out a warrant against him . Tlie magistrate committed him for trial . A leather-dresser , named Jeremiah Faulkes , waa brought up at the tiouthvark police-court , on a charge of beating his wife . The man had of late been a confirmed drunkard , and had deserted his house a good deal , and nearly starved his wife . Not being of a strong constitution , she could not work for her own livelihood , and whenever she remonstrated with kcT husband on his conduct , he always beat her . One night he came home intoxicated and in a great rage , ami his wife being much alarmed , attempted to get out of his way ; buthe seized lier , and after throwing her violently on tho ground , commenced kicking her . She contrived to get up , and fled for refuge to the house of one of her neighbours . The next day she took out a warrant against her husband . In his defence Faulkes merely said that lie was drunk when he committed the assault , and that his wife must have " aggravated" him . Tho magistrate sentenced him to four month ' s imprisonment with hard labour . m A third case of this description was heard before Mr . Elliott at Lambeth , the accused in this instance being a man of the name of Patrick Madder , formerly a rider at AstlcyVfh outre and other places , who was charged with assaulting and severely injuring Mrg . Farvell , W 3 mother-in-law . ' Like tho -ruffians in the two previous cases , lie came homo one night in a state of intoxication , and began quarrelling with his wife about some- -trivial domestic matter ; nndwlicn her mother , who > vau prosent , endeavoured to calm his anger , he took up a candlestick , and struck her violeuLly wiLh it on the Wiaga of her nose , which was cut completely through , aua wo nose , in consequence , hung down over her face . &*• though it was properly set by a surgeon , Mrs . i < a ""* believed that sko was disfigured for life Auo n ^ stated tkat his mother-in-law was continually ann ° y" ^ him in ono way or another , and not long ago < m charged , him with stealing flome of her money , w ^ sentenced , however , to six months' hard labour .

      That . With . Of Some At And - Wenl Ued,...

      that . with . of some at and - wenl ued , . sensaid her child . no re's found bad imto tin twelv < ox- " i : L - » , } L I r - b 3 i . 1 II u i at ———^————^—ze . THE SUPPOSED MURDEB , AT ERITIT . tli An inquest was opened last Saturday on the body of > k . "Worrell , who , as we stated in our last week ' s Postscript , of poisoned himself in a cell of the Greenwich police-station me while in charge under suspicion of being concerned in the at supposed Krith murder . It appeared that the young md man , who had recently come baclc from Australia , had ar- been in a desponding state of mind , for some time prcent vious to the death of Carter , the person whom he is ced su 3 pectcd to have killed ; and , when taken into custody , : lin his depression was very great . He said ho could not live cd , with such a charge hanging over him , and he threatened ; ed to poison himself . He was therefore strictly searched tli . and frequently watched ; but ho contrived to swallow jn- prussic acid . Previous to so doing , he had made a statement to tho effect that he had been with Carter on the aid Thursday before his death , but not on the Friday , as her alleged . The inquiry was adjourned till Wednesday . On ild . the resumption of the inquiry , the chief additional no witnesses were a cabman who drove Carter and Worrell re- to the London Bridge Railway station on tho day when th ' s tho murder is supposed to lmve been committed ( Friday , tho 7 th inst . ) , and who had been previously examined irnd at the inquest on Carter ; somo other persons who bad had also givon evidence oh the same occasion im- and who showed that Carter and Worrell had been good deal together on tho Thursday and Friday ; and y to Mrs . Worrell , the wife of the supposed murderer , who km was painfully affected . Slie said : — " My husband left the homo on Friday , tho 7 th , a few minutes after nine , and elve returned homo to dinner at throe o ' clock . I know that era * was tho time , because- ho took out his watch and said tox- was an hour later than wo ought to have dined—two ud « , o ' clock . I -went by his watch and what ho said aa

      at I hi w ai h w cj 1 < fi n c o s r li a I t I < that being the time . His dinner was brought up , but he ate very little of it ; and he had tea about lialf-p ast fiva . I ani sure he did not have dinner and tea together . fcfv husband seemed very strange ever since last Sunday week . I recolloct that particular day , because hia father and my sister were at our liouse that day . When I sav he was very strange , I mean he was very different from what he had ever been before . He made no communication to ino as to where he expected money from " From the evidence given at the inquest on Carter it furthermore appeared that the gouge with which , the murder is supposed to have been committed , or partially committed , belonged to a workman who had lent it to a friend employed by Worrell ' s father . At the conclusion of Sirs . Worrell ' s evidence on Wednesday , " ' th e Coroner sumned up , and the jury , after a " brief deliberation returned a verdict , to the effect . that-Worrell-had destroyed himself wliile in sound mhid . This being equivalent to a verdict of J ' elo da se , an order has been made out for burying tlie body without any religious ceremonial . With respect to the means by ' which-Worrell concealed ' , the poison , it is supposed that itivas hidden in one of his boots . The boots were felt after he was taken into custody , but they were not pulled-off .

      , A It To O Garotxinc*.—A Caao Of Garott...

      , a it to o Garotxinc * . —A caao of garotting is narrated l > y ft t , sufferer in tho Times of Monday . Ho writes : — ¦» a about seven o ' clock last evening ( Friday week ) , m * d waa walking through St . James's Park , towards rn » o lico , I was attacked "by two men , one of whom bm * ft mo by tho neck , at tli « snmo time demanding my p « w d with n threat . I managed to extricato my tl" ^ . ™" it his clutches , and dealt liim a blow in tho face wu" ^ j it umbrella . At tins crisis , a labourer ran to niy w » o anco , and struggled with tho other fellow , but t ^ ¦ o securing him , and they both inado off . I could no * "

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 29, 1856, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_29111856/page/6/