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Leader (1850-1860), 9th September 1854, Edition Town of 2, Page 843, Untitled Article

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      OUR ClVlEfSATIOK At the tif&rylebone Police Court , a plasterer named George Iiong was charged with a violent -and unprovoked assault upon Eliza Stewart . The * facts 4 ts stated by the complainant , -were as foliows : Complainant deposed that on Saturday night last , -as -she was passing along Strafford-street , Lisson-girove , she was a ' Ccosfe'd by _ the prisoner , who wished her to accompany him to a bouse in the neighbourhood ; -She refttse'd , upon which he immediately gave her a tremendous blow on the face ; she fell to the . ground , ¦ where she remained for a time almost senseless , and when she in some measure recovered she found that two of her teeth had been-knocked completely out , and a third loosened . The prisoner , after thus ill-using her , made : his escape . The facts were proved in evidence , and the prisoner was committed to ' hard' labour for three months . Atthe same cotirt , a labourer , Timothy Xee , was found guilty of -an assault tmd robbery on Aim Smith . :

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      A curious case was tried at Westminster . It teaches foreigners to beware how they accost " 'fashionable and genteel-looking women . " Massy Edwards , an Italian courier , was charged with stealing 4 J . 10 s . A fashionably attired , gentcel-lookiog woman , about 30 years of age , not . possessing any great personal attractions , ' ¦ Who described herself as Mrs . Jane Skirving , . -statea that her husband was in ' -Canada , where she-yras abptit to join him . Qh'Saturuaymorning , between ; tl : and 12 -o ' clock ; she taade some purchases- atrCOveht-garden-mEirlcet , and was' about : to return to herTesidenceat 7 , Eoyal Avenue-terrace , Chelsea , when the prisoner accosted her , xjbserving , " that it was a nice morning ; " She replied thdt it was , and he Walked % her side , chatting 'to her , through : St . -James ' Park , in the course of which she happened tosay ' that she had a letter

      to post . Prisoner said , ne siiQuld ? haye muth : pleasure in doing-it for her , but as . 'it had . not a- Queen ' s 'head on it 3 ie walked with her to her house inorder that that 'deficiency might be'supplied . Having arrived there , she gave him the postage stamp , ana while - be was putting it on the letter , she had occasion to-leave the room , her purse being at the time upon the table , containing four sovereigns ; arid a half ; arid some silver . Upon , / her return he put on his hat ; and left the house , and immediately afterwards she riiissed il . lOs . from her purse , money which she had had sent to her to go to Scotland . Prior to his departure , prisoner had written aown his address , — " 11 , Stanhope ^ streetj St . Martin ' s-lane , ' and she immediately sent'for a cabj and , accompanied by ' , her landlord , went in quest of liirn . She could not find , any

      '' Stanhope-street , St . Martin ' s-Oane , " and was walking through St . Martin's-court when she saw the prisoner in . a taverrj , laughing and joking with some other men . She immediately called him , when he came , and she asked him for the xrioney he had taken , but of her parse . He gave her 11 . 17 s ., requested her not to say anything , and invited her to accompany him . to the house of a friend in Pall-mall to get the remainder of the money . Ho then . got into her cab , and upon their stopping at 15 , Pall-mall , wanted to go into the house alone , but she . insisted upon accompanying him . He knocked at ' the door , but -the gentleman for whom ho inquired was not within , and they returned to the cab , when her landlord , who was with them , seeing a policeman , called him , and she gavo prisoner in charge , '

      The prisoner , however , gave a very different version of the story ., The prisoner , in broken English , said , that ho saw " tiio gentle lady looking at him lovingly , " and approached h « with " a good morning , " when she condescended to accept his arm , and he felt great happinoss in walking by her side . Sho said she was going home , and asked him if ho would como with her ; and he was delighted , and said " Yes ;" and sho offered him somo pears in a bag , but he would not have them because of the cnolora . Sho called at 5 , Pantonstreet , Haymarket , and asked him to wait a little outside tlie door , and when aho camo out slio said sho had given tlio pears to somo little children . They then walked in tlig j ^ tu twiu iijiu wh hub inucu to icaxn

      n , mm ouu m ; nvux uuaue foreign languugos , and ho said he would touch her . Then ho -wont to her house , where slio camo and sat upon his knqos , and began to kiss him and invited him to bod— -they went . Ho naked hor what prcsonthoshoukl make her , and slro said five guineas , and ho aaid ho would lot that bo for n littlo while . After stopping there an hour and a-half ho wanted to got into tho fresh uir , when ho oftercd hor 10 s ., but eho insisted upon having . fivo . guineas , and called tho landlady unda man up , who said ho must givo it . Ho told them aho was not worth it , her clothes . « nd . »\ H . Then they all pulled and drugged him about , -and somebody took two florins out of his waistcoat pocket , and ho then said , if thoy w « ntod moro monpy thoy must como with him to his lodgings in St . Martin ' s-court , imd then they all got into tho cab to go thero , and as ho did not want to havo a disturbance ho went to try unrt got tho monoy they wanted .

      In cross-examination , Mrs . Skirving contradicted her previous statement ., was distinctly proved to havo sworn falsoly on some points , but poraisted in charging the prisoner with having robbed hor . Mr . Jirodorip took bail for tho ncuusud's uppearanco on a luturoday , in orc ' or to givo tho police time to make thio most searching inquiries into tho diameter of Mrs . Sldrving and tho houao whoro sho resided .

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      A mulillo-ngod man , of highly Tospootablo appearance , who K"wo the nnmo of Frederick Forinun , nnd described lihnuoll M ini ' 0 ^ ¦ Mbcmnrlo . atroot , Hegont-Nquaro , no occupation i " ana Mru . Auiolia 1 ' aruouH , a tall and woll-draiMuil woman , who was tloHoribed n » u " wnpuutable inarriod woman , miding lit 84 , OhoHtor-atroot , Kunniugtou , " wuro charged witli croiitmg a dinturbmico in Ht , Miiry ' H-Hquaro , l . mubi-th . and may niulung hbo of diHguBtiiiK kuiyungo . at 13 o ' clock on

      Saturflaynightiast . ' The male prisoner was further charged ¦ with being drunk . The charges vrere proved ^ atidthe prisoners-were fined 10 s . each . They paid the fine and left the court , the lady exclaiming " Good God ! what will my haSband think of this ? " What indeed ?

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      Joseph -Hart , potman at the Duke 6 f Suffolk , in Walworth , was charged with attempting to strangle Elizabeth Bud , a fellow-servant , and then with attempting to hang himself . Hart had formed an attachment to Elizabeth Bud , who was engaged to some one else . He thought to revenge himself in the manner above described . On Friday evening , while passing through the kitchen , the prisoner suddenl y seized her by the throat , and attempted to strangle her , wiiich he would have succeeded in doing had not Louisa Thomason , the barmaid , accidentally com "« a in and rescued her . She was then so far gone , from th « effect of strangulation , that she fell exhausted . The prisoner rnade his way into the skittle-ground , and , being suspicious that he meditated something against himself th « barmaidTvent there , taking a knife with her in her hand .

      She satw Hart suspended by the neck by ^ a rope from tla « beanij and slie instaiitly cut him down , but the rope was so tight round his neck that she had to cut that . He then appeared lifeless , but she ran-and , gotsome water and sprinkled it over his face , ' aiid gave an alarm , &y which time the prisoner exhibitedsigns of returning animation , andhe subsequentl y ' recovered arid was gjyen into CHstbdy . Both the prisoner * and his hitended victim ipresthe highest- cbai'acter with vt 3 ieir employer , and . the niagistrate having complimented -the . ' baraiaid on her courage -and diseretiop , the prisoner , in defence ^ said his could notraccoontfor his coaouctia -any other Way tlian that he had . been dririMijg > rum aliaayAvith ft young irwn who was going to sea , and ^ he was tralysorry for what he liad dope . On the solemn proHiise of the ; prisoner not to repeat suchiin offence , the . Hiagistrate consen . reid tohis disclrarge . ' -The- prisoner -. seemed deeply penitent ..:.. " . ¦ ; : ¦¦ ¦; '¦ '" ¦ ¦' . ' :. . ' .- ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ..:. ; ¦ ¦ -. " . ' - . - ¦ .

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      At Salisbury , Jfairy Ann Napper , of Trowbridge ,. and James Napper , her son , were 'remanded by the coroner to-Devizes Gaol , until Tuesday next , on a charge of killing her husba nd * on Thursday seniiigbt . It appeared from'the evidence that the prisoner ¦ James Napper liad , oil W ednesday , quarrelled with ; his brother , who has lately returned home from transportation . The tathier interfered to -separate them , and incurred the displeasure of the prisoner by striking hitn . On 1 'hu ' rsday evenirt ^ , / whilst ^ t the . ' Bear . Iiin drinking togetherjsoniie altercation took 'piaceywhen the male prisoner

      struck his rfather , knocked him dorwn , ^ and kicked « im ' severely . .-The ^ wifethen fell uponlicr husband , taking-hold o £ him by the hair and repeatedly ¦ striking- his hesudon ; theistpne floor , swearing she 'would slaughter -him , - Tliey all three left theBoarand went towards home , and the deceased'when a . few yards from the howse staggered and fell , and was , afterwards taken home ,, and died on Friday ¦'• mdrhirig , about ^ six o ' clock , from the effects of tho blows and kicks-he had ^ received . The deceased was tried about 15 years ago for « the inui'der of a man who had excited his jealousy by keeping his wife ' s company . He was lacquitted in jconseqjuence of a . flaw in the indictment . ¦

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      Here is an illustration of u Morality in High Life : " A correspondent at Dorking "writes that'a most painfuL feeling has been caused in . that neighbourhood by some , disclosures of appalling profligacy , committed under , the roof of the lion , and Rev . A . Sugden ( son of Lord St . Leonards ) , rector of Newdigate . Tho facts have been under magisterial investigation , and three persons , viz ., George Elton , 17 jrears of age , a connexion or tho rov . gentleman by marriage . George Elphick , agcd 21 , a groom , residing in the' house , ana Maria Fen , tho cook , are under remand . The evidence of tho prosecutrix , Elizabeth Co-wley , aged 16 , wiiich is'to-n

      largo extent supported by tho admission of Elplnck , ' shows that on Sunday night , tho 13 th tilt ., while the girl , who is housomiiid , was in bed with tho cook , and presumedly under her protection , the apartmont was entered by the two male defendants , the younger of whom committed a capital offence on tho girl , with tho concurrence and active aid of her ftllow-sorvants , tho cook and tho groom , Eiphielc then took tho cook to his own room , and afterwards returning' to "tho girl'sohamber repeated'Elton ' s orirnc . Tho two'young trrch . and tlio cook aro romanded , chargod , tho two first as principals , and tho third as accessory to tho offence .

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      Several applications huvo been made at the different police courts for l'cdress against SUipo'wnera by emigrants . The worst cuso is that of tho Jime Green , noticed last week . IWany poor families nro in lorriulo distress . They luivo lost thoir ull , and are now dependant on jiublio charity . A certain number , however , will bo sont oil' on tho Emigration Fund , by tho Government CoimnitfBlonors .

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      Iho Rov . Dr . Ferguson , tlio Roman Catholic pricet , cliurgeil with tho unlawful solemnization of a mnvringo , has been again x'enmntlod . Whon the complainant ( quasi-wi (' u , ) luft tho oourti , to bo convoyed to tho workhouse , sho wna greeted with long and loud yulls from botweou 20 O nnd 80 U wonivii , who

      were congregated in the road , and who appeared to have been waiting for the purpose of assailing her and there was no doubt but for the timely interference of the police they- would have laid violent hands Tipon her .

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      James Massey ax » Daniel M'Kulty , for 200 £ »—The well-known James Massey yesterday re-appeared , after a long interval , within the roped arena , his opponent being , for a second time M'Nulty of Liverpool . In weight , the men were unrestricted , but in this Massey had the advantage , for while his antagonist did not quite pull down the beam at nine stone , he was full nine stone and a half ; though at this weight there could be no doubt that he was much too stout . An aquatic trip had been resolved on , the Waterman No . " 7 being engaged for the accommodation of the men and their friends , and after a most agreeable voyage / the lists were formed on the Kentish Marshes , Lower Hope . The veteran commissary , Tom Oliver and his assistant combatants , lost no time in : making their entree , Massey having -behind as seconds Alec Keene and Tom Sayers , while Jerry If oon and James Hodgkiss , of Birmingham , did the requisite for M * Nulty . In betting M'Nulty was the favourite at 6 to 4 . By a few minutes after 3 o ' clock the men walked to the

      scratch . The contest was commenced by'Massey , in his ¦ nsual fearkss . 'reselute , < and almost 'desperate style , -and as round ' succeeded round , lie kept dashing at his man in the same unflinching and determined manner . In afaiost " every bout there was nothing but right down hard fighting . ¦ Bla 8 sey , ever busy , was first home with-the left- oil the head , and then Following-it up with the right . IM'jTulty was on . the retreat , and delivered in a TOailner that jjuickly isurprised the friends of Massey ; often , dunqg the -tcnteitvgiving MassQy the uppercut in . a most e&ptive style * " ^ shal l leave to others to describe the many Biictaatioiis that occurred in this'battle . ^ It must suffice to state that " Massey proved himself to be soniething better than the > ' stale oldrhaii " maily thought him ,-for be fought with . an- energy anid ¦ determination that brought / him 'throu ^ gii-viand . maintained his superiority to the end . In the whole , 76 rounds wero fought , occupying two 4 outs and thirty-fotir minutes , vfhep . M ' -Nulty was compelled to acknowledge himself defeated . —• MorningAdvertiser .

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      MR . DAVID TJRQtTHART'S BEtlEF , Mr . David Ubquhart is intensifying'his > views ; lie now charges the Cabinet -with a deliberate intention to kill off by cholera the army sent to the ISast . We find the following letter from him in the Morning Advertiser i- — " Sir , —When some months ago 1 wrote these lines , 'I charge the Government with the deliberate pufpose of exposing the troops to infection-m- order to 1 be able to account thereby for their inaction , ' I was astonished at your courage in inserting them . Sinco thatjperiod , arid during two months , the correspondents of tha different journals , and more especially of the Jlorniiiff JETercUd , detailed the very case , showing that the , ground . of the encampment was selecfced-to tho utter , astonishment of the whole . inhabitants of the place

      , where no human being in his senses would ever have placed a single teiit , not to say a large body of men , hr a place to which the name'has been given of ' The Valley o'f'Death , " at the season of the yenr when malaria was commencing its ravages , ^ a country'knovra- to be'the most dangerous upon earth , and the conditions of which had boon for months incessantly occupying the solicitous attention of the military authorities , what was known to . theipeople of ithe country , what was known to the correspondents of the journals , could not fail to bo known , to tlio chiefs of tho army ,, oven supposing the subject had never engaged thoir attention . Whon the consequences appear , do they movo ? No . From tho hour of their arrival up to tlw present moment , or until tho fortunate accident of tho cholera occurred , there aro tho troops kept with as clear a nuvpose , as is that Durnoao of

      preventing them from meeting the enemy . " I say tho fortunateoccafrenco of the cholera—thntcamo nsagodsond . Aguowas too slow a poison , and ' fcesidos it did not extend to the squadron . It was an item in tho chapter of accidents upon which they roolconod , and gets rid of bebastopol " After ull , what is there moro heinous in this than in every step that thoy huvo takon ; and what crime -was not included as a necessary result when tho complote understanding was como to to dispose of tlio inheritance of a sick man ' who had to bo slain ? " Nowwhen , in addition to fovor , cholera has como , the Times treats ua to an article , or rathorasuccossionof wticles , on tho insecurity of human lifo , and tho dangers incident to war . It says on Saturday last : " ' Suffering under Llib torriblo dispensation of Providence , whioh nnpoiira to bo as universal . in xts appearance wnongsfc ua us it is fatal in its oifects , we aro iiol dinpoaedio wjgmont tho pain occusionod by tbeso events by an attempt to impute

      blame to tho arvanmvients under which they havo talcen placo . rriiis curse roll upon our men in a mannor no foresiylit could avoid , and no skill prevent . ' " Of course it is Providence and not . polioy ; of oourao 16 would augrnont pain to iniputo blamoto tho arrangements of policy . JJut why impute blnmo , or havftwgment p ' nlii , wlion tho Jitnwnsution ia ono ' whioh no foresight could iivokI , aim no skill prevent ? ' Yos , thoro win » l-tlll « n < l thoro was ( orosight—skin and foroHiglit of demonn ; and tlio writor oi thoso atrooiouH linos shrinks « ol , from tho Tory word ' ourse , nor from conncoting that word with hi « Providenco . No hnglwlw man wrote tliono linos ; tlioy nro tho exultlncearonsm ot ono of a pooplo who , liko Attillu , Ml in tho bHinlno 8 B nnUorimoB of itli victims , Ilmfc it whs n ficourge in tho hando ot Uod , Bout , to punish tho huin . m rnco an « l to purge tho ourtU . Is nofc'tlic Oovoriunent wrong to endure , insllonco , tho conduct of n journal wluqli day . aftor day publiahoa a libol such ns thrtt ?

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      Tho cljfti'go of . perjury proforxed by Madame Oaradori aga-inst Mr . Benjamin Sloman has , more than onco , been tried before Mr . Horny at Bow-streot , Tho caao has been again ndjournod , and no now 'facts of intorost havo been elicited . Contradictory evidence 1 ms boon adduced in proof on ono side that Madamo Caradori was rcsponsiblcj for at least a portion of Sloman ' a bill , on tho other that sho was not .

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      September 9 , 1854 . ] THE LEABE 1 g £ 3

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 9, 1854, page 843, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2055/page/3/