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Leader (1850-1860), 21st February 1857, Edition 1 of 2, Page 178, Untitled Article

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      vardiebwtas returned few the plaintiff ; damiages , 20 s . The Jjjdge irepaarked that he did not believe either that Andrews had given a bad shilling , or that the butcher ' s wife ; had changed the coin . —A second case of false imprisonment was heard in the Cotirt of Exchequer before 3 ylr . JB . Arpn Martin . A plumber , named Joyce , had been wording at the house of a IVIr . Embleton , together with his sop . Some lead was stolen from off the roof of the house , and the son was given into custody , and afterwards convicted of the theft . While-he ~ >' - under examination , the father -was also arrested at the instance pf the magistrate , but was acquitted on his trial . Qn first being conveyed . to the station-bouse , Mr . Embletpn had signed the charge-sheqt ; and the question for the jury

      'William Britton , Alfred Wheeler , an * M 5 « 6 rgeSki » oer all youths of sixteen ,-have beea 4 n < 4 ietea at the'Central Criminal Court for having stolen « a gold ^ wateh -and chain , a-brooch , three hundred cigars , and other articles value 25 A , th . e -property of John Marshfield , , in 'iris dwelling-house . -Skinner was admitted Queen ' s . ey idence against the other prisoners . His © ecount was > to the effect-that he had been tempted into a certain . complicity , "but had not actually been concerned . in breaiinc into'the house . A verdict of-Not Guilty-was-taken in his case ; the others weie found Guilty , and sentence . was postponed .

      'Mr . James iRogers , the comedian at the Olympic Theatre , whose name has become somewlat familiar to the public by a recent occurrence , applied on Wednesday to the Insolvent Debtors' Court , under the Protection Act , and was . not opposed . The debts are oply 108 ? ., and the insolvency is attributed to the death of his . late wifp ,. his own occasional illness , and insufficiency ofjpcome . His present . salary at the Olympic Theatre is &l . per week . The 13 th of . March wai appointed for granting the final order , and protection was renewed until that . date .

      Rucgles ' s son . The notes and money'had been abstracted from the boje , but the railway scrip , &c , remained . Mr / 'Ruggles's son , who had until lately been living with bis father at Dalston , was frequently in the habit of visiting him at the East India House , in consequence of which he gained entire knowledge of his drawers , and all their contents . Some days previously to the one on which the cash-box was missed from the office , he had absented himself from home , and had not been heard of since . Miller , after a long search , was traced out and apprehended by a detective officer in a traveling caravap , which was standing in Old Nicholasstreet , Shoreditch . The officer ascertained that he had been in company with , the younger Huggles , and-that some of the stolen notes had been charged . Miller was remanded , in order to give the police time to trace but his presumed accomplice , for whom , search is being made .

      Mr . Thomas Harrison , a stockbroker , of Enfield , was charged at the "Worship-street police court with unlawfully detaining an officer of the Eastern Counties Railwayin the performance of his duty . On the arrival _ of a train at the Enfield station , one of the collectors wentto the different carriages to collect the tickets , and on asking Mr . Harrison , who was in the smoking carriage , for his , that gentleman replied carelessly , " Well , but suppose I've lost it ? " Being told that he must , in that case , pay a fine , he laughed , and said , " Then I must try to find it . " He thereupon searched his pockets , from which he produced , with great levity , a variety of articles , under pretence of searching for the ticket , but as it did not appear among any of them , he told the col .

      lector , amidst much uproarious laughter from himself and his fellow-passengers , that he believed he would find it in an empty pipe-case which was lying before him . Some of the occupants at the back of the carriage having , at this juncture , com plainedofbeingdelayed , Mr . Harrison then took a season ticket from his side pocket . In consequence of these proceedings , the train was detained at the station nearly ten minutes beyond the usual time . Mr . Hammill , the magistrate , > said he was of opinion that the accused had wilfully caused an obstruction , which the law regarded as an offence according to act of Parliament ; but , as it appeared to him that the railway authorities merely wished to enforce such regulations as they might think proper to institute , he should only order Mr . Harrison to pay a fine of ten shillings , with

      costs . A petition , in the case of Hqpwood v . Hopwood , from a decision of the Master of the Eolls , was heard before the Lords Justices of Appeal on Tuesday . The question was whether the Rev . I " . Gr . Hopwood was entitled to a legacy of 5000 Z ., given to him by his father ' s will , and also a sum . of equal amount covenanted by the testator to be paid to certain trustees , or whether the one was not a satisfaction or ademption pro tnnto of the other . The Master of the . Rolls decided in favour of double portions ; the other parties appealed . ¦ The appeal was dismissed , but ¦ without costs .

      The Judicial Committee of Privy Council was occupied on Wednesday with an appeal from a decree of the Vice-Admiralty Court at St . Helena , by which the ship Newport -was condemned on the 24 th of November , 1854 , for having been at the time of seizure , the 21 st of September , 1854 , engaged in the slave trade , and Messrs . Pinto , Perez , and Co ., merchants , of London , the sliippeis of the cargo , were condemned in penalties to the amount of 12 , 915 ^ . 17 s . Gd ., being double the value of the cargo . The appeal was dismissed . Damages liave been obtained from three railway companies on account of accidents proceeding from carelessness on the part of the railway officials . One of these cases was an action in which the plaintiff , as administratrix of her deceased husband , Mark Hicks , sued the Newport , Aborgavenny , and Hereford Railway Company to recover compensation in damages for the death of her

      husband , who was killed on the 12 th of November , 185 G , in a collision -which took place on that day on the company ' s line . The defendants admitted their liabilit } --, am the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff ; damages , 2500 / ,, which they apportioned thus : one-third to the widow , and tho remainder to be equally divided nniong the four children . —In another case , a Mrs . M'Intosh obtained 450 / , from tho London and North-Western Company for an accident at tho Aber station , caused by -the train stopping at a sloping bank instead of at tho platform , and the station-master lifting the lady off tho carriage step with such carelessness ( despite her protests at being forced to alight at that spot ) that ahe fell and broltc her leg . —A Mr . Allen , a travelling clerk in the service of tho Post Office , has obtained 1400 / . damages from the Chester and Holylioad Railway Company for an injury to tho head arising from a collision on the line .

      An examination meeting in the affairs of Robson , tho Crystal PuIucj forger , appointed for last Tuesday , was further adjourned to tho 17 th of March . Tho bankrupt remained in n private room during tho discussion . Iu reference to tho proceedings under n summons which was heard lust week against Mr . Townwlcy , an undertaker , in Paul-street , FiiiMbury , for causing an ob-HtTuction by allowing mourning carriages to rciimhi in front of lii . s promises , the futhor of tho defendant liua emphatically denied tlmt either of tho hoar .-es contained dead bodies , us had been stated by tho witnussica on that occasion .

      was whether that proceeding was merely a matter of form , or whether by so doing the defendant had made the giving of the father into custody bis own act . For the defence , it was conteuded that the apprehension of Joyce , senior , was purely an act of the magistrate ; but the jury gave . a verdict for the plaintiff for 5 / ., whereupon Mr- JWon Martin directed . a nonsuit to be entered , subject to a , niotion to enter a verdict . as above . Subsequently , . it . was agreed that a slet processzis should be entered . —A .., third case was in the same , court . A . Jew , named . Castleberg ( the defendant ) , had given a man , named O'Driecoll ( the plaintiff ) , into custody forstealing some watches ; but he did not proceed with the case , and

      ODriscoll was discharged . He now swore that he had nofc . stolen the watcb . es ; hut , when under cross-examination , he declined to say whether he bad not been convicted-four times , and been imprisoned eighteen months for obtaining money by false pretences from two foreigners , while he admitted that he might have passed himself off as a captain in -the army when drunk , he being actually a private . Under these circumstances , the jury gave credit to the evidence adduced by the defendant in support of his plea , alleging facts which reasonably . justified him in preferring the charge against the plaintiff , and at once returned a verdict tor the defendant .

      An interesting question as regards crossed cheques was involved in a case which was brought before Lord Chief Justice Cockburn and a special jury in the Court of Common Pleas . An action was brought against a Mr . Simmonds , as the public officer of the London Joint-Stock Bank , by . the . ' plaintiff , a Mr . Taylor , who is a customer of the bank , for money lent and on an account stated . The defendant pleaded payment . The question raised by the action ( involving the construction to be put * on the recent act relating to drafts on bankers , 19 th and 20 th Victoria , cap . 25 ) was whether , where a customer of a bank crosses a cheque , but before presentment the crossing lias been fraudulently obliterated by some person , through whom it is presented at the bank , and it is paid over the counter in the ordinary course of business , the loss falls upon the bank or upon the customer . In this case , the cheque had been posted , after

      being crossed ; but it had been intercepted by some one , taken out of the envelope , and presented at the bank , after the crossing had been obliterated , probably by some chemical means . It was at once paid by the bank . The empty envelope was put under the door of the house where it "was directed , with these words written on it : — " The finder is much obliged . " The cheque , when presented at the bankers ' , was much crumpled , to render detection the less likely "but a question arose as to whether the clerks were guilty of negligence in not discovering the fraud , while , on the other hand , it was contended that the plaintiff had exhibited carelessness in sending the cheque through tho post . The jury found their verdict immediately and unanimously , that there was no uegligenco on either the part of the plaintiff or of the defendant . A verdict was then entered for the defendant , subject to leave to the . plaintiff to move on a point reserved .

      John Henry Goulburn , a well- < lressed young man , ¦ was charged at Southwark with stealing some valuable medical books from Dr . Steadman , with whom he had been living ; also a great-coat belonging to one of the doctor ' s pupils . Dr . Steadman had discharged Goulburn becuuso ho had received eonie information detriniCtttnl to his character . Tho young man left suddenly , took tho property away with him , and subsequently pawned it . lie now pleaded Guilty , and was sentenced to four months' hard labour . Throughout the proceedings ho exhibited great depression and shame .

      ., J ? . ° i Uo nftmo of Hcnp J * Miller w « 8 charged at tho Mansion House with being concerned , together with another man not in custody , in stealing a cash-box containing nearly 70 / . in bank-notes and money , besides a quantity of railway scrip and other articles , from tho secreturylB oft . ee- at the East India House , Leadenhall-1 ' rf ^ ' t Samu <; 1 lineel c 3 , messenger to , tlie secretary , left thooflico one evening about half-past five o ' clock , after Haying locked up tho diaweva in which a cash-box ( his property

      own ) wua kci ) t . Whon ] l 0 returne < 1 nt teu tho lollomnjr morning , ho found thut tho drawer which contained tho box was broken open , and the box itsolf stolen . On tlio same morning , however , it was left by a fitrnnger at Mr . Kn ^ Wa private residence , where it vr « a -token in by his daughter , to whom tho man who brought tho box gave a dcKcription of tho person ho had received it ( Vain , which closely corresponded with tlmt of Her brother , uml tho hox . , b wrapped up in paper and directed , it van believed , in tlio handwriting of Mr .

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      NAVAL ANJD MUJTAIiX . How Ships siay be XosT . ~ Under this head , Mr . K E . Dove writes to the Times to eay that "fatal mistakes in navigation are made owing to the gross incorrectness of charts published at very high prices . The Admiralty charts , he states , are beautifully executed , -and very correct ; but they remain unheeded in the drawers of . mapsellers , because they are cheap , and therefore considered worthless . The Screw Steamship Chime , Captain Smith , .-with mails and passengers for the west coast of South America , has been obliged to put back , dismasted and disabled . ¦ For a time , she was in imminent danger of driftingon to the coast of Spain in the Bay of Biscay . The ^ foremast , the mainmast , and the jibboom were carried away , and for many days she was drifting helplessly about ¦ the waters . But her leakage was very slight , and she contrived to weather through the storms .

      Reduction of Dockyard Wages . —In consequence of the order which has been issued by the Admiralty-for reducing the pay of the labourers employed intheCliatkam Dockyard to 12 s . a week , a public meeting has bean held at Chatham , presided over by the High Constable , when it was unanimously resolved to memo-rialize the Lords of the Admiralty to rescind the order . The War Department . —" -H . C . H . " complains in the Times that , notwithstanding repeated applications , he has been unable to obtain from the War Office an account of the sale of his brother ' s effects after the death of the latter ( a lieutenant in the 3 rd Buffs ) from dysentery in hospital before Sebastopol in October , 1855 . He has also failed to receive a slight balanee due to him , though he has had numerous letters putting him oft ' from time to time . It seems to be a flagrant case of " Circumlocution Office . "

      Clifford ' s Invention for Lowering Boats at Sea . —The shipowners and seamen on the east coast of Scotland have taken up the subject of Clifford ' s invention for lowering boats at sea , and held meetings at the principal seaports to petition Parliament to make its use compulsory in the British mercantile marine . Shipwrecks . —Some very rough weather lias been experienced on the west coast of Europe , and several vessels have suffered in consequence . The British . barque Agenoria came into collision with the French schooner Elise on the 24 th ult . off Cape de Gatt . The latter sank , with a boy on board , and the master was also drowned . The British brig Vixen , from Cardiff " , bound for Stow , put into Gibraltar on the 1 st inst . with stanchions ajul bulwarks carried away . Tho French brig Mathilde Captain Contel , from Marseilles for Senegal , with a .

      cargo of brandy , wine , rice , &c , was wrecked on the night of tho 17 th ult ., during a terrific storm , at a place called Rnigal de Staigu , to the north of tho island ot Mahon . Tho vessel wont to pieces , and all tho cargo was lost . Only one sailor was saved out of the eleven persons who were on board . Tho Portuguese brigantinc Africano , Cnptain Duarte , with a general cargo for Uisson , sprang a leak when five miles off Capo Spartcl , but fortunately fell in with tho Dutch brignntine Vtow Maria , which toolc her in tow to Gibraltar Bay , where she sank astern of the American ship Sea < iueen . Tho British brig Marion , laden with wheat , -which lmcl put into St . Sebastian through stress of weather , was dashed to pieces against the new mole of that port on the niglit ol the 21 st ult . Tho French steam corvette , the Duroc , hns been lost on tho coast of Java , on her win from Nov Caledonia to Hong-Kong .

      TinsOuTrtAcjB at thk Chatham PosT-oKtacK .- —\ Coinmandor-in-Cliiof Iihn ordorcd a rtiutrictcnurt-niiirtial to bo convened nt Chatham garrison for the trial of those soldiera who have been recognised as having been engaged in tho outrage at the Chatham Post-oflice and t- lie » ttuck 011 Mr . Dudd , tlio postmaster , whicli took y luco < sarly on the morning of ( ho , 7 th iu . it . Seven . soIukth ivoro placed in confinement on suspicion of having ben " engaged in tho outrage , and four of these have been identified ; their names arc Dennis Crnij ^ n , Thoinas llannon , William Krcffc , and John Maciiainnni— ft ' privates belonging to tho 87 th Hoyal Irish l ^ usilk-rs .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 21, 1857, page 178, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2181/page/10/