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      clerk and collector . lie bad been previously tried and found Guilty © f forgiaig a bill of exchange . The sentence -was seven years' transportation ; but he was liberated on ticket-of-leave , and . Mr . Greatorex , out of kindness , and having : received a good recommendation from the chaplain of Dartmoor prison and from Messrs . Grissell , with whom the man had lived previous to his conviction , took him into Ms service—a kindness which he soon abused . He was found Guilty of the embezzlement , and sentenced to penal servitude for six years .

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      GATIJKUINGS FROM TIIK LAW AND POLICE COURTS . A sicnious defect in law has been exhibited in a caso tried at the Liverpool A&sizc . t , and has called forth aoino severe criticism from tho Prcsttm Guardian . A man named Astin , one of tho proprietors of a co-operative association culled " The Pudiham Cotton League Company , " brolec into tho mill on tho night of tho LHth of lust February , and cut and wantonly destroyed a groat quantity of cotton warps , - worsted houlda , nnd machinery , inflicting damup ; o to tho amount of 800 / . As wtll as being a shareholder in tlio company , Astin had boon employed by it , but had been discharged . This had kindled hia animosity , and ho had boon hoard to utter throats ngainst tho momber . s . These facts having been , stated at tho trial by Mr . Edwiu Juntos , in hia oiioning

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      but on neither occasion was it regarded . Etc was remanded . ... " A Soldier , and A : eea . rd . "—A scene of -violence and abandoned vice at Woolwich , Las terminated in the death of a . gunner and driver of the lloyal Artillery , named John Lawler . The soldier -was at a disreputable house in Hog-lane , together with a man named Walsh , wlio had formerly been a bombardier , and who entertained some old grudge against Lawler . Mrs . Coulson , the landlady of the house , was intoxicated ; and so were some of tho women about the place . A quarrel arose between the landlady and the soldier , and she aimed a blow at him with the poker ; but " Walsh warded it off ,

      though he struck Lawler with his £ srs , and turned him oat . In a few minutes the artilleryman came back ; the door was opened ; Walsh and the landlady ( the former having the poker in his Land ) chased Lawler to some stairs leading down to the river , and Walsh knocked his cap off ; when , apparently through fear , the soldier leaped into the water , and was drowned . The 1 andlady ¦ wished Walsh to endeavour to get the man out of the water , but he refused . However , he afterwards gave information , at a neighbouring boat-station that a man was in the rivex . The case was brought before the Woolwich magistrate , Walsh and the landlady beingcliarged with causing the soldier ' s death ; but it was adjourned for further evidence .

      Sacrilege at DErrFOBD . —The whole of the plate ( amounting to 2 Q 01 . worth ) has been stolen from the church of . St . Paul ' s , Deptford , which was broken into on tha night of the 1 st instant . A policeman whose beat includes the church had neglected , contrary to orders , to go through the churchyard once in every hour ; and the thieves—who are supposed to have been four in number , and who must have used great violence—were thus enabled to pursue their work in quiet . —Some burglars at-Perth , on Friday , broke into the Session-house in the hope of stealing the communion plate of the East Church , which is generally kept there . But they were disappointed , for the plate , on that particular occasion , TVas not in the building .

      A Hard Case is brought before the notice of the public by a correspondent of the Times . A poacher was xeeently tried for the murder of a gamekeeper , but was found Guilty merely of manslaughter , though , had the testimony of one of the witnesses been received , he would have been convicted of the capital offence . But - the counsel for the defence suggested , the Judge- confirmed , and the jury apparently believed , that thi 3 witness had perjured himself for the sake of a reward which had been offered for the prisoner's conviction ; and the poacher -was only transported for life , instead of being hung . The witness' character , however ^ was ruined , though the cross-examination of him had not

      shaken his evidence . " He accordingly went to the nearest town ; to ^ the scene of the murder , taking with him . several witnesses , and there proved to the entire satisfaction of the magistrates that every word he had said was true . Since the trial , the witness has lost his place ( his late master being an uncle of the prisoner ) , and . he is at present in very distressed circumstances , as , owing to the stain on his character , he is unable to obtain employment . " The correspondent suggests that a witness under such circumstances " ought to be allowed to appeal , and that , having proved the truth of his statements , his character should be publicly declared free from stain . "

      Murder op Two Children . —A Liverpool butcher , nanried John Gibbons , has cut the throat of his wife and of three of his children . Two of the children are dead ; and the other child is seriously wounded . The woman is the man ' s second wife , and is said to be a , drunkard . The man seems to bo insane , and is under the delusion that he will be dragged paraded about the town in an iron cage , attended by bands of music . Attempt to Murder a Policeman . —A murderon 3 attack has been made on a policeman near the little hamlet of Dennj ' , Somersetshire , by a ticket-of-leave man and his brother , who had a grudge against one of the constabulary , -and who mistook their man . The wounded officer was felled , stubbed , and left insensible , by a [ cross-road , an the night of Friday week . The policeman for whom the attack was intended afterwards arrested the Buspected parsons , and they are under roinand .

      A Painful Case . —William Stevens Hayward , described as a gentleman , was charged at I 3 ow-street , on Monday , by Jane Bettison , servant at a lodging-house in Alfred-place , with committing a criminal assault upon heron the previous evening . Tho magistrate in vain endeavoured to extract from her a plain statement of the circumstances , and at last she burst into tears , exclaiming , " I can ' t say it ; I really can't , sir . " The defendant ' s counsel suggested that the case should lie adjourned to a future day , to give tho girl an opportunity of composing her mind , and Ilayward of communioating with his friends . Mr . Hall thought this was tho only course that oouldbo taken . Meanwhile , the accused was admitted to bail .

      A Card Sharper . — -The practice of card-sharping in railway carriages still continues , in Bpito of all the efforts of the public to put it down . Some gentlemen were in a second-class carriage on the South-Western Railway last-Saturday morning , on their way to Mortlako , to sec tho boat-race , when a niau—who afterwards turned out to be a wcll-knowrn sharper , named Michael Grantasked ono of tho passengers to bet on some cards which ho was . shuffling . Tho gentleman hot jl penny , but apparently only with the design of tnakingacaao against

      Grant , and then giving him into custody . He won tho penny , which Grant offered to pay ; but tho gentleman refused to take it , and said ho would give tho man into custody . Tw-o of Grant ' s companions then began to bully tho gentleman ; but another person in tho carriage Hu . ]> ported tho latter , and tho sharper was given in charge when the train reached Putney . His companions , however , escaped . Grant begged that ho might bo let go , on account of his -wife and throo children—an appeal he rejieatod wheu he uraa boforo tho Lambeth magistrate ;

      afterwards arisen as to the cause of -her death , the body was exhumed and the stomach examined by an analytical chemist , who detected the presence of antimony and arsenic . He gave it as his opinion that the woman hud < lied from poison , and Hardmau was , therefore , apprehended and committed to Lancaster gaol on a charge of Wilful Murder . —Mr . Joseph Hodson , farmer , of Collingham , near Xewark , North Nottinghamshire , was discovered on the morning of Sunday , the 22 nd ult ., sitting upright in a chair in his house , quite dead . A portion of a niince-nie was found on the table beside

      him . He had evidently eaten of this ; and chemical analysis showed that it was poisoned . It had been sent to him through the carrier . The inquest was adjourned . A case of poisoning is being investigated at Woolwich , where an artilleryman is charged with administering a deleterious drug to a woman of the town with whom he had had a quarrel . The woman is not dead ; but , on giviug evidence at the police-court , she was so ill . and overcome with emotion that she swooned , and the case was left incomplete . It is stated that tho artilleryman is her husband . She said in her evidence that she is

      manned , but on being asked the name of her husband , became so much affected that no answer could be obtained . , AxrErupTEJ ) Mukdeu at Maids-tone . —A woman of light character at Muidstoue , has been nearly murdered by a bargeman , between whom and herself and sister there had been an altercation . The girl ' s skull is fractured , and she lied in a very dubious state . Swindling bv Wholesai , * :. —¦ A nioustached foreigner , styling himself Captain John Jonsen , a Hungarian , at liirkenhead , has for the past week or so been

      ordering goods from every one who Avould give him temporary credit in that town and . Liverpool . On Tuesday , Captain Joivaen attended a public sale , and had knocked down to him goods to the value of ' ill ., for Which , however , as for everything else he had ordered , he did not pay . After Iiis departure from the saleroom , two valuable cups were missed , ami lie was traced by a . detective -to '; his lodgings , where , on his pockets being Searched , invoices for goods which had not then arrived were found to the : amount of about 3001 . Ho was taken before the magistrates on Wednesday , anil committed for trial .

      Gakotimnct at UitiGiiTOX . T—Several caso 3 of garotte robbery have occurred within the last two or three weeks in the neighbourhood of the' . Dykclload and the Upper ShoTc . ham-rpad ,-Brighton . Tun SiiEi'FiiiLD Election DisTURUANCEs . —One of the oflicers engaged in the preservation of peace on Saturday week . . died on-. Wednesday ' morning , in consequence of injuries which he received by a stone , which was thrown by some of tha mob who assembled in front of tl ip-Angel Hotel , Shoilield . The name of the deceased is liilward l * rior .

      Riot . —Five men and a woman have been examined before . - the Worship-street magistrate on a charge of behig concerned in a furious' attack on-, the police ; and a : gentleman of independent property , named Cohoo , was at the same time-charged-with inciting the mob to resist the police . A constable had been arresting a , man for an assault , when Waggett , the ' principal of the persons now charged , came up , and , after savagely assaulting tlie . olUoer , rescued the captive . The policeman , though severely injured ,-followed WaijKCtt , and

      seized him . A frightful struggle then ensued , and ifc was found necessary to send for a reinforcement of police , as a large mob had collected , avIic-iu Mr . Cohen constantly urged to attack the . police-man . The olliccr was found by lii . s coiiinidos stretched on tlic pavement , with WnggcLt nnd the others surrounding him . Even then the riot was . with diiliculty quelled , j md Hoveral of the constables wore seriously Jiurt , Cohen nil tho while heaping abuse upon them . AH tho prison era were committed fur trial ; but bail was accepted .

      Mutiny ' . —Andrew George ( lallntdier , William Toilil , and John Williamson , ssuamen , were ch-ar ^ cd « t tha Thames policc-olliuo with mutiny and disobeying tho commands of Captain Alexander . Andruw , the master of , the barque Marchiontssa of Ail . su , and nloti -with attempting to utab Mr . John Pearson , tlio chief olliccr , and Thomas Al'Liulock , n . seaman belonging to tho samu vessel , on its homeward voyage from Taljlo Hay , Capo of ( inod Hope . Tlio mutiny arotto out of houiq complaints about tho food . Tho men wcro remanded .

      Theft by a Postman . —Charles Jackson , a postoffice bagman , has been committed for trial on a charge of stealing , on ths 24 th of March , the way-bill of the Tewkesbury mail-bag , and two registered " letters , one containing a remittance of 571 / . 10 s . 5 d . Murderous Assault . —An elderly gentleman , named Robert Robinson Tripp , having had a quarrel with hia landlord , Mr . James Scott , of Qiffoi-d-strect , Caledonianroad , Islington , at half-past two o ' clock in the ' morning-, stabbed him in . the side-with a sword . He was given into custody ; but Mr . Scott was so seriously wounded that he was tillable-to appear the following day . Tripp stated to the magistrate that Mr . Scott went up to bu apartment at that unseasonable hour to ask for rent that lie swore at aud abused him ; and that he ( Tripp ) pushed him from the room with the sword . " It was a case of villany , " he added . The magistrate remanded Mm for a week . Mr . Scott has since died .

      Stabking . —George Holies , described as a gas-fitter but who appears to get his living by theatrical performances , is under remand at the Worship-street policeoffice , charged with stabbing his wife in the shoulder Lecausc she refused to make a pair of stage trousers fo > r Mm on a Sunday . De 3 peuatiox axi > CntaiE . —Two ticket-of-leavo men liave been examined at Sh ' cQi « ld , and committed for trial , on a charge of -setting-lire to a wheat stack . One of them admitted that he had done it , and said they were driven to desperation by want and the inability to get employment . When the ilames . were discovered , they appeared to place themselves in the way of being Captured . . " ¦ '

      A Rkspf . ctabi / E TiiiER—Mr . John Morae , a person carrying on an extensive business as a furniture broker and salesman ia the Commercial-road , Peek ham , has been examined at-Lambeth police-court on a charge -. of stealing a cruet-stand mid some bottles from a shop in High-street , . Pcckham . The property was only worth , about live shillings , and he was observed to take it from the front of the shop , and walk quietly away , lie w . is committed for trial . Poisonings . —A very melancholy event has recently occurred at Glasgow , a young frenchman in that town , named Pierre Kmile l'Angclior , having been poisoned under circumstances which have caused a young lady to be taken into custodv , on suspicion of having

      committed the crime . It seems that for some time past M . L'Angclior liad been on terms of the closest intimaiy with Miss Madeleine Smith , the daughter of an Architect living in Dlythswood .-square . One morning , ' whilu stopping at the village of JJridgc-of-Alluu , the young man received a letter from Mian Smith , -saying that she wished to sue him immediately , lie , therefore , started at once for Glasgow , and , on arriving- thero , called sit his lodgings for a , short time , and then went out , saying that he should not bu home again -until latti . lie returned about two o ' clock in the morning , and complained of feeling vory ill . Medical aid was immediately sent for , and a surgeon prescribed for the young Frenchman , apparently without snupeetin ^ that any poison had been administered to him . The patient ,

      nevertheless , continued to suffer very violent pains throughout tho night , nnd on the forenoon of the following day ho was so much worse , that tho medical gentleman who had attended him tlio previous niglit was again sent for ; but by the time he arrived tlio young man was dead . A post-mortem examination of the body was made , and . ironic was discovered in tho stomach . Miss Smith was subsequently apprehendod on suspicion , when it transpired that she had puvclnwod arsenic ; but it was » nid that flhu merely bought it to uso as a cosmetic . Tlio inquiry in not yet completed . —Another ease of poiaoning hus happened in the village of Chorloy , in Lancashire ; tins suspected culprit in tliia instance k bcing a shoemaker of tho nnmu of Edward llardmun . Ilia wife died about a month ago , and was buriod in tho pnribh church ; but , auspicious having

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      _^ Aprie 11 , 1857 . ] JHE LEADER . 343

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    • Leader (1850-1860), April 11, 1857, page 343, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2188/page/7/