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      Central Criminal Court. Bobbery.—Louisa ...

      CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT . Bobbery . —Louisa Mortlock , 22 , spinster , and John Williams , 24 , shoemaker , were indicted for stealing a purse from the person of a lady named Gregson . It appeared that on the 14 th of August , Haydon the city officer , saw the two prisoners and another man following the prosecutrix down Fenchurch-street . After they had left her , he went after them , and they , finding they were pursued , threw the purse away . They were both found guilty , and Williams , being well-known to the police , was transported for seven years . The woman was ordered to be imprisoned for six months .

      Burglary . — William Harford , 22 , ehairmaker , pleaded guilty to having committed a burglary in the dwelling-house of John Venn , of Highbury park . Mr . Payne , who prosecuted , said that the prisoner was a most desperate character , and formed one of the gang to which the notorious Haekett once belonged . He was transported for seven years .

      Middlesex Sessions. Results Of Betting.—...

      MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . Results of Betting . —Thomas Scott , pleaded guilty to stealing a quantity of plate , value £ 200 and upwards , the property of Mr . Matthew Forster , the elder , his master , in his dwellinghouse . The particulars of this case as detailed before the police magistrate , have already appeared in our columns . Mr . Forster said , that he wished to recommend the prisoner to the indulgence of the Court , on account of his lengthened services in his family , but more particularly because lie believed that he had stolen this property in consequence of becoming concerned with betting houses ; and until these nurseries of crime and dens of vice were put down , he hardly thought that they would be justified

      in dealing harshly to their unfortunate victims . Mr . Witham said , that the prisoner had robbed his master of an immense amount of property , after living in his service for such a length of time , and he should certainly have transported him but for kind recommendation of the prosecutor . He had made an excuse that he had committed this robbery because he became in volved in consequence of betting on horses , but this was no excuse . Every one who went to a betting-house ought to be ashamed of himself , and it was no palliation for his conduct . He then sentenced him to 12 months imprisonment , with hard labour .

      Pocket Picking . —Thomas Chillman , aged 20 , was convicted of stealing a silk handkerchief , value 4 s . 6 d . the property of James Tait , from his person . It appeared that the prisoner committed the robbery on the 22 nd nit ., while the prosecutor was listening to the band in the colour-yard , St . James's Palace . A previous conviction was proved against the prisoner , and he was sentenced to ten years' transportation . Robbery by Boys . — William Brophy , a lad of 15 , and John Smith , a lad of 12 , were indicted for stealing the sum of lis ., the moneys of John Page . The jury found both the prisoners guilty . They were proved to be old offenders , and Mr . Witham sentenced Brophy to seven years' transportation , and Smith to 12 months imprisonment with hard labour .

      Heartless Robbery . —Vapid Sweetman , pleaded guilty to having stolen , two guns and a set of chessmen , and other articles , value £ 50 , the property of Charles Gilchrist . This was a very heartless case , as will appear from the following brief statement of the facts connected with it : —The prosecutor who is a solicitor ' s clerk , residing at 69 , Alfred-street , Regent's-park , had known the prisoner for about eight years . About five months ago he went to him in great distress , and the prosecutor very kindly gave him some employment , and permitted him to lodge in his house , and promised to pay his passage to Australia . On the 7 th of last month the prosecutor went down with his

      wife to Reading , leaving the prisoner m charge both oi his house and a temporary lodging he had at 53 , Arlington-street . On the 14 th of August the prosecutor returned late at night , and at one o ' clock the prisoner went to the house intoxicated . He refused to let him in , but sent him to Arlington-st . Next day a silk dress and two guns were missing , and he went to Arlington-street , where he found the prisoner in bed . Some conversation ensued between them , and ultimately he gave up a number of duplicates relating to the property which he had taken nd pawned . It would appear from the evidence of the pawnbrokers in the case that the prisoner had been robbing the prosecutor ever since he had allowed him to live in the house . Mr .

      Witham said this was as black and wicked a case of ingratitude as had ever come to his knowledge . The prosecutor had held out the helping hand of a kind friend to him , and in return for his kindness he had carried on a heartless system of plunder , fbr which he must be severely punished . He then sentenced him to seven years' transportation .

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      Mansion House. Alleged Felonious Assault...

      MANSION HOUSE . Alleged Felonious Assault . — Herman Steinihall , a German , who was said to be possessed of considerable property , was charged by Mrs . Holzbach , the wife of a foreigner who has just left London for the gold fields o f Australia , with having made an assault with felonious intent upon her person . The case excited much interest , and occupied the bench a couple o f hours . —The prosecutrix , through an interpreter , said the defendant and I bad some conversation at my house about a cigar shop which he wished me to take . ; £ said that more money

      than I could afford would be necessary , to which he replied that there would be no occasion for it . He called again , and he walked into the shop , from which lie followed me to the kitchen , where my bed was . I did nut know that ho was in the room with inc till , hearing ; i . nlight . noise , I turned round and found that he was stripping himself . ( Grout laughter . ) I asked him what he meant , and ordered him out , but he proceeded to undress , and ) m then locked the door . —The Lord Mayor . —And did all this take place without any more ceremony . —The prosecutrix . —Ho said he came , to ui ' o upon business , and he was determined not to go away without dohi" * it . I was quite surprised at such conduct , and I threatened to punish

      him severely , but he persevered , and I was obliged to give a loud alarm . I had a struggle with him , and I got away , and succeeded in opening the door , at which a gentleman who was passing by came to my assistance . He , however , escaped , but I afterwards had him apprehended . —A Polish Jew , the witness called by the prosecutrix , said he knew the lady , and as he was passing by the house he heard the voice of a person who appeared to him to be half strangled . He ran in and knocked at the kitchen door , and when it was opened by the prosecutrix he observed that she was in great agitation and that the defendan t was half stripped . He thought under such circumstances that it would he prudent in him to stay till things should assume a different appearance , and he accordingly remained on the spot

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      till the defendant disappeared . — tor the defence it was urged that the a ff air was a resolute conspiracy for the purpose o f extorting money from the defendant . The Lord Mayor held the prisoner to bail , himself in £ 100 . ^ and two sureties in £ 50 . each to answer the charge at the sessions . A Destructive , —Mary Dams was brought before Sir John Key charged with having broken a pane of glass , value £ 12 . in Batts ' s tavern , in Bueklersbury—The defendant , who it seems has a fancy for breaking things of great value , never had been

      known to try her hand upon an inferior article . She went up to the splendid plate and battered it with vigour . —As a security against the effects of the mischievous work done by the sturdy beggars of the metropolis , who prefer prison fare to workhouse fare , it has been found necessary to establish a plateglass club , by whose rules the losses are divided , and the complainant in this case was , we understand , lucky enough to have a claim to compensation . —Sir J . Key fined the defendant in the penalty of £ 5 ., and in default of the fine sentenced her to imprisonment and hard labour for two months .

      CLERKENWELL . A YAmmui Caught . —Thomas King , furniture broker , of 17 , Weston-place , King ' s-cross , St . Pancras , appeared on a summons before Mr . Tyrwhitt , for unlawfully retaining and taking from the produce of certain goods belonging to John Cook , a poor man , of 10 , Northampton-street , St . Pancras , and sold for tlie payment of rent , other and greater costs and charges than allowed by law , and contrary to the statute . —The charge was fully established . —Mr . Tyrwhitt said , that such practices were

      too frequent among the defendant ' s class , and this was just the case that ought to be followed up in another court against the parties . It was one of those quiet and secret transactions in which they thought they were perfectly safe , but which fortunately came to light . It was really crushing the poor . They could seldom fix on a case like this , and he did hope that Mr . Wakeling would pursue the matter . He then convicted the defendant , and ordered him to pay the sum of £ 3 . 10 s ., being three times the amount of defendant ' s extortionate charges ,

      and including costs for witnesses , & c—The defendant pleaded ignorance , and said he had not got the money with him . —Mr . Tyrwhitt . —Then you must be detained until you pay it . He was then locked up , and in the course of the day he paid the money and was liberated . Attempted Murder of a Stepfather . —James Head was finally examined charged with attempting to murder Frederick Richard Allen , his stepfather . The particulars of this case have been already detailed in the newspapers . It may be recollected that on the 7 th-of August last the prisoner and the prosecutor ,

      who is his ( prisoner's ) stepfather , quarrelled , when the prisoner attacked him and stabbed him in several parts of the body , and in the struggle the prisoner received several wounds . The prosecutor was taken to the Royal Free Hospital , where lie had ever since been in a dangerous state , under the attention of Mr . Lane and other medical gentlemen . The prosecutor now attended , but he was in so weakly a condition that he could scarcely give his evidence , and he was evidently suffering great pain . Several witnesses gave confirmatory evidence . The prisoner reserved his defence , and he was fully committed to Newgate for trial . The prosecutor was taken back to the hospital .

      GUILDHALL . A Precocious TiuEv . —Jolm Nelhams , alias Stone , alias Wil liams , alias Jones , a delicate lad about 16 years of age , was charged before Alderman Challis with picking a gentleman ' s pocket of his handkerchief . The offence having been proved , Springate , the gaoler , in answer to inquiries from the alderman , said , the prisoner had been nine times convicted , six times at this courtthree at the Old Bailey , and four times flogged . —

      , Prisoner . —I assure your worship it ' s all false what this man says . —Alderman Challis . —Were you not convicted at the Old Bailey ?—Prisoner—Yes , sir , but only once . —Alderman Challis—How many times have you been flogged ?—Prisoner—Only three times , your worship . —Alderman Challis—And how ofte have you been convicted at this court ?—Prisoner—Slot mor than five times , sir—Alderman Challis—Taking your own ac count to be correct this is a case for a jury , and not for

      summary conviction . The prisoner , who , it was stated , commencehis criminal career when only a mere child , was then fulld committed to Newgate for trial at the present sessions of thy Central Criminal Court . WORSHIP STREET . Attempted Suicide from Destitution . —At a late hour on Saturday afternoon , just before Mr Hammill left the bench , a haggard , care-worn looking man , named George Holyhead , was brought up from St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , charged with the following determined attempt at suicide : —Police-constable

      Gurney , G . division , stated , that while on duty in Rose-and-Grown Court , Shoreditch , at a late hour on the night of the 28 th of last month , his attention was attracted by a sudden outcry , followed by loud screams in a woman ' s voice , from one of the nouses , and upon making his way there , and entering a room upon the basement , he found the prisoner stretched upon the floor on his back , and bleeding profusely from a frightful wound in his throat , which had severed the windpipe . His wife and

      three children were standing round him , convulsed with grief and agitation , and a tableknife , which was stained with blood , was handed to him by a female lodger , who told him that she had forcibly wrenched it out of the prisoner's hand after he had inflicted the injury upon himself . Upon looking round the apartment , he found that it presented a most wretched appearance , it being desti fcute of a single article of furniture . From the evidence of the wife it appeared that the family were in the most extreme wretchedness . Her husband ' s tools as well as their

      furniture had been seized , so that he had no means of providing fbr his family . The prisoner made no observation in answer to the charge , maintaining a gloomy air of despondency throughout the investigation , and it having been intimated by the officer that he had threatened to repeat the attempt at the earliest opportunity which presented itself , Mr . Hammill said that he did not fcef himself justified under such circumstances in suffering him to go at large , and should therefore order him to be committed to prison for a week ; but in the meantime he should direct a sum to bo handed to the wife from the funds of the poor-box , which would be sufficient for the exigences of herself and family in the interval .

      Assault and Robbery . —Elizabeth Hastings and James Jackson , the former a woman of notorious character , were charged with assault and robbery . A person named Sullivan was proceeding on his way home through Commercial-street , Whitechapel , at a late hour on the preceding night , when he was accosted by the female prisoner , who forced her conversation upon him , and ultimately induced him to see her to her lodgings . These were in a house of a very infamous description , in a place called George-yard j and the prosecutor had been no sooner shown into a parlour than the woman attempted to rob him . This proceeding he resisted as well as he could , and tried to push her away from hiin , but she immediately placed her b ack firmly against the door , grasped him tightly by the

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      hair o f his head , and , a violent struggle ensuing between in the course of which the prosecutor made vigorous eff release himself from her clutches and escape from the n ] to woman , on seeing that he was likely to do so , partial ^ 0 ' ^ the door , and shouted out " Barney , Barney , '' loud ^^ * sould . This signal was immediately answered by ' tl ^ ^ being burst in and the sudden appearance of the male iv < v who , without uttering a word to the prosecutor , dealt lu ^ l ^ a heavy blow on the side of his head , that , notwithstaiJ * ^ female confederate still retained her grasp of the pros > ^ hair , he instantly dropped to the floor . Both pmoner !? ' 8 rifled his pockets of all the money he had about h \ m \ m \ f , imw llia jfWAots vi au uju iizuiicy Jic um auout mm and

      rnup stairs , and the prosecutor , upon recoverin g his feet anl tered senses , made the best of his way to the street door ^ reaching which he called lustily for the police , and noveiToff until a constable made his appearance . Both ther •» tered the bouse together , and upon examining one of the " 0 " 011 rooms discovered the two prisoners , who were at once ni ^? charge . The male prisoner was then questioned as tt / Y money he had about him , and replied that he had only m - which he had received at the docks , in his fob , but upon sc 6 ' " ing his pockets a quantity of loose silver was found hm ^' - them , the coins of which exactly tallied with those the ^ cutor had been robbed of , and they were both thereunon h ' forred to the station . Committed ! l ua , ls "

      MARLBOROUGH STREET . Daring Street Robbeuy . —Edward Tomlinson and C Tomlimon were charged with bavins committed a darin /^' ' robbery . —Mr . Philip New , No . 18 , Seymour-crescent , ? W square , said , about 1 o ' clock on Monday morning he was ing along Great Titchfield-street , when the prisoners canw " and walked by his side . He had not proceeded very far l ) e f ? he was suddenly seized by one of the men , whom he Won ? believed to be George Tomlinson , who held him tightly x ^ l the waist while the other man , who he also believed \ n « h

      other prisoner , robbed him of his gold watch and « uard I then ran off . Prosecutor pursued , and saw the prisoner EdinJi Tomlinson pass something to the other prisoner . The wi ^ l Edward Tomlinson seeing that he was pursued , turned rourj and struck him a blow which prevented him from continuing the pursuit , hy which means the prisoner who had the watch

      escaped . The prisoner who struck him said to him , avc ain't going to rob you , but if you want a poke I'll give it to you * Prosecutor called for the police , and gave the prisoner Edward Tomlinson into custody . When tlie prisoner was . searched a pocket handkerchief was found in his possession which hadkcl stolen from him . This evidence was confirmed by several witnesses , and the prisoners were committed for trial . *

      MARYLEBONE . ArrpiPTEn Suicide . —A sew Astidotk for Poiso . w—j % Manning , a married woman , was brought up from the infirmary of Marylebone workhouse before Mr . Broughton , charged iritii having attempted to commit suicide by swallowing a quantity

      of oil of bitter almonds . —George Kitchen , a youth , living with bis father , a green-grocer , High-street , Marylebone , said that about noon on the 9 th of September , lie was in Nortlmmbcrlandstreet , New-road , when , on passing the defendant , he heard her exclaim , " I have got something in my hand which will do for me . " She then put a bottle to her mouth , which he endeavoured

      to seize hold of , but he was unsuccessful , and she drank the whole of the contents . She flung the bottle into the road , and almost instantly fell on the step of a door . He called a police man , who went to her assistance . —Policeman Beck , 290 D , produced an ounce phial , which had on it a label with the name of " Gallard , 30 , Lisson-grove , —Poison . " He stated that lie found the defendant insensible , and that he took her to the

      infirmary of Marylebone workhouse , where she was immediately attended to . —Mr . Broughton inquired if the stomachpunip or an emetic was applied ?—Mr . Messer , relieving-ofliecr of the parish , who accompanied defendant to the court , replied in the negative , and stated that a new process was used , by means oi galvanism , when she was found to have taken oil of bitter almonds . —Mr . Broughton—What ! from a galvanic battery ? —Mr . Messer—Yes , sir . —Mr . Broughton—In what way does it act ?—Did it cause her to vomit?—Mr . Messer—It causes

      the stomach to resume its muscular action , when tlie patient vomits the whole of the poison . It is considered a more efficacious application than the stomach pump . Itjwasthc first timeit has been used at the infirmary . —Mr . Broughton—is it a painful operation ?—Mr . Messer—No , sir . It produces a slight hock to the system . — -Mr . Broughton—How long was it before the battery was applied after " her admission ?—Mr . Messer-Immediately . When brought in she was in a state of paralysis , and she would have died but for the prompt attention of the two medical officers , who succeeded in restoring her to

      consciousness . —The defendant said that she swallowed sixpennyworth of the oil of bitter almonds—Mr . Broughton—Why did you take the poison ?—Defendant stated that she did not lira with her husband , who allowed her 10 s . a-weck . She met hiin in Hanover-square last Friday three weeks , when die wantea him to supply her with some furniture , which he declined to

      do . They had then some altercation , and she had been unhappy in her mind ever since , when she determined to destroy herself . Tlie doctors were very kind to her .- —Mr . Messer said W defendant ' s husband was a tailor , and had a salary offow gwneas a week . —The brother of the defendant agreed to take her to his house , and she was discharged . '

      Violation of a Child . —George Didnell , aged 19 , was finaHj charged with having violated the person of a little girl " ame ( 1 Amelia Matilda Chamberlain , 8 years old , his sist er-in-law , residing at No . 103 , Park-street . The evidence showed that tlie . offence took place in a cab in Granby-mews , Hampstead-rMO j where the prisoner was employed by a cab proprietor , fcf «* witnesses were examined , when it was proved that tlie prises had committed a very aggravated assault , —Mr . l ^' £ '!" ton said that he should send the prisoner for trial for a > 11 IS ( 1 C meanour at the Middlesex Sessions

      THAMES . ., ,., An Awicwaki ) Recognition—Georqio Sarmorgortiim « Austrian seaman , was brought before Mr . Yardley , « with stealing three sovereigns from the person of Pietro iio j a Spanish seaman belonging to the Spanish ship Theatea , ij * in the London Docks . The prosecutor stated , througJ 1 j i medium of an interpreter , that about 12 months ago . *!* , was in the port of London , he met the prisoner , who ^ f ^ was a stranger to him , and after they had been dnn'an ° .- —^ w ^^ vjo . w iiii u , mill tULCJ . mcy imu u" — rflOll ' j

      gether for an hour or two they hired ' beds in the same where they slept all night , or rather he slept pretty wen self , but the prisoner did not sleep at all , for he was vel > j lt less indeed , and walked about the room nearly the ^ f ^ c , In the mcrning he accompanied the prisoner to a pubii - and had breakfast . His money , consisting of three- sov ^ and some silver , was deposited in a corner of a sdk M ^ chief . After breakfast he took the handkerchief out " j pocket to pay the reckoning , and after he had done so ie ^ the handkerchief and the money to his waistcoat-pocKe

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 25, 1852, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_25091852/page/6/