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      Middlesex Sessions. Captain Sheiphbard A...

      MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . CAPTAIN SHEiPHBARD AGAIN . Thomas James Eolloway , a respectable-looking lad , 17 years < of age , was indicted for stealing a cloth coat , value £ 6 . 10 s ., theproperty of Captain Wifliam Shepeard , R . N ., his master . Mr . Payne appeared for the prisoner . Captain Shepheard said the portmanteau frorii which tile coat was taken , was at the titite , if lie might borrow a phrase Or expression from his learned friend oh the right ( Mr .- Payne ) in trahsifm , ( Laughter . ) When the coat was taken there was pinned to it ah' artificial sprig of myrtle furnished to him by a sweet ' young lady in the Burlington Arcade .- ( The coat was nroduced ' . V Why , said the captain , in answer to an inquiry

      whether he could identify the coat , here is the very pm put m it by th 6 young lady herself , but the myrtle is hot here . Oh * ye ' S , the coat is mine . My lord , she is a very pretty young lady , but Married . ( Loud laughter . ) Mr . Payne—Mad ! why then tnfcre ' s" a good pair of you . The * Captain—who said she was triad ? I said she was married , six . 6 fod forbid that 1 should say she was mad ; Oh , no * she is not irigd . ( Laughter . ) - ^ Mr . Payne—Well , captain ; you ! borrowed the phrase iu transitu : Now" are you yourself not always in a state of

      transitu ? ., „ , .. _ .... T ....- , The' Cap'taitt- ^ o , I am riot always m transitu , I wish I

      was . Mr . Payne . —Why , you are never more than a fortnight without bemg ' iri transitu to a station-house . Thei C ^ ptain-Yes 1 am , if they let me ^ lone . Mr Payrie—Are you not very often at station-houses / The Captaih- ^ Yes , indeed I am , but that ' s riot transituthat ' s durance , you know . ( Laughter . ) I ivish you to know that no man ever yet shook the imperturabllity of my good huriiduf , arid therefore you rieed riot try it on now . But you may . Yes , &> ., Try , arid you will see . ( laughter . ) I ' ve given you warning , you know . ,.., _ .. , _ .-,. .. _ . . Mr ) Payrie—Well , are you not the celebrated . Captain Shepheard whofigures sooften at thepolice-courts ?

      The Captain—Yes , I am ; but recollect I afri riot responsible for all the nonsense they put iri the papers about me . Allow me to ask if you have seen the " Morning Herald" of to day . ( A laugh . ) .. . Mr Payrie— $ 0 ; I have not . - * , „ .. The Captain—Well , then , I wish you had for it contains , in a letter of mine , a coniplete refutation . It does , indeed . ( A Mr . Payrie—Were you not fined- at Brentford , for stabbing a man with a fork ? -. «* ¦ , . t- . , . The tJaptam- ^ Yesy I was . I was fined 10 s . by the magistrates . _ . . '

      Mr . £ avrie—Arid confined , tod , by the inagistrates , were you not ? - . T The Captain—Oh , rid ; you know that well enough . I was confined by the police , not by the magistrates They . fined me 10 s ,-but very improperly , you know that . ( Laughter . ) ^ Mr . Payne—And then you summoned him for detaining a portmanteau and he proved you owed him money . Yes ,-that was so . e Mr . Pdyrie—arid you produced as a witness the lady with the lovely foot , the' shape of which was sent to China as a riMel , and which you wanted the ^ mag istrate to look at , but he he refused—( loud laughter ) the Exhibition foot * captain ?

      The Captain ( with glee ) -That is precisely so .- All my friend , how delighted the magistrate would have been had he seen it . I wish you had seen it . You would not have laughed at it—no I ' m hanged if you would . . ( Much laughter . ) Mr .- Payne—But you used to shoot arrows into her leg , did youriot ? .. . . The Captain—Ah , so she said . He here made use of an expression too indelicate to " be repeated , and excused himself for using it by assuring the court that it was a common technical phrase in the profession he belonged to . ... Mr . Payne . —And you amused yourself sometimes by biting off dogs ! tails ? ( Laughter . ) . . .

      The Captain—1 tried the thing orice on a prippy , but did riot succeed . Ko , I did not succeed , so I did riot try the experiment again . . . i Mr . Payne—And you used also to pull flowers out of Other people ' s gardens r" . . , . . , .. The Captain—Oh , yes , hollyhocks it was only hollyhocks . Mr . Payne—Arid you were taken before a ihagistrate for beating two boys , and fined ? The Captain—Yes , I was fined 57 . ; I was indeed . and I was locked up . But , as you" ask the question , I must explain the circumstances . I was fined 51 It was on a Saturday , arid

      I had but 21 . ; and as i could riot , get the St . dri buhday , why , I was in Coid-bath-fieids till Monday , t summoned the officers for what they had done , arid shall again most certainly , I ' ve put the whole thing before her Majesty ' s Secretary for the Home Department ,. and shall have the officers up again , assuredly , though the magistrate improperly , as you know ( winking at the learned counsel ) , dismissed the suriririoris . Mr , Payne—And you said , " When the wirid is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw—hem—Shakspeare ?"

      The Captain—And do you never quote Shakspeare , ? I beg your pardon , when you do , you should quote correctly , Just turn to " Hamlet , " and see what he says oh the subject . of the southerly wind , and hawks , and handsaws , arid you will see you are wrong in your quotation . Ahein ! I ' ve a witness here to prove it . i : Mr . Payne—What , the lady with the lovely foot , who used to live with you as your wife ? The Captain—Not the same . It ' s a lady though . Would you like to see her ? ^ . Mr . Payne—No , thank you ,, captain . How iriariy thries have you been locked up iri station-houses ?

      The Captain—Which station-house ? You know I must be paaticular in answering this question , as I ' ni on oath . Let me see , twice at Vine-street , once at Westminster . Kow ^ mind , 1 give you this information gratuitously ; it has not yet appeared in the papers . ( Laughter . ) I was once for throwing an oyster-shell through a fanlight . Mr . Payne—Where you ever in a lunatic asylum ? The Captain ( to the Court)—My lord , to that question j must give a very discursive answer , if I am to answer it at all , If it can be considered that such a question has anything to do with the case , I will reply with pleasure ; but I must go on-at ength if I once begin . Mr . Payne—Oh , very well , I will not press it .

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      The Captain—Well , I ' m sorry for its . I wish you had . The jury , after a short consultation , Acquitted the prisoner . The prosecutor then went to Mr . Payne ; , and cordially shook him by the hand , laughing heartily . He caused considerable mirth among the . counsel by saying to " his learned friend , " " Ah , my Jeremy Diddle ^ have you such a thing as a half-a-crown about you ?"

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      MANSION HOUSE . Skittle SiiAspiM . —Jo / wz Mulldney , Georfje Collins , and Sdrnl . Ridgely , were charged With having cheated Daniel Barker of cash airioiintiiig to between £ B arid £ 4 at the game of skittles . —From the statement of the prosecutor , who was not a bad skittle player , two of the three prisoners induced him to play against the third , By offering to bet upon him arid supplying him with spirits arid waters Th ^ y had , it appeared , tried in vain to be allowed to play iri some grounds , because the landlords happened to Siispect one or two of them of shkrp practice at the gahie . At lasi they took the prosecutor to the Sun public-house , Bishopsgate-street , where they asked * to have the

      grbilrid to theinselves . The landlord consented to tho proposal , aridj suspecting that there was" soriife intention of making a victiinj imriiediately afterwards cbmihunieated with Ward , brie of the city detective police , who entered the premises in plain clothes and watched the whole of the proceedings of the prisoners . It was quite evident to . him that the prisoners were in confederacy to plunder the foolish fellow j who at first played for 5 s ., and was allowed to Win , and afterwards played as high as £ i a game , at which , as a matter of course , he lost . As they were all retiring , at about 12 o ' clock , the prisoners were astonished to find themselves tapped before the bar by the officer , who had taken care to have two other constables in readiness

      to assist him . —Ward } the officer , said that iri consequence of what Mr . Towsay , the landlord of the inn , said to him , he went into the skittle-ground arid looked on at the play . He saw at once that the three prisoriers had a " plant" upon the prosecutor . One of them in setting up the pins took care to keep them at a distance from each other wheri the prosecutor was gbih . to knock thetn down , arid to put them close together wheri the other player ( his confederate ) was to fling the ball at them . The two fellows who were riot playing were loud iii betting iri favour of

      the proseetitOr , and took dare at the sairie time that lib should not be without the Other excitement to continue the game till all the money he had in liis possession was to his belief irrecoverably lost ; "I have kriowri Ridgely , " said the officer ^ "to be a skittle-sharp for a considerable time ; and I have known the other to be the companion of people of the kind . The moment they thought they had all the young man ' s money safe among them they coolly put on their coats and were walking away , but they were immediately introduced , to the station-house . "The' piiso'riers were committed for trial .

      Solomon WANTED .---Jane Mooney , a county Cork woman , was brought before AMerrriari Challis charged with havimg stolen a child , the son of Catharine Margaret Tqohey , and also a native of the south of Ireland . Mrs Tdohy , who was greatly agitaten during the examination , said , I never beheld the prisoner until this day , when I saw her iri iteiieage-lane with a child iii her arms begging . She was sitting on the step Of

      a hall door , and I had my daughter with me , a girl about 8 years old , who identified- the woinari as the person who had stpleri her brother , and identified iriy baby at the same tiiiie . The prisoner said the Child Was her own , arid had beeri born iri Londbri-rpad , and baptize'd iri Carey-street Chapel , iri the city of Cork . She had come over , with her baby about five irionths ' ago , arid she could prove that it belonged to her , arid to no other woman in the world . Ald 6 rrriari Challis said lie was

      certainly placed in a very great difficulty , from which , however , lie trusted the vigilant enquiries of the police would iri a short tiriie relieve him . There were cireriinstanfces' in the case which would fully justify him iri reiriandirig ii The case was accordingly remnaded .

      WORSHIP STREET . An Unnatural Son . — William Liss , a young man of dissipated appearance , was charged before Mr . D'Eyncourt with having violently assaulted and seriously injured his father , an infirm arid elderly man , carrying on business as a coal merchant iri Globe-road , Mile-end . Mr . D'Eyncourt strongly animadverted upon the brutal and unnatural conduct of the prisoner , and ordered him to pay a penalty , of bl . or to be committed , in default for two ihonths to the House of Correction .

      Robbery by a Prize-Fighter . —A tall ihusciilar fellow named Jeremiah Jf ' 6 r ?* a ^ , " a well known pri ^ e-fighter , but who ndw gave the riariie 6 f John EdgerSj was placed at the bar before Mr . 15 'Eyricburt , charged with the following daring highwayrobbery upon jfii , Samuel Smithy a printer , residing in the Backroad , Kirigslatid . —The prosecutor stated that while returning home through High-street ; Shoreditch , at a late hour on the night preceding he found himself suddenly surrounded by a number of blackguard-looking fellows , who pressed upon him so as" to prevent his proceeding , and while endeavouring to force

      his way through them he was forcibly grasped round the waist by the prisoner , who held hirii tightly for a time with one hand , and with the other jerked his silver watch out of his pocket . r riie prisoner tlieii relinquished his hold of him ^ and dexteriously applying some sharp instriiftierit to his guard-chain instantly snapped it , leaving the chain round his neck ; but stealing the watch . Witness immediately seized the prisoner , notwithstanding their phy sical disparity , and demanded the restoration of his property ; but the prisoner made the most strenuous efforts to escape from him , and on finding that the witness

      would not loosen his grasp , dragged him along for a considerable distance by main force , and then dealt him such a heavy blow under-one of his ears as to partially stupify him arid compel iiirii to let hint jgo , upon which he tobk to his heels like a racehorse , " as the witness described it , arid it was only after a long arid severe chase by t ' # o gentlemen who had been spectators of tne robbery- that he was at length overtaken and given in charge *—When called uriori for his answer to the charge the prisoner declared that he knew nothing of either the prosecutor or his property , but he was ordered to be committed until that day week for the completion of the evidence and to adduce formal proof of his former conviction .

      GUILDHALL . ATTE 3 iPTEb Suicide . —Eliza Bently , a good-looking feihale , about 30 years of age , was charged with attempting to coirimit suicide ; The prisoner was seen by a policeman rushing down the steps of Blackfriars-bridge , on Friday night , and he followed

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      her , and was just in time to prevent her from plunging info the water . He took her to the station , Where she expressed a determination to destroy herself , and everi attempted to hang her " self with her shawl iri the cell . She was drunk and had been custody on several occasions for similar attempts . Her husband attended and corriplained of her drunken habits , and she com plairied of her husband ' s conduct towards her . He earned -k much as 36 s . per week , and spent it all in profligacy . It ^ S that which first drove her to drinking . She earned money hcr . self as a singer . —It was finally arranged that she should make herself chargeable to the parish , so as to enable them to cosw her husband to support her . * l L

      Srior Lifting by a Lady . —A middle-aged , respeetttble-lookihv woman , named W-Norton , was charged before Mr . Tyrwlii ^ with having stolen 55 yards of silk , the property of Mr . Turnc > sHkniercer , & c ., Islington greeri . —Mr . Turner said lie saw the prisoner , while bargaining with one of his shopmen , secrete the property , and after she had departed he gave her into custody of a police-constable , who took the silk from a bag conceal ^ under her gown ;—Mr . Wakeling , solicitor , made a * feelin ^ ,

      peal both to the prosecutor arid the magistrate , requesthio- tl ^ f the charge might be withdrawn , as his nnforttuiate client iviis deranged in rirind through drunkenness , occasioned by domestic afflictions of a peculiar nature-. —Mr . Turner said she was perfectly sober when she purloined his property ^ arid he felt n life duty to press for her committal—Mr . Tyrwhitt observed , that he must , refer the matter for the Consideration of a higher tribunal , arid she was committed for trial , good bail being taken for her appearance .

      BOW-STREET . A Naval Martyr , —Police-constable James Stringer 193 ( j appeared before Mr . Henry , by direction , of the Commissioners of Police , to . answer the charge of having improperl y taken Captain Shepherd into custody , on the night of the 11 th inst * for an alleged assault upon a little boy , and Inspector Lister

      was also present to . meet the charge Of having used insulting language to the gallant captain at the station-house . —Captain William Shepherd referred to . the circumstances of his having struck a little boy With his c ' arie , as he was going into his club " which Circumstance was referred to when the captain was last before this court . Police 193 C then took him into custody although lie stated liis address ; and when at the station bouse Inspector Lister treated him the utmost insolence , told lrim he

      was drank , and locked him up allnght in a solitary cell . He thought a captain in the royal nayy was entit ' edto more re spectral treatment than this . —Mr . Henry : Have you been drinking to-day , Captain Shepherd ?—Captain Shepherd : Drinking ! yes ; I have . I drank a bottle of ice water just now , and a glass of soda-water at HoOpeFs over the way . —Mr . Henry I think you have beeri drinking something str 0 nger .- ^ Capta ! ii Indeed

      Shepherd : I have not , thtiugh ^ -Mi \ Henry : Tlieii I must ask you another unpleasant question . Have you ever been confined iri a lunatic asylum ?—Captain Shepherd : Yes , I have arid I'll tell you why . I have a few thousand pounds ; and my family—to get the control Of it—locked me up for six weeks . I paid Dr . Locock fifteen guineas to let irie go out to see iriy wife , at Maidenhead-, when I found she had gone ; I saw through it all directly , t demanded a commission of naval

      men , riot lawyers or doctors , but naval men , men of my own stamp . I said I was willing to be judged by them , and I was judged . A here I am »—Inspector Lister : Would yoiir worship be pleased to ask the captain if he has riot a bottle of brandy in his possession at this inoin ' erit?—Captain Shepherd : Yes , 1 have , undoubtedly ; Also a bottle of something else , which 1 aril going to take home . —Mr , Henry : It would be a mockery of justice to allow this scene to proceed further . I cannot entertain a charge preferred by a drunken , mail . The summons

      is dismissed . — 'Captain Shepherd : Oh ! Very well . I am always amenable' to the law as 1 said before , arid I bow to your decisioh .--The captain then returned to his cab , arid , having invited the driver to partake of the content ' s of his brandy bottle . ordered hirii to drive off . Female Suicides ' . —Three cases of women attempting to destroy themselves wore brought before Mr . Henry . —The first

      was that of a young married woman , who stated that her husband , whose name was Searls , Was a clerk in the Customs , and had deserted her since the Derby day , having also taken { uv . iv her three children . She could not say if her husband had lost by the Defcby . —The constable and 'jark-kecper , who apprehended the prisoner , stated that ' they found her near the ornameiital water opposite Marlborough House , in a state of great excitement , apparently from drink , and fearing that she was

      aoout to destroy herself took her into custody at the water ' s e «—The prisoner expressed herself very sorry ; and her sistei stated that she had been iri a lunatic asvluiii . —The magistrate granted a summons on sight for the prisoner ' s husband , but as it subsequently appeared he could not be served , the case was remanded . —The second case was that of a sailor ' s wife , who , when in a state Of drunkenness , attempted to throw herself into the river ; arid tlie third that of a woman , also drunk , who * ot over the parapet at Waterloo-bridge , but held on . —The prisoners were remanded .

      THAMES . Robbery and . Attempted Murder . —Charles Cocldin , the son of Irish parents , aged 25 , described as a rope-maker , hat who has long beeri known to the police as a desperate thief , v ® brought before Mr . Ingham , charged with attempting to murder Charles Faiil , an iron plate driller , and robbinghim of a watch , valued at £ 6 , and divers moneys , his property . —A carperiter , named William Ronaldson , of 4 , Duck-street , Popular ,

      who behaved very well in the matter , said he was passing over a meadow , called Abbott ' s-fields , Limehouse , on Sunday evening between 6 and 7 o ' clock ^ when he saw the prosecutor ly ing insensible oh the grassy and the prisoner kneeling down alongside of him . The prisoner jumped up directly he saw the witness-,, who approached closer to Faul , and discovered that In ? handkerchief was fastened very tight about his neck , and just above . it , fastened as tightly as possible , was one of the man * braces , with the end tucked in under the brace . The

      prosecutor was quite black - in the . face , his eyes were starting ft " 0111 their , sockets , and his tongue protruding 'from liis mouth three or four inches . Eohaldson , fearing suffocation would ensue , and having no knife , endeavoured to unfasten the iieckorchiei and brace in the usual manner , but was unable to do so m consequence of having a bad thumb , arid leant over the appaveuU ) dying man , and unfastened his brace and neckerchief with W j teeth . Eonaldson then raised the prosecutor from the giw'nj in an inclined position , and the blood started from his nostnfc . and he vomited the contents of his stomach on the ground- y prisoner , who had betrayed the alarm and agitation of his »»«/ was about to leave the spot , when Eonaldson desired him to sw . » and asked him where the prosecutor lived , to which ]^^\> j replied that he lived at Blackwam and then he said ne ^

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 28, 1852, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_28081852/page/6/