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      MA > "S 102 f HOTSE . Jack Ashobb . —Betsey Reddin and John Cox were chsiged on Saturday , before the Lord Mayor , under the following tircurasianees : —On Friday afternoon the female prisoner took € ox , who vras a mariner just returned from sea , to a drapers shop to purcliase her a shairL At first , luweTer , she could not make ~ zp her mind as to "what Mud of a shawl she -snsald liave , and both -retired Tutliout making a purchase . Subsequently they paid a second visit to tie dm » ers , and tV ; s time jIIss Betsev fixed her

      fancy 03 a fine showy coloured shawL The shawl was wrapped up in brown paper and handed to Miss Betsey , "who immediately took "to her heels , leaTin s Cox , "srbo -was quite drunk , to pay for it . The shopieeper suspecting nil was not right , pursued the female £ ^ d gave her into -custody . Miss Betsey , in her defence , said Co ? : Met her , and voluntarily offered to buy the shawl f r her ; but Cox said lie ' had no Temraf-rrnm-e whru ^ ver of the transaction . He , Cox , was paid off on Thursday , and had been cruising aboBr ever aune . Cos was liberated ? rith a caution ; but Miss Bet > t » v was remanded for a character .

      "WxDXXSDAT . FrKAl ExASLTNATTOi- OF VTH-LIAM BlTRGiss . —This day Burgess was brought uy for final examination " r- ; fore the Lord ilayor . The public curiosity seemvC nj lsave increased , if we are to judge from the cro-KTi ? _?~ cmt > led in all the avenues to the justice-room , an 3 i = tile justice-room Ieel £ The prisoner seemed to be Kiiher out of spirits , and drooped very mueh over the Tar , in which he was seated , ilr . Charles Chatham Lawrence , < n 5 e . S , Lincoln-place . Sew Xorth-road , Middlesex , siatrd that he was a cashier in the banking-house of John Lubbock and Co ., in ilansion-house-street . On Tnesibv . the Srd of September , about twenrr minutes keforv rvvo o ' clock ia the afternoon , the che ^ jne produced , for the sum of £ S , 000 . drawn by Mr . Charles Keys-er upon Sir John ^ Lubbi < ck a nd Co ., was prest-ntcd to him for

      payment by a person who was not known to him , but who ¦ was accompanied by , he verily believed , the prisoner Surges * . "Witness -inquired the name of thi- pai ty presentins the checyie , npon which the person who accompanied ihs .- prisoner gave the name of Oxenford . Witness then inquired how they would haTe the amount of the chequv . upon which one of them said in gold , or part iu gold , cr trorils to that effect . "Witness then stated that , as they ¦ naated thr money in gold , " they had better get it at the Sank of England , and ha would give them *? ight . £ 1 , 000 notes ; and he accordingly g ^ ve the pers « n who accompanied ihe prisoner the eight £ l , iKK ) bank notes produceiL } Lr . Thuinas Ager , of ^ o . 15 , Edmund-terrace , Peutonville . a xeller in the issue department of the Bank of Eng land , stared that about two o ' clock on the Srd of

      September a person , who was a stranger to Mm , presented at the counter the eight bank-notes for X 1 . OIK ) each produced and renuired payment thereof in gold . VTjtiiess was short of money at the time , and determined io get £ 11 . < M ! O from the treasury , and . accordingly , went with l * onard Deane , one of the porters in the i > 5 Utr jL . * p : iriment o : the Bank to the treasury , which i > an adjoining apartment , to get the gold . They brought back ten bags , eacL containing £ LVW in guld , and witness desired Deane to lav eight-of the bajs on the counter before the person ~ % \ to "was then standing there , and who thm productd two large canvas bags from a carpet bag which he had ¦ with him , and put both the bacs into the carpet bag , and thea attempted to lift it , but was unable to do > o , and "sra .- ultimately assisted ! ¦ ¦* two i > orters , who carried

      the mo bags for him out of the Bank . Mr . ^ aloinoD said he had a few observations to make before the Lord ili » xor decided ojx > 3 the coarse to l > e pursued low-anl * ilr . Barjjess , Ms client- It -wwald be seen by tht evidence which had been adduced that Mt . Burgsss neitiirT ar ^ euted the cheque nor received the notes nor the soveri" ^ C 3 > , but that the person who had beer , represented as an accomplice with him had committed the forgery , and done all the subsequent acts , the blame of which ¦ was &an * ferred to the unfortunate prisoner . «¦ It "wi » uld be ol 1 - serrt-iJ that 3 dr . Enrgess did not only not personate Mr . Oxenford , but that "he had dune no more in the matter of identification thin an ordinary stock-broker ot Bank clerk itronlil tave dor irho supposed that the j > erson who 113 d applied to T »* -m i . is in realitv the individuiil he pretended

      to bu . There was no proof whatever that the prisoner had perfoni > --d any act calculated t-j ^ Low- that he was swar e tlial 3 dT . who had since destrx'Ti-d himseH . ivas an > other than the Mr . Osenford he repre > ented _ him » eif to bt . To > av the least of the history of all tht transactions , tlicre ¦ was sva-rdiing su ambiguous in them as to lead to a failure of satisfactory pro * -f that tht prisoner ira * consciuu * be was ; coicj ? litting an act of delinquency . If the Lord Mayor deterSlilJ ^ . to submit the ease to another tribtmal , hi (^ f , S ^ 3 i aB } believed it would be satisiaeiorih showu "SsaiSferfesoilEr was deCLived by Elder , who was a much oMer and a tnpre experienced tnM ; mid belonged to tinchiss of J >< jrsa 4 lealfcrs , amongst whom were to be found -several in wiose honour it -would be unsafe to cvuiide . " tThat exiuld Sfr . Burgess gain bv engaging in an affair oi

      Srrr' He-a young man , onJ ^ nty-lour vear .-of-agc . ¦ aio held a imc siroauou , . and had great prospects before " n : ^~ i . He had been placed In that situation by a axrsci' JT t'f iht- Baiik , wiule Elder was u person who had no reo- 'imaendstion of the Mud , and was the indii idual 1 » the acki owicdgmeni of all engaged in all the acts which had been carried oa the reyii ' ar instmnieEt "bv \ ehicli the plur : oer was tweeted . Mr . Burgess » a > , in fiu-t . th . dupe of Zldtr , It v . ^ s macli to 1-c i ^ p etted thut Elder Tras noi in the bar where the prisoutrst- ju- The yrisunei had 3 ctri . no Qo ^ bt , with a very culpailc i > unl uf cautioc . but he Tu a young man who , although pt-ssessed of an exceilec : education , was extremely inexp-jrienced and tLoasiiiii-- = s , said tcss . therefore , just the sor : of }> ersoij t ..

      be TTcrkr-3 upoa by such a man as Elder , who , by destro . i ing hi ^ i ^ eii , manifested his decided opinion thai there wa > no ciii : i ^ aa escape ior a man who had not oi . } y done all the mi-rhief , but subjected Mr . Burgess to the imputation ofbeiis his aee- > mplice . The Lord Mayor : 1 believe ti ; t prisoner r «'» be a guUry participator . If he had a gix > d atuatit-ii i ^ i tlie l ^ a iik . Whv did lie run ii ^ "av as -the companiv > a > . •! Eliler ? Mr . Salomon : 1 can give a g&oJ reason : < .. r H » ha ^ ng absconded , but I do no ; consi'lt r it prndu't : j state it non . The Ix ^ rd Mayor : 1 shall sa \ nothiiii- x-i jsrejudice the case , but " 1 shall commit thr prL-ji-rT -, jt trial . The witnesses having Wen all swwa to ij > r > eir at the Cvntral Criminal »>> uri to gii :- f . i Jenrc sjrain ^ i zlm pxisojit-r at the uer : sessiou , be- na ? t .-: ken b % Jf » l «? t r *« T : S . Z > uT lit \> .-. Vf ^« TH

      GUILDHALL U' £ .-r ihe IJzboes op Chi-na . —JoLn M' ( 'hry > - tal , ia the tattered dress of the . 23 rd Rt-giment 03 2 sstive Infantry , but who was hardly able to walk ii : Cu "_ ¦^• jUenre of xhc riieuiDatw-s , applied to Mr . Alderman « ij > id for rt'lieil or to be atimitted into one of the hospitals . Tue poor fellow stated , thai on Kri-1 ay lie applied to the Citj- of London Union for a . ttie relief , and he was sent down to Peckhaini » itli th- _ - intimation that he ^ was to attend at juildimll to be passed to Ireland as yesterday , -. nforronately , from having nearly lost the u « " of his imbs , he did not arrive until after the pass-master \ &d left : heinp iQ and destitute , he had no place to jo to , or a farthin'T of monev ; were he to walk bark

      d Peekham it would be his ruin . . Under thex circmnstances he wished to get an asylum in omof the hospitals until he could be passed . Mr . Alderrog ^ TrVood said he had no power to assist Mm , he had better apply to the parish a ^ ain . In reply to several questions ,. the poor fellow said that he had formerly been in the Madras Horse Artillery , hut had his discharge purchased bvthe officers of the 23 rd Native Infantry , who maoe him the handmaster . When hostilities commenced -with China he ¦ went with the regiment , and was in all the variou > ensaceinejiis connected with the Chine&e waT . The

      "victorious army often being obliged to sleep on the ground , he , amoagsi handreds of others , got violently attacked with rheumatism ; so severe was the fever , that , when he recovered , it was found that he would never obtain the use of his limbs , on which lie wa . - sent home invalided- Having some p . rize money to receive he nad remained in London , but as that would not be paid for two months , he was completely worn out and in want , and at the present time was witboui a farthing to get a lodging . U / pon the poor fellow being again informed xhat nothing could be done for him , ie left the offiee . remarldns , " this ia the price Ofglorv . "

      ABSAfiT . —On Monday , Eobert Clifford , a journeyman carpenter , was brought before Mr . Alderman i . Johnson , charged -with breaking a policeman ' s arm . Sergeant "While , So . 201 of the < 5 tv Police , stated thai the prisoner WaS Drought to the police-station abont trro o . ' clock on Suuflaj morning "by a poheeman named Samuel Coveney , and charged wife assaulting him . The constable stated that he was on duty at the corner of St Martin ' s-le-grand and Sewgats-street , and thit the prisoner came up and asked him which was If ewgate-street ! The constable told him that tras Newgate-street . The prisoner said it was a d—d lie , and gave ^ him what is called the leg , or wrestlers trip . The constable fell , and his arm was so broken / bat iht dhow -tvasibrced upwards half -way to the shoulder . Hi sent the man to the hospital immediately . Mr . Alderman Johnson inqniredlf anr further provocation was stated to

      have been given than he had already mentioned , and aslied if "the policeman was sober ? Witness replied , quiuso . Tee Alderman asked if the prisoner was also sober * The sergeant said he had been drinking , but knew verj irefl what he was about . Mr . Alderman Johnson inquired whether the constable ' s statement was made in the prisoner ' s presence ? The sergeant said it was . The certificate of 34 r . Reid , the house-surgeon of St . Bartholomew ' s , stated that Samuel Coveney was admitted with a fracture of the bone of flie left arm , and the iBJnry ¦ was bo serions that it was necessary to make him an inpatient . The prisoner , in answer to the charge , said he ms extremely sorry . He was not sober at the time . The Alderman remanded him till Saturday , in the hope that the injured man maj then be able to attend and give evidence .

      CLERKENWELL . DiseiucxFCL Assault ?— -Mr . John Baker , a tradesman lmns in St . John ' s-lane , was charged with asasnlfcing-Mrs . SheppanL a respectable ' married wojnxn , Irving in Snmner- ^ treet , ClerkenwelL Mrs . Sbepp&nl -deposed that on Wednesday last she was jeisbg iaroagh St . Jahn's-square , -when the prisoner tssiot st , J » a ^» dHDgber ^" the c 3 oak , exdaimed , "I iriflg ^ ejou in chai ge . " lie lady exclaimed tJiat she ^ adnfiTffBeraliimbefore , and asked "ffhy he should interferewi&her ? lieprisonersaidieTOscertain she irasthepCTBon -who stole a-dreeti frtanMm . She again Tehranenflj protested-she knew noflung whatever abont iim , hoi he threatened to give her in charge to

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      a constable unless she accompanied him to his house . Greatly frightened , she complied , and when there the wife and children of the prisoner declared she was not the person , and she was set at liberty . Mrs . Sheppard declared she had been ill ever since from the fright The prisoner , in defence , said , a person whom lie had treated hospitably had stolen a sheet from him , and lie thought Mrs . Sheppard was the person . Baker was fined £ 2 , and paid the money . Chasge or Begging . —On Monday Catherine Collins , aged 15 , a miserable-looking creature , with scarcely any other covering than an old plaid shawl , was charged with begging . Horsford , the Mendicity officer , proved the offence ; and it appeared from the statement of this officer that the prisoner , her mother , and two sisters , inhabit a miserable room in Church-lane , St . Giles's . The wretched mother sends out these three girls to beg . The other two are of the respective ages of eight and ten rears . The prisoner had been alreadv twice committed for begging .

      The mother ^ who had the face of an old toper , was called in , and she said she had often applied for admistjv > n to St . Giles ' s workhouse , but was refused . She got an allov * ance of bread from one of the overseers , but it was totally inadequate to the supply of herself and children . Horsford said , when he arrested the girl ou that evuning she was shivering with cold ; and the Secretary to the Mendicity , compassionating her condition , and not wishing her to be sent to prison , sent witness with her to St . Giles's workhouse ; but although the girl had been born in that parish , the overseer poidtiveJy refused Io receire her , and he was compelled to bring her before the Court . He did not blame the girl at alL she was compelled by her mother to go out to beg . Tie poor girl , who shivered with cold , and cried bitterly , expressed her anxiety U > go into the workhouse , or any place to avoid the misery she suffered . The Magistrate sent one of the warrant officers with her to St . Giles ' s workhouse , rexjue ^ tii \ j [ her immediate admission .

      MABTLEBOXE . Tuesday . —Tnx Eccentric Frenchman acain !—M . Buchoi Hilton , the tall Frenchman , who has upon more than one occasion attended at this court , as also at Bow-street , with the view of . inducing the mapstratcs to use their best endeavours to prevail upon her Majesty Queen Victoria to obtain for him a large sum of money alleged to be due to him from the Kiiii ; of the French , forvaluable services performed by him ( the applicant ) during the revolution at Lyons , waited upon Mr . Long to request his advice and assistance under circumstances of a somewhat novel character . Mr . Long : Stand up and let me know what you want . Complainant i v unbuttoning a large green Macintosh , and looking remarkably serious ) , —I have been to the French ambassador , and 1 want him to

      give me an order to go to France , but he won ' t let me have one . Mr . Lone : I can ' t help it ; what do you think 1 can do for you < Applicant - . All that ' 1 wish for is to go away from this country five . Mr . Long : 1 can ' t make the ambassador ? ive you a passport ; he will , of course , do as he thinks proper alxmt it . Applicant : Can't you call him here before you , sir i Sir . Long : No . Applicant - . Nor his secretary ? Mr . Long : Certainly not ; stand down ; I have no power to assist you . Applicant : Louis Philippe has offered a lar <; e price for my head , and if 1 carry it to himself he must pay me the money for it . The Frenchman , who . ** . singular application , combined with his peculiarity of manner , was productive of some laughter , then quitted the vourt , evidently disappointed . GBEEXW 1 CH .

      Mosr > iT . — Shoplifting—sot rs High Life . —Sarah VvatlK-rby , the wife of a seaman , was charged with steJiug from the ^ hop of iles > rs . Lcrshaw and Lowe , lim-n drapers , of l *> ndon- > treet . Greenwich , three pieces vi ribbon , valus 6 s . A lad named Walker , in the service of the prosecutors , dejmsed that the prisoner entered the shop between nine and ten on Saturday night . She purchased wme calico and other articles , amongst which was some ribbon , but not that constituting the present charge . Witness did i > "t > ell her any of that iron produced . John i « cott Anderson ile ]> osed that he also is in the employ of prosecutors . On Saturday nv ~ ht witness was in the shop , and distinctly ^ aw the prisoner , whilst his fellow-&ho ]> - min ' s back was turned , secret two piecrs of thr ribbon beneath her cloak . He immetuatelv informed Mr . Lowe

      oi the circumstance , who sent for a police-constable . W " ime ~ s idt-iititied the iirtjcjes hx ihe private niurk 3 . * prosecutors' propertj . Police constable Hav , 'Jl K , JejHjsed that he was called upon to take tliC prisoner into rustodj . He waitt-d at the proM-cutors' shop-door until sbe came out , when he asked her to girt - up the ribbon .-be had taken . The prisoner denied ha \ iu ; r an \ , when lie * aw her pat her hand into her bosoui , and euilcaiour t . j throw something away . He caught hold of her hand , and found in it the two pieces now produced . 15-- then tot / k her w tht statiun-la > asc . when directions v . tre given that she should be searched . The searcher subsequently handed to him the third pirvr . Margaret Sj . rye said ilmt « m ?* aturda ; slie n * a ^ c-ai 3 * .-d upt » n t «» March tho prisoner : prior to Joiner so she asked her vlitther sht- hail anything about her she wished to j ^ tiu ]' . Prisunu answered no . She then proceeded to

      search her , and , whilst unlacin ;; her stays , she obsen ed j-rironer thrust her hand into her bosom and withdraw ^ - ¦ methins which she endeav oured to throw into the lire , -h * - immediairJy laid hold of her Irani ! and U » nl the jiitct-•> i ' jn-ev-n ribtx-n , which .-lie subsequently handed o \ er tn r " :: p constable- Mr . Evan ^ , solicitor , who appeared for t ' . ie wretched woman , who ScH-med tofevl dt- > - ;> H her dis--rracrfu ] situation , declined znaking " «> defence . Sinwas then fully committed , and the witnesses l > ound o » rr : ¦• prosecute . Mr . E ' . " ans then made application that the prisoneriui ^ rlit be beld u > bail , ^ tatia ^ that she » as ven ! ic : s » y in the family way . and in such a bad state vi health that she was an out-patient of the Kent l > irpi-nsary . a < Wing that he hud unexceptior . able bail presi-nt , who would become bound in £ : XK ) . should the magistrate ; - -- ' 3 iiire it . Mr . Jeremy , after a litth consideration , agreed U > accept two bail , in i" 50 < -jch u-r iiris jner's .-ippi-anmce ^ . t the Old liailfv &e « i > ioii »

      WxBSZSDiT . — < iEUSS OrTB . At . T . t PON A CinLD 1 > A ItjawiT Caxkiage . —Oiarlfa Havers , a fellow ibsguis .-d in the garb of a pent It-man , residing at . No . ' J Park-place , Ea > t Greenwich , was jiiared at tlje ha ] bt-fori- Mr . Jeremj . rLarged with indccv : it ] > assaulrii )! . ' Cathi-rjnc Krauris . ; i y-iun ^ femal * -. » b *» ut f »» nrttri-ts \ e-ars of ag * . iu * * ni- of The ' arria ^ es of the L » adon and 'Jrf « - « wjf-h Ilailir .-ji . Tli < - cn . m ]) laiKant . a pretn and interesting child , being sworn , -tau-d tliut she at present resides with her grandmother . a" AIaideiiit . ) nt-5 ull , Greenivich , and that yesterday afU-rijoon she was sent by her grandmother on business to her » i .- ther , who n-sides in High-strett , Bloomsbury . Her i ..- "lhtr accompanied her on her return as far as SkiMiicr-^ treet , where she leit her to pursue tier nav to the railway i laliol ) a ! thr foot of Lon < lon-bridi . ' e , wlie-re i > Le met with

      the j . ri .--. uer . who asked her if ^ he was going t «> Grei-n-« ii-h b y the train . Heing answered in the aflinnativi-, lie ^ ai-J Ik- » ai going t « .. o , and would accompany her . She rejertt-d Ms ( iffei . when he » aid it was all nonsense , he wanted a rigar and then they should both go together , ^ he refused , when hi- seized her by the hand and dragged her into a tobacconi ^' s . ^ Vheu they came out , he asked lur to go and have some brandy and water , which she refused . He then accompanied her to the railway station , where he insisted on paying her fare , although she put down money for that purpose . He then followed her and sot into the same carriage with her , and seated himself beside hex , closing the shutters . On the journey down tlif prisoner put his arm round her waist and his hand into her bosoui . She told him to be quiet , and shifted her seat , but the prisoner followed . On arriving at

      Wreenwieh she claimed the protection of another person , « bo travelled in the same carriage with them . The charge w ^ j- corroborated by other persons , who , suspecting the prisoner , watched him , and witnessed his indeci-nt behaviour . The prisoner , on being asked what he had to say for his disgraceful conduct , said merely , " 1 was mistaken in the person : I took her for somebody else . " Mr . JereniT , in passing sentence , remarked , that in the whole course of his magisterial capacity he had never met a more disgusting case , and that he should not be doing his dnty did he not put the law in full force against the prisoner . It was really a monstrous state oi things that a child , even of such tender years , could not escape the observation of a set of lewd fellows who infested the streets merely for tin- purpose of inveigling young females into their power for the gratification of their sensual lusts . It was the grossest case he had ever met with . He then sentenced the prisoner to pay a fine ) of £ 5 , and , in default , committed him for one month . The prisoner shortly afterwards paid the fine , and sneaked offi .

      BOW STREET . TcrsDiT Sbopiiftisg . —This being the day appointed for the re-examination of Leah 3 lary Roper , who stands charged with stealing a roll of satinet from the shop of Messrs . Hardirick , the court was crowded at an early hour with silk-mercers , linen-drapers , and others , who have los > t property to a considerable amount ; by some -of whom the prisoner was identified as having freqnented their establishments for tlic ostensible purpose of making purchases . It appeared from the evidence , that on the afternoon of Monday , the 2 nd instant , the prisoner entered tinshop of Messrs . Hardwick , silk-mercers , in High nolborn , where she made purchases of various articles , amounting to a few shillings , to pay for which she placed a half sovereign on tlie counter , telling the young man in attendance that ^> he had business a few yards away , and would call on her return for the change . She then left the shop , and immediately after a roll of satinet , containing forty-six yards , valued sis guineas , was missed from the counter .

      On returning for her change , she was apprised of the loss , but die denied all knowledge of it , and being taken into the warehouse , where she was again questioned > y the prosecutors , she admitted having- taken the property , and pledged it at the sjiop of a pawnbroker at the opposite side of the street , where , upon being accompanied by an officer , the silk was recovered , and she was given in charge . The prisoner was next charged with stealing twenty-four yards of silk from the shop of Messrs . Harvey , of Knightsbridge , « nv mercers , A shopman belonging to Mr . Stephens , pawnbroker , of "VVardour-street , Soho , produced a remnant of silk , pledged by a female he believed to be the prisoner , in the name of Kerson , on the 18 th of November , for the sum of £ 1 15 s . Constable Thompson also said he had ascertained that , during the last two years , the prisoner was in the habit of paying her tradesinen with pawnbrokers' duplicates for silk goods , some of which hi succeeded in obtaining possession ot The prisoner declined ¦ maVtng any defence . She was fully committed for trial , but ordered to be brought up again in a week . QUEEN SQUARE . Tdibdat . —Alloys Aj-fatb . — Maillson SarahShuttle--nrorth , a very pretty-looking and smartly-dressed girl ,

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      about eighteen years of age , was charged with unlawfully detaining three silk handkerchiefs , six cornelian studs , and one shirt , the property of John Miller , a rough-looking , sea-faring man , who appeared to be about double her age . Defendant having admitted that the property was in her possession , Mt . Bond said , " what is yonr reason for detaining it ? " Defendant , ( in a simpering tone ) : He sued me for my hand and heart I told him I could not consent to marry him . My friends objected to mv union with such a person . Mr . Bond : Do you not think it dishonourable to detain these things , which were given to yon by this person under the idea that you were likely to become his wife ? Defendant : I'll acknowledge it ' s dishonourable ; but he has cruelly persecuted me . He gave

      me into custody for stealing these things , and I was immediately discharged . Mr . Bond ( to complainant ) : I suppose you were courting this young woman ? Complainant : Courted her ! ah , that 1 did ! My choice was made . I set all m \ heart on hex . I have not asked her for half the things I gave her . I gave her cornelian earrings I gave her a siher riu « from lm own finger ; I gave her a row of beads . Defendant : You endeavoured to take away my character . You persecuted me . . Complainant : I have walked the deck in many a heavy gale ; I have worked hard for everything I possess . If I didu ' t bear a good character I couldn ' t be a ship ' s officer . I set my heart on her , and thought 1 should be happy , and she tricked me . Mr . Bond ( to defendant ) : Do you admit having had these presents he speaks of ? Defendant : Yes , sir , some of them . " Some of them , " exclaimed the son of Neptune , " all of them , and more . Didn't 1 buy

      you your wedding bonnet ? Didn ' t I give you your wedding ring * Didn ' t I give you three gold sovereigns ? " The lady began to shed tears , and give symptoms of fainting , when a' bussman , who was near her , put his arm round her waist , and sinking gradually into his arms , the lady was led to a seat . The seaman continued : I gave her three gold sovereigns , and then she spelt for more . Our names were called out in the church ; the day was fixed , and all settled , when she wrote to say she was going down into Lincolnshire . Mr . liond recommended her to give up the handkerchiefs and studs . Defendant handed them over . Mr . Bond said he would make no order about the shirt , but could not see wiuit uso a shirt could be to the lady . Defendant appeared to think it but little , and us complainant was leaving the room uxclaimud , " Now , sir , to show you that 1 have no ill-feeling , take your shirt . " The tar did as requested , and the parties then withdrew .

      UAliLBORQUGU-STKEET . Wednesday . —A Tau ok a Slop-pail . —A case of disputed proprietorship of a house-pail having occurred between Joseph Bannister and Stephen Edwards , a brace of butchers in Newport Market , Mr . Hardwick , the sitting magistrate , was called upon to give his solemn adjudication ou the matter . The complainant entered at largo into the statistics of Uis light to the pail . He had bought it , he said , for . his stable , twelve months ago , and bad used it u [> to the time when he missed it , one day last week . He discovered the pail doing duty in the defendant ' s yard , and on claiming it the defendant refused to give it up , alleging that he had purchased the fee simple , when new , of a travelling hawker , for Is . lid . V ' oinnlainant declared

      he could identify the pail in various nays , but more particularly by a notch in the side , which had been cnt with a view to identification . " Is this your pail ? " said tindefendant , untying a large parcel , and producing the cAo . < e in action . " I'll swear to that notch , " said the compiainaut , examining the pail ; " and here's prffof enough as it ' s mine , " clapping to his nose something he had scraped , from the pail with his thumb , and flering the same <\ idence to the by-standers . " Here ' s a lump of horse-duntr which ¦ shuws the pail must be miui , cos the defendant never keeps no horses . " '" Your worship , " said the defendant , ' this man ' s only a common costermonger , and consequently aint to bo believed on his oath . I ' ve got two witnesses what ' 11 prove as this pail is m \ pail . " The

      defendant first called hifi son , a . sharp little boy , about tun years of a ^ c . The nature of the evidence which the bi . y had to offer was what may be termed the " proof personal . * ' It affords an illustration of the " wisdom of our ancestors" in prescribing the practice of " bunipin . ? for bounds . '' a process w'la-reby a witness is sure to have a jwirticular fact forcibly impressed on his mind by u corresponding forcible impression on a retentive part of his person . The Chief € lerk , however , in his tirst question , hail marly put the lad out of court . The boy wii-S asked whether it was a ^ wnl tbinj ; or a bad thing to t ell a stor > . Bf >\ - " Oh . a good thing , it' the story is a rum un . " Mr . Havdwick suggested to the clerk the expediency ot

      varyingthe terms , of the query . Accordingly , the boy was asked if it was right or wrong to tell a " lie ; " and having given a satisfactory answer , he was required to say whether hi ; knew whose pail it was . Buy : " It ' s father ' s . " Mr , Hardwick : *• How do yon prove that ' " Boy : " Cos mother gave me a jolly good hilling for cutting that there notch in it . " The daughter uas next called . Sh » ' said if the bottom of the pail were examined , a specimen of her abilities in line engraving with a crooked nail would l > 0 found ,. The paii was reversed , u . u < l the lxteroglvphics were discovered . Against tliis body of evidence it wa » impossible to struggle . The case was dismissed . The defendant ~ houldered"the pail , an < l walked off in triumph .

      Thursday . —Distressed Needlewomen . —A poor creature , shivering with cold , who said her name was Edwards , complained to Mr . Hardwick that she was utterly destitute , and had been denied relief at St . (' lies ' * workhouse , where she had applied for shelter . Mr . Hardwick asked her what claim she had on the parish . The applicant said her husband lost his life snddenlv about two years ago , " and since that period she had been living in St . Giles ' s parish . She had endeavoured to maintain herself at needlework , but the long hours of labour and scanty pay had so ruii ) fd her health , tliat latterly she IumI been unable , when the opportunity of a job , which was now very seldom , presented itself , to do even as much as

      would nay for lodging . She had sold her clothes , and been obliged to part with her shawl the previous night to raLsc the price oi a bed . —Mr . Hardwick recommended tho ease to the notice of the parish . There w ; is a society for furnishing employment to distressed needlewomen , and as this appeared to be a case which came within the meaning and intention of such an institution , he should advise the parish to take the applicant into the house for a few days , let her have medical attendance , make inquiry into the truth of her story , and , if found worthy of encouragement , give her a recommendation to this society , tho managers of which would probably do something for her . —Cole , the messenger , said this should be done .

      WANDSWOKTII . Wlfi \ tiDAI . KXTSAOBDISABV CASE J nines Jamt =, who tcls nine years-in the M division of the Metropolitan police , and afterwards chief officer of the Banbury constabulary , was placed in the dock before Mr . Paynter for final examination upon two distinct charges of felony ; and Kichard Tyas , described as a watch-case maker , but who was . foT somu time in the City police , was also finally examined upon a charge of endeavouring corruptly to obtain reward for the restoration of the property stolen by thu first-mentioned prisoner . The evidence taken ; is excessively voluminous . The circumstances under which the prisou « rs came into custody are briefly these : —Mr . Burt , a con-keeper , in Crescent-lane , Clapham , had a child ' s

      chaise and a truck stolen from Ids premises ; the chaise on the 21 st of September last , and the truck six weeks afterwards . He heard nothing of Ids property until Friday * the 20 th of November , when a letter was left at his house , which was to tho effect that the writer would for a reward of five shillings tell him where the property was . The letter was signed Thomas Long , and the answer was directed to-be sent to a coffee-house in the neighbourhood of FinsburT-square . Mr . Burt showed the letter to Sergeant Emnjerson , 9 V , and that officer , by Ms wish ; answered it , agreeing to the writer ' s terms . On the morning of Tuesday , the 3 rd of December , the prisoner Tyas brought another letter , and in consequence of what was stated therein , Mr . Hurt made an agreement to meet

      Tyas at the TValworth-gate , at ten o ' clock the next mom , ing . Tyas kept the appointment , and took the prosecutor to the shop of Mr . Wedge , a broker , in Trafalgar . row , Walworth-comnion , where he saw the chaise and claimed it . The man who called himself Long was to have met them to have showed Mr , Burt where the truck was , but he did not , and tke latter gave Tyas a shilling for his trouble , and went home . On Thursday morning Tyas went with the prisoner James to the prosecutor ' s house , and Mr . Burt identified him as the man who had brought the first letter . Prosecutor and the prisoner proceeded towards V alworth , followed by Police-constable Minne , 70 V , was in plain clothes . When the party hid reached the Brixtou-road , James left them , telling the prosecutor to

      give the reward to Tyas . The prisoner afterwards took the prosecutor to Messrs . Carly and Son , brokers , Portland-row , Walworth-common , and there he saw his truck . ; he then gave Tyas into the custody of Police-constable Minne . Tyas , when before the magistrate on Friday , declared that he was innocent of any fraud ; he was asked by James to take Mr . ' Burt to the shops where his property was , and he did it as a friendly act . He gave the policeman Minne information as to where he would find James , and the constable succeeded in apprehending that prisoner on Friday night , at Islington . James was examined on Friday , and his defence was that he had heard a thief bragging of having robbed Mr . Burt , and where he had sold the property . lie wrote to that person , thinking to do him an act of kindness , and he asked five shillings for his trouble ¦ this he considered was doing no harm .

      The magistrate said that the fact of corruptly obtaining monev by helping another to his property which had beeji stolen 'was a felony , and the attempt was a misdemeanour , supposing the fact of stealing the articles was not proved against him ; he should commit him for the misdemeanour . Evidence having been heard in support of the charge , Mr . Paynter said he should commit the prisoner James upon two distinct charges of felony , and the prisoner Tyas would be separately indicted for endeavouring corruptly to obtain reward for helping aootherto Stolen property , which was a misdemeanour under the 7 th and 8 tb George IV ., c . 29 . The prosecutor could also , if he thought fit , indict James for conspiring with Tyai for the like offence . The prisoners were then fully committed for trial at the next session of the Central Criminal Court .

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      DkI . JO . -f- ClIAROE Of MANS-LAL'bUT £ U AGAIXST A liiACK Doctor . —Edwin Jamos Poi-t , aged 49 , was placed at the bar this morning , on a charge of killing ; Maiyi Harris , at Birkenhead , by the application of white arsenic to her right breast , which pro- ; duced a sore ; or ulcer , and a mortal sickness , on the 1 lth of October last , of which she died on the 24 th of the siime month . From the evidence adduced on the part of the prosecution , it appeared that the prisoner advertised in the papers that he had discovered a process by means of which he could extract cancers from any part of the body without cutting , which he had practised for upwards of six vears . The

      deceased , Mrs . j Harris , who was a respectable female residing at Aston Hall , near Wem , in Shropshire , heard of the prisoner , and on the 10 th of October she took ] od £ -ii ) £ 3 at Birkenhead for the purpose of consulting the prisoner , who resided in that neighbourhood . On the 11 th the prisoner was called in , when , after examining the right breast of the deceased , he applied a plaster to it . He called again to see her on the 12 th and 13 th , but she was out . On the 14 th he saw her , apd applied a second plaster , shor tly after which she > vas seized with vioJent vomiting , and complained of a ] burning sensation in the stomach and throat , and looseness of the teeth . After this she became gradually worse until the 24 th , when she died , and her friends removed her to Wem , where an inquest was held upon the body , and a verdict returned that ! the deceased died from the effects of

      cancer . However , on subsequent inquiries being made , a communication was sent to the Coroner for Cheshire , who being of opinion that the inquest held in Shropshire was a nullity , issued his warrant for tlie disintemientof the body , caused it to' be removed to Birkenhead , and ordered a post mortem examination to be ra < i < le . This order was carried into eifect by Dr . Vaughan and Mr . J . C . Foulkes , of Birke-nhcad . Thesfe gentlemen described the internal appeanjHee of the body to be in a highly inflamed state , and to T * iive all the sysmptoms of the effects of arsenic . Dr . Hrefci , professor of cliemlsti-y , and doctor of philo - sophy , proved that on analysing the breast oi' the deceased he found about three-tenths oi a graL in it . In the tissues of the stomach , liver , and spleen , he found about ! a quarter of a grain . From these facts , and the others proved in evidence , the doctor inferred that arsenic had been applied to the breast ,

      and absorbed , into the system . Mr . Temple addressed the jury at considerable iength for the defence , and cloven witnesses were then called on behalf of the prisoner , all ; of whom stated that they had been treated by Mr . Port either for cancer or tumour , and that he had j succeeded in curing them . The jury retired for about forty minutes , and then returned a verdict of Not ( iuilty . Immediately on the . verdict being pronounced there was a general burst of cheering from all parts of the Court , which was with difficulty suppressed . One person , who gave his name as Hugh Hughes , an Excise officer , who was pointed out by the ciier of the Court as taking a prominent part in the cheering , wiis brought before his lordship , and committed autll the rising of . the Vquri . Ilia lordship theii addressing the prisoner , suit ] , " Take care of yourself for tin ; future , you may not be so fortunate another time . "

      ! NOJ { T ! 1 £ K . \ CIRCl'lT . York , Dko . 0 . —John M'Cann was to-day put on his trial , chargvei with the wilful murder of Benjamin Gott . Another count in the indictment charged him with manslaughter . This case must be eviMi yet fresh in the recollectinii <> t" our ] readers , as it created , at the time of its ijct-urrL-iiii-, considerable excitement . Five other persons , nanu'd Itogan , O'Brien , Donovan , Quin ,. and Power , who had heeirconeerned in the matter , were tried at the last assizes , and were convicted of manslaughter ; hut in consequence of some legal objections being raised to the form of the injdictincnt , judgment was respited , and those persons are still in custody . M'Cunn at that period was not apprehended . Mr . liliss and . Mr . Overt-nd were for the prosecution , and the prisoner was defended bv Mr .

      Wilkin . s . The facts of the case were briefly narrated by Mr . Miss , and wore : is follows : —On Whit-Monday last , the JTtli of May , there had been a procession of Orange lodges . On tlie occasion two bands were engaged , one of which was culled the Idle and Calvcrley band , and of that band ( iott ( the deceased ) was a musician . As they were passing through thu town uf Bradford , tlie baud played certain tunes , ami amongst others " the Hoyne Water , " which gave great dissatisfaction to the Irish population of the neighbourhood , who fancied also that a still more offensive tune , called "Croppies lie down , " had been played . When the procession was over , autl the musicians were returning home in a stmgglinjr manner , a number of Irishmen were seeii coming behind them , having sticks and other weapons in their hamls , ami making use of threatening language . T-he Irishmen commenced : w attack , and the first tiling they diil was to knock down the man who was playing the drum . They then fell on Gott , and from the > iolencr that was employed his death resulted . Oil a

      l > oft rnort' : nc : examination the deceased s skull was found to havp been most severely fractured , and death nas attributed to that cause . Amongst the people in the crowd was the prisoner , and he took an active part ih the proceedings . Thomas Thornton , the first witness , mis undergoing examination , wifen Mr . Wilkins ssiid he thought it would be idle for him to attempt to combat the minor charge against the prisoner . He had rcnil the depositions over twenty times , ami he found no means of resisting it . He would , therefore , with his lordship's permission , wish to plead guilty to the charge of mautilaugkter . Mr . Justice Coleridge briefly addressed the jury , informing them of the circumstances alluded to in the commencement of this report , and recommending them to tind ; thr prisoner guilty of manslaughter . The jury , vvithuutihesitation , pronounced the prisoner Guilty of Manslaughter , and sentence was deferred till the opinio . i of the fifteen judges could be had upon the legal objections before referred to .

      THt Ti b . n-olt . —John Criti-h ' uw ami William Bolton wore nc \ i plivved at the bur , charged with having on the 25 th of August last , at Sheffield , feloniously and unlawfully attempted to destroy a certain steam-engiiie , by the explosion of a lsirge quantity of gun-powder , tl . it : propurty ot' John Wilson , Thomas Dunn , William Jetfcock , and George llounsheld . This case would have been ' tried yesurday , but Mr . Grainger , on behalf of the . prisoners , then objected . to the whole of the jury . A . fresh jury was this uioriiing empanelled for the trial of the prisoners . - Mr . Wilkins , ( Mr . Oiermd , and Mr . Smith were , for the prosecution , and Mr . Grainger was for the defence . The yrosi cutors in ibis case were some of the largest coalpit owners jin tlie neighbourhood uf Sheffield . In tlie month Of May last there was u ireneral "

      turnout " of tint colliers in that part of England , and the prtisecutjoiV pits had been unworked from May until the date of this occurrence , in August . Towards the end of August there were symptoms of returning good sense on the part of the men , and on the L'titli , it was determined that some of them at least should return to their work . At tho mouth of the pit there was , as is frequently the case , a steam-engine , worked for the purpose of hauling up the coal , a 3 well as of letting persons in and out of the pit as occasion might require . This was the engine which the prisoners were charged vvitli having blown up . The indictment was founded ou the 7 th mid 8 th of Ueo . IV ,, c . 30 , s . 7 , which renders it felpny for any person maliciously to pull down , destroy , or ( damage with intent to destroy any such

      steam-engine . Jonathan llabershon was the first witness called . He deposed that he was under-ground steward , at No . •„ ' , Deeps-pit Colliery , near Sheffield . There was a steam-engine at the mouth of that pit . The boiler , which weighed wheji filled about eight tons , was detached from thu engine , and was surrounded with brickwork . On the night of Sunday , the 25 th of August , witness , who lived close to the pit , was awakened by the report of a tremendous explosion , and in about half an hour afterwards William Prince , who slept in a kind of cabin at the mouth of the pit , called him up and took him to examine the boiler . On reaching there he found all the brickwork blown down | and scattered about : The boiler happened to be filled with water , but no water had escaped . The steam-pipe , however , had broken away from thfc

      steamchest ; the pipe for the conveyance of water to the boiler had also been broken , and a small shed over the boiler had been blown down , so that the steam-engine was put out of working condition . On removing the debris witness found two caps and a hat very much damaged , as well as a tin case containing a collier ' cartridge ; and some loose gunpowder . In the tivehole were found several portions of fx barrel , and everything smelt strongly of gunpowder . | Cross-examined by Mr . Grainger : —The pit had been worked twenty-two years . The boiler was about three yards from the steam-engine . Was quite sure that two caps were found . The cartridge found in the tin case was sUch as colliers commonly employed in the operation of blasting , and gunpowder was occasionally used for that purpose in some of the pits near Sheffield .

      William Prince remembered the : J 5 th of August last . He was in bed jin the cabin at the mouth of the pit , and shortly after ; eleven o ' clock he saw some men peeping into the cabin , through a small crevice in the door . In a few minutes after he heard an explosion . He thought there were jabout six men altogether . Cross-examined : —The night vras dark . Could not see the laces of the persons whuj looked in at the door . Mrs . Ledger deposed that she resided abuut half a mile from the colliery . The prisoner Bolton was her brother , and had dined at her house on thp "iJth of August . About twelve o ' clock on that night she was awoke from her sleep by a noise at the door , aud she heard a moan apparently proceeding from u man in great bodily pain . She opened the door , and found her brother crouched down at the door . He was very much burnt on his head , face , neck , and hands , and was covered with black , and his clothes were torn . Witness obtained assistance , and put him to bed , when

      Mr . Shaw , a surgeon , was sent for , who attended him for fourteen dajys whilst he remained confined to bed at her house . Cross-examined : —The prisoner appeared very much intoxicated when he got to her house , and he vomited a quantity of spirits and ale . He was delirious also duringjthe night , and continued so for several days . John Shaw / jun ., a medical student , who was caDedin to see the prisonei ; , confirmed the last witness ' s statement as to his condition a ! t that time . Witness asked him how he had received the injuries about his person , and he replied b y fire-damp , j A woman present gaid it would be best to tell the doctor itll they knew about the matter , ani they then said they hkd heard a great explosion , and thatthey suspected the prisoner had been concerned in blowing up a steam-engine . The woman begged of witness not to mention the circumstance to any one , and the prisoner joined im that request . John Shaw , surgeon , of Attercliffe , oorroborated tiac greater part of this testimony , and detailed a statement made , to him by the prisoner , wherein he con-I

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      fessed hi « participation in the act with which he wa . charged . They put some gunpowder in a barrel whicli they placed in the fire-hole , and , setting light to a fusee one end of which communicated with the powder barrel ' they ran away to await the effects of the explosion ; but as this did not take place so soon as they had anticipated , they went to the fusee to . blow it up . He had just reached the spot where the engine was when it did happen , however , and he remembered little or nothing further . ' The prisoner Bolton had made this statement to witness on several different occasions . Cross-examined : The prisoner told him that he had met with two men before the occurrence , who would not let him go till he had had a Certain quantity of something to drink . He did not say that he was ve , r > ' drunk . William Maybury , tailor

      living in Todd-street , Manchester , deposed , that he met the prisoner Critchlow with tivo men , named Dixon and Stocks , on Tuesday , the 27 th of August . The skin was then all off his face . He said that he had the wet scurvy , which accounted for that circumstance . Ije met the same persons together soon after in the Coach and Horses public-house , and he heard Stocks ask ( Mtchlow if lie had been to a doctor , to which Critchlow replied no , he was frightened to go to a doctor lest he should be found out . Critchlow then asked Stocks if he had seen that day ' s paper , and if there was anything particula r in it . Stocks answered , that he had seen the paper , and that a cap had been found . Critchlow said that that was his cap , and he then proceeded to detail the circumstances attending the explosion , adding that he had before very

      large whiskers and a good head of hair , but when the powder went off it flashed in his face , and scorched it all off . He was otherwise also a . good deal injured . Crossexamined : —Havenotgot much above tailoring yet . There was a rat-den at Davis ' s public-house . Witness did not provide the rats or the dogs . He assisted Davis sometimes in keeping and obtaining the rats . He did pay for his board and lodging at Davis's . Was not in the habit of attending prize-fights . Had never been at one . Didn ' t teach boxing ; put the gloves on sometimes for a little bit of amusement . Had been in trouble once , about six years ago , for hitting a man in the shop where he then worked . Had never seen Critchlow previous to the first interview whi < "h he had referred to . Several other witnesses corroborated the main features of the evidence

      already given . Mr . Grainger addressed a long and ingenious speech to the jury on behalf of . ' tlie prisoners , commenting , chiefly with regard to Critchlow * s case , on the want of all evidence connecting the prisoners together . Mr Justice Coleridge summed up , and laid the case before the jury in the clearest manner , who retired for a' few minutes , and then returned with a verdict of Guilty ugainst Bolton , and of Acquittal as regarded Critchlow . His Lordship , in passing sentence , observed upon the magnitude of the crime of which the prisoner had been found guilty . It was especially a crime in a county like that , where property of incalculable value was often invested in the engines of the description alluded to , which , valuable a-s they were , were particularly liable to the attacks of

      vicious persons . In a moral point of view , the crime was \ fry great , for if people chose to leave their work , then to band themselves together , and to go out at night taking hail-els of gunpowder with them for tho purposes of mischief—people who went so far as that would , require \ ery little inducement , he feared , to go much farther . The prisoner had , however , suffered already in his person \ cry severely for what he had done , and it appeared that one of his unhappy companions on that night had paid a severer penalty still . When he should recall that to his remembrance , it might prove to him , perhaps , a more bitter recollection , and give him a great deal more pain than he was likely to suffer at the hands of the law . The sentence of the d > urt was , that the prisoner be imprisoned for eighteen calendar months , with hard labour .

      A man named Thomas North Stocks was next indicted for harbouring John Critchlow , welt knowing that he had committed a felony . As Critchlow had been acquitted , however , by the jury , the charge against Stocks was , of course , abandoned . Dec . !> . —Emii £ zzi . kmk . vt bv a Rural I ' olice 0 ffickr . —It having been previously arranged that the trial of Joseph . Steadinan Maddison should take place this morning , great excitement prevailed in the city of York on the subject . Tlie court was crowded to excess , and much speculation was afloat as to the probable result of the trial . The case presented many peculiar , and interesting features . The prisoner » us charged with having , on the 12 th of June last , in the city of York , feloniously embezzled £ 17 , the

      property of George Swann , Esq . Mr . Wilkins stated the case . If 1 am well instructed , he said , the case I am about to lay before you , in all its facts , is one so strong and overwhelming , that it seems to me the onlv hope to the prisoner of escape from the charge against him i * in the legal acumen and ingenuity of In * counsel . It appears that , in the year 1842 , the increase of crime in and about this " neighbourhood had been so rapid , that several gentlemen met togegethcr for the purpose of establishing a society , having for its object the protection of the lives and properties of those living in and about it . In the fii-st instance , I believe , these subscriptions were small , but in the course of a . short time the expediency and necessity of an institution of this sort was discovered ,

      It was then determined by the promoters of it that they should establish a police of their own , who were-, I believe , to act as a patrol within the circumference of ten miles from the city . The prisoner was one who made application for a situation under them , and 1 am free to admit that he came to York with testimonials of a very high description , and he was in consequence appointed the superintendent of the police . Shortly after the appointment , or I believe contemporaneous with it , he was informed that it was part of his duties to collect in the subscriptions from the different parties who were the subscribers to this association , and that immediately on the receipt of them he was to pay them over to ' Mr . S % yann , the banker ; and so formally were those duties made

      known to him that a resolution was psissed respeetiujf them by the committee of the association , which was read over , and distinctly described to the prisoner , lie complained , I believe , at the time that iii . > salary was not large enough . However , the gentlemen comprising the committee thought it was , but made him a present of £ 10 , and allowed him a profit of five per cent , on the whole of the moneys he was to collect . It was his duty once a month to go to the bank , and take with him a recei pt or voucherforacertamgum of money he would require for paying the policemen under his control . In short , - the prisoner continued to collect money up to the 6 th of July last , receiving t-vrry week large sums for the payment of the police . It will be shown that since the 22 nd or 23 rd of •' ariuary ( although we shall show you distinctly that lie received sums of money ) he never paid one single farthing into the bank . * It should be borne in mind that since the 22 nd of January the prisoner had not

      paid one farthing into the hands of Mi-. Swann Even- month the prisoner received from Mr . Swann £ 70 or £ 80 with which to pay thepolice officers under him . At length , on the 6 th of July , when the prisoner went to get Ms usual payment of Me Swan& , that gentleman refused to pay any more ! Mr . Swanfl said that he had already paid more out than had come in . No subscription had come in since January , and he refused to j > ay anything further . The learned counsel read a fetter addressed by the prisoner to R . II . Anderson , Esq ., solicitor to the police force , which clearly confessed the defalcation laid to his charge . Mr . Wilkins concluded hy calling a number of witnesses in support of the charge . Mr . Bliss addressed theory for the prisoner , and witnesses were called who testified to the prisoner ' s good character . The jury retiredfw three . hours , and then returned with a verdict of Guilty , with a recommendation to mercy . —Sentence deferred .

      Northern Circuit , Dec . 10 , — -Murder . —Win . Kendrew , aged 22 , farm labourer , and John Kendrew , 24 , shoemaker , brothers , were placed at the bar , charged , the former by the coroner ' s inquisition with the wilful murder of ' Mr . William Inchbald , at Dunsforth , in the parish of Aldborough , in the West Riding , and the latter with feloniously harbouring and maintaining WUHani Kendrew , well knowing hiiri to have committed a . felony in shooting Wn » . Inchbald . Mr . Wilkins stated the case to the jury , and then called thirty witnesseS j who clearly proved , by a chain of circumstantial evidence , the case , the details of which have been recently before the public . The following additional evidence was given bjr the father of the prisoners : —William Kendrew said— - }

      remember the Wednesday night before Mr . InchbalQ was shot ; I went to bed at nine o ' clock that nigt » - No one lives with me . My son William caine to Be about twelve o ' clock that night . He came to toe door , and he would come in , but I didn't want to take him in at that time of night . He said , " If I o *™ open the door he'd got a double-barrelled gun , a *" he'd blow my brains out . " I let him in , and " slept at my house on that night , and on Friday night next , Sept . the 27 th * I went toworkin tne morning , and at night when I returned William na <» gone , and I never saw him again until now . I foiM that a new fustian coat of mine was gone then , in its Dlace was an old iean coat of William's . W

      son John , the other prisoner , brought back my < £ * j to me . I was present when the police-officer searcfleo my premises . The gun was found in a pig-stj- * had never seen that gun before . —Evidence was adduced In suppert of the charge against John KjBO ' drew , but it did not appear to be conclusive . —i " jury retired , and , after an absence of ten ™ S ??^ returned with a verdict of Guilty against WUua » Kendrew , and of Acquittal as regarded John Kendrew . —His Lordship , in a most impressive ana affecting manner , pronounced upon him the fw ^ of death , and told him to give up all hope of eartw mercy . — The -wretched man appeared wholly I" moved , and left the bar in the most careleas manner , exclaiming , as lie went , " Thank ye , if that be all .

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      DEATHS . t ; Mr . Joseph Killingbeck , of Wrenthorp , near "Wakefield , aged 43 , after a long illness . He was a strenuous advocate for the People ' s Charter , a contant reader of the Northern Star , and was much pers ecuted forMs prinei ;

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      HOME CIRCUIT . Cuelmsford , Satuxday , Dec . 7 . —Sarah Johnson , 14 , was indicted for feloniously setting fire to a stack of straw , value £ 40 , the property of William Bacon , at the parish of Hempstead . Mr . Byland conducted the prosecution , and Mr . C < Jrey appeared for the prisoner . The prosecutor deposed , that the prisoner waa in his service as nursery-maid On the 16 th of August , and had lived with him for more than six months iu that capacity . About ten or eleven o ' clock on the morning of the day in question ho was out in the field harvesting , when he observed some smoke in the diroction of his stack-yard , and upon going there he found a stack of straw on fire , and it was completely consumed . The value of the stack was £ 40 . On

      the morning of the fire he hud reprimanded the prisoner for not paying-proper attention to the children . She did not make any answer when he spoke to her . Harriet Stock , a servant in the employ of the prosecutor , proved that on the morning ; of the tire , and just before it broke out , she saw tlie prisoner come in a direction from the staiik- . yard , with her master ' s baby in her arms . There had been a f ive at the neighbouring , village of BlagUen abuut a fortnight before , and on the day it happened the prisoner said she liked to see a good fire , and she should like to see her master ' s place on tire , adding that if the straw was fired it would be sure to % ht the buildings . On th « day of the fire at the prosecutor ^ , she told the prisoner that the police , had been there making inquiries , and had asked some questions about her , and on her

      saying this the urisonev appeared very confused , and walked away . Catherine Rumbull , another of the prosecutor ' s servants , also proved that she saw the prisoner come out of the stack-yard a very few minutes before the stack burst into flames . Thomas Moore , a police constable , deposed that lie apprehended- tKe prisoner ou the day Of the fire , and she took him to the place whew the stack had stood , and pointed out in the ashes where she first saw the fire . The prisoner was taken before a magistrate the next morning . Her mother ivas standing by her , and she told her she was sure to go to prison , a . s she was taken ou suspicion of having caused thu fire . The prisoner replied , " Nobody saw me do it , although I was in the stack-yard . " David Smith , an inspector of police , deposed that the prisoner was placed in his charge after she had been taken into custody , and hu heard her say to a woman , named liumball , who was sitting up with her , " If I naid I had

      lighted the lire , people would belie \ e me , but I am not so soft . No one saw me do it , and they cannot hurt me . " When tin- prisoner was before the magistrates slie said that she knew nothing about the fire . This was the case against the prisoner . ilr . Grey briefly addressed the jury , but the evidence wsis too clear against the prisoner to give him the leant chance of doing so successfully . Mr . Justice Williams summed up , and the jury , after a short deliberation , returned a verdict cf Guilty , but at tlie same time strongly recommended the prisoner to mercy on account of her youth . The Learned Judge ordered the prisoner to be called up for judgment , and after remarking that the conduct of tlie prisoner evinced great 2 iialignity , said he felt it his duty to sentence her to be transported for fifteen years . He added , that the recommendation of the jury should be forwarded to the Stcn-tury of State , who might , if he pleased ; direct the infliction of a milder S <* TltOTl (* l '

      IIiGirtVAV Kobberv . — Josepli Tunbridgc , JO , John Hammond , IS , and John 'Hi'own , IK , were convicted of a highway robbery , with violence , upon William Surrell , and sentenced to be transported for seven years . This case concluded the business of the assi / . f .

      C 1 IE « TEK . Dec , i ; . —Awfii t'Asfc or l'AiuuciDE . —A young woman , aged I'O , having the appearance of a servant , was placed at the bar , charged ' with the wilful murder of her own tiithur , Kiclmrd Gallop , at Monk ' s t'oppenhall , on the 1 ' nd of Nov ., by the administration of arsenic . The Attoriiey-Ueneral , Mr . Temple , and Mr . Townsuud , were counsel for the prosecution ; ami Mr . Traflfurd for the prisoner . From the - ' evidence adduced in support of the charge , it appeared that about eight months ago the deceased , who was a joiner , and bis family , removed from Liverpool to Crewc , in the township of Monk ' s ( . 'oppeuhall , for tlie purpose of working at the extensive works belonging to the ( irand Junction Railway Company . The decided and his wife did not live happilv together , and

      about six months ago the hitt .-r committed suu-ule bv cutting her throat . After that tlie ftiiui ' . v coimistui } u ( tinprisoner , her father , the daughter of his wife by a former husband , and a lodger , named William Frazer . After the death of Uis uife , the prisoner ' s father treated her with considerable severity , and , on one occasion , when she had roasted some potatoes too hard , he threatened to beat her with a strap . This she complained of to her half sister , and said that , a . s she had no comfort at home , she would go to service . During the time the prisoner was residing in Li'trpool , she became acquainted with a young man named Duval . and about the beginning of Oct ., there being a cheap train from Crewe to Liverpool , tlie prisoner announced her intention of going by it , but her father was very angr y with her , anil refused fo allow

      her to go , as Ire said it was only tor the purpose ot seeing her sweetheart , and lie disitpprowil of the connection . Shortly after that the prisom r purchased a pennyworth of arsenic , for the purpose , as she said , of destroying rats aud mire . Subsequently she purchased u second pennyworth , and on the - ' lid of N'ov . she purchased twopenny worth . About three week . ) before tho last mentioned day the father of the prisoner became ill , and so continued up to that du \ , when , after partaking of some arrowroot , he was seized with violent vomiting and purging , which increased during the night , and early on the morning of the 3 rd of November he died . A surgeon attended him during the night , uml treated him for cholera . On the Sunday morning a countable , named Ki-ntv , went to the house and saw the prisoner . Ho told

      her he had come for the purpose of making inquiry rcspeciing the death of her father , and cautioned her . After this he proceeded to put a number of questions to her , which , together i \ itli her answers , he produced . Mr . TlVlllbrd objected to this evidence betnj ? admissible , as it hud been lmulr by the prisoner under inducement , and he cited the case of the King v . Drew , quoted in the I'd vol . of ¦ ' Kusuvll on Crime , " j > . S- 'y . The learned judge overruled the objection . The constable Kcuty then read the statement to the court , from which it appeared that the prisoner admitted she had purchased the poison , but said it was purchased by the direction of her father , for tlie purpose of destroying rats , und that she had seen a rat on the previous Thursday , und had told her sister of it . Whilst Kenty was in the house the

      prisoner took a handkerchief from a chest , which , the constable took possession of , aud in it be found a packet containing utu ootuica . The prisoner afterwards placed a small paper parcel in a drawer , which the constable also took possession of . In a cupboard he found two loaves of bread and a piece of cako . All these wire placed iu the hands of Mr . David Wildic , of Liverpool , for the purpose of being analysed . It was proved by the evidence of Mr . Stevenson , a surgeon , that the body ot the deceased , on post mortem examination , presented all the appearances internally of having been acted on by some irritant poison , and both he and Mr . Kayner , of Btockport , were of opinion that death was caused by the effects of arsenic . The half sister of the prisoner proved that on the Friday before the death , tlie prisoner made

      the cakes and the bread , and that ' she ( the witness ) , the prisoner , and Fraaer , the lodger , all partook of tho cakes , immediately lifter which they all were taken ill and obliged to go to bed . Air . Wadtc , the chemist , deposed to having analyzed the stomach of the deceased , and its contents , in which lie discovered white arsenic . He also discovered arsenic in the cakes and the bread ; and in ' grains of arrow-root he detected 100 grains of arsenic . It was attempted tb elicit , in behalf of the prisoner , that she was labouring under insanity ; but the only facts deposed to by the witnesses on this point were , that about six months ago , at the time her mother committed suicide , her conduct was rather strange : that she did not sleep for a whole week , and that , during the time the mother of the prisoner was pregnant of her , she Was

      insane , and several times attempted to destroy herself . Mr . Traflbrd addressed the jury for prisoner at some length , contending that the case was enveloped in so much doubt that the jury could not safely convict . That the probability was , the deceased had taken the arsenic by mistake , and that if administered by the prisoner at all . the probability was that she had done so when labouring under the effects of insanity . The learned judge briefly summed up the case to the jury , telling them that if they believed the prisoner had administered the arseni' -, it was their duty to find her guilty . As to the plea of insanity , his lordship observed that there was no evidence to support it . That was a species of defence too much relied on of late years , to the danger of public security , and the great hindrance of justice . The jury consulted together for about

      five minutes , and then pronounced a verdict of Guilty , but begged strongly to recommend the prisoner to mercy . The Judge : " What ! recommend a prisoner to mercy who has been guilty of the murder uf a parent ? " The learned Baron having placed the black cap on , proceeded to pass sentence of death on the prisoner . His Lordship said , " Mary Gallop , after a long aud patient trial , you have been found guilty by the jury , upon evidence which could leave no doubt , of the murder of your own father ; that murder committed by the most odious and detestable ot all means—that of poison ; an act of deliberation evidently meditated some time before , carried into execution with perseverance , with great art and contrivance ; and I wish 1 could see any symptoms , in the conduct you afterwards

      exhibited , of repentance , or any feelings of remorse for what you have done . It is impossible for me to show you any mercy . Prepare for that awful account to which you sent the author of your being with little or no preparation at all . Seek for the mercy of Crod—repent of this and all your sins ; and by that means seek for that merey hereafter which it is not in my power , consistently with my public duty , to show you here . ' His Lordship then passed sentence of death upon her in the usual form , and the prisoner walked from the bar with a steadfast step , having manifested throughout tlie whole tr ial little or no consciousness of the situation in which she stood , beyond a wild and almost incessant roll of the eye , and an occasional flush of the countenance .

      Dec . 7 . —The Brutal Manslaughter at Stockport . — Henry Jones , aged 22 , was indicted for killing his wife at Stockport , on the 25 th ult . The facts of this case appeared in the Northern Star of Saturday last . The prisoner was found guilty , and sentenced to ten years' transportation . Rape . —Joseph Hanaer was found Guilty of a rape at Bawden ; James Bradbury was convicted of a similar offence at Bollinfee ; and Thomas Hignett of a like crime at Marion . They were severally sentenced to transportation for life . ;

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 14, 1844, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1293/page/8/