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      a fHJB PEOPLE'S PAPER . " -CAUTION TO COMMITTEES . MaS * -W ** WB' COOTTY GoBKE . —PETTER HW > OTHERS Ver 8 itt . Stkight . On Saturday Sept . 2 &hv this case came on . for hearing , at , the from the evidence of MrPetter

      above court ,, when it appeared . , thJsSedthat he was one of the firm of Petter , Duff , and Co ., oarrvinff on business as Printers in Playhouse-yard , Blackfnars , Snd that they claimed from the defendant , Mr . Stright , the sum of £ 23 for composing and printing " The People's Paper . He also stated , that a Mr . Alexander Grant , a person connected with the raner had applied to them for an estimate of charges

      for which they would perform a certain amount ot woriv , wmeli estimatewas suppHed , that subsequently the defendant called at their office , and inquired relative thereto-a conversation totik place , during which the defendant said , that he was one oi acommittee , who were doing all in their power to support Mr . firnest Jones , the proprietor , and that he felt very desirous for the success of the paper , the defendant also intimated that he would give a guarantee to see p laintiff paid , and on taking leave gave us his card . Mr . Petter further stated , that the estimate was accepted , they printed the paper for three weeks , Messrs . . Stright . and Shute had paid two bills , and the 23 claimed was ilow due to them . .

      _ ..... . .. „ . Mr Petter on being cross-eiammed , admitted that their bills were addressed to " The Proprietors of the People ' s Paper , " m& not to Mr . Stright , and that he had never taken the trouble to ~ inquire at the Inland Bevenue Office as to who were the Pr Mr ? Gal ] iin [ another of the firm , corroborated a portion of the previous evidence , but on being pressed relative to the conversation , appeared entirely confused , and said that he could not recollect the exact purport thereof . _

      Mr * Stright on being sworn , said that the committee of which he had "been elected chairman , consisted chiefly of workingmen , that they acted entirely voluntary , were called together by Mr . Jones himself , who being in want of support to carry on his paper , had solicited their aid , and they believing that he was honest in hig intentions , had been doing their utmost by giving their subscriptionsj circulating bills , and selling the paper to support him ; but that , he had used the words which had been stated by one of the plaintiff ' s or had given ^ ny guarxantee to see them paid , he most emphatically deuied ; in fact the whole of the arrangements had been made by order of Mr . Jones , who was the sole proprietor of the paper .

      Mr . S . Shute fully confirmed what had been stated by Mr . Stright , and in relation to the latter portion thereof , held in his hand ,, the following documentary evidence from Mr . Ernest Jones : ~ . , " Halifax , June 23 , 1852 . " Pray secure another printer , forthwith , there will be no fear about funds . Grant had an estimate from Petter and Duff , for £ 1515 s * , reading included . Pray , pray , prayl let a printer be engaged for Monday , close at once with a new printer . "Ebkest Jones . "

      " Halifax , June 28 , 1852 . " My Dear Shute , " I have heard from Grant of your unparalleled kindness and exertions for the paper ; how shall I thank you ! The arrangement with Petter and Duff is all that can be wished ; we will sbon make up the difference . " Ertsest Jones . " Messrs . Highley and Yoting gave evidence to the effect that the ? never considered Mr . Stright responsible for any debts

      incurred on behalf of the paper ; on the contrary , they had always under stood that Mr . Jones was proprietor , and consequentl y the only party who held any responsibility . The official document from Somerset House was then handed in which stated that Ernest Jones was the sole proprietor , and Alexander Grant the registeredprmter of " The People's Paper . " The j udge having briefly summed up , to the evident surprise of acrowdedcourt , gave a verdict for the plaintiffs for the full amount claimed . Consequently Mr . Stright will have to pay the £ 23 besides expenses .

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      WORSHIP STREET . Attempted Suicide . —Charles Martin , a middle-aged man , Was charged with an attempt at self-destruction . Amelia Martin , an intelligent little girl twelve years of age , handed up to the magistrate a slip of paper , containing the following declaration , which she stated that her father had compelled her to write at his dictation just before he made the attempt to cut his throat :-- " My father says that , so help him God , he is innocent of wilfully causing any injury to my mother . " It was stated , in explanation to this , that the prisoner ' s wife had expired somewhat suddenly about a twelvemonth ago , and that , a coroner ' s inquest having been held upon her body , an open verdict was returned of death from natural causes , or in similar

      terms , and that the prisoner had been frequently since at intervals in a desponding way , but none of the circumstances that led to the woman ' s death or the inquest were adverted to ; The prisoner maintained a gloomy silence , declining to offer anything in answer to the charge , and was ordered to be committed until that day week , that the magistrate might have an opportunity of determining how to dispose of him . Attempted Suicide . —A wretched and attentuated young woman , named Mary Ann Stopford , scarcely exceeding 18 years

      of age , was charged with this offence . In this case a constable of the G divison , named French , was on duty in Sboreditch on the preceding day , when a person ran up to him in great alarm and entreated him to go instantly to a house in Brewer ' s court adjoining , wherie a woman was then supposed to be dying from having taken a large dose of poison . On entering the parlour he found the prisoner crouched down upon , the floor in a state of the greatest agony , and manifestly in extreme danger . On being again apprised by the people of the house that she had just swallowed some kind of poison , he asked the prisoner what it

      was and after repeating the question unavailingly she at length acknowledged that it . was sugar of lead . The witness ran for medical assistance , with which he shortly returned , and after the rf ^^/^ % . ^ se ° f the stomach pump and antidotes , by which the poison 3 k f ^ $ «^^\ SJas dislo dged , she at length recovered sufficiently to answer his f ^ Vw ^" " ^ ^^ 22 F e ^ ons » an ^ on as ^ S ner tne cause' of committing such an £ k m S ^' f ^^^^ S 2 } sne re P lied sne could not nel P fc > and was driven to it by the 4 ? S ^? W-vp ^ % * ate st distress and' misery . She then stated that she had not ^ % * P ^^» ' §|^ t ^ l ^ s ted any food for three days , the last she had taken having been $ m wt \ ^ £ 1 f ^ M * ° ff she had purchased with twopence she had borrowed Pll ' IP ? Sif |> lis *^ policeman while wandering about , and that her life had I ^ SiSS S&j £ -HX \> e * y beett ° ae of such misery that upon obtaining sufficient fSS ^^^ Sr ^^

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      money for the purpose , she had spent it on sugar of lead to destroy herself . Upon being called upon for her deferiee tire wretched creature made no reply , further than an admission of the truth of the officer ' s statement , and , as she was obviously Hot in a state to be intrusted with her liberty , the magistrate ordered her to be committed until that day week , that he might determine how ultimately she should be disposed of .

      CLERKENWELL . Working- aw Illicit Still . —George Betts , a determinedlooking young man , was placed at the bar , charged ^ at the instance of the officers of Excise , with having been concerned , in working a private still for the manufacture of illicit spirits . It appeared that , information having been communicated to the Excise authorities that some parties were in the habit of working a still at a house situate No . 22 , Lower Rosoman-street , Clerkenwell , on Saturday last Mr . Richard Oliver , an officer of the Inland Revenue , accompanied by" Joseph Green , 90 G and other active officers

      , proceeded to the place well armed , in order to meet any resistance . On their arrival they knocked at the door , but were refused admission , although they mentioned that they were officers . They then burst open the door , when the prisoner ran down stairs , brought out a large bulldog , which barked and looked ferociously at the officers . He threatened to set it upon them , when Mr . Oliver told him if he dared to do so they would dash its brains out , and if he resisted it would be the worse for him . Finding the officers determined , he said he would quietly surrender if they would allow him to do so . He was then secured with the dog and taken to the station-house

      , where he was locked up . On searching the place , in the front kitchen the officers found an extensive still , capable-of holding 40 gallons of spirits , at full work , and raw spirits running from the worm end of the still , which had a large furnace burning under it , 501 bs ; of molasses in a . bag , 80 gallons of molasses wash , 10 gallons of spirits , &c ., and all the necessary apparatus for the manufacturing of illicit spirits . The prisoner was the only person in the place , and was evidently employed working the still when the officers entered the house . Mr . Tyrwhitt convicted him and sentenced him to pay £ 30 . penalty , or , in default , three months' imprisonment , with hard labour , in . ' the House of Correction .

      THAMES . Lodging- House Dens . —Mr . Yakdley was occupied for a considerable portion of the day in hearing summonses against several keepers of lodging-houses in the neighbourhood of Rosemary lane , who had reglected to comply with the provisions of the new act for registration and regulation of such places . Many of the revelations of Inspector Reason , who had been appointed to carry out the provisions of act , were startling . Insufficient sleeping room , want of retiring places , filth and disease , and the grossest commingling of the sexes were found to be the prevailing rule . The inspector visited one house in Slater ' s-court , in the dead of night , and found in

      the lodging-room of one of the defendants four beds on the floor and no bedsteads . The first contained the defendant and his sister , a woman about 30 years of age , who said she had occupied-it for some time . Another man was found with Mi cousin , in the absence of his wife , who was gone " hopping !" Mr . Yaedley explained the provisions of the act to the parties brought up , and remanded several cases to give the defendants time to comply with the act . The magistrate observed that too much haste must be avoided in the application of the act . Many of the poor Irish did not understand the language of the law , and too literal or too sudden application of the statute might have the effect of taming some of them houseless into the street .

      SOUTHWARK . A Beastly Ruffian . — William Foster , a tin-plate worker was charged with maliciously wounding Ann Drumony , with a knife , in the face . He was further charged with indecent conduct to a little girl nine years of age . The fellow , in the first instance made a disgusting proposition to the child , and afterwards committed the exposure laid . Several females came to the child's protection , when he turned upon one with a knife and ' nearly cut off her nose . —The prisoner , being cautioned said that he was beset by several women , who would have torn him to pieces , and that on extricating himself from their

      violence he accidentally inflicted the injury on the complainant . Mr . A'Becket said that the assault on the complainant was ' of too serious a nature for him to decide upon , and that he should commit him for trial ; and that for the indecent exposure of his person he should convict him and sentence him to three months' imprisonment . Robbeky by a Servant . —John Andrews , a young man re cently in the employ of Mr . John Winkles , a tradesman of High-street , Southwark , was charged with steailng £ 10 10 s the property of his employer . On the preceding night , between 11 12

      and o ' clock , a policeman in passing through a stable yard m the vicinity of this court , where empty omnibuses are kept observed the prisoner , without coat , waistcoat , or hat asleep m one of the vehicles . On being aroused , and asked what he was doing there , he gave a very reasonable answer to the question , saying that he was destitute , liaving parted with all his clothes , except his shirt and trowsers , and that being- now without money to procure a lod ging that wet night he had availed himself of the shelter of the omnibus . He went on to say that there was no use in disguising-the fact any War that he had been m the employ of the complainant , had robbed him of 10 absconded

      . guineas , from h % service and soon squandered away the money in debauchery : and he added that he now wished to resign himself into the hands of justice and answer for the offence , rather than suffer the torture of mind he had undergone any longer . The policeman , on bem * made acquainted with the voluntary confession of the prisoner took him to the station-liouse , and afterwards communicated with the compamant whose wife attended , and gave the following particulars of the robbery : —She stated that in last July the prisoner was in her husband ' s employ and lived in the house with the family , and that on the night of the 13 th the TWiervnov nw ) - nn -urn an + i-io \ t nmn « -. 11 .. i _ 1 viiyj prisoner got when they all

      up were asleep , and entered the room where she and her husband were in bed . There was a purse containing £ 2 15 s . on the dressing-table , and in her husband ' s trousers' pocket , which was on a chair by the bedside there were seven sovereigns and 15 s . The following momm * she and her husband were awakened by their son commS their room for some change , and when desired to take what he required out ot the purse on the table it was discovered that it was gone , as well as the bag containing the sovereigns and silver from her husband ' s trousers pockets ! Although the prisoner retired to bed the same hour as the family did on the night in question , yet , when he was sought after , upon the discovery of the robbery , it was found that he had absconded , eavmg the street door ajar , so as not to disturb any of the mmates , and these latter circumstances gave rise to the suspicion thathe must have been the thief- but he had managed

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      to keep out of the-way ever since July , and noting ^ / T ^ oi him until he was found by the policeman asleep t J ? hear < l bus on the preceeding night , as above described iu T ° mni the confession which led to his apprehension onT \^ —The prisoner , who said nothing in answer to the . ^ S ° - committed , but he will be brought up again in ge ' ** J the depositions completed . A Debtor at Bay . —Mrs . Mary Elizabeth Sharp of \ r eterborough-street , Bayswater , appeared to answer a si 35 harging her with having assaulted Mrs . Mary Ann n ? ° The complainant stated that on Tuesday evenin g + if " ^ - inst . she hired a cab and went with her servauf + « ± l l 2 l st m& i . sue mreaa cao ana wexii wiui ner servant to the "

      I ant ' s house , for the purpose of serving a bill upon her f n ^ of £ 19 . There was a crowd of people round the door a ? ^ of the persons were asking for the payment of their bill S ° gate was locked , and the defendant and her husband i * ^ the other side in front of the house . Witness said , " Mr . ^ ° this is your bill , " and at the same time handed it ' r P « gate to her . She ( defendant ) refused to accept the b" !?* ^ struck witness a violent blow upon the face across the et a ^ her fist . If it had not been for her bonnet , she certain ?* ^ have had a black eye , Bhe gave the defendant into ^ ^ ' ^ but the constable refused to take the charge . The def lty husband called witness by a very offensive expression r rf magistrate fined the defendant 10 s ., with 15 s . costs to l ' immediately , with the alternative of 10 days' imprisonm f ^

      MARYLEBONE . Giving Gin to a Badger . —Two well-dressed youno-John Gasney , 23 , William-street , Regent ' s-park , andV ^ ' Tayton , 30 , Bridgewater-street , Somers-town , were b ^ before Mr . Bkoughton , charged with drunkenness ancM * derly conduct in the Zoological-gardens , Regent ' s-park S ° " with wantonly injuring a badger , by administerin g in ^ and gin . —William Nixey , 19 , William-street , City-road (/ e ^^ that on the previous afternoon , about 4 o ' clock , he was i gardens , and there saw the prisoners , one of whom ( V " * gave some gin from a bottle to a wolf , after which he s ^ P animal a biscuit , and then threw some gin into its mouth tt then gavesome of the like spirit to an Esquimaux cW t

      _ throwing it from a glass ; and in addition to these fre <\] V offered a piece of biscuit to a badger . U pon the animal openW its mouth to seize the morsel , he introduced therein th if of the bottle , from which no doubt a quantity of gin ha / i down the animal ' s throat ; it rolled and floundered abo ? cage , and he ( Gosney ) then struck a blow at it between it wires , the consequence of which was that the bottle brok n a portion of the fragments went into th e cage . The vr' ^ > were both drunk . —Croome , 176 S , stated that he took the " ^ soners into custody , and that they said they were not ? "

      they had done any harm . Gosney was very abusive Zl aimed a blow at witness , but fortunately he avoided it ' --Yr Broughton , after reviewing carefully the whole of the evident adduced , came to the conclusion that no real mischief w tended towards the animals , but that the conduct of th ^" soners for going drunk into the gardens was reprehensible L £ extreme . —Gosney was amerced in a penalty of 30 s month ' s imprisonment , for assaulting the officer- imMw was fined 5 s . for being drunk . ' l ^ toix

      BOW STREET . Indecent Assaults . —Matthew Henry Simpkin , a » ed 35 who described himself as clerk to an attorney , was chaw ed with having indecently assaulted Caroline Herbert , in St . James ' s park . —The prosecutrix , a child only 9 years of age livins n Pleasant-row , was the daughter of an engine-driver and Md been sent by her mother on some errand , at about 3 o ' clock on Monday afternoon . The prisoner was seen to accost her near the fountains in Trafalgar-square , and , after takino- indecent liberties with her , he took her to a stall and treated her to some

      milk and sweetmeats . He then invited her into the park with him , and , having been followed by « < policeman and another witness who had been watching him , was there seen to repeat the same disgraceful conduct . The little girl at length cot away from Mm , and ran homewards , upon which the prisoner was taken into custody . —The prisoner said he was only playing with the child . He was naturally fond of childre n , and that was what induced him to purchase milk and sweetm eats-for her . He had sent for some of his friends , and would rejer to them for a character . —The prisoner ' s uncle , who resides at Knightsbridge , expressed his belief that the conduct of the accused had

      been misinterpreted , though not wilfully , by the constable and witness ; for the prisoner was a very respectable young man , and had been brought up in the . fear of God . —Mr . Jabdine reminded the uncle that sins like this were always committed in privacy , and only discovered by accident . He believed , however , that mischief sometimes resulted from sending these cases to be re-investigated at the sessions , and therefore he should dispose of it summarily . His worship then fined the prisoner £ 5 , and committed him for a month in default .

      LAMBETH . Dastardly Assault .- — Thomas Meghan , a ruffianly-looking cab-driver , was finally examined before Mr . Elliott on achargi of violently assaulting Emily Scott , and throwing over he : person and that of another woman named Eliza Disney a qnan tity of corrosive fluid , which destroyed their dresses . —Emil ; Scott deposed , that on the night of . Thursday week , between 1 < and 11 o ' clock , she was standing close to the Eoyal Oal pnblic house in Granby-street , Waterloo-road , when the pri

      soner , who used to live with her at different times , and whoa she had supported by her prostitution for a length of time , cam < up to her , and asked her where she was going . She replied " over the water , " upon which he told her she had better not She said she should , and he instantly struck her a violent blov with his right hand , and with his left poured something ovei her from a bottle . A female friend of hers , Eliza Disney , cam < up to her assistance , and the prisoner threw some of the stui over her shawl and destroyed it , as well , at witness ' s dress - Eliza Disney- said she was present bfc the time , and saw Inn strike and kick the last witness in a most brutal manner , an (

      also throw something over her , which destroyed her dress an < bonnet . The prisoner also threw some of the stuff over lie : shawl , and completely destroyed it , burning a large p iece rig " out . —A cabman who had witnessed the outrage confirmed thi testimony of both the witnesses . —Mr . Elliott said it was verj fortunate for him that the fluid , which there could lie no ( Ioud he had thrown over the women , had neither burnt , maim ed Wi

      disfigured , nor done them any other grievous bodily harm , if so , his offence would have amounted to one of felony , * ° which he might have been transported for the term of Ins na tural life . His offence , however , was one of a most msm ) and dastardly character , and for it he should sentence him , « the first instance , to a penalty of £ 3 ., or one month ' s impnso a ment , for the assault on the woman Scott ; in the next p lace he must pay a further sum of 10 s ., or 10 day ' s imprison ^

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 2, 1852, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1698/page/6/