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2 » ulS 5 io : s BorsE . " MoxdaT . — Tossxssios of SanrGGiXD Coons . —A great tJeal of int erest was excired l > v the dri&il- 01 a case or " possession © i smugglt-d goods , Tipon an informaTion charging James and Sarah GregEon , -the latter of whom is a most notorious contraband dealer , in Barking Church-Tsrfl , wi ; "h the offence . jtr , Potburr , from the oiaee 01 the solicitor to the Cus--t , 3 ! 5 , amended for the prt'secuuon , and Mr . HuWer for -the defence .
It -was quite obvious from the manner in which parts of the evidence -were received , that a guod many interested in the trade -were present . Tbe Lord Mayor and Alderman Piri * presided . The defendants pleaded " 5 ot guilty . " "Ut . Potbury stated , that the nvo defendants -jvtre included in the one inforaiatiea with baring had in tbeir jy :- ? s « £ sicra , on ifae 25 th ot October , a quantity ui tobacco and cigar * , a . gallon and s ^ v ^ n pints oi iraj : « lv , and sis bonles of JEau de Cologne . The proceedings were instituted for tbe recovery of ihe penalty of < £ 30 u from each c . f the defendants ,
Coleby Atkinson Davis < Cn « oxfi-i » -vis « -oixUre-r ) stated , hat betwees two and three o ' clock ou Friday , the I ' oth of Orrober , as he ¦ svas ¦ waHdsg uj > T-cwor-strcet toivtr * l > the Cu ^ om-boost , he saw z chad leave Mrs . On-pson ' s shop with 3 bundle under ii > ana . H ? ii * 1 ) o « ct 3 if bi-v : •¦ Serthing-Jane , and thm Ko ^ il and a-it-d liiin \ vh < ncv he came , Tht boy said he cciiar ir-.-ci " Mrs . <* res-sou ' s , aud tritEess accompacird liim laA : _ ht-r sii ^ ]• , a t « . bact-i . iiist ' s . TThich had >> rt .-ii Jons : kcov-E to him . The W \ tist-n s = a . - < ra in fcer jnr ^ enev ii » : - -hv ii ^ U jri-ven : h- l-usuDv T ,.. him- and lijai ht-wu > t « -ivliv « - it t-.. a vu ^ i in s ^ thin-flr . atr .-and > he « Bd r . > : deny tbr ~ iait-iii .-5 it . Tlit "buivUtt- trained nso ] ajx-r jani- ul "" lm » vt « . i- >> i :: i : uiii .: riirhs T « rJa ^ "snJ-bl - and r . io bu"Jw •¦ : " frvurb t'ran « J > . Th < - ioba * vo vra . * iuE * i lump * ai ' -J ¦ - ¦ •• : n } -n- « nL anJ } o . rt v : ii "was quit * warm . "Wire-. -- tlvr . >; -iri :. . bri-i . ii . r . tin .--, r - » Jj .. Tins -. vilb "trim : tht- i ' a ^ . 'in-h . a-t- : ' . > r ; i >~ i > i-iai-.-. "lV 2 uie it- ivas -ivai ^ nvr ill tils- r-te-.-l ^ i « . > rv 3 £ -n--r enz .-rr i :: ! : ti
y-s > s * d inxoxhc ba'li ru <> m . * a-i 'he v .-ini-- » -,.. -rtiu ;; : * ha " . hi had wmeidn ; : bulky a '! x > ui uiia . luDnvi-J and t-uil ti . search him . but as he was a j ^ si r . d mill he } - i : r .--xu- > - HM-Ic and ian vu - Wim *** Then i > ursu » -d r . ad 1 r ..- . i ; rhI iim pack , and Took frum him t » M ; i > u 3 ii- of : \ . r < . i : r ! i visur ^ . Mrs . Grtjson " sbrothfr cudm ^" "art-d u- pre-vt-nt li' . iu tr .. m s-. ^ art-hing the f ^ rciencr . and w -is aned £ 5 for tht : A < struvrj ^ n , - » ii 2 e the- isricr ttk * nurti £ i ! ' - >* ivt the j-. i — t ^ r i .. > n . TfiaifSSJuienvErds went i-.- « arch tin- bua « r . a . ' ; J lVuiid the door of l tie * inwhith be
thev haa jockrd oae - r »» s - £ Ccordi 3 Krly f-x-ced . Mrs Gr ^ r-n ran « i : l ; r . buiicUv ¦ whiv-h ^ he had in her ajm > n : o the - « at .-r-c ] .. st-t , and « it-Et-ss ^ Howe-I bnt conia not prevent hrr fn > m pnttinir sometiing doTra . In tht- scuffle they tore up tin .- seat b » - - r » -c-eD dicia . Si > e then wia bncKrf - _ . f iraser , and emptif < 3 ix rnst' ^ ie trater-dostx saj-ir ^ - % " I > o > - > iir tvorst asd tout best novr . " "Winjefs loi-i a rantlie and Ifnit-d domj . "k nd i » er « 3 Ted -wbal liad Wra -thrown dovra bad « : \> ti < - into the se-n er . « Mch ivas renning : but hf saw vomt pieces of tobacco aboct the seat . Hf nrranurd to the back room , and asastance having arrived , he pmceeded in the search . XTpoa toe fc-e be ioaml a ~ aii < -er > aii - » itli boilinir irater , and 2 . strainer and some toWd-oreadv lor stearujnir—a process used to present the article from breakinj :. Up stairs he found a jar containing a < ndlon o : French brandy , and > i « asEistant found six bottles of Eaa de GoJocue .
la hislons cross-esaminanon by Mr . Hobler the tvimess consQerablv strensrthened his cast . He siated that he had been nineteen years an officer , and had known Mrs . Gresson the -svhole trm p He had never visited the bouse but when he was watching it . ilr . Sobler . Have yon not been in the hat-it of ^ mvkinj : and diickras in ilrs . fir ^ jon ' s house ? "Witness . 1 never smoked in the house but once in my life . ( Here witness took a book fr"in his potket and read it . ) It-was on Monday , ISth September , 1 S 43 , abuut ten o ' clock in the evening . 1 had been -watching it from seven till ten and 1 went in and i . aid for 3 rigar . and lighted it . and
2 &r . Ore ^ son tvas there ; there - a oc . a glass on tbe counter . He said " "WiU yon take a ? las * of inne , "Mr Davis V 3 was snrprised at the invitation , and took -ap the class . At that moment , in walked two men . and 1 followed them into the back -room , and said to them •¦ TThat have von got there V They , supposing that I belonged to the honse , replied " (> aly a little leaf . " J then U'ld them 1 ivas Davis , and I caUed on Oregson , in the King- ' s name , to go fur the police , which he m length Tt-ltjctantly did . The men had about them 5 lb . of leaf ^ ijbscoo . and I bad them convicted in tie j-enaJry of 20 .-. tac-h- I went into tbe ious- ^ to sn . Ae tile cijrar -for my
oira purpvjsc . 34 r . Hoblcr . —Did you never send persons to her hi-usc * o purchase brandy and tobacco ' Witness . —Never in my life . C . H . Sabine , a Custom-house oncer , corroborated tht statements made bj the hist -wirarsi . It was stated that the duty on the tubacco was £ 13 2 s . Sd ., and that ujon the spirit * was £ -J j > . ilr . Hobler said , he was instructed that the priunpal siitness for the prostcution , who was a deeply interested ode . inasmuch as he would in case of conviction be entiUed u > a large share -of the penalty , could be j < rot < -d u > have been on terms of intimacy in the family of the ( Jregions , and used irequently to smoke and drink in the house . Mr . Poiburv said the f ? i 5 cer " s charactex Tras too well inown to the Custom-house authorities to br in Ib > tlightesx degree ancctrd by accsfsanon > of sut-h a dL- ^ trip tion .
2 At . Ilobler . —Mr . Davis , du yoa know one Mr .-. Ro-e "' Davis . —Perfectly weJL She tfireatcced t . j fcnife me . She is one of the j-arty . Sarah Rose ( for the defence ) stated , iu aa > iirr : « . questions from Mr . H < . > "Wer . that > he Xnvw Uans , and had seen him several times at Mr * . < rreg ?«> n " - * N .-fi _ > re that dtfrcdanj was sued . Witness had been servant : rln Gregsons , and had kE «« ti Davi > to be as > . nt- -if the family , drinking brandy and smoking i-igars as vften as he thought proper to call- >> he knt-Tt -ea-faring j-eoj-lr f < - call aiid asi v . hethe-r they bonshi t-bac-o , and uhrB ^ br kaid " eg , " they said Davi- hiol » --nt thr- ! E . ^ h ^ Urn Davis tf > bring parcels of t ' . « bacc ¦ - > b- did i > vit rt reiv e t > .-jian-Js , for she had rn > rij-l- 'T - iaterf «¦ _• iiirli -nkat belonged to Mr . Davir . but thev sne-lt uf tobacco . the ritn
The Lord Ma ^ v . r : i ^ ked v -s * sev-rra ] questirm-. tic answers to vrhicl ! gave the 13 * to her jacrinu ? dt-.-larativns , and convince < l every }> er-- > p .. rsot ititerestc'l fur ilnstnuggler ? , that t \ rir -nord ^ he nnered againi ! the prineijial witness for the pr ^ -wanon waj a fabrication . Another female witness . :: "t ^ ati'fied with deiijiusr the truth ' A Davis ' s evidence , swore that he used Mr ? . Gn % rson in a most ind-cent manner . The Lord Mayor . ^" SVT ] y . what did he d . > : << her " ¦ "Witness . —He knocked hi-r head again > : the d . xjr . and ^ isr tvs ^ blari abvnt tbe pls cr lo" a rortni ^ iiT afterwards , so i-Jj . me < ~ K « i-The Lord Mayor a ? ked v-h- thir thr- - vTiiTir-= * ' i bu-band vras n'jt on « - of the j ^ -rs-jn * who liad i" -t ' . i i-oD " . ii-ted in penalties elst-wherr r She replied that he ha 1 be-.-u nn . d for in as-ault , but ¦ not for srnurglinz . Mr . PotbTirj said , that ber bu' -basd fcad-u-ra Er » vd fc-i as ? istinp 2 smussler .
TTitness . —Mr . Daiis searched dat house without > howirg his warrant , and he had no right to do so . The Lord Mayor and Sir J . Tint ' discharged James Greg . -on , being of opinion that the evidence was not sufficient to justify a conviction in his case , but the \ agreed thai tfeere tras not tbe shadoTv vi a donbi of tne guilt of Exr&h Gxt ^ rson . "Khom thty thereiore jjdjadpt ^ d to j . bt -the Tpenaltt of £ 100 . Datis xequested , that as such imputations had been thrown out against his character by the solicitor to the defendants , * his lordship would say whether he believed any part of the statements made by the women ? The Lord Mayor . —So , not one word . Sir J . Pirie . —We are quite sure tbey bave not spoken a word of truth , —n < 3 w ^ are as sure that you have done your dnty most faithfully .
¦ WiD sxrDiy . —FrsTHXB EiA > nsATio > - or Kitbgxss . — This day , Burgess , who committtd the forgery and robbery upon the Bank of England , was brought , in the custt > dy of John Forrester , before tfce Lord Major 3 " second examination . The prif'jaer , who , it appears , had befcn a . few months ago placed at' the bar charged with haring beaten and otherwise scandalously treated a young woman who accused fri ™ of having seduced her . walked into his old place -sriih what is called a doubled-up appearance , and requested the accommodation of a chair , upon the plea of feebleness and exhaustion . Mr . Weir , of the house of Preshfield and Co ., solicitors 10 the Bank ci England , attended for ihe jtrosfci-utii . n : Mr . Salomon , a solicitor , appeared ior the prisoner . Mr . William Osenford was then « aDed by Mr . "W « iT . lit -aid that be w = i *
an OJBriaJ agent in the Lon ^ -rooin th ^ - Custom House , and resided in John-street , Brdfurd-fow . ( j n and jirior to the 3 rd of September last he was p ... « s- < < . vd >>• ¦ ihe -uns of . £ 9 , 800 Tbree per Cent . Coa , o : ; iitrd Axmur ae * . and ¦ which was standing in his nan--- on tbe K-. k * of tbr « S » v Tcraor aod Company of the Back of England . In die
Lombard-street ; and that on the same day the sum of £ 1 , S £ 4 6 s . Td . Three per Cent . Annuities ( both sums making together the sum of £ 8 , 200 Consolidated Annuities ) was xran ^ erred Zombis nameto tbe name o / Henry Mortimer , of li > e Slock * Exc * bsjj ^ e . br 5 cime person who irsed bis name . He did not execute the assignment or transfer . They vere forged , and the two several signatures , ** TVm . Oxenford , " subscribed to the assignment and transfer were not his signatures , and he never authorise ^ the prisoner or any other person -to sell or transfer any part of that stock . Hi . Thomas Ingall said he lived at 2 vo . 16 , Park-road , StOCkweB ^ Jark , Surrey , and -ivas a clerk in the Cosfol .
Office of the Bank of England . On the 3 d of September ¦ the-prisoner , who was then a clerk in the Bank of Enghmd , introduced to him at the counter , at the Consol Office at the Bank , a person whom he did not then know , trot whom he now believed to have been-one Joseph Elder , ¦ for the purpose of executing an assignment and transfer of two sums of jE 6 , 305 85 .-5 & , and £ 1 , 894 16 s . 7 d . Consolidated Three per Gent . 'Stock , standing in tbe name of yfTliam Qxenlord , of . the Custom House , g-entleznan , in ihe books of the Bank of England produced by the solicitors for the prosecution . Burgess requested him to witness the transfers , and he Bccordinglj saw the person Titan he now believed to 1 » the Joseph Elder aBiaded to
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agn the two several transfers in the book in f De name of "William O \< Jiford , and he also saw the priso ner affix his signature to the foot of the transfers as the nitness to the identity of the person introduced to him as Vfilliam psenford , tht owner of that stock ; and he af terwards subsc-ribed liis name To i-aeb of tbe transfers ^ jjg -jje witness to the signing and execution of tbe * e in * tro jutnts . The signatures " W . Burgess" and " 'Win . Oxenfc r d » attached to tbe transfers , were snbscribed by the pris Ouer - ^^ q person whom witness believes to be Joseph F Jdw , in his presence . The signature , " T . lngaU , " was in ¦ witness ' s handwriting . Tbis ivitness was cross-examined : j £ some length , but lll > - thing particuLir was elicited . > Xr . Thomus Tokely , of >" o . 5 , Grangc-Txiad , BermondS' iy , said he was a stockjobber iu the City of London , ai & knew the prisoner , late a clerk in the Bank , for twelv t ujonths past , or a little more . A few days before the , 3 d -of September the
prisoner applied to him , -and stat' ^ that h ? . d a friewho wanted Jo raise about £ § , 000 money . The prisoner afterwards told him that his fr iend was possessed of £ 8 , ' stock ; and on the Sd of Se pt ^ mber tbe prisoner called on him , -and reijuesU'd Mm t a sjJI £ s , 2 oo = toek , part of the fund called Consolidated } mmiities , standing in the public book- kept at the Bank of England nj the name of Win . Oxtnford . VTitness ac < xjrdinfly arranged with Clement Smith , a stock-jobber , '» purchase tht stock for the bum of £ S , 107 lis .. and recJEaved the direcuoiis of Mr . Smith xi bave tbe stt-ck ossig aed and transierTKd in two sums to r . vo jiartics . < Here thv -witness named the parties described in the evidence of i ' j . Oienford . ) Shortly before outo ' clock 011 that day t he prisoner canu .- and informed witiu-i-- that tie stoik b ad been transferred tu the Hto several parties , aud prudu-. ' i-d the usual > . t . > rk receipts given by ti : t citrk-. of tile JJank of England uii the tran > fer of
. ' .. nk . Tbe pnsu aer tbtr-c -l : ; U-i ] , iiitnt > = tliat he and bis fri .- 'u ! would y : ^ . t ^ ih : A-ueti .. n ilart l ' off « . n • an and m .-vt ; .. r the iiKm < y Wjtiu- > . > "lit-n wriit t- > Mr . Ueiir ' . Sjnixh , tlie mo : ui Mr . O-. iuiii ! ¦ "mill ) , thtpuivh 8 : vr ¦•! " 'li « - < t . n " k . fc , i'l irave ;•• Liin "lie -t «> ik Tvt- < i ' .- - ^ . m a ?> \\ niijpit--. af : < r « ards Mr . i ; i .-mca ; SmiTli }> I 1 i ! 2 if it T- > llilil til- < Il < < IU' - for i- ' MHlil . ! u-r- thv cheque < lr :-. \\ - ^ i-v t"har ' it- > Kt-ysi-r u ^ oi the ii " -i > t- , 4 Sir . luhn Lui'i-i-k ami »'•> . « a- ] ir . > . ln < c'l ' , ivn l . arik nf England a ..:-, "ii .- f-r i . "l <»> . and ;) ie <> : Jii-r f"r £ - "» , and Cl' los . in c : i > h ¦\ Vst : 5 , —s imini- « ljai »' l \ t- "k ! hi- i-heijue . r . citei . : uifl ijift- ' -V t <> tin- Ai . ctiuii M : vrt C'ilV .-e-1 i > -u-i-, -. ilivr-- In- f .. ui ) d the j . ri— aiT and l . is Jr :,-: id sitting t . > i ' .-ther in I ]] .- i-niieei-ix'in . Df <} , lh .-r « -, l tht- r ) ir . ; tte t > . the ] iri > 'in < 'r - : Vit-nd , ¦ nb-. Tii he beli > -x « -il in br Mr (• xeirfurd . iln- owiu-r of the ¦ mi . and the u > ilr > and ia ~ h to tlie jni-muT . The j . r *>^» ni-r '? - friend , uj ^ jd reet-ivinjr the che .-jue . said n \ vaf .. ir £ vimi and witin-s ,- statT-J t >> him That it was !>> r i ;?»(» i \ if he-nould lo * ik at the bt > dv of tlie chfijue . The
\ m : ik-ss l > e ! ie \ ed all was rijrht , as the prisoner v . as concerned in it . Hi-re the cliequt- for £ sijim . was produced . Wiine >> identilied it . lie knew it b _\ the dash at the 0 . The prisoner ' * friend took the cheque and put it in his len-band trtms-t-r > }> oi-liet . He was in the habit » . f oblif ; - ini thf Hank clei'ks .. and wa . . fre < jUentH « Hifred b-i them , lit charged the ] irisoni-r nothing for the dealing . He was not a st <» ckbroker . John Forrester stated that he was one nf the principal j > oliee otScers of the " Mansion House <* f ihe City of London . In pursuance of a warrant issued for that purj » ose by the late Lord ilayor , on the 2 nd of November be apprehended the prisoner on a small Island , tailed BreWSter ' s Island one ot' tlie dependencies of the United States of America , and situate in the Atlantic Ocean , ab » ml eleven miles from the main hind of America , and in pursuance of the warrant brought him to this country . The prisoner was then remanded till AVednes-< lay next . He appeared to be not in the slightest degree an ' ecK-d .
vUILPIIALL . MoxDaT . —> TEili » . c Coats . —A sagaciou-s-louking dot , named Gtvirgi- Hayward , about thirteen years of aye , ivus chargi-d before Mr . Alderman Wood with stealing two great coats from the othces of "Sir . Abbotts , a proctor , in Dean ' s-court , Doctors' Commons . Mr . Abbotts stated thai on Friday last he found tht * boy in his lower office , bejrging from tlie clerks , and he turned him out . At this time the complainant's otnee door on the fioor above was unia .-tened , and the prisoner , instead of going v >\ H ul tht house , « ent up stairs , and , finding no persi . ni in the room , took the op ]» ortunity to carry off the two great coats . There was a silver snuff box in the pocket > 'f one of them . In a chair the prisoner left behind him a paper he had exhibited below in the clerk ' s office . The paper was
handed in : — Please to pity a deaf and dumb boy who has no u-ujrue . " ' ilr . Alderman Wood asked if he was sure the prisoner was tlie box . It was necessary to ask this , as he was not taken at the time ? ilr . Abbotts said he o-uld not swear positively , but it was such u l > o > a- the prisi'Tier . The Aluennan aski-d if the property haJ been traced J The policeman stated that it had been . The prisoner , affecting some astonishment at the charge , said he was not dumb . It was not him at all . Mr . Abbotts ob-vried that his clerk cnuJd identify him . Benjamin Hmr ; Brisker said he was in the lower office , and the prisoner wa- the person who exhibited the pa ]* cr . The pri . « i > ner said the clerk had identified him at the station ; but said prisoner did not wear the same hat <> r the same oatasno-n . lit would call his mother to show that he
did wear the same coat on Friday a- now , and therefore he was n « . t the boy who stole the coat . Elizabeth Piercy , the mother , said the boy certainly wore the yaiue coat on Friday a to-day . It was a prison dress . He was only discharjft-d from prison on "Wednesday , after five months ' tv . nnnvixi . riii . Mr . Al « l < rrcna . ii W <> y < l askeil foT what be had l*—eu luiprrsojit-d ' Th « - ni' . ihrr said it was for acting . t deal " and dumb boy . Mr . Alderman Wul > d obs' -rvt-d . there was no doubt he was a bad boy . but he would not pain her feelinjrs by asking any other questions . Policeman iieorci- Wardlv stated that the prisoner had been roninriit « -d three Jiu ; t- ^ within ten . monilis . 3 Ir . Abbotts stated iJiat he < -., ul . l | . r ( nlvu .-v aiioilirr witness who saw tbtl > - » y in tii ' - clerk ' s oih * . '** . The jiri- > oiier wa- rfiiianded till ThiiTs-dav .
WlDSliBlt . "» T £ A 1 . 1 SG liBLAl ) . Tlji . ma « I ' oUc-, a i- - > ui ! tr > lad . about » iiciit . rii year- of ape . was liroupht r > -j ., r- ilr . Aldrnnan 1 V . » . d . fhar ^ rd with stealing a -I tt ) . ;¦ af Tr-. m tin - !» .. j . i . f Mr . liret :, a baker , ill Sh <> e-lanv . Mr . ] lr-: t > njd thr j » ri * . jner mine into the shop ill tilt cvciiir . \ z . and Kfurv witness c-t-uld ^ t-1 out of tlie jiarlour thi-;> ri-.. nt-r h . ip . d him-eli . and walked out . Witness followed him . took the loa ! ' from him , and jravc him a knock on the head . This was the fifth loaf that had tx-en stolen rr . im his shop within a fortnight , ilr . Aldmnan Wood iin ;\ niv < l wii > - ' : ierlhb ) irisoni-r had comt-from tb .- country '' Tile jtrisoiier said he had . He was in want . He arrived hi London th < - same day hv stole the luaf . The Aldennan asked hiu ; how be ^ ot his livinj : ?—The prisoner replied 1-t befrsnn ^ . Mr . Alderman W ood inquired if his parents were living " ' . —Tbe prisoner said they wt-n- not . The Aldvnnan -enttneed him to be buprisoin-d fuurteen dav > .
M . UiLBOROUGH STRKET . '• rirsr-i' . u . — TiL < -nTTTifi > -. — A vouiis woman . nn-rf -kin and I * . up . was broiiirht int' -cmrt by rriiig . ^ iit > <> f tincoiistaUf-s i » -loi ! iniijto tlie Mendicity Si . ci .-ty . and < -lisin : * -tJ wth ha ^ i : i ^ - l « -en detected in Xoing dowii the areas » . t r-ei » . r : il nobleint-11 and zentleuien in Gros \« -n .. r-street . The drfeiidalit , who -aidhrr uame wa > Ann Th * -nit « . n , admitted tlit truth ¦•! " the constable ' s statement , and alleged , in excuse , that it w-a- t" \* sz sonii- broken victuals for bt-r three -irk and famishing children , that ^ be appiieii at the weilf-in ; L-hed kitchen ^ of the rich . Mr . Hardwick told her it was .- : -upi .-i . yu-- and inipnrjicr mode of t-xcitinjr charity to f ro from ar .-a to area . If she was in the lU-tress she ' rcj . r- ~ euted h .-rsr-lf to in-, why did f ~ he not apjjy to the par ish ' The youn-: woman said that no apjJication had l * eTi made to the parish , because it was believed that snch
an application would be ineffectual , as her husband had no settlement in London . Her husband was a harnessmaker , but had for months been out of employ . For some time past her husband , herself , and her three " children , one an infant at the breast , had endured the most bitter distress , and to add , if possible , to their misery , two of their children were attacked by hooping cough , and at that moment they stood in need of medical assistance . Not having a morsel of bread to "jive her children that morning , she had slipped out" and had just commenced } her new vocation of asking charity , when she % vas taken into rast « d > bj- the police . Mr . Harding directed Pring , the constable , to [ p > to the woman ' s } od ^ rinjr , at No . IS , 01 < 3 Compton-street . and ascertain by inquiry whether her miserable statement was true . The constable returned to
court , and informed Ilr . Uardwick that he believed the poor woman had nut exaggerated her case . He had seen the half-star \ cd children , and had ascertained there was nothinp in the shape of food in the possession of the family . Tht landlord , when applied to , said the husband was an honest man , and when he could g-et anything to do , was also a hard-w-irking man . Latterly he had not been able to get work , and his family were consequently reduced to STeat distress , ilr . Hardwick said tlie case appeared to be one nell worthy of compassion . He should see that the rfck children had an opportunity of obtaining proper me-¦ iical relief , and that something' w-as done in t ? ie way of teinjH . rary . ; relief for tbe family . Mr . Ilardwick then djret-t * - « 3 CJ-ments . The chief j Usher , to ^ "ivt- the Jdu-r woman 5 s . from tbe poor box . Yb . ji > aj . -z—A l ) £ > PZiiJT £ CHaEiirTiB . — Ellen Barry .
a woman of infamous character , who appeared to be in a stale of partial intoxication , was placed at the bar before Mr . Hardwick . charged with having wilfully broken windows to the amount oi" £ 3 lis .. besides doins other damairc , in ihe shup of Thomas Westhtke , a small tradesman , livins at }< o . -1 , rnion-cotrt , Bond-stTtet . The complainant some time a ^ 'o assisted to pet up evidence a-rainsl certain brothel keejiers in Shejipard-street , who had been yidicted by the parish authorities of St . Jaor . es ' s . Since that period the complainant has hardly had a moment's peace tn > m the impure frequenters of those brothels wbose intv-re ^ t ^ were interfered with bv tbe in"lictments . (» nt woman , named Gn . cweil , made it a practice , wjenevpr she jiassed the hou-e , to break some of the complainant ' s windows , and to beat and maltreat
any one who opposed her in her proceedings . On the last occasion she was brought to this court , and sent to prison for tlirte months . 'While in court the woman gave vent to the most violent threats against the compiainant , and swore that as soon as ; she came out of prison she would serve him worse than before , and that she should not die happy until she had inflicted some fatal injury on him . In about an hour afterwards 'Westlake himself was charged with an assault . It appeared that Ellen Barry , the companion of Goswell , who had the same cause of complaint against 'Westlake , and who was accustomed to adopt the same means of revenging herself , bad gone to Wesilake ' s shop , and bad
commenced breaking Ms windows and destroying his property . Id the exasperation of the moment Westlake had rushed out with a stick and had struck the woman a severe blow on the head , so as to inflict a wound . The magistrate believing the blow was more serious in its character than eventually it turned out to be , held ¦ Westlake to bail to answer the charge at the sessions . The trial was to have taken place this day , but , as Ellen Barry did sot appear -when callea upon , the defendant was of course discharged . The woman , however , made her appearance in court shortly afterwards , and finding what her absence had effected , she instantly went " to Union-street , armed with s spade , and began to smash
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the shop-windovg and shop-front . Before she could be overpowered , she had broken fourteen or fifteen panes of glass , besides doing other damage to the shop . The complainant stated his case , and proved the damage he had sustained . Tbe defendant said an , v . damage she had done had been amply compensated by the money the complainant obtained by informing against the Jew brothel keepers . The first opportunity that presented itself she would mak ? use of to break complainant ' s windows again . Mr . Ilardwick fined
her £ 5 for wilful damage , or two months * hard labour . The complainant protested that the punishment was too light . It was giving him -only a very trifling protection against persons who were not only ruining him in his busi 7 ness , but perpetually attempting to do "him some lasting bodily harm , Mr . Ilardwick said he had gone to the very limits < . f the law . If he could have sent her to prison for six months hi- would have done so . The complainant , who appeared quite beside himself with excitement , vented * a number of remarks against laws which could only afford him such insignificant protection .
UNION HALL . , Hosvat . —Defkai'Dinc a Railway Compant . —William Latham and James Sinimonds , two respectable lookr ing men , were charged with refusing to pay the difference between the first and second class fare from Kingston to Nine Elms ; and the former defendant was also charged with u--inj ; indecent language in the caniagp , whereby he had incurred a further penalty of 40 s . i Mr . Paris , the supcrinteudem of thv enrriajre department , - . rated , that on the prei-edinjr niirht the defendants
came up from Kingston in a first-vlass carriage , ami on alifihtin-. ' at the terminus at Nine Elms they produced siruuO-rlass tie \ its only , mid when called upon to |>; t . the ( liffclviiCc * th ' . v ivfus .-. l . The other p .-iosi-n ^ ers in : h : \ carriage , amongst whom were two ladies , complained ilia : on .- ofthc tit ft-u'laiUs jLatir . un ) luu ' ., I ' uvhitr the jourii . ^ , 1 : 1 .. il < - 11- - " of rb » -most tlisiii-liiif . ' language , and that wl-nli !• • 'iio ] i > tr : i ' .-i ' . with , be beiainc still wi . fse , ami conti'iuid -. : ip 1 o ! h . ir . irri \; i ! at th-terminus . Mr . Tr ,, i !! i-i' -iii-i-ed if ary of the | arliu ^ who were in thf , t -. v ,...,.,,.,. - - , ' .,, rill ! . wen m : it ^ r . 5 V « l : il > f f
Mr . l > : ni- -ni . i th . it the - '• - stleiiieii ^\ onltl l ) a \' ' coin * forward , but 'he-. « i-ri cnmpelli-d ( , i ! .-: i \ c town this
ir ... r-, iir _' . Mr . Traill " -aid In- iv .-. eh ri-. -v lied tin eireniiisiiUiee of the alvsemv <> f "i . iiit * pcrs . 011- who wen in tin- carria'je ui the tinie , to j . iv \ e the oft ' eiiee , a- ho considered it was of : i much ni' -re si-ri ' Us destrijition than the other char ^ t ; tii ; it the situar :... ! . > i' lailiesiu ; i e : ii-ria ^ r' - wilh * . uch a j « ,-r-> on , ffbii lvai described as ) i ; ninjj ust-d abominable ) , in jrua ' re , must have been lrUsome ami uuploasaiit in th « extivinf . ami that had a witness of the fact been present , he should have innietcd the full penalty on tho offender . Inspector Dalby stated , that when tlie defendants wen ) taken to the station-house , Latham's conduct there was * ery bati , usin ^ lanjruajre unfit to b <* repeated . Mr . Trail ! said , that althoufrJi he could not punish Latham for his di- ; . 'usting conduct in the carriage , lie would line ? mn for usinj ; indecent language in the starioii-hoiist' . The defendants were then asked what they had to say in answer to tin- charge .
Both defendants said , that with respect to the charge of defrauding tlie company , they had no such intention . That , iis they wore nut in the habit of travel lias 1 » . t railway , they went into the tirfct-class carriages , thinking they were the right ones . Mr . Traill said , that it was most improbable they could have mistaken first for second class carriages , and thnt they were bound to hn ' vt * known , or to have paid tin ) difference in the fares when it was demanded of them . The magistrate then inflicted a fine of ' 20 s . fin each de fendant for that offence , and an additional 20 s . on Lathatii fur his inriet-f-Tir t-oildurt in die st : ition-llOUSe .
Attempted Suicide . —Jane Kerry , a young female recently in the service uf a family at Kennington , was charged with attempting . to destroy hurst-h' with sugar of lead . It appeared the unfortunate girl had formed aii acquaintance with a man named Berks , by wlnmi she was seduced , under a promise of marriuge . Fiiuling , however , that she was disappointed in her expectations , and that slu : was destrtetl by the man . she became vwy much depressed in spirits , and while in that situation she swallowed a tpiantity of suuar of lead , and was found labouring under the effects in the street by a policeman , who conveyed her to the hospital , where powerful antidotes havinc been used , she was saved from almost inevitable
death . A Join / letter was found in her possession addressed to the man mentioned , upbraiding him for his iinfeelius ; conduct towards her , describing her intention * to commit suicide , : iml ending with tlitse wurds—'' No pen eali write , no toujrut- can tell , my < u-hinp heart that bids you farewell . "' The policeman . said , that since the occurrence the defendant had manifested great contrition , and that she expressed a strong desire to bv admitted into an asylum until slit retrieved her former character . Tht unfortunate girl , when before the magistrate , evinced the deep regret she felt for hating attempted to deprive herself of life ; and as it is probable her admission into the -Magdalen may be obtained in a few days , she was , therefore , sent back to the hospital .
Tuesday . —Tux late Sbockisg ' Accident at a Masqcerade . —Robert Jones , landlord of the MontpeHer Tavern , at tValworth , was summoned for permitting drunkenness and disonlt rly conduct on his premises on the occasion of a masquerade , when a joung man named Slade was killed . li \ l ' ulliui ; down stairs , and another so severely injuivd thatliis lite was cndanperi'd . Tht' case having been heard , Mr . Traill said that he should inflict a tint- of £ ; j and costs on the defendant , and he trusted in future , that should any entertainment be pivt-il at the ilontpelier , proper arrangements would be made , so as to prevent such a dreadful occurrence as that which happened on the moniinir in question .
TVrDNESDAY . —Brutal Assatlt . — Thomas M'Galloway ; the master of a trading vessel , was charged with commit , in ? a violent assault on Elizabeth Button , whose vijjfht arm was broken in eonsCiuence of the violence used towards her . The complainant stated that her husband is mate 1 . fa ship , and at present abroad . That the der icndant and another seafaring man , both acquaintances of her husband , called at her house , and she treated theni with kindness on that account . That they had not been lont ; in the house before they began to treat her with jrn-at rmh-nr-. ; . She , liowe \ er . successfully resisted their attempts , in tloiiiK which h < r arm was broken . Thv def . ndant ' s companion liacl since ( i .-iit ; to sea . 'J j lie colllplam : dlt . 'idded that < h < - lia < l In-en conrineil to her house m-arly * -vcr since . The prisoner said he was intoxicated on the nijrht in <] n < stioii . and that he had no recollection of what took plac-. The magistrate then innieted the full penalty of L' 5 oti the prisoner ; ami , in default of payment ,-two months' iiuiirisoniMcnf .
< LEKKEN WELL . M .. M ) iI . KrFEI-TS l . f JlBlMiH HADITS . A I . ISO strongly tlemonstrati \ e of the evil effects of drunken habits came this day before Mr . 'Jreenwood . . loseph Abel , a hazard , nii » t-ralilo-li > t > lviiij ; "Id man , was cbai-jjed with having been drunk and creating a mob in the public , street . The prisoner -.. me years apo was one of the most t . jiuJent jewellers in Cli-rKciiwrll jiarish , and had an extensive jewellery e > t .-i-Wishn > ent in ltosamond-street , and had a large number of men employed . He used to render himself conspicuous by wearinp a ( . ' old wntch and a . huge chain of the same metal , \ alued at 100 guineas . lie was the father of a large family ; four of his sons have been transported , and it is said that their ruin is in a great deirTee attributable tu his pernicious example . Hi > was
drunk almost daily , and his violent conduct when so brought him under the cognizance of the police . He persistedln these habits until himself and his family became so utterly destitute that they were obliged to resort to Clerkenvrell workhouse for relief . On Sunday night the prisoner was expelled from the London Spa public-house , in Ex-mouth-street , and to revenge the insult he struck an unoffending man in the street . Inspector Perring begged of him to go away , but he in tbe prosst-st manner abused tht 1 inspector , w-bo in consequence of tin- crowd attracted there by his disorderly conduct removed him to the stationhouse . The prisoner was sentenced to five days' imprison ment , without the power of releasing himself by the pay ment of line .
THAMES OFFICE . Moxdit . — > Voc ? yDi > -& a Policeman . — Mubdekofs Assault . —James Lucas and Charles Taylor , seamen , "ere brought before Mr . Broderip , the former charged with feloniously cutting and wounding Charles Macgregor , a police constable , No . -91 K , with intent to do him grieve ous bodily harm , and Taylor with being an accessory after the fact . It appeared from the evidence that , on Saturday night , at a late hour , Macgregor was on duty in Cannon-street-road , and saw Lucas committing a nuisance against the door of a house , and Taylor hallooing and making a great noise . Macgregor stepped up to them ; and desired them to go away . They refused to leave , but after some time he removed them . A few minutes afterwards thev again returned , : m < i betran to abuse Mac ^ regor ;
The policeman touk Lucas into custody , and told him he must go with him to the station-house . The prisoner , without uttering a word , pulled out a large sea knife from his sheath , mid endeavoured to force it into Macgregor ' s sido . The knife was in such a position that he must have been stabbed if he had not caught the knife in his right hand and pravunu-d it entering his body ; but it cut his rinfn-rs severely , and hi- ; hand was completely disabled . Taylor w . is standing close by , nnd when Maefrregor ' s hand was cut , he took the knife from his ifompanioii , casgkt hold of the policeman ' s coat , and pulled him tlon-u , and Lucas was released and got away . The mob then fell upon the policeman , kickt-d him in a most brutal manner , and incapacitated him from pursuing either of the prisoners . On escaping from Ms cowardly assailants lie vent to a doctor , and got his hand dressed . On Sunday moming be ascertained where the prisoners were , and , accompanied by Lee , a police constable . No . 2 G 8 K , went to thtir house in the Back-road , Shadwell , and took them into
custody . Lucas at first said he was quite ignorant of the transaction , but afterwards said he recollected having been in a row , and he was very sorry for it . He also said he was drunk , and that if he had been sober it would not nave happened . After lie was taken to the station-house , Lee returned to the house and captured Taylor , who said he recollected being in the scuffle , that it was a very serious thing to use the knife , and that he did not believe Lucas cut the policeman intentionally . Mr . George Betson , a surgeon , of High-street , VTapping , stated that he dressed Macgregor ' s hand on Saturday night . He found three incised wounds on two of his fingers and his hand also cnt . The hand was completely disabled by the wounds . l » ncas-. in defence , said he came home on Saturday . and being overjoyed after a long voyage , he took a glass or two with Ms friends and got tipsy , but whether he had & knife in his possession or not it was impossible for him to say . Taylor denied having taken any part in the outrage ,
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nor did he interrupt or maltreat a single person . He had returned ftom sea for a long time . Mr . Broderip committed both prisoners for trial for the felony in cutting and wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm—Lucas as the principal , and Taylor as an vcessory after the fact . Thuksdat . —A Distressed Family . — On Tuesday a police constable introduced to the notice of Mr . Broderip , the presiding magistrate , a delicate , care-worn female , named Ann Carr , who is only sixteen years of age , who stated that her mother and a younger sister , only three years of age , were both very ill , and would perish for want of sustenance if some relief was not afforded them . From subsequent inquiries , it appeared the family were living at No . 39 , Russell-street , Stepney . In one comer of the room was an old mattress on which the sick mother and her child were reposing ! and the only covering was an old
blanket . The remainder of the furniture in the room was not worth a shilling ¦ there , was no fire , and the place was altogether cheerless . This day the officer appointed to inquire into the matter , reported that the poor woman wus the widow of a respectable tanner , who had formerly , carried on business at Tewkofibiiry . The event had betrayed the trust reposed in him , and the family had consequently been reduced to the lowest depth of wretchedness . Thtpoor widow had for some time past been endeavouring to gain her living by needlework ; her health sunk under this , and of lato every means ot" subsistence had ceased . KUis , the officer , stated that he had seen many cases , of distress , but this was the most painful that had ever come under his notice . The suft ' eriugs of the family , before they made their wants known , were dreadful , and the mother and her child could not ha \ e survhed much longer if he had not ielie \ ed them . We aiv hapjiy to state that die poor family have met witl . r . present relief .
. MAUYLKIiUNE . Monday . —Ciiakgl or •¦' oiu . c . ky . —A young man , whu ilc .-cribt ( 1 hiiii « elC as the Darou . Manstll ilortyuier , ami ~ aid 111 at In .- di rivi / d his title trom the Kmperoi of Austria , -. s ; vs plaved ; : t the bar be ft ire Mr . li ; nv ! in > ojj , u | ii . n a charge uf toi ^ 'in ^ ; l ivrtain papi-i" eontjiiiiinjx a jn-omise of pay uicii ! wl ' . t d < lit . Mr . HiUtciibel-ry , a liattu-, n-shling ; it _ 'l , Southmultoii-¦ ¦ tivut , deposed , thai , on the Ii . t-h ult . the prisoner took n-ad y tarnished apart mem-- at hi * hulls-, having v \ ith him ii ft male whom he n ( . n-iiilril t . j he his wife , and on taking the rooms lu-. s ; uil he \\; t »; in artist . ( Jn the . 'D ! h he decamped willi the ladv , ha \ Lug ih ' im , inusU xciu u \\ u \
his trunk for the alleged i'uriios <* of having thu loi-fc repaired , aud as he . nyglec . u . 'd to return , prosecutor exerted himself day alter day with the view of finding him out . He at length truced him to H , Charlotte-street , Portlandplace , aud on Tuesday lust he repaired thither , when he demanded £ 1 2 s ., the amount of a week ' s rent . He said he was unable to pay it then , but promised that the money should be forthcoming in the nevt week . He ( prosecutor ) remarked that he should not quit without the , fash ur .-. atin-factory security for payment uf his claim , when the maid h rvant , who was -ire-sent during the conversation , » etit up stairs-with the prisoner , and presently brought down a written paper purporting to be signed by Mi-.-. Sju-ncer , the landlady . It ran thus : —
" Mrs . SpenCer will sec that the liaron Mortyim-r ' s account shall he paid next week . ' EMILY Spenceu . " l ' rosecutor added , tliat he went to the house again fur Hie purpose of ascertaining the particular day on which he should receive his money , and he then learned from Mrs . Spencer that she knew nothing whatever with regard to the document above referred to . The servant admitted tu him ( the prosecutor ) that the prisoner had written the note himself . Mr . Hawlinsoti . —When did you give the prisoner into custody ? Prosecutor . —This morning , Sir ; and mi my stating to him that he had committed a forgery , his wife offered me twenty or thirty duplicates in payment of what was owing to me . 1 have undertood that the prisoner has had three or four lodgings in as many weeks , and if he is remanded for a day or two , other cases of a similar kind may very likely be brought against him .
Harriett Young , the servant * said that She Saw the Huron write the note produced by the prosecutor . The prisoner ' s answer to the charge was , that he left the lodging in Southmolton-street in consequence oi the landlord having insulted him . His intention was to pay the rent as sooil a « he could , and he certainly did take the liberty of writing the note in Mrs . Spencer ' s name . He was remanded till Wednesday . dFRlb A """' . —Swindling . — ' nt' court was much crowded in consuijueiicc ot- its having been the day appointed for tlie re-examination of W . Key , who , on Friday last , was charged before Mr . Long with plundering Mr . Dent , a linen-draper , carrying on an extensive business in Cravvfurd-street , Bryanstune-square , and in whose service he
( the prisoner ) held the situation of shopman , of property to the amount of about jCt-iO . There were upwards of twenty pawnbrokers in attendance , most of them bringing large bundles containing goods which the prisoner had pledged . From the evidence gone into upon the first occasion , it appeared that on Thursday morning , ' . 'Sth ult ., the prisoner left a parcel at the shop of Mrs . Foster , a confectioner , in East-street , Manchester-square , at the same time promising to call t \ ir it speedily . After several hours had elapsed without his coining again , Mrs . Foster , thinking there was something wrong , took the said parcel to the station-hou . se , " lure it was oj . cneU . and found to COlltjliu two mouss > lin » -dc--luine dressi s , which , upon inquiry being made by Ross , an officer of tlie D division , No . 157 , turned out to belong to Mr . Dent , whose chief assistant , Mr . Eastman , at once identified them , the latter part of the same day the prisoner repaired to
Mrs . Foster's and requested that thu parcel might be delivered to him , when Kos .- , who u ; is then in plain clothes , tuiik him into custody . Mr . EiLstman , who was also dose at hand , ami addressing the prisoner , exclaimed , " Can it he you < "' to which he replied , " Yes , I ' ve done it , I ' ve done it ' . " At the station-house he gas cup a duplicate and a table cover , together with a few . shillings in silver . It \\; n subsequently ascertained that the prisoner hud a wife and family living in Dumll" . - * row , Hammersmith , and on Ult officer proceeding thither , he discov eretl in a shop a quantityof drugget and st large variety of other articles connected with the trade carried on by Mr . Dent , the business of the said shop having been attended to by the -prisoner ' * wife . lie ( Ruse ) also took from a portfolio then in tu-urly sixtv tluj > lir ; ites t \ 'r ilresses , t-Vc- , receutlv pawned , and upiin which about £ - > 0 h » d in tin- whole been ; nlvaneed . The prisoner stands committed fur trial , but In will he brought up again next Friday . BOW STREET .
Ti'ESDAY , —> Ho } 'I . iftim .. —A niiddlr-aged nniiiaii , respectably drcsed in deep mourning , and appearing to nalk lame , was charpvil « i"li the vifii-ncc of shoplifting . She had given the -uuiie > . t L 1-. 1 I 1 Mavy Uop « -r , and -tatt-il that she resided in Fleet-street . Tin- evidence went to show that , on Monday evening , the prisoner entt red tin shop of Messrs . Ilardwick and <' o ., drapers , : ! l' 4 , High Holborn , and , after looking at a variety of articles , made a few small purchases , at th > - same time expressing her admiration of some rolls of satiiu-rte which were laying Upon the counter . She gave the assistant half-a-sovereigii , and requested him to give her a bill of the goods she had bought , for which , -with the change , she said she would presently call again . Her agitated appearance mi leaving the shop excited the suspicion uf the . young man , who then examined the pieces of satinette , one of which , forty-eight yards in length , and worth about i . " 0 ' ., lie found missing . She was shortly- after taken into custody , and the propertywas recovered at a pawnbroker ' s . The prisoner it appeared was an old offender , and was remanded for further inquiry .
LAMBETH-STREET . Tuesday . — " A Case of > iehe Debt !"— "William Shore , ulitis Colonel Schoults , a middle-aged man , with fullgrown mustachios , and altogether of a most remarkable appearance , was placed within the felons' dock , before Mr . Norton , on a charge uf defrauding Mr . Davis Lionel Bailey , a cott'ee-house-keeper in King-street , Tower-hill , of . £ ^ 5 by false representations . The complainant stated that on the 13 th of July last the prisoner came to his house , and represented that he had just landed from a Boulogne packet , and that his luggage and valuables were seized in consequence of a lace dress of foreign manufacture being found amongst them . This unexpected circumstance , he said , placed him iu an awkward ami tinbarrassiug situation ; for , notwithstanding his having a
princely fortune in America , he was by it made almost penniless , and asked him whether , 'after thus frankly admitting his situation , he would trust him with board and lodging until his remittances arrived . - Believing , from liis gentlemanly manner and the apparent sincerity of hi ? declaration , that he wus what he represented himself to be , he ( witness ) at once complied with his request . The prisoner subsequently represented that he was the owner of considerable landed property in the L ' nited States , as well as the proprietor of shares in almost every bank and line of railroad in America , anil that , in fact , liis income Was £ o , 000 sterling per annum . He also wrote a number of letters addressed to the secretaries of several banks ami railroads in that country , urging them to convert his shares in their various concerns into cash , and transmit
the latter , without delay , tu this country , as he had made up his mind to take up his permanent residence here . These letters he was in the habit of giving witness to make : i copy of them , and the originals , he said , he forwarded to America , through Mr . Beerlwhiii , a gentleman residingin Austinfriars . These representations , from what had since transpired , he was confident were a tissue of falsehoods , and , so far from his being a man of fortune , he believed the prisoner to be a penniless cheat and a swindler . Mr . Moore , an ale-brewer , in Old-street-road , and also the proprietor of the St . Katharine Dock Tavern , said that from inquiries he had made about the prisoner , as well as from what he had observed of him himself , he believed him to be one of the most accomplished and plausible importers that could be well conceived . He ( Mr . Moore ) had become acquainted with him through an
advertisement winch he had inserted in a newspaper , about letting tbe St . Katharine Dock Tavern , and so plausible and insinuating was his manner , that he w-as confident he would impose on the most suspicious . In the first place , he represented himself as not only holding the rank of Colonel in the American army , but possessing a property in that country of £ 3 , 000 per annum . He stated that his object in purchasing , or intending to purchase , the tavern , was to establish Bailey , who accompanied him , in the house , and added that should they not settle-on . the terms , it was his intention to make Mr . Bailey a present of at least £ 500 for the kind manner in which he had behaved to him . When talking of the terms upon which the tavern was to be let , the prisoner said that he had £ 2 , 000 in the hands of his agent in town . The prisoner denied having said he had the money ; what he said was that he expected it . Mr . Moore declared he was positive be said
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I ¦ ' " ~~ ~ ———the money , £ 2 , 000 , was in tlie hands of his agent , and moreover , he expressed himself fortunate at purchasing in at 9 £ Mr . J . E . Beerbohm , general merchant / of 26 , Austinfruirs , deposed that about seven years ago tbe prisoner was introduced to him by Mr . Elderly , a friend , as Colonel Schouits . Iffe tiitn represented himself ^ being possessed of property of different description- ; ir , America , amounting in the aggregate to £ 3 U , 0 UU , or £ 40 , 000 ., and said , he should write | to have the greater j ; , an remitted from that country , to be placed iu his harids . About that time he , Mr . IJeerbulim , advanced hirj about ieo , ami from that period to the present he hoid not heard anything about him . Nor [ had lie forwarded any letters for him to America for i tlu * last twelve month ? . The prisoner , in reply to the charge , sp . id , that he was , as had been stated , the owner ufi vast property in America , but that during
the panics of f 1835 , 183 C , and 1837 liis affairs became deranged , and ; being since grossly mismanaged in his absence , he was unable to get any money from them . He was , he said , a native of Pennsylvania ,, had been a colonel of a volunteer regiment there , and had travelled all over the world . He added , that it was not his intention to wrong thje complainant of a single farthing . Mr . Norton believing the matter to be one of mere debt , discharged the prisoner ; hut , ut the same time , cautioned him ag : iinst making use of such gross misrepresentations , to impose on hard-working and industrious persons , like the complainant ;! The jn-i-oncr , who is rather under the middle si / . e , sallow euinplcxiun , rather bald , speaks the Engli .-h language rather fluently , but with a slight foreign accent , and is altogether a remarkable looking person , was then discharged .
!('¦ u ' l . toiiiyl- l > i ,,-i / V . / A . / ( iJ (/ .-W ! Uiatn lienjiiinin , a juurncjni .-in baker , [ in the empiuy uf Mr . Xurris , KitiL -StlVt " t . U'hit . < I ,:,,.. l , iiti ., uure . | liefnre Mr . Henry , charged by Mr . Thii ! nM « , the ¦; secretary t . f the Royal Suciety fur the Prevention uf t ' rV . elty tu Animals , wfih having ' -wmitni-ily illtreared a dug . . Mr . Tliuiiias stated that mi Saturday ' last tin-defendant w ; is passing thruugh White ' s . i-i . u . White , chapel , fulluvvetl hv a black bull-terrier , anil a- he ju--i-d the linn f a Mr . Th'impsmi . ho liiade a nuise which hruiiirht -. lit a dujr heluilgintr tu that person . T . iw defendant ki .-k . . 1 hi- . I .. J ; towarils the mlier ; iml euili-avimred to set them liyhtinir . : but : i * Mr . Th .. iii | .-. uii "> iluu Has mure tltspused t .. run auay ilii . it tu ti - 'ht , ihe defendant tuok up thf liull-dui : by th . ¦ iii-c ' v ; r . d r . ii ! , ; nid drup--t-it him tip- > ii the tjther . Thi- | . r .. ve . ! sueees-ful , and a desperate riiriit
t" .. k ] il . ii- ( . m which Tin 1 defrinlant's duy / saillv jiu : ii .-jjrd the other , intuiting several severe wounds atioiit its head j ! .: d hudy , and midt-r the diet k bit i . ut a •¦ i' -cc uf flesh , uialviu ^ a liuie larue i'ii » iwli tu in > -i . yt tv ,., fin'ws . Amuns tin ci-uud assembled tu witness the brutal scene v . ; is ; i vender uf cari ' s meat , who called loudly ou the . defendant tu tji-ke his "l'iLT iin . n . lit :, however , refused to do su . and threatened to * knock uli' the head of a woman who kindly endeavoured | to separate the dojrs . The fighting continued until t ] ie dealer in cat ' s meat despatched livs son fur a policeman . This had the desired effect . The defendant pulled ufF his iIok , and , having been compelled to give his name and address , walked off . Mr . Henry fined the ili-iViiiiunt ins . ; in default , fourteen days' imprisonment in the hulls ! ' uf correction .
Fiuoav . —He woe Li ) be a Soldier . —Timothy Sullivan , a most rpmic-loukins' little fellow , was charged with being found drunk at a late hour on the precedijig nurht iu Rosemary-lane , and strutting along in the uniform uf a Grenadier Guardsman . Police constable Fuy , II 9 K . deposed that while 011 duty on tlie niglit preceding he observed the prisoner emleavo ' tirin-r tu strut -alonv the pavement in ; . i soldier ' s coat , the skirts uf which were touching his heels , and a ( irvnadier ' s cap , which had all the appearance of a large extinguisher upon a farthing rush-light , anil finding him thus ' disguised , " he felt it to be his duty to take him tu the station-house . Mr . Norton : Have von learned who or what he is , and where he
¦ fut the uniform from . —r » y : Yes , sir , I believe him to be a harmless fellow , and it appears he changed his clothus with a tlrunktu soldier . —Mr . Norton ( to the prisoner ) : Well , wh ; it have you £ ut to say to this conduct of yours r—Prisoner : Indeed then , yer honour , it was a bit u' a spree I was , a bavin ' . —Mr . Norton : What is your name ' . —Prisoner : Jerry Sullivan , yer honour . —Mr . Norton : Whjit are you r—Jerry : A piper , yer honour . —Mr . . Vortun : And so you would be a soldier ?—Jerry ( smilinir comically ) : A bit of a one , yer honour . —Mr . Norton : You- ' are discharged this time , but you mast not repeat this masquerading in military costume . —Jerry : God bless yer honour , its meself that'ell not—I ' ve gut enuiigh ofsogcring .
C"E . VTRAL CRIMINAL COURT . Monday , V ) r . f . 'J . —John Ogilvie , alias Ward , aged 1 H , was indicted for feloniously threatening Frederick Louis Mieville to accuse him ut' having attempted to commit with him an int ' jimons offence , with intent to e-xtort from liim liis [ roods and ninnies ; mid that he , by intimidating him , tlie said Frederick Louis Mieville , by the said threats , did fijloniotisly extort from him five sovereigns , one half sovereign , a gold watch , value £ 30 , and one guard-chain , jvalue £ >* , his goods and monies . In a second count , the prisoner was charged with highway rubbery . Tlie facts of the case were brought home to the urisotier , \ vl \<> was umlcfended by counsel , but who denied the statements uf the prosecutor with considerable tact and self-possession . The jury found him guilty ; and the Ctnu-t seiiteneed him to be transported for life . It was stated infctnirt that the prisoner was a nephew uf the notorious Gretmu'vi' .
STRREY ADJOl'RXEI ) SESSIONS . Av . Uli . — t . rt ,-mWiv / 'hnxler of ftviiilii FvmUhed Lo > . i < liiii ; . i .-- Thomas Wuuilcuck . aged JO . a young man of shabby genteel uppc .-ir .-tnce , who described himself as a clerk , was indicted i' . » r feloniously stealing at the parish uf St . George the Martyr , j Si-mthwiirk . on the 5 th . \<; iember la . < t , a quantity of wearing apparel , linen , shoes , and other articles- , the pr . i [ ierty <> f Ami . Milner and others . From the evidence it appeared that , the prisoner has for a length of time been in the habit of taking ready furnished lodgings for the exprtss purpose of plundering them . It was proved that in the ' short space of four days he had takeii three separate lodgings , anil hadjiluntieivd them of an immt-11 . se deal if property , carrying "ft" every possible article he could get in liis posscs-toii . The jury , without the slightest hesitation , f-imnd the prisoner guilty . The chairman informed the prisoner that he was too dangerous a character to be M . nereil to remain in this country , and sentenced him to hievi niyeais' transportation .
: . MJDllLESEX SESSIONS . 1 l'Lsda Y , j Ukc . ¦> . —These sessions commenced at fit ¦ rkenuell to-day , before the Assistant-Judge and a numerous budv . of the magistrates of the county . A number of prisoners who had been convicted at the previous sessions , but { whose sentences had been respited in order that some enquiries iniglit be made respecting them , were brought up lor judgment . The Judge- then delivered till following sentences . —Edward King , fur uttering counterfeit coin , transportation tor seven years ; Thumas West , for ; . ot stealing , si \ mouths' imprisonment in the House of luirectioii , and hard labour ; . lames Williams , for potato stealing , tu three months in the same prison .
stealim .. !;—A fine able-bodied young man , named <; .. t . rjrf knight , was imlictetl t <» r uteiilinjf a coat , of tile v aiue of IDs ., the property uf Thomas . Marshall . It appeared by flit ) iiitleiut , that the prisoner entered the shtip of the prosecutor , and t . iking up the article named in the indictment , rim off with it . He was , however , eventually taken into custody , after a sharp run . The Jury at once i-i turned a \ t * rd . ii < t of " Guilty , " and the Court , after cautioning the jirismifi-, sentenced him to three months' imprisonment with hard labour . The Prisoner : M y lord , I tiitn-at vt' yon tu send iut * out uf the country . I have lost mv character , and for the last three vesirs I b . ive
found it impossible to eJirn an honest livelihood . The Assistant Judge : Have you reflected sufficiently upon the matter before you make the request . Prisoner : I have , and I think if I went tu another country I might eventually earn an honest livelihood . Tlie Assistant Judge : If this be your wish , 1 sliall respite the sentence until next session , when some course will be adopted if yuu still be uf the same opinion . The prisoner was then removed truiii the bar , after thanking the Court with every appearjince of sincerity . . Thursday "' . — The late Au . f . « kd RoimEiiY by a Lady at the Soho Bazaar . — Jt having become known that Mrs . Tyrwhitt , the lady against whom an indictment had boon preferred , charging her with liavinir stolen one of the articles exhibited for mila at
the Solio Bazaar , was this day to take her trial , the court was crowded lonj ; before the hour had airived which had been specially appointed for her appearance at the bar . A few minutes before ten o ' clock Mrs . Tyrwhitt , accompanied by her husband and some friends , drove up to the court in her carriage . Shortly after , ei ^ ht or nine other carriages airived , from which alighted a number of persons of rank and fashion , many of whom were tlie personal friends ol the accused , * whilst others had been attracted by the position Mr § , Tyrwhitt has hitherto held in society . The . liuh , 'e- iia-vinjr taken his scat , . lane-Tyrwhitt was placed at the- bar upon an indictment charging her with having stolen a microscope , of the value of 2 s . Od ., in the bazaar of Soho-square , on the
evening of the * Sth of November , the property of Mary Anne Lewis . The prisoner pleaded not guilty " . She was elegantly attired , and throughout the trial manifested jthe must perfect confidence . As soon , however , as- " a doubt upon the fact as to her jmilt or innocence was raised , by an intimation on the part oi the jury that it was their wish to retire , she became greatly agitated . Mr . Clarkson , Mr . Doane , and Mr . M'Mahon conducted the case for the " prosecution , and Mr . M . f Chambers ( with whom was Mr . BaLkvntine ) appeared for the prisoner . The tirst witness was Mary Anne Lewis . She stated tliat she had three counters in the Soho bazaar , in the room whk-h was denominated the " o'UO room , " at which she sold stationery and fancy articles . About hjilf-past four o ' clock on the afternoon of Friday , the Sth of Nov .. tlie prisoner ! who was alone , came to her counter ,
and taking up a thermometer , demanded its price . She replied , ] ¦ ' 2 s . 6 d . ; " whereupon she asked whether it was it good one . and if it could bo warranted ? Her reply was in the affirmative , and that the manufacturer hacl piJt his name to it . Vpon this she got under Jthe counter , in order to pack up the instrument for the prisoner . Whilst she was in the act of stooping of course she lost sight of the prisoner—but that was for the moment' only . She then offered to put the thermometer into " a box , but the prisoner said , "No , be quick , . be quick . " Upon this she wrapped it up in paper , and handed it to the prisoner , who , having paid for it , walked away . Mrs . ilarker , one of the matrons of the establishment , instantly caine , and in consequence of her communication she searched her stall , when she missed one of the only three microscopes she had on her counter . The price o ' fj the article was 2 s . 6 d . The microscope
was here produced and identiheu by the witness . The foreman of the jury here inquired whether the thermometer which the prisoner had purchased and paid for in any way corresponded in dimensions with the microscope { which she was charged with having stolen ? THe respective articles were then produced , when it appeared that there was so wide a difference
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both in shape and size as to render it improbable that the one could be mistaken for the other by any one who stayed to examine them . Mrs . Ilarker , the next witness , said that she had boen sulMnatron of the bazaar fov seventeen ym ^ On the 8 tk of November she observed the prisoner " 0 up to Miss Lewis ' s counter and make a purchase of a thermometer , and that whilst the latter was wrapping the instrument up in paper , she most distinctly saw the prisoner take a microscope off the counter with her left hand , and at nearly the same moment hold out the other to receive the thermometer from Miss Lewis . The prisoner then put the stolen article up the left sleeve of her dress and walked away , carrying the purchased article in her rieht
hand . She instantly called the attention of Miss Lewis to the circumstance , and then went to Mr . Bryant's office , to inform him of the transaction ! One of the doorkeepers , named Burrows , was then called , to whom she pointed out the prisoner , At this time the latter was talking to a lady and gentleman , when Burrows went up and requested that she would accompany him to the office . After a slight hesitation on the part of the prisoner , who , however did not titter a word , the gentleman asked what he meant by " accompanying him to the office . " All the three then went towards the office . Cross-examined : —The prisoner was searched in tlie office , but there was not anything found upon her . W ' Kuitows , who had been one nf the doorkeepers of the
bazaar tor nineteen years , stated that on the afternoon in question , inconsequence of a communication which was made to him , lie went into the " . WO room . " and Si-fin- ; the prisoner there in conversa tion with a lad y ami irentleinan ( her husband ) , he fietrt'ed of her to accompany him to the office . To this request thp prisoner < lid not make any reply , but the gentleman inijuiii 1 ! what In meant ? Iff repM-cd , rhattlinf was not a proper place to explain , and then repeated hi * riM | W $ t tii .-if the lady would w .-ilkwith him tot ' ieoffiop . Another df > orkccp « r named Novvis then chiih * up . whereupon , nil parties proceeded towards the office , Norris walkinir behind . On their arrival at the a : iti-room thi' prisoner ' - * husband asked what the lady was was brought there for ? Mr . Rrvant said , that
th « ' lady was accused oi' havinu stolen an article from one of tlie stalls . T ? ie pri-onor heard tin ' s charse but she said not a word . As they wore al ! proceeding from the anti-room towards the office he heard something fall , and told Xorris to look what it was . The latter thereupon picked up the microscope which had been produced . A policeman was then sent for , and the prisoner given into his charge , f icorge Norris , the other doorkeeper , said , that he followed all the parties to the office , and that just as the prisoner was entering the doorway he saw somethins whifr > drop from her side . Re picked it up , and said , " Here is something the lady has dropped . ' Upon this remark the prisoner's husband said . ' " suppose she has , what can you make of it ? " Mrs . Ilarker
instantly said that she had seen the lady take the article from Miss Lewis ' s stall . Mr . Bryant then stated , that he is clerk to the Bazaar , and thnt when the prisoner was brought to the office her husband had asked him for what it was tha' she had been brought there ? He informed him that she was accused of having stolen an article from a stall in tbe establishment ; to which the gentleman observed , " supposeshe has ; is there any use in making a d—d fuss about it ?" He then sent fora policeman , to whom he gave her in charge . Mr . Chambers addressed thp jury on behalf of the prisoner , contending that if the microscope alleged to have been taken by the prisoner had been taken , it was not with a felonious intent , and therefore could not be stealing . And , further , that the prisoner was totally incapable of the act charged against her Witnesses were then called for the defence . The Judge then summed up , and observed that this case , with the exception of the station of the prisoner , did not
present any extraordinary features . It was in every respect similar to many other charges of feloniously stealing wliich had come before that Court during the present session . The pei * son at the bar went to a shop to make a purchase , and whilst there , had taken and secreted another article about her person , without having paid for it . The action was observed , she was followed , and when accused of the offence , had contrived to drop it without attempting to give the least account of the transaction . The simple question , therefore , for the consideration of the jury was , with what intent the article had been taken , and whether the character which had been given of the prisoner , combined with the other circumstances of the case , was sufficient to warrant their arriving at the conclusion that she had not taken the microscope ¦ w ith a felonious intent . The jury having retired , returned , after an absence of two hours and a half , with a verdict of " y ! ot Guilty . " The verdict was received with loud demonstrations of approbation , which were , however , instantly repressed .
MIDLAND CIRCUIT , CovEN-nnr , Monday Evening . —Mr . Justice Patteson came into court at ten o ' clock this morning . There were twenty-two prisoners for trial , but in consequence of the seoond postponement of the charge for murder against Susannah Jarvis ( aged only 14 ; , the calendar presented no cases of general interest . On the opening of the Court , Mr . Miller applied to the learned ju
Wobkhouse Offence . —Mary Darlington was indicted for stealing a gown and other articles of wearing apparel , from the Atherstone Union 'Workhouse . The prisoner was a pauper in the house , and on the morning of the 11 th of November , about seven o ' clock , she was seen leaving the workhouse by a fellow pauper . The prisoner at once admitted that she was about to run away , and was taken in possession of the clothes belonging to the board of guardians . The jury found the prisoner "Guilty " and Mr . . Justice Patteson sentenced her'to three months' imprisonment .
Iscendiakism . —John KetlanJ , aged 58 , stood indicted for ft-lunJLiusly setting iirc , on the li'th of November last , iu the parish of Kingsbury , to a stable in tht occupation uf Ilic-h-ir-l Sudbury , contrary to the statute . The facts a } i ) a ... nl to be as follows : —On the ' Jth of November last the i > rison * -r was at the house of the prosecutor , and in ioii ^( i | u <' ni-c of offence given ut cards , the prisoner , wbO « : is int'ixieatcil . was heard to say to the host and hostess 1 if tin 1 house , " Beware something does not happen to you in three or four hours . " During the night the stable was set on fir * . ' , and evidence was giien to show that the prisoner , who lived close to the house , was seen near the stablt ; previous to the conflagration . Mr . Inspector Hall , of the Birmingham police , likewise deposed , that when he ivitprthtiuli vl the prisoner , ami tyl « l him lit- was " wanted , " he replied , " What for ? the tire , 1 suppose " Mr . Justice Patteson summed up the case with great can .-, and the jury returned a verdict of " Not Guikv . ' '
Hibglaut at Xcseatos . —The greater part of this afternoon was occupied in the trial of two young men , named Thomas Buckler and Joseph Martin , charged with a burglary at Nuneaton , on the night of the . 'Uth of October last . The case was singular , as showing the want of wit on the part of one of the prisoners ( two notorious characters ) , and the consequent conviction of both . Tbe prosecutor is by trade a shoemaker . On the night in question the family went to bed about ten o ' clock , and lef t upon the table down stairs a quantity of cheese and butter ,
of which they had partaken at supper . When the prisoners were taken they were found in possession of cheese and butter ( the latter of the same quality and quantity ) as that stolen from Mr . Smith ' s ( the prosecutor ' s ) house Another fact , as proved , was still stronger against Buckler . When in gaol he wrote a note to his fafli / r . in ivhich he stated that if he ( his father ) would go to a rick in R <" r bins's field , he would find " some things . " The police , as a matter of course , took possession of this noti \ and upon repairing to the place mentioned , they found a large quantity of boots and shoes , stolen from Mr . Smith ' s shop-Tin-jury found both the prisoners " Guilty . "
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Fatal Accident at Woolwich Dock-yard . — On Wednesday afternoon several workmen were employe * in erectintr a rack or framework for supporting bars of iron in the boiler-maker department , when some ot the rivets with which it was joined together |? ave way , and a portion of the frame fell upon four ot the men , named Bates , Marshall , Skinner , and'Moody-Three of the men were so seriously injured that they were immediately conveyed to the Marine Infirmary , to obtain medical and surgical aid ; and Bates bsB » v-- v- ^* . *« -b . «» a&a **• « - « B . ^ . * 4 ^ * L * a t V * * J ** . & V ^ -A * - " * ir * . VLV * k y V *» l ^* h » - »^ " ^ ¦
sineo died , owing to the severe injuries he sustainea-Deatii ijy Choking . —On Thursday Mr . Baker hew an inquest at the King ' s Head , Prospect-plnee . 'BetlJnal-green road , on tlie body of John Richardson , age * eighty-one years . On Thursday noon the paupers were assembled in the dimng-hai ] , for the purpose 01 having their dinner . After partaking of two or three mouthfuls he suddenly exhibited svniptonu o strangulation , and fell back ' ward *; every assistance was rendered by those present , and a surgeon sent forbefore whose arrival the deceased had expired- * er * diet— " Accidentally suffocated . "
Lecture . —A lecture was delivered in the leeturercom , Garden-row , Bury , on Sunday evening last , to a large and respectable audience , " by Mr . James Leach , of' Manchester . At the close of the discourse the unanimous thanks of the meeting were g iven to Mr . Leach for his able address .
BRADFORD . . . Progress . —On Sunday evening the usual Charti ** meetings were held , when several new members were added to the ranks . The cause is rapidly progr essing . each week adding to the numbers of enrolled members . The Council have determined to rent . a large rooffi for the _ weekly meetings , as there is every prosper of having a good attendance during the winter .
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Office in the same Street and , m = »• prietor , FEARGUS O'CONNOR , Esq-, and published W William Hewitt , of No . , Charles-street , Brandonstreet , Walworth , in the Parish of St . Mary , 2 * ew"J ton , in the County of Surrey , at the Office , *?•** Strand , in the Parish of St . Mary-le-Strand , ib-h " : City of Westminster . Saturday * December 7 , 1844 ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 7, 1844, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct685/page/8/
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