The Press.
London, England, 1856-08-23 00:00:00

SAW an V dia.

THE AUGUST SESSION OF THE CENTRAL CRIMINAL
Counr opened on Monday. The calendar is unusu-
ally heavy, 126 prisoners being for trial. The case
of Mr. Gosling, on the application of the counsel
for the prosecution, was removed to the Court of
Queen's Bench. The Attorney General will conduct
the case for the prosecution. Mr. Snape's trial (the
asylum shower-bath case) was also postponed till
the next session.

THE MESSRS. ENGLAND, corn merchants at Leeds.
appeared at the Leeds Court-house, on Monday, to
answer the charge of having exposed for sale twelve
quarters of Egyptian wheat unfit for food. The
case excited much interest, and after hearing the
evidence, the magistrates discharged the summons,
on proof that the wheat was only warehoused and
not exposed for sale. At the same time, the bench
justified the seizure, as any person warehousing,
damaged corn, without giving information of the
same to the inspector of nuisances, is liable to
trial and conviction under the act.

A COMMISSION AGENT, Henry Jukes, poisoned him-
self last Sunday with acetate of morphia. He had
suffered heavy pecuniary losses lateiy, and in the
absence of his wife from home deliberately de-
stroyed himself from a dread of poverty.
A YOUNG BOY, THOMAS CHELEY. sixteen years of
age, was committed for trial at Worship-street, on
Monday, for deliberately attempting to assassinate
one of his companions. It appears in evidence that
the prisoner and a boy named Collinson, with others,
were together in Shoreditch on the afternoon of the
27th of July last, when Collinson knocked off Cheley's
cap. Cheley lost his temper, and declared "he
should rue the day," and went away. Two hours
afterwards he was seen dodging behind Collinsor,
suddenly rushed at him, stabbed him in the throat,
and ran away. The boy, severely wounded, was
taken off to hospital, and the young assassin soon
after captured. When taken he acknowledged the
deed at once.

A UGUST 23, 1856.

MR. ANTHONY VANBEVON, a student of the Royal
Academy of Arts, was last Saturday fined SL, or in
default sentenced to two months' imprisonment, by
Mr. D'Eyncourt, at Clerkenwell, for insulting a
respectable married woman, a Mrs. Stevens, in the
Hampstead-road, at midnight on the pi evious night.
Mr. Vanbevon prayed for "mercy," as, if he were
sent to prison he should certainly go mad ; but Mr.
D'Eyncourt was inexorable, and Mr. Vanbevon was
removed.
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JAPES AND ANDREW BRACKEN, two brothers, were
tried on Tuesday, at Liverpool, before Mr. Justice
Willes, for the murder of a man named Bates, on
the 28th June last. It way proved in evidence that
the deceased, while looking on at a fight between the
two prisoners and another man, had been brutally
attacked by Andrew Bracken, who knocked him
down and kicked him in the head so severely as
to fracture his skull. James Bracken bad also at
tacked the deceased, but had not kicked him when
down. The jury found Andrew Guilty of murder,
and James of manslaughter. The moment the
verdict was pronounced a scene occurred in court—
several women, relatives of the prisoners, shrieked
and fainted, while the prisoners fell down on their
knees and literally cried for mercy. The judge,
however, proceeded to pass sentence, transporting
James for life, and condemning Andrew to be hanged,
without hope of reprieve. _ _

THE MAN COLE, who shot the girl, Emily
Luker, maid-servant in Hawely-place, PeAdington,
was fully committed for trial by Mr. Broughton, on
Tuesday, for " wounding with intent to murder."
ROBERT TELFORD, a labourer at Doncaster, one
day last week was suddenly seized with a flt while in
his father's house. On recovering from the flt he
grasped the old man and strangled him on the spot.
An inquiry has been held, and Telford committed to
take his trial for manslaughter. He could not
account for the impulse which led him to commit so
horrible a crime.

A MR. JAMES SMART, a portrait-painter, aged for 4r
six, living in lodgings in Gray's inn-lane, was found
on Thursday lying dead in his room, with his head
nearly cut off. He had committed suicide from
starvation and misery.

THE DANGER OF THE INDISCRIMINATE SALE OF
POIS3NS was exhibited at a trial for "intent to
murder " this week at Liverpool, in the case of one
Jane Newton, of Ashton-under-Lyne, indicted for
having administered a dose of arsenic to her husband
on Sunday, the 4th May last. It appeared from the
evidence that the prisoner, the Friday previous,
under the plea of clearing the flock beds in her house
of fleas, which she stated to a witness were so
troublesome that her husband could not sleep,
had obtained from a druggist's boy a quarter of a
pound of arsenic. She asked for mercury to kill fleas
with, and the boy without hesitation gave her a
quarter of a pound of arsenic. On the Sunday
morning following, she went out with a jug and pur-
chased some stew for breakfast. When she returned
she measured the stew out into three pots, and
stirred up her husband's with a spoon. Her husband
and two children soon after came downstairs to
breakfast. He ate some of the stew, and in a few
minutes was taken with a severe St of vomiting.
The prisoner directly after took the stew away from
the children, and washed out the three pots. The
vomiting continued during the day. The next
morning she gave her husband a basin of porridge,
and he was seized with violent vomiting immediately
afterwards. The vomiting continued up to Wednes-
day night, when, by the efforts of the medical men,
it was at length subdued. The evidence against the
prisoner was strong. She had pawned her hus-
band's clothes during his illness. She was
also entitled to 8/. burial fee on his death, and
bad frequently expressed her belief that he would
not get better. In the vomit of her husband two
grains of arsenio were detected, while none could be
detected in the flocks, and she had grossly prevari-
cated as to where she had purchased the stew. The
main point, however, whether any arsenic was in the
stew, and had been put there designedly by her,
could not be proved. The jury " acquitted " the
prisoner, at the same time remarking strongly upon
the reprehensible practice of indiscriminately selling
poison to any and every purchaser.