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NOVEMBER 23, 1806.

L COURT.

ham tnought msu'-.,_.
vestigation, and he now asked that an opportunity might
be aerator the examination and cross-examination of
the members of the old firm, and • special examiner
appointed. Mr. Peck, the other applicant, was on the
register as the holder of two thousand shares, and the 101.
all therefore would amount in his case to 20,0001., but
against this he bad at the bank at the time of the stoppage
26,000/. on deposit. There was this difference between
this and the former case, that instead of having the shares
allotted to him, Mr. Peck purchased them of other holders
in the market, but this he contended made no difference
in his right to have the contract set aside on account of
the misrepresentation of the affairs of the company
by the directors. Mr. Oakes had paid the call under pro-
test, but Mr. Peck bad not paid, and therefore, in addition
to the application made in the former case, he should have,
on behalf of Mr. Peck, to ask that pending the in-
vestigation all proceedings in respect of the call should be
stayed.
Mr. Mellish, who appeared for the official liquidator,
objected to further delay, and stated that the directors
were then present and ready to be cross-examined.
The Attorney-General said it would be necessary to have
all the books of the company before he could take the
examination.
The Vice-Chancellor said it would be a very serious
occupation of the time of the court to enter into such an
examination there, and, as he understood, steps had been
taken to proceed with the examination in the regular
.way.
Mr. Mellish, in the absence of Sir R. Palmer, pomted
out the very great inconvenience which arose from these
delays, and mentioned that there were nearly 150 persons
whose calls were suspended until these cases had been de-
cided. When thequestion came tobe argued upon its merits,
he should be prepared to contend that, according to the act
of 1862, the fact of • person having been induced by fraud
to become a shareholder in a company did not in any way
relieve him from liability as a contributory. What par-
liament intended was that these companies should be so
far in the same position as • private partnership ; and
though the pt.vate contract might be rescinded on the
ground of fraud, fraudulent misrepresentation would not
relieve a partner from liability in respect of the debts
cortracted while the partnership was in existence. If the
proposed examinations were gone into, there was no
knowing when the question would be decided.
Mr. Roxburgh, on the same side, submitted that the
present question ought to have been raised, if at all, on
the 18th of July, when the names were settled on the
list. These motions involved every class of contributo-
ries, so that if they succeeded there would be no contri-
butories left but the original directors. About 500,00 W.
bad been paid into the hands of the liquidator by share-
holders who did not associate themselves with this move-
ment, and this ought not to be locked up from the
creditors a moment longer than was necessary. It should
also be borne in mind that the longer • call was delayed
the less it realised.
Mr. Cole and Mr. Loeock Webb opposed the application
on behalf of Mr..Oppenheim and other creditors.
Mr. Bally having replied.
The Vice-Chancellor said no doubt Mr. Oakes must have
the opportunity, in some form or other, of cross-examining
those persons who had made affidavits in support of the
official liquidator's case ; but if Mr. Oakes had not paid
the call, it would have been necessary to impose some
terms upon him, so that the postponement of the decision
of the question might not unnecessarily delay the payment
or imperil the call an other cases. The court would act in
the matter upon the same footing as when it granted an
injunction to restrain an action at law, in which case, if
a sufficient prima facie ground were made out, the court
granted the application, but required that the
liable should bring the money into court. Mr. Ws
had actually paid his call, and therefore the post-
ponement of the decision in his case could not im-
peril the probable receipt by thecial liquidator.
There had been no unn delayyin bringing the
matter into court, and as far as 3tr. Oakes was concerned
the motion must stand over unconditionally. Mr. Peek
had not paid his call, and the ordinary course would be
to require him to pay the amount into court. But Mr.
Peek was • creditor of the company for a larger sum than
the amount of his call, and though the 26,0001. could not
be taken as a set-off against the official liquidator's claim of
20,000/., it might be taken as affording reasonable security
for 10,0001. This motion, therefore, might stand over on
the terms that Mr. Peek should bring into court 10,00 W.,
and agree that the 26,0001. and the dividends upon it
should stand as security for the payment of his calls.
A conversation took place between the parties, as the
result of which it was announced that there would be no
difficulty in the appointment of a special examiner. The
motions were ordered to stand over formally to the first
day of the sittings after term.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.—Nov. 22
Sittings in Banco.—(Before the Lord Chief Baron, and
Barons Channell and Pigott.)
THOMPSON t,. THC NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY COMPANY.
This case raised an important question with respect to
Mr.
servi of writs.
Mr. Gscellwey, on behalf of the secretary of the North
British Railway Company, moved to set aside the service
of a writ, issued out of this court under the following cir-
cumstances. The action was brought by the plaintiff
against the North British Railway Company to recover a
large sum of money for the construction of a mineral
station at Hayrick, in Roxburghshire. It appeared from
the affidavit of the secretary of the company that the writ
was served upon him out of the jurisdiction of the court,
namely, in Edinburgh, where be exclusively resided. The
plaintiff based his right to bring the action in England on
the fact that the defendants had a branch line from
Hayrick to Carlisle, and also running powers over part
of the Carlisle railway. The learned counsel, however, sub-
mitted that the action was one which ought not to have been
brought in England, inasmuch as by the last section of the
Common Law Procedure Act of NU, it was provided that
the writs of this court should not run to either Ireland or
Scotland. He remarked, as a matter of history, that if
this clause had not been introduced the opposition of the
Irish and Scotch members would have prevented the pass-
ing of the bill in that session of parliament. In the pre-
sent case the plaintiff and defendant not only resided in
Scotland, but the contract sued upon was entered into and
carried out there, while the North British Company had
no less than 700 miles of railway in that country.
The Court granted s rule nisi.
The Lord Chief Baron, at the rising of the court, inti-
mated that their lordships would, after the motions to-
morrow (this day), proceed with the new trial paper, and
that, if counsel were not in attendance, the cases would
be struck out, and not restored except on special applica-
tion, and on special grounds.

(Before Mr. Baron Bramwell.)
Charlotte Power, a miserable looking yo oman, was
charged with the manslaughter of her child starvation
and neglect.
Mr. Poland and Mr. M. Moir condueted the prosecu-
tion. The prisoner was undefended.
This was a case of the mod painful and distressing cha-
racter. The prisoner, it appeared, was a married woman,
the trite of a plasterer, who it was stated was in the receipt
of wages to the amount of between 30s. and 40s. a wmk,
and the prisoner bad consequently ample means to provide
for her family. The child in question was about nine weeks
old, and it appeared that for some reason or other the
prisoner was unable to suckle it, and instead of
providing it with other proper nourishment it ap-
peared that while her husband was engaged at bis
work the prisoner was almost constantly drunk, and
that she neglected the poor child in • most shock-
ing manner. The attention of the parochial autho-
rities of Hammersmith, where the prisoner and her hus-
band lived, was at length called to the matter, and Dr.
Spurgeon and Dr. Andrews went to the prisoner's house.
They found the child was in • most filthy and emaciated
condition, and they at once ordered its removal to the
workhouse, but its system was in such • condition, in con-
sequence, according to the opinion of the medical men, of
the starvation to which is had been previously subjected,
that it was unable to take food, and it died very soon after
its admission into the workhouse. It appeared to be
clearly established that the death arose from want of
proper nourishment and general neglect, and it was
proved that some beef tea that had been prepared by the
order of the doctor upon one occasion was left until it
stank, and was quite unfit for food.
The jury without any hesitation found the prisoner
Guilty.
The learned Judge said there was no doubt that she had
caused the death of her child, and if there had been any
proof that she had exhibited the least cruelty towards it
he should have passed a much more severe sentence. She
had killed her child by gross neglect, that neglect being no
doubt principally attributable to the beastly habits of in-
toxication in which she seemed to have indulged, and he
hoped it would be a warning to her for the remainder of
her existence. He then sentenced the prisoner to six
months' hard labour.
Richard Robert Parry surrendered to take his trial for
the manslaughter of Septiruus Hoskins.
Mr. Metcalfe and Mr. Streight prosecuted; Mr. Ribton
was counsel for the defendant.
The facts of this case have recently appeared, and they
were of rather a painful character. The accused was in
a very respectable position in society, and the land-
lord of the Railway Tavern, Chalk Farm-road, and the
deceased was an elderly person, also in a respectable con-
dition of life, residing in the same neighbourhood. It ap-
peared that on the Bth of October the deceased was at the
tavern kept by Mr. Parry, who there seemed to be no
doubt either fancied, or really bad good grounds
for believing, that the deceased had insulted his wife, and
he ordered him to leave the house, and be was subse-
quently turned out. On the Wednesday following the
deceased appeared to have gone again to the house, and
Mr. Parry ordered him to leave and upon his refusing to
do so attempted to turn Win out, and somehow or
other, it being alleged on the part of the prosecution that
it was in consequence of a blow the deceased received an
injury to his head which caused his death. Most of the
witnesses for the prosecution represented that the blow
WM struck while the deceased was in the act of leaving
the house, but a young girl named Garrett, who, it ap-
peared, was not examined before the coroner, was now
called as a witness, and she swore that before the de-
ceased got to the door Mr. Parry jumped over the
bar and struck him on the head, and then beat his
bead against the floor while be was on the ground. It was
admitted that before the fatal occurrence took place the
deceased had been turned out of the house, and inetead of
going away quietly, as he ought to have done, he was wait-
ing about the outside for twenty minutes, trying to get in.
Mr. Ribton, in his address to the jury for the defence,
contended that the deceased had brought all the trouble
upon himself by his own misconduct, and that Mr. Perry
WAS perfectly justified in expelliug him. He then called
two witnesses, who swore that the young woman Garrett
had said to them that she did not see anything of what
had occurred, but had read it in the newspapers, and that
she was subpiensed to give evidence at the trial, and all she
cared about was to get her " dollar " a day. Other
witnesses were examined, whose evidence went to show
that while Mr. Perry was in the act of expelling the
deceased, the latter made use of very offensive language,
and squared up at him with his fists, and attempted
to strike him, before he gave the blow that was alleged to
have been the cause of death.
Several respectable witnesses were then examined, all
of whom gave the prisoner a most excellent character, and
described him as • remarkably good-tempered, obliging
MAIL
Some of the jury here expressed their opinion that the
prisoner had struck the blow in self-defence, and they were
desirous to stop the case. A portion of the jury, however,
said they wished to hear the counsel for the prosecution in
re
-Mr. Sleigh accordingly addressed them, and he urged
that the true version of the transaction was that which
had been given by the girl Garrett.
Baron Bramwell, in summing up the case to the jury,
said that a person in the position of the prisoner was per-
fectly justified in refusing to permit any one be pleased
to come into his house, and also in expelling him if he
thought proper. In the present case, therefore, the
prisoner bad a perfect right to expel the deceased, and if
he believed that the latter intended to strike him, as had
been stated by some of the witnesses, he would have been
also justified in striking him in self-defence. He then refer-
red to the facts, and said that although such a melancholy
result must be deplored by every one, it was clear that the
deceased had, to a great extent, brought it upon himself
by Lu own folly in attempting to force his way into the
house after he had been turned out.
The jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict
of .Not Guilty.
(Before Mr. Justice Byles.)
George Main, 30, Wiliam White, 37, and Ann Beam, 28,
an ill-looking woman, were charged with having com-
mitted a robbery with violence upon Thomas Swallow, and
robbing him of 28/.
Mr. Cooper prosecuted ; Mr. Pater, Mr. M. Williams,
and Mr. Hams were counsel for the prisoners.
The facts of this case will be fresh in the recollection of
our readers. The prosecutor was a tradesman residing at
Peterborough, and while in the St. Pancras-road, on his
way to the Great Northern Railway, he was assailed by the
male prisoners and brutally ill-treated, the female prisoner
also taking a part in the affair.
COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. The jury found all the prisoners Guilty, and White was
Nov. 22. sentenced to five, and Main to seven years' penal servitude,
and also to receive 20 stripes from a cat-o'-nine-tails, and
(Before the Judge Ordinary.) the woman was sentenced to five years' penal servitude.
MARCHANT r. senßcHeNr.
In this case, after our report left yesterday,' (Before the Common Serjeant.)
The two mothers-in-law were both called, and they Preneis Lake?, surrendered to take his trial for assault•
stoutly maintained the cases of the respective parties. ing Albert Byote upon the high seas, and within the
Mrs. Merchant, sen., a decrepit old woman, declared that jurisdiction of the Admiralty of England. The defendant
her daughter-in-law seemed so happy that she was almost uses also charged with falsely imprisoning the prosecutor.
induced to get married again. herself. (Laughter.) Mr. Metcalfe and Mr. Green conducted the prosecution ;
The Court reserved its decision. Mr. Ribton and Mr. F. H. Lewis were counsel for the de-
fendant.
COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.—Nov. 22. This case occupied the court nearly the whole of the day.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) The defendant was the captain of a vessel called the Cyrn-
IN itit RUDOLPH JUNO. benne, and the prosecutor was second mate of the vessel,
The bankrupt was a merchant, of New Broad-street. and he charged the defendant with having, upon the
This was an adjourned sitting for discharge. The aggro- voyage home to England from Singapore, locked him up in
gate liabilities are 44,268/. ; property held as security, • place called the lazarette on board the vessel, put him in
, • ditto given up, 1,109/.defence irons, and also assaulted him by striking him with a re-
-30 859 f. volver. The that was set up was that a good deal
Mr. Reed, for the assignees, said this was a case where
the liabilities were large, and the assets exceedingly small. of what was stated by the prosecutor was very much
Upwards of 14,000/. was due to unsecured creditors ; and exaggerated, and that no more violence was really used
it was represented that the secured creditors for 99,000 f. than was absolutely necessary for the safety of the vessel
held property to a larger amount. This was the ordinary and the crew, in consequence of the insubordination of
cue of obtaining large quant'ties of goods on credit, the crew, and that the prosecutor had been the chief
cause of that insubordination.
hypothecating them, as the phrase was, for two-thirds
their value, and then coming to the court and representing The Common Serjeant left it to the jury to decide who
the captain'had been guilty of excess in the exercise
that there was a large surplus coming from that property.
At present it could not be asertained whether there of his authority, or whether he had merely done what was
would be any surplus or not. The goods, consisting of neceesary for the promotion of discipline on board the
°e
silks, were all consigned to Lyons, Eberfeldt, and Co- vessel.
; and Mr. White, the manager, had not been able The jury retired at half-past five o'clock, and as half-
' past eight they returned into court, and said there was no
to obtain aciount salesfromany of the holder s, most of their
accounts being still open. It WAS asked that the order of chance of their agreeing upon a verdict.
discharge should be adjourned until the assignees had ob- I The Common Serjeant upon this said that he should
tamed aooonnts showing the result of the sales. They also discharge them.
After a short discussion as to what course should be
wished for an account, showing how the bankrupt stood in
taken, the jury were discharged, and it was intimated that
April, 1865, when he professed to have had a surplus of
10,0001., though six months after he was in • deficiency of the case would be tried again next session.
12.000/., and was also deficient 1.400/. in 1863. The defendant was admitted to bail.
Mr. Lawrence, on behalt of the bankrupt, complained of
the unfairness of further accounts being required after the
last examination had been passed. The bankrupt had given
all the information required by the assignees, andhad passed ...
his examination on those accounts four months ago. The
consignees of the goods were persona of the highest chi- John Harris, whCLERKENWELL.
o was described as a gentleman of in.
Dieter, and there was no difficulty whatever in ascertain-
ing the value of the goods,which-had been returned by the dependent property, residing at 21, Frederick-street,
telray n-kroad, was charged before Mr.
bankrupt at the cost price. It was only a question of D'Eicourt with
and assaulting police-constable John Dentry,
whether 1,500/. would be realised to the estate, and that iirint, the •
ought not to stop the bankrupt's discharge.
After some discussion as to the concession of some exeeutaon of his duty, at Burton-crescent.
Compbtinant was on duty on Wednesday night about 9
o.'ncloc.k.in Burton-crescent, when he saw the defendant
mines in Spain, in respect of which the bankrupt claimed
4,500/. from the purchasers, but which they ref osed to pay, lady walking along. He passed the defendant, and
—had- n-o
sooner done so than he received a
.violent kick from
His Honour said he did not think that the main ground behind. The kick caused him some pun, and had it not
on which the adjournment was asked ought to weigh with been for his great coat it would have been worse. When
the court, looking at the time that bad already been
given. It was not likely that further information could
be obtained as to the consignments, and there was no ne- he accused the defendant of having kicked him he treated
the matter as a joke, and said that be had not kicked him.
He took him into custody, and when he was in Leigh-street
comity for further accounts. If the assignee* desired it,
they were entitled to further information as to the bank- the defendant wanted him to settle the matter. The de-
fendant had been drinking, but not so drunk but that
rupt's interest in the Spanish mines.
ordered An adjournment was till the 19th of December. he well knew what he was about. He had never to his
knowledge seen the defeedant before he passed him, and
he had not spoken to him or to the young woman that was
Row INFIRMARY, Crry-ROAD.—The number of with him until after he had been kicked.
chest cases under treatmeut at this hospital during the Mr. William Arthur Pearson, of 107, Guildford-Inset,
part week was 723. Russell-square, and Mr. Ferederick H., Hoderiece, of 9,
DU BARRY'S DELICIOUS REVALENTA. ARSBICA College-street, Islington, confirmed the constable's ovi-
ne]) cures dyspepsia, indigestion, cough, asthma, consumption, dence.
constipation, diaerbwa, palpitation, nervous, bilious, The defendant said he was very sorry for what had
liver, end stomach complaints. Cure No. 68,433—" Rome, July oecoreed,
ti,nes.—no health of the Holy Father to excellent, especially Mr. .D'Eyncourt said if a cestermonger had committed
date, abandoning all other remedies, be has confined himself
entirely to De Barry's Food, end his Ronne= cannot praise such an assault he would have to go to prison. Be could
this =silent loud 1., higniy,^.—Quesiedu midi. Du Bury i„ud make no distinction in this ease • and as for inflicting a
Co., No. 77, Regent-street Londou, W. in this, at IL led.; money penalty of Si., that would be no punishment to •
M., b. td. 406.—(Adurtisement. man of independent mean& Re then sentenced the de-

fendant to be imprimoned and kept to hard labour in the
House of Correction for 21 days.
Mr. Ricketts, solicitor, of Frederick-street, Gray's-inn-
road, at a later portion of the- day applied to Mr. D'Eyn-
court to alter his decision, and give the defendant an op-
portunity of paying a fine.' The defendant was suffer*
from chronic palpitation of the heart, and the excitement
that he had undergone was likely to prove fatal to him.
There was no intention to do the constable any harm—all
that was done was a mere drunken freak. He had wit-
nesses in attendance to give the defendant an excellent

chuncter.
Mr. D'Eynomut said he could see no reason to alter the
sentence ; for, if a man chose to commit assaults when be
was drunk, he must put up with the consequences.
The wife of the defendant, on bearing the magistrate's
decision, was removed in a fainting state.
LAMBETH.
In our impression of the 16th inst a report appeared of
an application made to the Hon. G. C. Norton by a man
named George Burfitt, who complained of a gentleman who
he understood to be an attorney, and who had obtained 21.
from him under the pretence of bringing an action against
his late employers or serious injuries received while in
their service, and of which action he could not get any
satisfactory account. On that 00011fli011 Mr. Norton desired
one of the summoning officers to callon this gentleman and
state that, in the event of his not coming to some arrange-
ment with Burfitt, be should be glad to see him. The gen-
tleman has since waited upon Mr. Norton, and after pre-
senting to him testimonialsof the most undoubtedreepects-
bility, proceeded to say that it was a pit
roy that the com-
plainant had not called on him, as be pmised,
with some additional evdence in his case instead
of troubling his worshipi, as he should be able
to show to his worship's perfect satisfaction that in
reality he had nothing to complain of. In the first place
he begged to say that Burfitt, in consequence he believed
of something that bad been told to him by one of his ser-
vants, came to him, and having told him the particulars
of his case, he undertook to give his assistance gratui-
tously, but told him distinctly that be oouldnot undertake
to furnish money, and that as he should have to engage a
respectable attorney, he should require a small sum in
hand as a guarantee for the expenses, and Burfitt handed
him 21. For this he gave him a receipt signed by himself,
and also handed him the name of as respectable a
solicitor as any in the metropolis, to oarry on the
action. He had further engaged this solicitor, and
in addition got a gentleman in the Temple, and holding a
high position at the bar, to draw up the pleas in the case
gratuitously, and the cause of the delay in going on with
the case was owing to the long vacation. His worship
would thus see that he bad done everything in his power,
and that gratuitously, to waist Burfitt in getting compen-
sation for his injuries.
Mr. Norton observed that, when Burfitt applied to him
the impression on his mind, on hearing his statement, was
that he had got into the hands of one of the numerous
harpies who were about and ready to pick up any person,
and victimize them under the pretence of being lawyers
and carrying out law proceedings ; but he nowfound that
it was quite different, and that the poor man was not only
in good hands, but had been treated in the most benevolent
and gentlemanly spirit. He was exceedingly sorry that
the gentleman should have been troubled to attend before
him.
The latter expressed his thanks to his worship for this
expression of his opinion ; and requested that, as the man
Burfitt was present, he might be questioned as to the per-
fect truth of his representation.
Ilurfitt, in reply to the magistrate's questions, admitted
that the gentleman had behaved with the eatest kind-
ness and liberality, and he was sorry be bad made any
statement to the eoutrary.

TRAFFIC RICTUB.NS.
Mile. Pe.. Mer• Total, Total,
RAZLWAYB open. singers, climates. MM. 1855.
Week ending Sept. 15. & A A A
Great Southern of India 79 306 407 773 638
Week ending Sept. 22.
Madras—South West Line. 492
North West Line. 153
Week ending Oct. 27.
Northern of Canada 94
Week ending Nov. 9.
Dublin and Meath 33
Week ending Nov. 16.
Belfast and N. Countku
Londonderry & Colerane . 36}
Week ending Nov. 17.
North Eastern 12204 17,333 52,099 70,062 67,388
Pembroke and Tenby
Week ending Nov. 18.
Belfast and County Down al 427 al 659 532
Bristol and Exeter 1341 3,253 3,096 6,349 6,200
Great Eastern 7o9i 15,278 19,613 31,911 34,206
Great Western 1311 30,493 40,276 70,709 08,001
Mancliester,Southrunetion,
and Manche& - 861 438 1,299 1,370
North British

1,981

2,080
Ul

MEETING OF MIDDLESEX MAODITRATES. A
general meeting of the magistrates of the county of Mid-
dlesex was held yesterday, at the Sessions House, Clerken-
well-green, Mr. H. Fownall in the chair. There was a full
attendance of magistrates. The report of the Committee
of General Purposes was presented, which recommended
that the new chaplain to the House of Detention should
commence with a salary of 2501. per annum. Mr. F. H.
N. Glossop moved, pursuant to notice :—" That the court
do make a contract with the managers of Mount St. Ber-
nard's Reformatory, near Whitwick, in Leicestershire, for
the reception and maintenance therein of such Roman
catholic boys as may from time to time be transferred
thereto from the Middlesex Industrial School at Feltham,
in consideration of the payment of the sum of 2s. lid. per
week for each such boy, being the same amount which is
now paid by the county for Roman catholic boy. sent di-
rect to the said reformatory." He said that by a recent
act of parliament they were empowered to send Roman
catholic juvenile offenders to a Roman catholic institution.
The morionwasput and agreed to. Mr. Gloasopthen moved:
" That the Committee of Visitors of the Middlesex Indus-
trial School, at Feltham, be authorised to apply to the
Secretary of State for a certificate for the whole or a por-
tion, not exceeding a moiety, of the said school, under the
Act 29 and 30 Viet., cap. 118, known as ' The Industrial
School Act, 1866.' " After some discussion, the motion
was agreed to.
THE SHOCKING MURDER BY A BOY IN SHEF-
FiELD.—Yestarday afternoon an inquest was held on the
body of the unfortunate boy, Arthur Allen, whose death
occurred under the melancholy circumstances reported
yesterday. The prisoner was brought into the inquest
room by a police-constable, and was placed at a table in
the centre of the room, next to the chair reserved for the
witnesses. The attention of all present was immediately
concentrated upon him, but he maintained surprising
firmness and composure for some time. He is very youth-
ful in appearance, with no trace of malignant passion in
his countenance. His eyes were swollen with crying.
After the examination of the witnesses bad proceeded
for a short space the prisoner's firmness gave way and
fuent bursts of weeping showed that he • the
preqtion in which he was placed. His distress was
greatest when the officer produced the hammer and the
knife with which the murder bad been committed. It
seems that the prisoner has a stepmother, and he asserts
that before he left home she used him very cruelly, beat
him frequently. when no offence had been given, and was
fond of indulging in the malignant prediction that he
" would come to the gallows. That such would be his
fate seems to have been accepted by the unfortunate lad
as a fact from which there was no escape. He says he
" always felt that he should murder somebody, but be did
not know who it was to be." He was a fatalist ;
and having accepted as something inevitable the
belief that be should come to the ignominious death
of a murderer he made no attempt to resist the temp-
tation that constantly beset him to bring about its ,realisa-
tion. He had contemplated the murder for a week, and
on the fatal night the weapons he used were secreted be-
neath the pillow on which he allowed his victim to repose
in unsuspecting confidence. He sat up during the whole
night in the bed watching the poor lad. His stepmother's
prediction seemed to ring in his ears, and he resolved, just
as the day dawned, to commit the deed. He says he
" repeated the Lord's prayer, and then struck the blow."
That blow took effect on the left side of the neck, just
beneath the ear, and the injury caused by the hammer was
increased by
.a severe stab with the carving knife. The
blow was so violent that the blade snapped in half. Two
other wounds were inflicted with the hammer, each of
them fracturing the skull ; but the first was the immediate
cause of death. The verdict was " Wilful murder," the
jury regretting they could come to no other.
THE EXTENSIVE ROBBERIES ON THE GREAT
EASTERN RAILWAY.—Henry Buckle, the proprietor of a
drapers and outfitter's shop in Stratford New-town, and
his wife. Caroline Buckle, were brought up yesterday, for
re-examination, before Mr. King, the magistrate at
Stratford, charged with receiving property which had been
stolen from goods trains on the Great Eastern Railway.
The male prisoner Las been committed-for trial on several
charges of stealing and receiving stolen property, and some
evidence was taken to complete the charge against
the prisoners in respect of the robbery of some stays.
Since the last examination, the police, in consequence of
some revelations understood to have been made by Mrs.
Buckle, have apprehended a man, Oxborrow, who while in
the service of the company is believed to have stolen some
of the property which Buckle is charged with receiving.
Mr. Straight said there was also another serious charge
preferred against the male prisoner, that of unlawfully en-
deavouring to incite John Ward, an engine driver in the
employ of the company, to rob a train. The female pri-
soner, Caroline Buckle, was called as a witness against the
man Oxborrow, who is charged with stealing a quantity of
boots from a goods train. The magistrate committed him
fur trial at the next sessions of the Central Criminal Court.
Mr. Beard begged that the amount of hail which had been
asked in the case of Mrs. Buckle might he reduced. She had
borne a most excellent character, and respectable persons
were in attendance to speak in her behalf and to guarantee
her app-Prance when required at the sessions. Mr. Straight
said after what had transpired the railway company bad no
objection to offerto the sum being reduced. The magistrate
then reduced the amount to 1001., and the required bail
being entered into, Mrs. Buckle was liberated.
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