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London, England, 1852-09-23 00:00:00

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CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
OLD COURT.
(Before Baron MARTIN and Mr. Justice CROMPTON.)
N.
.ZRSON.—John Smith, aged 34, described as a copPe"
smith, pleaded guilty to an indictment chargieg bita
with feloniously setting fire to a haystack belongieg to
sc
ptimus Bolt, and was senteaced to two years' unPr'''
senment with hard labour.
MANSLAUGHTER.—James Mullins, described 85 S
tailor, was indicted for feloniously killing and slaying
Henry Lucas. The prisoner pleaded not guilty.
Mr. Payne appeared for the prosecution. The Pri"
soner was not defended by counsel.
It appeared from the evidence that the deceased rina
the prisoner had lived in the neighbourhood of Notting-
ham-court, Long-acre, and had bean is the habit 0;
drinking together. One morning, towards the ended°
October, they were at a public-house kept by a man Pad
Cleasby, and some dispute arising between the latterain.
the deceased, a blow was aimed by the deceased, wb.°:
accidentally struck the prisoner. The prisoner, whe:,3„
much exasperated at this, returned the blow, hittine„ t,pc".
deceased in the mouth with great violence, and th (1,0,
ceased fell with his head against the wall. The die
ceased afterwards seemed to bo insensible, but the he
present attributed it not to the blow, but intoxiet:"
However, he never rallied, and the following, 001114 s;
between seven and eight o'clock, he died. mad ):51
mortem examination of the body was made by ("deceased'o
man, and it was found that, although the .....0
brain had been in an unhealthy state for some iii:Le`i
previously, yet death had been undoubtedly acceler,tbe:
by the blow he had received from the prisoner,
prisoner,
was accordingly taken into custody. The priks"
in answer to the charge, Enid ho strue the
deceased in self-defence, and had no intention of in
ing any serious injury upon him. told tbe
Baron MARTIN, in summing up the case, ,t 3 so
jury that the defence which the prisoner had ma; the
no justification for his conduct, and if they thpi),,rlL 0
death was accelerated by the blow,
convict him accordingly. the Pri"
The jury, after a brief consultatica, found _
ac.
soner Guilty, but recommended him to mercy on it was their duLi .
count of the provocation he had received n
. , . rison.
The COURT sentenced him to two moths Imp
ment, with hard labour.
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.1, OUR T.
(Before the RECORDER.)
SENTENCE UPON SILL. KiChard S ill, attorney, Wag
again brought
Mr. PARRY, ution said
who appeared for the prosec ,- up this morning to receive the judgment
he was ins `rutted by the prosecutor Shouldmake a stateraent,
.the truth of which, if his Lordship think fit to
inquire into it, he believed could bo fully substantiated;
fh person in ite dock had made great proteatatioi.
o is innocence, but it could be proved that betting ci
made the prosecution of Broome the means of g
money awn almost e very person who was in any yilq
connected with Broome, under- the pretence that it tviie
from John Broome through Mr. Lewis, to pay the expenses of the prosecution.
•Se obtained
:05_1:
ett
heeiefvoerdhe
ahile w Ted consenth
eteon wei tffhedrrer op t°
which d he also re
eentlf
the atter Y
251. from Charles Staden, who LlN'ilir:l9sB S°llPbP:e9; t 1 :
,orindicted,th under precisely the same circumstance:en?:
to beceopme
twas
de same purpose. It appeared further,
•the
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deposited with a man named paddy, to iadac oras
went through the Insolvent Court, and he 0,03 i,tftetcibi:c
bail for Staden. This psrson aftersc
his examination that Sill got from him 125 t. v.
f a this
250/ ;
.and he was now ready to prove tho •Aet 1 Doc.
court,Ctioonmmd
.
forth the severest animal on frosm waic,
lisefsavTilleehnceerssLarayw. The conduct of SW in the nal .fr.
character,he a
(r.
md.r
phriesohnaedrhteaeleketdriendbofeurt
pheirsinprryevi;
311,1 Itsouah
lowed still .still no one who aaittal Igi‘
Parry) was ready tO admit en aCy,-
eaitioa
could
dTuhaelr e beco
could be
in saying that :beefist.
always borne occupied such O,P hei
the highest possible , iudiari'
jamddreess be no doubt that al. pleaoible
se a n Broome..
osfndasudcehmeustnioduorubstsedsillabwiliatsyjusated
per to
the Pe'-tea to
state couldsatisfactorTilbyesperofvaeedts. be
was
99t1.111:1 the,
Sill maid bebe lamented that any person who' —haul°
be permitted
of being a member of the English bar 5-terlf
bpermeiftted to get up and make a statement so ut
devoidmr.
rAtßrnuirth as that made by Mr. PArry:', ~. ode
accordancet hi
m personallyw itsha ihdi
Sill ;hen resumedsinh tae
st
i.etprisonertleltuidoend. hadto
bnyo rig h t :4 tb
ue at
bi 00
sisucanddtemrmsss,, asiio hem
witted
te
tely
ci a.
but
deniedreccive d the two sutimiln
mr. rarai.,9o
e that they were paid tor any other purpo +Wt Tod
gtooncee.v r the expenses of the prosecution as far as t Air,
JustiCeanTdarforu. rPdarhryadandMr. Metcalfe knew Of the
payments.
Mr. METCALFE observed that, 011 the 0011010/1., ie.
expressed his approval :1
they
received the positive condemnation of that Learned ut:''s ,de
The RECORDER said this matter WO entirely ben it
thewou question. Whatever sentence he shotild Pilbs,slor A
tohe nothingn
.ro J , Loerlsde;
him,
have reference only
Sill—Then, t° the facts proved a
was guilty ofMp Ito litsh/'
err.inPryarl has dare-
nuate that I '
T remarkseooo4
suelf_r.r_AßßY entreatedfromthe convictedCopurrits
efonrerp.rotection
h It ,ConDER (addressing er) said but
iafryeoitin
wtheerepoinsitsionmoufehanordinary convictedl teilrdicaniot
you to use such language to a member ailleff
. was a great cruelty that
higher position, CO ,_
Sill said it
permitted in the court. - ,1 which
The REcoßDEß—Nothing has been permitte,. 14
is unusual, or which is • 0ofe" '
not allowed in the cas
poor man.
Sill then adverted at groat length to his proc
ce(2l
in connexion with the prosecution of Broome,
and
fi,
:lfattibdeersriettld be
lectiy and vehemently declaring his innocence, au aocl
conspiracy. gl')gthat he was the unfortunate object of Perkitifors,
iwrnansocyards the conclusion he said he thanked Go" s liiii
mw His address occupied nearly SWO bo there
innocence,
teanother tribunal before which he could Pr°svde to
as probably an application would be
,fe,, rells,
the Courte of Queen's Bench to strike him off t',7, had
and he would be then called upon to show that '
been improperly convicted. a in
The RECORDER stated that he entirely collorrtiesoner
the verdict of the jury, and then sentenced the P P ori
bo od
to two
computed
imprisonment, with hard laur, the
to be putedlem his
THE LATE DUKE OF WELIIB6I-I'°.
—__________
COMMON COUNCIL.—(THIS DY.)
~,,,, at
A Court of Common Council was held this '4'4or
noon,am in tehtehCerouthnicnigl Cs,hamber, Guildhall, for the Purr the
most appropriate ti°ato of
besetnganstda tribu r,
oftakminogdeo
respect to the memory of the late bad the
There was a very full attendance of members, f.,,et
galleri
hers
es set apart for strangers and the friends o u'e ob,
Duke ot
intof p csoyni
ns igd e r a
wereserved Sir all occupied. On the aldermans belleb ;oder
man n. Peter Laurie, Sir Chapman Marshall, ~ sir
William Kelly,
Alderman Challis, Sir George ar.r_ciociort
Magney, and several other members of the -
of Aldermen.
Wellingta
elf°
The Lord Maor took the chair shortlY af,ter raped,
o'clock
and
ftbe immediate)pre viyo
e eti
g afterwards,e fo rtdbeer
ob eott;go
1.1 waste
read and confirmed. Some other routine bOstuee the
then disposed of, and notice of motion relative
t°
late illustrious Duke was called on atterlY
Mr. JOHN WOOD said he felt. that he vise ,ah file
unablem to deal with this subject in the naanner wulit,g
importance demanded, but he could not allow t!,,7,00eil
toC art to pass without calling upon the Common Lid,`", tbot
tdo something which should convince the puble'i_,,,,s
had recently sustained —(11W, hear.)
and sympathised with the ereat loss which the cotr',lo
its., had lost its most illustrious son, and EarePe of the
metropolis,
most brilliant ornaments, and it was the dutl civic
tropolis, through the instrumentality of its Allob
authorities, to mark its sense of the loss !_ibute
The coati
rem' Jo(
theo f nation had sustained by paying some worthy t/ijeof,
Lord Derby, respect to the memory of the great warrior. --1/40. of
hear.) The Court was already aware from the lows tee
illustrious Duke's St. i• •
y, that her Majesty was anxious to 130„ads
mortal remains deposited in i there
by the side of those of Nelson, and the CitY }lad witir
fore an additional reason for moving in this raatterediees
fort
a moment's delay.—(Hear, hear.) It vi'so rice sr eet ;
f him to recall the events of the late Dulter''' (gear,
every line in his life was a history in itselv--mo ewe
ohear.) He had fought the battles not only of '•-, oria
and
dntry but of Europe, and when his stoto wed
able head had restored peace, aucl Paled,
his native land upon the highest pinacle of mailer/ gear,
( •
ho became one of England's greatest states 0.0
hear.) The illustrious Duke, although he WO la!, sove
tho general's baton, was still at the service Of 131,0dereci
reign and his country; and his master reindbrer efleebtiiri
them as much service in the council cham
skill and courage had done on the field of battle.---Lioti to
hear.) It was, therefore, the duty of this Corpor.l spect
loose no time in resolving that some mark 0..... f rteueor,
should be paid to the memory of the late Duke' ovi t°
hear.) He did not call upon the Council tit° tas•
determine what that mark should be, but shoPll a the°,
solve that some mark of respect should be paid, au ns ot
leave it fora committee to report upon the beest °lelber°,
putting the resolution in force.—(Hear, the greP
was a precedent for this course in the equa./„t; ti tc)
fNoellloswonitainndthhee
phroespeendt
ftnlasetre woul(dchbeeerns.o),:bsice:::
to
Jige
Sir PETER LAURIE had agnee.—
, the resolution, and was convincedreat Sr (.18r1OrrepOIrsitiOn °f tbe
city of London would be the first to do justice tlc)
Mr. ut
memr.ryDoet the greast man of the age.--(Cheer9.l ,A
HALL supported the resolution. woe,
nwoats.aschtosuepldarbaeteelym.p
join the Court of Common Council in the matte; , it
ANDERTON hoped the Court of Aldermen , snit
oeyor,
hTathieseliy markthe oseftreefs
rteheet'Lworttdrito°
Aldermen,s,. and commoners of the city of Londoe•on d he
1,, _ Sir
~ PETER LAURIE said that was his wish' .„,..-,
(Iles.)
move the Court of Aldermen accorchti.a
le".) He was anxious that the two Courts shoo
CO operate togother.—(Hear.) e sPec
Mr. BLAKE suggested that the best mark el rerioto
they could show for the memory of the late illeltna oe
Ituke was, that the City should abstain from feast'"'
the Lord Mayor's Day.—(Hear, beer.) aiett as.
Mr. J. Wool) hoped there would bo no discus Use Phan
to details now, but that the mode of nutting slobe*ll,:filie
of the Court in force would bo left for,the dec u
tad
committee. "
The resolution was then put from tte chair,
carried new. con. lir Oce
A committee was afterwards nominated in pare
and the Court adjourned.
of the resolution,

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liamrsuinE.—The county police have reca bilfo
strict orders to destroy and suppress all placards .11„ tell:
published by the Peace Society and other parties, oL,,„P gal
deney top r?ye.ut men from vulunteering tor the trw
vaelato of •tiA to be raiegd is tie coluati•