The Sun.
London, England, 1862-12-10 00:00:00

THE RUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENTING, DEOEMBEIR IQ, WM

Railway Station, and booked for Cherry Tree Sta-
tion, near Blackburn. When we got to the station
we walked forward to Blackburn. We separated
at Banksop, in Blackburn, and I went home. When
we were on the road to Preston, we stopped, and
George, who had the money, said there would be
about £4O; but when he opened it, it was not all
gold. He had the money tied up, and some of it was
silver. He divided the money amongst us. Weeach
got £4 Ns. 6d. The money was in a flannel. He
threw the flannel away. The day after we returned
to Blackburn I went down to Dan's. He said that
George and M'Phail were out drinking, and that
they had hired a cab. When Dan struck the old
woman's head he made it rattle. The crowbar was
thrown away over a hedge, not far from the old
woman's house at Ribchester. When we got out at
the Cherry Tree Station we met Bill Lanklen, flagger
and slater. This is all I have to say. I have given
this statement without any promise or reward. I
have been very uneasy in my mind ever since. I
thought of making this confession before I was ap-
prelicuded, but I have not done so until now."
Mr. Higgs, superintendent of police, said that he
intended to rest Hartley's case upon his own con•
fession, and he asked_the magistrates to give their
decision.

but then again there is no part of the City which
has been entirely free from either of the maladies.
"The mean temperature of the quarter, 59.1, has
been a little below the average, 62.7; and the range
of temperature has been from 76.2, that of the first
day of August, to 48.9, the temperature of the 11th
of September. The mean fluctuations of tempera-
ture during the day has been 15.5 degrees of
Fahrenheit; but in many cases the daily range has
been above 17 degrees. Nothing peculiar has been
noticed in the pressure of the atmosphere, for the
range of the barometer has only been from 29.49
to 3028, the mean of the whole quarter being
almost exactly the usual average, namely, 2991.
So also with respect to the humidity of the air, its
condition has not been remarkable. In the first
week of the quarter the amount of moisture was
nearly 90 per cent. of saturation, but frequently it
has been less than 70, and nearly always less than
80. The total rain-fall of the quarter has been
5.84 inches, and the number of wet days 42. These
are almost the average for the corresponding period
of the last four years. The temperature, therefore,
as well as the rain-fall have been such as to keep
the Thames in a wholesome condition.
" The details of this are tabulated in the last two
tables of the Appendix. Altogether there have been
1,295 houses inspected, and 796 visits made to the
common lodging-houses of the City. These have
resulted in the issuing of 622 orders for sanitary
improvement.
" The markets and slaughter-houses have been
duly inspected, ' and the officers have seized
30,8591b5., and 1,357 head of game and poultry, as
unfit for human food ; 19,3381b5. of the meat were
diseased, 7,9351b5. were putrid, and 3,5861b5. were
from animate that had died from accident or disease.
It consisted of 100 sheep, 33 pigs, 5 calves, 207
quarters of beef, and 162 joints of meat. Lastly, it
may be mentioned that 20,3941b9. of the meat were
seized in Newgate and Tyler's markets, 6,9501b5.
at Leadenhall, and 3,5151bs of it at Aldgate. All of
it was at once sprinkled with carbolic acid—the
creosote of coal-tar—and then sent to the boilers.

The magistrates then committed Hartley to the
next Lancaster assizes for trial.
The prisoner, William Woods, who had: been
apprehended as an accessory, was then placed in
the dock ; but there appeared to be no evidence
whatever against him, and the magistrates dis-
charged him " without the least taint upon his cha-
racter."
The examination of the prisoners was resumed
yesterday,when about 30 witnesses wore examined,
all of whom, more or less, corroborated the state-
ments made by Hartley, who has been received as
queen's evidence.

GROSS INHUMANI7Y OF A MOTHER.

Yesterday morning Mr. H. Raffles Walthew, the
deputy coroner, resumed the adjourned inquiry at
the Wellington Tavern, Cannon-street, St George's-
in-the-East, respecting the death of Margaret Jack-
son, aged 15 months, who died, from starvation and
negket, in the workhouse of St. George's-in-the-
East. The mother of the child was present by the
authority of Sir G. Grey, the Secretary of State, in
charge of the police inspector (Allison) of the K
division. _ _ _

"During the quarter, three persons have been
brought to justice, and convicted for having sent
diseased meat to the City markets. They are Win.
Samuel Speller, of Woodford, in Essex, who was
sentenced to six months' imprisonment ; William
Neville, of Kingston, in Surrey, who was sentenced
to three months' imprisonment and £5O penalty ;
and William Crust, of Ashford, in Kent, who was
fined £lO and costs."
The Court after transacting some other business
adjourned.

It will be remembered that the mother had been
charged with a violent assault on Mrs. Johnson
with a poker, because she remonstrated with her on
her bad treatment of the deceased, although she was
married and drew £2 ss. a month from her husband's
half-pay. She earned money besides, and was con-
stantly in the habit of leaving the child without
food, locking it up in a room, so as to prevent any
access to the child. She would go out drinking at
public-houses and leave the child for days together.
Upon the resumption of the inquiry,
The A.,,sistant to Dr. Turtle was examined at

length, and said that he knew the mother as a
drunken woman, and when he was called to see the
child she was lying dead drunk under the bed. The
deceased was quite naked, with the exception of a
few dirty rags upon it. He found the deceased
dying, and much emaciated from long-continued
neglect and starvation. The child died on the fol-
lowing day, and when he called he heard that the
mother was in custody for an assault. After some
other evidence, ♦
The Coroner summed up the case, and remarked
on the evidence, when the jury returned a verdict
of Manslaughter against Margaret Jackson for caus-
ing the death of her offspring.
The prisoner was then fully committed for trial
at the ensuing sessions of the Central Criminal
Court, Old Bailey.

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and observed that since a better perfame could be received not a fraction for his money beyond the
had from essence not containing the poison, there sample quantity manufactured under his own ob-
was no reason why any that did contain it should
nervation, and he further ascertained that M.Farina
introduced to him was a person named Imhoff, and
continue to be sold. In this case the chemist had .
that the labels, &c., shown him were the genuine
marked "poison" on the bottle containing the es- labels used by the veritable Cologne film. A diffi-
sence, but probably it was that word which sug- culty occurred in the case with regard to the iden-
gested to the deceased to make use of what she had tification of M. Farina, it being stated that there
w
purchased for a perfume as a means for destroying were no less than 34 vendors of eau de Cologne of
life. It was notorious that the poisonous essence the name of Farina in Cologne, and three or four of
the same name as the firm personated by Imhoff.
was very generally sold. Other cases were then gone into, from which it ap-
The jury found that Constance Vanden Alleele peered that Pearson, with the prisoner's assistance,
committed suicide by taking essence of bitter al- had obtained goods of Mr. Haliley, a manufacturer
mends contained in hydrocyanic acid, and that when of Earl's Heaton, in Yorkshire, to the amount of
£3OB. He held a bill of £l5O at four months, and
she did so she was in an unsound state of mind.
there was still an open debt of £l5B. The bill was
not yet due.
Mr. Ellis, of the firm of Demas, Ellis, and Co.,
of Dudley-hill, Bradford, Yorkshire, said he
opened an account with Pearson in August last to
the amount of £l5O, and was afterwards introduced
by him to Newman, with whom he represented he
was about to make arrangements that would place
him (Pearson) in a splendid position. He explained
that Newman's brother-in-law, who was a gentle-
man farmer, was about to retire from business, and
that he would place £1,500 at his disposal. New-
man!slso said he was going to assist Pearson in his
business, and asked witness to oblige him by dis-
counting some bills which he had by him to the
amount of £473. He advanced Newman £7O on
the bills, and he had not been able to find any per-
sons whose names were on them.
Mr. Tolson, of Dewsbury, said in August last
Pearson, Johnson, and Newman selected goods to
the amount of £134. The two former, particularly
Johnson, represented Newman as a man of means,
that he had a farm at Dorking, and that his wife's
relations were very rich. Witness asked for refe-
rences, and the names of Demas, Ellis, and Co.,
Walton and Co., and others who are now prosecut-
ing the prisoner, were given. He drew on Pearson
for the amount, and afterwards Newman and John-
son called and wanted him to supply a quantity of
inquiries,
grey blankets, but from other which did
not prove satisfactory, he was induced to stay the
execution of the order, and told Newman he would
supply no more goods until Pearson's bill was re-
tired. Newman produced a quantity of bills which
witness had previously seen in Pearson's possession,
and left three of them with witness, and on the fol-
lowing day deposited £7O (the same money re-
ceived from the last witness on the bills to be dis-
counted), with him to induce him to execute the
order for the blankets, and to give him references
for other firms to supply him with goods. When,
however, Newman found he could not get the re-
ferences, he threatened witness with law proceed-
ings to recover the bills and the £7O, and sent him
in a bill for watches and musical boxes, which were
not worth a third of their invoice prices. The £7O
and the watches, &c,, value £27, were all he received
for his £134, as the bills were valueless.
Walter Penn Francis, formerly under clerk to the
prisoner, was called to prove that, so far from his
master being a man of means, he had frequently
been denied to persons coming for money, and that
when sought by the sheriff's officer he concealed
himself beneath one of the desks of the office, when
his clerk gave out that he had gone to the Exhibi-
tion. He produced the prisoner's letter-book, con-
taming copies of letters written by persons who
used to come to the office in Fenchurch-street on
business. Very few of the letters were written by
the prisoner. Some of the bills referred to bore the
following names, which were read aloud in open
court—Lewis Robess and Son ; Bernet and Co,,
Southampton-street, Strand ; Martin and Co., Hat-
ton-garden ; Chabry and Co., B loom field-street ;
Kennicke and Co. ; Clarkante and Co. ; Humphry
and Co.; Poloek and Co., Bush-lane, City; Bernard
and Co., St. Mary-at-Hill; and Clermont and Co.,
Fenchurch-street.
The prisoner, in a most excited manner, declared
his innocence, and challenged inquiry into his bank-
ing account at the London and Westminster Bank,
where his transactions were entered to the amount
of £4,000 and upwards. They had made him a
bankrupt since he had been in custody, although he
was perfectly solvent, and he therefore insisted upon
the case being closed at once or his being admitted
to bail, so that he might carry on his business. He
complained that the prolonged imprisonment was
undermining his health, and he therefore demanded
to be sent before ajury.
Alderman Besley said the case had been thrown
into great confusion, and it was necessary, therefore,
to remand it till Saturday, on which day he would
accept bail for the prisoner if any further remand
were applied for.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT—DURHAM, TUESDAY.
THE BROADMIRES MURDER.
The jury found a verdict of guilty againet Cox
and his wife. They were both sentenced to death.
The bitter, however, was respited, being enceinte.
It was a late hour before the case concluded.

OXFORD CIRCUIT.—SIIREWSSUAY, Dec. 8.
(Before Mr. Justice Mellor.)
Elizabeth Boughey, a married woman, aged 35,
was charged with the murder of Clement Boughey,
on the 13th August, at Drayton-in-Halls.
Mr. Boughey and Mr. Warren prosecuted ; Mr.
Benson defended the prisoner.
It appeared that the prisoner, while a pauper in
the Drayton Union, was delivered of a male child,
the subject of the present charge, on the 28th July.
On the 13th August she left the Union, taking the
child with her. Previously she had remarked to a
witness named Stubbs concerning the child, that
" it would not take much to kill a little buffer like
that." This observation was supposed at the time
to be uttered in jest. When she was about half
a mile from the Union she was seen to beat some-
thing in a bundle against several gates. The bundle
was opened, and the child was found dead within
it. Dr. Saxton examined the Ludy bhui Ely after
it was discovered. He found many bruises on the
head, and one very severe one behind the right
ear,- from which blood was oozing. He made a
post-mortem examination the next day. He found
that there was a fracture of the skull, and gave it
as his opinion that the death was caused by violence
such as might be inflicted by striking it on a gate.
The child was in a healthy state. It was scarcely
cold when first examined. The effusion of blood
under the skin satisfied the doctor that the bruises
were caused during life. There was a ligature round
the neck of the child, but not sufficiently tight to
cause suffocation. On cross-examination Dr. Sax-
ton said that the total suppression of milk (a sign
observed in the prisoner) was a bad sign. This
would indicate fever. Puerperal mania might be re-
ferred to hereditary causes. Dr. Saxton, who knew
the prisoner's family, said her mother was weak in in-
tellect, and the sister an idiot ; that in puerperal
mania a person might be under an irresistible im-
pulse to commit an act which she knows to be
wrong. In his opinion, the woman was allowed to
leave the Workhouse too soon. From what he heard
he thought the prisoner very likely to have been
t subject to the puerperal mania.
The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and sen-
tence of death was pronounced.

WESTERN CIRCUIT.—WINCTIESTER, Dec. 9
(Before Mr. Justice Byles.)
Joshua Oldham was indicted for maliciously
wounding Martin Gibbs, with intent 'to murder
him. There were other counts in the indictment
charging different intents.
Mr. H. T. Cole prosecuted, and from his state-
ment, which was afterwards proved in evidence, it
appeared that the prisoner was a convict in Portsea
convict prison. On the 17th of November the
prisoner, with other convicts, was employed in the
dirt ground, sorting rubbish that was taken out of
the ships and putting it into carts. The convicts
were furnished with shovels for the purposes of
their work. On the morning in question the pri-
soner neglected his work, and picked up bits of
biscuits and carrots, contrary to the prison regula-
tions. Gibbs, the warder who had charge of that
party of convicts, desired him to attend to his work.
For a short time he did so, but then he again
picked up bits of biscuit. Gibbs then told the pri-
soner he shouid report him. In it minute or two
after this the prisoner came across to Gibbs and
said, " Master, are you going to report me ?" Gibbs
told him to go on with his work. The prisoner
said, "I will, sir;" but almost immediately after he
turned round an struck Gibbs a violent blow on
the side of his head with a shovel. The effect of
the blow was to fell Gibbs to the ground. The
prisoner then struck Gibbs another blow with his
shovel on his head while he was on the ground. The
prisoner was about to strike a third blow when a
workman named Slade rushed forward and pinned
the prisoner's arms and made him drop the shovel.
Gibbs then called to the convicts to assemble
and go in. The prisoner then said, " There are
too many hero for me to complete my business."
This observation, however, was very differently
related by two persons who professed to have heard
the prisoner's statement. Gibbs had suffered very
much from this ill-treatment.
The prisoner, in his defence, said he admitted
having struck Gibbs, but he did not intend to kill
him. He was irritated because Mr. Gibbs had
threatened to report him.
The learned Judge, in summing up, said it was
for the jury to say whether the prisoner's real in-
tention was to kill and murder the officer, or
whether his intention was such as was charged in
the other counts of the indictment. It was a very
serious case, and they must exercise great care.
The jury found the prisoner guilty, with intent
to do grievous bodily harm.
The prisoner was then sentenced to 15 years
penal servitude ; but, as he was being taken from
the bar, asked how it was to be carried into effect.
We presume, if he does not obtain one of Sir Joshua
Jebb's tickets, ho will in time discover how the sen-
tence will be carried into effect.
Robert Oldham was indicted for uttering a forged
check.
Mr. Way prosecuted; and Mr. H. T., Cole ap-
peared for the prisoner.
The prisoner pleaded guilty.
Mr. Way said he was instructed by the directors
of the London and County Bank that this young
man, staying in the house of Mr. White, and being
in want of money, and knowing Mr. White had an
account at the London and County Bank, had been
tempted to utter this check. The directors said it
was a case in which they would wish to recommend
the prisoner to mercy on account of his extreme
youth. No loss had occurred to any one, and he
rusted his lordship would be es merciful as he
,hought would be consistent with the ends of jus-
,ice.

MARYLEBONE.—DESPERATE ENCOUNTER.— I
A determined, desperate-looking fellow, apparently
about 35 years of age, who gave the name of Henry
Hearne, bootmaker, of Somers-town, alias Wells,
the sweep, was charged with breaking and enter-
ing the house No. 9, St. George's-terrace, Regent's-
park, and stealing therefrom a large amount of
property belonging to Mr. G. Dalzell, Prisoner
was also further charged with a series of despe-
rate assaults in order to effect his escape.
Mrs. Dalzell said—l returned home last night,
having been out to dine, about half-past eight, and
found the house in the possession of an inspector of
police. From the cupboard in my bedroom T missed
a deal of property. (Witness enumerated a large
quantity of property, consisting principally of male
and female wearing apparel.) The wardrobe and
drawers were pulled to pieces and ransacked, but
nothing taken out. There was fresh blood on the
shirts, which had been pulled about. There was
also blood on the wall and on the stairs, and on the
mantel-piece and table in the drawing-room as well
as on the door there were marks of bloody fingers.
Nothing had been taken from this room. In fact
there were blood marks all over the house.

Thomas Brady—l am minding the house No.
1, St. George's-terrace. Yesterday afternoon,
between four and five o'clock, I went out
for an errand, and on my return found the
area door and window broken open. This induced
me to search every room in the house, and on look-
ing out of the attic window I found an umbrella.
Standing in the gutter of the roof of No. 2 was
the prisoner without hat or shoes. He spoke
to me, but Ido not know what he said. I closed
the window and ran downstairs, with the view
of getting assistance, when he (prisoner) dashed
open the window and pursued me. As I got to
the foot of the stairs into the hall the candle dropped,
and prisoner seized me by the neck. He placed
his hand inside my collar and neckerchief, and
with great pressure forced his knuckles into my
throat. I struggled heard with him, holding him
by his clothes, until at length I managed to open
the street door and raise an alarm, when the pain
and pressure on my neck, as well as his blows,
caused me to fall down quite disabled and almost
unconscious. Two men came and took him, and
with these he fought desperately.
Prisoner, on being asked by Mr. Mansfield if he
had any question to ask, replied sullenly, "I do not
think it was me. I was drunk."
Barry showed his neck, and there was a very
severe bruise from the pressure.
John Blower said—l heard a guttural sound of
" Murder" and " Police," and on going to 1, Glou-
cester-terrace, I saw the last witness and prisoner
struggling on the step. Prisoner had his hared in-
side Barry's neckerchief, who was nearly strangled.
1 seized him, and with assistance held him in the
hope that a policeman would come, the prisoner
struggling and fighting desperately all the time.
White, a park-keeper, came up to assist, and after
waiting some time longer for a policeman, and find-
ing none coming, they proceeded with the prisoner
to the station-house. On the way he resisted ter-
ribly, and said to me, "I daresay you think you
are doing a good thing for yourself, but a fiver'
will do you better." This offer I declined.
['The route to the station which they took the pri-
soner was about a mile, and during the whole of this
journey not a single police. officer was seen.]
Prisoner—He has told a great many lies.
Jeremiah M'Cormick stated—A lady came out
from 11 in the terrace, and implored us to go in as
there was thieves in the house. I went through the
house and rooms, and on the roof of No. 1 I found
a pair of boots and a " billycock" hat. By the side
of the door of the cock-loft of No. 2 were all the
articles produced, and identified by Mrs. Dalzell.
At the cock-loft door of one of the houses a gentle-
man came and pointed a pistol at me, which very
much frightened me,
Wm. Welsh, a labourer, heard cries of " Murder"
and " Police," and as he ran to the door prisoner ran
against him, and he seized him.
Sergeant Mason, 28 S, stated—This morning I
went to Mrs. Dalzell's house, and found the attic
window broken open near the fastening (Witness
then described the marks of blood about the house,
as stated by Mrs. Dalzelt.) On examining the pri-
soner at the station his left hand was found cut in a
great many places, and smothered in blood. At the
station he claimed the hat and boots as his property,
he having been taken to the station without hat or
boots. The sergeant asked for a remand, as he be-
lieved he should be able to bring other housebreak-
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Mr. Cole said the family of the prisoner was most
respectable.
The learned Judge, in passing sentence, said he
felt himself placed in a very painful position,
This was a commercial instrument—a check upon
a banker. It was necessary that such cases
should be treated with severity. He had been re-
commended to mercy by the directors. His parents
had suffered more severely than any severity of
punishment he could inflict, and they were very
anxious he should be treated with leniency. Taking
everything into consideration, and that no money
loss was incurred, the sentence would be three
years' penal servitude.
Several uninteresting cases have been disposed
of during the day.
Alfred Smith was indicted for burglariously
breaking into the workhouse of the guardians of
the poor at Southampton.
Mr. Bere conducted the case for the prosecution.
The evidence went to show that the workhouse
bad been broken into, and a very large quantity of
articles stolen, and that the prisoner two days after-
wards was found offering the goods for sale at
Winchester.
The jury found the prisoner guilty of larceny,
and he was sentenced to six months' imprisonment,
with hard labour.

POLICg INTELLIGENCE.—Dec. 9,

GUILDHALL.—ALLEGED CONSPIRACIES TO DE-
FRAUD.--Ferdinand Arthur Newman, alias De Nie-
mann, described as a merchant, of Fenchurch-
street, residing at 48, Coleshill-street, Pimlico, was
brought up before Mr. Alderman Besley for further
examination relative to the charge of conspiring,wit h
a man named Pearson, to defraud Mr. Jeremiah
Walton, a woollen manufacturer of Yorkshire, of
goods to the value of about £l,OOO. There was al©o
another charge against the prisoner for conspiring
with a man named Imhoff, to oefrand Mr. Reginald
Chauncey, a retired army officer, of several sums
amounting to about £6O.

The circumstances with regard to the first charge
have already appeared, hut With reference to the
second charge it transpired that a person of the
name of Imhoff, alleged to have been acting in col-
lusion with the prisoner, represented himself as the
well-known manufacturer of eau do Cologne, Johan
Maria Farina, and agreed to sell the recipe for
making the scent for a sum of £lO, Newman under-
taking, on being admitted a partner with Mr.
Chauncey, to manufacture the eau de Cologn© at
such a low figure as to leave a very considerable
profit. A sample quantity was manufactured in Mr.
Chauncey's office with success, upon the strength
with
gth
which Mr. Chauncey was induced to pa
other sums, amounting in the whole to aboutr £6O,
the purchase of materials for
,manufacturing pur-
poses. 'lt however appeared that ,Mr. Chauncey

SOUTHWARK.—THE ANTI-GAROTTE MOVE-
MENT.—'Thomas Johnson and Sarah Johnson, his
wife, the former a shoemaker, living in Barron's-
place, were placed at the bar before Mr. Combe,
charged with being drunk and disorderly in the
public streets, and the female was Also charged