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been made the scapegoatlT the present conviction should
of other persons. It was a
very gross case. ...
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goer one, and it turned r
of transportation,
that prove to be a
that the Court retained the 1)01,7 ' transported prout
for
most undoubtedly this boy would tt, ont to Park-
seven years, with a view to his being D'•
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hurst, where he would be taught some .4t-
vihowever, he should turn out as he bad . - I
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done, incorrigible, then he would be sent on
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the convict ship and forwarded to another country.
He was satisfied that the eleven or twelve convictions
of which they bad heard were not the only convic-
tions which this boy bad been the subject of, and that
if inquiries were to be made at the City prisons, or at
those of Surrey, or even at Maidstone, it would be
found that he had been an inmate of some of them.
He would now put the jury in possession of the career
6f the boy. On the 18th of February, 1847, he was
seni:nced to two months' imprisonment ; in May, in
the sane year, he was sentenced to one months'
.'
imprisonOent i in July, in the same year, he was
sentenced to another imprisonment for one month ; in
the following ,September he was sent to prison for one
day, and to be ."hipped;N on the 17th of that month
he was sent for two months ; and on the 31st of
December following he was again sentenced for one
month, and to ba whicued. Then he had not been
heard of until the 231 of .jay, in 1848, when he was
committed for one month and to be whipped ; and
again on the 25th of April, in the present year, he bad
been sentenced to three months ' imprisonment, and to
be whipped. Those were the eigh.: occasions of which
a previous mention had been made, but since then it
had been ascertained that there had b: en three sub-.
sequent convictions, where the boy had .'*en sent to
the Westminster House of Correction. lie
would
now order the boy to be remanded till the
next
session. The sentence upon the other boy was his
months' imprisonment with hard labour in the West'
minster House of Correction.

POLICM E IN
ON-HO USE.TELLIGENC.A.
ANSI
John Garry was brought before Alderman Salo-
mons, charged with having defrauded the shopman
of a pawnbroker upon what is called the " duffi,ng
rig."
The proseeutor, who is employed in the neighbour-
hood of Houndsditch, stated that on the 26th of June
the prisoner called at the shop, and brought with him
a box containing what appeared to be a ship chrono-
meter. He said the article was made by Brockbank, of
Cowper's-court, Cornhill, and that it had cost 801. or
80 guineas. In consequence of this representation
the prosecutor gave him 121. in advance upon the
watch or chronometer. That (yesterday) morning
the prisoner, no doubt encouraged by the success of
the former speculation, called again, and produced a
silver watch, for which he wanted an advance. The
prosecutor, upon examining the article, found that it ,
was what was called amongst the trade a " duffer," or '
watch got up for the purpose of deception. It was
considered necessary to detain the prisoner, and place
him in the custody of a policeman, and the prosecu-
tor was the more strongly induced to secure the fellow ,
as it had been found, upon an accurate examination of
the chronometer, that the 80-guinea article was not one
of Brockbank's making, and was worth no more than
about 2/. 10s.
The prisoner, upon being asked by Alderman
SALoMoNS, after the usual caution, whether he wished
to say anything, said, "I pledged the chronometer
for a person whose name I gave at the time, and I
know nothing more of its merits."
The prisoner was remanded for further examination.
WORSHIP-STREET.
Yesterday Daniel and James Wilson, two respect-
ably-dressed persons, were charged with assaulting
and attempting to extort money, from Mr. Thomas
Clarke, a builder, residing in Bentley-crescent,
Kingsland.
The complainant stated, that while returning to his
own residence, between ten and eleven o'clock on the
preceding evening, he stopped to procure some re-
freshment at a public- house in Forest-row, Dalston,
where the two prisoners were seated with several
other persons in the parlour • but be had no conversa-
tion with either of them, as ;hey were entire strangers
to him. He remained there altogether about three-
quarters of an hour, and on leaving, noticed that he
was followed by the prisoners, who overtook him a
short distance from the house, and the first of them,
Daniel, in an abrupt and menacing manner, demanded
his address. He ordered them to go about their busi-
ness, and, refusing to give his address, asked them for
what purpose they wanted it; upon which Daniel
Wilson threw himself into a fighting attitude,
and exclaiming that he owed him money for
goods sold and delivered, insisted upon imme-
diate payment. He told them that they were i
entirely mistaken, as he had never seen either of
them before that evening, upon which both pri-
soners declared that they would follow him about all
night till they either discovered where he lived or
got the money, and then pushed him about, and con-
ducted themselves in such a threatening manner that
he became seriously alarmed, and begged them to let
him alone. The prisoner, Daniel Wilson then struck
him in the face with such force that his hat was
knocked off his head, but he was fortunately stopped
from further violence by a- police-constable who MO
been watching their movements, and who hastened up
and took them both into custody.
.Loftus, a constable of the N division, stated, that
hearing a loud altercation in the street, he went up
and found the prisoners hemming in the prosecutor,
of whom they appeared to be demanding money, but
who protested that he knew nothing of them. Witness
asked what the money was owing for, and they said
for goods, but would not specify what kind. They
both followed Mr. Clarke threateningly, one on each
side, and on witness demanding their addresses, they
both refused to give any, further than that they lived ,
in London. Daniel at length struck the prosecutor
in the face, and witness thereupon took them both
in custody to the station, on reaching which one of
them specified the " goods" as pale brandy, amounting
to 193., whilst the other increased the amount in his
version to 2/. 153., and said it was for spirits of all
kinds. The prosecutor declared he did not owe either
of them a farthing, and witness was positive that not
a word had been said in his hearing as to what the
money demanded was owing for previously.
Mr. Vann, who appeared for the defence, intimated
that though his clients were now certainly in some-
what reduced circumstances, they had both of them
formerly held a respectable position in society as
licensed victuallers, and, as he was instructed, the
prosecutor had been in the habit of visiting one of
their houses, and in that manner incurred the debt
which the prisoners had demanded the payment of as
previously deposed to.
The prosecutor, with much earnestness, assured the
Magistrate that there were no grounds whatever for
such an allegation, and that he had never upon any
occasion, to his knowledge, entered any house kept
by either of the prisoners, who were both entire
strangers to him until they had beset him in the manner
described.
Mr. HAntmiLL considered that an assault of a very
aggravated nature had been committed upon the com-
plainant, and sentenced each of the prisoners to pay
the full penalty of 5/., or to stand committed in default
to the House of Correction for two months.

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The prisoners were incapable of paying the money,
and at the close of the court were taken off in the van.
MARLBORO UGH-STREET.
PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE COUNTESS OF LANS-
VELDT'S (LOLA. MONTES) BAIL.—Yesterday, Messrs.
Davies, father and son, attorneys of Warwick-street,
Regent-street, against whom summonses were issued a
few weeks ago, calling upon them to show cause why
they should not pay over to the Crown the sum of 5001.
each, being the amount of their recognizance for the
appearance of Mrs. Heald, Countess of Lansfeldt, to
answer a charge of bigamy, preferred against her in
August last, were in attendance to answer the case
against them.
Mr. Bodkin, who appeared for the Messrs. Davies,
said he applied here to-day on behalf of the two gentle-
men who, some time ago, became surety for the attend-
ance of Mrs. Heald, Countess of Lansfeldt, to meet a
charge of bigamy. In consequence of her failing to
appear the recognizances were directed 'to be
estreated. His object now was to have the case
go to the Quarter Sessions, and he thought it would
be acting quite ministerial_ if the magistrate directed a
distress warrant to be issued against the defendants,
not that they were desirous of evading the payment
of the 1,0001., but rather that they should have time
to appeal against any decision that might be given
against them.
After some further remarks of not the least interest or
importance,
Mr. Bnicaux directed an order to be issued, and as
the amount of bail was over the sum stated in the Act,
they. would have the power to appeal at the Quarter
Sessions.
Notice of appeal was then given, and the parties lef
the court.