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London, England, 1847-07-02 00:00:00

muter. The plaintiff took to the property, and if the
defendant had been sued as administratrix or executrix
the question would have been before the Court as to
whether she was or not. I must now leave it to [the
jury to infer that the plaintiff had advanced as a partner
—whether he acted as administrator to his own wrong
is not the question.
The UNDER-SHERIFF—That question must be settled
elsewhere.
Mr. THOMAS then called on Mr. Bradley to give evi-
dence, but he objected, as he had not been subpoenaed ;
but the Under-Sheriff held that he was bound to give
evidence. The Learned Counsel then finally put it to
the Learned Under-Sheriff whether he was not entitled
to examine Mr. Bradley to show that plaintiff had acted
as executor.
The UNDER-SHERIFF said that was no answer in the
present case, and he considered the claim had been made
out for the 11. money lent and the 31. 14s. paid for rent.
The jury gave a verdict for 41. 14s.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
WORSHIP-STREET.
A lady named Nowlan, the proprietress of an edu-
cational and boarding establishment at Upper Ulapton,
made application to Mr. Broughton for his advice under
the following circunasnces.
The applicant stated, that in the early part of thi=
year a man, of very respectable appearance, called at
her establishment, accompanied by a little boy, and,
representing himself as a merchant in the City, handed
her his card, and requested to be made acquainted with
her terms for the board and education of a child of the
age of the one he had with him. She laid before him
one of her prospectuses, and having drawn his attention
to a note there, specifically mentioning that the money
would be payable quarterly, the terms, about thirty
guineas per annum, were a,f:ceded to, and the child
received. On the first quarter expiring the account was
sent in to the residence thl parent had given, but no
notice was taken of it, and, all subsequent applications
having met a similar result, she made a personal appli
cation at the house specified on the father's card, in
Fenchurch-street, and found that no such person lived
there. By means of an acquaintance of the parent,
however, she had succeeded in again communicating
with him, but had been unable to find out his real
address, which he carefully concealed, and although she
had written occasionally to him, desiring that he would
fetch his son away, or she must herself adopt measures
to get rid of him, be had made nothing hut paltry
excuses, evidently wall the intention of leaving the
child upon her hands until the vacation expired, when
she felt satisfied he would place it in some other estab-
lishment a d defraud the proprietor in the same manner,
and she therefore wished the magistrate's advice how to
act, as she did not like to turn the poor child into the
street, even if she were justified in so doing, and it was
evident the father did not care what became of him.
Upon hearing this statement Mr. Ba UGHTON directed
Holland, the warrant officer, to make inquiries into it
with a view to induce the parent to come to terms, and
prevent a further exposure, and
Holland now stated, that he had called at the residence
the father had given, which he found to be a most re-
spectable mercantile house, and on obtaining an inter-
view with one of the partners was informed by that gen-
tleman that the person complained of had certainly had
chambers there formerly, but that he had vacated them
a long time since, and was wholly unjustified in giving a
reference there, as he was certainly a person not to be
trusted even to the extent of 101.; and, from what he
had heard of him, he was convinced that he was in the
habit of practising similar impositions. He (the
officer) had also used his endeavours to ascertain the
man's residence, but had not succeeded in doing so, and
he felt assured that he was keeping out of the way in-
tentionally.
Mr. BROUGHTON told the applicant that she should
have made proper inquiries as to the father's respecta-
bility before she received the child into her house, and
as it was now quite manifest that she had not the re
molest prospect of obtaining her money, he would advise
her to apply to the parish officers of Stoke Newington,
and, upon laying a statement of the cireumstanc, s before
them, it would be their duty to receive the child into
their workhouse.
The applicant thanked the magistrate and quitted the
court, and Holland yesterday announced that Mr. l)os•
sett, the overseer of the parish, had given directions for
the child to be paced in their union on the preceding
night.
The magistrate requests us to acknowledge his receip'
of 11. Os. 6d. from " X Y. Z." for the poor•box, which
he donor desired might he noticed in this paper.
THAMES.

Caroline Mitchell, a young woman who has given
much trouble to the magistracy, tl-e police, and the sur-
geons of the London Hospital, by her repeated attempts
to commit self-destruction, was brought before Mr.
Yardley, charged with making another attempt of the
same kind, in which she bad very nearly succf eded.
A respectable woman named Clark stated, that on
Monday night, at half-past eight o'clock, she saw the
prisoner running towards the swivel bridge, over the
London-dock entrance in Old Gravel-lane, exclaiming.
" I will—l will do it." In a moment the prisoner slipped
under the chains on to the pier head, and plunged into
the water, which is there more than twenty-four feet in
depth. IN itness was thunderstruck, but as soon as she
recovered from her surprise she screamed aloud for
help, and the servants of the dock company and others
procured the drags, and threw ropes towards the prisoner,
uho sank twice, and came up again, when the prisoner
caught hold of one rope, and a Young sailor was lowered
down by the side of the perpendicular wall, and, while
she faintly held on, he seized her round the waist, and
saved her. The prisoner was taken to a public-house
near, and after some time had elapsed she was restored.
When the prisoner came to her senses, she raved and
said, " Why did you not let me go to the bottom ? I will
destroy myself."
John Putt, a police-constable, 177 K, sad the pri-
soner once threw herself into the Thames, and after a
great deal of trouble was resuscitated, and since then
had made other attempts on her life. On Monday
night ho met the prisoner in Old Gravel-lane. She
was then drunk, and said "I intend to do it, I will ;"
and ran away from him. The prisoner was a woman of
the town, and had just come out of prison, after being
confined in default of finding sureties to keep the peace,
in consequence of her having attempted to commit
suicide. Ile knew that she had made, similar attempts
repeatedly.
James Wittleton, a police constable, No. 173 K, stated,
that the prisoner was charged with attempting to drown
herself about three months ago. She then selected the
same place as she had done on Monday night, and was
with difficulty saved by the medical attendants and others.
after she was locked up in the station-house, he heard a
rattling in the throat during the night, and upon open-
ing the door of the cell in which she was confined, he
found a lump of oxalic acid in her mouth, which he
took from her, and he had got it now. She was taken
to the London Hospital, where she remained for several
weeks before she was cured.
The prisoner, who treated the affair with much uncon-
cern, said she had nothing at all to say.
Mr. YARDLEY doubted whether the prisoner was a fit
person to be at large at all, and said, that the public
ought not to be shocked by these repeated attempts on
the part of a woman to_commit suicide without taking
some measures to restrain her. He should commit the
prisoner for trial for the misdemeanour in attempting to
commit self-murder.
SOUTHWARK,
Thomas Buckly was. charged with breaking into the
premises of Mr. William Jenkioson, leather merchant, of
York-place, Kent-road, and stealing forty-five dozen of
dressed skins.
On the night of the 16th ult. the complainant's pre-
mises were forcibly entered, and forty-five dozen of
dressed leather skins carried off. Two days afterwards
nine dozen of the skins were discovered in the house of
a man named Armfield, a tailor in Bermiedsey, who
with his son, a young man in the leather trade, was
taken into custody on suspicion of being concerned in the
robbery. After undergoing two examinations, however,
the Armfields were discharged, it appearing, that three
days subsequent to the robbery the prisoner Buckly met
the younger Armfield, told him that he had forty-five
dozen.of dressed skins to dispose of cheap, and entreated
him to become a purchaser. The latter, how?ver, by
his own account, declined having any dealings with him,
and they separated on that understanding. The pri-
soner, however, not deterred by the refusal, the same
evening conveyed nine dozen of the skins to the house
of the elder Armfield, informing him that he had
had one interview with his son, who agreed to become
the purchaser of them, and adding that he should leave
them there for him, to be paid for on another opportu-
nity. Armfield senior expressed his unwillingness to
have the skins deposited in his house, but the prisoner
hurried away, and, as already described, in a day or two
afterwards they were traced to the place by the police,
and both father and son were apprehended on the
charge. When they were taken before the magistrate
they related precisely the manner in which the skins
came into their possession, and gave such information
on the subject that they were admitted to bail until
means were devised for the apprehension of the real
offender. This, however, was not effected until within
the last few days, the prisoner since the burglary and
robbery of the complainant's premises having r; need
himself from his usual hani4t*. He, howevw, fell into
the hands of the police by havin4--tittemptett to piz-La
gentleman's pocket, and, when tie was taken before a
magistrate at one of the West end police -conrts, he was
identified by a constable who happened
the man who had absconded and was to
won b.e predsent as
site." upon
the present charge.
When the prisoner was asked what be had to say in
answer to the charge, he admitted taking the nine dozen
skins to Armfield's house and leaving them there by the
desire of his son, who, from the price he (prisoner\
offered them for, must have known they -
honestly come by.. The prison,. -
was not concer,-1---
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..ere not
“Lso asserted that he
4n ine burglary, and in accounting for
we way in which the stolen property came into his pos-
session, said that on the I'th ult., as he was standing
nearliereiondsey Church, a young man whom he met
asked him to sell the skins for him, and offered to pay
him for his trouble; that be (prisoner) at once assented,
and knowing the Armfields to be persons not very par
ticular as to *hat they bought, so that they had it
cheap, he concluded a bargain with the son as already
described.
Both the Armfields, however, repelled the insinuation,'
cast upon their characters 4 And declared that the; :
sion oi the transaction was precisely "het, occuried o yer n
*le occasion.
Mr. SEcs committna the prisoner, and bound ove
the Amitelde witnesses on the trial.
CLSR.KENLY ELL.
AN INCORRIMBLE YOUNG THIEF.— Henry Ward, a
boy (114°10 twelve years of age, was charged with steal-
ing a pair of boots, the property of Mr. Wm. Ogle, boot
and shoe maker, of Chapel-street, !•omers town.
It appeared that the prisoner was seen to take the
articles from the shop door, and when taken into custody
by a policeman, it was ascertained that he had only
von out of the Elmo of Correction at eight o'clock thai