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London, England, 1840-08-19 00:00:00

pulled down the cottage. This is the head and front
of his Lordship's offence ; and who, under similar cir-
cumstances, would riot have done the same? In
s'imming up the evidence on the trial, Lord Abinger,
who, on all hands, must be admitted to he a most able
as well as an upright Judge, distinctly told the Jury
that the plaintiff's title had been disproved by his own
witnesses, and-that the verdict on that issue must be for
Lord Grantley ; and from the evidence offered on be-
half of Lord Grantley, he did not see how they could
come to any other conclusion than that his Lordship's
title had been sufficiently proved. The Jury, however,
in their inscrutable wisdom, arrived at a different result,
and found a verdict for the plaintiff en all the issues,
with 250/. damages ! And this Jury has been lauded
in
no
your journal
an rynearld verdict contrary nntorbalryy t law,discharging theircontrary
t o d evidence,ntlf
Learned Judge who presided at the trial—if an obsti-
nate perseverence in error when pointed out, be symp-
tomatic of a " noble discharge of duty," then, indeed,
the writer in your paper are
entitled the J urytos oaleintlboegi sev by l
honour he intended to confer upon
them.
ASSIZE IN

MIDLAND CIRCUIT—WAn;vicx, Acc. 17.
Josiah Lilly, aged 17, was charged on the Coroner's in-
quisition with the murder of Harriet Wright, aged 19.
On the morning of the 7th of May last, between three
thed to b o tdhye Dog
and four o'clock a boatman, who was on the Birmingham
canal, perceived a man's hat lying under a bridge, called
Walmer-bridge, and on approaching the same, and look-
ing about, he saw a bonnet and cap floating on the water,
when he went and got a boathook, and succeeded in bring-
incof the deceased,
Duckp
which
public-house.
b i
ewas-h ouse.
Inquiries being made into the circumstance, it was soon
sub-
sequently to the bc;rnrkie
ascertained that the prisoner and deceased had been upon
terms of intimacy with each other, and that she was
last seen alive in young Lilly's company the evening
before. It seems that upon the body being seen
by a policeman, he immediately identified it as being
a person well known to him, and he proceeded
to her father's, and, upon learning certain mat-
ters front him lie proceeded to the place of abode of
Lilly, he being at his father's house. The policeman on
going into the prisoner's bed-roam at half past five in
the morning, said he was come to arrest him for the mur-
der of the girl, without mentioning any name, whereupon
Lilly said, " What, is she deep,' The policeman said
she was dead, when Lilly rejoined, " If I am hanged for
her I shall cie innocent." While the prisoner was dress-
ing the policeman showed him the hat, and asked if it
was his? He replied that it was, and that it had been
knocked off his head the night before its Steelhouse-lane.
The prisoner was then taken to the station-house, but was
subsequently removed to the public-house where the body
lay. Upon entering the room the father of deceased said to
Lilly, "You villain, you have done for my daughter at last,"
to which Lilly made no reply; but having his back to
the deceased, one of the police said, " Why don't you look
at her ?" to which he replied, " Oh, I have seen enough
of her." He, however, was to all appearancelinuch affected.
Ann Alitchell, an acquaintance of deceased, proved that
she met Wright and the prisoner in company together in
Cleveland-street. Deceased spoke to witness, and then
tilloweci and overtook the prisoner, and they walked away
Is the direction to the canal.
A policeman who was on duty near the canal, deposed
to seeing them in company together, and, to his seeming,
they appeared to be quarrelling. Deceased was asking
the prisoner to give her back ber bonnet and shawl,
which it appeared he had been taken up for stealing, but
the deceased not appearing against him, he was liberated
on that very morning. Prisoner said he'a bonnet her for
what she had done that morning. It also appeared from
other witnesses that moans were heard as if coming
from some person in the water—that they lasted
only a short time, and noises being frequent
in that neighbourhood, little atttention was excited
by the circumstance. A person also resembling the
prisoner was met much about the same time running
from the canal, and without a bat. The prisoner had given
two different accounts about his hat—first that it had been
knocked off by a person in passing ; the second account
beiug that the deceased herself had taken it, and that as
they were walking by the canal she threatened to drown
herself, and that he ran away and left her.
The whole was a case of eircumstantial evidence.
The prisoner denied his being guilty of the crime alleged,
and a letter was put in, written only a week before the
occurrence in question, from the prisoner to the deceased,
and which was couched in the mo t affectionate terms.
The Jury acquitted the prisoner.
(Nisi Prius Court.)
JARMAN V. TOONE.

This was an action for false imprisonment.
Mr. Jarman was formerly the proprietor of the Claren-
don Hotel at Leamington, but falling into difl:ulties had
assigned over his effects for the benefit of his creditors, the
defendant being one of the trustees under that assignment.
The business of the hotel it was resolved should be car-
ried on for the benefit of the creditors, and that Jarman
should have the management, which he had held till with-
in the last year. On the morning of the 6th May lust it
was discovered that the cash-box at the hotel had been
broken open, and 99/. taken out, and Mr. Toone, being
informed of the same, immediately gave directions for the
arrest of Jarman, who was carried before the sitting
Magistrates, when Mr. Toone, being askui for his evi-
dence, said he had none, but only his suspicion from Jar-
man having robbed the house before. This, however,
was only some little matter as to Jarman's oven account
books, when there first arose some discussion bAween
himself and the trustees. The Magistrate said, if that
was the case, h.: (Toone) had no more right to arrest Mr.
Jarman than he had to arrest any oae of them.
The Learned Counsel for the defendant spoke only in
miti,ation of damages.
The Jury found for the plaintiff—Damages 100/.

POLICE' IN TELL IGEN,

E.

MANSION-HOUSE.
A man 'named William Jones, was brought before
Alderman Pirie, who sat for the Lord Mayor, charged ,
With having attempted to pass bad money.
The prisoner, who is an elderly man, went into :the
Lamb and Flag public-house, and called for some beer,
hi payment for which he offered a counterfeit half-
crown. The boy at the bar told him the money was
bad, and the prisoner threw down another half-crown
and demanded change.. The boy observed that the se-
cond half-crown was also base coin, and told the pri-
soner so, who said that he had a shilling if that
would be preferred, and offered one. The boy per-
ceiving that the prisoner had several other half-crowns
to his band, desired him to show them, and the prisoner
having refused, said, " Oh then 1 shall call a police-
man." The person, immediately upon hearing the
• threat, took to his heels, and being closely pursued,
flung a handful of half-crowns up a gateway. The
boy collared him, and he was secured by a policeman,
and conveyed to the station-house,

Alderman PIRIE—WeII,
prlsoner, you scent to be a
wholesale dealer. What have you to say ?
Prisoner—I am a hard-working man employed at the
docks, and I know nothing about bad money. In fact,
vour Worship, I don't know the difference between
good and bad silver.
Alderman PIRIE—We shall see whether you are
not an old acquaintance of the Solicitor to the Mint.
Prisoner—Never heard of such a person.

Remanded.
A gentleman applied to the Alderman for advice
what to do under the following circumstances :—He
bad, as he passed along the street, seen in a boot-
maker's shop boots which were marked as " warranted
waterproof." He entered the shop, and asked the shop-
abnedgatno histo
shop-
man, who he believed was the proprietor, whether he
would warrant that the boots were waterproof. Having
received assurances that they were warranted, he paid
the price demanded, which was '283. When the boots
were brought home he put them into rater, which
equally good.
surprise an if:aoiurnd"tPhearitmetnhte'y
admit the element in the most liberal manner ima-
ginable.--(A considered.d alarm, he
bac
ginable.—(A laugh.) His father-in law happened to
order a pair of waterproof boots on the same day from
the scale shop, and they proved to be
An appeal was therefore made to the bootmaker, who
seemed to be quite prepared for expostulation, and
instead of apologizing, or offering to make reparation,
treated the purchasers with contempt.
Alderman PIRIE---I have no doubt the Court of
Requests would order the repayment of the money, if
the facts were proved. I think the case is very like
a fraud, however, and that we had better investigate it
here. Let one of the officers go to this waterproof
bootmakcr, and tell him to come to the justice-room,
and if he refuses, let a summons be served upon him to
attend on Saturday. _____
MARYLEBONE.

POLICE CONSTABLE-John Cap-
CoNVICTION CF A
Magistrate,
gone into by order of the Police Com-
l'Awirn.n answer charge of misconduct pre-
Ral6:liaDso,n,:vatsobrought before' the sitting
leered against him by M •
_Kensett, one of the Board of
Guardians and Vestrymen of the parish of St. Marylebone.
about eleven o'clock, as I was
Kensett resides at 66 Mortimer-street, :
(Who . , o,,ortimer-strcet, Ca-
Me.being sworn, said On Saturday
vendish-square), °n
I n
.i Tst
ihoen
ecraas. es
interfered,d and in the course of
night, the i ester-place N, •
passing down Gloucester-place, , New-road, road, I perceived
,f the way, a tall man beating a short
a struggle which
N:asinstant,
ensofe she screamed out and ac-
cused the tali man havingoAbon assaulted her, which
oorn.et.he oAppowsilean
I Hieve he did. •t a (It z.:n persons had at
this period assembled,
17 amongst. whom was the defendant,
who
was desired both 1- the female and the short man to
take the tall one into custody, but he replied, i. No, you
don't know whom and
y?U are charging,"A
seemed to treat
the matter with derision. This induced me to speak, and
I then told him that be ought to take the person into cus-
tody for two reasons, namey, that the woman and man were
ready to charge their assailant, and that it was moreover his
duty to put down such a disturbance at that time of night.
I knew. nothing about it, and desired
He answered that
tilo to go about ollii,_ hnaP.,,:,s9. ! mentioned that I
had witnessed an assan", and
sto,tter remarking to him' that
the man and woman "cm, c!1 have been very ill used!
-...,pd hint to take the. wn.?l°.;nt the parties to the
otatiott.:
th_
the b.._
r tnioht ho properly
house, in order that ~ innsti,
rated. I then crossed over to the side I came from, and
bad no sooner done no, than Lord Lake came to his
indoor ' ha'
his 'night dress, , and called upon tha
W
police to goal the 4istnrbance. 'I ' had , ' walked
on so far as . the first lamp post in CrawfOrd-strbet,
a distance of sixty
or eighty yards, when he came la se-
4ond time to his viitidow, and sprung a watchman's rattle,
reiterating his injunction to quell the riot, . when