The Sun.
London, England, 1870-07-15 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE

' THE CHARGE AGAINST A CHEMIST.-At Bow-street,
Eugene Taylor, aged 20, alias Dr. Ralph Richardson, of
101, Drury-lane, chemist, was again brought before Mr.
Vaughan, charged with administering noxious drugs to
Julia Pound, with intent to procure abortion. Mr. A. B.
Kelly defended. The particulars of the case were reported
last week. The medicines administered had since been
analyzed by Doctors Attfield and Harvey, who proved
that the drugs contained therein were noxious and calcu-
lated to have the effect charged. Mr. Vaughan committed
the defendant for trial, but accepted bail for his appear-
ance at the Sessions.

MONEY LENDERS AND THEIR PRACTICES. —A gentle
man, accompanied by Sergeant Davey, 'of the Detective
Department, Scotland-yard, applied to Mr. Tyrwhitt, at
the Marlborough-street Police Court, for his advice under
the following circumstances :—The applicant stated that
seeing an advertisement in a Bristol newspaper to the
effect that money was ready at four days' notice on appli-
cation to Mr. J. H. Pilgrim, No. 161, Whitfield-street,
Fitzroy-square, andrequiring the advance of £l2O, he wrote
for that amount, and in reply received a letter statingthat
on the remittance of a fee inquiries would be made, and, if
satisfactory, the money would be advanced. He for-
warded the requiredfee, and shortly after received another
letter, which, as well as the former one, was signed "J.
H. Pilgrim," stating that his agent (Mr. Chamberlaine
had reported favourably, and that the money would be
advanced immediately on the receipt of £7 65., a year's
interest—that being stated to be the invariable condition
on which money was advanced. He forwarded the
amount asked for, and although he had written several
times respecting the advance, he could not get any answer.
On coming to London and making inquiries he found Mr.
Pilgrim did not reside at the address in Whitfield-street-
Sergeant Davey said he had made inquiries into the
matter, and was informed that Pilgrim never resided in
Whitfield-street, but had been in the habit of having
letters sent there for him and calling for them. Mr. Tyr-
whitt said he was afraid the applicant could not do any-
thing until he found Mr. Pilgrim, and even then there
might be some difficulty in proving the handwriting to be
his. Probably the matter might get publicity, and if it
did no doubt it would be attended with a gcod result.
Sergeant Davey said he believed Pilgrim was a travelling
photographer, and went from place to place, staying at
each only a short time, and therefore difficult to be found.
The applicant thanked the magistrate and retired.
A STRANGE APPLICATION.—A very respectable-looking,
middle-aged man, addressing Mr. Arnold, at the West-
minster Police-court, when he took his seat upon the
bench yesterday, said, " I much wish your advice to
recover my daughter, who is kept away from me." Mr.
Arnold : How old is she ? Applicant : In her 18th year.
On Monday my daughter was missed from home, and her
absence necessarily caused much anxiety. Yesterday
morning my wife, the girl's step mother, discovered that
she was at the house of her grandmother. It was imme-
diately communicated to her grandfather that I objected
to her being there, and insisted on her return
home, but the grandfather refuses to give her up.
This is my youngest daughter, and I wish her to be under
my roof. Her elder sister is here, who will tell you that
there is no pretext for her being kept from her home.
Mr. Arnold : I have no power to interfere. You must
apply to a judge for a habeas corpus. The grandfather
stepped forward, exclaiming "I am here. It is the girl's
own wish to be at our house." Mr. Arnold: As you are
here, I will take the opportunity of telling you that you
have no right to keep the child against the consent of her
father, and if he takes the proceeding I have recom-
mended, the whole of the expenses will fall upon you.
Give up the child.
ATTEMPTED MURDER OF A WIFE AND FAMILY.—
George Jackson, a fish hawker, of 52, Windsor-street,
Essex-road, was charged at Clerkenwell Police-court
yesterday with threatening to destroy his own life
and to murder his wife and' family. Mrs. Jackson
said that last night about twelve o'clock the defendant
came home very much the worse for liquor. Witness
tried to induce him to go to bed, but he would not do so,
and said that he intended to take his life. He pulled, a
razor from his pocket, and said "You had better let me
cut your throat —we had better die together." He became
very violent, and she held him down. He endeavoured
to cut his throat, and becoming exhausted she took
the razor away from him and threw it away. Soon
afterwards he jumped up, saying she had not done him
yet, for he had a knife in his pocket, with which he in-
tended not only to cut his own throat, but that of her and
the children. She succeeded in getting the knife away
from him, and he rushed towards
,a drawer in which some
knives were kept. She screamed for assistance, and her
cries of murder caused some of the lodgers to go to her
aid, and the defendant was restrained from further vio-
lence. The defendant, who said he did not remember any-
thing at all about it, was remanded for a week.

SYRENS AND THEIR VlCTlM.—Margaret Scott, aged 30
years ; Mary Burns, 40 ; and Emily Bowyar, 16, were
brought before Mr. Lushington, at the above Court,
charged with stealing a coat, value 305., from the person
of John Anderson, a seaman. The prosecutor was in-
veigled by one of the prisoners into .a horrible den in,
Bluegate-fields, Shadwell, where they lesolved in his pre-
sence to rob him of his coat. They stripped him, and
threw his coat into a back yard. He saw another woman
pick it up. James Batts, a police constable, 303 K, was
called in, and took all the prisoners into custody. The
coat was worth 30s. It was pawned in Ratcliff Highway
by a woman, who gave the name of Smith, for ss. All
the prisoners said they knew nothing about the coat. Mr.
Lushington committed them for trial.

ACTIONS AGAINST THE NORTH-EASTERN RAILWAY COM-
PANY.—At the Durham assizes on Wednesday, before Mr.
Baron Cleasby, an action was brought against the North
Eastern Railway Company by Mr. Lord, of Newcastle,
the superintendent of the agents in the northern
counties of the Prudential Instirance Company, to re-
cover compensation for injuries received in a collision
on the Durham and Bishop Auckland branch of the
North-Eastern Railway on the 22nd October. Mr.
Mainisty Q. C., and Mr. Leweos were for the plaintiff,
and Mr. holker, Q.C., and Mr. Kemplay for the defen-
dant. The plaintiff stated that ever since the collision
he had suffered from pains in the head, trembling in
the limbs, and loss of memory, and he was now unable
to attend properly to his business. He had been coin
pelled to engage assistants. Doctors were examined,
who stated that plaintiff was still suffering, and would
not be able to attend to business for some time. The
defendants did not deny that the collision occurred through
the negligence of their servants, and the only question to
try was the amount of compensation ; and they called
several medical men who expressed it as their
opinion that the plaintiff was now recovered and
able to attend to his business. The jury returned a ver-
dict for the plaintiff, damages £6so,—An action was
brought at the same assizes against the North-Eastern Rail-
way Company by Bridget Gowland, as the administratrix
of John Gowland, who was killed on the defendants' line
at West Hartlepool in October last by being run over by
a guard's van. The only question to be tried was the
amount of compensation to be paid. The deceased was
an ironworker, and used to earn Os. a day, and he has left
' a widow, a son of fourteen years of age, who earns ss. a
week, a girl nine years of age, and an in-
fant. The jury awarded £550 compensation, divided
as follows :—The widow, £100; the boy, £100; the
girl, £l5O ; and the infant, £2OO. Another action was
brought by a widow named Margaret Gilespy, to recover
compensation for injuries sustained in a collision on the
Newcastle and South Shields branch of the North-East:
errs Railway on January 16. The defendants paid £7O
into court, and a verdict was agreed to be taken for £3OO
more than the amount paid into court.
THE VALUE OF AN EYE.—At the Durham Assizes, a
Mr. Hind brought an action against a Mr. Wheatley for
an injury inflicted in an assault on the plaintiff by the
defendant, which caused the plaintiff the loss of an eye.
The plaintiff was formerly butler to one, of the halls of
Durham University, receiving a salary and perquisites
worth £lOO a year. The defendant in July last year was
with the plaintiff and some others haymaking' and after
the close of the day they, adjourned to a publichouse and
had gin and porter to drink, and much chaffing went on.
On the road home, according to the plaintiff's account,
the defendant got into a quarrel with the plaintiffs brother ;
the plaintiff interfered, and the, defendant struck the
plaintiff over the eye with a thick stick which knocked his
°pc out. He cried out " Oh, Wheatly has knocked my
eye out ; what will become of my mother and children ?" I t
appeared the plaintiff supported his mother, and had six
children. He had lost his wife. The defence was that the
plaintiff was mistaken ; that it was another man who
struck him and unfortunately knocked his eye out ; and
that what the plaintiff called out was, " Oh, some one has
knocked my eye out." The jury found a verdict for the
plaintiff—Damages, £133.

It is intended to hold a demonstration in Hyde
Park on Sunday to protest against the passing of the
Sunday Trading Bill. The chair is to he taken at three
o'cloCk in :the afternoon, and two platforms are • to be
.erected for the spoilers. . .