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London, England, 1848-03-17 00:00:00

GLASS V. lIAADDIG.

This was also a special jury cause.
Sergeant Shee, Mr. Russell Gurney, and Mr. Ogle,
were for the plaintiff; and Sergeant Channell and Mr.
fotersdorff, for the defendant.
The action was brought to try the right of the de-
fendant to exact a toll from vehicles and horses passing
along a road leading from Sydenham to Penge-common.
It appeared to be admitted that the defendant had a
right to take toll at one gate, which was erected near to
the common, and it seemed that the neighbourhood
having of late years very much increased, the owner of
some of the property had made a private road by which
the inhabitants were enabled to avoid the old toll-gate,
and upon this the defendant erected another to intercept
them. It was contended for the plaintiff, although the
road in question might have been originally the private
property of the defendant, that he had dedicated it to
the public by allowing them to pass over it for a great
many years without interruption, and that lie could not
now resume his right by erecting another toll-gate. On
the part of the defendant, however, the road in question
was clearly made out to be private property, and also
that ho had never given up his right to have it so con-
sidered.

The jury consequently found for the defendant.
GRISSELL V THE SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.
This cause, which was an action upon certain con-
tracts for the execution of one of the railway stations,
was referred to arbitration.

OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Stafford, March 15.
CROW N COURT.—(Before Mr. J ustice CRESSWELL.)
His Lordship was engaged the greater part of this
day in trying cases of a nameless description, in which
five youths, the eldest 20 and the youngest 16, were the
prisoners, neither of whom had received any education.
The jury found throe of them Guilty, and judgment
of death was recorded against them.
The other two were acquitted-
Mr. Whateley, Q C., held a third court to-day, in
order to expedite the criminal business.
Samuel Harris was indicted for a burglary in the
dwelling-house of William Jones, at Bilston, on the
night of the 14th of November, and stealing a pair of
boots and other articles therefrom. _

The prisoner, it would appear, got into the prosecu-
tor's house by raising up the bar window. The boots
were hanging up in the bar, the prosecutor being the
keeper of an inn, and were the property of his brother,
William Jones, who had placed them there the previous
afternoon, and now identified them by a peculiar mark.
The prisoner pawned them about two o'clock on the sth,
the day after the burglary, at Mr. Langman's, a pawn
broker, in Wolverhampton. Ho had three shillings on
them, and his personal identity, as the pledger, was
sworn to by the shopwoman who took them in.
He was found Guilty, a previous conviction proved
against him, and sentenced to seven years' transpor-
tation.

The JUDGE observed that a burglary in an inn do
served very severe punishment, as the property of many
persons may be frequently left in the custody of the
landlord, and, therefore, if stolen, may be fraught with
more painful and serious consequences than in an ordi-
nary case, whore the plunder was the property of one
individual oily.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.---Yorh, March 15.

(Before Mr. Sergeant MURPHY.)
Lucy Wilcock, 30 years of age, who had been out on
bail, pleaded Guilty to a charge of bigamy.
It appeared from the statement of counsel that the
prisoner was married in 1840, and that in three weeks
her husband deserted her, and they lived separate some
time. They then came together again, and so continued
for nine months, when her husband again deserted her,
and enlisted in a regiment going to India. He remained
away from this country four years, and she heard nothing
of him, and married again.
The High Constable gave her an excellent character,
and under such circumstances the Learned Sergeant
sentenced her to be imprisoned, without hard labour, for
three months only.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron Roux.)
Wrn. Chambers, an old labouring man, was indicted for
a felonious assault upon his own granddaughter, a child
only nine years old.
Evidence having been received, the jury pronounced
the ♦erdict of Guilty.
His LonDsrur, addressing the prisoner, said your
offence is one of the most aggravated I have ever known.
It is bad enough to commit such an offence with any one,
but to do it with your own grandchild has in it some•
thing so terrible that anything worse I scarcely can con•
ceive, and my only remaining duty is to sentence you to
be transported for life.
John Iveson, aged 22, was indicted for the manslaughter
of Arthur Iveson, his cousin, at Aysgarth, in the North
Riding, on the 4th of January.
The prisoner and the deceased met, and the prisoner
asked him to shake hands with him, having had seine
words a short time before, but the deceased, who was a
still more powerful man, a " navvy," more than six feet
in height, vowed ho would fight with some one, if he
were taken home a corpse, and he teased the prisoner to
fight with him, saying he would rather fight than sat
pie. At length the deceased becoming very violent, the
prisoner consented to fight, and they had several rounds.
In the last but one the deceased fell, and his head struck
against the settle, but he got up and had another round,
when his jaw fell, his eyes became fixed, and he became
insensible. He died in a quarter of an hour.
The surgeon said he made a post morkm examination.
He found a quantity of ea tbravasated blood between the
scalp and the skull, and, on the opposite side, a large
clot of blood on the brain, which was the cause of
death

The jury, after being out a considerable time, found
the prisoner Guilty, and
The Learned JUDOE remarking that it was but too
true that the prisoner, as well as the deceased, was
addicted_ to pugilistic practices, (the latter had a con
siderable reputation as a pugilist,) yet he had on that
occasion been unwilling to fight, and he should, there-
fore, sentence him to be imprisoned two months in
addition to the two months he had already been in
prison.
Benjamin Armitage, aged 26, was indicted for assault-
ing and stealing 255. from the person of Robert West,
at Utley, in the West Riding, on the 19th of December.
West was a gamekeeper.
It appeared that the prisoner, one Richardson, and the
prosecutor, left the Green Man nearly together, about
midnight. After the prosecutor got a little way on his

road home, he heard footsteps behind him, and turned
round when something was thrown in his face which
blinded him. He was then struck heavily on the head,
knocked down, and beat and kickt_xi while on the ground,
and he became insensible. Sometime afterwards he
was found in that state, his face covered with dirt and
blood, and after rEcoveriug his senses he missed his
money, twenty-five shillings in silver, which he had in
a pocket Inside his waistcoat. The ostler at the
Green Man, and other witnesses, proved that the
prisoner and Richardson followed the prosecutor out
of the house.

The jury acquitted the prisoner of robbery, but found
him Guilty of the assault ; and
Mr. Sergeant MURPHY, who tried the csao, gen-
tenced.him to be imprisoned, with hard labour, for twelve
calendar months.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
James Dewey and William Brown were brought before
the Lord Mayor in the ctiscod?ef John and Daniel For-
rester, charged with having been in possession of notes
purporting to be of the issue of the Reading Bank. A
gentleman from the firm of Messrs. Birch and Williams,
solicitors to the Committee of Bankers for Protection
against Felonies and Frauds,appearedfor the prosecution.
The solicitor for the prosecution stated that informa-
tion having been received to the effect that a plate had
been engraved in imitation of that from which the notes
of the Bank of Reading had been struck off, John and
Daniel Forrester had been employed to take the case in
hand, and subsequently the two prisoners wore observed
in a public-house near London-street, and apprehended
while attempting to burn some of the notes alleged to be
forged.
Daniel Forrester described the manner in which he
arrested the prisoners, and the discovery of the forges
notes in their possession.
The prisoners were remanded for a few days.
SWEARING 11l OF SPECIAL CONSTABLEB.—Amongst
the numerous gentlemen who were sworn in as special
constables before the Lord Mayor since Monday last
were Messrs. Masterusan and Co., Messrs. Robarts and
Co., Messrs. Glyn and Co., Messrs. Leaf and Co., and
all their establishment; Messrs. Caldicott and Co., &e.
Merchants, bankers, andltradesmen, and their establish-
ments continue to pour in.
George William Rowley, who was some days ago
charged with having drawn a cheque upon a banking-
house, without any funds there, and uttering it to
William Tent, hosier, of 21, Royal Exchange, in pay-
ment of some articles, was brought up for final examina-
tion. The following additional case was brought forward
against him:—
The assistant of Mr. Watts, of Chelsea, cheeeemon•
ger, stated that last year, on the day before the Derby
day, he was assistant to Mrs. Bennett, of James-street,
Covent-garden. In the evening of that day the defend-
ant csqbe to the chop to purchase some bacon, but was
not suited. Witness knew him from having been at the
shop two or three times before. Ile went out of the shop
and returned in about an hour, and said he had been to
Bow-street to get a cheque changed, :but (;could
not, as the party was out, and he asked Mrs. Bennett to
oblige him with change. Mrs. Bennett could not oblige
him, but witness took' the cheque, and saying he would
try and get it, went to Mr. Laurence and gave it to his
young man, who brought back to him five sovereigns,
which he took to his mistress's shep and laid upon the
counter, and the defendant took them up and said he
would call next day for some bacon, but did not.
Mr. Hay, clerk in the Western Branch of the London
and Westminster Joint-stock Bank, in Pall-mall, proved
that the prisoner had no funds in the bank at the time in
question.
The :prisoner said he could prove that he had reason
to expect a considerable sum of money would be paid
into the bank in his name.
The prisoner was committed for trial.
GUILDHALL.

A lad named John Brooker was brought before Mr.
Alderman Gibbs, charged with absconding with 67L,
upon being sent with it by his employers, Messrs.
Wathen and Phillips, solicitors, to the Union Bank.

Mr. Wathen stated that on the afternoon of the 4th
inst. the prisoner, who was one of the clerks to the firm,
was sent out to the bankers to pay in 67/., and he heard
no more of him till he was apprehended at Hull on the
11th inst.

Sergeant Robinson, of the Hull police, stated that he
received a copy of the bill describing the prisoner, and
meeting with the prisoner, who answered that descrip-
tion, in the course of the day, he accosted him by name,
with a friendly bow d'ye do? The prisoner replied
" That is not my name." Witness added, " But do you
not recollect my coming to Mr. Phillips's?" The pri-
soner then thought he did recollect something of him
and proposed that they should drink together. The
sergeant agreed, and pointed towards a house in
the direction of the station. The prisoner wished to
slip away, under pretence of fetching a friend, but
was not permitted to do that. He had only 21/. in his
possession, and he said ho came away from London be-
cause he had lost a 51. note, and he lost two more
notes at Gravesend. When he found he was in custody
he said he would give the sergeant 1001. if he would let
him go.
. _

The prisoner observed, that if the officer had agreed
to take it, he had not the 1001. to give.
Mr. Wathen said he had received a latter from the
prisoner endeavouring to account for his conduct. It
would be for the Alderman to determine whether it was
a satisfactory account, for personally ho (Mr. Wathen)
had no other feeling than pity for the prisoner.

Mr. Alderman Gilles read the letter, and said he
could not deem it satisfactory, and he must send the pri-
soner to trial, unless the prisoner could show why he
should not.

The prisoner declined saying anything, and was com-
mitted for trial.

WORSHIP-STREET.

Yesterday, Mr. Hammill, the sitting magistrate, re-
ceived the following sums fur the relief cf the widow
Sophia Barret, viz.:—Fr Mn 'l'. B. a sovereign; T. E.,
103.; X. Y. Z., 103.; C. E., 11.; A. P., Learnington, 11.;
M. L , 10s.; S. C. S., 10s.; S. D. S., B. D. S., and
F. B. L , ss. each; and 11. 11. 11., ss. in postage stamps.
The lady of an eminent professional gentleman also sent
her card, desiring that the poor widow would call at her
residence.

Maria Hodges' a rather good-looking young woman,
aged 28, remanded from last week, was placed at the bar
for re-examination upon a charge of feloniously cutting
and wounding a young man named Benjamin Wenman,
a painter and gluier.
The prosecutor, who has been in the London Hospital
since the occurrence, was now able to attend before the
magistrate, but with his head bandaged, and evidently
very weak from the great loss of blood he had sustained.
The depositions had been previously taken.
The prismer, who pleaded in her defence that the
complainant had treated her in a most heartless manner,
and after inducing her to give up her place to live with
him, threatened to abandon her, was fully committed
for trial.

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