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London, England, 1856-08-01 00:00:00

THU MUNI LON:0014; FRIbAY EVEN'INGI ATYGVIST

of 10 Igor; each for 3-yr•olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies,
Bst 81b. Gratwicke Stakes Course. 31 subs.
Mr. J. Hart's Aleppo, by Alarm, Bst 71b (A. Day) 1
Mr. Bowes's Victoria, Bst 31b (Flatman) 2
Mr. Gratwicke's Newington, Bst 71b (Pettit) 3
Betting-2 to lon Victoria, 7to 1 agst Aleppo.
Aleppo led from start to finish, and won by a neck ;
bad thir.l.

.ASSIZIC lIVTELLIOBNCE.

NORFOLK CIRCUIT.—Irenon, July g 9.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Lord Campbell.)
William Murton, aged 23, and William Patch, aged
24, were indicted for maliciously administering arsenic
to four horses, the property of their employer, Mrs. Mit-
chell, at Culford, on the 25th of April last-
INA prisoners have both been a long time in the ser-
vic-- fMrs. Mitchell, four of whose horses were fcfund
to ha' e died under circumstances which led to their dis-
ection, and the discovery that they had been poisoned
.iith arsenic. In the caurse of the case the prisoners, who
had the care of the horses, were proved to have admi-
nistered the poison to them, but under the innocent
desire of improving their coats. Under all the circum-
stances of the case his lordship directed a verdict of ac•
quittal.

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until the evening, when it was all delivered, mut ittoy
owl@ far the mon.
Mr. Itibtac—lies dl.l ytiol 13i.44
then ?
Witness-561.
Mr. Combe—Was that all you paid them ?
Witness (rather confusedly) Oh, no, sir. I paid them
altogether 79/. 17s.
Mr. Combe— When did you pay them all that ?
Witness-1 paid them two portions in the daytime.
Mr. Ribton—You have sworn that you did not see
either of the prisoners until the evening when you paid
them. You must have told a falsehood.
Witness—l misunderstood you, sir. I saw them
twice in the day, when I gave them gold, and in the
evening I paid them the balance.
Mr. Ribton—How did you pay the balance?
Witness—l gave them a cheque for 36/. and a 201.
note. Altogether I gave them 79/, 17s.
By Mr. Bodkin—l had dealings with them before in
iron.
Mr. Charles Pestland, Lambeth-walk, said he pur-
chased scrap iron of the prisoners, and paid them 7/. ld.
Moss Cohen said he was in partnership with his bro-
ther Israel Cohen, at 66 and 68, Prescott-street, Good-
man's-fields. He knew the defendants, but be never had
any large dealings with them. They always paid for
what they had. He believed his brother never authorised
them to refer to him.

Mr. Edward Parsons, the managing foreman to I
Messrs. Watney, the distillers, said he kew the priso-
ners as calling on him about two months ago, offering a
price for old iron. They looked at a steam engine, and
offered 4001. for it, 2001. in cash and the remainder in a
bill. He drew up a rough agreement, subject to Mr.
Watney's approval ; but the defendants were told none
of the property could be removed unless the money was
paid down. A day or two afterwards they came, and
said they could not take the engine. They never pur-
chased a farthing's worth of iron from the firm.
Mr. Ribton contended that the evidence he had ad-
duced was quite sufficient to show their fraudulent trans-
actions, and he asked his worship to send them to the
sessions. '

Mr. Bodkin objected to such a course, inasmuch as
all through the evidence there was nothing to show that
they obtained the iron by fraudulent pretences, In fact
it had been proved that they had had transactions with
Mr. Cohen, and were actually bargaining for a steam-
engine with Messrs. Watney. The whole affair was
only a simple debt.
Mr. Combe said he was of the same opinion. The
summons must be dismissed.
Mr. Ribton said it was a cruel case. His client had
been victimised out of nearly 1001. worth of property.
Mr. Bodkin said that most likely, had not the pre-
sent proceedings been taken, Mr. Tucker would have
been paid before.
The defendants then left the court with a host of the
fraternity.

LAMBETH.—REFUSAL OF A SURGEON TO GRANT
A CERTIFICATE OF DEATH.—A few days ago a female,
named Catley, applied to Mr. Elliott for his asshtance
under the following circumstances :—She stated that
one of her children had died, and that she was unable to
obtain a certificate of death from the surgeon, Mr.
O'Shea, who had been attending her. He refused to do
so until she paid him the money she owed for medicine
she had received from him. He claimed 3s.
Mr. E liott said he bad no power to compel a medical
gentleman to give a certificate, and he directed Saun-
ders, one of the summoning officers, to call on Mr.
O'Shea. Saunders called upon him, when the answer
he brought back was that the magistrate ought to mind
his own business. Mr. Elliott then told the applicant
to go to the relieving-officer, and request him to inter-
fere. Yesterday Mr. W. Coleman, inspector of nuisances
for the parish of Lambeth, attended with applicant,
stating that he had called on the surgeon, who still de-
clined to give a certificate, and that the body of the
child was in such a state as to be highly dangerous to
the neighbourhood. He stated that the surgeon re-
quired 33.
Mr. Elliott directed that the money should be given
to the applicant out of the poor-box.
The applicant thankfully acknowledged the contribu-

tion, and left the court. -
CHARGE OF BlGAMY.—Elizabeth Wood was charged
with intermarrying with John Riley, a brewer's servant,
her husband, John Wood, being still alive.
It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner was
married to her husband on the 4th of October, 1851, at

the parish church of St. Mary, Newington, and that on
the 2d of June last her marriage with Riley was solem-
nised at the parish church of St. Giles's, Camberwell.
On each occasion she was married as a single woman, in
the name of Elizabeth Simmonds. A few days ago she

left Riley, who ascertained that she was previously
married, and that she had gone to live with her hus-
band, who was a sailor, and who had recently returned
to England after having been away 12 months.
Police-constable 46 N said that he took the prisoner

into custody at a house where she was living with her
husband. Oa her way to the station-house she said she
was very foolish for marrying Riley, and that she did not
know what she was doing at the time.
Inspector Worels, P division, said that the prisoner
told him she only knew Riley three weeks before she was
married to him, and that she was married by banns. He
found several letters in the prisoner's apartment, which
showed that she was in correspondence with another
ma►l previous to her marriage with Riley.
The prisoner, who had nothing to say in her defence,
was committed for trial.

GREEN WICH.—A WHOLESALE PLUNDERER.—
Jnmes TVyach, a carman, was brought before Mr. Stacker,
charged with stealing half a ton of iron, several bushels
of oats and barley, some clover hay, and a quantity of
timber, the property of Mr. John Penn, engineer, of
Greenwich. _ . .

John Jennings, 251 R, said that while on duty about
a quarter to fuur o'clock this morning he was passing
Mr. Penn's factory, when he heard a noise like the
.fall•
ing of metal. He locked through the gateway, and ob-
served the prisoner in the act of moving some, which,
after placing in the yard, he covered over with straw.
He also carried a portion of the same into a shed occu-
pied by the prisoner. Witness obtained the assistance
of Brooker, 124 R, and on their return the prisoner was
still engaged removing the iron. They entered the pre-
wises and took him into custody, prisoner begging not
to be locked up, and he never would be guilty of the
like again. On searching the shed, half a ton of iron,
several bushels of oats and barley, some clover hay, and
a quantity of timber were found.
The whole of the property having been identified, the
prisoner, on being called for his defence, declined mak-
ing any reply.
Josiah Turner, 307 R, proved that the prisoner was
formerly in the service of Mr. Penn, and had been con-
victed about four years since for stealing metal from
that gentleman's premises.
The prisoner was formally committed for trial.

WANDSWORTH. THE SINGULAR CHARGE OF
OBTAINING MONEY BY FRAUD.—Mermen Sailer, a
German, who was convicted some time ago at the Cen-
tral Criminal Court for obtaining money from the porter
at Harrow School, under the pretence of procuring for
him a situation in the service of the fate Duke of Nor-
folk, was again brought before Mr. Layman, on remand,
charged with obtaining several sums of money, amount-
ing to about 201., from Christian Schneider, a baker, of
the Wandsworth-road, by fraudulently representing that
he had procured for him a situation under Government
As a grain agent to purchase at home and abroad. The
prosecutor received several letters from the prisoner
during the transaction, some of which were engraved in
the corner, "English and Foreign Correspondents'
Secretary General, 15, Duke-street, Adelphi, London."
One letter, written in German, stated that Lord Cla-
rendon had consented to the negotiations being entered
upon on behalf of the prosecutor, and that his lordship's
private secretary and the chief secretary et the War
Office had prepared the charter, which would be deli-
vered over to him by Dr. Sailer's English and French
correspondents. It had three signatures, and the pri-
soner afterwards represented that one of the signatures
was Lord Clarendon's ; the second the Hon. Mr. Pon-
sonby, his lordship's private secretary ; and the third
was Mr. Foxon's, the chief secretary. The prisoner:,
received 41. 103. on one occasion from the prosecutoil,
under the pretence that he required the money to pure.
chase stamps in Somerset-house for the charter, to corn-
plete the appointment. The prosecutor now added that
on the occasion the prisoner took him . round White-
hall, and showed him the different Government offices
where he would have to call. The prisoner said he
would have to apply to the Board of Trade for in-
structions for the purchase of grain. The Home Office
he would have to apply to to receive the order for the
money, and at the War Office he would receive in-
structions where the grain was to be delivered. About
three weeks ago the prisoner came to him and said he
must move out of his house with his family, and live
in some government store in Fulham to take care of :he
premises. During all these interviews the prisoner ob-
tained money from him under the pretence that it was
required to complete the engagement.—lnspector Proc-
tor, of the V division, said he had made some inquiries
at the Foreign Office, and had seen the Hon. Spencer
Ponsonby, Lord Clarendon's private secretary, and he
informed him that the prisoner had no authority to enter
into such negotiations. The signatures were neither
Lord Clarendon's nor his (the Hon. Spencer Ponsonby's),
and that no such person as Mr. Foxon was in the office.
—Mr. Dayman inquired if the prisoner was known at
the Foreign Office f—lnspector Proctor said they knew
something of him.—The prisoner asked the witness the
same question, and the Inspector said the Hon. Spencer
Ponsonby stated that he did not know the prisoner per-
sonally, but only from description.—The Prisoner said
he had some letters from Lord Clarendon and the Hon.
Spencer Ponscnhy, and he wished to know if he sbould
use them for his defence.—Mr. Dayman said it would
be his duty to send the prisoner for trial, and he
thought he had better reserve what he had to say
until the trial.—Mr. Taylor, the chief clerk, said it
would be necessary for the completion of the depositions
to have the attendance of a clerk from the Foreign Office
to prove that the signatures were false.—Mr. Dayman
then remanded the prisoner for the attendance of the
clerk.—lnspector Proctor said : The prisoner had also
obtained money from a young man, under the pretence
that ho was to be employed by the Government as the
prosecutor's clerk.—Mr. Dayman said : That would be
a distinct case, and the young man had better attend on
the next occasion and prove his case.—The prisoner was
then removed.—Serjeant Cooper, of the T division, was
in attendance to prove the former conviction, when the
prisoner was t entenced to 12 months imprisonment.

The aearch for the treasure on board the British fri-
gate Hussar, sunk at Hurigate during the revolutionary
war, is going on actively, but with little success. The'
ship's armament and furniture are all that have been
recovered thus far.—New York Mirror.