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London, England, 1860-02-07 00:00:00

MIDDLE,

COURT OF PROBATE.
(Before Sir C. Cresswell and a Special Jury.)
BROADBENT V. HUGHES.
Mr. Sergeant Shee, Dr. Wambey, and Mr.
Francis were counsel for the plaintiff; Dr. Philli-
more, Q.C., and 1)r. Tristram for the defendant.
The testator, Joseph Hugh Hughes, died at
Islington on the 3d of September, 1359, at the age
of 88. By a will dated the 18th of August, 1859,
he left the whole of his property, consisting of
about £4,000 in the funds, to his niece, the wifesole
of
the plaintiff, and appointed the plai
executor. The defendant, Mr. Alfred Hughes, was
the son of a deceased brother of the testator, and
he pleaded in opposition to the will undue execu-
tion, incapacity, and undue influence.
The deceased was formerly a surgeon in the Royal
Navy. He was taken prisoner at the siege of Dant-
sic, was confined for about 10 years at Verdun, and
returned to England upon his release when the
Bourbons were restored. He was offended at some-
thing that had been done during his absence by his
brother Charles, the defendant's father, and gave
up all intercourse with him and his family. The
wife of the plaintiff, who was the daughter of a
deceased sister, was then at school, and he had her
at his house during the holydays and proposed two
or three persons from whom she might choose a
suitable husband. She married Mr. Broadbent
against his will, and he was at first angry, but be-
came reconciled to the match in the course of a few
months. In 1842 he retired from the service, and
between that year and 1857 he travelled about a
great deal on the Continent and in England. In
June, 1857, he stayed for a few months at Winches-
ter, and in Ootober went to Exeter. In November,
1858, Mr. Broadbent, who lived with his wife and
family in London, went to Exeter to see him, and
they returned together to London. He stayed with
the Broadbents, at Islington, until April, 1859. He
then expressed a wish to leave the house, because
he wanted to make a will in Mrs. Broadbent's
favour, and he thought it would be advisable to do
it elsewhere. He went to Worcester, but only re-
mained for a day or two, and when he returned to
London resided at the Glocester Coffeehouse in
Chelsea. He remained there until July, receiving
frequent visits from, and sometimes visiting, the
Broadbents. In July he removed to lodgings near
the Broadbents at Dolby-terrace, Islington, where
he remained until his death. He was taken ill on
the morning of the 16th of August, and was at-
tended by a medical man in the neighbourhood, Dr.
Lafargue. Mr. Broadbent told Dr. Lafargue that he
had not settled his worldly affairs, and Dr. Lafargue
said e
was very ill, but he did not think he should die yet.
A solicitor (Mr. Bolton) was introduced that even-
ing, but he then refused to make the will. His
first illness arose from an attack of paralysis, and
on the 17th of August he had an attack of bron-
chitis. On the 18th of August Mr. Bolton was in-
troduced again by Broadbent, and Broadbent said,
" This gentleman is come to make your will." Mr.
Bolton asked him how he intended to leave his
property. 1 He said he wanted him to leave some-
thing to the son of an old friend, named Adam-
thwaite. Broadbent reminded him that both
Adavathwaite and his son had been dead for some
time, and added, " You know you said you would
leave the property to my wife, your niece." He
said, " Well, let it be so." Mr. Bolton asked whe-
ther he understood rightly that he intended to
leave his property to his niece, Mrs. Broadbent,
and he assented. Broadbent asked him whether he
would leave anything to his other nephews and
nieces. He said No!" in a very decided manner.
While the will was being drawn up the question
was repeated, and received a similar answer. After
Mr. Bolton had drawn up the will he began to read
it aloud. The testator said he would rather have it
read by the doctor, and he accordingly read it.
The testator was then propped up with pillows, and
he took a pen to sign it. He began his signature
at a wrong place, and his hand shook co much from
paralysis that Dr. Lefargue steadied it while he
signed. It was then attested by Dr. Lefargue and
Mr. Bolton, the testator thanked them, and they
withdrew.
Mr. and Mrs. Broadbent, several of their chil-
dren, and many persons who had seen and con-
versed with the testator during the last three or
four years of his life were called and gave strong
evidence of his testamentary capacity. He was
foud of reading the newspapers, he was accustomed
to converse on the various topics of the day, and he
transacted his own business. A great deal of cor-
respondence was also read for the purpose of con-I
firming that evidence. Dr. Lefargue and Mr. Bol-
ton both believed him to be perfectly competent,
and Dr. Lefargue and Mr. and Mrs. Broadbent said
that his mind remained unaffected until within a
few days of his death. His family were Roman
Catholics, and he was educated in the same faith,
and, as Mr. and Mrs. Broadbent said, he died in it.
On the part of, the defendant, Mr. and Mrs.
Hawkes, with whom the testator had lodged at
Exeter for a twelvemonth, from the autumn of 1857
to the autumn of 1853, were called, and said that,
in their opinion, his mind was then very feeble.
He was fond of reading the newspapers, and
talking about what he had read, but he did not seem
to understand it. He was visited by Miss Susan
Hughes, the defendant's half-sister, who stayed with
him for a short time, and was taken by him about
the neighbourhooil. In the autumn of 1858 they
thought he was getting worse, and communicated
with Mr. Alfred Hughes, his nephew, the chief of
the police at Bath. Mr. Hughes came, but did not
see him, and it appeared that he felt angry with
Mr. Hughes, because he was under the impression
that Mr. Hughes had employed the police to track
him. Mr. Broadbent afterwards arrived, and the
testator was pleased to see him. The landlords of
the inns where he had stayed at Worcester, and of
the Glocester Coffee-house, and several other wit-
nesses were examined for the purpose of proving his
defective memory and incapacity to take care of
himself. They described him as dirty in his habits,
and further said he was unable to tell whether he
had received the right change after paying a bill,
and was accustomed to want to pay the same bill
over and over again. The landlady of the house at
Dolby-terrace, where the testator lodged at the
time of the making of the will, also said that, in her
opinion, he was incompetent to make a will. Be-
fore he vs attacked with paralysis he used to go
out for walks, and he always ordered what he
wanted and paid his bills. After his attack he did
not seem to know Mr. and Mrs. Broadbent or any
one else. The most material witness, however, in
opposition to the will was Mr.b Briggs, a managing.
clerk in Sir John Lubbock's
trans-
acted business for the deceased for manywho hadyears.
ilesaid that Mr. Hughes, during the last st a fewnk,
that
monthsi s
of his life, called several times at the he bank,
mind was so feeble that he did not eveno enable understand
how to fill up the form necessary t
receive his half-pay, and that he advised him to
him to go
and live with his relations, who could take care of
him. A cheque was produced which had been I
signed by the testator a few days after the
Briggs saidakin
of the will, and had been paid ; but Mr. Bri,,
lie should not have allowed it to pass if it had come
under his notice. 31r. Briggs added that he should
decidely have refused to attest any will made
by the deceased as late as the summer or
autumn of 1859. But it was proved that in Jan.,
1859, he entertained apprehensions that his money
was not safe, invested as it was then in the Dutch
funds, because there was danger of a Continental
war, and he wrote a very sensible letter containing
directions that it should be transferred to the Eng-
lish funds, and the transfer was made.
It was contended on the part of the plaintiff that
the testator had always preferred Mrs. Broadbent
to any of his other relations, and was carrying out
an intention which he had for years entertained
when he made the will in her favour; and on the
part of the defendant that his intention was to die
intestate, and have his property fairly divided
among his relatives ; but that the Broadbents in-
ducedhim when his intellect was so far gone that
he did not know what he was about to make the
will now propounded.
Sir C. Cresswell summed np.
The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, in
favour of the will upon all the issues.
His Lordship then decreed probate.
The case has occupied three days, and was not
concluded until seven o'clock.

NARROW ESCAPE OF A DETECTIVE OFFICER.—
Sergeant Jarvis, of the City detective force, had a narrow
escape on Saturila
racea some time since. from a fate similar to that which befel
ten cived information
A few days ago, Inspector Hamil-
Walter, ar.:ea
had absconded
that a man named Wm. Moore
ar,
confectioner of I(' from his employer, Mr. Bas-
sett,kis
employer. on,
Saturday Sheffield, with £lOO, the property of
morning Mr. Bassett, Accom-
panied by a Sheffield consl, arrived in town, and a clue
having been obtained, secured the assistance of Sergeant
Jarvis, who succeeded in arresting Walter, who was placed
DI
r. the cab with the officer and
in-
formed Jarvis that ho had reftce(ivelr. Bassett, who dathreatening lett,r
from the prisoner, intimating
that he .could,.alliloiosa suddenlyawout the
brains of any person who arrested him.
seized his arms, and discovered that he held
ready cocked, in each hand, concealed beneath
which
tehaepilsotco)hsle:
sleeves of one of the fashionable Inverness capes
wore. fie was immediately disarmed, though not without
some difficulty, as he is a muscular and determined young
rum. On arriving at Bow-lane station-house he was
searched and the pistols examined. One contained two
bullets, and there is every probability that, if Sergeant
Jarvis had not displayed great courage and readiness, the
prisoner would have attempted his life. His apartments
were subsequently searched, and MO if e.
a gold
watch, and other articles, were discovered. In the evening
he was conveyed to Sheffield,
uic
handcuffed, as there was reason
to suppose that he would atteznpt side.

The February General Sessions commenced this
morning at the Guildhall, Westminster, before Mr.
Bodkin, Assistant-Judge, Mr. Payne, deputy, and
the following very full bench of magistrates :—Mr.
pownall, chairman • '
Mr. John Bentley, Mr. H. H.
Harwood, Col. W. Wood, Mr. Wolsey, Mr. T. E.
Baker, Mr. White, Mr. Parbury,Mr. Beetham, Mr.
Halsey, Mr. E. AV. Cox, Mr. llogarth, Mr. l-
Harvey
Lewis, Mr. T. Cotterell, Mr. Rankine, Mr. Fau
coner, and Sir James Tyler.
The calendar contains the names of 61 prisoners,
54 charged with felony, and 7 with misdemeanour.
SOLDIERS' BELTe.—Two powerful-looking young
guardsmen, naened George Hales and Chas. Hum-
phreys, were indicted for unlawfully and maliciously
assaulting and inflicting grievous bodily harm upon
Henry Summerfield and George Stevens, police
constables, in the execution of their duty.
Mr. Cooper conducted the prosecution on behalf
of the Treasury. The prisoners were not defended.
It appeared that on the night of the 18th Jan.
the prisoners were at the Clock-house Tavern,
Knightsbridge, where their conduct was of the
most riotous and disgraceful character; they were
quite drunk. The constable Stevens, 266 A, was
called upon to remove them, and Hales went away,
but returned and wanted to go in again, but the
constable would not permit him. A mob had col-
lected, and Humphreys came up, unbuckled his
belt, and with dreadful exclamations said he would
use it upon the first person that came near him.
Hales rushed into the crowd and struck a poor old
woman, and also Lieut. Gilbert, of the West York-
shire Militia, who was standing by. Hales was
then taken into custody, when he fought and kicked
desperately, one kick being of so severe a nature
that the constable's stocking was saturated with
blood from the wound it caused. Humphreys struck
at Summerfield's head with the buckle end of his
belt; and the blow cut a piece nearly out of his hat,
one side of which was smashed in. He also kicked
him twice in the groin, which resulted in a serious
injury, and instruments had to be used upon him.
Lieut. Gilbert stated that he resided in Montpe-
lier-square, Brompton, and was passing at the time
this transaction occurred. The conduct of the police-
men was most forbearing, and they were persuad-
ing the soldiers to go quietly home to barracks.
They used their belts indiscriminately, and one of
the blows fell upon witness's shoulder. For the
protection of the police, who were only doing their
duty, he " fell" upon Hales, pinioned him, and held
him until another constable came up. A gentleman
1 who was standing by had his chin cut open by one
of the blows, and the policeman Summerfield had
to be taken to the station in a cab. Neither of them
have been able to go on duty since, and are under
the care of the divisional surgeon.
In summing up, the learned Judge said the con-
duct of Lieut. Gilbert was deserving of the utmost
praise, and he was entitled to the thanks of the
Court and of the public for what he had done.
The Jury found the prisoners guilty of the whole
charge.
The Assistant-Judge told them that their conduct
had been of the most atrocious character. They
had merely urged in their defence the old plea of
intoxication. That, in his opinion, was rather an
aggravation of their ease, for they wore the Queen's
uniform, and ought rather to be the first to preserve
order than, as they usually were, the first to break
it by attacking the police, who were the servants cf
the public and engaged in the duty of preserving
order and protecting the public. They were armed
with these belts, which were really weapons of a
very dangerous description, and it was impossible
to tell the amount of mischief and personal injury
that might be inflicted with them in the hands of
savage, drunken men. They had thoroughly dis-
graced the coats they were wearing. The peace o a
f
the town was not to be outraged in this way, and
severe example must be made of the prisoners, each
'of whom he sentenced to hard labour for one year.
James Murray, 39, was convicted of an assault
upon James Simmons, a police-constable in the ex-
ecution of his duty. The constable found the pri-
soner drunk on a door step, and was about to get
him to go home, when he turned suddenly upon
him, threw him down and dashed his head on the
kerb stone, cutting the skull open. The prisoner
was a Scotchman and a habitual drunkard. He
admitted himself that his character in this respect
was and always had been very bad.
The Assistant-Judge said, the sentence of the
Court he was about to pass would alter it for at
least six months, for which period he must go to the
House of Correction and be kept to hard labour.
(Before Mr. Payne.)
Frederick Alexander Thompson surrendered to
take his trial on an indictment, in which he was
charged with having stolen a number of cubic feet
of gas, the property of the Gaslight and Coke Com-
pany.
Mr. H. Giffard was counsel for the prosecution ;
the prisoner was defended by Mr. Ribton and Mr.
F. H. Lewis.
It appeared that the prisoner had been in the oc-
cupation of a room called Roseman-hall, in Rose-
man-street, Clexkcnwcll, which he let out rut tem-
perance lectures, balls, and concerts, and the gas
was supplied by the prosecutor. In consequence
of his being in arrear of payment it was intimated
to him that the supply would be cut off, but lie
begged that it might not, as lie was under a con-
tract with a teetotal society to supply them with
the use of the room and gas for lectures two or
three nights a week, and said it should be paid ' • he
offered first half a sovereign, and then said he
would endeavour to get £l. After a second applica-
tion the fitter went and cut the gas off from the
main, took away the supply pipe, that is, the piece
which passes from the main to the meter, and
plugged up the hole in the main, and that in the
meter also. Nevertheless the teetotal society had
their gas as usual, and the chandelier gave a better
light for at least three nights after the supply pipe
had been taken from the meter, but in consequence
of information which reached them they thought it
prudent to remove furniture and fittings, forms,
banters, &c., from the hall, when it was discovered
that up in one of the corners of the ceiling a piece
of gut had been attached to the end of a disused
pipe, which was connected with a main at the back
of Northampton-buildings, and to the end of the
pipe which supplied the chandelier, so that a supply
was procured direct from another main, the meter
having been supplied from the main in Roseman-
street. It was calculated that about 300 feet would
be consumed on each of the three occasions when it
was used by the teetotallers (several of whom gave
evidence), and the value of which was put at
about 4s.
The cross-examination of the teetotal witnesses
by Mr. Ribton, particularly one named Penne-
father, who said he was teetotal to the backbone,
and had been so for 20 years, was most amusing,
and created great merriment in court.
Mr. Ribton, in his address to the jury, com-
plained in very strong terms of the manner in
which the company had treated this man, who had
always borne a most irreproachable character, in
resorting to the criminal law, and charging him
with a felony under such circumstances, for it could
not possibly amount to anything beyond a breach
of contract. The company contracted to supply him
with gas, and ho contracted to supply the teetotal-
lers with it, and though at the moment he was un-
able to pay up the arrears he did all he could do,
and had not the company cut his supply off, he
would have continued to carry on his rooms and
been enabled to pay. As it was ho was compelled
toof
give up his premises to another person, who had
paid the arrears, and in resorting to the mode he
getting
no more committeadsuapfpelloy from
nythatnh old
aemapnipweohueldhad
in
cutting a slice of his' own bread for his luncheon.
He declared he would
be defiedpai
a thef
oeave done the same thing him-
self, e
the extra gas company,and had the company
as
The xtragas used of course it
would have been paid.
slkfc,
asked to and
prisonere had, as he con.
sidered, been improperly d
through the meter, which was done
of his supply
in his absence,
and he thought be had a right to resortto the other
i to sup-
ply t 0
pip e, faosr
ho what
fully he
intended himself wasto upnadye rf contractor itand n
pa
purloin it, :and, if the prisoner had not d for
it
then their remedy was the County Court.
1\ itnesses to chsracter were then called.
The learned Judge said, ho thought the cone_
between the company and the prisoner was deter-
mined when the supply was cut off. It seemed to be
admitted that the prisoner placed the piece of gut
on the old pipe, by which means he got the supply
in another way, and the question was, did he then
wilfully and deliberately intend to steal the gas
and not pay for it, or think he might do so
sto tempod-
rarily, as his regular supply had been ppe,
-.salient any intention of fraud. If the jury had any
doubt about the matter they would give him the
benefit of it.
The jury retired, and after a short deliberation
Fein) d the prisoner not guilty.

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MANSION-HOUSE.—A foreigner, who gave
the name of Oralia Peake, but who had been pre-
viously accused on more than one occasion under
other names, was charged with stealing a diamond
pin, value £3 35., from Mr. Richard Taylor, of 147,
Strand, bookseller.
The prosecutor said he was looking in a window
in Cheapside, when he felt a pull at his scarf, and
on looking round, saw the prisoner withdrawing his
hand. Immediately after he found that his scarf-
pin was gone, and consequently he collared the pri-
soner, who, passing his hand behind him, dropped
the pin upon the pavement. Witness held the pri-
soner till a policeman came up, who took the pri-
soner into custody, while a lady who had picked up
the pin handed it to witness.
Sophia Carter said she saw the prisoner put his
hand behind him holding out the pin, as if to pass
it to a confederate, but as no one took it he dropped
it on the pavement. Several boys began to scramble
for it, but placing her foot upon it, she kept it there
till she had an opportunity of picking it up, and
then gave it to Mr. Taylor.
The policeman who apprehended the prisoner said
he found on him only three farthings and a knife.
The prisoner, although long-resident here, af-
fected to be ignorant of the English language, and
an interpreter was, therefore, employed, through
whom the prisoner impudently denied that he
touched the pin, or thought of doing so. •
Mr. Alderman Hale inquired whether anything
was known about him.
Mr. Goodman (chief clerk) said, yes, he had been
there repeatedly, and some gentlemen al; one time
interested themselves in him so far as to endeavour
to get him restored to his native country, but as he
vas a native of Rome, and had been banished as a
political offender they failed in this, and the pri-
' soner had ever since favoured London by making it
the scene of his predatory operations, for which he
had been several times imprisoned.
Mr. Alderman Hale said he would pnt a stop to
the prisoner's operations for a time by committing
him for trial.

BOW-STREET.—Henry Taylor, a Post-office
letter-carrier and sorter, at a salary of £BO a year,
was committed for trial on a charge of stealing
three letters, containing, respectively, a miniature
portrait, a box of pills, and a piece of knitting,
which had come into his possession in the course of
his duties at the General Post-office.
On Saturday the prisoner was detected by Smee,
the police officer attached to the General Post-
office, in the act of destroying and concealing the
envelopes of several letters, and appropriating their
contents. He was taken into custody, and the
letters being traced by means of the fragments of
the envelopes (which were put together so as to
render the addresses legible), the owners of the
three articles mentioned were discovered, and the
property identified. At his lodgings were found
several pocketbooks, of the description generally
used for Christmas and New Year's presents, all of
which had evidently passed through the post, the
impressed stamp being plainly legible on the
leather covers, as if it had penetrated the envelopes
in which they had been enclosed.

WESTMINSTER.—Owen Gullivan, an itine-
rant fishmonger, was charged with violently stab-
bing and wounding his wife Eliza in the throat.
The prosecutrix, who appeared in so weak a state
as to be scarcely able to give evidence, said that on
Saturday night she went to Regent-street, West-
minster, where she met her husband with his
barrow crying his fish for sale. She asked him
how he got on, when he complained of being very
unsuccessful, and swore at her loudly. As he
turned directly, with the intention as she thought
of going home, she followed him to give him the key,
which he took. Shortly after that he took some-
thing from his barrow, immediately upon which he
hurried towards her, and without uttering a word she
felt that he had given her a blow in the neck. It
was with a knife, and she became insensible and
knew nothing more. A very large knife with a
long, sharp blade, such as is used by hawkers of
fish, was here produced and identified by the pro-
secutrix as the one carried by her husband With

his barrow.
James Tanner, a clerk, confirmed this statement.
He saw the man suddenly rush towards the woman,
who immediately afterwards cried out " Murder!
I'm stabbed," and on going to her he found her
bleeding profusely from a wound in the throat.
John O'Brien, 269 B, proved apprehending the

prisoner, who said he was very sorry.
A certificate was handed in from Mr. William
Peale, of Marsham-street, Westminster, which
stated that he had examined the complainant, and
found that she had a long incised wound on the
neck, inflicted by some sharp instrument. She had
lost a considerable quantity of blood, and the wound
might have proved fatal.
The prisoner was remanded for a week.
John Jackson and John Davenport, privates in
the (31 & vriadtel O uaL la, -yr cro oh.oxisua with the fol-
lowing gross outrages.
Emma Rigalsford, 11, Lower Simmonde-street,
Chelsea, a very respectable looking young woman
of 19, said that, between 11 and 12 on Sunday
night, she and her father and mother had just left
Buckingham-gate, and were crossing towards James-
street, when being overtaken by rain, her father
stopped behind to put her mother's cloak over her
bead, and complainant got a few yards in advance.
At that moment Jackson came up, laid hold of her,
and tried to turn her cloths over her head; she
screamed out and got away from him, and was about
to run across to her father and mother when both
the defendants caught her together and threw her
down. Her father came up, when they attempted
to strike him. He called for the police, and Daven-
port, taking off his belt, was about to use
it, when, seeing a policeman coming up, he put it
on again.
The mother and Elizabeth Mitchell, a young wo-
man who was passing, confirmed this account. The
defendants used very bad language to the mother,
and while the father was stooping to pick up his
hat, which they had knocked off, they pushed him
down in the mud, and served the mother the same,
and the latter and the daughter's clothes were so
spoiled that they could put none of them on that
morning. Mitchell added, that she heard Daven-
port ask a gentleman to give him the price of a
pot of beer or quartern of gin. The gentleman re-
fused to do so, when Davenport said that if he did
not comply with his request ho would give him
"domino" with his belt, which he was flourishing
at the time in his hand. The gentleman ran away
and the soldier after him for some distance, when
he returned to his comrade, and then the attack
was made upon complainant.
The police proved that both the defendants were
drunk. Jackson walked quietly to the station ;
but Davenport threatened to knock somebody's
brains out.
Mr. Paynter wondered what the sentry and
picket at Buckingham Palace and Wellington Bar-
racks could have been about while this was going
on ; he should have thought, if there had been any
place in London free from risks of this sort, it would
have been the particular spot where this affair hall
occurred. One would have conjectured that at the
entrance of the Queen's Palace no outrage of this
sort could have been committed without the inter-
ference of the sentry or picket.
The constable said the disturbance was so great
that he had heard the cries from a distance.
The sergeant of the Grenadiers who was present
said, that if the sentry had been on the alert the
soldiers would have been taken by the picket.
Davenport said he never touched the girl. The
other prisoner made no reply.
Mr. Paynter said they had both disgraced the
uniform they were by the commission of this gross
outrage. It was disgraceful that a respectable girl
returning home with her parents on a Sunday
night could not pass along the streets without being
attacked by soldiers in this shameful manner. It
was fortunate for them that they had not used
their belts.
Davenport was committed for two months, and
Jackson for one, with herd labour, in the House of
Correction.
ract

WORSHIP-STREET.—Edward Leach Leake,
a middle•aged man of respectable appearance, was
brought up for final examination, charged with
fraud.

haTdhfeorpari
upon tradgsmentalinde
him-
self as the secretarycint
slnonnaer, it was detailed some weeks since
to them, a
City,
i onbrt been es
officeri in
ando tfh
are
et
prharadebseiestn, of
representing
protection calling
offered to collect any debts
owedorLec.wieniivgs
e, tdohfemirEo.lrve-Ipni a
2, i
sfsouwe ny legallyhe w atsh the
statedpe rio nbuy wmhio
..
society in the
than £2OO, without
having
benefit to prosecution, to have
eber given into cus-
todyimin tad
any-
body but himself, and,
so defrauded,
against hpini, and, on his
,ouse presenting,
by one person whom
Detention, tio
hisn,
beingw as
idlislielple:lsndeneother cases were gone into
being remanded tpoartahloysHis
there struck with
thenex t
officers, brought
a most
t supportednl miserable
ebayn of
appear-
ance. Ile himself entreated mercy, saying
t•urgeon of the gaol had assured him he wouldnetvhe
recover, but the magistrate had a doubt of
and, the prisoner having formally pleaded
guilty to one of the minor charges—minor, that is
to say, as
m. to the amount he had obtained—he was
aain re handed for the fact he alleged to be more
g
positively ascertained.
The prisoner was now apparentlyded to the
as helpless as
before, and a certificate was han
wench: from the meclie4l ofnecr of the Hotoe of

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