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TN-.4f SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY _EVE-NING AUGUST I!838.

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people. Before the policy was
referee of ti
0 comps* evil, 1857, Dr. Davison, the medical
sy, reported that the deceased was in
sound he' A
leeffaevcetedda,ll! ningtht,°:9fothllorlfgei• i.
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he had no affection of the heart, lungs,
?tat; chest was remarkably well developed,
Ills bot, Asrespects a derirshle life to insure.
hhay Jere • oho residtd with him for 12 months imme-
epre:sedibg the insurance, said that during that time
the ' A nothing the matter with him, but that shortly before
vs, insurance he complained of not feeling quite so well and
eat to Crofts, a watering-place, for three weeks. It also
*peered that on the Bth of March, a month preceding the
-date of the policy, he was called up in the night to attend a
woman in her confinement and walked a quarter of a mile
ahnut 11 o'clock at night to where she lived, and remained
attending her till 3 o'clock in the morning. It was what tie
'witnesses termed a " very coarse" night, windy, and sleet
falling. He got wet in going to this bonne, and sat in his
wet clothes and shoes while be staved there. It was after
this that he complained of feeling unwell and went to Crofts.
In May—a month after the policy had been effected—he
called in Sir John Fife, an eminent practitioner in New-
castle, to attend him. Sir John Fife found hien very little
altered. He was ruddy, robust-looking, neck muscular, his
eyes bright and full. His breathing was it regular, his pulse
quick and not firm. He examined him with the stethoscope
carefully and fennel no trace a either heart or lung disease.
He had watery swelling of the extremities end he made
two punctures on each side of the tendon Achilles, from
which a considerable amount of serous fluid escaped. He
examined his urine, which was small in quantity, dark-
coloured, and of intense acidity as tested by litmus paper.
He then applied nitric acid and heat to it to test it for albu-
men, and he could discover no trace of albumen, and he had
great hope of the case. He mentioned to the deceased that
he could discovf rno albumenuria to reassure him. Had he-
discovered traces of albumen in the urine along with the
other symptoms', he should have thought the case hopeless.
In his opinion, he was then suffering from subacute inflam-
mation and congestion of the kidneys. The disorder was
functional, and there was no organic disease, and, in his
opinion, no chronic inflammation. Exposure to cold on a
raw, windy, wet night would be very likely to produce such
symptoms in any man. Thepresence of albumen in the urine
was not always indicative of Bright's disease of the kidneys;
an attack of dyspepsia or other causes of disorder of the sys-
tem might produce it. Bright's disease produced pallor and
emaciation, and he never saw any man exhibit symptoms so
entirely opposite. He was one of the finest specimens of a
healthy, robust, middle-sized man he ever saw of middle age.
This was the plaintiff's case, in no way shaken on cross-
examia ation.
For the defendant it was submitted that the answers of
the deceased to the inquiries made " Had he heart disease,"
" Had he Bright's disease of the kidneys," to which he an-
swered in:the negative, were the bases of the contract entered
into with him, and that if he knew be had these diseases
and concealed his knowledge of these facts from the com-
pany, then by the terms of the contract the policy was void.
To show that he had both these diseases and knew it when
he made the policy the fact that he himself was an expe-
rienced surgeon was relied on, and Dr. Chsrlton, of Nctvl
cattle, was called, who proved that as early a April, 1855,-
the deceased consulted him professionally and complained
that something was amiss with him. lie then examined him
carefully with the atethescope, and found that he had heart
disease and lung disease, and he advised him to avoid ex-
posure to cold and wet, and to keep himself quiet in the
pursuit of his profession. In November or December of
18.56 the deceased and his %%ifs called upon him csd he ex-
endued him again, and he found him in exactly the same
condition—neither better nor worse—and told him what his
state was. Dr. Emblem], of Newcastle, stated that iu
January, 1857, be was consulted by the deceased, and he
then carefully examined him, and inside him strip. He
found that be had heart disease, disease of the lungs and
liver, and watery swellings of the lege. On the 7th of
April, the day after the deceased had made proposals to the
defendants' company to insure with them, the deceased sent
him a bottle of his urine to examine. He then tested it
with heat, and with nitric acid, and with them both, end
detected the presence of a large quantity of albumen. He
informed the deceased that he was sorry to say that he had
discovered albumen in his urine. He forebore to say more
to him, concluding that as a medical man be would draw
his own conclusions from this, and wished not to distress
hint; hut he informed his wife, the present plaintiff, fully of
what he considered the deceased's state, which he considered
to be a very dangerous one. 0-3 cross-examination the
witness stated that other causes than Might's decease of
the kidneys in:gilt produce albumen in the urine. A vege-
table diet, if the blond got very thin, would be likely to pro-
duce it.
His Lordship--In all probability, then, if the deceased
had eaten animal fend and taken a little wine he would
have been alive and A(11 now?
Witness—Very Itkely.
His Lordship—l should advise insurance companies in
future to put among their questions to the insured, " Ate
you a vegetarian?"
Toe deceased died on the 17th of June, 1857.
In summing up, Mr. Atherton relied upon this evidence
As showing beyond doubt that the deceased had concealed
from the defendants facts regarding his own health which
showed him to be labouring under dangerous disease at ti e
time when he effected the policy, and that he was, in fact,
labouring under Bright's disease and heart disease, and
knew it at the time.
Mr. Hogeins, in reply, commented strongly on the fact
that the defendants had nut dared to call their own m etlical
referee, and relied ulna the hotly of evidence he had ceded
for the plaintiff as showing that up to the time wh-it the
deceased attended the mideitery case iu Ma,ch, 1857, be
was a strong, robust, healthy, ruddy-complexioned, ase,lve
man ; that tee report of the defendants' referee on the 9th
of April, 1857, immediately hefure the policy was effected,
entirely bore out this evidence, and showed gnat at that time
lie bad neither heart disease nor Bright's disease, and this
report was corraborated by the evidence of Sir, John Fife,
eiven a month afterwards on the return of the deceased from
Crofrs.
His lordship, to summing up, told the jury that the issues
were rarrowed to three, whether the deceased had heart
disease, whether be had Bright's disease, and whether he
knew this, and corcealed his knowledge rom the company,
w!iirli would be a fraud upon them. The circumstance of the
deceased having died, within three months after the policy
was effected justified the closest inquiry, With regard to
the evidence for the defence he said the deceased might well
not believe that he had dist an of the heart, fur
he went a shooting, be danced, and took much exer-
cise. Had he that disease nature herself would tell him
he could not do such things, and as to heart
disease be might well say " that is a mistake."
As to Bright's disease, he was told that he had albumenurin,
hut that was no etrhin indication of Bright's &rose, ants
might arise from other crews, and from living on an en-
tirely vegetable diet. The facts were, however, fur the
jury, and he left it to them to say whether the deceased
knew at the time when he efficred the policy whether he
had either or b,th of the diseases mentioned, and whether on
the evidence he hat, in point of fact, either of those diseases.
If they found these issues in the affirmative they must find
fir the defendant, if in the negative for the plaintiff.
The jury retired, and after a short absence returned with
a verdict fur the plain:lff, damages £2,000, less the amount
of the half-yearly premium, £.53. They also found as a fact
that the deceased did not know that he had either of these
diseases, and that, in point of fact, he had neither.

CROWN COURT.
(Before Mr. Baron Martin.)
Jos. Johnson, 28, Richard Sayer, 33, John Sloan, 30,
Andrew Bertram, 44, and James Cameron, 3.2, were
severally charged with the manslaughter of one John Cain,
on the 30th of May last.
Mr. Overend, Q.C., Mr. Seymour, and Mr. Fowler ap-
peared for the prosecution; the prisoners were defended by
the Hon. A. Liddell and Mr. Das'ison.
It appears that a number of persons had been in a
"swankey-house"—i.e., a house for the sale of small beer,
in the suburbs of this town, on the `29th of May, and, ac-
cording to their statements, whicls were of a very contradic-
tory and confused nature, they all left together, and, on
passing the Ellison's Arms, where some men were standing,
a general row took place, in which the deceased, John Cain,
received such severe wounds as caused his death. The five
' prisoners were Protestants, and the principal witnesses Irish
Catholics, a fact which gave the whole matter the com-
plexion of an Orange row. In the course of the fight a coal-
rake, a shovel, a pekerra knife, a pikol, and brickbats:were
freely used, and anything in the nature of a weapon which
came handy. Cain, the deceased, was seen down on his
back, and the prisoners beating and stabbing him.
Several witnesses were called by the prosecution to show
that the prisoners Johnson, Bertram, and Cameron were
present, with Sloan and Sayers, engaged in this attack on
the deceased. One of these spoke of the row as being a
general one, in which both sides took part. A pistol, which
had been recently fired off, was found at the prisoner John-
son's house. Mr. Lowndes, surgeon, proved that there were
some severe stabs on John Cain's body, one of which had
entered his lungs, and was sufficient to cause his death
There was also another wound in the neck, which would
have caused his death.
This closed the case for the prosecution.
After an able speeeh from the learned counsel for the de-
fence, who contended that there was an absence of common
purpose and design in the prisoners to attack the deceased,
and that the witnesses were all Catholics, and, as it ap-
peared, were armed with some kind of weapons, left it to
the jury to say whether this was not a general row, and
contended that in the conflict of statements the charge was
not brought home to the prisoners, on whose behalf he called
several witnesses to show that they were quiet and inoffen-
sive men.
His Lordship, after remarking that a great deal had been
said shoot Catholics and Protestants, which he trusted the
jery would dismiss from their minds, then summed up the
evidence with great care.
The jury retired for about three-quarters of an hour and
returned a verdict cf guilty as against Sayer and Sloan, arid
ootigulityanad Sayergainst Johnson, Bertramtu, and Cameron.
loan
were recommeLed to mercy by the
jury on account of the want of evidence as to the cause of
provocation.
Sentence was deferred.

WESTERN CIRCUIT BO AUG. 2.
TbP; commission fur the county of Cornwall was opened
in this town on Ea'urday evening by Mr. Baton Channel
Yester2ay the jud;;es attended Divine service at the church,
and this morning the business commenced, Mr. Baron
Watson presiding in the Crown court t.nd Mr. Baron Chan-
nel( sitting at Nisi PriuB. There are only four cases it
the cause list, but they are expected to Occupy the whole of
the time allowed here. There are 21 prisoners in the calen-
dar, but the offences are of a trifling character; there is
one charge of infanticide, but the learned Baron,
in his charge to the grand jury, suggested to them that the
evidence was very unsatisfactory, and he thought it very
likely that they would consider it right to throw out the
bill. There is a case of burglary; the prosecutor and his
family were in London, and the servants, taking ifdvantage
of the absence of the family, went to a dance at a public-
house, and on their return they found that tne house had
been broken into, and all the plate had been taken. The
only evidence against the prisoner was that he was in pos-
sessim of a pair of pincers, and the police thought the house
had been broken into with pincers, and the other p!ece of
evidence was, that the prisoner had a tobacco-box, and a
tobacco-box was found near the house, but whether it was
tae prironer's or not did nrt appear. As regarded that the
learned judge told the grand jury that he thought the evi-
dence very unsatisfactory.

CIVIL SIDE.
(Bef tr., Mr. 1331'0H Clianneli.)
COLLINS V. SYMONS.

Mr. Collier and Mr. Coleridge were counsel for the plain-
tiff; and Mr. H. T. Cole was counsel fur the defendant.
was ao action upon an apprentices'-)ip bond, brought
by Mr. Collin., who was a carpenter at Wadebridge, against
the defendant, xyhb-is the father of a boy who bad been ap-
pre Aleed to thriaiq tiff, and had ran away before com-
pleting his time.
The defence Getyp rp that the plaintiff bad 111-treated

the boy, and that he ran away to America without the
knowledge of his father.
Witnesses were called on each side in support of the plain-
tiff's and defendant's cases.
Mr. Baron Channel), in summing up, told the jury that
the defendant was clearly liable on the bond, hut lc ft it to
them to say the amount of damages that the plaintiff was
entitled to.
Verdict for the plaintiff—damages, £4O.

HOME CIRCIIIT.-GUILDFORD, AUG 3.

The commission for the county of Surrey was opened on
Monday, and both courts were opened for business this
morning—Mr.J ust ice Willes presiding on the Civil Side, and
Mr. Baron Bramwell in the Crown Court. There are 94
causes entered for trial, 26 of which are tube tied hT special
furies. On the Crown side there are l 6 prisoners tor trial,
but none of the cases are of a serious character.

CIVIL ►SIDE.
(Before Mr. Justice Willes and a Common Jury.)
SMITH V. ROCHE.

This was an action to recover £62105., being five-quar-
ters of arrears of an annuity of £5O granted by the defendant
to the plaintiff.
Mr. Sergeant Petersdorff and Mr. Hannen were counsel
for the plaintiff; Mr. Lush, Q.C., and Mr. Tonipson Chitty
appeared for the defendant.
It appeared that tt:e annuity In question. had been
granted by the defendant, and executed by hint in 1852,
upon the condition that the plaintiff should educate and
bring up two illegitimate children of which he was the
father. The circumstances were rather peculiar. It
appeared that in 1841 the plaintiff, Margaret Swith, was
in Germany, where she was engaged as governess in a
high fatally, and the defendant, John Webb Rcche,
who was stated to he an lash gentleman, made
her acquaintance, and ultimately some form of marriage,
which turned out to be of no legal value, was gone through
by a person wham the defendant represented to be a clergy-
man, and after this they lived together as man and wife
until 1845, when the plaintiff again accepted the situation
of a governess in Germany; but the defendant insisted that
she should return and live with him, stating that she was
his wife. They then continued to live together until the
year 1851, when the defendant married ;-and at this time be
wrote a letter to a gentleman named Shephird, in which be
reques ed him to break the " terrible tidings to dear Mar-
garet" as well 29 he could, to spare her feelings, and at the
same time stated that he would always provide for her,
and that he might at once advance her money to the
extent of £5O. That sum was accordingly given to the
plaintiff, and the defendant went to reside in Ireland; and
in 1852, finding she could of obtain any more money from
him, the plaintiff went to Ireland and saw the defendant,
when he created the agreement which was the subject
of the present action. It should be stated that four children
were the result of the connection between the parties, but
at this time only two were Ave, and the agreement was to
the Effect that upon consideration of the plaintiff educating
and providing for the two children then alive, be undertook
to pay her £5O per annum by four quarterly instalments.
One of these children, it appeared, has since died, but the
money seemed to have been paid by the defendant for a
considerable time, when he ceased pay iug the quarterly
amounts, and the present action was brought to recover the
arrears. _ _

Miss Margaret Smith, the plaintiff, a lady-like looking
person, apparently-about five•and-shirty sears of age, was
called as a witness, and she proved the facts above narrated,
and way ant subjected to any cross-examination.
The deferce set up was purely a technical one, it being
conleaded that no legal consideration had been proved for
the annuity ; and also that es one 'of the children had died,
it could not be enforud, the original understanding being
that the money was to be paid for the support acd education
of twa children.
The jury eventually returned a verdict for the ',Alma
for the full amount claimed, the questions of law being re-
served for further consideration.

CROWN SIDE.
(Before Mr. &Jou Bramwell.)

Edward Mandeville Martin, a young man of respect-
able appearance, was indicted for obtaining money by false
pretences.
Mr. Knapp conducted the prosecution. The prisoner, wh•
appears to have been carrying on a most extensive and im-
pudent system of swindling all over the country, conducted
his own defence.
The first else gone into was that of obtaining a sovereign
from Mr. Biddelcomb (formerly a very active saperiutendeat
of the Surrey constabulary, but who at present keeps the
Swan Inn at Chertsey) by false pretences. It appeared
that the prisoner went Lo the iniann the 12th of July, and
represented himself to be the Rev. Mr. Martin, and he
stated that he was the intimate friend of Mr. 11,fmington
'Mills, a maaistrate who was well kn)wn to Iliddelcomb, and
who, he said, was going to eppolut him to be preacher to a
chapel at Englefield-green, and he subsequently hired a fly
for the perpose, as he stated, a going to visit Mr. Mills,
and upon his return he said he had got the appointment,
and that he was to preach on the following Sunday. He
then s ated that he was short sf cash, and asked Biddelcomb
to lend him a sovereign, which he did, and it turned out
that all the statemen s he had made were entirely false.
Mr. Biddelcomb was cross examined at pc nsiderable length
by the prisorer, and in answer to the questions that were
put to him he sti'd that the prisoner invited him very po-
litely to come and hear his first sermon, but he respectfully
declined. He also said that the prisoner wrote a letter to
him in which he vattd that if it should rain be should want

a cove red fly to take him to the el,aNl to preach. He
added that this letter was sent him after be had given the
prkorer the sovereign, and it was addressed "
EA.," and it began " My dearsir " and the moment
he saw this he knew that he had been "done." (A laugh.)
The Rev. Mr. Knight, the minister of ihe chapel referred
to, proved that the prisoner had never
,been appointed
as the minister, and that he had no intentien of resigning
his office, and that consequently there was no vacincy. He
stated that all he knew of the. i-,rsofter was that he called
upon him and toll him that he had been a Roman Catholic
priest, but that he had seen the errors of that religion, and
that afterwards 1:e had been a Church of England clergy-
man, and that after that he had been a Congregationalist,
and he wisittd witness to allow him to perform one of his
services, hut he declined to do so without knowing more
about him. Ile subs. quently made some inquiry about
the prisoner, which were not at all satisfactory, and be in
consequence told him that he had better retire, and the
prisoner then said that he shoot.' be off to Chersey.
In answer to questions put by the prisoner, Mr.-Knight
said that he told him he might perhaps be prrinitted to
make an address to the Sunday sct.ool children. lie said
that Le took an interest- in him is consequence of his
specigus manner, and would have done all in his power to
assist him, if his character had turned out to be goad, and
thr.l he could be trusted.

Mr. Peter M`Farlane, a wine merchant at Guildford,
wrs then examined. It sppear(d that this gentleman
is of the Roman Catholic persuasion, and that he casually
met the prisoner on the 14th of July, at Faruborough,
and that he drove itim for soms distance in his chaise.
The prisoner open this occasion rep.tsented hibAself to be
a clergyman anti an author, and to be rathels.desirous
to enter the Romish Church, and he gained so much
upon Mr. Isl‘Failane's good opinion that he invited him
to visit him in ease lie should mire to Guildford. Oa the
2.5 th of July, which was Sunday, he received a note fum
the prisoner, dated from the White Hatt Hot-1, requestiug
to see him, and upon his goiug there he told him that he had
been preaching at the Lower Chapel for the Rev. Mr.
HatcLeard, aria that he was going to breakfast with him ou
the following meriting. Mr. M‘ Farlaue upon this invited
him to his house, where he staid all night, and the next
morning the prisoner said he was short of money, and asked
Mr. M‘Ferlane to lend him a sovereign, and when be was
about to trite him that sun] he said he might as well let
him have two i.nou which Mr. M'Ferlane gave him two
sovereigns. Hei aitrrwards received a letter from the pri-
soner, in which he addressed him as his " Very dear friend,"
and stated that he was most anxious to get into some quiet
mimes:6'y at Rome. (A laugh.)
In answer to a question put by the prisoner, the witness
said he was quite sure that he mentioned the name of. the
Rev. Mr. Ilaicharii, and not that of the Rev. Mr. Butciur.
The prisoner exclaimed in an impudent tone that he was
not surptised that a Papist should not tell the truth.
The witness said that the prisoner told hint that he had
met the Rev. Mr. Hatchard in the Holy Land, at the Holy
Sepulchre, and d(ste ibed the dress he wore on 'hat occasion,
and that he had a velveteen coat on. (Laughter.)
The Rev. Mr. Hatcher(' was then examined, and be stated
that the prisoner was -an entire stranger to him, and be
knew nothing abut him.
The prisoner, upon being called on for his defence, was
about to reed a long written statement, the commencing
lservations of which appeared to be that it was owing to
the education de had received, and to his having been
brought up a Roman Catholic, that he had been induced to.
endeavour to gain a livelihood by deception and lying.
Baron Bramwell interposed and told the prisoner that
this course of proceeding was quite irrelevant. The Court
had nothing to do with the religious principles in which he
had been brought up, and the ouly question was whether be
was guilty
of the dience imputed to him.
• The prisoner then addressed the jury again in a theatrical
manner, and at some length, the effect of what he said
apparently being that lie had been brought up to literary
pursuits and had endeavoured to gain a livelihood as an
author, but the booksellers would not publish any of his
works because ho bad no name, and as he could net starve
he was compelled to resort to the. proceedings he had done
in order to obtain a subsiitence.
The jury, without hesitation, returned a verdict of guilty.
Tee learned Judge, in passing sentence, said that if a
bad education was the cause of the prisoner committing
such offences as these, he must endeavour to correct it, and
the mode in which he should endeavour to do so on the pre-
sent occasion was to order him to be kept to hard labour for
12 months.

Daniel Cummins, 39, was indicted for assaulting John
Mutley with intent to murder him.
In other counts the intent of the prisoner was laid to be to
rob the prosecutor, and also to do him grievous bodily harm.
Mr. Robinson conducted the prosecution; Mr. Laxton
was counsel for the prisoner.

It appeared that Las was a prosecution instituted by the
Brighton Railway Company under the following •cireurn-
stances :—On the 28th of March the prosecutor got:into an
open third-class carriage for the. purpose of proceeding to
London. Tl e prisoner and a woman were the only other
persons in the carriage, and when the train got into the Mars-
thaw tunnel the prosecutor felt the prisoner pushing against
him, and he at length put his hand to his pocket. He pushed his
hand away, and immediately upon his doing so, the prisoner
seized hint and commenced a mast savage attack upon him,
and in the course of the struggle the prisoner actually seized
him by the legs and endeavoured to throw him cut of the
carriage, which he would have succeeded in doing if ‘he pro-
secutor had not been a powerful matt and that he succeeded
c;tehing !..old of the iron rail of the carriage. He at
length got the prisoner down, DM! he Lehi him until the
train arrived at the Caterham station, where tie prisoner
was handcuffed and secured, the prosecutor being at this
time covered with blood and very set ertly injured. The
prisoner was then conveyed to Croydon, where it appeared
he resided, and it required the eflin is of six constables to
securashirn and place aim in the police station.
The defence set up for the prisoner was that he was in a
state of Insanity at the time he committed the act; but the
only evidence that was adduced to support this suggestion
was that of a brother, who stated that 12 years ago the
prisoner had received an injury upon his head in Ireland,
when his skull was fractured, and since that time he had
Raul in a very extraordinary manner upon several occa-
sions.

-Mr. Keene, the governor of the gaol, staled, in answer to
questims put by the Court, that in his opinion the
prisoner
was not in his right mind, and he said he formed this opi-
nion from what lie had 5.7 en of his conduct since he had 'ken
mulcr his charge. He added, however, that he believed the
4urgeon of the prison entertained a contra:y epinio.
The learned Jili.te then summed up the ca,", and ex-
plained to the jury the law upon the subject of insanity,
and, after a short deliberation, they returned a verdict fisid-
ing the prisoner guilty of :Founding with intent to do
itrievous bodily harm.
His 12,rdship said it was a very bad ca,.c, and he felt it his
duty to sentence the prisoner to six years' penal servitude.
He added that if any further evidence could be obtained
with regard to the state of his mind, it would no doubt
receive attention in the proper quarter.

MID DLESEX SESSIONS.-Aug. 3.

(Before Mr. Creasy.)

Robert Arthur Schamberger, 30, was ind!cled for having
stolen a quantity of printed books, value £l5O and upwards,
the property of Mr. David Nutt, the foreign bookseller, of
tte Strand, his master. He pleaded guilty.
Mr.Orridge appeared on the part of the prosecution; Mr.
Mr tealfe for the prisoner.
The prosecutor stated, in answer to the Court, that the
prisoner had been in his service about six months, at a
salary of £5 10s. per month, which would have been in-
creased from time to time. The prisoner came from Vienna
'o take the situation, and was well recommended from there.
About £l2O worth of the stolen books were found stowed
sway in a house be lodged at in Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-
(pare, by Holmes, detective, of the F division, and in his
'esh was found a catalogue, marked in his handwriting, by
which it was ascertained what works and the numbers of
copies be had taken away from the stock.
Sentence was postponed.

James Welch, 29, was indicted for unlawfully assaulting
Amelia Fatness, with intent.
Mr. Palmer was for the prosecution; Mr. Gent for the
prisoner.
The evidence In this ease, entirely unfit to be given in
detail, showed conduct on the part of the prisoner of a
revolting character, and what grealy aggravated It was the
fact that the prosecutor wes only 10-ye,,rs of age, and was
his own niece. He aas fout,d guilty and was sentenced to
18 months' bard ltbcur. The sentence was applauded in
court.
James Church, a labourer, in tie •et-v'ce of Mr. Langley,
a contractor at Hayes, was indicted for fraudulently obtain-
ing corn in his master's Dame from Mr. West, a corn dez.ler
at Southall. He wits found guilty, and was sentenced to
one mouth's bard labour. He bad borne a good character
for many years.
Mr. Ribton prosecuted; Mr. W. Cooper was for the pri-
soner
Frederick James was convicted of an indecent assault
upon a child named Mary Aen James, the daughter of the
keeper of a beerahop called the Royal Oak, at Heston. He
was sentenced to 18 months hard labour.' -
Mr. Ribton, instructed by Mr. Vaughan, prosecuted.
Thomas Jones, 26, and John Williams, 26, were con-
victed of committing a larceny in the dwellingchouse of
George spencer, the property stolen being more than £5 in
value. Jones, an old offender, repeatedly convicted, was
sentenced to seven years' penal servitude, and Williams to
four months' hard labour.
Catherine Dunn, a tall, strange-looking woman, was
indicted for having stolen a pair of gloves of the value of
is. 3d.' the property of Wihiam Trimby.
Mr. Hawthorne prosecuted; Mr. Sleigh and Mr.Orrldge
were for the prisoner.
The prosecutor was a haberdasher in Chapter-street,
Vauxhall-bridge-road, and the prisoner went to his shop
and purchased a packet of needles. Seeing a customer
buying gloves at ls. 3d. per pair sbe examined them and
selected a pair, and then asked to be shown some at ls. 6d.
per pair. While the as'istant was reaching the latter she
placed the is. 3d. pair in her bag, and then having selected
a pair at ls. 6d. she placed a shilling, a: sixpence,
and a fourpenny-piece on the counter to pay for them.
When told she had another pair in her Fact she said
they must, have get there .by mistake if they were
then, arid when she was accused of stealing them, she went
on her knees, and implored them not to hurt a poor soldier's
wife frau, India.
. _ _

Mr: Sleigh, for the defence, did not deny that the prisoner
had committed the act imputed to her, but urged upon the
jury the extreme probability that it was done without
thought, by mistake, and without felonious intention. The
plisozer was the wife ot_ a soldier, with whom she had gone
through 10 years of fieid service in India, including the
Sikh campaign. Tile e imate had affected her mind t , such
a dogree mat upon alt matters having reference to India,
particularly the slaut.rt ter of women and children which bad
unhappily taken place there lately, she was so excitable as
to a great extent riot to be accountable for her actions. She
had borne children, and was now in the family-way, a stne
in which many females acted under erroneous ideas and
impressions; and though he could not ask the jury to say that
this poor woman was notguilty on the ground of insanity, the
effect of which would be to incarcerate her in an asylum
for life, he hoptd that upon the evidence, which he could
not attempt to controvert, they would be able to come to the
conclusion that trie might have put the gloves into her bag
without the idea of stealing theni being in her mind at
the time. It was a very curious circumstance, tending, he
thought, to show the prisoner's absence of mind, that she
put down ls. 10!. to pay for the gloves, which came only tt,
15.6 d.

Wimesges were c lied. They gave the prisoner a very
good characte, and deposed to a certain strangeness and
excitability of manner about her, particularly when matters
relating to India were broached in her presence. She wat a
soldier's wife, and had passed many years in India.
Mr. Creasy told the jury that the question they had to
cAtsider was simply whether the prisoner intended to steal
'he gloves, and if they had any doubt upon it they should
give her the benefit of it.
The jury acquitted her. There was some applause at the
verdict in the body of the court.

ter:teed to two months f!ow Southwark, for pocket picking,
and I believe he only came cut of prison on Monday.
Lord Mayor—Well, you are an " innocent lad," indeed.
I thought what sort of innocence yours was.
The prosecutor requested the Lord Mayor to deal with the
case summarily, but as the prisoner continued w assert in
the most impudent manner that he had not touched the
handkerchiefs, he was committed for trial.

Charles Davison, conductor of a Fulham omnibus; be-
longing to the Metropolitan Saloon Omnibus Company,
was charged with embezzling 2s. 4d., belonging to his em-
ployers.
The solicitor who conducted the case said that it was
trivial so far as the amount of money was concerned, but it
was of some importance generally to all omnibus companies
asd omnibus proprietors ; and from his statements, and the
evidence of witnesses called by him, it appeared that on
Saturday morning last, according to custom, the prisoner
handed in his way-bill and money for the previous day, in
both of which he accounted for five inside fares at 4d., seven
outside fares at 4d., and tv, o outsides at 3d. for the lest
journey from Fulham to London upon Friday night,
while upon that journey the omnibus was more than
full, in a legal sense, inasmuch as a female deposed
that when she got in at Walham-green, accom-
panied by two children, a gentleman had to change
to the outside in order to make.room for her ; and a little
girl further deposed that during the journey she counted
altogether 20 insides, two of whom, however, were babies,
and ro would not pay ; while one little girl sat upon her
mother's knee, and another sat upon the umbrella seat.
On the ether hand, there was some difficulty in proving
the identity of the prisoner, as the witnesses had not parti-
celarly noticed him ; and Mr. Wontner, for the defence,
raised some technical objections in addition, centending,
moreover, that there was no evidence to show, and no pos-
sibility of showing, that the prisoner, although he mightnot
have made a correct entry with regard to the lazt journey,
had not, by overstating on his way the result of the other
journeys of the day, actually accounted for all the money
received by him during the day ; and, to give a colour to
this hypothesis, he proved that although the legal number of
inside passengers nas only twelve, the prisoner had fre-
quently accounted to the cashier of the company for an
excess over that number.
The Lord Mayor admitted that there were difficulties in
the case, but at the same time said it was one of so much
importance, although the amount in question was small, as
'o induce him to leave all doubts to be solved by a jury,
rather than to dismiss the charge without being fully satis-
fied of the person's innocence. The competition between
the rival 'companies, which led them to carry passengers
all the way from Fulham or Pu.ney to the City for 4d., must
be sufficiently ruinous in itself without the aid of robbery,
and the proprietors must be protected against the peculation
of their servants; but to gice an opportunity of producing
the other conductors of the company so as to complete the
proof of identity, he would remand the prisoner fur a few
days.
Remanded accordingly, but admitted to bail.
Francis Worrell Stevens, share-dealer, who was last
week committed from this court to take his trial at the next
session of the Central Criminal Court, now applied to be
admitted to bail, according to the terms of his commitment
—viz.: himself in £2,000, an two others in £l,OOO each ;
the parties proposed being Miss Worth, 10, St. Mary's-
road, Peckham; and Mrg. Fitzgerald, 42, Marchmont-
street, Russell-square.
No opposition was offered on the part of the prosecutors,
who had r, ceived due notice, and the required recognisances
having been entered into, Me prisoner was discharged.

GUILDHALL.—George James Buchanan was placed
at the bar bcfora• Alcieman Mechi, charged with obtain-
leg goods under false pretence's with intent to defraud
Messrs. Cooke, Sons, and Co., of St. Paul's-churchyard.
William White, a warehouseman, in the employ of the
prosecutors, said—On the 21st June last the prisoner called
at the warehouse and presented an order for two silk dresses,
which he rep: esen!ed were for Messrs. Collins, of Sloane-
strer t, Chelsea, who were customers. The goods were
selected and sent into the enteriog-rcosio, and the order was
returned to him with directions to go to the entering-room
and be would hace the goods. The order was written on
one of Messrs. Collins's billiicads, and on Friday last he pre-
sented another order for two more silk dresses, value £8 ss.
I gave the order back as before, and sent him tot he entering-
room where I also sent the goods. I asked him if he was
the same person who brought a similar order a few days
previous, and he said he was.
Thomas George Jones, one of the entering men in the
same employ, said—l taw the prisoner on the 21st of June
in the entering-room. He brouglit an order from Collins,
of Chelsea, for whom, be said, he required the silks. I asked
a. o dlsyi a gavevhave
rot
otth them
been to
his name, and he said it was W nately ; and after entering
thew a
ygo
quite sure the prisoner is-the person I delivered the goods
te. I let him have the goody, believing he came from
ablehin with
to fiannd the invoice,
order,an db
but went
e amr
't
Collins, of Chelsea.
Mr. Charles Collins said—l am a draper in Lower Sloane-
street, Chelsea. The prisoner wain my employ about three
or four months as clerk, and left me on the 21st of June last
without any notice. 1 gave him no authority to obtain the
goods in question, neither have I received them.
Mr. White recalled, said—On the 80 h July the prisoner
called again with an order from Messrs. Collins for two silk
dresses and 30 yards of silk glace, the value of which wi.s
about £l5. I selected the goals and sent them to the en-
tering-room. r afterwards met the prisoner in St. Paul's-
churchyard, and be complained ttat he had not been per-
mitted to take the goods, saying he should look very foolish
n going back without them. I took him back with me,
and spoke to Mr. Worth, who asked the prisoner if be came
from Messis. Ctil:ins. He said he did ; and I then asked
him if he was the same young man who obtained two silk
dresses abolit six weeks previous, and he said lie was.
Wm. Pearce Johnson, an entering man in Messrs. Cooke's
employ, said—The prisoner came in to the entering-room, on
the 30th July, with the order produced, accompanied by
the last witness and the goods. I asked him to write his
name on the order, and he wrote " Weld)." On comparing
the wilting with the order, I refused to let him have the
goods, but sent them to Mr. Collins by omnibus.
Mr. Collins recalled, sail-1%.e prisoner wrote our orders
generally upon our biltheads, and I believe the order pro-
duced is in his handwriting, Let 1 gave him no authority to
write it. I received tke gods mentioned in the order pro-
duced.

This completed the nhole of the evidence fir the prosecu-
tion, and the prisoner having said he would reserve his
defence, was fully committed f,r

WESTMINSTER.—STSTEMATIC AND EXTENSIVE
PLUNDER OP A TIMBER .M ERCIIANT.—REPREHEN•
SI DLE PRACTICES.IN THE TRADE.—.E. &card Thomp-
son, William Cook, and Eliza Cook, his wife, underwent
a lengthened examination, charged with stealing a quantity
of mahogany from the timber-ysr.l of Mr. Hudson, Great
Peter-street, Westminster; and George English, Fryer's-
mount, Bethnal-gran, flail:J:r dealer, charged with re-
ceiving it.
- -

The case was discovered through the vigilance of the
police. It appears that George Ma:Locke, 162 G, and George
Legear, City detective, calving secn a truck go to and from
English's at a very early hour with timber, watched it to the
prosecutor's, and privately inquired of him whether he had
susiained any losses. Mr. Hudson, who had from time to
time miss,d mahogany, immediately made arrangements
with the idicers in order to detect the offenders, and watched
them on the mornings of the 16 h and 17th ult., the result of
which was he found that the prisoners Cook and his wife,
with a young man named Carroll, aided by Thompson,
a man who had beet five years in prosecutor's employ,
brought out tirober trim bis yard in Peter-street and
Smith-sqtirt-c, Westminster, on the Litter morning, to the
vetue of 44 10s., and conveyed it to the prisoner Eng,-
house, where he 'oak it in. The prisoners with Car-
roll were captured, when the latter was put into the
witness- box as an approver against the rest, and from his
testimony it was clear that hehad at least conveyed timber
frcm Mr. Hudson's five times. It was stated by Englisit
that lee bad bought timber of the other prisoners at 41-d.
per foot, which was alleged by the prosecutor to be con-
siderably beneath its value.
Mr. Morgan, of the firm of Humphreys, Morgan, and
Sota,urged that it was the common practice of persons who
attended tales of timber at the east end of the town to hawk
it about for sale, or send their servants with it to sell, and
that there was nothing in this case to induce any suspicion
in the mind of his client (English) that the wood had been
dishonestly obtained. He produced four or five witnesses
in support of-his statement, who proved that they had re-
peatedly taken and sent lots to English similar to Mr. Hud-
son's mahoganyr for which they thought a fair price as odd
lots had bean given
Mr. Iliown, on the part of the prosecution, opposed this
view of the case, and said such timber as this was not
hawked about.
The male prisoners, Thompson and Cock, pleaded guilty,
and entreated the mercy of the court.
Mr. Arnold observed that the witnesses for English,
against whom there was no imputation, had clearly proved
that it was a practice in the trade at the east end of the
town to hawk timber about, and in the face of such evi-
dence no jury would convict English of buying this timber
with a guilty kuowledge, which it was necessary to show to
constitute the offence, and he therefore felt it his duty to
discharge English, but he could not too strongly deprecate
the practice of purchasit g timber in this way, as the facility
of disposing of it gave great encouragement to (mime. He
thought that for the. protection 8f timber merchants and
others employing maw; more caution ought to be exercised
by persons making such purchases. The female prisoner
was entitled to the benefit of the rule of law, that she was
acting under the coercion of her husband, and was therefore I
discharged, her husband and Thompson were committed
for six months each to'hard labour in the House of Correc-
tion.

A QUESTIONABLE AFFAlR.—Martha Eades and Ca-
therine Mayer, two young women, were placed at the bar
charged with'stealing a silk handkerchief from the shop of
Mr. Gilbert, Queen's-road, Chelsea.

Prosecutor's shopman, Thos. Blythe, proved that the
accused came there on the previous afternoon, and desired
to be shown some expensive silk handkerchiefs, from which
Mayer purchased one, and paid ss. Immediately afterwards
another handkerchief was missed, and upon the loss being
spoken of, Eades was seen to drop it from under her mantle,
and they were then given into cuetody. -
The police produced a ring, some new boots, and other
articles found upon the prisoners, and said that upon in-
quiry they found they had all been honestly purchased and
paid for. One of the constables said he knew the accused as
respectable servant girls.
A very respectable-looking married woman said that the
prisoner Eades was her sister, and was in service, but at
home with her until the 18th lost., by leave of her master,
owing to sickness. Mayer was her fellow servant, and they
had both just returned from Franca with the family.
The shoprnan was recalled, and again swore that he stye
the prisoner Eades drop the-handkerchief from her man'le.
He, however, had no desi.e to press the charge against the
accused, as they bore so good a character.
are. Arnold did not think it proper to let the matter co
off in that way.
The policeman who took the prisoners said that althoterh
Eades offered any money to inlet go, she at the same time
most plsiCyply a9Ferte•-1 her innocence. Upwards ef .E 2 was
found up,:n the accused.
Eades, with an air of truthfulness in her manner strongly
calcula'ed to create a favourable impression, said that they-
were requested to move from the counter as a handkerchief
was lost; and when they did move it was found on the
fluor. She knew nothing whatever about the handkerchief.
She did not think it had been taken off the counter by her
mantle cr dress by accident. She could most positively
assert that site never touched the handkerchief. '
The prisoner Mayer said she haul left her master's house
at Richmond on the p evirus morning, when he had given
her £3 to make some purchases with, and
see WWI to return
borne at five o'clock, inslea,! of which she was locked up.
She could a:su,e the neecie!rate that her fellow-servant did
not touch the hankerebief.
Mr. Arnold said that there must be some mistake in the
ma ter. Looking at all the circumstances, he felt that a
jwy woeht agree with him that the handkerchief had by
some accident'been swept off the counter, or the ravelling
at its edge (which bad been pointed out to hint by Mr.
Hunt, the chief usher) had caught Bates' mantle or dress
till she moved, and then fell. He dischargzd the prisoners,
awl thought it pity that the prosputor bad not tutrle

quiry into their character before be preferred the charge at
the station upon which they were detained.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—BETTING ON Honsu
RACES.—CAPTURE OF BETTERS.—John Scott, landlord
of the White Bear Hotel, Piccadilly ; Charles Thorpe,
Barnes Lodge, King's Langley, Hertfordshire; Henry
Reeves, 8, Wilton-place; John .Reed, No.lB, Bear-street;
Nicholas Butler, 12, St. James's-place ; Joseph Rose, 31,
King-street; Charles _Esse, 20, Carlton-hill; Thomas
Edmonds, 38, Moscow-road; James Saunders, 25, Has-
ker-street ; John .win, 49, Great Queen-street; William
.4shurst, 18, Stanley-street; Christopher Brown, 20,
Pantos-street; William Coleman, 58, Millbaek-street;
William. Chapmqn, 36, Old Compton-street; William
Mawson, 3, Walham-green •, and John - Flood, High-
street, Fulham, were brought. before Mr. Beation,. charged
with having been •found in a house used for betting pur-
poses.
The defendants, who had evidently just been taken into
custody by Inspector Webb, Sergeant Silverton, and other
constables, were all placed at the bar.
Mr. Superintendent Hannant said—l produce my autho-
rity from Sir Richard Mayne for entering the house, No.
221, Piccadilly, known as the White Bear Hotel. At two
o'clock 'I found all the defendants in the house. Scott and
Thorpe, I believe, came from the bar; the others were in the
coffee room. I told them I bad a warrant to enter the house
and to take them into custody. Some said they only came
there for a glass of ale. I found several betting books and
racing memoranda in the house and on the defendants.
After the defendants were removed to the station-house,
except Thorpe and another, I starched a desk in the pas-
sage. I found betting books, and a telegraphic despatch
relating to horse races. The books produced—one of them
a club Look, another a ledger—contained the names of
some of the defendants.
Mr. Beadon asked the defendants if they wished to ask the
superintendent any questions?
The defendants replied in the negative.
Inspector Webb, C division, examined—l corroborate Mrs
Hanuant's statement. The defendants were searched, and
the betting books spoken of found-on their persons. After
defendants were removed to the station-house I searched the
coffee-roman where there was a desk, and I found several
handicap books, racing cards, and betting books. Some of
the betting books appeared to have been thrown under the
sofa by the defendants when the police entered. I saw in
Thorpe's haled a card; I told him to put it down; he threw
it on the floor. I picked it up, and found that it was a card
with the odds marked against several horses. Before I saw
Thorpe with the card 1 had searched him, and I cannot
tell bow be became possessed of the card. In the
bar, on a shelf, I found a memorandum-book with entries
of money signed by Reeves, and one entry signed by Scott.
I found also several handicap-books on a shelf, behind some
pint pots in the bar. In a drawer I found a notice paper, on
wbich was printed, " No betting or lists are allowed at this
establishment, by order of the proprietor." I fonnd a regis-
ter in the bar. Some of the defendants' names are there.
Some who call themselves labourers are there entered as
esquires and gentlemen. I know that the license of the
house was refused to Thorpe at the annual licensing day,
last October and in July last it was granted to Thorpe.
Since that time I have seen Thorpe and Scott there, and
Scott in my presence said to-day that he was the landlord
of the house.
Tee defendant Thorpe asked if this witness saw him in
the coffee-room at the time ?
Mr. Beadon—The evidence is that you were not in the
room.
Thorpe I tad been searched, and nothing found
upon me.
Mr. Beadon—The evidence is that the card was seen in
your halide.
Thorpe—The card was on the floor. I picked it up
and kept it until told to put it down by the inspector.
Mr. Beadon—'oe time has now come to weed the de-
fendants. As there is no evidence against several beyond
ti sir being found in the house, they me
be
.discharged.
Mr. Hannant—We pros ese to proceed against hang only;
Scott, Thorpe, Reeves, and
The other defendants were ti;!:n discharged, and the four
named defendants were retained at the bar.
Mr. Beadon—We now come to the serious part of the case,
and, if it be the wish of the defendants, I am quite willing
to remand this case until to-morrow, in offer that they may
have the benefit of counsels' advice.
The defendant Scutt said it was decidedly his wish that
the case should be adjourned.
Mr. Beadon consented to adjourn the case until th,e next
day.
Bail was required for Bird and Reeves, and Scott :end
Thorpe were allowed to go on their own

WORSHIP-STREET.—Martha Abrahams, a known
thief, was charged with stealing a watch from the person
of Mr. Newell, a cooper, residing at Bethnal-green, who
was passing in the afternoon, when the prisoner suddenly
confronted him, and before he was well aware of what she
was about, snatcked the watch from his pocket and adreli ly
broke it away from the guard chain. Finding, however, that
she could not get away, with it, she slipped it into a truck
that was standing near, where it was found. She was then
handed over to the police.
The prisoner now pleaded guilty, saying that she did take
the watch, and would rather have the matter at once disposed
a by the magistrate than be sent to trial.
Mu? was therefore convicted under the Criminal Justice
Act, ant:.sentenced to six months imprisonment,
SERion; VIOLENCE.— Thomas Brown, a middle-aged
pezttable appearance, was charged with avault-
ing and injuring s litlie person of res girl named Deboralt Hodgson.
the mother, a very psor woman,
Elizabeth 1-13000,,
stated that the night bt:.fore she was standing in Pittield
!articles for sale, when the
street, offering s, me stnb2l
came up and began to abtve
defendant, who was intoxieateo
her, calling her an impostor and at;..l,er names. He then laid
hold of her child, Deborah, and diggi:lg his knee into the
small of her back, injured her so seiet'.`.!v ti:at she was
obliged to be taken to the London Hospkal, where she
remained.
The defendant, wits said he was a warehouseman, ,assured
the magistrate that he had no intention to do any itt;urY,
and was exceedingly sorry for what had occurred.
The magistrate held him to bail for his reappearancti
week hence. 1

MARYLEBONE.—UNFOUNDED CHARGE OF BUR-
GLARY AND ROBBER/ .—John Barnes, a master builder,
'residing at No. 3, Archer-tom er, Westbourne-grove,
Paddington, and Charlotte Jenkins, servant to Mr.
Dobson, who eccnpies apartments at the house of Mr. Ash-
ley,.a tailor, carrying en business in Bridge-terrace, in the
same, neighbourhood, were placed at the bar before Mr.
Broughton, charged with having been concerned in a bur-
glary and robbery to a considerable amount—the articles
stolen being the property of the said Mr. Ashley:
Mr, Herring attended for the prisoners.
Prosecutor deposed that on Saturday night last he went
to bed at-half-past 10 o'clock, at which time the shop and
back parlour doors were closed, and he believed that the
house was completely closed at 11. About six in the morn-
ing he was awoke and informed that the house had been
broken into. He soon after feund that he had been robbed
of a quantity of cloth and doeskin, of the value of 125, and
of silver plate coneieting of spoons, sugar-tongs, and other
articles worth about £l4.
Mr. Broughton—Why do you accuse the prisoners
Prosecutor—Because the female was the first person to
give me information of the robbery, and also that she -had
got up much earlier in the mooning than usual. I have
seen the mile prisoner at the house,
By Mr. Herring—My regular servant left me last Wed-
nesday to go into Devonshire. I don't know that she had
any fellowers. Jane Jenkins, the prisoner's (Charlotte
Jenkins) sister has since supplied her place.
Jane Jenkins stated that she got up at Fix in the morning,
and that she found the parlour and kitchen in great dis-
order. Barnes was at Mr. Dobson's apartments about nine
o'clock on eSaturday night. He remained there about a
quarter of-on hour, and something was said about a lock.
By _Mr. Herring—l did not sleep with my sister that
night. I was t he'firet person who got up. When I ascer-
taitsed what had taken place, I went up stain and awoke
my sister, who, after dressing herself, went below with me,
and began to cry, exclaiming, " Oh, what will my mistress
say." I lost no time with regard to informing Mr. Ashley.
All the doors of the apartments I have to do with were
fastened, and there was no appearance of breaking iu er ont
of the premises. The kitchen window had not been
fastened.
Sergeant White, 13 D, and Sergeant Warren, 27, of the
same division, stated that they bad examined the premises
and they could find no marks of any forcible entry. None
of the missing property had been found.
Mr. Herring, for his clients, said that a more unfounded
charge was never brought forward. Mr. Barnes was a
highly respectable tradesman, who had carried on business
as a carpenter and builder for many years, and he had re-
moved Mr. Dobson's goods to the house of Mr. Ashley. He
had since been there to do many jobs. There was not the
slightest ground for the allegation of the charge of robbery
which had been made; and as to the female prisoner ehe had
lived 18 months in the service of Mr. Dobson, who had
with her a most excellent character from a former situa-
tion, and he (prosecutor) must have known she was a
most honest and trustworthy person. The learned gentleman
added that a more gross violation of the liberty of the subject
had never been perpetrated, and that, if necessary, he could
produce a number of most respectable witnesses, some of
whom were present, who would testify to the high character
of Mr. Barnes for honesty and integrity.
Mr. Broughton, without calling upon Mr. Herring to
produce any witnesses, discharged the accused, being quite
satisfied that there was no evidence which would justify him
in detaining them.
Mr. Herring gave the prosecutor most distinctly to under-
stand that an action for false imprisonment would be com-
menced against him.
CRUELTY TOWARDS DONKEYS AT HAMPSTEAD.—TWO
boys named William .Bedworth and Charles Antrobus,
the former 15 and the latter 12 years of age, were charged
by Mr. Wm. Love, chief constable of the Royal 9ociety for
'the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, with the following
shameful c neduct :
George Seaman, an active officer of
nth society, deposed
that on the previous evening, between ix and seven o'clock,
he was at Hampstead-heath, near Jack Straw's Castle, when
he saw the prisoners driving four donkeys, upon each of
which there was a female. They (0 he prisoners) were beat-
ing the poor animals in a merciless manner with the handles
of their whips upon the back, legs, and hind quarters. They
went on in the direction of H'gbgate at a very hard trot.
Upon the prisoners returning be took them into custody,
when they alleged as an excuse that " the ladies" told them
that if they whacked the ebenkeys as hard as they could, and
made them gallop, they should have twopence extra.
In answer to the magistrate, the witness stated that in
the course of his experience as an officer he had never seen
a more cruel beating. The donkeys were quite exhausted
when they got back to the heath. The riders were} not children,
but full-grown women. The payment thy (te prisenere)
were to receive to Highgate and back was ninepence for
each "lady," in addition tu twopence pocket-money for
making the donkeys-" go in gOod
Mr. Love said that complaints were continually being
made to the society of the cruelties practised on Hempteed- j
heath en donkeys, and that the prisoners had been caetioned
more than once by the officers of the society. Upon one t c-
ession the younger prisoner knocked out the eye of a don key,
but in. consequence of the inability of the'gentleman who
witnessed the occurrence to attend and give evidence, he
was discharged. Little boys like the prisoners were sent
out with th. ',keys on the supposition that, on account of
their youth, their conduct would be passed over. Many of
the drivers of mature years had frequently made a boast of
being able, without any trouble, to pay a fine of 103., or
even 205., if imposed upon them for any act of cruelty.
Mr. Broughton said it was necessary to make an example
of the prisoners, who had been very properly brought before
him, but, taking into consideration their youth, he should
only inflict upon them a penalty of 53. each, er 14 days in
the House of correction, and he howd that the sentence—
too lenient, BS it perhaps Was—would operate as a caution to
them in the future.

CLERKENWELL.—DAMAGING THE WIRES OF THE
TELEGRAPH COMPANY.— William Gutridge, a dirty-
looking boy, 11 years of age, residing at 2, Brand-street,
Holloway, of no occupation, was placed at the bar, before
Mr. Corry, charged with wilfully damaging the telegraph
wires on the Great Northern Railway, at Holloway.
Police-constable Batcherdore, 430 A, said about six
o'clock last (Moan) @ming 119 wos ou duty

Hornsey-road, near the line of the Great Northern Railway,
when he saw the prisoner and six other boys throwing
stones at the telegraph wires. He went up the embankment
near the Hornsey-bridge, and saw several stones thrown and
strike the wires. He distinctly saw the prisoner take up
three stones nearly as large as half-bricks' and throw at the
wires and strike them. He rau after the prisoner, and,
after a smart chase, succeeded in capturing him ; and when
en his way to the police• station he said he had broken one
of the wires in half. He had been to the spot this morning,
but could not discover that any damage had been done,
although the place was strewn with large stones.
A gentleman who attended on behalf of the prosecution,
said it was the intention of the Electric and International
Telegraph Company to prosecute in every case, because'
they had suffered very much from such injuries.
Mr. Conic said, as far as the Telegraph Company war.
concerned, they did not seem to have sustained any damage
in the present instance.
The gentleman replied that the company's wires har.! not
been damaged ; but the defendant was in the middle of the:
Great Northern Railway line, which was a trespass.
In answer to the charge, the defendant said he was sorry
for what he had done. He was not throwing the atones at
the telegraph wires, but at the birds. He would not do so
again if he was let off.
Mt. Corrie said as the company had not sustained any
damage he did not think it worth while to punish him for
the lesser offence of trespass. Addressing the defendant, he
told him that he might be sent to the House of Correction
with bard labour for two years, so that he had better be
careful, and tell his companions what he had then heard.
He would new be discharged.
The prisoner was then discharged.

SOUTHWARK.—ROBBERy OF A GOLD WATCH AND
CHAIN FROM BARCLAY'S BREWERY.—John Edwards,
a respectable-looking young man, in the employ of Messrs.
Bishop and Newstead, clothiers and jewellers, of 90, High
Holborn and Sitoreditch, was brought before Mr. Combe,
charged with being concerned' with another in stealing a
gold watch and chain, the property of Robert Williams
Walker, at Barclay's Brewery.
Mr. Solomon appeared for the prisoner. •
The pi osecutor stated that ih October last his watch was
stolen from a drawer in the brewery, and shortly afterwards
a man named Webb was charged at this court and sen-
tenced to six months for the offence. The watch and chain
could not be found until a few days ago, when he saw it at
Mr. Fleming's, a pawnbroker, in the Strand, and from in-
formation he received the prisoner was given into custody.,
He knew nothing further of the prisoner or the circum-
star ces.
Charles Wise, police-sergeant, 459 A, said, he received •
information where the watch was pledged, and that the .
prisoner was the party who pawned it. He accordingly
took him into custody, and when he was locked up in the
cell in the station-house he called witness to him and told
him he had something to communicate to him. Witness
cautioned him, when he asked him how be thought be
should get- on, and if Mr. Walker would-appear against
him. Witness told him that the latter would appear, and
he could not say how the case would terminate. He then
voluntarily told witness that on the day the watch bad
been stolen he met Webb in the Borough-market, and
at his request he pledged it for him in St. Martin's-lane.
Witness ascertained that such was a fact, and he now re-
quested a remand to enable him to produce the pawnbroker
and the watch and chain.
Mr. Solomon contended that his client merely pledged
them. He did not know they were stolen.
Mr. Combe remanded the prisoner until Monday next,
accepting bail for his appearance.

LAMBETH —MILITARY OUTRAGE AT THE CRYSTAL
PALACE.—AIex.. Al' Grogan and Joseph Brankin, pri-
vates in the Royal Antrim Rifles, at present stationed at
Woolwich, were placed at the bar before the Hon. G. C.
Norton, charged with the commission of the fellovving dis-
graceful outrage :
Mr. Win. Cousins, a harness maker, carrying on business
in Westminster, said Oat on the day before he went to the
Crystal Palace with some friends for a day's pleasure, and
while walkiug in the gardens he heard the. prisoners and
several of their companions making some remarks ?bout the
badges or orders of the members of the Odd Fellows' Society,
a number of whom were in the gardens at the time. He
(witness), however, did not interfere in any way, nor did
he offer the slightest insult to the prisoners or their com-
panions, though immediately after he received a most vio-
leut blew from behind from the prisoner M'Grogan. The
instrument used for striking him was the belt
which the prisoners wore round their body, and
the buckle part having struck him on the bridge
of the nose, caused the most intense pain and injury. Thee
instant the bow was struck the prisoner gave the " Irish
ei:v," and instantly he was surrounded by six or seven of
the party all striking at him with all their might with their
belts, and bad it not been that he had a strong hat on at
the tittle fbe injury to his bead must have been of the most
serious descSiption. As it was, as his worship might -per-
ceive, he received. several wounds on his bead which he bad
been obliged to Lava dressed by a doctor. Finding that he
had nothing for it but tcaflgitt his way through those who
surrounded him, be set to with his fists and half a dozen of
his assailants soon lay about Wan.
Mr. Norton—Did the prisoner Brankin strike you at all?
Witness—He did, sir • he gave me a desperate blow on
the head with the buckle of his belt, and was one of the
most violent of the lot, but a more cowardly set of scoundrels
I never witnessed ; in fact, they are a perfect disgrace to
the British army.
Several witnesses were called to corroborate the testimony
of the last witness, and they all spoke of the fiendish con-
duct and violence of the prisoners.
Mr. Superintendent Lund also described the conduct of
the prisoners and tt eir companions as being of the most out-
rageous deicription, and it required some considerable efforts
to quell the disturbance they 'had-created. From what be
(Mr. Lund) had learned, it appeared that they had managed
to get into the village and drank. a quantity of rum, which
made them apparently mad.
Mr. Norton—l wonder how tbey could have got into the
Crystal Palace in such a state as that of drunkenness?
Mr. Lund—They would not have been admitted bad it
been discovered they were at all the worse for drink. The
moment I spoke to Messrs. Sawyer and Strange of the state
~use soldiers of the Antrim Rifles were in, those gentlemen
at directed that they should notbave a drop of anything
to drily.`' and, in. fact, they are always exceedingly particular
in previala‘lng visitors from having any more than that which
was „fficieth: for refreshment, and certainly not so muck as
to cause anaajaallien.
Mr. Norton belie:ved from all he had heard and seen that
such was the fact, and that the management of Messrs.
Sawyer and Strat ge in their particular department WAS
such as to give great saNfaattion.
The prisoners, in reply to 6;e charge, said that the people
in the gardens had made some 041 etions on their country,
Ireland, and one of them, M‘Gros,-an, added that the blows
from his belt would not do much har.'n•
Mr. Norton animadverted with juCt severity on their
scandalous conduct, and sentenced each 1:9 pay a penalty of
£5, or in default to two months' imprisonment.
The prisoner Brankin was again charged with throwing
two table knives at two ladiessand violently assaulting Ser-
geant Smith while in the execution of his duty, and for these
joint offences he was sentenced to two mouths' hard labour
in Wandsworth House of Correction.

THAMES.—CIGARS AND CRINOLINE.—EIIen Carey,
a neatly dressed young woman, wars brought before Mr.
Yardley, charged, on a Custom-bouso information, with
smuggling 22phs. weight of cigars, by which she had in-
curred a penalty of £,100.-
She pleaded guilty to the information, and the magistrate
at once sentenced- her to pay a flue of £lOO to the Queen,
and in defaelt of payment to be imprisoned for six months.
Mr. Gardner, a tide surveyor of customs, introduced to '..
the notice of the magistrate three large petticoats lined with
cigars, and said the prisoner was a passenger by the General
Steam Narigation Company's ship The Moselle, and on her
arrival at St. Katherine's Wharf the prisoner was about to
step en shore, when her immense rotundity of dress excited
his suspicions, and he naked her if she had anything about
her liable to duty. She 'declared she bad not, and ex-
plained that her full blovn appearance arose frarn crinoline,
which she and every hely in the land considered as very
becoming, whatever the gentlemen might say on the sub-
ject. He hinted to her tat her crinoline petticoat was of
extra dimensions, and handed her over to a female searcher,
who stripped her in a private cabin, took the three peat-
coats lined with cigars from her person, and brought her
Oat Again with her size diminished to reasonable proportions
as be now appeared. ' -
Mr. y,:rdley—The prisoner is not wearing crinoline now.
The office:—
No, sir.
Mr. Yardley --I thought not. She appears to be dressed
in av
officer—Yet, propereryfey
r eZtianner.
The g,
sir.
Mr. Yardley—Yon will have no faith in crinoline again.
The officer—Never, sir; I shall always suspect every
woman wim wears crinoline.