The Sun.
London, England, 1866-07-11 00:00:00

CENTRAL CR

OLD COURT.
(Before Chief Justice Cockburn.)
CHARGE OF MURDER.

Patrick Harrington, 77, weaver, was indicted for the
wilful murder of Petor Mann.

It will be recollected, from tito report of the cir-
cumstance which has already appeared in The Sun, that
deceased was the prisoner's son-in-law, and that he with
his wife were quarrelling in Rosemary-lane, Shoreditch,
when the prisoner interfered to protect his daughter, and
a regular fight took place. The disturbance was carried
on for some time, when the deceased called out "I'm
stalked," and immediately fell to the ground. A surgeon
was sent for, but it was found that the wound had caused
death, and the prisoner was taken into custody and charged
with the murder.

The defence set up was, that in witat he did the prisoner
only acted as a father would have done to protect his
daughter from outrage. He denied that ho was the person
who inflicted the wound.

The jury, however, found him guilty, but recommended
him to mercy on account of his advanced age.
The learned Judge commented severely on the conduct
of the prisoner, and said, had it not been for the recom-
mendation of the jury, he would have passed a heavier
sentence than he now intended to do. His lordship then
sentenced the prisoner to 12 months' imprisonment.

NEW COURT.
(Before the Recorder.)
THE CAVENDISH INSTITUTION SWINDLE.
John Wych Smith and Adolph Wattez ,two men about
30 years of age, were indicted with obtaining money from
a number of young women, on the representation th a
they were enabled to obtain situations for them.
The prisoners it appeared rented a shop, 14, Mortimer-
street, Regent-street, which they called the Cavendish
Institution, and the mode of business was to insert adver-
tisements in the morning newspapers, and religious publi-
cations, in such terms that numbers of young women who
were seeking situations were induced either to go or write
to the sham institution. All applicants were informed that it
was the rule of the institution that they should pay regis-
tration fee of 55., which was done in every case, and on
postage stamps being left for that purpose they 'would be
communicated with. In a day or two after the registra
tion fee was paid, and the applicant received a letter to
apply at a given address, and they would find the services
of the registered applicant would be attended to. The
young women were invariably sent to places a great dis-
tance from town, and on arriving there they invariably
found the situation quite unsuitable for them, or that the
person requiring assistants had been suited for many weeks.
The whole plan was a perfect swindle, and a great many
respectable young women had been victimised.
The evidence was most complete, and before it was con-
cluded his lordship asked the jury whether they desired
the case to proceed. The evidence for the prosecution ap-
peared to be most convincing.
The jury said they had been unanimous on the matter
for some time.
The Recorder said that being so ho would take their
verdict.
The Foreman, in the most emphatic manner, said the
jury found both prisoners guilty, and that they all desired
him to recommend his lordship to pass upon the prisoners
the heaviest---
The Recorder interposed and said he could only listen
to recommendations when it was for the opposite of
what he presumed the jury now intended.
The Foreman said however the court would mark its
opinion of the scandalous conduct of the prisoners,
there were numbers of similar offences in the metropolis,
and it would be of the greatest benefit to a large
number of industrious and deserving persons that they
should be rooted out, and thus rid society of a
number of lazy, scheming individuals, who were con-
stantly preying on the necessities of others.
The counsel on behalf of Wattez said his client was
merely acting throughout as the servant of Smith.
The counsel for the prosecution said that was so, and
that he volunteered to give all the information he could
to forward the prosecution.
The Recorder said he did not think that such a cir-
cumstance was much to be considered when the fraud had
been discovered.
Mr. Metcalf said there was no doubt but that the original
concocter of the swindle was Smith.
The Recorder, in passing sentence, told Smith he had
been convicted of defrauding those who ought to have
secured his sympathy, and therefore ho sentenced him
to two years' imprisonment with hard labour. With
respect to Wattez he had allowed himself to be used as a
m,and,therefworiet,hhheasrhdoluabldousre.n
ton e guiltyo him instrument
t o
six months
ofnor imprisonmenthiths

WORKING MEN'S CLUB UNION.

The fourth annual meeting of the friends and
members of this association took place yesterday at
Exeter-hall, Strand, under the presidency of Lord
Brougham.

The Rev. H. SoLLY, the organising director, read

the annual report, which stated that " during the
past year about 1,200 persons have applied at the
office for information and advice, personally or by
letter ; and many thousands of copies of the so-
ciety's publications have been distributed or sold.
The number of these societies, either established or
first made known to the council during the past
year, is much larger than at any previous period,
being 125 as compared with 41 last year, 55 the
year before, and 22 in the first year of the society's
operations.

Lord EDI:RI' moved that the report be adopted,
and that an earnest appeal be made to the public to
extend a hearty support to the society and its ope-
rations.

Mr. J. GOSCREN, M.P., seconded the resolution,
which was agreed to.
Mr. AYRTON, M.P., moved the second resolution
—" That the work accomplished by this society
during the past year affords ground for great satis-
faction to its supporters, and is of the highest im-
portance to the whole community."
The Rev. SEPTIMUS HANSARD seconded the motion,
which was adopted.
Lord LYTTELTON moved the third resolution, to
the effect " That :the establishment of a working
man's central hall and club in this metropolis is an
undertaking calculated to promote the political and
social welfare of the working classes."
Mr. LAYARD, M.P., seconded the resolution.
Mr.
EORSTER proposed, and Mr. FRY seconded,
a resolution expressing the cordial thanks of the
meeting to Lord Brougham,
Lord BitotiQuAat briefly acknowledged the com-
pliment,