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his observations by calling upon the magistrate to
dismiss the summons.
The matter was ultimately settled by the defen-
dant making an apology, and paying the costs.

that he was struck by the prosecutor with a poker
and that Queenby went to render him that assist-
ance which he was bound to give a brother officer
under such circumstances, when he also was as-
saulted with the poker, but the facts given in evi-
dence were not in any degree varied, although there
were some minor discrepancies as to certain parts
of the transaction.
Mr. Metcalfe addressed the jury at length on be-
half of Brady, who, he said, had served creditably
in the police force, in the Bth Hussars, and the
Land Transport Corps in the Crimea, having left
the police to join that service, and was again re-
ceived into the force. He contended that it was
clear upon the evidence that there were grounds
for the constable interfering—to induce disorderly
persons to go home, and that he used his staff only
after he had been struck with a poker, as he had
solemnly sworn upon his oath, supported by the
testimony of the other defendant.
Mr. Ribton, on behalf of Queenby, urged that
whatever view the jury might take of the case against
Brady, it was totally different with respect to his
client, who had nothing to dowith the original cause of
quarrel, and acted, as he considered, properly in
aiding a brother officer whom he believed, and
knew, indeed, to have been assaulted, and was as-
saulted himself. He dwelt with great force upon
the circumstance of both defendants having sworn
to their account of the occurrence, and submitted
that they were as much entitled to be believed as
the witnesses now brought against these. Queenby
was entitled to his acquittal if the jury thought he
acted in the honest belief that he was rendering
proper assistance to his fellow-officer.
Several sergeants and an inspector of the H divi-
sion gave each defendant an excellent character as
an efficient and well-conducted officer. The regi-
mental sergeaut-major of the Land Transport Corps
spoke of Brady while in the Crimea as a quiet, well-
behaved man.
Mr. Creasy summed up with great care and mi-
nuteness. He said the importance of the case could
not be well exaggerated, and drawing the distinc-
tion between the conduct of Brady and that of
Queenby, as deposed to by the witnesses, told the
jury that Queenby ought to be acquitted if
they really believed that at the time he was
acting under the impression that he was aiding a
brother constable who had been Mused.
The jury retired, and, after some consideratiop,
they came into court with a verdict of guilty
against Brady, and not guilty with respect to
Queenby, whom, nevertheless, they censured for
not restraining the violence of his brother con-
stable.
Mr. Creasy said he would consult the Assistant-
Judge as to what sentence should be passed upon
Brady.

orders not to deliver the coal without receiving
payment, and, in obedience to them, drove back
with it, passing, on his return, through the Ken-
sington-gate, where a second toll was demanded.
The driver of the waggon produced his ticket, but
was not allowed to go through till, as he had no
money, he gave the toll-keeper an empty coal sack
for the toll. Both gates belonged to the Kensington
turnpike trust.
Mr. Dayman said in reading the act the words
were in favour of the complainant, but he really
thought the legislature had intended that the
same vehicle going and returning loaded should
pay two bills. He would, however, take time to
consider the point, and accordingly adjourned the
summons for that purpose.

BOW-STREET.—Thomas Pickering, a tall,
strong-looking man, of respectable appearance, de-
scribed as a private in the Grenadier Guards, and
wearing a profusion of beard, was brought before
Mr. Jardine upon a warrant, charging him with
having sent a letter to His Royal Highness the
Duke of Cambridge, containing threatening lang-
uage in reference to Augustus Frederick Foley, a
colonel in the Grenadier Guards.
The letter was put in evidence, and read by Mr.
Burnaby, the chief clerk. It was as follows :
" Dec. 12, 1857.
" Your Royal HiglinesQ,—l am informed by Colon&
Pipon that you can adopt no further proceedings in the
matter before Major Foley and myself, therefore leaving
no other course open to me but that of wild revenge,
When my case is before the public, I question if your
royal highness will hold so high a position in the minds
of the people as at present. You have in my case pro-
tected an officer against a man most unjustly. All that I
have accused Foley of is the truth, and you know that—
the blackest part being that of a liar as well as a robber.
" I may add, my only reason for not taking the law
into my own hands at the time the event occurred, was
to see if it was possible for a man to get any justice
when opposed to an officer ; and there is none. But as I
have said from the first, I will have justice at any cost.—
I am your humble servant, " T. PICKERING.
" You need not trouble anyone to answer this."
Defendant—l admit that I addressed that letter
to his Royal Highness. It is my writing.
Colonel Foley examined—l am a colonel in the
Grenadier Guards. The prisoner was a private in
the same regiment. He was discharged by his own
request. I received the letter produced from his
Royal Highness the day before yesterday, and I am
apprehensive of the threat contained therein.
Defendant—My object in writing that letter was
simply to bring my case before the public. O❑ the
6th of December, 1855, while I was on duty in the
Crimea, Colonel Foley directed a body of armed
men to rob me of a sovereign. I have never since
been able to get any redress, and I wrote that
letter on purpose to get apprehended. Col. Foley
has written letters upon this subject to the Secre-
tary-at-War, containing statements wholly untrue.
I only require the matter to be investigated.
Colonel Foley—His complaint has been already
submitted to the authorities, and fully investigated.
Mr. Jardine—l have no doubt of that. Such
matters are generally inquired into, and the pri-
soner should have been content to abide by the de-
cision. As to getting his case before the public, no
advantage would be likely to result to him from
that. As public opinion is nowconstituted it would
no doubt agree with the conclusions formed by the
tribunal appointed with the public sanction, to in-
vestigate such matters. At all events I cannot
listen to your nonsense about an officer setting on
a body of armed men to rob you, and the public
are too sensible to believe it either. You have been
very foolish, and got yourself into a serious scrape,
for you will have to find sureties to keep the peace.
Defendant—l can offer no sureties except my
own.

THE JEUIFOSSE TRIAL.

FOURTH DAY.
This affair was continued yesterday, before the
Court of Assizes for the Eure. Theevidence for the
prosecution having closed on the preceding day, M.
Berryer said that a number of witnesses had been
summoned in behalf of the prisoners, but that he
would only call very few. He then examined Mme.
Duclos and M. Leblanc. The latter, director of the
prison at Gaillon, deposed that Mme. Jeufosse was
virtuous, pious, and charitable, and had brought
up her daughter carefully. A woman named Lan-
fray, who had been four years in the service of the
lady, declared that never did she allow her daugh-
ter or Laurence to go out alone, and that the
daughter had always slept in her mother's chamber.
M. Lefebvre-Durufle, a gentleman of property of
Evreux, stated that he was on a visit at the chateau
when it was !discovered that the apartments had
been entered, and that dirt had been cast on the
portrait of Mme. de Jeufosse's husband ; also, that
he had been with that lady when in her drives she
had gone out of her way to avoid Guillot. M.
Miguel, receiver of registration dues, gaie Guillot
a very bad character, and said that he had had the
impudence to pay attention to witness's wife ; he
spoke highly of the Jeufosse family ; and added
that he knew it had sustained great losses in the
revolution. Some witnesses described Crepel as a
quiet, well-conducted man. M. Cresson, advocate
of Mme. Guillot, then pleaded at considerable
length in support of the indictment. He main-
tained that, from a review of all the circumstances
of the case, it could not be doubted that Guillot
had conceived a violent passion for Blanche de
Jeufosse, and that he had secret correspondence and
interviews with her; that her mother and brothers
having become acquainted with this, were so deeply
wounded intheirfainilypride that they resolved to be
avenged ; that they with premeditation planned
the killing of the man ; and that it was Crepel who
on their instigation and by their encouragement
did the deed. In the course of his speech he made
some very severe comments on the two young men,
especially the elder; he described Mlle Blanche as
ill brought up and ill educated ; and he dwelt on
the brutality which he said had been displayed by
Mine, Jeufosse in not causing anything to be done
for Guillot when lying in the agony of death in her
grounds.
M. Berryer, advoeate-sof Mme. de Jeufosse, next
rose and said : "My client, gentlemen, is ac-
cused of being an accomplice in this affair, but she
presents herself before you through me as the prin-
cipal author of the act reproached against her ; she
desires that my voice shall be raised the first, not
so much to justify herself as to cover by her re-
sponsibility the other prisoners. It is to protect
what is dearest to her in the world, the
honour of her daughter, she now invokes my voice.
It was by her .rder that a man's hand was armed,
and if her sons excited the vigilance of that man,
a servant, it was because they respect their
mother ! It is then to her that all responsi-
bility must ascend, and she now tells you that
she fully accepts the responsibility ! Yes,
gentlemen, it is she who supported the cruel,
the terrible conflict in which she so long lived,—
a conflict of upright, and maternal sentiments, of
dignity and honour, against infamy, with which
it was endeavoured to stain the chastity of her
house ! From respect to Madame Guillot, here
present, I will not enterinto disgusting details, but
I must tell you that Madame de Jeufosse was con-
stantly menaced, attacked in her repose, and in
her dignity, was, so to speak, besieged in her own
house, and consequently not only possessed the
right of legitimate defence of her family and her
household, but was placed under the necessity of
exercising it ! That right I maintain was incon-
testable, that necessity I shall show was impera-
tive 1" The learned gentleman then went on to
argue that it was clear from the evidence that after
persecuting Mdlle. Laurende, the governess, and
being very properly repulsed by her, Guillot paid
attention to Male. Blanche ; but Mdlle. Blanche
told her mother, and had never given him any en-
couragement. It was in consequence of that dis-
closure, and of something which Guillot had said
at his club at Gaillon, that Madame de Jeufosse
determined to break off her acquaintance with
him ; but in order not to compromise her daughter
in any way, she desired to do so as quietly as
possible. " What, however," asked the learned
counsel, "was the conduct of Guillot I Was it
that of a man who, being engaged in an intrigue
with an innocent young person, sought silence
and mystery ? No—it was a series of odious
manoeuvres to compromise the Jeufosse family.
To do so, he climbed over walls—that is to say, ,
violated an enclosure, a domicile, an inviolable
asylum ; and he acted so in order to cause noise
and scandal—be did it in order to be seen—he
made marks in the snow, and blew his horn, in
order that none might doubt that it was he I And
under such circumstances could it be maintained
that his client had not the right to protect her
household, as she would have protected her crops,
her fruit trees, or other things of comparatively
little value ?" After dwelling at some length on
the manner in which Guillot had persecuted Mlle.
Blanche ; and after stating that Mme. de Jeufosse
could not, as had been suggested, excite her sous to
fight him in a duel, since that would have been
risking the honour of one child and the lives of the
others, the learned counsel went on to contend that
Mme. de Jeufosse was under the necessity of pre-
about the chateau at
means by which she could
night,ventin ganGdutilhlaott
tfhroemonhlayngu!
do so was by instructing her gamekeeper to fire at
him ; yet before giving the order to do so she had
caused an examining magistrate to be aske 1 if she
had the right to do it, and was answered in the affir-
mative. Arriving at the shooting of Guillot, M.
Berryer said that hiselienthadtobeen
whenreproached
he ffetlt fur
not having given assistance
wounded. " But what could she do ? Was it
possible that she could have the bleeding body
brought into the chateau, to be seen by Blanche
and the governess 1 Besides, she was distracted,
and she had cried to one of -the witnesses, ' Oh, do
everything ! Act as the master here ! lam the
most unfortunate of women, the most afflicted of
mothers !' What had happened," continued the
learned gentleman, "was a great misfortune, no
doubt, but was it not caused by the victim himself?
Have you not heard that he took pleasure in brand-
ing the innocence of Mdlle. de Jeufosse ?
Have you
not seen that though he pretended to love her, he
had described her to every one he knew, even per-
sons of the lowest class of society, as a most aban-
doned character ? And yet she never gave him the
slightest encouragement, none ; she never wrote
him a word, for, if she had, it would have been
produced. But suppose that she were guilty
--" Here Mute. de Jeufosse exclaimed, " Oh,
never, sir !" "I beg your pardon, madame, but
let me suppose for a moment that Blanche was
guilty, and even then I say that her mother was under
the necessity of defending her. She, however, was
pure, and was it not the duty of her mother to pro-
tect her character ?" M. Berryer then proceeded
-
to argue that Mine. de Jeufosse, in causing
lot to be fired at, was acting in her legitimate de-
fence, inasmuch as Art. 329 of the Penal Code
says that " resistance to a forcible entrance, a
Gu
nocturnal entrance," is legitimate ; and he again
asked if what was justifialde for protection of pro-
perty was not infinitely more so for the protection
of a daughter's honour? He reminded the jury
that a husband has in all countries in the world the
right of killing his wife found in adultery, and her
lover as well ; and he asserted that a parent had an
equal right, and the solemn duty of defending the
honour of her children. After speaking in eulo-
gisthicertelromsgs,
he said in
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and
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for
you will declare that no crime, no offence has t
been
committed—that no culpability exists
: bu after
your verdict, what will be the existence of this
mother and her daughter ? I see in it sorrow
curable and of immeasurable depth 1 Oh, you will
feel as I do that there is a victim who deserves
more regret than the husband—more even than his
unhappy widow, whose heatt I pray God may be
s bleedpar l
edthe,,tortures which cause that of this mother
to
When the learned gentleman resumed his seat,
loud cries of " Bravo, bravo," broke, forth from
all parts of the court.
Advocate-GeneralThe
pr
e p e r .
The Court then adjourned.
declared that such mani-
festations w erem

Mr. Jardine—You must enter into your own re-
cognisances in 801., and provide two sureties of 401.
each to keep the peace towards Colonel Foley and
all her Majesty's subjects for twelve months.
A voice in the crowd exclaimed " I'll be one,"
but the individual who spoke, and who afterwards
addressed the court upon a grievance of his own,
was evidently suffering under some mental delu-
sion, and was gently handed out by direction of
the magistrate.
A short, well-dressed man, who gave the name
of Thomas Mark Wheeler, and described himself
as a gentleman, although better known as the Se-
cretary of a National Friend-in-need Association,
carrying on its operations in the Exeter Change,
Upper Wellington-street, Strand, was charged with
a violent and cowardly assault upon Mrs. Lilly, a
respectable married woman.
The complainant said that she was walking
quietly through the Change, between 7 and 8
o'clock the previous evening, when the defendant
came up to her and put his arms round her neck.
She resented this insult by pushing him from her,
upon which he struck her a violent blow, twisted
' her arm, and knocked her down. He was evidently
drunk.
A lad who happened to be in the Change at the
time, deposed that he witnessed the assault. There
was a ladder in the Change and the defendant
pushed the complainant over it and struck her
after she was upon the ground. He fell with her.
The defendant said he had been drinking rather
too freely, there having been a wedding in his family.
The complainant's statement, however, was exagge-
rated. She fell, he did not knock her down. The
fact was, owing to a railway accident which hap-
pened to him a few years ago, a little drop took
a serious effect upon him. So he must pay what-
ever fine his worship might choose to fix.
To the astonishment of the defendant, however,
Mr. Jardine committed him to prison for one
month, without the option of a fine, he having
been before in custody.

LAMBETH.—Richard Birken, a well-dressed
man of respectable appearance, was charged before
the Hon. G. C. Norton with knocking violently at
the door of a Mrs. Smith, on the night before, and
disturbing the neighbourhood.
The complainant deposed that at a late hour on
the preceding night the prisoner thundered so
violently at her street door that the whole neigh-
bourhood was disturbed, and many persons awoke
from their sleep in perfect alarm, believing it to be
a fire.

Mr. Norton—What did he knock at your door
for ?

Witness—For his wife, sir. He thought she was
there, and demanded her ; but she was not.
Mr. Norton—Did she live at your house ?
Witness—She was compelled to leaits her husband
on account of his ill-treatment and drunkenness.
Mr. Norton—ls the wife here ?
Witness—She is, sir, and she wishes to ask for
your protection.
The wife, a decent•looking woman, said she had
suffered a perfect martyrdom from the prisoner,
who was a lazy, drunken, and violent person, and
she was determined not to submit to his cruelty any
longer. He had been in the habit of taking knives
and forks to bed with him and pl icing them under
his pillow, so that she did noc know the moment
when he would take it into his head to cut -
throat or stab her to the heart.

The prisoner here imploringly begged that his
wife would forgive him, saying he would conduct
himself kindly and properly for the future.
Mx. Norton replied that ho certainly should not
part with him so easi;y, and ordered him to find
bail for his good conduct for six months.

SOUTHWARK.—Frederick Diefke, a man with
sandy hair and moustaches and light complexion,
stated to be a native of Berlin, was charged with
having in his possession a gold watch, chain, and
fancy clock, a dressing-case, several articles of
jewellery, wearing apparel, and other property of
considerable value, supposed to have been stolen
and obtained fraudulently from various tradesmen
about the metropolis.
Bell, a detective officer, stated that on the pre-
vious evening, from information he received, he
went to a house in Elizabeth-street, Dover-road,
which was tenanted by the prisoner, and met him
as he was going out. He told him he wanted him
on a charge of being concerned in stealing a large
quantity of jewellery, watches, vita wearing appa-
rel. He made no answer, and witness took him
into custody. On him he found a new gold watch
and chain, and a pocket-book containing two pass-
ports and several memoranda. In searching the
house he discovered a dressing-case handsomely
fitted up, two lady's companions, a fancy clock, a
small timepiece, a geld locket and chain, a pair of
bracelets, two valuable parasols, several fancy
woollen shirts, drawers, rd towels, 14 silk hand-
kerchiefs, 2 coats, and other articles—all of which
were quite new. Bell informed his worship that
he had no doubt the prisoner belonged to a gang
of Prussian swell mob who had been in Londan
about 6 months, carrying on a successful system of
plunder among jewellers and all sorts of trades-
people. They took houses in respectable neigh-
bourhoods, and kept up a very fashionable appear-
ance. The wife of the prisoner was examined at
Bow-street, on Wednesday, for stealing an um-
brella from a shop in the Strand, value 305., and on
Tuesday a Prussian female, who gave the name of
Betsey Euston, was charged with stealing a dia-
mond ring, worth twelve guineas, from the shop
of a jeweller in the Railway-arcade. Witness
was in possession of such facts about her as left no
doubt she was connected with the gang. She re-
sided up to the time of the robbery with the pri-
soner, and one of the passports in his possession
was hers, and his real name was Poulmau ; he was
a native of Berlin. Witness also believed that he
should not only be able to trace more of the gang
with the assistance of the Berlin detective police
who were in London, but find a great deal of other
valuable property, consequently he asked his wor-
ship for a remand.
The magistrate accordingly remanded the case
until Thursday next.

TURNING THE TABLES.—We learn that, if Lord Shaf-
tesbury's Act be passed and cline into operation, a Chris-
tian Mission will at once be started in Islington, where
for so many years the "Gospel a :cording to Calvin and
Luther" has had undisputed sway. High Churchmen
have acted on the defensive long enough ; some of them
at all events are now prepared to adopt another policy.
Their work wiil be strictly of a missionary character
amid the swamps of ultra-Yrotestaut misbelief, and we
dially wish them success.--UnWa•

HAMMERSMITH.—James Fawcett, toll col-
lector at the Kensington gate, was charged with
having demanded and taken toll which had been
already paid. •
The facts of the case were these ;—A waggon of
coal, belonging to the Clay Cross Coal Company,
I was driven tluough the Earl's-court bar on its way
'to Pimlico, and toll was paid on it. The man bad

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