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ARCHES' COCRI; Dec. 7.

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and sentenced to be transported for seven years ; and
thus concluded the business of the assize.

THE OFFICE OF JUDGE PROROTBD. Br BROOKES AGAINST
CRESSWELL, CLERK.

This was a citation against the Rev. Henry Creswell,
vicar of a parish in Somersetshire, in the diocese of
Bath and Wells, calling, upon him to answer certain
allegations, which.cbarged him with conduct disgraceful
to him as a clergyman. The letters of request ware
issued from the Court of the Bishop of Salisbury.
Thal articles set forth that Mr. Creswell had been
guilty of using indecent, obscene, and violent language,
of getting drunk, and of fighting and brawling within
the parish of which he was incumbent.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—York, Dec. 3.

At the sitting of 'the Court William 'Potter, yesterday
convicted of -arson, was placed- at the bar,' and after
very solemniddre..ss from hisLordship,' receive sentence
of death.
Sarah Wilson, Thomas Addy,' George Reynolds, and
Christ' pher Ingledew, were indicted, the-female prisoner
for stealing from the person of Richard Harland'thirti-
seven sCnotes, and the others for receiving the'stolen
property, and with being accessories after the fact; by
harbouring and assisting the principal delinquent.
Mr.'Bliss and Mr. •Blanshard conducted the prosecu-
tion
,the prisoners were defended 'by Mr. Wilkins and
Mr. Orerend. •
It appeared from the. statement of the "prosecutor, Mr.
Harland, that oil Saturday, the 19th of October last, be
was at Yarin and had in his possession' a sum of
1851. in 5L notes. Of these ten were notes of the National
Bank of Scotland,-which he had received from a person
in the fair. Ile had paid away a sum of about 30/. for
some sheep, and
.ef this' 30L, 15/. consisteg of Scotch
notes, leaving him still possessed- of 1551, including
seven Scotch notes. He had 'been at - several public-
houses ia the 'emirs's of the day, and.in the evening was
in one kept by nPerson'of theriarne of Baker, in *hose
stable hie hose bad been put up. 'Being about to lease
Yarin, he carne but into the passage, intending 'taiga to
the :stable fbr his horst,-_andikete met a woman, who, he
said, was , the. prisoner 'Wilson. She addieSsed to hint
certain solicitations of an improper kind, which he said
be repulsed. She, however, still lelloived bins into the
stable-yard, and on the way she was spoken 10 by two
men, whom he did ,not yeeognise, one . of whom wore
white troweers. Wilson then suddenly tom open his
waistcoat,. snatched his pocket•book, and , she and the,
two men ran up.the yard and disappeared. This was
the sole direct evidence as to the actual robbery, and
it appeared from the other testimony for the prosecu-
tion, as Well as from Mr. Harland's cross-examination.
that he had on some occasions given a Considerably dif-
ferent account of the transaction. It appeared that on the
Morning of Yerni fair the four prisoners, with the exoep-
tiOn of Reynolds, came together to a pUblie-houseinYerm,
'and from &conversation Which took place in their presence,
it appeared that they, with Addy's' wife and' two Chi!.
dren, had come over together from Northallerton that
morning. They preposed.to the person that drove them
to take them on to Stockton, .where they said they
wished. to,purchase some hardware, bid it did not seem
that at that time they carried their intention into effect.
It appeared, however,. thatlate that night, and after the
time the robbery was committed, the' same party *ere
seen entering Stockton on foot,.and they applied at the
house of a Mrs. Cowley for. lodgings.. They "
procured
one bed there, which was occupied. by -Addy and hie
wife,' and Ingledew and. Wilson, who had passed as Mar-
Tied people, were accommodated. With .a bed at the house
of A Mra-Chapman. To her they stated 'that they' hid
owe from Darlington .and were going to Middlesbo-
rough.' In the course
_,of that evening Reynolds was
seen at Stockton, and went to a shop kept by.a person
of the name, Of Weldon, Of Whom he purchased several
pairs or stOckings. He tendered in . payment a note of
the National Bank, Of SCotland, which hi took from a
roll of 'paper that seemed to the shopman to consist of
notes,
.and in which there was, at sill events, a second
6/. note.. _ The shopmarisdeclined
said
it, and it WAS
handed back to' Reynolds, who there was no- harm
.done,_ and put it back with the otheri. He subsequently
went. to another, shop and purchased a hat, in payment
of. which he again tendered a Scotch 'note and received
the change. Early the next' morning he called' at Mrs.
Cowley's . and saw. A-ddy and his wife. They were
shortly after joined by Ingledew and 'Wilson. In the
Connie of that morning, Sunday the 20th, 'lngledew and
Addy went• together to a livery .atable.and bargained for
en omnibus to take them to Thirsk. . At that. time In-
gledew produced a' pocket-honk' in whiCh was 'a thick
roll of paper, which, to the witness; seemed to consist
of notes. The,oninibus went to Mrs. Cowley's, and the
party got in, and went on to Thirsk. They' were shortly
after taken into custody. but upon searching them very
little money was found,. Reynolds was taken into custody
at Newcastle. . . .
Mr. WILKINS addressed the jury for the prisoners,
contending that not the slightest reliance was 10 'be
placed upon the evidence of the prOsecutor, and that,
taken in -connexion with his statenienta to thei con.:
stables, it tended rather' to show tfitif Roberts was the
person by whorn. the robbery' was committed. As is
the other evidence, it did
ono more-rateat'the highest
—than. -raise a Mere .suspicion. The .possession of a
Scotch note by these' parties was not to be wondered
when many ef that kind had during the day been cir-
culated in the fair, and the witnesses were probahly.'ani,a
taken' in their ideas, as to the amount of money in their
posiession, a probability ..strengthened .by the fact of
hardly any being fiiund upon them. , As to the strings
of the cloak, it would be a very dangerous thing make
the guilt or the innocence of the prisoner to depend on
their identity ; even supposing they were satiafied of.
their identity they would. still have to take for granted,
without proof, that the.prisoner had 'plaeed them. there..
And sUppese they; were satisfied of all' this, it would
only provethat some time in the course* the few:days
preceding ,the prisoner Wilson hid been there a thlog,
which, whether guilty or innocent, would probably have
been the case. . • • •
llis LORDSHIP .hav:ng summed up, the jury, retired,
and after being some
:time In 'consultation, rettirwld a
verdict of .Guilty aginst all the prisoners.- Sentence
was deferred. - • • '
John Hunch, aged; 4.6, was indicted for stabbing -John
Crabtree, with intent to 'do.hith' some grievotis bodily
harm. • .
. .
'lr Pashley and Mr. Pickering conduCted the prose-
cution, The prisoner was not defended, by counsel.
"The prosecutor stated, that on the day in question the
prisoner came into • his house, and said, " John, -she's a
foolish woman to =think' koing to do 'ionnething, at
her," and without further prefibe struck at prose-
cutor with a knife .he held in his hind. 'The knife
-struck the Prosecutor- on the side,. tnit not being
a 'straight thrust, it turned, and merely passed
through -the waiatcoat. The prosecutor caught the
prisoner by the -Wrist, and endeavoured AO push :him
down
,stairs'ati
The prisoner got hiehd loose, and again
stabbed at him. He' again succeeded 'in catching the
priSoner's wrist, and finally, after _a severe. struggle, got
away from him; with no more serious injury than a cut
on the hand.' The proseeutor went • down the road and
tnet one .of his 'neighb;mirs, to whom. he; stated Whit had
occurred. Shortly after, when the "prosecutor was gone,
the prisoner (seine up. The Witness•said to hini "Jack,
What hest thou been' doing 4". The .'prisoner replied,
"•D
—n' the knife, it is doubted, Or else —;." The witness'
'aid, ," Come into our house, and let us -know whit thou
halt had,up." • The prisoner went into the .house and
related to.. him the :transaction. The witness said
Thuu'lt have' to be hungif thou folloiest those tricks."
He replied,, ",_God hid ordered hiin to kill thrie. that
day ; he had his work to de, and he must go and do it."
'Witness then seised him, and a scuffle 'ensued; 'but the
witness finally snceeeded in mastering him. ' The tsii-
setter then 'said,' " thee; its been a: good one, let's
try -again, I can whirl thee next time.',' He became,
however, apparently tranquil once more, and talkettra.
tionally for some time, but took the. opporttinity of Wit-
ness- going out for a minute:to get possession of "a 'carving
knife-, With. which he so terrified the' inmates that they
rushed out of the house in a body. The witness hearing
the alarm earn e into the house, and seeing thepriskei with
the earring knife in his hand, cried' Out. ". Jack, if thou
does'nt lay thatdown, I'll cleave that "bead," on which
the prisoner laid the
.khife deWn, and 'Wes taken.into
Custody. . . • '
This„Witness, on farther examination. ratalial, that up
to six or eight weeksbefore,the prisoner' hati`been well
behaved. and A' quiet hardworking min.. AbOnt that
time he,begin to neglect his work, refused* to Isaiah or
CL,an tiMself„ and would lie in bed 'all day, saying that
he was Clean, beet, and had:no-strength in his limbs. On
one oceaaionhe came to the anti asked him to
put him ink chair an&keep him for a show. The wit-
ness added," SOorntimes;- when we had *cooinmany, • we'd bring hi& ddWil and knoCh hies about, -to Sew it 'ud. do un
any good:' lie explained, however, ,that the knocking;.
about__Meent'inerely lan Co him; by their
society. - - •

The documents, which were very voluminous. entered
minutely into the details of Mr. Creswell's conduct, in
support of the allegations exhibited in the articles.
l'he Learned Advocates on both sides having nd-
dressed the Court,

The Learned JUDGE went minutely through the
several articles, commenting on them as he went along.
He said, that although some of them were such as to
agree with arid support the charges in the citation, yet
there were many more, the form of which required alte..
ration, and fur that purpose the Court felt bound to send
them back.. On the whole, he was of opinion that there
were sufficient grounds for requiring further inquiry.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Dec. 6. -
• (Before Mr. Commiasioner Houtovn.)
W;GNEYS. BANXILUPTCY—EXPARTE MAYZERMAN AND
His Homoux to-day, in delivering judgment. reapect-
ing„Nlessrs. Masterman's claim for certain costs on the
bankrupt's estate, and
,which claim bad given rise, to
proceedings in another Court, 'said that Messrs, Wigney
were bankers at Brighton, Makerman and 'Company
being their London agents. In March, 1842, the date
of the bankruptcy, Wigneys owed Masterman and CO.
many tli usand pounds ; but the latter held bills of ix
change and promissory notes ,to. A much greater value
than.the amount of their claim._ Subse.quently 'to. the
bankruptcy, Nlastermans! had incurred law expenses in
putting the bills and notes in force, and this without
coming to that Court, or giving any notice to the as-1
signees., . The question now submitted to him (the
Learned Commissioner) by Messrs. Uasterman and the ,
assignees was, whether the former should, in their ac,
count with the estate, be allowed such. costs. He was
of opinion that Messrs. Masterman had. npt only an
equitable but a legal lien on all securities placed
in their hands by Messrs. Wigney, and that all legal
and lair ,
.expenses incurred in their. . realisation,
should be , allowed in their account. The Learned
Commissioner having cited several law authorities
in support of this opinion, proceeded to say that it had
been contended by Mr. Chambers, on the .part of the
Messrs. Wigney, that they .(Mastermans) should, in the
first inatanee, have given notice to the assignees, and.
consulted with them: , Now, there. was nothing before
him to show that, if the assignees had had notice, they
could have interfered, or effected any satisfactory ar•
rangetnent. Fur these reasons, be thought . that Messrs.
Masterman ought to be allowed all costs
,incurred by
thetain enforcing or in resisting claims arising out of the
securities deposited Kith them by Messrs. Wigney. But
there was a further claim for expenses .made. by the
Messrs. Masterman, which arose. out of the following
cirenmstances :—After four o'clock in the afternoon of
the 3el March, 1842, Messrs. Masterman received frOnt
Mr. tevens a cheque on Glyn and Co. for 1531 75., to be
placed-to the credit of Captain Clark's account with Wig..
ney and Co. Clark was a customer of Wigney, sand kept
an•account at their house. Mr. Stevens brought an action
against Masterman to recover this sum, and on th.e trial
in December„lB42, before the Lord Chief Baron Abinger,
obtained a verdict.. Messrs. Masterman's Counsel ten-,
tiered a bill of exceptions to the. summing up, of, the
Learned Judge, and the proceedings upon the bill of ex.
c?ptions were still pending. It appeared by the bill of
exceptions that. the cheque in question was paid by
Messrs. Glyn to Messrs. Masterman on the 4th March,
at what is called the morning clearing.- The cheque was
searched for, but could not be found. It appeared in
evidence that it was usual with London bankers to ga
cheques which were paid into a banking house after such.
bid marked by the ,other banking house,. and that a
cheque being so marked was .a guarantee that it would
be paid by the party marking it, and-it was then treat d
as cash. It was not proved- that this particular cheque
was taken to Messrs- Glyn and Co. to be marked, hut
he, •witnesa, who received it at Messrs. Masterman's„
said he should imagine it was taken to Messrs. Glyn
and Co. to he marked,. for that was the . regu-
hie course of business. Payments made to a London
banker on account of a country banker between, four and
five o'clock were generally advised by post Abe next day,
and that course was adopted with-respect to this cheque.
Messrs, Masterman continued to make payments on ac-
count of Messrs. Wigney and Co. up to five o'clock of the
afternoon of the Zd March. There were several payments
made .on account of Messrs. Wigney by. Messrs. Master
man after half-past tour on that day,-and to a cnnsidera-
tle amount. On the following day the Brighton Bank
closed, and Stevens brought his action against Messrs.
Masterman, on the grninals that they were in that trans-
action his agents. For the costs incurred in defending
that action he (the Learned Commissioner) did not think
that Messrs, Masterman could claim against the assig-
nees, Stevens paying in the money not for Wigneys, but
fur Clark, who kept his account-at Wigneys.' The: re-
sult of his judgment was that. Messrs, Masterman should
be allowed these costs in realising the securities, but not
thug., incurred iodefending Stevens's action.

MIDLAND ClllCUlT.Leifester Dec. 6..
Catherine "Jarrell, was arraigned. upon a chargei of
manslaughter,
.in causing the death of one Sophia &mat .y.
The prisoner was arraigned upon the coroner's inqui-
sition, and also upon the cominen indictment proceeding
from the Court. The prisoner, who is-abotit forty years
of age, has long practised the art and mystery of mid -
velfery, and the deceased having heard her highly apoten
of by thine whOin she had previously,atteutled in Teis,a
of labour, engaged 'her to aitend.upon-her in her_coming
Confinement, itnd it was out of the alleged neglect she
was said to haie been guilty of on th tt, occasi.n,t by
which her death was occasioned, the prettent charge
arose.

The evidence necessarily adduced is not fit for publi-
cation, and we only notice the case in justice to the pri-
soner, as the Learned Judge (Mr. Justice Patteson). told
the jtiry in his opinion there was no eridence to stipOort
either indictment, and that ,the coroner's jury had-dealt
hardly with the prisoner in returning the verdict it had.
• The jury instintlY,acquitted her.' the deceased was
said to have been the Mother of,thirteen children.
..1. ?Uinta /I'isenta- it; aged 25, was Charged;with hinting
Tihecetttion•
prosecutrix, very'
intermarried with one .Elisis -Swingler, lais former wit's,
Sarah being then alive: •
Hr. Burnaby, conducted the case
.an the part, of 'the
pr
interesting woman of the ,age
of 23, deposed that' in March of this • y“r she !Atte
working in;Leicester at' the straw bonnet blisinAs,
•he became acquainted with Newman, "Whola she under-
Stood was a journeyman -cloCkmaker. 'Newman paid
hie addresseato her;•representing- himself to be h single
mairi,'itrid the priAecittrik, entertaining an 'affection for
hitsi teceived those'acldresSes ilivcorably, and they *ere
married it '-Lnbenhara Church in September.'. 'The pro-
secutrix had heard-is -early as the,inonth.of June that
Newman Was 47mitrried man, when she- wrote la his
mother . it ; Kettering. Before she recArt.d-''
an answer the prisoner called "upon her; and asked
whether she had not, written to her mother 7 The
prosectitrix- asked` him what she should 'have --to
:write about ? To - which he 'replied, that he knew
she had ; " but his"
,MOther 'was une?ell, end denied
himself to be a married man. - A-Tew days.afterwards she
received it letter purporting to Come from %the mother
(which no doubt it did not), Saying Newnian was a Single
man: This being, sitisfsetory to ter the stequalisiunee
-continued,'and' on the 26th' of. September they were mar
ried by banns at the ehurch previously named. _.The poor
ti had.not been marrit4 .more than three weeks When-
a women. called at thehouse Where they were living. and
asked for Newcian. The prosecutrix replied that he
was notthen at, home. The .woinan then said that she -
(the.prosecntrix) was not hie l'iwful Wife, wherenpOn
inquiries were set on foot, arid it was found he had been
previously married on the 13th of September, 1841, at
Langley, near Slough; in BUckinghainshire. The proof
of both marriages was perfectly clear. The prisoner de-
clined sayinr, anything in his defence. . •
• The jury found him Guilty. •
The Learned JUDGE then sentenced him to be impri-
soned in the House of Correction anti kept. to bard' labour
for:six calendar months. .

ASSIZE- INTELLIGENCE.
HOME ClRCUlT.:—Chelmsford, Dec. 7.
(Before Mr. Justice Wieetasts.)
' Sarah Absoa,.l4, was indicted for maliciously um
feloniously setting fire to a stack of straw, value 40t.,
the property of William Bacon,' at the parish of
Hempstead. -
..
Mr. Ryland condneted the prosecution, and. Mr.
C. Grey appeared for the prisoner: .
The prosecutor deposed that he was a farmer, and
resided at Hempstead, in this county. . The prisoner
was in his service is nursery-maid on the .16th of
August, and had lived with him for more than six
months in that capacity. About ten or eleven o'clOck .
in the morning of the day in question, he was out in
the field harvesting, when he observed some smoke in,
the direction of his stack-yard, and, upon goingthere,
he fours 1' a stsek•of straw on fire, and it was Coat-
pletely consumed. 'The value of the stack Was 401.
On the morning of-the fire he had reprimanded the
prisoner for-not paying proper attention to the chil-
dren. She did not Make him any answer when -he
spoke to her. ' ' ' ' i
Harriet Stock, a servant in the employ of the pro'.
seeutor, proved -that on the morning of the fire, and
just before it broke out, she saw the prisoner come hi
a direction from the stack yard, with her master's
baby in her arms. There had, been a fire at the
neighbouring village of Blagden about a fortnight
before, and on the day it happened the prisonersaid she liked to see a good fire, and she should, liketo see her master's plabe on fire, adding, that if the
straw was fired it would be sure to light the buildings-.
On the day of the fire at the prosecutor's she told the
prisoner that the police had been there making ,
..LoNDoi*i. sEssloNs.
inquiries, and had asked some lueations. about her,- . - (SATLIRDA.Y‘ .)
and on her saying this the prisoner appeared very These sessions -commenced before the, Recorder,
v.:oast:zed and :valksd away.
Alderman' Wilsons and Aidertnen, Copeland, Hums
' estherine liumbell, another of the prosecutor's ,pherv, Challis, and Moon. ' , -• 1
e. sysnrs, also proved that she saw the prisoner come , William Burgess, a sickly-looking young man, was
out of the stack • ;t.ird a very few minutes before the 'indicted at-the instance of_ the City Solicitor,-for as,-
stael, burst 1140 flames. : ' - •
saulting the police in very asviolent manner, at- the
Thomas Moore, a police constable, deposed that he Garlick-hill station-house, to which indictment he
apprehended the pristmer on. the ;day- of the fire, and pleaded Not Guilty. • . , • she took him to the place where the stack had stood, Mr. R.• Gurney and Mr. Doane conducted the pro-
and pointed out in the. ashes where she first saw the
secution; the prisoner was undefended. . fire. The prisoner was,taken before a tnagistrate the
. City Police, Sergeant Butter, 403, stated that on
next morning. - Her mother was standing by hersand
the 21st of September last he • took . the prisoner into
she told her she was FUN' to go to prison, as she was
taken on suspicion of having caussd the fire. The custody tor fraudulently obtaining kdinner at the Ge-
floral Wolfe public house, in - the neighbourhood, of
prim.ner replied, "Nobody saw me do it; although I
v; as in the stack-yard."
Chelipside, to the amount of 4s. 4d. without the means
_ .. ,
David Smith, an inspector of police, deposed that of paying for • it., .On getting him to the. station-
, . .. , houseshis conduct became quite outrageous, using the
the prisoner was placed in his charge after she had Theprisonsr was acquitted on the ground of insanity ! float violent epithets. He completely _wrenched off
been taken into 'custody, and he heard her sap-to a' - - - - ' "-- •• . .11. bar that divides, the office at.the station-house from a
wo-nan named Rumball, who was sitting up with her, . . SOOT)! tyALE.s CMCUIT.---Cheiter, 4)ec.8.• I“passagef and made a desperate effort to strike. Mr. In-
v' If I said I had lighted the fire; people would believe (Before Mr. Baron crUINEIr.) • . '
;1, Spector
_Miii...7(ittnhivprhiosoivngessoo.l4lhdenuty,.but he failed in his
.
. . . . • .
, 1. your to escape, and apparently- intentionally put his
me, but I am not. so soft ; no one saw me do it, ;and ~.,, CASE of .3za.. wISTERnOrkOH.----C4ABGE or roe-- made a strong endea-
they cannot hurt me." When the prisoner was he- •
able plate of ,glass, glees; and broke :it:
GE/IY AGAINST A soperrox, . .
fore the magistrate, she said she knew nothing about This ease being fixed for this morning, the Court was. I;,head:through.-a, vain
the fire. crowded to.excess, the ease exciting. very great degree , At bust he-became so .exceedinglyosiolent that the of-
This was the case against the prisoner. of interest,. in consequence of the accused having occu- t ticers on duty were obliged to strap him doWn on a'
Mr. GRAY briefly addressed the jury, but the Mi.- 'Pif'd A most respectable .station in the county, treeing t, stretcher,.as „well as securely bandseuffhim, and then
him to- two. months'
twice served the ufficesf.idayor, of Stockport, and held I remove him to the •Giltspur-street Compter. On the
deuce was too clear against the prisoeer to give him
.the situation of clerk to, the magistrates of that borough. next day he. was : taken. before thelate Lord MaYor,
the. least chance of doing so successfully.
Air. Justice WILLIAMS summed up, and the.jury ' '
-imprisoninentfer the wilful datnageof the glass; and
The prisoner was defended by Mr. Jervis,
,M.P., and . sir .ws_magoa3.4 who v..oteoced
after a short deliberation, returned a verdict of Guilty,
' Mr. Welsbv who Were brought down from London On
but at the same time strongly recommended the pri- special retainers for the* purpose, as was also Mr. Bond .
Hu hethe celebrated. h h d • to take 'on. being liberated from Bridesvell he was !gal tk '
n, a en
into custody for the charge: of assaulting the police
Boner to mercy on account of her youth. e s, - an writer, ver- ,
1 .
.batira notes of the proceedings.. . -
• I the -dinner the'case was dismissed.' - '',
As regards
The Learned JUDGE ordered the • prisoner .to he The Learned Judge, who is labouring under indispo •NT I n' • .
are-you•certain that'
called up for judgment, and; after remarking that the sition, did. not take his seat-until' ten.,o'clock. Shortly ;" RECORDER--,--. ow, policeman,; tcedma f _ .
..
be wrenched the her off, an .attempted to
. atrike the•
conduct of the prisoner evinced great malignity, said afterwards the grand jury caste into COurt with upWards '
he felt it his duty to sentence her to be transported for of twenty'bills -including four against John Kenyon . inspector? Witness—Tli swear he did,,
sir. _
fifteen years. He added that the recommendation sf Winterbottom fo' r forgery. This concluding their busi - •REcoaihitt—Very well:. Now, .prvon.er, do you
the jury should be forwarded to the. Secretary? he
or nisi, the Court discharged them-. ..
State, who might, if he pleased, direct the. infliction The prisoner, John Kenyon TV interhottom; was then • accused, who; from his address, :seemed to be a very
of a milder sentence. , placed at the 'bar, charged with having had_ in his
.pos- • . well-informed; and certainly an ill-used young man,
Joseph Tunbridge 20 John Harrimond 18 and sessions certain bill-of exchange for 5,060/.,and that he replied' that he had.,formed • a series- of
.questions
.John Brown 18, • ' • . . 1 ''
' ' n token
were indicted for a highway rob.. . had for
Mr. that hill-the names of Elizabeth Isherwood, whilst in the. Compter, but which had bee
berg with vio' lence u rul AV lharn Sorrell. . . . •
Anna Marta bherwood Mirtara Isherwood, and Anna away from • him, by orders as he supposed, of the
Mr. Ryland d f p 1
e ended Bro Magdalene Isherwood, the exeeutrikes of the late Mr.
Mr.Marhh appear. for Am and Hammond, and governor, Mr. Whithair. He denied frandulently
From the evidence l
Tuabridge. ' , John Isherwood, of •Marple Hall, with intent. to defraud obtainingthe d' • .ch he had money
inner,. inasmuch as
witnessei, it appi,ara lateh Proliventoi and other' them. Ha was also charged with uttering. the said bill, enough in his pocket-to have, paid for it; but which he
Great Waltham, and on prisonerth:Zren
resided at- with-brv,intlt; to dtetaftif tithed trustees of 4, the :Poldicir Liit
Wai:prevented doing 1* the pOliCe'sergeant, or; as he
(Moller he was at a public-housegettith 23d of
was
intent to defraud Messrs.r
R'barts,at' rtitlxtiasn :n7 wight technically designate him, the " learned ser-
Fes, n a neighbouring village. While the
--t
'
be was i bankers, of London. Each indictmnt charged'
him se.
Co.,' grant. (Laughter.) As regards taking the bar,
namely with forging the names of the respective en- and endeavouring to strike the inspector, he solemnly

said that the plaintiff 'was entitled to a verdict in what 1 there he changed a sovereign,, and the prisoners, who I- doriers; and also with uttering. The prisoner pleadtd
damages they might think sufficient, for the arrest after • were with him, saw the operation.- He left to go nit gildv. .- - - . '
ho-had been put out of the defendant's house, as he had
done nothing to justify that course. But a. to what tome at an early hour, and when) he was about to ' The Atterney-General, Mr. Davidson, and Mr. Yardley
cress a stileleading
..
. ' led Langley '
had taken place within the house, they must con- .to a place cal s Park, aprred for the prOsieution. - • , • • ' .
e Was assailed y him d b three men, who threw own he ATTOiNEY-GiNERAL, in stating the easel° the
~ . eider whether the conduct of the plaintiff in the par- '
lour had been, as was alleged, so disorderly as .to placed
- a handkerchief on his mouth, and then -rifled' jury, ' entreated theM to dismiss fr.om. their minds eV
prejudices arising from the discussion of the case outof
is . pocketa of . all the money theY contained ' .
warrant the landlord in removing him. For. that was . ' Ihe door', and to decide. the case solely in accordance with
the defendant's plea, and not that the plaintiff was Prosecutor swore positively
.to the identity of the the evidence which would be laid before them. He wasejected in consequence of the offence for which he had three. prisoners as the men who -so•tieted, but upon placed in a most painful positi6n, having knOwn -the
suffered imprisonment. The Learned Judge agreed with . cross-examination he admitted that he tad accused prisoner all his life, and could not have believed he would
Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, that it would be hard if a -man, - another person of committing the robbery, although be guilty.ef the offence with whibh be was charged; as
having'atoned for his fault according to the laws of his he was afterwards satisfied that ,he was Mistaken. he hid
.always thought him aa' honourable a man as any
country, should be infamous for.life,and be prevented from His 'evidence was, however, corroborated to a con- in the. country. The prisoner had been for many years,
returning to an honest course of life. But that
.question aiderable extent so far as it related to the prisoners Previons to 1839, allattorney and banker in Stockport,
did not arise, as the, defendant had' pleaded inyustifica- j Tutibridge and Brown, . and the confidential adviser.of the late •Mr. John -Leber.
tion only the disorderly conduct of the plaintiff in the
The ' ' f • d these 'and they e jury . ounwood; of Marple Hall. In the year 1814 Mr. Isher-
house, and not his previous character, although the latter. ese prisoners guilty, ey
wood effected a policy of insurance on his life for
bad ben referred to by counsel on both sides. were sentenced to two years' imprisonment and hard ~ ..
the business for him.
• 3,0004, the prisoner transacting •
The jury retired to consider their verdict, and after lab into Hammond was acquitted.
• • When . the policy was effected, it wet placed by' Mr.
deliberating about three hours, found for the plaintiff— . The prisoners Taylor and Burrell, who were oon- Isherwood in a box at Marple Hall, where it was- sup!.
Damages, 205., on all counts. - victed on Thursday of sending a threatening letter to posed to be kept untilhisdeath, which took place in
. ' a farmer named. Miles, were brought up for jud) lent, NT

Ashy, 1839.. After his death the prisoner went to the
agent of the Pelican. Life-office in Manchester, produced
the policy of assurance, having, it was supposed, taken it
from the deed-box of. Mr. Isherwood, to which he hadic-_,
cess when attending the funeral, lie informed the agent
of the death of Mr. Isherwocycl,and asked for the requisi4
certificates to-be filled up. There 'he subsequently pro.
duced the certificates, and on Dec. 20, 1839, called wish
them and the prohate of the will of the late Mr. Isherisood,
The :wont proposed to pay the amount of the policyby
a bill at seven days' sight, mend the prisoner obtain- add
a stamp for that purpose. The bill was then drawn by
the agent and handed to the prisoner, he -at the manic
time being told that it must not be endorsed by the par-
ties by procuration, or it would not be paid by the
onto°. On the ad of January, 1840, the bill was paid
by the' prisoner into the Stockport Bank, and shortly
after that period ho received considerable sums from the
bank; When paid into the bank it had the names of the
ladies mentioned' in the indictments on it but as he .
shOuld'only. proceed On the one ehargingthe prisoner with
forging the name of Anna Alagdelene . Isherwood; nolw
Mrs. Lloyd, he (the Attorney-General) would confine
hiMself to that case. .The bill -was subsequently trait's--
milted to Messre..Jones Loyd -and Co., in London and
the aeceptanceottwoof the trustees of the Pelican-.,Hide.
It was paid by Messrs. Roberts and Co. •.ln May, 1840,
application was made by Mrs. Leyd, to the prite,ner,'
the ainotint of the policy, when.hesaid it Wag necessary,
before the money would be paid by thew office, that there
should be a Canterbury probate obtained to her father's
will as. well as a Chatter one.: To ether. applications, he
said, the money was ssfe-iri London,.and the office vroul=l
pay.interest for it.. -Howev.er, in . August,_lB4o, it wa,,
discoiered that the prisoner_ had received the money,
and Mr. Push was sent-down to investigate the matter,
,and he, finding that the prisoner hid absconded, took
means to secure his- apprehension, and got advertise-
ments issued; offering a reward of 2001. for him.
could' not be found, however, until the month of Septem-
ber" last, when he Was accidentally met With by a man of
the name of Paine, on the north shore at Liverpool, when
he was apprehended.. ' •
A number of witnesses were then called to prove thetas
• facts, utter which,
Mr. Jna'ns took several objections to the indictment,
on the ground that the prisoner was indicted for forging-
the 'names of •each endorsee separately,- whereaa the
'whole endorsement was only one transaction,_ and the-
bill was not coinplete until', 11l the names were ilgned
that there, was a variance in. the: diff,rent coonts. the
title of the Pelican-office lidt being correctly deScribei,
and 'that the bill itself Was-not a negotiable instetiment,
until accepted; and, therefore, -There could be-no frond
in uttering it. "t '
Mr. WELSBY folinwed en the same-side.: •
The Junox said the point 'was one of too great nicety
-for him to decide; and he would, therefore, reserve it
for the consideration-of the Judges,-
Mr. laity's then addressed the jury. on behalf of the
-prisoner, in a most eloquent -s-pe'ecli, 'contending ihlat
there was so much doubt in the case that -they 6ould not
safely convict. It has manifest that the prisoner, being
the confidential adviser -of the family,.considered that he
had-authority to receive the money; and to endorse the
bill, and therefore the utmost extent of. his guilt was, a
breach of trust. He implored them, therefore, under
these circumstances, not to consign the prisoner, by their
:verdict, to slavery, and his wife and children tuinfamy.
The Learned Juan. briefly summed up the, case,, and
The jury, after a few moments' consideration, pro-
nounced a verdict of Guilty;, • • ' - .
Pit Lordship ordered judgment to be revised. . t
-
There were •three other indictments, charging . the
prisoner with'' forging the names. of Atina' Marta ,I4ter-.
wood, Miriam; Isherwood, -and Elisabeth lahervrood;- and
Mr. JigliVlS said he: apprehended the prisoner was e±n-
titled, in`some way-or, other,' tobe discharged frOm those
indictments. • •
' The Jur:aux-70h, no,•certainly not.
Mr. Jinvls—Will. your Lordship take 'a note that I
made, the application ? . • -
. The JUDGE-17e -
Mr. Jnitvis then applied to the Judge to allow the
'officer of the court tit'fitrnis4 a copy of the indicttnent»
The -JIIiOGX-,--Ibere no objection. •

. avowed. that heneier touched it. The. fact was, that
he was illtreated in ,the most untnerciful,manner by
the police at the station, and - in trying. to evade their
violence the window was broken. lis arms were
pinioned behind, -he Was - tightly secured by cords to
stretcher, and the ,effect of the blows which they in-
flicted on his peeton with their truncheons was fully
apparent to the late Lord Mayor, when he was taken
before him. Beth eyes were black, and bruises
were on his thighs and chest, and on other parts •of
his Body. His'eqmplaints did not end there, for while
he.waa incarcerated, in Bridevvell . the authorities de-
'--prived him of the use of•pens, ink, and paper, whereby
he might have communicated with his friends,, who
would have applied to one of her Majesty's judges for
a habeas corpus •on his behalf, so as •to ascertain by
Whit right -be was incarcerated: • •
. Mr. Inspector 11PLean was then sworn_—He was
at the Garlick-hill atation-house when the prisoner
was brought there for fraudulently obtaining a dinner.
Racoapint—What kind of a bar is it that divides
the office from the- passage? Inspector--It is. a
wooden one, and falls into a kind of groove, the other
end being fiistened by a nail. • • . •
Recoaor.a-,-Now,•did you sEe the priionn.wrench
it of omit try to strike you with InSi.ector-1
heard he did.
RECORDiII.—N,•, no, that won't do. Did you' or
did you not ? Inspector-4 didlnor, Sir; but I saw
but very little of him.
Recoanea—Tbo you were in no perSonal danger
of him ? tor Nid in •thi,
prise in Court.) • , •
Recoftoun—Who ordered -him to be• -put the
stretcher ? Inspector--I do not knove.';._Sir ; I did not.
I understand that he. was violent. • • "
REcoanea—Do.you not know that .he was beaten
in an unmerciful manner when ill a iielplesil state?
Inspeetor—l did not see him. struck. - • .
Lord Slsvi-ir
eonill:coc;:ilinseEsß?—.TitspdeitCti.t/r)e—:Tl,l6it'vwe.tsl:l:. did in fact,
am almost cells in of it. ' .
Prisoner Will you allow me, thy to' ask the
•
wißtnnescsoftangEuße_ c
stior:;r?tnii.nly. •
Prisoner-f-',Vlon ileti,re the Lei-d yon
state that I had wrenched the bar off;au d: endeavoured
to strike you ? losoector—No, 4H not.
RECORDER—I- 4up0c.304,. yon were nit of
his -makieg suoit an attach? Inspector—No, Sir,
was not.

‘,
Call the next witness.
James Bzillyinore, police-constable 405, said he was
at the station-house when the prisoner Was brought
in oustorly there.
RP:coal:l.Eß Did pu see him lift the bar ? Con.
stable-1 did, Sir.
- moan ER —IV htit Pl4e ? Con Ate We deavou red

to hit at Mr. Joseph
RECORDER—Tiv,n he was close to-him ?• Con-
stable—Oh, yes, Sir;' he only escaped the blow by
starting :in one side —(Much winsation on, hearing
i.; falsehiod.)
Mr; Alderman CoiznAND (much excht(l)L-Fhope,
for the Sake or 'the Public, that theie two pOlice-con-
Stables will he immediately suspended,' and I will
take care to bring the 'case under the notice of the
first Court of Aldermen. I 'never heal d such gross
perjury during the whole of my- magisto-4sl duties.
The RECORDER—Gentlemen Of the jury, owing to
the very great 'disin-epancies in the evidence, you can-
not do less than acapiit the prisoner. I shall feel it
my duty" to rrflicti s proper r --present.stion of the facts
to, the proper quarter, so that a strict investigation
may take ;place ijipe(ting'thi condo & of the police,
fot the safety. of the -public. ' • - •• "
Mr.'M I beg to tell the
accused that he shill have every-facility the Court 'of
Aldermen Can-renclr him in prn,ecuting• the parties
•who had so grossly perjured themselves on that occa-
aiiin.--:(Loud applame.) • •
The jury instantly acquitted the prisoner, to' the
great siti4action of one and all of the members of the
as' also a crowded court. - •

Mr. .iforris linAlord of the' cm 'Parr's Head,
Sri Aldersgate-street, appealed iikisiilst conviction for
having knowingly suffered notorionsly'baa characters
and prosqtutes to assemble in house. •.•
Mr BBODKIN,t, who appeared- for the Otie!lint, con-
tended in•litnine that unfortunate girls'Could .n,.t,be
,said to.be *notoriously bad cliarticteri,..unlass,et were
shown they had been gnilty.of a riot, or some offence
which the Legislature had intended to guard agaiOst
by statute. It merely their immorality was to
constitute them notoriously-bad characters, any of the
n*le sex who committed` sedtiction,:nr:Were guilty of
fraudulent hinliruptcy, would fall within•the opera-
.
.tion of the Act. -• .

_ .
Mr. Alderman`- ‘Vii.sott* Said the question was
whether they were bad or good prOstituteS7,-if there
were any good; and he should Wish to hear thefacts
of the case.
,; Two constables of the City police Oleo stated thet,
on the Bth of October, between one and two o'clock,
they saw_ four prostitute's leave the appellant's house,
and hearing. a noise within, they entered, and found
twelve men and seven prostittites'drinliine.
• Altlermao Wits'Ott asked if they w'e're notoriously
bad Characters, and the police anhwerMin the affirms.
tive.. One of them,' Jenny Jones, had been several
.
times in custody..
Mr. BODKIN deprecated the Alderman putting such
a leading question after the discussion that had taken
plaCe in the. hearing of the police.
Aldeman WthsoN—l cannot help Mr, Bodkin be-
ing sore upon'the. point, but I will have the troth but
for the guidance` of the Court:
vr.:Bot,k/5.—.4 'am not, sore at all, and will not
place my exye*pce, akaihit..i.hel Alderman's' as to
Who are and whO:aie Pot,go4 prostitutes
, Alderman WiLsOn—You will-not'stdl3pie.
Mr, Boktc.trt--7I do not. Wish, but as an advocate I
am bound to say that .1, attach no weight to ansWers
so obtained from the pollee by .their superiors.
Alderman Wason--I have- been a magistrate as
long as you have been a barrister, and will not be
lectured as to the 'form in. which I shall -put 'my
'cinestiom.
Atr. !onictN:—YOu ikpreininecl tb have no know-
ledge 'of laW„ lam not desirous-of • lecturing you,.
and shall address tnyAelf to !he organ of the Court. I
shall not Undertake the task of 'reforming your
practice. : ,
AlAfrintui .Wrisazi (hltily)—You cannot reforM
me.,--.(Laughter.) •
The remenil;eitalcipg an objection
once to a ipestion•of Lord Tenterden'st which was a
hold step, but theLobj-Ctioll was Allowed.
BODKI,Nr..*YeN Lord 'renterden had the g9ed
sense to see the force of it, which ,is not the case here.
After some; further conversation, the conviction was

POLICE(sAINTuTREDEALx.I)G7ENCE.
VAAShiN-liol/SE.:
.sailor,liained Join Cox„ who had been the day
'before.' paid' off upon his return from a voyage to
Canada, and a young woman, who said her'. name
W!La '4/411eading, were brought before the Lord
3440r,'' the 'female charged With haiing run away
,with a shawl from the shop of-i linendraper, mid (as
the police-Sheet stated) having left the sailor drunk
behind her, either to pay for, or remain in Pledge for
the article.
''The complainant stated that on Friday night the
sailOr and the lady, who appeared to be, and de-
Scribed herialf as a servant girl, resident in the
prolific neighbourhood of l'ettiCoat;lane, walked into
the shop-41r. Cox being evidently lumpy"—:and
Tociked out a shaWl. 'As We witness did not know
Nhether the sailor might not be shamming; in order
to afford an opportunity of doitig. something on the
double, care was taken to watch the:pair narrowly.
They left the shop without making any purehase, but
soon returned. •It then appeared that the sailor was
really " far gone," but the woman had all her wits
efk)ut her ; and after again examining the shawl; she
snatched it up, and cut away outbf the shop as fast
SS She could, leaiing het comrade responsible. < A
policeman, hOweVer, who probably had intimation of
what might take place, checked her career in a Very
policenian-like tnat?ner, and deprived her.of what She
called " the present that was made her."
The policeman stated that She was in' a' great hurry
in Passingelongtupon quitting the prosecutor's shop.
The Loan MAYOR—WeII, Miss Reading, what
have you to say to this P—The female prisoner stated
that she wag well acquainted with the sailor, and that
he took her to the shop to treat her to a shawl. Well,
.she'pitched UPO'n one, for which the linendraper asked
184., and the sailor took out a sovereign to pay for it,
thereupon the linendraper said they Must,not go away
without takings drop& something' short. As she' was
a. teetotaller., she refused to-break the wholesome rule,
by whiCh her conduct had been' long regulated ;
the sailor, who was not a teetotaller felt inclined to
adept the invitation.. Seeing that'things were in so
unpromising a pandition, she thbught the best thing.
she could do was to take the shaid home, 'after which
she intended to return to take care of Jack, when sud-
denly her plan was frustrated by the officer.
The LORD 111A.YOR—And what have_ you to sty;
Mr. Coi ? The Sailor--Sity; your Lordship, I know
nothing at till about it. It's all a dream tome. •
The statiOo-hOUSe inspector said the sailor 'had
iihout him two sovereigns and Some silver.
The Loan INISTOR--Wis -the woman drunk ?'
Officer—ltalher So: •
The Fel:Mlle Prisoner—NeVerl ' I take nothing
.
stronger.than spruce.•
.The LORD M-aroa-7/ Must know something more
about you, Miss Reding, before I let you gb. - The
sailor may depart, arid the complainant may have his