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The Weekly Journal. — 1904-01-22 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

ISLAM AWE.  111.-THE SECOND COIL.  Vey, often has a guilty person carried out a suuningly-contrived plan for biding h:s guilt. and then found that the very steps lie took to US. pursuit left a clear, track tor justice to gollow. Of this there is a very striking example in a case of murder tried at the Spiing Assizes at Chelmsford in 1851. The trial was that of is young man named Thomas Drory, who was charged with the murder of a young woman named Jael Denny. The man who had to face this teirible charge was about twenty-two years old, and at first sight mould have been put down by a ci:sual observer as of a very mild and harmless type. it is said that even in the dock of the criminal court his predominant characteristic was respectability. A good judge of character might ba,:c read sensuality in the lines of his face but few persons mould have thought it of a crimizal cast. The a, . however, is a far more common one ngst murderers than people generally think . e commonplace person Who has nothing of he ruffian about him, who is mildly behaved ougla so long as his own appetites aro not wafted or his safety endanFerecl, but who, lien he is in any fear for himself—provided hat the person who is in his way 13 sulticiently preak—is as dangerous and temorseless as is Mild beast. • Thomas Drory was the sou of a farmer of 11. hat name, who had an outlying farm at Mid'nghurst, near Brentwood, in Essex. This arm was managed by the prisoner, who lived it the farmhouse. For some time there also ier 'red at the farm a man named Last, with his ife and Jetil Denny, Mrs. Last's daughter by first marriage. i Jael Denny was rather a good-looking young Oo woman, remarkable for her height, which was ye the average. She was described by some Om witnesses as a well-conducted girl, but p there was no question as to the terms she as on with Drory, while there was another ng man with whom her relations had been ilhe same character, these witnesses certainly :maimed to take easy views as to morality. It pppeass that the girl's mother and step-father Esti ade no objection as to the relations that exbetween her and young Drory, but when young man's father heard wh it was going he insisted that the Lasts should move away m the farmhouse, and that they went to a 'wattage near the farm. ' About this time it became obvious that ,Jael .IDrory was going to have a child, and nobody tns to have had any doubt about the fact t Thomas Drury was the father. For all tau t, however, R match was made—by the nte -- between Thomas Drery and the .ghter of a neighbouring farmer nam..d Gib, and young Decry sORTROI to have been anxious to carry out his father'a plan. i (hi October 12th, 1851, Jael Denny told her *pother at the tea-table, at about half-past 'Nix, that she was going out to meet the prisoner Lan& piittincr her bread and butter on one side 1 if she expected to return soon and finish it, : e went out. The evening end the night sand without her coming back, and the next ~ evening she was found in the fields with a •rope round her neck, strangled to death.
The Weekly Journal. — 1904-08-05 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

SYNOPSIS OF INSTALMENTS I. TO 111.  Rupert de is Touche is second mate on ene Of a fleet of convict ships, leaving England for a distant country. Among the women priooners is • young and beautiful girl, but what ber same is, or for what she is being banished, So one knows. When only a few days at sea this girl jumps overboard, and la Touche immediately dive* after her, but though rescued and taken on board again she dies almost at eau and is buried at sea. The voyage now keoomes eventful in the extreme. Several of the sailors and convicts declare that the ghost of the dead girl has appeared to them, strange and amazing scenes frighten the crew, and even the Captain is awestruck by the sight of Ai strange, white coast not marked on the chart, but which turns out to he a mirage. P7hen within a few days' sail of their destination, a three-muted schooner in distress is ;gated, which signal, to them for a supply of water. A boat is at once lowered, and 'SA Touche and four sailors proceed to the weasel. The Captain invitee La Touche into tis cabin, and under the pretence of bringing .wilie goal out, locking the door behind him. PA skip now starts on her voyage, the efforts Of the convict fleet to come up with her being usavailiag. At last the Captain goes back to his prisoifier, and tells him that he and his companions have been taken in order to help ttim to navigate his ship to the South Sea Islands, some of his crew having died. La Touche knows that resistance is useless, so he promisee to act azi mate on this extraordinary *gage. A te* days later, during the midnight watch, the schooner strike a reef, and 1).°°1°01 Bo firodY wedged on the rocks that ruape or getting her on again is abandoned. break disoldses another ship also stranded, f a 4ort distance away. Ano Captain asks Is onche to go and inspect her, which he does. The onis discoveries he makes are the dead body oft gum and a chest containing valuable atones and silver &hicks, some of which he takes pray witb 'dig. On hie return he finds that the Captain hod been murdered by one of his crew, While others are engaged in breaking ;1: big opus ;um casks. Leaving them to their -fate, Touche. and four men launch a boat d sail, hoping. to arrive at an island. Riot range 'mho' is sighted, but though led to does not respond and suddenly disappears altogether. This we. evidently a phantom ship, and the men look upon it as an omen of death; in fact, almost directly afterward. one of them diem suddenly. Tney had now been several days on the open sea, when water is noticed in the well of the boat. !Minting that it is leaking, the men set to work to hail it out, but discover that it is the Ash water from the cask, and that they are left with only a drop of brandy to quench their awful thirst. One of them goes mad, S.wo others jump overboard, and la 'Touche is eft alone. On the eleventh day, however, is rescued by a girl in an extraordinary manner, taken to her home and treated with Feat kindness by herself and her father, who Salle himself the King of Great Britain.
The Weymouth, Portland and Dorchester Telegram. — 1877-08-17 (Weymouth, Dorset, England)

EXECUTION OF THE CROYDON MURDERER.  Caleb Smith, a middle-aged man, who was found guilty at the late Croydon Assize of the murder of Surma Osborne, • woman with whom he cohabited. was Tuesday hanged for his crime within the precincts of Hot semongerlane Gaol. At the trial it appeared that thb convict gave way to a jealous feeling with regard to Osborne, and on the 14th April there was an altercation between them, during which the deceased struck him in the face. Thereupon Smith seized hold of a razor and cut her throat, and and endeavoured le inflict an injury on himself, but did not succeed. The only line taken by the counsel for the prisoner at the trial was to urge the jury to look upon the offence as one of manslaughter. Since his removal to Horsmonger-lane Gaol, Smith has beeen very firm in his demeanour, and told Mr. Jemopp. the chaplain, that he "should die like a man, and that he loved the ground that Osborne walked on." He spent the major portion of his time time during his last incarceration in reading the Bible and writing to his friends. On Sunday his four children came to take their final leave, and the scene was • most distressing one, as the little ones clung to their father, and it was with difficulty that the chaplain could Persuade them to leave. Tuesday morning the condemned man was up early, and listened with attention to the administrations of Mr. Jessopp. About half-past eight Marwood entered the iron front gate of the prison. The scaffold used was the same as the one on which Isaac Marks was executed at the beginning of the year for the murder of mother Hebrew, Earned Barnard. At a quarter to nine o'clock the clang of tee prison bell told that the last few minutes of the murderer had arrived. Soon afterwards he left his cell, and without any help walked down the corridor until Ihe nearly faced the scaffold. Ile was accompanied by the Under-Sherifl, a magistrate of the county, Mr. Keene, (the governor),, and the chaplain ; and • few reporters were present. runith submitted to the process of pinioning without a word. It was evident that he was unaware of what would be required of him, as he had, on leaving his cell, come out with a woollen check scarf around his neck. Marwood divested him of this article of attire and turned down the collar of his shirt and coat. Smith, who is somewhat lame, walked with courage and was sustained by the words of the chaplain. On being placed under the noose no word escaped and immediately after Marwood bad enveloped his head in a white cap a heavy thud was heard, which told the few spectators that justice hail been satisfied. The prisoner was said to be about sft. Sim in height, and the executioner gave him the enormous drop of seven feet. Death seemed to take place within a minute. The body was left hanging the usual time and then cut down for the inquest to be held. Many spectators assembled outside to witness the hoisting of the black }lag, but the execution wee as private as could well be imagined.
The Weymouth, Portland and Dorchester Telegram. — 1877-08-24 (Weymouth, Dorset, England)

SCENE IN COURT.  At the Westminster P 011.24) Court on Saturday, Ada .Villy Traiener, 16, described as an actress, was charged with stealing some blankets, sheets, china, &c., from the coffee house, No. 4so, King's-road, Chelsea.—The prosecutor stated that at one o'clock on Friday morning a cabman brought the prisoner and she took • lodging at his house; at ten o'clock she ordered a cup of tea, a round of toast, and a newspaper, for which she paid, and then went away in a cab.—The prisoner: There wasn't enough butter on the toast. —Mr. D'Eyncourt asked the pri..iner, who became violent, to be quiet, and conduct herself properly, at which she burst out laughing, and balanced herself on the edge of the dock, and then tying a handkerchief tightly round her neck, said she would choke herself.— Prosecutor said the things were worth 23e.—Prisoner: About 21d., you mean.—Mr. D'Eyncourt wished to know if the prisoner was sober, or in her right senses. —Davis (assistant gaoler) stated she was sober. It was wickedness.—Prosecutor said she was a stranger to him.—Edward Berson, a pawnbroker's assistant, produced some tea-cups pledged by the prisoner for 3s.— Prisoner: Don't blush. Who are you calling a prisoner ? I'll hit you in the eye. How many things have you stolen in your time! Prosecutor identified the cups.— Prisoner: Don't cry about it —Wm. F. Roberts, a cab-driver, said he was called to take the prisoner up at the coffee-house.—Prisoner: Yes, and a nice old robber you are.—The cabman said he took the prisoner up; she was very bulky -,C) much so that she could hardly climb into the cab. After driving her about to various places, he went to Battersea Bridge, and she would not pay the toll ; he afterwards drove to • pawnbroker's, and there she pledged the H cups and saucers. e looked through the trap of his cab, and saw the prisoner taking blankets and sheets from round her body, and wrapping them in a newspaper, and he took her to the police-station.—Prisoner: Yes, I'll give you something when I get hold of you. —The Cabman said he had not been paid his fare.—Prisoner: You won't have any money out of me; I'll murder you when I get hold of you; I'll pull your nose out of your face.—Mr. D'Eyncourt told the prisoner to be quiet and not make grimaces.—Prisoner began gesticulating violently, and said she was a lunatic—didn't she look like one? She felt the madness coming on her.—Police-constable John Manley said her clothes were at • house where the cabman called; they were detained for 30s. rent she owed.—Prisoner said she would give them 30 "bobs" in the eye; she wanted a snooze and a wash. —Mr. D'Eyncourt asked her how old she was. —Prisoner: 17 come Sunday.— Mr. D'Eyncourt remanded her for a week, and she jumped out of the dock shouting, "Whoa Emma !" On being removed to the cell she tried to strangle herself, and smashed the things on which her food was given her.  A
The Weymouth, Portland and Dorchester Telegram. — 1877-08-24 (Weymouth, Dorset, England)

QUAKERS IN PRISON FOR ILIPIIIHNG TO FIGHT. In the east of Europe there are communities of Fene called Nazarenes, who may be regarded as ers, holding many of their views, especially ir conscientious objections to engage in war. Dr. Ziemann lately met with some of these people in Servia, and he writes as follows concerning them : There are here about nine families marked by the public as "peculiar," and very pious. From all I have been able to learn they belong to a sect in doctrine and practice very similar to the worthy Friends in England. To-day I visited them in the fortress. I found the governor most favourably disposed towards them. He told me that two had just completed Eve years' servitude for refusing to carry arms. A few days' after their discharge the bite war broke out, theywere called out again, and of course they offered to do anything in their power by way of serving the Government, except to carry arms, The Governor accompanied me into the prison yard. They were out, and the Governor explained to me that they were sentenced to " labour," but he used them mostly for field or garden work. They were sent for. They came—bang, bang, heavy chains on their feet, clothed in ominous grey prison garb, led by an armed guard. Only two came; one is a patient in the Lazaretto. These two looked not ill, neither downcast, just the reverse; their faces had a calm peaoetul look. They did not complain, neither did they burst out with a show of their martyrdom. Reserved, and exceedingly meek, they answered simply my questions, confirming to me what I had heard already, that they would rather die than carry arms, "because God had forbidden to murder." The chains and the prison they could endure, but to disobey God they would not, and dare not. Did they feel unhappy? I asked. There were tears in their eyes; but, said the one," The Lord Jesus Christ had told his disciples beforehand that they would have to suffer, and then , eternal life 1 " I asked if I could do anything for Ithem ; they looked long and steadily at each other, and then timidly begged, "Could I obtain for them the permission to read the Bible in their cells" I cannot tell you what I felt as I stood before these martyrs of GA. I think if the Friends in England would move in the matter and send a petition, or perhaps a deputation, to the Government here, it would have weight and restore them to liberty. Pray consider what is best to be done." Dr. Ziemann, writing last week on his way back to the vicinity of the seat of the war, adds the following: "Besides the permission for the prisoners to read their Bibles, I also succeeded in getting their chains taken off; and the Society of Friends in London have sent, through Lord Derby, a petition to Prince Milan, of which I take a copy to the Princess, asking for their deliverance."
The Weymouth, Portland and Dorchester Telegram. — 1862-10-09 (Weymouth, Dorset, England)

THE ASSASSINATION OF MR. BRADDCLL. The murderer Hayes is reported to be still in the immediate vicinity of bee own residence, although reports have been industriously circulated that be had gene off to America. His continued successin b.iffliog his pursuers is one of those extraordinary and mysterious facts which in any country but Ireland would be thought incredible. The police are still unceasing in their efforts to trace him, but, with the aid of his sympathetic friends, he continues to elude them. In addition to the large extra reward offered by Mr. Howley, R. it., which, together with that offered by the Government, made the whole amount nearly £7OO, it is stated that Mr. Richard Hare offers • further sum of £lOO for such private information, to be given to the resident magistrates at Tipperary, as will lead to Hayes'a arrest. The Hon. Coleoel Hare, of Devonport, the owner of the property over which Mr. Braddell was agent, paid a visit to it last week, and instituted Inquiries, the result of which was that Moose, the bailiff, who was with !Ir. Braddell at the time of the murder, has been dismissed.  A poor deserted child who had been found straying in the streets was on Thursday brought before the guardians of the North Dublin Union in order that be might be admitted to the workhouse. The question was raised whether he should be registered as • Protestant or a Roman Catholic, a subject on which he was not able to give any information, being less than four years old, and under the circumstances it was thought by many of the guardians that he should be registered in the religion of the State. Mr. Atkins (a Roman Catholic gaardi.n) contended that the law on the subfeet *as theta found child should be registered in the religion of time finder, who was a poet Catholic woman A long discussion arose as to the courtse to gi pursued, and it was finally determined to have she boy brought in, sad, if possible, ascertain his own viows on the matter. The child was brought in, and the chairman asked him his name. He answered in words that sounded something like "Dan Nash." He was then asked what prayers he bad been taught, and be indistinctly repeated • portion of the Lord's Prayer. The &airman then asked him to "bless himself," but be did not appear to understand the question. bfr. Atkins (in an insinuating tone)—Now. my little dear will you may the "Hail Mary r The child repeated the words " Hail Mary." Mr. Arkin* then asked the child to "bless himself," and the little fellow, putting the knuckles of his diminutive douched list to his forehead. repeated what appeared to be a portion of the "Lord's Prayer." Mr. Arkins considered that that act had established the fact of his having been brought up as a Roman Catholic, and othprs took a contrary view. A division took place, and by a majority of 9 ;o 6 it IVY deeided that he should be registered a Roman Catholic:.
The Weymouth, Portland and Dorchester Telegram. — 1862-10-02 (Weymouth, Dorset, England)

STATISTICS.  CRIME AND SEX.—Of every 100 prisoners committed to prison in England in the year 1861, 28 were women, so that of every four prisoners one was a woman. In the committal+ for the more serious offence'', indictable offences-14.349 males and 3,977 femalee,—the proportion of women was fewer; in the live. yeare 1857-61 it has been little more than one in every five. But the oomparieen IS not nearly so fisvourable to women in the estimates made by the police of the number of criminal clesaes, because then profligate women are reckoned, 31,500 in the returns of last year. The number of women belonging to the criminal classes, including under that designation known thieves, receivers of stolen goods, respected persons, vagrants, prostitutes, atid all women actually in prison for other cause than debt was returned at 59,951 last year, or one in every 171 of the entire female population of England. The criminal class of the other Hex numbered 89,603, or one in 109. Women take their part even in crimes of violence. Last year 27 women were committed to take • their trial for murder, 7 for attempting to murder, 29 for nuorlaughter.lB for wounding with intent to maim, 37 for burglary, 76 for housebreaking, and 17 were charged before magistrates with having implements for housebreaking. 24 were indicted for robbery and assaults to rob by persons armed in company; but aseaelts and larcenies without violence are their chief crimes. 12 were indicted for bigamy ; 112 for concealing the birth of infants; 20,611 were charged before magistrates with being drunk, or drunk and disorderly, and 9,589 of them convicted. The proportion of male criminals who are but boys is much larger than the proportion of girls among female criminals, but 1,428 girls under 16 were committed to prison last year. Among the 31,824 females committed to English prisons in the year, no less than 6,835 were of Irish birth; the Irish proportion among the male committals was much smaller. Half the women committed are described as of "no occepation," and half the men as "labourers" generally, implying probably in most instanced, a life of plunder and vice rather than work. The proportion of recommitments is greater among females than among males, and no less than 2,714 women are described in the returns of 1861 as having been committed above ten times before, bet only 91 of the men. In prison the women generally behave better than the men; in the convict prison only 10 in the hundred of the women were punished for prison offences in the year, while among the melee the proportion was 28. Of the female criminal lunatics in custody in the year, 220 in number, 45 were women charged with murder, 10 with attempts to murder, 3 with manslaughter, 3 with infanticide or concealing birth, 2 with burglary, 78 with larceny and petty thefts. But the lunatics are the accumulation of years, and their offenoes are not to be all reckoned ' among the mischief done by women in 1861.