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The Sun. — 1844-07-12 (London, England)

AND POLXCZ. Mr. Justice 'Williams opened the commission for the Norfolk circuit at Buckingham on Wednesday. The criminal calendar is very short, and the crimes charged are by no means of a serious kind, with the exception of a charge of murder, in which the deceased was a gamekeeper. The number of prisoners is only 14. At Abingdon on Thursday, Chief Justice Tindal heard some cases in the nisi prius court, but they were without interest. In the Crown court Joshua Ware, 19 years of age, was convicted of a burglary, on the Ist of May, in the house of the Rev. G. H. Hodson, at Cookham, and sentenced to be transported for ten years. In the Court of Bankruptcy William Bromley underwent another examination, which disclosed facts of a most painful nature, and frauds to an enormous extent. The debts and, liabilities amount in round numbers to about 140,0001., principally through breaches of trust, and some of them appeared to have extended as far back as 1824. The case is given at length under the proper head. John Warringham, a waterman, who resides near Horselydown, was fined 40s. at the Mansion-house for serious obstruction to the navigation of the river Thames, which is at the present time crowded within the port of London with vessels of all description's. At Marylebone, Frederick James Reynolds and Jane Thompson, both of .whom were respectably attired, were charged with having, by means of begging petitions of a fictitious nature, obtained various sums of money. In consequence of a begging petition and a fictitious certificate, the list of subscriptions was of considerable length, and among the names, many of which are supposed to be fictitious, was that of the Rev. Dr. Spry fur 5L ; and there was also an item " voluntary subscriptions in the neighbourhood, 151. 10s. 6d." They were both remanded. James Mitchell, a determined-looking fellow, was brought up for final examination before Mr. G. Clive, the sitting magistrate, at Hammersmith, on a charge of having committed a murderous assault upon a female, named Fanny Pearce, who was in attendance. She appeared very weak from the effects of the injuries she had received, but upon being called upon to take the oath she refused,saying she had no charge to make against the prisoner. Mr. Clive, nevertheless, said—l think it my duty to send the case to the sessions, and I shall also report the case to the Secretary of State for the Home Department, as it is now done in cases of most serious assails, in which it is essential to the public interests that a conviction should be had. The prisoner was then ordered to enter into recognizances, himself in 40/., and two sureties in 20/. each, to appear at the sessions. At Union Hall, a woman named Brown, in the service of Charles Conolly, a newsvender. of Duke-street, London bridge, was brought before Mr. Cottiugham, charged with robbing her master of 1851. in Bank of England notes and sovereigns, and four other persons, a man named Buckley and his wife, and two women, named Quin and Wigzell, were charged with being concerned in the offence. All the prisoners were remanded. t; 01C723.1e —
The Sun. — 1844-05-10 (London, England)

LAW AND POLICE. The jury on the trial of the man Crouch for the murder of his wife, after being locked up without food till a late hour, returned a verdict of guilty, and Baron Alderson, passed sentence of death on the prisdner. William Henry Gower, 42, a person genteelly dressed, and who was stated to be an attorney, was indicted at the Old Bailey for feloniously uttering a forged certificate of marriage, alleged to have been solemnised between himself and one Amelia Drayson. The prosecutrix had agreed to live with the prisoner as his wife, and the copy of the register had been prepared to show, in order to produce a belief that she was married to him. They had become acquainted in consequence of the prisoner being employed by her to copy ma-nuscript for the press. The jury returned a verdict of guilt, and he was sentenced to two years' imprisonment, but in consequence of the circumstances of the case, a representation in his favour will be made to the Secretary of State. Mr. Wilkins applied to postpone the trial of William Burton Newenham, charged with the abduction of Miss Wortham, until next sessions. No opposition being made to the motion, the Learned Judge ordered the trial to stand over until next sessions. . '  At the Excise Court, John Sykes, tobacco manufacturer, of Red Cross-street, Barbican, was charged on various informations with having in his possession articles for the purpose of adulterating tobacco—namely, sugar, molasses, logwood, nutgalls, and copperas, by which he had incurred penalties to the amount of 8001. He was convicted on one information, and fined 251. '  Henry Dawkins, a warehouseman, in the service of Mr. Swainson, a worsted and fringe • manufacturer- in Woodstreet, was charged at the Guildhall with stealing a large quantity of goods from the premises of his employer, and George Buxton, of Eden-place, Hoxton, fringe and linemanufacturer, was charged with receiving a portion of the stolen goods. They were both remanded. A well-dressed man; named Thomas Franks, was charged with having written and sent to the Rev. Clement Strong, Oxford-terrace, 'Bayswater, a letter, - couched in such violent and threatening language, as to cause him .(cornplainant) to consider-his life in danger. He was held to bail. Margaret Morgan, a young, handsome, and very fashionably-dressed Frenchwoman, was charged at Marlboroughstreet with robbing-Mr. Thomas Graham, of No. 7, Trevorsquare, Knightsbridge, and a member of the Stock Exchange, of ten shillings in silver. She was committed for trial. John O'Connor, a boy thirteen years of age, was charged pt Queen-square with a gross imposition on Mr. Spottiswoode, of No. 16, Great George-street, Westminster, by obtaining money, under the representation that his mother, whom the complainant had frequently relieved, had been knocked down by a cab and had her leg broken. One of the officers of the Mendwity Society stated that he had known the mother for some years as a begging-letter writer. She had met with no accident. He was sent to hard labour for three months in the House of Correction. -
The Sun. — 1844-05-10 (London, England)

LAW AND POLICE.  The jury on the trial of the man Crouch fur the murder of his wife, after being locked up without food till a late hour, returned a verdict of guilty, and Baron Alderson passed sentence of death on the prisoner.  William Henry Gaver, 42, a person genteelly dressed, and who was stated to be an attorney, was indicted at the Old Bailey for feloniously uttering a forged certificate of marriage, alleged to have been solemnised between himself and one Amelia Drayson. The prosecutrix had agreed to live with the prisoner as his wife, and the copy of the register had been prepared to show, in order to produce a belief that she was married to him. They had become acquainted in consequence of the prisoner being employed by her to copy manuscript for the press. The jury returned a verdict of guilt 7, and he was sentenced to two years' imprisonment, but in consequence of the circumstances of the case, a representation in his favour will be made to the Secretary of State. Mr. Wilkins applied to postpone the trial of William Burton Newenham, charged with the abduction of Miss Wortham, until next sessions. No opposition being made to the motion, the I4arnod Judge ordered the trial to stand over until next sessions.  At the Excise Court, John Sykes, tobacco manufacturer, of Red Cross-street, Barbican, was charged on various informations with having in his possession articles for the purpose of adulterating tobacco—namely, sugar, molasses, logwood, nutgalls, and copperas, by which he had incurred penalties to the amount of 8001. He was convicted on one information, and fined 251. . _  Henry Dawkins,, a warehouseman; ,in the service of Mr. Swhinson, a worsted and fringe manufacturer in Woodstreet, was charged at the Guildhall with stealing a large quantity of goods from the premises of his employer, and George Buxton, of Eden-place, Hoxton, fringe and linemanufacturer, was charged with receiving a portion of the stolen goods. They were both remanded. A well-dressed man, named Thomas Franks, was charged with having written and sent to the Rev. Clement Strong, 78, Oxford-terraee; Bayswater, a letter, couched in such violent and threatening language, as to cause him (complainant) to consider his life in danger. He was held to bail. Margaret Mprgan, a young, handsome, an& very fashionably-dressed Vrencliwoman, was charged at Marlboroughstreet with robbing Mr. Thomas enraham, of No. 7,-Trevorsquare, Knightsbridge, and a member of the Stock Exchange, of ten shillings in silver. She was committed for trial. John O'Connor, a boy thirteen years of age, was charged at Queen-square with a gross imposition on Mr. Spottiswoode, of No. 16, Great George-street, Westminster, by ob' taining money, under the representation that his mother, whom the complainant had frequently relieved, had been knocked down by a cab and had her leg broken. One of the officers of the Mendacity Society stated that he had known the mother for some years as a begging-letter writer. She had met with no accident. He was sent to hard labour for three months in the House of Correction.
The Sun. — 1844-07-29 (London, England)

SINGULAR DISCOVERY OF A SUSPECTED MURDER. —Some few weeks ago, as a man, assisted by his son, was digging turf in a lonely part of Longton Moss, near Preston, he discovered the remains of a human body under the following circumstances :—ln the course of his labours, he came to a spot of ground which had long been called the " grave," from the peculiar form and appearance of the grass growing over it being in the shape of a grave, and the sods upon it much more verdant than the surrounding vegetation. When he had put his spade down among the turf, and was working it about to loosen the mass of soil which he wished to dislodge, he encountered something that obstructed his operations, which he thought was an accumulation of matted sticks, frequently found in turbaries. It proved, however, to be hair, and a human skull which he had just thrown out was covered with long tresses. He then became aware that he had opened the resting-place of a fellow-creature, and in the breast of the earth which his labours had cleared the traces of a body were apparent. All was decomposed, except some of the larger bones ; but where the head and neck had lain the earth was of a different colour, as though it had been soaked with blood. The remains were most of them collected, and removed to a neighbouring house, where the hair was washed, and found to be of a very dark colour. The singularity of the occurrence caused 'no small talk in the district, and various were the surmises offered to account for it, in the course of which the following statement was gatheredt which appears the most probable one, and which is submitted in hopes that it individual by perhaps, lead to a discovery of the by whom the crime has been perpetrated : About twenty-two years ago, during the summer months, a man and a woman, both of whom were strangers, were seen one Sunday on the Moss, in company together ; and, by their appearances and behaviour, attracted the attention of the country people, who thought they were " courting." The evening was calm, and at midnight a respectable inmate of Sod-hall, which was the nearest house to the spot, was awoke from her sleep, by loud and piercing shrieks at some distance. She opened the window to listen, and heard a woman screaming, in an agonised manner, " Spare my life ; do not murder me 1" All then was hushed, nor did she hear anything further. A few days afterwards a red shawl was found near the place, which was recognised as being the one worn by the woman who was seen on the previous Sunday, and some one remarked an appearance on the moss as though the sods had been removed. Some slight inquiry was made by the constable, but the place was unopened, nor was further notice taken of it until some years after, when the grass had grown so verdantly over it, and it was so singularly formed, as to acquire the name of" the grave !" and sods were frequently cut from it on account of their being better than any near it. The ground, when dug into, was still looser than the surrounding earth, as moss soil, when once disturbed, is a long time before it again becomes firmly bound toge• ther.—Preston Chronicle.
The Sun. — 1844-06-13 (London, England)

PIDAL. This is not very probable, but indeed it is a matter of perfect indifference. Spanish statesmen are now byewords among the nations of Europe. The Heraldo gives an account of another outrage committed by the Moors on Spanish subjects. It is thus described in a letter from Santiago, May 31 :—" A Spanish merchant-vessel was seen a day or two since off Muros, driving at the mercy of the wind and waves. On the officer of the port boarding her to ascertain her condition, he found the whole of the crew lying on the deck murdered. It was evident from their appearance that they had made a desperate resistance. No papers were found on board, and she had evidently been pillaged by some pirate." The Three per Cents. were done at 27} for cash, and at 27i ; and the Fire per Cents. at 20 for the 6th of July.  Accounts to April 17, by way of Havre, have been received from Rio de Jamero. After an illness, considered sufficiently serious to warrant the issuing of bulletins, the young Emperor was better again. In the unfortunate event of the Emperor's decease, very important occurrences might take place in Brazil, and his health, therefore, is justly a matter of solicitude. The provinces were tranquil. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The sales of Cotton in the Liverpool market yesterday were 4.000 bales, at tolerably steady rates. Of this quantity 500 were for export, and 500 on speculation.—London and Birmingham and Grand Junction Shares had receded 41. to 5/. per share, and others were dull. Caledonian, 34; Eastern Counties, Hi ; Grand Junction, 215 ; Birmingham, 216 ; Ditto, Thirds, 364 ; South-Western, 87 ; Trent Valley, 74. ' There are to-day no later advices of interest from any quarter, though we have numerous ship letters. The order of Rosas respecting remittances monthly towards the payment of the dividends on Buenos Ayres Stock gives much satisfaction, as, if strictly acted upon, it will add another to the list of South American "penitents " willing to atone in part for former defalcations. The Stock Market is very quiet, but, nevertheless, steady, and fair quotations have been realised for the securities dealt in. Consols for the opening have been quoted 984 to 4 ; Reduced Three per Cents., 984 to 4 ; and the Three-and-aHalf per Cents., 101 i to 4. Bank Stock has been at 1994 to 1944 Exchequer Bills are 71s. to 735. premium. The Foreign Securities have been rather drooping again. Mexican have `suffered most, having gone back to 34, and 334 for the Five per Cents., and to 144 4 for the Deferred. Sales, under the apprehension of difficulties between the Republic and the United States, have been the occasion of the reaction. Portuguese Converted Bonds have obtained 464 ; Colombian at 134 to 124 ; Buenos Ayres have been quiet at 35 ; Spanish Actives have improved to 224 and 23 •, and the Three per Cents. to 344 4; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. were supported at 614 4. The Railway Shares are easier to bur. Birmingham have further declined, as at Liverpool. Joint-stock Bank Shares are supported.
The Sun. — 1844-10-18 (London, England)

POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET.  MURDER IN THE STRAND.—A young man, who gave his name Thomas Stokes, but which our reporter was given to understand was not his real name, traveller to a lace-manufacturer at Honiton, was brought up before Mr. Hall, charged with the wilful murder of Obediah Garrett. Mr. Robinson appeared for the prisoner. Charles Fox was the first witness examined, and he stated that he was .a warehouseman in the service of Messrs.' Harvey and Co., silversmiths, in the Strand: On the Ist of September last, at about nine o'clock in the evening, he saw the prisoner standing against the wall of Mr. Harvey's house, in Durhamstreet. Witness told him to go a little lower down ; and he (prisoner) said, " What have you to do with it ?" The witness then went up the yard to fetch the shutters for Messrs. Harvey's shop, and on his return he saw the prisoner talking to the deceased. as you. The prisoner threw himself into a fighting attitude, and said to the deceas " Witness did not hear theed, " I would do for twentyfive such deceased make any reply. The deceased came towards witness, in the direction of the Salisbury Arms public-house. The prisoner followed him, and laid hold of his collar. He wanted the deceased to go into the public-house, but the deceased said, " I will have nothing to do with you." The prisoner then let go the deceased, and said, "Come, will you fight ?" The deceased replied, " No, I will not have anything to do with you; if there was a policeman here I would give you in carge for committing a nuisance." The prisoner and the deceased were then standing on the steps leading to the Salisbury Arms. The prisoner seized the deceased with both hands by the collar, and threw him violently down backwards, and fell on the top of him. The prisoner said to the deceased, "There, what do you think of that?" and he went into the Salisbury Arms. The deceased was then lying on the ground, and witness went and picked him up. He was quite insensible. 'Witness bathed his temples, and he came round a little, and said, " I am dying," and pointed to where the prisoner had gone. Witness carried him into Messrs. Harvey's house, and he became quite insensible. lie died on Wednesday afternoon.  Mr. George Powell, residing at No. 2, Durham. street, corroborated the testimony of this witness. Mr. Skegg, surgeon, residing in the Strand, stated that he had attended the deceased since the accident. He died on Wednesday afternoon. The cause of death was concussion of the brain. The blow which he received in the scuffle with the prisoner was sufficient to cause the concussion. The deceased appeared to be a delicate young man. Elizabeth Garrett, the mother of the deceased, was called to prove his name. She stated that he was 28 years of age. Mr Robinson said the prisoner would reserve his defence until his trial. The prisoner was fully committed to Newgate to take his trial for the wilful murder.
The Sun. — 1844-10-18 (London, England)

POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.)  BO W-STREET.  MENDER IN THE STRAND.—A young man, who gave his name Thomas Stokes, but which our reporter was given to understand was not his real flame, traveller to a lace-manufacturer at Honiton, was brought up before Mr. Hall, charged with the wilful murder of Obediah Garrett. _ _  Mr. Robinson appeared for the prisoner. Charles Fox was the first witness examined, and he stated that he was a warehouseman in the service of Messrs. Harvey and Co., silversmiths, in the Strand. On the Ist of September last, at about nine o'clock in the evening, he saw the prisoner standing against the wall of Mr. Harvey's house, in Durhamstreet. Witness told him to go a little lower down ; and he (prisoner) said, " What have you to do with it ?" The witness then went up the yard to fetch the shutters for Messrs. Harvey's shop, and on his return he saw the prisoner talking to the deceased. The prisoner threw himself into a fighting attitude, and said to the deceased, " I would do for twentyfive such - as you." Witness did not hear the deceased make any reply. The deceased came towards witness, in the direction of the Salisbury Arms public-house. The prisoner followed him, and laid hold of his collar. He wanted the deceased to go into the public-house, but the deceased said, " I will have nothing to do with you." The prisoner then let go the deceased, and said, "Come, will you fight ?" The deceased replied, "No, I will not have anything to do with you; if there was a policeman here I would give you in charge for committing a nuisance." The prisoner and the deceased were then standing on the steps leading to the Salisbury Arms. The prisoner seized the deceased with both hands by the collar, and threw him violently down backwards, and fell on the top of him. The prisoner said to the deceased, "There, what do you think of that?" and he went into the Salisbury Arms. The deceased was then lying on the ground, and witness went and picked him up. He was quite insensible. Witness bathed his templest and he came round a little, and said, " I am dying," and pointed to where the prisoner had gone. Witness carried- him into Messrs. Harvey's house, and he became quite insensible. He died on Wednesday afternoon.  Mr. George Powell, residing at No. 2, Durhamstreet, corroborated the testimony of this witness. Mr. Skegg, surgeon, residing in the Strand, stated that he had attended the deceased since the accident. He died on Wednesday afternoon. The cause of death was concussion of the brain. The blow which he received in the scuffle with the prisoner was sufficient to cause the concussion. The deceased appeared to be a delicate young man. Elizabeth Garrett, the mother of the deceased, was called to prove his name. She stated that he was 28 years of age. Mr. Robinson said the prisoner would reserve his defence until his trial.  The prisoner was fully committed to Newgate to take his trial for the wilful murder.