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The Northern Daily Times. — 1856-12-24 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

ATTEMPTED MURDER.  At the Bow street (London) Police Court, on Monday, a man named Regan, who attempted to murder a policeman during a row in Lincoln court on Saturday morning, was pliced at the bar charged with the offence. The prisoner was also further charged voi,h violently assaulting Jbhn Aqderson, a servant in the employ of a person named Bell,  ,e said  From the evidence it appeared tt sent for by a person named Bell, who keeps a fist at the corner of Lincoln court, to protect his journeyman, it  )le was  Regan, who, having assaulted him on a previons night with impunity, was now boasting of it, and threatening to " have his life." When the policeman came up he was strutting  about, brandishing a large clasp knife in one hand and a bludgeon in the other, and swearing that he " would bare the life of the -- before night." The policeman went in search of assistance, and presently  ;an struck the fishmonger's man with t'  28 stick  then, catching sight of the approaching constables, cried out, " Where is the constable can take me ? " 76 replied, I will take you," and at once closed with him, when Regan made a stab at his chest, and the knife cut through both lappots of his double-breasted coat and a silk handkerchief (which he had thrust between them as in a p cket) and glanced against the metal button of his underciat." The constables were now eet upon a party of Regan's friends, and the result was that, owing to the resis ante of the prisoner and the obstruc  Regan effected his escape. In doing so he was princ-ipal Resisted by a woman named Horrigan, who is at present  custody and under remand for theoffence. Some one said call out Mike, and the prisoner went to one of the houses, called out a large and ferocious dog, and set him upon the constables. Regan got away, ran into one of the houses, was seen atter a while to get on the roof from a back window, and wss than lost sight of, and was not captured until last night. John Anderson, the man assaulted by the fellow, gave a similar description of the affair. Police-constable Hodge, 124 F, stated that at late hour he was on duty in Wych-street, Strand, when Regan, who stabbed policeconstable 75 F on Saturday in Lincoln-court, with a woman and others, his confederates, passed him. In a moment the prisoner was seized, and assistance being at hand the fellow calmly submitted. His companions, as usual with such characters, all of whoin are known, left Regan to his fate, and soon made themselves scarce. Regan was one of a gang of about fifty that still infest Drury Lane and other places, and, although several constables had been on his track .thr all Saturday night and Sunday, nothing could be gleaned of him till he (witness) happened to recognise him. The prisoner, it appears, is la notorious ruffian, and has before been in custody for stabbing. The magistrate said it was a most serious offence, and he should therefore order the prisoner to be remanded until the day upon which Horrigan is to be brought up (Wednesday), when they would both be placed side bysideat the bar to answer the charge.
The Northern Daily Times. — 1856-02-13 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

FRANCE.  (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)  PARIS, MONDAY EVENING,  The confidence in peace appears to gain strength every day amongst the public, but amongst the higher class of politicians the same doubt exists. The public will have it that a perfect understanding must already have been come to with Russia with respect to the interpretation to be given to the fifth point of the conditions ; but the politicians think the contrary, and even if they be in the wrong in this respect, they say that a dissension will certainly occur on some point or other, probably on some comparatively insignificant matter.  I hear it stated, that within three or four days after the meeting of the Conferences, it is the intention of the Allies to be, as the French say, " fixed," as to the real intentions of Russia. The fifth point as interpreted by them, will be presented to her to sign—and if she consents so to do, well and good—peace may be considered certain ; if, on the contrary she hesitates, makes objections, requires delay, the Conferences are at once to be stopped, and the war is to be resumed with vigour.  It is stated that iu the event of the Conferences taking a favourable turn, the Emperor of the French will propose that immediately after them a Congress of Sovereigns shall be held to decide on all the questions pending in Europe. Amongst these questions his Majesty will, of course, not forget that which he has so much at heart—the striking out from the treaties of Vienna of 1815 of the clauses which prohibit the Bonaparte family from ever sitting on the throne of France—clauses which are effectually set aside for ever, but which he, nevertheless, considers as humiliating. The German newspapers tell us that Austria is so confident of peace that she has already begun reducing her army, selling a vast number of horses and bringing back her siege and pontoon materiel from the Russian frontiers.  Despatches received to-day announce that Prince GortschakofE, late commander in the Crimea, has been nominated Imperial Lieutenant of Poland and commander of the Central Western armies ; also that Count Orloff had not left St. Petersburg up to yesterday. They also state that a committee of the Germanic Diet has recommended the Diet to accept the four principal points of the Austrian conditions, but to make " reserves " with respect to the interpretation which may be given to the fifth one,  Apropos of Count Orloff, he possesses a very disagreeable reputation, and a very ugly nickname in Russia. It is believed that, to oblige the Emperor Nicholas, whose friend and tool ho was, he admin istered poison to the Emperor Alexander and the Grand Duke Constantine (the uncles of the present Alexander and Constantine) ; and the nickname imposed on him is that of the " Poisoner." It is uncharitable to assume that he is a murderer, especially as he has all his life been in high favour with the Imperial family of Russia ; but it is to be regretted that he has never taken the trouble to silence his enemies who boldly accuse him of being one.
The Northern Daily Times. — 1856-12-11 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

THU.RSD:IY, DECEMBER 11, 1856. THE DAY'S NEWS.  We live in an age of curiosity ! Our readers, we hope, will net be startled at the idea. When we look around us and see What is daily occurring, whether it relates to person or property, we are diepoeed to ask the question, what are the authorities doing ? Murders are of daily occurrence. Robberies in the most violent forms astound and horrify society, and all the minor details of crime are equally alarming. This is so patent that the judicial bench has been compelled to denounce our ticket-of-leave system as the main origin of all great crimes which disgrace our calendars. Orators may declaim upon the enormity of our criminal annals, gaol chaplains, too, may discourse upon the best means of reforming and improving the present and generations yet unborn ; but we seem as yet quite ignorant of the fundamental causes which originate and produce crime. The details of the trials at yesterday's assize courts has suggeste 1 the foregoing reflections. We see that there is a screw loose somewhere, and whether it is local or imperial, it is our duty as journalists to investigate and denounce an evil, which not only threatens, but has actually shaken, the very foundations of civilised society. Full reports of the Assize news are inserted elsewhere, and from which, it will be perceived, that another unfortunate being has been handed over to the tender mercies of the hangman ; but from the judge's sentence, we have reason to believe that transportation will he the penalty for life. The Town Council held an adjourned meeting yesterday, and the first business related to •' Church expenditure," but, as a matter of course, the committee attained their point with regard to St. Michael's. Mr. Alderman Cooper was appointed chairman of the Water Committee. and, as will be perceived, an animated and interesting debate took place with regard to the pro. ceedings of the committee. Mr. Alderman Holme and Mr. Councillor Jeffery being among the chief speakers. The West Derby Guardians held their meeting yesterday. We have reported the proceedings at full length elsewhere. They are, however, devoid of importance. Our intelligence from the continent this morning is of rather an interesting character. From Naples, under date of the Bth, we learn that there had been a review on that day. While the troops were defiling, a soldier of the 3rd Battalion of Chasseurs rushed from the ranks and struck the King on the left side, but the King was not wounded. The soldier was knocked down and seized by Colonel L dour. Our Marseilles adviccs of yesterday inform us that news from Constantino,pla to the Ist instant Ganges. has been received by the The Cabinet of Reschid Pacha was becoming established. The Sultan had received, at an audience, General Durando, the representative of Sardinia. The alleged capture of Herat was still doubtful. The conferences opened by the English Embassy with Fcrouk Khan appear likely to detain the latter at
The Northern Daily Times. — 1856-12-06 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

PLEASLEY.—One of the most daring burglaries which have occurred in this part of the coon ry took place on Thursday morning, about half-past one o'clock, at the house of Mr. Robert Robinson, of Pleasly, who obtains a living by acting as house agent and higgler. The only inmates who occupied the house were Robinson and his life. The burglars had dark lent erns, and one of the party held a weapon over the head of Robinson, who exclaimed, " For God's sake, we are two (1-1 people, and don't harm us." Another held Mrs. Robinson down, and covered her head with the bed clothes ; but they neither wanted much holding, and could ()free no resistance, Robinson being 70 years of age, and his wife 78. The two men remained at the head of the bed, and one of them said, "Now, old fellow, we've come for your money, and your money we'll have : where is it ? If you lie still and make no alarm we'll not hurt you, but if you say a word now, or until an hour after we have left, we'll murder you both." Robinson, finding that the other three mon were ransacking the articles in the bedroom, he told them that his mosey was in a drawer in the room. The men went to the drawer and found Xll, which they took, and one of them, addressing the old people, said he knew that they had more motley in the house than that, and they threatened to murder him if he did not tell where his other money. was. Robinson had been collecting rents on the previous Monday, and bad £26 10s. in another drawer, and having told them of this drawer, they searched it, and took that also. They continued their search in the room, and not finding anything of value to take, they asked him for his watch, which he was compelled to deliver up. The burglars next searched the clothes of the old people, and took what money was in them, and they carried away all the Matches and the candle, which was near the bed, and hid the old people's clothes in one corner of the room. The three burglars then went downstairs, and emptied the pantry of all the provision it contained, a portion of which they ate, end took the remainder with them. After a signal had been given, the two burglars went downstairs, but but bafore they released the old people, they again threatened that if they made an alarm they would return another niOt and murder them. Immediately afterwards, two other men who had remained outside the house whistled, and the whole party, seven in number, then made their escape. Robinson having found his clothes, be partly dressed himself, and proceeded downstares. Just at this time, which was about 20 minutes after the burglary had been committed, two of the Nottinghamshire police, who bad met in the village by previous arrangement on other businoss, came up to the house, they having heard of the burglary, and information was given to them, with a description of the person who held Robinson down in bed, the other men not being at all known to the old people. The money taken altogether was £37 10s., besides the silver watch. The police of Notts and Derbyshire are actively engaged in prosecuting a vigorous search after the burglars.  DARING
The Northern Daily Times. — 1856-12-26 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

MURDERS IN FRANCE.  The Court of Assizes of the Haute, Pyrenees three days ago tried a man named Pujo fur murder. An old shepherd named Couradette, of Astuge, near Bagneres, left home on the Ist of August to attend his sheep, and, contrary to his custom, he did not return at night. As nothing was seen or heard of him the next day his neighbours became alarmed, and instituted a search for him in the mountains. At a spot called Garrot they saw a human hand sticking out of a heap of stones, and on removing the stones they found the corpse of the old shepherd, with a deep gunshot wound in the breast, They then remembered that on the previous evening they had heard the report of a firearm, and it was no doubt that of the gun which bad been fired at him. As the old man had no enemies, and was universally respected, it was not doubted that he had been murdered in order to be robbed of a sum of 500 f., which was all his little fortune, and which from vanity he used to carry with him and show to different persons. It turned out that that sum had disappeared. Suspicion fell on Pujo, who was known to be in very embarrassed circumstances, and who on that very day had a heavy debt to pay. The gendarmes and some of the villagers went to his house, and he and all his family were greatly embarrassed. He was called on to produce his gun, but could not do so, and whilst it was being sought for, he was caught in the act of secreting a pair of trousers ; these trousers were stained with blood, and the bloid, it was suspected, must have been occasioned by his having killed his victim at one spot and carried him on his shoulders to that at which he was found. The charge of the gun which had killed the deceased was composed of shot and pieces of lead, and similar shot and lead was found in his possession, It was also ascertained that he had left his house just before the crime was committed, and had returned to it just after. The jury declared him guilty with extenuating circumstances, and the court sentenced him to hard labour for life. The Court of Assizes on Saturday tried a workman named Longatte for an attempt at murder. Full particulars o! this crime were given at the time it was perpetrated : The man had lived for some time at Belleville with a married woman named Bouley, separated from her husband, and being a lazy fellow, he made her support him. After a while she got tired of such a life, and determined to leave him, bat he declared he would murder her if she attempted it. On 7ch October he overheard err say to the concierge that she would certainly get rid of him, and the next morning, as she was asleep in bed, he struck her several h'ows on the head with a hammer, after which he went away thinking she was dead ; but the woman, though dreadfully injured recovered. The jury declared the man guilty with extenuating circumstances, and the court sentenced him to hard labour for life.
The Northern Daily Times. — 1856-11-27 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

SIGNED BY ALL THE INTERMEDIATE PASSENGERS.] Nov, 19, 1856.  REMARKABLE TRIAL FoR MURDER IN CANADA  An extraordinary trial for murder, at the late Toronto assizes, has excited a very strong feeling in Canadian society. Mr. Thos. Henderson, an attorney, had seducd the wife of Mr. George Brogdin, of Port Hope, a member of the same profession. Brogdin and Henderson were young men, they had been schoolfellows, and pupils in the same office. Brogdin, who is now 25 years of ago, was married two or three years ago, and has one child. Henderson was paying his addresses to the sister of Mrs. Brogdin ostensibly, butin August last he persuaded Mrs. Brogdin to elope with him, and afterwards, in letters to his friends, boasted that he had made her his mistress. He also told several persons that he always carried arms, and that Brogdin was a poor fool and coward who did not understand the use of them, and that if they chanced to meet it would be the worse for Brogdin. These remarks came to the hearing of Brogdin ; indeed, the affair had got into the local newspapers, much to Henderson's glorification. Some weeks passed over before they mat. Henderson had pistols about him whenever he went out, and often talked of fighting with Brogdin. Arrangements were made by Brogdin, after his wife went away, to settle an income upon her, as he said he loved her too well to let her die in a ditch, which she would do if she continued with Henderson. When Henderson heard of this, he said he did not care for anything Brogdin could do after that, because he was perfectly satisfied that such conduct towards her would preclude Brogdin from getting a verdict against him in an action for crim. con. On the very next day, Sept. 23rd, they met accidently at the steamboat wharf. Henderson nodded insolently to Brogdin, and said, " flow d'ye do, George ?" Brogdin immediately drew a pistol from his pocket, and shot Henderson dead. These were the facts proved in evidence, without contradiction, and the Chief Justice told the jury that he could not imagine "a plainer case of murder." " The law," said his lordship, "does not admit that Henderson's conduct was any excuse for murder." The jury, howevero declared that Brogdin was "not guilty'' of the murder. The Toronto Globe comments upon the ease in the following terms : " This was the form of their verdict, but we all know that their meaning was—" Guilty of the killing, but it was justifiable." It would have been better if the jury had rendered a verdict of guilty, with a strong recommendation to mercy. It is an alarming precedent to declare a man innocent of all crime, who has taken the life of a fellow-creature. But this is not the feeling of the community generally. There is a strong, healthful detestation in the public mind of the seducer. There is no redress against him as a criminal by law; and when the injured relative of his victim takes the law into his own hands he has the sympathy of the community. The jury at the trial were, no doubt, influenced by this reasoning."
The Northern Daily Times. — 1857-05-19 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

CAPITAL CONVICTION.  At the Central Crimir,ni r , lay, George Baste, 95, seaman, wt, i:tdi hod for tee e..,;.1 eturder of Samuel Long. He was alio charged with-the like offence upon the coroner's inquisition. Mr. Atherton, QA., and Mr. Petersdorff conducted the prosecution on behalf of the Board of Admiralty. The prisoner was defended by Mr. Sleigh. The facts of the case lay in a very narrow compass. It appeared that the deceased was a corp iral of marines, belonging to the Slauey gtriboat, and the prisoner was a seaman on board the same vessel, which at the time of the fatal oc nirrence was fitting oat at Woolwich to be despatched to China. On the 23rd of April, at about nine o'clock at night, while the people belonging to the Slaney were on board a hulk called the Hebe, near the Slaney, and they were about to go to their hammocks fir the night, a cry of murder,was raised, and the prisoner and deceased were $O3ll standing togeV er, and the latter staggered and fell to the ground. It was proved, upon examination, that ho 1111 received a melt dangerous stab from a bayonet in the belly, and on the following day he died from the effects of the injury he had received. Toe prisoner did not attempt to deny that his was the hand that committed the dead, but when he was spoken to, he exclaimed, ' I have had my revenge, and I don't care if lam 'scragged' for it to morrow morning." He at first, it appeared, refused to give up the bayonet, but at length he did so, and he was then secured, and sent on board the guard ship Fisgard. It seemed that the prisoner had formerly belonged to the Fisgard, and he was removed to the Slaney with a vie v of preeawing him to the rank of a quartermaster. It was found in the course of the case that the unhappy deceased had reported the prisoner to his superior officer for some misconduct, and that he had been put in irons, and was only released at noon on the day the dreadful occurrence happened The deceased was absent from the 'vessel at this time, and it appeared that alm )st immediately after he came on board the prisoner made the attack upon him, and that the bayo_ net t elonging to the deceased was taken by him from the place where it had been deposited, and made use of for the purpose. Mr. Sleigh made a v,-,ry feeling appeal to the jury in behalf c f the prisoner, and he earnestly urged them to find the prisoner guilty of manslaughter, and not to carry him to the scaffold by returning a verdict of wilful murder. The learned Judge having summed up, the jury almost immediately found the prisoner guilty. The usual proclamation was then made, and the prieoner was sen— teaced to death in the usual form, and he was ordered to be delivered into the custody of the sheritt of Kent for that purpose. Ha heard the sentence pronounced without betraying the slightest emotion.