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of June, in the city of York, feloniously embezzled iyl., the 

 property "' G**>« Swrann, Bsq. The pri.»orur, iti the dischnrc 

 of his official duties, appropriated to his own use certain sn » 

 scriptiontto the police force, which he was bound to p^y int 

 Mr. Swann's bank, and then abte Nldtd to Dundee, where he 

 was found in the situation of Procurator- Fiscal. Tne defence 

 was that the prisoner intended to return the money, and h-t 

 only used it In order to enable him to perform his datl«ii : that 

 hedid nut leave York until! -.alary was stopped, and then he 

 was without the means of repaying. The prisoner had an ex 

 cellent character given him. and the Jury found a verlictof 

 Guilty, with a recommendation to mercy, on acco of his pre- 

 vious pood character. Sentence deferred. — IFm. Ktn irew was 

 •charged with the wilful murder of Mr. W. Inchhald, the farmer, 

 of Low Dunsforth, on the 18th Sept., ami John Kcndrew, his 

 brother, was charged with feloniously harbouring the other 

 prisoner, knowing him to have been guilty of the murder. The 

 particulars of this case were fully noticed a^ the time. The 

 •evidence was wholly circumstantial, but the Jury had no doubt 

 as to the facts, and returned a verdict of Guilty against the first 

 prisoner, and acquitted the second. Sentence of death wa 

 then passed on William Kendrew. The brother was then 

 charged with stealiou a gun, supp sed to be the one wi'h wnich 

 the murder was committed. Found Guilty, and sentenced to 

 •seven years* transportation. 



Midlam) CiRCiriT, Dkrdv.— A family of labourers, called 

 Swan, were tried for being concerned in the Glossop burglaries, 

 %vhicii hare caused of late much excitement In this county. 

 They were all found Guilty except two. Three of the brothers 

 were sentenced to be transported for life; the father and mother 

 to he transported for lo years, and the daughter to imprisonment 

 and hard labour for one year. 



Assizk [NT8LL10BNC*, Crt KSrr.i.— Forgery.— John Kenyon 

 Winterhottom was placed at ti; o ir charged with having had in 



his possession a certain bill of etehan for 5003/., and that 1 

 had forged to that bill the names oi Elizabeth Isherwood, Anna 

 Maria Isherwoo I. Miri.i n If hervood. and Anna Magdalene Isher- 

 wood, the executrixes o. the late .Mr. John I rwc-od, of Marple- 



hall, with intent to defraud them. He was alto charged with 



uttering the said bill, with Intent to defraud the trustees of the 

 Pelican Lit'e-o tfl e, with intent tn defraud John Jackson, ami also 

 with intent to defraud Messrs. II rts, Curtis, and Co., bankers, 

 of London Each indictment charged him separately with forging 

 the names of the respective endorsers, and also with uttering. 

 The in. ier pleaded not guilty. This ease excited a great degree 

 of interest in consequence of the accused having occupied a most 

 respectable station In the county, having twice served the office 

 of mayor of Stockport, and held the situation of clerk to the 

 m urates of that bftrouffh. The prisoner was defended bv Mr. 

 Jervis, M.P., and Mr. Weisby, who were brought down from 

 London on special retainers for the purpose, as was also Mr. Bond 

 Hughes, the celebrated shorthand writer, to take verbatim notes 

 of the proceeding. The Attorney-General for the Palatine. In 

 •stating the case to the jury, intreated them to dismiss from their 

 minds all prejudic ing from the discussion of the case out of 



doors, and to decide the case solely in accordance with the evi- 

 dence which would be laid before them. He was placed in a most 

 painful position, having known the prisoner all his life, and could 

 not have believed he would be guilty of theotlence with which he 

 was charged, as he had always thought him as honourable a man 

 as any in the country. The prisoner had been for many years 

 previous to 1830 an attorney and banker in Stockport, and was the 

 confidential adviser of the late Mr. John Isherwood, of Marple- 

 hall. In the year LSI i Mr. Isherwood effected a policy of in- 

 suranceon his life for 30001., the prisoner transacting the business 

 for him. When the policy was effected, it was placed by Mr. 

 Isherwood in a box at Marplehall, where it was supposed to be 

 kept until his de h, which look place in May, 1830. After his 

 death the prisoner went to the agent to the Pelican Life-office in 

 Manchester, pro :ed the policy of assurance, having, it was sup- 

 posed, taken it from the deed-box of Mr. Isherwood, to which he 

 had access when attending his faneral. He informed the agent of 

 the death of Mr. Uherwood, and asked for the requisite certificates 

 to be MIL- There he subsequently produced the certificates, 



and on the 30th December, 1839, called with them and the probate 

 of the will of the late Mr. Isherwood. The agent proposed to pay 

 ■the amount of the policy by a hill at seven days' sight, and the 

 prisoner obtained a stamp for that purpose. The bill was then 

 drawn by the agent and handed to the prisoner, he at the same 

 tune being told that it must not be indorsed bv the parties by pro- 



5S^!2?'iSAv WO wn? " ot be - paili ^ the office - On the 3d of 

 January, IS o, the bill was paid by the prisoner into the Stockport 



Bank, and shortly after that period he received considerable sums 

 from the Bank. When paid into the bank it had the names of the 

 Jad.es mentioned in the indictments on it ; but as he should only 

 proceed on the one charging the prisoner with forging the name 

 of Anna Magdalene Isherwood, now Mrs. Lloyd, he (the Attorney- 

 Genera would confine himself to that case. The bill was sub- 

 sequently transmitted to Messrs. Jones, Loyd and Co. in London, 

 and the acceptance of two of the trustees of the Pelican office 

 It was paid by Messrs Roberts and Co. In May, 1S40, applica- 

 tion was made by Mrs. Lloyd to the prisoner, for the amount 



2L,m ?? y, T 1 L cn h . e 8aid [t was "pessary, before the money 

 would be paid by the office, that there should be a Canter- 

 bury probate obtained to her father's will, as well as a Chester 

 one. To other applications, he said the money was safe in 

 .London, and the office would pay interest for it. However in 

 August, 1840, it was discovered that the prisoner had received'the 

 money, and Mr Bush was sent down to investigate the matter* 

 and he finding that the prisoner had absconded, took means to 



»«S «V 8 9 a n P iB r r "J 8 - 10 "' a l\ d SOt advertis ements issued, offeringa 

 reward of 200/ for him. He could not be found, however, until 

 the month of September 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 



•bSr?inn°, P t« Jh t . h " e f facts ' after ! which Mr. Jervis took several 

 in J? I 5 r r ■ ind i ctme nt, on the ground that the prisoner was 



Jn?tln i ' 2 rgin * the names 0f each ind0 "ee separately, whereas 

 not rnmnii". .T 6 !!'^ 38 ° nly 0ne *»««"**<«* and the bill was 

 variant nfh Un it a11 * he nam « *«e signed; that there was a 

 h a ;nt" l? e ? lfferen » Co™*, the title of the Pelican-office not 



t- m! • I ectl y Scribed, and that the bill itself was not a nego- 

 lffl a ,H S - T 6 " ,Un . tllaccepted; and, therefore, there could be 



Baron C IS ^A^ ¥*' Wdsby followed on the same ***- 

 tadSS tJ a,d the Point was one of too great nicety for him 



of ?he hS Z hawould » .therefore, reserve it for the consideration 

 orisonir 5„„; tt - r - Je l V1S tl L en addresse d the jury on behalf of the 

 that S rZ H ndl ? g ??' tnerewas s ° much doubt in the case 

 toner bein * LT «? ly ??*& " WES manifest that the pri- 

 he hldS fami] y' ^nsidered that 



Jniflrr ♦? receive the mone >*' and to endorse the bill, 

 Meiml^tl^^r^ ° f his guiIt was a breach of tru, 



SSftWR h*!** «? *& ~S up the 



Bounced 

 respited, 



soner WU, «"giug uw names oi Anna .Maria Isherwood, Miriam 

 Isherwood, and Elizabeth Isherwood; and Mr. Jervis said he IZ 

 prehended the prisoner was entitled, in some way or other, to he 

 discharged from those indictmenti.-The Judge; Oh no cer 

 tainly not.—Mr. Jervis: Will your Lordship take a note Uiitl 

 made the application ?-The Judge: Yes—Mr. Jervis then ap- 

 plied to the Judge to allow the officer of the court to furnish a codv 

 of the indictment—The Judge : I have no objection. -Mary Qui 

 top, a young woman, aged 20, having the appearance of a servant 

 was placed at the bar, charged with the wilful murder of her own 

 father, Richard Gallop, at Monk's Coppenhall, on the 2d Novem- 

 ber, by the administration of arsenic. The particulars of this case 

 vere given at the time; it will, therefore, be sufficient to say that 



the prisoner was found guilty ami sentenced to death* — Edwin 



T«me§ Port, a quack doctor, aged 49, was place'! at the bar on a 

 Charge of killing and slaying Mary Harris, at Birkenhead, by the 



application of white arsenic to her right breast, which produced a 



rL» or ulcer and a mortal sickness, on the 11th October last, of 



which she died on the 24th of the same month. The evidence 



proved tint the prisoner had advertised himself as p<M whig a 

 cure for cancer, and had obtained some repute hy his alleged 

 cores. The learned Judge, in summing up, observed that if the 

 prisoner had treated deceased without due care, knowledge, and 



kill, and hy that had even hastened her death a single day he was 

 guilty of manslaughter. It was a melancholy thing that persons 

 without education should take upon themselves the administering 

 of dangerous medicines; but if they did so, and death ensued, 

 they must take the consequence. The question the Jury had to 

 try was, whether the prisoner caused or hastened the death of the 

 deceased by the ignorant, careless, or improper administration of 

 medicine. If they were of opinion he had done so he was guilty ; 

 if they had any doubt they must acquit him. The Jury retired for 

 about 40 minutes, and then returned a verdict of Not Guilty. Im- 

 mediately on the verdict being pronounced there was a general 

 burst of cheering from all parts of the Court, which was with diffi- 

 culty su] pressed. The Judge addressing the prisoner said, M Take 

 care of yourself for the future. You may not be so fortunate an- 

 other time." 



Chslmsford. — Sarah Johsnn, aged 14, was found guilty of ma- 

 liciously and feloniously setting fire to a stack of straw, value 40/., 

 the property of her master, William Bacon, in the parish of 

 Hempstead, and Mr. Justice Williams sentenced the prisoner to 

 be transported for 1.5 years. — Leonard Lambert, 23, William 



Hurrcltt 20, Etiika Hurrell, 24, and William Taylor, 25, all de- 

 scribed as labourers, were indicted for feloniously writing and de- 

 livering a letter to James Miles, threatening to burn and destroy 

 his property. Mr. Justice Williams having summed up, the 

 Jury* after deliberating a considerable time, acquitted Elisha 

 Hurrcll and Lambert, and returned a verdict of Guilty against the 



others. 



Houk Circuit, Maidstonk. — Thr Murder at Dover.— James 

 Clark, >>>, John Clark, 28, William Clark, 30, and William 

 Smith, 'J.J, were indicted for the murder of Samuel Coachman, 

 at Charlton, in the borough of Dover. The case occupied the 

 court a great many hours, but the facts upon which the charge 

 was made against the prisoners lay in a very small compass. 

 It appeared from the statement of counsel, and the evidence, 

 that deceased was one of the police-constables of Dover, ana 

 was engaged in that capacity at the time he lost his life on the 

 8th September. It appeared that, on the afternoon of that 

 day, a number of disorderly persons had been quarrelling to- 

 gether, and there was fighting going on for a considerable time, 

 the older prisoner, the other two, who are his sons, and a third 

 son, named Thomas, being actively engaged in the disturbance. 

 Deceased interfered, but was very much abused, and some of I 

 the prisoners were heard t:> make use of very bad language to- 

 wards the police, and to threaten that some of them should be 

 done for before night. The disturbance continued until eleven 

 o'clock, when deceased, and another constable named Smith, laid 

 hold of the prisoner James Clark and one of his sons, with a view 

 to take them into custody, when Thomas, the other son, inter- 

 fered, and said that he would take his father, who was at this time 

 very drunk, home, and he did so. The two constables were then 

 pushed about and assaulted, and Thomas Clark was seen to come 

 out of his house with a large bludgeon partly concealed by his 

 side, and without saying a word he raised it, and with both hands 

 struck the deceased a tremendous blow across the face with the 

 stick. The blow literally smashed the deceased's face, and he 

 fell to the ground as though he had been shot, and died almost 

 immediately afterwards. The man, Thomas Clark, who was no 

 doubt the actual cause of the death of the deceased, absconded 

 immediately after the occurrence, and has not since been heard 

 of, and the prisoners were charged as accessories with the 

 murder, from their having been present during the affray, and 

 from the threats they had made use of. In addition to this it 

 was proved against the prisoner Smith that while deceased was 

 lying dead upon the ground, hejumped up with a gesture of ex- 

 ultation and exclaimed, M There, you've got it— you are no 

 good** 9 These facts were shown in evidence, but there was an 

 absence of any distinct proof that the prisoners were actually 

 present when the fatal blow was struck, and the only evidence 

 that tended to show they wereaware of the fatal result that had 

 taken place, was the fact that immediately after the death of 

 the deceased one of the prisoners said to the other, "Come 

 along, my dear brother, let us bolt, we have done something to 

 be talked about." Mr. Home addressed the jury on behalf of the 

 prisoners, and having alluded to the more material portions of 

 the evidence, contended that it was not sufficient to warrant the 

 jury in convicting the prisoners of the serious offence with 

 which they were cnarged. Mr. Justice Williams summed up, 

 and the jury, after a consultation of nearly two hours, returned 

 a verdict of Not guilty. 



[1844. 



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BIRTHS.— On the 7th inst, at Farnham, Surrey, the lady 

 of the Rev. H. R. Julius, of a daughter— 7th inst., at 

 Upper Tooting, Mrs. A. Mortimkr, 23, Burton Crescent, 

 of a daughter— 7th inst., in Montague-place, the lady of W. 

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