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Article SUMMARY OF IE¥S FOR JANUARY. ← Page 3 of 7 →
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Summary Of Ie¥S For January.
Catherine Powell , who , to hide the shame of her having been seduced , put an end to her existence by swallowing strychnine . The case was also remarkable in connection with the science of medical jurisprudence , as the body was perfectly limber , and exhibited none of that extraordinary rigour and curvature by which poisoning by that deadly drug is usually accompanied . On the 1 st of January , the chief warder of Milbank Prison , a man named John Jackson , committed suicide by swallowing prussic acid .
On the same day , a public investigation was held at Guildhall Police Court , relative to a riot which took place on the 31 st of July last , in Whitecross-street Prison , and in which the debtors mobbed an attorney , whom they imagined attended for the purpose of serving a writ on one of their members . The non mi ricorclo principle pervaded the evidence of all the witnesses save the injured man , and consequently nothing came of the inquiry . With the new year , too , commenced a succession of heavy gales , which caused heavy losses at sea , there being scarcely a portion of the coast on which some illfated vessel was not lost . Prom the 1 st to the 4 th of the month , more than fifty vessels were wrecked between Flamborough Head and the mouth of the Tyne .
On the latter mentioned day , a life-boat , belonging to Rhyl , was upset while trying to reach a ship in distress , and every one of the gallant crew , thirteen in number , perished . v On the night of the same day , the Violet , Ostend mail packet , ran upon the Goodwin Sands , and every soul on board perished . A few days after this distressing occurrence , namely , on the 8 th , the Northern
Belte , an American vessel , was lost near the same spot . The Margate lugger , the Victory , with all hands on board , also perished in the storm , while humanely endeavouring to save the crew of this ship—a feat which was , however , happily accomplished by the crew of the Broadstairs Life-boat , who , although the sea was running mountains high , intrepidly put forth , and paid no fewer than three visits to the wreck , saving all the persons on board . On the 2 nd , Kedpath and Kent were committed for trial at the Central Criminal Court , for the frauds on the Great Northern Railway .
On the same day an inquest was held at Walworth , on the bodies of two infant children , supposed to have heen murdered by their mother . A subsequent investigation took place before the police magistrate , at the Southwark police court , which , after several postponements , resulted in apprehension of the father , with very little doubt of his guilt—the unhappy woman first implicated having declared that the fearful tragedy was his doing . On the 2 nd , too , a man was killed on the South-western railway , near Richmond , having fallen through an insecure foot-bridge upon the rails , just as a train
came up . On the 6 th appeared in the morning papers a horrifying description of the wreck of the New York Packet , on the coast of New Jersey . On the same day a coroner ' s jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against a chemisL ' s assistant , at Brompton , who negligently dispensed for the use of Mr . Marcodley ( a member , we believe , of the Lodge of Faith ) essential oil of bitter almonds instead of castor oil .
On the 7 th a painful case of attempted suicide was investigated at the Thames police office : a widow , whose husband had the previous week committed suicide , finding herself overcome by grief and distress , swallowed some laudanum , and administered the same poison to her child , but fortunately in both instances without . succeeding in her diabolical attempt . On the 7 th a terrible conflict took place in Derbyshire , between a large body of poachers and Sir John P . Crewe ' s gamekeepers . On the 8 th the body of Mr . Frederick Curnoy was found drowned in the "Regent ' s canal .
On the !) th a man named Crigg successfully resisted at Nottingham an attack made upon him by a set of garotters . On the 10 th John Lewis was committed to prison for the wilful murder of his wife , sit Merthyr . The deed was perpetrated in the very house of the coroner , On the 11 th , Hope House . Richmond , was burned to the ground .
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Summary Of Ie¥S For January.
Catherine Powell , who , to hide the shame of her having been seduced , put an end to her existence by swallowing strychnine . The case was also remarkable in connection with the science of medical jurisprudence , as the body was perfectly limber , and exhibited none of that extraordinary rigour and curvature by which poisoning by that deadly drug is usually accompanied . On the 1 st of January , the chief warder of Milbank Prison , a man named John Jackson , committed suicide by swallowing prussic acid .
On the same day , a public investigation was held at Guildhall Police Court , relative to a riot which took place on the 31 st of July last , in Whitecross-street Prison , and in which the debtors mobbed an attorney , whom they imagined attended for the purpose of serving a writ on one of their members . The non mi ricorclo principle pervaded the evidence of all the witnesses save the injured man , and consequently nothing came of the inquiry . With the new year , too , commenced a succession of heavy gales , which caused heavy losses at sea , there being scarcely a portion of the coast on which some illfated vessel was not lost . Prom the 1 st to the 4 th of the month , more than fifty vessels were wrecked between Flamborough Head and the mouth of the Tyne .
On the latter mentioned day , a life-boat , belonging to Rhyl , was upset while trying to reach a ship in distress , and every one of the gallant crew , thirteen in number , perished . v On the night of the same day , the Violet , Ostend mail packet , ran upon the Goodwin Sands , and every soul on board perished . A few days after this distressing occurrence , namely , on the 8 th , the Northern
Belte , an American vessel , was lost near the same spot . The Margate lugger , the Victory , with all hands on board , also perished in the storm , while humanely endeavouring to save the crew of this ship—a feat which was , however , happily accomplished by the crew of the Broadstairs Life-boat , who , although the sea was running mountains high , intrepidly put forth , and paid no fewer than three visits to the wreck , saving all the persons on board . On the 2 nd , Kedpath and Kent were committed for trial at the Central Criminal Court , for the frauds on the Great Northern Railway .
On the same day an inquest was held at Walworth , on the bodies of two infant children , supposed to have heen murdered by their mother . A subsequent investigation took place before the police magistrate , at the Southwark police court , which , after several postponements , resulted in apprehension of the father , with very little doubt of his guilt—the unhappy woman first implicated having declared that the fearful tragedy was his doing . On the 2 nd , too , a man was killed on the South-western railway , near Richmond , having fallen through an insecure foot-bridge upon the rails , just as a train
came up . On the 6 th appeared in the morning papers a horrifying description of the wreck of the New York Packet , on the coast of New Jersey . On the same day a coroner ' s jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against a chemisL ' s assistant , at Brompton , who negligently dispensed for the use of Mr . Marcodley ( a member , we believe , of the Lodge of Faith ) essential oil of bitter almonds instead of castor oil .
On the 7 th a painful case of attempted suicide was investigated at the Thames police office : a widow , whose husband had the previous week committed suicide , finding herself overcome by grief and distress , swallowed some laudanum , and administered the same poison to her child , but fortunately in both instances without . succeeding in her diabolical attempt . On the 7 th a terrible conflict took place in Derbyshire , between a large body of poachers and Sir John P . Crewe ' s gamekeepers . On the 8 th the body of Mr . Frederick Curnoy was found drowned in the "Regent ' s canal .
On the !) th a man named Crigg successfully resisted at Nottingham an attack made upon him by a set of garotters . On the 10 th John Lewis was committed to prison for the wilful murder of his wife , sit Merthyr . The deed was perpetrated in the very house of the coroner , On the 11 th , Hope House . Richmond , was burned to the ground .