HEREFORD ASSIZES, Marck 4

... qcarrelled before he quitted the service-on whichl occasion he beat her; and whenl he had done, lie said le did not care if he had killed her. He has often said he would make away with her, because she would not marry him. About half past eight, in the evening ...

TRIAL OF MR. WHITE

... Guilty : -0e same of an assault, with an intent to kill, if the Incent be not proved, he mustbbe acquitted ;--f lie kill, and the Intention be not proved,-that is, if it be not proved, that he killed premedi- tatedly and of forethought, it is but man- ...

ACCIDENTS, OFFENCES, &c

... and etvilthsaendistg tbe hallooing of the deceased, he was run ?? of, tbe shafts broken, and be-thrown into hte road, and killed Dy rmie of the mails ?? over his body. Tbe accident hap. I)ened on the 22d nit, but the inquest was deferred icl order to ...

EXECUTION OF JOHN WORTHINGTON

... . adapted for malefactors, in which exercise he was assisted bv Mr Paterson. He then with great firm- e ness mounted the scaffold, and Mr Scott prayed.- Worthington being asked if he would take a glass i of wine or spirits, he refused either ; but asked ...

ACCIDENTS, OFFENCES, &c

... the ihair-dresser; dune with stuff to kill ?? rats, and that somne of it was left in a paper, which the witnesq took irnto the kitchen, when the maids were at teai he opened the paper, and said it was poison to kill rats: he ries not recollect what became ...

ACCIDENTS, OFFENCES, &c

... behaviour uponw the arrival of the Sheriffs, and the preparatiotis for their execution, was firm, anid trhey ascended the scaff-old with conlstancy, They were attended by ilur Dissenting Clergymen, besirles the Ordinary of the pri- tfn The unfortunate ...

GRANT, THE IRISH ROBBER

... last week, a carpenter, by leaping from the guwale of a vessel, building in a yard in the neighbourbood of Greenock, upon a scaffold underneath, was impelled over it from the spring of the timber, and precipitated to thle ground, a distance of above twenty ...

HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY

... in repairing the roof' of a house at la, t Quarryholes, near this city, fell from a scaffold, wi and pitching with his head on the foot scraper at Li the door, was killed on ?? spot. The unfortu- il!, nate man,. who was between 50 and .60 ypars of c, age ...

LOVE AND MADNESS

... deplorable case which has to-day occupied the Jury. Simonnot has changed his system. He maintains that he had 'no iniention to kill his cousin, the unfortu- nate Reine Tyverdy. After witnessing on the 23d of .June, the preference which she gave to his rival ...

OLD BAILEY

... ver: 22 subscribers. At seven birds from a trap at 2i yards Froom the gun 4 Mr. Feri'lArM. Mr. JoNes. Shots. Killed. lissed. Shots. Killed. !%ihSed. cl 2 1 I I 0 h 3 0 3 x a d 0 ?? 4 - t 4 0 ; 5 I 0 5 0 T. 6 o I 6 and 7 did not sliout.i 7 r e I From ...

OLD BAILEY—JAN. 30

... wounds in the service, and never before have been charged with any offence. I have been at asa all my life, and my father was killed on board the Diana frigate. I came to London, my Lord, to endeavour to recover my pay and prize-money, but being unsuccessful ...

ACCIDENTS, OFFENCES, &c

... which Ihe exhi- bited mrich restlessneps and agitation. Gates end Bll;e.r were next brouight ot, for robbing rid nearly killing a poor old ihne- burner. Gates exbibited the aitmost tinconeorn dihurin, sea:ly the whole time, and satred at tlespectators ...