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BRISTOL POLICE

... BRISTOL POLZCE. V ?? SATUTRDAY, May 5. h Magistrates present:11Messirs. Newman, Asia, G. B. Sa~nd~ers, .t and Lunell. , Joseph Gething was char-ed with stealing a side of veal, th property, of .JohntMilton. 'It appeared that the prisoner was seen flto take the' meat from the prosiecutor's' hoard, in Union-street a market, when he was pursued by a butcher, and apprehended with - Itin ...

COURTS OF REVISION

... THX business of the Pasliamentary Revision has pro- ceeded very slowly, the only parishes completed being those of All Saints, St. Augustine, St. Michael, St. Paul, Bedminster, and Clifton. The annexed statement wrill show that the results, up to the present time, give the Liberals a majority on claims and objections of nearly one hundred; and as all the more liberal pa- rishes have yet to be ...

GENERAL QUARTER SESSIONS

... ?? QwaT S, ESIO OrMidsummer ?? commenced on Mnabfr h e corder,.Sir CnskUanSvETHERELL. he calendarpr~esente~dthie names of 108 prioesfrtil ieidigte2 ?? indictdfor h riofousiy breaking inato the house, and ?? edr~,i St. J`& lebsquIrI .of the 1og, twventy-three could neither read nor 10714, twenty-eight could read ?? ni Wimte-aiuporfectly, and three only could road and wtewelt. Th amso th rand ...

BRISTOL POLICE

... GOVuW1r1-HoUS', SATURDAY, Tenuaresy 19. Magistrates present: Tica Mayor, andaMessrs. Wood, G. E.t Sanders, and Newmain. Upon taking his seat on the bench, tl:?, right wvocshipful. the masyor said he was very much surprised to find icat the proprietorsr of the differeist papers had suppressed the case of James Strachan, who was brnught b efore the miagistrates on Thursday last, on aI ...

BRISTOL POLICE

... tS.tOL . . ?? obuCOIICI-ROrSB,' SATSWEDAY,Api'. Magistrates present: The Mayor, and Messrs.,Nevwman and Drake. Deniis Buckley, a rs-epectable-l6oolin'r man, -was cha rged onh suspicion of horse-slealing. The deflendanit, who had beeflCPPre. hended inconsequence of his answering a description in the Hu7e and Cry, admitted that be was the person there charged,. but said that he had Ibeen ...

THE QUEEN'S APPEAL

... r have stood by you; will you riot now stand by rie F' lap g is the appeal which the Queen addressed to her hi- vgta. and which she still addresses, through them, to the he s-I hasestood by you; vil hyoll not nowstand by me? We no ro:seorhieg in historv more ?? affecting than these few co ; ard thue more we look at them and consider by whom they da a sen, arid the circumstances under swhich ...

THE PETITION NUISANCE

... [From the Examnner.] Englishmen do not want to be told that a demand upon the pocket is a serious matter; and that there ought to be made a priimafacie case to support it. A man who begs an alms in the street ought to have a blind eye, or a lame leg, or his appearance ought to betoken the misery of having a Famished wife and family at home in a garret. When a well-dressed fellow, in good ...

BRISTOL QUARTER SESSIONS

... BRISTOL QVA6.RTER StSSgtON8. FThe Spring Sessions for this city commenced onl MonldAy ]aSt! the calendar contained 159 cases. Tliecharge of' the leairned Tlown- da Clerk we copy verbatim flout the Gazetle: I0- lie observed that there was but one case'wbich required anjy par- be tienlar remark, and that rested onl thle evidence (if a very young of' person. Thie law hiail not fixed anly precise ...

RURAL POLICE

... ,RUJRAL POLIJCE. TRIERC is an erudite article in Felix Farley, of Saturday, as the lath inst., on the alleged projected NWhig Rural Po- ch lice. Ministers have sent out a commission to inquire into It the efficiency of the present rural police of the kingdom: if in it is reported to be eficiient, it will remain ine sltaff quo; if (t on the statements of the landed interest and of persons of ...

POLICE INTELLIGENCE

... POLZCB ZNTELLZGENCE. CornvCzt-HovUSE, Barsoro, SATOEDAr. I Igitrates present: The M1ayor, and Messrs. Nervtnan and Herapath. Joh ?? and George .Jones were charged on suspicion of stealing a quantity of leather. Police-sergeant Harrold, No. 25, deposed to having watched the prisoners to a shoe- maker's shop in Christmias-street, where they offered the leather for sale; he suspected that they ...

CULLEY, THE POLICEMAN

... CouRT or KINo'S Bxiec.-On Wednesday, the Solicitor General applied for a writ of certiorari, to remove into this Court the inquisition taken on the body of Culley, the object being to set aside the verdict of the jury. The Solicitor General conten(l- ed that tilc verdict was insufficient in law, as it was in direct opposition to the evidence. There could be no doubt upon the factthat the ...

INQUESTS,

... - SQ'@ T-SF , n le Before J. S. Grinidon, Esq., Coroner. .h DEATH Fitoar THROWING STONES OVER ST. VINCENT'S !d Rocscs.-An inquest was held on Monday, at the General Draper, rHotwells, onl the body of Joseph Lane, aged. 14, who was killed cm ?? afternoon, under St. Vincent's Rocks. George Wintle deposed aisfollows: TLhe deceasedlworked ata cooperage, and lived with his mother at No. 4, Wilder ...