HORRIBLE and MYSTERIOUS ATTEMPT to POISON a WHOLE FAMILY

... MIORBIBLE and 3l YSTERIOUS ATTEVMPT I to POISON a WHOLE FAMILY. I tFROM TlE WOROCFSTER CIHRONICLE.] A horrible attemPt, which is at present buried ill the pro- foundest rnystery' has been maade to destroy by poison the tfilmily and household (nine in1 lnl er) of tue Rev. Joseph Webster, of0 Merrittlilis-lill, near this city, by introducing a quantity of arseuic into some SOlp. The r everoi0d ...

CUMBERLAND SPRING ASSIZES

... I RAMAA +tl-f -n . R - - amtore the Hon. Sir William HenryMaule, Knight and Mr BaronlRelfe, oened at Carlisle on Saturday last. JOSEPH CURWJEN,aged 47, & JOHNCARLE- ITON, 54, having feloniously stolen a bag of bones, the property of Robert Clarke, of Penrith.-To be imprison- ed six months with hard labour. JANE DIXON, wife of Wm. Dixon, labourer, for stealing two gowns, the property of Ralph ...

THE EVER-TO-BE-EXECRATED WHIG POOR LAW BILL

... THE EVER-TO-BE-EXECRATED WIIG POOR LAW BILL. I ?? . . I . I . - - fe Tule bill to continue the Pont Law Commission fora time ric to he limited, and for sthe farther amendment of the laws th relatin~g to the ploor in Bi-ad'wlichl is now before, us, fol~ly proves the determination of Government to throw So away thre Lsi2,,odut pon this question. It contains 43 do clauses, etdarging at well as ...

LAW NOTICES—THIS DAY

... LAW NOTI VICE-CHANCELLOR'S CoUjRT LINCOLNS-INN-Sit at I0. CAuss.-Nasielv Lesiie-flughda v ' Cooks-Cruo ?? ?? v Gly- tidett v SpD-i0er-Reneran v Stillwell-Mann V Baggs-ThoalpsOn v Da- At Jones, rrtber Mathis. exceptions and further ?? Jne'futbi ?? a Stapboeus ditti tobgo v Blair. ROLLS, COURT. CRANCRY-LANE-51; a turens.o Chiormold v 'dtosh' fi or Judogment-Btrley v Burgerses of Chariton, part ...

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.—FEB. 26

... INVSOLVET DEIBTORCOUR-B ?? C.AMIBLING TRtANSOACTIONS.t h Hu5~t us~nt~ es and.5 Tie insolvent had been part proprietor of gamioghuuses, and subsequently a discounter O el.m i h olwn sonme nobie lords and others in both depalttnCts. evidence wan nlow given Io il dyb r rihe Insolvent, on his exiatiledntEl' stated that bis wihe held six briefs In oppoaitlofl to his discharger ttdta i schedulie ...

THE WALDEGRAVE AND DUFF AFFAIR.— BRUTAL ASSAULT OF A POLICEMAN

... THE WALDEGRAVE AND DUFF AFFAIR.- BRUTAL ASSAULT OF A POLICEMAN. The proceedings in the Court of Queen's Bench on Saturday, tke 13th inst., are certainly disgraceful to the country, almost to a point of incredibility. We have often felt it to be our imperious duty to point out the very slovenly manner in which justice, or rather gross injustice, is administered in our inferior Courts, and we ...

RIVAL TRADES' UNIONS.—IMPORTANT CASE

... RIVAL TRADES' UNIONS.-IMPORTANT CASE. GUILDHALL POLICE COURT, LONDON, FEB. 20. (IPromj our own CorrespondentJ This day, William Hawley, George Woldridge, John Hawley, William Laudriff, and William Hickling, stonemasons, employed in repairing the Temple Church, off Fleet-street, ;who had been summoned on a former day, when the matter was adjourned to give the respec- tive parties an opportunity ...

CHURCH RATES.—THE BRAINTREE CASE

... CJIUrCII RATES.-TIJI ERALNAREE CASE. Thle judgment 'Whichc tile Lord Chief Justice of the common Pleas has lately pronounced Uponithe church- rate case fromn Baintree appears to us to be eminently de- serving of attention. Up to this dote the lacsof Englantid, in regard to the maintenance and repair of our ecclesias- Itical fabrics, Ihas been thought by many people to be ini- so~lv~ed in muchn ...

Published: Wednesday 24 February 1841
Newspaper: Derby Mercury
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1900 | Page: Page 1 | Tags: Crime and Punishment 

TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS

... The, Coucil tmrt on Tuerday at the usual hlur-the Loon ontnVOST in tile chair. ' Ilefriro rtleX rtlinnoaa luinoo one% prneec.Ied with, ulr LOnnt.tXN requeatetd pertinisrt tt tt iste, that what he hail mill at last teecting respect:ng tilt Rleverend Mt ilamilton li schannnits having ?? a motion toB pwt.- . red ivitlh tho inileictioti i .Mr Kt ei-en, in the fare oif an intiod:it Of the COurt Of ...

LAW INTELLIGENCE—THURSDAY

... LAWY INTELLIGfENCE-TnUIRSDAY. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. [Sittings before Lord Denman and Special Juries.] FOWLER V. HAR.MAN. Mr. Platt and Mr. Hance appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Kelly, Mr. Richards, and Mr. Watson for the de- fendant. This was an action which began yesterday, and continued through a part of this day. It was brought upon a policy of insuranve effected on the stock in trade ...

POLICE INTELLIGENCE

... P :oVa± I ZL-LZGNCZS CUNCIL-HOE, Baszrsoz, SATUR AYr. A special sessibn of the magistrates was held at l lo'clock this morning, for the purpose of adjudicating upon an infor- nation laid by Mr. I. Tovey, of the; Oldmarket-street, a proprietor of the Hall of Scie'nce, in 'Broadmead, forthb recovery from the couhty of the sim of 261., being the amount of damage done to that building and ...

THE PRESS-GANG AND ITS VICTIMS

... THTE PRVZSS-GANG; AND IMS i'ICTITS. Thle lwhole Gani eontinue to go oil miuch in their o0d wqv, and whatever 'erorilef mny take place in othlel niatters, tihe Gang seem f9 imperivious to anm a]teorttion or amendnient as the Poor Laws, the Coril Laws, or any other bad law. In fiaet the press (olistitiltes a. very ?? anrl primary part oftihe -'riuptiOn oild olpreqsioli which in1fliet so many aid ...