SUICIDE OF COLONER GURWOOD

... a~ ;- - - , A - I n. -- A AA An inquest was held before F. if. Gell, Esq, coroner for East Sussex, on Monday morning, at 120, King's road Brighton, to inquire into the circumetances attending the death of Colonel Jchn Gurwood, who had terminated his existence on the previous Saturday, by cutting his throat with a razor. The unfortunate deceased was a Colonel on the unattached list. He was at ...

BALBRIGGAN PETTY SESSIONS—TUESDAY

... I BALBItIGGAN PETTY SESSIONS-TUESDAY. (FROU A CORRESPONDEPT.) IMPORTART DECISION UNDER THE ARMS' ACT. At 12 o'clock the following magistrates came upon the bench :-The Honourable St, John Butler, chairman, and teorge Woods,! A. S. Hussey, John Mee, and Thomas lBaker, Esqrs.; also the Honourable Mr. Preston, eon to Lord. Gormanstown, and b1r. Hanflton Law, Esq. The court was greatly crowded, ...

SUPPOSED ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE THE KING OF SWEDEN

... SUPPOSED ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE THE _ KING OF SWEDEN. STOCKHOLM, No;v O7; Yesterday, at noon, an ill- dressed young man appeared at the Palace, and with vio- lent gesticulatione required Colonel Von Peyron, his Ma jesty's chamberlain on duty, to procure him an audience of the ICing. The chamberlain declining to do so, he threat- ened the colonel with a pistol, which lie drew from his pocket, ...

DUBLIN POLICE—YESTERDAY

... DUBLIN POLICE-YESTERDAY. cEXCfACOG ?? T OFrICE. A person named Pelham, a shoe maker, residing in Bride- street, was committed for trial on a charge of having em- bezzled the sum of 41., belonging to a man named KIelly who resided in the same house with the prisoner. COLLEGESTBEET OrFICE. George P. Gilcreest sammoned, Walter C. Staunton for illegally detaining a waistcoat his property. The ...

EXECUTION OF AN IRISH SEAMAN IN THE AMERICAN NAVY

... EXECUTI ON OF AN IRESH SEAMAN IN THE AMERICAN NAVY. We copy the following from a New York paper. The unfortunate victim to the extreme penalty of martial law was an Irishman, who, after great provocation, knocked down a lieutenant of the American vessel on board of which he had entered:- Off Vera Cruz, Sept. 25, 1846. On the 17th instant I was one of the edified witnesses of the supremacy ...

ASSIZES INTELLIGENCE

... ASSIZ13 INTELLIGENCE. KINGSTON ASSIZES. MORE CLERICAL DELINQUWNCY.-ALLEOED SIMONY AND HOCUSSING.-At these assizes, on Monday, before Lord Denman and a special jury, an action was brought by the Rev. Mr Pemberton, the vicar of Wandsworth, against the Rev. Mr Colls, curate of St Anne's, Wands- worth, for slander. The declaration alleged special damage, by reason of the plaintiff having had his ...

Published: Saturday 04 April 1846
Newspaper: The Examiner
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 4455 | Page: Page 10, 11 | Tags: Crime and Punishment 

ACCIDENTS, OFFENCES, AND OCCURRENCES

... ACCIDENTS, OFFENCES, AND OCCURRENCES& DltEr.kDAUL COLLISMoN ON THE MERSEY.-A .os. 0 wul, stcarn-boott collision took place shortly bdefov eloven o'clock si Monday night. at the omout) of the AlMesed, resulting in aln extensive loss of life and consequences the most lament- able. A correspondent of the 'Liverpoolstandard'ifurrislhe the folloiu accoun ?? Sea Nymph, which trades be- tween ...

Published: Saturday 30 May 1846
Newspaper: The Examiner
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2579 | Page: Page 11, 12 | Tags: Crime and Punishment 

COURTS OF LAW

... I -~~COLURTS OF LAW. I CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. THE ALLEGED GREENWICH MURDER.-Win Richardson, aged 49, described as an astronomer, and Ann Maria Richardson, aged 22, his daughter, were indicted for the wil- ful murder of Theodore Horatio Richardson. Mr Bodkin for the proseceticn said that the case was one almost without parallel. The prisoners at the bar not oinly stood in the relative position ...

Published: Saturday 16 May 1846
Newspaper: The Examiner
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 4092 | Page: Page 10, 11 | Tags: Crime and Punishment 

TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS

... A special meeting of the Town Council wvas held Oi Thurs- day, for the purpose of taking into consideration a proposal to transfer both the Edinburgh and the Edinburgh'and Leith Water Companies to a public trust. The Lord Provost pre- sided. The Chairman explained, that he had called the meeting in consequence of a correspondence which had taken place be- tween the two Water Companies, in ...

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT—Sept. 25

... INSOLVENT IDEB13TORS COURT-Sept. 25. nq Rz JOHN MACLEOD. WI This insolvent applied for his discharge. There was no op- co position. The Learned Chief Commissioner, upon looking through Of the insolvent's schedule, made some inquiries as to how his ra debts were contracted, and what had become of the large C amount of property which he hpd obtained from various m tradesmen. 11 The insolvent, in ...

COURT OF SESSION—SECOND DIVISION

... COURT OF SESSION-SECON-D DIVISION. Sus-pension and Interdict-Jourx ToD, Esq. W.S. v. Esix- ?? AIND ANVIE ERA.ILWAY COMPANYY This was an application, at the complainer's instance, for in- terdict against the Edinburgli and Hawick Railway Company carrving their railwv.y across his approach in the manner they now proposed. In the plan lodged with the Sheriff Clerk-, in compliance wvith the ...

THE PORTSMOUTH DUEL—TRIAL OF LIEUT HAWKEY

... I ITHE PORTSMOUTH DUBL.-TRIAL OF l LIEUT. HI'AWKEY. Lieut. ats Frey surrendered on Thursday, at Win- chetter, to take his trial upon a charge of shooting Lieut. Saton in a duel which occurred near Gosport, on the 20th of May, 1845. The prisoner pleaded Not Guilty. Mr. Rawlinson and Mr. Montague Smith conducted the prosecutionl Mr. Cockburn and Mr. Sergeant King. lake appeared for the defence. ...

Published: Sunday 19 July 1846
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1376 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: Crime and Punishment