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SHOCKING AFFAIR.—A MAN SHOT BY A CLERGYMAN

... for many years. The general belief in the village is, that Mr. Armstrong had called at the parsonage with the intention of speaking to this woman. , - * I The Rev. J0s. Smitb inihis examination, said,-le was the perpetual curate of -Walion. and lived inthe ...

PRESTON COUNTY COURT

... as there was no contract in writing, and the payment of the money was not on thie authority of the ?? Honour: What you are speaking of is inconsistent with their own handwriting. I don't know you can get over that. I think they employed this gentleman to ...

MURDER AT SHEFFIELD

... trembled. She said d sho was shaking with cold, having been in the petty most dof an hour before she called me up. I did not speak to *e her again. She unlocked. the door and went out of my s house about seven o'clock, before we were up. L, By the Jury : ...

ORMSKIRK

... company Avith the prisoner on their way towards d Walton. On arriving at the Black Bull, the prisoner said o lie must call to speak to his wife. They (witness and the ci prisoner) went together into the house, and witness heard w Threlfall arrange with his ...

THE LATE MURDER AT LEIGH

... opponent to prove the Bible of Divine origin, before he attempted to stake his faith upon it. Each gentleman was allowed to speak twenty minutes at a time. The audience, consisting of upwards of 700 individuals, including a goodly sprinkling of ladies, ...

PRESTON POLICE CASES

... and the money, 15s. 9d, the pencil case, which Mr. Strafford par- ticularly described, and the penknife, to which he could speak still more positively, were found upon him. He ap- prehended, if those circumstances could be proved, he had made out a case ...

A MURDERER'S CONFESSIONS

... give him (mayhap) a helping hand. I was shocked to'hear a him speak in this way, knowing how near he was to his al own departure out of this world; so I said, ' Ah I John, it yon should not speak in this way, you don't know what at may be in store for yourself ...

COUNTY COURT.—MONDAY LAST

... corroborated by other witnesses in the employment of the defendant, with the exception of the turn-out, of which they could not speak to the exact ?? Honour did not think the evidence for the defence at all satisfactory; and from the fact of Mr. Bolton having ...

PRESTON COUNTY COURT

... Mr. Bray and Mr. Corry.-His Honour observed that he should, had Messrs. Bray and Corry been there, given them credit for speaking the truth as far as they could recollect; but against their statement he should place what Mr. Webster had said, and also ...

HORRIBLE CASE OF CRUELTY TO A STEP-DAUGHTER, AT MANCHESTER. VERDICT OF WILFUL MURDER

... ill-treatment of the gui, and hid all he durst to prevent it, but his wife was master of helm. I never knew Mrs. Swinnerton speak a word or do a kild act to the girl while I was there. The child has asked me for meat, and I told her stepmother of it, who ...

MURDER NEAR HOLKHAM, IN NORFOLK

... hurried away in a state of excitement to Holkham hall, and, such was his terror when he arrived there, that he could scarcely speak in an intelligible manner. Mr. Keary at length learnt from him that Ayton had been murdered, and he instantly proceeded to ...

APPEAL ON BEHALF OF KOSSUTH BY A LADY

... tyranny one who has nobly dared and deeply suffered for the cause of man. He is worthy of all your admiration and sympathy. I speak not from what I have heard or read, but from an intimate knowledge of the man under circumstances of the severest trial, when ...