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Suspected Robbery and Murder of a Farmer

... Suspec~ted Robbery and Murder of a FEarmrer. Ott WVedncs'lay the 11th instant an adjour ned inquest weas hehl at Leigh, near M~anchlester, by Mir. W\. S. Rotter, one of the Coroners for the county of ILancaster, on the body of Johin Hampeson, a farmier at Stonebouse, near Tyldesley. aged 87, who died from drowning on the previous Sunday, A suspicion was very generally entertained in the neigrh ...

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, LONDON, JULY 22

... , i INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, LONDON, JuLY 22. e I- - .. . I (Before 11s'. co missioner .Jses 19e21y.) IN RE T1E HOsN. SUSSnX LExxOX.-The petitioner in this B case, commonly called Lord Sussex Lennox (the brother of the Duke of Richmond), applied from Whitecross-street a f Prison to be heard on his application to be admitted to bail t, till his hearing in September. . There was no ...

THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY PRAUDS

... HEi GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY PRAUD)S. CON ?? KENT. At the Central Criminal Court, on Friday the 16th inst., before Mr. Baron Martin and Mr. Justice Willes, the two prisoners: Leopold Rcdpiath and Charlep. James Coinyns Kent were-placedi itt-the bar to answer indictments of fraud and forgery. Mr. Serjeant Ballantine, Mr. Bodkin, and Mr. * Gifford prosecuted.' Mr. Serjeant Parry-and Mr. Tindal ...

OXFORDSHIRE LENT ASSIZES

... On Thursday morning, between eleven and twelve o'clock the Judges of Assize for this circuit, Mr. Justice Crowder and Mr. Justice Willes, arrived in Oxford frorn Reading by the Great Western Railway. Their Lordships were met at the station by the High Sheriff (Viscount Dillon), and pro- ceeded at once to the County Hall, when the commission was opened, after which their Lordships went to their ...

COUNTY COURT, NOVEMBER 21

... (Before a. Temple, Esq., Q.C.) At this court, much interest was excited by tile followin caees:a PALMEIE V1. IBiADSHAWV.-The amount claimed in this action was 51., is. damages for the non-delivery of a horse, which plaintiff bouight of defendant on the 17th of October. Theo plaintiff represented his own cause, and Mir. Malilam appeared for the defendant. His Hlonor in summing up, observed that ...

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, APRIL 30

... COUTRT OF QUJEEN'S BENCH, Armu. 30. :TE QUEEtR V. SIR EDWARD CONROY, BARONET. Sir F. Thlesiger (with whom was Mr. Serjeant Pigott) said bS e was -instructed, onl the. part, of Mr. George Barker, e Magistrate for the County of Rerk1s, to apply to the Court at for a rule dallinglupon Sir Edward Conroy,.Bart., who was at also a Magistrate of the same county, to show cause why. a as criminal ...

PETTY SESSIONS

... P8ETTY SESSIONS. B1J LLIN GDON DIl'ISION-C'snslt~yylae, Oxwfescf, Dec.1j9, Present, Dr. M~arshanM, Rev. Dr. Wynter, J. MiorreB, Esq., and Guy Trhomson, Esq. Thomas Henry Merchant, v.ho keeps a beer chop at Marston, was sutmmoned to auswer a charge of keepiung hmt house open for the sale of bcer after tenl o'clock; otith previous Saturday night, Dec. 12. 1ils defence wees, thta his lodger had ...

PETTY SESSIONS

... nr 'A T.~t ~ -- -- - - z WA %J jv'L Q- BULLINGDON DIVISION-Counly 11all, Oxford, April 4. Present, the Earl of Abingdon, the Right Hon. J. W. Henley, M1. ?? Hon. and Rev. F. Bertie, Guy Thonmson, Esq., and G. Gamnmie, Esq. William Lipacombe was convicted of an assault on Wiln. Edward Warmington, at Godstow, and was ordered to pay a penalty of li., including costs, or undergo fourteen days' ...

PETTY SESSIONS

... BULLINGDON DIVISION-CouneyHMall, Oxford, Oct. 10. Present, J. H. Asbburst and G. Ganmini, Esqrs. There was no business before the Bench beyond the granting of a few summonses. PT OUGHILEY DlV181ON.-Bicester, October 8. Present, Rev. R. Pretyman, Sir H. Peyton, Bart., R. B, Marslam Esq., ?? and Captain Style, R.N. James Thorpe and Alfred Bunce, two boys of Stratton Audley, were charged under ...

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, JUNE 1

... COURT OF QTUEEND'S BENCH, JUxE 1. .. - I .z. . .. .. - I 1.. (Before Lord Crnapzel/, and J7nstiees C'oteri'lge, Eelc, and Crwaptolb. ) THlE qUtXN t1. THlE JUSTICES OF GLOUcEMTRSIaIRE. In this case the Court had granted a rule calling uponl the Justices of Gloucestershire to show cause why a inendruens should not issue commanding then to order payment of certain fees to Mr. Gaisford, one of the ...

ANOTHER HORRIBLE TRAGEDY

... ANl'OTHlR HORRIBL1 TRAEDY. ?? .. I'l ?? . I .. Bath, Oct. 11,-The excitement occasioned. by, the Leigh Woods murder had soareely began to. subside here, when ,a still more fearful tragedy has occurred, to spread.consterna- tion through the neighbourhoodi The sictinus in this case are a main and his wife named Andrew Border, and Sarah R ebouea heorder, the former of whom wjas a groom in the ...

EXTRAORDINARY CAREER AND CAPTURE OF AN ALLEGED SWINDLER

... EXTRAORDINARY CARBER AND CAPTURE OF .:s :;:AlN ALLEFGD. SWINDLER..!- YA 'On Stztrday'aftelrn'On last these waslodged in the Prestorn ?? Young~truanl, named' Frederick - William Wright, agarinsti whdin there asle prefe'rred several char'ges of exten- 'li'eswisdls~. istrnsctions in thiis line-in' Preston have been very extensive, but hie is well known 6in Lancaster, Wigai; Liverpool, eand other ...