ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP A HOUSE

... I TRADES UNION OUTRAGE AT SHEFFIELD. On Tuesday morning a diabolical attempt was made to blow up the house and shop of Mr. Poole, butcher, in the Wicker, Sheffield, under circoumstan -es which leeve no doubt that it is a trades union outrage. The explo. sion, which jeopardized the lives of no less than eight persons, occurred about 20 minutes past seven o'clock in the morning. The occupants of ...

Published: Friday 14 January 1859
Newspaper: Hull Packet
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 424 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: Crime and Punishment 

THE ARRESTS IN IRELAND

... A few additional facts which transpired at the secret investigation in Cork are made public. The Casstitu- tion says,- Nothing could exceed the apparent levity and care- lessness of the prisoners during the inquiry. They ap- pear to be confident that the evidence against them will be so weak as to Insure their release within a brief period. The evidence of the approver is very conclusive, ...

LAW AND POLICE

... BOLLS COURT. Sweersri v. Swi1ePESN-The Master on Wednesday gave judg- ment on an application for a new trial in this suit. The whole case turned upon the question whether, at the time he made the will, old Mr. Swinfen was in a fit state of mind. The jury who tried the case found a verdict for the defendant, Mrs. Swinfen. His Honour said that upon a careful consideration of the whole of the ...

Published: Sunday 16 January 1859
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1714 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: Crime and Punishment 

FRIGHTFUL MURDER

... FJIGaTFUL MURDER. . One of the most dreadful murders that. bag occurred hc for many years in thtB city was perpetrated on Saturdey ile night by a matn named Thomas Bilacks a pointer, real- i'eseing at No. 3, Deano straet, o0 his wife hargaret, an w. exceedingly well-looking womarn of about thirty years o, 12. age. Shortly after en o'dlock yesterday morning the i5 neighbourhood of the scene of ...

COURT, CABINET, AND PERSONAL

... C OURT, CABINE AD ESg . ITi. Mo kor . 1 -i -I a HEir Majesty held ?? priyoouil on I - ed ?? V. cluncoll Tuesday afternoon, The ponyiven by Queen Victoria to the Prince Imperial. b wasmountedonld a'dd, r thein rsebyth*ll - nte, in the? reser edgarden at the Tsuleres, and attiracersuchn to crowds of idlerso that an extray guard- had -to be ful-d'to H I, day . eekie i o hcah ontains a letter from ...

Law Intelligence

... saw COUR1T OF SESSION.-FnrIDI. FIRST DIVISION. B. T,-ALEX. MORTON V. JESS A'COLL OR NOBLE. This was an action of filiation and aliment, at the instance of Jess MDColl or Noble, residing at Back- muir, near Dunfermline, against Alexander Morton, Sawmills, Dunfermline, on account of the birth of an illegitimate child of the pursuer, in the end of 1856, of which she alleges the defender to be the ...

LAW INTELLIGENCE

... A :. k ,I , -. , ?? 2, - , IE - -, ? t: , ?? Ilit dio, i -, I . COURT OF' (OH-A.CERY-AT`URDAY. [Before. the Lonos. JutSTIols. id IN Lt5NAcY-.IN RN VACy. 9, The petitioners in this case were Msr. Ssnuel Norway, Isurgeon, and Maria Vacy, spinster, the trustees of so in. 3_denture of the 13th of July, 1858, by which, the supposed. lunatic conveyed and assigned all his property to the peti- ly ...

INSOLVENT DEBTORS COURT—YESTERDAY

... INSOLVENT DERTUgg COURT-YETRbD-T-. LBefore the CEIEF CO55MUSSIONtR.] TRE rACHITY OF BUttNG DIStCHARGED AT CANTERBUR 0 COURT -IS R11 W. H1. MARTIN. This insolvent, a builder in High-street, Camden-toWn, applied under the Protection Act. Mr. Reed opposed for Mr. Browl, an accountant in the London-road. Mr. Sargood supported. This waR an extraordinary case, and lhowed the facility vith which rich ...

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS

... (Before Mr. Pashley, Q.C., Assistant-Judge.) The following proclamation wasmadeby the sheriffs bailiff, r Mr. Hemp, at the commencement of the ?? t Vane Tempest, commonly called Lord Ernest Vane Tempest, come forth and surrender yourself to the custody ot the Sheriff nf Miodlesex, on or before the 31st day of January f instont, according to the exigency of a writ to answer the Queen for a ...

SECRET SOCIETIES IN IRELAND

... SECRET S0-CIETIES IN IRELAND. IT4e evidence taken before the magistrates ad Crown officers in the caws of the parties arrested near Cork on the charge of being members of an illegal Society, shows; as in all such cases, the principal -witness for the Crown was an informaer-Mr. Daniel Sullivan, alis Gould, a smart, in- teiligent, and good-looking yeaog man, of about 27 years of sge. Hainfg ...

PETTY SESSIONS

... BULIX}NGDON DIVISLO.N.-Couwity lieU, Or,;:i;s0,Jan. 1, Present; the Right l1on. J.:W. Henley, M.P., the Rev. Dr. Wynter, J. S. Pliillip-r. Esq. Guy Thonisor., Esq., the Hon. and Rev. F. Berlie-, and G. Ganniie, E~esy JolumsPike, baker, of Cowaley, was fiued 4s., rad Ge. costs, for taking out bread in his eaot for sale without having scales and weights, as requiri-.i.by law. A case against ?? ...

SOUTHAMPTON BOROUGH QUARTER SESSIONS

... The above Sessions were held Thursday last at the Town Hall, before C. J. Gale, Esq., deputy for E. Smurke, Esq., who was unable to attend on account of iUness. 'lhe Deputy Recorder briefly addressed the Grand Jury, congratalatng them on the state of the calendar, for though it appeared 17 cases had been dealt with by the Magistrates under the Summary Jurisdiction Act, which left but two ...