DISTRESSING SUICIDES

... I DISTRBESSING SUICIDES. - I DISAPPOINTMENT Atrbu .UM L-AA inquest was held in Leamnlngton, on Friday evening lasc, on the body of a young woman named Jane Pettifer, aged 21, who occupied a respectable position In the town. The case exalted od6nideaible interest, there being a rumour that the deceased had been seduced by an officer in the 2ad Wa rwckshire Militia. The evidence went to show ...

CORONER'S INQUESTS

... n or-- DRSOIIE P. P. oulemYJ XSQ., 0ORON ER. On the body of Honora, wife of John Atkins, a pensioner, residing at 29, Great Orosshall-street. The deceased was much addicted to drinking, and fre.- quently complined ol pain at hor heart. She died suddenly on Satarday evening, just after she had been cleaning her house, A poaf-mcrtem examination showed thab death waa the result of aneurism of the ...

COUNTY MAGISTRATES' COURT

... ICOUNTY MAGIST IRITSI COURT STEALING FLOWERS.-A yonth nored rs.c. Csirolli was charged (before lle-srs, ?? and W. Preston) with steallgfior;w. rs fo~a iag The prisoner was stopped by a potice OOloEt5 n Sunday morning, having some ?? vhl i Lai been etolen from the grounds cf Mr. 'Shle, Ei~e. lane. Mr. Slade attesded, aud stl.:l ?? siwo? tbefts to that chargedagairstthbe rlc an, r cta ci_ ...

BIRMINGHAM BANKRUPTCY COURT

... I 1 IA BAN7KRTIPTCY COURT. PRIDlAY. M,.carlak )[firo'roieph, ?? 101cic.teiectl iceo atul discharge, attended by Mr. ocrtiV ctie sicecw~ 'rile blitlnue Shoot not boing filed. 7Iii ,,,it I' thle bankrupt's, the meethig was adjourned ?? for last examination cim Iliecallso tile assigneces required timae to eescccet. Tfie balance sheet showed : ra- * ~ s i. iii. assets, £201. Os. 9Od. ;and ...

HEXHAM COUNTY COURT

... HEXHAM COUNTY COURT, FRIDAY.-Before W. H. WILLES, Esq., Judge. BATY ?? H5. RtOBSON.-JURY CASE. Mr T. W. WELFORD1 appeared for the plaintiff; and Mir BLACKtWELL, barrister, instructed by Mir MARSHALL, Dur- ham, for the defendant. This was an action brought to recover 27 17s. 9d., for money paid, work done, and dam- ages sustained for a breach of contract, owing to the de- fendant not allowing ...

THE ALLEGED POISONING OF A YORK LADY

... TEE ALLEGED POISONING OF A YORK LB&Dy- (From tho Globe.. Ihe inquest on the body of Mrs.. Francs Pbilips, ged 27j 't4e wife of a wealthy horse-dealer, of *Knightabriqge, wheee death, it Ir alleged, was. caused tbiouh'theadrninit7Ara. fCou, oi poison, was eresumoid on MondayF ?? ,Itti, of Ycrk, the mother ot the deceased, deposed that; early im th0' Ipreent year, soo after tbe c6nfinementAof' ...

THE SPECIAL COMMISSION

... THE., SPECI.AL. COMMISSION. yTRIAL OF, THE ALLEGED MURDERER OF' asi e ?? ~~M. THqE BAULT'. res CLONMEL, MONDATJyrENrNG_.Mr. Justiee Fltv-'li ~'gerald and Baron Detasy ?? their seats on thec bench Yui ~*in the Croiwn dourt'of ?? Court-house 'at up ten o'clock ibvis morning'. ' The court and its.ap- 7eal proaches were very much crowded, and, as it was i -generally well known that -Thomas ...

ANOTHER SHOCKING MURDER IN HAMPSHIRE

... I I I - - - A murder, revolting in the extreme from the cold-bloodedness in which it was committed, and the brutal treatment received at the hands of the murderer by his victim, was perpetrated at Fordingbridge, a small town in the county of Hants, twelve miles from the cathedral city of Salisbury, on Sunday morning last. The particulars are as ?? Ann Susan Hall, aged 23, was the only ...

THE DOUBLE MURDER AND SUICIDE IN BLACKFRIARS-ROAD

... THE DOUBLE MURDER AND SUICIDE IN BLACKIRIARS.RO AD. The following are onnle further particulars rela- tive to the melancholy affair in the Blackfriars-road, re- ported in our yesterday's impression: For the last four vears, or nearly s-, a married man, name I Joseph Mockford, lias occupied apartments in the house, 189, Blackfriars-road, the other portions of which are in the occupation of a ...

CRIME IN EDINBURGH

... The report and returns as to the crimes, of- hb fences, and contraventions, and to cases of liE drunkenness within the police bounds of the city hE of Edinburgh, during the six years ended with nt 1861, prepared for the Magistrates and Council by l Mr Thomas Linton, Superintendent of Police, hasea just been issued. From Mr Linton's report ap- in pended to the returns we make the following ex- ...

MUNICIPAL REVISION AT DEWSBURY

... MUNICIPAL REVISION AT DEWSSBURY. ;OVERThROW OF 400 OBJECTIONS ON A n POINT OF LAW. (FPous Our CoV'?'sponlden1t. ) On Saturday, Joseph Middleton, Esq., barrister, sat r at the Dewsbury Court-house, for the purpose of going through the list of objections to names which had been placed upon the burgess list. Air. Scholes appeared for the promoters of incorporation, and Mr. Chadwick, Mr. Ten- t ...

BIRMINGHAM POLICE COURT

... FRIDAY. e'fore AIessrs. T. C. S. Kynprerstey and B. EVarcs Mojap DlaSHASer NEAT.-Sanitaryrinspector Cooper appeared before the Magistrates to lay an information against Daniel Holmes, a journeyman butcher, having no fixed reeidence, for having in his possession the carouse of a cow, which was very much diseased with pleurisy, and thereby totally unfit for human food. The officer stated that at ...