... charge that is charged against me. I have witnesses who can come forward and speak for me, but, as -you are determined to send me for trial, I would rather that they should speak for me on my trial. The wit- nesses present were then bound over in the usual ...

... law, and the press observes a wise discretion in frequently passing them over in decorous silence. But there are times to speak as well as times to be silent, and as judges in this country are amenable chiefly to public opinion, it is well that that opinion ...

... sister respect- ing the will of their mother, Mrs. Margaret Speake. The r ?? was the widow of a well-to-do farmer who had g resided at Wood Padiham, near Burnley, in Lancashire. e Mr. Speake, her son, the defendant in this case, derived s considerable ...

... and I think it was about half-past six; At the time he bashed his wife's head on the stones he said, .kin't you going to speak to me ? She was lying on her back at the time, and he then took her by the shoulders and knocked her head on the stones. He ...

... sworn, Mr. Charles Va- logne, a Frenchman, exclaimed, I saol not speak Eng- lish, and when the book was presented to him he refused to be sworn. The Coroner (to M. Valogne): You speak English fluently ?-Yes, Bare. The Coroner: Then why refuse to be sworn ...

... of an old friend. Ue stated that, in his opinioq, she died of heart disease In his address to the jury, Mr. Bulwer, after' speaking of the difficulty of laying down any definition of the wantof care whichwae necessary to make a man criminally responsible ...

... But bow is he to do this? He has no trade or calling which tie can use as a maeunas to bring about this desired end. (I am speaking, not of the dishonest clerk or shopman who to gratify som e momentary pleasure will place him- self within the power of the ...

... course of conduct and readily conversed with the officers of the prison, and it would seem that the reason why he refused to speak when be was put upon his trial was that he was told by some of his fellow-prisoners that this was the best thing for him to ...

... would not be heavy. He accordingly sentenced 1dm to seven days in the common gaol, and during that time the chaplain would speak to him, and impress upon his mind the wickedness of his cot. He hoped the prisoner would never give way ,tohisbadtomperagain ...

... fence of the field, and she appeared to be in great agony. He asked her what was the matter, and for a time she could not speak. She then. said, I have been stabbed by a young man that I have been keeping company with for two years. Her clothes were ...

... morning of the 8th inst. he was with a friend in Carey-street, Chancery-lane, when the prisoner came up to him. He stopped to speak to her, and while doing so he discovered that she had very cleverly snapped his watch from the bow. His friend held the pri- ...

... remained in attendance upon him until eleven o'clock, when he was conveyed on a stretcher to the hospital. He was able to speak to those in attendance, hut the injury is of so f rightful a charac- ter that there is little chance of his recovery. ...