WARWICKSHIRE WINTER ASSIZES

... .I k I 11 L f 9 s I a r 3 II 0 1 a F II I I I II I 3 I I I I L I I I i F II II I i I I I i I I I The Winter Atsizes for the county of Warwiclk were commenced in the Crown Court, Shire Hall, Warwick, yesterday, before air. Justice Smith. The following gentlemen responded to their names, and were sworn on the Grand Jury :-Hon. Charles Lennox Butler, foreman; Sir Robert North Collie Hamilton, ...

SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A POLICEMAN

... I I e ?? l 91llnurn.wsna ~TVihhvn Samuel Mills (22), policeman, was charged with having it. at the borough of Birminghans, onl Wednesday, the 0thor December, undawfully and maliciously wounded aud th inficedgrevusbodily haprmn upon James Allen. Mr. ve YeatariandMr.Dugdale (instructed by Mr. MI. Maher) off i, appearned for thle prosecution M 5r. Busczard. (instructed by oil' er r.Cutler) ...

SINGULAR ACTION AGAINST A CORONER

... Tb At the Derby County Court, on Tuesday, an action was e brought by Miss Sophia Taylor, the female superintendent a of Dr. Dixon's Wye House Private Asylum, Buxton, to He recover, from the defendant, Dr. Bennett, the Coroner of All. the High and Low Peak Hundr~~ed, the sum 'of £50. ass dameges sustaned by the plintiff beingas alleged, given his into custody, and taken, while in sob ustody, ...

A BIRMINGHAM DIVORCE CASE

... Yesterday, in ?? of Divorcc,thecaseofiZt'ddinv. Ji'iddinand Davecy, was heard before the Judge Ordinary. Mr. A. S. Hill, QC., M.P., and Mr. F. A. Nidenville were consel for petitioner; the Solicitor-General and Dr. Tristram for the respondent, and Dr. Swaby for the co- respondent. The writ was for a dissolution of marriage, sought by the husband on the groundof his wite's adultery with the co ...

THE BURSLEM ABORTION CASE

... THE BURSMEM ABORTION CASE. The harg ?? Hnry olloghed, of Adrminister- log noiou drg t Ann Moldig, or he urpose of pro- the prosecution, and Mr. A. Tenuant for th deec.ilfr h eeoc weel called on, Mr. Davis asked Air. Sutton It he could pro. disco evidence which would alter thea facto s maiteady before the Court in such a way as to menlee out a piwisefoxo~ case for another tribseral, for it not, ...

BIRMINGHAM POLICE COURT

... BI1'MINGHAM POLICE COURT. SATURDAY. Before Messrs. J. Jeifhy, Wr. follidacy, and P. I. A MvOnER iONLY oy N~Mii -After the disposal of several cases of drunkenness, a girl, of eight or nine years of age, was p]aced in the dock, and charged with begging. Her clothing was literally in rags, and it was so scanty that there was barely suftoient to cover her nakedness. She was witbout any covering ...

LONDON COURT OF BANKRUPTCY

... THE EXTENSIVE FAILURES IN WARWIOCKSHIRE, (BfLhIrORs TiHE HoN. W. 0. SPRING RICE, REGISTRAR.) LoeNmo Friday, 6th August, Be WILLIADM CuAPPRLL, JUN. DIVIDEND MFsTING.-This was a dividend meeting, and for the proof of debts under the bankruptcy of William Chappell, the younger, described 4l of Coventry, in the County of Warwick, silkmnan, who petitioned the Bir- ningbainadistrict Court of ...

THE CASE OF CHARLES LAFITTE & CO. (LIMITED.)

... IMPORTANT JUDGMENT. Yesterday, Vice Chancellor Malins gave judgment in the case of Gray v. Lewis and others, in which Mr. George Gray, of Rathmines, had filed a bill on behalf of himself and others against Mr. Harvey Lewis, M.P., Sir J. Gray, M.P., and others, to recover £200,000., which it was alleged the directors of Charles Lafitte and Co. (Limited), and the National Bank had ...

EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE BY A GIRL

... On Monday, Dr. Lankester, the Coroner for Central Middlesex, held an inquest at the King's Head Tavern, Broad Street, Bloomsbury, on the body of Charlotte Matilda Hopkins, aged seventeen, who was found dead in bed on Friday morning last, at 51, Bernard Street, Russell Square. Mary Hopkins, mother of deceased. living at 4, l'heonix Street, Crown Street, Solo, identified the body. She said her ...

LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT

... I WEDNESDAY, APRIl, 7. likBOiW MIL J. B. BANCKSac. A CuTsZ&OITos-Yroerick Jones, by tradie atakil,, cutter-out. but said to be well ?? to the police a. . sasociate ot baet charactors,wrns hi'.rre.1 o n remand ,i in company with a woman uot arirprehended, hbarv,; astolenby meane of atrick a gold waici ol, the prepen Iof Charles Nikekon, a gardeoler-it nopear tiam ,i, Bnuday night last the ...

SINGULAR PROSECUTION OF A WESLEYAN MINISTER

... SINGULAR PROSECUTION OF A. WESLEYAN MINISTER. The police court at North Shields was . rr vded with a very excited assemblage on Tuesday to hear a charge of having incited brawls in front of their respective premises, preferred by IMepsrs. Sharpe and Melville, local piblicarns, againit the Rev. JobnBroadbent, Weslcyan linister. The summons appeared to have been taken at the inetauce of the ...

COURT OF PASSAGE

... I THURSDAY, JULY 22. BEFORE. M1R ATTORNEY-GENERAL PICKXEINO, Q.C., ASSESSOR, AND CAP1TAINS BROWN AND FXNWICOK, NAtTICAL ASSESSORS. COLLISION AT SEA. KNUDSEN V. THE WEST INDIAN AN ) PA(IFIC STEAMSnlr CoATrANY.-In this case Christopher Knudsen, owner of the barque Kong Oscar, was the plaintiff, and he sued for damages in conse- quence of a collision between his vessel and the screw steamship ...