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SUICIDE AT NEWTON ABBOT

... ISUICIDE AT N EWTON ABBJTJ)T. A respcotablo woman flom Plymouth, named M Elizaheth Pratt, committed silicide at Churchill's Refreshlment Rooms, Qneen-:,loet, Newton Al bt, c on Saturdav night. She slopt at Churchill's on the w night of Friday, and kept to her bed throughout the ai following day. On Siturday night,'before retiring pc to be d, Airs Churchill, on going into the bedroom occupied ...

THE MURDER NEAR CREWE

... THE MU IRDER NEAR CREWE.1 EXTRAORDINARY DZITELOPMENT.. CHIARGE OF PARRICIDE. THE SONS CONFElISS THIECRIME. At Crewe Countv Police Court on Wednesday Richard Davies, aged twenty, and George Davies, sixteen, sons of the draper, Mr.. Richard Davies, who was brutally murdered on Saturday night on his way home from his shop, were charged 'with the wilful murder of their father on the highiay -at ...

THE CREWE MURDER

... THE CRE WE MURDER. THE BROTHERS' CONFESSION. The joint tonfeasion of the two brothers charged with murdering their father near Crewe will be likely to arouse the deepest feelings of horror. During Wednesdav night the younger prisoner George was broughtfrom his cell at his own request; his brother Riobard was brought from a ?? cell by the request of George, and the latter asked him if ...

SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A SEAMAN

... SE:RIOUJS ()HA1 E A~tIAST THREITENING TO STAB A POLICIllAli /t the City Police Court on Monday, before esri. A. Burch (in the chair), V. t'rs, and J T. Tucker, THOMAS wMcDONNELL, a seam.n on board ILI!.S. Cambridge, was charged with having two eer glasses in his possession, supposed to have been stolen ; also with threatenilig P.C. Srvnonds with a knife on the 2ith instant.-'n'he Chief ...

THE CREWE MURDER

... - THE CREWE MURDERS INQUEST AND VERDICT. Dr ChurtOn yesterday resumed the inquest at Hough on the body of Richard Davies. who was murdered on Saturday night wbilst driving ahlmg the road betveen Crewe and Hough. Two sons of the deceased ase in uea. tedy charged with the murder. The prisonere were not present as had been anticipated, it being cdnsidered nn- wise, on account of the provailink ...

The Crewe Murder

... The Crewe 2 Murder. TIIE jury who attended the coroner's 0 inquest upon the body of Richard Davies, the Crewe tailor, who was found murdered a short distance from the village of Hough, where he lived, have returned a verdict which will somewhat surprise the reader of this mysterious tragedy who were under the impression that everything had been explained by a more or less definite confession ...

BRISTOL POLICE COURT

... YESTERDAY, Magistrates ?? J. F. Lucas and B. H. Symes. THEFT OF A CLOCK. Thomas Galvin, a young man, was charged on remad I with stealing a dock, value 17s, the property of Mr Payne, of Castle street. It appeared that the prisoner was seen running along the street with the clock in his possession. He was followed, and when in Castle green he throw the block down, breaking the dial glass. It ...

FINANCIAL LIBEL SUIT

... A GLOUCESTER CASE. J_ the Qaeen's Bench Division of the High Court of Ju tice, yesterday, before Mr Justice Grantham and a commnon jury, the case of Marey v. the proprietors of the Star coare on for hearing. This was an aotion for libel brought by Mr ,. J. Maxey, of the London mining Exchange, Limited, against the defendants for libel in ?? a statement that he was to be criminally proceeded ...

STRANGE DEATH IN BRISTOL

... I EXTRAORDINARY CASE. A singular case of sudden death of a boy seven years of age, William Morris, son of William Morris, a gas stoker. of Amelia court, Pipe lane, St. Anuustine's, ec-urred yesterday morning. As he was playing about the strest as usual on Thursday, and died the next morning, a rumour reached the coroner that he bad been eating tin. ned meat, and that, as in some instances in ...

BRISTOL COUNTY COURT

... J -3BI TOL C T COUBT. ,BRIETOL COUNIY COURT. YESTERDAY, Before his Eononr Judge Metcalfe, Q.0. FURIOUS DRIVING AT 'STAILITrON. ConmtsH v. PEAROc,-ThiS Wsv an action to recover £50 damages, Mr Vaehlel (instructedl by Mr J. Nichols, of the firm of Benson, Carpenter, & Co.l was for the plaintiff, George Cornish, job master and fly proprietor, iclhmond mews, Clifton. MIr Wansbrongh appeared for ...

KEYNSHAM POLICE COURT

... YESTERDAY, Magistrates ?? J. C. Ireland (ohairman), W. S. Lean, and J. Cooke Hurle, inn. LICElSE TRANSFERS, Permanent tranefere wero granted of the' Pioneer inn. Ksynsham, from Philip White. to Percy Beginalli. Jobhson; and of the George and Dragon, Pnblow, f ram Frederick Carr to William Flower. TEE MDUCATION ACT EN7O0CED.1 Mary Stone, of siston, was summoned fer not sendingr her son to ...

LONG ASHTON POLICE COURT

... u egistrates YESTERDAY. Magistrates ?? W. Gale Coles (chairman) it and H. Bennett. ir A RAILWAY CASE, to Samuel Jefferies, a respectably dressed yonng man, was summoned for entering a train while in motion at Pill station, on the Portiehead braneh of the Great Western Railway, on the lat of Decemsber. w hr J. Wall (Fsooell tnd Co.) prosecuted on behalf of tbe compady. The defendant pleanded ...