... ALL-EGED SHOCKING CRUELTY TO A CHILD' IN I xEXEITER. THE MOTHER BEFORE THES MAGISTRATES The ExEter policeo'hTuesdayeveningapprehendeI a woman named Urooke,residmng in Williams'oourt, Stepoote Hill, for cruelly ill-treating her child, Ernest Crookeaged seven. ?? Wednesday morning the ?? was bro-ight before the Magistrates- Messrs. H. F. Willey (in the chair) J. F. T'uolker, and J, Trehane, ...

... YESTERDAY. Mapistrates ?? F. F. Fox, S. Gl. James, le and E. jlobinson. . 1I A BAD CHARACTER,. George iBryant, aiad, was charged withestealinZ a in quantity of glycerine jujubes and other proprietary tb articles, the property of. Mr William Willis Jones, cbemiBt' oftSt. George's'road, and valoed at 7e, A bby! bamed Beake said that abouta quarter to tw0lveoa. tbe.18th February he saw prisoner ...

... A .HOY CHAGED WITH STEALING TENPENCE, t At the Exeter Police Court on Thursday, HENRY RMEGINALD BILLIeGS, a ,boy of respectable appear- a ance, aged 12 yeats, wvis charged on remnand with i embezzling certain sumdi of nioney, the property of ;he Cathedral Dairy Ocniany .-Kr. Brownappeaied I to prosecute, and Mr. Dunn ?? stating s the facts, Mr. Brown said they were very sorry to I appear in a ...

... - The trials of prisoners at the Gloucestershire assize were continued at the Shire hall, Gloucester, yester- day morning, before Mr Juatice Hawkins. THE ALLEGED MURDER IN URAN FOREST. George Mansell (22), collier was charged with the wilful murder of Joseph TyIer, in the Morse lane, Ruardean, on December 25t .. zrisoner pleaded not guilt9, . r Sim and Kr Gwynne Jamxes prosecated, and' lr F. F ...

... AN OLD BRISTOL CRIME& AFTER MANY YEARS. THE DISCOVERY ON BRANDON HILL. d . ?? The singular discovery which has been made on Brandon hill during the excavations for the erection of the new mission church is believed by many to supply a missing link in the chain of a mysterious f Bristol tragedy enacted nearly 60 years ago. As has I already been stated in the Mfercury, the workmen engaged in the ...

... BRIkTOL COUNTY COURT. YESTERDAY. (Before his Honour Judge Metcalfe, Q.C,) STRAY SACKS. BRISTor SACK LENDING COMPANY V. WESTERN COUNTIESSTEAM BAKERIES k MILLING COMPANy - Mr Vachell, instructed by Mr John Nicholls (Benson, Carpenter. and Co.), was counsel for the plaintiffs, end Mr S. H. Day was instructed by Messrs Stephen and Day (London) for the defendants. The action- remitted here for ...

... I * TIHE INQUEST. The inquest on the body of James Gazzard, aged 1!, who met with his death under very terrible circum. stances, at a saw mill, in St, Paurs, on Tuesday, I was held yesterday by Mr 18aabrough, city coroner, b at the Infirmary. Mr Hugh H. Geore was present, ) representing the SocietyforthePreventionof Cruelty 3 to Children, and Mr WV. H. Johnson, her Majestyc Inspector of ...

... THE O'8HEA-PARNELL DIVORCE . ACTION. ' : In the Divorce Court ?? motieou,on behalf of Ctptsin O'Shea, for attachment against the r sFreeman's Journal, ?? Yorki Herald, and the Star for commenting on the divorce action against Mr. Parnell was heard. h The Solicitor-General said the application re- h speoting Freeman's Journal was against John rPorter, printer and publisher in Dublin, ...

... SERfOUS,'CHARGE AGAINS ' I A ?? PUBLI-AN.: - FINED FOR PERMITTING GAMING. At the Exeter Police Court yesterday, before MIessrs. G. Franklin (in the chair), J. Knapman, and 0. Westron, HnNRY JAMES, of the Surmmerland Inn, Summerland-street, was charged with selling cortain game, to wit a pheasant, on the 16th February, after the eupiration of ten daws from the fist day of .1 February inst., ...

... | I , hMR ABINGTON THE CO-RES O0DENT. )o In the Divorce Division, yesterday, before Sir b James Hannen and a common jury, Mr Fianois G Darbiahire brought a suib for the dissolution of his 1a marriage on the ground of the alleged adultery of to his wife, known as Miss Agn-a Hewitt, an actress, with the ?? George Alexander Baird, better krown as A Abington, a gentleman horse I rider. ...

... WI1TS SPRING ASSIZE. T'is ?? was opened at the Council Chamber, Devizese ycsterday.morning, by Mr Justice Stephen and' Mr Justice Cave. - I The bueines commenced at eleven o'clock in the Lo Crown Coui t, the commission being read by ?? C of Assize, Mr W. Read. There were only five charges ate on the calendear, and one civil cjuse'(apecial jury)'was to- Sir R. N. Fowler waa foreman of the Grand ...

... The spring assize for Gloucestershire was comni menced at the Shirehall' yesterday morning, before Mr Justice Hawkins, THE CHARGE. In charging the county grand jury, of whom Sir Brook Kasy, ?? vws foreman, his lordship dwelt at length on the charge of. murdez a~gainst G}eorge Mausell,.collier1 of thbe Forestb of. Dean, pointing to the doctor'se-eidence, from which it appseared that the wourd ...