... BIMINGHTM_ COUNTY COURT. YESTEMOAT.-Before His HWaour J.udge C7WMers.- c APPROvAT OF A COMPOSITION.-ff re NV. R. Jones, of t the Birmingham Workhouse, medical disperser. Appli-e cation to approve composition. Mr. John Price appeared 1 for the ?? Official Receiver reported that the c composition offered was 5s. in the pound, and in his opinion that was a fair and reasonable offer. It was to be ...

... I XWS FLRGM THE UNITED STATES. I (By Telegraph.) [F}ROX A 0Os1P0N1D2T.1 NZw YoRa, March' 21.-The Court of Appeal has given judgment in the matter of the New York murderer Kemnaler, who after conviction some eighteen months ago was sentenced to be put to death' by electricity. Kemmiler appealed to various Courts on the ground that hanoina w ras the only means of legal execution provided for bv ...

... INQUESTS IN BIRAZWGHAM. I An inquest was held yesterday at the Coroner's Court, ! Moor Street-before Mr. B. Weekes (deputy coroner}'*- I on the body of Thomas Lalley, of Miller Street, brass- caster.-F or some time deceased had not followed his' trade, but had got his living by assisting bookmakers. About a fortnight ago he began drinking, and continued to drink excessively for some days. Last ...

... I THE INSQUEST. IC Mr. C. C. Lewis resumed yesterday, at the SIing's Head, West Ham Lane, London, the inquest concerning the l , death of Amelia Jeffs.-At the request of the jury, Mr. . Joseph Roberts, builder of the empty houses in Portway b of which the house is question is one, was recalled. He said that in November last he went over the houses with the police, as some lead piping had been ...

... THE CONDEMED MEN AT WORCESTER The three men in the Worcester prison condemned to death for the murder of a gamekeeper at Lenchwick, near Evesham, were visited on Saturday by a number of their relatives. They arrived by the 1015 train from Evesham on Saturday morning, and immediately pro- ceeded to the pri son, thinking they would be able to see the mean forthwith. They, however, found that ...

... THE CLAIMI TO COALFIELDS. Yesterday was the ffth day of the hearing of the as of Wright v. Leigh, in which the plaintiffs seek to recover one-fourth of a coalfield from the defendants who are the trustees of the present Earl of Chesterfied and executors of the late Countess of Chesterfield. The Attorney-General (Sir X. Webster, Q.C., ?? Mr. H. D. Greene, Q.0., and Mr. T. Willes Chitty were ...

... BA-NKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS. In rc Josmeh Lewis, boot manufacturer, 62, Kent Street, end 210, Conybere Street.-A meeting of the creditors of this debtor was called yesterday, at the offices of the Official Receiver, Colmore Row. The statement of accounts showed a deficiency of £438. l5s. 8d., the liabilities being stated at £608. 18s. 1d.- The Official Receiver's report stated that since May, 1888 ...

... RIVAL MEDICINE-BOENDORS. Yesterday, at the Hanley County Court, his Honour Judge Jordan and a jury had before them an action, remitted from a superior court, by which Arthur Redmondi and Philip Levine sought to recover from the North Staffordshire Railway Company £200. damages sustained by reason of the companyihaving wrongfully deprived the plaintiffs of the possession of a quantity of patent ...

... INQUESTS LN BIRMINGHAM. FATAL PUBLIC-HOUSE QUARREL. Mr. B. Weekes (deputy coroner) resumed an inquest yesterday afternoon concerning the death of Edward Sands (67), 88, Staniforth Street, whose death fol- lowed upon injuries received inl a public-house quarrel at Aston.-Deceased used to be a labourer until about two years ago, when he was ill for some time. Since then he sold hootlanes On ...

... THE INCE RMUDER. The adjourned inquest on Hannah Lydia Dickinson, aged eight, whose dead body was found in a pit at lace on the 9ith inst., under circumstances which puinted to the fact that she had been murdered, vwas resumed at Wigan yesterday, before hMr. Brighouse, the county coroner. The interest in the case was again shown bh the crowded court. The mother and stepfather Cf the deceased, ...

... BIRMINGHAMPOLICE COURT. I YzsMPAr.-Before Messrs. CoIncre (SUir.), LoJpd, and A. Okcmierlain. AssAULT.-TVilliam Mann (19), brassfounder, of Gran- ?? Place. Anderton Street, was charged with assault- ing Emily Mills, and Police-constables Strickley (56 0) and Danderkiste (24 0).-The prisoner violently assaulted the prosecutrix in King Edward's Road on Monday, and was arrested by the two ...

... I YMTEnTAT.-Before Messrs. Cohore (Stip.), Hill, Stone, Lord, and BartIcet. A DrsHossrEr MLKMYAN.-Joseph MaTins (24), Milk- man, 131, Emily Street, was charged with stealing milk from CharleqW. Wathes, milk-dealer, HollowayHead.- Prisoner had been suspected of dishonesty for some time, and on being watched by Detective-sergeant Stephenson and Drosecutor on Monday it was found that he sir- ...