... YESTERDAY'S: INQUESTS. PALL ?? A PAIR oF STEPS. - Mr. Hicks hold an inquiry at Lambeth into the death of Edwin Oulds, 54, lately resihedin at2 Maxwell-teflEce, West- mjnstr-bridge-road. On Oct. 5 he wag engaged On a nair of steps. as a, paper- hanager, when by some means he lost his hold and fell, sustaining a compound fracture of the leg. He was removed to St. Thomias's hospital, where he ...

... A VERY YOUNG COUPLE,' - EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF CHILD STEALING. Litlian Phipelf, a good-looking, well- dressed girl of 16, married, was charged at the North London police-court, on Fri- day, with stealing a child, named John Lyall Wallis, 15 months old. The father of the child is John Wallig. a bookbinder, of Franklin-street, Stam- ford-hill, and on Thursday afternoon Mfrs. Wallis sent the child ...

... JOHN DAVIS HANGrED. On Wednesday morning the capital sentence was carried out-on John Davis, one of the two brothers convicoed of the murder of Police-serjeant Eves at Haze- Leigh, near Romford. Billington was the executioner. Death was instan- tancous. The execution was carried out in a shed near the oifice of Mr. Shepherd, the governor, in the presence of the governor; Mr. Gepp. under ...

... ANOTHEE ARREST. A young man, who wave the name of Thomas William SBiith, and an address at a Druiry-lane common lodging-house, was charged at Westininsterpolice-court yesterday vith being concerned in throw- ing the Policeman Hutchinson into the river from the Thames embankment at Millbauk, early on the morining of the 14th ?? extraordinary facts of the ciene have already been fully reported ...

... THE LIBERATOR FRAUDD. MW CALLS ON TEIE kSREEOMDEQS. The misery caused by the failure of the Liberator group of conpaniec is likely to be seriously increased by the decision of the Official receiver to make an early call on the shareholders of the louse and Land Investment Trust. The Official receiver has issued the fol- lowing circular letter:- All persons who were shareholders at the date of ...

... .THE-ARTIST'S DIVOROIETCAS.. j On Thursday, in the Divorce divsion;. Sir Francis Jeune- and a special Jurry re- sumed then hearing of Drammond v. Druimmond (Fox cited). The petition was that of the wife for a divorce by reason of the cruelty and misconduct of her husband, tr. John Nolson Drum- mond, an artist. He denied the charges, and in a 6ross suit he alleged misconduct on the part of ...

... ] TMASION HOUSB. Tm IMEDICAL STATUS OF CORNS.- Ifr. John Morgan Davis, a cbeimst, of 95, Bishopsgate'street, attended before the Lord Mayor, at the instance of the In- land BReseie department, on two sum- menses for selling corn paint without the Goverment duty stamp aitached.-Mir. Alpe, barrister, who prosecuted, said that all patent medicines and all articles for the cure of ailments, ...

... A BURGLAR'S ASSAULT ON A . POLICEMAN. 9USPECOT ARESTED Ii 11OXTON. wid'li'an Thlomson, 35, a tall, well- dresEedmari, refusing his address, and giving his occupation as general dealer, was cbhged, at the North London police- court on T'uesday, with burglary at the bMarquess. tavern, C'anonburv, with woundlo Constable Stotesbury, N divi- |sion, a.'d 'with being in possession of honsebrzeaking ...

... COR(NERS' I.NQUESTS. I (Prom our Sgecial Sunday edition of last week.)} IN THE TOTHER S ABSENCE. Mr. Baxter held an inouest at Poplar! respectingthe death of John J. Pitt, aged four years, the son of a shlp-builder's labourer, of 266A, st. Leonard's-road, Bromley.by-Bow. In the mother's absence the bay stood on the fender, and pulled a kettle of boiling water over bimself. lie was so severely ...

... Mr. Justice Hawkins and a special jury on Monday resumed the trial of Sir Henry A. Isaacs, Mr. J. Issacs, Mr. C. Doliman, and Mr. Horatio Bottomley upon en indictment charging them with frauds in connection with the Hansard union. Mr. Temple Franks and Mr. Bottomley objected to certain counts but, after a long legal argument Mr. Justice Iawk ins said ,he should not stop the case. On Tuesday Mr ...

... I THE ESSEX MIJRDER.| VERDICT A1ND SENTENCES. At the Essex Assizes, yesterday, be. fore Mr. Justice Hathow, J67n Daris,-36, labourer; Richard Davis, 29, -labourer; and James Ramwsey, 38, engine-driver, were again put on their trial for the wiiful. murder of Police-serjeaut Adam John Eves, at Hezeleigh, near Malden, Essex, on April 15. Mr- F. 0. Cramp, Q.0., and Ur. Guy Stephenson prosecuted on ...

... A REMARIKABLE DEATH, Mr. Drew held an inquest at the Fal. ham Coroner's court, Murtster-road, on Friday, on the body of Therese Walker, aged 50, of 1, Dawes-road, Fulhamn. Edward Vla]ker, son of the deceased, a plumber, is at present on bail chasged with causing the death of the deceased. Mr; Wilberforce Bird, of 1I Dawes. road, journalist, stated that he was landlord of the house, and ...