... ALLEGED CIIUEL FRAUDS. At the North London Police-court, on Monday, Pre- derick Cecil Mortimer, 38, clerk, was charged with obtaining by means of false and fraudulent pretenoes the sum of '£20 and other sums from Mary Ann S&cog- gillgS. Mr. Romaiu, who prosecuted, said that the evideace disclosed a very oruol fraud on the proseea- trix. Not only had the prisoner defrauded'the young ,woman of ...

... POLICE INTELLIGENOE. CITY POLICE-COURT. SATURDAY. ALLEGED INCENDIAnISM AT GOJcTON. Great excitement was caused in Hyde-road, West Gurbon, on Friday night, by an oceurrence of an extra- ordinary nature. Attention was attracted to the chemist's shop, 108, Hyde-road, occupied by Robert Shorrooks, by smole which appeared to be issuing from the cellar. Investigation showed that some straw in the ...

... i BY A BARRISTER-AT-LAW. WILLS AND INTESTACiES. W. F. T.-I. Ib is not abrinately necessary to omploy a solioitor in making a ohauge of executors, buti where they have beon aeting for some time under a will it is highly expedient to obtain competent legal assistanne. 2. No porson who is named as edecttr shorld be an attestino witness to a will. T. B. II.-If you know the solicitor who made the ...

... I -1 ?? DECISION OF THlE LOCAL GOVERN- MEN'r' BOARD. At the meeting of the Fylde Board of Guar- dians, on Wednesday, Mr. W. S. Hodgson pre. siding, the CLEax read a letter from the Assistant Secretary to the Local Government Board enclosing a copy of the following cor- inunioation, which he had sent to Mr. Lawson, the assistant overseer:- Local Government Board, Whitehall, S,W., 19th August, ...

... PRESTON BREtSTER SESSIONS. The annual Lioensing'6essions for the borough were held at the Police-court on Wednesday. There was a- large assemblage of justices, and the court wasW crowded by the general public. In, the absence of the Mayor, Mr. W. P. Park was voted to the chair. Other magistrates on the Benob inoluded Messrs. J. lattertliwaite, W. B. Ridea1, J Brawn. A. Simpson, J. 0. Hamilton, ...

... THE I CHRONICLE. PRESTON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBRI 2, 1893. . There is a marked contrast between the annual Brewster Sessions of to-day and those of thirty or forty years ago. In times gone by it was a. comparatively easy matter to obtain a license, provided'l the services of a good advocate Rwere secured, and a fair number of persons could be found to testify that it would be a convenience to the ...

... TilE LAWYER. I adI BY A BARRISTER-AT.LAW. e WILL B AND INTESTAalES ' It, A. ?? there is some special direction to the contrarycontained in tboe will under which Mrs. H. ut inherited, her husband became entitled to the whole of her personal eatate upon her dying intestate. he B. R. (Salford).-The form of will which you submit is not in proper form, as having, inthe irst place, ir disposed of ...

... INTERIESTING LICENSING CASE AT ALTRINCHAM. A Sale gentlemani was summoned at the Altrincham Petty Sessions, on Monday, charged with being on licen- sed premises, at the Brooklands Hotel, during prolil- bited hours, on the 8th Septemnber. Mr. R. Brown, of Stookport, prosecuted on behalf of the police, and MNir. Sparrow barrister, instructed by Mr. W. T. Itylauce, was for tihe defence. Mr. Brown ...

... ACTION AGAINST AN INSURANCE I COMPANY. . At the Blackburn Borongh Polico-oourt, on Tuesday, the Pearl Life Assurance Company were sued through their agent,. William Fish, by Mry Loynd, 34, Smg Brook, to recover £10.12s., due on a poiloy issued on the life of her brother, Joseph Donnelly.-Mr. Rdley represented complainant, and Mr. Higginson appeared for the ceompany.. It waa stated by Mr. Riley ...

... |TERRIBLE 1- TRAGEDY IN ,ONDON.i DOUBLE MURDER &N SUIOIDE. Sliortlybeforeone o'doeok yesterday mornijega traedy, involving the loss of three lives, took place in Regent- square, near King's Croess, London. So-far as could be ascertained, the persons concerned in the tragedy were a young woman, knovrn as Daisy Montague, engaged at the Empire Theatre, and two men, who have not yet been ...

... POLICE INTELLIGENCE. * CITY POLICE-COURT. FRIDAY. BETTING AT ATHLETIC SPORTS. Three men named Bernard Murphy, AlfrodlSngden Houldsivorth, and Thomas Morley were charged before Mr. Headlam with betting at the sports which were held on the Melncheater Ath3etic Olub's ground at Fallowfield on the 2nd inst. Mr. T. W. Grae (Doote and Edgar) prosecuted on behalf of the police and the committee of ...

... A BATH MYSTERY. Mr. Craddoek, County Coroner, opened an inquest at llathamptou, near Bath, on Tuesday on the remiins of a woman found last woek' in a cavern at Hampton Rooks. The Coroner, in ?? the proceedings, said it was evidentthat a horrible and villainous murder had boen perpetrated, and he asked the jury to devote patient investigation to the case in order, if possible. that the murderer ...