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BETSY WEBB'S BABY

... While the weakly, ?? prisoner sat sobbing in tho dock, her sister Alice, a slim young girl of sixteen, who could scarcely speak for crying, was put in the witness-box to testify against her. She deposed that she lived at 116, Cornwall-street, and worked ...

THE ALLEGED BOGUS ORPHANAGE

... Richard Norley. The Complainant said he was a member of the Committee of the Haggerston Working men's Club, and as a result of speaking to the defendant as to his conduct in the club the latter assaulted him. Mr. Thorne Cole, who defended, said one tale was ...

A MAN IN WOMAN'S CLOTHES

... seen the prisoner in Piccadilly on four different evenings, sometimes in a brougham, On one it occasion the prisoner, after speaking to a gentleman,. : IE came over to him and said. The gentlemen are not out ,, to-night. He replied, No, but the policemen ...

THE ILLUSTRATED POLICE NEWS

... Thackwoll, RE., prosecuted. The caaO was t renmarkable one. The prisoner Is of very Bmart tappearauca:; he is well educated, speaks three or four foreign langnagea, and writes shorthand. Aftr, his desertion ho left England and joined tho mowotad police in ...

BAD STORY OF POVERTY

... the only witness for the defence. She said that on the night of the murder her husband came home drunk, and on her mother speaking to him, he struck her on the face. She went to the assistance of her mother, when her husband seized her by the hair, and ...

THE ASSASSIN CASERIO

... corpsets indtlI catteiag the Pepablie-it womlan in v.'titc-to ho stabbed. ' Leo hbiiens ' ptt ?? iii- flarnierl verses, and speaks of tyrnmts,msace, Ja and dagg-ers, Further onl thle poet says, tlitd- ing to Napoleoin Bontaparte: ' Let ns rim aind l co ...

THE WHITECHAPEL MURDER

... he would be re- manded for a week the prisoner seemed surprised, and, in a most pitiful voice, he said, I want to speak, Can I speak to you a word, sir P I do not wish to be defended by anybody in court when my ease comes on- by no Qleen's counsel when ...

POLICE CASES

... C. Biddle- combe stated that at one o'clock that morning he was on duty outside West Croydon Station, and saw the prisoner speak to a gentleman, who had just arrived by train. Witness followed them into Oakiseld-road, and as he had received numerous complaints ...

ARMY COURTS MARTIAL

... necessaries. Captain 0. M. R. Thackwell, R.E., prosecuted. The case was a remarkable one. The prisoner is of smart appearance, speaks three or four foreign Ian. gasages, and writes shorthand. After his deser- tion he left England and joined the mounted police ...

ANOTHER MAN DRESSED AS A WOMAN

... seen the prisoner in Piccadilly on four different evenings, some- times in a brougham. On one occasion the prisoner, after speaking to a gentleman, came over to him (the consteble)and said, The gentlemen are not out to- night, He replied, No, but the ...

THE PICTURE BY CONSTABLE

... of the questiqns which they would have to comne to a conclusion about was -what was the value of the picture. Nobody could speak positively as to the value of a picture, because one month the amount bid for it might be one sum, whilst the next mouth tbe ...

ACTION FOR LIBEL AGAINST AN M.P

... some 23,000 or £4,uoo more, and this grievance Genied to have rankled in his mind and caused him t6 revive the matter and speak and write the words he had alluded to and others. Plaintiff having giving evidence, the hearing was ad- journed. After some ...