... HANDSNVORTH POLICE COURT. U YES,'-rEnA.-Brcf f ,tssrs. Williams, Wilkinso-, e - fors, Di wniatng, and Quirx.- Trrr ?? EASR C *l:rt.'r CASF_-Sarah Millward, widow, of 23, Halford Drive, Perry Barr, who was re- macdes last Friday. on tbo charge of being drunk and can sin e a dog- andl a thrush unnecessaryv suffering by leavinag' thern for -everal ?? without food, was again brought; before the ...

... i BIRhMNGBAM QUARTER SESSIONS. I _ _ YESTERDnAY.-BefOre ?? S. Dugdae, Q. C., Recorder. BETTING APPEALS: A SENTENCE REDUCED. Mr. Stubbins asked permission to mention the case of Thomas Buckley, who was convicted at the sessions, on October 27, for using the White Lion, Park Road, 1G Hockley, for the purposes of betting, and was fined £20. E and the costs, or in default to be kept in prison for ...

... BIRMINGaAM COUNTY COURT. YESTEP*AY.-Before His Honour Judge Chalmers. A SINGULAR Posxme or Lsvw.-Winter Gwilliam, blacksmith, of 217, Balsall Heath Road, claimed £50. damages against Messrs. Twist and Young, omnibus proprietors, in respect of personal ?? sustained, as he alleged, through the negligent driving of one of the defendants' vehicles. Mr. Stabbins (instructed by Mr. .L. I. Parry) was ...

... - - 00 YESTUDAY.-Bcforc ecssrs!. Hill, S=ialfrcood, Wills, Cook, acnr Johnson. CoivmtwY ASSAULT ON A SSTEn-rIN-cAW.-William Cant, landlord of the Cuckoo Taxern, Cuckoo toad, tirminghiam, was sumnioned for assaulting Harriet Gant, his sister-ii-lIaw.-ConiplainAllt, who was CvvCviItf', stated that on Thursday night last, about 11.30, the driendault called ae 14, Vysci Strcet, Aston, where she ...

... INQUESTS IN BIRMNGHAM. Mr. J. Ansell (deputy coroner) held an enquiry at the Victoria Courts, yesterday, concerning the death of James Drinkwater (21), who lived at 69, Cromwell Stree; and who died on the 28th ult. fron asphyxia, due to falling on his face in some wet ?? mother of the deceased stated that when he was thirteen years old a horse ran away with him, and ever since then he had been ...

... BIRMINGHAM4 COUNTY COURT. SATE1DAY.-Be!ore Ilis H onour Tudge Chalmers. A MACINEllY AccnExNT.-The action birought by Ansnie B5yrarn, 69, Henlev Street, press-worker, against Samuel Bealh and Sons (,imnited), Leopold Street, trass- founiders, to re-over £10M. damnages unider the 1i;p:o0 era' Lia.ility Act fur personal injuries, which was part heard on Friday, was conecluded. M.Ir. V'achell ...

... Mr. Troutbeck, coroner for Westminster, held an inquest, on Saturday, on the body of Mr. Patrick Henderson, British Consul at CadiZ. who committvd suicide at the Foreign Office on Wednesdav afternoon. Mr. R. H. Boyce, engineer, identified the !body as that of Patrick Henderson. a friend of his, supposed to be about fifty-six years of age. He had never heard him threaten to commit suicide ...

... I ~TRIAL OF READ. Cem- a James Canhani Read appeared in the dock ?? a ford Borough Court, yesterday morning, under an indict- I Mnent charging him w~ith the wvilful murder of Florencet Dennie, at Seuthend, on June 24 last. The mystery sur- 'rounding the death of the girl, prisoner'?s known essncia- I' tion with her, though he himself a Married man, and otherI remarkable details OfP his career, ...

... THE HANDSWORTH POISONINGa CASE. The ndjonrned inquest into the circumstances attend- | ing the death of Ada Clarke, aged 2%4 years, whose, parents live at 23, Brewery Street, Handsworth, wasr held yesterday morning, at the Newv tuns, Handseworth,, It before Mr. E. Hooper (coroner for South Staffordshire). I s Mr. Lowe (Messrs. Johnson and Co.) watched the g enquirv on tehalf of Mr. and 'Mrs. ...

... THE YORKSHIE1RE RELISH LITIGATION. In the Court of Appeal II., yesterday, Lords Justices Lindley, Lopes, and Davey had before them the appeal of the defendants in the case of Powell v. Birmingham Vinegar Brewery Companv (Limited} from the order of Air. Justice Stirling, dated July 27, 1894. Mr. Moulton, 0.C., and Mr. V. Smith appeared for the appiellants; Mr. G. Hastings, (.C. and Mr. J. ...

... In the Divorce Division, yesterday, Sir Francis Jeune and a special jury resumed the hearing of a petition for divorce presented by Mr. H4arding Coc, a newspaper proprietor and owner of racehorses. Misconduct on the part of the wife with Mr. Juhn Dyball, a land agent, in the employ of Lord Chesham, was allegred, and damages were claimed. There were also allegations wish reference to Mar. Edwin ...

... BiANXRUPT.CY PROCEEDINGS, Rc Louis F. Bard, London.-At the London Bank- ruptcy Court, yesterday, Louis li. land, rletal-broker, trading as }1 l. Gibbon and Co., Arthur Street kler,, London. app i d for his order of ?? ieport of the Oitcral Receiver showed that the failure took place in iarht: 189/, the debts, stated at L'?IS49, beingr mainly due tue creditori at Middiesbroug), Stoke- on-Trent ...