... BIRAIINGUAM POLICE COURT. YiEsTBeDAY.-Before _4lrMssrs. CoZan-er ?? White, Jacobs, Lancasomr, and Dr. Gr ifflth. Ex-r[1X ssvF; TiErIT OF BEER.-Henrs Murphy (29), Blews Street, boatman, was charged with stealing three firkins of beer from the stores of Walter ! Showell and Sons (Limited), on the 9th ?? Wild, the manager, said that the premises were locked ! up on the erening named, and the ...

... YEsTEBDAY.-Bej'rc MecSsrs. &Smalffwo, Wills, Coo/c, ccnd Johnson. ALxEGoD PrEJVBY AT ASerTON.-George Adney, car- penter, 8 Water Street, Birmingha., and Charles 6tevenz, 183, Park Read, Aston, were summoned at the instance of George Xvann, builder, Frederick Reod, for commnitting perjury in relation to a case which bad been ?? before the Aston Court. Vann also appeared in answer to two ...

... COURT. YESTERsAY. -BSfore Messrs. Celmore (Stipil, Fisher, G;. Tarngyc, lRZrnd, Edcwards, a-ndZ Dr. Warden ROBBING A LETTER-BOX.- Arthur Sandoz (14), 4 Court, Hall Street, was charged with stealing a cheque value 4. 13s. 7d., the property of W. F. Needham, Branston Street, bamboo-goods maker. - On the 7th inst. a boy called at prosecutor's office and presented a cheque and purse saying another ...

... BItR3NGHAM POLICE COURT. YESrT ?? Messrs. Coloree ?? Maris, PoRlact, Giflths, anid Laaster. BETTIN' PaosxCoTIO'r.-Jobn Iill (60), optician, St. George's Place, Great Hampton Row, was charged on a warrant with using a place for the purpose of betting.- Police-constables Thomas, Harris, and Webb, acting under the instruction of Superintendent Stephenson, went to an entry adjoining the Turk's ...

... BETTING 13Y WOIMEN IN- BIRMIINGHAM. ?? made from the police show that betting by womeen is openly carried on in nearly es-ery part or thg city. An otbcer who has speut a good deal of his time i: looking after the street betting men, stated that 2C per cent, of the bookmakets' patrons are women. The evil exists chiefy among.st married woomen in the lower quarters of the several districts, and ...

... ! , TRA-NSFER OF LICENSES. - I A Fpecinl session for the transfer of licenses was held at the Victoria Courts, yesterday, before Messrs. Harris, and Cook.-Mr. Jesse Herbert applied on behalf of Messrs. Sumner, of 99, High Street, for the transfer of their licenses to premises, No. 10, in the samne thorough- I face. Ho explained that owhi.g to the extension of the London and North-Western ...

... - EXECUTION OF READ. James Canham Read, convicted of the murder of Florence Dennis, at Southend, on June 24 last, was yester- day morning executed in Springfield Prison, Chelmsford. On Monday, so far as one's observations extend, Read's fate was discussed at Chelmsfcrd to the almost total exclusion of every other topic. It was known that relatives of the culprit were to be admitted to the ...

... THE CITY EDITOR ANT THE SHARES, A MYSTERIOUS GUA-RATEE. At the London Bankruptcy Court, yesterday, before iMr. Registrar Hood, a further examination was held oE a witneas in the matter of the 2outh American and 'Mexican Company (Limited) in connection with a, guarantee stated to have been given to a late fintancial editor m' the Times. The witness called was Mr. Leopold Salomon, who stated, in ...

... I ~WEST BROMWICH.W IsquzsT.-Yeslerday, Mr. F. Hooper (coroner) held P an inquest respecting the death of Rebecca W~ilkes (36), to single womano, Of IVooid Lane.-Early on Sunday morn- fr ing deceased told her son she was dying, and he went for cc his aunt. When. lie returned his mother was dead. it P was stated that decreased was addicted to drinking.-Pr. te Plummer, wholhad made a post-mortemn ...

... : I In the Queen's Bench Division, on Saturday (Court for 'the Consideration of Crown cases reserved)-before the Lord Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Hawkins, Mr. Justice Charles, Mr. Justice Wright, and Mr. Justice Collins- the ease of Regina v. Brown was argued. The defendant, Charles Thomas Brown, was tried before the Recorder of' Plymouth, and convicted for an offence under the Betting Act, but ...

... .- WEST BROMWIOH. POIoCE COURT.-Yesterday, at this Courb, George Foster, marine-stare dealer, Dudley -Port, wa-s charged with driving furiously on Monday night. The children were leaving a schoof in the locality, and some of them narrowly escaped being run over. Defendant ran into a horse and trap at Great Bridge. He was fined 20s. and costs, or twenty-one days' hard labour. -William Rossi of ...

... The case of Meredyth r. Meredyth and Leigh came before the Lord Ch'e. J ustice yesterday on the petition of the husband, SirHy. Baily Meredyth, for a dissolution of his inarriage because of his wife's misconduct with the co-respondent. There was no defence.-Mr. Inder- wick, t.C., who appeared with Mr. Priestley for the petitioner, said that the parties were married in October, 1886, thes ...