... - - 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 ...

... - 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 ...

... 0 t - -william N ewell (42), a pensioner of the Roval I Marines, svas executed yesterdaymorning at heicester Go1l for the niurder os his wife, Isabella -Newvell, at Loaughborough, ol August 21. The prisoner left the Royal Marines with a good character arid the highest possit le pen-ion attached to his rank, and was also the posscssur or several wedals for sorvice in Egyit. eome tour years ago ...

... YSzTsrnDYr.-BCforC Ifessrs. IHi, Dean, Yates, and Dr. GCrfths. PFErljry So.wixvvmis. - William Andrea's, cycle maker, 26. Hampton Road, EHadseorth, was summoned for assaulting F'rederick Taylor, commercial traveller, 24, Victoria Road, Aston, on the 24.th uct. There was a cross-summonms against Taylor, charging him with assaulting Andrews.-Complainant's story was that on theafternoon of the ...

... , ESTERDnAY.-Benbre Jir. Justicc Mshatnr 7 These assizes were comnmenced in the Shire Hall, Shrewsbury, yest-rdty. tefore MIr. Justice Mathew. aicd there were twenty-one prisoners for ?? his charge the.Judge said th:t, looking at the calendar, hl nicict have congratalated the Grand Jury there. as he hal d3 oce in other placeR, upon the absence of those chargesaeain-t which the Criminal Law ...

... TEE HARIBROUGH INSURALNCE CASE. In the Queen's Bench Division, yesterday, the Lord Chief Justice and a mutual special jury commenced the hearing of the case of Hatobrough r. the Life Insurance Company at New York. This was an action brought by Major Hambraugh to recover money upon certain policies of insurance upon the life of his eon, who died at Ardlamont last Tear under painful circum- ...

... THE CORONER AND THE PRESS. Mr. Oliver Pemnberton (city coroner) held aln inquest at the Victoria Courts, yesterday, upon the body of ,3arcaret Da' i(19), who lived at Plough Eill, Chapel End, Atherstone, and who died in the General Hospital on Tou-sday morning, from injuries sustained on the M iidland lailway, in Arley lunnel. Mr. Turner (Beale and Co ) and Messrs. Loney and Pearsun watched ...

... 11 BIRMINGHIAM ASSIZES. CROWIN COURT. SATmRDAY-Betnr a1. Ju.lta lieu.l ITHE TiRAGRcY iN, LANCASTER STREET.-Wriliamr Dren- main (25), polisher, was indicted for the murder of Mary Ph1illips. of 24 Court, Lancaster Street, and on the ?? iverrant for manjelughlter. Tvr. d. S. Leadamn rin11r. W. ft. Ii). Adkins prosecuited on behalf of the Treasury, and Mr. Partitr and AMr. LIclArdie (insitructed ...

... LAWrON S. -lNTNERx & Co. -The parties in this action not having been able to act on his lordship's suggestion of a settlement, thle further hearing wvas resumed yester- day, before Mr. Justice homer, in the Chancery Divi- sion. The action was to enforce certain agreements dated the 16th October and 10th Lovember, 1893, for the remuneration of the plaintiff by way of commission for orders ...

... BIRi5INGHRAM POLICE COURT. S | YESTERDAT.-Be.ffre Messrs. Cosmorc (SUIp., Parsons, Harris, Cook, Bncrlie. and lantoe. CHA.RGES Os PFR.scEtr.-Robert Hughes ?? com- mission agent, Heeley Road, Saellv (Oak, was charged with committing perjury in a County Court action, in which he and George Snook were the contending parties. The accused, who was arrested on Wednesday night by Detective sergeant ...

... WALS.ALIL. - ALLEGED STASEINa IN A LoDGIno G-sorsE-Shortly before midnight on Monday, Ann Durkin, a woman hsing at Clarke's lodging-house, New Sitreet, attended at the police station, and stated that she had been btabbed by Thomas Sculley, a son-in-law of the keeper of the I house, with a table-knife. The -voman was taken to the hospital, where the injury, which was over the eye, was found to ...

... : POLICE COURT. Yitsraitiv;y. -EdenMressrs. Colmoee ?? Bramse TacsiyS, aussd Leach. Cerc-RG OF ETEF-7ZL`ttENT.-R1obert Enlson (55), traveller, Spark-brook, was charged with baringl embezzled three sums of Monley, amounting to LA-I. tbelcngirg to hos employer, W'illitam Henry Sheldo, metal merchant, Augneta Street. - Mr. Stubbine appeared to prosecute, and asked that prisoner should beI ...