... AT Marylhbone Police Court, Mr. James Hewitt Ba~y,- a merchant, of 35, Queen's Gardens, Bayswater, was charged with threatening to shoot his wite , Mrs. Katherine V. M. Barry. Differences took place between the parties in 1897, and by mutual agreement they seplirated, but subsequently lived together again. Mrs. Barry detailed the circumstances of the separation, and said prisoner came to ...

... SENSATIONAL ARREST. A GIRuAT sensation was caused in Scar. borough, on Thursday, when it became -known that Mr. Edward Crosby, the 'manager of the South Cliff branch of the York City and County bank, had been ar- rested on the charge of falsification of accounts. On Tuesday, October 9, Mr. Crosby was found unconscious at the bank, and on re- covering sensibility he stated that he had been ...

... Is~, - THE USES OF PISTOLS. ,}WHY NOT STOP THEIR SALET I-._ i, MB. A. BRAXTON HIms8 held an inquiry 'at the Battersea Corontr's Court into the cir- 1s cumstances attending the death of Arthur n Leopold Hobbs, -aged * twenty years, a :0 draper's porter, who committed suicide by Ir shooting himself with a pistol. . Maurice Hobbs, a plumber, of 120, York Road, Battersea, idecstified the deceased ...

... AT the Clerkenwell Police Court, on Satur- day, Michele Inverno, twenty-five, an Italian ice cream vendor, of 5, Back Hill, Clerken- well, was charged, before, Mr. Chapman, on remand, with teloniously and maliciously wounding Police-constable Timnms, 352 E, with a view to preventing the lawful deten- tion of Raffaele Napolitano, on the 9th inst. at Warner Street, Clerkenwell. Raffaele- ...

... _ -_ ?? EXECUTION OF MISS MASSET AT NEWGATE. LoUIsE MASSET was executed in Newgate Gaol at nine o'clock on Tuesday morning for the murder of her illeuitimente child Man- fred, whose body was found in the ladies' waiting room at Dalston Junction on Oc- tober 27. The facts-ofthe crime are too well known to need any lengthy recapitulation. Miss Mrasset was a French governess and resided with her ...

... AT Bow Street Police Court, George Ran- dail, thirty-four, an actor, who caused much.. amusement the previous week by his ?? to champagne, oysters, and the energetic way in which he took notes of the evidence, was charged on remand, before Mr. Marsham, with being disorderly. He should have ap- peared on Saturday week, but the medical officer at Holloway Prison, where he had been detained for ...

... BREACH OF PROMISE ACTION BROUGHT BY A IWAN FROM KLONDIKE., A NOVETTY in the way of breach of promise cases came before Mr. Justice Darling. The gentleman was the plaintiff, and he sued 'his late lady-love for, the return of certain presents of je-wellery and a Klondyke nugget, and also for breach of promise. The plaintiff was 'Mr. Leighton, of 26, c Great Russell Street, W.0, and the defen- 0 ...

... AT the Marylebone Police Court, a man of powerful physique, with his head and face almost conipletely in bandages, named Richard Conroy, aged forty-two, a pian-- forte tuner, of 78, Castle Road, Kentish Town, wa3 brought before Mr. Curtis- Bennett, to answer the charges of assault- ing his wife Harriet, and his niece, Annie Lynch, of the same address. The wife's story was that she had only ...

... POLCE INTELLIGENE. LAMBETH. 'A adsTPN WHO WOULDNN'T HUE T A Woinx.-Robert Foster, twenty-eight, and Mary: Moody, thirty-six, were charged with being drunk and disorderly, and Foster wit'h assaulting Constable Whitmore. The constable, who appeared in court with his ead bandaged, was called to a, public. I'zouse in Rodney Road, Walworth, and found prisoners and others outside, and Stried to ...

... . ~~ ~ : WHAT IS_ :BEDDING t 1N the Queen's tench Division, before Nr. Justioe chaunnell and Mr., Justice Backnill, the case of .IDavis v. Harris was argued. Thi was: an ,ppeal-from'a decision of Mr. Haden corser, -the- etropolitan Police .7gistrate, sitting at Worship Street, raising a long discussed question under the Law of DistreassiAmiendment, Act. Mr. Edgar,-Foa, appeared for the ...

... STRANGE CASE. AT Marlborough Street, Mr. Fenwick re- sumed the hearing of the charge preferred against David Boston Don Watson, twenty- nine, grain merchant, of Eden Park, Cupar, Fife, of obtaining £100 by false pretences from Mrs. Eva Goidring. Mr. Freke Palmer prosecuted, and Mr. A. Newton defended. Mr. Palmer, in opening the case, said the prosecutrix was introduced to the pri- soner at the ...

... _ ?? LAMBETH. i v DESERTED HIS WIFE FIFTY TIms I-David Taylor, thirty-nine, a scaffolder, irho was arrested at Dorking by Warrant-officer Ed- wards, was charged, before Mr. Hopkins. l on a warrant, with deserting his wife and s two stepchildren, whereby they had become s chargeable to the Camberwell Board of f Guardians. Mr. John Gayton, general ?? :lieving officer to the guardians, said the t ...