... I was on the scaffolding at the time of the occurrence; the deceased Nathaniel Booker was foreman of the scaffolding; it was a new scaffold, and had been put up about half-past seven that morning; I was on the topmost board of the scaffold, and to the ...

... assembled from the prison gates to the scaffold. He requested to be allowed to go on foot, and at twelve o'clock he appeared leaning upon the arm of the confessor. With a firm step and undaunted mien he walked to the scaffold, but a nervous contraction seemed ...

... life of hi Georgevics. ,Leanthier turued his back to the judge, and only turned round to deny that he had 'any intention to kill X Georgevies. I know, said he, wvhiat a shoemaker's knife is, because I use one every day. I therefore manipulated mine ...

... repulsive in the extreme. Both of these men were known to be atrocious murderers. Lucas admitted that he killed two men in the same manner that lie killed Simpson, for whose murder he was convicted ; and yet they claim that justice bad not been done them because ...

... inquest was held on Thursday it the Bristol Infir mary, on the body of Charles Tucker, a mason, who was killed hy the breaking down of a scaffold, 45 feet high, on which;he stood at his work at the Victoria Rooms. His scull wa, fiactured, and through ...

... part from the deceased, and lhe, no doubt resolved to kill her rather than that bashe should frm } connxion with any other man. also to be pretty.i esa atW ?? Stenetlol.- . was to have not osily killed the deceased, but also a' his three children. This dreadful ...

... widow of Dav.d Bradley, painter, in the emupployment of MNess-s Hobbs and Samuels, ?? and decorators, Anderston quay, who was killed at work on Ithe 20th September last, sued Miessrs Hobbs .and Samuels for compensa- tion on behalf of herseif and her four ...

... eam and wounds on tbe head. She nererralliedanddisdcuthsf0l g Thum day. When told by the neighbour in question that he had killed the poor woman, Gregsou replied, ' If I bavr't I ought. These were the simple facts of the case. At the trial, the jury, ...

... citizens from I tthe rivai towns met on the road yesterday. They tpromptly fought, one being killed. r a TERIBLE RAILWAY COLLISION IN AMERICA. IlGHT PERSONS KILLED. (sBl'fa' TZLG.3 E. New York. Monday. ; A serious Zailway accident occerred to-day on the ...

... have committed the act. He has all along declared that be could not tell what possessed him at the moment, but the thought to kill the deceased suddenly came across his mind, and he could not resist it. The prisoner, although only twenty-four years old, ...

... eye-witness of the fatal event, no hitch whatever occurred. The scaffold had been so erected that the condemned man stepped immediately from his cell on to the dismal structure. The scaffold could be seen from various points in the town and its neighbourhood ...

... knirves, thrirat ~t then 'throigh 'the oirs. The convicts in this ward were immediately afterwards'fired updn, when two men were killed antd two wounded. The gui-rds were re- c vering. MUTINY AN; MURDER AT SEA. The Vittoria, Andrews (late Smith,) master, from ...