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QUARTER SESSIONS

... QUARTER Sii,-NS _ . ql . I Onl Wedtiesd:)y last the Quwrter Sessions for tile, hundreds of Amnounderness, Blackburnl, and Ley- land, were held at the Court-house, in this toWl, before 1r. B. ADDISON, Fsq. Chairman, annrihe foh - lowing. ?? nes Pedlder,: .J.hn Luwve, Will'am Xlnrahdtil, John. Cunliffe, and John F. Hindle, Esqpires. 'T'he following gentlemen were sworn of the Grand Jirv m - ...

HORRIBLE MURDERS IN SADDLEWORTH

... HORRIU3LE MURDERS, IN SADDLEtWORTH. We last week briefly noticed the perpetration of the Ci murder of a father and son, at Greenfield, Saddleworth. sii The following are the particulars :-_The valley of Green- at field is narrow, romantic, and sequesteed the lower end w. joins the valley of the Tane, about half way between thi Delph and Staley-bridge, whilst the upper part stretches into the ...

PRESTON QUARTER SESSIONS

... I PRtESTON QUARTER SESSIONS. ('onlhuifled ftom our last.) On Saturday (tile triels tsr felony having been concluded on the previous evening) the court proceeded to the trials of MISDEMl FANOURS. James Harvortt, 31, was charged withl obtairling a quin- tity ot skip top,. under iblic pretences, btit the evidence (lid not bear out the charge, and it wovs abandoned by the counsel or the ...

INQUEST ON THE BODY

... XNQUIES'r oX THE, BODY. At six o'clock on Sunday evening ?? - nI ?? .he ?? .ey letveninga tue inquest on the re- I (fot the deceased gentlema 4 Oftecc~a h IDo and Gun s Market sreet, Leicester. The Mayor td Corporation were present. Tbe Jury having been empanielled, Proceededto their first duty, E t viewirg the fra~nsests ofchPOti00' halfbtrflt fesh and bone, whicih alone rernasnetivi dvi ...

HORRIBLE MURDER AT LEICESTER, OF MR. PAAS, OF LONDON

... HORRIBLE 1YIUMDEf AT LEICESTER, OP I DIR. PAAS. or LONDON, - We have the painful duty to lay before our readers an account of a murder unparalleled in the annals of crime, for the unprovoked cruelty of its perpetration, and the horrifying manner in which it was sought to destroy the remains of the unfortunate victim Mr. Pass was the principal of the firm of Paas & Co. printers and bookbinders' ...

QUARTER SESSIONS

... , On Wednesday last the Quarter Sessions for the Hundreds in Aniounderness, Blackburn and Ley- land were held at the Court-house before T. B. Addison, Esq., and the following Magisefates - John Law, T. Bright Crosse, William Marshall, James Pedder, and William CaIrow, Esquires.. The calender was not nttmereus nor, we are glad to say, were the oifences generally of an aggravated character. The ...

ARSON & MURDER

... ARSON L trnD6B T~tAL as' Ssiisi~ns AT rrnrOLD,) BAILEY ON- Soor SATURDrfAY LAST. There were tweD EdizaT waentsafi k, ?? Sraithers; ore for the murder of MiN5Elc Twamgey, dsri eind the other for the murder of the biry NapoleonFas. %jVhilst the indictments weire read th rsnrhdtas thy and cnceald hisface with his hiandlkrchi~if. Me. Adoi- goes phes,rted tire cae and qbservqd, that, in law, a ...

QUARTER SESSIONS

... ' . It 1ARTER SESSIONS. (Cotdtinaedfromn oar last.) On Saturday, the following cases of misdemneanour wereltried at the Court-house, before T. B. Addison, Esq. chairman; T. B. Crosie, R. ?? Fazakerley, T. H. Hlesketh, and J. Lawe, Esquires. J'oieph Waddingtoa, a butcher'at Blackburn, pleaded not guilty to a charge of selling unwholesome meat. It was clearly proved by several witnesses that the ...

MISS BAGSTER'S CASE.—COMMISSION OF LUNACY

... MISS BAGSTZA'S CASE.-CODM USSICO CP LUW ACY. The investigation of' this case (vhich we briefly noticed 0 in our last) has largely occupied the London papers for - the last fortnight, and has excited considerable interest. e As is not unusual, the doctors, many of' whom had been employed to attend, and to torment the poor girl, ex- hibit an amazing discrepancy in their evidence, (which however ...

LANCASTER ASSIZES

... LANCASTER ASSIZES-.. The Assizes for this county commence on Monday next, before Mr. Justice James Parke, ?? Bolland. The calendar, in point of numbers, is unosually light, there being only 31 prisoners for trial (3 of whom are out on bail): yet we are sorry to observe in it six persons clargdrl with murder, and two with rape. It is painful, also, to observe, that in a calendar, ?? so very few ...

FORGERY ON COUTTS'S BANK, AND DETERMINED ATTEMPT AT SELF-DESTRUCTION

... 7ORGEfY 4ON COUTTSiS BANK, Ar'ZD IDIEVERM!NED ATTEMPT -AT SELF-DISTRUCTION. On Friday afternooin; the 3rd inst.e about five o'clock, a young man, apparently abo ut twenty years of age, dressed in a very fashionable style, ?? the bank of Messrs. Cotis and Co, in the Strand, and presented to one of tie c.shihrs' cheque for £200, purporting to have'been drawn by Jr.. .J- ?? Paxton, a wine ...

POLICE MEETING

... proLC: DlIEZTTNG. I (Oh Monday last the Monthly Mfeetin of the Commit- Fi ?? of Police took place at the Town Hall, Mr. Hayrock i11 the chair. 'T'he Clerk having read the minutes of the meeting, Mr. TF1icockson said there was an order passed (which they had just heard tead) for the payment of £360. to Messrs. Palmer and Gritshaws, towards the liquidation of the debt due to them. He wished to ...