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... . THE ST. HELENS ML'RDER. the Liverpool Assizes on Friday, before Lord Chief •Justice Bovill, John Smith, thirty-three years of age, described as labourer, was arraigned on the charge of ' on tlle 21st of Jul murdered Adam Mather, afc Wmdle, near St. Helens. The prisoner, on being whether he was guilty or not guilty, replied, God forbid that I would be. It was alleged that l6 in question the ...

&%&ami ai |Utos, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC

... &%&ami ai |Utos, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC Her Majesty, with several members of the Royal Family and suite, arrived at Balmoral on Saturday. The Sunday Gazette states that Mr. Harrisou, Q.C., wiU be the ne ...

ASSIZE INTTELLIENCE

... T ■ THE ST - HELENS MURDER. Justice Veip Assizes on Friday, before Lord Chief escribed ° 1 J bn Smith, thirty-three years of age, Ravine ?, a lab ourer, was arraigned on the charge of at Win d i 21st July ' murdered Mather, ked wif'« ear Helens. The prisoner, on being forw3 e gUilty D0t guilty > repUe(1, • would be - was alle edthat °f question the prisoner entered the house aim dand that on ...

MURDER, AND SENTENCE OF DEATH

... At the Chelmsford Assizes, on Saturday, Jas. Bacon was indicted for the wilful murder of his wife, at Dagen- ham, on the 28th March last. The prisoner, a labourer, 24 years of age, had been married only three years to a woman rather younger, by whom he had two children, and to whom he appeared to have been tenderly at- tached. He was, the witnesses said, doatingly fond of his children - and ...

DEAD VIOLETS- Let them lie—ah, let them lie Plucked flowers—dead to-morrow ; Lift the lid up quietly, As you'd lift

... the mystery Of buried sorrow. Let them lie —the fragrant things, All their souls thus giving : Let no breeze's ambient wings, And no useless water-springs, Mock them into living. They have lived—they live no more ; Nothing can requite them For the gentle life they bore, Which up-yield in full store did so delight them. Yes, I ween, flower-corses fair ! 'Twas a joyful yielding Like some soul ...