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Summary Of News For February.
On the 5 th , John Paul , formerly clerk of the City of London LFiiion , was sentenced to fourteen years' transportation for forgery and embezzlement . The same day , a Mr . Fish obtained ^ in the Court of Queen ' s Bench , , £ 150 dam ages for i nj urie s he had received in an omnibus belongin g to the General Omnibus Company ;
Burrough , the druggist s assistant , who supplied the oil of bitter almonds instead of castor oil for the use of the late Mr . Marcooley , was this day acquitted of the manslaughter . On the lOtli , the case of Woulfe v . Propert was tried in the Court of the Exchequer , with a verdict for the defendant , whose son , under age , had been supplied
both with money and expensive clothing by the plaintiff . The case opened up a full view of how young lads at college were " entrapped into extravagant habits , and their parents nuide to bear with it rather than risk exposure . Several actions against the Kail way Companies , for accidents arising from negligence on their parts , have been lately tried , and in each case the verdict has been for the plaintiff .
On the lyth ^ Mrs , Mcintosh , for a broken leg , recovered , in the Common Pleas , £ 450 from the ISrorfch-Western Company . And , on the same day , Mrs . Hicks , a widow , whose husband was killed while travelling on the Newport , Abergavenny , and Hereford line , recovered from that Company , in the Queen ' s Bench , £ 2 , 500 . /¦ ; : ; . .. ., ¦¦ . " . On the 18 th , a Mr . Allen , for injuries done to his head by a collision on the Chester and Holyhead line , obtained , in the Common Pleas , damages to the extent of £ 1 . 400 .
v On the 21 st , in the ^ Secondaries Court , damages in a case of erim . con . ( Tom kins # . Dradge ) were assessed at £ 1 , 000 .
ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES . On the 31 st of January 3 a man named Collins killed another named White , in a quarrel , at Manchester . On the 3 rd , a gentleman , supposed at first to be Colonel Wyndham , died suddenly while looking at the skating in Kensington Gardens . On the 4 th , several boys were punished by the magistrate in Marlboroughstreet , for throwing snow-balls in Hyde Park . An inquest was on the same day held on a girl named Mary Bead , a servant in a convent , who committed suicide by swallowing oxalic acid .
On the 11 th , the Saward gang of forgers was committed from the Mansion House , for trial , at the Old Bailey . On the 12 th , a colliery explosion took place near Wigan , attended with the loss of several lives . On the same day , Mr . Ovendon , a tradesman of Heig * ate , was robbed and shot on the highway near that town . There is as yet no clue to the assassin .
On the 13 th , while one of the guns of H . M . S . Arrogant was being lifted in a crane , the gear broke and it fell upon the head of a sailor , making a mummy of it . On the 16 th , at Barnes , on the South-Western Railway , a woman , while attempting to remove her child off the rails , fell herself upon them , and the train just passing , severed her legs from her body . On the 17 th , Mr . Broughton , in the Marylebone Police Court , exposed the tricks of a begging-letter impostor named Mrs . Allsopp , who had been going about complaining that Prince Albert had refused to relieve her , although she ha ^ lost two sons in the Crimea ; the fact being that she had never lost a son at all .
On the 18 th , Bacon and his wife were committed for the murder of their chib dren at Walworth . The same day a coroner ' s jury at Stamford , having held an inquest on the exhumed body of his mother , returned a verdict of wilful murder against . the male prisoner . On the 19 th , a frightful accident took place , by the explosion of fire-damp in a coal mine near Barnsley , in Yorkshire , by which 170 people lost their lives . On the 21 st , the Rev . Mr . Nodder , of Ashover , near Chesterfield , shot a burglar who had broken into his house .
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Summary Of News For February.
On the 5 th , John Paul , formerly clerk of the City of London LFiiion , was sentenced to fourteen years' transportation for forgery and embezzlement . The same day , a Mr . Fish obtained ^ in the Court of Queen ' s Bench , , £ 150 dam ages for i nj urie s he had received in an omnibus belongin g to the General Omnibus Company ;
Burrough , the druggist s assistant , who supplied the oil of bitter almonds instead of castor oil for the use of the late Mr . Marcooley , was this day acquitted of the manslaughter . On the lOtli , the case of Woulfe v . Propert was tried in the Court of the Exchequer , with a verdict for the defendant , whose son , under age , had been supplied
both with money and expensive clothing by the plaintiff . The case opened up a full view of how young lads at college were " entrapped into extravagant habits , and their parents nuide to bear with it rather than risk exposure . Several actions against the Kail way Companies , for accidents arising from negligence on their parts , have been lately tried , and in each case the verdict has been for the plaintiff .
On the lyth ^ Mrs , Mcintosh , for a broken leg , recovered , in the Common Pleas , £ 450 from the ISrorfch-Western Company . And , on the same day , Mrs . Hicks , a widow , whose husband was killed while travelling on the Newport , Abergavenny , and Hereford line , recovered from that Company , in the Queen ' s Bench , £ 2 , 500 . /¦ ; : ; . .. ., ¦¦ . " . On the 18 th , a Mr . Allen , for injuries done to his head by a collision on the Chester and Holyhead line , obtained , in the Common Pleas , damages to the extent of £ 1 . 400 .
v On the 21 st , in the ^ Secondaries Court , damages in a case of erim . con . ( Tom kins # . Dradge ) were assessed at £ 1 , 000 .
ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES . On the 31 st of January 3 a man named Collins killed another named White , in a quarrel , at Manchester . On the 3 rd , a gentleman , supposed at first to be Colonel Wyndham , died suddenly while looking at the skating in Kensington Gardens . On the 4 th , several boys were punished by the magistrate in Marlboroughstreet , for throwing snow-balls in Hyde Park . An inquest was on the same day held on a girl named Mary Bead , a servant in a convent , who committed suicide by swallowing oxalic acid .
On the 11 th , the Saward gang of forgers was committed from the Mansion House , for trial , at the Old Bailey . On the 12 th , a colliery explosion took place near Wigan , attended with the loss of several lives . On the same day , Mr . Ovendon , a tradesman of Heig * ate , was robbed and shot on the highway near that town . There is as yet no clue to the assassin .
On the 13 th , while one of the guns of H . M . S . Arrogant was being lifted in a crane , the gear broke and it fell upon the head of a sailor , making a mummy of it . On the 16 th , at Barnes , on the South-Western Railway , a woman , while attempting to remove her child off the rails , fell herself upon them , and the train just passing , severed her legs from her body . On the 17 th , Mr . Broughton , in the Marylebone Police Court , exposed the tricks of a begging-letter impostor named Mrs . Allsopp , who had been going about complaining that Prince Albert had refused to relieve her , although she ha ^ lost two sons in the Crimea ; the fact being that she had never lost a son at all .
On the 18 th , Bacon and his wife were committed for the murder of their chib dren at Walworth . The same day a coroner ' s jury at Stamford , having held an inquest on the exhumed body of his mother , returned a verdict of wilful murder against . the male prisoner . On the 19 th , a frightful accident took place , by the explosion of fire-damp in a coal mine near Barnsley , in Yorkshire , by which 170 people lost their lives . On the 21 st , the Rev . Mr . Nodder , of Ashover , near Chesterfield , shot a burglar who had broken into his house .