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Summary Of News For Maech
JUDICIAL . On the 2 nd , the Central Criminal Court was opened for the trial of prisoners . On the 4 th , Dr . Winn and his secretary , Thomas , Liniey , were acquitted of the assault upon Mr . Benhani , a lodger in the same house . On the 5 th , commenced the trial of the Saward gang of forgers , which resulted in a verdict of guilty against the prisoners . They were the _ next day brought up for trial , and sentenced to transportation for life . On the 7 th was ^ tried at Durham , Bell v . Jackson , for breach of promise , with a verdict ' -of £ 50 damages to the plaintiff
relations between Austria and Sardinia ; thewithdrawal of the armies of occupation from Greece , and from the Danubian Principalities and the birth of a Bourbon prince , as increase to the family of the King of Naples .
On the 11 th , Philip White , who had been also accused of poisoning his wife , was found guilty at Aylesbury of administering drugs to procure abortion , and was sentenced to be transported for life . On the same day , Mr . Esdaile , formerly governor of the Royal British Bank , made some most stotling disclosures with respect to that concern , on his examination in the Court of Bankruptcy , v On the 14 th , after a trial * of four days' duration , was terminated at Aylesbury the great will case of Lovett v . Lovett , with a verdict for the plaintiff , thereby establishing the will .
On the 18 th , at the York Assizes , three men were convicted of burglary at Manor Oaks , near Sheffield , and sentenced to transportation for life . On the 21 st , the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council delivered judgment in the celebrated cause of Liddell v . Westerton , approving of church decorations .
ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES . On the 1 st , several cases of severe stabbing took place at Liverpool . On the 2 nd , afire took place at the Essex Tavern , Aldgate , when the landlady was most courageously rescued by George ITarmsworth , the man in charge of the fire escape . t On the 2 nd , Thos . "Wooton , a ticket-ofdeave man , was committed , charged with the Ashover burglary .
On the 6 tb , a man named Webb , attempted to murder a passenger on the North London Bailway . On the 7 th , an inquest was held upon the body of the late Mr . T . Taylor , a retired quartermaster of the Coldstream Guards . On the 9 th , four men were drowned at Shoreham . On the 15 th , there was a fire , with the loss of three lives , at Providence-row , Worship-street . On the 18 th , a similar accident took place at Walworth . A woman and her four children perished in the flames .
PROVIDENT . On the 4 th , the Bailway Passengers Assurance Company met . The following is the substance of their report for the last half year : — "The income received and due , is £ 6 , 023 . lis . 9 d ., being £ 3 , 175 . 19 s . 3 d . on account of railway accidents , and £ 2 , 847 . 12 s . Cd . on account of gen oral accidents . The total income for the year ending 31 st of December last is £ 12 , 000 . 16 s . lid . against £ 8 , 782 . O . s . 5 d . in 1855 . In the half-year , £ 9 , 832 . 6 s . 2 d . has been carried to the credit of the revenue account . The expenditure , including the ordinary working charges , £ 1 , 295 . 16 ;> . 6 d , for commission , policy stamps , and commuted stamp duty , and
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Summary Of News For Maech
JUDICIAL . On the 2 nd , the Central Criminal Court was opened for the trial of prisoners . On the 4 th , Dr . Winn and his secretary , Thomas , Liniey , were acquitted of the assault upon Mr . Benhani , a lodger in the same house . On the 5 th , commenced the trial of the Saward gang of forgers , which resulted in a verdict of guilty against the prisoners . They were the _ next day brought up for trial , and sentenced to transportation for life . On the 7 th was ^ tried at Durham , Bell v . Jackson , for breach of promise , with a verdict ' -of £ 50 damages to the plaintiff
relations between Austria and Sardinia ; thewithdrawal of the armies of occupation from Greece , and from the Danubian Principalities and the birth of a Bourbon prince , as increase to the family of the King of Naples .
On the 11 th , Philip White , who had been also accused of poisoning his wife , was found guilty at Aylesbury of administering drugs to procure abortion , and was sentenced to be transported for life . On the same day , Mr . Esdaile , formerly governor of the Royal British Bank , made some most stotling disclosures with respect to that concern , on his examination in the Court of Bankruptcy , v On the 14 th , after a trial * of four days' duration , was terminated at Aylesbury the great will case of Lovett v . Lovett , with a verdict for the plaintiff , thereby establishing the will .
On the 18 th , at the York Assizes , three men were convicted of burglary at Manor Oaks , near Sheffield , and sentenced to transportation for life . On the 21 st , the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council delivered judgment in the celebrated cause of Liddell v . Westerton , approving of church decorations .
ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES . On the 1 st , several cases of severe stabbing took place at Liverpool . On the 2 nd , afire took place at the Essex Tavern , Aldgate , when the landlady was most courageously rescued by George ITarmsworth , the man in charge of the fire escape . t On the 2 nd , Thos . "Wooton , a ticket-ofdeave man , was committed , charged with the Ashover burglary .
On the 6 tb , a man named Webb , attempted to murder a passenger on the North London Bailway . On the 7 th , an inquest was held upon the body of the late Mr . T . Taylor , a retired quartermaster of the Coldstream Guards . On the 9 th , four men were drowned at Shoreham . On the 15 th , there was a fire , with the loss of three lives , at Providence-row , Worship-street . On the 18 th , a similar accident took place at Walworth . A woman and her four children perished in the flames .
PROVIDENT . On the 4 th , the Bailway Passengers Assurance Company met . The following is the substance of their report for the last half year : — "The income received and due , is £ 6 , 023 . lis . 9 d ., being £ 3 , 175 . 19 s . 3 d . on account of railway accidents , and £ 2 , 847 . 12 s . Cd . on account of gen oral accidents . The total income for the year ending 31 st of December last is £ 12 , 000 . 16 s . lid . against £ 8 , 782 . O . s . 5 d . in 1855 . In the half-year , £ 9 , 832 . 6 s . 2 d . has been carried to the credit of the revenue account . The expenditure , including the ordinary working charges , £ 1 , 295 . 16 ;> . 6 d , for commission , policy stamps , and commuted stamp duty , and