Sheffield and Rotherham Independent from Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England • 4

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Seymour: ouppose you never wr etalle 1 he sott" (if ur family VVitnss No. (lienewel laughter. 1 knew that was liable for the money 1 suppose 1 mrst, have known that I was accepting it, kr.t that 1 should have the money to pay. jj. Mr.

S' mour Are not the words in the bill accepted payable to Smith, Pavne, and Smith" in your haudwriting Witness: Yes, they are there is on di ul i tin are What do you mean, then, by saying that you did not know what an acceptance was I I did not know what it was. (Laughter Do you mean that von did not know the paper you signed was an acceptance for the money vou owed N'o I did not know what it was when I was before the magistrates. I iiel not even know what a bill of exchange was. His Lordship Did you know when you would have to pay the bill i Mr. Seymour Yes supposing a bill was drawn on Dec.

24, when would it become due i Witness On July 21, I should think And then, how many days of grace I do net know What, don't you know what days of grace are No. I never heard of days of grace. (Much laughter.) Mr. Seymour Well, 1 wont say you are oraceless (laughter) but I will a-k you another question. Do you know what dishonouring a bill means You seem to have practised that pretty often, Yea, I know what dishonouring a bill means.

(Laug'iter.) Did you not take up the bill before you signed it as a drawer I Yts And did you not afterwards sign it r.a an tndorse 'Yes I ask yen, then, on your ath, diel you not when you maele these two signatures turn the bill over yourself to endorse it No, I did not. If it wtis signed on one side, and then it was turned over to be signed on the other, Cutts have turned it ovtr. ill you swear that Cutts turned it over Yts I will And yet you do not know what endorsing a bill is I No I do not, except wiiting upon it. That's all I know about it. Writing on the back of the bill.

Mr. Seymour: And that's all I know about it. (Laughter.) Do you know what endorsing a cheque is; Yts, I can write out a cheque If it is payable to older you have to endorse it, have you not, to write on the bank of it Yes but 1 do not know much about bills. What business 1 have done I have always elone ith cash. I nevea took a bill from anyone.

His Lordship Had you a banking account Witness: Yes I banked with the Sheffield Union Bank. The witness was then examined by Mr. Seymour as to tbe age of the child that was likely to hurt the iano, and he elicited that it might have been two years old. As it was now seven o'clock the Court rose, and was adjourned till half-past nine this morning. The defendants were liberated in their own recognisances, hia Lordship remarking that he did not require any bad.

t( nee of di sbould nt be passed upon, said that 1 aai ii iiocent I nau sure I was never u-v when she tieut into the water. As to the uiainSclleri, la bfts told nothing but uutcuth8. Uue halt of wb be bi's is uoiiue. Siie wa gone through tiie gate, and I wa- uot near her wh-n she- weut into the then the blackcap. A ddres Big the pridoller i.e said: Tim jury ha.e, aft Bf a verv in' eon-io, come the coucinsioii t'tiat you an L'uiity aeconlit.g to the principles of law wd 1 have laid down, and of the validita of which I have ii doubt, Thi vhavc lvcoiumendi-d you to mercy iip.u grounds wMoh 1 can understaud, aud tlial recomuien-dation I shall forward to the proper quartor.

it v. cc sful or not, it is not for ia-' to say, but 1 adise vou to prepare for the cliane which ma, liotwithdtandiiig th re uiui.ii-ndatioii. uvy.nc you, is pell, e'lv ltopos-ibie to consider the conduce whi p.ar-ued is voior -vife without clings ot i i and grief. Whether strktlv sfttilM or Lot evei; if t'e jurv found you not g'ldfcy no one cold have doubted jour moral guilt. Vou ar; the author of that woman death, the woiuau to wti a you had been married only for so short a period.

1 1 -ever, the jury having found vou guilty and reou a mended yon to mercy, 1 shall forward their recooi datioa to the proper quarter, it is no my duty ti pronounce sentence of death. The sentence was then passed in the usual manner. The prisoner was not the least affected, and quietly walked from the dock. Shortly after lea tue couit, however, he fainted. This v.

as the oidy case taken in the Crown Court, as it lasted from half past nine in the morning till neaih six at night. Si TURD A Before Mr. Justice LtTSH. THE 1 i STK 1 rl CONSPIRACY CASE. Juhtt Cutis, attorney, Oeorgt Edward OVr, attorney, aud 'Urt Pockhngton, contractor, all on bail, plea led Cut guilty an indictment ehaiginr them with uula on the 1 8th July, conspiring together by fraud, perjury, and pretending that certain goo Is ail chatt.j.s, then or theretofore belonging to Samuel Cbbot-sou, had been ti ansferred by him to the saiil Robert Bockkngton for good consideration to defraud Edward I'eat and others." The defendants occupied seats behind their counsel.

This being tbe cuiisc ciltbre of the assizes, the court was much crowded, aud the ordinary accommodation set apart for professional attending the assizes was found sadly iusutii Mr. Overend, j.C, Mr. Bristowe, ami Beasley were counsel for the prosecution. JIr. Outts was defended by Mr.

Bigby Seymour, Q.0-, Mr. Vernon Blackburn, and Mr. Tennant Mr. Gee, by Mr. Mauls, Q.C., and Mr.

Sheppard; and Mr. Bocklinoton by Mr. Fit'james Stephen and Mr. Cave. Mr.

Overend, t.C, in ojieaing the case, said he might at once tell the jury that he was instructed by the solicitors to the Duke of Rutland. The prosecution was against a gentleman of the nam- of Cutts, wht was a solicitor at Chesterfield, and who was also town clerk of that borough. It was also against Robert Boeklington, who was an innkeeper and contractor atSheepbridgc, near Chesterfield; and also against Geo. Edward Gee, who at the time when the coaspiracy was said to have existed was a clerk with Mr. Cutts, but who had'since become a solicitor on his own account, and he believed was now practising at Chesterfield.

The charge th. refe-re was against all three, and what they were charged with was tbat they conspired together to defraud Edward Beat and others of the fruits of a judgment obtained by them. In order to connect the defendants with the offence which was imputed to them, the jury must be satisGed that two or more of them united and conspired together, because it was impossible that one man could conspire alone. If they were satisfied that the whole th'-ee did not conspire, yet that two of them did, it would be quite enough for the purposes of the prosecution that the jury should find two of them guilty. If, however, they were of opinion that only one had been guilty of fraudulcat traasactioas, then it was his boun-den duty to tell them that they must acquit the whole of the defendants.

The learned counsel then, at great length, stated the facts, which will be found fully detailed in evidence, and he commented upon the salient parts of the case, which he considered brought home the charge. His speech lasted for about two hours, and, in concluding it, Mr. Overead said the Duke of Rutland was of opinioa that a great fraud had been committed, aad that, coasequently, it was his duty, hold-iag the high position he did, to briag the action agaiast the defendants in the cause of justice and of right. Mr. Walton, shorthand-writer on the Midland Circuit, said he was at the last Derby summer assizes, and took the evidence of Boeklington and Gee in their action with Beat and others, which was tried before Mr.

Justice Smith and a special jury. He read the evidence which Boeklington then gave as to the part DKilKV-vHiKo ASSIZES. Fit: day. THE IJJUiKKlf WIFE MURDER U.e i- lifc report, which should have h- SarafdnA, the conclusion of this narkahte snl Air. J- i.

Stl 'a sel the jury in a vwv wj ituprcsm. speech, H. a' out i if h' were ai, tl( rtjirseat )m to th. as a vbo of circnmsUnc a if be r-ble tu matter tu tnem as one iSttttrdv ehrou -d in 'm-t rv. n.iit Us In a ionie sviupatfa) wan tu tUe own qwa V010 mu8t avful But when tne lutw stood as it did, and wheu he Mi -it, transit; on ha i been tY-r 3 IWs was W.nt,a'h- torn it wouH be for In a t.

the otto r.c with pt to th endu st of his client than il-at he had o.mtt.d an act of th, mot an ad-ni-ion whi a -AV nd a he could aeamst rnn Wlti MfiPrtH lawful and n-t'iiibb. nrf.tly: avoidable with every man with the so ,1 a -u in considering a case of this kind. faufae 1 th- on their guard against sacta prt-an righteous feelings, ami to that whi'. SL pml bang tried for was the mier Ids wife a i-l not fo-the cruel iUtreatme.it of her; be was not even bein tried on the charge wo-th-r he 'i wit i latent to do her gtevum. b.

harm. Ho was i. dacd for murder or nothing, but when said th.t. ttu-v must bear in mind ttett if t'-v tar i a ver lirj ol not goaty 4 murder, such a would not bdOU -lild of Htft "nun free 00 ui-lv, an I that he would i.ot go aupJincOlud ir his t-on to twa? iuh wite. There was au conrae which m'jht taken, there was another cliire which be pru ferred against the prisoner that of wounding with intent to do gri.

vous l. harm and if hfl ha 1 1 tl.nd him then, In mu zh gn.at-jr J'dfi jultv tlian he did at pTs Jleoat niedthafc w-. ks the prisoner wasnotsnc4i gnitt isa aate 1 to a crime according to the 1ms of England, and th.y were bound to Ldvc him the benefit of those laws hatever his aiit it was not wilful, cool-blooded ill -treatment in till the wife destroyed herself; but what happened was the result of a quarrel what- ver did happen and no doubt it waa ba 1 en'-irh drove the poor woman in a moment of frenzy to rid herself of her miserable bfe, and to rush iatJ th -preaenct her liaker elad "to be hurled, Anywhere, out of the His defcuee oa behalf of the prisoner that bi wife took away her owa Me, and looking at th. facts, they had to go iato a soene of low an 1 wretched life ia every sense of the term. di 1 not speak of the station of life in which they livd, but ttie low life of a man of brutal and drunken habit, and the poor woman must have been addicted to habite of a somewhat similar character.

They bad to consider not the acta of reasonable persjns, fortified by morals and influenced by previous go id but they had to consider tue acts of a wretched man and a wretched woman, and he suggested to the jury whether the deceased might not have thought that the bottom even of the dam was a better place for her than tj be in her husband's house. Another cause for taking her own life was that of jealousy, and the learned counsel conten led that with such a woman as Mrs. Wager must haw- been sqsh a feeling was einmeniK calculated to cause her 1 1 take her own life. He suggested that Bhe was jealous of Alice Handcock, vko was a good-looking youn" woman, whilst she herself was advanced in years', and was devoid of The fast about her wearing a wig, and oth-r little although in themselves aim st ridiculous, when viewea in connection with this terrible transaction acpuired an importance of their own. She was a woman comparatively old, she was and was more or less addicted to intemperate habits.

She Lad onlv recently been married, and married too, after CMrying on intercourse for several years with the man vho ultnnately married her. Bearing in mind the condition in which she was, she saw her husband making advances to a pretty young woman. Could they imagine anything in this world'more likely to ex-dte to their very utmost the flames of jealousy, and to cause those liames to burn in anv direction which circumstances might lead them. What more bitter pro-vocation could be thrown iato a violeat and'ill-r. gulatfid mind than the conduct of the de- husband towards the girl and after his conduct had been continued for some time the wife kit the house.

That sh. was anry wa- proved by the fact that she remained out and ouly retained for the purpose of getting her clothes, an! th. intended leaving the house. That there was cause fr jealousy was proved by the circumstances that when the girl Handcock desired to return home the prisoner prevented her doin so, by driving his cattle to i L' 1 1 i Ml thi piano, ir ni let thus child knock it abniit, and bt itplud that he would as much care "I it ss if it. wre Ids own.

My wife bad some rabbits, ad 1 told the man servant who came with Pocklington 'hat if re would take care of the white and brown one, would re member bnu when I aims back. At fhis lime 1 uid not have the slightest idea 1 tivirig up my farm. Pocklington remained at the house that evening for about twrt hours. 1 am ot aware that he xammeel the furniture, or weut oerthe farm to see what sort of a bargain he hail a ado. He left the mat) -servant and his wife ia the house.

I in the following afternoon 1 saw the sheriff's officer comb in at the front door, and I went out by the back way. Mv wife followed me, and we went to London. Whilbt there we assumed the name of Stephens. Mr. Overend Diel you say you were an Irishman No.

(Laughter.) Witness the-n gave the addresses of the houses in which he lived whilst he was in London. He said Mr. Cutts always knew where to find me because I used to leave my address with Mr. Burt, his a My reason for doing that was to hear from Mr. Cutts about the settlement of aiy affairs.

In duly, whdst I was at Mr. Burt's office, he served me with a subpoena to attend the Derby Assizes. I asked bim what the case was about, and he told me. He afterw ards wrote on the subpoena that I was not to go unless I heard from Mr. Cutts.

I elid not hear from him, and therefore I did not go elown to Derby. 1 never heard the result of the trial. When the cheque was spent, I lived on means which I raised myself. Mrs. Ibbotson applied to Cutts for some money, and she also wrote to Pocklington for some.

After the trial Mr. Cutts called on me at Acton gretn on a Sunday. I then asked him wh a I was likely to be aide to come, and he said "Vou wdl be obliged now to remain six months." I sai 1 It I become a bankrupt wUl they not ask me what bus become of my furniture and things at Stone-lew (' and he replied that they would. I then asked, What was I to do then and he said I ns to say that I had sold them to him for money which he had advanced to me. I told him I could nor, Bay that, as I had not sold the things or hail the.

money. On the following day I went to Mr Burt's office by arrangement. Mr. Cutts was there, and something was said about the trial. 'utts said, Didn't mv client, Pocklington, do it well it was the reserjir that did it." A long time after this, I an advertisement offering a reward for information where I could be found.

The advertisement was got out by Messrs. Eyre and Lawson. Before then we received a letter from my father which he had received from Pocklington. (The letter was read. It requested that the elder Ibbotson would leave Stonelow for a time, as Pocklington had some friends coming to see the beauties of Derbyshire, and his bed would be.

of considerable tervice). Witness then detailed what occurred after the receipt of that letter how his wife weut elown to Stonelow, and how they put themselves into communication with Mr. Nesfield, and made a statement to him in the presence of Mr. Eyre. By Mr.

Digby Seymour I am 45 years old. I began farming on my own account twelve years ago, and have been milling only five years. I first employed Mr. Cutts as my solicitor in 1661 or 1S62 that was about two years before he commenced shooting. The first time he shot on my farm he came on legal business, and then I invited him to shoot.

I was the best shot. He had all the birds he shot, aad sometimes I gave him some of my birds. I do not kaow that I have complaiaed about the Duke's keepers shooting from behind walls whilst the birds were driven over their heads. I do aot re-collect saying that they commenced playing those tricks before I did, and before I set oats. At the first trial, I said that Cutts came to my house merely as a friend.

There was no agreement in writing or otherwise between us as to the shooting, and consequently I could have forbidden him at any moment to shoot on my land. He never told me that in reference to the second action he should only charge me costs out of pocket. He told me that in 1864 that was before the first action, and when he used first to come up to shoot At that time I never had the slightest idea of going to law with the keepers. Witness was then examined as to Mr. Cutts's services as a lawyer from 1862.

It transpired that in that year there were two or three occasions on which Mr. Cutts' services were required, and for which he was not paid. In 1364 Mr. CnttB' services were again required, and payments of money out of pocket were admitted. Ibbotson admitted that Cutts had paid three half-year's rent for him, and also tbe expenses of a distress.

The witness was examiaed at some length as to the services of Mr. Cutts oa his behalf, aad he admitted almost all the questions which were put to him ia reference to this part of the case. He, however, coateaded that all he as indebted to Mr. Cutts was about 50 or 60. The mortgage deed, he said, was read over to him before he signed it.

He believed that the sum was not put in after he had looked at Mr. Cutts' account. He would not swear that such was not the case, hut to the best of his belief nothing was filled in except the date. Notwithstanding that he believed he diel not owe Mr. Cutts 212, the amount in the deed, he signed it.

The mortgage wasf on the Whittington Mill property, and before the mortgage there was a claim on it by his brother of 500. He could not swear that 100 was the highest bid made for the mill when it was offered for sale by auction. Before he had been at Stonelow six months he was served with notice to leave. He had, consequently, only a year's interest in the farm and tbe house. He was not served with notice because he farmed badly, but because his landlord told him that he had a son coming of age soon, and that he intended giving the farm to him, after that, he (witness) could have a lease of it.

He might have told Mr. Cutts that he owed 1600, but he could not remember. He could not remember when the case was before the magistrates that he said he owed 1000 or 1300, He might have done so. Mr. D.

Seymour (sternly) Can't'yon say yes or no. Your repbes are nothing but mays'' and mights." Witness answered that he could not remember everything that was askeel him, and therefore he was obliged to answer es he had answered. The Judge: Does your memory so very much fail you upon this point You know you have spoken most minutely to what took place last March, and now you are asked as to what took place in Witness replied that he could not remember how much he told the magistrates he owed. By Mr. Seymour I had the right of shooting over a thousand acres belonging to Mr.

Cutts, at least he used to invite me to shoot over his land, and I occasionally did so. 1 decline to say whether the documents which I signed at Cutts' office were in blank but I ill swear that I did not know what were the contents. I signed everything that put before me You saw the writing on them I cannot tell whether there was any writing on them at all. (Laughter.) If I wrote the words sold this day to Mr. Robert Boeklington," I of course must have known what I was writing.

Mr. Cutts must have dictated it to me, and I wrote it after him. By the Judge The reason why I wrote those words on tEe aluation was because I had confidence in Mr. Cutts, and as I believed it was only to be a friendly turn over" (laughter) I wrote whatever he dictated to me, Mr Seymour WV11 come to the friendly turn over" by and bye. (Laughter.) The witness was then examined as to the writing of the words which I have received fiom Mr.

Robert Pocklington." He said the word 'ot'klington" was like his writing, but he did not think the other words were. He would not say that they were in his haadwriting. The Judge Now be careful. Wken you were examined only an hour ago, you stated that the writing was like ours, but that ou could not say you had written it. Now, you say it is not yours.

Which do you mean Witness Well then, my Lord, I have made a mistake. (Laughter.) It may be my writing, but I do not remember writing the After being severely pressed by Mr. Seymour, witness at last said that he believed the whole of the words were in his handwriting. He was then examined as to his knowledge of the mode which was adopted in drawing or accepting bills, and he denied that he knew on what part of the bill the drawer wrote his name. The udge Do you really mean to say that Witness Yes, I do.

I have never had todo with bills except in the few instances to which I have alluded. Mr. Digby Seymour Then, for all you know, the drawer may put his name at the top, bottom, or side of the bill, or it may be written in a circle round the stamp Yes, it may. (Laughter.) Then do you know on what part of the bill the acceptor puts his name Really, I do not know which is an acceptor aud which is a drawer. (Laughter.) I do not know whether the acceptor puts his name in front or on the back of the bill.

The Judge And yet I understand you to say you had accepted six or seven bills. Mr. D. Seymour Yes, my lord, he did say so, and there are some of thtm. in boart.

The Judge then requested the witnesB to look at the bill of acceptance which he signed at Cutt's office, and Mr. Seymour asked bim to point out win re the acceptor should sign. This he immediately did, and on Mr. Seymour saying then you do know where an acceptor signs?" witness replied "Oh, is that an acceptor?" (Laughter); He admited that the oa the acceptance was his, and Mr. Seymour aaieL Then do you mean to say when you wrote your name the bill at Cutts' office, you did not know that van Mi to in an tiJ I to me ov i fto The 1 Me, v.

produced, that then: ie'as a balance that I lev a mill jit. Wbittii tfton, iiLHin it. 1 jtiOt) lot ait had spent Bv Mr. lty Si onr Th ill' 1. tier, Mid till eveie foe i an tu.

bdU oi re bills enclosed done up t.0 1364. Mr. Ovci.mi: accounts nor any dH Uiuetlt wa- 1. It with by Mr. Cee at that time The letter, lu.wev.

was left; The bill-, were only with me aUnit two hours. After looking at them I toil Mr. ttat I did thf money, an 1 that had nut pun ine or. dit for the cadi he had id, and tin the agistment o( some cattle. 1 also told him that it was strange he bad barged me the law costs, aud Gee rej Jii A th he did not know what arrangements I had bad with Cults.

When I told him I did not osve the money he Gee) said, You'll never be asked to pay." On the accounts there are items of law before the action alluded to, but I am not aware that he ever did anything for me, except to settle a writ. 1 never had "ii. particulars till the account was sent to me. All I out it him at the time Gee came to me with the account was about 00. lHs.

Brides the account, Gee brought u.e a mortgage of the mill property at Whittingt and I was requested by him to sign it in favour of Cutts. There was then no date on it, but Mr. Cutts' phew, a young man named Jones, filled it in. I can't remember the date, but I think the deed was dated about a month back. My wife was present at the time, and she asked why it was dated a mouth back Mr.

Gee replied that it would look better, or be better, I cannot sa which. I do not recollect putting my initials on mortgage. It has S. upon it. I objected to Biirn the mortgage, and Gee said it was only to cover Mr.

Lutts. 'lhat being the case, I signed it. At the same interview Gee tola me that there was an execution out I lb against my goods and my body, and I asked what v. as going to be done. Gee replied, Have you no one can turn your goods over to I said I did not know of anyone except Mr.

George Xorman, and he replied that he would be just the right man, and I him to see Norman and get him to go to his t- He added that if Mr. Norman won't do it, I must try to find somebody." I saw Norman the same eve-ning, and he agreed to see me the next day. He had an interview with his lawyer, Mr. Brookes, and he declined to have anything to do with having my goods turned over to him. That, I remember, was oa a Friday, (The mortgage, dated March, 1SG5, for X'M'l, was then put in and read.) Witness said when the case was before the magistrates, the mortgage was asked for, but it was not produced.

This is the first time 1 have seen it since i signed it. After Norman declined, I sent pj wife to Gee to tell him the result of my interview with Norman, I cannot tell whether anv thing was done on the following day, but the day after that my wife and my father went down to Ches-te-rheld. hen they came back my wife told me something, and in consequence I made an inventory of the goods outside the house, and my wife made an inventory of the things inside. The same day Mr. Denbam, auctioneer, came to my house.

He told me he had been sent by Mr. Gee to make a valuation. Mr. Denham was examined aad said he weat up to Stoaelow, first at the request of Mr. Gee, aad afterwards at the request of Mrs.

Ibbotson. By Mr. Seymour At the time Mrs. Ibbotsoa was speaking to me about going to make a valuation, Mr. Gee came up and said he wanted me to make a valuation of goods at Stonelow.

Mrs. Ibbotson first of all asked me if 1 had had any instruction to make the valuation. Samuel Ibbotson recalled and examined by Mr. Over-end, said Mr. Denham told me when he came" to my house that he had come to make a valuation.

He had not leceived authority from me to do so, and I had not authorised my wife to ask him to make the valuation. He examined the inventory which I aad my wife had made, and he did not make out an inventory himself. The inventories are produced. The prices marked against the articles are Mr. Denham's, aad aot mine or my wife's.

He remained with as aa hour, and took the iaveatories away with him. He aever furnished me with aay inventory or valuation. I was away on Friday, but I was at home on the following Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. One reason why I was at home was because I was poorly. All the doors were kept locked by my orders from the time Gee left on the Thursday till the following Thursday, in order to prevent the execution coming in.

No strangers came in until Wednesday night. Boeklington, as far as I am aware, did not come to the house on Tuesday. I was not so ill as required me to be in bed. I used to be in the sitting-room, and could see about a quarter of a mile along the road coming up to the house. That would be at the front of the house.

I could not see if any one came to the back of the house. A person coming from Sheepbridge could get to the bouse either at the back or the front. On Wednesday, I saw Mr. Cutts on the way to Chesterfield, and I told him that Norman would not have the goods turned over to him He replied that he was a fool for refusing," adding that he would get Pocklington in the place of Norman. Before that he (Cutts; told me that I must go away for a few weeks or days till affairs were settled, and when he Baid he could get Boeklington, I asked what was the use of my going away.

He replied that Mr. Nesfield did not want the money all that he wanted was to lock me np. I told him that I could aot go away, as I had no money and he said, Will 20 do I replied that it would do for a few weeks. I asked him who would pay the expenses of the servants on the farm whilst I was away, and he said he would see to that. Something was said about a debtor and creditor account being kept, and I could pay the servants' wages when I came back.

This conversation took place on the way to Chesterfield. Mr. Cutts was with me in my gig, and after putting up my pony at the Angel Hotel I went to Mr. Cutts' office. His managing clerk told n.e that Cutts was in his private room.

I went in, and found him there. Witness then described a conversation which he had with Mr. Cutts about the tillages on the farm and what they were worth. It was ultimately agreed that they should beput down as worth ioO. Mr.

Boeklington was not there then, but Cutts said that he had promised to be present before then. Something was said by Mr. Cutts about Can't you trust me and he (witness) replied that he could. Cutts afterwards said, Nothing shall go out of my hands." Witness continued Pocklington and Gee fchortly afterwards came in, and Cutts gave me some-papers, and be showed me where I was to sigu them. There were four or five of them.

He did not tell me what the papers were. None of them were read over to me, and 1 did not know what their contents were. 1 however signed them. Up to this time Pocklimrton had not said anything to me, and I did not make any arrangements with him as to his taking any part of my furniture. The papers alluded to were produced.

One of them was the valuation. It had written on it, 264. IDs, which I have received from Mr. Witness said The words "which I have received" are Uke my handwriting. I cannot, however, remember writing them.

The writing is not like the hand I generally write. The words I have fhis day sold to Mr. Robert Boeklington the effects comprised in this valuation" appear to be in my handwriting, but I cannot remember writing them. The signature on that and the previous document is mine. The words on the document now produced stating that I had received 50 from Mr.

Boeklington for the tillages on the farm are not in my handwriting. The signature is mine. The words that I have this day given to Mr. Robert Pocklington possession of the Stonelow farm, as far as regards my tenancy therein," are, I think, not in my haadwriting. They, however, look a little Uke my haadwriting, and perhaps I may have written them.

The bills of exchange for 200 are signed by me in fact, I signed everything Cutts put before me. The endorsement on the UO bill is in myhandwriting. To the best of my knowledge, I never received the bills. I was not aware when I sigaed the bills at Cutts' office that I was signing bills of exchange. I had had to do wdth bills of exchange before in only perhaps five or six instances.

I do not know whether I accepted them (laughter) but I paid the money on them when they became due. After I signed the bills of exchange at Cutts' office he took them out of my hands. Nothing was said about the sum to be paid by Boeklington being 300. With reference to my going away, Cutts atked Pocklington what he could give to send me away. He replied that he could not give much, but he sat down and wrote a cheque for 20.

(Cheque pro duced.) Cutts gave me the cheque, and I cashed it at a place near London. It was given to me after I had signed the bdls of exchange I am almost certain it was the last paper given me to sign. I then went away. ltness then gave some evidence as to the agreement between himself and his landlord Mr Cammell. Mr.

Cutts told him to get the agreement! and give it to Mr. Pocklington, so as to prevent the bailiffs from coming in Witness continued I have never received any money beyond the 20 either from Mr. Pocklington or Mr. Cutt3. I have not received a farthii beyond that for what I did and signetl.

I never agreed with Mr. Pocklington to sell my goods to him. Before leaving the office, Cutts said to Boeklington, "Have you a loose man you can put in" (the house)! He replied that he had, and Cutts said, It is a race who will get in first." Cutts afterwards desired me to see Miss Pocklington about getting a cab, and Cutts said he and Boeklington, in the meantime, would go and Watch the sheriff's offices, to ascertain whether the execution had come. Later in the day, when I had got home, Boeklington came to the house with his and a servant, who had a child with her. Mrs.

ibUuon told Boeklington that she hoped he would. named th. e. ol t) nol ii Wrr. bi.

Cuttf, u- Man-h 1 -oo. and sli-o fin nCCOUnt sl oa in: ot line i ill FOOTBALL. The return match between Louden and ia fixed for Saturday, April at She ilield. The following are the rules of the auociation for the Beason 1807-8, revised and corrected from the, la alterations 1. The maximum length of ground shall bo 2QQ yards, the maximum breadth shall loo yards, the length and breadth idiall be marked with Ragi, and the goalM shall be upright posts, eiyht yards apart, 'with a tape across thtm eight feet from the ground.

2. The winners of the tons shall have the choice of goals. The game shall be commenced by a place kick from the centre of the ground by the side liming the toSB the other aide shall not approach within tea yards of the balkuntil it is kicked if. 3. Alter a goal i.s won the losing aide shall kick off and goals shall be changed.

4. A goal shall be won when the ball passes between the goal posts under the tape, not been thrown knocked on, or carried. 5. When the ball ui in touch, the first player wha touches it shall throw it from the point on the bound-ary line where it left the mronndt, in a direction at right angles with the boundary line, and it shall not be in play until it has touched the ground, and the player throwing it in shall not play it until it has been played by another player. (5.

ben a player has kicked the ball, any one f)f game side who is nearer to the opponent line out of play, and may not touch the ball himself, nor in anv whatever prevent any other player from doing so, untd the ball has been played, unless there are at leat three of his opponents between him am! th. ir own goaL but no player is out of play when the ball is from behind the goal line. 7. When the ball is kicked behind the goal ft must be kicked otf by tho side behind whose goal weut within six yards from the limit ttf their gnaj. The side who thus kick the ball are entitled to a fair kick off in whatever way they phase without any obstruction, the opposite side not being able to approach within six yards of the ball.

8, No player shall carry or knock on thefbaU. 0. Neither tripping or hacking shall be- allowed, and no player shall use his hands to hold er puah his ad versary. 10. A player shall 'not throw the ball or pass it to another.

11. No player shall take the ball from the ground with his hands whde itis in play, under any pretence whatever. 12. No player shall wear projecting nails, imn plate, or gntta percha on the soles or heels of his boots. Definition of Tf.rms.

A "place kick" is a kkfc at the ball while it is on the ground, in any position which the kicker may choose to place it. Hacking" is kicking an adversary intentionally. "Tripping ia throwing an adversary by the use of the legs. Knocking on" is when a player strikes or propels the bail with his hands or arms. Holding'' includes the obstruction of a player by the band or any part of the arm below the elbow.

"Touch'' is that part of the held on either the ground which is beyond the line of Hags. A Goon Example. The innkeepers of Furston Jag lin, near Pontefract, have 3tt a good example to the neighbouring villages, by closing their houses on Furston is likely to become an important and populous vdlage in consequence of the collieries in the neighbourhood, and the -tep tak -n by the innkeepers ia one which does them great credit. They have done it without compulsion, and it ia to be hoped that other villages and towns will do the same. Leeds Herrury.

A Yolng Man Focnh Fatalct Shot. On Sunday morning, about ten o'clock, John Thompson, farm servant to Mr. Boland, of Low Swainston, in the parish of Sedgefield, was sent by his master for a gua to a son of Mr. Boland's, at Middle Swainston, about half a mde distant. He got the gun, loaded it, and left the house, remarking that "he might shoot at a crow in jjoing home.

About noon, two boys walking on the foot-road between the two farms, on Gaming near to a 3tde, perceived a cur bitch lying near the hedge back. She would not let the lads approach her, and this they went and told to Thompson's master, who returned with them, and on arrival at the spot he found Thompson lying dead. The gun waa near him, and his head waa shot through from aide to side. Tuas-OuT of Cotton Operativbs at Stockport The majority of the cotton operatives of Stockport, numbering close upon 20,000 persons, ar- out upon strike. This has resulted from the resolution of the masters to reduce the wages of the hands from seven to or a sum equivalent to the advance put on in 1S65, when trade was brisk.

This resolution was come to by the Masters' Association about a rt-night ago, and in all cases where the reduction was confirmed the hands came out pi m-ijse on the expiration of their week or fortnight a notice. In consequence of a few firms not having imposed the reduction, it is said that there is a split among the masters. Various deputations waited on the masters, urging the withdrawal of the notices, or a recourse to short time, but this they refused to do. The strippers, grinders, and tenters held a private meeting in the People Concert Hall, on Monday evening, when a resolution was passed pleeiacg the meeting to resist the reduction by remaining out on strike. One of the speakers 3aid he would starve and die rather than submit to have his already scanty wayes reduced 10 per cent.

Another speaker said they would not only resist the reduction, but would soon go for an advance of 10 per cent. The meeting was unanimous in their determination to remain out, aud plans for raisi funds fcr sustaining the strike were subuiitb-d approved. The weavers meeting in the Oddfellow' Hall, on Friday night, passed similar resolutions. The strippers and grinderB have a union the weavers have no union whdst the spinners are capable of arlording 10s. per head for twelve months.

American Tariffs. The following i.s being circulated in America "An OCTRAciB on thb People. Head the following. We have had now ten (10 tariffs in live lo) years, besides the one passed a few days since in the Senate. Here is the list 1.

The act of March 2, 1861, which nearly doubled the taxe on foreign goods imposed by the tariff act of May 3, 18o7. 2. The act of August land, which increased the duties levied by the previous act. 3. The act of December 24, 1 ItfcJ, providing for ki'jher duties.

4. The act of July 11, providing hw ttHi higher duties 5. The act of March $, which imposed sidlhi'jhir duties. ti. Act of dune which imposed much higher duties on nearly everything.

7. The act of March 3, 13dv, which imposed 'jft hufher on some things. 8. The act of March 11, 13titf, which imposed additional duties on various things, i). The act of May 10, ISdti, which imposed mare duties on some articles.

10, Lastly, the- act of Jtdy 28, 13o6, which imposed from tour to twenty per cent a iaitioih'l dulj on everything. And now Congress is tinkering at the eleventh bilh What is the use of such trilling i Why wiU not some sensible member of the Committee on Ways and Means introduce a bdl 1 Ti aijlisii till fiter courte icitk foreign nations, close the parts ojf the trotted States except lo coastwise trojfic, und apirofjriate millions for the construction of a Chinese icall, mt hurt' dred feet high and hundred fut thick, ir una the land boundaries of the United Plaits That IB what it all means, and it ia mere trifling and tinkering, and beating about the bush, to do less. L. us have a wall by all means, and let the whole force the United States Navy be employed to bombard merchant men bringing the products of foreign countries to our ports. Comment is unnecessary.

New York, February, 1 S6T "Overtaxed Sunday Trai ino. The bill intended to amend the laws relating to Sunday trading, introduced to the House of Commons by Mr. Thomas Hughea, Lord Claude Hamilton, and Sir Brouk Bridges, has just been published. The clause immediately following the preamble fixes the penalties for selling, otlering, and exposing articles for sale, at any sum not exceeding and not less than 5s. for each offence.

Then follows a statement of the cases in which the provisions of the bill shall not apply. The sale and delivery of articles for medicinal purposes are not to be interfered with at ad. M. at, fish, poultry, game, or vegetables may be sold and delivered before nine o'clock in the morning mdk and cream before ten in the morning after one in the afternoon. Pastry, fruit, or any beverage which may lawfidly be sold without a license, may be offered for sale, without public cry, before ten o'clock in the morning and afte one in the afternoon.

Periodical publications may be sold without public cry before ten o'clock in the morning. The ordinary business of cook-shops, eating-houses, or may be carried on before ten o'clock and after one. The bill will not interfere in any way with the business of bakers or of keepers of inns or other houses licensed toe the sale of beer or other excisable liquors. It is provided that the fine for a second or subsequent conviction shall not exceed nor be less than and that a certificate containing the substance and effect ouly (omitting the formal part) of the record of previous conviction, signed by the officer having charge of such record, shall be deemed sufficient proof. All prosecutions for olfence lunishal le by this bill are to be commenced within seven days after the commission of the offence.

The bill applies onlv to England, and will not be operative in towns which contain a population of less than 10,000. rnntd ind PuMtch. at No. 10 Bank street. Sheffield, by Kf'PlRT I.l-'M'l st Ioor End, nteel rtank, Hb.tte'di.

PN 1 AMKI. l.BADfcR (residing at Bnn.m-balt road, BhffMd), Rdf'KRT RADON LfiADfcB (rtmddtg at DrJll Pr -H. "hettteld). March 11, 1S67. iftje Surf.

LATEST LONDON BETTING. (From our own Currapondcnt. Saturday 3 p. m. Tub Citt asn Hajhhcai'.

If Mile. Horse. juc'iatnjiia. Age. it.

lb. Trainer. Aimcs ir.0 to r-d 5 7 12 Dawm Afcicr.ft 20 to 1, taken off 4 7 Woolc Italia '-'Oto 1, ell', red 4 7 4... W. 9oatet W.ath.ritar KlJO to 30.

taken 3 5 10 Osborne Os-p-irar moo to MO. taken 9 7. Drvntt jasper lctO to taken 3 6 7 EI tyhoe 1 ittle Rover On taken 3 ij 9 Jo. Dawaon FirrH-eht 00 to 30, -'tiered 3 tf W. Uoater Loogdewn 10 to 1, If.

red 5 7 la Diewict Uaru-e lfnoto 1, otf.r-d" 3 5 10 Hop kind Afo 500 to 1 v50 to 5 had b.a taken. GRFAT MK'l KOI OI ITAJ" Ah s. sa Olbs Mile. Camilla Ii 0 off Ml to 1.. 9 Hyhoe i'iif im Vf.

Wednt-daT, Way 1. 2 Miles. 151 sab. LPPtUrfer 20 to 1. ottered 4 2 J.

Day alby 25 to Cfli ed 8 10.. J. Wawttsr Hy. fiO to 1, taken 2 5 2... T.

Dawson rkuniish 1000 to t.imn 5 7 5. Private Jellity so to ottvrtd 4 7 0 Ood.Iin 11 to I Lord Westmoreland's Lot, orf 12 to 1. Two TuoLsa.ND Gmxaas. April 1 Mile 17 Yd. Howe.

Uuuiauon. Trainer. I laUdft 4 to 1, olf-red Watson Ji.lms 11 to 2. olPd take to 1... M.

Daw- Vaubtn lo to 1. offered J. Day 100 to otld Uke 100 to 8 RI.mm Knight of the Garier 20 to 1, rak. Blosa The G. n-nl 20 to 1.

taken Dover Van 20 to 1, offered Tioiac.io 2.1 to 1, taken Tenniogs VoKw'sht 33 to 1, tak-n to '1 W. utter Wild Wind lOOi to 20. offd; I00O to 15 J. rfcofcr, Ailesbury 1C( to 5, taken Brown 7 to 4 aest Hunut's starting, taken nd otfred a to 1 agt Plaudit and Julius, taken to 200 Thb Dubby. My 22nd.

Mile. The Rake 9 to I. takn Jo. Dawaon I) Eatostnel 10 to 1, taken to K0 iiilb-rt Hinot H'A to 1, taken to 2oO Bloaa 11--Dragon 13 to 1, offd tike 100 to 7 aniqgH Juliua 25 to 1. offered M.

DaA-on Foresight 21 00 to 14. taken W. Goater liX.O tv.n offered in fcitournel ant The Ft to 11 ajp-t Vauhan winning the Two Taousann aad L' hdtoeirnel 'he Derby. MAKCHESTER BETTIXG. 3 vtcrday.

Citt Ac Tuesday. Mar. 2. li 151 oubsi. Horse.

Huotationa. st. lb. Tr.ur.fr. Wild Agia-a 10 to 1.

off; 100 to 9 5.7 12 Jawaon CiiEsiEB Ccp. Wednesday, May 1. 2J MuV.j. 151 sub. Dalhy 26 to 1, taken 10.

Warrener Rama 25 to 1, taken 4 2.. Qmiet TLimentor 10 to 1, taken 4 1... C. Blanton Two Tiiocsaxd GCLSEA3. April 23.

1 Mile 17 Yds. Hone. Quotations. Trun-r. Plaudit 4 to 1, offMf Watson Juliua to 1, offered Dawson Hermit 7 to 1.

taken Blosa Vauban to taken J.Day The General 20 to 1 taken J. Dover Van Ainhmsrh 20 to 1, off take 25 to 1 Jo. Dawaoa Star of India 40 to 1, taken W. -iyce Thb Debt. May 22nd.

Male. 9 to 1, offered Gilbert The Rake 9 to 1, taken Sc offered Jo. Dawaon Ewrr.it 100 to 9, taken Blosa Lragon 1C0 to 8, offered Jennings FRENCH DEKBY. LATEST BETTING IN PARIS. The principal feature for this event is the continued support awarded to Count Lagrange's popular favouritf Montgoubert, who was very firm at 5 to 1, and at thac figure was backed to win a large amount of money.

Sevtral investments were made on Major Fridolin's Ferragus and Debut, but more particularly on Fer-ragus, about whom only 12 to 1 could be obtained at the finish. Others were backed at the quotations appended 5 to 1 agst Count F. Lagrange's Montgoubert, taken. 12 to Major Fridolin's Ferragus, offered. 15 to 1 Count F.

Lagrange's Enchanteur, taken. 16 to 1 Count F. Lagrange's Trocatero, wanted. 20 to 1 M. Lupin's Torello, offered.

25 to 1 M. A. tie Montgomery's Fervaiues, taken. 25 to 1 M. A.

tie Montgomery's Lovarot, taken. 25 to 1 Major 1'ridedin'a Debut, taken. 60 to 1 M. J. Keiset Eglantine, taken.

00 to 1 M. P. Aumont's Flambant, taken. 60 to 1 M. P.

Aumont's Capucin, taken. 100 to 1 Count de Sully's Taraxacum, taken. St. Anep, 2 arrived at Alvediston on Tueselay, to he trained by J. B.

Day. PLACUIT. This horse is going through his usual amount of wcrk, and looking as well as ever. Tiger, who ran second for the Crand Mditary Gold Cup at Liverpool on Thursday, was disqualified for run nn the wrong side of the post. Thursday proved another blank day at Tattersall'3 two or three members looking in the afternoon but no business of any kind was transacteeL It ia contemplated, by some of the Newmarket friends of the late H.

Grimshaw, to erect a monument the spot where the fatal accident occurred by which he lost bis life. Nuttall, the jockey, who was thrown while riding Rejoinder in the Liverpool Spring Cup, had the misfortune to break his collar bone, but he is not otherwise so Ptriouely injured aa at first supposed. Match. The Marquis of Hastings's Pantaloon, 5 jtf, is matched against Sir. F.

Johnstone's Kilkenny, aged, owners up, five furlongs, 2ui), ft. To be run on the second day of Epsom Spring Meeting. The Baden St. Leger for lSti7 has closed with 26 entries, including Capt. Mac-hell's Knight of the Garter, Luke of Hamilton's Avron, and the Marquis of Hast-icg's Opoponax and Flying Scud.

EicLn.ond, by Voltigeur, once a confirmed roarer, has been operated upon by Professor Gamgee, and completely curtd. The operation consisted in something being removed from the animal's throat, and so effectual has it proved that the horse has been sent by Mr. Reynolds to the training stable. Charade, 3 yrs, by Stockwell out of Jeu d'Esprit, and Thcrnicroft, 2 yrs, by Thormanby out of Selina, the property of a gentleman giving up racing, will be disposed of by auction at Tattersaii's, oa Monday. On the same day, the notorious Soiled Dove will also ccme to the hammer.

Mr. C. Fermin had a arrow escape on Rossington, in the last race at Liverpool, on Thursday. The horse fell at the gorsed hurdles, and threw his rider most severely. He was carried away insensible, and remained in that state for some time.

No serious consequences are likely to result. Matches at Warwick Scrlnc Meeting. Mr. F. Lowland's The Guide, 5 12at lib, against Mr.

F. Wonsbwell's Katinka, aged, list 101b, owners up, one mile on the fiat, 100, ft. Duke of HamUton's Vet, sed, 15st, against Mr. F. Rowland's The Guide, 5 14st, two mdes, 100, ft.

Mr. R. Herbert's Temple Par, 4 againt Mr. F. Granville's Sfcygne, 5 vre, 12st each, gentlemen riders, one mile, 100, ft.

Ersoai Spring MEETING. -The entries for the Stamford Plate number 58, and for the Heathcote Plate 55. A new race, the Epsom Spring Cup (handicap) of 100 sovs. in plate or specie, added to a sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, for all ages, one mile, is announced to close on the 25th the same time as the Trial Stakes and the United Railway Stakes.

The Durdans Stakes will close on the 26th. Dkrhy Cracks. It is a noteworthy feature that whilst the majority of the bookmen have no money to lay against the Hermit for the Derby, they do not at pear to apply the "limited" principle tei either The Lake or Plaudit. Dragon continues, like Mr. Savde's colt steady in the market, but if advices from the other side be founded on fact, few of the recent investments on the Frenchmen have leen made for his owner.

CtJBlbca Let. In the month of April, ISGfJ, an amateur bookmaker, who has since quitted the turf, laid a fellow member of the Victoria Club 1000 to 10 that it did not snow on the Sth of March, 1367, within four mdes of Charing Cross. The backer of snow, it seems, accepted the odds on the strength of its having snowed on that day for nine years in succession, but though he has won his bet, there is no immediate of landing the stakes, the layer being low tit since last Goodwood Meeting. hlEEiNX HOTEL GROUNDS, MONDAY, Match 11. Gi -at PIGEON SHOOTING MATCH for xn.

between A. bMllH. Ho-yUnd, and D. ALLAN, Barnslny. 23 i iids eat 1.1 o.

shot, 21 yards rise, and 'J0 fall. Fir-t Bird Or.e n'C'lci k. MositJAt: and Tcksuav. jCo, added to a Piv. p.

1 1 shot, IS to 21 yards rise, 60 tall. ri-'IRF AGENCY 100. Jennyn M. ktrett. St.

Jani-s's, Lnndo 1. Mr. SYDNRY SV'Yh (Mt .1 Tiitti ral 0 extent a COM MISSION on aU the irirr it Bncs th shout Mw r. For Pri und ftirthtv t'anu st '-OtJ'JamaT every 1 L'EHDAY, lilL'iidD A o. e.ViT DAY.

1 HIS DAY. PIGKON ROOTING AT HYDE ARK i he uowrad W. SMITH, of Ktlrwfek, and MTE lam-, tt, ar Matrht to Saoot ti i. j- aside, at Twonty-ivel'nr e.h. 1 i t' Shot.

21 Ws ise and 90 Fall Urni the n.Mits the M.r. a ifr-h may be rust Bud Trapped a'. One o'clock. SA TVRDA Before Mr. JUSTICE Smith.

Several actions which were to have come before his Lordship this morning were, with the consent of all parties, transferred to the assizes at Leed3, aad the Judge proceeded with the gaol delivery. Obtaining Goods under at Chijstekfiei.D. L'harLtte HVoy, 16, servant, was charged with obtaiaing some drapery goods under false pretences, the property of John Turner, at Chesterfield, on the 21st of February and on the 2nd of March. There was another indictment charging her with obtaining two pairs of boots under false pretences from John Jerrison, at Chesterfield, on the 26th of February. The prisoner was a domestic servant at Chesterfield, and she obtained the goods in question by representing that they were for her mistress.

She was found guilty of the first charge, and was sentenced to six mouths' hard labour. The second charge was not proceeded with. The Violent Assault at Bakewell. Oeorge Scot-horn, on bail, was charged with maliciously wounding Moses Brumby, with intent to do him grievous boddy harm, at Bakewell, oa the 2th December. The prisoner pleaded gudty, and was sentenced to two months' hard labour.

Chabge of Kir.LiNc, near Chesterfield. William Thompson, on bad, was indicted for killing and slaying Ben Rawson, near Chesterfield, on the 27th August last. The prisoner was a brewer's drayman, and whilst driving his cart at a tolerable fast pace on a public road in the neighbourhood of Chesterfield, he ran over the deceased, who was a little boy, and who was running across the road. The jury returned a verdict of not gudty. Obtaining Monet cnder False Pretences.

Mmry Xeidham, on bad, was found guilty of obtaining several sums of money under false pretences, at North Wirgfield, and he was sentenced to six months' hard labour. Charge of Stealing Oats at Bolsover. Fraacis JrrikibH'i), on bad, was acquitted of the charge of stealing 12 stones of oats and a sack, the property of John Aicy Smith, at Bolsover, on the 12th February. Stealing Money at Hope. Mary Ann soj IB, was acquitted of the charge of stealing lis.

belonging to Wm. Valentine, at Hope, on the 5th February. Robbery at Elmton. Uenr'je Dennis, 20, farm servant, was found not guilty of the charge of stealing stime oats, barley meal, and linseed cakes, the propertv of his master, lleaton Aldam, at Elmton, on the 21th February. Alleged Rape at Bravitton.

Thomas Davcvporf, 15, labourer, was indicted committing a rape on a oirl name Sarah Turner, at Brampton, on the 23rd February. The charge was not clearly proved, and the jury found the prisoner guilty of a criminal assault. He was sentenced to nine months' hard labour. MEXEleO' LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH. The usual monthly meeting of the Mexbro' Local Board of Health was held on Thursday, in the National Schoolroom, Old Mexbro', when the folluvvingmembers were present Messrs.

J. Dickinson (chairman), B. Waddingtcn, C. Dickinson, G. Sutton, V.

Lock.ood, H. J. Mdls, T. Barron, and Verity. The Bye Laws.

The Clerk said that the bye-laws had been deposited at the office of the surveyor, and two copies were ordtrtd to he forwarded to the Secretary of State. The Footpaths. The Clerk drew the attention of the board to a resolution which had been passed at the last meeting, that til 00 should be expended in repairing the footpaths in New Mexbro', which work would have to be let by the motion of Mr DICKINSON it was agreed that the Highway Committee get particulars as to the supply of flags, and the necessary work to be done. The State of the Highways. The Clerk reported that he had received a letter from Messrs.

Hoyle and Son in answer to a communication from the board relative to the state of the roads in New Mexbro'. The lttter stateel that the communication sent should be laid before a mee ting of the trustees oa the 28th ult. He had seen Mr. Hoyle since the meeting, and he informtd him that the surveyor contractor were ordered to put the roads into a proper state of repair. Surveyor's Report.

The Stp.veyor said some of the nuisances he had complained of had been remedied. He drew the attention of the Board to the dangerous state of a wall belonging to the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Company, adjoining the bridge antl Mr. Barker's property. The Clerk was order, to write to the Company relative to the complaint. Building Plans.

The Surveyor reported that a person nraiieel Dicks was erecting two houses in New Mexbro', without any plans being passed by the Board. The Building Committee decided to view the buildings. The Parish Whabf. The Surveyor drew the attention of the Board to the fact that Henrv Duke had for seme time taken care of the wharf belonging to the parish. He unde rstood that he paid a small rent to ecrae persta.

The wharf belonged to the parish, and it would be well if some agreement could be come to between the Board and Duke. It was resolved that a nominal rent of lbs. per annum should be paid; and the Clerk was instructeel to draw up aa agreement to that effect. The Meeting Room of the EoAim. Mr.

MrT.L3 said he had inquired with respect to the Board holding its meetings in the Mexbro' New Reading Room. The Committee offered to rent the Board the room for 1 per year, and he thought it would be a very suitable meeting place. The Chairman said the Board were wishful to keep down the expenses. They met in the present place for nothing, and should the Reading Room Society collapse they would then be without a meeting place. The subject then elropped, and the Board adjourned.

Mrs. Thompson, Bedford street, North Shields, having beea delivered of three childrea at a birth-two boys and a girl who are all living aad doing wed has, through Dr. Bates, received 3 from the (Queen's bounty. Rifle ASSOCIATION. A subscription has teen entered into at York to provide a silver challenge cup, of the value of to be competed for at the prize meeting of the above association on Strensall CVmrnon, in June next.

i M.niv'- Piixr. -Mtil irinal FxrelleriPe. To purify bo'h oUqs ard tluuis composiBj? the human to ly, to e'eane with-Ut weakPTurpr and itmm'a'c without irr.t itinif, anv tn'd orpan; to eonfinn each n-ffulai and correct each faulty fune turn art- the nmits rtwn.rd for HoUowby Puis. And hove vorderfully they msnjay these qwditiea is etp. nencHl hy mui-titnom Wfeo voluntarily rcord the 'urts this purifvine m-ai-rine has effected- To the so-called bilious these Pills are iwenjw iMp.

rs they promote the of Mv. and liaWnifTdrrert passage to and through the how ls. Ilolu litis have prov.d themst iws tl. -r, th. l.f funr- urder a complication nervous id 1 ji hich were slowly and Certainly WtatUtg out to'h bociy atd mind.

which he took in the alleged purchase of the goods and chattels of Samuel Ibbotson, on the Stonelow Farm. The evidence was ia effect that he was about taking a contract for the building of a reservoir at Chesterfield, and hearing that there was stone on Ibbotson's farm, and that he was about to leave the farm, he entered into an agreement for the purchase of it, and gave bdls for the purchase money and a cheque for 20. Some portion of the evidence referred to an affidavit male by Boeklington, and, with the consent of his Lordship, Mr. Fit james Stephen read the whole of the affidavit to the On Mr. Walton coming to the evidence given by Gee, Mr.

Maule objected to its being read and received. To proceed with the evidence given by Gee in the interpleader issue was irrelevant, unless the prosecution proceeded to raise an attempt as to its veracity. Lordship overruled the objection, and Mr. Walton was allowed to read Mr. Gee's evidence.

Mr. Allsopp, managing clerk to Messrs. Eyre and Lawson, solicitors, London, gave some formal evidence as to the ac-ion Ibbotsoa r. Beat, which was tried at the Derbyshire Assizes in March last, and which went against Ibbotson. He proved the taxing of costs, and stated tht result of a conversation which he had with Mr.

Burt, Mr. Cutts' agent, which was in effect that if Messrs. Eyre and Lawson gave a few'days' time, they would have their costs, but that if they did not, they would not have them. In confirmation of that statement, Mr. Burt produced to him a letter which he (Mr.

Cutts' agent) had received from Mr. Cutts. Witness then gave evidence to the effect that finding the costs were not paid in a few days an execution was taken out against Ibbotson's goods to recover the costs which amounted to i'144 and he also gave evidence as tcthe action tried last summer, to ascertain whether the goods and chattels on Stonelow Farm belonged to Ibbot Eon or In answer to Mr. Seymour, witness said he thought the concluding portion of the letter shown to him by Mr. Burt was, The defendant's attorney must take hia own course." He could not be quite certain as to whether tliat was really in the letter, but he was sure that Mr.

Burt made use of such an expression By Mr. Overend The words in the letter, as far as I can remember, were, "If th-v give two or three days, they will get their money if they don't they won't. The defendant's attorney must take his own course." Alfred James Harrison, clerk in the office of Messrs. Eyre and Lawson, proved going to Mr. Burt's office on the 2f'th March.

He sa Mr. Burt, and told him that Messrs. Eyre and Lawson wculd consent to give time, and not the execution till after the Easter boh days. Samuel Ibbotson, examiaed by Mr. Overead, said I am a farmer, and formerly occupied Stoneleiw Farm.

I occupied it till April, 1866. 1 have known Mr. Cutts several years, during which time he has acted as my solicitor. We were on friendly terms, and he has often been at my house. The farm adjoined the Duke of Rutland's moors, where there is a large quantity of grouse.

My land was not heather, but was all cultivated. I used to shoot grouse on it Mr. Over-end And I need not tell you where they came from. (Laughter. continued: Mr.

Cutts came on my land to shoot in August, 1864. He first came to shoot by invitation, and afterwards he came several times during the season. He used sometimes to briag friends with him In 1 S04, there was a quarrel about Mr. Cutts shooting on my land, the keepers to the Duke of Rutland complaining about his being allowed to shoot the grouse. 1 told Mr.

Cutts 1 did not want to go to law with the Duke, and he said I need not fear about that he would find the law, and the Duke would find the money. The action which then resulted was settled by i'15 being paid into court, and Mr Cutts did not charge for his services. I did not receive the a. 15, but I believe it was accounted for by Mr. Cutts in his account.

Mr. Nesfield, tue agent to the 1 )nke of Rutland, offered me 50 a year not to shoot the grouse on my land nor allow any one else to shoot it I told Mr. Cutts of that, and 1 b-lieve he arranged with Mr. Nesfield to that ffect. I wa3 to sh ot partridge but not grouse.

In September, I asked Mr. Cutts whether he had received the 50 from Mr. Nesfitld, and he replied that he had not. I told him he had better write for it aud get it. About a week or fortnight afterwards, Mr.

Cutts came up to my house with a gun in his hand. He told me he was going to Letchfield, which was part of the farm, and I said I thought he was not to shoot. He replied, They have turned round and won't pay the money." I said I am sorry for that, because the money woidd do me more good than the He then said, I can afford to pay you as well as they," and he desired me to fetch my gum I did so, and after that he came two or three times a week. All the gronse which Cutts shot he took away. In consequence of Peat and other keepers having trespass, on my land, Cutts commenced an action agamst them, but he said he did not wish it to gi.

on his own name, but he would guarantee me against al! costs The action, therefore, was in name, and the verdict went against me. He never ue gai-cs. ar i 113 in puLung 1 nanus no o-t, ana Kaying, "You don't leave here to-night. What did that mean If the poor woman had not interfered at that moment, the jury might have been tovesturattng charge of an ither character against the prison -r, to wh, ht. need not more particularly refer.

He argu. that, throughout the whole case, the conduct of the prisoner was the drunken, capricious, violent con duct of a man heated with liquor. He was not at tempting to excuse him on the ground of drunken mt 68, but all he wished to say was that an habitual drunkard was for the most part a rt 1 madman he acted without a rational preparati of the means to the end, and did whatever his brutal passions prompted. Mr. Stephen combated the notion that the prisoner object was to drown his wire and be asked if he wished to drown -r, why did he not throw her into the water It may be said that did not do so because lijgc Sellers and the other SeJl( rs were coming up at the time.

It was not known tnat he ever saw them till his wife called out to them to coin to her and certainly their inflicted no sort of restraint upon him, because it ha I beer proved that he went on with the mo-t bnital part of Lie caduct when the elder Sellers and his son were only tvro or three yards off. His acts throughout anst be judged of as the of a maa'whi wa mad drunk. He insisted that the only probable version of the case was that the poor woman drowned herself whilst the perfectly well kn-sw Lat ehe wa about, at. what would be the consequence of her act, and he suggested another probable rea for her -ommitting suicide, that most likely it was when her husband'- brutal coadtict ha 1 reachsd ik height, tbat she saw the waters of the dam, and saving to Here's an end of it," rushed ino the waters If that wa true, then the prisoner wouli be morally guilty of her death, but he would not be gudtv in 1 gel sens, and would be entitled to au acquittal. Q'he cry of the husband, Her's in the water 'fcotetwoSelhnrs was that consistent with wilful murder It might said that tbat was a blind but then the pri.

ner ha 1 shown no ingenuity he was not a man to prepar. L.m-elf with a refined blind: he kad si i thing but downright brutal violence. One of the last points touched upon in favour of the prisoner by the learned counsel wa- the remark which fee made to the police inspector when he was apprehended, bis had drowned herself, and "that Hoger and Dicky Sellers knew." There was a "rave doubt as to the legal zuiH of the pri-oner, and, in conclusion, be implored the jury to give hi3 client the btntflt ol the doubt. The Judge then carefully summed up, explaining the law as it bow upon the case. He told the jury that if the woman wa- pushed into the water by the prisoner, or if fearing death from the hands of her husband she jumped into the water, in order to escape from hi? violence or if she was sc abused that she lost her Benses and walked into the water whilst she wa- in an insensible state, then they must return a verdict of guilty.

But if on the other hand, they believed that she walked into the WiiU-r, being at the time perfectly sensible, and that her object in destroyin-r ten-elf was rot because she feared death at "her husband's bands, then they mast acquit the prisoner, although even he would be morallv guilty oi nor ueaui. an commenting upon the evidence, the Judge's remarks were somewhat in favour of the prisoner, his Lordshi impressing upon them that a-the prisoner was at charged he must eithpr be found guilty murder or rutted. It they acquitted him, doubtless another charge would be preferred against bim that of wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm. Tbe jurv retired to consi let their verdict, and aftr i being absent about tLim-tiv. minutes they returned iato Court, and amidst bnathl-ss lence the- foreman said they found the prisoner guilty, but they recommended him to mercy.

His Lordship Oa what ground, gentlemen, do you recommend bim to mercy The Foreman We b. II that he was the cause of the death of the woman that hc went iato the water, not knowinp at the time wht she was doing. We also believe that the prisoner was not quite sober at the time. We would further state that there ia no evi dence and that is our principal reason for recommending the prieoner to mjcy that there is no evi- Hltnaillg IT" IUUC IB Ue) d.mc. to prove that be did put he; into the water.

the same time, we believe that his misconduct al same ljlu, 'Ue caused her to fro un-o me Hh- Ixjrdship You mean tht lie deprived her of the power of knowing what she was doing The Foreman es. The prisoner, on being call, op. a to s.iy why sen- wire accepting the bill for the money you "Witness: No. I did not. (Laughter.).