The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-03-26 00:00:00

TWO ENGLISHMEN MURDERED IN.

BUENOS AYRES.

Particulars have been received of the death of Mr.
Robert Bald, 8.A., Cambridge. second son of Mr. J, ho
Bald, Wells, Roxhurghshire. The deceased was cruelly
murdered, on the 22nd of January, at his eatancia,
about twelve miles from Rosario, Santa F 4, Buenos
Ayres. On the evening of that day two natives
arrived and purchased 150 sheep, when it was arranged
that they should rtmain over the night and remove
the sheep next day. On the following day Mr. Bali
was found murdered in his hou-e, his body pierced
with many wounds. Henry Tait, a boy of fourteen,
who was in his service, shared the same fate, having
been in bed in an adjoining room. It is believed
that the crime was perpetrated between nine and
eleven o'clock, and that Mr. Bald was treacherously
stabbed while sitting at his table, on which a book was
found lying open. He appears to have sprung up in
order to defend himself, !tattle room gave all the indica-
tions of a violent struggle, and there were numerous
wounds in his arms. Two boxes were ransacked, and
several &Wake. including Mr. Bald's watch and re-
volver, were stolen..

Thi diabolical crime has caused a most painful sen-
sation throughout the province, and the President of
the Argentine Republic immediately offered a reward
of 5,000 dole. (£1,000) for the capture of the murderers.
One ha been taken, and has confessed his guilt, but
refne,s to give any information as to hie accomplice.
Mr. Edward Bald, a young& brother of the deceased,
and who hail only been a couple of months in the
country, was at Ro iatio on the day of the murder, lie
haa travelled over a great part of the country since, in
search of the other assassin, who has hitherto escaped
detection.

The lamentable event has been reported to the Earl
of Clarendon, who immediately forwarded instructions
to her Majesty's Chargd d'Aflaites at Buell. Ayres to
afford every asoistauce in hie power in bringing the
murderers to juAtice.
Mr. Bald was a young man of high principle, of a
frank and genial nature, and of an accomplished mind.
His many amiable qualities endeared him to his own
family and a large circle of friends, by whom his un-
timely fate is deeply deplored.

"LLOYD v. INGRAM AND OTHERS."
At the Lewes mgt.,a the trial of the above case, which
commenced before Mr. Justice Keating and a special Jury on
Tuesday morning in last week, waif concluded on Monday
afternoon by a verdict for the dot end ants.

The questi in involved was the title of a narrow
strip of land, lying between the embonchement of the
river Adur, at Shoreham and a spot to the westward
of Brighton, comprising altogether about eighty-eight
acres and running along the sea coast for about a mile
and three-quarters. A portion of the land was lately
sold at the rate of £l,OOO per acre, and no doubt
the large price obtained upon that occasion led to the
present costly litigation. Colonel Carr Lloyd, the
„plaintiff claimed the land as being within the ambit of
the manor of Lancing, of which he is the lord. During
the last century the manor was for some years attached
to the Goring family, from whom it passed to the
Biddulphs. In 1827 it was conveyed to Sir James
Lloyd, who died in 1844. He by his will devised it to
his only child, a daughter, and she in turn devised it
to her stepmother—her father's second wife. In 1858
Lady Lloyd died, leaving her property to her nephew,
Colonel Carr, who thence assumed the name of Lloyd.
He is the plaintiff in the present proceedings.
The contention on the part of the Ingram family—
was that although the land in dispute might be
within the ambit of the manor r f Lancing it was not
part of the waste of the manor. They laid no claim
to manorial or reignorial rights in regard to the land
that might or might not belong to the plaintiff as lord
of the manor of Lancing; what they claimed was
a possossory title to the use and occupation of
the land, founded upon an undisputed ownership
extending over a long series of years. The pos-
sessory title was quite distinct from the manorial
rights claimed by the plaintiff, and which might have
been exercised by him and his predecessors. This was
the second occasion on which the question had been
submitted to a jury, the verdict upon the former
occanion, after six days' trial, being in Livour of the
plaintiff. However, that finding having been net amide
as being against the weight of the evidence, the result
of • seven days' trial has been to establish the defend-
ants' title. _

The trial of last summer was heard before Mr. Jtup
tice Wines.