The Express.
London, England, 1862-03-15 00:00:00

NORTHERN CIRCUIT...-YORI, MARCH 14.

NISI PIUS COURT.—(Batore Mr. Juatioa Wines and a
Special Jury.)

ROGERS r. LEADER LED OTHEIUL—LIBEL.
Mr. °reread, Q.C., and Mr. Quaid, were for the plain-
tiff ; Mr. Edward James, Q.C., and Mr. Hemplay for the
defendants.
This was an action for libel against the proprietors of the
Medd and Rotherham Independent. Mat Rogers the
plaie,tiff was a widow, 40 year of age, and is the matron of
the Iffseffield Workhouse. She went to Sheffield in 1850,1 EXECUTION OT THE WINDSOR MURDERER.—The
when the obtained the situation of matron. After she man John Could, who murdered his daughter at Windsor,
led reemieed there about A year she married Mr. Rogers, on the 13th of December last, while in a half-drintken state,
the limner of the workhouse, who died in 1061. Yrora I suffered the extreme penalty of the law at Reading Gaol
Mere in that year the plaintiff had still continued as the yesterday, at twelve o'clock The culprit 000 ducted him.
enetroo of the workhouse. In April last • new board 1 self with great coolness when fitst incarcerated, but Ml-
el guardians was appointed. When the remission of ! emitted his guilt, and fully anticipated sentence of death.
the duty cants into operation, in October last, the 1 He became very penitent after his trial, and made every
/udernitifent, which until then had bees a weekly, I preparation for the awful change. A number of letters
home • dailY Mei, The Sheffield bused of gutirdllwis I were written by him to his wife and other relatives and
allowed reporter to be present at their mesiWp, 1)4 It ' friends, iu which he acknowledged the justness of the men.
was submitted that • report of a meeting of • Weed of i truce, and made copious extracts from scripture which non.
guardians was not • privileged communicatson in any re. ; tamed premises of mercy to the sinner. An interview took
apart The libel complained of appeared in the newspaper " place betweenhim and his wife on Tuesday, which lasted
named on • certain day in Novem , end was contained in for three hours. Gould bars • very
.bad character la
• report of the meeting of the guardians, at which a report 1 Windsor ; be had been several times imprisoned, and wee •
wee presented by certain members of the visiting eons.. low, drunken fellow. It will be remembered that he cut
oaten. The. ',rot which appeared in the Independent hie poor child's throat while the mother was absent, tied
was headed as follows :—" Curious discoveries by the visit- ' then threw the body out of doors. Up to Thursday eight
Reiruiw
hag committee
Thereport of the committee was then' stroag efforts were made by influential parties in be
gives, and they stated that they had examined the coffer of . obtain a reprieve from the Home-office, on the rem&
the workhouse, where a quantity_ of !moon, beef, hams, ' Gould was labouring under aberration of mind
ke., was found. It was saM for the plaintiff that drink Whig a particular effect from injuries he had r►
it was insinuated in this particular report that there wised in hie lead) when he committed the crime, but these
had been a disocway of stolen property, sod an aspersion proved neavoilleg. The unhappy man mounted the
east on the character of the pbuotiff On this report being scaffold why a gra step.
Pitigh,,__lrd ca the 21st
.._a a November, plaintiff ._atigri___,_,_......segeime I We find Du BAzzy's FooD the Safest remedy for
4 mor.l6oolll.MS,wou SWAM In the injury she .... lemeess, c0,,,ti,..„,,,,, 'mammal calraparrie, cenp=ffiarrhoia, ail
esneolted her tor, and this action was brought. The gastric7itz..d... . ihmitb., sms.maty,
difeedeote were waists to, after which a notice vas in- steeeleoneea Sidi, 1210. . flilbill• •=Bo7=
meted to the some joual to the effect that the report was colds, asthma,
correct and Impartial, sad if Mn. Rogers or her fries& disorders, dehliiV7-17111TMILL- De. Murrg. Pe. Sher.
Meted to mews, or ea** the proprietor, would be
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to give it a plows in their columns. In bringing her action th.—.. ... a___ __, r,„..... ......_,......a Imam r me
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