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MILITIA PAY BILL

This bill was read a third Canonici passed.
CORRUPT PRACTICES PREVENTION ACT CON-
TINUANCE BILL

This bill was read a third time and passed.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS (OFFICER FOR AC-
_ s s KNOWLEDGMENT OF DEEDS) BILL.

This bill was raid it third time sad imiesei
QUEEN'S PRISON DISCONTINUANCE (1862) BILL.
This DM wee reed a third time sad pried.
CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) BILL.
This bill passed Omagh committee.

BANKRUPTCY ACT (Inn AMENDMENT BILL.
In onumittes oe this bill a clause wu inserted preventing
county court judges frees sitting in parliament.
BURIAL BOARDS (MORTGAGE OF RATES) BILL.
This bill was read a second time.

GUNPOWDER ACT AMENDMENT BILL
This MU pawed through ocuoraittoe.

COUNCIL OF MEDICAL EDUCATION BILL.
This bill was reed a wood time.
ELECTIONS DURING RECESS BILL.
This bill was read a third time and passed.
JUDGMENTS LAW AMENDMENT (IRELAND)
(STAME DUTY).
A resolution was pared ia ocaaauttes fixing the 'tamp
duty ea regiatratioa at ss.

JITDOKENTS LAW AMENDMENT BELL.
On the motion for going into menzeittee on this bill,
Colonel FRENCH objected to the hones going into orest.
mitts*, and a dismission ensued, in the comae of which an
Hog. MJOII/1 moved that the Mom be counted, and Uwe
not being forty members present the home adjourned at
25 minutes to 10 o'clock.

tab) inttllignue.
EQUITY COURTS.—JuLY 26.
(Before the Lords Justioso of Appeal.)

AI4PINWALL V. WINDBAII.
Mr. T. H. Terrell applied for an ex parte injunction to
restrain the trustees of the marriage settlement of Mrs. '1
Windham from parting with the purchase money for the
sale of two annuities, the one immediate of 9001., the
other prospective for 1,5001., to which she was entitled
under the settlement, until the plaintiff's demand was satis-
fied out of it. It appeared that immediately after the
termination of the late proceedings under the commission
of lunacy spinet her husband, Mrs. Windham
and her husband separated. The lady had taken
a house in Wastbourne-terrace, to furnish which she had
applied to the plaintiff, an upholsterer. He bad consented
to do so, upon having the estimated price of the furniture,
about 3,0001., secured upon the said annuities; and an agree-
ment to that effect had been entered into. In the mean-
time a negotiation had been going on between Mrs. Wind-
ham and her trustees on the one side, and Mr. Windham
and his relations on the other, for the purchase by the latter
of the two annuities, which had resulted in the annuities
being purchased for 25,0001., part of which had been paid
over to a Mr. Phineas Davis, the solicitor for Mrs. Wind.
ham and her trustees. The same application was made
yesterday to the Master ot the Rolls, who had
refined it on the ground that, in his opinion, notice of the
plaintiff's demand to the trustees would be a sufficient pro-
tection to the xilaintiff.
Their lordships granted au interim injunction covering
Tuesday next, with leave to serve notice of motion at the
sitting of the court on that day.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

NORTHERN OIRCIIIT.—Yost, JULY 24.

CROWN Contr.—(Beime Mr. Justice Mellor.)
The Rev. John Limey, incumbent of St. Philip's Church,
Sheffield, was indicted far making a fake entry of a burial
on the 3rd day of April last, and also for giving a false car.
tillage of the same burial on the sth of June.
Mr. Pries, Q.C., mid Mr. Hannay appeared for the prose-
cution ; Mr. Bliss, Q.C., and Mr. Blanahard defended the
prisoner.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty.
On being called upon at the close of the day if he had
anything to say why sentence abould not be pained upon
The prisoner, who is a middle-aged man, wished to make
a few observations. He had left the awe hitherto in the
hands of his counsel; but he wished to appeal to all who
had known him during the long period that ha had fulfilled
the duties of a clergyman for the truth of his assertion that
he was incapable of stating a falsehood. He protested that
be had seta on the information given to him in the ordi-
nary course, and, us he believed, according to the law. He
now learnt that he had been mistaken. He had oo motive
to make any false entry, and had no intention to do so.
His lordship, in passing sentence, said he fully believed
his assertion, but he was bound to give effect to the verdict.
If he could by law have imposed a fine on him, he would
have done so ; but he should peas sentence of a very short
term of imprisonment upon him. The sentence of the
court was that he be imprisoned without hard labour for
the term of three weeks, which would date from the com-
meecement of the assizes.

bane Howard, the sexton of St. Philip's Church at Shef-
field, was then indicted for indecently disturbing and taking
away dead bodies from the burial•grotind of the said church
on the 3rd June last.

Mr. Hannay and the Hon. F. S. Wortley prosecuted, and
Mr. Mauls and Mr. Kyd defended the prisoner.
The offence charged against the sexton was that he had
removed the bodies of various children which had been
buried three or four years, to make room for other bodies,
and had removed these to the catacomb, or pit, in the
cemetery. The relatives of some of these children bad
!Redo search and found their remains bad been removed
and other bodies placed there. It was proved that they
had been removed and the coffins piled one on the other in
the pit, and in some cases, where the remains had been
decayed, the coffin boards had been piled up in the coach-
house. The discovery of these circumstances had created
a great tumult in Sheffield, and the prisoner's house bad
been set fire to and burnt down, with all that was in it, be
himself having a narrow escape. The details given in proof
were of a very horrid and harrowing description to the re-
latives.

The defence set up was, that it was the duty of the pri-
soner, as sexton, to find room in the churchyard for the
number of burials required, and that these children buried
in ground not purchased for them had, when presumed to
be decayed, been removed to make room for others by the
proper person whose duty it was to do it, and that in this
there was no offence to public decency. He also contended
that there was no traipses committed, as what the prisoner
had done was with the assent of the Bev. Mr. Livesey, the
incumbent.

the jury almost immediately found the prisoner Guilty,
and he was sentenced to be imprisoned for three calendar
mouths with hard labour.

WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Doselizennt, JULY 25.

(CRows Court —Before Mr. Justice Keating.)
TEL PRESTON MURDER.

John Cox, 39, labourer, was indicted for the wilful
murder of Adam Stapleton Puckett, at Preston cum-Sutton
Point=, on the Bth July.

Ifr. Stock and Mr. Bice were counsel for the prosecution •
and Mr. Turner, at the request of the Judge, defended the
prisoner.
The deceased, Adam Stapleton Puckett, wee • surgeon
and apothecary, residing at Broadway. He was also
the union doctor for • certain district, in which
the pariah of Preston Sutton Pointe was situated.
In this parish were two villages, the prisoner
living in the village of Preston. The house in
which he resided was a poor cottage, consisting of only
two rooms, inhabited by the father, mother, the prisoner,
and his two brothers. Previous to this ied event, the
prisoner had been in • state of ill health, and for weeks
had been attended by the deceased Dr. Puckett. From the
state of the cottage and the prisoner's health, it had been
deemed bytthe deceased advisable to remove him to the
Union Workhouse for the recovery of his health, • proceed-
ing to which the prisoner wu greatly opposed. On the
afternoon of the Bth of July, Mr. Puckett, and Mr. White
the relieving officer went over to Preston for the
of removing the prisoner to the unionhouse. purpose
gate of the garden, they were met by the father of
the prisoner, end had some conversation with him. . Mr.
White then proceeded to the Ship inn, in the adjoining
village to prxure • horse and cart for the purpose of
taking the prisoner to the union, while Mr. Puckett went
into the house to see the deceased and to prepare him for
being removed. The next door neighbour seeing Mr.
Puckett go into the Louse, and knowing what his mission
was, had the curiosity to go to her back window to listen to
what was going on. She there heard • very loud discussion
going on between the prisoner and the deceased. At length
the prisoner got very violent. She then went out
and saw Mr. Puckett holding the door. She saw
two of her neighbours, and fearing the violence of
the prisoner they went back into her house and looked
out of the window. They then saw the prisoner
striking the deceased with a stick several times. He
next went to • neighbour for some bandy, which was given
him through fear, and he then returned to his house, pro-
cured a saw, and cut off the hand, head, and foot of the de-
cased surgeon. Having dope this, he took a somewhat
circuitous route through the fields to Osmiogtoo. He
went away in • somewhat curious garb, having no trowsers
on, but which he took away with him in a bag and subse-
quently put on. At Osmiegton he was taken into custody,
when he admitted that be had committed the murder.
The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty, on the
ground of insanity.
The judge then ordered that the prisoner be kept in are
custody during her Majesty's pleasure.
The prisoner, who appeared thoroughly conscious of his
position during the proceedings, manifested the greeted
satisfaction with the verdict of the jury, and ran down the
steps with the greatest agility.

THE POLICE COURT&

BOW-STREET.

Joiepk Hughes, a fishmoopr's assistant, was
with forgiog the signature of liiimpkin, Marshall, solar,
to • Post-ofiice order for 5/.
The prosecution was conducted by Mr. Peacock, from the
office o! the solicitor to the Post-offloe.
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Charles L. Hose, paying-clerk in the Mosey order office,
at Upper Homerton, deposed that the order produced was
presented for peyroeot at 12 o'clock that day, by the
vitae, Edwari Hughes, being already signed. The
wk-
nee also handed in • piece of piper on which was written
the name of " J.Grundy, Maidstone," purporting to be that
of the person who sent the order. Some questions were
put to him which were not answered to the satisfaction of
witness, and then Hughes said, " He had received the
order from hie brother." He gave his own address, sad
stated that be was a fialimooser at Bi/liagegate.
Edward Hafiwit, the person who presented the order,
deposed that it wee given to him by his brother, the pri-
soner, who asked him to go and get it embed for him. He
knew nothing more about it.
The post-office constable stated that is ecesequenes of
information received, he went to the primmer and asked him
if he had given his brother the order is qwwtioa. He re-
plied, " Yee, I did." Oa his way to the aft, the primer

said, " I was a fool to give it to him, for I might Lave
kaown that it would not be paid,.. f Picked it up in a pane
of paper this morning, in Botoloblane." He admitted that
he wrote the signature, .•Silupkin, Marshall, and
Mr. W. H. Miles. partner in the firm of Sampan, and
Oa, proved that the signature was a forgery, and the pi.
soar a total stranger to him. The Meter containing th,
order bad MTV Wee received by the firm.
The
edited risone, who declined to my anything, w..,
for triaL