The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-15 00:00:00

THE SHOCKING MURDER IN YORKSHIRE'

On Friday last, the adjourned inquest touching then
deaths of Luke and Elizabeth White, was held at the
Cross Daggers Inn, Bolton, before Thomas Badger, Esq.
The coroner read a letter from Sir George Grey, statieg
that government would give a reward of £lOO in ad
tion to any local subscription for the same purpose. „
George Grey also stated that he would advise
Majesty to grant a pardon to any accomplice, not belll%
the person who actually conaniitted either of the murder°.
A letter was also read from Mr. Burman, surgeon;
and which he wished to be appended to the outscore
formerly given by him. Mr. Burman says :
at the position in which the bodies were foon°_
I am sure you will agree with me, that the murders wet7e,
committed by a left handed person. Both bodies were
found with their faces downwards, and their ''hose,;
towards the place where the murderer must have%•,
staneing ; the mortal blows in both instances hllo,
been inflicted on the right side of the head, The Stu
derer must have been face to race with the woman. st;te,
the probability is that such was also the case withoe
hush ind. Mr. Barman conelueed by saying teat
more I consider the case, the more am I convinced e,
if any well•grounded suspicion should fall e'pon
individual as the perpetrator of this diabolical teniruin
—Looking
the free use of the left hand will be the e°/„ eer
feature in the conviction of the man. Tee (ilia'
having sent to Swinton for a witness who was stiteuerl
have been the last seen in the shop of deceased, reins'
that Mr. White was a most methoelical u3anf soft
never heard. or knew of a man keeping aceountsec,o4 ors'
minute matters. He even found an entry in floe:
penny given to him by some person for the Bane °` f age,
George White, of Bolton-upon Dearne, 25 years ° with
platelayer on the North Midland Railway,
his mother, who keeps the Gray Horse beerhouse• 530
On Thursday night week I left my mother's house
minutes after nine o'clock, and went to the shop 6_, •
late Luke White, who was writing at the desk, ha"rigtee'
horserng over his shoulder. I asked him for a 9VO*
of coffee and other articles', for which I gave Pi lee
shilling, and he gave. me the change out of itee,ice
(deceased) put the shilling in a wash-leather purse
he put in his pocket. I remained in the shel) '
five minutes and remarked that it wasvet
weather. Fie said, " Yes ; but I think the Wager
softened a little. I don't think the storm is g°lllglf it
Ile then wished me good night. I left hinive!''...-Pettl!
the desk. I then proceeded straight home.- I met oe`e -toe,
in the road bet Ween Mr.Marsden'e,the clergymansileet'
and White'sshop. He was a man rather taller than° ,'wef
I did not know him. When I went to the shop the dlboat
latched. I lifted up the latch and the bell rang,awd '•
in. I did not see Mrs. White, nor did I hear her SP-to
The first person I told about being in the shop wtese
mother. Mr. White had his can and spectacles en ;loss
I saw him. To a Juryman : I did not observe th°0101(
of the man. He had a cap on, but I did not see eneeeeld
in his hand. If he had been a Belton man '
have known him. William White, constable, etie.edsi*
object in passing backwards and forwards be
morning was to get the memorial for a constatnn;oo.
kept permanently, signed. There was also a
alert
mendation signed by deceased and the other ratePlesS•
in favour of his appointment. The Coroner said !Ilene,-
sorry to fin•l that a report had been circulated anZejetsr
lished in some of the Sheffield papers, in which iffy
the constable, was stated to have been aetprehend°lthe
considered it was due to Mr. White, the cotistable,•ancoo.
public, to show that the deceased, who signed the flea.
mendation of White, the constable, was on the be e, get
with him, as was sufficiently shown by his desir°,„r
s
him reappointed. John Thomas, one of the De" bid
pointel officers under Colonel Cobbe, stated that h°_,ol, •
been in Bolton, with the exception of a short i,t7•001."
since Saturday ; and, in concert with the suleett_,, to
ents of police, had been engaged in 'endeavotenrie,
discover the perpetrators of the murders; bat II! bei,
• b al
sorry to say, that, up to the present ti e, ° •v. •
not been able to get any clue. The Coronet' thellolo
that the police had received a letter from some Pt,leige:
Rotherham. which he would first read. After 'eeees'
the letter, Mr. Badger said, that at the present °tire Of
, the proceedings. he did not think it should be 07 rjo
made public. He should, therefore, leave the let`eoeli
the hands of the police, who, he had no dottlett;oo
make the best use of it. There being no more ell fleet
to lay before the jury, the Coroner said, he did not'opso
that the jury could do better than to return at r;00;t:
verdict of wilful murder against some person or Pea,. be.
unknown. From all that he bad seen and 11°Irreeret:
was afraid the unfortunate couple were nin,.,,,tes
front malice, for if booty had really been the nuigeof
the murders, there was certainly no evidence fit tbsfr,
that any robbery had taken place. He must se4keelf
during the many years he had been the coroner, I' i thef
no case that had, excited more sympathy T
wit-he lob
and the country than the present. it of
thought that it would be desirable to have the el pot
postponed, be had not the least objection, as he meicielK•
consider that the time and labour given in the e`; ale
tion of this mysterious murder would be thrown -fiiver°
It was entirely for the jury to say. The jury aurds°
short consultation, returned a Verdict of wilful 111Acjitiot
against some person or persons unknown. 10 tole'
to the reward of £lOO offered by government, se_,7ipiOg
the principal residents of Bolton and the el AO
townships have already subscribed upwards ° '
towards the discovery of the assassins.
ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENG°
. held is
The half yearly meeting of the above society wag .0
London on Saturday, R Parker, Esq., vice presidentft,ecrr
chair. The proceedings were opened by Mr. Hudson,. '11"fos
tary, reading the half-yearly report of the Council, vibtaceeel
in substance to the following effect :--There were auraids
5,020 members, and the income was gradually ilgre,nfosor
The Council expressed its thanks to prof 6
Wade and Mr. Symonds—to the former lei
lectures on weer drainage,. and the cheno" sad
perties of bodies connected with agriculture,
riosil
to the latter for his lectures on the °tee Or
science, and on diseases incidental to animals. EefeWiles
made to the steps taken by the Council in the distrib,uo
prizes at the Chelmsford meeting for the best sPecit tits
various agricultural machines, and it was stated gibs ft jfit
would be given at the agriculturalmeeting Sial,sisblitrfe
the best drilling machines reaping e mowing ("" fie,
ttic
£5OO for a steam machine.' Amon otilemp°rile for ca t 0
was to' be given for the best short horns, and the saw,:ieelterel
~,,
the best Herefords and Devons ; £l3O for the best at Ilior
horses ; £llO for best South Down, Leicester, °A
The total sum thus to be distributed' was £2,155' had' beitd-1'
received The Cbhya trhtneaEn
Earl
lidof tchaiatreinmdpooartafrnutminhfeoerm
matai
at Pernambuco, which his lordship had kindly forwarceeir-,4
president of the society for the information of the 7
Tho following is an extract from the consul's letter: lesof,
"Consulate of Pernambuco,.PerPs°
6.
u‘d‘rsAllifin9ys tLrtuhocia.dtti,o—iniaslvoifohave Much satisfaction ',in ittPrfird- .
0g
yloor
gthetetheuotfedNMomavyy,llBrBeB;ls2B,rsc6il:llB:srie
urge 9D
succeeded in discovering the existence of nitrates
titles in this empire. The gentleman who has it-50,9t-t., t."-
mountains
this service writes to inform me that he has
northwest of Ipee for sixty miles, • an",,,,e,,,e„jods ,
the stratum of carbonate of soda extends th'e.wit,t eeitsPeel.
A vote of thanks was unanimously passed
and in any quantities. "11. •AUGIISTne'v:
thiTs
isemersyevcarelutaa e
Clarendon for his kindness in placing at the sot:lett/6' t,P7I
rbylethceoartimretiaudictihtieonf.oll • ' istsite°'
owing -6020,„._ •
for the half-year
RECEIPTS
Balance in the *heads of
the bankers, Jan. le gee, • o,i
1836. 8 n
Members' annual subscriptions::.• • • •3°- 0 "
Chelmsford. • , 200 00,
. . s
GoVernment snbscriptions: •'a 2 •
Makiug with sundry small items a total 81)
of -' s
5.
ri
expeensrua FOR THE HALF 11"411'6 46 - 6
0
Established charges • •
•• 631 • 0
Journal payments. .. •
• 0' 0 0
Chemical investigations, .. . • 16' g 05.4 6
Permanent charges.
Country meetings—linColn- • • " j;
•• 716 : 6
Carlisle. • •
.- 771 15
1 6
•
" Chelmsford. ••' 9 1
Balance inthe banker, June 30 -
the hands of •••
•"'29 •e
• With sundry smaller
sums. hi •
A vote oe h „eopose le! •
t thanks to the chairman was r•ee elaseeeeig
Trebo •
_e nair, and carried unanimously and the c"g"it 'ao''t
w brief observations, returned his warmest' thgwelreil° ise
•
that he should always feel a warm and enthusiastic '".nitstbe', •
edl
the agricultural prosperity of England. The Prnce
terminated. • • il•
Thtlr
'Oe , the
FATAL CoLLIEEIk Ac Inn en' AT BARNSL.---- 41
day an.aecident, attended with fatal results, oeettri„edivitln, ;
North Gawber Colliery near Barn. An' of At
named Thomas Bickhou,se2l Ye 3.5 II" •
, a cot, reactdos 'oee
was " holein
ge that is, undermining for a fall 000
while thase.engaged a large quantity of coal fell edisteir
crushed him so feartully that he died almost inlets 191 If
His remains were removed to the Wentworth Air, tb
Mapplewell, to await the result of a coroner's Mut tie
DoMINGO:—A corres d t d r date), . toe °, •
pon
In , 0
ult •
o rites that the empire of Soulouque was tieetion t,
perturbation, the designs of Spain, with the 0
yiropere
France, having causedgreat uneasiness to the go _itist 7
The Dominicans and gthe bitterest e° 100%
Haytiene bear
'the can ,0
towards each other, and it is believed that net and
maintain their position. Business was very di"
credit of the island diminishing rapidly.
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fenuol 9*M77 ,iirt -.11010u:
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of ink! 'VW" .:•efee: es*Wient,
rii eeoleietireiq eede 'to e•.:seleete-`
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INCOME TAX

lr 12TTY1E EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMM
hereread of various meetings else-
retative to the unfair exaction ofsthe Income
14.4' wherewith " our representatives" have blessed
the ask You why has not Liverpool taken a step
blßeane direction I have seen reports of
4-yetettings elsewhere, in which the present oppressive
The a 1 has been condemned, and with good reason.
ork tii4gurilents made use of by the various speakers
!so 8 subjeet are generally good, but none more•
at r those which point to the injustice of taxing
aeozi„,e, "Ault per centage, incomes derived from
ker:l"ted or invested property, at the same rate as
thetbults and others,who have precarious incomes :
tito,„,,,tter /nay have one or two good years, and the
fireCifi or third may be bad. Now I will take the
be that his net income is according to the
l'lt°aB instructions appended in the broad sheet
iz, instructs you how to make " your return"—
4(141'1,11i:1M are to put in and what you are to
'Vas
£3,000 or £3OO
nex;ett.F" ..•
1,000 or 100
Th. Ills third
••• ••• • nil nil
trld" three
added, give an average of 1,3331 6s 8b ,
ourr" this he is assessed by the same (enacted y
the re his
at the present RATE of is 41 in
tkitttind, OT say 901 :-901 or thereabout, but no
Prin,th,',as to the exact amount to 101.—'cis to the
the cre object to, as will appear by reversing
follow"--viz., the merchant or trader in the two
more -nig Years has two bad ones— in other words,
tore,•l3,„`aielY understood, he loses money—there.
pia' Instead of having to return an Income (in fair
has to support his family and current
111,14/a,-2,68 of his busines, out of his previott,ly accun-
bliai-t4 capjfai, or that with which he started i
tiTe,6B- This I prove by the following figures :
. Wine stated at first ... £3,000 or £3OO
I° losses
of ... ..• ••• 1,000 or 100
A tosses 1.000 or 100
the following" 2,000 or 200_
Yekrs,e h" to pay again on his average of THREE
which will stand thus :
G •
aln, the first year ... £3,000 or £3OO

Loss " . £l,OOO or £lOO
w- o 2000 or 200
ter be,,t,hec divide an average thus, according to
or 410.Tted instructions referred to, viz :—£l,ooo
1 the to Pay on—to the Government—whereas
hit trrader has, on the average, gained nothing by
over, 3, and thus he pays hii Income Tax twice
dttoinl v.en, in fact, he i 8 SINNING money and re-
ut als capital.
Beet 4„, ' ix this the case with the man who has
atr."'alated and invested capital—say in land, or
?ther investment that is equally permanent?
"1401
4ittcla Y not; and what I have stated, as it re-
-BpelieTilerohants and traders' incomes, is equally
te. ble to professional ones.
io 51404 this, there are another class which are.
iguitocontributors, but most unfairly so, to this int
ladtiatirnPost. I mean salaried clerks, a most
laer,i;"l24lB class, and on whom nearly all our
lorllVlnta and principal traders have to depend
1:100,-°Wing how their houses stand; but yet, these
uldustrious, hard worked men—having a
j'n an average, say of £2OO per an..
111 have to contribute to the Income Tax
4 ..„0,
R,Ari noes„
proportion as their " Merchant
t.,:is,,an,ii_s:l.e.esmasters, who sack their net ro•
kort,—.7 or £3,000 to £50,000 per annum, or even
.
than my figures point to. Now, is
point air, Mr. Editor ? But I have yet another
l
the ;4‘o urge on your attention, and thereby to ca.l
1400"‘tention of the industrial community. The
or e Tax was levied by the House of Commons,s
press so-called representatives of the people,
at it
ilthieh rate, for one year after the ratification
tion• ew— „„e, from the sth of April. Now, this ratifies
1 444;58 delayed until one day after (or two or three,
tiler 1,-„c't noW well remember) the sth of April,
Posee-ft giving the government an occasion to im-
i Dah'i,"'s unjust collection of revenue to fatten
-1 and other poverty stricken dependants
that. Government, and to pay other extravagant
1104" and ill spent money on the late war, to say
b
red tape of the extra charges incurred therein y
or othile and. office blunders,
as which any Liverpool
.t
house would have been ashamed of , bu
comeese matters are past offences, and have been
t
Dreser,lll.lled. I forbear to go further into them
. a
atiNt-`• My object in writing to y sir, is to
9ood your pen to get the merchant princes of "the
10,4
tti town" to bestir themselves, and as they have
13 sir" °PPortunity of setting that example to the
a1t.„t,,84 Pub/i0 which such an influential set of
irldtriants should have done, they should nowbe
tliog ced't to act as good Henchmen, and back up
to tlet. who have preceded them. In fine, it comes
gene„ls, Mr. Editor :—We are not far off from a
tilei .4' election, and the electors have it within
4toear "1 power to remedy the evils I have briefly
savoured to bring to their notice in this letter.
soy "lee to them is, elect, nor promise a vote to
r
slikuln‘f r:xot\r,
01r8fei
,cuas
whoTarge taEes
proportionsewws assessors,
extinctiono olrsm, not
oaa
ufy
ociv
fpo,
which
rtiniheecdcerhyo
iemonhniei himself
tie isaigetsxool e feu/ fessfoot
Income
fattentheircc tocollectors.
an
tai
tome the inquisitorial nature of the tax, the manner
aQ thParties over pay to sustain their rotten credit,
149.1,2 Bankrupt Court has made manifest, and
du es others to under pay, who have the courage to
born", these two leave much of the burthen to be
t
4t) ;tee e 133' the conscientious trader and merchant,
°tilers, whose income is freced from them by
aaekc companies and the government, through the
°f 4. °f- --ingland (as their agents for the payment
easelvidend money), and in all these, and other
often submit to the payment or deduction of
'canis-triequal impost rather than expose their cir-
teoiniallees, or submit to the vexatious forms to
theb7l3l what has been unjustly withdrawn from
Several cases of this latter description
ttue,,,Z°lne under my own notice as an executor.
Iqb -1"11 will exercise your powerful pen on this
.
altiribc- continuously, for without its being (with.
t 6 baj.j.f harped on" we shall not get a movement
t° any avail. Our merchants who get 1,0001.
11011 -4""°1. to 100,0001. per annum will not stir
"Binesg ~111ade ashamed of their poorer neighbours
sad FLEECED" by exactions from hard earned,
Pitch:t4lat smaller incomes. Remember, sir, to
wjaholto ,who'
divers times and often," the men.t,
Wheti,"erecifter to represent us in parliamen
a1t0,",7t they be Liberals or Tories. Remember,
ewes
the Test word must be, " income Tax or no. In-
' 0111 unless equitably adjusted" No Oandid.ate
tiltole.,!4ll°lved to escape from clearly expressing
of sotP°llll hereon when he comes to the point
-c`ting Your votes —Yours, dre.
Liv A MERCHANT OF LIVERPOOL.
erPOOls Dec. 12, 1856.

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Mr, E. 17I'AL HUSII&ND.—The Manchester city coroner,
Itid...e.enerford held an inquest on Friday, at his court,
Ella 1-14, on the body of Mary Ann Jones, the wife of
lltifort Ones, of 30, Back Turner street, aged 48. The
vikob uhate deceased, according to the evidence of her
lc,„arf, Was ill treated and neglected by her husband. On
until .7 she was in a very bad state, and gradually sink
usbajeadaY, when she died. Last Saturday night her
"°1 came home drunk, and because the nephew was
ire 4'f 4•".Ait,t little he could for his aunt, the husband ill
that hilt. The wife was so frightened on that occasion
hea` Nat feared she would die then. From the evidence
r'eartAfr. At the poor woman died from disease of. the
the time of her death she was in a most destitute
iqu'"°n, there being even no bedclothes to cover her. The
/lad elt was delayed until Friday to find the husband, who
taitleausoon
Sconded, but his whereabouts has not yet been ascer-
kelie'' It transpired in the course of the enquiry that a
mr.ll certificate of the cause of death had been given by
l'ilurnl!YleY to enable the deceased to be buried. The jury
add"- a verdict in accordance with the medical evidence
4r, pe.i.o at the inquest, and the coroner and jury censured
4tteecr ItYley, surgeon, who incorrectly certified that he
Lavin ed deceased, and that she died of acute bronchitis, he
vcg Only seen her once, and while in a dying state.
ate OE OBTAINING( MONEY BY FALSE PRETENCES
a'an'"aiSH°Pß NEics —Mary Anne Murphy, who was re.
vario e' on the charge of obtaining money flnd goods from
ttieetloB,PeoPle, by fradulently representing that she was the
eount,. ,;ho Right Rev. the Bishop of Cloyne and Roes,
to the'y \'‘ork, Ire'and, and that she was entitled to property
'tit() value ef £3,000, of which she was shortly coming
posses •
Johri , possession was again brought up on Friday, before Sir
"Illsgrove, for the further investigation. Several fresh
451,3:4 against the prisoner were gone into, after which Sir
u!grove decided on remanding the prisoner till to-
ow (Tuesday).