The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-03-03 00:00:00

THE MURDE.R AT MERTHYR.

At the Swansea assizes, on Saturday, the Crown Conrt 1911)
occupied nearly all the day in the case of Pearce, who "I
charged with murdering his wife at Merthyr. The Pee',
woman, on the day of the murder, was seen alive with the
prisoner at about three o'clock. At that time she bad soma
money which she refused to give to the prisoner, who had
been endeavouring to borrow money, but without success.
Shortly after three o'clock, he was found with the
very sum of money it was known his wife possessed.
He appeared then very wild, and was drinking all the
afternoon. Shortly after three, no one could find the
deceased, and there was no reply to all demands for
admission into the house. About 11 at night the prisoner,
after knocking at the front door, burst open one that might
easily have been opened and went into the house, where bewas 'found supporting the cold, mutilated body of his wile'
who, from medical evidence, appeared to have bee°
dead about eight hours. She appeared to have bet,
beaten on the head, and afterwards thrown down 0;
kitchen steps, which were covered and splashed with blee'"
There was a scratch on the prisoner's face, and the rept°
he gave to the interrogations of a police officer being "n.
satisfactory, he was apprehended. When in gaol. be
attempted to commit suicide by driving a nail into his side
and butting his head against a mil in the wall. His lordshiP.
summed up at great length and told the jury that their verdict
must either be guilty of the crime of murder or innocent!
they could not call it manslaughter. The jury could 014
agree; they were locked up all night, and on Saturdai
they were discharged and the prisoner recommitted to the
next assizes. His lordship thought the excitement iu the .
town so great, that the prisoner could not, this assizes, get
fair trial.

THE MORMONS AT CHESTERFIELD.... The Cork Condell
Lion, in quoting a paragraph which appeared in our paper
some time ago, respecting a Mormon dipping at Ch ate
field says, that if, it bad been attempted in Ireland, " 1/4
verily believe, would be attempted at the risk of the lives "3
the wretched and degraded victims of a wretched cube
degrading imposture. Our people, much as they Eng
mistaken on some matters, would not endure the indece„,e79
that can be publicly practised in parts of England."
writer goes on to say : "But why do not the people
England turn their efforts more earnestly to rid tli;
country of this deplorable disgrace ? Why, moreover,
the authorities permit it ? Why do they allow exhibitior_
of indecency, every actor in which would be too lenientlyt
treated if tiei to a post and flogged with acat-o'-nine-tails
To prohibit them would be no trespass on religion?..
tolerance. There is nothing religious in indecency, and to
was a scandal to the magistracy to suffer such a scenell
take place by day or by night in any district over ifble:t.
they had jurisdiction. We think a reason for the,
indolence ought to be demanded by the Chancellor. Possibly
they did not know of it, yet it was publicly known in the'
neighbourhood, and crowds were waiting to witness It
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Could not the Priest' be laid hold of ? and why is be le
at large ?"
ROASTING A DOG ALIVE ! —At the Wednesbnry
Sessions, held before Mr. William Leigh. chairman, an-,,
bench of magistrates, on Friday, James Kenyon, late in ',
Li
employ of the South Staffordshire Railway Company vl7l,
brought up on a warrant, and charged with having been ee,
accomplice in roasting a dog alive at the Great Brlagts,
Railway Station, on the Staffordshire line, on the 20,4
November last. The prosecution was at the instance "
the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Anima''
The prisoner pleaded guilty, but the bench heard evidence'
which was to the effect that the prisoner was seen, na the
day in question, to carry into the goods shed of the rally
company a jar of turpentine, and that a short time
afterwards the shrieks of a dog were heard. On going to
,
the spot, the witness found s Skye terrier roasting to deaths
having been covered with turpentine, and the limbs !tilt
flesh were falling off. The turpentine had been set 04
with straw. The prieoner was, upon the affair becointl
frost known to the directors, immediately dismissed fro his
situation, and has since continued to evade the warrant tile
was taken out for his apprehension. The chairman, after
giving the prisoner a severe reprimand, fined him 405.
costs, and in default of payment to be committed to pri d
sm'
[Rather a slight punishment for such an outrageous offence'The brute ought to have received six months' imprisonment'
at least.]
GOOD ADVICE TO WORKMEN BY AN OLD MASTEI!:::,
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A few days back a singular meeting took place at Da
lington. Messrs. H. Pease and Co. have an extenel;
, h
manufacturing establishment in that town, whichege
recently been undergoing extensive alterations. bilfr,
having been nearly completed, it was determined by k.,
John Pease to invite all the survivors among the w°l;
people who were employed under the late firm of Messrs,
J. and J. B. Pease in 1833, to tea in one of the rooni
Oa the evening selected, about 240 persons of both
sexes were collected together, many of them baYlx.
been brought from -distant parts of the country at the eh-at
pense of Mr. John Pease. Tea was provided, and after t e
Mr. Edward Pease, Mr. John Pease, Mr. Joseph Ple ;
Mr. Henry Pease, and Mrs. John Pease, delivered B sir.
of plain and pithy addresses to the assembled guests. • a
John Pease was the principal speaker. He recalled, le
touching manner, reminiscences of the times (50 years Ono.
when be first formed the acquaintance of many
They had worked together through many difficulties, ertlo
now that they had grown old and gained experieneet,,,at
thought that, next to their care for their own souls, Icen
experience ought to be made a benefit to others. n,,t,iae,
gave to his auditory a large amount of practical e"-iife.
founded upon the expnience and observation of a long
The Darlington Times, commenting on the above egears
" During the delivery of the address many were the toes
that were shed, as incidents which had occurred it "toes
times, and which had been forgotten with the roll of to
were presented with all their former vividness to
awakening memory. before hi_d

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