The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-05 00:00:00

THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE,

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(Frl)m the Paris Correspondent of the 2tmes.)

eONSTANTINOPLE, Nov, 26,
The man is for constant changes in the Adminis-
tration whi oh has been, to a certain extent, inhe-
rited by the present Sultan from his predecessor,
and the sod .den dismissal and disgrace of favourites
holding high offices in the palace have been the
subject of 'such frequent comment that the periodi-
cal edicts eef the Sultan removing a Minister or dis-
charging a Chamberlain have ceased to be inter-
preted into any political meaning, and no longer
excite that emotion in the public mind which his
acts called forth in the early days after his accession
to the throne. For this reason, perhaps, the an-
nouncement that the all-powerful Sheik-ul-Islam
(Chief of the Faith) has been superseded will not be
xeceived—iu Europe, especially—with any particu-
lar interest ; and yet it may be said that of all the
important changes which have been efficted under
the presen I reign this one is, without doubt, the
Melt important and the most significative.
Although the office of Sheik-ul-Islam is in theory
only equ;sl in rank with that of Grand Vizier, yet in
reality it may be taken to represent, under the Sul-
tan, the greatest power in the State. The high pa-
tronage which it possesses, the means it affords of
influencing the feelings and destinies of the people
in the remotest districts of the empire, the great
religious preetige which is attached to it, the facili-
tios, above all, which it gives to the holder for con-
stint and confidential intercourse with the Sove-
reign—all these things have combined from early
times to invest this ecclesiastical and judicial office
With considerable pomp and almost unlimited power.
It has not unfrequently happened, therefore, that
the fanecticism of a Sheik-ul-Islam, which has been
a hereditary characteristic with every successive oc-
cupant o f this office, has contributed always to re-
tard, and often to paralyse, the measures of reform
which have been introduced from time to time, and
neutralise any progressive tendency which may have
.manifested itself in the country. For many mouths
pest it was known that the now disgraced dignitary
adopted as a ru
'0 a systematic opposition to every
enlightened measure emanating from the Sultan's
Ministers. It was believed that his influence with
the Sultan was so great that all the combined
efforts of the Ministry would not be sufficient to
shako him from the high ground which he occupied.
Many were the instances cited, on authority, of the
imped imen is which he opposed to any project sus-
peCtel I of European origin, or of assimilation with
European usage. The consequence was that it not
only retarded the execution of many useful schemes,
but a .lso nipped in the bud others still more impor-
tant, the introduction of which was considered
hope lees under the unconquerable difficulty. In no
inste ,nce did this fanatical venom manifest itself
more strongly than in the case of the concession for
the Imperial Bank. Every argument was used
calculated to inspire distrust of the foreigners in-
terested, in that important affair. The Sultan was
known to have wavered, bat fortunately gave way
to his own better instincts, and ratified the conven-
tion. 3leddened by this defeat, the eff.,rts of the
Sheik-ulelslam have since that time been directed
°wards the overthrow of the Ministry who had
dared to thwart him. The great hold he had over
the Illernah party was used to inspire that body
with suspicion against the Ministers, who were re-
presented as upholding the interests of the Giaours
against those of the faithful, and of being little
short of Giaoure themselves.

If these pernicious influences had been allowed to
opere.te much longer there is no knowing to what
extent the feeling of the country would have been
affected. The iin,nediate cause which led to his dis-
missal was, as I am informed on the best authority,
the allusion that was made in the reports accom-
panying the Budget of an intention to introduce
some reforms iu the administration of the Church
properties (-Vaeuiffs)—a subject often canvassed and
discussed, -but never taken seriously in hand, on
account of the obstructions with which it was beset.
Again, h'is influence was e utployed to induce the
Sultan t o reject the whole report, and rumours were
at the time spread, not quite devoid of foundation,
that th e position of the Ministry was very precari-
ous. '3nce more, however, the Sultan resisted these
evil col,,nsels, and, wearied of this constant interfer-
ence—'imbued, moreover, it is said, with the belief
that a progressive policy is compatible with some
of the traditions of the past—he shook off the yoke
under which he had bent himself for so long, and
proclaimed the overthrow of the Sheik-ul-Islam.
There is no doubt that the representations of the
Ministers, and especially of Fuad Pasha, contri-
buted, also, to bring about this change. It was a
bold measure to suggest, and much interest was
manifested as to how it would affect public opinion
among the old Mussulman party, and especially the
Ulemahs ; but a fall from power in this country is
always accompanied by isolation and the desertion
of old partisans ; and even fanaticism loses some of
its intensity in the face of official disgrace, As Jar
as can be ascertained there is no reason to suppose
that the public mind will be in any way disturbed
by the energetic action of the Sultan.

The person now appointed to fill this high position
is Djelal-Zide Hussain El-Din Effendi, a man of

not much note ; but he is reported to have moderate
views, and he is known, generally, to have adhered
to the policy of what, in this country, may bo called
the " Liberal party."
It is not improbable that under the new Sheik-
ul-lalana the long-talked of measure of reform of
14 Vacoufs may be brought forward. A proper
ire'lltiling of this question may be made to produce
AP°ttant benefits to the Treasury by increasing
'"enue, and also to the present administrators
of those tr,,,ts, whose management has been so de-
ective that these valuable possessions are compara-
tive!), at
in their hands.
SlsDAlaniult, l‘aueo
"13' with the dismissal of the Sheik-
ItZlelEhtar
;sad one f Bey, one of the Chamberlains,
arc, was distais o
Moat active opponents of the Minis-
l4) mouth.'ed3 with a pension of 1,600 piastres

In their effort, et
co
of conjecture as to the cause of
the sudden dismissal
, S. heik-ul-Islitin the pub-
lic have been starting all
subject, the one most circulated
of canards on the
that it arose from the diser.nr_tt, being an assertion
in
arhe invitation to
the Sultan of his acceptanje 7attion expressed to
attend the proposed Congress
the audience
really took place on the oecasiou
o'si This is what
granted to the French Ambassador;--The
de Moustier made rather a long speech, Marquis
fully into the different parts of the tiutotrael?tering
of which he was the bearer, and eoneb,aerbletter
pressing an earnest hope that the Sultan vehex-
c ept the invitation. The Sultan replied, in the
taae•t
courteous terms, that if the invitation had been :it
private nature he would have immediately seized
the occasion to make the personal acquaintance of
his Imperial ally, and would have availed himself

of that opportunity for visiting also other parts of
Europe; but that the proposal, as it stood, involved
interests of such magnitude that it was not for
Turkey, which had only lately been received into
the great European family, to be the first to express
an opinion; that if other Sovereigns, his allies, ac-
cepted the basis of the proposal he certainly would
not be the last to give his adhesion; but that, under
any circumstances, it appeared to him that the sub-
jects to be submitted to the Congress should be
clearly defined beforehand.

The fact is that the Turks view with ill suppressed
uneasiness a project which if carried out must open
1114 questions regarding their own internal affairs,
which they would much prefer should be left alone,
and 1)e allowed to be settled by themselves. There
can be tie doubt that it would be the signal for a
host of ambitious and unscrupulous agitators—Ser-
vians, %amass, Montenegrins, &c.—to trump up
grievances against
inOnr for Pahl; the suzerain power, and to cla-
Bmpattly in the cause of the so-
called "oppressed nationalities." France has
always, so to speak, coquetted with these factions
in the East, and it is not Bared
that the Turks
should look with apprehension on a scheme so ob-
its meaning and yet so
scare in wide in its applica-
tion.

A misunderstanding has sprung
With the affairs
so
up between the
Porteand the person who is charged
d'Affitires,
of the Greek Logatiou here. This gehtletta:
it seems is not even accredited as Charge
has made application, through the IVlihiater for
Foreign Affairs, for en audience of the Sultan, to

county.

present a letter from King George of Greece notify-
ing his elevation to the throne. The Turks have
taken a huff at this proceeding, declarin;; that it
is a breach of etiquette, for that an au' ence can
only be granted to an Envoy. They had them-
selves intended to send a special _'‘ in bassador to
Athens to congratulate the King in the name of the
Sultan, and they proposed selecting for that mission
a person in a high position. This intention must
now be abandoned, as they consider themselves
under a grievance, and they have notified to the
Greek agent that the Minister for Foreign Affairs
will take charge of the letter and present it to the
Sultan, but that an audience will not be granted
under the circumstances under which it is solicited.
It would be a pity if at the very commencement of
the new reign in Greece, and through the ignorance
or susceptibility of officials, or perhaps only through
misapprehension, a hostile feeling should spring up
between Turkey and Greece, and embitter the re-
lations between these two countries.

A proposal has been submitted to the Turkish
Government by persons representing very consider-
able financial interests for the establishment in
Turkey of a Land Mortgage Bank (Credit Foncier).
As I close my letter the information is brought to
me in a trustworthy manner that a preliminary
convention has been signed at a special Council held
for that purpose. It will necessitate some altera-
tions in Turkish law to facilitate the transfer of
land, the principle of which is conceded, but will
rate
have further to be worked out. i
rich in its soil, and where theprbw presentnt4l
county
ofyads!
vances to agriculturists ran
per cent., such a scheme With
rmanagement
op er manag may be considered to be second P 0
nelty iene n 4O i
mp
oarnd t
an6coe
to the establishment of a national bank. The Im-
perial Bnk not only
will leud a
it ever approves the scheme, but
some of its own
y assistance by the introdultion of
taking,
elements in the proposed under-

►SIZE INTELLIGENCE,

MIDLAND ClRCUlT.—Wenwscis, Dec. 4.
Baron Martin took his seat in the Crown Court at 10
o'clock this morning, and proceeded to try
Charles Beere and Henry Beere, who were indicted for
the murder of Charles Plummer. The prisoners also stood
charged with the same offence on the coroner's inquisition.
Mr. Edwin Bennett and the Hon. E. Chandos Leigh con-
ducted the prosecution; and Mr. Fitzjames Stephen de-
fended the prisoners.
It appeared from the evidence that the deceased, who was
67 years of age, and who is well known at Warwick, where
he has lived for many years, was staying on a visit with
his nephew, Mr. Thos. Ricketts, who is a farmer at Kenny
Compton, in this county. On the evening of Sunday, the
18th August, the uncle and nephew were walking in a field
belonging to the latter, called the Second Ground, through
which a public footpath runs, on which the prisoners were
walking. Mr. Ricketts had a small terrier with him, which
ran towards the prisoners, but did not bark at or offer to
bite them. The prisoner Charles made use of a coarse ex-
pression, whereupon Mr. Ricketts told him to go on and
not speak in that way. The prisoner Charles then said,
" Who are you?" Mr. Ricketts said, "I am the occupier
of this field and the parish constable, and if you don't go
on, I will have you taken up for being drunk and disor-
derly." The prisoners appeared to have been drinking.
Charles Beere then said, "I'll let you know whether I am
drunk, and whether you are the parish constable," and
raised his fists in a threatening attitude. Henry Beere got
before his brother Charles and tried to stop him, saying,
" You shan't strike him." Charles, however, got past his
brother and struck Mr. Ricketts on the head, who there-
upon seized the stick—a common oak hooked walking stick
--- which the deceased, who was lame, carried to assist him
in walking, and knocked Charles Boer() down with the
hooked end. After he was down Mi. Ricketts struck him
again once or twice with the stick, and Charles Beere said,
" Don't hit me while lam down." The deceased also in-
terfered, and said, " Don't hit him any more." Mr. Ricketts
then desisted, and the prisoner Charles got up and rushed
at Mr. Ricketts again, but was a second time knocked down
with the stick. He got up and made at Mr. Ricketts a third
time, who again struck him with the stick, which however
broke in two, Charles Beere and Mr. Ricketts then closed
with one another, and after striking a few blows both fell
to the ground. Mr. Ricketts got uppermost, and, kneel-
ing on the chest of his antagonist, caught him by the throat,
Charles Beere then said to Henry, " Why don't you go
into hire ?" Henry replied, "If you can't go into him I
can," and began to kick Mr. Ricketts. Charles also got
free, and then both prisoners beat and kicked Mr. Ricketts
for some time as fast as they could. During all that time
the deceased took no part in what was going on beyond
begging the prisoners not to kick his nephew. Mr. Ricketts
at last with some difficulty got away from the prisoners aed
ran towards his farm buildings, which were about a quarter
of a mile off, the prisoners pursuing him as far as the stile
leading into the next field. On his way to the farm build-
ings Mr. Ricketts met his servant, Wm. Ricketts, whom he
sent to take the men up, while he also sent a little boy for
the policeman, and himself went into the house to wash his
face. In the meanwhile Wm. Ricketts went towards the
scene of the affray, and on arriving within about 160 yards
he saw Henry Beere with his hands round Charles's waist
trying to pull him back. When he got to a distance of about
70 yards the prisoners ran away, and on going nearer he
found the deceased lying on the ground and covered with
blood, Mr. Ricketts and the policeman then came up, and
the three went in search of the prisoners, leaving the other
people who had also come to the spot to carry Mr. Plum-
mer into the house, They found the prisoners near North
End, about half a mile from Fenny Compton, and charged
them with the assault. The prisoners said they were going
from North End to Fenny Compton, and on being taken
into custody began to cry. They were then taken back to
Fenny Compton, and driven to Southam in a cart, and on
their way Henry Beere said, "Yost know, Charles, if you
had been ruled by me and had not kicked the old man we
should not be here." Charles replied, " I know that; I have
got in, and must get out the best way I can." The prisoners
were then left in the Southam lock up. In the meanwhile
Mr. Plummer was attended by Mr. Elkington, of Fenny
Compton, who found him with his face covered with blood,
which was flowing from his mouth and nose, and in a very
exhausted state. On the Monday morning he was unable to
speak ; he became unconscious about the middle of that day,
and died the following morning at 3 o'clock. Afterwards,
on the same day, the policeman at the lock-up told the pri-
soners that Mr. Plummer was dead, whereupon the
prisoner
Henry said, " If my brother Charles had been ruled by me
this would never have occurred. I held him back with all
my might, but he got away. I never touched him" The
policeman said, " Who do you mean by him?, He re-
plied," Mr. Plummer." Charles said, " That is quite
right; he never touched him." At this time Charles was
crying bitterly. Mr. Elkington made a post mortem exa-
mination of the deceased, in conjunction with Mr. Ebbage,
of Leamington, when it was found that externally the head
and face were severely bruised. There was a wound over
the right parietal bone, and the scalp was torn from the
head for some little distance round the wound. There was
a similar wound on the other side, There was a wound on
the right temple and another en the left of the forehead.
The bridge of the nose and a portion of the bone over the
left frontal sinus were broken down and driven in. One
tooth also appeared to have been driven in. On opening
the head there was found an effusion of serum, and in the
left hemisphere of the brain a large clot of extravasated
blood, weighing upwards of two ounces. That, in the opi-
nion of the surgeons, was the cause of death, and was occa-
sioned by the external violence. The chest was examined,
and three of the ribs were found to have been broken. The
other organs of the body were all healthy. The wounds
were such as might have been produced by kicks with a
boot, The left boot of the prisoner Charles was examined,
and a gray hair was found on the tip of it, corresponding
with the hair of the deceased.
At the close of the prosecution Mr. Stephens submitted
that there was no case against Henry Beere ; and
Ilia Lordship at once so ruled.
aye °f
the other prisoner it was contended that the case was
anirlout man_ slaughter, and not of murder. The man was
reeei4a:lhot excited almost to madness by the blows he had
know,.
iitlaad, under circumstances which could not now be
the coals, otorsubtedly been guilty of the violence which was
an absence ot4 • Plummer's death. There was, however,
51.4117 cause whatever for that violence except
the passim),
went inflicted the prisoner by the severe punish-
-oa:a:lces the crime had been held to
punish-
under similar 04114:- A case was cited to prove that
amount to manslasi
His Lordship, in BiteararlY.
dected the jury that i
they believed the killing
otl
harlesir Plummer was the con-
f
'lice the
prisoner then had in
sequence of any ior
his mind towards! him, and that tiler
hne Thos. Ricketts and
soner to cool between his struggle
wit was time for the pri-
ataied,
ttherwards inflicted
u
act was not the
thehis violence
wounds
tt
oo the
hr deceased,
jet ahasete, di,f
deceasedathnde th
offence
would
amount to mur. •prisoner'
s
lueanncde of themalice, blows h PerPetrated
result of foregone ill-will
the immediate e had received
from Thomas Ricketts, without time to cool, and fres,u'
natural depravity of a man smarting under the tnjuries"ahe
e
had sustained, that would only amount to manslaughter.
The jury almost immeliately found the prisoner
Charles
Beere guilty of manslaughter; and his lordship, after
marking that, although in his opinion the offencewas marts
slaughter only, and not murder, yet it approached so near
to the dividing- line between those two crimes as to require
the most severe sentence the law permitted, sentenced the
prisoner to penal servitude for life.

The other cases disposed of to-day were of no public in-
erest, and concluded the business of the assizes for this

The conamiseionday for LeicesterLis Monday, the 7th inst,

HOME CIECUIT.—HEREFORD, Dec, 4.
CROWN COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice Williams.)
The learned Judge this morning charged the grand jury.

The calendar contains the names of 25 prisoners, in 14 cases.
In three cases there are three prisoners jointly charged, and
in one (a case of fowl stealing) not less than six. As men-
tioned yesterday, there is no case of homicide (though
there is one of attempt at suicide), and the cases are mostly
of an ordinary character. The only cases at all remarkable
are the case of night poaching, in which three prisoners were
charged : a case of stack burning, in which three prisoners
were charged; a case of maliciously setting fire to farm
buildings, with intent to injure—a case in which also three
prisoners were charged; a remarkable case of burglary in
the house of the Hon. and Rev. W. Chetwynd Talbot. at
Hatfield; a case in which the robbery (of plate worth £600)
is said to have been committed by the butler.
The learned Judge, in charging the grand jury, adverted
to this case, and recommended them to be very particular in
observing the evidence as to the footprints remarked on the
hoar frost found in the garden path both to and from the
house, and told them especially to observe whether the foot-
prints in both directions were the same. The case for the
prosecution is that they were, and that the butler, with a
view to divert suspicion, took the plate basket and put it in
the garden,
where it was found, according to the depositions,
dry, although a hoar frost covered the ground all around
and made the footprints quite conspicuous.
The first case tried was the night poaching case,
Two men, described as labourers, ono named nankin, 36
years of age, and the other Garrett, 23, with a youth named
Scales, 17, were indicted for being together armed with guns
on land belonging to Mr. Puller, M.P., at Thundridge, in
this county, for the purpose of taking and destroying game,
which by the late Poaching Act included rabbits. They
were also charged with an assault.
Mr. Woollett was for the prosecution ; Mr. Codd for the
defence.
At 2 o'clock on the morning of Sunday, Nov. 22 last,
two keepers saw the prisoners in a lane coming from a wood,
the property of Mr. Puller, and attempted to apprehend
them. They seized Garrett, who had a gun. A scuffle en-
sued, in which happily the gun having been already let off
and not reloaded the keepers secured him. The other two
ran away, but were taken in the evening at a public-house.
The night, the keepers said, was " middling ; misty, but
moonlight ;" and they both swore to their identity. On
searching Garrett there were found upon him six snares, or
wires for snaring rabbits, a powder pouch, with powder,
and a rabbit, which, having been stuffed, was produced in
court amid much laughter. Near the place where the men
were seized many fresh pheasants' feathers were found
lying scattered on the ground. On searching Hankin's
house a gun was found which appeared to have been
recently fired, and which ho at first said had not been
fired for six years, or six months, and then that it had not
been fired since "the last currant season." Garrett, when
before the magistrates, said, " I suppose the keeper will say
I hit him on the head with the gun, but I was not within
three or four rods. I was in the lane and ran after the
others. I ain't done much amiss as I know of. The rab-
bit I had I had given to me, which I can call a witness to
prove," but which witness was not called. Rankin said,
"We were all in the lane. The keeper came and clawed
hold of me, and said, Oh 1 it is you, is it ?' While we
were scuffling up and down one of my mates came and got
me off. The keepers swear I had a gun, but that is false,
for it was in my coat pocket and he could not have seen it.
When we were running down the lane it dropped out of my
pocket." Scales said, "I was not there and have nothing
to say." No witnesses were called for the defence, and at
the close of the case for the prosecution,
Mr. Codd submitted that there was no case for an assault,
because the keepers had no right to seize the men in the
lane; and he cited a case to that effect, but
Mr. Woollett said, under the late Act men might be
seized anywhere.

The learned Judge said, there was no necessity to deter-
mine the point at present, nor unless the jury should acquit
the prisoners on the graver charge.
Mr. Codd, having addressed the jury for the defence,
especially as to Scales, urged that there was doubt a s to
identity.

The learned Judge then summed up the case very care-
fully, and rather favourably as to Scales,pointing out, how-
ever, that it was not essential, to convict the other two pri-
soners, that they should be satisfied as to his identity, sup-
posing they were satisfied that some third person was:with
them, even although he was not Scales. The essence of the
offence was in three persons being together at night, armed,
and with intent to take and destroy game or rabbits. If they
were satisfied that the two men were there with some third
man with that intent, then they should convict them of the
main offence, whether they were satisfied as to Scales or
not; and if they were there with some third person it
could hardly admit of question under all the circumstances
that they were there with the intent charged. There did
not appear to be any doubt that throe men were there; the
only serious
question appeared to be whether Scales was
one of them.

The jury consulted a considerable time, and at length
they found the two men guilty of night poaching ; and as
to the youth Scales they said they thought " the evidence
was net sufficient"—in other words, they found him not
guilty.

Mr. Woollen said it was believed, on the part of the
prosecution, that Rankin, who was an old offender, had led
the ether prisoner into the matter.
The learned Judge said there were circumstances in the
cases which he should wish to consider before passing son-
trmce, but he begged to intimate that he should not consider
the fact stated, without evidence, that the prisoner Ran-
kin was an "old offender," and the learned counsel would
forgive him for saying that he thought he had said it rather
inconsiderately.
Mr. Woollett apologized, and acknowledged that the
words had escaped him without reflection; his object,
however, having been not to aggravate the case as against
Rankin, but to mitigate it as against Garrett.
These observations are deemed worth reporting as worthy
of the attention of magistrates, who are a little too careless
sometimes in allowing prosecutors or police to describe pri-
soners after conviction as " old offenders." The law, it
should be stated, makes proper provision for the legal
proof of previous convictions, and in the very next case—in
which three prisoners, of whom one was named " Robert
Peel," pleaded guilty to a charge of maliciously setting
fire to farm-buildings, and the records of the previous con-
victions were produced, and the prisoners acknowledged
their identity—their sentences were postponed.
A youth named Gravestock, only 16 years of age, pleaded
guilty to a charge of burglary in a farmhouse, where he
wad servant.

Mr. Tayler prosecuted.
The ,learned judge sentenced the prisoner to a year's im-
prisonment.

WESTERN CIRCUIT.—WINCILESTER, Dec. 3.
(Before Mr. Baron Pigott.)
Valentino Bambrick, a soldier, and Charlotte Johnson,
spinster, without occupation, were indicted for violently
assaulting Henry Milner Russell, and stealing from his
person four medals, of the value of 305., at Aldershot, on
Nov. 15.

Mr. H. T. Cole prosecuted.
It appeared that the prisoners were standing at the door
of a lodginghonse in Pickford-street, Aldershot, at night,
on Oct. 16. Russell, who was lance-corporal in the com-
missariat department, came np. Bambrick asked Russell
to drink, and he took some beer out of his pint. They then
went into Russell's room, who lodged in the house, and
Russell said he would stand some beer, and he was in the
act of giving the female prisoner some money to get the beer
when Bambrick seized him by the throat, threw him on the
bed, and tore from his breast four silver medals, one for the
Punjab, one for the Sutlej, and one for the Crimea. Russell
called "Murder," and his cries were heard by some of the
other soldiers, who rushed in and took Bambrick from off
Russell, and he was conveyed to the guardhouse. Two of
the medals were afterwards found in the passage. Russell
was insensible, having been nearly choked.
Bambrick Made a long address to the jury. He stated
that he had boen in the service 10 years, and would have
been discharged the day after the occurrence. He had a
pension of .£l.O a year, and, what was dearer to a soldier
than any other medal, a Victoria Cross; but he would tell
the jury the real facts. On that night, as he was walking
with the female prisoner towards this house, in which she
also lodged, he heard cries of " Murder." He hastened
and ran into the house, and saw a girl named Hayley
coming out of Russell's room. She was crying, and said
that Russell had beaten her and nearly strangled her. He
went into the room and struck Russell, and they had a
struggle together, and then the soldiers came in and took
him up. These facts he could have proved on the first day
of the assizes, because then Hayley was in Winchester, but
as she was what was called an "unfortunate," she could
not afford to remain in Winchester.
The learned Judge having summed up,
The jury found the prisoner guilty.
The Judge said he should defer passing sentence till the
morning.
Bambrick—lt is of no consequence what you do now. I
don't care about losing my pension; but r have lost my
position. I don't care what you do with me. You may hang
me if you like.
This morning his Lordship passed sentence. He said,—
Valentine Bambrick, I don't know that I ever had a more
painful duty than In considering your case. I have felt
great anxiety about it, and have considered everything you
urged in your defence ; but the evidence which satisfied the
jury has satisfied me, and it does appear to me to be as clear
a case as ever was tried, 'You say you had a witness, and
that witness might have put some other construction on
the matter. If you had made an application to have your
trial postponed, I should have been the first to listen to your
application, and I can't help thinking, from the intelligence
You displayed, you must have been aware that you could
hand on hisc
have made such an application. lam bound to say that I
don'tcre think any witness could have altered the facts. You
andfottnd in a deadly struggle with another man. He was
v., a a e:l yon,os
t and witnesske d
ani said
suffocatedthatw hbeyn
thehe pressure found youof
your Russell
medals thro
and
some of t,
It is perfectly clear he was robbed of his
of them were found at the house where
the woman lod gam.
How did they cern, from no doubt you have
courage, and have could they have come there ?
erznibthe breast of Russell ? I have
well
entt!tdi great gallantry and great
Cross. Had it notbeen for
your
ched yourself to the Victoria
a recent statute
I should have put
in force the provisions of
you to persona! castigation, but, as it
s i deal with your