The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-28 00:00:00

THE MURDER AT TEIGNBRIDGE.

At the Town Hall, Newton Abbott, on Friday,
before W. J. Watts, Esq., county magistrate, Jas.
Stevens was brought up,
charged with having mur-
dered John deers, at Teignbridge, on the night of
Friday, the 14th August last. The prisoner, who is
a very powerful man, and about 50 years of age, is
a mulatto, and has lost the sight of his right eye.
He is well known in connection with sparring-
booths and shows at the different fairs, racecourses,
and regattas, d
an- was apprehended at Exeter on
Wednesday evening last. Long before the hour
appointed for the hearing of the case the Town
Hall was surrounded by a very large number of
persons anxious to gain admittance. In this they
were disappointed, as no persons but the witnesses
and the represewatives of the press were allowed
to enter. About half-past 10 o'clock Mr. Watts took
his seat on the bench, and, addressing the reporters,
said that as the hearing was strictly of a
private
character, and that the ends of justice might not be
defeated, he had to request that the details of the
proceedings be not mane public.
The prisoner was then brought into the hall, and
the charge having been read over to him by .the
clerk, he pleaded not guilty in a firm tone of voice.
The same evidence was taken as was given at the
inquest.
George Pike, a lad about 13 years old, was then
sworn, and, after being duly cautioned by the ma-
gistrate, detailed the whole of the circumstances
alleged to have taken place on the nigbt in ques-
tion, which, for reasons stated above, we do not
publish. Witness was cross-examined at some
length by the prisoner, at the end of which
Prisoner requested that Mr. George Gepson, of
Plymouth, the proprietor of the boxing booth,
should be communicated with to ascertain the time
he (prisoner) was at the booth on the night in ques-

tion.
The Bench consented, and the prisoner Was then
removed to the cells.
Simon Finighty, a man about 26 years of age,
who is also well known as being connected with
sparring booths, and who had been app
Exeter the previousrehended at
night by police-constable
M'Ternan, and conveyed to Newton the same morn-
ing by the mail train, was then placed in the box,
charged with being an accomplice in the murder.
The prisoner denied his being at the. Newton
inquiries,
Races, and stated that he was at the time in the
employ of Mr. Petherick, of the Market
.Inn, Rola.
worthy. He then detailed a conversation he had
with a party at Barnstaple relative. to what took
place at the Newton Races, which, no. doubt, will
give the police an additional clue to this mysterious
affair.
apprehended at Hollings-
The prisoners were remanded until ten o'clock to-
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He at first gave his name as
.Banks, but afterwards
said he was called Williams. It is stated that Banks,
like the other prisoners, is well known in connec-
tion with sparring-booths. Re appeared to be very
much excited ; he was handcuffed, followed by a
Edmundidde-
mob of people, and taken to St. Thomas's station,
from thence to Newton Abbots,-- Western Morning
News.
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3oal-Pitman Above Ground,

which is a compound of oatmeal, hot
The pitman never feels hungry while at work, but on
coming out he feels ravenous and takes food as soon as he
Many of the. fore-shift men (the night
enters his cottage.
wwoartekre,rat9ndtabknetetre°r7doltbers take coffee or tea, with bread and
back-shift men (day
dinner when they come home. This
• ts of roast beef or mutton and potatoes, with
usually coning .
a boiled suet dumpling or pudding. They eat their pudding
workers) always
some
take take dinner. The
first and beef or mutton after. They take animal food once
a day only, and, considering the great muscular exertion
e the amount of mutton they eat is very
moderate. seldom or never drink beer at dinner.
and then they wash. This washing
process is done very effectually, A large wooden tub of hot
necessary Most
smoke
nio
ki n e a
hewing,
Theypip e,s
water is set down before the fire ; the man then site down
on a small stool, with a leg on each aide of the tub, and,
being supplied with a piece of soap, he begins by washing
his hands, arms, and chest—
head, neck, and face follow,
and the ends with the lower extremities, the one after the
other. This finished, if in the fore-shift, he goes to bed,
his wife brings him his Pipe lighted, and in a few seconds
he is fast asP•
elv The baele-shift men dr after dinner
and employ themselves as their fancy leadsess them. Quoits,
bowling, and ball playing are their out-door games ; crieket,
wrestling, and jumping are seldom practised. A species of
pitch and toss is their great gambling game. Their home
games are whist, draughts, and dominoes. Whatever
amusement or subject they take up is stuck to perseveringly.
They are very matter-of-fact, and have considerable power
of concentration. Every available piece of ground near the
villages is converted into a garden, and almost every cottage
has one attached to it. Some keep poultry, and most feed a
pig; they cure their own bacon with great success. Their
broad is home made; two kinds are used by them—white
and brown. " Spiced wigs" prevail on Sundays, and the
"singing hinny" still makes its appearance on grand occa-
sions. Great excesses are still prevalent on pay Friday and
Saturday nights ; ale is the liquor chic fly drunk ; but no
matter what excesses a man may commit on the pay week
end he must be at his post on the Monday following, or
run the risk of being turned off; so that the habitual
drunkard is certain to lose his employment. In all my ex•
perience among them I have never known a case of dipso-
mania, nor yet have I been called upon to treat a single case
of delirium tremens; and this is more than I can say for
many other eallings,..... Ircekly Journal.

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Pains.--It is gratifying
to hear sufferers recount the ease
they derived when first they applied this ointment to their
ulcers, sores, or abscesses, with which they had been afflicted
for years. Soon after its application to a bad leg or inflam-
matory ulcer, it restrains the excitement of blood vessels
and nerves, which at once brings coolness and comfort, and
furthers the gradual deposits of healthy materials to fill up
the ravages caused by violence, debility, or disease. It
expels all noxious matters, and heals all sores soundly. It
gives ease to varicose veins, bad legs, swellings of the feet
and joints, when the agony Is almost It remitting and the
pain too much for a giant's strength.