The Sun.
London, England, 1865-12-20 00:00:00

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CONVICTION FOR SHOOTING A SISTER.--At the
Stafford assizes on Monday, before Mr. Justice
Keating, George Taverner, a young man about 21 years
old, was indicted for shooting his sister, Ellen Tavernor, at
Baswich, on the 15th of September last, with intent to
murder her. On the afternoon of the day named the pri-
soner 01110 home in a state of intoxication, quarrelled with
his mother, and when she left the house in terror, followed
her with a loaded double-barrelled gun. The prisoner's
sister, Ellen, was walking out with a gentleman named
Leybourno, and the prisoner on being spoken to by them
threatened to shoot both. Miss Tavernor turned to go
away, when the prisoner fired off both barrels in rapid suc-
cession, and the young lady fell to the ground, so severely
wounded in her back and legs that she had to be carried
home, where she remained a considerable time under medi-
cal treatment. The prisoner, when appreheneded, expressed
his sorrow for what he had done, and wished it had been
his mother instead of his sister. The jury returned a ver-
dict of guilty of unlawfully wounding. The prisoner was
sentenced to nine months' imprisonment.

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A meeting of the magistrates of Gloucestershire,
convened by the Lord-Lieutenant (Earl Ducie),
was held yesterday afternoon in the Shire-hall, to
consider the powers vested in the local authorities by
the Orders in Council, and to decide what further
steps should be taken to prevent the spread of the
cattle plague. Earl Ducie presided, and there were
also present the Earl of Ellenborough, Sir G. Jen-
kinson, Sir J. Campbell, Sir W. Guise, Rev. Sir L.
Darell, Col. Kingscote, C. 8., M.P., Mr. E. Holland,
M.P., Mr. York, M.P., Mr. C. Hayward, the
county chairman, and a large number of other ma-
gistrates. Earl Ducie sketched the history of the
cattle plague, and pointed out the prohibitive ar-
rangements which were carried out when the cattle
plague visited this country in 1746, showing that
only by strict isolation and the stoppage of all cattle
transit could the disease be eradicated, and he urged
the necessity of combined action with. that view at
the present time. He recommended the continued
prohibition of the holding of the markets and fairs
until March 1, 1866. Mr. C. Hayward proposed a
resolution embodying the provisions of the 16th
clause of the Order in Council of November prohi-
biting the removal of cattle. This was seconded by
Col. Kingscote, and adopted. A long discussion then
took place as to how the 17th and 18th clauses of
the Order should be put in force. It was proposed
that there should be the signature of two magistrates
or of two members of the County Cattle Plague
Association, or two persons nominated by the ma-
gistrates residing in the district, to the certifi-
cate of removal of fat cattle. This was nega-
tived by a majority of one vote. Mr. Holland
then proposed a resolution, urging the
Government to take upon itself more stringent mea-
sures for the suppression of the cattle plague. He
remarked that the agriculturists and the public were
prepared to make any sacrifice to stop the plague,
provided the prohibitive measures were made uni-
form. Sir G. Jenkinson seconded this, and it was
agreed to. Lord Ducie was requested to forward
the resolutions to the Home Secretary.