The Sun.
London, England, 1861-06-19 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, TUESDAY.
The trial of the prisoners in the fraudulent burial
case, which commenced on Saturday, was concluded
yesterday in the Commission Court. Serjeant Sul-
livan stated the case to the jury on the part of the
Crown. The gist of it is that in a cause entitled
" Foote v. M‘Gregor," a sum of £5OO was lodged
in the Court of Chancery in London. This sum
Maria Higgins had power to dispose of by will,
provided she died without issue. A will was
propounded by the prisoners, Charles Higgins
and Henry William Devereux. It was proved to
be drawn up in the handwriting of the latter,
and on the 21st of August, 1858, he applied for
administration to the Court of Probate in Ireland.
Uitimately letters of administration were granted
by the Court of Probate in England, and on the
25th of March, 1859, the sum of £5OO was paid.
These proceedings were taken on the allegation that
Maria Higgins was dead. Her " mortal remains"
were supposed to be "waked" in a house in Bishop-
street, she being at the same time alive and well,
and residing in the city at Haddington-road-terrace.
A coffin was obtained with an inscription on the lid,
setting forth the name and age of the lady. There was
a funeral, with a hearse and two mourning coaches,
and the remains were interred with all due solem•
nity in the Roman Catholic cemetery at Glasnevin.
The bereaved widower had crape on his hat, and
otherwise mourned in an exemplary manner. But
the secret was disclosed, and the police inspector
found nothing in the coffin but a bag of sand and
some loose clay. Devereux said, in his defence,
that he was drawn into the fraud by the others ;

BOULOGNE.—The South-Eastern Railway direc- that he got only £l4 for his share in the transac-
,ors have organised an excursion to this favourite resort, tion ; that Higgins mad his wife were in a state of
which will not necessitate an hour's absence from business. starvation, and if the money had not been got they
Leaving London-bridge next Saturday at half-past six in must have gone into the workhouse. The judge,
the evening the excurtionists arrive at Boulogne at ten however, said that it did not matter one jot who
minutes before midnight; return from Boulogne at ten was the prime mover in the business. The jury,
o'clock on the following evening:and arrive, in London at
after an absence of half an hour, found both the
half-past four on Monday morning—doubtless quite fresh prisoners guilty on all the counts. In passing sen-
tepee Mr. Justice Hayes said,—
and ready for hard work. The novelty of the excursion
will most probably attract a goodly number as the cost is "You, Charles Higgins, are a person of a rank in life
marvellously low. No passports are required, and a permit higher than that of the persons whom we are accustomed
to find at the bar, and you, Henry Devereux, are a parson
paper is provided without charge. of equal position in life; and, besides that, you are a mem-
DEATH. FROM THE EXCESSIVE HEAT.—An inquest her of a profession, or far advancing towardsi that pro-
was taken on Monday afternoon by Mr, J. Humphreys, the fession —an honourable profession— a profession which,
eitif tol retain that forforu thai position of its members, challenges the confidence,
rloifuevsosiointswhicht, if it
coroner, at the London Hospital, on the, body of Jane
confi-
Eckley, aged 68 years, who lately resided at No. 1, Turner- denscoec,ies3h—oualdp
street, Commercial-road, East. It appeared from the evi• watched. You have serveiraupyartcaorf your
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time to
haonnd.
deuce that the deceased complained of the excessive heat on ourable profession of a solicitor; you have acquired know-
Friday night last, and left home to take a walk, and, while ledge for the discharge of its duties honourably, and I re-
passing to sayt that that knowledge, which was bestowed on
passing the King's Arms public-house, she complained of yc:nue.foTlbl.eiatet pcuaurpre, you have perverted to a very different
a severe pain in the head • She became insensible, and was
placed in a cab, but on her arrival at the hospital life was that you were engaged en;
la doubt whateverperpetration bath
ot lti.
ao of
iycioine d knew
found to be extinct. The resident medical officer said that rageous, and unlawful conspiracy to defraud. When per-
tw had made a Post mortem examination of the body, and sons in your rank and position in life are brought by their
had kin extensive congestion of the brain and extravasa-
d own misconduct before us, it is not my intention to let you
escape unpunished, when justice has laid its hands on you.
tion. The doceased had died fro an attack of
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through the heat of the weather. Verdict, ' Died by the imprisoned for the space of two years."
yaiWion of God."
Higgins said, "I am satisfied, my Lord, if I am
pffAi'ackezuTicAL Socirry oF GREAT BRITAIN. protected in my rights after Wards." The Court
—The following geL.4l.men yesterday passed the ;najor ordered the prisoners to be removed, and Mrs,
. Fiats :—James Bartlett, Higgins, who occupied a seat beside the dock near
extunination as pharmaceutical ch i-34..;nrrig. . her husband, bursting into tears, was taken 91.1 i ill g
Bath; Thomas H. Buzzard, Spilsb"-
y ; William LI,.
Much Welaloek i Frederick L. 14 ^"-'
Laurens, Jersey. . fitill;lng 16 ki4 ie.