The Sun.
London, England, 1861-08-15 00:00:00

THE MURDER AT FROME.

FROME, WEDNEBDO'he
The inquiry into the circumstances attending t.
death of Uriah Greenland was resumed this morallic
before Mr. Fry, the coroner. of
The evidence of Elizabeth Greenland, widow
deceased, was taken, and she made statements of
highly important nature. She said—l know the
prisoner well. He quarrelled with my deceased hoc
band three times since our marriage, which e
place two years and two months ago. The first tiloo
was about the prisoner having attempted in my h°osBto take indecent liberties with me. He pressed el
against the wall, put his knee against me, attemPtso
to expose me, and said when I resisted it wssc
harm, as I was his niece. I was afraid to tell w/
husband at the time, but I told him afterwards. to
feared they would fight, and that my husband vOilio
get the worst of it, as I heard that the prisoner Wa.,er
pull his knife out in company. I told the pris°o',j
at the time he assaulted me that if lie did not st4e
would scream and call the police. The second ;iOO
they quarrelled was about work, and the third lor,
the prisoner struck the deceased at his owbetieve
and used insulting language towards me. I be'
the prisoner had a spleen against the deceaseuVe
cause my husband had a warrant against biro. 00
lived ab Ait 20 yards from the prisoner. Whellot to
husband left to go reaping I begged of Mr" 13 nett
work with Byard, as if he did the Lord would 11.04
take his strength from him, because my husband Do
said that if ever he worked with Byard agtifbiloa
hoped his arm would drop from him. MY bit tbot
told me when they quarrelled the second t1,111„`,00
the prisoner drew a knife and told him " fight
thee feel this." My husband said to the Pr„l,soA
" Throw your knife over into the field, and 1.."
you manfully." Byard refused to do that. a 030
The knife handle was then produced, an lierl
witness said,—l have not seen this in the Ptithioh
hand, but I have seen that to another knife, the
has been found in the prisoner's house. `,""/Tes
morning after the third quarrel the husband
for Police-constable Millward, and he came dllci
see Byard, who had a bayonet in his hand, all
thrusting it into the wall. The prisoner 'Ot
are
toxicated at the time. Millward said, " W11:110°!
you about to do P" The prisoner said, " I s";
injure you." Millward said, "Nor any 731,-0016,'
while lam here." Millward saw him sale , 140';
and the prisoner's wife locked the door. A"-re-heat,l
ward left the prisoner came out again. 0 and
him say he would be -- if he would not gil-d.
find him—meaning, as I believed, my linsba7n tb,
followed the prisoner, and met my husband a 3,7
street. They then shook hands. I believe tPteopt"
husband was angry with the prisoner for al' if as
ing to take liberties with me; that the prisorleo
had
angry with my husband for knowing that 13
done so.

After a repetition of evidence already
the reader,
James Bailey, labourer, Buckland, Was C",,arli,
and said the prisoner came into his house verYci
on Sunday morning, and said that the decease atot
he had had a few words, and that Uriah ran eg-ttlea
his
scythe and was dead. The prisoner vv.°
very much
Mbleahllganarie,atel'
the knife handle, stating that
grieved,
surgeon, gave evidence as t° opic
Dinga microsffc
the
.examination of a portion of the dust taken ° flat
iron shoulder showed blood discs, but fie was
prepared to swear it was human blood.
The knife-handle was identified by one tier
Pierce as that of a knife he had sold to the Prise to
a fortnight before for 9d. ; and Police-Conat,alit
Cooke proved finding it in the hedge about eZoy,
yards from the spot where the fatal occurrence
place, and on the same side. h Ole
John Clark then said.—l was working wit- ma
deceased and the prisoner in May last. Thq et
a quarrel, and some days after I beard the Prls.;ipa
say in the presence of the deceased, " I have a go
o
-- and kill myself; we shall tn,
to
hand in hand." The witness further Oiler
t that the d
On one occasion the prisoner asked me and anc/lice'
man to stay behind and murder Millward, the po"
man, but we would have nothing to do with it'ad
The Coroner then summed up- the evidence' ;et'
after a brief deliberation the jury returned a 1,
diet of "Wilful Murder" against Byard Greenis

,1 prf;
GREAT SHOAL OF DOG FISII.—The .Ilroro-
41
Ensign. says :—" Perhaps in no former season laqvo e
appeared greater quantities of dog fish along the vo-`",,
Scotch coast, from Dunbar to Stornoway-, than in thehe
tlif
sent. here the ravages of this destructive fish have been
considerable, and fishermen are loud in their complail3
some of them having landed as many as from l 0 to 20 se°r,f;
which is considered a great take on this coast. .A.ll tv
o
fishermen unite in saying that but for the enormous she ,0
dogs the quantity of herrings brought ashore would 1350;
bean doubled. It seems, however, that the fishermen t
the Caithness coast really know little comparatively Mahe
catch of dogs means. At Peterhead and Fraserburgh t
shoal appears to have become overwhelming, and the
.1
clit
111,
oudelio,
101)
titles lodged are almost astounding. A corresp
Fraserburgh says :—" You Caithness people are conlPl33fi
ing of lots of dog fish, but we greatly doubt if you. 1,,;,),
what the phrase means. What do you say to a shot of
0
score, or upwards of 3,000 dogs? That was lanclea °,
Thursday from the boat Anna Mary, of Cairnburghy
ander May, skipper, who sold his take at Sid, per $
"cv"
realising £5 7s, Bd, for one morning's catch of dogs l'