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

THE MURDER AT FROME.

FROZE, WEDNESDAY.
- The inquiry into the circumstances attending the
death of Uriah Greenland was resumed this morning
before Mr. Fry, the coroner.
The evidence of Elizabeth Greenland, widow of
deeea,,,ed, wus tuken, and she made statements of $
highly important nature. She said—l know the
prisoner well. He quarrelled with my deceased hus-
band three times since our marriage,_ which took two years and two months ago. The first time
was about the prisoner having attempted in my house
to take indecent liberties with me. He pressed me
against the wall, put his knee against me, attempted
to expose me, and said when I resisted it was ne
harm, as I was his niece. I was afraid to tell nil,
husband at the time, but I told him afterwards. 1,
feared they would fight, and that my husband would
get the worst of it, as I heard that the prisoner would
pull his knife out in company. I told the prisons!'
at the time he assaulted me that if he did not stop 'l.
would scream and call the police. The second time
they quarrelled was about work, and the third time
the prisoner struck the deceased at his own door,
and used insulting language towards me. I belief°
the prisoner had a spleen against the deceased, be'
cause my husband had a warrant against him. VT
lived about 20 yards from the prisoner. When 111/
husband left to go reaping I begged of him net 10
,(
work with Byard, as if he did the Lord would surely
take his strength from him, because my husband 'le
said that if ever he worked with Byard again -a
hoped his arm would drop from him. My liusbei,tt
told me when they quarrelled the second time t,e
the prisoner drew a knife and told him " 02B",.
thee feel this." My husband said to the prisctlea
" Throw your knife over into the field, and I'll fig"
you manfully." Byard refused to do that. The knife handle was then produced, and the
witness said,--4 have not seen this in the prisoner"
bend, but I have seen that to another knife Whih%
has been found in the prisoner's house. On b
morning after the third quarrel the husband welt
for Police-constable Mill t ,0
ard, and he came down
see Byard, who had a bayonet in his hand, and vffie'
thrusting it into the wall. The prisoner was 1:
toxicated at the time. Millward said, ‘‘ What too;
you about to do P" The prisoner said, " I shall
injure you." Millward said, "Nor !any one e e
while lam here." Millward saw him safe 110:
and the prisoner's wife locked the door. After N'
ward left the prisoner came out again. I heard
him say he would be -- if he would not go ,
find him—meaning, as I believed, my husband.,l3o
followed the prisoner, and met my husband in 1,4
street. They then shook hands. I believe that
husband was angry with the prisoner for atternros
ing to take liberties with me; that the prisoner ad
angry with my husband for knowing that he
done so.
After a repetition of evidence already -I, efore
the reader,
James Bailey, labourer, Buckland, was ea rip
and said the prisoner came into his house very ea'va
on Sunday morning, and said that the deceased lot
he had had a few words, and that Uriah run agar ea
his scythe and was dead. The prisoner was b"
very much grieved.
Mr. Menem, surgeon, gave evidence as to egad'
rio
ning the knife-handle, stating that a micyose
examination of a portion of the dust taken Off t„ot
iron shoulder showed blood discs, but r,e was
prepared to swear it was human blood.
The knife-handle was identified by one Willis
Pierce as that of a knife he had soh', to the prisoe4o
a fortnight before for 9d. ; and Police-Constaubt
Cooke proved finding it in the hedge about e!g_ex
yards from the spot where the fatal occurrence iu
place, and on the same side.
deceased and the prisoner in May- last. They
OJ-aber
g John Clark then said.—l was working with ,t
a quarrel, and some days after I heard the pris
nd
say in the presence of the deceased, " I have a 1330.1 c,
tto
o that --- and kill myself; then
to shall
hand in hand." The witness further said
er
On one occasion the prisoner asked me and an°b.
man to stay behind and murder Millward, the P°lic
man, but we would have nothing to do with it' ona
The Coroner then summed up the evidence'
after a brief deliberation the jury returned a- ve
and,
diet of "Wilful Murder" against Byard Green'

Scotch
hEAT SHOAL
OF DoG FISH. The YOrthero
Ensign
appeared
:—." Perhaps in no former season lilve theca
greater quantities of dog fish along the wh°le
coast, from Dunbar to Stornoway, than in the Pre'
sent.
Here the ravages of this destructive fish have betesri
considerable, and fishermen are loud in their conaPlaill
some of them having landed as many as from 10 to 20 W the
I.'_
which is considered a great take on this coast. .A. 1131
fishermen unite in saying that but for the enormous 611°fi
0
dogs the quantity of herrings brought ashore would 123.
been doubled. It seems, however, that the fishermen 00 -
the Caithness coast really know little comparatively %vb.
120
catch of dogs means. At Peterhead and Fraserburgh t
shoal appears to have become overwhelming, and the critui,:t
titles lodged are almost astounding. A correspendeutlitio
Fraserburgh says :—" You Caithness people are corePlllll,
lag of lots of dog fish, but we greatly doubt if you k1if:.,,,3
what the phrase means. What do you say to a shot of 10
score, or upwards of 3,000 dogs ? That was landea °O.,
Thursday from the boat Anna Mary, of Cairnburgh, Ale,*
ander May, skipper, who sold his take at sad. per, ec°
realising £.575, Bd, for one morning's catch of dogs l' ''