Widnes Examiner. — 1882-07-15 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

CONVICTION FOR MURDER. At the Kilkenny Assizes, on Saturday, Thomas Pembroke was indicted before Mr. Baron Dowse for the wilful murder of James Dunne, at Ennisnag, Kilkenny. The prisoner and the deceased were small farmers living close to each other. About eight o'clock on the morning of the 6th May the deceased left his house to go to work on a neighbouring farm, and had to pass the prisoner's house. The prisoner was seen sitting outside the house on a stone with a gun in his hand. A shot was heard, and the deceased was seen by his brother, who was following, lying on the ground. He got up, came towards his brother, with his face bleeding, and shouted, "Tom Pembroke shot me." The prisoner at this time was seen going away from the deceased with a gun in his hand. The gun was found a few moments afterwards, having the appearance of having been recently discharged. The deceased died on the 30th May from the effects of the wounds. The defence was that it was an accident, and evidence of good character was given. The judge charged the jury, and said there were no circumatances in the case to warrant them finding it was an accident. The jury retired, and, after an absence of three-quarters of an hour, returned a verdict of guilty, with a recommendation to mercy. His Lordship said he would take care to have it forwarded to the proper quarter. He sentenced the prisoner to be hanged on the Bth of August, 1882, at Kilkenrry Gaol.  It is not enough that you avoid evil—you must positively develop good. You are to polish the good that is in you. Whatever in you is just and true and noble you must make noble as well, for the element of beauty is a part of the design of that God who dwells its the beauty of holinesa. Occasionally very awkward consequences have been known to follow from acting on the spur of the moment. It is related of Lord Ellenborough that when on one occasion he was about to set out on circuit, his wife expressed a wish to accompany him, a proposition to whisk his Lordship assented, provided there were no bandboxes tucked under the seat of his carriage, as he had too often found there had been when honoured with her Ladyship's cons. party before. Accordingly, they both set out together, but had not proceeded very far before the Judge, stretching out his legs under the seat in front of him, hicked against one of the flimsy receptaclea which he had specially prohibited. Down went the window with a bang, and out went the bandbox into the ditch. The startled coachman immediately began to pull up, but was ordered to drive on and let the thing lie where it was. They reached the assize town in. due course, and his Lordship proceeded to robe for the. court. "And now where's my wig? where's my wig ?" ha. demanded, when everything else had been donned.. "Your. wig, my Lord," replied the servant-tremulously, "was in that bandbox your Lordship threw onto! the window at we. came along!" A gentleman in, Paris was latel.F on the look out for. a valet, and with, the general lamentation that good body servants were getting to be an extinct race, he apprehcaded some difficalty in finding a successor to the faithful cae he had lost. A candidate appeared, however, and after a.considerable catechism on points which all proved satisfactory, he inquired of the man what wages he would expeet. "I have always received 1,20 U," said the candidate, "an Monsieur will not offer me lass than that!" "On the contrary, I should offer you conaiderahly less." "-But Mort' slew has not then seen —." what ?,, gt,my fote, "And what has that to do with it ?" "If Monsieur will I please to cast his eyes over my personal appearance, be will sae that I am not only cfu,ali-fied to discharge the .usual delicate functions of a body servant, such as taking the gloss off from his new clothea by wearing than for a while, but that my feet are so remarkably small that I can suitably stretch also his new boota anti shoes. No master of mine was ever troubled with corns." The Dlea of the small feet was irresistible. Towle's Pennyroyal and Steel PlUs for Females qul2kly correct a 1 irregularitios, and relieve the distressing symptoms so prevalea with the sex. It'Jxes Is lid and 24 9d, of all Chemists. Sent anywhere on Chemist.. ottingham. receipt'N of 15 or 31 stamps by the maker, 3,. T. Towl..