npedrazzini/19thc_murder_suicide_news huggingface dataset:
The Sun. — 1853-09-10 (London, England)

LISTER LIGHTS.—Three fixed lights of the second order (Fresnel's system), showing all round towards the sea. The lighthouses form an obtuse triangle, the apex of which is turned towards the sea. The centre of the middle lighthouse is 150 Norwegian feet distant from the centre of each of the other lighthouses, while the base of the triangle measures 282 Norwegian feet in length. The bearings of the lighthouses in relation to each other are by deviating compass—The middle and the northern lighthouses in N. by W. and S. by E., distance 150 feet ; the middle and the southern lighthouses in N.W. 4W. and S.E. E. distance 150 feet ; the northern and the southern lighthouses in N.N.W. W. and S.S.E. E. distance 282 feet—consequently, in the above directions, two of the lights will be seen in a line.  Mr. Yardley—What did you say when he kicked you ? Complainant—l said nothing. He was not undressed. He came home about 12 o'clock, and was so intoxicated that he lay on the bed with his clothes on. I did not go to bed, but sat on the stairs. He can be in constant word, and has good wages, but he gets drunk. Mr. Yardley—What was the quarrel about between you? Com plainant—l gave him no provocation. He is often in the habit of kicking me in the same place. That morning he snatched the child from the bed and said that he would dash its brains out. He then accused me of improper familiarities with a bricklayer. I observed, it was untrue, and that I was not afraid of facing any one upon such a charge. Mr. Yardley—Did you feel any pain from the kick ? Complainant —Yes, Sir; I am suffering from it now. After he kicked me I could scarcely walk, and I called out "murder." If lam not parted from my husband, I am sure he will murder me. He calls me awful names. six weeks ago he seized hold of a razor, and said that he would cut the child's head off with it. He has frequently turned me out of doors, and threatens that if I go to my mother be will buy a pistol and shoot us both. Last Sunday we had no dinner, and but for my mother I and my child would starve. The prisoner said that his wife was of drunken habits and starved the child. On Thursday night the landlady took the child to Ratcliffe Workhouse because his wife neglected it.  The elevation of the light above the level of the sea is 125 Norwegian feet in each of the three lighthouses. Extent of illumination 4i to 5 maritime miles. Longitude east of Greenwich 6 deg. 32 min. 15 sec. Latitude 58 deg. 5 min. 30 sec. North. The three lights are all placed in high towers, which are painted white, in order to serve as landmarks by day. Ciao Light having been relighted since the 16th of June last, as stated in the notice issued by this Department on the 30th of the same month, there remains, consequently, of the lights mentioned in the Department's notice of the 2d Dec., 1852, and which were extinguished during the present summer, only one, the relighting of which has not been notified. viz., lividingsii. (Signed) 0. W.
The Sun. — 1853-04-12 (London, England)

THE. GODLEY MURDER. Harriet Thornley and Robert Thornley were charged with poisoning James Brookes, at Godley. Mr. Davison and Mr. Swetenham conducted the prosecution.; Mr. Macintyre defended the prisoners. This murder was alleged to have been committed in February, 1847. The deceased James Brookes lived with his wife, the female prisoner, at a farm, at Godley, near A-shton-under-Lyne. He was a collier, working chiefly in a coal mine, at Dunkirk, but for a short time previous to his death he had worked at Pendleton, near Manchester. He used to leave home for Pendleton on the Monday morning, and return home on the Saturday evening. During the hay harvest of 1846 he had employed the prisoner Thorneley on his farm, and discharged him at the latter end of the year. An attachment sprang up between Thorneley and Brookes's wife, and Mrs. Brookes had frequently been heard to say that she would rather have Robert Thorneley's little finger than, her husband's whole body. Thorneley bad been heard by several parties to threaten the life of Brookes, and he entertained a resentment against the deceased for having discharged him. Evidence was given to prove that an adulterous intercourse had been carried on between the two prisoners before the death of James Brookes. On the 27th of February, James Brookes died after being ill for a few days, and suffering from frequent vomitings. An inquest was held upon his body, but as he had recently been wounded' in the coal mine it was thought that his death had resulted from the wound which was received on the temple. He was buried, and in May following the prisoner Thorneley-married Brookes's widow. They continued to, live together until the summer of 1851, when they quarrelled. Thorneley sold off the furniture, and separated from his wife. In May, 1852, Thorneley went to a Lancashire police-officer, named Thune, and stated to him that in February, 1847, he had purchased poison for the purpose of procuring the death of James Brookes ; had given it to Harriet Brookes, who administered it to her husband. This statement was thought to be the result of a strange fancy, and no notice was taken of it. On the 22d of December last, Thorneley made a similar statement to another police-officer named Leash. That was taken no notice of, and on the 27th December the prisoner volunteered the same statement to the superintendent of police at Staley-bridge. It was then committed to paper, signed by the prisoner, and he testified to its truth on three or four successive occasions when examined before the magistrates. In consequence of this Thorneley was taken into, custody, the coffin of James Brookes was exhumed, its contents analysed, and the presence of 9i grains of arsenic discovered in the remains of the tissue, glandular, and ligamentous portions of the body. The case for the prosecution being closed, Mr. Macintyre addressed the jury, going through the whole of the evidence, and contending that, as respected Harriet Thornley, the case was very slight. The learned counsel was proceeding with his address when the report was dispatched.
The Sun. — 1853-03-21 (London, England)

WATER-WORKS. peeelans except those of the prisoners and the deceased tion that when the prisoner took the child away from is c ear t ere mus . me v 7 .ne pie to say that death was occasioned either by blows or falls • will enable them to meet the current rates here. In Dividend Amount were- found. Suspicion immediately fell on the pri- Mrs. Humphreys she had wilfully suffocated it by press- durin the fi ht. The vessels all over the brain were th b ings. The truth is, that in e a sence o science and broke and noils the inquiry is active, and the prices firm. Name of Company. per of Paid. Price :goners, and in less than two hours they were both taken ing it forcibly in her arms while it was enveloped in the vry rgnuch co! ested, but none of them were ru tured ; uestion of ood 1 k d machinery, getting gold is a q g uc an Annum. Share. Yarns-Many contracts made for yarns some months into custody at their own cottages. When asked where shawl and petticoat. There was, of course, no direct ite - • .• . bodily strength. It is just a lottery, in which there are bgl th f t th tthd th P was impossi e ere ore o say a e ea was not past are now drawing to a I d • ••• ---7 -----c ose, an inquil les are they left Mr Blackmore they stated that they parted • , evidence of the fact ; but it was proved that while the a at gre many prize . s You always hear of the prizes at x s. d. X s. d. reduced b the mere excitement and exertion of the making for re-purchase, but the prices now demanded East London 6l. per cnt. Stock. - 1253 from him at the French Nut-tree, which is close to the prisoner was left in the charge of a woman, the wife of Pconflict. y once, and very slowly of the blanks. But by this time Grand Junction -- • • 41. per cnt. 50 0 0 - 69 prisoner Sparkes's cottage, and then went home. Ed- one of the constables, at the station-house, she appeared • I fancy the news of the blanks must have reached you, are such as to completely paralyse the manufacturer ; Kent-. .. ...• •••••• 41. per cat. 100 0 0 - 84), 1 • d The prisoners were consequent y acquitte . and such s inner h had Ito buy to cover ward Sparkes was also ta,ken up, but afterwards dis- in a very low and desponding state, and she asked the and probably some of the blanks have returned with aiseere . woo Lambeth ..........., - 100 0 0 - _ orders taken, has% - e 0 b working to a great loss. A New River Company.. 21. 10s. charged. Important evidence to connect the prisoners woman whether she thought that she should be hung, rueful faces to speak for themselves. with the commission of the murder consisted of tracking. and on her replying that she did not know the prisoner
The Sun. — 1853-09-06 (London, England)

BRILLIANT TURKISH CHARGE.  After marching thus for nearly an hour, the enemy was seen in strong force near Zepshe. Omer Pasha, who was with his staff between the advanced guard and the main body, ordered the former into the wood on their left, in order that they might be under cover if the enemy should open his fire upon them. Mustapha Pasha halted, and bringing his four guns together, unlimbered them in a favourable position to fire on the enemy's flank diagonally, across a bend in the river. The Bosniacs commenced firing, and the artillery returned the attack, but the enemy soon disappeared in the wood. Suleyman Bey's skirmishers were on the same parallel, and the enemy, probably taking them for the main body, and unable to judge their strength in a thicket, supposed that Omer Pasha had outflanked him, extended to the right, and took up a position on a height, from which a murderous fire was kept up on this forlorn hope of 300 men against 5,000. Omer Pasha, hearing the fire recede, thought the rebels were retreating before the main body of his troops in the wood, and endeavoured in vain to obtain an accurate notion of the state of the contending armies, which were in a manner fighting in the dark, on account of the inequalities of the ground and the density of the wood. The real brunt of the battle was thus borne by Suleyman Bey and his small battalion. Unable to hold his ground against such odds, and. unwilling to retire, he ceased firing, and ordered his men to charge the enemies' position at the point of the bayonet. They closed, and rushed forwardin a compact body; but they were repulsed by a heavy fire from the Bos niacs, who were astonished to see themselves attacked by so small a number. Again Suleyman Bey ordered a charge, and again they advanced, received volley after volley, strained to reach the summit of the height, staggered, and fell back, leaving the ground strewn with the bodies of their fallen comrades. Suleyman Bey sprang from his horse, placed himself in front on, foot, rallied his men, and, cheering, made them shout, , ~ p ad • ioch,ah ehok yasha!" ("Long live the Sultan ! ) as they returned to the charge with him, regardless of the fire from above, and struggling gallantly to gain the rock. Suleyman Bey was the first man at the top, laying about him with his sword. Another shout, and the devoted little band plunged headlong into the overwhelming mass of the enemy. Every blow was a death-blow ; not a word was spoken on either side, and for a few minutes it seemed a wrestling match at awful odds ; but, strange to say, more rebels fell than true men in that onslaught ; in spite of their numerical superiority they wavered ; a few stragglers disappeared on the other side of the rocks ; their ranks were thinning fast by desertion. A shout from Suleyman Bey, a desperate assault of the troops, formed like a wedge, and the rebels threw down their arms, rushed wildly down the other slope of the hill, and did not again attempt to form their ranks The Frontier Lands of the Christian and the Turk.
The Sun. — 1853-09-06 (London, England)

BRILLIANT TURKISH CHARGE.  After marching thus for nearly an hour, the enemy was seen in strong force near Zepshe. Omer Pasha, who was with his staff between the advanced guard and the main body, ordered the former into the wood. on their left, in order that they might be under cover if the enemy should open his fire upon them. Mustapha Pasha halted, and bringing his four guns together, unlimbered them in a favourable position to fire on the enemy's flank diagonally, across a bend in the river. The Bosniacs commenced firing, and the artillery returned the attack, but the enemy soon disappeared in the wood. Suleyman Bey's skirmishers were on the same parallel, and the enemy, probably taking them for the main body, and unable to judge their strength in a thicket, supposed that Omer Pasha had outflanked him, extended to the right, and took up a position on a height, from which a murderous fire was kept up on this forlorn hope of 300 men against 5,000. Omer Pasha, hearing the fire recede, thought the rebels were retreating before the main body of his troops in the wood, and. endeavoured in vain to obtain an accurate notion of the state of the contending armies, which were in a manner fighting in the dark, on account of the inequalities of the ground and the density of the wood. The real brunt of the battle was thu, borne by Suleyman Bey and his small battalion. Unable to hold his ground against such odds, and unwilling to retire, he ceased firing, and ordered his men to charge the enemies' position at the point of the bayonet. They closed, and rushed forwardin a compact body; but they were repulsed by a heavy fire from the Bos nbyiaesos' volley after a charge, and again they advanced, received height, staggered, strained to reach the summit of the strewn with staggered, and fell back, leaving the ground small lAa-erneumasbtoennishAedgation sseeeietyhmemEusaelLeesy attackedordered the bodies of their fallen comrades.. Suleyman Bey sprang from his horse, placed himself in front o,n, foot, rallied his men, and, cheering, made them shout, fad• iochah ehok, !lama!" ("Long live the Sultan ! ) as they was the first man at the top, laying about fire ru elef;romemtaunar returned t vy e,o a tnh charge de struggling rg the rock. him with his sword. Another shout, and the devoted little band plunged headlong into the overwhelming mass of the ene-ny. Every blow was a death-blow ; not a word was spoken on either side, and for a few minutes it seemed a wrestling match at awful odds ; but, strange to say, more rebels fell than true men in that onslaught ; in spite of their numerical superiority they wavered ; a few stragglers disappeared on the other side of the rocks ; their ranks were thinning fast by desertion. A shout from Suleyman Bey, a desperate assault of the troops, formed like a wedge, and the rebels threw down their arms, rushed wildly down the other slope of the hill, and did not again attempt to form their ranks.— The Frontier Lands of the Christian and the Turk.
The Sun. — 1853-09-06 (London, England)

BRILLIANT TURKISH CHARGE.  After marching thus for nearly an hour, the enemy was seen in strong force neat Zepshe. Omer Pasha, who was with his staff between the advanced guard and the main body, ordered the former into the wood on their left, in order that they might be under cover if the enemy should open his fire upon them. Mustapha Pasha halted, and bringing his four guns together, unlimbered them in a favourable position to fire on the enemy's flank diagonally, across a bend in the river. The Bosniacs commenced firing, and the artillery returned the attack, but the enemy soon disappeared in the wood. Suleyman Bey's skirmishers were on the same parallel, and the enemy, probably taking them for the main body, and unable to judge their strength in a thicket, supposed that Omer Pasha had outflanked him, extended to the right, and took up a position on a height, from which a murderous fire was kept up on this forlorn hope of 300 men against 5,000, Omer Pasha, hearing the fire recede, thought the rebels were retreating before the main body of his troops in the wood, and endeavoured in vain to obtain an accurate notion of the state of the contending armies, which were in a manner fighting in the dark, on account of the inequalities of the ground and the density of the wood. The real brunt of the battle was thus borne by Suleyman Bey and his small battalion. l!n-able to hold his ground against such odds, and unwilling to retire, he ceased firing, and ordered his men to charge the enemies' position at the point of the bayonet. They closed, and rushed forward in a compact body; but they were repulsed by a heavy fire from the Bos niacs, who were astonished to see themselves attacked by volley, strained to reach the summit of the height, received volley ordered staggered, and fell back, leaving the ground strewn with the bodies of their fallen comrades. Suleyman Bey sprang from his horse, placed himself in front on foot, achsaor,seraaalnl da againnumbetrh.ey Again advanced, Sulerye inen edßeoylle rallied his men, and, cheering, made them shout, "/"adiochah ehok yashar ("Long live the Sultan I ) as they returned to the charge with him, regardless of the fire from above, and struggling gallantly to gain the rock. Suleyman Bey was the first man at the top, laying about him with his sword. Another shout, and the devoted little band plunged headlong into the overwhelming mass of the enemy. Every blow was a death-blow ; not a word was spoken on either side, and for a few minutes it seemed a wrestling match at awful odds ; but, strange to say, more rebels fell than true men in that onslaught ; in spite of their numerical superiority they wavered ; a few stragglers disappeared on the other side form theirr ebe ranks.— the rocks ; their ranks were thinning fast by desertion. A shout from Suleyman Bey, a desperate assault ofth ethheiltl,r oaonpds,dfiodrmn oeitlaglikaien a attempt wedge, to and the rebels threw down their arms, rushed wildly down the other slope of The Frontier Lands of the Christian and the Turk.
The Sun. — 1853-09-06 (London, England)

KIRKCALDY-SEPT. 3. i 0 ~ Jennines-Last Sunday week. conduct in contravention Of the act of Parliament, or Anchor .............. 0 per cent. 5 0 0 , 1 0 0 - a whet' ', OP Prisoner- My name is Peter Lameschal, and lam a 8- 1 - Lord Chesterfield's Boarding-school Miss Seined that the Despina was rapidly filling, and that Atlas I:ss.,id. 50 .) 0 '5 0 ;2% Here, to-day, we had a good supplYr sie, rata. oat imitzeyqteoesftenrztisehrewpaozd there was no chance of saving her Every effort was then ~rees Life ... ....... 4? vie, crmt 1"O 0 °. 25 0 0 i 23% sold readil at 2s to 3s per er. over last ' 'Sieben Dane. ifel-Tt!t7seullsehpet kneiel YllCept him and gave filly (taken). mit ls per qr. e e Mr. Combe-How long ha,ve you been in this country ? . . He always gave me a good hiding if I did 8 - 1 - Mr. G.. Barton's Little Fawn (taken). were in small supply, and about _ . sustained if it turned out that a majority of the body of 100 i 0 : 10 0 7 I 2'''% directed to the preservation of tile crew, and the Cans- British Commercial .. 7s. 6d. 50 0 ..1 ,50 0 I 7 t,, . Y him naoney. syliinetltine; ll'ill Stitt-Idyl: 1300;i Clericl.3led.& Gen. Life 4pr ct. & bit Prisoner-I catue to England in 1835, and I went to 10 -1 - Mr. W. Palmer's Doubt (taken). bridee was promptly brought to, on board of which the ihhea:meehEtei trhysa dowfettrohe aFbr,osiiiiNoN.teti :it wpi rti loini ne icii tt i.too rttl,hiesett stuitlhi County .............. let. Wheat. i l3arley. I , od I pi Copenhagen at the time of the coronation, but returned I Goff here intimated to his worship that all the docu- 10 -1 - Mr. Armytage's Placid (taken). whole of the unfortunate fellows belongine to the barque Crow 4/. 16000 03 :01 ' 11? 00 1 1F24 6?s Od I 30s Od I 26s Os .J 50 0 0 .5 0 ci 734_ oFni ers:arcel of old light barley at marketi)ats. 05 6d s v again shortly afterwards to this country. ments relative to this mysterious ?murder were in the 12 -1 - Mr. Farrance's Terpsichore (taken). were eventually got. That was searceliaccomplished, Eaglen ••••••• • • • • • • • I Ls: Equity and Law...... 4% per cesit. 100 3 0 50 0 i ,Tis Second Mr. Corube-Do you know what you are charged hands of the Commissioners of Police, and could be CHAMPAGNE STAKES (DONCASTER). management of their affairs to the body impugned by the however before she foundered in deep water, Dunge15s. 20 0 0 ,'..11 pad. ; 2,-, Third s6s Od I 00s ed 22s °' 3,23':(1' with ? produced on a future day if the prisoner was remanded. 2to 1 agst Lord Londesborough's Tadcaster. bill, and opposed to sustaining the suit. A strong case ness beakng S.E., six miles distant. - The Cambrarge Eur °Pearl Life ****** '• • General s 0 0 „ ; .53, Prisoner-Yes, and lam surprised at it, as it was mr. Combe said-Here's a man living on the prosti- ST.
The Sun. — 1853-11-19 (London, England)

WORSHIP-STREET. Tames Delane, a general dealer, carrying on business in Plumber-street, Cityroad, was charged with having cruelly ill-treated and , threatened the life of his wife. The complainant, a pallid, delicate-looking woman, who had an infant in her arms, stated that she had been married twelve years to the prisoner, by whom she had a family of five children, and that he had been in the habit, during the whole of that period, of subjecting her to such constant brutality, that her life was a complete burden to her. Shortly before nine o'clock, on the previous night, the prisoner returned home in a state of intoxication, tand harshly ordered her to repair to bed, at the same time threatening that if she ventured to return down stairs he would murder her before the morning. She accordingly proceeded to her bedroom, and laid herself down by the side of her infant child, to whom she had only recently given birth, but had only been there a few minutes when the prisoner entered the room, and, after passing a light before her eyes to ascertain if she was asleep, be cautiously descended the stairs to the street door, and admitted some one into the house. Witness shortly afterwards heard the sound of female voices in the passage, and, after remaining for some time in a state of extreme terror, as she apprehended that he was about to carry out his deadly threat towards her, she at length made her way down to the parlour door, and on looking into the room she observed the prisoner drinking with two prostitutes, who were partaking with him of a hot supper. The moment she made her appearance the prisoner rose from the table and commenced an unmerciful attack upon I her, in the course of which he repeatedly struck her with I all his force about the head and face, and ultimately drove her back into the passage. The prisoner then opened the street door, and after letting out the two women, renewed his attack upon her, and after knocking her down by a terrible blow on her forehead, he caught her up in his arms and flung her heavily on the floor. The prisoner then left her, and ran out of the house • and although witness had nothing on but her nightdress, and was without shoes or stockings, she followed him into the street and gave him into custody. The complainant added, that the prisoner had been in the habit of depriving her of proper food and nourishment until her health and strength were impaired to a serious extent, and that she had been compelled on four previous occasions to obtain warrants against him. The prisoner carelessly remarked, that their frequent disagreements were occasioned solely by the.jealous and violent temper of his wife, and that the evidence against bins had been very much exaggerated. Mr. Hammill said that it was a most aggravated case, and he should order the prisoner to be committed to the House of Correction and kept to hard labour for six months, in addition to which he should require him to produce two responsible sureties to be answerable for his good behaviour for the further term of six months.