The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1882-07-28 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

THE SUPPOSED MURDER AT RAMSGATE.  At the Maidstone Assizes on Monday the trial of the man Walter for the supposed Ramsgate murder was resumed. The case for the prosecution having been completed, Mr. Biron, in summing it up, asked the jury to believe that Walter, having robbed the lad, bud decided to push him over the cliff at Rainsgate, in the hope that he would not be identified, or that, if the body was found, it would not be recognisable, through the clothes having been changed.—Mr. Kemp addressed the jury at length on behalf of the prisoner, lie asked them to believe that the lad fell over the cliff, and thereby came t o his death. The body was found at a dangeroaas part of the cliff, and besides that was the fact that the lad bad his pipe in his hand, as if he was about to light it. Finally Mr. Kemp argued that the construction put by the police upon the prisoncee statement showed that throughout he was contemplating robbery rather than murder, and that also explained why he did not go to the mortuary.—Two witnesses who had lodged at the prisoner's house were called, and gave hun is good character.—The learned Judge then proceeded to sum up the case to the jury. Ilaving traced this progress of the prisoner and his companion to Ramsgate, his lordship pointed out that in order to get to the South-Eastern Railway Station a person wculal have to pass near to the mortuary, and if the prisoner had really lost his friend, as suggested by this defence, and did not go to see the body welch had been found, it would only show cruelty and brutality, and not that he had oe,,iiiiitted reorder. Such points as that were for the jury, and must be answered by them in conjunction with all the other circumstances. If the accused was admitted to the mortuary without the knowledge of the-superintendent, the person who gave him access might have been produced by the counsel for the defence; and if the prisoner had , been able to recognise the body in the mortuary through the grating which had been spoken of, it seemed strange that no inquiries were made of the police as to whore it had been found, and how it Cattle there. Walter's nottetnent that he had boon to lininsgate and had seen a boy go over the cliff, and that the body was warm, deserved careful atten. lion ; as also did his subsequent conduct. The learned Judge concluded an address, lasting nearly two hours, by appealing to the jury to let the conclusion of their deliberation be the result of honest conviction, and an earnest determination to arrive at the truth of the matter.—The jury retired to consider their verdict shortly after two o'clock. After an hour and a half's consultation in private, the jury returned into court with a verdict of not guilty, the foreman adding, "We give the prisoner the benefit of the doubt."—The prisoner was ordered to be discharged, but he was taken into custody upon leaving the dock on the charge ot stealing the money.  Lord Kimberley bee accepted the Chancellorship of the Duchy of Lancaster. Some British military offisere are now visit ing Metz with the object of studying the aspects uf the  alfr,ontuNitl—Fort TREI TEETH AND BREATH:A low drops of the liquid " sprinkled on a wet tooth-brash pr.sinces a pleasant lather, which thoroughly cleanses the teeth from all paraaites ot impurities, hardens the gums, prevents tartar, stops decay, gives to the teeth a peculiar pearly-whi:e,css, and a delightful fragrance to the breath. It renivrcs all unpleasant odour arising from dedayed teeth or tobacco smoke, "The Fragrant Floriline,' being composed in part of Honey and sweet herbs, iB delicious to the taste, and the greatest toilet divoovery of ths ere. Price 2s. 6d., of all Chemists and Perfnmers. Wholeals depot renaov-0 Ase.gltarrinudyn Itoesl. Loudc-r- Anneal ro l—Are you broken in your rest by a sick child enfferiug with the pain of cutting teeth? Go at ohne to a chemist and get a bottle of